Lilly woke up at 6:30 the next morning. She wanted to make sure that she could beat Samantha to the use of the bathroom. She did not want to be rushed in getting ready for her breakfast with Mark. Lilly had to laugh at the thought while she was in the shower. She was acting like this was the date of a lifetime. Well, ok this was a fabulous man who happened to be famous, but she was in no way looking for a boyfriend and a relationship. Lilly finally reasoned with herself that she was putting the extra effort into her appearance just so she would feel good about herself. After all if you look good, you feel good, right?
While she was finishing up, Lilly's mind wondered back to the beach the night before. She was slightly horrified that she had told Mark so much about herself, at the same time, it was kind of a relief to finally tell someone else these things. Mark had not run screaming after all. He had offered her a shoulder, and help in breaking out of the boundaries that she had set for herself. That last part pretty much curled Lilly's toes. She remembered their kissing session and became all warm and tingly again. She wondered if stretching boundaries would include moving on to something more than kissing!
When Lilly walked back into the main room, she saw that Samantha was lying in bed staring at the ceiling. "Morning, Sam. Did you and Batista have a late night last night? I know that Mark and I stayed out pretty late, but I still beat you back to the room." Lilly asked laughing. "Wait. I thought you said you were sick and were coming back to the room last night."
"Lilly Marie, I just told you that so that you would go out and spend some time alone with Mark. I was planning on coming back to the room and just watching TV, but Dave figured out what I was doing and asked me to go to the restaurant with him and the other guys. You know that I could not turn that down." Samantha said looking at Lilly. "Yeah, we had a late night last night, but that doesn't mean it was good. Everything was a disaster!" Samantha moaned.
"A disaster. What happened? I thought Dave Batista was your dream man." Lilly asked concerned.
"Everything started out wonderfully then went down hill from there." Samantha said shaking her head. "We went to the restaurant with the other guys, but there were a group of girls there that came over to the table and practically pour themselves into the guys laps." Samantha remembered with a cringe. "It was like the girlfriends and the wives who were there did not exist. Management did nothing to help. As a matter of fact, the manager never appeared at the table. It took the guys like 30 minutes to get rid of the tramps. By this time none of us were interested in eating there, so we left. Dave and I decided we wanted to go somewhere alone and set and talk, so we headed off on our own."
"Sounds like you guys got things back on track. The rest of the evening was good right?" Lilly asked hopefully.
"From there it was a comedy of errors." Samantha said shaking her head. "From that restaurant, we caught a cab and asked the driver to take us to a local all night diner. The guy either did not understand or was playing dumb because we drove around for another 30 or 45 minutes before the driver miraculously found an all night diner. The fare was ridiculous, but we just shake our heads and walk into the diner. The diner is your typical greasy spoon, but were not looking for four star cuisine. We take a seat in the back and pick up our menus. The waitress comes over to take our order, and just about pees herself when she sees big bad Batista sitting there." Samantha says with a yawn and a stretch. She sees that Lilly about to say something and holds up her hand to stop her.
"I know what you're about to say Lil, and I know that it's part of the territory. I wasn't that upset. It was kind of funny to watch Dave squirm. What wasn't funny is that the woman totally ignored me and I had to remind her three times that I wanted to order. When she did take my order, she got it wrong. I just went with it though."
"Once the food did come, Dave and I had about five minutes of conversation a group fans came into the diner and saw us. The came over and asked Dave for his autograph. By the time that Dave had finished signing the autographs his food was cold. We decided to just take off and head back to the hotel. When the waitress came back to hand us the check, she conveniently spilled a pitcher of water on me as she slipped Dave her phone number and address." Samantha finished.
"Ouch! That was bad. Talk about hell. You have to admit though, when you think about it the whole thing is kind of funny." Lilly tried to point out
"Yeah it is." Samantha agreed smiling.
"Well, all of that happened, but do you like Dave?" Lilly probed.
Samantha smiled. "Yeah I like him. I like him a lot. After we left the diner with me looking like a drowned rat. No pun intended. We came back to the hotel and went back to his room to talk." Samantha looked at Lilly, "now Lil don't go there we did not do anything but talk. It's not that I didn't want to, but this is different. I wanted to take it slow. We talked until Dave realized he needed to get some sleep before an autograph signing this morning. Speaking of which," Samantha said looking at the clock, "he asked me to go with him. I better hurry up and get ready."
