To Pique an Interest

Chapter 15: Explanations

Author's Note: Thank you so much for everyone for reading and reviewing! I have to say that this is easily the most popular story in terms of reviews, and I assure you I'll continue to regularly update this story. I'm having lots of fun writing about Lilly and Adam and it's mostly thanks to you guys!

Lilly's POV

"Lillian Murphy Hazel, you've got some explaining to do," was the very first thing Laurel spoke when I'd rolled in my suitcase and entered the apartment. I said nothing as I brought my suitcase into my room. I was tired and sleepy and honestly didn't feel like speaking to Laurel. It wasn't just the fact that I was exhausted from the plane ride either.

"You don't call for me an entire week and then just today, I find an article on one of those dirt sheet websites that reads 'Edge cuddles up with a hot fan girl', and there I see pictures of you and your wrestler lover boy together in Toronto!" exclaimed Laurel.

"Wait, what?" I gasped, tearing my attention away from unpacking.

"That's right, missy, you heard me!" said Laurel, "I demand to know what the hell is going on and why I'm not the first person who knows about your little affair with him!"

"How the hell did it get on the dirt sheets that quickly?" I demanded. Laurel opened up her laptop and showed me the article, which included pictures of Adam and I in various places in Toronto—the mall where he and I ran into each other, Dreamboat Annie, the restaurant where I met the other Superstars, the park, the restaurant where he took me out on a date, and a parking lot at The Beach. In addition, it also included a photo where I was sitting at ringside watching his match at Backlash and a written article:

In the past week, Adam 'Edge' Copeland, who was in Toronto taking a week-long break, was spotted with a smoking hot redhead in the streets of Toronto. She was first spotted by ringside at the Backlash pay-per-view, where Edge battled John Cena for the World Heavyweight Championship. At one point in the match, Cena tossed Edge over the barrier and the Rated-R Superstar landed right next to her. According to fan reports, Copeland had been eyeing the red-haired beauty throughout the entire match and even flashed her a smile. Coincidentally, a fan reported that she had a close encounter with him at a club where she ran into the wrestler as well, and was seen leaving the club with him.

Her name remains unknown at this point, but from the pictures supplied by fans in Toronto, it's quite clear that she could possibly be Edge's newest flame. But the question is, is she looking for a relationship or using him for fame?

I was absolutely horrified and embarrassed upon reading the comments that followed:

Wow, she's hot! I was sitting on the opposite side of where she was and Edge couldn't take his eyes off of her. I don't blame him at all; I'd fuck her if I had the chance.

The chick is hot, but I say she's using him.

She's probably one of those ring rats. I say she's using him for his fame.

No way in hell is she using him. I saw them at The Beach just an hour ago and Edge was smitten over her. I say she's just a regular girl and he's looking for a relationship with her.

In that picture of her in the pink dress—DAMN! Now that is what I call a body that's great for bed! I don't see how a girl that hot wouldn't want a fling with him.

"Well, at least most people commented on how hot you were," said Laurel, shrugging. I wanted to slap her at that moment.

"I don't believe this," I gasped, the tears coming back again, "God, I'm so stupid. I should've seen this coming."

"Why didn't you tell me about this, Lil?" asked Laurel, "you didn't call me the entire week you were in Toronto."

"I was just so caught up with being with Adam," I sobbed, "I just ignored all the stress and everything else around me and had the time of my life with him. But now I realize what it's like to be the subject of a dirt sheet article."

"If whatever the article said isn't true, then could you tell me exactly how this happened between you two? C'mon, Lil, I'm your best friend. You can tell me anything," begged Laurel, throwing her arms around me.

"Alright, I forgave him for what he did, and that's how it started," I began, "I was at the mall looking for a new pair of boots when he saw me at a store I was in and came in to talk to me. He said the reason why he sent me those flowers was because he wanted to make up to me for the stupid thing he did that night when we first met. And so I, feeling sorry for the poor guy who'd just spent hundreds of dollars on me over flowers, accepted his apology and forgave him, and from there on, we started hanging out."

"Gradually, over time, we began to bond and became close friends. I know a few days isn't very long to become that close with someone, but with Adam it was different. He's nothing like the character he portrays on TV. That little cockiness he showed when we saw him at that club is part of his personality. He was sweet, funny, and an all-round great guy. We liked a lot of the same things and he was one of the few people who could understand me. It was so much fun being around him and I completely forgot the fact that he was actually a famous wrestler in the first place."

"So one day, on the second last day in Toronto, he asked me out for dinner. He took me to Rosewater…"

"No way! He took you to Rosewater? Lilly, that's one of the most expensive fine dining restaurants in the whole of Toronto!" exclaimed Laurel, "none of my dates have ever taken me there because they can never afford any of the items on the menu!"

"Yeah, I know," I said, "anyway, he took me there for dinner despite my protests, and there he booked us a private room so no one could disturb us. It was so romantic, like it was something I'd see in a movie and think it would never happen to me in real life, but apparently it did. After dinner, he drove me home in one of the Porsches he collects and…" My voice began to shake, my lips began to tremble upon the memory of what had happened when Adam dropped me home from dinner. I could feel his sweet taste returning to my taste buds, as though he were kissing me at this very moment…

"And then what, Lil?" Laurel's voice interrupted my thoughts.

"He told me the reason why he took me out was because he wanted to see a different side of me, the side of me that's cute, charming, sexy and romantic, a side that he claims no one has ever seen in me before. He said he saw a woman in me and he really, really liked it, and he told me I was the most beautiful girl in the world in his eyes," I continued.

