Chapter 25
Sunday came too fast for Kitten, because before she knew it, it was time for the Elimination Chamber. To be honest, she was a little scared. Because not only there will be five other Superstars including Evolution, but also because this was a first time a Diva had ever entered something like this.
"What in the world was I thinking? I've been here for what… two almost three years and now I'm going to be killed. Jeez wayda go kitten, you just signed your death certificate!", she murmured to herself. She was pacing the floor when she heard a chuckle from the doorway. She turned to the sound to see Randy laughing at her. "What's so funny?"
"You silly. In all my time I've been here with you, I have never known you to be scared of anything."
"Well it's different now. "
"How so?"
"Those men are gunna be in there because they want the title."
"Yeah so?"
"Well, can you imagine if I win?", Kitten said innocently. That earned her a laugh from Randy. Her face went from innocent to angry in less than a second. Randy looked over at her and immediately stopped and put his hands up. "You don't think I can win?"
"No it's not that, honest. It's just that Kitten, Dave and Hunter will use this opportunity to hurt you more."
"They can try."
"They will. Trust me, that's what they did when they sent me packing."
"Oh I remember that. I couldn't watch."
"Yeah I know. I saw you trying to stop them. That's one of the reasons why I still trust you. You truly are an Evolution."
"Thanks, but I didn't succeed. I just want to say I'm sorry on behalf of them.
"You're amazing you know that?"
" So are you. The youngest World Heavy Weight Champion in WWE history, that's awesome. "
"I mean you truly are what I said you were."
"Yeah well, I guess I'm blessed.", she smiled. Randy gave her a hug and then pulled her out to the hallways. It was time for the match. She and Jericho would start first. Benoit, Randy, HHH, and Dave
would be in that order to come out of their chambers. They walked to the gorilla position and waited for Randy's music to start. Kitten would be the last on to come to the ring. About 30 seconds later, her own music started. She took a breath and walked out, down the ramp and into the chamber. The refs closed the door with a slam that sent chills down her spine. She took a breath while the match began.
Jericho was smiling at her. She gave him a weak smile back before turning her attention to the chambers around the ring. Benoit was standing in the chamber behind her to her left, Randy was in the opposite side. Dave and Hunter had the two back chambers sitting in the back of the cage. They were smiling at her, mockingly of coarse. Kitten simple gave them a wink and a smile, which shut them up fast. Truthfully, they were making her blood boil.
Randy saw them taunting her and began banging on his chamber. Kitten turned to him with a curious look on her face. He simple shook his head. He pointed his two fingers to his eyes then at Jericho, tell her to focus. She got it right away and nodded. She took a deep breath before she crouched down and got ready to wrestle at the sound of the bell. Shan checked both of them and then signaled to the bellman to ring it.
The match took a lot of Kitten. She lasted longer than she thought she originally would. Her drive: Batista. She had pinned both Jericho and Benoit. She barely got him though. He was tough to beat, but she managed to pin him. He shrugged it off and gave her a pat on the back before leaving. She smiled at him and focused on Randy now, who had just come out of his chamber.
"Kitten wait!", he yelled before she attacked him. They began circling each other while Randy talked to her. "You want Dave right?"
"Yes and no one stands in my way."
"Good and I want Hunter. So what are we going to do?"
"You want to stall, don't you?", kitten said surprised. Randy nodded. Kitten gave him her evil grin, making him chuckle. "Alright, we'll stall long enough for Hunter to get his ass out. Make it look good so that we look like shit, then when he comes and tries anything, knock his ass out. Make him last four minutes and then you have what you want"
"Good alright, let's do this shit!", kitten grinned. He nodded and took after her. After about four minutes of pretending to kill each other, the two ex-Evolution members knocked each other out. It was HHH who came out next jumped the rope and came straight for Randy. Randy knew it and smiled to himself before kicking HHH in the jaw. Hunter flew backwards and landed somewhere near Shawn.
Kitten did a kick up and gave him an old fashion beat down, hitting him in the head and stomach. Randy took care of his back and legs. Before he knew it, HHH was bleeding and sore, laying in the corner of the ring huffing for breath.
