"You actually thought I could love you?" Jim laughed and Illyria looked at him in shock. "Baby you were nothing but a free lay...that's all you'll ever been to anybody."
"Jim, what the hell? Where is this coming from?" Illyria demanded to know as he continued to laugh.
"It's coming straight from my heart because it's the truth and it's time you hear it from somebody."
"No! I don't believe this."
"Well, believe it. I guess I'm just not the man you thought I was." He said and walked out the door, letting it slam behind him.
Illyria's eyes shot open and she sat upright in bed. "NO!" She screamed, tears streaming down her face.
"Baby? What is it? Are you all right?" Jim asked, sitting up beside her.
"Jim, oh god." Illyria sobbed as he took her in his arms. "You're here."
"What? Of course I'm here! Why wouldn't I be?" He questioned, pulling her close. "Did you have some kind of dream or something?"
"Yes." Illyria replied.
"What was it Lyria?"
"You said that you really didn't love me...that I was nothing but a free lay that that's all I'd ever be to anyone and when I asked you where it was all coming from you said straight from your heart. That you guessed that you just weren't the man I thought you were then you left." She whispered.
"Fuck Lyria! What caused you to dream something like that?"
"The only thing I can think of is the fight that we had."
"It could be. Baby you don't have to worry, I do love you and you're not a free lay...you're more than that and you always will be. I'm not going anywhere anytime soon I promise you that."
"Love me Jim? Make me forget?" Illyria pleaded with him, her tear filled brown eyes looking into his blue ones.
"All you have to do is ask." Jim stated, laying back on the bed and pulling her with him.
A few hours later they were lying in bed asleep after having made love when Illyria was woke up by her cell phone ringing. She groaned and reached over on the night stand to pick it up. "Hello?"
"Illyria Ann...we have a problem." Terry Brunk's voice flooded the line.
"What? What is it?" She asked, sitting up.
"Tell her to get her ass down here NOW!" Rob's voice yelled in the background and Terry sighed.
"That would be the problem. He overheard Beulah and Tom talking last night about you and Jim being back together...he's highly pissed off."
"You're damn right I am!" Rob's voice boomed again and Illyria rolled her eyes.
"Give me ten minutes to get dressed and wake Jim up."
"All right." Terry hung up the phone and Illyria turned to Jim who was laying there looking up at her.
"What is it?"
"Rob's on the warpath because we're back together." She explained, getting up and pulling some clothes on. "He's demanded that I get my ass down there right now."
"You're not going alone." Jim stated, getting out of bed and getting dressed as well.
"I was kind of hoping you would say that."
"I've got something to prove to you since this morning." He replied and Illyria shook her head.
"No you don't. That was just a bad dream and I realize that now." Illyria said as they walked out of their hotel room.
"Lyria! Where are you going?" Beulah called out and she turned around to see Tom and Beulah walking towards her and Jim.
"Rob overheard you guys last night talking about Jim and I getting back together...he's in Terry Brunk's room on a warpath and has demanded that I get down there right now." She responded as the four of them got on the elevator.
"Damn, we're sorry." Tom apologized.
"Don't be. If he hadn't found out from you guys he would've found out some other way. I'm not about to go hiding my relationship or my love for Jim just because we got into a fight and Rob got pissed at him."
"Do you want us to go with you?" Beulah asked.
"Only if you want to, I'll understand if you guys don't want to get involved in this bullshit."
"We'll go." Tom assured her and she nodded. They got off the elevator on Terry's floor and Illyria knocked on the door.
"Who is it?" Terry questioned.
"It's Illyria Ann and Jim." The door opened a few seconds later to reveal a very pissed off Rob.
"Get in here and leave him out in the hall!"
"I don't think so. I'm not coming in unless he does, so make your choice now."
"Fine. Get in here." He growled, moving away from the door. Illyria, Jim, Beulah and Tom all followed him inside.
"All right Rob...what the hell is your problem now?" Illyria demanded to know.
"My problem? My problem? You call me in tears because that asshole..." He growled, pointing to Jim. "Broke your heart and a week later you're right back with him. So you ask me what my problem is...don't you think I should be asking you that?" Rob snapped.
"Yes Rob, I did call you in tears and yes, he did break my heart but I forgave him for it because I LOVE him. So you want to know what my problem is? My problem is that you can't move on past the fact that Jim and I had a fight. How many times have you and Sonya fought? You don't see me getting pissed every time you guys fight and saying all this bullshit. I love Jim, he loves me so get over it Rob...we got over the fight so I know you can too."
"How do you know it's not going to happen again?"
"How do I know we're not going to fight again? I don't know that and we probably will but you know what? I look forward to it because the fight that we did have made us stronger." She said.
"Not to mention the fact that the make-up sex was fucking great." Jim spoke up, smiling evilly and Illyria looked back at him.
"Not helping Jim." Illyria stated and he shrugged, still smiling. "Rob you know that I love you because you're my brother but I love Jim too because he has my heart and I wouldn't want it any other way. Please, just accept the fact that I'm a grown woman and I'm happy with the man I love."
