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AN: Thanks to MariaCenaFan for giving me an idea. .

Giving In

"Guys!"

Jeff looked around to see where it came from. Mickie James was far from them waving at them.

"Randy. Mickie's calling us." He told Randy, who was beside him at that time. Wondering why Mickie called, they made their way over to her.

"What's up, Micks?" Randy asked

"Remember when we said we'd have a Watch-a-thon? Well, is it okay if it would be tonight? You know, after dinner." Mickie asked. Then she stopped. "You did bring DVDs, didn't you?"

"Mickie..." Jeff said after he gasped. "How could you say that? We never leave home without DVDs." Mickie laughed because of Jeff's reaction. Randy chuckled. Jeff just looked at them, confused.

"What are you guys laughing about? Is it something cool? I like cool." They didn't even see who spoke, but they already knew. It was of course, Carlos Colon, better known as Carlito. Everyone called him Carlito. They all said it sounded cooler. He was looking at Mickie, of course. Everyone knew Carlito liked Mickie.

"Carlito, what do you want?" Randy asked, trying his very, very best not to sound rude.

"Nothing." Carlito sensed annoyance in Randy's voice though. "No. Wait. Actually, I came over to ask Mickie something. May I talk to you?" He asked Mickie.

"Okay. But could you say it now? I'm really in a hurry." Mickie told him nicely. It was the truth. She still had to tell John, Maria and Candice about the watch-a-thon.

"Err... Are you free tonight? 'Cause if you're not... uh... I want to ask you out, you know." Carlito embarrassingly said, looking down at the floor.

"Carlito, sorry. Mickie has plans tonight." Randy answered the question before Mickie could. Carlito looked at Mickie, with a disappointed look on his face.

"Yeah, Carly." She nodded. Then, silence came. "But, if you want, we can go out next week. Is that okay?" Mickie couldn't stand the hurt look on Carlito's face. It's just one date anyway, what could happen? She thought.

She snapped out of her thoughts and saw Carlito standing there, grinning like crazy. "Yeah? That would be so cool. Of course it's okay. I'll call you. Or you call me. Uh... see yah." And he turned around and walked away.

"Gosh, I think he skipped, Micks." Mickie heard Jeff say while she was watching Carlito.

"Mickie, are you insane? You didn't tell me you liked him." Randy was giving everything he has so he wouldn't show that he is pissed.

What? She can't go out with him! She can't! They can never be together. Never. He was boiling. He could not believe himself. Randy, it's okay. Why should you care? You don't have commitments to Mickie. You're her best friend. You should be happy for her. He told himself.Suddenly, Randy felt a stinging feeling on his cheek.

"Dude, you slapped yourself." Jeff interrupted Randy's thoughts.

Randy was about to say something when he heard a noise and something hit his foot. He looked down and what he saw was a very strange sight. Mickie James was on the floor laughing her heart out and time to time she fell over and that time, she fell on Randy's foot.

"You... haha... you... hahaha... slapped yourself! Hahahaha." Mickie managed to say, sometimes, gasping for breath.

"Wow. That's hilarious, Mickie, because it didn't hurt one bit. Yeah. Haha." Randy said sarcastically, including a fake laugh.

"Randy, sheesh, sorry." Mickie said while Jeff pulled her to a standing position. "Okay, I'm sorry I laughed at you. It was so funny, because I was like talking to you and you suddenly slapped yourself. I'm sorry." It was obvious she was keeping herself from laughing hard again.

"Oh, okay. I forgive you this time. You're hard to stay angry at." Randy forgave her with a warm smile.

"Oh, there's Maria and Candice now. I gotta tell them. You don't mind telling John, do you?" Mickie asked, not looking at them, but keeping her eyes on her two friends, so they won't get lost.

"No." The boys replied.

Mickie hurriedly walked away.

"Ria! Candy!" Mickie called from he end of the hall.

Both her friends turned around and when Mickie came to their location, two friendly smiles greeted her.

"I want to remind you of the watch-a-thon we're supposed to have. I know you two don't have plans. I told Randy and Jeff we're having it after dinner." Mickie told them while the three of them were walking.

"Cool. I haven't forgotten about that." Maria told Mickie.

"Don't forget your DVDs." Mickie reminded them.

"Mickie..." Candice gasped. "We never leave home without DVDs."

