Katherine turned around and walked back to her room and slammed her door shut. Chris
started to go after her, but Hunter stopped him.
"Let me try first, you go wake up Amy and Molly, she'll probably want to talk to a
female."
Chris nodded and went down stars to locate the diva's. Hunter walked up to the guest
room door and banged loudly on the door.
"Open the door Kat!"
"No!"
"I just want to talk to you Kat. Please."
"Manners are not going to help you get in."
"No, but if I go get the key I'm sure I'll get in."
Hunter smiled to himself, he could actually picture the look on her face right now. And
sure enough with a few moments, he heard the lock turn and he opened the door.
Katherine just glared at him and the sat down at the end of the bed and put her head in her
hands. Hunter closed the door and grabbed a chair from the desk and pulled it up to the
edge of the bed near Katherine.
"I'm only trying to help you Katherine."
Katherine smiled to herself, she liked the way he said her name.
"I know, I guess."
"Do you want to talk about it."
"I don't know."
"If you don't want to tell me, I can go get Molly or Amy."
"No, I trust you more."
Hunter smiled at that.
"How long has he been hitting you Kat?"
Katherine shrugged and Hunter decided to try a different approach.
"Why don't you tell me, what you want, and what you feel ready to tell."
"OK....."
Hunter waited and gave her all the time she needed.
"It wasn't always like this. When we first started dating he was real sweet, he just had a
big jealous streak."
Hunter tried to make his breathing steady, he didn't want to get angry and scare her.
"Go on Kat."
"One night he came home drunk and said he loved me. I thought he meant it. But then...."
Katherine's voice got shaky and she stopped to try and ease her breathing. Hunter took a
deep breath as well.
"Did he hit you?"
"Yeah."
"Did he kick or bite you?"
Katherine shook her head no.
"Is hitting the only thing he's done to you Kat?"
Katherine shook her head no again but this time she broke out into sobs. Hunter jumped
up from the chair and wrapped his arms around her. She cried as hard as she could, her
whole body shaking with each sob. He patted her back and cursed Billy with every cuss
word he could think of in his mind. He let her cry it out, she kept sobbing for an hour
when she finally quieted down, she still had tears softly flowing down her face. Hunter
was cradling in his arms and gently rocking her.
"I told him to stop. But he wouldn't listen. He never listened. So finally I quit trying to
make him."
Hunter closed his eyes and squeezed her tighter.
"How long Kat?"
"Six months."
Hunter cursed himself this time, for not noticing her bruises during their workout sessions
together.
"Your safe here, I won't let him get near you again."
"He'll try."
"Let him."
"I don't want you hurt because of me Hunter."
"I wouldn't worry about me if I was you."
"Always a cocky little ass, aren't you?"
"Wouldn't be me, if I was any other way."
Katherine smiled but Hunter didn't see it.
"Tomorrow, I'll go see about getting your locks changed at you apartment."
"I thought you said I can stay here?"
"You can, but you need to get the rest of your stuff, and I don't want his ass there when
you go back."
"There's no point in getting the locks changed if I'm not going to stay there. I'll just take
some time off and go when he's at the arena."
"No, I'll be gone too."
"Well, we will figure out something."
Katherine let out a long yawn and Hunter chuckled.
"I'll let you get some sleep and we'll talk about this tomorrow."
"OK. Good night Hunter."
"Good night Kat."
Hunter got up and opened the door when he started to close it he heard Katherine in a soft
whisper.
"Thank you."
Hunter opened the door a little and stuck his head back in her room.
"Your more then welcome Katherine."
He quietly closed the door.
_________________________
(week later)
Katherine sat on Hunter's back porch. She was watching the ripples in the water of his
own private pond. He had such a beautiful house. And with the help of Hunter, Chris,
Steve(Austin), Matt(Hardy), and Mark(Undertaker) she had gotten all of her personal
items out of her apartment and moved them over to Hunter's. They had come with her to
make sure Billy wouldn't do anything, but surprisingly, he wasn't there. She hadn't seen
him, which made her scared to death. This wasn't like him. Katherine wished Hunter
would come back home quicker. She knew he was at the Smackdown taping and his first
match since his return was tonight. She wished she could have gone. But Hunter and
Vince thought it would be safer if she stayed at Hunter's. She heard Chris Jericho on the
TV whining to the Rock and she started laughing, he was so different when he was in
character. They also worked it into the storyline that she wouldn't be accompanying Chris
to the ring this Sunday at the Royal Rumble due to a "clothes crisis". It seems "Mrs.
Jericho" didn't know what to wear so decided not to go. She just shook her head, the vain
egotistical thing was starting to go overboard a little bit.
Katherine walked back into the house and turned the TV up louder so she could hear
Hunter's match from the kitchen. She walked into the kitchen and started making herself
some tea. When she heard the phone ring. She started to answer it out of habit but then
stopped herself as she remembered Hunter telling her it would be wiser not too. So she
went back to making tea as she let the machine get it. She heard Hunter's voice on the
machine telling whoever it was to leave a message.
"Hey there Hunter, this is Billy, uhh......Just wanted to call and with you good luck at the
Rumble this weekend.....oh one more thing, hey Katherine."
Katherine dropped the cup and it shattered in a million pieces. Katherine quickly started
running as fast as she could to Hunter's room. She knew it was impossible for him to be in
the house but she still felt like she was being chased, she looked behind her but saw
nothing. She ran faster, taking the stairs three at a time. She busted into Hunter's room
and quickly locked the door. The tears were falling down her face like rain. She grabbed
the phone to call Hunter but when she picked it up the phone was dead. Katherine sobbed
harder and sat down in the corner cowering in fear. She knew he would find her, now she
waited for him to come and kill her.
started to go after her, but Hunter stopped him.
