Chapter XVII – Shiny armored knight

The atmosphere inside the limo was strange, everyone was really quiet. Cleo couldn't really tell how Triple H felt about the events at the pay-per-view. In one hand, he had won; but then again, it was just because Randy Orton disqualified Chris. She hadn't had much time to think about it herself. After Randy arrived and applied the RKO, the fights inside and outside the ring had finally mixed endind up with the team backing away from the fight.

At the end of everything she was very happy with how the night had gone. Besides the fact that Chris hadn't won the title, that night had been perfect. She looked at the title on her lap... and then at the person whose arm was around her shoulders. She smiled at the mere memory of that kiss. She closed her eyes thinking about it.

"Cleo." Someone whispered softly at her ear, after a while. She opened her eyes and looked at Dave. "Hum?" He smiled. "We're here." The door was alredy opened and Triple H and Ric were alredy out. She also got out, followed by Dave.

"Did you fall asleep?" he asked as they walked towards the entrance. She sighed. "No, I was just... thinking."

He took her to her room. After she opened the door, she turned back at him and they looked at each other. He bended down a little and kissed her softly in the lips. She closed her eyes and kissed back. Then he pulled back and she kept her eyes closed for another second. She entered her room as he said: "good night." "Night." She replied, closing the door. Before closing it completly she looked at him one more time.

Once inside, door closed, she leaned against it and sighed. She decided to go to her room without turning on the lights. Big mistake. When she tried to enter the room, her head went against something really hard, which made her totter back. When she finally found the light switch with her left hand (her right one was still on her forehead), she turned it on only to find a big red haired thing on the floor.

"What are you doing here?" the thing asked, before getting up.

"I was planing to go to sleep..." Cleo said, entering the bedroom. "...but I seriously doubt I'm doing it, now."

"What are you talking about?" Christy asked in a weird tone. "This is my bedroom."

Cleo raised her eyebrows. "Right. This is the last time I'm giving you my keys." She sat on the bed. "What do you want first?" "Hum?" "Do you want me to talk about what happened before, after or during the match first?"

She sat next to Cleo. "I'll have to say everything."

"I was afraid you were going to say that..."

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After Christy made Cleo tell her everything, especially what happened after the match, it was too late for her to wonder around the hotel so she stood there sleeping. The next day, Cleo was woken up by the sound of her cell phone ringing. Loudly. She rised herself from the pillow, still sleepy and rubbing her eyes. Christy, who was still sound asleep on the floor, had stolen her sheets. "Humph." She picked up her phone from the bedside table.

"Hello?"

"Hi, good morning! It's me." She recognized Dave's voice.

"Hey! Morning." She replied sweetly.

"How did you sleep?"

"I think I was able to sleep for about two hours in a row, so, pretty well!" she joked.

"What happened? Noisy neighbours?"

"A particular one. I'm feel so sleepy..."

"That's a shame, I was going to ask you if you wanted come with me to the park today" he smirked. "But if you feel tired..."

"Who's tired! Who said tired? I'll take a shower and I'm ready to go!" she said. Christy woke up rubbing her eyes and asked who it was. Cleo mouthed "It's him." The redhead pretended to clap and sat on the bed next to Cleo, trying to hear his voice.

He laughed. "Ok, then!" He continued. "We'll meet at the lobby and have breakfast!"

Cleo was holding the phone with one hand and keeping Christy away with the other. "Sounds perfect! What time?"

"In about half an hour?"

"K, meet you there! Bye!"

"Bye!"

"So what did he say?" Christy, who was alredy half dressed, asked. "I'll meet him for breakfast and a walk in the park in half an hour!" Cleo told her. "Yay! I can help you-" "No you can't!" Cleo cut her instantly. She pouted. "But I want to-" "Get a shower and get dressed?" She quickly help her get in her top and pushed her out of her bed and towards the door. "What a coincidence! So do I!" She opened the door, pushed her out... "Unfortunatly, this room isn't big enough for the two of us!" ...and closed the door.

