Abby woke up to find her legs tucked between Mark's and something very hard pressed against her thigh. She turned red realizing what it was. She pulled away from him trying to jump out of the bed. Mark tightened his arms around her.
"Where ya going in such a hurry?" Mark asked nuzzling her neck.
"Stop it Mark, let me go!" Abby yelled.
"Calm down Darlin, you seemed happy enough last night to cuddle up with me." Mark said grinning at her.
"Yea well I was too tired to kick you in the nuts like I should have, now let me go." Abby said struggling.
"Come on baby, were both adults, there's no reason we can't have a little fun while were stuck together like this. I promise you'll like it." Mark said trying to kiss her.
Abby kneed him hard in the stomach.
Mark let go of her and grabbed his stomach.
"Ya little bitch!" He yelled.
Abby stood by the bed glaring at him.
"You overgrown, self inflated walking ego, how dare you think just cause we slept in the same bed, I would have sex with you. Your ego is incredible. You're a pig!" Abby said.
"You're a damn cock tease. Hell you rubbed on me all night long, had yer hands on me all night, slept in my arms, what the hell was I supposed to think?" Mark yelled.
"I didn't mean it like that and you know it. I never lead you to think I wanted to have sex." Abby said staring to be confused, maybe letting him touch her and hold her was a mistake. It had felt so good to be held again, she didn't really think about how Mark would read into it.
"Well I don't know about where yer from, but where I'm from if a girls crawls all over ya at night rubbing her legs all over yer hard on usually it's a good indication she wants to have sex!" Mark bellowed at her.
Abby looked stricken, had she done that in her sleep. She had no sexual experience with men. She knew the mechanics of it. Hell when she had been curious as a teenager, she had gone to John. He had explained it to her, got her books on the subject. But she could never be intimate with anyone; it required letting down her defenses, showing emotion, she couldn't do that.
Mark saw the confused look on her face. Maybe he had read her signals wrong.
"I'm sorry if I did anything to make you think I wanted to have sex, because I didn't." Abby said.
"From now on you stay on yer side of the bed, I'll stay on mine." Mark snapped.
"Hey you're the one that grabbed me last night, not the other way around." Abby said.
"My mistake, for a minute I confused you for a woman, not a robot with no feelings, it won't happen again." Mark said and stomped off to the bathroom and slammed the door.
Abby sat down on the bed. Hell he was right, she was a robot. All her feelings had been killed long ago. She got dressed while he was in the bathroom.
Mark came out.
"I'm going for my workout, I assume your coming." Mark said not looking at her.
Abby grabbed her gear and followed him out the door. It was going to be a long day.
Abby sat at ringside watching Mark practice for tonight. He hadn't said two words to her the whole day. She guessed it was good in a way. She was here to do a job; she should just do it and try not to tangle with Mark. Her cell rang and she answered.
"Hello?"
"Abby, I've decided to pull you from the case, your to close to this, I've got something else for you." John said.
"Hell NO!" Abby yelled jumping up.
Mark stopped his practice with Glen when he heard her yell.
"Glen take a walk." Mark said.
Glen shrugged and got out of the ring and headed up the ramp.
"Now Abby this is for the best." John said.
"You sorry bastard, you roped me into your little project buy promising me I could kill these bastards, now your going back on your word!" Abby yelled.
"Abby I never promised you could kill them, I said punish them." John pointed out.
"You're not doing this to me!" Abby yelled near hysterical now.
Mark had jumped out of the ring and walked up to her. She was shaking she was so angry.
Mark took the phone from her hand.
"John you're not taking her off this case, I won't cooperate other wise." Mark said calmly.
"Mark, you don't understand…" John started.
"No… I don't want to hear no more, that's final." Mark said and hung up the phone.
Abby was shaking and pale.
"Abby calm down, okay. He's not going to take you off the case." Mark said.
Abby looked up at Mark.
"Why would you help me, you don't even like me." Abby said.
"Hey who would I have to argue with? I would be bored in 5 minutes with anyone else." Mark said grinning.
Abby smiled a little.
"Well hell girl, ya smiled at me, that's a first." Mark teased
Abby looked up at him.
"Thanks." She said.
Mark nodded.
"Come on I got a match to get ready for." Mark said.
Abby followed him up the ramp unaware of eyes watching from the shadows.
