Ch 12
He woke up the next morning feeling her on his chest. He smiled, running his fingers slowly along her back till she woke up.
"Good morning darling," he kissed her forehead as she opened her sleepy eyes.
"Good morning handsome," she moved, kissing his lips softly. "Did you sleep ok?"
"Yes, another amazing night of sleep," he sighed looking into her eyes. "Bella, I want to wake up to you every morning like this. I want to start spending as much time as we can together. What do you think about that?"
"I would love that Mark," she said thinking for a minute. "Lately I've been going back and forth between Connecticut and Florida because of Samantha. She doesn't like her school in Connecticut. She really wants to move to Florida. It would be nice to settle down in one place. Do you want to stay in Texas?" she asked, remembering he had an apartment in Houston where Jessica and her mother lived.
"I would like to keep a place around Jessica, not against having a home somewhere else," he said, caressing her back.
"Is Beaumont far from Houston?"
"It's a little over an hour away, why?"
"My parents own a ranch outside Beaumont in Sour Lake. I haven't been there since they passed away. One of my cousins and his family take care of it. We should check it out," she said knowing she had to go back to the ranch one day and face the memories.
"If you feel up to it we can do that," he said, feeling how she had tensed.
"I can't run from the places that made memories with my family forever. The Florida house you heard Samantha mention is the same demon for Hunter and me. We spent so much time there with my parents, so many memories. It was my Mom's favorite place. The ranch was my Dad's favorite place," she felt tears come to her eyes. "It's time to bring the Florida house back to life and do the same with the Texas ranch. My parents would want that. They wouldn't be happy that Hunter and I have basically abandoned them."
"Bella, we will deal with it all in time. Do you think you could come with me next week after Raw to my home? I would like to show you where I live," he said, wanting to share all of his life with her and see what she thought. He wanted to start building a future with her and combining their lives.
"I'll have to talk to Hunter to see if he can take care of Samantha," she said, hoping he would be able to.
"Are you going to tell him about us today?" Mark asked.
"I would like to if you're ok with it," she said not wanting to hide their relationship from her family or his.
"Bella, of course you can tell him and Sami. I'm going to tell Kane and Jessica. I think we should hold off on letting Vince know if he figures it out that's fine. There is already a lot of locker room gossip about us once they hear we are together. Some people will start the rumors you got the job because we are dating. Unfortunately you're going to hear you haven't earned your contract the proper way," he said knowing how vicious the backstage talk could get and he didn't want Bella to deal with it.
"What kind of gossip about us?"
"For the last few years there has been gossip about us being together since we spend so much time together. Other wrestlers have asked Kane numerous times what is up with us. Also I stopped going to certain places since I met you," he said, kissing her forehead.
"What places?" she asked as her curiosity grew.
"Well I still go out for drinks with the guys after the shows but when they go to strip clubs I don't go. I have enjoyed spending my nights talking to you or seeing you after the shows over the last few years. I have no desire to go to those places anymore."
"I'm happy to hear that I have amused you enough to keep you away from those places. I'll have to come up with ways to make sure I keep you that way," she smiled, caressing his face.
"Darling, I'm captivated by you always will be. All I want and need is you till my last breath," he said, kissing her deeply.
"I love you so much," she whispered against his lips.
"I love you Bella," he said, getting lost in the moment, kissing her passionately till she moved on top of him. His sexy moan against her lips as she straddled his lap.
"Another perk of us waking up together is we can do this," she whispered, breaking their kiss for a moment to look into his eyes as she moved against him taking his hardness in.
"Perfect morning wake up," he said, grabbing her hips as she slowly started to ride him. They both gave into the passion moving together as one till they both lost control. Bella gasped with pleasure feeling him explode inside her as she shook from her own orgasm. She collapsed on his chest listening to his heartbeat. He wrapped her tightly in his arms feeling like he was in heaven. They laid there cuddled for a while till Taker glanced over at the clock and sighed.
"Darling, we need to get ready and go meet Vince," he hated to break up their wonderful morning.
"The sooner we get the meeting over with, the sooner we can come back here and see what trouble we can get into," she said, kissing him softly.
"I like your thinking," he said playfully, slapping her butt making her laugh.
"Come on handsome, let's go shower," she said, getting out of bed taking his hand.
"Hmm I'll come with you but I'll warn you I won't behave in the shower. We may be late for the meeting."
"Oh well you can explain our lateness to Vince," she smiled, pulling him into the bathroom.
They managed to make it to Vince's hotel with five minutes to spare. Hunter was already with Vince when they arrived. Vince quickly went over the six month long contract with Bella explaining they would see how the fans reacted to her character if they got a good response he would want to extend her contract and work with her to assure Samantha's life wasn't turned upside down. Hunter sat quietly watching his sister hoping she wouldn't have a change of heart last minute and back out. He knew Vince wouldn't be happy and Hunter would have to deal with drama. He glanced over at Taker seeing he was at ease which gave Hunter hope Bella would sign.
"Any questions Bella?" Vince asked as she looked over the last page.
