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Fifty Three
Despite the protective mask covering her face, Celina looked phenomenal Thursday morning at dawn, dressed in a sleeveless glittering emerald green minidress, her feet adorned in white heeled sandals that laced up to the ankle. Shelton was beaming as he led her through the airport, his arm linked with hers. Heads were turning everywhere, fans were stopping to talk to them, and they were signing autographs. A few were concerned and asked Celina how she was feeling. She appreciated the concern and told them it was a pain in the ass to breathe.
One fan stopped them, a guy wearing an Original Deadman shirt. "Are you Celina?" he asked. She nodded and he handed her a piece of paper. The guy basically ignored Shelton, which amused the duo more than slightly. "Can you sign this? I'm a huge fan." She nodded and had Shelton turn his back so she could use him as a steady surface. She handed him the slip of paper. "How is Mark? Do you know?"
"Of course," she answered, "Shelton and I are on our way to see him now."
"Oh, my God! Is he coming back?"
"I guess it depends on how he's healing," Celina replied. "He's in pretty rough shape still so the time frame on a return is pretty wide."
"And yours? Your nose is broken right?"
"Yes, it is. But as far as I know I'm off until it heals up." He nodded. The woman's voice came over the loudspeaker saying the next flight to Houston was boarding. "I've got to go. It's nice to meet you..."
"Chris."
"Chris. Have yourself a safe flight," she replied, shaking his hand. "It was nice to meet you."
"Same," he said, "You're hot." He walked away. Shelton's face was incredulous. She laughed. He dipped his head to the side and kissed her.
"You can be hot to millions of guys," he told her, "but that doesn't change the fact that I get to do this all the time." She laughed. Kissing her was a chore in her face mask, but Shelton always worked around it. With their arms linked, they made their way towards the boarding gate. They handed their boarding passes to the woman and made their way on the plane.
"So what all did Mark say to you last night?" she asked as they made their way onto the plane.
"You didn't hear anything?" he asked. She shook her head.
"I was out of it last night...I don't even remember my head hitting the pillow," she answered, taking her seat against the window. "Is he all right?"
"He's fine. He seemed more worried about you last night," he said. "He wanted to talk to you, but you were so far gone..."
She nodded. "I'll be seeing him today anyway." Shelton nodded; they were slated to land in Houston at around noon and after gathering their luggage and getting a rental car, they were going to pick Mark up from the hospital. From there, they were going to take Mark home. He had called just after their alarm went off; he was clamoring to go home and he was sick of hospital fod. He had then asked to talk to Shelton and he had left the room. Celina had found it kind of odd, but she had let it go. So long as the two of them were getting along, that was all that she could ask for.
She stared out of the window of the plane as they began to ascend into the sky, and she found her thoughts going to Michelle McCool...she wanted her vengeance. She promised herself the next time they were in a ring together, she'd do things that would be legal on the outside. She wasn't stupid. Michelle could have just kicked, and warned her to sell. Instead, she kicked her face hard and broken her nose. It was unprofessional, and Vince was beside himself because it mean that both Mark and Celina were out of action for awhile. He had wanted Celina on ECW to run a program against Barbie. Now she was out of action for about a month, and they had to put every plan they wanted for her on hold. She thought about it; she wouldn't be surprised if they just kept her off TV until Mark made his return. Either way, she was itching to get her hands on Michelle. She was sure that when she was healed, she'd need to call Vince and get the match set up. And not just any kind of match. She was an ECW Diva now, and she wanted to get hardcore.
