A/N: Well, damn it, I'm finally updating this damn story! lol I know it's
been a long wait, but here it is. I'm really sorry about the wait. I just
had nothing for this. But I tried to keep ya'll occupied with Connection,
and I think that worked. lol So, here's the next chapter. I'll see what
I can do about getting another one up sooner.
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"Shane, did I show you my new tattoo?" I asked as we sat in the hallway of the arena, waiting to be called for out match.
"You got another tattoo?! Damn, you're starting to turn out like Amy!" he laughed.
"Oh, but you'll love this one. I got it because of you," I smiled.
"What? Did you get SUGAR tattooed on your ass or something?" he asked.
"Um, no. Not now and not ever will that happen," I laughed. "Didn't I express that when I got my dragon?"
"Well, yeah, but I was hoping that maybe you had changed your mind or something," he shrugged.
"No, I will never get that done. Anyways, my new tattoo," I smiled as I pulled the left leg of my jeans up a bit and slid my boot off. I smiled as he gave me a confused look from seeing the Chinese symbol on my ankle.
"Um, that's great babe, really it is, but um, what the hell does it mean?" he asked.
"Angel," I said simply.
"Angel? As in my nickname for you?" he smiled brightly.
"Yeah, as in the nickname," I replied.
"It's great. Really it is," he said as he hugged me tightly.
"You two ready for the match?" Jeff asked as he shouldered his tag team belt. He pulled me up to my feet and kissed my cheek lightly. Shane shook his head slightly as he walked ahead of us.
"Jeff, maybe you shouldn't kiss me when we're around Shane," I whispered as I made a rip in my shirt larger.
"I'm sorry. I just didn't realize that I had to keep our relationship in the closet when around him," Jeff replied.
"Don't get mad, please. I just got him back as a friend and I don't wanna lose him," I said.
"Yeah, I gotcha," Jeff sighed as I heard my music start.
"The following match is scheduled for one fall and is for the WWE Women's Championship. Introducing first, being accompanied by Jeff Hardy and Shane Helms, from Cameron, North Carolina, MYSTIC ANGEL!" Jeff and I walked down the ramp holding hands as Shane pumped up the crowd. We entered the ring and the guys took a post while I jumped on the ropes between them. "Now entering the ring, being accompanied by Matt Hardy and Shannon Moore, the current Women's champion, LITA!" There was a mixture of boos and cheers for the three of them. Even though they were the heels, people had a hard time seeing them as such. I guess it's all because of the Hardy Boyz legacy. Maybe that's why Jeff and I never made good heels.
As Amy entered the ring I went right at her, hitting her with a drop kick to the face, forcing her to fall backwards on to mats around the ring. I flew over the ropes in a plancha and landed on her. I quickly stood and slid her into the ring. I stood on the apron and went for a springboard crossbody off the top rope, but she stood and pulled me off the ropes. She pulled me up by my hair and went for a few forearms to my face before whipping me into the opposite side. She did a head scissor take down, causing me to land on my back. She tried for a quick cover but I kicked out on two. She pulled me up into a scoop suplex and bounced off the ropes for a leg drop but I had moved. Once standing, I moved away from her. I then ran at her with a sadistic smile on my face and hit her with a Shining Wizard. She fell back onto the mat and I went for the cover only getting a two count. I whipped her into the ropes and brought her down with a tilt-a- whirl slam. I again tried for the quick cover and she punched out on one. Once on our feet, we stared at each other, studied one another's faces. Then locked up as if it was the start of the match. I moved around behind her and had her in position for Shane's crossface halo. While she laid on the mat, I climbed up to the top of the post and used a move I hadn't used in a long time, Magic, scoring the pin and the win. "Here is your winner and new WWE Women's Champion, MYSTIC ANGEL!" I had won the women's belt for the 5th time. Shane and Jeff held my arms in the air while Matt and Shannon rushed to Amy's side. I was now Hardcore and women's champion, I was on a roll. The three of us started up the ramp when Matt grabbed the mic.
