Nikki knocked at Mark's hotel door. She had brought his pictures for him to look over. She had just left Glen's room after giving him his pictures. Marks door flew open. He had on a pair of sweats and nothing else. Nikki's eyes went wide at the site of his bare chest. Damn he was fine. She seen from his rumpled hair, he had been asleep. "Ya better have a good excuse for waking me up." Mark growled. "Oh don't be a grump. You got to be at the area in a while anyway." Nikki said. Nikki remembered how he had massaged her head this morning and she had fallen asleep on him. He had let her sleep for a while, and when she woke, her headache was gone. He had been uncharacteristically nice to her. "I brought your pictures; get them back to me tonight." Nikki said. Mark took the pictures. "Fine, now get, I can still get an hour of sleep." Mark growled at her. "Well excuse me, you old grouch." Nikki said. Mark shut the door. "Damn he can be such a pain" Nikki thought.
Mark fell back on the bed. He hated being woke up. Leave it to Nikki to disturb his nap. He closed his eyes and tried to get back to sleep. Images of her filled his mind. Maybe he should have pulled her in here to nap with him. Mark smiled. "Okay stop it Mark, remember go slow with her" Mark told himself. He rolled to his side and went back to sleep.
Nikki was sitting on the floor at ringside watching Jeff Hardy and Shawn Michael's going over some moves together. She snapped a few shots here and there. It was a couple of hours before the fans started coming in. "Hey Nikki." Shawn yelled at her. Nikki looked up. "Here's a great picture for you." Shawn said striking a sexy pose for her. Nikki laughed and snapped a picture. Shawn and Jeff jumped out of the ring and sat down beside her. "I hear you doing a shoot of Paul tomorrow." Shawn said. "Yes." Nikki said. "Well be careful, He's a psycho." Shawn said. "I can handle him, I'm a psycho too and probably worse than him." Nikki said. "Oh I don't believe that, a pretty little thing like you?" Shawn said. "Looks can be deceiving." Nikki said. "Say, want to have dinner tonight?" Jeff asked. "No thanks. I'm going home and going straight to bed." Nikki said. "Okay, maybe we can go out in charlotte?" Jeff said. "Okay." Nikki said. "Come on, were going to show you some wrestling moves." Shawn said. Him and Jeff pulled her up and lifted her into the ring. Nikki laughed. "Okay. Show me how to kick some ass." Nikki said.
Mark walked down toward the ring and stopped short at what he saw. Nikki was lying on Shawn's chest trying to pin him. Jeff was on the mat doing the count. Shawn suddenly flipped and put her in a pin. Mark heard the sound of her laughter which sent strange sensations down his spine. He stalked up to the ring. "Nikki, I don't think Vince would be happy if you got hurt horsing around." Mark said angrily. Shawn looked at Mark and grinned. From the looks of things, The Deadman had designs on Little Miss Nikki. "Don't worry Mark, were not going to let her get hurt." Shawn said. "Shawn, she could very easily fall wrong or something. Nikki, get your ass out of that ring." Mark said. Nikki flipped over to her stomach and raised herself on her elbows to look at Mark. "What crawled up your ass? Oh that's right, that's your normal personality." Nikki said sarcastically. Mark gave her a warning look. "I aint in the mood for your smart mouth." Mark said. Shawn and Jeff were looking at each other and grinning. It was obvious Mark liked her; he just had a really stupid way of showing it. "We got to go." Shawn said. He and Jeff climbed out of the ring, and walked up the ramp. Nikki was still lying on her stomach staring at Mark. "Little girl, you could get hurt playing around like that." Mark said glaring at her. "Yes daddy." Nikki said in a smart tone. Mark flushed. "Stop being a smart ass." Mark said. "Well you stop telling me what to do, you overgrown idiot." Nikki said getting up. "You need someone to tell ya what to do, you don't have any sense!" Mark shouted. Nikki slid out of the ring and grabbed her camera and case. She headed up the ramp. "Don't walk off from me when I'm talking to you!" Mark shouted. Nikki turned around and stuck her tongue out at him. "You're pushing your luck girl!" Mark shouted after her. Nikki turned her back on him and left. "Stubborn, hard headed brat." Mark mumbled to himself. "Lord that girl drove him to distraction" Mark thought.
"God he was so bossy" Nikki thought. She smiled in spite of her self. She was starting to get used to these little sparing matches of there's and truth be told, she enjoyed them on a certain level. Nobody had ever challenged her like Mark did. The truth was no one had ever got under her skin the way Mark had, and he was starting to grow on her. She could admit it to herself, if not to anyone else, She liked Mark.