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After the medics had checked Chris' shoulder over, he was sent for physio with Sharron. "I'll be back soon, I promise. Then we can go over the routine again okay?" Chris told Jayne, trying to keep his hopes-up, but both Jayne & Karen knew that the likelihood of him skating tomorrow didn't look good at all. They could tell that Chris was trying to hide the amount of pain that he was in, and he was covering-up the pain well. - But after goodness knows how many years, Jayne and Karen knew Chris well enough to know that he just wanted to cry inside. "No Chris, you need to rest. If you try and lift me now, the pain will just get worse." Jayne tried to convince Chris as his fake smile turned into a frown and he looked-down sadly."Jayne's right sweetie-pie." Karen took-over as she placed a comforting arm against Chris' good shoulder. "Listen, go and see Sharron, see what she says. But I'd be worried about you doing any big lifts, or even skating again unti you get that shoulder sorted....." Karen trailed-off, knowing that this was really going to upset Chris.
Sharron confirmed to Chris, what Karen & Jayne had expected all-along. - That he couldn't skate tomorrow's routine. He came-out of physio looking very depressed, and Karen and Jayne were both worried about him, as he watched the rest of the celebrities skate their routines and barely said a word all day. - Which was normally virtually impossible for Chris.
"I'm really worried about him Jayne. He usually comes back fighting after an injury, but this one, he just seems to have gone into shut-down mode....." Karen confided in Jayne. She found it useful that her best-friend knew Chris just aswell as she did. - Better even?! But Karen was never jealous of Jayne's friendship with Chris. - She understood their closeness, but she also knew that it could never be turned into anything that was romantic. - Which was why she trusted them 100% when they were alone-together. "Do you want me to talk to him?" Jayne offered. "I dunno if it will make a difference, but I've told Chris things before that I've never told Phil.....To be honest it's usually just silly things, but Chris might open up to me....." She suggested and Karen shot her a weak but thankful smile."Jayne that'd be great.....Tell-him I love him won't you? And that whatever's wrong.....I'll support him all the way....." Karen told Jayne and Jayne nodded in return with her comforting smile that made-everyone feel better even on their darkest days.
Jayne led Chris to his dressing-room, being weary of his injured shoulder as she sat him down on the sofa in there, and then sat-down next to him, next to his good and un-injured shoulder. "What's up Chris? Come-on this isn't like you. You've barely said a word since you got injured earlier....." Jayne asked Chris, concerned for her best-friend. "I just don't feel too good.....That's all....." Chris trailed-off quietly, refusing to make eye-contact with Jayne. "Chris.....Don't try and hide something from me.....I know it's more than that, and so does Karen.....She's worried about you by the way.....She says to tell you that she loves you." Jayne said, hoping that would provoke a reaction from Chris, and it did as he smiled sweetly. "Ah that's better.....Now come-on. Tell-me. What's up ey?" Jayne questioned-him, gently nudging him as she softly smiled at him. "Sharron said.....That if the x-ray shows that anything else is broken in there.....Then I might be out for the rest of the series.....And she said that she can't be sure about the tour either....." Chris finally revealed to Jayne, unable to hold in the tears anymore. Karen had been listening from outside the door the whole time and entered the dressing-room as Jayne gently hugged Chris, avoiding touching his bad-shoulder. "Oh Chris my darlin' come-here." Karen greeted sadly, running-over to Chris and kneeling down in front of him as she hugged both Chris and Jayne.
That evening, Karen was cuddled-up to Chris on his good and uninjured-side. - But on their sofa. "You'll be alright ya know?" She tried to re-assure him. "Even if you can't skate for this series, it means you spend from now until next series getting fit, and then you'll be raring to go. Won't ya? Ey?" Karen said, trying to be positive about the whole situation. "Yeah I know I will.....But I just feel like I'm letting everyone down.....I mean, what about Jayne? She loves doing those routines as much as I do.....Me being injured affects her too.....Plus everyone's gonna think I'm getting to old for this....." Chris moaned and Karen just laughed at him. "Christopher Dean you sounded like an old Grandad just then." Karen joked with him before smiling sweetly at him. "And Jayne understands. And she knows as well as I do, that even if you are off the ice for a long-time, then it will just make your first routine back together again all the more special, won't it? Ey?" She told-him confidently before she then recieved a text from Jayne.
Jayne: Hope Chris is okay. Has he told u that he's gettin old yet? Ha ha. XX
Karen giggled at Jayne's text. It was amazing just how well those two knew each-other. "What are you giggling at?" Chris asked-her. "Jayne.....It looks like she can read your mind....." Karen chuckled as she showed the text to Chris, making him laugh for the first time today.
Karen: He's gettin there. And Ha! Yes he has. 1st time he's laughed all day. He sed he's worried about lettin u down tho. XX
Jayne: Well tell him I say 2 stop bein a grumpy guts. He he. Luv u rele Chris! He could never let me down. He's my best-friend and I luv him to pieces. XX
Karen smiled as she read the text and then once again showed-it to Chris who smiled at the text. "Tell her I'm never grumpy but that I love her to pieces too....." Chris trailed-off, before catching Karen's eye. "Oh and I love you too." He cheekily added-onto the end of it as he kissed the side of Karen's head. Karen giggled. "I know you do. And I love you just as much.........." Karen paused for a couple of seconds before finishing off the sentece which she had started but failed to finish. "Even if you are a crippled and grumpy old-man." She joked with him before reaching-up to kiss him on the lips, before she then replied to Jayne's text.