"Wait a minute you three! Just because you scored a lucky pin doesn't mean you deserve to be women's champion, Angel. You're good, I'll give you that, but Lita's better and always will be! Jeff, Shane, why don't you put your tag team belts on the line in a match at No Mercy against Shannon and myself?" Matt said. The three of us looked at each other and smiled. We nodded at them simultaneously and walked off.
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"Case, are you alright?" Jeff asked me noticing me grab my shoulder when I put my bag down on the hotel bed.
"Yeah, I'm fine. You know how I have problems with this thing from time to time," I smiled.
"Would a massage from the master help any?" he smirked at me.
"Yeah, where is Shane? Could you get him for me?" I laughed as he tackled me on the bed. He hovered above me with a smile on his face before leaning down and kissing me passionately. I gave into him and wrapped my arms around his neck, pulling him on me more. As we continued to kiss, things got a little more heated. I had lost most of my clothes, in fact all but my underwear. Jeff was left in his boxer-briefs and his mouth was all over my body. I was certain things were going to continue when he all of a sudden stopped and sat up. Sat up next him and looked at him, shocked. "What the hell's the matter?!" It came out more harsh than I had initially meant it to.
"I don't know. I all of a sudden had a memory of us wrestling on the floor of the locker room like a couple weeks after we had met and I couldn't get that picture of you out of my head. Granted I was in love with you then, but it just wasn't the same as it is now," Jeff said scratching the back of his head.
"So what does this all mean?" I asked slightly upset.
"Oh sweetie, you're upset aren't you?" he asked.
"Jeff, just tell me what this all means," I said unable to look him in the eye.
"I don't know. It's just weird," Jeff shrugged.
"Does this mean that we'll never be able to, um, yeah, ya know," I said shyly.
"No, baby, I'm sure it'll pass over. I just, I dunno. I mean this is all for the best right now anyways," he smiled.
"How do you figure? I mean hell Jeff. I was all worked up. I was completely ready!" I exclaimed.
"I have no condoms," he laughed.
"Oh, well, that'd be an easy problem solver. I know for a fact that Shane always has some just in case," I said casually.
"Ya know, sometimes you have a habit of sharing WAY too much," he said as he kissed my cheek. "Well, I'm wide awake and have A LOT of energy." He winked at me and all I could do was laugh at him.
"So what would you like to do with all that energy, Mr. Hardy?" I asked as slid my body onto his lap.
"Go change into one of your hot bathing suits and we'll go make a late nite trip to the pool," he smiled. I smiled at him before kissing him tenderly and jumping up to grab my blue camo bikini. "Alright, I've been meaning to ask for sometime now. Are you turning into a Dudley girl or what?!"
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"Baby, you've got this whole blue camo thing goin on. Who else do you know that where's camo all the damn time?" he laughed. I rolled my eyes at him as I walked into the bathroom and changed.
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"Shane, can ask you a personal question?" I asked him as we hung out in the arcade down the road from our hotel. I leaned against the Pac-Man machine and sighed.
"Sure. You know me, I'm an open book!" he smiled as his eyes continued to be fixed on the classic game.
"Was there ever a point in our relationship where you thought you couldn't have sex with me?" I asked. Shane's reaction caused me to laugh. He practically fell into the game machine, causing his game to be all screwed up. He smudged the screen with his face and almost fell to the floor.
"What the hell would make you ask that?!" he exclaimed.
"Are you okay?" I asked through my laughed as I tried to help him up. He brushed himself off and smiled.
"Yeah I'm fine. And to answer your question, no. There was never a moment when I couldn't or didn't want to have sex with you. I mean you know me! I'm the sex machine. I make all the girls scream my name. They all get a sugar rush when I get done with them," he replied going on a whole spiel about how great he is in bed.
"Yeah, alright. Chill Mr. Sauva," I teased him. "Seriously, like was there ever a moment when you would look at me, like right before it all happened, and just saw me as someone you just met or messed around with or someone you were just friends with?"
"Casey, there was never a point in our relationship when I didn't want to be with you. I always loved that intimacy that we had. I mean damn! You always knew how to get me hot and I loved it!" he smiled.
"Really?"
"Really. Now, why did you ask that bizarre question?"
