Chapter Three: The Day With Chris

Michaela was watching TV when she heard the door open. She looked over and saw Chris coming into the apartment.

"Hey. So I guess it's just you and me until tonight. I didn't make any kind of plans of where we would go because I didn't know what you would want to do and I don't want Wyatt on my case of how I could've done something you wanted to do. So what do you want to do?" asked Chris as he came towards the couch and sat down facing her.

"First of all hey. And second I don't know. I've lived here so there isn't anything that would get you in trouble such as you didn't take me sightseeing. We'll do something we both want to do."

"Okay. I would say then to get something to eat outside and either see a movie or umm…"

"Go to a park and just walk?"

"I guess. I don't really go to parks or anything but I guess we could. Where do you want to eat?"

"I don't care. We could go to some café. You know get coffee and a muffin or something."

"It's lunch time though." Chris said confused.

"Well I usually get up around this time so not for me it isn't. What did you want to get?"

"I was thinking Taco Bell or something. Maybe McDonalds?"

They both sat there for a few minutes since they didn't agree on where to go. Chris spoke up. "How about this? We can go to both a Café and McDonalds."

"I'm not a pig. I can't eat all that."

"No. I mean you can get what you want and then we can go to McDonalds get what I want and take it to a park. Then we can take the walk that you want and then catch a movie. What do you say?" asked Chris hopefully. "It solves all our problems."

"We didn't exactly have problems. But yeah that works for me. Let me just get ready." Said Michaela walking over to her bag to get her stuff and going into the bathroom to get ready. About fifteen minutes later Michaela came out of the bathroom ready to go. Chris was nowhere in site so she went to his bedroom to see if he was there. Forgetting to knock on the door she opened it and found Chris with his shirt off. After Chris glanced over at her, she shut the door quickly and sat on the couch. Chris walked out a couple of seconds later and saw Michaela on the couch. "I'm sorry Chris. I should've knocked."

"Don't worry about it. My shirt was the only thing off. It's like being in a pool or at the beach."

They walked out of the apartment building and Chris led her over to a 1967 Mustang Fastback. They got in and Chris looked over at Michaela. "So did you like what you saw up there?" asked Chris as he started the car.

Michaela playfully slapped Chris. "Shut up and drive."

Chris laughed and took off going to the café first and then to McDonalds. They got to the park and they sat on a bench. They ate their food without any talk and soon went for their walk.

"So you used to live here?"

"Yeah until about four months ago."

"So why did you move?"

"My boyfriend decided to move there so I moved with him."

"Oh. That's cool I guess. Not sure I would move somewhere that far away from friends and family though."

"Yeah it was kind of hard but I got used to it and I can always catch a flight here anytime I want to. It's not like I work or anything."

"I would love it if I didn't have to work, I would just lounge around the house all day."

"That's basically what I do besides going shopping and going to the gym" Michaela laughed.

"So you go back in a couple days?"

"Yeah I'm staying the whole day today and tomorrow here but I leave the next morning. Danny, my boyfriend, called me this morning and said he had to go to Florida today for his job and that I could stay for a week but I'm just gonna leave the day I planned to."

"Why? If all you do is lounge around your house all day."

"I don't know. Since that is my home I should be there."

"Well it's your decision."

"You would want me to stay?"

Chris stopped walking "What do you mean?

Michaela looked over at Chris and then down to the ground. "Well you just didn't seem to actually pay attention to me at the apartment. I don't mean anything by it though."

"It's okay." Chris started walking again but noticed Michaela hadn't. He put his arm around her and forced her to walk but not with hard force. "Really I understand. I'm not the most mannered person when other people stay at the house."

"I really am sorry though."

"It's fine. How about we go catch that movie?"

"Sure. What are we gonna see?"

"How about The Covenant?"

"Oh yeah. I wanted to see that."

Chris and Michaela walked to the car and drove to the movie theatre. Chris paid for her even though Michaela kept insisting she paid for her own and they went into the movie theatre. When they got out of the theatre a couple of hours later, they realized it was 5:30 and they both had a message. Chris had one from Wyatt and Michaela had one from Reagan. Chris listened to his message. "Chris where are you? You didn't kill her and drop her somewhere did you? Reagan here thinks you would try to get her home as soon as you can so you wouldn't have to stay with her that long. See you when you get home then."

While Chris started the car Michaela started to listen to hers. "Hey. It's 5. Why aren't you back yet? Having fun? Hope so. You guys don't really talk here. I'm going to start cooking. It should be ready by 6. Call me when you get this okay. Bye." Michaela clicked the end button and dialed Reagan's number while Chris drove them home.

"Hello?"

"Hey. We're on out way home. We should be there in about twenty minutes."

"Okay. How was it?"

"Good."

"Okay. Well I'll let you go. Be careful."

"Yes mother."

"I only do it because I love you. I'll see you later."

"Yeah. Bye." Michaela hung up.

"What did she say?"

"Oh just be careful. You know how mothers are." Michaela kidded.

Chris laughed. "Yeah."

Chris drove the rest of the way home while Michaela fell asleep.