Karen: He says he's never grumpy but that he luvs u 2. Anyway, we should probs be goin to bed. Thanks 4 today Jayne. XX
Jayne: Don't u worry about it. That's what friends r 4. Luv u guys. Night. XX
Karen: We luv u 2. Night. XX
-- Edited by Bex123 on Tuesday 28th of August 2012 12:02:26 AM
-- Edited by Bex123 on Tuesday 28th of August 2012 12:08:50 AM
Disclaimer: I don't own anyone or mean to cause any harm! Just having fun!
This is my first fic so I hope you like it! - I'm not sure where it will end-up, just have an idea. - It will involve some Chris & Jayne but it will be mostly Chris & Karen.
Chris and Jayne had been working particularly hard of this weeks routine, they had spent hours on it. It was the first time in the series where it was just those two skating alone, with none of the professionals, so they wanted it to be impressive. They had to show the public that they were still just as good as they were when they did the Olympics.
It was now time for the dress-rehearsal, the last-time they would skate the routine before the live-show on Sunday evening. Karen was watching them as Chris had asked her to take notes on anything that could be improved. She did this every week, however, there was very rarely anything to write-down, their skating was still just as perfect now as it was this time 30 Years Ago. Chris' shoulder had been playing him up with all of the hard-work this week, and as they came to a big-lift, Chris lifted Jayne in the air, and she made it look as easy as ever. However, that was when, Chris' shoulder started to cause him pain. Karen could see this and was trying to catch Jayne's attention, but she was 'in the zone' and had failed to notice Karen.
It was time to bring Jayne down, but Chris' shoulder felt stiff and painful, and Chris dreaded what was going to happen as he lowered his arm to bring Jayne back down to her feet. She was half-way down, but Chris couldn't take the pain anymore and was forced to move his arm away, meaning Jayne fell onto him, leaving him to crash to the ground.....
Karen had her skates-on, and skated over to the pair immediately as they lay on the ground, Jayne seemed to be getting-up so she turned her attention to Chris, who was still led-there.
"Chris?" She called as she crouched-down next to him.
"Karen is he okay?" Jayne said, stretching her limbs after the fall as she did so.
"Chris, my love, where are you hurt?" Karen asked-him, gently placing her hand against his side and helping him to sit-up.
"It's my shoulder." Chris finally spoke as he sat-up, obviously in a lot of pain.
Jayne crouched-down behind him and hugged him from behind. "Sorry Chris, I should've noticed that you were struggling....."
"Oh Jayne this isn't your fault....." Chris re-assured her as he stood-up and both Karen and Jayne stood-up with him.
"Oh my darlin' come-here." Karen said, kissing him and then giving-him a hug as Jayne called over the medics.....
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The next morning arrived before they knew it and it was Sunday. - Show day. Chris was dreading having to explain what had happened to the live public when the time for the live-show arrived that evening, as he was sure that they would ask why him and Jayne weren't skating when Phillip Schofield had promised the viewers 'A Chris & Jayne spectacular' from the week before.
Chris & Karen arrived at the rink together, where they had planned to meet Jayne and the celebrities to go over tonight's show. Jayne was typically late, as always. Chris was sat behind the judges desks, watching the celebrities rehearse any final struggles that they may be having with their routine, and he had Karen sat next to him. "How's your shoulder this morning sweetheart?" Karen asked him gently. "Ssh." Chris replied with, obviously concentrating on watching the rehearsal in progress, but Karen could tell that he was avoiding the subject, so she just waited for that inparticular routine to finish, and then tried-again. "Chris are you alright?" Karen asked, noticing that he was rubbing his bad-shoulder awkwardly. "Yeah urm....I just need a coffee.....That's All.....Watch this next routine for me will ya?" Chris asked-her, before wandering-off, leaving Karen worrying about him. Chris bumped-into Dan as he left the rink. "Chris. Are you alright mate? I heard about yours and Jayne's fall yesterday....." Dan trailed-off sympathetically, but Chris just sighed and then walked-on, ignorning Dan's show of concern as he headed into the corridor.
Chris then ran-into Jayne. "You're late." He told her, slightly frustratedly as Jayne giggled. "Oh yeah sorry about that.....We had a power-cut last-night, all of the power went-off.....Meaning my alarm-clock didn't go off this morning....." "I don't care Jayne just get rinkside will you?!" Chris rudely interupted Jayne, holding his shoulder once-again as he walked-past her. "Chris?" Jayne called after him worriedly. "Chris don't ignore me, this isn't gonna help anyone is it?" She spoke a little-louder before stopping as Chris' dressing-room door was slammed shut behind him.
Jayne rushed into the ice-rink and ran-over to Karen. "Karen. It's Chris.....Go and sort him out will you?" Jayne asked Karen, worriedly. She hated seeing Chris like this, in such a state with himself.
Karen knocked-on the door of Chris' dressing-room. "Chris, it's me darling....." She paused. "Can I come-in?!" She asked, but there was no-response. "Chris. Come-on I know you're in there." Karen spoke once-more, before she then decided to just open the door herself, anyway, and just walk-in. She opened the door to find Chris sat on the dressing-room sofa, tenderly nursing his bad-shoulder as he tried to hold-back the tears. "Chris what's wrong? I mean, I know you're in a lot of pain at the moment.....But you usually do so well at covering it up.....What makes this time any different? Hmmm?" Karen asked-him, concerned for her boyfriend as she gently massaged his bad-shoulder. "The x-ray on this stupid shouder of mine is just before the show this evening.....And it's gonna decide whether I'll be able to skate for the rest of the series or not....." Chris told Karen tearfully, the last-few words of the sentence coming-out as more of a choke than actual spoken-words. "Oh my love I'm sure you'll be just fine." Karen replied to Chris as she placed the gentlest of kisses against his cheek. "But what if I'm not Karen.....What if I'm out? What if this is it for my skating career? And Jayne's for that matter?!" Chris panicked as he cried-out floods of tears. Karen hugged-him tightly as he cried & cried & cried. "Chris. Whatever the result of that x-ray is this afternoon, you'll recover from it sooner or later. - Whether that's this time next month, or this time next-year, you'll be getting back on that ice-rink and having the time of your lives out their with your best-friend in the whole wide world, who will support you all the way. And I know she will because Jayne doesn't know what to do with herself when you're like this." Karen tried her best to re-assure him, and it seemed to be working as the tears came to an end and he sniffled-in the last-few of the remaining tears.
