Chapter 46: My Time Is Now!

A million thoughts were racing through Lauren's mind throughout the entire day, even as they laid down to go to sleep. Tomorrow was a day that could change everything. Batista was to battle HHH for the World Heavyweight Championship. If he won that match–when he won that match–Batista's career would explode in a flash of glory. He would have everything he worked so hard for. He fought and destroyed everyone in his path, showed them that the Animal had been unleashed, and that he meant business. Lauren could feel the arms of that very Animal wrapped around her waist securely, making her feel safe. She looked up into his now closed eyes, thinking of how proud she would be when he became World Heavyweight Champion. She could see him in that ring now, holding the title high and proud, while the audience cheered and loved him. Lauren would be right there cheering with them at ringside, as she looked up at him smiling. While these thoughts were running through her head, she didn't realize that his eyes were gazing right back at her. "Did I wake you?" she asked him quietly.

"No. I can't really sleep," he whispered back holding her tighter.

"I know what you mean. But the new World Heavyweight Champion needs to get his rest for the big day tomorrow." Lauren smiled and snuggled into his chest.

"Easy for you to say," Batista chuckled.

"Well, if you really can't sleep, there's only one thing to do," Lauren stated as she slipped from under the covers and walked over to one of her bags. Batista sat up to see what she was up to, and heaved a long sigh when he saw the box she was pulling out.

"You want to play that this late at night?" he asked quizzically.

"Hey, you're the one complaining you couldn't sleep! If you have a better idea, I'd be happy to hear it!" she stated as she set everything up. "Come on, it's perfect. Requires no real reading, it's fun, and it'll probably tire you out." Batista saw her eyes as she pleaded pitifully over by the game.

"I'm all for playing a game, but Twister?" he chuckled. Lauren simply nodded.

"Unless of course, you know you can't beat me, and you're too scared to play me," Lauren smirked. One second after finishing her sentence, Batista was already on the mat, spinning the little spinner.

He looked over at her and smirked, "Right hand red." They continued to play into the night, with one game leading to another, until they decided to quit. Batista yawned and stood up to stretch, only to regret it a second later when Lauren cheered how she won. "Yeah, yeah you win. Now come on, let's get back to sleep." Batista helped her get off of the floor and into bed, where he saw her fall asleep instantly. He continued to watch her, knowing how wonderful it was going to be to have her by his side when he won the championship tomorrow. Her smiling up at him with pride and happiness, as he held the title high. Then he would step down, pull her into the ring with him, hold her close, and kiss her with all his might. His thoughts continued, without him realizing that he had fallen asleep himself.

That morning, they woke up to someone's cell phone ringing. It was Lauren's as she hurried to answer it. "Hello?" she asked groggily.

"WHERE ARE YOU?" Lita yelled in concern.

"Ow. What do you mean?' Lauren whined.

"You left us at the club and you're not in your room! I've been calling your room forever and you wouldn't answer! Well, at least when I got over my major hangover. Trust me, that took a while. So what happened? Are you okay? Where are you?" she continued asking questions until Lauren told her to stop.

"I'm fine. I just woke up. I'm sorry for not telling you guys where I was, I just...well..." Lauren couldn't put it into words. "I had to see someone."

"Who?" Lita asked like a mother interrogating their child.

"A guy..." Lauren continued, liking how much this was torturing Lita.

"A guy? You mean like, a boyfriend?" she asked getting a little excited.

"You could say that," she replied smiling over at Batista. He was just rolling back over to try and go to sleep. "So sorry again if I scared you guys. I'll see you guys at the airport, okay?"

"Okay. We'll get to meet this mystery man, right?" Lita wondered hopefully.

