A/N: God I'm hopeless, I meant to have this chapter up on Sunday night, and
I just didn't get time.
Thanks to everyone who reviewed on the last chapter, and an extra special thanks to everyone who review my recently finished story Salveme, which is another Lita fic, with constant Evolution bashing (and it's R rated.)
Anyway, drop me a line, I love to hear from anyone and everyone.
Samantha.
Ch 13. Sighing, Lita spread her rug on the grass and sat down, releasing Taita from his leash, and pulled some toys out of her bag for him.
The lively puppy pranced around with a knotted rope in his mouth, and then darted over so that Lita could play a game of tug-o-war with him. She smiled at the happy little dog, then as he calmed down she opened the book she'd brought, and engrossed herself in the story.
"Hey." She looked up as she heard Hunter's voice.
"Hey." Lita smiled as she greeted him, closing her book.
"So what are you reading?" He asked, sitting down next to her, and turning over the book so that he could read the front cover. "Something I can't even pronounce. Good choice."
She shook her head, laughing. "In English it's called Contest. It's in all of the book shops now, but my copy is written in French."
"French?" Hunter repeated. "You actually read French?"
"For many years now. My dad is French, so I learned the language growing up." Lita smiled at the fond memories that sprung to mind. Sitting on her father's lap, listening while he read to her in French, singing in French while her mother played the piano.
"So anyway, I thought you might be hungry." He showed her a take away food bag. "Chinese."
"When did you turn out to be so sweet?" She asked, leaning back against the tree behind her.
He shrugged, and opened the bag, taking out a few plastic containers. "I got the basic stuff. Sweet and sour chicken, prawn crackers, honey prawns, special fried rice and fortune cookies."
"Are you mad at me?" Lita asked out of the blue.
"Why would I be mad at you?" He gave her a strange look.
"I wasn't exactly very nice to you at breakfast."
"Everyone's allowed to be a little bit cranky in the morning." Hunter gave her a lop-sided grin. "If they weren't, we'd beat up on Randy all of the time."
"He's second only to Jericho for being cranky when he's woken up." Lita laughed. "I remember one time Jeff thought it would be funny to put shaving cream on him while he was asleep, you know, so he smeared it all over the place. Then before Jericho woke up the next morning, Jeff snuck back in and put the contents of about four ice cube trays in his bed. Now I don't know how much you know about Jericho, but he only sleeps in boxer shorts. He was as mad as I don't know... Eric when you try and screw him."
Hunter laughed, and opened the honey prawns, then passed her a pair of chopsticks.
The pair were still laughing and talking when they arrived back at the hotel.
"So I'm guessing the bitchy mood has worn off?" Randy called from across the foyer.
"What bitchy mood?" Lita asked as they walked over to the others. Her cheeks were flushed with laughing and her eyes were bright and happy.
"Where have you two been?" Batista asked.
"The park." Hunter told him.
"And the beach." Lita added. "Do you guys want to go to a carnival? There's one on the promenade."
"We figured that you guys might want to come so we came back."
"So I could change my clothes among other things." Lita mock glared at Hunter.
"I still maintain that you had the Pepsi." He told her.
"Which doesn't really explain how I ended up covered in it." She shot back. "You guys make up your minds, I'm going up to have a quick shower, and feed Taita. I'll be down in twenty minutes."
"Yes m'am." Hunter gave her a mock salute that sent Lita into peals of laughter as she turned towards the elevators.
"Dude, what did you do to her?" Randy asked as they watched her go.
"Took her some Chinese food for lunch, and spilled Pepsi on her. She's been in fine form ever since." Hunter grinned at them.
"Certainly fine form." Batista observed. "If I didn't know any better I'd say that she was a different person."
"So, are we going to the carnival?" Lita bounced excitedly on the balls of her feet, Taita dancing around her ankles like a ball of gray fluff.
"Yeah, we're going." Batista told her, finding her smile to be infectious.
"We invited a few others along," Randy told her, "Hope you don't mind."
She shook her head, causing her dark brown waves to fly around her face. "Let's go."
