Chapter 41

Ruthanne's Point of View <3
Early in the morning I wake up and Kris isn't by my side. I freak out a little bit and look around the room. He's not in the room either. I get out of bed and walk downstairs. Kris is in the kitchen making breakfast.
"Good morning," he says, smiling brightly.
"Hey," I say, "you scared me."
"Sorry.. I was hungry and I wanted this to be ready for when you woke up. It'll be done in a few minutes." He stirs the scrambled eggs and looks up at me. I walk over and wrap my arms around his waist. I lean on his back and stay there while he cooks. I feel clingy right now.
"mmm," I groan. "that smells really good."
"I hope you like it," Kris says, "I don't make breakfast a lot."
"I'm sure I will lovee it." I say happily. I'm still sleepy and I'm like falling asleep on his back so I let go of him and go sit at the bar.
"You sound tired," Kris comments.
"I feel exhausted." I say, and it's the truth. I feel like I could close my eyes right now and fall asleep on this stool.
Kris turns off the burner and before serving the food he comes over and hugs me. "You can go back upstairs and sleep if you want," he says.
"I can't sleep without you," I say, a puppy dog look on my face. I really can't sleep without him. Well, not good sleep at least.
Kris's crooked smile makes me giggle. "After we eat."
I smile wider and hug him back. "thank youuu." I yawn into his shoulder.
"You're welcome baby," Kris says. I smile again and lay my head down on the counter while he serves up the food.
We eat and I don't feel as tired anymore, but I still need a nap so Kris and I go upstairs and lay down. "I love you,"  Kris says in my ear as I lay there in his arms. I barely hear him because I'm already half asleep. Napping comes naturally for me. I need at least 10 hours of sleep to function.

When I wake up I see Kris playing with my phone. "Hey!" I yelp, trying to grab it out of his hand. He's too quick of course. "What are you doing?" I ask him suspiciously.
"Caitlin texted you," he says back. "She's going to Cole Harbour with Sidney for his birthday this weekend," Kris explains. "He wants his family to meet her."
"So, you're just texting her?" I ask.
"Yeah," Kris says, smiling. He's a goofball.
"Now how am I gonna move!?" I groan. This just isn't working out that well for us. Summer is almost over and we've taken a lot of vacations. And Caitlin is leaving again. I'll probably move the rest of my stuff and she'll get hers later.  I realize how selfish I sounded and feel bad, but there's nothing I can say without making myself look even more terrible.
"I can help you," Kris says, planting a kiss on my cheek as I make another grab for my phone.
I give him the puppy dog lip. "Can I have my phone!?"
He hands it to me immediately. He can never take it. I text Caitlin saying I'm back and she asks if Kris told me everything. Of course there's nothing for us to discuss anymore because he just spilled it all. I wonder how Caitlin got her family to let her go on such short notice.. I guess it was the same for me going to Montreal.


Caitlin's Point of View. ;)

Sidney's birthday is this weekend and I started working on his gift today. Now that he's told me he's taking me to Cole Harbour with him this weekend, I'll have to pack it all up and try and finish it there. I figure, my money can't get Sidney Crosby anything he doesn't already have, and he'd like something homemade and from the heart better anyways.
I'm attempting to make a message in a bottle. I secretly took sand and a couple seashells from the beach in Florida where we docked and so I'm putting that in the bottom of the bottle. The hardest part about this is going to be writing the note, and attaching it to the cork so he can get it out. Since we're leaving later today, I'm going to try and finish this one. And try to finish packing. And convince him to leave me alone all day while I do this.
I'm also trying to fill a cute box I decorated with 23 things he likes, or memories, like movie tickets and things. Since he's turning 23 this weekend.
And for the last thing, I'm going to try and coordinate this with his family while he's not around, a scavenger hunt in his home town for all of it. It would be easier if I had any background knowledge about where he lives.
So, I'm spending my whole day on this, I better have a good plan for when I get there. I need a lot of a day to execute the birthday surprise too, so I'll have to make sure we have a free day while we are up there.
The box will be the first thing he finds, followed by the 23 items so he can fill the box with them (some will be in the same spot as others because they go together, or because it'll be crazy to go to 23 different locations), and the last thing wil be the message in a bottle. I'm so happy with my plan, it better work out.

Sidney texts me all day, nonstop and I have to keep holding him off. I keep telling him that I can't go do anything and he can't come over here because I'm helping my mom get ready for our family reunion next weekend. There's not a reunion, but he doesn't have to know. I still feel bad about the lie.
My mom eventually comes up to my room wondering what's going on too. There's glitter and tissue paper and everything else all over the place when she gets here. "Well this is a mess. Is it for Sidney's birthday?" She asks.
"Yeah," I grin widely, proud of myself. I still need to get a few of the 23 things but I think I'm good for time to get those.
"All homemade?" My mom blinks.
"Not ALL of it. Besides, What am I suppsosed to buy him?" I ask laughing. "He's got everything he wants, and everything he needs. This is better, I think, than stressing over what to get him and how much money I'd have to spend and everything." I explain myself and watch her face as she understands.
"Ok then. That's what you're doing up here. I was afraid you died. You never stay up here all day like this." I laugh at her for thinking that, but it's true, if I'm at home I'm downstairs. I only ever slept in my room.
Boy I can't wait for Sidney's birthday this weekend! Hopefully his family likes me and will go along with the scavenger hunt!


Ruthanne's Point of View <3

My day is uneventful, Kris and I just hang out, and Max comes over to Kris's house to hang out. I think it has to do with getting his mind off of  whatever Kris went to Max's for the other day. It must really be bothering him. I'm not even sure what it is. Then it dawns on me. Sidney asked Caitlin the other day about Max and she said there was nothing going on. Maybe Sidney said something to Max or he found out the wrong way, or he's totally destroyed over it. I don't know. I don't care to get involved.
We end up playing golf on the Wii most of the evening and then realizing we're all starving at about 11:00.
"What's open?" Kris asks, obviously not thinking of fast food. I'm sure he's used to high class stuff, but I'm not. Yet.
"ha. McDonalds, Eat'n Park." I laugh,  Max does too.
"Drive through?" Kris asks.
"Yes, dummy," I laugh at him again and we all hop in his car to go to McDonald's. Kris doesn't want to be seen there, I can tell.
We eat our food in the car in an old pot holish parking lot. All of us laugh and eat and we jam to rap music we've never listened to before.
None of us thought about what parking lot we parked in. And it scared the shit out of us when someone came up and knocked on the window.
"Yo what's ya'll partyin in there fo?" The big black guy shouts outside my window. I shriek in surprise and nearly land in Kris's lap.
"Oh my god oh my god oh my god," I repeat over and over under my breath. Who knows what he wants.
Kris just starts the car and pulls out of the parking lot. I never imagined it being that easy. I look back to see the guy freaking out in the parking lot and 2 of his buddies coming out and joining him. I lean heavily on Kris's shoulder. "Do not. Take me there again," Kris says at the same time I try to.
"How was I supposed to know your nearby McDonalds wasn't safe!" I ask him.
"I don't know," he laughs, "but that was some scary stuff. I don't know how we made it out of there." I smile and sigh.
"I'm glad we did." Kris drops me off at home, going out of his way to do so, after that ordeal and I go straight to bed. I go straight to bed. It's been a long day.