Jumping up Sam looked at Lilly, "Sorry to leave you in the lurch, but I really want to give going somewhere with Dave another try. And oh don't think you are getting out of telling me about your evening with the Undertaker missy. When I get back you are going to tell me all about it. Just tell me one thing, did you have a good time?"
"It was fabulous!" Lilly replied beaming. "As a matter of fact, he is picking me up for breakfast in a few minutes."
"Another date. That's a good sign!" Sam exclaimed.
"It's not a date Sam." Lilly deflected.
"Yes it is Lil. All I have to say is have fun!" Samantha encouraged as she disappeared behind the closed bathroom door.
A few minutes later Lilly heard a knock at the door. She opened it to see Mark standing there looking gorgeous as always. Just looking at him made her heart beat faster. "Good morning." She said smiling.
Mark felt like a nervous teenager standing there nervously looking at Lilly. Damn that was sure a beautiful sight to see that early in the morning... Mark stood there speechless and staring for what seemed like an eternity. Finally his brain engaged and he realized that Lilly had spoken and she was standing there waiting for him to respond. "Oh good morning sweetheart! You'll have to excuse me this morning. I'm not quite awake, and it's taking a little time to get into gear." Mark tried to explain.
Lilly just beamed. "Ok, you're not a morning person. Duly noted. Shall we go?" She inquired grabbing her purse.
Mark and Lilly headed downstairs to the hotel's small café. It was not as crowded as they expected it to be and were able to find a quiet booth off to the side. The pair quickly scanned the menu and placed their order.
"So Samantha decided to pass on my invitation for breakfast? Should I be insulted?" Mark asked feigning a hurt expression.
"Yes, she declined the invitation, but don't look so hurt. It wasn't anything personal. She had a better offer from Dave Batista." Lilly explained.
"So she and Dave hit it off huh?" Mark asked.
"Yeah pretty much; although, to hear Sam tell it, they had a pretty challenging night last night. Apparently it was somewhat of a disaster. They decided to try it again this morning. She is going with Dave to his autograph signing." Lilly explained.
"A challenging night? What happened?" Mark asked.
Lilly proceeded to recount the story that Samantha had told her earlier. By the end of the story, both she and Mark were laughing. "Ouch! That sounds terrible. Unfortunately, that kind of thing happens to each of us from time to time." Mark says, "It's a good thing that they are going to give it another try."
"It is. Samantha isn't one to give up easily though." Lilly said thinking of her friend. "If she wants something she goes for it no matter what. She was able to agree with me that looking back the whole thing was kind of funny."
"Yeah it is. Although I'm sure that Dave didn't think so at the time. Here he is trying to impress this woman and everything goes wrong." Mark replies. During the conversation Mark had reached across the table and taken hold of Lilly's hand. They just sat there holding hands and talking oblivious to everything going on around them.
Many other wrestlers had entered the café and noticed Mark setting holding hands with a mystery woman. It was hot conversation over breakfast. Many of them knew of Mark's woman troubles and they were surprised to see him setting and holding hands with a woman so soon after the mess with Sara. Everyone that knew Mark felt that he deserved some happiness in his life after everything that happened. None of them had a clue who she was, but they could tell by looking that Mark was happy with her, whoever she was.
"What are your plans for the day?" Mark asked as they finished up breakfast.
"I'm not sure now. I may wonder down to the beach or do a little shopping." Lilly replied with a shrug.
"Why don't you come with me to the radio show." Mark asked on impulse.
"You want me to go with you to a public appearance." Lilly asked confused.
"It's not really a public appearance. It's just a radio show. You can stay in the background and no one will know that you are there.
"Ok. If you're sure." Lilly agreed. "What kind of radio show is it?"
"Just your standard rock station. The WWE sends us out to promote the show and answer a few questions. It should be easy and only take a couple of hours." Mark explained.
Mark quickly paid the check. He escorted Lilly to the waiting car and they were soon on their way downtown to meet with the radio station representatives.
AN: Another chapter down. I hope you like. Please read and review. Thanks to all of those who have reviewed! As always I only own Lilly and Samantha.
