Chapter 4
The waitress came and took their orders, and five minutes later she brought dessert to the table.
"Come sit next to me," Edge told Kat. "Before we drip ice cream all over the table."
Kat moved and switched seats with John. She was now at the end of the booth next to Edge.
"It's huge," he said looking at the dessert. "I'm glad we're sharing."
Fifteen minutes later, the banana split was only half gone.
"No more for me," Kat said shaking her head. "It's too much."
"Aw come on. You can't leave me with the rest." Edge looked around at the other guys. "Anybody?"
"Sorry man, that's all on you. We're all stuffed," John answered.
Edge shrugged. "Suit yourselves," he replied sticking another spoonful in his mouth.
A few spoons later, even he couldn't eat any more. He put his spoon down and sat back. Kat looked at him and laughed.
"What's so funny?" he asked.
"You've got ice cream on your face," she said smiling.
"I do?"
"Yea," she said grabbing a tissue. "Right there." She wiped it off the corner of his mouth.
He gave her a teasing smile. "Thanks."
A light blush crept into her face. "Any time."
Randy looked at her and shook his head. "Amazing," he said.
She turned. "What?"
"It's amazing. I tease you, you shut me up. He does it, and you turn pink. Unbelievable," he said shaking his head with a laugh and a look of disbelief.
Kat smiled back. "Maybe it's because he's Rated R, and you're…hmmm…PG-13?" she asked mischievously.
The rest of the table began to laugh.
"Now that's priceless," Ted said looking at Randy.
"Come on Randy, you walked into that," John said.
"Alright, alright. I walked into that. I swear, I'm starting to think you're a girl version of John," Randy said looking at Kat. "I can't believe you just called me PG-13."
She grinned at him. "I call 'em as I see 'em."
"Yea yea. You know what though, I think you might have some ice cream on your face too," he said sliding closer to her.
"I do?" she asked wiping her lips. "Where?"
"Right…there!" he said taking ice cream and smearing it on her cheek. "That's for that PG-13 crack," he said laughing at her surprised face.
She touched her cheek with her fingertips. "That wasn't very nice you know." She wiped the ice cream off with her napkin, not taking her eyes off him. "I might have to teach you a lesson for that."
"Yea? You and what army?"
"Oh I'm not going to get you now, you're ready for it. I'll get you when you least expect it," she said with a wicked smile.
"Oooo I'm terrified!" he said with a grin.
"I dunno Randy," John said. "She looks like she's up to something."
"Whatever she's gonna do, it can't be worse than having Taker break my ass can it?"
"Good point," John said laughing.
"Well anyway, we should head back to the motel. That waitress is giving us the evil eye," Randy said looking over at the counter.
Randy left money on the table, and they headed out into the parking lot.
"Hey are we all going to fit?" Cody asked.
"Damn it. I forgot that Taker took the other truck when he went with Shawn. It's gonna be a tight squeeze, but we'll manage. It's not that far," John said. "Hope you guys don't mind getting cozy."
Cena jumped into the driver's seat, with Randy in the passenger's seat.
"I'm sitting in the middle row. I don't like the back," Cody said. "Teddy can sit next to me. Hold on a sec guys. I forgot my wallet by the table. I'll be back in a sec."
"I guess that puts me and you in the back huh?" Edge said turning to Kat.
"I guess so."
As the two climbed into the back, they noticed a large box on the seat.
"Hey John, what's with the box?" Edge asked.
"No idea man. This rental's got some of the tech stuff in it; it's probably wires."
"Oh, ok," Edge said climbing into the back. Kat climbed in behind him.
"Kind of a tight squeeze back here," she said sitting down.
"Yea, I don't want to try anything with that box. Who knows what's in it. But like John said, we'll just have to get cozy."
She shook her head with a smile. "When he said that I don't think he meant for me to be pasted up against you."
He shrugged with a mischievous grin. "I thought you said you didn't mind me?"
