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I couldn’t believe it. All of the cast and crew were over the moon for us. I was so excited. Once I had let go of Chris Jayne smiled and hugged me tightly.
“I’m so happy for you Kaz!” Jayne said
“Thanks.” I said beaming. “You’ll be my bridesmaid wont you?”
“Oh my god, of course!” Jayne exclaimed as we both jumped up and down in excitement.
“Let’s crack open the champagne folks!” I shouted with a laugh.
We had an amazing night, dancing the night away on the ice. I barely let go of Chris for the whole evening. It was the most amazing night of my life and I never wanted it to end. By 3am everyone went back to their dressing rooms ready for practice the next day. We were all going to be extremely hungover, but who cares! I woke up the next day snuggled into Chris and the first thing I did was look at my finger to check last night was actually real. I smiled when I saw the ring and the memories came back. Surprisingly after the amount I’d drunk I felt pretty good. I turned to face Chris who had just opened his eyes.
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“Good morning handsome.” I said smiling.
“Morning Mrs Dean.” Chris said sleepily smiling.
I loved how that sounded. I couldn’t be bothered to move to be honest; I just wanted to stay here in Chris’s arms. Eventually we got up and got ready for the last practice before tonight’s live show. Everybody was shattered and hungover so it was going to be interesting. We got onto the ice and began training. The hours ticked away and before I knew it we had 1 hour before we went live. I was sat in makeup with Chris as the staff admired my ring.
“Jason’s face tonight is going to be classic.” One of them said to me.
“I know right, but the only thing that matters to me is that I have Chris.” I said turning to smile at him.
He smiled as choruses of ‘awww’ filled the room. “If he says anything tonight I’ll be straight over.” Chris replied taking hold of my hand.
“Thank you darling.” I replied.
Once we had done in hair and makeup we took our seats ready for the show.
“Remember what I said about you know who.” Chris said kissing me on the top of my head.
“I will.” I said wrapping my arms around his neck.
Once the 10 minute call had been issued Chris left me ready for the start of the show. Me Robin and Nicky all had a laugh before the start of the show and as usual Jason turned up later than us all.
“What’s that on your finger?” He said the second he walked past.
“An engagement ring.” I said with the biggest smile I could possibly stomach when talking to somebody so vile.
He raised his eyebrows. To be honest I couldn’t even be bothered to respond to him.
A few minutes later the show began and Philip and Christine began by talking to Chris and congratulating us both and briefly quizzing him about the wedding.
“I’ll spoil her rotten, that’s the only thing I’m 100 percent sure about at the moment.” Chris said with a laugh.
I really was so blessed to have such an amazing man, I thought as I listened to him.
Then it was over to Jayne who described what the celebrities had been up to in the week before Phil announced the first pair.
As the night went on I began to notice Jason had begun playing his favourite game of ‘How many insults can I throw at Karen Barber in one show before she loses her rag.” I saw Chris tense up and nearly stand up on various occasions however I mouthed ‘he’s not worth it’ in his direction.
When we hit the 45 minute break Chris just seemed to lose his temper. The cameras had just stopped rolling and the second they did so Chris stood up and walked over.
“Meet you in my dressing room Kaz.” Chris said quiet enough for just me to hear.
I nodded, got up and walked down the corridors before reaching Chris’s dressing room and letting myself in.
10 minutes later the door opened and Chris walked in, looking a little calmer than before.
"Sorry Kaz, I just can't stand it when he talks to you like that." Chris said sitting down on the bed next to me. "I just had to say something.
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He put his arms around me and I put my head on his shoulder.
“Thank you.” I said smiling.
“No problem, I’d do anything for you Kaz.” He replied.
“You’re so sweet you know.” I said kissing his cheek. “Anyway what did you say to Jason?” I questioned.
“I basically told him to shut up and watch what he’s bloody saying!” Chris said. “I’m not sure about having him here next series, but after all it’s up to you.”
“Does he know your thinking about firing him?” I asked
“No not yet, I wanted to speak to you first.”
