Title: It's Just A Crush
After my nice long cry I manage to drag myself into bed and take a quick nap. I jump awake when I hear someone banging on my door. " I'll be there in just a minute." As I walk towards the door I look in the mirror and notice how red and puffy my eyes are. I don't even check to see who is at the door so I just swing it open. " Oh hi uncle Glenn." I see Mark standing right behind him but I don't even bother acknowledging his presence. My uncle stares at me and I start to squirm under his gaze. He always used to do this when I was younger to get me to confess to something I had done. He walks past me into the room and Mark follows right behind him.
I go to my bed and try to fix the sheets a little bit. " Chloe have you been crying?" I love my uncle don't get me wrong but there are just some things I like to keep private. I really don't want to tell him about what happened with Mark and I. I turn around to answer him and I notice Mark is staring at me too. " No I haven't been crying." I can see they both don't believe me. My uncle walks over and grabs my chin. " Hmm well it looks like you've been crying to me, Mark what do you think?" I pray to god he doesn't walk over here and touch me because I may just take a swing at him. He stays just where he is, leaning against the dresser. " Oh it definitely looks like she has been crying, the question is what made her cry?" That stupid bastard.
I pull away from my uncle. " Ok I admit it, I was crying. And if you must know the truth I was crying because I was watching a movie on the Lifetime channel. You know the chick channel, as you like to call it. Anyway there was a sad movie on and it made me cry. I figured you would make fun of me since I was such a tomboy when I was younger. Happy now?" My uncle seems to accept my answer and turns to go use my bathroom. Mark on the other hand continues to stare at me. When he hears the bathroom door close he walks over to me. " Care to explain to me why you just lied to Glenn and I?" I back up away from him. " What makes you so sure I was lying?" Mark keeps advancing towards me and I keep backing up till I hit the wall. " Well darlin, you seem to forget I was in here when you started to cry and you weren't watching any movie. And by the looks of it you were crying long after I left too."
I won't give him the satisfaction and admitting to him what he already knows is true, I was crying over him. " Mark, my uncle is coming out of that bathroom any second now how are you going to explain to him why you have his niece backed up into a corner?" Mark realizes what he is doing and quickly backs away from me and goes back to where he was before. A few seconds later the bathroom door opens and my uncle walks out. " Chloe we're ready to leave for the arena do you need a few minutes to freshen up baby?" I nod my head at him and rush into the bathroom. I wash my face then apply some make-up to maybe hide some of the red puffiness. I walk back out and grab my purse. " I'm ready to leave when you are."
Once we get to the arena I take off away from my uncle and Mark because Mark keeps giving me these strange looks. So I decide to wander around backstage to see what kind of trouble I can get into. I swing by Shawn's locker room and when I go in I see him, Kevin, and Steve sitting around laughing like little girls. " What the hell is so funny? Are you guys smoking something in here?" Kevin smacks my ass and pulls me down into his lap. " No smart-ass we aren't smoking anything and I don't appreciate you saying we laugh like little girls. Do you think we should tell her boys?" Shawn and Steve nod their heads. " Now that I think about it you may even be able to help. We're planning on stealing Hunter's belt from him before Smackdown starts. He treats that thing like it's his own baby. We're trying to come up with a way to distract him so we can get into his locker room and take it. Do you have any ideas?"
I look over at Shawn and wink at him. " Well it's funny you should ask me that. I think I have the perfect way to get him out of his locker room. I need to go ask Stephanie if we could use her office, then one of you has to be look-out and the other two can go get the belt ok?" I motion for them to lean close and I tell them my idea.
" Ok is everyone sure they understand what they have to do?" They all nod their heads at me. " Stephanie you have the easiest part, stay away from your office for a little while. Kevin and Steve hide behind the corner from Hunter's locker room so you will see when he leaves then rush in and get the belt. Shawn you get Hunter and bring him to Steph's office. I will take care of the distraction but remember to call me on my cell once the jobs complete ok? All right let's go." I run into Stephanie's office and sit in her chair. I make sure the chair is facing away from the door so when Hunter walks in he won't see me right away. A few minutes later I hear him knock at the door. I yell for him to come in.
