Cabin Fever

"You do not." he shook his head.

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"Gold diggers?"

"I mean.. look at me." She sighed and shook her head. "You put a lot of work into this and the only thing I can do is make it awkward."

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"You said it, not me."

"So then don't do that." he told her. "Try to act like how we used to act together. I'm trying too, Lace." he told her. "I'm not expecting for us to be one hundred percent but we can get there."

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"You know me so well." she joked.

"I don't know how to act like I used to around you, Phil." she shook her head. "Not anymore."

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"yes." He chuckled as they approached one of the instructors.

He sighed a bit. "Then I guess act however you feel like acting."

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She introduced herself to the instructor excitedly and made sure to listen to whatever they told her and such. They were shown how to wear the proper equipment and everything. "Are you ready?" Ellie asked Colt as she finished putting on her safety...uh...stuff.

She let out a heavy sigh. "Maybe I should go back to Chicago."

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"You go first." he chuckled.

"Why?" he asked.

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"Fine." she said as she went with the instructor and they let her go.

"Because the point of this trip was for us was to fix things and that's not really happening.. and I'm ruining your mood." she shook her head. "Stay here with Scott and Ellie, enjoy yourself, and I'll just be out of your hair."

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Scott watched as they let her go. Woman was crazy, lol.

"Who said you were ruining my mood?" he asked as he shook his head. "Lacy, I want you to stay, please. If you go back then that will ruin my mood. Okay, things aren't working out for us but we just have to really give it a go. Maybe I'm pressuring you too much and sort of am suffocating you with us, but it's just because I want us to just enjoy being here together. I don't mean for this to be a miserable trip for you where you're constantly thinking about things, I just want you to enjoy yourself."

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Some time had passed after Ellie did her ziplining (and screaming and yelling in excitement) and she finally finished her turn. "That was awesome!"

"I'm not having a miserable time. Granted, I'm not having the best time, but I'm not miserable. I appreciate the effort that you're putting in to making sure that we're going to be okay. But.." she sighed. "I've done so much damage to this marriage and my body in these past few months that I'm just not happy with myself physically or mentally. I don't have to go to some professional to tell me that my health is in the shitter and my mental health.. well." she shrugged. "So, it's not you. You're wonderful. I just need to be content with myself, and make myself happy before I can make you happy."

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"You wanna go again?" he chuckled. "I know you do."

He listened to what she had to say and nodded a bit. "I understand." he nodded. "Is there anything I can do to help you in any way? Or anything you need me to do?" he asked.

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"Scott, it's fine-- okay, fine...one more time." she laughed and went again, lol.

"Forgive me." She said.

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"Crazy woman!" he called after her.

"Lacy, of course I forgive you." he told her.

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She'd yell back when she finished because she didn't want to hit a tree or something, lol. Anyway, she finally finished again. "....can we do this after our wedding? Like right after we say I do?" she joked.

"For being a raging psychotic bitch? For going to another man? For stressing you out? For being a terrible wife?"

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"I am all for watching your dress fly up over your head."

"I don't care about any of that, Lacy." he told her. "Yes, people make mistakes and as cheesy as it sounds, we learn from them. To me it doesn't matter what you think you are...well as far as being horrible goes or whatever the case may be, I love you for being you, Lacy. You are not a terrible wife, you've been amazing to me and I really do hope that it continues. Trust me, there are times where I feel like I'm a horrible husband, but you put up with me and for that, I love you. I wouldn't have you any other way and I'm not just saying it to say it, I say it because I mean it."

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"You're gross." she chuckled. "Your turn."

"I appreciate that." she said honestly. "...and I love you, too."

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"This thing is gonna snap on me." he snorted as he stood at the edge.

He smiled a bit. "Good. You know I'm here for you Lacy, no matter what." he told her as he kissed the top of her head and held her gently to him.

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"It will not." she snorted...then looked at the instructor. "Right?"

"He'll be fine."

"See, you'll be fine." she grinned.

"I know."she nodded and rested her head on his chest. "I know."

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"We'll see." He chuckled. "Count down for me."

"Good, I want you to know that and always remember that." he said.

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"Okay. Three, two, one!"

"I will try."

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"This is insane." he shook his head before he jumped off.

"It's all I ask." he said.

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Ellie laughed and watched as he took his turn.

She nodded a little. "Listen.. go upstairs and I'll clean up and be with you."

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He went down and he had to admit, it gave him a huge rush. He came back up and looked at Ellie. "Maybe this isn't soooo bad."

"Alright." he said as he kissed the side of her head and then headed upstairs.

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"Mhm." she smirked. "I think you should go again." she chuckled.

She cleaned up downstairs after he left. She really appreciated what he did tonight, and she didn't know why she was on a constant defense and wouldn't allow herself to just enjoy the night. She sighed heavily as she finished cleaning and went upstairs to shower.

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"I think I shouldn't." He snorted.

Punk was finishing up getting changed. He was putting on shirt when Lacy came in and then he saw that she was going to shower. He figured he would just lay in their bed in the meanwhile.

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"Why not?"