"Yeah, talking about Jayne.....I think I may have snapped at her just now.....And I kind-of ignored Dan too....." Chris trailed-off sadly, feeling-bad for being so rude to his close-friends that were practically family anyway.
"Oh Sweetheart. - I'm sure that both Jayne and Dan will understand what you're going through at the moment.....Certainly Jayne will.....And if Dan is funny with you then he'll have me to deal with. Okay?" Karen responded to Chris.
"Alright. Thank-You." Chris said as he leaned-in and then passionately kissed Karen on the lips, whilst resting his hand at the side of her neck. Karen's hands placed thmselves against Chris' chest as she kissed-him back. "You've been amazing these past few-days. What with me being injured and all that....." Chris told Karen gratefully.
"I'd do anything for you my lovely. Absolutely anything. And just you remember that." Karen told Chris sweetly before she then kissed-him again.
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-- Edited by Bex123 on Tuesday 28th of August 2012 10:04:58 PM
-- Edited by Bex123 on Tuesday 28th of August 2012 10:06:34 PM
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It was soon time for Chris' X-Ray, and because of the urgency of it, the results were with him within an hour. He sat in the hosptial with Karen next to him as he waited for the Doctor to return with the results of the X-Ray. Jayne had text him whilst they were sat there together.
Jayne: Hope everythin is okay sweets. Luv u. XX
Chris: Thanks. Just waitin 4 results now. C u l8r 4 the show this evenin. XX
The Doctor then soon re-appeared with Chris' x-ray results, showing them to both Chris and Karen. "Now as you can see Chris nothing is broken." The Doctor revealed to both of them and Chris sighed a breath of relief. "But you've strained a tendon and you've got bad bruising around your shoulder muscles which is what is causing you so much pain." He informed Chris.
"How long do you recon I'll be off the ice for then?" Chris asked the Doctor nervously as Karen took his hand into both of her own and sqeueezed it gently, as she tried to give him some re-assurance that he'd be okay in the end.
"To be honest with you Chris it will depend. If you rest it well and these tablets do their job properly with no complications.....Then you could be back on the ice within 3 Weeks.....But it really will depend....." The Doctor trailed-off, unsure of what to say next as Chris sighed, partly sadly, and partly in relief that nothing was broken and he wouldn't have to have yet another lot of surgery.
The Doctor then said his goodbyes and Chris & Karen headed out of the hosptial and made their way back to the rink. "Heyyy. Smile will you? The damage isn't as bad as we expected!" Karen told Chris positively as she gently kissed him on the lips.
"Yeah I know.....It just frustrates me not being able to skate. That's all....." Chris trailed-off.
"I know it does....." Karen replied symapthetically. "You skate-a-holic-you." She cheekily added-onto the end of her sentence.
Before they knew-it, it was show-time, and Philip and Christine had started the show and had just reached the part of the opening where they would usually chat to Jayne & Chris about their routine, but as they didn't skate one today, they decided to chat about Chris' shoulder injury instead.
"So Chris and Jayne, we've missed-out on your routine tonight because of an unfortunate shoulder injury, is that correct? Chris do you want to tell us a bit more about that then?" Philip asked Chris and Jayne looked-up at her partner, knowing that this would be difficult for him to talk-about, so she put an arm around his waist. Karen looked-over as Chris prepared to speak and was glad that Jayne was there for him because she couldn't be.
"Well we had a bit of a tumble the other day.....And I urm.....I injured my shoulder.....So urm.....So I'll be off the ice for urm.....for a few weeks....." Chris trailed-off sadly, but he tried to not to show his emotion to the audience. Jayne jumped-in for him, noticing that he was struggling so came to his rescue.
"But you'll be pleased to know that nothing is broken in there!" Jayne said, her words were complete with positivity.
"I bet it's driving you mad not being able to get out there and skate?" Philip asked Chris. "Yeah it is....." Chris replied nervously, too frustrated with his injury to be able to think-up one of his similie's that he usually makes-up to describe what he's like when he's not allowed on the ice. So once-again, Jayne stepped-in to help him out.
"Yeah, I've had to be a Mummy to him.....He's just like a little kid who wants to go-out and play, but he has to wait because it's raining! And believe-me there have been child-like-tantrums!" Jayne giggled, quite amused and pleased with herself at her description of an injured and non-skating Chris.
It was soon the break and both Chris & Jayne made their way down to the back-stage booth which they all hung-out in during the ad-breaks. Chris had been very quiet since his on-screen chat with Philip, Christine and Jayne. He hadn't even said anything about how all of the acts had skated, he just left-it for Jayne to do, and Jayne was beginning to worry about-him. Chris always had something to say when it came to ice-skating. They were greeted-by Karen once they arrived-there, who had a plastic-cup of coffee with Chris' name written on the cup. She handed-it to him and smiled cheekily. "I didn't have time to go to Starbucks, so I got as close as I could." She joked with him and Chris smiled at her. "Thank-You. I need that." Chris thanked-her gratefully as he took a sip of his coffee.
