***Author's Notes: This is a fan fiction that is based on an ongoing Role Play so there is no end. To write this we get into a private chat room and just go at it, tossing things back and forth. Therefore a lot of it goes from one paragraph being what she said and thought to the other paragraph being what he said and thought. I am warning you now of this so that you don't go into it thinking that it is all from one point of view and therefore 'smoother' in the end result. Read no further if you don't like a good role play or 'he said/she said' bantering.***
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They had ordered Chinese for dinner and had it delivered. Then taking it to Kane's living room, they had ordered a movie. Lita had enjoyed his company, but now she was lying in her bed unable to sleep. She knew that he was only a few doors down, so she felt safe... But she just couldn't sleep. She lay there thinking about how things had been before, and then she starts to cry when she remembers the vivid images of her apartment and all her things.
She sits up and wanders out of the room, looking for the bathroom, she finds some Kleenex and blows her nose, wiping at her eyes. This sucked. She wasn't ever going to get any sleep. She knew that. She leaves the bathroom and pauses outside Kane's door, wiping at her tears again. She wondered if he was awake or asleep yet. She sniffles, sighing and turning and walking back to her room. She wouldn't bother him.
She lay on her bed again, looking at the ceiling... but it was no good and she gets up, walking over to the window and looking out at the night sky. She was wearing one of his T-shirts and it reached all the way to her knees, but it was warm enough. She wraps her arms around her middle and lays her forehead against the glass, her tears flowing freely now. What was she going to do. She felt so alone at that moment.
He had been lying awake in his bed, one arm behind his head, thinking about her. She was all he could think about. And that was keeping him from being able to sleep. That and the fact that sometimes he could be a deep sleeper and he didn't want to be asleep in case something happened to her tonight. He sighs and rubs his eyes, wondering why Lita had to be going through the hell she was. As far as he could see she was a nice caring and loving person. She had to be to want to even look at him. Or kiss him. And she had done that a few times. That thought brings a smile to his face. Maybe they could have something. But then he remembers his relationship track record and sighs, shaking his head. They probably would be better off as just good friends. That way there would be no need to break up. Or to have to cheat on the other. He pushes that thought away. He didn't want to think of Lita with another man.
He is snapped out of his thoughts by the sound of someone moving by his door. He listens as she move into the bathroom and then once again past his door. Maybe he should go check on her. She did need to sleep.
Getting up he leaves his room and quietly walks down to hers. He knocks on the door, waiting for an answer, and when he doesn't get one and slowly opens the door and looks inside. Seeing her over at the window he slowly walks over to her. "Lita?" He reaches out to touch her shoulder.
She had heard him knock, but had been unable to answer, her voice thick with tears. Now as she feels his touch, she turns, the light from the moon showing the tears coursing down her cheeks. "Oh Kane." It is all she can get out and she turns fully, wrapping her arms around him and holding on tight, sobbing.
He wraps his arms instantly around her, it was becoming a habit, one he didn't mind at all. What he did mind was that he couldn't help take her pain away. He didn't know what to do. This was all new territory to him. Usually he was the one going through emotional hell. And he had to do it alone most times. He sighs softly and kisses the top of her head, not even knowing he does it.
She finally stops crying, looking up at him. "Kane," she sniffles. "I can't sleep alone. I know that I am safe here. But, all I do is lay there and think about things. Would you mind real terribly if I slept with you?" She chews her bottom lip, hoping that he wouldn't say no.
He looks down at her and frowns slightly. It wasn't that he didn't want her sleeping in his bed. Actually he had been hoping she would ask. But that also made him nervous. As he usually slept without a shirt on and she might see the scars. But then again she didn't seem to mind the ones of his face. He finally comes to the conclusion that it couldn't hurt. And if it helped her...he nods. "All right. If it will help." He smiles and lets her go, taking her hand and leading her from her room and down the hall to his. He walks inside and lets go of her hand, walking over to the other side of the bed and clearing off the clothes and books that were on it. The room looked pretty much just like her's except for the drapes were closed and made of a dark red material. They looked like they didn't let much light in at all, which was how he liked it.
She follows behind him, looking around the room when they arrive, then after he is done clearing off the bed, she walks over and slides between the sheets, suddenly cold and hoping he would get in bed soon. She wasn't feeling horny or anything, just tired and unable to sleep. She hoped that this would help her out, she knew she would never sleep if she stayed in that room alone.