Rob stood there looking at her for a few minutes before he finally sighed and nodded. "All right, I accept it but if you hurt my sister again I will hurt you." He warned Jim.
"Sounds like a deal to me." Jim said.
"So, what are you doing until we leave for the pay-per-view Lyria?" Rob asked.
"Actually I need to talk to Jim, Tom and Beulah about that so, if you'll excuse us." Illyria took Jim's hand and pulled him out of Terry's room with Beulah and Tom following her.
"What's going on baby?" Jim questioned.
"Well, since we have three days before we have to be in Charlotte I was wondering how you guys felt about going back to my place in Battle Creek for a couple of days."
"Sounds good to me." Beulah said, smiling.
"Me too." Tom agreed.
"What about you baby?" Illyria asked Jim.
"Sounds like a good way for us to relax."
"Great! Tom, you and Beulah go get packed while Jim and I get the flight set up."
"Fine with us. We'll meet you back at your room in about twenty minutes." Tom stated as they stepped on the elevator.
"Baby what brought this on?" Jim questioned once they were back in their room and Illyria got off the phone with the airport.
"I don't know. When I went home after we had our fight I realized how much I missed being there and I figured that since we have some time before Vengeance we'd all just go. You don't mind, do you?"
"No, not at all. I think it'll give us some more time together and give us some more time to hang out with Tom and Beulah." Jim sat down on the bed and pulled her on his lap. "It'll also give me a chance to use my 'big stick' on you in a real bed instead of one of these shitty hotel beds."
Illyria giggled and kissed his neck. "Mmm baby, I'm liking the sound of that."
"I thought you might." He kissed her as his hand slipped under the front of her shirt and began massaging one of her breasts causing Illyria to moan in his mouth and arch into him. Just as things were progressing there was a knock on the door and Jim growled. "They have really fucked up timing."
She laughed and got up to answer the door. "Hey guys, come on in." She said to Beulah and Tom. "The flight's in two hours so we need to get packed real quick then I'm going to call Rob and tell him after that we'll stop to see Terry."
"Sounds good." Beulah replied.
Illyria packed her stuff while Jim packed his then she sat down on the bed and dialed Rob's cell phone number.
"Hello?"
"Rob, it's me. I'm just calling to let you know that Jim, Beulah Tom and I are all going to my home in Battle Creek for a couple of days."
"What for?" Rob asked.
"Just to relax and hang out. When I went back last week it made me realize how much I missed it but I hated being there alone so I figured I'd ask Jim if he wanted to go with me then I just went ahead and invited Beulah and Tom too."
"When are you leaving?"
"Our plane leaves in about an hour and a half." Illyria explained.
"Okay. Well, then I guess I'll see you guys Saturday in Charlotte."
"You sure will. Love you Rob."
"Love you too Lyria." He responded and she hung up the phone.
"All right, one goodbye down, one to go." She laughed.
"Baby Tommy and I will take our stuff downstairs while you and Beulah go talk to Brunk."
"Fine with me." Illyria said, kissing him. Tom and Jim grabbed all their bags, the four of them left the hotel room and got on the elevator. Beulah and Illyria stopped on Terry's floor while Jim and Tom went on downstairs. Illyria knocked on Terry's door and smiled when he opened it. "Hey, we just thought we'd come here and say bye."
"Where are you going?" Terry questioned, stepping aside so they could get in.
"The four of us are heading to my home in Battle Creek for a couple of days to relax and spend time together."
"No more stunts like at Levy's house?" He asked, smiling evilly and she blushed.
"NO!"
"Good. You guys be careful and call me when you get there."
"I will." Illyria gave him a hug then she and Beulah walked out of Terry's room.
"What happened at Scott's house?" Beulah questioned once they were inside the elevator and Illyria groaned in embarrassment.
"I kind of, with Jim's permission and participation, slept with both Scotty and Jim at the same time."
"You did what?" Beulah asked, stunned.
"Please don't make me repeat it. Even though it was a mind blowing experience it's still really embarrassing and I'm still paying the consequences for it."
"What do you mean?"
Illyria sighed, thankful no one was in the elevator with them and she lifted up her shirt, showing Beulah all the bite marks, hickeys and bruises. "This is what I mean."
"My god girl!"
"It felt amazing at the time but hurt like a bitch afterwards and some of them still do. See this one here?" She questioned, pointing to a bite mark just above her right breast. "Scotty did this one and actually drew blood." The elevator stopped and Illyria quickly fixed her shirt. "I have one on my left hip where Jim bit me and drew blood too."
"Holy shit, they tore you up." Beulah laughed.
"In more ways than one. Scotty's...very blessed in the lower region if you know what I mean." Illyria giggled.
"We're going to have to send Tom and Jim off in another room when we get to your house so I can hear this whole story."
"That's fine."
"What whole story?" Jim asked, stepping up to them.
"My double...adventure at Scotty's house." Illyria said, laughing.
"Ah, you showed her the marks then?"
"Oh yeah." The four of them got in Jim's rental car and headed for the airport. An hour later they were sitting on a plane bound for Battle Creek, Michigan.