Chapter 1

As Lita finished stretching, one of Mr. McMahon's assistants approached her carrying a beautiful bouquet of flowers.

"Miss Dumas, delivery for you." The intern said as he handed the flowers over and then turned to leave.

Lita studied the flowers briefly and took in the fresh aroma. She had no clue who could be sending her flowers. At the moment, she wasn't attached to anyone in particular. Her first thought was to assume they were from a fan since there wasn't a card attached to them, but then she noticed hidden within the bouquet was a single white rose.

"Matt?" Lita said to herself quietly.

When Matt Hardy and Lita were together, Matt used to leave white roses for her on days he knew she was feeling tired or unhappy. He'd leave them in her gym bag, on the car seat, in her hotel room on the pillow, just random places and always unexpectedly. It was one of the qualities Lita loved most about Matt. He always managed to make her smile. Unfortunately for the both of them though that just wasn't enough.

"Wow, look at those. Secret admirer?" A man's voice called out.

Lita recognized the deep, sexy voice almost immediately.

"Not exactly." Lita said as she turned toward the man before her, John Cena.

John raised an eyebrow. When he arrived to the WWE, Lita was the first woman who really caught his eye. He loved her moxi, her attitude and her work ethic. He found almost everything about her to be sultry. Unfortunately for him, Lita had always been off limits, and John definitely didn't want to get in the middle of whatever drama she had going on with Matt and Edge. Lucky for him though, all of that drama is behind her now. Apparently, all parties involved have moved on. Matt is seeing one of the divas from Smackdown, Edge is back with his wife and Lita has been officially single for months now.

As John smiled at Lita, Lita noticed a pretty good shiner underneath his left eye.

"Ouch. What happened there?" She asked.

"Triple H. I kind of ran into his fist during a match. I'm pretty sure he messed up the spot on purpose." John replied.

It was no secret that there was no love lost between Triple H and John. As John's star began to rise, Triple H was becoming second fiddle at main events. He didn't like it at all, especially since John was almost half his age and just an upstart. In Triple H's mind, he hadn't paid his dues so to speak. Problem is, both Stephanie and Vince McMahon loved John. To them, he was the future. Triple H was congenial to John for the most part since he knew Stephanie would be pissed if he ever really mistreated him, but whenever given the opportunity, Triple H enjoyed giving John a hard time. Especially recently.

"Shane book the match?" Lita asked as she rolled her eyes knowing the answer would be yes.

John nodded. Not only did Triple H have issues with John, but Shane McMahon had bigger issues. It was obvious to everyone in the back that Shane didn't like the fact that someone his sister had hand picked was becoming such a superstar. In Shane's mind, he was the heir apparent, the prince to the throne. He did not want to have to share that title with anyone, especially not his younger, baby sister. The fact that Triple H got a little rough with John in their matches, and the fact that a feud was now brewing between the two, was all directed back to Shane. Since returning to Raw, Shane was doing everything in his power to make John's life a living hell. As a matter of fact, John was convinced that was the only reason Shane was back on Raw at all.

"Why is Shane such an asshole?" Lita asked.

"Who knows? I just try to do my thing and ignore chumps like that. It's all good." John replied with a smile.

If Lita hadn't noticed before, she noticed now. John had a beautiful smile. Next to Edge, he probably had the prettiest smile she'd ever seen. She also loved John's laid back attitude. If she were in his shoes, she would've told Shane to take his silver spoon and shove it up his pompous ass by now. But John was cool and Lita knew that if and when the time came, John would put Shane O Mac in his place once and for all.

"Well, if Triple H or Shane bother you again, let me know I'll rip them a new one for you." Lita said half jokingly, and then walked away with flowers in hand.

As she left John stared hard at the way she moved. He loved her walk and was wishing the flowers she was carrying were from him. Some day maybe, he thought to himself. Some day maybe.

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Shane made his way to The Game with a huge smirk on his face.

"Hey man, nice shot." Shane said.

"You liked that huh? I would have hit him harder but then I'd have to hear it from Steph all the way back to the hotel." Triple H admitted.

Shane rolled his eyes. The Game could be such a pussy sometimes when it came to his baby sister. Regardless, Shane got what he wanted from got Hunter. A message to John.

"Listen, to show you I'm a nice guy and a great brother-in-law, I'm going to book you in a handicap match against Cena. You know, to get you warmed up for Wrestlemania." Shane smirked.

Triple H raised an eyebrow. He never really ever fully trusted Shane. At least not as far as he could throw him.

"Oh yea, and who's my partner going to be?" Triple H asked.

"Me of course." Shane said doing that annoying little shadow boxing dance he's known for.

Triple H rolled his eyes. He knew he'd have to carry Shane throughout the match, but what choice did he have? Shane was the bosses son and family. Triple H was screwed either way.

"Great. Okay though guy", Triple H said to Shane, "but let me handle the actual wrestling part of the match. I'll let you know when to take your shots. I don't want you ruining a perfectly good match for me just so you can get some cheap shots in on Cena." Hunter warned.

Still bouncing up and down like a 10 year old, Shane grinned at Triple H. He couldn't wait to get his hands on Cena in the ring and embarrass him in front of thousands.

A/N: I screwed something up (not in the story, but in the posting), so I'm reposting this chapter. Sorry for the repeated post.) Please review, I'd love to hear from you!