"Kane, are we really going to get a tree?"
Once he's done putting the books and stuff on a chair he shuts off the lights and walks back over to the bed. He pulls off his shirt and tosses it away before climbing into bed with her. "Yes. Have to. Need to put presents under something."
She waits until he is in the bed, then she moves to curl up against him, laying her head on his chest, one arm going around his waist. "Who did you get presents for? Your brother and Sara?" She didn't know much about his family, only a little bit, and was honestly curious about him.
He instinctively wraps one arm around her, then puts the other behind his head, looking up at the ceiling as he thinks. "Well....I got one for my father. Got one for Sara. Got one for Mark, although I don't want to give it to him now. That's about it I suppose. For now anyway."
She keeps her body curled against his, her eyes closing slowly as she talks, her voice lower, finding a great comfort in his arms. "I sent my mom her gift. But that is it. Had one for Jeff, but I think I saw parts of it around the apartment."
His eyes close and he speaks before he thinks, right then half asleep and half awake. "I'll beat him to within an inch of his life if you want me to."
"No, I don't want you to do that. I just want to get on with my life." Her voice is a soft whisper as she starts to fall asleep. "I want it over with. But I wouldn't blame you if you got even for that crack on the head." She yawns and curls tighter against him, holding him close.
Like his brother, Kane also wasn't an early riser. He was still asleep as well, with one arm and one leg hanging over the side of the bed. And all 5 dogs were lying in different spots all over the room, waiting for their master to get up and feed them. They knew better then to wake him up. So they let him be. Except for occasionally Boggs would lick Kane's hand. Which only caused him to snort and turn over onto his back, still deep asleep. And for once not having a nightmare
Lita had been laying with her head on Kane's back, half laying across him. She hadn't returned to her own bed since the first night, as it seemed the only way she could sleep was if she was actually being held by Kane. She felt safe and she was able to not think about what had been going on in her life since she had left her apartment that day.
As Kane turns over, she is tossed across the bed and wakes up, sitting up and yawning. They had gone shopping and gotten her some new clothes, so she was finally wearing a nightgown instead of his shirt. She gets up and yawns, walking half asleep towards the bathroom, easily avoiding the masses of dogs around the room.
He is finally woken up by a wet nose pressed against his neck. He makes a face and opens his left eye, the good one, looking down at the black dog head and the big brown eyes looking up at him. "What?" He looks at the time and groans. "I need to train you to feed yourself." The dog starts to paw at him and he sighs. "Okay okay. I'm getting up. Geez." He sits up in bed and looks around, frowning slightly when he doesn't see Lita there. He listens for a moment and hears her moving around in the bathroom. He lets out a sigh of relief and then gets out of bed, grabbing his T-shirt off the end and pulling it on over his head. The 5 dogs are now crowding around him, whining and wagging their tails. "Okay okay. Go. Downstairs. I'll be down in a minute." The dogs run out of the room, bowling each other over as they do. He then walks over to the bathroom door and knocks on it. "Lita? You okay?"
She straightens, having been washing her face. Grabbing a towel she dries it off then walks over to the door and opens it. "Yeah, I am okay." She smiles softly at him. "You threw me on the other side of the bed though." She laughs softly. "You aren't really used to sharing the bed are you?" She moves closer to him, sliding her arms around his neck, she kisses him softly. "Merry Christmas, Kane."
He smiles and shakes his head to her question. Then when she puts her arms around his neck his arms instantly go around her body and he returns her kiss, smiling down at her. "Merry Christmas to you too, Lita. I'm glad I can spend it with you."
She blushes ever so slightly. "I am glad you want to spend it with me." She kisses him softly. "What did you have planned for today? I don't have anything planned."
He smiles down at her and shrugs. "I don't know. I haven't really celebrated a Christmas since I was 5. All I can remember is..." he pauses, trying to remember, hiding the pain of remembering well. "Uh.... presents. Yeah opening presents." Another memory of that time flashes through his mind and he frowns for just a second before covering it up with a stony look. "Oh and I remember Mark took me sledding then too." He smiles, purely for her benefit. "But I don't think we'll be doing that this year. How about you and I just figure out something to do"
She leans back in his arms, still smiling up at him. "Well why don't we go sledding? It might be fun. Could drive to some snow someplace." She grins. "I am sure there has to be snow here somewhere." She runs her hands lightly up and down his back in an affectionate gesture. "Or could get a turkey and make something good for dinner. Or we could just sit here and look through the ads for an apartment for me. Or we can watch a movie...." She grins. "Or....." her voice trails off softly. "What would YOU like to do, Kane?"
