Spin The Bottle

13 | Soon-to-be Boyfriend

"I.....spoke.....to......" Stephanie drags unnecessarily, blinking rapidly.

"Talk, would you?" Brooke shakes her slightly.

"I spoke to Christopher today," she blurts out with her hands on both sides of her face and her eyes wide.

It takes a few seconds for Brooke to answer, "What?"

Stephanie nods vehemently.

"Christopher Hayes?"

Stephanie nods.

"From school?"

Another nod.

"Green eyes and dark brown hair?"

"Yeah, B. That Christopher," Stephanie emphasizes.

"Holy shit! How did that happen? Did he remember you? Did he......" Different questions spill out of Brooke's mouth all at once.

Then Stephanie tells her the events of this morning.

After telling Brooke every single detail, Brooke says, "This is huge!"

Stephanie shrugs.

"Stephanie Valentine?"

"Yeah?"

"Are you stupid?" Brooke asks.

"Of course, I'm not," Stephanie declares.

"Then why did you run away?" Brooke hisses.

"I didn't run away. I just......"

Brooke shakes her head and facepalms.

"He could have dropped on his knees and asked you to be his girlfriend, you know."

"What! There you go again. You're the crazy one in this relationship, I swear," Stephanie tells her.

"How did you even think of that? Geez!" Stephanie exclaims.

"Whatever," Brooke waves her off smiling sheepishly.

"So he didn't remember you?" Brooke questions.

"No. I don't think so," Stephanie answers truthfully.

"I don't believe that you know. He remembers speaking to me. Why wouldn't he remember kissing you during the game?" Brooke speculates.

"Maybe he was drunk and doesn't remember the kiss," Stephanie guesses.

"But he remembers talking to me after that?"

Stephanie shrugs.

"That's absurd," Brooke says.

"Or he just doesn't care," she deadpans.

"I hope he does. I believe he does. I knew you'd eventually talk to him," Brooke smirks.

She scoffs in response.

"I knew that kiss would change your life," Brooke hollers.

"No shit, Sherlock," Stephanie replies, sarcasm dripping.

She faces the TV, picks up the remote, and turns up the volume.

"Let's talk about something else. Where did your dad take you guys to?" Stephanie changes the subject.

Brooke doesn't answer immediately as she thinks.

"I think Chris is hung up on your kiss," Brooke lilts.

"Oh please! Enough of your outrageous thoughts."

"Didn't I say to change the topic?" Stephanie glares at her.