Chapter 11: Surprise

"Since she surprised me, I might just have to surprise her tomorrow," he thought and went to sleep with a smirk still present on his face.

The next morning, Lauren woke up and thought of what she wanted to do that day. "Avoid Batista for one thing," she thought to herself. So slipped out of her bed and put on a regular white t-shirt and low rise jeans with her black combat boots. "Maybe I'll just hit the mall or something today," she figured and headed out. Apparently the mall wasn't far away, so she decided to walk. She had spent about an hour there shopping for more shirts and shoes, when she saw a familiar face. "Batista!" she gasped and ducked down so he wouldn't see her. "I wonder what he's buying here," she thought. Lauren watched as he walked into a jewelry store. "What would he be doing in there?" Lauren waited until he walked out of the store with a tiny bag in hand, sunglasses on, and walked far enough for Lauren to come out of hiding. She thought she could just turn the other way and leave him to his business, but curiosity got the better. "Damn my curious brain!" she scolded. Lauren turned right back around, and decided to play "Mission Impossible" while following Batista. The whole day she was able to stay hidden, even if she got awkward glances from the people noticing her hiding in the potted bushes. Lauren noticed that he had gone into three different stores; the jewelry store, a flower store, and a candle store. "What could he be doing with all those things?" she wondered. After that, her phone started ringing. "Hello?" she asked quietly.

"Hey Lauren, it's me," Batista replied on the other end. "I was wondering if you wanted to join me and the guys for lunch?" he asked her.

"Uh...sure. What time?" she replied nervously as she peeked over the bushes to see Batista walking away on his cell phone.

"In about one hour. We'll pick you up at the hotel okay?" he asked.

"Uh, yeah sure, that's fine," she stuttered.

"You all right?" Batista asked her a bit worried. "Where are you, it sounds kind of crowded where you are," he said.

"I'm just uh...at the...hair salon! That's it! The hair salon! Gotta keep up appearances you know," she chuckled nervously.

"Uh, okay. Where is it? I'll have the limo pick you up there," Batista told her.

"No! No that's okay. I'll be at the hotel in one hour. I'll be there don't you worry! Yep! Be worry-free! Oh no (fake static) I'm–losing–you–see–later–Bye!" Lauren quickly closed her cell phone and stayed hidden until Batista was once again out of sight. "That was close!" she thought and started running back to her hotel room. Lauren put all her stuff away and looked at the clock to see that she only had ten minutes to get ready. So she quickly put on a jean skirt with high black boots, a pink tank top and a little black jacket on top. As soon as her lip gloss had been applied, someone knocked on her door. "Coming!" she called out and quickly grabbed her purse and phone as she answered the door. Batista stood there with a weird look on his face. "What?" Lauren asked.

"I thought you said you went to the hair salon," he said.

"I...I did," Lauren replied trying not to look him in the eyes.

"That's funny. Because your hair doesn't look any different," Batista told her.

"Well I went to the hair salon, but I...I just didn't get my hair done. I went for...a comb! You see my comb broke and I went up there to get a new one. I love their combs!" Lauren told him a little too enthusiastically.

"Okay then...well we better get going before HHH gets too hungry." Batista watched as she nodded and walked in front of him towards the elevator. "She's hiding something," he thought to himself. "Oh well, she'll be surprised later." They both walked out to the limo, to hear the groans of the two men trudging through their hangovers. "How you boys feeling?" Batista laughed.

"Shutup Batista," HHH growled. Flair just raised his hand and let it fall back down, as if all his strength were gone.

"Guess not that good," Lauren chuckled as she slid in next to HHH. He just glared at her until he noticed her looking at him laughing.

"What are you laughing at?" he snarled. Lauren got real close to his face.

"Damn, Champ. Did I tell you how hot you look today?" she smirked. Batista burst out laughing while HHH looked confused. Lauren explained to HHH the events that took place at the booth, and the fact that she told Batista while hauling his drunk ass up to his hotel room. HHH just gave them the deadliest glare he could and just turned away while Batista and Lauren kept laughing. They reached the closest Bob Evan's to have their lunch. Lauren noticed that Batista would constantly get up from the table, and talk on his cell phone. "I wonder what he's up to," she wondered.

"What can I get you guys?" the waitress asked nicely.

Once it was Batista's turn to order, he simply looked over at me and smirked. "Surprise me," he told her. The waitress just shrugged and went to go get our food. Batista never took his eyes off of Lauren's blushing face. They all ate in silence until it was time to pay the bill. HHH just groaned and threw a 100 onto the table and left. Lauren and the others followed him back to the limo. "Hey Lauren, the guys and I are going to go to the gym to work out. Why don't you go back to the hotel for a little while, and we'll all grab some dinner afterwards, okay?" Batista asked as she stepped out of the limo at the hotel.

"Uh..sure, okay. I'll see you guys later then. Have a nice workout," Lauren waved. She could've sworn that she heard HHH saying how he didn't plan on going to the gym at all. "Okie dokie then," she shrugged and walked in through the front doors. She took the elevator up and walked to her room, to smell a heavy scent of flowers. Lauren simply shrugged her shoulders and opened her door. Looking around the room, she dropped her keys in shock.

Roses, in every color, were filling her room. Red, yellow, white, purple, and pink roses were everywhere. Petals were at her feet as she followed them into the bathroom to see a warm bath prepared for her. Scented candles were surrounding the tub, which was mountain high in bubbles. "What the–" she then looked over to her bed to see it also covered in petals. Lauren noticed that on the night stand next to her, there was a card. Her name was on the front in beautiful silver letters. She opened it see that it read 'Surprise'. One more surprise fell right into her hand from the card; a beautiful silver necklace with a cursive 'L' hanging in the middle. "Oh my–who–" Lauren realized who the culprit was when she noticed a certain 'B' on the card. "Batista," she whispered with a smile. "Well, better enjoy it while it lasts," Lauren chuckled and got ready to slip into the bathtub. "That was quite the surprise," she thought to herself and continued to enjoy her bath.

A/N: Okay, in all honesty, I think this chapter is probably the worst one I've done so far, lol. Anyways, don't worry, it will be much better in chapters to come. Sorry about this one though, it's random and not very well written, but I had to get this one out of the way so I could move on to the better chapters lol. But who wouldn't want that kind of surprise, huh? hehe.