The four minutes came and went. The next thing Kitten knew Dave had busted out of his chamber. She turned around to see him jumping over the top rope in to the ring and walking towards Randy. Then all of a sudden, something snapped in Kitten. The only thing her mind was focused on was Dave. She charged at him in a quick walk. He stopped three feet behind him huffing with her pupils fully dilated.
Dave felt her standing behind him and smiled to himself. He turned around to an angry Kitten. Her eyes fixed on his, not even blinking at him. Then out of nowhere, tears dropped down her cheeks. Dave's eyes softened. It wasn't that she was crying, but because he too had missed her. It wasn't the same without her. Evolution wasn't the same without her. He wasn't the same without her. He took a step towards her, carefully trying to reach for her. She on the other hand became angrier. She tackled him down hard. She pinned his arms with her knees before she began hitting his jaw with everything she had. She didn't care that Randy was calling her name trying to stop her. She just wanted her revenge. Her honor, pride and life back. She didn't join this elimination chamber from a shot at the World Heavy Weight title. No, she wanted Dave.
The only thing Dave could do was take her hits. She had pinned his arms down, so there was no way to protect his head from her blows. Each hit would cause throbbing pain in his jaw. Her fists were like hammer hits to the face. Then he tasted something metallic in his mouth. It was his blood. She had busted his bottom lip open.
Kitten saw the blood come off his lip and slide down his chin. She smiled at him. "What's wrong Davy? You look a little beat down?", she giggled. She wiped her thumb on his lips and wiped the blood way. She looked at it before wiping it on his chest. She got off him and brushed herself off while he tried to catch his breath. The pain in his jaw was shooting where she had hit him.
"Get up!"
"Why? So you can beat me some more?"
"Aww who told you?", she pouted. She laughed while he got to his knees. With his back turned she kicked him in the back with her right knee. He howled in pain as he fell on his hands and knees. She walked around and waiting for two seconds before she started kicking him in the ribs. "This. Is. For. All. The. Pain. You. Have. Caused. Me. In. The. Past. Two. Weeks.", she said angrily. She kicked him one last time before letting out a deep breath.
Randy watched the whole ordeal from the corner he wanted to stop her before she truly hurt him. He walked towards her but felt a hand on his shoulder. It was Shawn. Shawn was the referee in this match and too had watched the whole ordeal. He looked at Randy and shook his head. "Leave her. She has to do this for herself."
"She still loves him."
"Yeah I know."
"Then what will happen if she hurts him worse than she intentionally wanted to?"
"She won't. Like you said, she still love him.", He replied calmly. Randy nodded and watched as Kitten beat the living day light out of the Animal. She kicked and hit him with everything her body would allow. Randy feared that there was no stopping her at this rate. They she stopped and began panting. He checked on HHH who was still out of it, before walking over to her. He put a hand on her shoulder but she shrugged it off. He sighed to himself and turned around. HHH was in his face at that time and kicked him in the balls. Randy fell to his knees, giving Hunter the opportunity for a Pedigree, which he nailed.
He pinned him and heard only a two count. He looked over to where Shawn was and noticed that Kitten had just pinned Dave. The big man was out, she had eliminated him.
HHH growled and got off Randy to walk over to Kitten. She had her back turned when he hit her. She fell on top of Dave who had put his knees up. She curled over and fell on her back. Hunter took this chance and eliminated her too. Now it was just Randy and Hunter left. The two of them went at it on the other side of the ring.
Kitten and Dave were lying side by side, with their heads close to one another. They were both panting like crazy. Dave's eyes were closed when he heard Kitten say something. "Man, one hit and I go down. Just my luck"
"What? You wanted to kill us both?"
"No not kill, maybe near death."
"That's comforting."
"Well you asked.", she huffed. She sighed and tried to get up. Then she heard the one-two-three of Shawn's count and the match was finally over. She looked to see who had won, but got her answer when Ric Flair came dancing around. Hunter had won. Poor Randy had suffered two Pedigrees in one match. Ric came over to help Dave up. They left her there as she was still panting for air. This match had taken quite a lot of her. She heard Shawn call her but his voice was so distant. Then next thing she knew, she was out.
