"Pride and Prejudice"
An Edge/Ashley fanfic
Thanks to xAttitudex, Christal-R, Inday, The Rated R Superstar, Ahhhhhh and csimiamigirl73 for reviewing last chapter, you rock! Sorry for the wait but i haven't had a chance to write during Christmas break, hope you like this new chappie!
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Chapter 21: Beyond all Expectations
Ashley distractedly began to move in her bed, slowly waking up from the best sleep she had had for days; she slowly opened her eyes adjusting to daylight and, when she saw him still next to her with his arm secured around her waist, finally smiled. It hadn't been just a beautiful dream, it was real.
The punk princess' smile grew wider as she softly reached out for his face and caressed his cheek. Yes, it was indeed real. Even though it seemed too good to be true.
But anyway another kind of reality called the dirty diva back from her daze when she realized that they had fallen asleep still fully dressed while they were talking and now the tightness of her pants was almost killing her. She groaned mentally taking a note of never following Michelle's fashion advices again and carefully tried to get up. She felt like Sandy in one of the last scenes of "Grease" with those leather pants… but now she got 'the one that she wanted' and there was no need of wearing them again, hopefully. So after all who cared at that point? She smiled amused by her own thought and slowly tried to slide under his arm… when his grip tightened around her petite figure.
"Where do you think you're going?" He chuckled with his eyes still closed.
"To the bathroom sir, if you please." She replied amused.
"Oh, I see… so you first seduced and now you're ready to abandon me, punkie?"
She softly giggled, "If you haven't noticed we fell asleep in our clothes."
"Yes, unfortunately I noticed." He grinned finally opening his eyes.
"Well and obviously you're not wearing my pants, but trust me, they're growing uncomfortable by the minute." She laughed.
"I have no problem if you want to remove then right now." He smirked.
"So do you think you can set me free?" She giggled and gave him a peck on the lips.
"Absolutely not. For what I mind you could strip off your clothes right now… and since I'm a lovely boyfriend I would even help you." He 'innocently' smiled.
She playfully rolled her eyes, "So romantic."
"Well in case I haven't made myself already clear I have not the slightest intention of letting you go." He chuckled pulling her next to him again.
She giggled placing her head on his chest, "You said it."
"What?"
"That you're my boyfriend."
"Oh, I must have been distracted." He commented amused.
She playfully hit his arm.
"Ok, ok I said it." He chuckled, "How does it sound?"
"Different."
"Different good, different bad?"
"Good, definitely good." She smiled.
"Good then." He echoed sincerely smiling.
"I still can't believe it." She admitted with a satisfied sigh lifting up her face to look at him.
"I know, me neither."
"Do you still mean what you said yesterday?"
"Every single word baby." He softly said caressing her cheek.
"Aw I'd like to stay like that all day."
"And who's stopping us?" He chuckled.
"…I actually already had other plans." She apologetically smiled.
"Cancel them." Adam grinned.
"I can't, it's all your fault!" She laughed.
"How?"
"Well I haven't been of much company lately so I promised Paul and Brian that I would have spent the morning with them today."
"And is that my fault?" He chuckled a little confused.
"Yep, cause I spent all last week obsessing over a jerk that didn't call after we shared a kiss." She lightly blushed.
"Men, you know." He rolled his eyes and commented as he wasn't involved, making Ashley laugh.
"Anyway I really gotta go now," she smiled "but you can stay here if you want, Michelle had a flight yesterday after the show."
"And can I meet you for lunch?" He hopefully asked, "Or you're busy with the midgets?"
She playfully rolled her eyes, "Lunch sounds great but you should stop calling them so."
"Why?" He rolled his eyes.
"Because I want you to go along with them." She explained making him slightly smile. Then she leaned in and they shared a long kiss before she stood up.
"I love you." He called after her.
She turned already on her way to the bathroom, "Is this really happening?" She asked still amazed.
"Definitely punkie." He smiled back.
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"Hey look who's here!" Brian chuckled as the punk princess happily sprinted to the ring.