"Are you alright sweetheart? I thought you did really well just-now....." Karen asked-him as she gently stroked the side of his arm until she met her own hand with his and entwined their fingers together, softly squeezing his hand as he did so.
"Thank-You.....I'm glad you thought so.....I hate talking about my injuries.....Especially this one.....This shoulder injury is getting-old now....." Chris said as he looked-down sadly.
"Hey come-on. Where's the bounce-back Chris that we all know and love ey?" Jayne questioned-him as she cheekily nudged-him to the side, but being careful that he didn't burn himself with his cup of coffee. He was in enough pain as it was, without having to add another injury to the long-list of them that already existed.
"He's not on this planet at the moment....." Chris said before he then took another large sip of his coffee and then sighed with a satisfied-smile on his face.
Both Karen and Jaynee giggled at him. "Is that better my darling?" Karen asked-him sarcastically.
"Much better thanks." Chris replied before they were told that it was the end of the ad-breaks soon and were being called-back to their positions on the stage.
"This is your 2 Minute And Final Call to stage." The techie said and Chris looked-at Karen. "We best be off then. I'll see you later." Chris said as Karen placed both of her cold-hands against Chris' cheeks and leaned-up towards his head before she then kissed-him on the lips. "See you soon my love." Karen told-him as she began to walk-away from both him and Jayne and back to her position with the celebrity contestants. "Cya Jayne." She finished-with as she disappeared around the corner.
"Come-On then you." Jayne said as she took Chris' hand and then dragged-him along with her to the steps that led-up to the small-bit of rink-side staging where they sat-together along with Philip and Christine.
"Okay I'm coming....." Chris replied-with.
"Hey. Chris. Listen to me. You'll be fine." Jayne said to him, and she then leaned-up and kissed-him on the cheek.
"Thanks Jayne." Chris replied as they reached the top of the stairs together.
Just realised that this is a really-long post! Hope it wasn't too much in one go!
-- Edited by Bex123 on Thursday 30th of August 2012 11:39:10 PM
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Monday had soon arrived and it was back to training the celebrities for Chris, Jayne and Karen. Although Chris wasn't allowed to do his weekly routine with Jayne. - He was allowed on the ice to choreograph routines, as long as he didn't take part in any lifts or anything that could make the damage to his shoulder any worse.
Karen woke-up before the alarm, and even before Chris that morning. Which was strange but Karen didn't mind. Chris had turned-away from her in his sleep; so after admiring his sleeping-form for a couple of minutes, Karen gently began to toy with his soft hair. "Morning my love." She whispered into his ear and his eyes slowly began to open as he slowly rolled back-over to face Karen. "Morning." He said tiredly before he then sat-up and winced as he stretched. - Sleeping on his bad-shoulder had caused him severe pain this morning. "Are you okay?" Karen asked-him as she sat-up with him. "Yeah I will be in a minute, my shoulder's just gone a bit stiff after sleeping on it....." Chris told Karen as he rubbed his shoulder in pain. "Oh right, well come-here then?" Karen requested as she stretched her legs out and then patted-them three times so that Chris could sit inbetween them, with his back to Karen so that she could massage his painful shoulder. To begin with, it hurt Chris, but after a while he began to relax and found that the pain in his injured-shoulder had lessned since she had begun the massaging.
Karen moved her hands-away as she finished the massage, and Chris moved his head back so that it was leaning against Karen's shoulder. Karen put her arms around Chris and then rested her hands onto his chest. "Is that better darling?" Karen asked-Chris. "Much Better." He told-her. "Thank-You." He gratefully finished-with. "Anytime my love." She replied before she then kissed the top of Chris' head. "I love you Chris." Karen said as she realised how much happier she was with Chris than she was with Stephen. She didn't regret her time with Stephen, they had-had two beautiful girls together and in the time that their marriage together was happy, they had a great time together. But despite their troubles with Stephen and the Press now; Karen was glad that she had made the decision to split from Stephen and then had eventually gotten-together with Chris. "I love you too Karen." Chris replied as he took Karen's hand from his chest and squeezed them with his own hand.
Chris & Karen had soon arrived at work together, hand in hand. First up was Matthew and Nina, and as Chris & Karen entered, Jayne smiled at them being all cute together, and Matthew being in his typical chirpy mood made a joke about it. "Oh here they are, the loved-up couple!" Matthews said cheekily. Karen giggled at him before walking-infront of Chris and then turning to face him as she wrapped her arms around his neck and then kissed him passionately, just to continue the joke with Matthew. "Ugh get a room!" Matthew joked as they released each-other from their arms before putting their skates-on and then getting-onto the ice.
Karen skated-over to Jayne. "How is he today?" Jayne asked Karen, who was in her own little-world smiling lovingly at Chris as he skated-around the rink, warming-up. She loved watching him skate, he looked so relaxed and.....Just so genuinely happy?! "How's who today?" Karen asked in response, not really paying much attention to Jayne's questions as she continued to watch her lover. "Chris of-course silly!" Jayne replied with a small-laugh. "Oh yeah he's just fine.....I mean, the pain is still bad, but he's being much more positive about the whole thing now." Karen responded with, but she didn't look at Jayne as she spoke, as she was still watching Chris work his choreographing magic with Matthew and Nina. "Will you stop staring at him?!" Jayne joked with Karen, playfully hitting her arm and then tugging at it so that she was forced to look-away from Chris. "But Jayne he's so gorgeous when he skates....." Karen trailed-off as she finally looked at Jayne with a 'loved-up smile.' "Yes but he's also a work-a-holic freak, who is gonna go crazy if we don't go and help him out pretty soon!" Jayne joked as she giggled at Karen, who still couldn't keep her eyes off-of Chris.