Dave had stood up and picked HHH up onto his shoulders as the Champ flaunted his title to the crowd. Once he was set down, Flair helped him out of the ring and up the ramp. Dave was just about to follow them when at least six referees and four medics came pouring into the chamber. Five people each went over to the two ex-Evolution members. He stayed and watched them work like busy honeybees. He heard them say Randy was going to be all right. Kitten on the other hand hadn't moved. Her eyes were closed now. He looked over at her stomach and saw that her stomach muscles were contracting like crazy. His heart dropped as he stared at her lifeless body. He walked over to her and kneeled down to her. "Hey you alright?", he said.
"I think it would be best if you leave, Batista", Shawn said from behind him.
"I know what's wrong with her."
"How?"
"I think she has a broken rib."
"How do you know by just looking at her?"
" I know because she has crooked ribs that press into her lungs. When Hunter hit her, I put my knees up because I thought she was attacking me. It must have broken then."
"So what do we do?"
"Sit her up a little…", he said getting up. "Make sure she stays calm and tell her to breath deep breaths", and with that he left. He never looked back even though he wanted to. He felt bad for what he did knowing that she already had breathing problems. He sighed and walked back up the ramp to go celebrate with HHH and Ric.
A couple of weeks past by from the Elimination Chamber. Kitten had healed from her wounds and had become calm once again. She wasn't angry any more. She walked around the arena talking to everyone that was willing to talk to her. She felt hungry so she decided to go to catering. On the way there, she had past Evolution's locker room. She didn't mind it until she heard her name being said. She walked back to they're door. It was open and Ric had been on the phone.
"Dave man where are you? Pick up. This is the seventh time I have called you in the past hour and still haven't called me back. Wherever you are, hurry I don't know how long I can hold the Champ off my tail. He's getting frustrated.", Ric said. Kitten then heard the phone close and footsteps. She peaked into see Hunter had walked in behind him. "Sorry Champ. Dave's not answering his phone."
"Where the hell is he? The night we need him here, he isn't?"
"He'll be here. Don't worry. Dave has never been late for anything. He'll be here."
"Well he better be here and he better chose the right contract."
"Which would be?"
"Smackdown."
"Wouldn't that split us up?"
"Yes, but it would keep him out of my hair and away from my World Heavy Weight Title.", Hunter smiled. Ric's lips turned into a huge smile. Hunter laughed at his mentor. Kitten knew it was more than this. She slowly crept away from the door and ran back the way she came.
She needed to find Dave before he met them. She ran to the garage since Ric said he wasn't here yet. When she got there though, she saw the valet get out of his car. She sighed and ran to him, asking him if he knew where Dave had gone.
"Down the back wing.", he replied. Kitten thanked him and ran in the direction Dave had gone. As she was running, she thought of why she was doing all this. "What the hell am I doing? Dave doesn't deserve this. After what he did to me…wait! Dave doesn't know what happened. Why I was with Jeff.", she thought. She shook her head and began running again after him. She turned the corner to see him walking down that hallway. "DAVE!"
"What the…", he said to himself. He turned to see Kitten running towards him. He stopped and waited for her to catch up. She stopped and held his shirt as she bent down and tried to catch her breath. "Slow down will ya?"
"I needed to find you before you met up with Hunter and Ric."
"Why?"
"Because… their not what you think they are."
"Yeah?"
"Yes Dave! It was Hunter who split us up in the first place."
"Why?"
"Because he knew that if I stayed, you would only protect me and not him with is title."
"That's crazy! Hunter didn't kick you out. You left remember."
"That was before I he told me what he wanted out of it."
"Oh, so Hunter told you. When?"
"In the ring. You were too busy enjoying yourself beating me."
"I don't believe you, Kitten. This is just some lame excuse to get back together, isn't it?"
"What? No Dave, I'm telling you the truth.", she huffed. She knew in the back of her head, that he was going to be stubborn with her. She had no choice but to show him. "Fine! You want it that way. I'll show you then.", she said angrily. She grabbed his hand and pulled him to the Evolution locker room.