"Let me try first, you go wake up Amy and Molly, she'll probably want to talk to a
female."
Chris nodded and went down stars to locate the diva's. Hunter walked up to the guest
room door and banged loudly on the door.
"Open the door Kat!"
"No!"
"I just want to talk to you Kat. Please."
"Manners are not going to help you get in."
"No, but if I go get the key I'm sure I'll get in."
Hunter smiled to himself, he could actually picture the look on her face right now. And
sure enough with a few moments, he heard the lock turn and he opened the door.
Katherine just glared at him and the sat down at the end of the bed and put her head in her
hands. Hunter closed the door and grabbed a chair from the desk and pulled it up to the
edge of the bed near Katherine.
"I'm only trying to help you Katherine."
Katherine smiled to herself, she liked the way he said her name.
"I know, I guess."
"Do you want to talk about it."
"I don't know."
"If you don't want to tell me, I can go get Molly or Amy."
"No, I trust you more."
Hunter smiled at that.
"How long has he been hitting you Kat?"
Katherine shrugged and Hunter decided to try a different approach.
"Why don't you tell me, what you want, and what you feel ready to tell."
"OK....."
Hunter waited and gave her all the time she needed.
"It wasn't always like this. When we first started dating he was real sweet, he just had a
big jealous streak."
Hunter tried to make his breathing steady, he didn't want to get angry and scare her.
"Go on Kat."
"One night he came home drunk and said he loved me. I thought he meant it. But then...."
Katherine's voice got shaky and she stopped to try and ease her breathing. Hunter took a
deep breath as well.
"Did he hit you?"
"Yeah."
"Did he kick or bite you?"
Katherine shook her head no.
"Is hitting the only thing he's done to you Kat?"
Katherine shook her head no again but this time she broke out into sobs. Hunter jumped
up from the chair and wrapped his arms around her. She cried as hard as she could, her
whole body shaking with each sob. He patted her back and cursed Billy with every cuss
word he could think of in his mind. He let her cry it out, she kept sobbing for an hour
when she finally quieted down, she still had tears softly flowing down her face. Hunter
was cradling in his arms and gently rocking her.
"I told him to stop. But he wouldn't listen. He never listened. So finally I quit trying to
make him."
Hunter closed his eyes and squeezed her tighter.
"How long Kat?"
"Six months."
Hunter cursed himself this time, for not noticing her bruises during their workout sessions
together.
"Your safe here, I won't let him get near you again."
"He'll try."
"Let him."
"I don't want you hurt because of me Hunter."
"I wouldn't worry about me if I was you."
"Always a cocky little ass, aren't you?"
"Wouldn't be me, if I was any other way."
Katherine smiled but Hunter didn't see it.
"Tomorrow, I'll go see about getting your locks changed at you apartment."
"I thought you said I can stay here?"
"You can, but you need to get the rest of your stuff, and I don't want his ass there when
you go back."
"There's no point in getting the locks changed if I'm not going to stay there. I'll just take
some time off and go when he's at the arena."
"No, I'll be gone too."
"Well, we will figure out something."
Katherine let out a long yawn and Hunter chuckled.
"I'll let you get some sleep and we'll talk about this tomorrow."
"OK. Good night Hunter."
"Good night Kat."
Hunter got up and opened the door when he started to close it he heard Katherine in a soft
whisper.
"Thank you."
Hunter opened the door a little and stuck his head back in her room.
"Your more then welcome Katherine."
He quietly closed the door.
_________________________
(week later)
Katherine sat on Hunter's back porch. She was watching the ripples in the water of his
own private pond. He had such a beautiful house. And with the help of Hunter, Chris,
Steve(Austin), Matt(Hardy), and Mark(Undertaker) she had gotten all of her personal
items out of her apartment and moved them over to Hunter's. They had come with her to
make sure Billy wouldn't do anything, but surprisingly, he wasn't there. She hadn't seen
him, which made her scared to death. This wasn't like him. Katherine wished Hunter
would come back home quicker. She knew he was at the Smackdown taping and his first
match since his return was tonight. She wished she could have gone. But Hunter and
Vince thought it would be safer if she stayed at Hunter's. She heard Chris Jericho on the
TV whining to the Rock and she started laughing, he was so different when he was in
character. They also worked it into the storyline that she wouldn't be accompanying Chris
to the ring this Sunday at the Royal Rumble due to a "clothes crisis". It seems "Mrs.
Jericho" didn't know what to wear so decided not to go. She just shook her head, the vain
egotistical thing was starting to go overboard a little bit.
Katherine walked back into the house and turned the TV up louder so she could hear
Hunter's match from the kitchen. She walked into the kitchen and started making herself
some tea. When she heard the phone ring. She started to answer it out of habit but then
stopped herself as she remembered Hunter telling her it would be wiser not too. So she
went back to making tea as she let the machine get it. She heard Hunter's voice on the
machine telling whoever it was to leave a message.
"Hey there Hunter, this is Billy, uhh......Just wanted to call and with you good luck at the
Rumble this weekend.....oh one more thing, hey Katherine."
Katherine dropped the cup and it shattered in a million pieces. Katherine quickly started
running as fast as she could to Hunter's room. She knew it was impossible for him to be in
the house but she still felt like she was being chased, she looked behind her but saw
nothing. She ran faster, taking the stairs three at a time. She busted into Hunter's room
and quickly locked the door. The tears were falling down her face like rain. She grabbed
the phone to call Hunter but when she picked it up the phone was dead. Katherine sobbed
harder and sat down in the corner cowering in fear. She knew he would find her, now she
waited for him to come and kill her.
