Part 9 of I've Lost My Smile
Author: Alliegirl4life
Warnings: slash mentioned frequently from now on….
Rating: M+
Pairings: Shawn/Bret
Summary: I think you get it by now…
Disclaimers: No own….and thanks for reading to all who care! Lol.
Note I: contains mature content from now on…..so you have been warned.
Note II: sorry haven't updated in a while, writer's block and I've been busy with other stories
Note III: In this part-a surprise character comes into the mix.
Vince looked down at the phone's keys and dialed in the necessary number to get a hold of the one man he knew would be able to contact Shawn to let him know of a possible title switch happening at Wrestle Mania 13, and that man was none other than Hunter Hearst Hemsley. Although Hunter wasn't really all that worried about the Show Stopper's whereabouts since the week before, Vince had to contact Shawn somehow, and apparently, wherever he was, he wasn't able to answer his phone. Feeling slightly worried, he awaited the man on the other line to answer.
"Hello?"
"Yes, Hunter, it's me, Vince……listen, may I ask you a rather huge favor?" Vince questioned wearily. He knew it wasn't like him, the Chairman of the WWF, to be requesting anything from his talented superstars, but this situation seemed serious.
"Sure, Vince, tell me, what do you need?" Wow, Hunter wasn't surprised to be hearing from him after all; what luck!
"I was wondering, if you have heard from Shawn as of recent?"
"…Uh, no, I haven't….but I know his room phone number, perhaps I could contact him…"
"Hunter, I'm sorry, but I've tried and that didn't work…so any other ideas because quite frankly, being the Chairman of this company I'm beginning to worry."
"Don't worry, Vince I have everything covered….I have other means of getting in touch with him, so no worries, right?"
"Right…..no worries…" Vince attempted to remind himself nervously.
"Alright…..so it will be just fine, I'll contact him through any means necessary and I guarantee you he will be around by next Monday, ok? We cool?"
"Yea," Vince absently smiled to himself, "we're cool. Ok thanks Hunter, I appreciate it…"
"No problem…." Hunter said before hanging up the phone. "No problem at all…." And as fast as it had begun, the phone conversation had ended. Hunter gleamed with devilish delight as he pressed the 'talk' button to cut off the call. Then abruptly, he released his fingers from the button to dial Shawn's room phone number. "Hello? Is Shawn there?"
"Hunter-is this you?" He heard a whispering voice say over the line.
"Yea, Shawn….long time no see….so what the hell are you doing-or knowing you, should I say, WHO are you doing?" Hunter let out a silent chuckle, making sure Shawn didn't hear.
"Very funny, Hunter!" The show stopper remarked. "Actually I'm just waiting to show up for Monday night's show. How about you?" Hunter thought to himself for a minute; it had indeed been a while since he had some satisfaction come from Shawn, so to speak, and right about now in the late evening appeared to be a good time to get some action from his so called 'best buddy'. He smiled as he answered the question at hand.
"Oh, just thinking about you," Hunter replied. He knew how much Shawn had wanted him back, and now was the time to put Shawn's feelings for him to the test. Little did he know how easy it would be for Shawn to feel persuaded.
"….Really? You still are-after all this time?"
"Yes, of course I am, Shawn, who else would I be thinking about? You are all that I think about any more, Shawn," Hunter continued, "I still miss you…."
"You do? Hunter, you really mean that?" Shawn's quivering voice said over the line. God, how Hunter loved to manipulate that man!
"I do…..so Shawn, will you come back this Monday night…..so I can see you again….you have been missing for the past several days….what has been going on?" That was the only way Hunter knew he was going to get an honest answer.
"Yes, I will…but you see, there is a little problem…."
"And that would be?"
"I've injured my knee….it really hurts Hunter, and the doctor says…." His voice began to break up, "the doc says I can no longer wrestle……oh HUNTER! What am I gonna do? I can't leave! NOT NOW!" Shawn seemed to burst into tears as Hunter tried to calm him down.
"Shhhh its ok….listen, just meet me backstage at next week's Raw taping and we'll figure something out…what's today's date?"
"I have no idea…."
"It's almost February the 2nd, isn't it?"
"Oh my god….is it already in the beginning of February?"
"Yea…..in fact you've been gone for almost an entire week-that's why I have been wondering-Shawn-what is going on?"
"I've just been staying here in my hotel room, that's it…."
"You haven't found anyone else that you're interested in, have you?" Hunter would find out the truth one way or the other….just by the way Shawn would respond.
"…..Not really…..why…..do you still like me?" Not really-huh? We'll just see about that! Hunter thought to himself.
"Of course I do, in fact, I still love you-come on, please, come back to me….you need me, just as much as I need you, come on, what do you say?" Hunter knew Shawn wouldn't be able to resist that argument.
"….Ok…..I better get going….see you on Monday?"
"See you then…..Love you."