"Is that Mickie James? She's almost bouncing," Paul joked "I thought we were waiting for a sad, depressed-looking diva."
She rolled her eyes sliding into the four squared ring, "Sadness is gone, and I've also brought you breakfast."
"So much for the better." Paul smiled.
"And so what's behind this sudden change of mood?" Brian asked.
"Has there to be a reason?" She innocently smiled.
"Nope but there is, isn't it?" He chuckled.
"Yes, there is." She bit her bottom lip and smiled.
"Perhaps we should ask who's behind the change then?" Paul asked with a knowing look.
"Perhaps you should." She smirked.
"Oooh, who's him?" Brian curiously asked.
She shrugged and smiled amused.
"Is someone of our roster?"
"Do we know him?"
"Is not Matt again, right?"
"Do we like him?"
"Whoa guys, you're worse than two divas!" She laughed.
"C'mon tell us!"
"I'll tell you soon, I promise." She giggled at their curiosity.
"Why not now?" Brian complained.
"Because I want to wait for the right moment to introduce him to you."
"Sounds important." Paul pointed out.
"It is." She smiled.
"A little clue?" Brian pouted.
"I thought we were here to train, not to chat. Let's begin!" She giggled.
"No fair." The blonde superstar muttered to his best friend making Ashley laugh. It felt so good to be back to feel happy again.
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Adam walked through the hotel's corridor with a smile on his face, he couldn't believe what had just happened in the last few hours. He slid the card key in the door and entered his room, heading immediately to the closet to change before meeting with the punk princess again.
But he was interrupted in a second by his "roommate" who literally jumped off of his bed.
"Hey! Good morning to you too!" Kenny sarcastically said.
"Oh, hi." Adam distractedly responded not really paying attention at the younger superstar who rolled his eyes.
"You didn't sleep here tonight."
"Are you getting jealous Kenny?" The Rated R superstar asked amused.
"C'mon you know what I mean! Your date with Kelly went well then?"
"Oh…" He chuckled, it all seemed far away now. "Yes, I'd definitely say it went beyond all expectations."
"Great!" He grinned and gave him a pat on his back.
The champion just nodded trying to hide his amused smile and rushed to the bathroom to get ready with only a person on his mind.
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15 minutes later the Rated R superstar had just left when there was a knock on the door.
"What have you forgotten now?" Kenny said with a roll of his eyes opening the door.
But at his surprise, behind the door there wasn't Edge… but a blonde diva.
"Is he here?" A visible annoyed Kelly Kelly asked folding her arms.
"You just missed him…" He responded a little confused by her obvious bad mood, "Is there something I have to tell him?"
"Oh I don't know," she scoffed "how about you tell him that he could have at least made sure that I safely arrived at the hotel yesterday?"
Kenny couldn't help but laugh, "Is this some kind of joke?"
"Sorry?" She glared at him.
"What does that suppose to mean? He spent the night in your room!"
"Did he say that?"
"Yes… well he said that your night went even behind his hopes or something like that and he didn't sleep here so…" He shrugged wondering why on earth she now looked so outraged.
And without adding a single word, the now fuming Extreme Exposé member stormed off.
"Hey there's no need to be so touchy about that, you know!" A puzzled Kenny called after her, "Girls!" He muttered to himself shaking his head.
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"I'm sorry, are you waiting for someone?" The Rated R superstar whispered approaching the dirty diva from behind just in front of the hotel where they were supposed to meet.
"Yes, for that jerk of my boyfriend who almost gave me a heart attack!" She rolled her eyes but couldn't help but smile along.
"Sorry about that," he chuckled "ready to go?"
"Yes! I'm starving!" She exclaimed linking fingers with him as they started to walk, "Btw where have you been? It's the girl who's supposed to be waited for, you know?"
"You already jealous, punkie?" He asked amused.
She playfully rolled her eyes so he went on, "Apparently Kenny didn't want to let me go."
"Oh poor you! Now I'm definitely jealous!" She laughed.
"He wanted to know all the details of my date."