" Hey Stephanie, Shawn told me you had wanted to see me." I turn the chair around to face him. I notice the look of surprise on his face. " Well you got half of it wrong. I'm not Stephanie but I did want to see you." I motion for him to go sit on the couch. After everything that happened with Mark I've decided to do as Shawn said. If I want to have fun and flirt I will do it with Hunter and know that in the end we will still be friends. If Mark just happens to get jealous during this time then that's his problem. Until he can treat me with respect and not keep changing his mind about how he feels about me I will be with Hunter. I walk over to Hunter and straddle his lap.
" I've been doing a lot of thinking and I realize that what I did to you in the airport this morning was very, very wrong and I want to make it up to you." I watch Hunter's eye turn a shade darker. He licks his lips then looks back up at me. " What exactly did you have in mind? You have to remember you hurt me pretty badly." I smile at him and lean in closer. " I was thinking along the lines of maybe kissing and making up? Does that work for you?" Hunter slides one of his hands up the back of my neck and tangles his fingers in my hair. " I think that might work. Lets try it out and see." He pulls me to him and right before he can kiss me my cell phone goes off. " Chloe don't answer it." I lean back and tell him I have to take the call. I pick up my phone. " Hello? Ok so you got my package for me mom, thanks. I'll see you soon don't worry. I miss you too ok love you bye." I hang up my phone and lean back towards Hunter. " Where were we?"
Before we can do anything else Stephanie walks into the room. " What the hell are the two of you doing?" Hunter practically throws me on the other side of the couch. " Oh hey Steph um we were just talking. I had wanted to go over a storyline idea I had with you but all of a sudden I've seem to forgotten it. I'll just talk to you later bye." Hunter rushes out of the room and I lay back on the couch hysterical. " Did you see him flip out? That was priceless I wish I had a camera with me." Stephanie helps me up and asks me exactly what went on in her office. " Stephanie I can assure you nothing happened. I have to go now. Don't forget what you have to do next."
I rush out of her room and run down to Shawn's locker room. I run in and sit next to Kevin. " Chloe did you have to call me mom on the phone, it was a little creepy." I smack him and tell him to grow up. " So where did you guys decide to hide the belt?" Steve smiles at me. " I hid it in the last place Hunter were ever think to look. Any second now he should discover his belt is gone." We sit there bullshitting for a few minutes until we hear running down the hallway and the locker room door swings open.
We all try not to laugh because of the look on Hunter's face. " Guys my belt is gone. I don't know where it is and Smackdown starts in 90 minutes. What the hell am I going to do?" Shawn gets up and walks over to him. " Hunter, sit down before you collapse. Where is the last place you had the belt?" Hunter tells us he had it in his locker room in the brief case you're supposed to keep it in. While he is talking I type in a text message and send it to Stephanie. A few minutes later she knocks on the door. " Sorry to intrude guys but I was looking for Hunter. I figured if you weren't in your dressing room you might be in here. Anyway I need for you to go grab your belt because we want to do some publicity shots. So meet me in the main corridor in five minutes ok?" We all watch as the color drains from Hunter's face. " Um Stephanie do we really need the belt? Everyone knows I'm the champ." He starts to laugh nervously and it takes all my strength not to burst out laughing.
" Hunter what the hell is wrong with you? You practically walk around with that belt on, now you don't want to have your picture taken with it on. You're acting like you lost the belt or something. Now go get your belt so we can take the pictures." Hunter runs his fingers through his hair. " Um Stephanie just a quick question. Let's just say one day I accidentally miss place the belt, what would happen to me?" I see the corners of Stephanie's mouth twitch. " Hunter don't even talk about things like that. That belt costs a lot of money. Plus my father would flip out if the champion ever lost it. He would make it his own personal mission to make sure that person would never win another title as long as they lived. So let's not even talk about it. You've got five minutes ok?" With that said Stephanie leaves the room.