"Where the hell are you taking me?", he asked venomously. She ignored him and pulled him to the door. She pushed him to the outside wall near the door and signaled to shut up and listen. She stood in front of him with her hands on his chest as they both listened to what was going on inside. Dave wanted to move, but Kitten had pinned him with her hands to the wall. Then Hunter's voice was heard talking to Ric.
"Has he called yet?"
"Nope still nothing."
"Damn it! I tell that fucker to do one thing, one thing, and this is what he does. This is probably going to be the most important night of his career and he's not even here!
"Relax Champ, he'll be here."
"Relax? How am I supposed to relax? This was supposed to be our night."
"It still is. No one will stand in our way. You got rid of Kitten, didn't you. You can do it all. I know you can."
"That was just to get a fire under him. I needed the old Batista back remember. With that bitch around it was going to be impossible for him to become the Animal we needed."
"Kitten was sweet though. We shouldn't have done all that to her. She didn't deserve it."
"Doesn't matter what she deserved or not, we needed to get the job done, and if it included her getting hurt, than that is what I will do to get what I want."
"What if Batista found out?"
"What, about Kitten?"
"Yeah, wouldn't he be upset."
"Let me tell ya something about Dave, Naitch. Dave sometimes doesn't know what good for him. He's got that million-dollar-body but a ten-cent-brain.", Hunter said sternly. Ric smiled at him and began to chuckle. He patted Hunter's shoulder and began brushing them off. Hunter laughed and walked over to his belt that was sitting on the table behind them. "Kitten would stop him, stop us, from getting what we need and want."
"What about Dave's party? How did you find that one out?"
"Well I heard her talk to that Hardy boy on the phone. Knowing how jealous Dave gets when she's around men, I used that against them."
"So, there was nothing going on between her and Hardy?"
"No, she's too loyal to Dave to do anything like that."
"You are a genius. A mad genius!", Ric replied. He gleefully danced in a circle as Hunter chuckled. What the two veterans didn't know was that their two protégé were outside listening. They didn't know that kitten had snuck Dave here to listen to their plan.
Outside, Dave was stunned to find that Kitten was telling the truth. Hunter and Ric were planning against him. His breathing became rapid and his nose started flaring. He looked down to Kitten who was looking at a spot on his chest. She never blinked. She looked up at him and saw the Animal raging behind his brown eyes, just waiting for a chance to get them back.
Dave saw that her eyes were full of tears but they weren't showing anger. Just pain. She sighed and walked away, leaving him stunned. He watched her go before following her down the hallway. He caught her hand and pulled her back to face him. "Kitten, Pari, I'm so sorry."
"You don't need to apologize, Dave. I need you to take care of what is at hand now. You need to be the man now. Hunter needs to be taught that he's not the man anymore. You are. Use this Royal Rumble win to teach that you don't have a ten-cent brain.!", she said firmly. She looked at him with no emotion. Dave looked back at her, understanding what she meant. She nodded and again began walking away.
Dave caught her hand and pulled her back again. "We need to talk."
"Not right now. That can wait.", she said quietly. She then walked up at him and wrapped her arms around, her hands on his back, pressing him to her lightly. She let out a shaky breath as she stood with him. She felt his hands wrap around her head and lower back. He breathed into her hair, smelling her scent. Kitten smiled as she felt his breath become calm. She missed him so much. After everything that had happened to them in the past month, it was good to be with him again. She then remembered everything that had occurred within those weeks. She shook her head remembering and pulled back a little.
Dave felt her release him and looked down at her. she was shaking her head slightly. She took a breath and stared at his chest for a minute or two, before she spoke. "It's too soon.", she said simply. She never looked at him, afraid to see the pain in his eyes. She could feel him tense up around her, since he was still holding her. She sighed deeply and gave him a kiss on his chest before walking away.
Dave watched her walk down the hallways and turn to the right. He gave out a deep breath and pressed his hand over the place she had kissed him. He became angry again. Now he knew what had happened. He knew the truth and he was going to use it to fuel himself to teach Hunter a lesson. He growled as he fixed his suit up and his tied before walking hastily back to the Evolution locker room. He knew what he had to do, not for his own sake, but for Kitten's. She was right. He was the man now.
