A/N: Another chapter out! Yay me!!

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Samantha.

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"Please Hunter? I really liked that house."

"Honey, you liked it because it was right on the beach. It was a dump. We'd be fixing it up for the next ten years." Hunter answered.

"But it was a conveniently located dump." Lita pressed, then sighed. "You're right. It was a dump."

"Babe we just want something we're not going to have to do a lot of work to." He wrapped an arm around her shoulder. "We will find the right place."

"But I want the right place now." She answered. "I want to be able to decorate it, and live there with you."

"And all of your pets?" Hunter grinned. "We haven't even decided where we want to live."

"I know."

"We will find something that we both love." He assured her. "And when we do, we'll buy it."

"Are you two still on the house thing?" Randy asked as they walked into the Evolution locker room.

"Yes." Lita answered.

"Still no luck?" Ric asked.

"None. Not even a smidgen of luck." She agreed.

"You'll find something eventually." Ric patted her on the shoulder.

"I know."

"So what's the word flying around?" Lita asked the others. "Anything awesome, or funny? Or anything really cool, like Molly Holly falling down some stairs and having to vacate the Women's Championship."

"Lita!" Randy admonished her.

"So I've been hanging around you guys too long." She answered. "It'd make my week."

Hunter grinned at her. "It's nice to know we've rubbed off on you."

"Well, some parts of you have." She answered cheekily.

"Keep it in the bedroom." Randy shook his head. "It's like hearing my sister talk about sex."

"Grow up Randy, and get yourself a girlfriend." Lita told him.

"And just why would I settle for one, when I can have them all?" He asked, arrogance evident in his voice.

"You make it sound like sleeping with you is a rite of passage." She shot back.

"All right you two." Hunter intervened.

"He started it." Lita pouted, sitting up.

He responded by kissing her pouting lips. "Does anyone have any news?"

"You know I heard there's a new guy joining the roster." Ric told them.

"Big guys or little guy?" Hunter asked.

"Don't know." Ric responded, "But there is definitely a fair bit of hype around him coming in."

"Good hype?" Lita leaned back on one of the benches, stretching her right leg above her.

"What I've heard is all good. They say he's got solid skills in the ring. A real technical guy."

Hunter laughed. "I say he can just bring it on. I'll kick his ass any day."

"That's because you're the champ, Champ." Flair answered. "I'm just giving you a heads up."

Lita lay back on the bench and closed her eyes, wriggling until she felt comfortable.

"Is there any chance that you're going to move so I can put my shoes on?" Randy asked.

She opened one eye, "Pretty slim to none."

"You're a pain in the ass you know."

She grinned. "But I do it so well."

"Are you two arguing again?" Dave asked sounding a little exasperated.

"No," Lita answered, closing her eyes again, and wriggling her shoulders again to get comfortable. "Randy was just saying that I could stay here while he puts his shoes on over there." She made a sweeping gesture with her hand that described most of the room.

"Just play nice for five minutes you two." Ric told them. "Five minutes of peace."

"I can manage that." Lita answered, "I plan to be very zen for next half hour."

Randy stifled a laugh as he sat down on the bench next to hers to put his shoes on. In response Lita reached out blindly and whacked him.

"Ric, Lita hit me." Randy tattled.

"Did not." She responded.

"Five minutes you two, just five minutes." Ric warned them.

"He started it." Lita responded.

"And I'm going to finish it." Hunter interrupted, bending down to scoop her up. "You and I are going to get some coffee."

"But… zen moments." She protested.

"I'll buy you a cup of zen coffee." He responded.

"But I want zen zoning out moments."

Hunter chuckled as she continued to wriggle in his arms. "Baby we don't always get what we want."

She stilled in his arms. "Don't I know it." She pouted. "Still, this is a very good place to be." With a grin Lita wrapped her arms around his neck and rested her head in the crook of his neck.

"Do you want to hop down?' Hunter asked as he carried her down the hall.

"I guess." Lita nodded. "It is comfy up here though."

He put her down and reached his arm around her shoulders. "Have I told you how much I love you today?"

"I have a really bad memory." She smiled coyly.

"I love you, so much."

"More than your title?"