"Oh my gosh. That was exactly what Jeff said when I reminded them to bring DVDs. Candice, you're like Jeff!" Mickie said, amazed.

"Wow. That's scary." Candice said.

Maria giggled. She's feeling really happy nowadays. Flashbacks played in her mind. Her Battle Royale win kept repeating in her head.

"Maria." She heard Candice say as she felt Mickie's hand rest lightly on her shoulder.

"It's okay. I'm cool." She assured her friends.

"Speaking of cool, I got myself a date with Carlito." Mickie said. Maria and Candice just stared at her.

"Let me guess. It's a pity date." Maria said, all serious.

"Well, yeah. But I don't know, maybe it would work out. Besides, it's just one date. What could happen?" She grinned at her friends unsurely and shrugging her shoulders.

"I'm not sure Mickie. He might think you like him, too." Candice said.

Mickie didn't reply. I hope not. Maybe, he'll change his mind about me.

"Hey. Let's not think about it. We've got a good night ahead of us." Maria said.

"Yeah." Her friends agreed.

And so, they continued on doing the stuff that they needed to do before they leave the arena.

"Johnny!" Randy Orton called from the other side of a door. Jeff was knocking on the door. He was going to knock one more time when the door swung open and he saw John.

"Do not call me Johnny. Ever." John Cena said.

"Whatever. Mickie told me we're going to have the watch-a-thon tonight, after dinner." Randy informed him.

"Oh. Sure." John said, about to close the door.

"You're not gonna let me us in?" Randy asked.

"Uh, duh. I forgot." John chuckled at himself. He motioned for them to enter.

"You're acting strangely." Randy said, observing John's weird behaviour as he sat down.

"At least he's not slapping himself." Jeff started, ready to laugh.

"Hey! Don't start." Randy warned him.

"What was that all about?" John asked.

"Nothing." They both said. Randy was too embarrassed while Jeff felt sorry for him.

"Hm." John said while shrugging.

"Oh. We need to get ready. I want it to eat dinner early. Can't wait to start the movie watching." Randy said.

More like can't wait to see Mickie. He heard himself say. It creeped him out. It was like his conscience was talking to him. No! He fought it. Yeah right. You like her. Why else would you be irritated at the thought of her and Carlito going out? He couldn't believe it. The thought sunk deeper and deeper that he couldn't deny it any longer.

I LIKE MICKIE JAMES. OH NO. I LIKE MICKIE JAMES!! I'm gonna have to keep this to myself.

"Wait for it... he's gonna slap- -" He heard Jeff say.

"I'm not, Jeff. Quit it." Randy stopped him just in time.

"Ok." Jeff said.

"See yah guys later at the hotel. Gotta get ready." Randy called as he exited the room. He heard John say "If I knew you were going to leave once I let you in, I wouldn't have let you enter in the first place!" And he heard Jeff laughing. He couldn't help but chuckle himself.

"Alrighty. Which one are we going to watch first?" Jeff asked. They were about to start their movie watching. They were already settled in John's hotel room, which had the biggest space in their opinion. It was really because it was neater. They were already seated. Maria and John were together on one couch; Candice and Jeff were sitting cross-legged on the floor, and Randy and Mickie were on the other couch. There was some kind of tension between Randy and Mickie but it was broken when Mickie said, "I know someone who slaps himself." Then she started another laughing fit. "I do, too." Jeff laughed along with her and gave her a high five.

"Yeah! That's right laugh all you want! I won't care one bit!" Randy said, scowling. The laughter became louder. John, Candice and Maria were just staring, time to time laughing, not because they're trying to act like they know what Mickie is talking about, but because of the way Mickie and Jeff laugh.

"Why? What happened?" John asked.

"I was talking to Randy a while ago, and it seemed as if he wasn't paying attention. Then... then..." She couldn't control herself, and started to laugh again.

"He slapped himself! He even acted surprised like he didn't do it." Then he joined Mickie again in the laughing.

"Okay, which movie do we watch first?" Randy asked, trying to change the subject.

But, everyone was laughing already. "I don't get it. There's nothing funny about slapping yourself.

"It's not the slapping we're laughing about. We're laughing about you not noticing that you slapped yourself. That's hilarious." John said.

"No, it's not. I don't get it." Randy shook his head.

"Okay, which movie?" Mickie said as if nothing happened.

"Wait. Why do we have seven DVDs? There are only 6 of us." Candice was confused.

