There for you

Chapter 9

Chrissie~

"Dont leave me! Stop dad please! Just stay and we can talk about this. I need u here!"

"Chrissie i cant stay! Don't you see how useless i am to you! I don't think u realize how it makes me feel to know that i'm doing absolutely nothing to help my family!"

"Dad plea-" he cuts me off and i can only see darkness in his eyes.

"I can't do anything for you or Tucker, let alone your mother! I'm leaving. It's better this way!" I can tell i'm setting him off even more but i cant help but to try to make him stay. I don't think i can lose both my parents. I grab both his shoulders as he try's to turn away.

"Dad.. i need u here! What would i do without you?" I can feel the tears falling down my cheeks. I can't stop them.

"I don't know, and i don't care anymore. It's no longer my job!" He grabs my wrists from his shoulders and pushes me away. I fall to the floor and feel a warm liquid falling from my forehead.

"DAD PLEASE DON'T GO! Dont leave me! Dont leave us!" I struggle to crawl towards the fading figure of my father as he walks out the door.

"Chrissie! wake up!" I feel a pair of hands on my shoulders and immediately snap my eyes open in fear.

"Don't touch me! You left! You can't just come back and expect me to love you!" I scream out through sobs.

"Chrissie! It's me! It's okay. It's Carter. I love you. I won't leave.. Shhhh. Its okay." Once i realize what's going on i let Carter entangle my body in his arms.

I was dreaming.

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"Chris. Are you alright?" I look up to Carter from his embrace as were laying in my sheets and just stare at his eyes.

I don't say a word.

"You scared me. I didn't know what was going on. One minute I was watching the Notebook with you by my side sound asleep and then you started screaming and crying."

His eyes are full of worry and love.

I still don't understand why.

"I can't believe you watched the notebook without me!"

"Oh ya i did!" He gives me a trying smile and i know he's letting it go- for now.

"I especially loved the part where they die together at the end!" He winks and flashes me a teasing smile.

"You did not just say that. You cannot possibly tell me that you are making fun of the all-time best love story since Titanic!" I give him a fake discussed look and he returns it with a smug challenging smile.

"Oh. But i think i did. In fact, i think i recall myself dozing off during that exact scene. It was just too goddam boring."

I quickly uncover myself and hop out of bed. Out of the corner of my eye i see Carter get up oh so slyly. Oh so this is how it is huh?

I sprint to the kitchen and he gallops down the stairs almost toppling the island chair over. I race around the hunk of concrete and lose my footing.

"Damn you fuzzy socks."

I see Cart running towards me and i expect him to stop and claim victory, when he topples my expectations by literally jumping onto me and nearly smudging me to the wood floor.

"UMPF"

"CARTER SULLY. WHY DID YOU DO THAT?! Oh look what u did. U tore my fuzzy sock!" I cant help bit to giggle non-stop.

"Oh Well. Lets just take this one off then.." he attempts to take my left sock off (the only one that made it out alive) but i slap his hand away.

"You will not touch my sock." I say in a stern voice.

"Oh really? because I think you can make a sacrifice to the tickle man or else he may have to pay you an unpleasant visit."

I glare at him.

"You wouldn't."

"Oh. You know i would." he gives a cheeky smile and lunges for my sides.

The second his fingertips touch my sides i realize what I'm wearing.

Im wearing a sports bra.

A bra.

A bra and yoga shorts.

"Shit. Uhm Carter. Bubble. When a girl has limited clothing on. There is definitely a bubble. You stay out of the bubble."

"Oh. Haha. Sorry Chris.. I didn't realize u were shy." He says in a bold and flirty way.

Not like the Carter i'm used to.

I kinda like it.

"No i'm not."

"I think u are."

"Am not. "

"Are too!" We go on like this for a few more rounds and it leads to... certain events.

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"Stop!!" I beg him to stop while he moves his fingers back and fourth on my bare stomach.

"I promise i'll stop if u admit it!"

"Ok! Fine!" I say between gasps. I try to shove him off but he doesn't budge.

"Fine what?" He challenges.

"Fine! I'm shy okay! i don't want my best friend seeing me in my underwear!"

Carter ~

"Haha it's okay Chrissie. You've seen me naked for Christ's' sake! It's not like I'm foreign to a female body." I say the last part wiggling my eyebrows. That gets a discussed grunt from her.

"Ugh i don't want to hear about you and your past lovers cart. It's definitely not the highlight of my day. Anyways. I like my privacy okay? thats why it matters! The last time you saw me undressed was in preschool! There was nothing there to hide! Now there is..." She looks at me with her big beautiful green eyes and i can see a rosy blush on her cheeks.

God shes so cute when she's embarrassed.

"Okay, okay. Why did u take ur shirt off in the first place?" I didn't ever remember her changing last night.

"I changed after you... held me early this morning. You fell asleep and i was laying in a puddle of sweat so i didn't think you'd mind."

Oh.

"I don't mind. You're beautiful." I say before i can stop myself. Her jaw drops and she furiously blushes a tomato red color.

I just blew it.

She's going to hate me..

Or worse.

She's going to be disgusted by me.

I apologize on so many levels for the wait. The book just got away from me and today i thought i should give it another try. There are no excuses. I just need to work on my schedule... Haha sorry again!!

XOXOXO x100000

~ love you all (well everyone who has been EXTREMELY UN-HUMANLY patient lol). ~ :)