"Way more than my title." He agreed. "If I really have to, I can live without my title. I know that I can't live without you."

Lita stopped walking and looked up at him. "You can't live without me?" Her voice was small, almost surprised.

"I can't live without you." Hunter repeated. "And I don't ever want to have to try." He staggered as she jumped up into his arms and kissed him hard on the mouth. "I love you too. So much... I don't know what I'd do if you weren't in my life." Hunter was surprised not just by her words, but also by the tears tracking down her cheeks. "Hey, I didn't mean to upset you."

"I'm not upset." Her words came out croaky and stressed, full of emotion. "I'm just really glad to hear you say what I feel." She tightened her arms around his chest holding tight, and feeling secure as he did the same. "We are pretty damn good together, aren't we?" He said quietly.

"I know we are." She nodded her head against his shoulder. "It's just really good for us to remind ourselves of it every so often."

"So same time tomorrow?" He joked, but Lita knew that he understood the power of the moments they had just shared.

She pulled away and took his hand, "So you remember you promised me coffee, right?"

"Do I have to buy that sludge you drink?"

"What is wrong with liking strong coffee?"

Hunter faked a shudder. "I'm not even going to get into it with you."

"You know, this is really good coffee."

"I know. Only the best for my girl."

"I love how easy it is for us to talk."

Hunter grinned, holding his coffee in one hand and Lita's hand in the other. "What else do you love?"

"I love how your hands are huge, but they fit mine. I love how we can be on the same page without even realising it. I love going to sleep knowing that you're right there with me, and waking up knowing that you'll be there too." She laughed. "And I love that you know me, that you know the things that I like, and when I'm cranky, or frustrated, or just plain upset. I love that you're always here for me." Hunter dropped a kiss on her forehead and sighed. "We should get going. The pre-show meeting will start soon."

Lita groaned, "I'd much rather spend the time here with you."

"Me too. But Ric said this new guy's starting tonight. I wanna get a good look at him."

"You're right." She nodded.

"Hey, while we're on crappy subjects, you really need to stop all this bickering with Randy." Hunter told her

"I did not start it." Lita answered. "I finished it."

Hunter chuckled and squeezed her shoulder. "I know, but please, just for Ric's sanity, could you and Randy keep a lid on the bickering for a while."

She smiled and leaned against him as they walked. "Just for Ric? Not even a little bit for you?"

"Maybe a little for me." He allowed.

"Do you think you could make it worth my while?"

He grinned and kissed the top of her head. "I think I could figure something out."

"You're late." Eric glared at them as they entered.

"Sorry?" Lita responded.

"Yes, well my newest superstar is running a little late, so we haven't started. Take a seat and don't let it happen again." Hunter and Lita made their way over to where the rest of Evolution had saved them seats.

"Where were you two?" Randy asked. "You said you were going for coffee."

"We did." Hunter answered, "Then we went for a walk. Is that okay?"

"Ric didn't know what to do with all the quiet in the locker room." Dave chuckled. Lita poked her tongue out at him.

"I thought you only did that to me." Hunter teased, squeezing her waist, surprised as she stiffened when the newest RAW superstar walked in. "Do you know that guy?"

She shook her head slowly, unable to take her eyes off the guy, not even to look at Hunter. "I've never seen him before." As she spoke Eric stood up and greeted the man, then turned to face the assembly of superstars and divas. "Everyone, meet Seth, the newest addition to the RAW roster." He introduced a tall man, his skin the colour of honey, hair dark. "Seth is named after someone from Egyptian mythology."

"Destroyer of boundaries, betrayer of blood, embodiment of chaos. The one who transcended evil before evil was named." Lita said quietly, and many people turned to stare at her.

"Clever girl." Seth praised her, examining her closely with his eyes. "Where did such a pretty little thing like yourself learn that?"

She stared at him for a moment, then spoke, but not to him. "Batista venir con mi." She pulled away from Hunter and without speaking Batista walked out of the room close behind her. *Come with me.*

"What was that about?" Steve asked, looking at Hunter.

He didn't answer, but sat there with a strange look on his face until the meeting was called to an end.