He scratches his head, thinking. Actually he wanted to do all the things she had suggested. Well, except the ad part. He really didn't want her to leave, he just didn't know how to make her stay. "Uh....how about we do it all?"
Her smile widens. She had been worried that today she would be nothing more then a basket case, but she could tell that Kane wasn't going to let that happen. "Okay, so we can do all of them. Ummm how about some breakfast while we look at the ads? That will get two of them out of the way."
She pulls out of his arms, instantly feeling the loss. Her hands lightly trailing down his strong muscles, in an absentminded caress. She had found a new bliss in these arms. A peace she didn't think she could find. She had woken one night, sweating, in the middle of a nightmare, to find those same arms wrapped protectively around her and his voice soothing her fears. It had been an odd moment for them, a moment where she felt a new attachment to the man. He seemed so much softer, more loving, then he let the world know he could be. At that moment, she had needed that soft side of his, that protective side, and he had given it willingly. They hadn't really spoken about it since then. Only that night, when he questioned her about the dream. But the dream had long been lost and she couldn't give him a good answer as to what had brought it on. It was the only time in the last several days that she had felt any fear at all.
She moves away from him, leaving the bathroom and walking through the bedroom to head into the kitchen. She had insisted they go shopping a few days ago and his fridge was full of food. It had become almost second nature what while he fed the dogs, she would make them some form of breakfast. Though she had found out on that first day to make him two breakfasts, or at least that amount, as he had been hungry an hour later.
She reaches into the fridge and pulls out some buttermilk. She would make them pancakes for breakfast, from scratch. She knew that he had the ingredients. Oh and she remembered another thing. Her hand moves to the freezer, taking out the berries.
He smiles and nods, watching her go before he walks into the bathroom and shuts the door. He walks out of it a few minutes later, his hair brushed and tied back, looking less like he had just woken up. He walks over to the bed and makes it look a little better before the insistent whining of Lucky gets to him. "All right! Shit! You are pushy aren't you?" He pats the dog's head and smiles before grabbing his jeans and pulling them on. He then follows the dog out of the bedroom and over to the feeding room as he called it. All the dogs were waiting patiently for him to fill their bowls, which he does. When he is done he waits for them to finish eating, they ate faster then him at times, and then lets them outside. Once the animals are taken care of he heads to the kitchen.
She was just putting the pancakes on the table and grabbing the milk from the fridge as he walks in. "Hello. Did you get Lucky fed? He was in here three times already. I am not feeding those dogs. They would never leave me alone if I did." She sits down at the table and starts to put butter and syrup on her pancakes.
"Oh yeah? Well you sure all the pancakes are there?" He smiles and sits down at the table, yawning and then rubs at his eyes. He grabs his knife and waits for her to finish with the butter before he takes it and starts spreading some on each of his pancakes. He smiles and waits for her to finish with the syrup before taking it and putting on just enough to spread over his pancakes. Once done he looks over at her. "You know, if you get an apartment, I'm gonna have to go back to eating frozen dinners." He cuts into his pancakes and starts eating, wondering for a second if Sara was going to come over. She probably was. Knowing Sara she would be over soon. He smiles slightly and shakes his head. He looks up at Lita again. "Sara will probably be over sometime soon. Seeing as she'll want to know if you really are staying with me. Or have you not heard that rumor yet?"
She was taking a bite and shakes her head. "What rumor is that? I haven't heard anything. And I did NOT feed any of the pancakes to your dogs." She laughs and starts eating again, then a thought hits her. "So, Mark will be here too, I take it."
He looks over at her, suddenly interested in knowing something. "Uh.......you.....you know how sometimes you women share a locker room? Well......some of the guys, see they talk and stuff..." He looks down, blushing a bit, not sure how to ask her if he was ever a topic in the ladies locker room. He was pretty sure that he wasn't but damn it he still was a man and that made him curious.