"….You too….night." And with that being said, Shawn had hung up the phone. Hunter thought that was a rather peculiar conversation. Throughout the entire time, Shawn not only whispered lightly over the speaker, but he wasn't really keen in returning Hunter's closing words either. That wasn't like Shawn-if he was truly alone, he would have been completely receptive to Hunter's sole invitation; however, if Shawn truly was with someone else, Hunter was going to find out who that person was, one way or the other….
Shawn's Hotel Room-Shawn's POV-
Oh my god! I can not believe that Hunter just called me-and out of the blue! I have missed him for so long now; it almost made me cry just hearing his voice on the other end of that phone line. And Bret….what will he think? I mean, only a week it has been since I have been with him period, but Hunter was still my first boyfriend. And although Hunter was rather domineering toward me, I still felt like he loved me with all that he had. He would have given his life up for me, but now, seeing as to what has happened between Bret and me, I can now say, that Bret would do the same. I mean, I do like Bret, hell; I like him a lot-although I didn't think that was possible in the beginning whatsoever-but I still love Hunter-and always will. Man, what am I gonna do? It's already February, and within the next several weeks, I have to drop my title belt to Bret, just because he wants me to. To break the news of me not wanting to do that for him now would be a disaster, much less a tragedy. I know he loves me though, or so he has told me, but still….what am I going to do about all of this? I lay there in the dark just pondering all these questions to myself when all of a sudden; Bret lightly taps me on the shoulder.
"Psst….Shawn," he whispers to me softly. Oh, how I love it when he does that.
"Yea," I reply.
"Who was that over the phone?" Oh no…..I can't tell him the truth, he'd kill Hunter and possibly myself-oh god!
"No one in particular…." Bret stirs and sits up in bed and turns on the light-I should have known that excuse wasn't going to work!
"Shawn," he inquires, looking at me with those dark, mysterious eyes of his, "tell me, who was that?" Trying to think of a good explanation for Hunter being the person I was just speaking to, I come out with the best answer I have.
"It was Hunter, he uh, told me that Vince was looking for me, wondering where I was, and that the company is wondering where I am…." Hey, how the hell would I know if Vince was indeed looking for me or not? Hey, Bret will never know-will he?
"Oh," he says to me, looking away, "ok…..I was just curious….you are still going to next Monday's taping, right?"
"Of course…..even if my knee is still killing me, I wouldn't miss wrestling for the world!"
"Does it hurt badly?"
"Yea, it does, but I'll manage…" I tell him, trying not to wince due to the pain. If only I had those pain pills still with me-oh wait! I can't be doing that any longer, I promised Bret I wouldn't dare go near those things again….man, it's a good thing that he can't hear my thoughts, too. Otherwise he'd be one pissed, worried son of a gun.
"Oh, come here…." He slowly bends forward, lightly kissing my swollen knee. I moan with pain and pleasure all at the same time as he continues.
"Bret…please don't-…" I moan.
"I'm sorry…." He tells me, taking his fine, soft lips off of my knee. I peer at him and see his eyes begin to mist up, oh boy, hopefully he doesn't think that I'm having second thoughts about us…..no, I would never do a thing like that now, would I?
"No, don't be," I then try to explain my reasoning for being hesitant. "I just feel that I should give my knee time to rest, I don't want to risk injuring it again…."
"Oh, ok…..I understand, really."
"Bret, you aren't upset with me, are you?"
"No," he whispers softly, "not at all, why would I be?"
"I'm just curious….well," I motion myself toward the lamp light closest to my side of the bed, "good night."
"Night…." He says back, before simply turning the other direction in order to lie down once more. I turn to face the opposite direction and keep my eyes open, while trying to keep it secretly to myself that I'm actually wide awake. This is going to be a long night, I just know it.
Bret's POV-
Why? Why does he feel that he needs to lie to me? I heard the conversation, almost ALL of it, Hunter's choice words included! Don't think I'm dumb or oblivious just because I fell for my former worst enemy. And here I remain, lying still, facing away from Shawn with my eyes wide open and my mind's thoughts working over time. I heard Hunter tell him that he loved him, and that he 'needed' him back-and that son of a bitch thinks that he's going to steal my prized man away from me just like that-well, I have to say, he's terribly mistaken! Shawn isn't that stupid….hell, even I, who wasn't even in on the conversation could tell that that piece of shit was lying right from the start! Hunter's voice was indeed so loud that I could hear him loud and crystal clear! That damn idiot! It hurts me to see Shawn in so much pain, but I honestly don't think that Shawn is in THAT much pain that he'd believe Hunter! How dare Hunter try to take advantage of Shawn like that-let me tell you something, come next Monday, when I lay my eyes on that dirty, rotten SOB I'm gonna give him a piece of my mind! That's for sure…..And I just remain lying there, hoping still that Shawn hadn't meant his own words when he said to Hunter, 'You too….' I just hope…
A/N: as you can see, Bret is going to have some competition on the way for his lover-who will Shawn choose? Hunter or Bret? You'll just have to wait and see for the next Part to arrive! But for now, just keep the reviews coming…it helps give me inspiration! He he!