OUTSIDE
Mark was showing Natalya and Katie Lea around the stables, the two women were gushing over his horses.
"I'm glad that you and Cat are talking again." Natalya announced completely randomly.
"Me too Darlin'" He smiled at her. "I missed her!"
"Trust me she missed you too. Its really hard hearing your best friend cry herself to sleep."
Both women saw the guilt creep into Marks eyes and he turned away from them for a moment until his mask slipped back into place.
"Umm Mark do you think of Cat as a daughter or a friend?" Katie asked quietly.
"Darling if you wanna know something just ask me, I don't play games!"
Katie blushed deep red and began to understand why Cat and Mark got along so well. They were very similar in personality and temperament. Natalya chose to stand up to Marks challenge.
"How do you feel about Cat?"
"She's a sweet little girl, but how I feel ain't any of your business." Mark growled at them and stalked away towards the house.
Cat was laid on her bed drawing when she noticed Mark watching her from the doorway.
"What's wrong old man?"
"What you want for dinner? Don't feel like cooking." She stood up and stretched grabbing her purse. Marks eyes never left her body as he shirt rolled up a little during her stretching.
"Chinese sounds food, what you think?" Cat was pushing past him out the door as she spoke.
"Good, should we take orders?:
"I know what they like. Do you want to drive or should I?"
"I will, you relax." As they walked into the kitchen Mark said loudly, "We're going to get dinner, back in a while." Then ushered Cat into the garage, as he turned on his Ford Truck ACDC blared out the speakers. Mark went to turn it down embarrassed but Cat reached it first and simply turned it down.
"So old man why do I need to relax?"
"Because little girl I said so." Cat grinned and leaned her head back against the head rest.
"Why are you so bossy all the time?" He smiled as he pulled onto the road.
"How I am" She laughed gently and placed her feet on the seat. "Good thing you took your shoes off." Cat jus grinned again. "Why are you so sure of yourself?"
"What do you mean?"
"You're confident as all hell about who you are. Half the women in the WWE would hide if I spoke to them, but you have no worries about being alone with me at all."
"That's cause they don't have brains. Anyone can see what a nice guy you are." Mark chuckled and felt the shiver run through her.
"Little girl, how I am around you aint how I am around anyone else."
"Don't treat me differently I am just like everyone else." Cat frowned.
"No you're not!"
They sat in silence think about what the other had said and what they could possibly be thinking about, they were silent until they reached the restaurant, where Mark won the fight over who was paying for the food. Twenty minutes later they were back on the road and on their way home, when her cell phone rang.
"Hey daddy, I'm staying at Mark's place for two weeks."
"Yes daddy, I'll be careful. Have a good night."
She hung up and slid her phone back into her pocket, turning the music up a little and just enjoying being around Mark. She knew that she would probably never get up the courage to tell him how she felt, but it was times like this that she really appreciated him.
"Daddy wanted to know why I didn't answer my phone at home. He chucked a bit of a sad when I said I was here. Seriously what does he think will happen?"
"He might be worried I'll turn you into a beer drinking, boxing, tattoo loving wrestler!"
Cat laughed and looked at him sincerely.
"Bit late old man, I turned into that five years ago."
He pulled into his driveway and stopped just before the gate, he quickly leaned over to her and pressed a kiss gently on her cheek. Because it was dark neither saw the blush that crossed the others face, both enjoyed the contact and the closeness.
"Thank you for everything little girl, you've got no idea how much you've done for me without knowing it!"
He sat straight up and drove into the garage, Mark noticed that she seemed to be in a stunned silence and had no idea whether it was a good or bad thing. Cat walked through and curled up in one half of Marks recliner; he sat next to her as she passed out the food. As they ate they were trying to explain gridiron to Katie Lea who really was not understanding at all. When Cat finished eating she pulled Taker up onto her lap and laughed silently when he laid half on Mark and half on her.
Less than an hour later Mark saw that Cat had fallen asleep and looked rather uncomfortable, so he gently pulled her against him. She nuzzled against his chest, getting comfortable, before going back into her peaceful sleep.
"She's kinda cute when she's sleeping
peacefully." Glenn said receiving a weird look from Mark. "She's
cute cause she ain't bitching out."
"That's true, she's
the female version of him." Nat said thumbing to Mark.
"Cat ain't as moody as he is." Glenn muttered.
"You haven't seen her when she's mad. She is a complete bear, its scary to see. But she hides that from you men."
Glenn and Nat were having their own private conversation out loud about them, Mark looked down at the sleeping woman. She was beautiful normally but when she was peaceful that was heightened significantly. Mark kind of felt like a dirty old man for having some of the thoughts that he had been having about her. This little girl had wormed her way under his skin and into his heart, she made him laugh. He dropped a kiss on top of her head and turned back to the gridiron.