"Anyone would think you were a little kid." Drew told her as he, Scott and Stacy walked over to join them.
Lita poked her tongue out at him. "Try to spoil my fun."
"Yeah," Stacy elbowed him in the side, hooking her arm around Lita's. "Let's go."
Lita screamed at the ride they were on spun upside-down, causing all of the others to look at her.
Hunter found that she took his breath away once more as he watched her hair flying around her face, and the look of sheer pleasure and excitement on her face.
Stacy on the other hand was clutching Scott's hand, looking incredibly green.
In sheer delight Lita flung her arms up, feeling the wind rush over her skin and through her hair, tangling it wildly. She screamed again in delight, then a look of annoyance passed over her face as she realized that the ride was slowing down.
"Come on Lita, we'll go back on later." Hunter told her, as she looked back longingly at the ride as they moved towards Randy, Ric and Drew, who had Taita with them.
"Why don't we hit the arcade games?" Scott suggested, looking at Stacy, who was still quiet green.
"Are you okay Stac?" Lita asked concerned about her friend, taking her bag from Ric.
"I feel like I'm gonna..." Stacy put her hand to her mouth, and Lita grabbed her by the hand, dragging her into the nearest bathroom.
"I think that's enough high-flying rides for you." Lita told her, handing Stacy some damp paper towel to wipe her mouth, while she used a little extra to dab at Stacy's neck and forehead.
"I really don't think that one was such a good idea." Stacy moaned.
"Do you want to head back to the hotel?" The brunette asked her friend.
"No." Stacy shook her blonde head. "I think I just need to keep my feet on the ground for a while. I wish I had my toothbrush."
Lita smiled and produced an airline packaged miniature toothbrush and tube of toothpaste, and a pocket pack of Listerine mouth fresh squares. "Will these help?"
The two women rejoined the guys, who all looked concerned.
"Are you okay?" Scott asked Stacy.
"I think I just need to keep my feet on the ground for a while."
Lita chuckled. "Remind me never to take you on those kind of rides again. Even Trish gets sick on them."
"I guess you're just too extreme." Randy told her sarcastically.
"I didn't see you on that ride." Lita told him, "Come on Stac, and let's go play some games."
"This game has to be rigged." Drew said in frustration as he threw his third ball unsuccessfully at the tower of pins he was supposed to be knocking down.
"Only to you." Hunter told him, picking up a ball and throwing it at the tower, which he missed completely, then turned around to face the others sheepishly.
Lita grinned and stood on tiptoe to whisper in his ear. He listened to her speak, then nodded. "We'll try again." Hunter told the guy who was in charge, handing him another five-dollar bill.
Drew gave Hunter a strange look, then shrugged his shoulders.
"Two and two." Lita told him, "Alternate, or one after the other?"
"Alternate." Hunter told her.
She tossed a ball up in the air for him to catch. "You first."
This time, Hunter took careful aim for the bottom pin, but missed hitting the box instead. "Okay then, Li, show us all what you're made of." He told Lita, passing her a ball.
"Hold Taita for me." Lita passed him her shoulder bag where Taita was safe inside.
As she got into a position so that she could throw the ball, the guy in charge kept talking to her, like he was trying to break her concentration.
Lita half closed her eyes for a second, as though she was gauging the distance, then visualized the ball leaving her hand, making a perfect arc towards the middle pin on the bottom row, and then visualized all of the pins tumbling down.
In a smooth motion she released the ball, which made contact with the middle pin, knocking the structure flying. As she turned around, Hunter gave her a high-5, and then spun her up into a hug. "Good job."
"How did you just..?" Drew said in amazement.
"Sheer dumb luck I guess." Lita smiled as the guy handed her a giant stuffed bear. "Here," She handed the bear to Hunter, taking her shoulder bag at the same time. "You can keep the bear. I've already got my baby."
"Where did you learn to throw like that?" Batista asked as they walked away.
Lita shrugged, a happy smile on her face. "Around."
"Well I'd have loved to have learned to throw where you did." Ric told her.
"I started off just throwing a tennis ball against one of the walls outside my house. Then I started aiming for bricks, I played softball. That's about it. I've always had good aim."
