Through Pain We Survive

Chapter 10

Sara sighed. Hearing her phone alert her to a message, she rolled over and checked it. Seeing who sent the message, she groaned. She rolled back over on her other side. Hearing the shower running, she got out of bed and got dressed.

"Sweetheart, I'm going to get something to eat for us. I'll be back!" She called loud enough to the person in the shower. The water cut off and he walked out into the bedroom wearing a towel.

Sara smiled at him. "Or, maybe I'll stay a little longer." She looks him up and down, admiring the view.

Shaking her head to focus, she changed the subject. "Oh, Gwen told me she loves going to your class and your little extra one on one time with her afterwards." Sara gives an evil smirk, leans over, and kisses Damien.

"They have no idea?" Damien got dressed.

"No, none. They're too busy seeing the good in everyone. Ugh, it makes me sick having to deal with their goody-two-shoes mindsets. Nate is at least tolerable, but the other two..." Sara shudders. "I just have to deal with it for a little longer, then our plan will be complete."

Damien smiles at Sara. "Then I will have you all to myself again, and Random Encounters will be destroyed." He leans in and kisses her again.

"Oh why did I agree to go to this convention with them?" She whines. "Hopefully I'll be able to spend some time with just Nate so I'm not around them the whole time."

"Most likely you'll be together for the whole weekend. There won't be much one-on-one time with 'your man.'" He chuckles.

"Please, he's not my man. I detest even having him touch me. I only tolerate it because I know it will destroy them all in the end."

Damien smiled. "That's my girl." He leans in and kisses her.

"But I did agree. Gwen even make me a costume." She pulled a face. "It's so sickeningly saccharine!"

"Well, our plan would be useless without you, so I do appreciate that you are willing to put your feelings aside for me."

"Our channel is far superior to theirs, I can't wait for people to start noticing it more. Once we have brought them down, they'll be so depressed they won't make any more musicals."

"Or, when they do, their viewership will be so low, they will not get any funds from them, and they'll have to shut down!" Damien smiled.

"I had better get us food then I'll pack." She leaned over and kissed him, then left the room.

After she returned with food, they ate and she retired to the bedroom and started to pack up for the weekend. She ran a couple errands to pick up some supplies she needed, then once she was fully packed, she set her bag by the door.

Checking the time, she sat down and went over her checklist. She was ready.

"Bye, Sweetheart. I love you. I'll see you when I get back," Sara called to Damien.

"Bye! I love you too," Damien retorted.

Sara put her bag in the trunk then got in. Taking a deep breath, she started the car and went to Nate's.

"Get ready to put on the biggest show of your life." She sighed, getting out of the car and knocking on the door.

Gwen answered, looking a bit frazzled. "Hey, Sara. Come on in. Nate should be in his room packing up. You know how guys are, always waiting until the last minute then packing the bare minimum." Gwen smiled.

Sara smiled back at her. "Yeah, what else would we expect?" Laughing at her own joke, she headed upstairs to find Nate.

Gwen was going over what all she needed and made sure she was finished packing. She headed upstairs to AJ to find him working on his computer.

"Baby, we had better leave here soon. Are you about done?"

"Yeah, I just wanted to make sure the musical was scheduled right to come out on Friday, along with the pre-recorded REPlayed episode Friday night." He was signing out of the computer and shutting it down.

"Okay. I'm about packed, I just have to gather my toiletries. I figured we could use the same bag for that."

"Okay, that works. Why don't you go ahead and get our toiletries packed up, then I'll get the rest of my stuff packed?" He stood up and stretched.

"Sounds good." She walked over and gave him a hug.

Wrapping his arms around her, he sighed contentedly. He closed his eyes and enjoyed the moment.

Gwen closed her eyes. She took a deep breath, just breathing him in. She loved little moments like this, just to be able to hold each other and know the other one is there.

He looked at her and put his forehead to hers. "Thank you."

"For what?" She smiled.

"For being you. I love you." He kissed her.

"I love you." She gave him another hug and they parted to finish their tasks.

After they were fully packed, AJ took their bags to the car. Nate came out shortly after AJ, putting his bag in Sara's car beside her bag.

"Are you guys about ready to head out?" AJ asked Nate.

"Pretty sure. You guys?"

"Yeah, I think we just wanted to get some waters then we would be ready to hit the road."

"Good idea. I'm going to grab some waters for us too."

They grabbed drinks then headed to the convention. It wasn't too far away, in Anaheim, so it was a relatively short drive. They got to the hotel and checked in. AJ and Gwen were on one room, Nate had his own room, and Sara had her own room.

They all went to their respective rooms and got their bags situated, cleaned themselves up a bit. Soon, it was time to head to the convention center to check in.