Jo Note: Sorry about the delay with this chapter but was down for a few days and then I wasn't her for a few days but its all sorted now and Chapter 25 is below. I hope you enjoy the chapter and please read and review. Sorry for spelling mistakes and errorsI didn't have time to spellcheck and proof read.

Title: Love & Tribulations
Rating: NC-17
Content: Love, Tribulations LoL. Sex.
Distribution: Please Ask First
Characters: (Non Wrestling) Cj, Nikki,KhristinaFaith & Dogma (Wrestlers) Sean O'Haire, Mark Jindrak, Randy Orton, Dave Batista, John Cena, Rico & Jeff Hardy. Also some minor parts from others.
Disclaimer: I only own Cj, Nikki, Khristina and Faith. Everyone else owns themselves. Although there's a few of them I wouldn't mind owning LoL
WARNINGS: There may be some mild language, sexual reference and sex
Summary by Chapter: Faith can't leave her feelings for Mark behind. A answer machine message is all it takes…

Love & Tribulations – Chapter 25

THE NEXT MORNING

Faith stirred and unwillingly opened her eyes to see Dave laid across from her. She smiled as she remembered how kind he'd been the night before. He'd brought her back there and sat for hours listening to her moan about Mark and Khristina. Faith sat on the edge of the bed and looked at the clock which read 9:48am. She slowly and quietly stood up trying her best not to wake Dave as she made her way to the bathroom to clean herself up. A while later Faith immerged from the bathroom to see Dave stood up in just his boxers. Faith was only female and smiled at the amazing physique stood before her. Dave's muscles were bulging and his boxers left little to the imagination. She smiled at Dave.

"Morning"

"Good morning" Dave replied sleepy eyed

"I didn't wake you did I?"

"No I need to get up" said Dave with a smile

"Oh good as long as I didn't wake you" Faith stood awkwardly with her hands rested on her hips.

She'd never felt so uncomfortable but not in a bad way, she was oddly attracted to Dave. She couldn't understand why. There's of course the obvious body and good looks but it was only last night she was madly in love with Mark and what she was feeling for Dave wasn't a little crush with crimson cheeks but she was deeply attracted to him and was doing everything she could to not run over to him and pin him to the ground and have her nasty way with him.

"I really should be going"

"Where are you going?" asked Dave

"Probably Cj's"

"So not back home?"

"No, I can't forgive him for this"

"So you're over, never getting back together?"

"Nope"

The duo looked at each other both wanting the same thing.

"Right, well …" Dave approached Faith and kissed her on the cheek. "…if you've gotta go…"

"Yep I do" she said nodding her head uncontrollably.

She turned to walk away to the door and stopped herself. She turned back and jumped on Dave causing him to fall backwards onto the bed. She kissed him passionately pulling off her shirt in the process.

"Do you think this is a good –" Dave began only to be cut of by an invasion by Faiths lips

"Yes!" she said looking down at Dave.

Dave looked up and realised she wanted this as much as him and decided he shouldn't let the lady down.

"Ok" he said rolling her over onto her back with a slight squeal of excitement from Faith.

Dave laid his massive physique on top of Faith and hungrily kissed at her collarbone as Faith indulged and glided her fingertips across Dave's perfectly defined abdomen. She felt her skin tingle as Dave's body got closer. She could feel Dave's manhood pressed against hershe wanted nothing more than to pull it out and get it deep inside her. As the thought processed through her mind Dave's hand moved down to Faiths waist where he pushed up her skirt he pulled on her panties and Faith arched her back making it easier for him to pull them down as they got to her ankles she kicked them off. Dave stood up momentarily and pushed down his boxers and climbed back on top of Faith and stroked her leg and he searched anxiously for something to kiss and caress. He found his way to her breasts and sucked hard on her nipples soaking the lacy fabric and feeling her nipple get erect through from underneath the fabric. He pulled away and Faith fought to find her clasps Dave anxious in anticipation finally ripped the bra off and threw it to the floor. Faith's beautiful breasts became exposed and Dave smiled like a kid in a candy store. He sucked the same nipple as before up into his mouth and licked it soaking it with saliva. Sensations ran through Faiths body and she found herself biting her lip to stop from moaning. Dave moved his hand to Faiths clit and began to gently rub it. The sensations became overpowering and Faith began to moan. As Dave got more enthusiastic Faith got more and more aroused to the point she began screaming.