"Well, um, uh, I don't think I should say. I think I should just keep it quiet and to myself," I said as I started to walk out of the arcade.
"Whoa, Case, did something happen between you and Jeff last nite?" he asked as he ran after me. He stopped me on the street as I wrapped my arms around myself. I looked at the ground as he put his hands on my shoulders. "Casey, what's wrong? And don't tell me nothing. I was your boyfriend for almost 3 years, I think I can tell when you're lying!"
"I don't know, it is probably nothing," I shrugged as I tried to wipe away my tears before he noticed I was crying.
"Casey, what the hell did he do to you?" he asked as he wrapped me in his arms tightly, just like he had that nite when Randy and I had that fight and we had kissed.
"He didn't do anything. That's the problem," I sighed as he pulled away from me.
"Come on, let's go into star bucks and you can tell me about it over a frappuccino," he smiled. With his arms wrapped around my waist we walked into the star bucks and he bought me a mocha frap. We sat at a table together in the coffee shop and talked. "Are you gonna tell me what happened now?"
"You really don't wanna know. I don't think you're ready to know yet," I sighed.
"You two were gonna have sex for the first time, right?" he asked looking me straight in the eye.
"Um, yeah," I said slowly.
"Alright, so now that I've gotten that out of the way, what happened?" he asked.
"Shane, I'm serious. I just got you back as a close friend. Are you sure this isn't gonna fuck it up?" I asked.
"Case, you're the one that brought it up in the arcade. If you honestly thought it was gonna fuck things up, would you have asked?" he asked wisely.
"I hate you," I smiled.
"Right, so what happened?"
"Well, we were goin good. We had it goin really hot. I was down to my underwear, he was in his.............."
"CASE! I don't need to know the specifics!" Shane interrupted with a disturbed look on his face.
"Sorry," I apologized. "So anyways, I figured last nite was gonna be the nite. We were finally gonna go to the next step in our relationship. But then he just stops and sits up."
"What the hell is wrong with him!!? If there's a beautiful woman under me like that who's ready and willing, there's no way in hell I'm passing that chance up!" he laughed.
"Shane, please," I scowled.
"Sorry."
"So I ask him what's wrong and he says that he can't stop thinking about the way I used to be when he first met me. Like one specific memory came into his head. Where he and I were wrestling on the floor of the locker room like a couple weeks after we met. Actually I believe it was after our first phone call," I smiled.
"I remember that phone call," he smiled. "Somehow I knew that we would be a big part of each other's life."
"But anyways, that's what happened and he couldn't go through with it," I said. "Besides the fact that he didn't have any condoms."
"Yeah, well, I have plenty," he shrugged.
"That's what I told him," I laughed.
"Come on, we gotta get to the arena," he said as we left the star bucks.
"Shane."
"Yeah?"
"What can I do to help him get over that?"
"I don't know baby. I don't think there's really anything you can do. Just keep being you and I'm sure he'll get over it. I'm sure you'll have that one special nite very soon," he smiled as he brought me close to his body and kissed the top of my head.
"I love you Shane."
"I love you too Angel."
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"I heard you talked to Shane about our issue," Jeff sighed as I flopped down exhausted on our bed in our home.
"Um, yeah, I'm sorry, I just, he's my, are you mad?" I stumbled.
"I understand why you did it. But why Shane? Why not Amy? Or Trish? Or even Stacy?!"
"I don't know. Cause I wanted to know if it had ever happened to him I supposed," I answered.
"And?"
"No, it hasn't."
"So basically what you're telling me is that I'm a freak," he sighed as he sat on the bed with his face in his hands. I crawled behind him and rubbed his shoulders comfortingly.
"No, Jeff, you're not even close to being a freak. It's just something that happened. Maybe that's the fault of being friends before lovers," I replied as I kissed the back of his neck lightly.
"Explain Shane then."
"Shane and I weren't really friends before we started goin out. Hell, a couple weeks after the start of our relationship we were having sex, so there wasn't much room for friendship at first. That all started during the relationship really," I said.
"I feel so stupid. Maybe there's just something wrong with me."
'There's nothing wrong with you. Maybe it just wasn't the right time. We'll know when it's supposed to happen. You can't really rush this kind of thing."
