Chapter 34: Lauren's Little Secret

Batista was going crazy. He worked out harder than ever, got pissed more easily, and had very little patience with anyone. He wanted Lauren back with him, and was waiting for what seemed like forever, when its only been a week or two. It was so much harder to sleep, knowing she wouldn't be there when he woke up. It was much harder to concentrate without her smile and smart-ass comments making him laugh. It was already the next show, and he didn't know if he'd be able to see her. She didn't show up at the last show at all. He called Bischoff to find out that she was going to stay in the Divas locker room, away from him. Once he hung up the phone he threw it against the wall. "When will she let me tell her what happened?" he yelled. It took all the strength he had not to call her, and wait for her like Benoit said. That's it. I'm going to find her and talk to her tomorrow on RAW.

Just like Bischoff had told him, Lauren was no longer sharing a locker room with him. Instead she was in the Diva locker room, where he couldn't help her if she needed him. But that wasn't going to stop him from trying to see her. As he was walking down the hallway, he heard Lita and Stacy talking about Lauren. He stayed out of sight as they walked by, to hear their conversation.

"I'm really worried about her, Lita. I mean, first she cries every night, then she practically stops eating, and then she spends almost five hours working out in the gym. She's passed out twice already," Stacy stated worriedly.

"Yeah. I started training her last week, and she doesn't stop. She'll completely wear herself out, but then she'll keep pushing herself to the limit. Don't get me wrong, I admire her determination, but this is ridiculous. She's going to really hurt herself if she keeps this up." Lita replied. "Well, I better head on down and get Christy, her match is up next. See ya!" Lita called out and went to find Christy. Stacy simply waved back and went to go find Randy. Batista couldn't believe what he was hearing. Lauren was practically killing herself because of him. He was now more determined than ever to go look for her. He stood in front of the Diva locker room, and knocked. Maria answered the door.

"Oh hey Batista. What's up?" she asked smiling.

"Hey Maria. I was just wondering if Lauren was in there," he replied.

"Oooh, sorry Batista but she's not here right now. She just left to go for a little walk," Maria told him.

"Alone? How long ago? Which way did she go?" he asked hurriedly.

"Um, about ten minutes ago, and she went that way," she said pointing left.

"Thanks Maria." he said and started running in that direction to look for her.

Meanwhile, Lauren was simply walking backstage, holding her head. She knew that it was unhealthy for her not to eat and workout all the time, but she just didn't seem to care. She felt that she had lost a lot of weight, and had become weaker. At one of her training sessions with Lita, she had passed out. Lita asked her what was going on, and Lauren simply replied that she didn't get enough sleep the night before. Lita would even tell her to stop training and get some rest. However late at night, Lauren would sneak down to the gym and practice for almost three more hours. During a trip to the mall, Lita and Stacy noticed she wasn't eating, and she would tell them she ate before they came to the mall. Lauren then passed out once again in an elevator while heading down to the gym with Lita. She tried to get Lauren to stop training and just rest, but Lauren refused to listen. Her hate for Trish was beyond reason, and made her push herself beyond her own limits. It just didn't truly occur to her that she was practically killing herself just to do it. Even though Lita and Stacy would probably never understand it, Lauren was doing it for and because of Batista. Lauren felt that Batista had left her for Trish because she was prettier, skinnier, stronger, and a better wrestler than she was. So she wanted to prove herself to Trish, Batista, and everyone else. I don't care what it takes, I will prove myself and show them not to mess with me. Although it was hard to become stronger when you stop eating almost completely and train all the time. Lauren continued walking down the hallways, feeling dizzier with each step, until she bumped into someone. She looked up to see that it was none other than, Snitsky. Just what I needed to make my week complete, she thought sarcastically.

"Well, well. From what I hear, little Vixen and her big man Batista had a little argument last week. What a shame," he said licking his lips.

"Leave me alone Snitsky," Lauren warned as she tried to simply walk past him. Snitsky simply grabbed her arm and rammed her into the wall with a sick smile on his face. He then straddled his arms onto the wall behind her, keeping her trapped between him and the wall. Lauren tried pushing him away from her, only to have him push her against the wall again. Lauren then punched him in the stomach. Snitsky held his stomach and groaned, while Lauren tried to get away. Snitsky grabbed her again, only to earn a punch to the face. Suddenly, all of Lauren's strength started leaving her. "Just stay away from me," she panted and tried walking away with her head pounding. Snitsky was obviously not someone who gave up, or took a hint. He grabbed her again and squeezed her arms with all his might. Lauren let out a cry of pain, and felt herself only be able to stand because of Snitsky's hold on her. Snitsky could feel her become limp, and let her fall to the floor. To avoid getting in trouble, he left her there and ran off. Lauren leaned back up against the wall as everything started getting blurry. It was then that she heard a voice call out her name. Lauren looked up weakly to see the one man she didn't expect to see.

Batista knelt down and held her against him. Lauren simply eased into his hold, like she used to. Lauren then felt him lift her into his arms and carry her down the hallway. She finally completely passed out in the arms of the man she never thought would hold her again. Batista felt her go limp and hurried to get her medical help. He ran past Lita and Stacy as they saw him with an unconscious Lauren in his arms.

"Should we stop him?" Stacy asked.

Lita simply shook her head. "No. Come on Stacy, we both know they still love each other, and he wouldn't do anything to hurt her. Maybe he'll be the one to talk some sense into her." she said. Stacy nodded in agreement. "We'll check on her later. Come on," she said as they started walking in the opposite direction.