Thanks to everyone who reviewed on the last chapter, and an extra special thanks to everyone who review my recently finished story Salveme, which is another Lita fic, with constant Evolution bashing (and it's R rated.)
Anyway, drop me a line, I love to hear from anyone and everyone.
Samantha.
Ch 13. Sighing, Lita spread her rug on the grass and sat down, releasing Taita from his leash, and pulled some toys out of her bag for him.
The lively puppy pranced around with a knotted rope in his mouth, and then darted over so that Lita could play a game of tug-o-war with him. She smiled at the happy little dog, then as he calmed down she opened the book she'd brought, and engrossed herself in the story.
"Hey." She looked up as she heard Hunter's voice.
"Hey." Lita smiled as she greeted him, closing her book.
"So what are you reading?" He asked, sitting down next to her, and turning over the book so that he could read the front cover. "Something I can't even pronounce. Good choice."
She shook her head, laughing. "In English it's called Contest. It's in all of the book shops now, but my copy is written in French."
"French?" Hunter repeated. "You actually read French?"
"For many years now. My dad is French, so I learned the language growing up." Lita smiled at the fond memories that sprung to mind. Sitting on her father's lap, listening while he read to her in French, singing in French while her mother played the piano.
"So anyway, I thought you might be hungry." He showed her a take away food bag. "Chinese."
"When did you turn out to be so sweet?" She asked, leaning back against the tree behind her.
He shrugged, and opened the bag, taking out a few plastic containers. "I got the basic stuff. Sweet and sour chicken, prawn crackers, honey prawns, special fried rice and fortune cookies."
"Are you mad at me?" Lita asked out of the blue.
"Why would I be mad at you?" He gave her a strange look.
"I wasn't exactly very nice to you at breakfast."
"Everyone's allowed to be a little bit cranky in the morning." Hunter gave her a lop-sided grin. "If they weren't, we'd beat up on Randy all of the time."
"He's second only to Jericho for being cranky when he's woken up." Lita laughed. "I remember one time Jeff thought it would be funny to put shaving cream on him while he was asleep, you know, so he smeared it all over the place. Then before Jericho woke up the next morning, Jeff snuck back in and put the contents of about four ice cube trays in his bed. Now I don't know how much you know about Jericho, but he only sleeps in boxer shorts. He was as mad as I don't know... Eric when you try and screw him."
Hunter laughed, and opened the honey prawns, then passed her a pair of chopsticks.
The pair were still laughing and talking when they arrived back at the hotel.
"So I'm guessing the bitchy mood has worn off?" Randy called from across the foyer.
"What bitchy mood?" Lita asked as they walked over to the others. Her cheeks were flushed with laughing and her eyes were bright and happy.
"Where have you two been?" Batista asked.
"The park." Hunter told him.
"And the beach." Lita added. "Do you guys want to go to a carnival? There's one on the promenade."
"We figured that you guys might want to come so we came back."
"So I could change my clothes among other things." Lita mock glared at Hunter.
"I still maintain that you had the Pepsi." He told her.
"Which doesn't really explain how I ended up covered in it." She shot back. "You guys make up your minds, I'm going up to have a quick shower, and feed Taita. I'll be down in twenty minutes."
"Yes m'am." Hunter gave her a mock salute that sent Lita into peals of laughter as she turned towards the elevators.
"Dude, what did you do to her?" Randy asked as they watched her go.
"Took her some Chinese food for lunch, and spilled Pepsi on her. She's been in fine form ever since." Hunter grinned at them.
"Certainly fine form." Batista observed. "If I didn't know any better I'd say that she was a different person."
"So, are we going to the carnival?" Lita bounced excitedly on the balls of her feet, Taita dancing around her ankles like a ball of gray fluff.
"Yeah, we're going." Batista told her, finding her smile to be infectious.
"We invited a few others along," Randy told her, "Hope you don't mind."
She shook her head, causing her dark brown waves to fly around her face. "Let's go."
"Anyone would think you were a little kid." Drew told her as he, Scott and Stacy walked over to join them.
