Hand running along the material of the seat, Tania felt herself grinning from ear to ear. She could honestly say that she had never been in a limo before. It was definitely an experience of a lifetime for her. Sitting to the side, the dimmed atmosphere created it all.

“I love it how you smile like that.” Shane noted, leaning back in his seat as his arms stretched out along the top.

“Like what?”

“Like you’re taking so much joy in something so little. This is all new to you, isn’t it?”

Tania laughed. “Is it that obvious?” She watched him nod. “I’m not used to this kind of treatment. Usually I have to work for everything. And even then…it’s not much. Seems silly, really. A limo ride holding this much excitement for me.”

Leaning forward, Shane scooted along next to Tania. “Not really. I’m glad to see that you’re enjoying yourself. Knowing that this is making you happy makes me happy. And trust me, in time you’ll end up hating limos so enjoy it while lasts.” Tania laughed at his last statement. She could imagine with the amount of time that he spent in a limo that he’d want to spend as little time in one as possible. “If you think this is grand, wait until tonight.”

“Shouldn’t we think about stopping by a hotel sometime tonight too?” Tania suddenly realized that she wasn’t booked anywhere. Not only that, but it meant her luggage wouldn’t have anywhere to go.

“Don’t worry about it. I’ve got that all covered already.” He had taken care of that little problem before ever stepping foot onto the jet. He had even made sure that they two had rooms next to one another. The benefit of that connecting door could definitely come into play if things went right at dinner. “You’re stuff will be in a hotel by the time we get the paper work done.”

For some reason, Tania wasn’t surprised he had that all taken care of. “Wow.”

There was a silence for a moment with the two of them sitting beside one another. Tania didn’t mind it at all. In fact, it was kind of nice in the sense that she could take a breathe and let everything begin to sink in. A lot had gone on since Randy first came to her with his favour. “You know, I don’t know that much about you.”

Tania laughed at Shane’s less than subtle hint of wanting to know more about her. “Well, I’m an only child. You already know I went to school for art. I live in a little apartment in Toronto because that’s where my last boyfriend lived.”

“Toronto? You’re Canadian?”

“No. I’m technically American, but I have dual citizenship.” Rick had made sure of that. Wanting her to be able to live in Canada. It was his intentions that if she ever got pregnant, she’d be able to stay in Ontario so the kids could be born there. “Comes in handy. Besides, Canada’s not a bad place to live.”

“Beautiful city. I always love it when we get to go there for a show.” Shane agreed. The city had actually homed a couple of pay-per-view events. It also helped that the Toronto Skydome could fit so many people into it. “Course, I can’t imagine you spend a lot of time there.”

He had that fact right. She was surprised that she was actually able to remain in the apartment for the amount of time she spent away from it. “It happens. I have to have some place to call home after all.”

“That you do.” Letting his head fall to the side, Shane watched her for a minute. There was something about her that he still couldn’t put his finger on. Whatever it was, it was drawing him in. Making him become even more attracted to her than he was before.

“Thanks for taking the job by the way. Helping us take Lilian’s position while she’s off letting her voice rest up.” He wasn’t sure he had told her how appreciative of it he was yet. There were other people that could fill the position, yes, but RAW had always prided itself of the fact that it had been a woman who was their announcer. “Helping me out.”

“You’ve more than showed that.” Tania laughed. Aside from the fact that Adam decided to rain on her parade, Tania had been having a wonderful time with Shane. He had treated her just short of a princess.

Joining in on her laughing, Shane moved over to sit next to Tania. Hand reaching up, he gently ran his fingers over her cheek. “How is it that you do this to me?”

“Excuse me?” Tania didn’t understand what he meant. She had lost him the moment he moved next to her. There was something warming in both his eyes and his touch that had her intrigued and yet concerned.

“How is it that you make me feel this way after knowing you for so little time. Make me fall head over heels in love with you?”

Tania’s heart nearly stopped, unable to believe what he was saying. Swallowing, she looked down at the seat and at Shane’s hand which was laying lightly on top of hers. It had become a familiar site as of late.

“Guess I’m just lucky…” She noted under her breath. Suddenly she was afraid to bring her eyes up to his for fear of what she might see in them. Things were definitely going further than she ever thought they were.

Above her, Shane snorted. “If anyone is the lucky one Tania, it’s me.” He had managed to snag her before anyone else had. Get his claws into her and win her heart over beating out any other competition. “I’ve found someone that I actually enjoy being with. Someone I know isn’t just a gold digger after my money and fame.”

“Are you sure about that?” Tania teased as a coy smiled played at her lips. For all Shane knew it could have been a plot to get the millions of dollars that the prodigal son actually had. “Maybe you just ruined my entire plan…”

Rolling his eyes, Shane gave Tania a playful nudge. “Right, and I’m the king of Scotland.”

