CHAPTER 2
"John, they're chasing!" Lily shrieked, tears streaming down her cheeks. "Don't worry Jeff, you can be a bridesmaid!"
"I'mma kick your ass!" Jeff shouted back.
"Whoa, where are we going?" She asked, watching the floor moving below her, beginning to feel dizzy. "John, put me down before I hurl!"
He stopped and set her down, then positioned himself in front of her, trying to compose his features into something somewhat serious. "You're not taking my fiancée away from me, Hardys."
"That is NOT funny anymore, Cena. Hand over our sister and nobody gets hurt." Matt ordered, yet again wondering why him?
Jeff nodded, folding his arms over his chest, looking annoyed. "Yeah, she's not marrying your ass and we all know it!"
In his pocket, John had a cheap toy metal ring he'd gotten out of a Cracker Jack box, with a lurid pink 'gemstone' stone mounting it. He had been saving it for an eventual prank on Maria, but… Providing the overprotective brothers didn't look TOO close, this might work. Taking Lily's hand in his, behind his back of course, he slid the junk ring onto her finger.
Smiling sweetly, Lily draped her arm around his shoulder, her ring catching the light and flashing.
"WHAT-"
"THE-"
"Fuck? Sure, come on baby." John finished for them.
"Right now? Okay but I feel I should warn you, I'm not really keen on my brothers watching. Jeff, Matt, could ya'all turn around? This might get a little kinky." Lily cautioned, her green eyes widening when they both lunged. "Oops!"
They all had tempers, hers and Jeff's were usually hard to provoke. Matt was the hot head of the group, though it looked like Jeff had finally blown as well.
"Take the joke, don't BE the joke!"
John took Matt while Lily danced around with Jeff, placing Matt easily in a headlock.
"OW!"
"What was that? I can't hear you. Speak up."
"OW!"
"Hmm… do you think I should let him go, my beautiful fiancée?" John grinned.
It was odd, they'd only just met tonight, hell, not even an hour ago, and already they were acting like old friends.
When she nodded –she was laughing too speak- he let go. "So, what do you say, stepping tonight?"
"Yeah, sure." Lily gently pulled Jeff away while Matt regained his bearings. "But I'm keeping the engagement ring!"
"Step OFF, Cena." Matt muttered, shaking his head and glared at his sister. "You can go home you know."
I'm an adult, make me." She smiled sweetly. "Besides, you need to lighten up, it was a joke. Not my fault you two blockhead keep forgetting my tits have developed."
"And what a fine pair of tits they are." John commented with a grin, winking at her.
"Cena!"
"That's our sister, man." Jeff groaned, trying to shake away all he had seen and heard. "Maybe we should send her home…"
"I think you're right."
"Send her home and watch me bring her right back." John threatened, looking drop dead serious this time around; though if they had bothered paying any attention to his eyes, they'd of seen the crinkles, he was trying not to smile. "I'll pay for her room and everything."
Jeff gaped at him while Matt narrowed his eyes.
"Adult, remember? You can't send me home and anyways…" Lily had never stopped smiling. "I'll call daddy if you even THINK about it."
They both groaned. She had pulled the 'dad card', she had him wrapped around her little finger and unfortunately, the man could still put the fear of God into all his children.
"Good, now that that's settled, don't you three have a show you're supposed to be doing?"
"Yeah, unfortunately. Steps tonight, don't forget, wife." John grinned and dropped a kiss on her cheek before rushing off, his laughter floating back to fuel Matt and Jeff's curses.
"If you three are quite finished stirring up the locker room…"
"Melina!" Lily all but jumped into her friend's arms.
Melina grinned, hugging her back. "I'll be taking my best friend around so we can catch up. You two have fun!" She waved as they walked off. Ever since Jeff had first brought Lily on the road with him a few years back, the two had been friends. Sadly, Lily only came on the road with her brothers a few times a year. "Girl, I missed you."
Matt shook his head. This was a never ending battle. "God, Melina is worse than John."
"We have our hands full." Jeff agreed.
"I bet you did." Lil grinned, linking arms with her friend. "Okay, fill me in on what's been going on. I see some new faces, transfers from the other show?" When Melina nodded, she did too. That explained why she hadn't known who John was, or 'Taker.
Creepy bastard.
"Yeah, we have our draft lottery a few months ago. You know, it'd be helpful if you started watching the shows every now and then."
"Nah. I figured Jeff being switched to a different brand and getting to join Mattie was enough."
He watched her from a distance, studying her thoughtfully. She had a very round ass, he noted, very snatchable. Almost smirking, he listened to her conversation with Melina, just as he had watched her little shenanigans with John and her moronic brothers.
She was a free spirit, that much was obvious. Her twin was as well so he wasn't too surprised. From her clothes, he was also guessing she was a punk, a wild child. Not his type at all. She was young. Well, younger than him. but her feisty attitude, her obvious rebellion against her brothers… that was attractive.
He could see himself having a lot of fun with her.
Frowning, Lily turned her head in time to see 'Taker disappearing into a room and glanced back at Melina. She barely heard a word the other woman was saying. In a very dangerous sort of way, he was sexy. Of course, he wasn't her type at all. No. she liked guys who could make her laugh, even though those green eyes could make her cream with just one look.
"Tell me about 'Taker."
"'Taker?" Melina echoed, startled at the abrupt change in subject and cleared her throat; reaching back to rub her neck. "Well… he's one of the big guys if you know what I mean."
Lily took that to mean not just in size, nodding.
"Unless we're working directly with him, everyone just tries to stay out of his way. He's really quiet; keeps to himself unless there's an issue and he steps in to solve it. He's a 'locker room leader', if you catch my drift."