"Oh yeah. See ya later!" Lauren hung up her phone and started getting dressed. She decided to go with a regular pink t-shirt, jeans, and sneakers. She pulled her hair into a ponytail and walked into the bathroom to brush her teeth. When she walked out, she noticed Batista still trying to sleep. "Come on, it's time to get up!" she sang as she walked past him over to her bag. When she only heard a mumble in response, she put her hands on her hips in a more menacing manner. "Come on, Batista! Get up!" she told him tapping her foot impatiently. Batista didn't even move this time. "Fine. If that's the way you want it," she growled. She literally ran and pounced him on the bed. Out of surprise, Batista fell off the bed onto the floor. Lauren put her chin casually on her palm and she looked over the edge of the bed at Batista. "Time to get up." she told him with a sly smile on her face.

"Not cool," Batista grumbled from the floor.

"Hey, that's what Carlito said when I did it to him!" Lauren said in fake astonishment. Batista raised a brow.

"What?" he asked her with a growl in his voice. Before she knew it, Lauren was on top of Batista's chest as he laid on the floor. "What about Carlito?" he asked with a smirk.

"Yeah, it was fun and all, but when I pushed him off of my bed, he said the exact same thing you did." Lauren explained like it didn't matter. Batista then rolled them over to have him on top looking down at her. "Oh for crying out loud! I was only kidding! Man, you get jealous so easily!" Lauren chuckled, but stopped when his lips found hers.

He pulled away slowly. "You have no idea," he whispered in a husky voice.

"I've gotta remember to make you jealous more often," Lauren smirked and kissed him again. Batista finally helped her up and decided to get dressed himself. He threw on a shirt that clung to his body, showing off his muscles, with a pair of jeans and sneakers. They packed the rest of their stuff so they'd be ready to head off to the airport. Which by the way, was sometime within the next hour. "You ready to go yet?" she asked as he just finished zipping up his bag.

"Ready when you are," he replied. Lauren nodded and picked up her bag as they started heading out. While walking down to the lobby, Batista called the limo to have it pick them up out front. They both waited in the lobby, as Batista wrapped his arm around her waist, allowing her to lay against him. The limo pulled up and took them to the airport, where Lauren looked around for Lita and Stacy. She smiled when she saw them with Kane and Benoit's arms wrapped around their women's waists. "Since when did Benoit and Stacy go out?" Batista whispered.

"Since that night Orton RKO'd her. Apparently they've had a thing for each other for a while." Lauren whispered in his ear and asked him to stand off to the side as she talked to them. She discussed one final little 'plan' of hers, one that Batista actually liked. Lauren ran up to them to see the surprised looks on their faces.

"Lauren, where have you been?" Stacy asked hugging Lauren tightly. "We were worried about you! Lita told us that there is a mystery man we're dying to meet." Stacy winked. Lauren simply smirked and pretended to look for him.

"I know he's around here somewhere. Now where could he be?" Lauren said looking in every direction. Lita, Stacy, and the men looked behind her with wide eyes. "What is it?" she asked. She then felt two arms wrap around her from behind. The men were ready to charge Batista as he pulled Lauren to his chest. "Oh there you are!" she laughed. The gang was speechless. "Everybody, I'd like you to meet the 'mystery man'." she smirked. Lita and Stacy looked wide-eyed at each other and got so excited they both grabbed Lauren in a hug, squealing in delight for their friend. Benoit and Kane shook Batista's hand in congratulations. "Well we better get on that flight, or they're going to have Wrestlemania without us!" Lauren laughed. All the women linked arms with their men and got on the plane.

Any minute now, fireworks would go off to signal the start of the year's greatest event in wrestling; Wrestlemania 21. Lauren and Batista stood in the locker room, tension from the events to come filling the room. Batista stood up with his arms against the wall, his eyes closed. Lauren sat on the couch and watched him. He was so quiet, focused, and determined. Lauren didn't say anything, knowing he wanted nothing more than quiet. He's so...I don't even know. I've never seen him like this. It's like he's in his own little world. It's so weird watching him be so...intense. She could hear his smooth breathing from across the room. The silence was getting to her, but she didn't speak. She simply stood and walked over the mini-fridge and pulled out a cold bottle of water for him. Lauren slowly and cautiously walked over to him and held it in front of his face. He silently stood up straight and looked down at the offered bottle. A small smile made its way to his lips, along with Lauren's. Batista gently wrapped his hand around hers over the bottle. He took the bottle and sipped a little of the water, before setting it down on the table.