After she got a shower, she dressed a pair of blue jeans, ripped on the knees, and a sleeveless purple and black tunic. She looked at her wrist watch and noticed it had passed almost an hour since Dave had called. She rushed out of the door and into the elevator, bumping head first into someone on her way in. This is starting to get old. She got up rubbing her head.

"Hey! Whatch where you're going!" the person on the floor said.

"Sorry!" she said, getting into the elevator and pressing the button. She hadn't really noticed who it was she bumped with, until he stopped the elevator doors from closing.

"Well look who's here." I was Christian. "Little miss nosy!"

"Can you get to the point?" she said, with a bored face. "I'm kind of in a hurry."

"Have you forgot about what you did to me yesterday? Because I haven't!"

Cleo had took a while to figure what he was talking about, but then she did and she gave a little laugh.

"Oh, you think it's funny, hum?" He got closer to her. "You won't keep thinking that for long!"

She gave another little laugh and looked at him with a moking disbelief face. "Is that a threat?" her face hardened and she looked at him from top to bottom. "Get a load of yourself. I could beat you like that." She said, snaping her fingers.

"Oh really?" Suddenly, Tomko appeared behing him. "Why don't you try that now?"

"Of course. I was wondering why your bit... hum, your friend was so long." She pushed her way out of the elevator. "Unlike yourselves, I got a life, so I'll just get going."

"Not so fast!" Tomko said, grabbing her arm.

"Let go of me!" she said, trying to make him let go of her arm. Finally she was able to, and started walking faster towards the stairs. By the time she got to them, she was alredy running. That little weasel was one thing, but Tomko was to much for her to handle. She ran as fast as she could and when she got to the lobby, she looked around for Dave. She found him and ran to him.

"Hi! What took you so long?"

"Hey! Sorry, but I... I met some...one on my way... here" she strugled to talk and breathe at the same time. "And I kinda had a problem."

"You had a problem?" he said, frowning.

"Yep. Actually, I still have one." She looked at the end of the stairs, where her two chasers had arrived. They were looking around, obviously for her. Dave noticed her look and understood what was happening. "Leave it with me." He said, putting an arm on her shoulder and walking towards them.

"Hi!" she said, when she got there.

"There you...are." He noticed Batista was there.

"Looking for someone?" he asked.

"No, not at all." Christian aswered.

"Good." He glared at both of them. "Because if you mess with the wrong people, you'll have to deal with me."

"I'll keep that in mind." He said. Cleo looked at him smirking and raised her eyebrows, before she and Dave left.

"And once again, the shiny armored knight rescues the warrior princess!" she said, smiling. He laughed. "Thanks."

"Anyways, what ever did you do to those two?" he asked, still smiling, while they got out of the hotel.

"Why do you have to assume I did anything?" she said, pretending she was very insulted.

"Because you always do something! You are very hot-headed." He said with a harsh tone. She pouted and looked hurt. "But you're too cute for anybody to be angry at." "Yeah I know!" she said, smiling again. "And conceited too!" he said, nodding. "Oh, shut up!" she said, hitting his arm.

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A/N:

I am so, so, SO SORRY for the very, very, VERY late update! I just hope the chapter was worth the wait... I have been really busy with school...

Anyways, I come with three (or four) peace offers: awsome stories I have been reading and I want you to enjoy too! They are:

Breatheand its sequel, Find Your Way Back, by Xtreme Angel. I'm not a huge John Cena fan, but I absolutely LOVE these stories and totally recomend them to everyone, fan or not.

Arlington High, by char1ie-gir1. There are lots of high school wrestling fics, but this one is definitly special… been reading it for long and still love it!

When the Past Haunts You, by Invisibly Stricken. One day, I decided to read a HunterStephanie story. And I found this one... that has 20 chapters and only 3 reviews!

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To everyone, don't forget to REVIEW! A special thanks to my reviewers, I LOVE YOU GUYS!

Yours,

Ari