Chapter 8: "Together At Last"
The phone rings…
Chris wakes up hearing the phone ringing. Lita is cuddled up to him still asleep. He tries to grab the phone from behind her seat, and it falls on the rough car floor. He stretches his arm as long as possible. Grabbing ahold of it, he presses 'talk' and holds it to his ear.
"Hello?" He says quietly.
"Hello? Who is this?" A low voice replies from the other line.
"This is Chris Jericho. Who is this?" He asks.
"It's me, Vince. Hey, I'm sending a helicopter after you two. They'll find you in no time." The chairman explains.
"Good. We need some damn food. Make sure they bring some." Chris thinks. "And lots of alcohol." He jokes.
"Heheh." Vince laughs. "Alright."
"Oh, we still have to push the car to the next town, right?" Chris asks.
"That would make it easier." Vince says.
"Okay, see you soon. Bye." Chris clears his throat.
"Bye." Vince hangs up the phone.
"Bye." Chris hangs up the phone and tosses it in the back seat. He looks down at Lita and shakes her right shoulder. "Lita, Lita wake up. Vince just called and he's sending a helicopter to us. All we have to do is push this piece of shit to the town." He explains.
Lita opens her eyes slowly. "Ugh.. huh?"
"We should start now. The sooner we start, the sooner we eat." Chris grins.
"Mmm.. food." Lita smiles and starts daydreaming. "That sounds good."
"You also get to take a shower.." Jericho sings.
"Yeah…" Lita sits up quickly. "Let's get going."
They both get out of the car. They walk to the back and start pushing it. It takes them about two hours.. of sweat and frustration. They finally make it to a small town. Chris wipes his forehead and takes a deep breath. He looks at Lita, and she is exhausted. Lita gags and throws up on the side of the road.
"You okay?" Chris blinks.
"Yeah.. I guess I couldn't hold them crackers." Lita spits.
"We made it. Let's get this damn thing to a restaurant or something." Chris sighs.
The couple use the last bit of their strength by pushing the car to the nearest diner. Lita and Chris walk inside and look around. They both walk to a booth fit for two.
"I'm going into the restroom to wash up a bit." Lita looks at Chris. She stands up. "Order something for me.. I don't care." She walks into the bathroom.
"Hey! Waitress!" Chris yells, holding his left hand up, waving it. The waitress walks up to him and smiles.
"Yes?" She holds up her pad of paper and pen.
"I would like two steaks. Both medium well done." Chris coughs.
"Would you like fries or a salad with that?" The waitress writes it down.
"One with fries, one with salad." Chris folds up the menu.
"Alrighty. To drink?" She looks at him.
"A coke and root beer." Chris hands her the menu.
"Okay, your meals will be ready in about a half hour." She takes the menu and walks away.
Chris sits there, motionless, thinking about Lita. 'Man.. I may lose her..' He sighs and waits for her.
In the bathroom
Lita gets her hair soaking wet and brushes all the dried mud out. An old woman walks in and Lita smiles at her with a hair tie in her mouth, standing on one leg.
The old woman looks at her oddly. "Kids these days.."
Lita pulls her hair back, in a sloppy ponytail. She washes the mud off of her face and arms, and pulls out a bunch of paper towels. She dries herself off and walks out of the bathroom. She walks to Y2J.
"Hey." She sits down.
"At least you've wiped off that mud and shown the prettiness of your face." Chris tries to jokingly be romantic.
"Heh.. thanks, darling." Lita smiles jokingly.
"You know," Chris starts talking in a southern accent. "I couldn't have picked a better place for our first date."
Lita laughs. She clears her throat and stares at the table. "Sorry about last night... I really am."
"It's alright. Don't worry about it one bit." Chris stretches his arms.
"I didn't hurt you.. did I?" Lita asks in concern.
"Nah.." Chris shakes his head.
"Sure?" Lita asks again.
"Even if you did, don't worry about it. I'm a man, I can take it." Jericho shrugs.
The waitress arrives at the table with their food. She sets it down. "Here you go." She walks away.
Chris smiles. "Enjoy the food."
Chris and Lita eat their lunch. They walk out of the restaurant with full stomachs. They walk back to the broken down Mustang and grab their bags. A tow truck picks up the car and takes it to an auto shop while Chris and Lita arrive at a motel. Lita leaps on a bed happily.
"Ahhh.. This day just keeps on getting better." She announces, feeling relaxed.
Chris sets his belongings on the other bed. "You going to take your shower first? Vince should be getting here soon."
Lita sits up. "I suppose." She pulls out some clothes and walks into the bathroom. "I won't take long." She shuts and locks the door.
