Chapter 39: New Interest

Batista didn't know what to do. She was being just as stubborn as he was, and it wasn't helping matters any. All he wanted to do was just take her, and tell her what had really happened between him and Trish. Though the more he tried the deeper he dug himself into the whole he created. It was like she refused to listen to him, even though she needed to. WM 21 was this Sunday, and he wanted her with him to celebrate his victory over HHH. He wasn't just going to beat him for the title, but for all the shit he had put both him and Lauren through. Plus another factor was Lita and Stacy. Naturally they'd try to keep him away from her to protect her. I guess Benoit's right, I just have to wait for her. Please Lauren, come to me soon. With that, he left the door to the Diva locker room and headed off to his own car to get back to the hotel.

As soon as Lauren heard him walk away, she fell to the floor and cried into her knees. Why won't he...it's like he wants to give up. Well, maybe that's what I should do then, just give up. Lauren picked herself up off the floor and grabbed her bag to go see Stacy. Once she walked in, she saw an unusual sight. Chris Benoit was sitting in the chair beside her bed, talking to her. Before either of them saw her, Lauren hid behind the door panel and listened.

"Hey Lauren, nice job out there!" Lita laughed walking up to her. Lauren simply covered Lita's mouth with her hand and pulled her beside her. Lita pushed her hand away, demanding an explanation. Lauren simply smirked and motioned her head towards Stacy's room. Lita slowly peaked in, pulled back and smiled. "It's about time!" Lita whispered.

"What do you mean?" Lauren asked, getting a little excited.

"Benoit's been wanting to ask her out for the longest time. Stacy's always told me how hot he is and such, and he's a very good man. He's someone who'll treat her right," Lita explained.

"Well we don't know if this will start anything right now. She did just get beat up by her ex-boyfriend," Lauren pointed out. Lita nodded and tried listening to see what they were saying.

"I can't believe Randy would do something like this," Stacy stated sadly. "I mean the worst he'd ever done was just hold my wrist too tightly, but..."

"What do you mean held your wrist too tightly? Let me see," Benoit said.

"It's nothing really! Just a little red that's all," Stacy told him. Benoit ignored her and lifted her wrist gently into his hand.

"That sorry son of a...Stacy if he was doing this to you, you should've told somebody. Like me." Benoit told her, still holding her wrist, and gently rubbing it with his thumb. Stacy smiled back at him.

"Thanks Chris, that really means a lot to me," she stated blushing. "I better call Lita and Lauren and ask if they can give me a ride home." she chuckled nervously reaching for her phone on the night stand beside her.

"No!" Lita and Lauren whispered loudly.

"I could give you a ride," Benoit offered.

"Yes! Yes! Go for it!" Lita and Lauren whispered again.

"I don't want to be a bother to you," Stacy told him fiddling with her hands.

"Yes you do!" Lauren said getting a little frustrated.

Benoit took one of her hands in his and had her look at him. "You wouldn't be." Stacy smiled as she looked at the sincerity in his eyes, and nodded. "It's settled then. You should probably call Lita and Lauren and let them know what's going on."

"Yeah, you're right." Stacy picked up her phone and dialed Lita's number first. As soon as she dialed it, she heard ringing right outside the door. "Lita?" Stacy called out. Lita and Lauren both sheepishly poked their heads in the door and waved.

"You feeling better, Stace?" Lita chuckled nervously. Stacy simply hung up the phone and gave them a stern look.

"Yes, thank you," she said. Both Lauren and Lita hung their heads in shame as they stood at her bed. "Well anyways, in case you didn't OVER HEAR, Chris was going to give me a ride back to the hotel." Both Lita and Lauren simply nodded with their heads still down. "Now you two need to get your things, and head on back to the hotel." Stacy said like a mother figure.

"Yes ma'am," they both replied and walked out with their heads hung low. Of course as soon as they were out of earshot, they started giggling and getting excited for Stacy.

"You sure showed them, even I was kind of scare of you for a minute," Benoit chuckled. Stacy just smiled and blushed as she looked away from him. "Anyways, you think you'll be able to walk?" he asked her.

"Uh, I'm not sure. I'll try," she replied and slowly started putting her feet on the floor. Once she put all her weight on her legs, she started falling over.

Luckily Benoit caught her against his chest before she could hit the floor. "You all right?" he asked her. Stacy just looked up into his eyes and nodded slowly, unable to look away from him. Benoit just kind of smiled, and looked back into her eyes. "Well, I'll take that as a yes. Looks like you're not walking." Stacy squealed in surprise as Benoit easily scooped her into his arms and started carrying her out of the arena to his car. Stacy slowly eased into his chest and wrapped her arms around his neck. To her, it was a very nice ride back to the hotel.

A/N: HA! I bet because of the title you guys thought LAUREN was going for somebody else. You did didn't ya? Didn't ya? lol, okay I'll shutup. Anyways, I hope no one has a real problem with the Stacy/Benoit couple. There won't be too much of it for those of you who want to throw up at the idea. He was the only person I could think of at the time that wouldn't a random guy thrown into the story. (And we all know Orton wasn't an option, hehe). So please review, even though some of you threatened not to review anymore until Batista and Lauren get back together (you know who you are!) Well, it will happen in the near future. So could you find it in your hearts to keep reviewing? Pretty please:)