-Chapter 12-

"Distanced"

It had been 9 days since hunter had seen Casey, her blue eyes lingering in his mind all day, and that kiss in the rain in his dreams at night.

Hunter sat taping his hand in his locker room. He had spoken to Casey every night since they parted.They spoke well into the wee hours, and learned a lot about each other. Hunter was very excited, not only was it New Years Revolution live that night, but Casey was flying in for the show. After much trial and error, Hunter had convinced her to come, she asked if she could bring a friend, but didn't say who, hunter knew it would be Jenna. Shawn had also spoken to her online a few times and had part In getting her to come. Paul peaked his head into hunters room, to see how he was before their match. He had already had the cast put on. Hunter looked up and laughed at the cast.

"He he very nice"

"Thanks," big show smiled, "We gonna have fun tonight?" "Ill try not to smash your greenwich ass"

"Yeah yeah, bigger they are... yadda yadda"

"Uh huh uh huh you think that"

"Get outa here," Hunter smiled. Vince Mcmahon entered the room

"Now now girls, play nice, save some for your dance recital tonight", he placed his hand on big shows back. They both laughed and Big show exited

"Hey Vince"

"How you doing?"

"Fine,"

"I came to tell you that Casey has arrived at the airport and is on here way, I brought the message myself"

"Ahhh, thanks"

"Have fun out there, ill see you later" Hunter nodded and finished lacing his boots, he untied his hair and shook his head back and forth, so it fell perfectly on his big shoulders. He smiled to himself at the thought of finally seeing her again. He hadn't felt that happy outside the ring since he last saw her. Casey was excited to see him as well, and very excited to see him and the other superstars wrestle live. Just as Hunter was ready to go warm up, his phone rang.

:Ring Ring:

"Hello?"

"Hey, Bud, ahh I just saw Casey get out of her limo, her and her friend"

"Oh, good"

"One problem Hunter"

"What? Is she okay? Whats wrong?"

"She with a guy, and their holding hands, I just uh, wanted to warn you, ill see ya in a few, im, im really sorry Hunter"

"Its, uh, yeah later" Hunter closed his phone, and his heart dropped, he looked down at the floor, and for the first time in a long time, he was fighting back tears. He sat in his chair, just pondering what he was going to do, when a half naked HBK came through the door.

"Hey, I ran down here to see how you were, you sounded uh not so good on the phone"

"Are you sure?"

"What, about Casey?"

"Yeah I mean were they really holding hands or did you like just think they were"

"No man, they were, like her hand in his, im sorry hunter" "Just, maybe it wasn't meant to be"

"Shawn I mean im in love with her, I haven't told her because I don't want to scare her, I talk to her every night, why didn't she tell me about him? I don't get it, I mean I kissed her, she must know how I feel, how could she bring him?"

"Hunter look, maybe she couldn't tell you, maybe this is how she's telling you, think about it, id dint want to tell you this in the beginning but, she's not one of those girls who's used to her boyfriend traveling the world ya know, she s just a teacher, she needs someone who's there like every other normal girl, your not retiring anytime soon and wwe isn't going anywhere, so maybe its better this way, if you love her you'll let her go kinda thing"

Hunter put his head down, knowing Shawn was right. "I just, cant let her go like that, I cant get through one day without her in my head"

"Well on the other end, maybe she's testing you, to see if you really have feelings about her"

"I guess, im just not ready to lose her yet, I haven't even had her in my arms yet, and my fingertips and slipped off"

"We'll see how tonight goes, but you have to concentrate on your match, and I do on mine, so I don't get killed tonight"

"Oh yeah Vince gave you the chamber huh?"

"Yes, im gonna get going, and thanks for putting it like that" Shawn flipped off hunter and exited

Hunter's head and shoulders felt very heavy as he tried to inhale and clear his mind. Casey must know how hunter feels about her after that kiss, has she changed her mind about how she feels, or is it all too much, can she not take...the distance?