Chapter 26

Caitlin's Point Of View ;)

The next morning I realize we only have 2 days left. I sigh, not wanting to get back to reality. Sidney is awake when I get up, but barely. He's laying beside me trying to open his eyes. "We only have 2 more days." I say, feeling sad.
"isn't it sad?" He looks at me, touching my cheek. "I don't want to leave."
"Me either." I say. "But I do want to get moved into that apartment."
"Mmmmm." Sidney says, "will you want help?" He asks quietly.
"I dunno. We're not moving that much. It has everything, appliances, furniture. I guess it's pretty nice." I say, "you might come see it though?" I ask him, hoping he will.
"Sure." He says.

We go to breakfast at 9:30, enjoying one of the last days of meals being served to us. "So.. what to do?" he asks.
"I have no clue. I don't want to go swimming," because I think that's really what mad me sick. That and maybe stress and exhaustion. I sigh.
"Yeah." He says.
"I know!" I kinda have a spastic moment. "Let's go to the arcade." I say, calming myself down. That's one of the only things we haven't done yet.
"sure." Sidney says, wrapping his arm around my waist.
At the arcade, it's kinda crowded. Sidney and I wait in lines to play some of the more popular games. We end up playing the racing games on motorcycles that you have to lean and whatnot. It was fun. But it was so crowded we left after a while. It seemed like more and more people kept piling in and nobody was leaving. So we did.
"That was fun." I say, leaning on him.
"I thought so." He says. Instead of going right back to the suite like we usually do, we decide to just wander around the ship and see if we did miss anything fun.
We play around and people watch like we do. It's funny how absolutely no one recognizes him. Back home, he would have been mobbed.
Out of the blue on our way back to the suite, he leans down in my ear and says, "I love you." I smile and turn and wrap my arms around his neck.
"I love you too." He kisses me and we head back.

Ruthanne's Point of View <3>

Kris and I lay in bed for hours after we woke up. I roll over and kiss him. "Kris." I say.
"huh?" He looks at me, his eyes red and his hair tangled.
"I'm gonna miss you." I say sadly.
He looks away. "I know." I hear him whisper. "I'm gonna miss you too." I lay my head on his shoulder. "would you be allowed to come with me?"
"I dunno." I say. My parents have always been kind of controlling. "I hope so."

We don't go out anywhere together. I go get food and bring it back to the suite. Kris won't eat very much and I'm feeling worse and worse as he does. The only way I can imagine how he feels is if like, Caitlin died while I was away. It's terrible to even think of how I would feel, so I stop and go back to trying to make Kris feel better.
At like 5:00 Caitlin knocks on the door between our suites. "Come in." I say. Kris lays back on the bed and folds his arms under his head, staring at the ceiling.
Sidney and Caitlin both come over. Caitlin sits with me on the couch and Sidney goes over to Kris. They talk quietly for a while, I can't hear what they're saying.
"So.." Caitlin says, always feeling like she has to say something. "How's Kris?" She asks.
"I don't know. He won't talk, Like someone I know." I sigh, glaring at Caitlin.
"I'm sorry! I always feel so stupid when I'm upset. Like it's the stupidest thing, but it still drains me." She explains.
"I know." I say, putting my arm around her shoulder. "I still love ya."
"That's good to know." She says. "Love ya too." She hugs me back.
"So." I say, wanting and not wanting to tell Caitlin about how I might be in Montreal. For a month. "Kris is going back to Montreal. He might be up there for a while, visiting family, NHL interviews, the funeral." I whisper really quietly. "And he was thinking about taking me with him..." I trail off, seeing the looks of confusion, then understanding flash across her face.
"ok." She says, hugging me again. "I don't know if I want to move in without you though." She says. "I'd be scared to."
"I know. I would too." I say. "You always have Sidney."
"I know. But he'll get busy. I know he's taking time out of his summer to be with me."
"Caitlin the summer just started, the season just ended. OF course things are gonna come up, and I'm sure you're gonna be put in that equation, but, just don't stress about it." I make my crooked smile, feeling smart after explaining that to her. She doesn't argue, which is abnormal, so I think I made my point.
Sidney comes back over to the couch and says, "you all want to go to dinner? I convinced Kris."
"Yeah." We both say, standing up.
Dinner is good. We all go back to our own suites. I sit with Kris again. "You ok?" I ask him. He nods, sitting up and petting my hair back, looking into my eyes. A little bit weirded out, I look down.
"Do you want to come to Montreal with me? For sure?" He asks me slowly.
"Of course!" I say, meaning it too.
"Ok." He says. "I want to be there to ask your parents with you." He says. "I think. They'll let us."
I smile at him, leaning into his hard chest. "Oh Kris." I say, "I love you." Because it feels right and I don't know what else this can be called.