Batista kicked down the door and yelled for someone to help. The medical team took Lauren and put her onto the bed. Batista stood and watched as they tried to help her. Once they were finished running tests, they told him what had happened. "Well, Mr. Batista, she is very weak from not eating and over-working herself. Her body fat is way below normal and healthy standards. It seems that because she hasn't been eating well, something stressed her out and became more than she could handle." the doctor told him.

Looks like Lita and Stacy were right. He knew exactly what had stressed her out, when he saw the bastard Snitsky running away from her as soon as he had come around the corner. "He's going to pay," he snarled and went looking for him. The cameras started looking for Batista and followed him as he went looking for Snitsky. He found him at the buffet table stuffing his face, when he grabbed him from behind and threw him into a wall. "How do you like it?" he yelled and continued to do it. At least until he Batista-Bombed him through the buffet table. "That's what you get! And if I EVER see you near her again, I'll be back to give you more!" he screamed ferociously. After shoving a donut into Snitsky's mouth, he walked off to go be with Lauren. He didn't care if he had a fight with Kane that night, he wanted to stay with her. On his way there, Bischoff stopped to talk to him.

"Batista! You have a match tonight with Kane, and you're running around beating up everyone you find!" Bischoff yelled.

"You're right. So I suggest you move before I beat you up too," Batista said calmly and shoved Bischoff out of his way.

"So I guess you're not interested in knowing that your match with Kane is now a Lumberjack Match!" Bischoff yelled after him. Batista simply stopped, looked at him over his shoulder, then continued walking. Once he returned to the medical room, he saw tubes connected to her, and she was still out. He took a seat beside her and held her hand. Please be all right. Please. He begged in his mind and continued stroking her hand as she slept. Just then Lita and Stacy walked in to check on her. Lauren looked worse than they thought.

"Oh my god!" Stacy cried. "What happened?" she asked walking to the other side of her bed. Batista just gave a few details, but then asked if they had noticed anything strange with her recently.

Lita explained to him how she would always train too hard, and didn't seem to be eating as much as she should. "We just thought she was on a crazy diet or something, we didn't realize she had just stopped eating." Batista simply nodded and looked back down at her. "You should probably go, Batista. Your match is next," Lita told him. Batista didn't move to leave, even though he knew he should. "Me and Stacy will stay here. Besides, if she wakes up and finds you here, she might get more upset." This definitely caught Batista's attention, as he realized she was right and stood up to leave. He took one last glance at Lauren, and finally left.

Batista's head wasn't in the match, for not only did he have nothing against Kane, but he was too worried about Lauren. But with 20 Lumberjacks surrounding the ring, he knew he had to give it his all. One Lumberjack filled him with so much rage, that he just wanted to jump out of the ring and destroy Snitsky like he had earlier. Pretty soon, it wasn't even a match between him and Kane anymore. Snitsky and Kane were fighting, while Batista had to handle himself with guys like Maven, La Resistance, and Chris Masters. Once he finished with them, he got back in the ring to see Edge, Christian and Tomko beating down on Kane. He threw them out of the ring, as he and Kane finished their match. Batista came out victorious, as he glared at HHH from the ring, noting the Championship in his hand. Once the match was over, Batista simply walked up the ramp to go check on Lauren. Before he opened the door, he heard them talking.

"Well tell Christy I said congratulations on her match," Lauren said weakly to Lita.

"Thanks I will," Lita replied. "Lauren, do you remember how you got here?" Lita asked her.

"Yeah. Batista found me and carried me here." Lauren said turning her head away. Batista could hear her start to cry. "Why does he have to do this to me?" she said.

Batista pulled away from the door. He was hurting her, and that was the last thing he wanted. He told her he wouldn't let anyone hurt her, and if that included him, then so be it. Batista turned away and walked out of the arena, away from the woman he loved.

"Oh sweety, he cares about you," Stacy said hugging her friend. "He wouldn't have gone through all that trouble to help you if he didn't." Lauren didn't say anything and continued to cry.

Lita and Stacy didn't know what to say and let their friend cry until she couldn't anymore. Kane then walked in to get Lita. "What happened?" he asked as he walked up. Lita mouthed 'Later' to him as he nodded in understanding. "Do you need help getting back to the hotel?" he asked Lauren. Lauren turned to look at them, and nodded.

"Stacy why don't you go get her stuff out of the Diva locker room and meet us out in the garage, okay?" Lita asked. Stacy nodded and went off to the Diva locker room. Lita and Kane helped Lauren out of the medical bed. Lita wrapped a blanket around her, as Kane carried her out to their car. They waited for Stacy, when she came running out with Lauren's bag.

"Sorry I took so long, I just had to let Randy know that I was riding with you guys back to the hotel," she said and sat in the back with Lauren. Lauren didn't say a word the entire time, wondering why she couldn't get over the feeling of when Batista held her.

He's done it before, so why does it make it such a difference now? It's because you miss it, that's why. Lauren thought sadly to herself as she looked out the window until they reached the hotel. Kane helped carry Lauren up to her room, as Stacy and Lita decided to stay with her for the night. Early the next morning, while Lita and Stacy slept, Lauren walked into the bathroom. As soon as she saw herself in the mirror she saw how pale her face was, and how horrible she looked in general. It was then that she finally realized that she had to stop this idiotic 'diet' of hers. "Hey guys?" she called out softly as Lita and Stacy woke up. "I'm kind of hungry, could we get something to eat?"

A/N: I know! I know! From a medical standpoint, this probably never would have happened. I'm sorry, I'm not a doctor! I told you guys stuff would be random. Please don't hate me! lol. Anyways, I know this was a crazy and messed up chapter, but things will get better. But there is still more random stuff to come. :)

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