Chris then made Karen jump as he suddenly appeared infront of herself and Jayne, who were still having a girly-gossip about him. "Girls can you come and help me with the frog-lift please? I think Matt's a strong enough skater to master-it!" Chris asked them both calmly, but he was so obviously in 'professional mode' so you wouldn't have known that he was madly in love with Karen. "Okay jsut give-us 2 Minutes Chris....." Karen replied as she turned-back to look at Jayne. Chris came-out of professional-mode for a second as he cheekily smiled at Karen. He skated-up behind her and then wrapped-his arms around her waist from behind before lifting her up and then skating over to Matthew and Nina with Karen still in his arms. "CHRIS!" Karen screamed in fits of giggles. "Chris you are meant to be taking-it easy now PUT ME DOWN!" She screamed, still giggling as she kicked and punched everywhere to try and get Chris to put her down. Chris span her around a couple fo times at speed before eventually putting Karen down. "I'm sorry baby." Chris joked as he leaned-in for a kiss from Karen. "Hmmm....." Karen said before kissing him, but only on the cheek. Chris pulled a face and pointed at his lips. "Errr, no. This is called revenge Christopher Dean! And besides, as I said, you're meant to be taking it easy.....We wouldn't want you to get carried-away now would we?!" Karen said to Chris flirtatiously.
"Oy Jayne help-me out here?!" Chris said as Jayne skated-over to him and giggled at him.
"Looks like you're in the dog-house Mister!" Jayne said to him as she skated-over to Chris and playfully pushed-him to the side before they then finally got to work with Matthew & Nina.
That post was so much fun to write! I hope you enjoyed the cuteness!
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That evening, Jayne, Phil, Karen & Chris all went out for an informal and chilled-out meal together. It had been so hectic since the series started that they felt it was time to relax together for the evening. They sat in the sofa area of the restaurant, Karen and Chris cuddled-up on together and one, and across the table was Jayne and Phil sat together opposite them. "So Phil, how are you then made, it seems like ages since we last saw each-other?" Chris asked, it had been a while since he had caught-up with his mate. Chris had always liked Phil. He had never been jealous of his and Jayne's close-friendship, and on the surface, seemed to understand and forgive any 'skating argutments' that they had-had over their years together. "Yeah Chris mate, I'm good thanks Pal, what about your good self? Jayne tells-me you've been in the wars a bit this series?!" Phil asked happily as he sipped at his pint of beer. "Yeah I'm fine.....As you say, a bit battered and bruised, but I'll be alright!" Chris replied, shrugging-off the pain that was constantly in his shoulder. "How is your shoulder after training today then?!" Jayne sweetly asked not only her skating partner but also her very best-friend. "A bit sore, but I'll be okay." Chris responded. "Ah someone's sounding a lot more positive today." Jayne said happily to Chris. "Yeah but the only reason your shoulder is sore is because you picked-me-up and span me around earlier!" Karen teased-him as she playfully hit the side of his arm. "Ow!" Chris toyed. "I think I deserve a kiss for that....." He flirted with her. "Uh no, you're still in the dog-house for picking-me-up in the first place." Karen joked. Chris pulled his best puppy-face at Karen and Karen looked-at-him, unable to resist him as she gave-him a peck on the lips. "There ya go. Only because you're too cute when you pull that face." Karen told-him sweetly. Chris gave-her a content smile after the kiss and then sighed happily. "So. Who wants another drink then?" Chris asked as he stood-up ready to get-another round-in.
The four of them all went back to Jayne and Phil's for the night. - The kids were at friends' houses for the night so Jayne had suggested that they all go back to hers for a bit. - None of them expected-it to be an all nighter! - All of them were fairly drunk, slightly out of character for 'Torvill And Dean' seeing as they had training tomorrow, but the four of them needed to let their hair-down for once in their lives. Early the next morning, Jayne was the only one who had made-it up to bed. Karen was on the sofa, leaving Chris and Phil led on the floor below her.....together. Phil had his hand on Chris' face and Chris' arm was outstretched across Phil's chest. The boys awoke at the same-time, wearing the same-clothes as the night before, but both relieved that the girls were both still asleep. Both boys scrambled to their feet as they realised the situation. "Well this is awkward....." Phil laughed. "Yeah tell-me about-it....." Chris replied, holding his head as the hangover began to kick-in. "Do you want some pain-killers mate?" Phil asked-him as Chris perched ont he edge of the sofa next to Karen. "Yeah please....." Chris said, as Phil half-staggered over to the kitchen, fetching some pain-killers, some for himself and some for Chris before he then filled-up two glasses of water and headed back into the living-room. "There ya go." Phil said as he handed Chris his drink and 2 pain-killers. "Cheers mate. I'll tell ya what, I'll little drunken embrace on the floor.....That's our secret right?!" Chris suggested to Phil who nodded in agreement. "Yeah sure. Because if the girls find-out then we will NEVER hear the end-of it!" Phil said as Chris practically collapsed next to Karen on the sofa, waking her-up. "Ergh my head!" Chris moaned as he put his hands over his face.