"Ow, so you lied?"
"Not really." He grinned.
"And what did you tell him?" She asked half confused, half curious.
"Well that I was in company of a beautiful blonde diva and that the night went beyond my best expectations." He explained with a smirk, "It's not technically a lie."
"Oh, I see." She giggled.
"And what about you? How was your training with… London and Kendrick? What?" He added when instead of answering she smiled at him.
"You didn't call them midgets." She pointed out with a satisfied smile.
"Well, I'm trying here." He rolled his eyes but chuckled, "So how was it?"
"Good I think… except when Brian tried to teach me his finisher and I fell face first on the mat."
"Oh!" He couldn't help but laugh.
"Hey! That's not funny!" She protested with a roll of his eyes.
"Sorry, you were too adorable." He smiled amused.
"Anyway, they seemed eager to meet you."
"You told them about me?" He asked a little surprised.
"Kinda." She softly giggled, "They wanted to know the reason of my good mood so I told them… but I didn't mention who's the guy yet, I want to properly introduce them to you."
"Why?"
"Hello? Because you're my boyfriend and they're my best friends!" She explained matter-of-factly "But you don't seem very happy about it…"
"No, it's not that… it's just that I'm not used to it, you know, this boyfriend thing… sorry…"
"It's okay," she faintly smiled "it's not like I have to tell them immediately."
"Are you sure?"
"Yep." She smiled.
"Thanks." He chuckled placing an arm around her shoulders and leaning closer to share a quick kiss.
"You're welcome," she giggled "so where are we…" But she trailed off when she felt his body hardening and lifting up her gaze she understood why: standing just in front of them, glaring at the man with whom he had fought the previous night, there was none other than Jeff Hardy.
"Hey Jeff," she tried to sound cheerful hoping to calm the tension in the air.
"Hey… is everything alright?"
"Yep… perfect I dare say." She sincerely smiled making him understand that things had gone good after all.
"Good… listen, can I talk to you for a second?"
"Sure, what's up?"
"…Privately?"
She could tell that Adam wasn't down with that so she just held his hand tighter, "You can tell me whatever you want to here Jeff, really." She smiled.
"Okay then…" he took a deep breathe, "well I guess I have to say that I'm happy for you, right? We already talked about it yesterday, you know how I feel… but I trust your judgment so I'm happy if you're happy…"
"I am happy Jeff, thanks." She softly said with a thankful look at her friend.
"Good to hear so… but you have to tell Matt yourself, you know?" The rainbow haired warrior sighed.
"Yes… I know, I will… when the right moment will come."
"Okay but don't wait too long, it's worse if he just found out, trust me."
"Thanks for the advice then…" She said feeling a little uncomfortable of speaking of Matt in front of Adam.
"Oh and before I forgot… I'm sorry for yesterday man, I shouldn't have attacked you." The intercontinental champion said stretching his hand out to Edge.
The Rated R superstar looked surprised and not sure of what to do for a moment, then he just shook the other man's hand. "No big deal, it was all messed up."
"Okay then, see you around guys." Jeff nodded at them and slightly smiled at Ashley before brushing past them.
The self proclaimed dirty diva couldn't help but beam.
"Close your mouth, punkie." Her boyfriend playfully rolled his eyes.
"You shook his hand." She pointed out with an ecstatic smile.
"I saw."
"You shook his hand!"
"Yes, I noticed." He commented amused.
"No I mean… you shook his hand!"
"Always the tone of surprise punkie." He chuckled.
"I thought you were going to beat him up actually." She admitted.
"Oh well that was when he spoke of his brother… who cares if he sees us or not… that idiot…" He rolled his eyes.
"Tell me something…"
"Shoot."
"If I wasn't involved in this… will you have shaken his hand anyway?"
"Honestly?"
"Yep."
"I wouldn't have considered it for a second." He admitted.
"Okay," she smiled.
"What? Why are you smiling like that now?"
"Because I love you." She beamed placing both her arms around his waist as he, chuckling, kissed the top of her head.