Kitten left quickly and began running to her locker room. She ran in and slammed the door. It was too much for her. She broke down right there. Leaning her back against the door, she dropped down to the floor and began sobbing. She went back to the night she told him of her past. He said he would always be there for her. Now that she needed him the most, he wasn't here. She couldn't let him be. After all this, how could she? Then she stopped and looked up. This wasn't like her. She was stronger than this. She had gone through too much shit to be kept down like this. Sure, she missed him, but she was not going to let him stop her.
Kitten stood up and walked to the couch. She took a tissue and wiped her eyes and face from the tears. Taking a breath, she stood up and picked her bags up. Checking the room, she walked to the door and turned the light off. She walked to the garage and asked the valet to get her car for her. He happily went and got it for her. Setting her belongings in the passenger seat, she got in, thanked the valet, and drove her BMW away from the arena. She decided to get something to eat. She didn't want to stay here any longer than she needed to be. She decided to get a quick meal at a diner and then head out of town to the next stop on the RAW tour. She needed the time to think about the things happening in her life.
The drive would be a good three hours to the next stop. That gave her plenty of time to relax and try to keep her mind off Dave. She needed this anyways. She sighed and opened the windows letting the cold night air swoosh through the car. She smiled as she felt the goose bumps form on her skin. Dave would make her skin jump for his touch. She closed her eyes, remembering their vacation at Hunter's wedding. Then she heard a loud horn being blown in front of her. She popped her eyes open and swerved back onto the right side of the road. She had driven on the wrong side of the road. She laughed as the driver of the truck honked and yelled at her. She took a deep breath to calm herself and continued driving. She figured it would have been best if she listened to some music on the way there to help keep her mind off things. A light R&B song was playing when she turned the radio on. She kept it there and listened. When a couple of song finished, she turned to see what time it was. It was 12:46 am.
She had been driving for a little over two hours now. RAW had finished less than an hour ago. Her mind wondered to what Dave had decided.
Dave had gone through with everything Hunter had said, until the very last moment. That is when he unleashed the Animal inside of him. HHH and Ric didn't see it coming. They were totally blind-sided with his attacks. After the show was over, he walked quickly to his locker room and to pick his bag up. He then ran to where he knew Kitten's dressing room would have been. He knocked first but had no answer, so he opened the door and walked into see that it was dark. He turned the light on and saw that she wasn't here and neither was her bag. She had left.
He stormed out and went to the one person he knew would know where she had went, Jeff Hardy. He walked into a hand and asked them where he could find him. He told Dave he was in the men's locker room. Dave thanked him and ran to the locker room. Jeff had just finished backing his bags when the big man came barging in. He watched him walk in and set his bag on the seat by the door. Jeff simply stood up straight and looked him in the eye. "This is about Kitten, isn't it?"
"Yeah it is. Look I know you and I didn't get off on the right foot so I wanna apologize for that. I found out why you and her where sneaking around and what not. It was for me and my party."
"It was. You should have known better than to think that she would have cheated on you. I mean a girl who goes through all the trouble she did, to make her guy happy is insane if you ask me."
"What trouble."
"I mean, the party, the invitations, the decorations, and the car."
"What car?"
"The Lamborghini she got you."
"A Lambo?"
"Yeah. My uncle owns a dealership and so I asked him if he could give her a great deal. He did and even said he could keep it for her. I said that it would be easier if she kept the car in my garage. So, we had it moved there. "
"Really? Wow, I didn't know that. Where was the party?"
"It was going to be held at Matt's, since he has a bigger lot. We figured since we invited everyone, we should have a comfortable place to have them.", Jeff said. He sighed and began packing his things again. Dave stood there awestruck. He didn't know that she was planning all this for him. Jeff watched the big man tear himself apart. "Hey man, don't worry about it. Kitten is a great person. She will forgive you. You just have to prove you are trustworthy. That's all."
"Yeah that's what I need to do and that's why I came to you. She left."
"I know. She told me."
"Then you know where she is? Can you tell me where?"
"She called about twenty minutes ago, saying that she was heading to the next town on tour."
"And you let her!"
"She's a big girl, Batista. She'll be fine."
