Lita and Matt: Red Roses Are The Only Way To Go
Lita went back to the closet again. Getting on her hands and knees, she began to dig through the piles of clothes and shoes that were both hers and Matt. She mumbled as she searched, searched for anything that would give her, a hint to what Matt had planned for Valentine's Day. Lita was anxious to see what he what he would come up with this year.
It was usual that he didn't tell her what her gift was; he loved giving her surprises. But it was unusual that he didn't even mention anything about today being Valentine's Day. It was now well after noon, and Lita had only saw Matt that morning. Since then he has been gone. That had Lita both scared and worried that maybe he had forgot that it was Valentine's Day. But Matt was like an elephant... he never forgot anything. So, it would be unusual for him to forget.
"I can't believe this..." Lita said. She kicked the clothes on the floor and left the closet, closing the door behind her. Lita leaned her head against the bed. "Where could it be? Or maybe it's too big to hide...?" She smiled at that.
She leaned against the bed as she thought about where the gift, or some hint of it, could be. Realizing that she didn't look under the bed, Lita scrambled underneath to see if she could find anything.
Matt walked into their bedroom, and stopped just beyond the door. He smiled as he watched legs flare out from under the bed. It never failed, every year he would catch her looking all over the house for her Valentine's Day gift. This year, he hoped she wouldn't be disappointed...
"Red... baby... what are you doing under the bed?" Matt said. He put on a clueless face.
Lita scrambled out and looked at Matt, like she was just caught with hand in the cookie jar. "I dropped... a shoe... and I was looking for it."
Leaning against the frame of their door, Matt grinned. "Is that right?" He crossed his arms over his chest.
"Well, I was just looking..." Lita bit her lip as she tried to think of something else.
Nodding, Matt moved away from the door and went to the closet. He opened it, and was bombarded with clothes and shoes. "Whatever you're looking for, must be real good." He looked at her as she sat on top of the bed.
She smiled. "I don't know, you tell me..." Lita tossed her red hair sexily and softly and slowly batted her eyelashes.
Holding in a groan, Matt said, "Is there something wrong with your eyes?" He turned away from her and went back into the closet.
I know he didn't forget, Lita thought to herself, that's Jeff's style not Matt's. "No, baby... what are we going to do today? What do you have planned for us?" She crossed her legs and clasped her hands together waiting for his answer.
Pulling out a duffle bag, Matt gave her a weird look. "Red, what are you talking about?" he asked as he stuffed some sweats and a pair of sneakers in.
"Today..." Lita said, "you always plan something for us to do..."
Matt looked confused as Lita said that. "Well, I don't know about you, but I'm going to go to Jeff's and Molly's house. We're going to play some basketball. I guess if you want to go, then you can."
She gave him a wild look. "Play basketball? You're kidding right?? Please tell me you are just kidding."
He shrugged his shoulder and nodded no. "I'm not kidding, Jeff asked me a couple of days ago. So, I said that I would meet him."
"Did you forget what day it is?" Lita asked. She was trying to get mad, because when it came down to it... it was just a day. But in reality, she couldn't help it. Matt was always excited about it, and it rubbed off on her.
Matt struggled to not smile at the look of Lita's face, or the fact that he knew she was mad as hell. "Friday?"
Lita stood from the bed and began to pace the room. "Friday?" she mumbled to herself. "I can't believe he forgot."
"Forgot what, Red?" Matt asked as he heard her last sentence.
Her temper grew and grew by the second. "I'm going to the gym," she decided. "I need to work off some anger..." She went to the closet, grabbed her work out clothes and headed for the door; as she was leaving, Lita grabbed her keys off the small table next to her side of the bed. Noisily, she went down the stairs and slammed the door as she left.
"Time to get started," Matt said with a grin.
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Lita sighed as she walked in the house later that evening. Still dressed in her workout clothes, she threw her street clothes on the couch. She worked up quite a workout, all her anger spilled into the intensity of her exercises. Tired and sluggish, Lita noticed the house was dark and she needed her ritual warm bath.