"Thank you," he said barely audible. Lauren smiled and simply nodded, thinking he wished to continue getting ready for his upcoming match. Lauren turned and started walking away, when he took her wrist. She slowly turned to face him, to find him still smiling at her. He stepped closer to her, while wrapping an arm around her waist, and cupping her cheek in his hand. Batista claimed her lips, in what started as a gentle kiss. It steadily turned into a hot passionate kiss that nearly held nothing back. Lauren softly pulled away and smiled up at him. Batista wrapped both his arms around her and hugged her tightly. "I love you." he whispered into her hair.

Lauren's eyes widened. It was only the second time he had said that, and it made her heart race. She hugged him just as tightly. "I love you too." A tear slipped down her cheek, as his words echoed through her mind. They continued holding each other for what seemed like forever.

A knock interrupted the moment. "Batista sir, your match is on in ten!" a stagehand told him. They pulled away and looked at each other.

"Ten minutes, good." Lauren smirked while grabbing her bag and walking into the bathroom. Batista waited somewhat patiently for her to emerge. As soon as the door opened, he realized why she was smirking. There she stood, in the sexiest thing he had ever seen. A beautiful dark-blue dress, that split down the chest, barely showing cleavage. It went just a little past her knees with a slit coming down the right leg with black shoes that strapped halfway up her calves. "So what do you think?" she asked, a little self-conscious of what she was wearing.

Batista walked up to her and wrapped his arms around her. "You have never looked hotter" he smiled and kissed her on the lips. "You ready?" he asked her.

"I think the real question is, are you ready?" she replied holding his hands in hers. Batista looked down for a moment, then into her eyes with a confident smile. As soon as he nodded, they walked out of the locker room, down the hallway to the curtain. They both waited hand in hand, for his music to play. "You ready for your destiny to change?" Lauren asked looking straight ahead.

Batista looked straight ahead as well. "No." Lauren looked up at him confused. He looked back down at her with a smirk. "I'm ready for our destiny to change," he said squeezing her hand. Lauren smiled, and heard the Animal's music play. They both walked out, with smiles on their faces, hand in hand.

A/N: Yo, yo, yo! What's sizzlin' homies? Hehe. I've got nothin. Onto the responses:

Mrs. Orton-Cena: Karma truly is a bitch. But I love it, lol. Thanks for the review :)

MissPhilippinesSuperStar: Well I sure as hell hope they're cute together, that's my whole point of putting them together! lol. Thanks for the review :)

takerschick: Yay! Undertaker's coming back! He's my hero! And whatta mean 'update quicker'? Sheesh. Demanding, aren't we? lol, I'm just kidding. Thanks for the info and the review :)

civilian-kritik: Um...sorry? lol. Don't worry, I already have it written out. But you keep up this attitude and I may not post it! lol. Glad you liked the paybacks! Thanks for the review :)

AngelsAriel: Oh god! Please don't die! You have so much to live for! WHYYYYYYYYYYY? God, WHYYYYYYYYYYYYY? lol. I'm having such a damn writer's block for DMC. But don't worry, I'm working on it. Thanks for the review :)

KaoriRKO: You know nothing! (shifty eyes) Im going, going, going...and I'm gone. lol. Thanks for the review :)

foolishangel87: Now the first step is to admitting that you have a problem...lol. Thank you so much. I personally like how I make Batista protective of Lauren too, teehee. I've done something right for once! lol. :)

Queen Li: Hey, it's my girl! I'm glad you're lovin' it! Wow, the McDonald's theme just popped into my head. Mmmmm, Egg McMuffin! (clears throat) Anyways, thanks for the review girl, and awesome job on your story :)

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nightwoman: Aww, thanks. I'm glad they're cute together, otherwise I'd be wasting my time and then I'd have a breakdown and cry all the time and wonder why I'm a failure, and...thanks for the review :) lol