She watches him, not sure what he is getting at. "Yeah, we share a locker room. But for the most part I share mine with Matt and Jeff." She rolls her eyes. Both had seen her naked, but she wasn't about the admit that. Then something clicks and she looks at him, her head tilting to the side. "What do you want to know, Kane. Spill it. I feel free to say anything to you, please, feel the same with me." And she ment that, she did, and she wanted him to as well.
"Uh....." still looking down at his plate, using his fork to play with his food. "I was.....just wondering....I mean the guys talk about women when some of them share a locker room. So....was just wondering if women talked too." He shrugs and goes back to eating. Resting his left elbow on the table, and his head on his left hand. He was still tired but that always happened with him. He could sleep forever and still feel tired in the morning. And it would be worse when his nightmares would return. Which hadn't. And that was strange since he had one at least once every two weeks.
She grins slowly. "So are you wondering if Tori mentioned the size of your penis?" Her smile widens more and she actually blushes. "Maybe." Then quickly shoves pancakes in her mouth, looking at her own plate.
He blushes and shrugs. "Yeah......but I'm pretty sure I know what she says about it." He rolls his eyes. "And for YOUR information it's neither crispy or a critter!" He snorts, hating how people automatically assumed he was damaged down there just because he was in a fire. He suddenly realizes what he says and blushes more, paying more attention then needed to his food. "I...just w..w..wanted to know what is said about me." He sighs, seeing he was stuttering again, another thing he hated doing.
She blinks and stares at him, her food forgotten. "Crispy? Critter?" She looks at the table, but her eyes were more focused on what was below the table. "She didn't say. I mean." She clears her throat. "All she said was," here she blushes, "is that you were big." Her face goes redder if at all possible. "I mean, all over." The last is said really REALLY low as if she is afraid he will hear her.
He grins and looks up at her. "Yeah?" He suddenly realizes he looks too interested in what she has to say and just lowers his head, silent for the moment, trying to figure out how to change the subject, or what to change it too. He eats a bit more of his food, suddenly thinking of something. "Lita, maybe you need a dog. I mean when you go off to live on your own again. Maybe we should find you a place that allows pets."
She snaps her fingers, letting him change the subject since she felt she said more then she should, and gets up, getting the paper. "We were going to look for places for me to live." She shakes her head. "Can't get a dog, that would make my chances of finding a place one third what they are now." She starts thumbing through the paper.
He nods, watching her, really wishing she wouldn't go. "Yeah but if you have a dog you have protection. I could even train it for you. I'm good with animals." He mumbles something that sounds like 'seeing that I am one'.
Her head snaps up instantly. "If you just said what I thought you said...." her voice threatening, suddenly upset at him, but not really knowing why.
He looks up at her, going all innocent, playing dumb. "Huh? All I said was I'm good with animals." He finishes off his breakfast and gets up to clear off the table. "So anyway, you really should find a place that allows pets. I'd feel a lot better if you had a good guard dog."
She shakes her head. "That is NOT what you said. You want me to try to throw you across this room to make a point? I will." She was done eating. "Kane.... " she frowns. "Kane, stop that." Her voice now soft, lower. "Around me, never say that. I would never say it and I can't handle you saying it either. You are not an animal. You are a man. A kind, caring, loving man. And I can't, not now, handle hearing you say that about you." Her eyes go to his face. "Kane, I can't deal with it. You are my friend."
He looks down at her, sighing and nodding. "Sorry. You hear it enough you tend to believe it. I'll try not to do it around you." He goes back to clearing the table, still feeling bad about getting her upset. He was pretty sure now she was going to leave. And that had been what he was dreading for a while now.
She can see she upset him and she stands up, tossing the paper down on the table and walking over to him. "To tell you the truth, I am not going to find a place safer then here." She clears her throat and looks at the middle of his chest. "You offered to let me stay here as long as I wanted...." Her voice sort of trails off, then she rushes on. "Maybe I don't need a dog. I mean, you have 5 already, and you would be here, and maybe for the time being it would just be better if I stayed here where you felt I was safe." She thought she was rambling and she clamps her mouth shut and mumbles. "Or maybe not." She was feeling embarrassed now.