"I know, but she's angry and hurt right now. She could be driving like a maniac for all we know."
"She put together well, Dave. I am sure she knows her right from wrong."
"That doesn't mean anything… I need to go after her."
"I won't stop you. You take care of her"
"I will man, thank you…", Dave, replied. He patted Jeff's left shoulder before he picked his bag up and headed to the door. "Oh and sorry about before. I we can become friends.", He said softly. Jeff nodded and watched him run out of the room.
Dave ran all the way to the garage and rushed the valet for his car. He dumped his bag into the back seat of his Mercedes and rushed off. He dialed the GPS for the next stop on their tour and headed straight to the freeway. He couldn't believe that she would leave on her own like that. But then again, he could. After all, he hurt her and called her a lying bitch. He didn't know what came over him, but one thing he did know was that he needed to tell her everything his heart was feeling. He didn't care if it was going to take him all night, he needed to talk to her sometime soon.
Kitten had reached her destination around 1:50 am. She wasn't tired so she figured she go get her room and come back down to the gym. So that's what she did. She went to her room and set her stuff on the bed, changed into her work out gear, and headed down to the gym.
Dave was speeding down the freeway, hurrying to get to Kitten before she fell asleep. He knew that she had gotten there just by an instinct in him. There was a drop of rain that hit his forehead, causing him to look at the sky. There were clouds hovering over him. He shook his head as he looked down at what he was wearing. Dave had only his slacks on. He had torn his suit jacket, tie and shirt off when he went into his rage back in the ring. He stormed out so fast that he hadn't stopped and dressed again. He smiled at the sky. "See baby, this is what you do to me", whispered to the sky. As if on cue, rain began to pour. Dave immediately set his convertible top up and drove to the next town.
After her work out, she went back upstairs to take a shower. Once she got out of the shower, she went to the bed and put her underwear on. Just as she was clasping the hooks on her bra, there was a knock on her door. She clasped one on before she headed to open it. When she opened it though, she was shocked to see a wet Dave standing there panting. He was soaking wet dripping on the floor. She gasped as she found that he was shivering from head to toe. "Dave! Oh my god! What are you doing here and why are you soaking wet."
"I… I needed… to talk to… you", he said shaking. Kitten's heart broke, immediately she pulled him in and shut the door. He walked into the room and stood in the middle of the room. He noticed a
wet towel on the bed and looked over at Kitten. She was locking the door when he noticed her bra had only one clasp done. He gave out a shaky chuckle.
Kitten heard him chuckle from behind her, making her turn to face him. She walked over to her bag and got out her beach towel she used for swimming. She wrapped it around his shoulders drying and warming his skin the best she could. He grunted a couple of times as her hands were warm as they touched his skin. He closed his eyes as she stood on the bed and began rubbing her hands on his biceps. Then out of nowhere, he felt her slap on his chest. That caused him to jump a little. He looked down at her with a curious look on his face.
"What the fuck were you thinking?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, why are you wet and more importantly why are you here."
"I'm wet because it's raining cats and dogs outside. The valet doesn't run this, which means that the parking lot is closed. So I had to park across the street about a block down."
"Oh I see, well why did you come anyways? I can take care of myself!", she said pouting. She took her hands off him and walked over to her bag again. She took out a pair of Dave's boxers and track pants before going over to give it to him. "Here, go and change in the bathroom. You can stay here for tonight."
"You sure?"
"Yeah, I'm sure. Just go get changed. I don't need you to catch pneumonia"
"I'll be right back, but tell me this. Where did you get my boxers and track pants?"
"I was going to bring them to you back at the arena. Guess I forgot when everything went down the drain with Evolution."
"Yeah, well I'll be right back", he said quietly. He left and shut the door to the behind him. Kitten sighed and pulled the sheets back. "This isn't what I had in mind", she thought to herself. She lay down on her back. She then remembered the clasp on her bra and stood right up to try to fix it before Dave came back.
It was too late though, Dave had come out of the bathroom, tried and warm again. Kitten was struggling with the last two hooks as he came out. He looked at her and smiled. "What are you doing?"
"Nothing."
"Doesn't look like nothing."
