Lyria woke up the next morning and saw that it was eight so with a groan she got out of Jim's arms and walked quietly into the bathroom to take a quick shower. Once she was done and dressed she grabbed her cell phone off the sink and dialed Kevin's number.

"Hello?"

"Hey, it's Lyria...you ready?" She asked, slipping on a pair of sandals.

"Yeah, just waiting on your slow ass." Kevin said, laughing.

"Aw shut up! I woke up late."

"That figures. All right, see you in a little while then."

"Yep." Illyria hung up her phone and walked out of the bathroom. She was at the door and ready to open it when she felt Jim wrap an arm around her waist.

"Where do you think you're going?" Jim questioned, spinning her around and pulling her close.

Illyria could feel his morning erection pressing into her and when she looked up into his eyes she saw that familiar fire that took her breath away. Oh hell, I can't even lie to the man! "I'm meeting Kevin downstairs, there's a tattoo shop not far away from here and he's taking me to get one."

"Well hell, give me five minutes..."

"No, the one I'm getting is a surprise to you so I don't want you to be there for it okay? If I get another one after this then you can go with me."

Jim looked at her suspiciously for a minute then nodded. "All right, if that's what you want."

"It is. The one I'm getting isn't very big but it does have some design to it so I may be gone for a while...Scotty should be getting in some time today."

"Levy? Why?"

"Terry called him after what happened last night before we made up and I guess he told Terry that he'd be on the first flight out here. I've got to go now cause Kevin's waiting on me but I'll be back as soon as I can." Illyria stated, kissing him. "I love you."

"Love you too."

Illyria walked out of the hotel room and went down to the lobby where she found Kevin sitting, waiting on her. "Hey, sorry about that."

"What happened?"

"Jim woke up." She said, giggling. In more ways than one too.

"What did you tell him?" Kevin asked as they walked out of the hotel to his car.

"Told him the truth, I can't fucking lie to him for some reason. He wanted to come with me but I told him this one was a surprise to him and if I went for another one he could go with me."

"You can't lie to him simply because you love him." Kevin stated confidently, opening the passenger door for Illyria.

"Thanks." She unlocked the drivers side door and waited for him to get in. "I hate it though, there's going to be some things that I want to keep from him...like surprises and shit but every time I look into his eyes I can't lie."

"If you have a surprise for him like you do today just tell him that and I'm sure he won't question you about it. Where's this place?"

"It's that way." Illyria pointed in the direction where she had seen the tattoo shop and Kevin drove off. "You obviously don't know Jim like I do, he was wanting so bad to question me about the tattoo today but I pretty much just ran my ass out of the room because I knew the minute he asked me about it I wouldn't be able to lie to him. There it is." She showed him the tattoo shop and he pulled into the parking lot.

"You nervous?" He questioned when they got out of the car.

"As hell, I hate needles but I really want to get this done." Illyria told him as they walked inside.

The owner of the shop came from the back and asked them what they wanted so Illyria told him she wanted to get a tattoo and Kevin handed him the paper. He took one look at it and with a smile on his face he looked back at Illyria. "I knew I recognized you...you're Sandman's girl."

Oh wonderful. "Yeah I am and I'm willing to pay you extra if you keep it quiet about us being here."

"No need for that, customer privacy. Come on to the back and we'll get started. Any idea where you want this?"

"I was thinking on my lower back maybe a little higher. Is it okay if he comes back with me?" She asked, pointing to Kevin. "This is my first one and I'm a little nervous."

"That's just fine." He led them to the back and had Illyria take her shirt off before lying down on the chair.

Kevin sat down beside her watching the guy as he got everything ready and once he was ready he scooted closer to Illyria and took her hand in his. "Relax as much as you can Lyria and it won't hurt as bad." Kevin said and she nodded, never taking her eyes off his as she heard the buzz of the tattoo gun start up.

"Okay, I'm gonna start now...you ready?"

"Yeah, let's get this over with." Illyria felt Kevin rubbing small circles on her hand with his thumb which made her smile and she felt the needles on her skin causing her to wince a little.

