AUTHOR'S NOTE: I know I said I would post TWO more chapters B 4 I Leave for
vacation, but I have temporary writers block and I don't want to write a
bad chapter just for the sake of writing a chapter. So I will continue to
write these next 13 days I'll be gone. I hope to come back with at least 13
chapters. Till then, CAIO!!!!
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Mercy stepped into her private locker room. It was the morning of Vengeance. She'd come bright and early to the arena to prepare physically and mentally for her match that night. There had been so much hype around her match that she was pressured so much to make this a record making unforgettable match. Which meant she had to stay focused on one person, and one person only during her match. She couldn't let her mind wonder to Angle and Brock on the outside of the ring, or the rest of them. And she definitely could not let her mind wonder to how strangely her best friend Shane had been acting lately. It was like one minute he was fine and the next.he was staring off into space thinking about something. Oh well, she would just have to torture Shane into telling what was bothering him later. She had a VERY important night tonight and she'd be damned if she let thoughts cloud her vision. Her vision of double gold.
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Shane sat at the desk back at his hotel room.
"If I can't say it to her face, I'll write to her." Shane said to himself
'Dear Mercy,
I know you may think of me as just a close friend, but I don't want you to. I want you to think of me as more then that. I know you may be quit surprised by this. So, give yourself time and respond when you feel you can. And no matter what, I'll always love you.
Your Best Bud, "Shaney" ;)'
"There.now all I have to do is get the courage to send it."
"Hey Shane!" Jeff said coming through the adjoining hotel room door.
"Uh.oh.hey there Jeff!" Shane said hiding his letter under a stack of comic books on the desk. "What's up?"
"Matt was gonna go to the gym and he said you were gonna go with. He told me to come tell you he'll meet you by the car."
"Thanks bud, c ya." Shane said rushing out the door not to keep Matt waiting (which he knew would be a mistake if he did).
Jeff walked over to the desk Shane was sitting at and picked up one of the comic books sitting on it. A white piece of paper caught his attention out of the corner of his eye. He grabbed it and read it through, grinning widely.
"It's about damn time you said something Shaney-boy." Jeff whispered. "Hmmmm..I guess it wouldn't hurt to help the process along a bit." Jeff hurried out the door. If Shane couldn't find the courage to send that letter to Mercy, Jeff sure as hell wasn't gonna let him miss out on the relationship he knew would be perfect.
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Mercy heard a knock at the door of her locker room.
"Ugh. Why is it whenever I need to concentrate there's always someone there to bother me." She opened the door and found no one there. "O great..what kind of sick minded freak bothers me on the most important da- ." Mercy stopped in mid-sentence as she looked down. On the ground lay a white envelope with Mercy scrawled across it in flourishing letters and a rose beside the envelope. Mercy picked up both items and retreated back into the room exceedingly confused.
Mercy smiled as she read the note through. The only thing that was bad about the note was it was signed -ANONYMOUS-.
"O great, another thing to add to the three million other things on my mind BESIDES my match."
"Hey, Mercy!" Shane said coming into the room.
"Back from the gym I see."
"Yep.hey, whatcha got there?"
"O, this? Seems I have a secret admirer." Shane's smile faultered.
"Oh?"
"Yah.here, have a look." Shane took the note with trembling hands. As Shane read the note he almost choked in surprise. There it was.HIS letter. But.how? He hadn't signed his anonymous and he SURELY hadn't delivered it to Mercy.
"Um.that's uh.that's uh...confusing."
"Confusing? More like strange."
"Oh, yah, that's what I meant."
"Who would want to be more than friends with *ME*?" Mercy said with a laugh.
"Well, you do have a lot of guy fans whom I'm sure would love to be with you."
"True, but the note said the person was already my "best bud"! That's funny, my two main best buds are Amy and you." Mercy chuckled, " and I don't think it's Amy."
"Uh.haha.yah." Shane said with forced laughter. "Well, I'm just gonna go check out the catering, I'll be back in a few." Shane didn't waste anytime waiting to hear Mercy's response. As soon as Shane left the room Mercy sauntered over to the table where she had put the letter. She held it up to the light and looked at the bottom of the page where the signature -Anonymous- was. Through what looked like a line of white out she saw what she had suspected.
'Your Best Bud, Shaney ;)'
She grinned. She'd finally figured it out. She knew what was a Shane's mind and it made her happier than she had been in a long time. She wasn't gonna let Shane off the hook though. She was gonna make him admit he liked her before she said anything. It was partially his fault for causing her distracting. She was so worried about why Shane had been acting so weird.