He looks down at her and tries to keep off the look of pure joy that appears on his face. But fails miserably. "Really?" He grabs her chin lightly in his hand and tilts her head back so that she'll look at him. "I would like it if you'd stay here with me, Lita. But it has to be your decision. I'm not going to force you to do something you don't want to do." On impulse he leans down and lightly presses his lips to hers in a gentle kiss. He pulls back and rolls his eyes, groaning as he hears the dogs barking outside. "Looks like we have company. She's gonna want to talk to you."
She sees the look as he makes her look up at him and she smiles. "I wouldn't have said I would, if I didn't want to." A soft sigh escapes her lips at the kiss and a soft moan follows, not wanting the kiss to end and feels a loss when he pulls back, finally opening her eyes. "Who is going to want to talk to me?" She blinks, lost in the moment and not in who might be there.
Mark was laying in bed, still asleep. He never was good at waking up in the mornings, even on Christmas day. He was laying on his stomach, snoring a bit and looking quite content. That is until one of the dogs come bounding into the room and slobbers all over his arm. He is awake instantly and glares at the dog. "Son of a bitch!!!" He grabs the blanket and wipes the dog spit from his arm, making a face and shaking his head at the dog. "What? Didn't you eat enough last night?"
Sara has to laugh as she follows the dog into the room. "Oh, he just wanted to tell you that you are sleeping too late again and that his Mommy has already taken him for a run and had her breakfast and everything, while you just laid there sleeping." She walks over and swats Mark on the ass. "Get out of bed, lazy butt!"
He snorts and glares at her before finally getting out of the bed and walking over to the bathroom, mumbling something about her never getting him any breakfast. He is in the bathroom for a while before he finally comes out, looking a little more cleaned up, he yawns, stretches and then goes over to his dresser to get dressed.
She laughs, shaking her head, walking over to the bathroom door. "If I had gotten you breakfast, you wouldn't have woke up enough to eat it." She sits on the bed and watches him. "Coming with me to Kane's today? I have his gifts to give him."
"Sure I would have. I like your cooking. Would want to be awake to eat it." He smiles at her, this being one of those rare times when he actually showed affection for anyone. Although it happened more often with her then anyone else. He pulls on his pants and then a sweatshirt before turning and looking at her. "Not really. I mean I doubt he'll want to talk to me. Will just cause trouble. Nope. You go. I'll stay here and mess with my bikes."
She watches him closely. "No, you are going to go with me." She nods firmly, having made up her mind. "This is Christmas and you will be social enough to come with me to see your brother and deliver his gifts." She gets up and walks over to him, wrapping her arms around his neck. "Okay, Love?"
He looks down at her and sighs. "Sara, I told you before. The relationship I have with my brother is complicated. He may not even want to see me. And I might not want to see him. You really want to chance the two of us fighting on Christmas Day?"
She nods. "Yes, I do. Because I have faith that you two can be big enough to NOT fight for the 10 minutes I am there giving him his gift." She grins at him. "And the three bags of groceries I packed up for him."
He rolls his eyes at her. "What are you? His mother? Cause if you are that'd make you MY mother and I just don't go in for those kinds of things!" He smirks and steps away from her, looking her up and down. "No matter how hot you look in the morning."
She rolls her eyes back at him. "I am not his mother, but the few times that I called over there these last few days, he hasn't been home. And I heard a rumor that," her voice gets all excited about the prospect and she lowers it as if telling a secret, "he had Lita living with him now." She rubs her hands together. "I ne--want to see if he is okay is all. The groceries, well I do that more then you know." She shrugs and turns from him, walking out of the room, tossing over her shoulder. "You are still coming with me." She hoped the tidbit about Lita would at least perk his interest.
His face clouds over and that protective nature he had where his brother was concerned kicks in. "She's staying with him?" He didn't like this. Not at all. Oh he knew Lita was a nice person but if Kane got too attached to her and she left him, well he'd seen what Tori had done. No he didn't like this at all. Kane was in for trouble and he had to do something about it before his little brother got hurt again.
She knows that look and groans. "Yes, she is staying with him. At least that is what I hear. If you are going to fight with him on purpose, then you ARE staying here. Because I am having non of that, understand?"
He rolls his eyes. "I wasn't going to fight with him. Just remind him to be wary of the girl. I mean, she's probably up to something." He snorts. "And if she hurts him I'm gonna break her skinny little neck." There was that protective side he had for his brother. He usually didn't show it, the only other times he had was when Kane broke his arm while in a match against Austin and Triple H. And before that, when Mark had been trying to convince Kane not to trust X-Pac and Tori. Now that one he had been right about. He sighs and shakes his head. Yep. Kane was going to get his heart broken yet again.
