"Laura, Chris is coming over now, Jill's kicked him out and he's nowhere to go," Karen said quickly hoping her daughter would understand."Okay, I'll get out your way then," she replied happily getting herself snacks and going up to her room turning her ipod up loud enough so Karen could hear it from arrived at Karen's 15 anxious minutes later, on the doorstep with 3 small bags of his stuff which was all the clothes he owned, all that was missing was all his gadgets which he'd have to go back for at some stage, but he didn't care about those yet. "Oh Chris come in quick," Karen said ushering him into the house and taking his bags, putting them into the spare bedroom and putting the kettle on again. The pair of them sat down in the lounge with a cappicino each, and Chris told Karen everything, she didn't really know what to say to him but she let him know she'd always be there for him and could always offer him help and support when it was needed... After a while of talking, their bodies got closer together their body heat projecting, keeping each other warm, their talking became soft whispers and their heads leant on each other's shoulders lovingly. Gradually the whispers got more and more hushed until they sat in a romantic silenced atmosphere, sat in front of the tv with the lights dimmed, Chris reached for the fluffy fleece beside him and gently pulled it over himself and Karen, wrapping it around both of them, and then he pulled Karen's feet onto his lap and began rubbing them softly. Karen leant up and kissed Chris gently on the lips, staining his with her shiny glossy lipbalm, but he kissed her back. They spent another late evening just as the night before romantic and enjoying each other's company to the max. As it got later they both began to feel drousier after the long days skating which seemed to get a lot longer once they'd got together, Karen closed her heavy feeling eyes and leant more on Chris as she rested, and a while after Chris was slowly drifting off to sleep. They both slept for just over an hour whilst being nestled into each other and snuggled underneath the blanket with the television playing subtly in the background but neither of them paid any attention to it. Chris woke first and realised they were both still downstairs."Karen honey, wake up, come on let's go upstairs," he said softly, stroking the side of her face and removing the blanket from his body and tucking it loosely around Karen, and then picking her up and carrying her upstairs as she slept like a baby. He placed her carefully in the middle of her beautifully made four poster king sized bed, with a lovely thick airy duvet decorated with floral patterns, sequins and beads. She stirred as he left the room and he went to get ready for bed himself and turn everything off downstairs, as he passed Karen's bedroom she woke and saw him."Chris where are you going?" she asked still half asleep."I'm going to bed honey I love you," he said."Come here, get in my bed, I think it needs warming," she said waking up, and gesturing him to come in with her."Are you sure? I'll be fine in the spare bedroom.""No I want you here with me, in my sight," she begged as he entered the room shutting the door behind him and turning off the light, climbing in beside her as she moved closer to him and their bodies interlocked as they slept soundly the whole night.
The next day Karen and Chris weren't needed at the rink until later in the day so they stayed cuddled up with each other in the spacious double bed for a few hours, treating themselves to much longer lie in than normal. They were both so relaxed in each other's company and the pair of them were extremely happy lying in one an others arms, warm and feeling loved. "I could stay here all day lying in your arms Christopher Dean..." Karen said in a hushed voice wistfully. "Me too, I love you Karen, I can't believe it's taken this long to get into a relationship but you really have no idea how happy it's made me..." Chris said thinking about how he'd felt over Karen for so many years. "I know exactly how you feel Chris, we had this mutual feelings between us and neither of us said anything for that amount of time, it seems so silly..." Karen replied feeling exactly the same way. "I would give anything to stay here all day with you..." Chris said kissing Karen intensely for a few seconds and tightening his hold around her body. They laid there together for a couple of hours, lightly dozing off now and then and in between just talking softly in a silent house with a lovely, peaceful, relaxed atmosphere. "I suppose we'd better get up some time today..." Karen sighed as the clock turned to 10:30am and she sat up pulling her silky blonde hair out of her face and tying it up in a messy bun - Chris just watched her every move. "Ah no, we don't have to go anywhere for at least another hour..." he said cheekily pulling her back down next to him tickling her body and kissing her playfully; she played back for a few minutes. "No come on Chris we have to move some time, I feel lazy just staying in bed..." she protested ready to get up, getting agitated and fidgety just lying in bed, as blissful as it had felt to begin with. "Ah no come on honey, you need to treat yourself once in a while..." he said sitting up himself and kissing her tenderly once more. "You never lie in.""No that's because I'm so used to getting up at 6am I do it anyway even when I don't need to!" Karen said laughing, then kissing him back. "Well that's just silly," he said laughing back and pulling her closer kissing her more and more as they sat in the middle of the bed with pillows and blankets scattered around them. "You know you can have fun when you're not in bed as well... how do you fancy joining me in the shower?" Karen suggested flirtatiously and grabbed Chris's hand pulling him towards the en suite bathroom which was absolutely spotless with everything in a specific order. Chris very much approved of the idea and definitely took to the sound of it following Karen eagerly. Shutting the door behind them he started to undress Karen and then himself as they climbed into the shower which was about to get very steamy..."Well there's something I never did with Jill..." Chris said about half an hour later, wrapping a towel around his waist with Karen leading him back to the bedroom wrapping a crisp white towel around her own body. Chris came up behind her, turned her around and pushed her backwards onto the bouncy mattress climbing on top of her and kissing her seductively and passionately.
