Title: I Will Always Love You

Author: Juliette

Rating: Teen with Mature Themes

Disclaimer: I do not own anyone you see in this fiction. They are the property of WWE and to themselves. So please do not sue me. Because all you will get from me is student loans and a very fat black and white cat named Max, and two frisky and somewhat annoying kittens.

Summary: One-shot Series about Valentines day, the diva's and the superstars are celebrating the most romantic holidays in their own special ways.

Author's Note: Poll is now closed, Gail Kim and Dawn Marie won. I don't know how the Gail one will come out she is actually the only diva I have never written for. So I am a little out of sorts for her, and I have absolutely no clue who I will pair her with lol. Dawn is other story I just have to pick someone that will work with her.


More than Words

Maria paused outside his door, she really shouldn't be here, and yet she had been pulled here like the proverbial moth to a flame. She lifted her hand to knock and hesitated before lowering it again, it wouldn't be fair to anyone if she knocked especially him. She moved and leaned against the wall, why did she keep doing this? She just kept hurting him, the last time she had seen him, she hadn't even spoken to him, and yet she had felt his eyes on her as often as hers found his.

She shuddered violently at the memory of their last night together. The last time she had spoken to him, the last time she had kissed him.

She had hurt him. She had messed up.

She had let her fears get the worse of her, allowed all her insecurities to wreck the only thing that made sense in her life.

It may sound ridiculous to some but she had literally crushed him. But he would never hate her, he was just too good.

Calm and unflappable like always he had taken all her accusations in stride never once yelling back. He let her tear him down, calling him everything under the moon, and when she had finished he simply said he loved her and he always be here, and then watched her leave.

And now she was here alone in the hall in front of his hotel room door. He understood her even when she didn't understand herself, even when she didn't tell him everything. That was another reason why she should go. Yes that was just what she was going to do she was going to leave.

She bit her lip, staring at the door, maybe he was gone. Yeah he probably wasn't even there…the door opened.

"You have been out here for over thirteen minutes." He uttered as he opened the door wider.

She hesitated for only a second but allowed him to guide her into the small room.

"Looks like your getting ready to leave." She whispered taking in the packed bags next to the doorway.

"I have appearance in Maryland tomorrow, thought since I don't have to be at Raw tonight I leave later."

"Oh" She sighed inaudibly and sat down on his unmade bed. She eyed him slightly, she had woken him up he was only in his flannel pajama bottoms, the same ones she had stolen the top too, the top she had slept in last night.

She blinked away the unexpected tears that had started to form. "I messed up Chris."

"Maria." He started for her but she held her hand up blocking him.

"No let me say this." She muttered as she dragged a hand through her hair. "I am a screw-up, I can't be happy. I always try to ruin everything. I not special am just a dumb girl who people laugh at."

When he squatted down to look her eyes she sniffled. "Why can you make me feel things I don't deserve? You are the best thing that has ever happened to me, and all I do is hurt you. I don't understand why you love me."

"You don't deserve my love?" He asked dumbfounded. "Maria how can you say that, you're a beautiful human being, inside and out."

"Don't lie to me Chris Masters." She muttered.

"Maria I love you please understand that. You're my everything, please understand that." He said putting his hand out.

She blinked away her tears focusing on his hand for a minute before looking up at him, as if it was the most natural thing in the world her hand took his. He pulled her to her feet and into his arms.

Her arms came around him immediately, and she tried to sink further into his hold. The coldness, the tension, and the fear that was inside of her were dissolving into his warmth. She shifted her head from his shoulder to bury it against his chest, when his hands moved over her back to soothe her.

Chris pressed his face to her hair. Before whispering. "I love everything about you, which includes you screw-ups. Please understand that."

"I love you more than I can even comprehend sometimes." She whispered. Before cupping his face, and kissing him.

"I know the feeling." He smiled slightly.


I am not at all happy with how this came out. I like Maria, but I am a total Maria/Carlito shipper, but I couldn't do them because she had him in my Christmas series.

Jules