Danni walked down the isle of the plane looking for Mark. She saw him sitting in the back sleeping. She grinned. He looked so cute sleeping. He was snoring softly. Danni sat down beside him and studied his features. He looked relaxed in his sleep his features softened. Danni couldn't resist his full sexy lips. She leaned her head forward and brushed her lips against his. Danni pulled back and found his green eyes open and looking at her intently. She blushed.
"Sorry I didn't mean to wake you." Danni said.
"It's okay darling. I'd rather be kissing you than sleeping." Mark said.
Danni smiled that brilliant smile of hers. The flight took off and they sat there for a while talking about the next city and the matches Mark had lined up.
"Danni tell me about you self, I really don't know anything about ya." Mark said.
Danni sat there. She knew if her and Mark were to have a chance she had to be honest with him. Only the people closest to her knew about her past. If she wanted a relationship with Mark she was going to have to trust him.
"I was born in Wilmington, North Carolina. I'm 22. My parents were divorced when I was 2. I haven't seen my dad since. He was a Japanese business man. My mother was mixed. I don't even know why they hooked up really. My mother remarried when I was 7 to a real asshole." Danni said stopping for a moment trying to get her thoughts together.
Mark heard the pain in her voice. He took her hand and held it in his.
Danni looked up at him grateful for his touch.
"My mother died in a fire when I was 15 and a couple of months later my paternal grandfather died. He left me a very large fortune." Danni said.
This shocked Mark. She had money. You would never know it from the way she lived.
"My father fought the will, he tried to get his fathers money back, but he lost." Danni said.
"What about you. Didn't you go live with him after you mother died?" Mark asked.
"No, he didn't want me." Danni said looking down.
Mark looked at Danni's bent head wondering how a father could turn his back on his child. Mark squeezed her hand.
"My stepfather was in heaven spending money left and right. He had always beaten on me but he started looking at me funny and coming in my room at night." Danni said.
Mark knew what was coming and felt his anger over take him. How could someone do that to a child?
"When I was 17 he raped me. He came in my room in the middle of the night and pinned me down and raped me, I was still a virgin. I think I lost my mind that night. He fell asleep and I took off. I roamed the streets for a while, doing odd jobs to make money hanging out in clubs and dancing. Luckily I decided to go to a wrestling show on night and I ran into Vince.
Mark had a desire to find this jerk and beat him to a pulp.
He was a friend of my mom's a couple of years back and remembered me. I told him I didn't have no where to live and he took me home with him. I stayed with him a while before I told him what happened. He got his lawyer to get my money away from my step-dad and he got custody of me till I was 18. He gave me a job and put up with my wondering ways. A lot of people think Vince is an asshole, but Vince saved my life that night. Who knows what would have happened to me if I hadn't run into him." Danni said.
Mark was stunned. This kid had been through hell and back and he had treated her like shit.
"I'm sorry Danni; you must be a really strong person to come through all of that." Mark said.
"Well Jeff and Vince stood by me no matter how flaky I acted. I have them to thank for helping me." Danni said.
Mark wasn't a touchy feely person or at least he had never had been before. Before he could think about what he was doing he had picked up Danni and set her in his lap. He wrapped his big arms around her and held her against his chest. He stroked her hair. The thing about it was the more he touched her and allowed him self to feel for her the easier it got. He felt perfectly natural sitting here holding her in his arms.
Danni had her hand laid against Mark's chest listening to the steady thud of his heart. God she loved this man. There was a feeling caring person under all Mark's bluster and he was finally immerging. Danni wanted to stay in his arms forever and never let go.
"Danni for the last two months all I thought about was you." Mark said softly.
Danni smiled knowing how hard it was for Mark to tell her that.
"I know Mark, your all I thought about too." Danni said.
Danni lifted her head and kissed his cheek.
"Why don't ya get some sleep it's a long flight." Mark said running his finger down her cheek.
"Okay." Danni said and moved to get off his lap.
Mark tightened his hold around her.
"I think you'll rest better right here." Mark growled.
Danni grinned and lay back in his lap and closed her eyes.
Right now her happiness threatened to over whelm her. There was no place she would rather be than here in Mark's arms. She felt his lips brush the top of her head and she smiled and snuggled deeper in his arms and fell to sleep.
Mark watched her breathing become steady. He didn't know how to express what he was feeling, but he was feeling something that quickened his heart every time he looked at her. Mark sighed. He was in deep and he knew it.
"Look." Trish said to Jeff.
Jeff looked back at Danni and Mark and grinned. He had never seen that look on Mark's face.
"He's in love." Jeff said.
"How do you know?" Trish asked.
"Same way I look at you baby." Jeff said pressing his lips to Trish's for a moment.
Trish smiled and hugged him.
"So do you think Mark knows?" Trish asked.
"Probably not, he probably thinks he's got heart burn or something." Jeff said laughing.
Trish shook her head at Jeff. She hoped for Danni's sake they made a relationship work. Mark wasn't going to be the easiest person in the world to deal with; Danni would have to love him.