"Relax Lyria." Kevin whispered, stroking a hand over her hair and he smiled a little when he felt her relax at his touch. He continued to rub circles on her hand and run his other hand through her hair as he watched the tattoo artist working his magic on Illyria's back. "It's looking really good so far, he's going to love it."

"You think so?" Illyria mumbled. Her eyes felt heavy and she almost felt as though she was going to fall asleep from Kevin running his fingers through her hair and the feel of the needles which surprisingly didn't hurt as bad as she thought it would.

"I know so. You go to sleep if you want and I'll wake you up when he's finished."

She could only mutter a 'thanks' in response when she felt sleep overtake her.

"Lyria come on, wake up sweetie." Kevin shook her shoulder lightly as her eyes fluttered open.

"Hmm? Is it done?"

"Yeah, you've been out for a little over an hour. Come on and I'll help you sit up so you can take a look at it." He helped her sit up and walked with her over to the mirror that lined one wall.

Illyria took a deep breath and slowly turned around to see the tattoo and her mouth dropped. "Oh my god, it's amazing!" She exclaimed smiling at Kevin but then something caught her eye. "Wait...that blood wasn't on the drawing."

"Had him put it on there for you since Jim's always busting himself open, you don't like it?"

"I love it, it looks even better than before."

"Let me get that bandaged up for you then you can be on your way." The owner of the shop spoke up, smiling.

"Oh yeah, sorry. It looks great so I want to thank you for doing such a wonderful job."

"Not a problem honey." He put some medicine on it then bandaged it up. "Leave that on for the next day or so until it heals over then you should be okay to take it off. If it should become infected which I doubt it will just come back here and I'll take care of it."

"Thank you so much." Illyria said as she put her shirt on. They went to the front where she paid for the tattoo and then walked out only to find Jim and Scott standing there beside Jim's car. Illyria took one look at Jim and burst out laughing. "See, I told you Kevin...he can't stand not knowing." She walked up to him and gave him a kiss. "Hey baby, hey Scotty."

"So, where is it?" Jim asked and Illyria rolled her eyes.

"I love you too Jim. It's on my lower back and it hurts like a bitch right now so be careful." She turned around and leaned forward a little to allow him room to lift her shirt up and peel the bandage away. Illyria heard both him and Scott gasp and quickly looked over at Kevin who just smiled at her. "Well?"

"Well, it looks really fucking good baby but now I owe Levy money." He laughed, placing the bandage back over the tattoo.

"Huh?" Illyria asked turning around to face him.

"He thought you were going to get his name and I told him you were probably going to get 'Sandman'. Well, he wanted to make a little bet and from the looks of that gorgeous looking tat on your back...he lost." Scott explained, laughing as well.

Illyria giggled and moved over to Jim, wrapping her arms around his waist. "Want me to make it where you don't owe him a damn thing?"

"How?"

"How much did you bet?"

"Fifty." Scott interjected and Illyria smiled evilly.

"All right then, Scotty I bet you fifty bucks you can't guess in one guess how long I've been planning on getting this. Also if you lose you have to take Tyler out to lunch so Jim and I can have some time alone."

"Oh man." Kevin groaned, laughing.

"All right...you're on honey. How about...a month?"

"Nope, baby you don't owe him a damn thing now cause he was way off."

"What?" Scott questioned, his mouth dropping open.

"You were way off Scotty. About four years and eleven months off to be exact, I had this tat drawn up five years ago by Jeff Hardy but I just never did a damn thing with it until now even though I've thought about it."

"Well fuck, looks like I don't owe you shit now man." Jim said, chuckling.

"Yeah well, you just got lucky this time."

"Not yet he hasn't but once we get to the hotel and you take Tyler out he will so let's go."

"You heard my woman Levy, in the car so I can get back and get me some." Jim stated, smirking as he kissed Illyria passionately. "Once we get back I'll show you just how much I love that tat." He whispered in her ear, smiling when she shivered and arched against him.

"I'm riding with Kevin or we'll end up in jail." She whispered and he roared with laughter. "Shut up, it's not funny. Come on Kevin...let's go." Illyria fixed her shirt and walked off with Kevin towards his car so they could head back to the hotel.