She sighs deeply and shakes her head. "Mark, please. You just got done saying Kane was a big boy. Okay, so maybe he is. Maybe he isn't. But if he has Lita there... Don't you think, that for once, your brother deserves to have a woman in his life?"
He rolls his eyes. "Sara, I'm all for him having a woman. Maybe then he'd stop acting like a child. But you have to understand something, Little Girl. You didn't have to watch him go through all the shit he did when he was with Chyna and then Tori. I did. All I'm saying is he's been screwed over by women before. What makes Lita so different from all the others. And another thing, you have to admit, Kane does get attached easily and then he also isn't easy to live with. What with his moods and all. You know as well as I do, Sara, that she's just going to leave him like all the others and this time he's going to be worse off then the rest.
She takes a deep breath. "Mark, Dear, you keep trying to tell me that he is an ass, that you are fighting and you can care less for him, then you turn around and say these things." She shakes her head. "No, he isn't a little boy anymore, and yes he has been hurt. So maybe you should give him more credit that he can handle this. Besides, I wasn't around to them.... I am around now." She smiles slowly. "And I will make sure he isn't hurt, more then you. Women have.... ways about them. And maybe, from what I have seen, Lita might be good for me. But maybe he needs someone that isn't a wrestler. I think we could set him up on a few dates with NON wrestlers.... But you won't even talk to your brother, so in the end, what does it all matter?"
He rolls his eyes again. "So I don't like seeing him get screwed over again and again. Maybe it makes ME look bad. Having a brother who is stupid." He sighs and shakes his head. "Fine. I'll try not to bring it up to him. As for your idea, well.......he doesn't like dating, Sara. Why do you think he doesn't do it? He thinks most women just want him now for his money. Which is probably true. There are a lot of blood suckers out there."
She groans and lets out a deep breath. "OH Ghod, Mark. He isn't that bad. You act like that is all any woman would want him for." She shakes her head. "No, he isn't stupid and yes he deserves a date." She rolls her eyes.
"Well what else do women want? I mean I know he can be nice sometimes but what else is there other then that, looks, and money?" He decides now would be a good time to bring up their trip to Kane's, and to change the subject. "So were we going over to Kane's place or not?"
She gets up, furious with him. "Yeah, that is right. That is all I want from you. Your money and your looks." She throws the napkin on the table and stalks from the room. "Now, we are going now." She grabs the groceries on her way through the kitchen, her jaw clamped shut, her eyes mere slits. She grabs Kane's gift and storms out the door, heading to their truck.
He watches her and sighs deeply, shaking his head. She had misunderstood him. Again. He grabs the keys to the truck and leaves the house, locking the door and switching on the security before he walks over to the truck and unlocks it for her. "I didn't mean that YOU were one of those woman. I meant that Kane seems to attract that kind of woman. Unless of course you are trying to tell me you are in love with my brother."
She doesn't say a word as she puts the things into the truck. In fact she doesn't say a word till he is actually in the truck and driving towards Kane's. "Mark, you said women. I am a woman. You implied that is all we are good for."
He starts the truck, presses the button to bring up the garage door and then drives the truck out, heading down the driveway and out onto the road. "Look, Sara, I didn't mean you and me. I meant Kane and the women he meets. There is a huge difference."
She looks at him questioningly. "You didn't say that, Mark. You said 'women'. You didn't say 'women who are with Kane'.... Is that really how you thought of me? When I met you? That all I wanted was your money? I can go back to working you know."
"To be honest? Yes. My first wife did that. Oh sure she was all sweet and stuff. Said she understood that I needed to travel a lot. Said she didn't care about staying home and looking after the kids. Then, after a while, it was all about money. Hell she tried to get me to pay thousands of dollars in child support. And that's all well and good but I doubt giving her pretty much my whole paycheck is going to benefit the kids." He continues to look out at the road. "As it is I still have to pay her almost 2 thousand dollars a month in child support. Lucky for me I have a good paying job. Which will be over if I ever get seriously hurt." He sighs and shakes his head. "Look, Sara, I didn't mean you."
