Disclaimer: I absolutely positively own none of the characters used in this story. They belong to Vince McMahon, the WWE, or themselves. No profit is made from this story; it is strictly fictional and strictly for fun!
A/N: Hi everybody! I'm so sorry that I've not posted anything on this in a while but the muses are not cooperating. Fortunately, they came back for a short period, hence the short chapter. Thanks for reading and if you will, please review;-)
"Well, I think we have all of the fixings ready," Trish said sitting down at the kitchen table with a tired look on her face. She grabbed a piece of lettuce to munch on while waiting on Stephanie to finish up.
"We do now," Stephanie said with a smirk on her face. She set down the bowl of coleslaw on the table and grabbed a piece of lettuce. "Now if the guys would just bring in the meat, we could eat."
Trish busted out laughing, as did Lilian. Stephanie sat there with a puzzled look on her face until she realized what she had said. She smiled a big smile and said, "Get your minds out the gutter ladies."
"Oh please, you know that's not going to happen," Trish said with a wink. "Besides, what fun would that be?"
Lilian walked over to the back door and looked outside seeing Benoit, but not Chris or Jay. With a puzzled look on her face, she shrugged her shoulders. It was the perfect opportunity to talk to Benoit without the guys around. She turned to the girls. "I'm going to see how the grill cooking is going. I'll be right back."
"Tell them to hurry up, we're starving," Trish said with a smile.
"Yes ma'am," Lilian said with a mock salute before opening the door.
Benoit turned around and couldn't stop himself from grinning at the vision of loveliness walking towards him. He raised his eyebrow before speaking. "So tell me, how's it going in there?"
"It's better than what it was but I think they are still a little peeved," Lilian said with a smile. "I tried, that's all I can do."
"Me too though I have to say I might have had better luck with Chris and Jay than you did with Stephanie and Trish," Benoit said with a tad bit of smugness on his face.
"Oh really?" Lilian said with an amused look on her face. "So tell me oh mighty Benoit, what did you do?"
"I told them that they were being jackasses, that's what," Benoit said with a shit-eating grin. "Besides, they didn't do anything to them so no harm, no foul."
Lilian turned to him with a knowing look on her face. She had been thinking about everything and finally figured out why the guys were mad at the girls. They had tried to set her and Benoit up.
At first, she was a bit irritated but then after thinking about it for a bit, there really wasn't anything to be upset about. She was curious as to what Benoit thought about it. "So tell me, did you like being set up anymore than I did?"
Benoit froze with a shocked look on his face. He really didn't think that she knew what had been going on but evidently the little blonde was a lot smarter than people gave her credit for. He shrugged his shoulders and smiled a small smile. "Well, I like the fact that I've gotten to know you better. If that counts, then yeah, I liked being set up."
Lilian smiled and placed her hand on his arm. "Me too."
Stephanie and Trish were sitting at the table making small talk when the doorbell rang. Trish had a puzzled look on her face as she looked at Stephanie. She stood up and motioned with her hand for Stephanie to follow her. Intrigued, Stephanie did exactly that. Once they got to the door, Trish looked through the peephole and gasped.
"What? What is it?" Stephanie said pushing her out of the way. She looked in the peephole and gasped. "Oh my God, what is going on?"
"I don't know but we're going to find out," Trish said opening the door quickly.
There were dozens of flowers in vases all over the front porch. Fat vases, skinny vases, long vases, and short vases filled with every flower imaginable was covering almost every inch of the front porch. The smell of roses, lilacs, and the other flowers invaded their senses like a fresh spring day. Suddenly Chris and Jay walked out from behind the bushes.
"So do you forgive us?" Jay said with a small pout on his face.
"I don't know about her but I do," Trish said with a small smile.
Jay smiled and with careful maneuvering, he managed to make it inside the house without knocking any of the flowers over which was a good thing; those flowers cost a small fortune but it was so worth it to see his woman smiling at him. He didn't care about the cost. He picked her up and kissed her soundly before pulling her into his arms.
"I hate fighting with you," Trish murmured before laying her head on his shoulder.
"I don't," Jay said with a sigh.
Trish pulled back with a questioning look on her face. "Why do you say that?"
"Sweetie, think about it for a minute. If we don't fight, we don't make up. If we don't make up…."
Trish smiled and nodded her head in agreement. "You are absolutely right! The making up makes up for the fighting doesn't it?"
"It sure does baby, it sure does."
Chris stood there quietly looking at Stephanie. He could tell she was puzzled and a little leery. "Half of these flowers are yours."
"You bought me flowers?" Stephanie said with a small smile.
"Bunches," Chris said with a small smile. He walked slowly towards her and then stopped. He held out his hand. "Come on out here with me please."
"Ok," Stephanie said with a smile. She grabbed his hand and carefully walked on the porch without hurting the flowers. The minute her feet hit the ground, she was pulled into Chris's arms. She closed her eyes and wrapped her arms around his waist.
"Ok, sometimes I do childish things but that's who I am and I won't apologize for it," Chris said quietly in her ear. "But I really do hate fighting with you."
"Sometimes I do things that you don't like but that's who I am and I won't apologize for it," Stephanie said quietly in his ear. "But I don't like fighting with you either."
Chris pulled her in closer and kissed her on the forehead. "You know, we are kind of new at this couple stuff. We just need more time to get used to that."
Stephanie closed her eyes and laid her head on his shoulder. "There is nobody else that I would rather be with. I hope you know that."
"Ditto," Chris said with a small smile.
Lilian and Benoit walked in the back door with the trays of food noticing the silence. Looking at each other with puzzled looks on their faces, they set the food down on the table. Quietly they poked their heads in the living room and noticed Jay and Trish hugging. Chris and Stephanie were not in there.
