"The fuck are you doin' here?"

Chris all but jumped to her feet when she heard Jon's voice and turned to face the man himself who was stood by the open door. Colby too got to his feet though much slower and he said with a slightly guilty expression

"Shit bro, I was gonna text you, Chris-"

"I asked her" Jon cut him off still glaring at Chris who suddenly became very interested in her shoes and muttered

"They fucked up my hotel booking"

"It was McMahon's idea, sending her here" said Colby with a pointed look.

Dean ran a hand through his hair and over his face before saying with a shake of his head

"Ok I'm not sober enough for this shit. 'm goin' to bed. You" he waved his hand at Colby "You can sort this shit out" and with that he turned and walked, swaying slightly, towards the third bedroom.

"Thought you were staying at the gym not going to the bar!" Colby called after him but Jon just flipped him off over his shoulder.

The door slammed shut behind him, leaving Chris and Colby alone in the main room.

"You can uh, you can take my bed" Colby offered and Chris shook her head,

"Nah man, I'm cool on the couch I've done it enough tim-"

"Sweetheart, Joe and my mom would kick my ass if they found out I let a girl sleep on the couch. You take my room, I'll take the couch. No arguments."

For a moment it looked like Chris still wanted to argue but, her would be point was muted when a large yawn slipped out and Seth laughed

"Go get some sleep. You'll need it if you're gonna deal with a hungover Dean in the morning."

Now it was Chris's turn to laugh.

"Ain't that the truth" she muttered, as she bent down and heaved one bag up onto her shoulder and grabbed her suitcase with the other hand. Colby pointed to the door directly behind her, and Chris headed towards it. Just as she placed a hand on the wood she heard Colby say

"Night Chris, it was uh, good to meet you."

"Yeah. Night Colby."


"Jesus Mary mother of Christ!"

The exclamation came tumbling out of Chris's mouth as she was woken by a bang and a string of curse words only to be confronted by the sight of a very shirtless Colby cradling his elbow with an expression of pain, embarrassment and irritation on his face.

"Sorry, shit, sorry" he said rubbing his elbow "I needed to get a shirt and didn't wanna wake you, so I didn't turn the light on and I smacked into the wall because I'm a dumbass."

"Uh, don't worry bout it."

Colby nodded appreciatively and went back to digging through his bag for a shirt. As he did Chris couldn't stop herself from admiring his physique. True he had been shirtless when he let her in last night but at one in the morning and the state she was in, it hadn't really been the main thing on her mind.

Now however, now was a different story.

"You enjoyin' the view?" Colby's voice broke her reverie and she quickly looked away with a guilty smile.

"Nope" she said unconvincingly but one glance back at the him and her guilty smile widened into a full grin. Colby smiled back and straightened up, a shirt held balled up in his hand.

"Hey if you want a proper show..." he said raising his arms and flexing and Chris looked away laughing as she said wryly

"Dude I met you less than 24 hours ago, we are so not at that level yet."

"Sorry" Seth shrugged though his smile said otherwise "Guess I misjudged where this friendship was."

"Oh we're friends are we?" Chris said raising an eyebrow, a smirk playing at the corner of her mouth.

"Sweetheart you knocked on my door at a frankly ungodly hour, asked to stay, then stayed in my bed while I took the couch, yeah I think that's a pretty good start to a friendship don't you?" Colby pointed out.

"Fair point" Chris agreed and Seth smiled then hesitated "What?" she asked.

"Just a warning, Jon's already up, he's pissed and hungover."

"Great. Oh well, nothing I haven't dealt with before."

"Damn. Exactly how well do you two know each other?" Colby asked folding his arms and leaning against the wall.

"Well enough" she said grimly.

There was a brief pause while Colby seemed to be debating his next words. He decided to say them anyway

"What's his beef with you?"

"Huh?" Chris said evasively, suddenly very interested in scraping her hair up into a ponytail.

"Well considering how far back you two go he didn't exactly seem happy to see you.

"Colby, trust me you do NOT want to get in the middle of my shit with Jonny. You think you've seen him mad?"

Colby nodded but Chris shook her head chuckling darkly.

"Yeah? Well I've seen him go nuclear. When this thing comes to a head and it will, it's gonna be world war three and me and Jon? When we fight we don't get mad we get murderous. So trust me. Keep your nose out."

There was a beat of silence.

"Damn. Did you practice those lines in the mirror or something?"

And then Chris was laughing, for real this time as Colby grinned at her and said with his hands raised

"I'm just sayin' you've really got it down, the whole warning people to stay out of your shit thing!"

"Fine don't listen to me" shrugged Chris still smiling "But when one of us stabs you in the face for getting involved you don't get to say I didn't warn you."

"Understood." Colby said, slightly muffled as he finally pulled the shirt in his hands over his head, covering the solid abs that Chris had been admiring before the conversation took a detour into Jon territory.

Those abs.

"Girl I don't care how long it's been, get your head out of the damn gutter. You just met him, he's Jon's friend and you don't need to give Jon another reason to hate you."

"Hungry?" Asked Colby, snapping her out of her thoughts.

"Starvin'"

"C'mon then" Colby beckoned for her to follow him. Swinging her legs out and over the side of the bed, Chris slid her bare feet into her boots stood up and exited the room, Colby letting her pass him and go through the door first into the main room.


"Damn"

Had been his first thought when he had awoken Chris.

She had sat up, bed head, voice husky from sleep and one strap of her tank top had slid down her arm.

His assessment from the previous night had been wrong.

She wasn't hot.

She was goddamn stunning.

"Don't you dare Lopez. She's Jon's - something - and it wont do anyone any good to get involved, no matter how drop dead gorgeous she is." Colby thought to himself as he listened to her warn him not to get in the middle of the impending mutually assured destruction between herself and Jon.

Then she just had to go and laugh and he was completely lost in the sound of it.

"Dude you just broke it off with Kayla, not the time! Besides she's Jon's... something."

"Hungry?" he asked trying to break off his current train of thought.

"Starvin'" she answered.

"C'mon then" he said gesturing for her to come with him.

And then he just had to be the gentleman and hold the door open so that she could exit the room first. Ladies first and all that.

And she just had to be wearing a pair of pyjama shorts that were almost, almost too short.

And she just had to look amazing even in a ratty t-shirt, sleep shorts and boots.

"Damn"

Yeah he was fucked.

Because she just had to be Jon's... something.


Hey so I know not much has happened and it's kind of short but I was just aware I hadn't updated for a bit and just wanted to get this out there.

Love to hear what you think, i'm petty and pathetic and must get validation from others to feel complete.

Give me feedback, critiques, ideas and what you want to see happen!

More soon.

Geronimo xx