Title: Dangerous Games
Author: Shantay
Email: Lita/Jericho, Jeff Hardy/Trish Stratus, Matt Hardy and Christian
Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters.
Distribution: Ask first.
Rating: R
Summary: She's a good girl. He's a bad guy. They have every reason in the world not to be together but for some reason they can't stay away from each other. As they get closer, it becomes a struggle to keep it a secret and deal with their two completely separate worlds. They end up playing a dangerous game. Mainly Lita/Jericho…
Spoilers/Notes: This is set back when all of them were still here (wow, can't believe more than half of them are gone now). Jericho and Christian are still a tag team…the bet storyline never happened. Lita is still managing the Hardys…neither the Kane or Edge storyline has happened…and she isn't even dating Matt for that matter. And in this story, Lita and Jericho didn't know each other before WWE.

Warnings: Language, adult situations

"I have to say, you have just been beaming lately." Trish placed her hand on her hip as she joined her best friend in the lobby. Lita smiled.

"Why do you say that?" Even as she spoke the words, Lita couldn't help but blush. "Come on. We have a shopping trip to go on."

Trish reached out and grabbed her arm, pulling her to a couch in the lobby. "Not so fast Missy. It's been a while since we've really talked. I feel like there's something going on that I don't know about. Spill it."

Lita couldn't lose the smile if she tried. "Couldn't I just be happy? Maybe nothing's going on. Now come on. Let's go." She tried to stand again only to be pulled down by Trish again.

"No way. Now I know you are definitely hiding something. I'm your best friend. Tell me what it is." The blonde quickly scanned the room and leaned toward Lita, her voice dramatically quieted, "Is there somebody?"

Lita sighed. She would love to tell Trish the truth. She practically told her everything. But she had just promised Chris. "Trish, I don't have anything to tell."

Trish pointed at her. "You're not even looking at me. You're lying! Why won't you tell me Lita? I would tell you."

Lita instantly felt guilty. It was really killing her not to say anything. Technically, she'd only promised Chris that she wouldn't tell Matt and Jeff. But then again, they'd said 'anyone' right before that. But he really didn't have to know. She turned toward Trish. "Okay, okay--"

"Ugh." Lita followed Trish's line of sight to Christian, standing across the lobby. He was hitting on the receptionist. "I'm sorry Lita. You know I just can't stand the sight of that guy."

"Tell me about it."

Trish continued to watch the man with a look of disgust. "I really can't believe what he was about to do to you in that ring. He's just pathetic. I feel bad for that receptionist." She finally broke her eyes away from him, turning to Lita again. "And you know what else? It was bad enough that Christian was going to do whatever he was about to do, but then Jericho…I can't believe he put you in the Walls of Jericho."

"Well, about that, it actually—it didn't really hurt."

Trish's eyebrows furrowed deeply. She grabbed Lita's hand. "Lita, you don't have to defend him. I know how you've felt about this whole "Chris gone bad" thing. But we have to accept the things he's done. Chris is just a complete asshole now."

Lita's heart sank. She squeezed Trish's hand. "I know what you think Trish. But you don't understand. I--" She stopped speaking as she saw her boyfriend enter the lobby. He walked over to Christian.

"Those two are really just something else. Lita, you really are a much better person than me. How you can have any kind of sympathy for him after all of this…wow." When Trish looked at her, Lita forced a half-smile. Trish put her hand over her heart, immediately regretting everything she'd said. "Oh sweetie, I ruined your entire story. What were you going to tell me?"

Just perfect, Lita thought. "I just wanted to say that you are just imagining things. There's nothing that I'm not telling you."

"Are you sure?"

There was her window. And she was about to close it. "Yes." They both stood from the couch.

Trish shook her head. "Okay. I was so sure that you were seeing someone. You always act like this when you have a new guy. I really must be losing my touch." She started walking toward the door. She turned around and realized that Lita hadn't moved. "Honey, are you okay? Let's go."

Lita raked her hand through her hair. "I'll meet you at the car. I realized that I left my cellphone in my room."

"Alright." Trish walked toward to the door. She sighed as she stopped just short of the door. She reached into her purse and pulled out just what she'd been looking for. She clutched it in her hand. "Right. The cellphone you asked me to hold." Trish looked back before heading out the door.

Lita watched Christian and Chris interacting at the desk. This was so hard. As badly as she wanted to tell Trish, she would never understand. Trish could never understand what Lita saw in Chris. She would never see the guy that Lita knew.

He turned around and looked at her, while Christian's attention was on the young brunette receptionist, who seemed to be relishing it. Chris had seen Lita when he walked into the lobby. But they couldn't interact at all in public. He must have noticed the distressed look on her face. He mouthed to her, "Are you okay?"

She nodded subtly. She lifted her hand to her head and made a sign to him that she would call him later. She couldn't risk anyone noticing them there. Besides, she didn't want to keep Trish waiting for too long.


Lita practically threw herself into Chris's arms the second he opened the door. "I missed you."

"I missed you too," he said as he kissed the top of her head. "What was going on earlier?"

She sat down on his bed, as she raked her fingers through her hair in frustration. "I was talking to Trish earlier. And she kept asking me all these questions about whether I was seeing someone."