"Awwww! That's so sweet!" gasped Laurel, "anything else to share?"

I nodded, trying to hide the smile that was growing on my face. I could hear Adam's deep, husky voice in my ear telling me the same things I'd just retold to Laurel. "I asked him why he thought I was beautiful, and he said that I saw the real him. And then…he…he kissed me."

Laurel's jaw dropped. Suddenly, she started screaming and jumping up and down excitedly, grabbing my hands and cheering happily. "Are you serious?" she squealed happily, "are you fucking serious, Lil? He actually kissed you? I knew it! He so likes you! Adam Copeland fucking likes you! Aaaaahhh! You're so lucky, Lilly! I can't believe THE Adam Copeland has a thing for you!"

"THE Adam Copeland?" I questioned her, laughing, "why are you calling him that?"

"He's a famous WWE Superstar, Lil, why do you think I included the word 'THE' in it?" replied Laurel nonchalantly.

Correction, Laurel. He may be a famous WWE Superstar, but that's not the reason why I had been falling for him recently.

"You do realize he's a normal person too, Laurel," I pointed out.

"Still, Lilly, I don't understand how you could act all normal around him for an entire week without fainting once," said Laurel, "I mean, you've been crushing on the guy since you were fifteen."

"When you spend time with someone, Laurel, what you see in them is something that no one else sees," was all I said before ordering her out of my room.

Hours later, Adam had managed to catch up with some sleep and was now getting dressed for a new day in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Since there was a Smackdown taping that night, he had to head straight down to the arena to practice his segment with Jeff Hardy and his match against Rey Mysterio. But the busy schedule wasn't what was bothering his mind at the moment.

Just hours ago, he'd experienced a tearful goodbye with the most amazing woman he'd met in a long time: Lilly Hazel. Sure, she was just a fan to him when they first met, but when she rejected his advances, he somehow knew that she was something different, and whatever made her different grabbed his attention instantly.

The fact that Lilly was immensely beautiful wasn't just what made her so attractive to him. It was her lovable presence yet hardheaded sense that drew him towards her. But most importantly, it was also the way she acted around him that triggered the way he felt about her.

Despite being a fan since the beginning of his career, Lilly treated him as though he were any other ordinary guy she'd come across in her ordinary life. She hadn't thought of their time together as her opportunity to seize the fifteen minutes of fame every fan desired. She treated it as though it were like any other time for bonding with a new friend.

That bonding time, however, turned into something more as he found himself more and more attracted to her day after day. His growing feelings for her led to him asking her out on a date, to which she was more than happy to accept. That night when he went to her apartment to fetch her, he saw her step out of that bedroom looking so elegant and gorgeous it left him breathless. Seeing her break out of her shell and doll up really impacted him. He'd always thought of her as beautiful but when she stepped out in that sexy dress and glammed up makeover, he thought he'd died and gone up to heaven. It took all of his self-control to restrain himself from pulling her into his arms and taking her to the nearest bedroom. But instead, he confessed his feelings for her and kissed her for the first time since she rejected him. It was one hell of a kiss, he'd like to add, for his lips couldn't stop tingling long after he'd returned home from the date.

Adam hadn't taken his mind off of Lilly since she left for her flight the previous day. In fact, he was so distracted that he couldn't seem to concentrate when he and Jeff were practicing their segment for tapings later that night.

"Hey man, what's up with you? You look troubled." Jeff noticed something that his friend was not as focused as he usually was during their practices.

"It's nothing," said Adam, wanting Jeff to focus on their segment. Ironically, nothing in his mind at the moment had to do with tonight's tapings.

"Adam, we've been friends for over ten years, I'm here to help if you need anything," assured Jeff, "besides, it's not like you at all to shut up about something."

"I've got a lot on my mind, Jeff, it's hard to explain," replied Adam.

"What exactly happened in that week you were gone?" questioned Jeff, "was it something that happened then that's making you like this?"

"I met an amazing girl and I can't get her out of my mind," explained Adam, "it was that Lilly girl Jay told you guys about. The redhead I bought that drink for at the club that night after Backlash. I saw her while I was in Toronto and we began hanging out. Over time, though, I began falling for her."

"She must have been really special if you were spending a lot of time with her," commented Jeff, "what was it about her that made you like her so much?"

"She liked me for who I was, not the persona I put on when I'm Edge," answered Adam, "she wasn't looking to get her fifteen minutes of fame. She wasn't looking to get the perks of being with a WWE Superstar. She was real and honest and sincere, and that says a lot for a girl who's been a fan of mine since my first day here."

"It would've taken a lot of self control for a fan like her to do that, Adam," said Jeff.

"It does. But Lilly's not a fan to me, at least not anymore. She's the most amazing and the most fun girl I've met in a long time. After she flew back to Providence I couldn't stop thinking about her. I have to her see her again, Jeff, but I don't know when's the next time we'll be stopping by Rhode Island or even Toronto again," said Adam sadly.

"Maybe you could call her when you've got the time," suggested Jeff, "keeping in touch is always a great way to maintain a relationship. When you're on the road all the time with a long-term girlfriend at home, communication is the key to letting them know that you still think about them."

Adam sighed as he thought about the busy schedule that awaited him. Since he was one of the top guys on Smackdown his schedule was guaranteed to be extremely busy, especially after missing an entire week of work. No matter what, he was going to do his best to maintain his relationship with Lilly.