Chapter two
hundred and sixteen:
Luke shot the
yellow plastic game disk toward Zac’s end of the table. It soared past Zac’s
paddle and into the goal with a loud clank.
The digital
score flashed, signaling that the game was over, and that Luke had won narrowly
by one point.
“Damn it!” Zac
swore. “That was a total fluke. There’s no way you could do that twice!”
Luke chuckled.
“I’m sure I could. You really do suck at this game!”
“I do not! I am
a million times better than you are!”
Luke looked
around and saw no glimpse of Becky and Jen. “Wait, where are the girls?”
“Don’t change
the subject-“ Zac began.
“No, I’m
serious. They’re not there!” Luke interrupted.
“Maybe they’re
in the washroom.” Zac shrugged.
“They wouldn’t
be gone this long. Something’s got to be wrong.” Luke walked away from the game
with Zac at his heels. “We were supposed to watch them carefully.”
“It’s probably
nothing,” Zac said catching up to Luke.
They arrived at
the door to the women’s washroom just as Becky and Jen we’re coming out.
“Girls,
everything okay?” Zac asked.
Becky eyed Jen.
“Yeah, fine.”
“You’re okay? Really?” Luke took Jen’s hand, noticing immediately that
there was something going on.
“Fine.” Jen smiled, which seemed a little
forced.
Zac glanced at
his watch, oblivious. “The movie is starting in ten minutes. We should get our
snacks ready and get in there.”
“Yeah,” Luke
said. “Jen, do you want some popcorn or anything?”
“Oh
no thanks.” She began
to decline, but noticed the malicious glare she was receiving from Becky then
added. “Um, sure. I guess I wouldn’t mind a bit of
popcorn.”
Luke furrowed
his brow. Something was going on between them, but he wasn’t sure what.
Becky and Zac
began walking towards the concession stand, but Luke intentionally lagged
behind with Jen.
“Jen, wait.” He
stopped, pulling her off to the side. “Are you sure everything is okay?”
She smiled and
placed a hand on his shoulder. “Everything is fine. I swear.”
“Okay.” She
began to step away from the conversation, but Luke pulled her back, still
having a firm grasp on her hand. “Jen, wait.” He began.
“Sure.”
He released her
hand and put his arms around her waist, pulling her closer sharply and kissed
her squarely on the lips.
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Christy was
sitting up in bed, with a book on pregnancy open on her lap.
She was
listening to the shower run and the birds sing through the open windows.
They were
leaving in two days, but Christy didn’t want to leave. She wanted to get back
to
She sighed and
turned the page.
The shower
stopped and Christy continued reading until the door opened and Isaac came from
the bathroom dressed in a pair of old jeans and a t-shirt.
“Still got your
nose stuck in that book, huh?”
Christy smiled.
“It’s really interesting. I’m learning all kinds of stuff I never knew.”
“Good. Maybe
I’ll read it when you’re done.” He crossed the room, sitting on the edge of the
bed. “What do you want to do today?”
“Hmmm…” She
smiled, closing her book. “Let’s just stay in bed all day.”
He chuckled and
leaned forward and kissed her. “Oh, I almost forgot.” He stretched sideways
across the bed and reached into the drawer of the nightstand.
“You didn’t have
to get me anything.” She smiled at his thoughtfulness.
He removed a
long cardboard box from the nightstand and sat up, facing her. He gently
balanced it on her knee.
“What’s this
for?” She smiled, holding the box in her hands.
“Just
a souvenir of our trip.” He smiled. “Open it.”
She smiled and
gently lifted the top off the box to reveal a tiny sterling silver bracelet
with tiny pink stones.
“Oh, honey! It’s
beautiful! Thank you!”
He lifted the
bracelet from the box and gently fastened it around her wrist. “
“Honey, you
really didn’t have to do this!”
“I know I didn’t
have to. I wanted you to have something to remember this trip.”
“I think we’ll
both have something to remember this trip.” She placed her hand on her stomach.
He grinned. “I
know. But I wanted you to have this.” He leaned foreword and kissed her
forehead. “What do you want to do today?”
“I don’t know.
What do you want to do?”
“Your
choice.” He urged.
“No
way. We’ve done
everything I wanted to do. Let’s do something you want to do.”
“Ok… let’s… swim
naked in the ocean, then have insanely passionate sex…. Oh wait, we already did
that!” He teased.
She laughed. “Come
on!”
He smirked. “Okay,
let’s do some tourist things. Like wander around and see the sights.”
“Okay. That
sounds like fun.”
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