She doesn't look at him. "Well if you lost that job then you could pay less, it is determined on your job." She frowns. "Okay, Mark, I will concede, you may not have meant me, but you implied all women." She still doesn't look at him, but her hand moves to cover his. "But I will forgive you."
He turns his hand over and laces his fingers with hers, using one hand to drive, like usual. "I'm sorry, Sara. I honestly don't consider you to be like every other woman. To me you're different from them all. I mean...how many women would actually approve of their husbands working in a job like mine? What with all the traveling and being apart. You have NO idea what a strain that puts on a marriage."
She laughs softly. "Oh I have an idea what it is doing to our phone bill when you are gone." She tightens her grip on his hand. "I am sorry I got so upset." She hated being compared to his ex too and that slips out. "And I am not going to throw away our marriage because you are working or I am pregnant. I trust you not to cheat on me." Slow grin. "Cause you know if you do that I will just have to sick Kane on your butt."
He smiles at her and nods. "You wouldn't have to sick him on me. He'd come after me himself." He goes serious for a moment as he pulls into Kane's driveway, having been driving fast again. He stops the truck and turns it off, turning to look at her as Kane's pack of dogs come running, barking, at the truck. "Sara, I would never cheat on you. You know that right?"
She sees the hounds advance out of the corner of her eye, but her focus is on Mark. She nods once. "Yes, I know you wouldn't cheat on me." Her hand moves to caress his cheek and she leans in and kisses him. "And trust me, I will never cheat on you. If I want sex that bad, I will hop a plane and fly to you." He smiles softly, then turns, opening the door and hoping down, instantly she is on her ass covered in dogs, unable to get them off her.
He smiles at her and watches her get out of the truck, then he climbs out of it as well, walking around and helping her out of the pack of dogs. Once he has her standing up again he reaches around and into the truck, grabbing the groceries and handing her the present she had brought. "Okay. Let's get this over with." He heads to the front door and kicks it since his arms were full.
Sara laughs as she is helped up, following behind him. "Mark!" But it is too late, he had kicked the door. As it is opened, she sees that Kane is there with OUT his mask on and a slow smile crosses her lips. Now now now, she didn't even think that he went around with Tori without that damn thing on. But that is just what her husband had told her, and he wasn't there all the time.
She walks in and smiles "I was sure you wouldn't have any food in the house, and it being Christmas, you will need it." She pushes the gifts for Kane into his arms. "These are from your brother and me." Then she starts to look around to see if she can see Lita.
"Sara will want to talk to you." He hears the front door being kicked and rolls his eyes, mumbling something about kicking his brother. He walks over to the door and opens it up, raising a brow as his brother pushes past him and to the kitchen to put the groceries down, the dogs following Mark all the way there. Kane whistles and shoos the dogs back outside.
"Why?" Lita doesn't get an answer, so just backs off, as Mark comes into the kitchen, she blinks. Great, he was there. They never really did get along. "Excuse me," she says softly, walking around him and out of the kitchen, wondering if she should go see where Kane went, she thinks better and heads to the living room, trying to slip away from them all.
Mark watches Lita leave the kitchen and shakes his head. He sets the groceries down on the counter and starts putting them away, noticing that Kane now had food in the fridge. But still, with Kane you could never have too much food.
Sara does follow Kane into the living room, looking at the tree in a slight shock, having not seen it there a week ago. "So you got a tree huh?" She then moves around and sees Lita. Yes, the woman was here, she couldn't believe it, and Kane wasn't wearing a mask and he was actually smiling, and there were presents under the tree.... Oh she had so many questions. "Hello, Lita. I had heard you might be here. I take it you are staying for the holidays?"
Kane raises a brow at Sara and takes the presents from her. "Uh...okay. I'll put them under the tree with the others." He takes them into the living room where the tree was and sets them under it, noticing Lita and giving her an encouraging smile before turning and looking at Sara, assuming she had followed him. "Uh......well thanks."
Lita looks at Sara and then at Kane and takes comfort in the smile. "Um, well actually." She gets up and walks over to Kane, taking his hand, needing his touch to help her as well, kind of standing behind him. "Actually, I have agreed to move in here for awhile. Till Kane thinks I will be safe again." She holds tighter to Kane's hand.
Mark walks out of the kitchen and catches the last of what Lita says. Raising a brow in question, he looks at his brother, wanting to ask him why he was so stupid to actually allow the woman to stay at his home in the first place. But instead he bites his tongue and just smiles politely, although his eyes show how unhappy he is about this new arrangement.