Lita poked her tongue out at him. "Try to spoil my fun."
"Yeah," Stacy elbowed him in the side, hooking her arm around Lita's. "Let's go."
Lita screamed at the ride they were on spun upside-down, causing all of the others to look at her.
Hunter found that she took his breath away once more as he watched her hair flying around her face, and the look of sheer pleasure and excitement on her face.
Stacy on the other hand was clutching Scott's hand, looking incredibly green.
In sheer delight Lita flung her arms up, feeling the wind rush over her skin and through her hair, tangling it wildly. She screamed again in delight, then a look of annoyance passed over her face as she realized that the ride was slowing down.
"Come on Lita, we'll go back on later." Hunter told her, as she looked back longingly at the ride as they moved towards Randy, Ric and Drew, who had Taita with them.
"Why don't we hit the arcade games?" Scott suggested, looking at Stacy, who was still quiet green.
"Are you okay Stac?" Lita asked concerned about her friend, taking her bag from Ric.
"I feel like I'm gonna..." Stacy put her hand to her mouth, and Lita grabbed her by the hand, dragging her into the nearest bathroom.
"I think that's enough high-flying rides for you." Lita told her, handing Stacy some damp paper towel to wipe her mouth, while she used a little extra to dab at Stacy's neck and forehead.
"I really don't think that one was such a good idea." Stacy moaned.
"Do you want to head back to the hotel?" The brunette asked her friend.
"No." Stacy shook her blonde head. "I think I just need to keep my feet on the ground for a while. I wish I had my toothbrush."
Lita smiled and produced an airline packaged miniature toothbrush and tube of toothpaste, and a pocket pack of Listerine mouth fresh squares. "Will these help?"
The two women rejoined the guys, who all looked concerned.
"Are you okay?" Scott asked Stacy.
"I think I just need to keep my feet on the ground for a while."
Lita chuckled. "Remind me never to take you on those kind of rides again. Even Trish gets sick on them."
"I guess you're just too extreme." Randy told her sarcastically.
"I didn't see you on that ride." Lita told him, "Come on Stac, and let's go play some games."
"This game has to be rigged." Drew said in frustration as he threw his third ball unsuccessfully at the tower of pins he was supposed to be knocking down.
"Only to you." Hunter told him, picking up a ball and throwing it at the tower, which he missed completely, then turned around to face the others sheepishly.
Lita grinned and stood on tiptoe to whisper in his ear. He listened to her speak, then nodded. "We'll try again." Hunter told the guy who was in charge, handing him another five-dollar bill.
Drew gave Hunter a strange look, then shrugged his shoulders.
"Two and two." Lita told him, "Alternate, or one after the other?"
"Alternate." Hunter told her.
She tossed a ball up in the air for him to catch. "You first."
This time, Hunter took careful aim for the bottom pin, but missed hitting the box instead. "Okay then, Li, show us all what you're made of." He told Lita, passing her a ball.
"Hold Taita for me." Lita passed him her shoulder bag where Taita was safe inside.
As she got into a position so that she could throw the ball, the guy in charge kept talking to her, like he was trying to break her concentration.
Lita half closed her eyes for a second, as though she was gauging the distance, then visualized the ball leaving her hand, making a perfect arc towards the middle pin on the bottom row, and then visualized all of the pins tumbling down.
In a smooth motion she released the ball, which made contact with the middle pin, knocking the structure flying. As she turned around, Hunter gave her a high-5, and then spun her up into a hug. "Good job."
"How did you just..?" Drew said in amazement.
"Sheer dumb luck I guess." Lita smiled as the guy handed her a giant stuffed bear. "Here," She handed the bear to Hunter, taking her shoulder bag at the same time. "You can keep the bear. I've already got my baby."
"Where did you learn to throw like that?" Batista asked as they walked away.
Lita shrugged, a happy smile on her face. "Around."
"Well I'd have loved to have learned to throw where you did." Ric told her.
"I started off just throwing a tennis ball against one of the walls outside my house. Then I started aiming for bricks, I played softball. That's about it. I've always had good aim."