"That's 'cause John had to bring two tapes. He just HAD to bring The Marine." Maria told her while rolling her eyes.

"But we've watched that too many times already!!" Jeff whined.

"Yeah. We have!" They heard John say. Then all turned to look at him, giving him cold, hard glares. He made an action with his hands and shoulders which said "What?"

"Oooh. How about Alvin and the Chipmunks?" Maria said. "I know it's animated, but it's cute anyway."

"Good one. Jeff, play it." Candice motioned him.

They enjoyed the whole movie; then, they watched a chick flick. It came to the kissing scene and John leaned forward to whisper something to Maria.

"Soon, we're going to be doing that." He quietly said, hiding a grin.

"No big deal. We have done that before." She said, winking.



"Good point."

They watched some action films, including Casino Royale, and more films. They watched horror movies, too, like The Ring (Japanese Version). As scary parts went by, Candice clung to Jeff. Somehow, he made her feel safe. He wrapped his arm around her, giving her a nice secure hug. When the surprising parts came, Maria gets jumpy and moves closer to John and leans on him. Mickie and Randy had no problems. They were both really brave people. Even so, they leaned on each other. They loved each other's company. They weren't the kind of people who hid from the person they liked. They're the kind of people who spend their time with the person they liked every chance they get. One of those chances was the movie watching.

When all the movies were done, they all stood up to stretch. Randy used the bathroom.

"Wow. I can't believe you guys made this big of a mess. I demand that someone help me clean this up." John said in a nagging voice. He was wagging his forefinger.

"But John..." They all groaned.

"No. Someone should." John insisted.

"Lets draw straws." Randy called from the bathroom. "Shortest straw gets to stay and clean with John."

John got straws from the drawer and cut them into 5 pieces with different lengths. He did the usual stuff. The remaining 5 drew their straws. The person who got the shortest was... Maria. She groaned.

"A deal's a deal." John said.

"See yah, wouldn't wanna be yah. Just kidding. Have fun!" Mickie said. She was the last person to exit the door.

Maria grinned at John. She started picking up pieces of popcorn on the floor. From John's view, she couldn't be seen. When she reappeared, she looked at him. "Do you have any plans to help out?" She asked him, rolling her eyes.

"No, not really." John replied.

"John!" Maria glared at him.

"Just kidding." John said, chuckling. He started to clean up, too. When they finished, John turned off the lights. He heard a yelp coming from Maria and he turned the lights on again.

"John Cena! I am going to kill you!" John ran and tried to hide himself. Of course, Maria chased him, seeking revenge. Maria finally caught up to him on the couch and tickled him hard.

"Okay, stop it." John said. It was easy for him to stop Maria, but he let her have revenge, anyway. "I'm sorry."

Maria stopped tickling and sat down. John sat down beside her.

"I'm excited for our storyline, you know." Maria told him.

"I knew it! You want to kiss me, don't you? Don't you?" John teased her.

"Uh. Yeah! Yeah, I do." Maria said while rolling her eyes.

"Seriously?" John asked. He was looking at her now.

"No."

"Yeah. I knew that. I was kidding when I said 'seriously'..." John said.

"Sure you were." Maria said with sarcasm. She was grinning. "Anyway, I think we should talk about how we should..." And so they conversed on how they should do things concerning their storyline. They didn't realize it was already 2AM.

"Oooh. How about if they ask us to kiss?" Maria asked.

John was startled by the question. "You mean like the one we had in 2006?"

"Uh-huh." Maria said quietly, remembering that day. February 6, 2006. She could still remember those soft lips pressed against hers. She could still remember the thrill she felt.

"Kiss. I guess we should..." John looked in her eyes. He's not sure if he should do it or not. Something inside him wants to.



"Yes?" Maria leaned forward, inching closer and closer. She was looking deep in his eyes, too. She was mesmerized by him and he was mesmerized by her.

They closed in and their lips met. They closed their eyes. Her arms rested upon his shoulders while his arms were wrapped around her waist. It started as a soft kiss, which grew deeper every second. As the kiss grew deeper, they felt their surroundings disappear. To them the clock was inaudible, as the second hand ticked... and ticked... and ticked.

AN: Heyyy. Hoped you guys liked that one. Stayed up all night to finish that. . Once again, thanks to MariaCenaFan for your suggestion. To all readers, please be kind and leave some reviews.