"So, you work out a lot?"

"Yes!" she was exasperated "I work out all the time."

"Well...." he was trying to get something out "Do you wanna go to the gym?"

"Okay!" she agreed immediately "I mean, sure, I'd love to."

"Cool." he settled back in the chair "Sounds good."

Marykate was grinning so hard her face started to hurt. It certainly 'sounded good' to her!

******

Later that night

Marykate and Hunter had worked out at the Titan Towers gym and she'd had to hurry and shower so she could look presentable for her meeting with Jim Ross, Vince McMahon and the rest of the staff in charge of new talent. She'd pulled it off perfectly, getting herself into a business-savvy skirt and top and doing her absolute best at the meeting. Hunter had put a word in for her, which was especially nice of him to do since they'd only just met. Marykate got word that she would be signed with the World Wrestling Federation and was ecstatic. Hunter, who seemed quite happy for her, invited her out to dinner. He took her to a great Chinese restaurant in town where the entertainment was great and the atmosphere incredible. The stars in the sky were sparkling as they exited the restaurant. Marykate was going to take a cab but Hunter had insisted that they take his limo. He had to drop her off at the airport. She was due back home so she could get her things together and plan to start touring with the federation. For now, she needed to be home, doing last minute training and polishing her ring skills in Malden. The limo pulled up to the front of the airport and Marykate got out, Hunter right behind her.

"I had a great day." he told her, shaking her hand "Welcome to the WWF."

"I had a great day too." she nodded, noticing that his hand still held hers tightly. Her mind was screaming at her to say something more. She loved him, she knew she loved him. She always had.....today had been like a dream and she was frantically clinging to the last sweet moments of it. She knew she would see him again, but she wished with everything in her that he'd stay here with her, just a few minutes longer. "I----I have to go." she managed to get out

"Oh, right." he let go of her hand "Have a good trip."

"Thanks." she felt as though she was suffocating. It killed her to be walking away from him. But she had to do it, she reminded herself. She smiled one last time at Paul Levesque and turned around. One tear slid immediately down her cheek and she blinked harshly to stop her tears. One hand started to move upward to wave good-bye, but something kept it down. She turned back to him. He stood there, watching her, His hands in the pockets pf his jeans. His leather jacket looking so inviting, and his ascot style hat was too much to leave. She looked up and noticed that snow had started to fall ever so lightly. This was her chance. And she'd always believed that when an opportunity came along you had to take it. And this was the second in one day.

"I can't" she told him

"Can't what?" he asked

"I can't leave."

"Oh....." he looked confused "You forget your ticket or something?"

She shook her head

"It's snowing." she told him "I'm scared to fly."

"Scared?" he chuckled "I'm surprised that you're scared of anything. And it's barely snowing."

She pouted playfully

"You don't want me to stay?" she asked him

"It's not that...." he said as the snow started coming down harder "Just-----get in the limo, okay? I'll put you up for the night."

"You don't have to do that." she assured him "I can pay for a room."

"If you insist." he shrugged, opening the door for her

******

By the time Marykate and Hunter had arrived at the Marriot, the snow was coming down pretty heavily. Marykate made sure to call her family and tell them that she'd be waiting until morning to fly home. She wasn't exactly sure what she was hoping to accomplish by staying this one night, she just knew she had a good feeling about it.

Once they got to the check-in desk, they were told that there were no vacancies in the entire hotel due to the sudden snowstorms and the amount of guests in the area, including most of the WWF roster

Hunter turned to look at Marykate. She held her hands up innocently

"I didn't plan this." she insisted

"How do you know I didn't." he smirked, turning away from the desk "Come on, kid, you can camp out with some of the girls. I'm sure Ivory will take you in."

"Oh." Marykate looked dissapointed "Okay."

One they'd gotten upstairs, Hunter grabbed Marykate's bags and looked down the hall to where the female superstars were staying. He then turned around and went the other way.

"What're you doing?" Marykate asked him

"On second thought, I don't want Ivory yappin' your ear off all night. You need rest."

"Oh, and you're gonna give me 'rest'?" Marykate challenged, looking amused

"Well...." he scratched his chin "I could let you stay with Amy Dumas and Matt."

"Oh no, I wouldn't want to interrupt anything." Marykate grinned

"In that case, I guess you're stuck with me." Hunter said, reaching his door and sliding the key into the slot

"Oh well." she sighed melodramatically as he opened the door for her. He was a complete gentleman, and one of the most attractive people she'd ever met. Not just physically, (though she loved that too) but Chyna had been right in her book. This man had charisma by the ton.

"Hunter?" she put her things down on one of the queen size beds "I really do appreciate all you've done for me. I can't thank you enough for today."

"Don't mention it." he told her, flopping down on the bed "Go ahead, you can have the bathroom first."