"Does this mean all is right in the world now?" Benoit said with a grin.
"Yeah buddy, it is," Jay said with a smirk. "Besides, we've never been able to stay mad at each other long, have we sugar plum?"
"No, sugar cakes, we sure haven't," Trish said with a small smile. "Is the food ready?"
"Yes ma'am and I don't know about you two but I'm starving," Lilian said with a smile. "Where's Stephanie and Chris?"
"We're right here," Chris said as he and Stephanie carefully walked into the room. "I hope I heard somebody correctly saying that the food was ready. I'm starving!"
Randy Orton paced the motel room deep in thought. He had rode by Chris's house for the third time today and he still wasn't home. He had debated on calling in a few favors to get Chris's cell phone number and decided against it. He didn't want to raise any red flags and it was hard to figure out who was on Hunter's side and who wasn't.
"Damn it," Randy said sitting down on the chair. He laid his head back and closed his eyes wishing he could fix this mess that Dave had found himself into. It wasn't Dave's fault; Dave was just trying to make it in the wrestling world. Hell, he had done the same thing by falling into Hunter's plans only to be kicked out with no warning.
"It's better that way," he muttered to himself. Other than Dave, he found that he didn't miss being in Evolution at all. The women, the money, and the alcohol never really did much for Randy or Dave either, for that matter, but they went along with the Game as always. It was what they were supposed to do. Now things were getting out of hand and Randy knew Dave was being set up to take a fall. He knew it in his gut and he had to help him stop it before things got out of hand.
Hunter sat there with a narrowed look on his face. He had been studying Dave for a while now and he didn't like what he was seeing. He knew that in order for his plan to kidnap Stephanie to work, Dave had to be behind him. He would not be able to do it without the big guy. After all, Dave was the scapegoat if things went wrong.
"Dave, are you ok?" Hunter asked with a questioning look on his face. "You don't look so good."
Dave smiled a wry grin wishing he were better at hiding his feelings. He hated the fact that Evolution was planning on kidnapping Stephanie. He also hated the fact that Vince was involved. He shook his head of his thoughts. Now wasn't the time. "I think I might be coming down with something. I've not been feeling too good today."
Hunter's eyes narrowed even more as he looked at Dave's face. He couldn't help the gut feeling that Dave wasn't 100 behind Evolution like he used to be. He also knew that Dave wasn't stupid. He had a sweet little ride going now and Hunter didn't really think that he was ready to get off of it.
"Well, make sure you get you some rest this weekend. Evolution needs to be at the top of their game on Monday night," Ric said with a smirk on his face.
"Natch is right, make sure you get to feeling better by Monday," Hunter said with a smirk on his face. "After all, the wrestling world will not be the same when Evolution is done taking care of business Monday night."
Dave nodded his head in agreement while feeling sick to his stomach. He didn't know how much more he could take. He stood up quickly feeling the need to get away from the ones that were making him feel that way. "Okay, I'll see you later."
Hunter's eyes narrowed again as he watched Dave walk out the hotel room. He knew something was not right with Dave and he didn't like it. "Natch, do you think we can really count on him?"
"What? Are you questioning his loyalty?" Ric asked with a stunned look on his face. "Look, that man has done everything that we have ever asked him to do. How can you even begin to doubt him now?"
Hunter sat there pondering what Ric had said. He was right. Dave had never done anything other than what he had asked him to do. He smiled and patted Ric on the back. "You're right Natch. He's always been our guy, hasn't he?"
"Wooooo, you got that right boy and don't you forget it," Ric said with a smile.
"That was great," Lilian said sitting back in the chair. She grimaced for a minute. "Although I couldn't eat another bite if I had to."
"Here here," Stephanie said holding up her margarita. "I say we go into the living room for some 'adult' entertainment."
"I want to play five minutes in the closest," Jay said with a leer on his face. He winked at Trish letting her know that she was the only girl he wanted in the closest for five minutes. She was his girlfriend after all.
"I know, let's play spin the bottle," Chris said rubbing his hands together in glee. He could picture spinning the bottle, it landing on Stephanie, and planting 'the' kiss on her. The kiss that would guarantee a homerun before the night was over.
Benoit rolled his eyes and shook his head. "Guys, I don't think that is the kind of game that the girls were talking about."
"Who cares? Ours sound like a lot of freaking fun," Jay said with a smirk on his face.
"Baby, we'll play five minutes in the closest later," Trish said with a sexy look on her face.
"You promise?"
"I promise," Trish with a smile.
"YES!" Jay said holding his fist up for a minute. He then looked around the table and noticed the amused expressions on his guest's faces. "You're just jealous cause I get to play and you don't." With that, he folded his arms in front of him and stuck out his tongue.
"Oh yeah Jay, I'm really dying to get your ass in the closest alone for five minutes," Chris said sarcastically. "You know you want me."
"Dude, that's not even funny," Jay said visibly shuddering at the thought. "Let's change the subject."
"I second that motion," Stephanie said with a wry grin on her face. "Besides, we're in Florida and we're close to the beach. What do you say we all just go for a walk on the beach?"
"I would love to do that," Lilian said with a smile while looking at Benoit. She couldn't stop herself from looking at him so she quit trying. Besides, she wasn't the only one that was looking; she had caught him looking at her quite a bit.
"Sounds great to me," Benoit said with a smile on his face. The more he was around Lilian the more he liked her. She was so sweet and caring, so unlike the women from his past. He really hoped that this weekend would be the beginning of something special for the two of them.
"Well, what are we waiting for people? Let's go," Stephanie said with a small smile.