"Oh good-morning." Karen said tiredly as she glanced at Chris who was next to her before looking-up and finding Phil stoop infront of her. "Ah Phil! Hello. You're up early?!" Karen questioned. "Yeah urm.....I couldn't sleep....." Phil said, quickly making-up an excuse as to why he was down here so early, remembering the conversation that he had just had with Chris. "Oh, well you're looking better than him." Karen replied, referring to Chris as she poked his chest. Chris moaned. “Morning sleepy-head, listen you’ve got get-up we’ve gotta be at work in an hour.” Karen teased, knowing that Chris was gonna hate this either way. – Getting-up was going to kill-him with this stinking hangover, but being late for work would also kill-him. – Everyone knew that Chris was the extreme version of a time-keeping freak! But that’s why they loved-him. 10 Minutes later, Jayne arrived downstairs looking the freshest out of them all. She stopped in her tracks as she entered the living-room. Chris was struggling to get-up, Karen was holding-on to a mug of coffee like it was keeping her alive, and Phil was struggling to stay awake and standing. Jayne giggled at all of them. “Myyy goodness is work going to be fun today!” Jayne teased as she walked-over to Chris and practically yanked him off of the sofa as he rolled-onto the floor, along with the blanket that was now wrapped-around-him.
Karen laughed at this as her phone began to ring, and suddenly Karen realised why Stephen was calling-her. He was going to be at the rink today....."Hello Stephen....." She answered. 'Great.' Karen thought to herself. 'This is the last-thing we need, a hung-over Chris and a jealous Stephen.....'
Sorry for any typo's in this post which I know that there will be! I am so not awake!
-- Edited by Bex123 on Monday 3rd of September 2012 10:05:40 PM
Disclaimer: I don't own anyone or mean to cause any harm! Just having fun!
Warning: There is a small bit of violence in this chapter.
Karen, Jayne & Chris had all arrived at the rink together that day. Despite the bad hangover, Chris immediately went into professional mode when he arrived and began skating around the rink to warm-up. First-up today were Jorgie & Matt. Karen was dreading Stephen's arrival as Chris & Stephen had really seen all that much of each-other since Karen had gotten-together with Chris. She had tried her best to avoid that awkward situation. - And Karen knew that Chris' temper would be on edge tody, especially seeing as he wasn't feeling too good from last-night's drinking.
Matt & Jorgie arrived first, and Chris was doing-so well at managing to cover-up the fact that he felt extremely sick and light-headed. The joys of a bad-hangover. Both him and Jayne were watching them skate the first part of their routine when Stephen arrived. Karen spotted-him first and immediately skated her way over to Chris, glad that he seemed to be so engrossed Matt and Jorgie's routine that he seemed to have failed to notice Stephen's arrival. She took a-hold of Chris' hand and squeezed-it gently to get his attention. "Chris, don't kick-off but Stephen's here." Karen told-him softly. "What the heck is he doing here?" Chris asked Karen as he looked-over at Stephen who was just stepping-onto the ice. "Sorry I forgot that he was coming to work today.....He's been-off until now." She replied to Chris, apparently calmly. "Well just keep-him away from-me alright?" He told-her firmly, breathing-out to try and calm-himself down. "I'll try my best sweetheart, just don't let-him see that he's getting to you alright? Because if you do then he'll just try and provoke you. That's just what Stephen is like okay?" Karen informed Chris and he nodded before skating over to Matt & Jorgie, trying to distract himself from Stephen by talking to them about the next part of their routine, which involved a new, big and complicated-lift for the pair of them.
Jayne skated-over to greet Stephen, realising that he had been ignored so-far. She knew that maybe Karen, and definitelyt Chris wouldn't want to talk to him, so jayne felt that she had to at-least go-over to him and say hello. "Good-Morning Stephen. It's nice to have you back at work." Jayne said in her naturally friendly. "Don't Lie." Stephen replied frostily, distracted as he watched Karen skate-over to Chris and snuggle into his arm. "They suit each-other so-well that it makes me sick." He added-on spitefully as Jayne realised what he was talking-about. She didn't reply to that, she just sighed and then skated over to Karen & Chris, and, Matt & Jorgie, not realising that Stephen was following-her-over to the four of them. "Alright Chris?" Stephen asked in an obvously 'fake-niceness' kind-of way. Chris took a deep-breath-in as he felt Karen tighten her grip on his arm. "Just fine Stephen. Just fine....." Chris trailed-off, trying to busy himself with helping Matt & Jorgie out with this new-lift. "Yeah well you don't look-it. You look as if you could-do without me here....." Stephen replied to Chris, obviously trying to wind-him-up. "I know what you're trying to do Stephen." Karen butted-in before Chris had-had the chance to reply to that last-statement from Stephen. "Oh, and what's that then Karen?" Stephen questioned sarcastically. "You're trying to wind-Chris-up because you're jeaous that he's with me now and you're not. You're thinking that if you wind Chris up enough, then he'll say or do something that will look-bad in my eyes. Well trust-me, Chris can do as he pleases, because he's the man that I love, and he's the man that I want to spend the rest of my life with, whatever he does to the likes of you!" Karen angrily told Stephen as Jayne took her by the arm and gently pulled-her away from Stephen, as she was getting-up in his face as she ranted at him. "Come-On Karen." Jayne said gently to her as he softly pulled-Karen aside.