"Oh God…shit…shit…oh…Mark"

As Marks name left her mouth and filled the air her eyes burst open to examine the expression on Dave's face, Dave looked at Faith.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry"

"It's ok" Dave ensured her

"No no it's not" Faith pushed Dave up and collected her clothes she got dressed as fast as she could and ran out of the room. She ran to the elevator and anxiously and repetitively started pressing the button.

Dave falling over to get into his boxer finally managed to pull them on before he reached the door and he looked directly at the elevator and as the doors opened Faith ran in and again furiously pressed the buttons to escape.

"Faith come back! Faith!" he screamed as the doors closed

Tears began to stream across Faiths crimson cheeks as she played the moment over in her head.

LATER AT CJS APARTMENT

Knock Knock!!

Repetitious and furious knocking echoed through Cj's apartment as she made her way to the door hoping it was Randy. She opened the door and a frantic Faith burst into the room. Cj gave an odd look and closed the door and followed Faith.

"Are you ok?"

"No!!"

"What's wrong?"

"Me, Mark, Khristina"

Cj looked on in confusion "You'll have to elaborate sweetie"

"The party last night? You were there Cj"

"I obviously left before whatever has happened, happened"

"Oh you did? Well you missed a damn good show because I found your pig of a brother kissing Khristina on our bed wearing nothing but a very self satisfied smile"

"What?" asked an astonished Cj

"Yeah, what happened to Mark wouldn't hurt you?"

"Did you talk about it?"

"Yeah he said he thought it was me"

"Well he might have"

"Cj if he didn't know it was me then he was prepared to cheat on me last night and if he thought it was me then he doesn't know me at all"

"All cats look the same in the dark"

"Don't, don't do that. Don't tell me you wouldn't notice if it wasn't Randy"

"Faith I don't know. I have never been in that position and neither have you. How would you like to fall out with Mark over this then make the same mistake you'd feel pretty stupid and you'd have lost Mark for nothing"

"Nothing?!? He kissed her, he kissed that slut"

"Not if he honestly thought it was you then he wasn't kissing her he was kissing you"

Faith went silent and thought about what Cj said she then broke the silence and spoke "I went back to Dave's hotel room"

"Batista?"

"Yeah"

"Faith!" Cj said with a little disappointment in her voice

"I didn't go to sleep with him I went and slept in Cena's bed because he'd gone home"

"Why are you telling me this?"

"Because this morning we nearly slept together"

"Do you not learn from my mistakes?"

"Apparently not, the only thing that stopped us was me calling Marks name"

"You didn't?"

"I knew it wasn't Mark I knew it was Dave but I said Mark"

"And you're angry with him because he mistook your sister for you?"

"I know! I'm a horrible person I know. But what if he did know it was her? If I hadn't have walked in how far would he have gone with her knowing or not that it was her"

"Marks a good guy, he wouldn't do it to you or anyone else"

The room went silent and Cj looked at Faith and could feel her devastation and tried to help her pain

"But then again I thought that about Randy and me. I never thought I'd be able to do something that nasty. And now because of my moment of weakness I've lost…something…I don't know what but me and Randy both know its not there. He doesn't trust me"

"Did something happen?"

"Not really. He pulled me away from Sean and we started arguing. He wanted me to stop seeing Sean. I said no"

"Why?"

"Because Sean's a good guy and we're friends. And if it weren't Sean it would be some other guy he'd probably accuse me and Dog of sleeping together if Sean wasn't around. He doesn't trust me and I'm not going to live like that I wasn't the only one who was unfaithful"

"But still you're choosing Sean over Randy?"

"It's not like that. I just want to be trusted"

"Then why is it so important to you to have Sean in your life?"

"Because I'm not going to stop seeing my friends because he's scared I'll run off with them"

"Would you like the club hussy in your life?"

"What?"

"Imagine her and Randy had made friends during their time together and she was going to be a semi permanent fixture in your life and he was hanging around with her how would you feel?"

"I'd hate it but—"

"But nothing Cj, it isn't that Randy doesn't trust you it's thathe doesn't trust Sean and with good reason look who he's hanging around with"

"Sean isn't a bad guy –"

"Maybe not but to Randy he'll always be the guy you slept with. They weren't friends to start with Cj don't be so damn stubborn. Go find Randy and tell him you're sorry and that you'll not see Sean again if that's what he wants"

"I don't know where he is"

"Chances are he's sulking with Mark"

"I don't know, I still think he doesn't trust me"

"Well stop thinking and gofind out.Go to Marks and see if he's there. And bring my stuff back with you"

Cj turned to Faith and smiled "This was just a way of getting me to fetch your stuff?"

