Chapter 8

Lita paced back and forth in her hotel room close to driving herself insane. She had to know once and for all if Matt Hardy was responsible for sending the flowers. If she was wrong about Matt, she would risk looking like a fool, but it was worth it. Lita had just spent two of the best hours of her life with John Cena only to have it ruined by a ghost from the past.

As Matt's cell phone rang on the other end Lita tapped her fingers nervously on the table where she leaned in anticipation. The seconds seemed like minutes and each ring that went by was greater temptation to just hang up the phone.

"Hello?" Matt answered.

Too late, Lita would now have to say something.

"Matt?" Lita said nervously.

"Yes."

"It's Lita." Lita said with a softness in her voice Matt was not accustomed to hearing.

"Lita, everything okay?" Matt asked.

For as much as they had been through, Matt and Lita still cared very much for one another. When the two first broke up it was hard. Matt especially was bitter and full of hatred toward Lita for how she had betrayed him. But all of that was in the past. Both Lita and he had been able to admit they were both wrong. Both had done things to make the other neglect the love they had between them. Let's face it, both were pretty immature and the experience of it all had helped them grow. Matt for one felt he had become a better person for it. No longer would he take for granted what he had. Finding love again certainly helped him to move on and more importantly, to forgive.

"Yes, everything's fine. You good?" Lita asked congenially.

"I'm real good. Still waiting for the push I was promised, but otherwise, doing good." After a short pause Matt continued. "So what's up Lita? You strange, you sure you're okay?"

Lita took a deep breath. Small talk was over and now it was time to find out the truth.

"Everything's fine, really, it's just I've been receiving flowers from somebody and I'm trying to find out who's sending them." Lita said hoping not to sound as if she was making too big a deal out of the whole thing.

"Hell girl, you get stuff like that all the time. You know you're still one of the hottest Diva's in the WWE. It's no surprise you have fans trying to get your attention."

Matt was now thoroughly confused by Lita's concern. Almost all the wrestlers, especially the Diva's, were used to getting all kinds of crazy gifts from fans. Why was Lita now suddenly concerned he wandered.

"I know, but the weird thing about these flowers is that they are coming with a single white rose." Lita's heart started beating faster as the words spilled from her mouth. She knew as soon as she mentioned the white rose, Matt would know exactly what she was implying.

After a brief pause on the other end of the phone, Matt responded.

"Lita, I know what you're thinking. It's not me hon." Matt said. He knew how hard it must have been for her to actually bring up the subject, and for that he sympathized with her.

Lita took a deep breath. She trusted Matt. If he said the flowers weren't from him, then they weren't. Oddly enough, she was also starting to feel a sense of closure no matter how painful it was to face the fact that Matt had truly moved on.

Then suddenly Matt started to recall a conversation he had with someone from the WWE New Media Department several months ago. He was being interviewed for a profile segment to be posted on the WWE website. During the interview the subject of him and Lita came up. He remembered mentioning how he would often leave her a white rose in odd little places to surprise her during a time in their relationship when things were still new and untarnished by backstage politics and insecurities.

As Matt started to remember more of that conversation, he also remembered that the said profile never made it to the website at all. He didn't think much of it at the time, but now found it quite significant given the timeline of events.

"Lita, how long ago did you say you started receiving the flowers? " Matt asked sensing he was on to something.

"I'd say a little less than two months ago. Why?" Lita responded.

"I don't know, but when I was being interviewed for something for the WWE website, the topic of the white rose came up." Matt said.

Lita suddenly raised an eyebrow. Everyone knew Shane McMahon was the man who oversaw all direction and content of the website.

"What are you thinking Matt?" Lita asked hoping her initial instinct would be incorrect.

"I'm thinking there's a certain multi-millionaire playing games with you right now and you need to be very careful." Matt warned.

Lita knew what he meant but she still couldn't believe it. The only thing that ever really mattered to Shane when it came to her or any of the other Diva's was a quick lay. There was no way he would go through the effort of sending her flowers just for that. Besides, she had made it clear on many occasions that she had absolutely no interest in him and beyond that, he had made it clear to her that she wasn't good enough for him anyway.

"Shane McMahon? That's crazy." Lita said.

"I don't know, I'd just be careful. If it is him he wants something, and he's not used to hearing the word no." Matt said, warning her again and hoping she would take him seriously.

"Okay Matt, I'll be careful. As coincidental as it all seems, I just don't think it's him. I appreciate your honesty though." Lita responded.

Even though she knew there could be a real possibility to what Matt was saying, she tried to hide her concern. The last thing she wanted to do was get Matt involved with any of her drama. He had his own life now and he deserved to live it.

"Listen, it was nice talking to you again. I really am glad things are going good for you." Lita said to Matt sincerely.

"Well, I'm glad you called. If you need me for anything at all hon, don't hesitate to call." Matt said followed by another awkward moment of silence. "Take care Lita, I'll see you around."

As both Lita and Matt hung up the phone, Lita was glad the conversation was over. She knew for sure that one part of her life was completely over and a new chapter was just beginning. Given the revelation of what she and Matt just discussed she was unsure of what this new chapter might bring but she hoped that somehow her suspicions about Shane would be wrong. The whole idea of it was just too crazy to be true, but then again, she had seen how Shane had manipulated people in the past.

As Lita tried to piece everything together she wandered if she could just ignore it all, but how could she? She decided instead that she would have to tell someone. Someone that she could truly trust and who would look out for her should she decide to do something crazy like confront Shane himself. The image of one man burned into her mind over and over again. She needed to tell John and that is exactly what she would do.

A/N: Your feedback really needed here. Do you like where I'm going with this? Are you intrigued? Is it getting too cliché? I'm at a point right now where I could either make this a heavy drama or try to keep it light and amusing. Not sure which way to go. What do you think? I really appreciate the feedback from everyone and hope you continue to read. Peace!