When Mark opened the door, he was struck speechless for what seemed like minutes. He was totally blown away by the woman standing before him, and he had yet to speak to her. Her physical beauty was amazing, but there was a soothing aura surrounding her that just drew him in. Finally, he realized that he was just standing in the doorway staring at her and he finally spoke.

"Hello ladies. Please come in. My name is Mark Calloway" Mark says moving out of the doorway.

Lilly and Sam move into the locker room without speaking. Both were wondering what the punch line was going to be.

"I bet you ladies are wondering what's going on." Mark states the obvious. "Well, we seem to have ended up running into each other several times today, and I figured that we should at least meet once."

Samantha noticed that the whole time Mark spoke he stared right at Lilly. She was excited for her friend and began plotting in her mind how she was going to excuse herself so her friend could spend some time with the man.

Lilly finally spoke up, "Mark thank you for inviting us backstage. My name is Lilly and this is my best friend Samantha."

"Lilly, Samantha. Nice to meet both of you" Mark says nodding his head. "I know you both are here visiting, since I saw you at the hotel. Did you follow the WWE to Florida, or did you visit Florida and happen to see a show?"

"A little of both actually. We both needed to get away and thought that the Florida sunshine would be a nice break from the Texas heat. Then we found out that the WWE would be here and decided to see as many shows as we could get tickets to." Sam shrugged.

"Where 'bouts in Texas are y'all from?"

"We grew up in Springtown, but live in Corpus Christi now." Samantha volunteered.

The whole time that Sam had been explaining their vacation, Lilly could not help but notice how Mark's well toned muscles moved gracefully under his skin. His whole being exuded power and strength. Looking at him, Lilly had the sudden urge to be taken care of by this man. Not just sexually, but in every way. She felt like she could turn everything including herself over to him and be safe, taken care of and well loved for the rest of her life.

Lilly suddenly realized that she had never felt that way with Rob. With Rob she always felt like she had to be in control and should never lean on him. Rob thought needing someone else to lean on and wanting to be taken care of was the worst kind of weakness. Of course that is until he needed Lilly to take care of something for him that he couldn't be bothered with himself. Then it was ok to lean on her, because after all that is what she was there for right? Lilly also came to the realization as she looked at Mark that she wanted a man to lean on and a man to lean on her more than she had ever wanted any of her past accomplishments. Lilly was drawn out of her thoughts when she realized that Mark was speaking to her.

"Lilly, are you ok over there? We're not boring you too much here are we?" Mark asked cocking an eyebrow.

"No Mark. I guess I spaced out there for a minute." Lilly laughed.

"How would you ladies like a guided tour of what is left after a show?" Mark asked moving to the door. "Is there anyone that you would like to meet?"

Lilly looked at Samantha. She could tell that Sam was biting her tongue not to respond to the question. Lilly decided to throw caution to the wind and push Sam the same way Sam had been pushing her since they had arrived in Florida.

"Sam is quite a fan of Batista. Do you think he may still be around?" Lilly asked glancing out of the corner of her eye at Sam.

"Batista huh? He may still be here. I know that he and a bunch of other guys had made plans to go to a nearby steakhouse. We'll see." Mark said as he led the way down the hall to catering.

"Most of the guys meet in the catering area before heading out. We're heading there right now." Mark explained.

Once they arrived in the catering area, Samantha and Lilly saw a who's who of Raw. Both ladies were in shock. It was kind of a surreal event. Over to one side, you saw the blonde Canadians, Trish Stratus, Chris Irvine, and Jason Reso all talking to one another. In another area, Chris Benoit, Nick Densmore, Shawn Michaels and Paul Levesque were talking. And across the room Vince McMahon and Jim Ross were conversing. Finally, Samantha saw the object of her affection dressed in khakis and a button down dress shirt talking to Ric Flair and Randy Orton.

"We haven't missed them." Mark said gesturing to the group. Leaving the women to one side, Mark walked up to Ric, Randy and Dave. Mark looked at Dave and addressed the small group. "Dave, you have a minute?"

"Sure Mark. What's up?" Dave asked excusing himself from the group.

"Hey, do you have a minute to say hi to someone? She knows that you have plans so you can make a quick exit as soon as you would like." Mark asked and also gave Dave a quick out.

"No problem. Lead the way." Dave said turning in the direction of the two women.

Before the two men made it to the women who were waiting for them, Dave had already noticed the beautiful leggy blonde who was trying to act like she hadn't noticed him. Dave felt an instant attraction to this beautiful woman even before he had met her.

"Dave this is Samantha" Mark said gesturing to the beautiful blonde, "and this is Lilly." Mark added nodding to an equally beautiful red head.

Dave also noticed something in the way that Mark introduced the red head. Dave could tell that there was a spark there. He could tell by the way that the woman looked at Mark that she felt something other than the usual star worship. The woman did not have a look on her face like 'rats' usually did. There was more to it. Maybe the deadman was getting back in the saddle. Dave hoped the best for his friend. "Hello ladies." Dave said smiling. "It's nice to meet you."

Dave stood talking to Mark and the girls for a little while. The more he talked to Samantha, the more that he discovered they were alike, and the more he became attracted to her. As for Samantha, she could not believe how much she and Dave seemed to mesh on so many things. It was also taking all of her strength not to drool at the man standing beside her. He was also even better looking in person.

The group talks for a few more moments before Ric comes over to Dave and tells him that they are heading to the restaurant. Samantha also looks around and realizes that she needs to act fast and excuse herself so that Lilly can spend some time alone with Mark.

While Dave is turned talking to Ric, Sam looks at Lilly and says, "Lill, I'm going to go ahead and head back to the hotel. Exhaustion has just hit me."
"Oh, I'm sorry Sam. We'll leave whenever you're ready." Lilly responds looking worried.

Sam looked over at Mark and almost visibly saw him deflate. "No, Lil I want to just go to my room and close out the world. That wouldn't be fair to you. Mark, can you get her back to the hotel later?" Sam asks before Lilly could respond.

"Sure. That's no problem. I was actually wanting to stop and get dinner before I go back. Lilly would you like to join me?" Mark asks trying not to look too anxious.

The old Lilly would have headed back to the hotel with Samantha, but Lilly still had the same comforted feeling as before. "Ok, if you're sure Sam." Lilly said looking between Samantha and Mark.

After their good-byes, Samantha excused herself and headed out to the hotel. When she got outside, she was surprised to find Dave also there.

"Hi Dave! I thought you were heading to the restaurant with the rest of the guys." Samantha greeted him smiling.

"I am, but I thought I would see if you really were heading back to the hotel, or if you might be recovered enough to go to the restaurant with me." Dave said falling in step beside Samantha.

"Um. Yeah I think I have made a miraculous recovery! I would love to go to dinner with you." Samantha laughed along with Dave.

Dave reached over and grabbed Samantha's hand. "You thought you would give them a little push huh?" he said raising an eyebrow.

AN: Ok everyone. Another chapter down. I think (hope) that the writer's block is going away. I hope you enjoy. Please read and review.