AN: So this story is finally getting updated overall and it only took us like…6 years lol. We went through and altered the minor details so it would make more sense. Hopefully the content is still as big of a hit as when it originally appeared. We just felt bad for leaving it abandoned so long and we wanted to give the characters justice. We also changed the rating to M just in case.

Chapter 12: Pent up affections

After asking a couple of people backstage, Eva made her way to the locker room in search of Dave. Her knock on the door was promptly answered with an invitation to come into the room. But when she actually was in the room, she noticed Dave was alone, half dressed in only a pair of dress pants and showing off his chest in all full Batista glory. She had seen him in less but there was just something about him in this moment that made her, want him more than she had ever thought humanly possible.

"If you want I can come back when you're done." She grinned.

"You can go if you don't like what you see." He smirked.

"Well then I guess I'll never manage to leave. That might make my career with the WWE a bit difficult, but very well worth the sacrifice."

"Come here." He motioned to her.

She walked over to him until they were just inches apart. She could smell his cologne mixed with a freshly showered body. It was almost as if she could feel the heat radiating from his body and it was sucking her into a paralyzed state of what could only be described as lust.

"You were phenomenal in your match tonight. You moved with so much aggression." She observed his advances during the match closely.

"I have a lot of pent up aggression lately, so it had to be released somehow." He confessed.

"I can relate."

He watched as her lip trembled slightly as he closed the gap between their bodies. Her small frame was so fragile in comparison to his massive one. Most of the time he was afraid he would break her if he truly let his inner animal out, but tonight his instincts were on edge and he could not get the feeling of want from his mind. Without much more hesitation he found himself picking up Eva in one small swoop and pressing her up against his body. He saw the immediate shock in her facial expression but her body language did not communicate a refusing manner. She actually proceeded to rest her arms around his neck for support, signifying she trusted him fully with whatever action he would take next. Without a moment more of hesitation, he assaulted her lips with a starving kiss of desperation. She quickly responded with a small moan of satisfaction and invitation for him to continue. His tongue probed her for entrance and she obliged.

"I've wanted to do this for so long." He said moving down to her neck.

"Can we just cut the…"she breathed heavily trying to find the words, proving especially hard under these circumstances, " and just be honest with each other about the feelings we both obviously have."

"Fine by me." He confirmed and went back to her mouth, silencing the discussion.

He had turned so her back was leaning up against the lockers for additional support, and they continued this way for at least a good long while.

John had waited off to the side while Shannon was completing her first interview. He found her slightly nervous composure absolutely adorable. She kept up with the interview well aside from that, and even offered some quirky Shannon signature banter to go along with her answers. He was honestly proud of her for making the most of this opportunity he was handing her. After they had finished up she found John and he could tell the adrenaline of it all had gotten to her.

"Oh my god, that was a surprise. I didn't think I would need to be doing any interviews yet."

"This is just the start. Let's go get our stuff and we can go back to the hotel and celebrate." He said grabbing her hand. They were an official couple now so hand holding was something he wanted to take advantage of right away. For him it was a sure fire way to signify they were together now, so back off.

"We can right after I do one little thing first."

"What's that?" he asked curiously.

"I need to kiss my boyfriend." She said and before he could really focus on the words she had said, she captured his lips with hers. "I have so much energy right now, I feel like I might just burst." She breathed after pulling away to look at his reaction. His face was priceless. Then after a moment the real John came back to earth.

"Well I'm sure if we go back to the hotel, I can put that energy to good use." He gave her one of those signature smirks.

"The night's young, but first I need to get my drink on."

"So you're not denying that we should do those things?" he asked hopefully.

"I'm pretty sure it will prove to be a good night for you and I." she replied, leaving it at that.

They proceeded to the women's locker room to grab Shannon's stuff.

"Here lemme get that." John grabbed her backpack out of her hand.

"Thanks boyfriend." She said making him overjoyed inside. He had waited too long to hear that.

"Anything for my girlfriend."

"Speaking of, where do you think Eva is? I want to go back and play some drinking games and she has the deck of cards, god knows where."

"That's a good question. Text her." He answered as they made their way to the men's locker room to grab his stuff.

On the way, AJ and Alicia stopped to congratulate her on her appearance and win, so while they chatted for a bit, John went to get his stuff. When he opened the door, he was only half shocked at what he saw. He was met with two slightly annoyed and worried glances from Dave and Eva.

