Chapter 6

"How…how do you feel about me?" Chris focused his eyes on the top button of Shawn's shirt and tried to calm himself down. If Shawn had wanted to go out with him, he had to at least like him, right?

"I think you are beautiful. I love that cute smile and the way you blush. I love the way you look after I kiss you, all flushed and tousled. I love that cute little smirk you get when you are up to something. I want to protect you. I want to be the one that makes you happy. I want to hold you in my arms and never let you go." Shawn put two fingers under Chris's chin and gently raised his head so he was looking into Chris's eyes. His voice rough with emotion he said the last thing he had to say. "Every minute I spend with you, I'm falling more in love with you."

"You love me." Chris said softly. Shawn was happy to note that it was a statement not a question. Chris seemed to be gaining more confidence where he was concerned.

Shawn smiled and nodded. "Yes. I love you sweetheart." Chris threw his arms around Shawn's neck and hugged him tightly. Shawn returned the hug, then wondered if he'd have to pry Chris's arms loose so he could breathe. Just when he thought he might turn start turning blue, Chris withdrew his arms. He reached down and grabbed one of Shawn's hands and holding it between his settled them on his lap. He smiled up at Shawn, a faint blush once again on his cheeks.

"Shawn, I… When I was waiting for you earlier, I decided that no matter how nervous I was that I was going to tell you tonight how I feel about you." Shawn smiled and waited for Chris to continue. "All the things I told you were in my letter, I still feel that way. Even when I thought you had said those…those things about me…it wouldn't have hurt so much if I hadn't still cared about you. I…love your cocky attitude. You're sexy, you're confident, you're so full of life that I don't see how anyone could not want you Shawn. More importantly though, you make me feel…safe. When you held me last night, I felt like I was finally where I was supposed to be, felt like I was…home. And when you kissed me earlier, it was so slow and gentle. No one has ever made me feel cherished with a kiss. That's how you make me feel…cherished. I…I love you Shawn."

Chris squeaked as Shawn wrapped his arms tight around him. "Thank god. That saved me the work of kidnapping you and keeping you hostage until you decided you were madly in love with me."

"Madly, huh? Shawn…" Chris smirked as he wrapped his arms around Shawn's neck. "You're nuts."

"This is news to you?" Shawn dropped a brief kiss on Chris's lips. "Sweetheart… will you come home with me? I want to make you all mine, but I want our first time to be somewhere special, not in a cheap hotel room."

Shawn blinked as Chris jumped off his lap and crossed the room. He was laughing a moment later when Chris said, "You call the airline and I'll pack our bags."

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By sheer luck, there had been a flight leaving in two hours. As they boarded the plane, Chris was practically bouncing. Once they were settled in their seats, Shawn reached over and grabbed Chris's hand. "Calm down sweetheart."

Chris looked around to make sure no one was watching them then leaned close to Shawn to whisper in his ear, "I can't calm down. Shawn Michaels is taking me home with him so he can ravish me. I think three-quarters of the people on this plane would give their first born to be in my… position, and you want me to calm down?" He nuzzled his lips gently against Shawn's ear before pulling back to look into his face.

Shawn burst into laughter and then noticing he was drawing weird looks from the couple across from them, he stifled his laughter. He leaned closer to Chris to whisper his reply. "I think I'm getting the better end of the deal. After all, I am taking the "King of the World" home with me, so I can keep him as my love slave. Now that is something to be excited about."

Chris blushed and buried his face in Shawn's shoulder. Shawn laughed silently as he heard Chris mumble "Saying something like that is not going to help me calm down Shawn. We need to change the subject, or when we get there I'm not going to be able to walk off the plane."

They sat quietly for a few minutes before Chris turned to him and asked, "Shawn, what do you think Hunter will do when he…finds out about us?"

Shawn stifled his flippant reply when he noticed the worry in Chris's eyes. "He'll probably try to cause trouble. As long as we keep our eyes open and keep talking to each other everything will be okay."

Chris nodded. "I just…now that we're finally together, I don't want him to come between us. I don't think I could handle losing you Shawn. It hurt enough the first time and we weren't even together then. Now that I know what it's like to love you, it would kill me to lose you."

