Chapter 14: Welcome Back

After her attack, Eric Bischoff suggested that Lauren not come to RAW until they had returned from Tokyo, Japan. Lauren tried to object, but Batista agreed and said that would be the best thing. The next time they would see her would be in Cincinnati.

So Lauren waited two weeks for Batista and the others to return. She watched RAW both those weeks, and was shocked at the clips from Smackdown that somehow came onto RAW. "What is going on over there?" she thought to herself. Lauren sat on the couch in her hotel suite and kept thinking.

It was Saturday, two days before RAW aired in Cincinnati. Lauren literally dreamed about Batista coming back. The whole event that happened the last time she was on RAW, played in her head a million times. Even with the horrible face of Snitsky, Lauren couldn't help but smile at the realization that Batista saved her. He carried her in his arms up the ramp, and cared for her backstage.

"Why can't I stop obsessing over that? It's not like he kissed me or anything. Wait–" she thought to herself, and touched her cheek. "He...did." No one was around to see the blush on her cheeks. But her daydreaming was interrupted by the fact that she may not be able to see him if he goes over to Smackdown to face JBL for the WWE Championship. She then scolded herself for being so selfish. "It's his decision not mine. He needs to do what he thinks he needs to do. It doesn't matter if I'm in–" Her thoughts were cut off by a knock at the door. "Coming!" she called out and ran to her door. She opened the door and gasped at the sight before her. Standing in front of her, was the Animal himself. "Batista!" she gasped. He stood there with his sunglasses on, a white buttoned shirt, and black slacks.

"Hey there," he smiled. Lauren smiled widely as she ran and hugged him as tightly as she could. He lifted her up and spun her around. "It's good to see you too," he laughed as he set her down.

"I missed you! Come on in," she said and took him by the hand into the kitchenette. "Have a seat. Can I get you anything?" she asked him looking through the refrigerator. Batista lowered his sunglasses as he watched her looking in the fridge. Lauren turned around and caught him in the act. "Can I help you?" she asked raising a brow at him. Batista cleared his throat as he asked for water. Lauren just threw it to him. "So how was Japan?" Lauren asked excitedly. He went on to say how he loved the experience.

"I wish you could've been there," he said looking over at her. Lauren started blushing and turned away to wash some dishes. Batista smirked as he stood up and walked over to where she was. He stood behind her and pretended to reach for a glass. Lauren stayed completely still, until she realized that the sink was over-flowing.

"Oh geez!" she cried out. She reached in the sink to pull the plug, but pulled her hand back so quickly, she got Batista practically soaked. "Oops," Lauren said cutely. She quickly grabbed a towel and started wiping his shirt to dry it off. "Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry! Let me just get this," she told him. Because his shirt was white, she could see right through it to his ripped chest. "Maybe it'd be better if you change your chest–shirt! I meant shirt!"

"Yeah," Batista chuckled and walked over to his bags and pulled out a clean red shirt. While he wasn't looking, Lauren slapped herself in the head. She then turned to see him shirtless in the middle of her hotel room. Batista turned to see her staring. "Can I help you?" he smirked.

"Shutup," Lauren pouted and walked over to the balcony and closed the glass doors. "So how long ago did you arrive? I wasn't expecting you guys until tomorrow," she said hoping to change the subject.

"Well, HHH decided he wanted to beat everyone back here so we left last night. We arrived here only an hour ago. I just wanted to come up and see you," he told her. "I missed you."

Lauren turned around to see that he was looking directly at her. His eyes intense, and seeming like they could see right through her. She cleared her throat and suggested that they go out to get something to eat. "I'll just go grab my purse and we can head out," she said. She started walking right by him when she felt an arm land on her left hip. Lauren slowly followed the arm it was connected to, and found Batista looking down at her. Batista eased her to face him completely, and placed his other hand on her other hip. He gently steered her backwards to the wall. "Batista," she panted, loving the touch on her.

Batista simply cupped her cheek in his hand, and continued his descent to her lips. "Hey Vixen! Open up!" HHH yelled outside her door. Lauren pulled away and walked over to the door. She looked over to see Batista sitting back over on the couch. Lauren opened up the door to see HHH and Flair. "Nice to see ya Vixen," he said and ruffled her hair. It took all her strength not to bite at his hand. "Hey Batista. We lost you at the airport!" he laughed walking over to him. Lauren looked back over to Flair.

"My dear, always a pleasure to see you," he said and gave her a hug.

"It's good to see you Ric. I saw that action you got while I wasn't there. Very nice," she smiled and closed the door behind them. They all sat and talked about what had been happening since Lauren had to leave.

"I tell ya, all those clips coming from Smackdown are really starting to piss me off!" HHH boomed. Everyone else agreed. Batista seemed the most quiet, even though he was the one caught in the middle of all of it. "Well I'll just say this Batista, I wouldn't blame you at all if you went to Smackdown," he said.

"I haven't made my decision about that yet," Batista said a little bit frustrated.

"I know but listen, if you went over to Smackdown, you could shut all those guys up and Evolution could run this industry," HHH continued.

"I'll consider that," Batista replied wanting to end the conversation. Lauren could feel things getting tense in the room.

"How about we all go out and get something to eat?" she suggested as she jumped up and ran over to get her purse. This time without any 'interruptions'. "Well? Let's go!" she cheered and started heading out the door. The rest of them followed her down to the limo. They shared the first breakfast they had for about a month.

A/N: Yes I said month only because of the previous chapters where things had been getting weird in Evolution, so yeah. Hope you enjoyed this chapter. I don't own any of the wrestlers or anything. But I have to know: Did anyone else see Lita kiss Kane! That was awesome. I hope that inspires many of you better writers for some fics. If it's Kane/Lita I'll read it! Luv ya lots :)