Kane holds Lita's hand and tries his best not to look too happy about the fact that she would be staying with him now. He glances over at his brother as he walks into the room and sees the look in his eyes. He rolls his eyes and shakes his head. Mark had been pretty much ignoring him for the past month. And NOW he starts to act like his brother again. He snorts and pays attention to Sara now. "You two want to come to dinner?" He didn't know why he had said that, he had meant to ask them how long they were going to be staying for.
Sara looks over at Kane and smiles. Perfect, absolutely. She could drill them at dinner. "Oh we would love to." She moves over to Mark and smiles, her eyes warning him to be nice. "Wouldn't we, Mark?"
Lita wasn't sure about having dinner with them, she had caught Mark's look and she wondered if he was going to glare at her all through dinner, but she wasn't going to object. She had also caught Kane's look and it made her feel.... wanted. She moves closer to him, still holding his hand, but still keeping him between her and Mark.
Mark looks at Sara, rolls his eyes and then plasters that fake smile onto his face again, nodding. "Sure. Sounds like fun." He smirks slightly as he sees how Lita was keeping Kane between herself and him. He kind of liked the fact that she was afraid of him. It gave him a power over her.
Kane sees his brother's look and puts his arm around Lita in a protective manner. He wasn't about to let his brother hurt the woman he....he what? Loved? Possibly. He did enjoy having her around and talking to her. And he really enjoyed having her sleep in his bed. But could that really mean love? He wasn't too sure since that had been what he had based his love on before with Tori. But now he knew he didn't love her. All he knew for sure was that he wanted to protect Lita from any other pain. And he really liked her. "Good. It's all settled then."
Sara claps her hands, moving slightly so she can elbow Mark without anyone noticing. "Great! Well, when do you want us to come back?"
Lita was glad they didn't plan on staying all day, as she really did want to spend time alone with Kane. She loves the feel of his arm around her and takes comfort in the protective way he was standing there with her. She slides her gaze to his face. "Kane? We were going to go sledding and stuff. What about... 8?"
Mark hears Lita and can't help but laugh. Just the thought of Kane, with his size, sledding seemed funny to him. He looks at Sara and sees the look she gives him, and the one the rest give him and tries looking all confused. "What? It's funny! He's 7 feet tall! Think about it!"
This time Sara elbows him harder. "There is nothing wrong with him sledding. Nothing more wrong with that then two grown men acting like children." She looks pointedly at both of them.
Kane smiles and nods to what Lita says, 8 sounded good. He then hears his brother laughing and his face clouds over. He slowly turns his head towards Mark and snorts, glaring at him. "Oh? And you find it not funny when you do it. Must I remind you, Big Brother, that you are only a few inches shorter then I am." He smirks, although he was still quite angry at Mark for laughing at him.
Lita frowns, tightening her arm around him. "I don't see anything funny about it. I think it will be fun. I haven't played in the snow in a long time and it always brings out the kid in you."
Mark rolls his eyes. "Yeah yeah yeah." He looks at Lita. "Well you just remember that he hasn't had a childhood since he was 5." He then turns and looks at Sara. "So can we go now?" He was angry at his brother, one for actually sticking up for himself and two for wanting Lita around him.
Kane grits his teeth. His brother always did like to remind him of the past. But then again, that was how people controlled him as well. And he wasn't going to let Mark control him anymore. He takes a deep breath, counts to ten in his head and then forces a smile. "Yes, why don't you two go off and just come back tonight at 8 for dinner? We'll have everything made."
The look Sara gives Mark lets him know that she would be talking to him as soon as they left, but she smiles at Kane. "We will be back then. With bells on." She walks over and leans up, kissing his cheek. "Have fun in the snow, Kane." She pats his cheek, then with a nod to Lita, she takes Marks hand and drags him out of the room.
As soon as Mark says that Lita gets mad. He was an asshole, she couldn't see what Sara saw in the idiot. She speaks between her teeth. "Then it is about time that he have some fun, isn't it?" Her voice sickeningly sweet... She nods to Sara and doesn't say another word till they leave the room, turning to Kane, she can see how the words effected him and she hugs him, kissing him softly. "I think we need to do more then just play in the snow."