"I know, but I just feel like it's time."
"It'll happen baby. I love you too much for it not too."
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"Shane, did I show you my new tattoo?" I asked as we sat in the hallway of the arena, waiting to be called for out match.
"You got another tattoo?! Damn, you're starting to turn out like Amy!" he laughed.
"Oh, but you'll love this one. I got it because of you," I smiled.
"What? Did you get SUGAR tattooed on your ass or something?" he asked.
"Um, no. Not now and not ever will that happen," I laughed. "Didn't I express that when I got my dragon?"
"Well, yeah, but I was hoping that maybe you had changed your mind or something," he shrugged.
"No, I will never get that done. Anyways, my new tattoo," I smiled as I pulled the left leg of my jeans up a bit and slid my boot off. I smiled as he gave me a confused look from seeing the Chinese symbol on my ankle.
"Um, that's great babe, really it is, but um, what the hell does it mean?" he asked.
"Angel," I said simply.
"Angel? As in my nickname for you?" he smiled brightly.
"Yeah, as in the nickname," I replied.
"It's great. Really it is," he said as he hugged me tightly.
"You two ready for the match?" Jeff asked as he shouldered his tag team belt. He pulled me up to my feet and kissed my cheek lightly. Shane shook his head slightly as he walked ahead of us.
"Jeff, maybe you shouldn't kiss me when we're around Shane," I whispered as I made a rip in my shirt larger.
"I'm sorry. I just didn't realize that I had to keep our relationship in the closet when around him," Jeff replied.
"Don't get mad, please. I just got him back as a friend and I don't wanna lose him," I said.
"Yeah, I gotcha," Jeff sighed as I heard my music start.
"The following match is scheduled for one fall and is for the WWE Women's Championship. Introducing first, being accompanied by Jeff Hardy and Shane Helms, from Cameron, North Carolina, MYSTIC ANGEL!" Jeff and I walked down the ramp holding hands as Shane pumped up the crowd. We entered the ring and the guys took a post while I jumped on the ropes between them. "Now entering the ring, being accompanied by Matt Hardy and Shannon Moore, the current Women's champion, LITA!" There was a mixture of boos and cheers for the three of them. Even though they were the heels, people had a hard time seeing them as such. I guess it's all because of the Hardy Boyz legacy. Maybe that's why Jeff and I never made good heels.
As Amy entered the ring I went right at her, hitting her with a drop kick to the face, forcing her to fall backwards on to mats around the ring. I flew over the ropes in a plancha and landed on her. I quickly stood and slid her into the ring. I stood on the apron and went for a springboard crossbody off the top rope, but she stood and pulled me off the ropes. She pulled me up by my hair and went for a few forearms to my face before whipping me into the opposite side. She did a head scissor take down, causing me to land on my back. She tried for a quick cover but I kicked out on two. She pulled me up into a scoop suplex and bounced off the ropes for a leg drop but I had moved. Once standing, I moved away from her. I then ran at her with a sadistic smile on my face and hit her with a Shining Wizard. She fell back onto the mat and I went for the cover only getting a two count. I whipped her into the ropes and brought her down with a tilt-a- whirl slam. I again tried for the quick cover and she punched out on one. Once on our feet, we stared at each other, studied one another's faces. Then locked up as if it was the start of the match. I moved around behind her and had her in position for Shane's crossface halo. While she laid on the mat, I climbed up to the top of the post and used a move I hadn't used in a long time, Magic, scoring the pin and the win. "Here is your winner and new WWE Women's Champion, MYSTIC ANGEL!" I had won the women's belt for the 5th time. Shane and Jeff held my arms in the air while Matt and Shannon rushed to Amy's side. I was now Hardcore and women's champion, I was on a roll. The three of us started up the ramp when Matt grabbed the mic.
"Wait a minute you three! Just because you scored a lucky pin doesn't mean you deserve to be women's champion, Angel. You're good, I'll give you that, but Lita's better and always will be! Jeff, Shane, why don't you put your tag team belts on the line in a match at No Mercy against Shannon and myself?" Matt said. The three of us looked at each other and smiled. We nodded at them simultaneously and walked off.
