Disc: None of the characters you recognize belong to me. Song is 'Down For Life' by K-Ci & JoJo.
Rating: PG
Pairing: Chris Jericho/Ivory
Note: 3rd in series. Also, the series is going to get less angsty with each part.
Part 1/1I've
been lookin' at a photograph of the time
When life was so much simpler
Didn't have a lot of things in life, wasn't much
But we sure had some fun
Lookin' back on things, you appreciate every day
The joy and the pain and the laughter
I kinda make you wish that we were still in love
He looked down at the photo in his hands, an unreadable expression on his face. He traced the outline of the dark-haired woman with his finger, his blue eyes swirling with emotion.
"What went wrong with us Ive?" The words left his mouth in a quiet whisper as he recalled how happy they had been. 'Been' being the operative word.
He
frowned, thinking of how they had argued, how they had fought. It seemed unreal
sometimes. He stared down at the laughing faces of himself and his ex-fiancée,
desperately searching for a hint, a clue as to why things had changed so
suddenly.
So what, what I'm tryin' to say to you
Is that I'm still in love with you
And I want a second try
And what, and what I wanna hear from you
Is that you feel the same way too
And that you're down with me
You're down with me
You're down with me for life
You're down with me for me
He quickly slipped the photo into his pocket as the other wrestlers began drifting into the room in groups. He had a reputation to protect you know…couldn't let anyone think that he was still hung up on his ex.
Chris smirked as a thought struck him. Of course, he wouldn't be the first wrestler to do that. The roster was full of them. He could see a couple of them in the room right now in fact.
Lita couldn't help sending furtive glances towards Triple H, even though she said she was happy with Matt. Hunter couldn't stop glaring at Matt every time he touched Lita, while still playing the role of the doting husband and soon-to-be father to a baby that didn't exist.
Stephanie on the other hand was busy alternating between sending deathly glares towards Lita, fake loving glances to her husband and a few heartbroken looks in the general direction of Test. As for Test, well, he was in the process of hitting on anything with breasts and very obviously ignoring Stephanie.
What's the saying, misery loves company? Nice to see he wasn't the only one brooding here…
His thoughts once again drifted back to the brunette he had loved, a small smile replacing the smirk. Who was he kidding? He still loved her, would always love her.
He tried not to let his expression change as Ivory walked past him, his gut clenching as she didn't even register his presence. Yeah, he was still in love with her all right.
Now if only she would give him a second chance…
I've been thinkin' 'bout some arguments that we had
That now seem, oh, so petty
Lookin' back on things, it makes you feel kind of dumb
We wasted so much time
Look around, you must appreciate everything
Our lives are full of blessings
Kinda makes you wanna go back and get it
He looked at Ivory discreetly, the smile on her face making his heart do a little flip. A frown appeared on his face as he thought back, sifted through his memories. He didn't know if she had smiled once during the last month or so of their relationship.
He glanced around the room, noting the assortment of smiles on the faces of the wrestlers. Some were from the heart, like Ivory's, some just smiles for the sake of smiling, like Lillian's and some were forced like Lita's. With a start he realized that the only one's actually smiling and/or pretending to were the diva's. The other's just looked anywhere in between bored and extremely pissed off.
It
made him want to go back, back to when things were all right with the world, where
being in love made everything else pale in comparison.
What, what I'm tryin' to say to you
Is that I'm still in love with you
And
I want a second try
And what, and what I wanna hear from you
Is that you feel the same way too
And that you're down with me
You're down with me
You're down with me for me for life
You're
down with me for me
Chris stiffened imperceptibly as he saw Angle's arms wrap around Ivory from behind. He tried to hide the scowl that appeared on his face, desperately looking away.
'Guess that's my answer there…'
End Down For Life