"When did I say that?"
"When Taker was here. He told me to leave you alone, and you said you didn't mind," he said, still grinning.
"Oh…"
"Yea, oh. I could let you sit in the back with Teddy instead, if you want."
"It's ok. No sense in moving now."
His grin widened a little. "Then I guess you're stuck with me."
"I guess so," she said with a smile. "I guess it could be worse. I could be stuck in the back with Mr. PG-13."
Edge laughed, and Randy turned from the front.
"I heard that you know."
"No offense Randy," she said smiling.
"Yea yea." Randy turned looking at the diner. "Goddamn what's taking Cody so long?"
"You want me to go check?" Ted asked.
"Go ahead. Maybe he can't find his wallet."
"Alright." Ted opened the door, letting in a cold blast of air. He slid out and went back into the diner.
Kat shivered. "I should have worn a thicker sweater."
"Cold?" Edge asked.
"Yea. I've got goose bumps."
He moved and wrapped an arm around her shoulder. She tensed at the sudden movement.
"Relax. We don't want you catching a cold."
She relaxed and he tightened his arm around her. He looked at her mischievously.
He leaned his head close to her and dropped his voice to a whisper. "You know," he said with a teasing smirk, "I could show you what Rated R really means."
Her body tensed up again and he laughed. "I'm sorry, that was too easy. I didn't mean to make you jump."
"Well I'll tell you one thing."
"What's that?" he asked.
"I'm not cold anymore."
He grinned. "Then I accomplished my goal."
"I'll bet," she said shaking her head.
"What's going on back there?" Randy asked turning around again.
"Oh nothing," Edge said grinning. "I'm just warming up our cold companion."
"Yea? I'll put on the heat then. I don't need you warming up anybody in the rental car," John said turning. "Last time I was the one that had to do the cleaning."
"You? I'm the one that had to save his ass from Taker!" Randy said.
Kat turned to Edge. "I see your Rated R reputation is warranted."
He smirked and dropped his voice back to a whisper. "In more ways than one."
She raised an eyebrow. "Yea? I'll take your word on it."
"No real life example?" he asked innocently.
"Sorry Goldilocks," she said with a grin.
"Too bad. Maybe you'll change your mind," he said teasingly.
"Alright that's enough back there. You're giving me hives up here," Randy said over his shoulder.
Edge grinned. A second later, the car door opened, and Ted and Cody got back in.
"Unbelievable," Ted snapped.
"You're telling me!" Cody returned.
"What's the matter guys?" Randy asked.
"I went to get my wallet, and the waitress wouldn't let me have it."
"You're kidding!" John said.
"No. I told her that I left it on the table, that it was mine. She said that once you walk out the door, it's their property."
"I even tried to get it. She said if I laid a hand on her, she'd call the cops and have me locked up for beating a woman. Isn't that insane?" Ted said in annoyance.
"Why I oughta…" Randy snapped.
"Easy Randy," Cody said. "If we come back tomorrow, I'll try to reason with her. No sense in you going in there and killing somebody. If anything, I'll ask Taker to get it."
"Alright Code, if that's how you want it. Un-freaking-believable," he said angrily.
"That's not right," Kat said. "Technically that's stealing."
"Yea," said John. "Crazy ass people."
"Let's just go back to the motel guys. I'll work it out in the morning," Cody said shaking his head.
They drove back to the motel and pulled into the parking lot. Ted and Cody went to their room.
"Night guys," they called as they went in.
"I guess we should all head in then?" John asked.
"Wait a minute, do you have a key to Taker's room?" Randy asked turning to Kat.
"No, I didn't think of asking him for it."
"So how're you gonna get in? Waking up Taker is probably not the brightest idea. He's not the worst guy when he's awake, but waking him up from a dead sleep is just asking for trouble," Randy said.
"So what should I do?" she asked. "The only other place is with the desk clerk, and I'd rather sleep in the car than in there."