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"Case, are you alright?" Jeff asked me noticing me grab my shoulder when I put my bag down on the hotel bed.
"Yeah, I'm fine. You know how I have problems with this thing from time to time," I smiled.
"Would a massage from the master help any?" he smirked at me.
"Yeah, where is Shane? Could you get him for me?" I laughed as he tackled me on the bed. He hovered above me with a smile on his face before leaning down and kissing me passionately. I gave into him and wrapped my arms around his neck, pulling him on me more. As we continued to kiss, things got a little more heated. I had lost most of my clothes, in fact all but my underwear. Jeff was left in his boxer-briefs and his mouth was all over my body. I was certain things were going to continue when he all of a sudden stopped and sat up. Sat up next him and looked at him, shocked. "What the hell's the matter?!" It came out more harsh than I had initially meant it to.
"I don't know. I all of a sudden had a memory of us wrestling on the floor of the locker room like a couple weeks after we had met and I couldn't get that picture of you out of my head. Granted I was in love with you then, but it just wasn't the same as it is now," Jeff said scratching the back of his head.
"So what does this all mean?" I asked slightly upset.
"Oh sweetie, you're upset aren't you?" he asked.
"Jeff, just tell me what this all means," I said unable to look him in the eye.
"I don't know. It's just weird," Jeff shrugged.
"Does this mean that we'll never be able to, um, yeah, ya know," I said shyly.
"No, baby, I'm sure it'll pass over. I just, I dunno. I mean this is all for the best right now anyways," he smiled.
"How do you figure? I mean hell Jeff. I was all worked up. I was completely ready!" I exclaimed.
"I have no condoms," he laughed.
"Oh, well, that'd be an easy problem solver. I know for a fact that Shane always has some just in case," I said casually.
"Ya know, sometimes you have a habit of sharing WAY too much," he said as he kissed my cheek. "Well, I'm wide awake and have A LOT of energy." He winked at me and all I could do was laugh at him.
"So what would you like to do with all that energy, Mr. Hardy?" I asked as slid my body onto his lap.
"Go change into one of your hot bathing suits and we'll go make a late nite trip to the pool," he smiled. I smiled at him before kissing him tenderly and jumping up to grab my blue camo bikini. "Alright, I've been meaning to ask for sometime now. Are you turning into a Dudley girl or what?!"
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"Baby, you've got this whole blue camo thing goin on. Who else do you know that where's camo all the damn time?" he laughed. I rolled my eyes at him as I walked into the bathroom and changed.
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"Shane, can ask you a personal question?" I asked him as we hung out in the arcade down the road from our hotel. I leaned against the Pac-Man machine and sighed.
"Sure. You know me, I'm an open book!" he smiled as his eyes continued to be fixed on the classic game.
"Was there ever a point in our relationship where you thought you couldn't have sex with me?" I asked. Shane's reaction caused me to laugh. He practically fell into the game machine, causing his game to be all screwed up. He smudged the screen with his face and almost fell to the floor.
"What the hell would make you ask that?!" he exclaimed.
"Are you okay?" I asked through my laughed as I tried to help him up. He brushed himself off and smiled.
"Yeah I'm fine. And to answer your question, no. There was never a moment when I couldn't or didn't want to have sex with you. I mean you know me! I'm the sex machine. I make all the girls scream my name. They all get a sugar rush when I get done with them," he replied going on a whole spiel about how great he is in bed.
"Yeah, alright. Chill Mr. Sauva," I teased him. "Seriously, like was there ever a moment when you would look at me, like right before it all happened, and just saw me as someone you just met or messed around with or someone you were just friends with?"
"Casey, there was never a point in our relationship when I didn't want to be with you. I always loved that intimacy that we had. I mean damn! You always knew how to get me hot and I loved it!" he smiled.
"Really?"
"Really. Now, why did you ask that bizarre question?"
"Well, um, uh, I don't think I should say. I think I should just keep it quiet and to myself," I said as I started to walk out of the arcade.
