Title: It's Just A Crush
Now that I'm alone with him I can't seem to find the right words. I start to twirl my hair around my finger. Mark goes over to the desk and sits in the chair. " Um I guess what I wanted to say is that I'm sorry for the way I acted in the hospital. I was upset and I shouldn't have taken it all out on you. I hope you can forgive me but I also understand if you don't want me to stay with you when we go back to Texas." I take a deep sigh and look down at my hands.
I jump when Mark's hands cover mine. I didn't even hear him get up. " Chloe, can you at least explain to me why you were upset? Was it because of what Rena did because she has already been suspended?" Great how do I explain to him the reason I was upset was because he wasn't fawning all over me, even though I came to find out he was except I wasn't awake to enjoy it. " Well you see um, the reason I was upset was.. Um ok I was upset because when I woke up you yelled at me. I thought you would at least ask me if I was ok but it's all right now, it's not a big deal." Mark puts his finger under my chin and tilts my face up to look at him. He tilts his head to the side, kind of like what my uncle does, then closes his eyes and sighs. " So Stephanie told you what happened right?" God am I that obvious with my thoughts and feelings? Before I open my mouth to answer him Mark starts talking. " Don't bother trying to lie I can see the truth in your eyes. I've told you that your eyes way just way too damn expressive. How do you think I always knew when you were lying to me when you were younger?"
" Ok I admit Stephanie told me what happened but if it makes you feel any better she yelled at me for the way I treated you. I guess you have at least one fan around here." Mark starts to lean towards me. " So are you saying I only have one fan?" I lean forward to kiss him but he pulls back. " Nope sorry I don't kiss people that don't like me. Besides we're supposed to be just friends remember?" I let out a frustrated growl. " I'm in bed injured might I add and I can't even have one damn kiss?" Mark starts laughing at me. " It's not funny, you're the one that made this decision to be just friends." Mark sits on the bed next to me and starts to lean down. " Well I guess we can make an exception just this one time." Right before he can kiss me my uncle walks back in. Mark leans away smirking at me. He smiles when he hears me mutter someone up there must really hate me.
My uncle walks over and hands me a pain pill and a glass of water. " How are you feeling baby?" I look up at him with my best puppy eyes. " I'm ok, but I would feel even better if I had some chocolate." He smiles and goes back to the bags he got and comes back with a bag of chocolate peanut butter cups for me. " Will this do?" I barely manage a thank you as I reach for the bag and open it. I start to moan as the chocolate melts in my mouth. I open my eyes and see Mark staring at me pretty intensely so I wink at him. My uncle says we don't have any ice and says he will go get some. I look at Mark, hoping he will realize that it means we will be alone and judging by the look on his face he's caught on. Imagine my surprise when he turns around and tells my uncle he will go get the ice. That damn bastard. He waves to me as he walks out of the room.
My uncle sits down on the bed next to me. " Now that we're alone do you want to explain to me why the hell you were in a ring wrestling Rena?" Oh hell I knew this was going to come up sooner or later. " Well Uncle Glenn, to be honest with you I just couldn't take her bullshit anymore so I said let's settle it in the ring. I wish you had been there to see me kick her ass. It was great. I'm sorry the only part you got to see was me being knocked silly with a steel chair. I hope I didn't worry you too much." My uncle puts his arm around my shoulder and pulls me to him. " I admit I was pretty worried but it's not like you've never worried me before. Do I have to remind you about that time you somehow convinced Kevin to show you how to drive?" I smile at the memory. " So Kevin taught me how to drive, I still don't know what the big deal is."
" Chloe you were only twelve years old at the time. Last time I checked that was pretty illegal. Thankfully Kevin had the sense to show you how to drive in the arena parking lot and not out in the street." I punch my uncle in the arm. " Come on Uncle Glenn you have to admit it was pretty funny when I started chasing Shawn around. He really thought I was going to run him over." My uncle starts to crack up. " Yeah that was pretty damn funny." Well I've successfully distracted him from yelling at me. I'm better then I thought. I guess I am just that damn good. Speaking of the Game I wonder how come he hasn't come to see me yet? " Hey Uncle Glenn how come the other guys haven't come to see me? I would of thought they would have at least stopped by to see me." Before he can answer me Mark comes walking back into the room. " I've found these four outside in the hallway. Since they followed me back does that mean I get to keep them?"
Steve, Shawn, Kevin, and Hunter come strolling in. " I don't Mark they look like a raggedy bunch couldn't you have come home with something better?" Kevin puts his hands on his hips. " Listen here little lady I'm still mad about you being in that ring. Keep it up and I won't give you the surprise I got for you." I start to pout and Kevin shakes his head laughing. He throws a bag at me and I look inside. I shut the bag and look back up at him. " You gave me one of your shirts. Gee how thoughtful it's not like I couldn't just get one of my own." Everyone starts laughing at Kevin. " Hey it was last minute, I didn't want to come empty handed. What the hell did you guys bring her?"
Steve sits down on the couch and puts his feet up on the coffee table. " Well me and Chloe have a date to drink some beers once she's off the pain meds. I told her that I knew she would win." Shawn grabs one of the chairs from the little table and straddles it. " Well me not putting Chloe over my knee and spanking her for wrestling is my gift. So hope you enjoy your freedom sweetheart." I look over at Hunter. I wonder what his gift is going to be? " Well my gift to Chloe is to show her how to take a chair shot to the head so she doesn't have to scare the shit out of the rest of us next time." My uncle looks at him then at me. " There won't be a next time right Chloe?" Great all eyes are on me. " I can honestly say I won't challenge someone else to a match." They all seem to look satisfied. I never said if someone were to challenge me that I wouldn't accept. Damn I'm good.
