black - Chris Cornell

Black; v8

Narrators POV;
-------- June 4th, 1991. (Monday)
10:25AM

VALERIE WAS BACK TO HERSELF, SHE finally started getting better.

Only piece by piece.

Her and Chris stayed together the whole night from when she came crying to him and spent the whole day together the next day.

By Monday, Chris was walking her to work and back, and today was no different.

"I like walking with you, Chris, but you know you don't have to," Valerie smiled as she called behind the counter.

"Oh, but I do, and it's not pity," Chris assured her, "it's because I want to."

"Alright, love birds!" David smiled, "my daughter is graduating today, I'll be gone for the day. Don't overwork and make sure to lock up."

David grabbed his hat from the coat rack as he walked to the front of the store, "I'll open tomorrow!"

Chris smirked as David left, and it wasn't a happy- It was a mischievous.

"What, cornell?"

"What if I stay with you all day?" Chris smiled.

"I'll get in trouble, no way!"

"He won't know, though," Chris said as he hoped over the counter.

"He has camreas, chris."

"On the back ally, front and facing the whole store, but he can't check unless he's here."

Valerie rolled her eyes as she turned on the stool to look at him, "Don't you wanna go sleep, weren't you up at like 4 in the morning?"

He looked at her confused, "how did you know?"

Because I saw the shadow through your window, she thought.

"I don't know, I guessed," she shrugged.

Chris pulled up a stool, sitting next to her, "No, you're lying."

"What? No, I'm not," she shook her head, looking away.

"Yes, you are! You look away away when you lie!"

She shot her head at Chris, "How do you know that?"

"You are lying!"

"You study me too much, cornell!" She crossed her arms.

"How did you know I went to bed at that time?"

"I guessed, like I said!" She said.

He shook his head, "where does your window face?"

She heard the bell ring, smiling, "Oh look, a costumer!"

Chris glared at her rotten smile, shaking his head.
....
8:00PM

As the shift ended, Chris had "forgotten" about the topic from the morning.

News flash, he didn't.

As Valerie walked up to the house with Chris, they noticed people's cars in Eddie's and Chris's driveways.

"Are you expecting someone?" Valerie asked.

Chris shook his head, "it's just stone and Jeff's, their probably just hanging out with eddie."

"Who's the third car then?" Valerie asked as they walked up to the front door.

"Beth? I don't know," Chris shrugged.

"Guess we'll find out," Valerie laughed, opening the front door.

They saw beth, eddie, Jeff, and Stone all in the living room, chatting.