On the small end table, that sat next to the couch, sat a single red rose and a note that was next to a small lit candle; the only source of light in the room. She picked up the note and read, "Go upstairs, to our bathroom... there is something waiting for you there." Lita smiled as she made her way up the stairs.
She went to their room, then their bathroom. When Lita went in, she gasped at the sight. A warm glow from red candles and red rose petals covered the bathroom, with a bubble bath already prepared for her. On the toilet laid a black thong and matching bra. Lita giggled as she saw another note. "After you workout, you always relax in a warm bubble bath. So I decided to make it for you. Relax and when you are done, wear the clothes I picked out for you."
Sighing, Lita stripped her clothes off. She slipped into the warm bath and relaxed her aching muscles. After spending, thirty minutes unwinding and bathing, Lita got out of the tub and dressed in the lingerie that Matt had set out. Then she walked into the bedroom.
There she found a short, blue spaghetti strapped dress. Lita laughed to herself. Three weeks ago when they had went to the mall, Lita had pointed out the dress and said that she would love to wear it. He brought it for her... She put the dress on and then went back into the bathroom to curl her hair and put on some makeup.
After she was done, she left the bathroom. Then she was about to leave the bedroom, when she noticed another note on the bed. She picked up the note and read it, "Follow the petals..." Lita went to the door, opened it, and there laid a trail of red rose petals.
She followed the petals to the back, outside wooden patio of the house. When she stepped outside, the weather was warm and the sky was dark with the stars shining bright. The patio light was low and the only source of unnatural light. The patio had roses everywhere... on the ground, on the fence, and on the stairs that led out to the vast yard.
Lastly, there in front of her sat a small table with a large bouquet of red roses in the center, food, and champagne on it; and Matt dressed in a tuxedo with a single red rose in his hand. Matt smiled at the look on Lita's face. "I would never forget Valentine's Day. You are my love and my heart," he said.
Lita walked to him. "I'm sorry that I thought you did..."
He smirked as he pulled her into his arms. "I love you." Matt took the single rose that he had in his hand, and put it in her hair.
"I love you too," she replied. Lita lips connected with his, she massaged them open and lightly caressed his tongue with hers. "I love all the red roses too..."
"Red roses are the only way to go." Matt slowly pulled them apart. "Let's eat...Red." He pulled the chair out and pushed it in, when she sat down.
As they ate the wonderful meal he prepared, they chatted about their years together. When the meal was over, Matt stood and went to a small radio that he put there on the porch. He turned it on to some light jazz, and turned the volume up loud so that it could be heard from afar.
He pulled her up from her chair and they both walked down the stairs of the patio, and into their yard. From there he escorted her to a large swinging bench.
"When did you have this built?" she asked him as she sat down on it.
Sitting next to her, Matt wrapped his arms around her. "I have been building it for a while. I hid it over at Jeff's and got it when you were out."
"Everything has been so wonderful Matt, thank you," Lita said as she gave him another kiss.
They snuggled up in each others arms and watched the twinkle brightly.
After minutes of silence, Matt turned to Lita. "I know that we agreed that we weren't ready..."
Lita looked back at Matt as he got out of the swing and kneeled in the grass. "Matt, I don't want to get married now."
"I know..." Matt said. He held her hand and reached into his pocket and pulled out a ring box. "This is a promise ring, though we aren't ready to get married, I want to promise you that you are it for me... and when the time is right, I do want to marry you."
Tears slowly fell from Lita eyes as she nodded her head. "I promise too," she whispered. Lita took the silver ring, with a small ruby in the middle, and put it on her ring finger. "I love you Matt."
Matt got up off of his knees and sat next to her on the swing. He pulled her into his arms and sighed contently. "I love you too, Red."
Wanna see how Matt and Lita spent New Year's? Read New Year's Celebration....