"Does that hurt?" Shane asked carefully finger the bruise around my left eye,
"Have you ever been punched in the face?"
"Yes?"
"Did it hurt?"
"Yes"
"There's your answer" I replied trying to keep my cool as Shane leant forward and gently kissed the bruise. I automatically knew where this was going and pulled away before gently kissing his lips,
"Shane, no" I said pulling apart,
"What? I thought you liked me?"
"Shane, like is an understatement. I've hero-worshipped you since the first time I saw you wrestle live. By getting into that ring week after week and entertaining millions upon millions of people you gave me something to look forward. You made my other wise dark world a little lighter. And there is nothing more that I would like to do than jump you right now…"
"So why don't you?"
"Because Shane I have a lot of respect for you, and a lot of respect for myself. And at the moment you have some level of respect for me. But Shane if I sleep with you tonight I'm going to loose that respect and just become another ring rat. So you can brag to your mates how you got laid by some uni kid while in Australia. I don't want to be another ring rat."
"Thank you" Shane said honestly after a few moments of silence,
"What?" I asked in shock,
"Thank you. I like my girls, I like to sleep around everyone knows that. But no one has ever said no before. I have forgotten what its like to wake up alone without having screwed some random ring rat the night before. You are the first person to respect me and not just think about how cool it will be for you to brag to your weird ass friends how you got to screw Shane Helms." Shane explained leaning in and kissing me softly on the cheek,
"You are also very brave, when you said no I could have done anything to you and instead of just going with me you stood your ground"
"I can hold my own when I have to" I said smiling slightly.
"So do you want me to leave because I can ring Ava or someone to pick me up?" I said nervously. Shane and I locked eyes as we sat facing each other on his double hotel bed. Our eye contact only broke when I nervously looked down at the floral pattern on the quilt covering the bed. I began to stand up thinking that Shane would tell me to leave so that he could go and find a girl who would give him what I wouldn't.
"Stay" He muttered causing me to pull my eyes away from the quilt pattern and look in his deep eyes again,"What?"
"Look its no secret that I forgot how to be a good guy a long time ago but I like you, I think you are a neat kid and I would like you to stay. Don't worry I wont do anything you don't want" As Shane said this his eyes softened,
"Better yet lets start again. Hey I'm Gregory Shane Helms everybody just calls me Shane" He said holding out his hand to shake.
"G'day Shane I'm Jamison Marie Field" I replied taking his hand and shaking it,
"It's a pleasure to meet you,"
"Great to meet you too" I replied unable to keep a smile off my face.
For the rest of the night Shane and I sat on his bed talking and playing cards. At about 2 am we tried to ring for room service but unfortunately they were closed so we raided the Mini-Bar pigging out on expensive chocolate and miniature alcohol. We fell asleep on his bed just after 4am and received a wake up call 2 hours later."I better call a taxi, the girls will be wondering what happened to me" I yawned after Shane had hung up the phone,
"No take my rental, I'll come with you then drive back to the airport"
"Shane don't be crazy your tired, your driving on Australian roads…"
"Yea but Jaimes I don't want to say goodbye to you just yet" He pleaded with me, eventually I gave into his puppy dog look.
We drove in relative silence and at one stage I looked at the man beside me and saw that his eyes were closed and his mouth open, I guessed he had fallen asleep."Are we here?" He asked opening his eyes as I slowed down,
"Not yet just getting some Mc Donald's. It will wake you up plus I'm starving" I explained ordering two Bacon and Cheese Mc Muffins and Orange Juices,
"Sorry I can't stand the smell of coffee," I explained when Shane started to ask for coffee.
The rest of the trip was in silence as Shane continued to doze off and I tried to keep my attention on the road. Eventually I pulled into the driveway that led to the flat my friends and I lived in,
"Hey wake up we are here… What time is your flight to Melbourne?" I asked nudging the man beside me,
"Umm… 2ish I think"
"Well come in and go to sleep for an hour or something, you look like you need it"
"No I can't I've got to go make amens with the boss. But Jamie before I go I have to ask you something"
"Yea?"
"I really like you, I think you are awesome and I don't want our time to end here… Will you come to Melbourne with me?"