"Fuck up and answer to him?"
"Yeah." Melina nodded, looking thoughtful. "I wonder if he even goes out, has sex…" At Lily's mildly amused look, she shrugged. "What? I wouldn't mind taking that for a ride."
Lily clamped a hand over her mouth to keep from laughing. She knew there was a reason she adored Melina.
"He's sexy, in a dangerous; dark sort of way."
"Eh, he's mostly just creepy." Lily said absentmindedly, not about to let Melina know she agreed with her. Then she got a thought. "Maybe he's gay?" When Mel just snorted, she grinned. "No seriously. You were wondering if he had a sex life, maybe he does and nobody knows about it. You know, traveling the world; goes to S&M clubs, all that kinky shit." She had a deranged mind but she also found it amusing.
That and Melina simply did not need to know what she was really thinking.
"God, wouldn't that be something to find out the Undertaker-"
"You were saying, Melina?"
Melina and Lily both slowly turned around. Melina paled at the sight of him standing there bare from the waist up while Lily bit her lower lip, torn between being amused and nervous.
"Uh… did I say Undertaker?" Melina laughed anxiously.
"Yes you did, continue."
"I was simply going to say the Undertaker, you, are spectacular in the ring."
"You may take your leave and go work on your lying skills."
Nodding, she bolted, leaving Lily to stand there shooting her traitorous looks.
"Gay, hm?" 'Taker actually smirked, circling the youngest of the Hardy clan. His eyes devoured her whole, roaming up and down her body before stopping just behind her, mouth hovering right by her ear. "I assure you, Lily, I am anything but."
Slowly, Lily turned around, hiding the tremor of pure sexual electricity that coursed through her from that. "Somehow, I believe you." She said dryly, licking her lips apprehensively. Her own jade green eyes flickered down to his legs and slowly worked their way back up; mentally slapping herself for being so blatant.
What was it about his man that had her thinking thoughts she didn't normally acknowledge? Bad, bad, bad.
"It was just a joke, sorry." She mumbled.
Chuckling darkly, 'Taker moved closer to her, drawn in by the electricity between them. He knew she could feel it as well. They could definitely have an interesting time together, but she would have to come to him, it was simply that way. He did not do the chasing, at least not the blatant chasing.
"If you ever want to find out the truth," He paused, purposefully looking her over again, moving his fingers to brush her collar bone. "I'm not a hard man to find."
Actually, that didn't help at all. Lily watched him for a moment, wondering if he really thought he was going to set her on fire and then just walk away. Throwing her hands exasperatedly in the air, she chased after him. She already knew if she went down this road it wasn't going to end prettily, there was a warning signal going off in the back of her head but she ignored it.
When she was in front of 'Taker; she smirked and reached up to pull his head down to her level.
'Taker growled hungrily against her lips; feeling the saucy little wench molding her body to his and went to grab hold of her only to freeze.
"Hmm, if you were gay before, then you're not now." She murmured, cupping him between his legs, feeling just how much he wanted her. Dancing backwards with a soft laugh, she bolted; hurrying to rejoin her brothers.
WHAT THE HELL HAD JUST COME OVER HER?
"Thought you were with Melina?" Matt asked crossly when Lily walked into the dressing room; frowning as he took in her flushed cheeks. "Do I want to know?"
She shook her head no.
"Good." He grunted. "Then don't tell me and don't let me catch you with him either."
Why the hell couldn't she hide anything from her brothers?
Groaning, Jeff cradled his head in his hands. "You didn't really kiss John, did you?"
"What are you talking about? They're getting married, remember?" Matt snorted, clearly not amused. He stared intently at Lily, in spite of himself, wondering just what the hell she had been doing out there. "We'd wind up busting up the wedding anyway."
"Yeah. You're off limits to the co-workers, Lil. How many times do we have to go over this?"
"Until it sinks in? Look, I'm a big girl and you two cannot-" Lily sighed when she was met with identical stony expressions. "Whatever. I'll just go home, alright? I'm not going to be babysat by you two." She ran her fingers through her hair, trying not to lick her lips; or shiver. Shivering would have been a bad thing to do in front of her brothers.
She was so going to Hell.
"We don't want you goin' home, but you can't trust any of the guys around here, Lil."
"We don't need our sister fucking one of our co-workers anyway. It makes us look bad." Matt said bluntly, ignoring Jeff's glare. "It's the truth and we both know it, Jeff. If she fucks John, for instance, think of how much shit we'd get for that. She'd be called a gold digging whore."
Jeff sighed, knowing Matt was right and moved forward to hug his twin. "Just… do this for us, Lily, please? For me? You can date anyone OUTSIDE of the company." He wasn't a complete asshole like Matt, he'd compromise. "Okay?"
"I'm not fucking anyone!" Dear God, her first night here and they already thought she had somehow managed to squeeze in getting laid with everything else going on. Stifling a sigh, she smiled at the relief on her brother's faces. "I'll behave, I promise." She crossed her heart and all that jazz then dropped down onto a bench. Resting her elbow on her knees; she cupped her chin in the palm of her hand, thinking.
As long as she didn't get anymore dirty thoughts about a certain Undertaker, she'd be fine. Right?
***
The wench liked playing dirty. 'Taker groaned huskily, wanting nothing more than to chase her ass down and take what she had just teased him with. But the chase was part of the fun, though he had a feeling there wouldn't be much chasing on either of their part.
There was something here, between them. Lily had felt it as much as he had.
Soon they'd explore it, of that he was certain.