"Whoa, Case, did something happen between you and Jeff last nite?" he asked as he ran after me. He stopped me on the street as I wrapped my arms around myself. I looked at the ground as he put his hands on my shoulders. "Casey, what's wrong? And don't tell me nothing. I was your boyfriend for almost 3 years, I think I can tell when you're lying!"
"I don't know, it is probably nothing," I shrugged as I tried to wipe away my tears before he noticed I was crying.
"Casey, what the hell did he do to you?" he asked as he wrapped me in his arms tightly, just like he had that nite when Randy and I had that fight and we had kissed.
"He didn't do anything. That's the problem," I sighed as he pulled away from me.
"Come on, let's go into star bucks and you can tell me about it over a frappuccino," he smiled. With his arms wrapped around my waist we walked into the star bucks and he bought me a mocha frap. We sat at a table together in the coffee shop and talked. "Are you gonna tell me what happened now?"
"You really don't wanna know. I don't think you're ready to know yet," I sighed.
"You two were gonna have sex for the first time, right?" he asked looking me straight in the eye.
"Um, yeah," I said slowly.
"Alright, so now that I've gotten that out of the way, what happened?" he asked.
"Shane, I'm serious. I just got you back as a close friend. Are you sure this isn't gonna fuck it up?" I asked.
"Case, you're the one that brought it up in the arcade. If you honestly thought it was gonna fuck things up, would you have asked?" he asked wisely.
"I hate you," I smiled.
"Right, so what happened?"
"Well, we were goin good. We had it goin really hot. I was down to my underwear, he was in his.............."
"CASE! I don't need to know the specifics!" Shane interrupted with a disturbed look on his face.
"Sorry," I apologized. "So anyways, I figured last nite was gonna be the nite. We were finally gonna go to the next step in our relationship. But then he just stops and sits up."
"What the hell is wrong with him!!? If there's a beautiful woman under me like that who's ready and willing, there's no way in hell I'm passing that chance up!" he laughed.
"Shane, please," I scowled.
"Sorry."
"So I ask him what's wrong and he says that he can't stop thinking about the way I used to be when he first met me. Like one specific memory came into his head. Where he and I were wrestling on the floor of the locker room like a couple weeks after we met. Actually I believe it was after our first phone call," I smiled.
"I remember that phone call," he smiled. "Somehow I knew that we would be a big part of each other's life."
"But anyways, that's what happened and he couldn't go through with it," I said. "Besides the fact that he didn't have any condoms."
"Yeah, well, I have plenty," he shrugged.
"That's what I told him," I laughed.
"Come on, we gotta get to the arena," he said as we left the star bucks.
"Shane."
"Yeah?"
"What can I do to help him get over that?"
"I don't know baby. I don't think there's really anything you can do. Just keep being you and I'm sure he'll get over it. I'm sure you'll have that one special nite very soon," he smiled as he brought me close to his body and kissed the top of my head.
"I love you Shane."
"I love you too Angel."
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"I heard you talked to Shane about our issue," Jeff sighed as I flopped down exhausted on our bed in our home.
"Um, yeah, I'm sorry, I just, he's my, are you mad?" I stumbled.
"I understand why you did it. But why Shane? Why not Amy? Or Trish? Or even Stacy?!"
"I don't know. Cause I wanted to know if it had ever happened to him I supposed," I answered.
"And?"
"No, it hasn't."
"So basically what you're telling me is that I'm a freak," he sighed as he sat on the bed with his face in his hands. I crawled behind him and rubbed his shoulders comfortingly.
"No, Jeff, you're not even close to being a freak. It's just something that happened. Maybe that's the fault of being friends before lovers," I replied as I kissed the back of his neck lightly.
"Explain Shane then."
"Shane and I weren't really friends before we started goin out. Hell, a couple weeks after the start of our relationship we were having sex, so there wasn't much room for friendship at first. That all started during the relationship really," I said.
"I feel so stupid. Maybe there's just something wrong with me."
'There's nothing wrong with you. Maybe it just wasn't the right time. We'll know when it's supposed to happen. You can't really rush this kind of thing."
"I know, but I just feel like it's time."
"It'll happen baby. I love you too much for it not too."