"Fine, I'm… I'm trying to clasp all the hooks on", she said stubbornly. Dave looked at her curiously and then found out what she was talking about. He chuckled and threw his towel onto the chair before walking towards her. "No Dave, I got this."
"You sure? I can help you"
"I'm sure. Just give me a sec will ya?"
"Yeah go ahead. I'm going to lay down.", he said silently. He walked around the bed and laid down. Kitten finally got the clasps on about a minute after wards, before sitting down on the bed. Dave turned to her and stared at her back. "Why did you leave? I was looking for you afterwards."
"Oh I just didn't want to stay. So I left."
"Well I wanted to talk to you."
"About what?"
"About us. There are something we need to talk about."
"Yeah I know. So are you heading back to Smackdown?"
"Nope. I'm staying on RAW.", he chuckled. Kitten simply nodded. Her back was still facing him. She turned to him and stared into his eyes. "So what are we going to do next?"
"Sleep.", she said simply. It was Dave's turn to nod. He moved over a bit and patted the bed next to him. She sighed and pulled her legs up. She was still not facing him. She took another breath and slowly let it out. "Can you turn the light off?"
"Yeah I can.", he replied. Dave turned around and turned the light off. When he turned around the room went dark. The rain outside had gotten worse. It was not just rain now. It was a storm. He settled in to the pillow. He sighed and closed his eyes. Then, there was a lightning bolt and thunder that came a couple of seconds later. Dave felt the other side of the bed jump. He opened his eyes to see Kitten still with her back turn to him, but this time she was shaking. "Hey, you alright."
"Oh yeah I'm—", she was interrupted by another lightning bolt and thunder. Dave saw her jump. He propped himself on his elbow and waited. He then reached out to her and set a hand on her arm. "I'm fine Dave. Really, I'm okay."
"No you're not.", he said softly. He looked up at the window and watched the rain for a bit. He looked back down at her and said, "You're afraid of storms"
"I am. We hardly get storms in L.A."
"Then come here."
"I don't think that's a good idea."
"Why not."
"Because…", she said angrily. She sat up and stared at him. It was still dark but she could still see him. "WE are not together anymore. It's complicated now. You can't just act like nothing happened Dave. You beat me because you thought that I was cheating on you, but the truth was I needed help planning your party!"
"Yes I know, Jeff told me."
"He did?"
"Yes. I was looking for you, so I asked him, knowing that he would know. That is how I knew where you were."
"Oh I see. Well you don't need to watch me all the time."
"I wasn't. I just wanted to tell you that I was staying on RAW… and that I need your help with all this."
"With what?"
"Me taking Hunter down."
"Oh well, can we talk about that some other time. I'm tired."
"Sure. Come, turn towards me.", he said simply. She sighed and moved a little closer to him. She faced him and gave a little smile before closing her eyes. She nodded and settled her head back into her pillow. Dave laid back down and stared at, watching her body relax and her breaths calm. Suddenly, thunder and lightning shook her. She tensed and moved so close to Dave, that she was practically his second skin. Dave put his arms around her and cradled her close, lightly pressing her to his chest. He smelled her hair and smiled. He missed her touch.
Kitten didn't care that she was hurt anymore. She just wanted him. She just wanted to be close to him. She breathed in his scent and placed her head on his bicep while she leaned her face gently into his chest. She wrapped on arm around his torso with that hand on his back. Her other hand was placed on his stomach. She relaxed her body against his, but just long, enough till another thunder came by. Her nails dug into Dave's stomach. She felt him contract his abs as her nails scratched him. She looked up into his neck and apologized. "Sorry, big guy."
"It's okay. Don't worry about it. You just relax. I'm here now. Nothing can harm you when I'm here.", he said quietly. She didn't respond to him right away. She waited till she felt his body totally relax, telling her he was asleep. She looked up at him and said sleepily, "No Dave, nothing can harm me… but you."
A/N: Finally! Jeez, that was a long ass chapter. Its 13 pages long! Lol can't believe me sometimes haha. Well as you know this story is a great story to write, but it doesn't mean I don't love hearing from you people. You guys inspire me to write more because of the love you give me. Thank you for reading and please review! Until the next time!! :D