The Cat is Out of The Bag
Pride awoke to a hand running through his hair, and he was enjoying the feel of the hand of the man he loved with his entire being in his hair. But his enjoyment was short lived as a throat cleared behind him. Pride sat up and turned around to the team and said, "as you can see the reason I've secretive is that Christopher is alive and well in front of me." Pride remembered that Chris had fallen and turning with worry in his eyes asked, "are you okay Christopher, what happened earlier?" The man in front of him smiles and says, "don't worry King I'm fine just fell out of the bed while having a nightmare. I've been having some vivid nightmares as of recently."
Pride wanted to ask what the nightmare was about but didn't get the chance as Chris said, "my dreams usually show me a vision of something happening to you King and it scares the hell out of me. But when I wake up I know your okay and I don't need to worry." Pride was astonished that he was the reason for Christopher's nightmares, and wanted to comfort the man in front of him. So he reached out and touched his shoulder and said, "I'm sorry that I worry you to the point of having nightmares." Christopher looked at Pride and said, "I'll always worry about you. Your my friend and someone I greatly care for, I will never stop worrying about you."
Sonja pushed everyone out of the room and said, "let's give them some time to talk." Pride reached for Christopher's hand and intertwined their fingers. He held the hand for a moment before leaning towards Chris and kissing him on the lips. His other hand moved up and caressed Christopher's cheek as they deepen the kiss. The kiss starts to heat up and Pride pulls away to keep from doing anything more while inside the field office.
Chris asked, "why did you pull away? I've been waiting forever to kiss you like that, I never thought I'd ever have a chance with you." Pride squeezed the hand he was holding and said, "I just don't want to do anything here and I only realized today that you are the love of my life and loosing you was the worst thing to ever happen to me. I need you in my life." Christopher smiles and says, "can I come home with you? I want you to hold me in your arms tonight."
Pride said, "I have a surprise for you. Your going to be so happy, but first let's give the team a chance to truly realize that your here and not going anywhere." Pride led Chris downstairs making sure he was okay. Christopher stumbled close to the bottom of the stairs and Pride caught him before he fell down and got hurt. "Are you okay Christopher?" He only got a nod from the man before he moved to each person in the room. Christopher then moved back over to Pride and seemed to have a timidity about him. Loretta looked at Pride and said, "Christopher are you okay? You seem to be different from when we last saw you."
Chris looked at Pride and whispered, "I need to get out of here Dwayne, please get me out of here." Pride was surprised to hear his first name to come out of this man's mouth. Then he realized that Christopher was anxious and nervous so he said, "guys I'm going to take Christopher home with me so he can relax and maybe he'll feel more up to talking tomorrow, okay?" Everyone was a little taken aback by the fact that Chris was so timid and nervous. This was not the Christopher LaSalle that they all knew, he was so different.
Christopher and Pride left the office in Pride's car and Dwayne asked, "why did it seem like you were getting nervous in there Christopher?" Chris looked over at Pride said, "I haven't been around to many people in the past few months and I felt cornered." Pride looked at the man momentarily before putting his eyes back on the road. He was surprised at how long Christopher's hair had become and couldn't help but ask, "why did you let your hair grow out so long Christopher? Don't get me wrong it looks nice on you but I never would have thought you would allow your hair to get that long." Christopher looked over at Pride and thought, 'he thinks long hair looks nice on me. Wow I can't believe that he's in love with me.' And out loud he said, "did you say you loved me back there?" Pride nodded his head and said, "yes I did. I'm in love with you Christopher LaSalle and I'm glad your back in my life." Christopher was shocked and couldn't wait to get to where they were going.