"Uh….don't mind me…I'm just gonna grab my bag and be out." He said sounding more awkward than he had wanted to.

The couple stood frozen while he quickly grabbed his stuff and left out the door as quickly as he had entered. He made his way back to Shannon who was waiting outside, now alone.

"Found her." He said motioning to the closed door.

"Good I was about to complain she still hadn't texted back." Shannon said relieved. She was about to go to the door when John grabbed her hand.

"I wouldn't" he offered as an explanation behind his action. He earned a questioning glance from her. Before anything else could be said, Dave and Eva appeared from the door.

"Oh." Shannon said putting it all together and giving a wide smile.

"So we were thinking drinking games back at the hotel, to celebrate Shannon's appearance." John quickly explained to the approaching couple.

"King's Cup?" Eva asked hopefully.

"Sounds awesome. We can meet you guys back at the hotel. Come by the room when you've found the deck." Shannon said before turning around and exiting, hand in hand with John.

"They're so good looking together." Eva said as she watched them go.

"I'm pretty sure we give them some competition though." Dave glanced down at her happily.

"We sure do." She assured him.

*Back at the hotel*

"Now the real decision is whether we should drink down at the bar or get some bottles and drink up here." Shannon contemplated as she set her stuff down and got out her necessities from her suitcase.

"Randy was telling me this bar down here has a good layout for privacy. We could probably get a secluded corner and that way we can all order whatever we want."

"Sounds good." She agreed.

"You know what else sounds good?"

"Hm?" she asked and turned around just in time to see John going to grab her.

"What do you think you're doing?" she asked giggling.

"Trying to take some of that energy you have so much of." He slyly lifted her up and placed her down on the bed. He went to hover over her, making sure not to put his full weight down on her.

"Oh, really? Well I guess we could wrestle a little while we wait for the others." He saw a glimmer in her eyes. She started tugging at the hem of his shirt.

"What are you doing babe." He laughed.

"You never wrestle with your shirt on, I was trying to help." She replied.

"Well if I'm taking my shirt off, then I want that top of yours on the floor." He said looking down at her.

"But I'm gonna wrestle with my clothes on." She explained as he pulled off his shirt. She took advantage of his distracted attention and pushed him over onto his back. She laid on top of him.

"And now I'm going to pin you." She giggled.

"You only wish babe." He said grabbing her waist and sitting up so that she was sitting on his lap with her legs around him. She gave him a pouty lip at his reply.

"You know that lip only makes me want to kiss you more. That's cheating." He said right before trailing a line of kisses on her jaw line stopping at her lips. His lips effectively distracted her so much so, that she barely realized she no longer was wearing a shirt. She broke the kiss once she did realize though and gave him a fake angry face.

"Now who's cheating?" she asked pushing him backward. He let himself fall back and grabbed her so she was lying on top of him once again.

"You're not the only one who gets to play dirty." He said his voice now raspy.

"We will see." She kissed his neck. He was really sensitive there, and she was able to pick up on that fact pretty fast. John's hands had made their way to the top of her pants, when a buzzing sensation started going off in his own pants.

"John is there something I should know about you." She giggled in his ear.

"Just ignore it." He let out a frustrated sigh trying to get back to his previous intentions.

"It's ok, I kinda like it." She joked. That earned a deep throaty laugh from John.

Before things could go any further, Shannon's back pocket started singing the familiar ring tone dedicated to Eva. She sighed in response to it.

"Why did I think doing a group thing to celebrate was a good idea?"

"Because my girl wanted to get wasted and taken advantage of tonight." He suggested.

"No I don't think that was it. But I do want to see and take advantage of you wasted." she said rolling off of him.

"I could be down for that." He laughed.

Shannon checked her phone and had a missed call. Before she could call back, she got a text.

EVA: Meet you two down at the bar? –don't wanna walk in on somethin somethin

SHAN: Good thinking 3 …..see you in five

The duo quickly redressed and headed down stairs to meet their group.

A/N: Let us know what you think hopefully someone out there is still reading this or has just found it. Have you ever played king's cup? What are some hilarious things we can throw into the game? Who else should be at the bar with them playing? What kind of hard alcohol do you think John prefers to drink? We want your input, thanks again and much love to those who take the time to review.