"No, I think you have covered all my concerns," she said feeling nervous, hoping she was about to make the right decision. She picked up the pen looking over at Hunter seeing his eagerness for her to sign, then her eyes met Taker's. He winked at her and she knew she had to take the chance and sign. She signed her name, making Hunter breathe a huge sigh of relief. Undertaker couldn't help smiling thinking about how at least for the next six months she would be traveling and working with him.
"Welcome Bella," Vince grinned, taking the contract. "We are finishing up the storyline ideas. We will start training you since down the line I do plan to put you into the ring. I will let you know what the schedule will be shortly. Taker and you will have to do photo shoots probably next week. After the wedding you two will have to travel together to keep up the gimmick, any issues with that?"
"No issues, I'll teach her how to keep up the gimmick in and out of the ring. I can also help out with her in ring training," Taker said, trying to reassure Vince there was nothing to worry about as they would get her ready in the short time to make her debut.
"Can you be at the next show in Fort Lauderdale? I'll have the storyline set by then we can go over the schedule," Vince asked.
"Yes, I can be there," Bella said, knowing she was planning to stay in Florida with Taker.
"Good, I'll see you then. Thank you guys for meeting with me. I have a plane to catch. I'll see you guys later," Vince said, showing them to the door. Vince patted Hunter's shoulder as he passed. "Relax Hunter, everything is good. Have a good day."
"What was that about?" Taker asked, noticing the tension between Vince and Hunter.
"Nothing, we were going over some storyline ideas for my character down the line. I didn't agree with some of them. How do you feel Bella?" Hunter asked, wanting to change the subject.
"Very nervous, not sure I'll be able to handle this new adventure," she said.
"You will be fine. You have Hunter and me to watch out for you," Taker put his arm around her kissing her forehead.
"He's right. We will get you over the nerves," Hunter said as they entered the lobby.
"Speaking of nerves, we need to tell you something. Do you have a few minutes?" Bella wanted to let Hunter know about her and Taker.
"Bella, what's wrong?" Hunter right away went into big brother protective mode.
"Nothing is wrong," Bella said, taking a deep breath preparing to tell him.
"Bella and I are dating," Undertaker spoke up first. Hunter looked from him to Bella with surprise then a huge smile formed on his face.
"It's about damn time," Hunter said, making Bella relax.
"We decided it was time to explore our feelings and stop holding them back. I'll tell Sami when we see her next. Mark and I are going to stay at my rental till the next show. Mark wants me to go home with him after the Fort Lauderdale show. Can you handle Sami so I can go?" she asked hoping he would say yes.
"I'm so happy for you guys. I'll take care of Sami, don't worry. You two enjoy some time together. Sami is going to be ecstatic."
"Thank you Hunter," Bella went to him, giving him a big hug.
"Bella, I appreciate all you do for Sami. You deserve some time to yourself," Hunter held her close, cherishing seeing his little sister happy. "Taker, you better take good care of her."
"You know I will or you can try to kick my ass," Taker smirked.
"Haha I'll do more than try," Hunter came back.
"He will take care of me no worries," Bella said looking at Taker still not believing they were together.
"So how long before you're really my brother in law?" Hunter asked. Bella turned red and elbowed him in the ribs. "Damn that hurt, it was just a question. Technically in a few weeks in the wrestling world he will be my brother in law."
"Hopefully one day soon it will be more than a storyline marriage," Taker quickly spoke, sending Bella's heart happily racing.
"Well I will gladly welcome you to our family," Hunter said as Bella hugged him again. "You two go enjoy the rest of your day. I'll talk to you soon." Hunter hurried on his way leaving them alone.
"That went well," Bella said, glancing at Taker as they walked back to the car..
"Yes it did. I'm glad he was able to take care of Sami so you can come home with me. I was worried he might have an issue. I remember times before he has given you grief that he needs to work promos or other work related stuff and can't take care of her," Taker said, hoping Bella wouldn't get upset with his comment.
"He does have his moments when he doesn't give me breaks from Samantha. Thankfully lately when he stresses me out with stuff like that I have had you to keep me from breaking down," she said thinking of all the times Taker had spent hours talking to her when she was having bad days. "I don't know what he will do one day when I have children of my own and might not be able to give Sami all the attention I give her now."
"I will always do everything to make sure you don't have a breakdown," he took her hand looking down into her pretty eyes as they neared the truck. "We have talked about so much but we never talked about kids. How many children are you thinking?"
"Two or three, do you want to have more children?" she asked, not able to hide the concern in her eyes that he didn't want any more children..
"Darling, not to be too blunt but obviously I'm ok with having little ones with you. We haven't been playing it safe. I did remember that conversation we had that night you drank way too much and you confessed you don't take birth control pills. Sorry we didn't have this conversation before. This is just the start of our future and I want to have a family with you," he said, making her cheeks turn rosy red as she thought of all the times they had made love. "Are you ok letting fate decide our future when it comes to when we have children?"
"Mark, after the last few years of holding back I'm good with letting fate be in control and just going with what feels right," she said, squeezing his hand.
"Ohh Bella, everything finally feels right," he leaned down, kissing her deeply. "Let's head back to the house. We need some alone time."