After Lita takes her shower, she walks out of the bathroom, and stuffs all her belongings back into her bag. She is wearing dark blue baggy jeans, a black belt, a pink belly shirt with a black fishnet, a pink do-rag and her signature black and red shoes.
"You can go in there now." Lita says, zipping up her duffle bag.
"Alright." Jericho gets up from his bed and grabs his clothes and walks into the bathroom, closing and locking the door.
Y2J takes his shower, and opens the bathroom door. He is wearing black jeans, a black muscle shirt that says "Y2J" in silver, and black tennis shoes. His hair is freely let down, draping over his face. He places his sunglasses on his head. He looks around.
"Lita?" Chris yells.
"What?" Lita yells back.
"Where are you?" He replies.
"Over here!" Lita yells.
"Where?" Chris walks around the room.
"Here!" Lita shouts again.
Chris looks around and finally finds Lita outside. She is standing by his Mustang with Vince McMahon and Christian. Chris runs to them happily.
"Hey, dude." Christian smiles and waves.
"Hey." Jericho smiles back.
Chris and Christian hug, then Jericho and Mr. McMahon shake hands.
"You ready to go?" The chairman asks.
"Yeah, let me get my stuff." Chris walks inside. He grabs his duffle bag and car keys. He locks the door to the hotel room and runs back to the trio. "What about my car?" He shakes his keys.
"We'll have it shipped to Seattle. It should arrive there in a little while after us, but I'll provide you with a car to rent. Don't expect something big." Vince jokes.
"Heh." Chris laughs.
Chris and Lita throw their bags over their shoulders. Everyone gets into the limo and they go to the airport. They get into a helicopter and it takes off.
"So, how did your trip go?" The chairman asks.
"It was difficult for us." Lita looks at him.
"But we got to know each other, so it wasn't one-hundred percent bad." Chris adds.
"Yeah, we decided to be business partners. I'm going to be his manager." Lita also adds, then looks at Chris.
Christian blinks in confusion. "What about your storyline with Matt and Jeff?"
"I'm still going to be with them, it's just business between me and Chris." Lita nods.
Chris clears his throat. "We're friends, slash business partners. Nothing more." Chris smiles.
"Well, I'm fine with the idea." Mr. McMahon comments. "Make sure you have a bridge storyline before you begin. Show the people how you go from the Hardys to Chris Jericho." He adds.
"I'm cool with that." Lita says.
"Hey, Lita." Chris grabs her attention.
"Hmm?" Lita hums.
"I'll help settle things between you and Matt. Is that okay?" Chris asks.
"Sure." Lita shrugs. "I hope he'll take this well."
"He seemed like he did over the phone." Chris says.
About forty-five minutes later, Lita, Chris Jericho, Mr. McMahon, and Christian all arrive in Seattle, Washington. Everyone exits the helicopter. Lita jumps around happily.
"I can't wait to see Matt!" Lita squeaks.
Chris walks up to her and stops her. "Don't get too excited."
"Yeah, by the way, I talked to Matt before I left to get you two. He seemed kind of upset." Christian announces.
"Just a reminder, everyone that is at the show is at the Day Inn Hotel." Vince looks at them as his limo arrives. "See you all later." Vince gets into his limo and leaves.
Chris and Lita grab a ride to the Day Inn Hotel from Christian. Lita looks around and starts to breathe nervously. She finally sees Matt and Jeff in the parking lot. They just arrived.
"Hey, it's Matt!" Lita rolls down her window in excitement. "Matt!" She screams.
Christian and Jericho look at her.
"Calm down, now." Christian turns the car in to the parking lot and stops right next to their car.
Lita opens her car door. She forgets to shut it ad runs to Matt and leaps into his arms, hugging him. Christian and Jericho get out of the car and they sigh at the same exact time.
"Matt…" Lita starts crying. "I've missed you so much."
Matt hugs back tightly. "I've missed you too, Lita. I have been so worried about you."
Matt and Lita kiss. Jericho walks up to them and sees them. His heart drops to the floor. He sets Lita's bag down.
"Umm… here's your bag." Chris looks at her.
Lita removes herself from Matt's arms and looks at Chris. She smiles. "Thank you so much. You've been there for me. I really couldn't thank you enough." She hugs Chris tightly and kisses him on the cheek.
"No problem." Chris hugs back and shrugs.
Matt looks at Lita. Then at Chris, then at Lita again. "How could you travel with that loser!" He snarls.
