My Not So Crappy Love Life

Chapter 17

***Lizzy's POV***

   I'm still crying tears of joy. I start to cry more because... Chris is crying into my shoulder too. I chuckle and pull away looking Chris in the eye and watching tears form a stream down his face. I feel my eyes water again and I pull Chris into the tightest hug I can. "Please never leave me," I tell Chris through tears. He starts crying more and he struggles to say, "I could never break up with you. You mean everything to me and I can't imagine my life without you. You don't understand how much I've been wating for this day. Lizabeth, I love you." I hug him even tighter and cry harder, "I love you too Christopher." I pull away and look him in the eye, I gently use my sleeve and wipe away Chris's tears. He just chuckles and his eyes search my face, his eyebrows pulled together in thought. "To celebrate this do you want to go to a party? I heard someone's throwing one tonight," Chris says smiling. I wipe away the tears that had once been on my face, "sure, as long as you don't ditch me." "Why would I do that?" Chris says and gives me a peck on the lips. "What time are we gonna go?" I ask. "How about around 10pm? I have another surprise for you," Chris answers. "That sounds good. And you don't have to spoil me, being with you is enough," I tell Chris. "Ok, but too late. We'll leave in 20 ok?" "Ok" I go into the bathroom and since we're gonna go to a party later I put on short shorts with a rose design and a cropped white tanktop. I leave my hair down, I leave the bathroom and I let Chris go in and get ready. It's about 7pm by the time we leave the dorm. We get into my ford and Chris insists that he drives so he does. After about 30 minutes he pulls in a... animal shelter? "Umm... Chris this is a animal shelter," I state. He gets out and walks over to open my door for me and says "I know." I quietly walk besides him, our fingers intertwined. Chris stops and puts a bandana round my eyes. "Chri-" I begin. "-nope. Keep you eyes covered and I'll lead you, trust me," Chris reassures me. "Ok," I answer and he leads me inside. I can't see anything but I can hear dogs barking.... WAIT DOGS... HE DIDN'T. Chris instructs me to sit down and I do what I'm told. I hear a dog getting closer and soon I'm holding a puffball. My eyes start watering. Chris slowly removes my bandana while saying, "it's not a husky, it's a Alaskan Klee Kia." I see a puppy with a red bow on its collar. I feel tears of joy slide down my cheek and I hold the puppy close to my chest and Chris sits next to me and wraps one arm around my waist while petting the little poof ball with the other. I look up at him and he kisses me, I can feel him smiling against my lips. I look back down at the puppy who is now nibbling on Chris's thumb. "What do you want to name him?" The lady who works there asks me and Chris. "Hunter?" I ask Chris who nods his head in approval.

"Hunter," I say to the little puppy in a sign song voice looking into his blue little eyes. After we get to take Hunter we go get him some puppy supplies. When we get back to the dorm it's 9pm. "We have an hour," Chris states. "Ok, I'm gonna fix my make-up, put Hunter in his crate and then we can leave. Sound good?" I ask Chris. "Yup, here I'll hold our little boy while you finish up," Chris replies taking Hunter from me and I go finish my make-up. When I walk out of the bathroom I see Chris laying on his be holding a tried fluff ball. I take my furry baby and put him in his crate. Chris grabs the keys, my hand, and then we leave. Since the party isn't on campus we go to a bar reserved for us college students. When we arrive me and Chris enter hand in hand. "Want a drink?" Chris asks me. "Sure, you choose," I tell Chris. We take a seat at the bar. Chris orders us something but I'm not sure what it is. He hands me a drink. "To love," Chris says. "To love," I repeat, we clink our drinks then we down half the glass. "I love you," Chris tells me, then downs the rest of the drink. I down the rest of mine, "I love you too." Chris orders another round of the addicting substance and imidiatly downs it. I do the same, the cool liquid burning my throat as it slides down. After our 4th glass we are both basically drunk and we go to the dance floor lazily. We do random dances. I stumble towards him when I see a familiar face wobble towards me. Chris looks at me and I see the concern/confusion in his face. I say one name and he tightens his grip around me, imidiatly alert... "Tanner." "Stay behind me," is all Chris says before Tanner finally stands in front of us. "Hey babe, Chris," Tanner says obviously drunk too. "Back off, she's mine now," Chris says strictly to Tanner. "Oh no I'm soo scared," Tanner says, testing how far he can go. "Liz, run," Chris whispers to me then swings at Tanner. I try to run but I can't seem to balance. I look back and see Chris lying on the floor with blood pouring from his nose and he's grabbing his stomach. I see Tanner quickly push through the pool of bodies and he is soon close to me. I run as fast as I can towards the stairs. I trip over many people laying on the stairs making out, I know Tanner is behind me. I get to the top and I'm about to turn the corner when Tanner grabs my ankle making my knee slam into the corner and causing me to scream out in pain. I can't get up, and that's when Tanner is hovering over me as I lay screaming out in pain on the floor.