I am so sorry that it's taking me so long to upload the chapters! Things suddenly got extremely busy! Thank you all for your patients ~markaleen
The next couple of weeks went pretty much the same way, especially when New Year's came around, with the whole 'traditional kiss' thing. That blew over pretty quickly though. By the end of January things seemed to be back to normal.
Seemed.
Roz sat down next to Christine in the cafeteria.
"How's it going Christine?"
"Good, Roz. How about you?"
"Fine."
They chatted for a few minutes until Harry walked up to the table.
"Hey ladies. Wacha up too?
"Nothing to exciting. Care to join us?"
"As much as I would love too, I have a bit of work to finish up before session. I really hate to miss all the fun you two are having." He nudges then both playfully.
"Haha, well there's always time in the future I'm sure."
Harry smiles, "Ah yes, the future… what a great thing. You never know what to expect. Always something new and exciting. Yeah sure, the past is great too! All the memories made, but the future brings chances for new memories to be made. Think about it… someday, we will be the past."
Roz looks at Harry funny.
"Your honer… don't take this the wrong way… but, are you drunk?"
"Roz!"
"No, no, it's alright Christine. Roz is right. I may have gone a little over board on that."
Roz and Christine both smile at Harry's charm.
Harry begins a toast.
"Here's to the future!"
"Uh, Harry? You do realize that your raising a banana, don't you?"
"As a matter of fact I do, Christine. You see, toasting drinks is so over done, it gets boring and dull after awhile. Yep, bananas are the way to go."
Christine giggled.
"And now, I must go tackle that paper work. See you too when session begins." Harry proudly twirled his banana in the air and cheerfully walked away.
He had a way to make everything fun. One of the things Christine loved about him…
Loved.
Roz smiled, "Oh! That reminds me…" she pulled out a card and handed it to Christine. "Here you go."
"What's this for?"
"Open it and find out."
Christine opened the card, smiling, not knowing what to expect.
Her smiled faded when she read the cover of the card.
"Happy Anniversary." She tried to hide what she was feeling, which was anger, disbelief, embarrassment, and even a bit hurt.
Roz continued to smile, "One month today right?"
"Honestly Roz, why is one kiss such a big deal? It wasn't a date, we didn't sleep together, hell, this wasn't even a random thing! It was Christmas! It's a tradition when your under mistletoe!"
"I still say it was holly."
"Oh, would you please let that go?"
"Sorry. Well if you two kiss on tradition, that means there was more than one kiss, and you even said, and also, kissing at midnight on New Year's is a tradition. Why not then?"
By now Christine was more than annoyed.
"Hmm, I wonder why? Maybe because there were a ton of people watching us to see if we were going to."
"Damn! We should have used reverse physiology!"
"Roz! Please!"
"Okay, okay, I'm sorry."
"I am too… I don't mean to snap but this is still really sensitive with me."
There was a sudden silence.
Christine sat thinking.
Why, why, why? I thought this was all over! The humiliation, the stress! I thought this was finally out over everyone's minds! Oh gosh… I'm starting to think that this will never end.
But why? Really, this isn't the big deal everybody is making this out to be! We're talking about a kiss! A stupid, innocent… stupid kiss! This is insane! If every kiss in the world was such a big deal paparazzi would be surrounding Dan 24/7!
There's got to be more to this than just the kiss… but what?
That's it. No more wondering, no more tiring myself thinking about this. It's time to ask Roz why this has gone way out of hand.
Wait a minute…
Didn't I just ask her two minutes ago?
Of course, she didn't answer.
She will this time.
"Okay Roz, tell me, and tell me the truth. Why is everyone making way to big a deal over this whole entire thing?"
Roz slightly sighed.
"Alright Christine, you want the truth?"
"Yes!"
"The truth is- Bull!"
"Bull? Roz really! Tell me! I need to know! It's killing me!" just then she felt someone with a tray of lumbering over her. "Oh… you meant, Bull… not… bull…"
"Yeah."
"Hello ladies! Mind if I join you?"
Christine was getting pretty tired of this charade.
"Actually, Bull, we-"
Quickly, Roz cut Christine off, thanking God for sending Bull at that perfect time.
Who knew she would ever be so happy to see Bull!
"Sure! Sit right down! Make yourself comfortable!" Let someone else tell her the truth.
Bull grinned, "Thank yoooooou."
Roz and Bull started talking, Christine sat quietly, lost in her many thoughts.
This just figures! I was finally going to get the truth, for once and for all, but no. Not happening. Now I have to wait. Probably until after session. Oh great, that mean that I'm going to have to keep pushing this out of my mind all night. With the way my luck is going I probably won't find out for another month! I thought this was all over! This whole thing has made a horrible comeback!
Stop it. Think positively; push this out of your mind. No time to lick your wounds. Focus on tonight's session. Think of what Harry said. Future. Who knows what the future will bring? This will soon be past.
She kept on thinking of Harry words about the future. She couldn't help but smile.
Who was she kidding?
No one.
She knew how she felt.
She just couldn't admit it.