Chapter 54: Rain, Coffee, Etc.
I swear to god if anything happens to her, I'll never forgive myself, he thought anxiously. Batista didn't know how to find her without calling her on her cell phone. He sat in their room for what seemed like forever. In reality it was less than an hour, when he sat on the bed, with his face in his hands. His head shot up when he head the door open, and heard it close with soft footsteps entering. He stood up and looked to find Lauren walking in soaking wet, but with a small smile on her face. Batista stood there, unsure of how to feel or act. Lauren casually walked over to the sink and got a glass of water. Once she drunk it, she turned to face him, leaning against the counter. "You know, I found out something while being outside," she said. Batista raised a brow, asking what she had found out. "I found out it's raining," she chuckled. Batista held back a smile, knowing now was not the time. "We're idiots you know." she said like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"How so?" Batista asked cooly, slipping his hands into his pockets and leaning against the doorway to the bedroom.
"All this arguing we do, me running off, us always making a bigger deal out of things then we need to. If you ask me it's just plain ridiculous," she said with a smirk on her face. Batista was starting to wonder about her change in attitude. "Think about it, how many times have we gone through this? Quite a few according to my memory, and it's always the same thing. Something makes us both upset, I run away, you come after me. For once can you be the one that runs off, because I'm honestly tired of being the one running at top speed to get away. It'd be nice to be the hunter every once in a while."
"Lauren, what in the hell happened while you were out there?" Batista asked, still trying to figure out what exactly was happening.
"Well, I ran about two more blocks when I noticed you weren't even running after me so I just started walking around. Actually, I just walked back and forth between this hotel and a nice little coffee shop around the corner. Then finally the owner of the shop said for me to get out of the rain and have some coffee. Then she asked me what was going on and I explained it to her. She was nice, especially with the free coffee, hehe. Anyways, so then she told me just come on back and stop making you worry about me. The coffee really helped me feel better," Lauren explained. Batista had no idea what to say or do with the woman standing before him. "Do you wanna get some coffee?" Lauren asked pointing out the door. Batista just raised a brow in utter confusion. "Seriously I'll just grab my phone and purse and we can head right on over there. It's just around the corner," she said making her way to get her things.
Batista stepped in front of her, blocking the way to the bedroom. "You mean to tell me, that the next time we have an argument like that, I need to get you down to the gym so you can run for five minutes, get a stranger to tell your problems too, and make sure it's raining?" he asked.
"No, just give me some coffee," Lauren smiled. Batista bowed his head, trying to hide his smile. Lauren looked down and started laughing, as Batista soon joined her. He stood up straight and took her wet form in his arms. He kissed her head and held her tightly, as Lauren did the same. "I am sorry though about running out like that," she said quietly.
"Hey at least we're sure of one thing," Batista stated. Lauren pulled back a little and looked up at him. "At least we're sure it's raining." Lauren busted out laughing, kissing him sweetly on the lips.
"I'd better change," she said and walked into the bedroom to find dry, clean clothes. Batista watched as she stripped down and changed. "So what do you want to do today?" she asked him as she wrapped her arms around his waist.
"Well I was thinking about grabbing some coffee but..." they both started laughing until he suggested they get something to eat.
They were sitting in the car eating their McDonald's meals, when Batista looked over at Lauren. "Are you nervous about your match tomorrow?" he asked her. Lauren looked over at him with a small smile on her face and nodded. Batista took her hand in his and kissed it, "don't be. You're going to do great."
"Thanks." Lauren replied and continued eating her cheeseburger. Until something popped into her head, "What if HHH escorts her to the ring?" she asked.
"He'll have to deal with me," Batista replied confidently.
"Hopefully we won't need all of that. I just can't wait to get into that ring and show her, and the world what I'm made of," Lauren stated with a smirk on her face.
"Speaking of which, any idea what you're going to wear tomorrow?" Batista asked.
"Oh please, you'd probably suggest just wearing a bra and panties," Lauren chuckled while rolling her eyes.
"Hey, what can I say?" Batista asked shrugging his shoulders, only to have a french-fry thrown at him.
"Well I do have a few things in mind," Lauren thought. "Hell I'll wrestle naked if it means winning that championship–don't even think about it!" she told him accusingly.
"Damn," Batista sighed as they both continued talking about the next night.
I will win. Look out Trish, Vixen's coming for you. Lauren thought slyly as she laid down to go to sleep, ready for whatever may come the next night.
A/N: It's kind of weird now that I think about it. I made the solution to their arguing, coffee. Yet I don't even drink coffee. Hmm, interesting. Well I hope you liked it nonetheless. And thanks so much for the awesome feedback I got for my Benoit story. :)