"I can't believe you never had a hot steamy shower with your own wife... not complaining though," Karen said still being very flirtacious and standing with the wardrobe doors open in front of rows of beautifully flattering outfits. "We did have some good times don't get me wrong we did have some good times," Chris said casting his mind back to some fun family times, mainly enjoyable because of the time with the kids... "but Jill never really excited me, she was just there...""I don't know why you married her, the way you talk about her it's as if you never loved each other," Karen thought still trying to decide what to wear with the towel wrapped around her. "Well there was once a time I did love her, but I don't know, let's just say the feelings didn't really last!" Chris said desperately trying to end the conversation whilst pulling on his clothes. "Chris come and grab me something to wear please," Karen said standing with her hands on her hips. He went over shaking his head at Karen's lack of ability to make a simple decision... Little did Karen know Chris had always paid attention to Karen's trendy outfits she wore to training and couldn't keep her eyes off her when it came to the live shows of each series and she wore the beautiful stunning dresses that clung to her slim figure. Chris picked out Karen's favourite outfit for training: her black skating leggings which had a sparkly diamante swirling pattern down the left leg, and a peach-pink coral coloured top which was gathered up in the waist and the fabric went out from there. The colour suited her fantastically and Chris loved it on her. "How did you know this is my favourite top?" Karen asked. "Because I know everything," Chris said tapping his nose. He watched Karen get dressed as he lay on the bed and proceeded to watch her get ready, dry her hair and straighten it, then put her make up on, a touch of foundation, black mascara, soft smoky eyeliner and a layer of pink shiny lipgloss to finish off. "You look stunning baby," he said mesmerised by her looks and getting up to pull her body towards him and kiss her softly on the lips. They then went downstairs and had some breakfast cooked by Chris, and had an incredibly lazy but relaxed morning before it was time to get to the rink and for once Jayne was even there on time when the pair of them arrived waiting to get to work.
"Hello you two, you look very happy today," Jayne said with a smile on her face when Karen and Chris walked in with their arms wrapped around each other. "We are happy today aren't we babe?" Chris said turning to Karen and they looked at each other lovingly as they walked towards Jayne who was putting her skates on, ready to get on the ice and get to work. All the celebrities and their professional partners were at their nearest rinks rehearsing that day, so Karen, Chris and Jayne had the afternoon to piece everything together, choreograph a couple of pro routines, and think about how the show was coming together overall. There was just 2 weeks until the first live show and everyone was getting really excited but the nerves were definitely building up. "Next week we all have our final costume fittings to make sure everything fits perfectly, there's been a lot of alterations to most of the celebrities' costumes this year more than ever, I think we must have worked them harder than normal - they've all lost so much weight!" Chris said."Well that's our job," Jayne added in. It was true, the standard was higher than ever this year and it was anyone's game, everyone had made such massive progress since the first few weeks of training. After discussing each of the celebrities progress and watching all the latest training footage to catch up, they decided everything was going perfectly well and were extremely pleased; they then got to work on their own routines filling the music exactly. There was Jayne and Chris and the rest of the professional team opening the show as usual with a spectacular number, and later in the show another professional number. Closing the show was a special performance which had been added in at the last minute, was a beautiful piece skated by Karen and Chris... it was the ITV producer's idea and at first Karen and Chris weren't at all sure but as their relationship had grown and strengthened over the past few weeks, they'd began to get very used to the idea and loved skating together, something they'd never had the chance to do before in previous series, even though they had both thought of it. Once they had all the routines planned out in their minds, planted there, the three of them spent the rest of the afternoon and into the early evening, just skating around the rink messing around for fun, Karen and Chris getting very playful and Jayne just following them, laughing. She'd had her turn with Chris and now it was Karen's. Recently a niggling jealousy feeling had entered into Jayne's mind, seeing Karen and Chris all loved up together, skating happily... She had a wonderful relationship with Phil but it wasn't something she could have at work, he wasn't a skater. When Karen had been with Stephen she'd almost thought of Chris as her's, after all most of the nation thought they were actually married, and sometimes it felt like it to her. But now Karen and Chris had a wonderful partnership off the ice, and they'd brought it onto the ice as well, she couldn't help but wish she had Chris, however happy for her two best friends she was... "Right I think we should call it a day," Jayne said tiredly as she got off the ice, but Karen and Chris were still skating around happily. "Okay, I think Jayne's right," Chris said not realizing how worn out he was until someone else mentioned it. "Ohhh can't we stay a bit longer?" Karen begged pleadingly, looking at Chris making her eyes go big and wide. "Well I'm going to head home," Jayne replied guessing that Chris would want to stay longer with Karen so they could continue her fun, but Jayne couldn't wait to get home to her husband and beautiful kids. "Bye Jayne," Chris said waving as they watched her undo her skates and head off home. "Thank you Chris, I love you," Karen said, spinning into his body and hugging him tight, whilst he placed soft kisses on her head, ruffling up her hair, but she didn't mind. They skated around the rink slowly, romantically, hand in hand, for about half an hour, chatting quietly to each other, and just gazing into each other's eyes. It was dark outside when they finally decided to call it a day themselves, they got off the ice still hand in hand, and took off their skates. Chris leaned over to kiss Karen again on the cheeks this time, playing gently. Karen moved the kiss to the lips, and they passionately locked their lips together for a few moments, before leaving the rink and driving home in the darkened evening, street lamps lighting the way until they arrived back at Karen's house.