"Why don't you come in our room?" Randy asked. "It's better than waking up Taker. I'll sleep in the bed with John, and you can sleep in mine."
"I don't want to put you out of your bed Randy. Besides, I don't think you and John are going to fit in the same bed together," she said with a smile.
"You could sleep in my room," Edge offered.
"Your room?" she asked giving him a look.
"Geez I'm not going to assault you. I'm just saying I have my room to myself. There's space. At least then you wouldn't be putting out Randy or John."
"Well…"
"Look, I promise I won't do anything stupid. Besides, if I did, Taker would personally behead me. So?"
"Alright," she said shrugging. "It's the only thing that makes sense."
"Good. Let's go then. Bye guys," he said to Randy and John.
"Night man," John said.
"Night," Randy said as he and John went into their room. "Oh and Adam," he said turning before he closed the door.
"Yea?"
"Behave yourself."
"Scout's honor," he said grinning.
Randy closed the door, and Edge and Kat walked toward his room.
"You sure you don't mind?" Kat asked as they walked.
"No, I don't mind. Like you pointed out before, there's something not right about that desk clerk. I wouldn't want anybody staying in there with him."
"Yea, he is pretty freaky looking," she said remembering.
"Yea, and besides, I'm much better company," he said smiling mischievously. He opened the door, and they went into the room.
Looking at the room, Kat noticed, that like Taker's room, there was only one bed. It was king sized, but it was still only one.
"Funny, you didn't mention there was only one bed."
"Must have slipped my mind," he said innocently.
She rolled her eyes and sat down on the end of the bed. "Ah shoot," she said out loud, "I left all my clothes in Mark's room."
"It's ok, you can borrow a shirt," he said going over to the dresser. He opened it and pulled out a t-shirt. "This one's pretty long. I got it when we were on tour in Europe. They cut things weird."
"Thanks," she said taking it from him.
He went into the bathroom to take a shower. Kat quickly pulled off her shirt and jeans, and put on his shirt. He was right; it was ridiculously long. It was even longer than Taker's had been, and Taker was taller than he was.
She climbed into the bed, and pulled the covers over her. She couldn't believe she was in his room. Of all the people, she thought to herself.
Fifteen minutes later, Edge came out of the bathroom wearing pajamas pants and no shirt. He was towel drying his hair.
He looked at her as he folded the towel and put it on the chair. "I usually sleep without my shirt, but if it bothers you, I'll wear it."
She shook her head. "It's fine. You wrestle without a shirt anyway, so it's not much difference. Besides it's your room."
"So it's my rules?" he asked mischievously.
"I guess so…"
"So if I wanted to sleep naked you wouldn't have a problem?" he said wickedly.
"Hmmm I thought Randy asked you to behave?" she said raising an eyebrow.
"Yea? So?"
"And you said Scout's honor."
He grinned. "I was never a Boy Scout."
She ran a hand over her face. "Oh brother."
"Relax," he said sliding into the opposite side of the bed. "I'm just messing with you. There are better odds of the sky falling down than there are for me to take advantage of somebody."
"I'm glad," she said with a smile.
"Of course," he added, "me taking advantage of someone that doesn't mind is something completely different."
"Of course," she said shaking her head and rolling her eyes. "Well anyway, goodnight and thank you for letting me sleep in here."
"I'll get you yet," he said with a grin.
"If you say so," she said yawning.
Within minutes she was fast asleep, and Edge lay there looking at her for a moment. He laughed to himself. She was something else, he thought. A real challenge. And he liked challenges. Of course, he thought to himself, if she was really dead set against him, he wouldn't press. But then he remembered her blushing, and he smirked. If nothing else, he was going to have fun teasing her. This was going to be interesting.
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Author's Note: Hope you like! XOXO to all my reviewers, and thanks to everybody who added this story to one of their lists! Let me know what you think so far! I'll have Chapter 5 up soon. =)