Not caring about who might be watching them, Shawn wrapped his arms around Chris and told him quietly, "You won't lose me sweetheart. I promise. I will not let Hunter come between us again. Now that I have you, no one is going to break us apart." He held him tightly for a few minutes and then broached a subject he had been thinking about since they had found out what Hunter had done. "I came up with a plan to pay Hunter back. It won't be nearly enough for all the pain he caused you, but it's a start."

Chris looked up at him inquiringly and waited for him to continue. "We'll need to talk to the other guys in the match at New Years Revolution. I know Randy will want in on it. Benoit and Adam are both friends of yours if I remember correctly, so they should go along with it. The only one I'm questioning is Dave. Although from the look of things lately, we might be able to convince him to help. We can go through the details this weekend and talk to the guys at Raw on Monday."

Chris smiled. He had an idea he knew what Shawn was planning, and he was all for it. It wouldn't make up for everything Hunter had done, but it would be a small measure of revenge. "I like it. Right now though, I have much better things to think about than getting even with Hunter. I just want to think about us."

Just then, the announcement came that they would be landing shortly. Chris smiled at Shawn. Just a little bit longer and they could be alone together. They would have five days to themselves before they had to face the real world. Chris was planning to enjoy every moment of it.

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While they were driving to the ranch, Shawn was pointing out different sights to Chris. "That's where I drop off my dry cleaning. That place, right there, has the best Chinese take-out around here…"

"Shawn?"

"Yeah sweetheart?"

"I really do want to get to know all about you, but at the moment there is one sight I'm really dying to have you show me."

"And that is?" Chris gave him a pointed look.

"Uh, sweetheart, I don't think I can show you that sight at the moment."

"I know, but you could drive faster. I'm not usually this…needy, but it's been a long time since I've…you know. Considering the fact that it's you I finally get to be with…can you blame me?"

"So, a long time huh?"

Shawn strained to hear Chris's mumbled reply. Shock evident in his voice, Shawn asked, "Did you say a year?"

Chris's face was completely red. "Almost a year. Now will you please hurry." The touch of whine in Chris's voice was enough for Shawn to step down on the gas.

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They were finally heading down the drive to the ranch. Chris was extremely glad they were almost there. As they rounded the last curve in the driveway Chris was bouncing in his seat. "Finally. I can't wait. Five days with just you and me. Nothing to worry about, nothing we have to do, and we will be all…alone. Um…Shawn… tell me that those cars belong to you."

As he pulled to a stop in front of the house, Shawn let his head drop forward to the steering wheel. There were two cars sitting out in front of the house. "I'm going to assume that we have company. All members of the Kliq have a standing invitation to stay at the ranch. Usually they let me know they are coming. Obviously they didn't this time."

"You don't think that Hunter…" Chris wasn't sure what would happen if Hunter were there. They'd probably end up having to hide a homicide.

"No. I am hoping that he wouldn't be that stupid. If I had to hazard a guess, I'd say Sean, Kevin, Scotty, PJ or any mix of the above is probable."

Chris was looking out the window, away from the house. His hands were folded in his lap. From his posture, Shawn could tell he was nervous about something, but wasn't sure what that something was until Chris spoke. "Are you going to tell them?"

"Tell them what sweetheart?"

"About us. About what Hunter did. About what we have planned."

"Well…I'm certainly going to have to tell them about you. It would be kind of strange for you to walk in with me and not tell them why you are here. Besides, I plan on keeping you around for a long, long time, so they may as well get used to it." He watched as Chris smiled and knew he'd handled the biggest concern. "I'd like to tell them about what Hunter did. I think they should know why I'm going to refuse to let him come here anymore. I'd also like to tell them about the plan. They might try to talk me out of it, but in comparison to killing him, they'll have to see I'm being pretty fair about this."

"You're right. Just promise me one thing?"

"Okay. What is it?"

"That we'll sneak away as soon as possible so we can be alone."

Shawn laughed. "That's one promise I will have no problem keeping." He leaned towards Chris. Chris wrapped his arms around Shawn's neck and pulled him into a heated kiss. Shawn was just about to suggest sneaking off to the hayloft when he heard a knock on the car door. Before they could pull away from each other the car door was opened.

"Aren't you a little old for necking in the car Shawn?"

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