Chris skated-over to Stephen as he left Matt & Jorgie to continue working on the rest of their routine now that the lift was learnt safely and correctly. "You're here to do a job Stephen, not to cause trouble, now just leave Me, Karen & Jayne alone, and we'll get along just fine. Do you understand that? You can talk to us if it's to do with work, but otherwise, just stay OUT of my way, okay?" Chris said, firmly, but also calmly at the same-time. "I'm sorry Chris, but I think the fact that you STOLE MY WIFE from me is just slightly more important than your pathetic excuse for a job!" Stephen replied as Chris began to skate-off, back towards Karen & Jayne. "Not Now Stephen!" Chris replied as he skated-away from-him. "NO. I think now is a perfectly reasonable time thank-you very-much." Stephen said as he followed-Chris, grabbing him by the arm and yanking him backwards so that he was forced to turn-around to face Stephen. "LET GO!" Chris shouted, finally loosing his temper with Stephen. Matt immediately skated-over, realising that there was trouble and moved Stephen's hand out of Chris's reach before tapping Chris on the shoulder twice. "Chris. Come-On Mate. Come-Away." Matt told Chris quietly. "No it's alright Matt. I'm not gonna do anything stupid. But Stephen here does need to know that I didn't stel his wife, just like Karen didn't steal Jill's husband. Me and Karen got together long-after both of our marriages had broken-down." Chris told Stephen deadly seriously. "Just get a life Stephen....." Chris trailed-off.
"I'm sorry what was that?" Stephen asked-him. "I SAID Get A Life!" Chris replied, a bit more frustratedly this time. Stephen punched Chris in the nose, causing-him to loose his balance on the ice, and he fell-over. "Chris!" Karen called in a panic as she and Jayne both skated-over to Chris and crouched-down next to him as Matt escorted Stephen-away from the ice-rink, leaving Jorgie stood-there wondering what the heck had just happened there.
-- Edited by Bex123 on Wednesday 5th of September 2012 09:40:11 PM
Disclaimer: I don't own anyone or mean to cause any harm! Just having fun!
"Chris are you okay?" Karen asked-him worriedly. Chris sat-up with a badly bleeding-nose."Yeah I'll be fine, has anyone got a tissue?" He asked as Jorgie ran-off to fetch the Medics. Jayne giggled slightly as she pulled-out a packet of tissues and handed-one to Chris so he could stop his nose-bleed. "Ah ya see?! You always used to tease-me for carrying tissues with me everywhere I went, and now you couldn't be more grateful!" Jayne teased-him as he was helped-back-up to his feet by Karen. They then all skated over to the rinkside benches together so that the Medics could take a look at Chris as they arrived onto the rink.
The Medics checked-Chris over and confirmed that he seemed to be just fine, he just had to take-it easy for a while. "I'm so sorry my darlin' this should never have happened, and especially not to you of all people." Karen told-him sadly as she cuddled-up to his arm and rested her chin onto his shoulder. "Oh Kaz this isn't your fault." Chris replied to her sweetly as Matt returned to the ice-rink with Stephen. Chris looked-up and saw Stephen stood with Matt on the ice-rink. "But it IS his fault!" Chris said as he rose to his feet. - He was just about ready to skate-over and have it out with Stephen when Jayne grabbed his arm. "Chris. Don't. He not worth-it. Besides you're supposed to be taking-it easy!" Jayne warned him firmly and he sighed and stepped-onto the ice before looking-back at both Jayne and Karen. Karen looked frightened as to what was going to happen next. "Chris. Come-On. Jayne's right, he's not worth-it sweetheart!" Karen tried to warn-him-off in a more gentler way than Jayne had done. Chris looked-at Jayne, and then at Karen, staring into her eyes, before looking-over towards Stephen, and then back to Jayne and Karen. "I'm sorry....." Chris said simply before he then furiously skated-over to Stephen, grabbing his shirt and yanking him forwards so that he was face-to-face with Chris, who's nose was still bleeding slightly, but he was past-caring by this point. "What the HELL did you think you were doing mate?!" Chris said angrily as Mattt tried to pull the pair of men apart. "Come-On Guys. Break-It-Up!" Matt suggested in as calm a manner as was physically-possible. "Not until I get an apology!" Chris replied to Matt, but he still had a hold of Stephen's shirt. "You can forget that one! YOU'RE the one who should be apologising to ME. For stealing my wife!" Stephen shouted at Chris frustratedly. Karen and Jayne had skated-over by this point. Karen placed a hand on Chris' arm and had managed to convince him to let-go of Stephen. "Chris, sweetheart, just let-go of Stephen for me will ya ey?" She asked-him softly, and after a deep-breath-in and a long-sigh-out, Chris released Stephen from his grip and gave-him a slight shove-away as he did-so.
For the rest of the day, the two men had been kept apart at all costs, and nothing really happened. Karen had headed-home almost straight-away as herself and Chris had agreed to go out to dinner to tonight after a long and hard-day. - She wanted to get ready. Jayne headed back to Chris' for a while after letting Phil know what had happened and where she would be for the next few-hours. Making sure that he was calm before his dinner-date tonight. "You. Mister. Need to watch your temper in the future." Jayne told Chris-off in a jokey kind-of-a way as the two best-friends sat on the sofa together with a cup of coffee each. "Yeah I'm sorry about that.....Stephen just really winds me-up that's all.....It really bugs-me aswell, because Jill is great with Karen considering everything that has happened between-us....." Chris confided in Jayne as he looked-down sadly. "It'll work itself-out." Jayne comforted-him as she soothingly rubbed her hand up and down his arm. "How's your nose now anyway?" Jayne asked-him with a cheeky-giggled added-onto the end-of the sentence. "Just a bit sore, but I'll be fine....." Chris replied truthfully. "Right. Well Good. Now tomorrow, no-more arguments, just leave Stephen to me and the rest of the guys there. Alright?" Jayne told Chris rather firmly. "Yeah.....Yeah Okay. Listen, thanks Jayne you're the best." Chris thanked his oldest, best and closest friend before pulling-her into a tight-hug. "Hey what are friends for?!" Jayne questioned Chris with a sweet-smile.