Hunter jumps off of the couch, totally freaking out. " Did you hear what she just said? I will never win another title. Vince will have my head on this one for sure." He keeps muttering to himself and pacing back and forth. We all let Hunter keep talking to himself and a few minutes later Stephanie comes back. " Hunter I thought I told you that you had five minutes. Now let's go." Hunter looks up at her then back at us. " Well you see Stephanie, there's a slight problem." He looks back at us for help. Steve stands up and taps Hunter on the shoulder. " Listen man you look like you are having a tough time saying what you have to say. So why don't you go grab yourself a beer out of my cooler. I know you don't usually drink on the job but it might help." Hunter nods at him and goes over to the cooler. We all turn and watch his face as he opens the cooler and sees his belt lying across the top.
Hunter turns around and sees all of us laughing our asses off. Stephanie actually has mascara running down her cheeks. Hunter picks his belt up and walks over to us. " How in the hell did you guys get this belt? I never left my locker room." I watch as the light bulb goes on inside of Hunter's head. " Wait a minute I did leave my locker room and it was to go to Stephanie's office but she wasn't there. You were Chloe; I can't believe you had a hand in this. You're going to pay for it now." Hunter lounges for me and I jump on the floor and try to crawl between his legs to get to the door. He grabs my legs and pulls me back. He pushes me back on the floor and starts to tickle me. I scream with laughter. I look at the guys and Stephanie for help but they just keep right on laughing. " Hey why are you singling me out Hunter, they all had a hand in this too. It's not fair." Hunter leans down to whisper in my ear.
" They may had, had a hand in this but we both know how you teased me back in that office. Payback's a bitch Chloe." Hunter pulls back and keeps tickling me. " This will show you to never mess with the Cerebral Assassin." I try to squirm away from Hunter but he straddles my legs so I can't move. " Well isn't this a familiar sight?" I turn and look at Mark. I guess with everyone laughing so loudly I didn't hear him come in. He doesn't look too happy. This can't be good.
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After my nice long cry I manage to drag myself into bed and take a quick nap. I jump awake when I hear someone banging on my door. " I'll be there in just a minute." As I walk towards the door I look in the mirror and notice how red and puffy my eyes are. I don't even check to see who is at the door so I just swing it open. " Oh hi uncle Glenn." I see Mark standing right behind him but I don't even bother acknowledging his presence. My uncle stares at me and I start to squirm under his gaze. He always used to do this when I was younger to get me to confess to something I had done. He walks past me into the room and Mark follows right behind him.
I go to my bed and try to fix the sheets a little bit. " Chloe have you been crying?" I love my uncle don't get me wrong but there are just some things I like to keep private. I really don't want to tell him about what happened with Mark and I. I turn around to answer him and I notice Mark is staring at me too. " No I haven't been crying." I can see they both don't believe me. My uncle walks over and grabs my chin. " Hmm well it looks like you've been crying to me, Mark what do you think?" I pray to god he doesn't walk over here and touch me because I may just take a swing at him. He stays just where he is, leaning against the dresser. " Oh it definitely looks like she has been crying, the question is what made her cry?" That stupid bastard.
I pull away from my uncle. " Ok I admit it, I was crying. And if you must know the truth I was crying because I was watching a movie on the Lifetime channel. You know the chick channel, as you like to call it. Anyway there was a sad movie on and it made me cry. I figured you would make fun of me since I was such a tomboy when I was younger. Happy now?" My uncle seems to accept my answer and turns to go use my bathroom. Mark on the other hand continues to stare at me. When he hears the bathroom door close he walks over to me. " Care to explain to me why you just lied to Glenn and I?" I back up away from him. " What makes you so sure I was lying?" Mark keeps advancing towards me and I keep backing up till I hit the wall. " Well darlin, you seem to forget I was in here when you started to cry and you weren't watching any movie. And by the looks of it you were crying long after I left too."