“Just give him one more chance.” I said trying to be fair.
“I’ll make it clear what the consequences are.” Chris added.
We went back to rink side and Jayne agreed with our plans. She thought it would be better if she did the talking in case Chris said something he would regret. We agreed. Once the show ended Jayne asked to speak to Jason and we all followed her into the back.
“Look Jason, you really need to reign in your comments about Karen during the show. I understand if you can’t get on however bringing this onto live telly isn’t the answer, we’re getting many complaints each week now and if you continue I’m afraid we’ll have no choice other than to sack you.” Jayne said to him.
“It’s just the truth Jayne!” Jason snapped.
“Just be warned.” She added before we all walked off.
Jayne looked at me and raised her eyebrows in concern.
“We’ll just have to see what happens.” I said smiling at Jayne before hugging her goodbye and walking off hand in hand with
Chris. I was supposed to be practicing at the rink with Nicky for the first time however we were going to a different rink that was nearer to home for him. Chris said he’d pick me up later on. I got in the car with Nicky and he began driving. It was dark and the road was barely visible. We were talking, having a laugh and then disaster struck... A car pulled out a high speed in front of us. I screamed, Nicky cursed, swerved but I knew he had lost control of the car. The car turned over and rolled before stopping on its back. When it stopped I tried to move but I couldn’t. I turned my head to Nicky.
“Nicky...” I whispered.
“It’s alright Karen, We’ll be alright...” He said, and that’s the last thing I remember.
The next second I was lying on the grass in the pale moonlight. I could hear the sirens. I remembered what happened and opened my eyes. From what I could tell I had just been pulled out of the wreckage of the car. I could hear Chris’s voice and that’s was reassured me.
“She’s awake.” I heard one of them say.
Chris ran over but was beat to me by an ambulance man.
“Hello Karen.” The ambulance man said
“Hi.” I responded.
“Can you remember what happened?” He asked.
I recalled the events.
“How do you feel in yourself?” He asked.
“Not so bad considering.” I replied.
Chris sat down on the grass and took hold of my hand
“Please Sir, can you move back, we need to do a check on how Ms Barber is.” He said to Chris.
“She’s my fiancée; I’m not leaving her side!” Chris said drying his eyes.
Tears fell down my cheek as he was forced to leave momentarily.
10 minutes later in the back of the ambulance they told me the verdict.
“You’re quite lucky Ms Barber, you’ve sprained a wrist but the rest is just cuts and bruises.
I sat up and smiled. I had got off lucky there. They bandaged up my wrist and sent me off to the hospital for a check-up.
“How’s Nicky?” I questioned.
“Just cuts and bruises Ms.” He replied
Once the ambulance man left Chris ran in and gently held me in his arms. I just stayed there in his arms feeling safe.
“I was so scared.” He said failing at holding in the tears.
“Me too.” I said.
“Jayne’s on her way too.” Chris replied, she was in a right state when I told her what had happened.
We arrived at the hospital in minutes and I had another check over which revealed no further serious injuries. Jayne arrived and Nicky walked in with her too. I spoke to both of them Nicky was leaving hospital tonight and I was having to stay until tomorrow morning, and Jayne was just glad I was ok.
The next day I left hospital with Chris. The press were everywhere. It was mad. I got cautiously into Chris’s car (which luckily had black out windows) and we drove off. He kept hold of my hand at all times until we got to his house. A newspaper was shoved through the door and it contained a story about mine and Chris’s engagement aswell as a further one about the crash.
“Just what we need, yet more publicity.” Chris said sighing putting his arms protectively around me.
We sat down on the sofa and Chris put his arms around me. We avoided the subject of the crash until my phone buzzed.
“Who’s that Kaz?” Chris asked.
“Nicky.” I said putting my head on his shoulder. “He’s just making sure I’m ok.” I added.
I quickly text back a response before Chris gently put his hand on my shoulder.
“You are ok aren’t you darling?” Chris asked.
