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5.

Molly stood apprehensively by the room door, she looked like she would run at any time. She was still dressed in her ring attire. In her haste to get away from Shane's constant berating about her love life, she left and forgot all her things. Molly silently cursed Shane, he knew exactly how to make her miserable. It was like he fed off her misery. Molly frowned deeply at the thought. They way his friends talk about him, you would expect Shane to be a saint. But the Shane she saw, and the Shane they saw were two completely different people. Molly let out a sigh as she watched Trish walk back and forward.

Trish paced the floor angrily, Lita still hadn't shown up. Had she really expected her to? They had been waiting nearly 45 minutes for Lita's debut. Trish shook her head angrily. Why did Lita always have to make things more difficult than they were? Couldn't she let vendettas rest for a while? Trish had made up her mind to go find Lita when a knock followed by a giggle came from the door. Trish looked over at Molly and nodded. It had to be Lita, who else could it be? Molly snapped to attention and opened the door dutifully. Molly opened the door just in time to see Lita waving at someone down the hallway. Molly and Trish exchanged a look.

"I'll catch you later, Rob." Lita said before entering the room, her nonchalance preceded her. She saw the two women looking at her, and she shrugged at them. "What? Rob walked me up here from the lobby."

"What took you so long to get here, anyway?" Trish questioned.

"I was taking care of some personal business." Lita answered, never missing a beat.

"What kind of personal business?" Trish pried. Molly silently watched the exchange between the two.

"Just personal business. That's all I will take the liberty of saying, Trish. You know, I only have one mother, and her name is not Trish Stratus." Lita said in a rather annoyed tone. The two women stared each other down, Molly prayed they didn't start fighting. Trish backed away from Lita.

Lita shot Trish on last warning look and walked over the table and sat down in a chair. She threw one leg over the arm idly, a pensive look overtook her face as she thought about Rob. He wasone of the few guys that didn't give her a hard time about the love square she had gotten herself caught in. He was the only other person she talked to about her love life besides Jackie. They seemed to be the only two people whose advice didn't begin and end with the phrase, "Dump his stupid ass, he's playing you." However true that might or might not be, she didn't want to hear that all the time.

"Ladies, we have a problem on our hands." Trish began with her hands on her hips, she paused a moment for added effect. Lita looked at her like she had just said the dumbest thing in the world, and Molly avoided her gaze altogether. "We can't continue to share the same man."

"Trish, we know this already. Will you get to the good part?" Lita retorted rolling her eyes.

"Be patient dear, sweet, Lita." Trish said rolling her eyes back at Lita. "I know that we haven't been too successful in the past trying to gain his affections solely for ourselves, but we're going to have to make him choose."

Lita's eyebrows furrowed, and Molly shook her head in disbelief. Trish knew exactly what they were thinking. She had just said herself that their efforts to make him chose one of them over the other had been fruitless in the past. What makes Trish think it would work now?

"Trish, we've tried the whole make him chose charade. He didn't fall for it. In fact, I'd say that we came out the losers in the end." Lita commented. It was true, they had tried and failed miserably. Trish started the whole thing. She started hanging around him more than was necessary, she bought him things, etc. Lita and Molly had simply followed suit because they didn't want him to feel like Trish was the better woman.

"I know that, Lita. That was more of a rivalry than a plan. We all just woke up one morning and decided we were going to try and outdo one another. This will be a group plan. We're going to take this game to the next level." Trish said with a gleam in her eyes.

"The next level?" Molly chimed in with nervousness lacing the edge of her voice. She didn't think this was going to turn into a full-blown operation. She didn't know if she wanted to plot against him. Trish's plans had a way of backfiring. What if this one backfired on them all?

"Glad to see that you're with us, Citizen Molly." Trish teased, Lita tried to hide a smile. Molly didn't see anything amusing. Trish continued on. "But to answer your question Molly, yes we must take this to the next level. We're women, we're suppose to be the experts in the game he's trying to play. We're not suppose to "

"This whole invincible woman speech is really empowering, really it is, but get to the point." Lita said impatiently.

"We have to beat him at his own game. We have to show him how we feel. Verbally expressing it to him doesn't seem to work." Trish said a sneaky smile covering her face. "We've been faithful to him all this time."

"Trish, you're not proposing that we cheat on him." Molly said incredulously.

"You could say that I am in so many words." Trish said.

"Have you lost your fucking mind?" Lita asked.

"It will work you guys. You don't necessarily have to cheat on him, just make him think you are. Lita, you're pretty good friends with Rob, right?" Trish continued getting more excited as the minutes passed.

"Right." Lita answered slowly.

"You and Rob could start spending a lot of time together. You two could just being doing something friendly together like playing pool. You and Rob would know that nothing is going on. And you, Molly, you could do the same thing with Helms."

"I hate Shane." Molly said without thinking. She covered her mouth when she realized what she had said.

"You hate Helms?" Lita asked.

"It's a long story." Molly mumbled. "Anyway, what about you Trish? It sounds like you're trying to set us up to look like the bad guys."

"I have a dozen men at my disposal." Trish laughed.

"Trish, I think this a good way to get burned. I mean, Rob and I hang out more. He gets the idea that Rob and I are 'dating'. That's going to cause unnecessary dissension between him and Rob over nothing. It might cause some fights, and it might result in me losing my relationship with Rob." Lita explained.

"Not if we get the guys in on it. Besides, I don't think his pride will let him confront the guys about out indiscrections. In fact, I think he'll see it as an eye for an eye." Trish said.

"Let's say we do this, and he choses one of us because of this stunt. Where does that leave the remaining two?" Molly asked.

"Looking for new boyfriends." Trish answered bluntly.

"This sounds like some high school shit, seriously. Is this how you work your Stratus magic using childish antics?" Lita asked her frown deepening

"It's not so childish once you think about it. Even if it is, what about what he's doing to us. That isn't exactly the markings of a real man." Trish shot back at Lita.The three women fell silent after that. The silence in the room thickened as the three women thought about the ideas and suggestions put forth.

Lita wasn't sure whether she liked this idea or not. It sounded juvenile to her, and Molly posed a new question. What if Trish was trying to set them up? Lita already didn't trust Trish, but if Trish double crossed them, she wasn't so sure she would be too forgiving. What if it did work? What if it did put him a position where he felt he had to choose between them? How would she feel if he didn't choose her?

Molly didn't like the idea, but she thought it could work. Trish's plans did have a habit of backfiring, but this one sounded somewhat okay. She understood Lita's points Even if it didn't work, he would see what he has driven the women in life to. He would see that they felt this was their last resort. Maybe, he would see the errors of his ways. If everything went wrong, she would have to live with the consequences of her actions.

"I'm in." Molly said breaking the silence. Lita and Trish looked at her amazed. Molly was in? Sweet, innocent Molly was in? Lita's eyes were wide with surprise like she just got the shock her life. Trish focused her eyes on Lita.

"It's just you now, Lita. Are you in, or are you out?" Trish asked.

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author's notes: Sorry it took so long to update. Tis the season to be loaded down...way down. Anyhow, did you catch your next strike out? Kthxbi, *does pointing thing* R-V-D. We're so sad to see you go!