~Ch. 3~
by: Aimee

~ Meanwhile Kris and Ashley decided to go to that very same Olive Garden for their lunch break. It was only a few blocks away from the office building, which meant that they had time to actually sit down and eat. Kris parked the car and turned it off when the song they were listening to had ended. They got out of the car still singing the son, not paying attention to what was around them. If they had been paying attention, Ahsley would have noticed that Kris had only parked 3 cars down from Dyre's red mustang, which had unmistakeable wolf decals on the sides. The two girls walked inside and sat in a booth towards the middle. A young man came over to the table and took the two girls' orders. After he left, they started talking.
~ "So, Kris, how are you and the hubby doing?" Ashley asked, folding her hands and resting them on the table.
~ "Fine. He's starting to talk about wanting a family, but its nothing serious yet," Kris said.
~ "That's cool. You'd make an awsome mother, but don't let him push you to it."
~ "I know. I won't. So what's going on with Dyre? He's been acting weird lately. I haven't seen him, but from what you've been telling me, he's been acting weird."
~ "Yeah he has, but its nothing big. I'm not too worried. He has these periods where he acts strange and they eventually pass. Having gone out with him for 2 years and living with him for a majority of that two years, I've learned to deal with it and let it pass."
~ "Alright Ash. I just hope this passes soon."
~ "Yeah, me too." Their food arrived and they started eating. After a couple minutes Ashley suddenly stoped eating and dropped her fork. Kris heard the fork drop, looked up at Ashley and turned her head to see what Ashley was looking at. When she saw, her fork dropped too.

~ Desirae had a half confused look and a half scared look on her face and replied in a shaky voice, "What do we need to talk about? Did I do something wrong?"
~ "No Rae. No you did nothingwrong. But I did," he said not looking up.
~ "What do you mean Dyre?" Desirae had a puzzled look on her face, and her voice still shook.
~ "Desirae, I brought you here to tell you I can't see you anymore," he paused for a minute.
~ "Dyre? What ... why?" a tear fell from her right eye as she tried to blink back the rest.
~ "Rae. I'm going to be getting married. I'm going to propose to my girlfriend. That's why this isn't going to work. I've been with my girlfriend for 2 years and I really love her. When I met you, I don't know what happened. You were just so innocent-looking and beautiful, I just couldn't stop myself. Me and my girlfriend got into another fight this morning and that's what made me decide to buy a ring and propose to her. I just had to end this first," he paused again and looked up at Desirae, "You understand why I can't be with you anymore, right?" Desirae nodded her head, wiped away another tear she was unable to blink back and got up.
~ "I wish you luck with the proposal," she said trying not to break down into tears. Dyre stood up, took her hands in his and said, "I'm sorry I lied. And I'm sorry that I ended it like this. Do you want me to give you a ride home?"
~ "No. I'll take a cab," she replied. Dyre gave her a hug, said goodbye and sat back down. He put his head in his hands and sighted, completely oblivious to the fact that his girlfriend and her friend had just witnessed what had happened. the only thing was that Ash and Kris hadn't heard any of what was said. All Ashley knew was that she had just seen her boyfriend sitting at a table with a girl, who he hugged before she left.
~ "I need to leave. Now." Ashley got up and headed for the door. Kris followed, stopping long enough to pay for the food they had only half eaten. Once outside Kris noticed Dyre's car parked 3 spaces down and not knowing if Ashley had seen it, she decided not to mention it. Kris got into her car, where Ashley was already waiting, turned to her and asked what she was going to do. Ignoring the question Ashley said, "How could he? Why did he do this? Why would he do something like that? I don't know what the hell to do. He obviously didn't think he'd run into me there or get caught. So you know what? I'm going to pretend as if nothing happened."
~ "Come again?" Kris looked at Ashley with a very puzzled look.
~ "Yeah I'm going to pretend as if nothing happened. I want to see what he does over the next few days and then decide what I'm going to do," Ashley replied looking at Kris.
~ "Okay Ash, just be careful. Don't flip out on him all of a sudden. If you're going to pretend that you didn't see anything then don't give it away out of nowhere."
~ "Oh no. I won't. Trust me. Let's go back to the office. Oh, can you give me a ride home later if its still raining?"
~ "Yeah sure." Kris started the car and they rode back to the office in silence with only the radio for noise. Back at the restaurant Dyre nibbled on his food, but didn't finish it due to an upset stomach. He got up, paid for his unfinished meal and Rae's untouched meal and went out to his car. On his way back he thought about what he was going to do over the next couple days and how and when to propose to his girlfriend. when he got back to the convention, he stayed in his car for a few minutes. He took out the 14 ct. white gold diamond ring he had bought for his proposal, admired it, closed it, put it back in his pocket and went back into the arena.