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Now that I'm alone with him I can't seem to find the right words. I start to twirl my hair around my finger. Mark goes over to the desk and sits in the chair. " Um I guess what I wanted to say is that I'm sorry for the way I acted in the hospital. I was upset and I shouldn't have taken it all out on you. I hope you can forgive me but I also understand if you don't want me to stay with you when we go back to Texas." I take a deep sigh and look down at my hands.
I jump when Mark's hands cover mine. I didn't even hear him get up. " Chloe, can you at least explain to me why you were upset? Was it because of what Rena did because she has already been suspended?" Great how do I explain to him the reason I was upset was because he wasn't fawning all over me, even though I came to find out he was except I wasn't awake to enjoy it. " Well you see um, the reason I was upset was.. Um ok I was upset because when I woke up you yelled at me. I thought you would at least ask me if I was ok but it's all right now, it's not a big deal." Mark puts his finger under my chin and tilts my face up to look at him. He tilts his head to the side, kind of like what my uncle does, then closes his eyes and sighs. " So Stephanie told you what happened right?" God am I that obvious with my thoughts and feelings? Before I open my mouth to answer him Mark starts talking. " Don't bother trying to lie I can see the truth in your eyes. I've told you that your eyes way just way too damn expressive. How do you think I always knew when you were lying to me when you were younger?"
" Ok I admit Stephanie told me what happened but if it makes you feel any better she yelled at me for the way I treated you. I guess you have at least one fan around here." Mark starts to lean towards me. " So are you saying I only have one fan?" I lean forward to kiss him but he pulls back. " Nope sorry I don't kiss people that don't like me. Besides we're supposed to be just friends remember?" I let out a frustrated growl. " I'm in bed injured might I add and I can't even have one damn kiss?" Mark starts laughing at me. " It's not funny, you're the one that made this decision to be just friends." Mark sits on the bed next to me and starts to lean down. " Well I guess we can make an exception just this one time." Right before he can kiss me my uncle walks back in. Mark leans away smirking at me. He smiles when he hears me mutter someone up there must really hate me.
My uncle walks over and hands me a pain pill and a glass of water. " How are you feeling baby?" I look up at him with my best puppy eyes. " I'm ok, but I would feel even better if I had some chocolate." He smiles and goes back to the bags he got and comes back with a bag of chocolate peanut butter cups for me. " Will this do?" I barely manage a thank you as I reach for the bag and open it. I start to moan as the chocolate melts in my mouth. I open my eyes and see Mark staring at me pretty intensely so I wink at him. My uncle says we don't have any ice and says he will go get some. I look at Mark, hoping he will realize that it means we will be alone and judging by the look on his face he's caught on. Imagine my surprise when he turns around and tells my uncle he will go get the ice. That damn bastard. He waves to me as he walks out of the room.
My uncle sits down on the bed next to me. " Now that we're alone do you want to explain to me why the hell you were in a ring wrestling Rena?" Oh hell I knew this was going to come up sooner or later. " Well Uncle Glenn, to be honest with you I just couldn't take her bullshit anymore so I said let's settle it in the ring. I wish you had been there to see me kick her ass. It was great. I'm sorry the only part you got to see was me being knocked silly with a steel chair. I hope I didn't worry you too much." My uncle puts his arm around my shoulder and pulls me to him. " I admit I was pretty worried but it's not like you've never worried me before. Do I have to remind you about that time you somehow convinced Kevin to show you how to drive?" I smile at the memory. " So Kevin taught me how to drive, I still don't know what the big deal is."
" Chloe you were only twelve years old at the time. Last time I checked that was pretty illegal. Thankfully Kevin had the sense to show you how to drive in the arena parking lot and not out in the street." I punch my uncle in the arm. " Come on Uncle Glenn you have to admit it was pretty funny when I started chasing Shawn around. He really thought I was going to run him over." My uncle starts to crack up. " Yeah that was pretty damn funny." Well I've successfully distracted him from yelling at me. I'm better then I thought. I guess I am just that damn good. Speaking of the Game I wonder how come he hasn't come to see me yet? " Hey Uncle Glenn how come the other guys haven't come to see me? I would of thought they would have at least stopped by to see me." Before he can answer me Mark comes walking back into the room. " I've found these four outside in the hallway. Since they followed me back does that mean I get to keep them?"
Steve, Shawn, Kevin, and Hunter come strolling in. " I don't Mark they look like a raggedy bunch couldn't you have come home with something better?" Kevin puts his hands on his hips. " Listen here little lady I'm still mad about you being in that ring. Keep it up and I won't give you the surprise I got for you." I start to pout and Kevin shakes his head laughing. He throws a bag at me and I look inside. I shut the bag and look back up at him. " You gave me one of your shirts. Gee how thoughtful it's not like I couldn't just get one of my own." Everyone starts laughing at Kevin. " Hey it was last minute, I didn't want to come empty handed. What the hell did you guys bring her?"
Steve sits down on the couch and puts his feet up on the coffee table. " Well me and Chloe have a date to drink some beers once she's off the pain meds. I told her that I knew she would win." Shawn grabs one of the chairs from the little table and straddles it. " Well me not putting Chloe over my knee and spanking her for wrestling is my gift. So hope you enjoy your freedom sweetheart." I look over at Hunter. I wonder what his gift is going to be? " Well my gift to Chloe is to show her how to take a chair shot to the head so she doesn't have to scare the shit out of the rest of us next time." My uncle looks at him then at me. " There won't be a next time right Chloe?" Great all eyes are on me. " I can honestly say I won't challenge someone else to a match." They all seem to look satisfied. I never said if someone were to challenge me that I wouldn't accept. Damn I'm good.
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