“As long as I’ve got you, I’m just fine.” I replied kissing him passionately.
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The next day I woke up with my wrist throbbing. I got up and had some painkillers before getting back into bed. I looked at the clock 8:30. Wait what!
“Chris its 8:30!” I said sitting up suddenly.
“Damn, we’ve overslept.” Chris said sitting up and kissing my cheek.
We should have been at the Dancing on Ice studios almost 1 hour ago and we still had to get up, get ready and drive down which to be honest I still wasn’t overly keen on. I got changed into my black leggings and a dark pink vest top with matching stilettos and took a look at my skates on the side. I remembered that I couldn’t skate for at least 3 weeks, maybe longer. My wrist was still hurting as if to remind me why.
I kept my head held high and walked out of the house with Chris. My arm was still in a sling which was making life difficult and I felt annoyed I was off the ice for the second time in 1 year. When we arrived at the studio Chris held my uninjured hand and we walked in 2 hours late.
Everybody was understood that it’d been a ridiculous couple of days and didn’t mind our lateness. The second I walked into the rink everyone came over and asked if I was alright. It was the first time I’d seen them all after the crash. Once I had spoken to them all and they had got back on the ice I stood at the sides and watched.
I really wanted to join them and Chris could tell, but deep down that was the last of my problems... He skated over to the boards and passionately kissed me.
“I hate seeing you upset.” Chris said.
“I’ll be fine.” I said smiling.
I sat down in the viewing area decided to undo the sling on my arm and see what sort of mess it was. I gasped. I had been told to leave it for 2 days after the accident. Know I know why. My wrist was coming out in bruises and had several deep cuts on it. I put the bandage and sling back on it and realised this was going to be a slow recovery. During lunch break Chris came and sat with me.
“How’s your arm?” He asked.
“A mess.” I responded taking hold of his hand.
“Let’s have a look gorgeous.” He said.
I took the sling and bandage off and Chris winced at the state of my arm.
“Oh my god Kaz!” Chris exclaimed.
The hospital said it was stuck between two pieces of metal in the car and when I moved that’s when it sprained. I remember when I told Chris, I didn’t expect it to be this bad.
“Come here gorgeous.” Chris said taking hold of the bandages and redressing my arm.
“Thank you Mr.” I said smiling once he had finished.
Before I knew it, it was already Sunday and the next Dancing on Ice show was only an hour away. My wrist was still a mess and I was worried about the questions that were going to be asked by everyone. I was with Chris in my dressing room getting changed into an outfit for the night. Chris was in a black suit and tie and I pulled out one of my favourite dresses. It was white, quite short and extremely sparkly. To match I put on my crystal encrusted stilettos and I was set for the night. For the show I removed my sling and just left on the bandage.
“You look stunning.” Chris said kissing me passionately.
“You don’t look so bad yourself.” I said cheekily putting my good arm around my neck.
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I walked into the rink with Chris and we both sat down ready for the show.
Chris kissed me goodbye and then I took my seat on the ice panel. Nicky and Robin definitely made a fuss of me before the show started while Jason sat completely ignoring the three of us. 5 minutes later it was time. As I predicted when the show began so did the questions about the accident and me. I told them my arm was healing and the crash was a complete accident before the conversation was luckily turned back to the show.
Everything was running smoothly and Jason was on his best behaviour (for a change!) When the first half of the show was over I went back to my dressing room with Chris.
“It’s been so hard to resist you tonight.” Chris said cheekily.
“You to Mr.” I said kissing his passionately.
He wrapped his arms around my waist and the kissing got more intense. Chris pinned me against the dressing room door and I put my arms around his neck. And then things really heated up...
Half an hour later we got ourselves back ready after our fun and left to go back to the panel. Believe me we were cutting it a little fine as we arrived 1 minute before we all went live.
“You’re a bit late aren’t you Kaz?” Nicky whispered.
“Yeah, we had things to do...” I said quickly smoothing down my hair and straightened my dress.