Jayne recieved a text from Karen not-long after the hug:
Karen: I hope u r lookin after my boy. xxx
Jayne: Sure am. He's lookin 4ward 2 ur dinner d8 2gether l8r on. xxx
Karen: Tell-him not 2 be l8 pickin me up. xxx
Jayne: I don't think I need 2 tell Chris that Kaz. Ha Ha. xxx
Karen: True. Just tell-him to stay out of trouble until I c him l8r on. xxx
Jayne: Will Do. Luv u Kaz. xxx
Karen: Luv u 2 Jayne. Send Chris a big hug & a kiss from me. xxx
Jayne: Will Do. xxx
And Karen knew that she literally would. Jayne leaned-over to Chris and hugged-him again, before kissing him on the cheek. "From Kaz." Jayne said with a cheeky-giggle. "Awww." Chris replied. "That's why I love her Jayne....." Chris trailed-off happily, and Jayne noticed the growing-smile that was now creeping onto his cheeks as it became evident that he was thinking about Karen. "Awww Chris you really do love her don't you?! Well that's very sweet." Jayne teased. "And she has that exact same smile on her face when she thinks about you.....Just without the sore nose....." Jayne joked before Chris then went-off to get-himself-ready for his and Karen's dinner-date this evening.....
Disclaimer: I don't own anyone or mean to cause any harm! I'm just having fun!
Warning: There is a small-amount of violence in this chapter. - However it is more referred to rather than actually written.
It was soon time for their dinner-date, and Chris had picked Karen-up from her house at almost exactly 7pm. They sat in the posh-restaurant together. - Karen was in a dark-blue dress, and Chris was in a suit with a matching-tie. "This is lovely Chris. And thanks for paying for the both of us my darlin'!" Karen said to Chris gratefully. "Hey that's no-problem Kaz. I'd do anything for the woman I love....." Chris charmed and Karen smiled at him sweetly. "Oh Yeah?! Including getting a punch in the nose from my ex-husband?!" She asked-him jokingly. "Even that sweetheart." He replied with a light-hearted-chuckle at Karen. "How are you feeling now anyway?" Karen asked-him, reaching for Chris' hand from across the table and taking-it into her own with a gentle-squeeze. "Karen, I'm fine. Just stop worrying about-me okay?" Chris re-assured her convincingly. "Besides, Jayne did a fantastic job of cheering-me-up....." Chris trailed-off happily. "Oh did she now?" Karen asked with a sarcastic looking raised-eyebrow. "I think that is called jealousy Karen Barber!" Chris teased. "No I think that's called a joke Christopher Dean! You know I could never be jealous of you and Jayne, I know aswell as you do that you and Jayne are just very-close and nothing-else." Karen told Chris. "I'm the woman for you." She finished with a cheeky-wink shot in Chris' direction. Chris laughed at her. "You Are Indeed." Chris told her as he gestured for Karen to move-around the table and to come and sit on his lap, and Karen did so. "I Love You Christopher Dean.....Even with a nose as red as Rudolph's." Karen joked with Chris in a romantic way as she gently toyed with his sore nose which had occured after Stephen's punch earlier-on. "And I Love You Too.....Karen Barber.....Even if you DID just call-me Rudolph....." Chris joked-back before Karen placed her hand around the back of Chris' head and moved-in to kiss-him. They kissed passionately for a few-minutes before deciding to head-home together.
Chris walked-Karen home and had given her his jacket as she was cold. As they arrived outside Karen's house, Karen took the jacket-off and went to hand-it back to Chris. "No why don'y you keep-it ey? You can cuddle-it then if you get cold at night, and then you'll always have a part of me with you." Chris told her sweetly. "Oh Chris you're so cheesy!" Karen teased-him. "But thank-you anyway. I'll remember that." Karen said as she cuddled Chris' jacket closely against her chest and sniffed-in his lovely-scent. "Cya tomorrow gorgeous." Chris said. "Bye Bye my handsome Rudolph." Karen said in a reply and the pair leaned-in for a kiss before Karen opened the front-door to her house and gave Chris one-last wave before shutting the door behind-her.
Just as Karen shut the door, Chris was about to walk-away when his mouth was covered-up from behind and he was forced backwards against the dark and masked figure behind-him. "You won't be so handsome once I've finished with you mate!" The masked-man threathened viciously as he threw Chris down to the ground and then began to beat-him-up quite maliciously.....
The next-morning, everyone had arrived at training including Karen, Jayne & Stephen, but there was no Chris. Jayne skated-over to Karen. "Did you wear the poor-man out last-night or something Kaz? Chris is never late.....Not Ever!" Jayne Joked and Karen giggled at her."No I did not. He didn't even stay-over last-night because he was so tied that he walked me home then headed-home himself to go to sleep.....Shall I ring him?! -See what he's playing at?" Karen asked Jayne. "Go for it." Jayne replied before skating over to the professionals who were working on their group-routine. - Ready for this Sunday.
Karen couldn't get a-hold of Chris so she left him an answer-phone message, knowing that he would always listen to them when he next looked-at his phone.....
Karen: Heya Darlin', give-me a ring when you get this won't you? It's unlike you to be late sweetheart. Everyone's saying that I wore you out last-night. Anyway, good-morning if you've just woken-up, and get-here soon because I need a cuddle! Okay?! I Love Youuu. Byeee.
-- Edited by Bex123 on Friday 7th of September 2012 07:40:57 PM