I won't give him the satisfaction and admitting to him what he already knows is true, I was crying over him. " Mark, my uncle is coming out of that bathroom any second now how are you going to explain to him why you have his niece backed up into a corner?" Mark realizes what he is doing and quickly backs away from me and goes back to where he was before. A few seconds later the bathroom door opens and my uncle walks out. " Chloe we're ready to leave for the arena do you need a few minutes to freshen up baby?" I nod my head at him and rush into the bathroom. I wash my face then apply some make-up to maybe hide some of the red puffiness. I walk back out and grab my purse. " I'm ready to leave when you are."
Once we get to the arena I take off away from my uncle and Mark because Mark keeps giving me these strange looks. So I decide to wander around backstage to see what kind of trouble I can get into. I swing by Shawn's locker room and when I go in I see him, Kevin, and Steve sitting around laughing like little girls. " What the hell is so funny? Are you guys smoking something in here?" Kevin smacks my ass and pulls me down into his lap. " No smart-ass we aren't smoking anything and I don't appreciate you saying we laugh like little girls. Do you think we should tell her boys?" Shawn and Steve nod their heads. " Now that I think about it you may even be able to help. We're planning on stealing Hunter's belt from him before Smackdown starts. He treats that thing like it's his own baby. We're trying to come up with a way to distract him so we can get into his locker room and take it. Do you have any ideas?"
I look over at Shawn and wink at him. " Well it's funny you should ask me that. I think I have the perfect way to get him out of his locker room. I need to go ask Stephanie if we could use her office, then one of you has to be look-out and the other two can go get the belt ok?" I motion for them to lean close and I tell them my idea.
" Ok is everyone sure they understand what they have to do?" They all nod their heads at me. " Stephanie you have the easiest part, stay away from your office for a little while. Kevin and Steve hide behind the corner from Hunter's locker room so you will see when he leaves then rush in and get the belt. Shawn you get Hunter and bring him to Steph's office. I will take care of the distraction but remember to call me on my cell once the jobs complete ok? All right let's go." I run into Stephanie's office and sit in her chair. I make sure the chair is facing away from the door so when Hunter walks in he won't see me right away. A few minutes later I hear him knock at the door. I yell for him to come in.
" Hey Stephanie, Shawn told me you had wanted to see me." I turn the chair around to face him. I notice the look of surprise on his face. " Well you got half of it wrong. I'm not Stephanie but I did want to see you." I motion for him to go sit on the couch. After everything that happened with Mark I've decided to do as Shawn said. If I want to have fun and flirt I will do it with Hunter and know that in the end we will still be friends. If Mark just happens to get jealous during this time then that's his problem. Until he can treat me with respect and not keep changing his mind about how he feels about me I will be with Hunter. I walk over to Hunter and straddle his lap.
" I've been doing a lot of thinking and I realize that what I did to you in the airport this morning was very, very wrong and I want to make it up to you." I watch Hunter's eye turn a shade darker. He licks his lips then looks back up at me. " What exactly did you have in mind? You have to remember you hurt me pretty badly." I smile at him and lean in closer. " I was thinking along the lines of maybe kissing and making up? Does that work for you?" Hunter slides one of his hands up the back of my neck and tangles his fingers in my hair. " I think that might work. Lets try it out and see." He pulls me to him and right before he can kiss me my cell phone goes off. " Chloe don't answer it." I lean back and tell him I have to take the call. I pick up my phone. " Hello? Ok so you got my package for me mom, thanks. I'll see you soon don't worry. I miss you too ok love you bye." I hang up my phone and lean back towards Hunter. " Where were we?"
Before we can do anything else Stephanie walks into the room. " What the hell are the two of you doing?" Hunter practically throws me on the other side of the couch. " Oh hey Steph um we were just talking. I had wanted to go over a storyline idea I had with you but all of a sudden I've seem to forgotten it. I'll just talk to you later bye." Hunter rushes out of the room and I lay back on the couch hysterical. " Did you see him flip out? That was priceless I wish I had a camera with me." Stephanie helps me up and asks me exactly what went on in her office. " Stephanie I can assure you nothing happened. I have to go now. Don't forget what you have to do next."