"Lita looks at Matt and blinks. "Don't call him a loser…"
Matt crosses his arms. "Excuse me. Don't tell me he forced himself on you."
"No, in fact, I decided to be his manager." Lita picks up her bag and throws it over her shoulder.
"Don't let your temper get to you." Chris glares at Matt. He looks at Lita. "Remember, I'm always here to lend you a ride. Just call me." Chris looks back at Matt and winks.
"Why… YOU!" Matt marches angrily towards Chris, but Jeff grabs his right arm.
"Calm down, dude!" Jeff pulls Matt back to him. He looks at Lita. "Lita, help me out."
"I don't know what to say." Lita stutters. "Chris and I are just friends. Matt is going psycho over it." She shrugs.
"Then don't be with Matt," Chris bursts out. "For the last time." He looks at Lita, then glares at Matt. "His temper is probably going to explode any minute. He's already done enough by leaving you. He is just acting like a jealous child." He grunts.
Matt pushes Jeff out of the way and he punches Jericho straight in the jaw. Jericho holds his jaw with his left hand in pain, and punches Matt back with his right hand in between the eyes. Matt tackles Jericho, and pins him down. He continuously punches him in the face, until his nose heavily bleeds. Lita tries to pull Matt off of Jericho, but he shoves her and she falls to the concrete.
"Lita!" Jeff runs to her. "Matt you need to stop this shit, NOW!"
Jericho gets one last punch in, making Matt's lip bleed. Matt stands up and kicks Jericho in his chest two times, making Jericho curl into a ball.
"That's what you get for messing with me you little bitch!" Matt screams out. He spits on the ground, next to Jericho's face. Matt grabs Lita's left arm, but she snags it back. "What the hell is this about! You want to be with him! You're taking HIS side!" He hovers over Lita.
Jeff walks up to Matt and places his right hand on Matt's right shoulder. "Matt.."
"I really don't think this relationship will work out…" Lita mumbles as she's staring at the ground. She looks up at Matt, with tears in her eyes.
"WHAT!" Matt's eyes widen. "Don't tell me you're crawling to him."
"Just shut the fuck up!" Lita yells and pushes him. "You've treated me like shit ever since I've come back!"
Matt laughs. "Did you just push me? Give me a reason why I shouldn't beat the shit out of you right now…"
Christian jumps in front of Lita. "Because I'm not letting you hit her…" He groans.
Jeff turns Matt to him. "Why would you do that to her?"
Jeff, Christian and Jeff help Jericho to his feet. Lita examnines Chris' face, looking at the damage done.
"Matt… I'm not going to let you treat Lita this way. She doesn't deserve it." Chris coughs up blood.
"I've been sitting here, watching you two argue about Lita. She isn't property, Matt. You have to think what's best for her." Christian walks up to Matt.
"I treat her however the hell I want! She's MY girlfriend!" Matt yells in Christian's face. "Since when the fuck did you become a part of this, anyways!"
"Okay, guys, let me have a say in this!" Lita walks in the middle of the commotion. "This is my final decision. I don't want anything to do with Matt anymore. I'm going to be with Chris. Matt, I'm sorry… but we're done." Lita starts to walk away, but she stops and turns around. "Jeff, I'm sorry."
Jeff looks at Lita. "It's your decision."
Christian pats Chris on his back and smiles. "Congratulations, man."
Chris smiles. He catches up with Lita. "Hey.."
"Hey." Lita sighs.
"You sure you made the right choice?" Chris asks. He wipes the blood from his nose with his shirt. "You.. really loved him."
"I know.. I was fucking crazy about him. It's just that.. some things just had to be let go." Lita stuffs her hands in her pockets.
"I'm proud of you." Chris stops and looks at Lita. He smiles.
Lita stops and looks at Chris. "Besides, I felt much more safe being with you." She smiles back.
"I finally have you.. muwahahaha!" Chris smiles evily.
Chris and Lita hug each other and kiss passionately.
The End
End Chapter Eight
My comments about my work… October 25, 2005
Well, first off, I thought Chris Jericho and Lita would make the cutest couple! I'm sorry for making Matt Hardy the horrible villain! Heh.. he just has the greatest look for the part. I deeply apologize for the very very extended long ass wait for the end of the story. I wanted to keep you guys waiting.. you people were sure interested to know what happened at the end! Well, here you go! I have a sequel being worked on right now. I just don't know how good it'll turn out. I don't think it'll be as good as the first one, though. Thanks to everyone for reading and HOPEFULLY enjoying my story! I really appreciate it! Expect more stories soon, and I promise that you'll get the entire story within a couple months! Heehee.. thanks again everyone! -