“You mean not only are you rich but royalty as well? Wow! Did I ever l luck out.” In a full blown grin now, Tania looked up only to find Shane’s lips suddenly come crashing down on hers. The kiss wasn’t soft or passionate as usual, but simply full of need. Shane’s need for her that was almost a mirror image of her need for him. It was the kind of kiss that if you saw it on the street you would roll your eyes in almost a disgusted way. Neither Shane or Tania really dwelled on that thought.

As Shane pulled back, Tania found herself gasping for a breath. Chest heaving, she noticed that something in Shane’s eyes had changed. There was an unmistakable look of desire in them, she decided as she licked her lips. Shane’s hand slipped away from hers and soon replaced itself on her thigh just above the knee. Lips meeting up with her once again, Shane allowed it to linger. It wasn’t until the hand on her thigh began to move up did he feel her lips part beneath his.

Tania was more than aware of what the possible outcome of their limo ride would be, and in all actuality she didn’t care. Shane made her feel wanted, an emotion that she hadn’t let herself experience in a few years. Hands reaching up around Shane’s neck, Tania pulled him closer. It wasn’t until they felt the limo actually stop that they pulled apart. “The arena?” Tania questioned with a raise of her eyebrow.

Pulling back from her, Shane glanced out the window and nodded. “I’m afraid so.” They were both clearly disappointed that they seemed to be interrupted once again. “We have all the time in the world though…”

There was a small laugh from Tania when she picked up on what Shane had been implying.

“And if I don’t want to wait?”

“Then I’m sure there’s an empty locker room or two in the building that have a lock on the door.” With how quick he had replied, Tania could not help but wonder how many times he had partaken in such an activity in the past. Then again, the guy did spend most of his time inside arenas. When you needed some lovin’ you got it where you could.

“You amuse me McMahon, you really do.” Tania shook her head as the limo door was suddenly opened for the two of them.

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“Please tell me you talked some common sense into him?” Despite how quiet and scratchy her voice was, Lilian was determined to get some answers from Dave. It was bad enough that she couldn’t actually be there to help play matchmaker - her favourite roll of all. Rolling his eyes, Dave sighed. “How many times am I going to have to give you shit for talking?” She was still technically under doctor’s orders to refrain from using her voice.

“I’m not going to spend all that time text messaging you Dave. It’s a real pain in the ass in case you hadn’t noticed.”

“Oh, I have.” In fact, there were days that Dave wished he could strangle the generous who came up with the idea of text messaging. The buttons were far too small and his fingers far too large for him to ever actually type a reasonable response. Besides, how hard was it to select a few buttons and just call the person? “And I’m serious about flying back home and duck taping your mouth shut.”

Lilian laughed. “You wouldn’t do it. How would I eat then?”

“You wouldn’t.” It was as simple as that.

There was a pause from Lilian’s end of the phone and Dave could tell that she was trying to think about something. “Then I’d starve to death and you’d be without sex. What would you do then?”

“Do you honestly want me to answer?” Dave snickered. If she was going to ask those questions then he damn well was going to give her a smart ass answer. “Because I’m not sure if you realize this, but there are millions of other fish in the sea…”

“If I were there, I’d so smack you upside the head.” Breaking full out into laughter this time, Dave shook his head. Sighing, Lilian moved the conversation back to the original topic. “Did you talk to Randy?”

Dave was really starting to get annoyed with this entire thing. He knew it was going to get blown more out of proportion than it really should. “Yes. The guy’s still in denial. At times I think he’s crazy for her, and at other times I think he’s just trying to play big brother.” He had neglected to tell her anything about the note that Randy had received from presumably Adam. “I think we should just let things pan out on there own. There are far too many people involved as is.”

“Still…I’d rather see her end up with Randy than Shane McMahon. The guys just-”

“Manipulative? Conniving? Slimy? Two-faced?” Those were a few out of hundreds of adjectives he could think of that could be associated with Shane. Of course, they differed depending on who you were talking to.

“Don’t forget possessive, sadistic and inhumane.” Lilian had to add in a couple of her own personal favourites. “It would be a shame for Tania to possibly be the one for Randy and yet have her slip through his fingers because of Shane. We’ve all seen how some of his relationships have gone.”

“Hmm.” Dave agreed, unsure of any actual words to use as a response. Lilian basically felt the same way about the situation that he did. Tania would be good for Randy. The type of girl that would be able to keep him level headed through the entire situation. Yet if McMahon got to her first, there would be a good chance she’d end up leaving the company and never returning. “I’ll tell you what Lil, if I can get Tania on her own I’ll try talking to her instead of Randy. See how serious things have become between her and Shane as well as if there are any feelings for Randy.”

“That’s all I ask.”

“Good. Now I’m going to hang up the phone and you’re not going to talk again. I mean it Lilian.” He could almost picture the bored look on Lilian’s face

“Alright Dave!” She more than got the point. “I love you.”

Dave smiled. “I love you too Lilian.”

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