I rush out of her room and run down to Shawn's locker room. I run in and sit next to Kevin. " Chloe did you have to call me mom on the phone, it was a little creepy." I smack him and tell him to grow up. " So where did you guys decide to hide the belt?" Steve smiles at me. " I hid it in the last place Hunter were ever think to look. Any second now he should discover his belt is gone." We sit there bullshitting for a few minutes until we hear running down the hallway and the locker room door swings open.
We all try not to laugh because of the look on Hunter's face. " Guys my belt is gone. I don't know where it is and Smackdown starts in 90 minutes. What the hell am I going to do?" Shawn gets up and walks over to him. " Hunter, sit down before you collapse. Where is the last place you had the belt?" Hunter tells us he had it in his locker room in the brief case you're supposed to keep it in. While he is talking I type in a text message and send it to Stephanie. A few minutes later she knocks on the door. " Sorry to intrude guys but I was looking for Hunter. I figured if you weren't in your dressing room you might be in here. Anyway I need for you to go grab your belt because we want to do some publicity shots. So meet me in the main corridor in five minutes ok?" We all watch as the color drains from Hunter's face. " Um Stephanie do we really need the belt? Everyone knows I'm the champ." He starts to laugh nervously and it takes all my strength not to burst out laughing.
" Hunter what the hell is wrong with you? You practically walk around with that belt on, now you don't want to have your picture taken with it on. You're acting like you lost the belt or something. Now go get your belt so we can take the pictures." Hunter runs his fingers through his hair. " Um Stephanie just a quick question. Let's just say one day I accidentally miss place the belt, what would happen to me?" I see the corners of Stephanie's mouth twitch. " Hunter don't even talk about things like that. That belt costs a lot of money. Plus my father would flip out if the champion ever lost it. He would make it his own personal mission to make sure that person would never win another title as long as they lived. So let's not even talk about it. You've got five minutes ok?" With that said Stephanie leaves the room.
Hunter jumps off of the couch, totally freaking out. " Did you hear what she just said? I will never win another title. Vince will have my head on this one for sure." He keeps muttering to himself and pacing back and forth. We all let Hunter keep talking to himself and a few minutes later Stephanie comes back. " Hunter I thought I told you that you had five minutes. Now let's go." Hunter looks up at her then back at us. " Well you see Stephanie, there's a slight problem." He looks back at us for help. Steve stands up and taps Hunter on the shoulder. " Listen man you look like you are having a tough time saying what you have to say. So why don't you go grab yourself a beer out of my cooler. I know you don't usually drink on the job but it might help." Hunter nods at him and goes over to the cooler. We all turn and watch his face as he opens the cooler and sees his belt lying across the top.
Hunter turns around and sees all of us laughing our asses off. Stephanie actually has mascara running down her cheeks. Hunter picks his belt up and walks over to us. " How in the hell did you guys get this belt? I never left my locker room." I watch as the light bulb goes on inside of Hunter's head. " Wait a minute I did leave my locker room and it was to go to Stephanie's office but she wasn't there. You were Chloe; I can't believe you had a hand in this. You're going to pay for it now." Hunter lounges for me and I jump on the floor and try to crawl between his legs to get to the door. He grabs my legs and pulls me back. He pushes me back on the floor and starts to tickle me. I scream with laughter. I look at the guys and Stephanie for help but they just keep right on laughing. " Hey why are you singling me out Hunter, they all had a hand in this too. It's not fair." Hunter leans down to whisper in my ear.
" They may had, had a hand in this but we both know how you teased me back in that office. Payback's a bitch Chloe." Hunter pulls back and keeps tickling me. " This will show you to never mess with the Cerebral Assassin." I try to squirm away from Hunter but he straddles my legs so I can't move. " Well isn't this a familiar sight?" I turn and look at Mark. I guess with everyone laughing so loudly I didn't hear him come in. He doesn't look too happy. This can't be good.
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