"No you can kill two birds with one stone. Get Randy and my stuff"

"You called Marks name"

"And?"

"Now I'm collecting your stuff?"

"I know I just can't get that nagging feeling out of my head that he knew it was her and he's going to deny it no matter what. Mine and Marks situation isn't as stupid as letting Sean go"

"Hey! You want me to fetch your stuff stay on my good side"

LATER AT MARKS APARTMENT

"Why did I have to come again?"

"In case there's any heavy things…or in case there's Randy"

"Oh why don't we just give up on men?"

"Hey don't talk like that what you did last night was a good thing and it obviously shows you still love Cena"

"I do I didn't need a drunk and sexually frustrated Dave to tell me that"

"I can't believe he came looking for you. Mr Loyal Family Man hears the word divorce and comes running for you"

"It wasn't like that"

The sisters approached the door and Cj checked herself in case Randy was there. Nikki rang the doorbell and Mark opened the door.

"Hey is she here?" he asked swinging his head around the door

"No" said Cj

"Where is she?"

"At mine"

Mark ran back into the apartment and came running out putting his coat on. Cj and Nikki caught Mark as he began to descend the stairs

"Whoa!!" shouted Nikki

"Don't! She's not very happy with you right now. Best not push it"

"She needs to listen to me"

"No she needs to not be near you right now" Nikki insisted

Mark sat down on the stairs and Cj sat next to him comforting him.

"We've come to collect some of her stuff" said Nikki

"No! You can't if you do that then it's serious"

"No it's not; her stuff can always come back just give her some space"

"I'm not lying. I didn't know it was Khristina. Does she seriously think I'd cheat on her?"

"Mark don't take this so personally she's as screwed up as Nikki"

"Excuse me?" asked an astonished Nikki

"She's never done a relationship before it's never been more than sex because she's never trusted a guy before. She's just being cautious because it's all new to her"

"And she hates Khristina" Nikki added

"That too"

"She's guna come back though right?"

"You're feeling pretty crappy yeah?" Cj asked Mark who nodded in agreement

"She's feeling twice as bad. She's just angry, she'll cool down eventually"

Cj and Nikki pulled Mark back into the apartment and Cj sat comforting her brother while Nikki collected some of Faiths stuff. Nikki walked out of the bedroom pulling a case behind her.

"I'm ready when you are Cj"

"Are you going to be ok?"

"No"

"Mark –" said a sympathetic Cj

"You're my sisters; you're supposed to be in my corner"

"We're not in anyone's corner" said Nikki

"Yeah you are, you're taking her stuff out of our apartment to take back to Cjs. What's wrong didn't you want me dating your friend? Is this retribution for me keeping you away from my friends?"

"No, Faiths our friend we're just trying to look out for both of you the best we can" Nikki demanded

"If that's true then why am I being left here alone while you go back to her and keep her company?"

"It's not like that Mark"

"Well it's definitely not a question of blood being thicker than water because you're making it perfectly clear that she comes first and family comes second" Mark stood up and walked to the door and opened it and then walked over to Nikki and picked up the case and put it in the corridor. "If you take that bag with you don't bother coming back here"

"Mark—"

"No Cj if that's how he wants to play this then let him. It's not our fault he was born without balls, instead of being a man and sorting this himself he wants us to run around and build bridges for him and because we're refusing he's burning our bridges but in the end he's going to be the lonely one. So let's leave him to it"

Nikki took hold of Cj's hand and dragged her out the apartment. Nikki handed Cj two of the bags on her shoulder as she pulled the case along. The sisters left Mark behind to dwell in his own misery.

BACK AT CJS APARTMENT

The sisters walked in and Faith ran to the door.

"You got my stuff. Thank you"

"You know you're ok sending us for your stuff but we're not going to be there to hold your hand on the road. Running into him is inevitable so why run from it?"

"I'll deal with him when I have to and not until. Jesus what's up your ass?"

"Well we just fell out with our brother because of you. Because of something you're not 100 sure about. Cj I'm going" Nikki kissed her sister and left a bewildered Faith behind.

