Bradshaw instantly intensified the kiss as he ran his fingers through her hair. He tried to convey everything she meant to him all the years they had been together. She cautiously brought her hands to cup each side of his face as she entangled some of her fingers into his hair. For what seemed an eternity, both explored each other's mouths passionately. After so many years of chasing and pining after each, here they were together at last. Breaking the intimate contact, Bradshaw tilted her chin up so that their eyes met. He held the gaze as he looked into her dark blue eyes. A pink tint had been creeping up on her cheeks bringing a very different look to the tomboyish wrestler. Bradshaw smiled,
"You know we should get going." Krystina sighed,
"Do we have to?" Chuckling he nodded. Leave it to Krystina to bring some snark to the table. A ringing telephone brought them back to reality. She ran to the room and searched for her phone until she found it in her pants pocket. Cursing the person on the other side she answered, "This is Krystina."
"Hey babe, good morning! Did you sleep well?" Felicity's voice greeted her,
"Oh y-y-yeah couldn't have slept better. We're getting ready and then packing to go to Nashville-"
"Wait a minute, did you just say we meaning you and Bradshaw?" Felicity cutting in enthusiastically implied. Cursing under her breath, Krystina was mentally berating herself. How could she be so stupid in letting out that one little detail? Now she would have to endure hours of her prying for details,
"Don't get too excited, nothing like that happened anyway. I drank too much and couldn't make it to my hotel so I spent the night here. Look, we'll talk about it later." She heard Felicity chuckle,
"Alright Tina no need to worry. I was calling to see if you and John would want to join us in traveling to Nashville. Farooq is also joining us." Tina smiled,
"I'm game, but let me see if John wants to join us. She ran to the bedroom and looked over at John, "It's Felicity. She wanted to know if you wanted to join her and Dave. I'm going and Farooq will be there too."
"Sounds like fun, count me in." Tina returned to her friend on the phone,
"Yeah, John John is coming too. I just have to return my rental." Felicity grew excited,
"Okay, great! We're renting a van that way it'll be more spacious for all of us. We'll meet you at the rental place around twelve!" She gave Krystina the directions and bid her farewell. Krystina hung up the phone and sighed. She hoped that Felicity wouldn't push too hard for information on how exactly she ended up in Bradshaw's hotel room. Bradshaw appeared from the bedroom. He walked towards Krystina,
"So what's the plan?" She placed her phone on the end table,
"We're going to meet us at the rental place at noon." Bradshaw looked at his watch,
"That gives us about two hours. Want to grab some breakfast?" Krystina smiled,
"Sure sounds like a plan." He pulled her into his arms and held her for a while. She inhaled his scent enjoying the cologne he was wearing. He tilted her head up to meet her eyes and gently kissed her. Her eyes fluttered closed as she enjoyed the moment. He broke the kiss and smirked,
"I could get used to this." She scoffed as she rolled her eyes and gently shoved him. He chuckled as he watched her walk into the bathroom close the door behind her. He shook his head as he tried to rationalize how they got to the point where they were taking their relationship to the next level. He walked back to the bedroom and began to get dressed. He put on his shoes and finally began to pack his bags. About fifteen minutes later Krystina came out of the bathroom wearing just a towel. She was combing her hair when Bradshaw emerged from the bedroom. He caught a glance at her and swallowed hard. Although the towel was covering her body, he could tell that she took great care of herself that resulted in a great body. She caught him looking at her in the mirror,
"Take a picture, it'll last longer." He laughed and shook his head as he walked off. She walked to her suitcase and grabbed a clean outfit and returned to the bathroom. She quickly got dressed and braided her hair into a long braid. She sprayed on some perfume and looked for Bradshaw. When she found him she smiled,
"Are you ready to go?" He nodded and they both headed out the door. On the way there, Bradshaw held out his hand to her. She instantly grabbed his hand and the two walked into the cafeteria together. The picked a table and headed to the buffet line to grab their breakfast. After a few minutes they both returned to the table and began to eat. Bradshaw observed her and realized that the young woman only picked up a variety of fruit. Bradshaw whose plate was the complete opposite filled with protein pointed at her plate,
"Are you sure that what you're eating is going to be enough?" Krystina chuckled as she nodded,
"You sound like my dad. Yeah, I'll be fine. I'm usually not very hungry in the morning. I'll eat fruit instead of skipping the meal," She changed the subject, "I heard a rumor through the grape vine a couple of weeks ago that you and Ron were going to join my dad and Kurt Angle in a tag team match against Big Show, Brock Lesnar, Matt Morgan and Nathan Jones. Is it true?" It was Bradshaw's turn to nodded as he confirmed her suspicions,
"Yeah, it's going to be one hell of a match. It's also confirmed for Survivor Series. We're definitely going to beat those bastards!" Krystina laughed but she couldn't help but worry. Brock Lesnar and his goons weren't a group to mess with. They proved it time and time again with different wrestlers they went against whether in the ring out or outside the ring. She worried for Bradshaw and Farooq's safety. Bradshaw saw the worried look in her eyes, a look she rarely wore,
"Honey, don't worry. Farooq and I will be fine. Hell, we'll whoop their asses all across the ring and they'll wish they didn't fuck with us," He held his hand out to her which she took, "If we beat these guys there's no telling what could happen. Hell it'll open up the door for a tag team titles. It's long overdue Tina." She sighed as she looked at their hands,
"Just be careful ok? I need you in one piece. I remember plenty of times where I had to play nurse to you guys and it wasn't pretty for anyone to experience, especially a young kid like me." He smiled,
"You always took such great care of us Tina." She shrugged dismissing the compliment,
"It was the least I could do especially after you guys took me in and molded me into a decent wrestler." Bradshaw nodded as he ate his food. The rest of the time that they took for breakfast they both talked about different subjects that they were interested in taking time to get to know each other on a more intimate level. After they were finished with their meal, they headed back to Bradshaw's hotel room to make sure that they weren't leaving anything behind. Once they packed the rental with their suitcases, and checked out Bradshaw pulled her into his arms and passionately kissed her. She felt her knees buckle but his arm around her waist kept her on her feet. Once they parted the older man looked at her and smiled,
"I recall you holding it against your best friend for making out with her boyfriend every time they were together so I'd thought I'd get this out while I still can." Krystina smiled,
"Well, then I guess the good news it will make the arrival to Nashville that much sweeter." She kissed him again wrapping her arms around his neck. He wrapped her arms around her waist and lifted her off the ground. Not caring if people were staring at them, after a few minutes they broke off the kiss and got into the car. Tina backed out of the parking lot while Bradshaw fiddled with the radio and they headed to the rental place to meet up with their friends.