Chapter 37

Ruthanne's Point of View <3

I wake up in the middle of the night to thunder and lightning and there's no Kris by my side. I feel weird because a dog isn't hogging up my whole bed. Turk, my chocolate lab, is scared to death of thunderstorms and he always comes and lays by me. I frown and sit up, feeling a little bit dizzy. "Kris?" I mumble into the darkness. I look for his alarm clock on his night stand and see that it's 2:45 AM. I frown again. Where is he?
I slide to the edge of the bed and stumble out of it. I figure I'll go to the bathroom and see how disastrous my appearance is, then see where I can find Kris. I walk into the bathroom only to hear Kris crying. I suddenly feel bad for looking for him because now he'll be embarrassed because I saw him. I can't see him but I know he's sitting on the edge of the bathtub so I go and sit beside him. When I lower myself onto the tub I feel him flinch, like I surprised him. But I feel like it'd be insensitive to walk back out the way I came. I wrap my arms around his shoulders and whisper, "I love you," in his ear.
Kris puts his hands to his face and wipes off all the tears. "I love you too," he says, leaning on me. I feel like crying because Kris is and I don't know if I can stop myself. It'd only make him feel worse I tell myself and just hang onto his shoulders. We're both a mess right now.
Kris and I sit for what seems like forever before I feel him getting ready to stand up. Between the two of us there's a silent communication that we're going to bed, and we both head in that direction. I love Kris and it's nice to know he loves me and will be there whenever he can. I sure hope I can be that reliable, is the last thought I think before I fall asleep.

Kris is up before the sun and saying my name before I even think about waking up. "Ruthanne. Come on," he says, pushing on my shoulder.
"Huh??" I roll over and look at him.
"We gotta get ready to go!" He says, "our flight leaves at 8:30!" He turns around, grabbing one of his duffle bags.. "Grab all your stuff. You wouldn't want to leave something important in Montreal." I get up slowly, rubbing my eyes.
"K" I say, and I head for the pile where most of my clothes lay. I might have some stuff in the bathroom but I mostly tried to keep it all in one place. "mmm, how'd you sleep??" I ask, yawning  as I pick up a few pairs of jeans and shove them into my suitcase.
"Terrible." Kris says, shooting me a look from across the room.
"I'm sorry.. Me too though," I try. One day without him felt like a lifetime.. I just want to talk. He walks over to me and gives me a hug.
"Hi," I look up at him, smiling real wide.
"Hey," he says, looking down at me, a crooked grin on his face. "I love you," he whispers as he kisses my forehead. "I missed you like crazy the other night," he says, kissing me again. "I can't wait to get back to Pittsburgh," he squeezes me tight, then lets go.
"Me too," I say quietly. I've been homesick. Hey, maybe that's my problem. Homesickness.


Caitlin's Point of View. ;)

I almost choke on my cereal before I turn to look at him. "Huh?" I ask, totally dumbfounded by his question. Did Max say something? Right here right now I vow to try and stay away from Max as much as possible.
"You and Max?" Sidney looks at me like I'm retarded.
"Not really," I try, since there really isn't anything between us. Even if Max wants there to be, I said no.
"What do you mean, Not Really?" Sidney looks at me. I feel like crying, like I just got caught doing some terrible crime.
"I mean..." I pause for a minute, "we've talked, but nothing is going on between us." I say.
"Oh." Sidney says, "well you act weird around him lately. And he flirts a ton."
"See how it feels?" I ask, knowing it doesn't really relate to his behaviour in the club the other night, but I still felt horrible about it. "I'm sorry," I apologize, that didn't need to be brought up again.
Sidney wraps his arm around me. "It's ok. I just like to think my girl is being faithful."
"No worries," I look up at him, not knowing whether I can believe that myself. I take another bite of my cereal, suddenly not feeling hungry at all. I can't believe we just had that conversation.

Sidney and I hang around the pool at Mario's the whole day. There's nothing better to do than to just lay together. I don't have any swim clothes so we just lay by the pool, cuddling.I hope I tan, and I certainly hope I do not get weird, Sidney tan lines on me from our cuddling. We talk about life and how everything's going for a long time before I remember that Ruthanne is coming home today.
"RUTHANNE and KRIS!!!" I say excitedly, startling Sidney when I sit up.
"Huh?" Sidney looks at me.
"They're coming home today!!" I say, scrambling, trying to find my cell phone. Kris and Ruthanne like to take morning flights, I remember.. So they should be back by now, it's like 1:00. I pull out my phone and send Ruthanne a text.
have you made it home?? I can't wait to see you! ;O is what ends up being typed onto the screen first so I send it, really hoping she has and wants to sit around our apartment all day.
"Sid, would you mind coming to my place and hanging for a while tonight?" I ask him, giving him my puppy dog face. I know he'd say yes even if I didn't do that, but I can't help doing it.
"Sure," he says, smiling at me. "Do you act like this when I've been away for days?" He looks at me with one eyebrow raised.
"Maybe," I smile and stand up, heading inside already. I hear Sidney get up to follow me. My phone buzzes in my pocket. Yeah, we're home. I'm at Kris's for now, We''ll be at the apartment soon.
I smile, hoping Sidney will be willing to go soon. I can't wait to see them! It's been what? 2 weeks? Crazy! I miss them (well, her.. I don't really know Kris) like CRAZY!!
I run upstairs when I reach the stairs, on my way to Sidney's room to get my stuff. He follows me up. "What's the rush?" He asks slowly, making me laugh.
"They're heading to the apartment soon!" I say, "I wanna meet them there!" I feel like a little kid getting a visit from a distant relative that I happen to love.
"Ok, ok, let's go then." Sidney says, kind of groaning about it. He obviously doesn't share my excitement but he wants to make me happy so he grabs his car keys off his nightstand.
"Let's go in my car," I say, secretly not wanting him to be able to get away. Has he even been to our apartment yet? I'm always coming over here.
"Why?" He asks, giving me a funny look.
"I don't know.. cause then you can't leave me."
"Like I'd do that!" He laughs at me and grabs my waist.
"I know. Still, ride in my car. I never get to drive."
"I never realized you like to drive." He says, smiling.
"There's a lot of things you would realize if you didn't insist on spoiling me so much," I smile at him again.
"Do you want me to stop?"
I laugh, "no way."
We head out the door, get into my car and drive  back to my place. I feel happy.