"Did you tell her?" He crossed his arms over his chest. She watched him. He wasn't mad, at least not at the moment. But she could tell he was hoping that she hadn't broken their agreement.

"No, I didn't tell her. But I really wanted to. Chris, I just realized today how hard this is going to be for us. Will we ever be able to tell anyone about us? Will our friends ever support us being together?"

He stared at her silently. He'd never really thought that far ahead. He hadn't imagined they'd be entering a long-term relationship. He shrugged. "I don't know. Maybe not. But does that matter?"

"Well, for now it doesn't. But what about the day we get tired of hiding this? What if we decide to move in together or…get married?" She stopped as she noticed the look on his face. "Don't freak out on me. I was just saying. I know we're not close to any of those points. I just…you know."

Chris kneeled in front of her and gently caressed her knees comfortingly. "I know. And I know this is hard. But it's just a challenge we'll have to deal with to be together. I'm willing to do it, aren't you?" She nodded. "We'll figure this out one day. But for now, let's enjoy this."

"Yeah, let's do that." She finally smiled for the first time since her trip with Trish.

"You know what? You've turned me into such a wuss." She laughed as she leaned in and kissed him. "That was really good. But, seriously, I feel like a little bit less of a man."

"Well, I know what can fix that." Lita stroked his chin with her finger flirtatiously. He watched her strut over to his bed. She crawled onto it and patted the spot next to her.

He smirked sexily as he went over to join her. He sat down beside her and simply watched her. She smiled back at him, saying, "So…"

"So?"

She crossed her legs beneath her and looked up at him shyly. "You know…"

"I do know." He leaned in a stroked her bare legs. "But I don't think you really want to do that right now." The redhead's dark eyebrows furrowed deeply as he uttered those words.

"But I do." Her bashful demeanor suddenly disappeared as she scooted in closer to him. She caressed the inside of his thigh and kissed along his shoulder and neck. She pushed him back slowly onto the bed and straddled his hips. Then she recommenced kissing his neck.

Chris placed his hands on her hips, which she wiggled in response. He laughed. "Okay, maybe you do." She lifted her head and nodded with a beautiful smile on her face. She placed a sweet kiss on his lips. "Alright." He flipped them over and pinned her hands above her head. "We can do it this way, or…" He let go of her, sitting back down on his side of the bed.

She sat up, eyeing him inquisitively. "Or what?"

"Or maybe, you want me to pick you up one day. And you'll look all gorgeous because you'll be dressed up, and I'll be dressed up. And then I'll take you off to this beautiful cabin just for the two of us. Then we'll go inside, and there'll be all of these rose petals everywhere. Then I'll take you to the bathroom and we'll take a bath together. We can even do it with bubbles if you want. And then, we'll go to the bedroom. There'll be candles and more rose petals everywhere. I'll lay you down on the bed and do whatever you want…all night long."

Lita had a sparkle in her eyes. He wasn't quite sure if it was a tear or not. "Wow." For a little while, that was all she could manage to say. They stared at each other in that beautiful silence for what seemed like forever. "I do want that." She playfully hit his arm. "Who knew Chris Jericho could be so romantic?"

"It was just a random thought. Nothing special." He flashed that charming smile once again.

"Yeah right." She lay back down, resting her hand in the palm of her hand. Chris joined her. "You amaze me."

"Same here."

"I think all of this is just so crazy. I feel like…technically, we're not moving fast. But emotionally, I fall harder and harder for you everyday. It's kinda scary." She tried to make that last statement sound like a joke, but he could hear the fear in her voice.

"I don't blame you. I'd be scared too, especially since I am who I am. But trust me hun, you've broken down those walls. I don't know how you did or how you did it so fast, but you definitely did. And with every ounce of strength in my body, I'm gonna do whatever I can to make sure you don't get hurt."

"I broke down the walls of Jericho," she sang playfully as she poked at him, causing him to laugh. "So, how about I sleep here tonight?"

"Are you sure that'll be safe? The Hardys won't go looking for you in the morning?"

"It'll be fine. I'll make sure I wake up early enough to get back before they even start harassing me. But tomorrow's an off-day. So I should have a bit of time." She scooted in closer to him. "But I really want to sleep here tonight. I just want to be in your arms and have you there with me all night. Is that too much to ask?"

Her closeness drove him insane. It was hard to resist what she'd offered earlier because he really just wanted to take her right there. But the moment had to be perfect. He just wanted to handle this relationship the right way. He would be crazy not to admit that he was a little worried about what might happen, or more importantly, what he might do if she was right there, in bed with him. He exhaled. "No, that's not too much to ask."

Chris stood and lifted her off of the bed, placing her gently on the floor. He threw back the covers and motioned towards the crisp, white hotel sheets. "After you."

The redhead smiled and settled herself in the bed. Her boyfriend immediately joined her. She closed her eyes as she nestled against him and he wrapped his arm around her protectively. They laid there in a comfortable silence. Chris looked down at the woman lying in his arms. He couldn't believe this moment. He'd completely gone against his instincts for her. Please don't let me regret this, he thought to himself. He kissed the top of her head before shutting off the light.

Author's Note: The action will pick up again in the next chapter. Now our lovebirds have had some peaceful moments to themselves, it looks like trouble is headed their way. Please review!!