"Cj I just know. I can feel it"

"He swore to us he didn't know. My brother wouldn't lie"

"There's a first time for everything"

"You almost slept with Dave this morning"

"Oh God –"

"If Mark wasn't in your heart and his name didn't fall out this morning would you have stopped?"

Faith ignored Cj and took her coat off the hook and walked out the apartment slamming the door behind her.

FEW DAYS LATER

The WWE went back on the road and Faith was trying her best to avoid Mark. She knew she'd have to see him in the end but as long as she could get away with not seeing him the better. She wasn't ready for all the talking, all the excuses, and all the apologies. She just wanted to forget it ever happened. In her attempt to avoid Mark she'd completely forgotten about Dave and as she turned the corner Dave stepped in her way. Faith knew it was him and was dreading this as much as she was dreading seeing Mark. She looked up at Dave and gave a half smile.

"How are you?" asked Dave

"I'm good"

"Good"

The duo stood quiet and awkwardly on the spot waiting for the other to fill the long silence.

"So –" said Dave taking the plunge but not sure of what he was going to say. He knew what he wanted to say but couldn't find a diplomatic way of approaching the subject.

"So –" Faith responded

"I'm sorry about the other day" said Dave

"You're sorry?"

"Yeah"

"You didn't do anything it was my fault"

"No I rushed you. You'd only fallen out with Mark a few hours before who was I to assume you were over him. I know it's not that easy"

"I am over him. I was over him"

"No you weren't. You assured yourself and me of that when you shouted his name"

"I just –"

"It's ok I won't tell him. I won't tell anyone I promise"

Faith smiled realising she couldn't argue with Dave. He'd been in love and knew the signs.

"Thanks"

"You're welcome. I've gotta go I didn't get time to work out earlier"

"Oh ok"

Dave could sense the awkwardness between them and smiled as he leaned in and kissed her on the cheek.

"Talk to you later"

Faith smiled as Dave walked away.

INSIDE A LOCKER ROOM

"So how is Nik?" Cena asked trying to not show much interest but dying to know

"She was bad at the party. She was drinking heavily"

"Has she been like that since we--?"

"I don't know man I honestly haven't seen her. I've either been on the road or with Cj"

"Yeah course you were with Cj. You guys are pretty close aren't you?"

"We were, we kind of had a fight again"

"What about this time?"

"Sean who else?"

"She's back with him?"

"No she was talking to him at the party and I was fighting the urge to knock him out all night and when I spoke to her about it she blew up at me"

"What did you say to her?" Cena asked sceptically

"What's the look for?"

"You I don't know, you make out it was all Cj's fault and I know she slept with Sean bad, bad Cj for doing that but it was only because she saw you with that girl right?"

"What are you getting at?"

"You don't trust her"

"I do trust her God you sound like Cj"

"Randy look who you're talking to, I'm not Cj. I didn't trust Nikki and I still don't I was acting exactly the same as you are with Cj. Difference is Cj wouldn't hurt you because she doesn't wanna be hurt herself"

Randy shook his head he was sick of people telling him to trust Cj and assuring him that she wouldn't hurt him on purpose. He knew that already and it wasn't Cj that he didn't trust it was Sean.

LATER…

Randy picked up his cell phone and pulled Cj's number up he pressed the call button and waited for a response.

"Hello Cjs house"

Randy opened his mouth to speak but didn't know what he wanted to say. He remained silent.

"Hello?"

Randy hung up and smacked himself with his cell phone

"Who was it?" asked Cj as she walked into the main room where Nikki was putting the receiver down.

"No idea they didn't speak. Come on lets go before the shops run out of clothes"

"I'll follow you out"

Nikki walked out and Cj found herself drawn to the phone. She picked it up and called the number back almost positive it was Randy. Randy's phone began to ring and the display showed.

'Cj

Calling'

Randy wanted to answer the phone and talk to Cj but he found himself rejecting the call.

'Hey this is Randy I can't answer your call right now but please leave a message'

BEEP

"Hey…it's me Cj…I'm just returning your call…I don't know why you didn't speak but I wish you had…I miss you" Cj reluctantly hung up and wiped a tear away from her cheek and went to catch up with Nikki.

Randy listened the to message

'…I miss you'

The words cut through him and he immediately hit redial.

'Hey this is Cj…I'm busy shopping you know what to do'

BEEP

"I miss you too"

Randy hung up and smiled before walking back into the locker room.

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