When Hunter, Ric and Randy walked into the Evolution locker room, Lita and Batista were both inside. Lita with a book open in her lap, but it was clear she wasn't reading from the expression on her face as she stared off into space, as though there was something important on her mind.

Batista on the other hand was stretching, but only it seemed, to cover the fact that he was keeping an eye on her.

"What's up with you?" Hunter asked, dropping down to kneel in front of her, pushing the book to one side.

"I don't like him." She answered quietly.

"The new guy, Seth?" Ric asked.

"Lita you just met him." Randy told her.

"I didn't like him either." Batista told the others. "There's something not right there."

"What didn't you like about him?" Ric asked, looking between them.

"The way he looked at me." Lita shivered involuntarily. "His eyes. Just stay away from him okay, I don't trust him."

"That's overreacting a little."

"I don't think it is." Lita told him. "Have you even met someone, and just felt like... I don't know… I feel like he's a threat."

"Sweetie..." Hunter began.

"Look, don't worry about it. I'm going to go over and see the girls."

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"Trish I need your phone." Lita was almost in tears as she walked into the diva's locker room, sliding the latch on the door behind her.

"Ivory will be back in a second." Gail Kim told her.

"Then she can stay outside." Lita answered, leaning against the back of the door, her breathing a little ragged, panicked.

"What's the matter?" Stacy asked, slipping her arm around the brunette.

"I just, please, can I borrow a cell phone for a minute?" Lita repeated, and with a strange look on her face, Jackie handed her a bright pink cell phone.

"Thanks." She said quietly, then dialed.

"Evolution." A voice responded as the phone was picked up.

"Hunter?" Lita asked.

"Ric Flair." The voice corrected her.

"Ric, it's me, is Hunter there? Or Batista?"

"Yeah, both of them. Lita what's the matter?" He asked, sounding concerned, which was all the others needed to hear to look up.

"Can you guys just come see me, please? I'm in the diva's locker room."

"We'll be there in a second." Ric promised. "Just relax okay."

"What's going on?" Hunter asked, a tinge of worry in his voice.

"Lita's in the divas locker room, and she doesn't sound too good. She wants us to go there." Ric answered, hastily following Hunter and Batista out the door.

With shaky hands Lita put the phone down, and sat down on one of the benches.

"What happened?" Trish asked, and then jumped, as there was a series of loud bangs on the door.

"Who is it?" Lita called, her voice shaky.

"Baby it's me." Hunter's voice answered, "Can you open the door?"

Lita nodded, not saying a word, and Trish crossed the room to slide the bolt back, stepping away as it was flung open.

"Lita? Babe what's wrong?" Hunter asked, moving quickly to her side, Ric and Batista close behind.

"The new guy, Seth, just jumped me in the hall."

"He what?" Hunter asked, looking shocked.

"He grabbed me, shoved me against the wall, and he licked me."

"He licked you?" Ric asked.

"He licked my face." Unconsciously she rubbed one hand over her cheek, where she could still feel his tongue.

"Are you okay? Are you hurt?" Batista asked, looking almost as furious as Hunter.

"He frightened me." She admitted, running one hand through her hair.

"Shh, it's okay." Hunter promised, hugging her to him.

"We both tried to tell you." Batista shook his head, "That guy is just not right."

"He seemed fine to me." Molly told him.

"Call it intuition." He answered her. "But I know, and Lita knows that he is no good at all."

"He was probably just trying to work out if you're single." Victoria shrugged.

"By walking around and licking people?" Ric asked. "Yeah, I'll remember that next time I want to pick up."

"You don't go anywhere without one of us." Batista said suddenly.

Lita, in spite of the relieved look that passed over her features, huffed and walked into the bathrooms.

"Are you sure that's necessary?" Trish looked a little surprised.

"I think this Seth is a psychopath." He responded.

"You're serious, aren't you?" Ric stared at him for a moment.

"The guy is seriously creepy. I'm not going to wait until he does something worse." Batista told them, asserting his stance on the issue.

Hunter nodded. "I'm with you. Let's do it then, will we stay with her all the time, or should we hire some bodyguards for her?"

"Keep it as us just for now." Ric decided. "We don't want to frighten her anymore that she already is."