"Oh well.I guess I'll just get him to admit it sooner than later." Mercy said already forming a plan in her mind.
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Mercy stepped into her private locker room. It was the morning of Vengeance. She'd come bright and early to the arena to prepare physically and mentally for her match that night. There had been so much hype around her match that she was pressured so much to make this a record making unforgettable match. Which meant she had to stay focused on one person, and one person only during her match. She couldn't let her mind wonder to Angle and Brock on the outside of the ring, or the rest of them. And she definitely could not let her mind wonder to how strangely her best friend Shane had been acting lately. It was like one minute he was fine and the next.he was staring off into space thinking about something. Oh well, she would just have to torture Shane into telling what was bothering him later. She had a VERY important night tonight and she'd be damned if she let thoughts cloud her vision. Her vision of double gold.
~ ~ ~ ~
Shane sat at the desk back at his hotel room.
"If I can't say it to her face, I'll write to her." Shane said to himself
'Dear Mercy,
I know you may think of me as just a close friend, but I don't want you to. I want you to think of me as more then that. I know you may be quit surprised by this. So, give yourself time and respond when you feel you can. And no matter what, I'll always love you.
Your Best Bud, "Shaney" ;)'
"There.now all I have to do is get the courage to send it."
"Hey Shane!" Jeff said coming through the adjoining hotel room door.
"Uh.oh.hey there Jeff!" Shane said hiding his letter under a stack of comic books on the desk. "What's up?"
"Matt was gonna go to the gym and he said you were gonna go with. He told me to come tell you he'll meet you by the car."
"Thanks bud, c ya." Shane said rushing out the door not to keep Matt waiting (which he knew would be a mistake if he did).
Jeff walked over to the desk Shane was sitting at and picked up one of the comic books sitting on it. A white piece of paper caught his attention out of the corner of his eye. He grabbed it and read it through, grinning widely.
"It's about damn time you said something Shaney-boy." Jeff whispered. "Hmmmm..I guess it wouldn't hurt to help the process along a bit." Jeff hurried out the door. If Shane couldn't find the courage to send that letter to Mercy, Jeff sure as hell wasn't gonna let him miss out on the relationship he knew would be perfect.
~ ~ ~
Mercy heard a knock at the door of her locker room.
"Ugh. Why is it whenever I need to concentrate there's always someone there to bother me." She opened the door and found no one there. "O great..what kind of sick minded freak bothers me on the most important da- ." Mercy stopped in mid-sentence as she looked down. On the ground lay a white envelope with Mercy scrawled across it in flourishing letters and a rose beside the envelope. Mercy picked up both items and retreated back into the room exceedingly confused.
Mercy smiled as she read the note through. The only thing that was bad about the note was it was signed -ANONYMOUS-.
"O great, another thing to add to the three million other things on my mind BESIDES my match."
"Hey, Mercy!" Shane said coming into the room.
"Back from the gym I see."
"Yep.hey, whatcha got there?"
"O, this? Seems I have a secret admirer." Shane's smile faultered.
"Oh?"
"Yah.here, have a look." Shane took the note with trembling hands. As Shane read the note he almost choked in surprise. There it was.HIS letter. But.how? He hadn't signed his anonymous and he SURELY hadn't delivered it to Mercy.
"Um.that's uh.that's uh...confusing."
"Confusing? More like strange."
"Oh, yah, that's what I meant."
"Who would want to be more than friends with *ME*?" Mercy said with a laugh.
"Well, you do have a lot of guy fans whom I'm sure would love to be with you."
"True, but the note said the person was already my "best bud"! That's funny, my two main best buds are Amy and you." Mercy chuckled, " and I don't think it's Amy."
"Uh.haha.yah." Shane said with forced laughter. "Well, I'm just gonna go check out the catering, I'll be back in a few." Shane didn't waste anytime waiting to hear Mercy's response. As soon as Shane left the room Mercy sauntered over to the table where she had put the letter. She held it up to the light and looked at the bottom of the page where the signature -Anonymous- was. Through what looked like a line of white out she saw what she had suspected.
'Your Best Bud, Shaney ;)'
She grinned. She'd finally figured it out. She knew what was a Shane's mind and it made her happier than she had been in a long time. She wasn't gonna let Shane off the hook though. She was gonna make him admit he liked her before she said anything. It was partially his fault for causing her distracting. She was so worried about why Shane had been acting so weird.
"Oh well.I guess I'll just get him to admit it sooner than later." Mercy said already forming a plan in her mind.