Don't

7

   By the end of the day Alexa had shown you a dozen of different apartments. She had said four but you asked to see a few more. She brought you back to the first one you really reacted to.
    It's simple, stunning and cozy. The cherrywood floors and crown molding, the winging staircase to a loft above the living room. The loft was open so you could look down into the dining room and kitchen. It was perfect, everything you had never thought to dream off. She let you back in so you could take another walk around, you wandered back up the loft. A figured stopped you in your tracks.
    Chris turned to face you as your foot it the top, his dark denim jeans clung tightly to his thighs. Chris was wearing white shirt and a black hoodie, his baseball cap top his head, so dressed down and relaxed. His smiled at you, his hands in his pockets.
     "You sounded kind of down this morning, baby girl." He spoke softly as you walked up him.
     "Didn't mean too." You smiled up at him.
     "This the one you want?" His asked, looking around a bit, nodding to himself.
      "Yes." You breathed, biting your lip, not believing it was real.
       "I like it, I made sure that any place you saw today accepted cats." He added, pulling his hands out of his pockets, lacing his fingers with yours. He gently pulled them to his lips.
       "How sweet of you." You replied, trying to sound playful but your nerves still kicking in. He quickly pulled you against him, smiling down at you.
"So, this is the place." His voice low, watching your face, tucking a strand of hair behind your ear.
"Yes, this place is absolutely stunning." You tell him, slowly he leaned his down, planting his lips against yours. You snaked your arms around his neck, leaning into the kiss. His hands traveled down to small of your back, resting just above the curve of your butt.
"So why did you sound so down this morning?" He asked softly, pulling away and resting his forehead against yours.
"I was hoping I would get to see you today, it was foolish but I'm glad I did." You sighed, slowly relaxing in his arms.
"I had somethings to attended to this morning, so after you sign some papers I can help you retrieve your things." He stated, placing a gentle kiss on your forehead. "And then we can get some take out, and come back here."
"Sounds wonderful." You replied, lifting your head to look up at him.
True to his words, after you signed the lease agreement and the keys were in your hand, Chris helped you load your things in boxes putting them in the back of a truck he owned. Before long, you had your stuff at your new place, Hagrid in tow.
He ordered pizza, and the two of you nestled into the new place.
"So, tell me, craziest thing you've done." He narrowed his eyes at you, pointing a slice of pizza at you.
"Beside moving clear across the country? Um, I decided to walk across a frozen river in Canada." You tell him shrugging. "It was in the middle of February in Manitoba. Me and couple friends were wandering around Winnipeg and saw a river completely covered in snow. So we decided what the hell why not, I was the furtherest out about half way across when heard it start cracking under my feet. I told my friend behind me to slowly start heading back."
You paused remembering the harrowing experience, that rush you had gotten not know if it would break or not.
"She turned back, and I could still hear it creaking under me. It was terrifying, cause I knew if the ice broke with me on it I would go under, and I didn't know how fast the river was moving under it. After she got a distance away, I slowly started to return back to the shoreline. It wasn't till we got back to solid ground she asked why I told her to turn back and why I waited so long." You explained to him.
"And?"
"Well I knew if we walked together the ice wouldn't hold the both of us and we'd both go under. I knew there was a chance of it breaking with just me on it but she would be far enough away that it wouldn't effect her." You shrugged again, not really thinking much of it.
"So you risked your own safety for your friend?" He leaned back against the arm of the couch, looking at you, a warmth in his eyes.
"I guess? I mean it was my idea to walk out in the middle of the river. I'm not from there I didn't know how thick the ice would be, and it was night so if we would run into trouble no one would of been there to help us." You grabbed another slice of pizza, you never really thought of it that way. That you had risked your own life by staying put, allowing her to make off the ice safely, you just did what you thought was right.
Chris smiled to himself, you were definitely different then a lot of people. Most people would of turned back with their in tow and put the both of them in danger, not purposely but because they hadn't thought it through. Yet you possessed the calmness to think through the options before making any rash decisions.
     "I'm going to be gone for the next two weeks, I have some interviews in California I have to deal with. In the meantime." He said, leaning to the side, pulling his wallet out. He opened the leather item flipping through it before pulling the black plastic card out. "I want you to get you some things, clothes, furniture, anything you could want or need. It's already got money loaded own to it. I'm waiting for your card to come in but that should work for now."
      "Chris, you don't have to buy.." he cut you off with a serious look, the one that made you feel like a child.
      "No back talk." He stated simply place the card on the coffee table. "You will use it, I'm sure there are things you want."
     "Chris." You sighed.
     "And I want you to take my truck while I'm gone. When I get back we'll look for a more suitable car for you." He explained, wiping his hands on a napkin before standing.
      "What do I do while you're gone?" You ask, grabbing the empty boxes of pizza.
      "I don't know, if you want I can leave Doger with you. Though I'm not sure how he'd get along with Hagrid." He chuckled, following you to your kitchen.
      "As much as I love animals, probable would be the best for him." You squinted your nose, after putting the boxes in rubbish bin.
      "I'll have Scott look after him." He stated, wrapping his arms around you. "Care to drive me home so you can keep the truck?"