We Need to Talk Young Lady.

[Mark Cross]

Mark stood in the halls outside the women's locker room waiting for Jordan to exit they had something to talk about and they both knew it. Had this anxiousness about the talk to come interfered with their ability in the ring tonight possibly, they had both know this was coming since Dice had mentioned Raven during their encounter before the tag match this weekend. The door opened and mark turning his head slightly could see Jordan emerge from the locker room dressed in her usual baggy jeans and top with her hair still damp from the shower she had taken. Not waiting for her to speak up first, Mark did instead.

We have to talk Jo and I think you know about what so lets go someplace more private and quiet so we can get this over with.

Mark led the way without looking back till he found a side exit to the arena placing a small stone in the door so they could get back in after he stepped out followed by Jordan who spoke up then.

[Jordan Kelly]

[glow=blue,2,300] Mark if this is about Raven then can we please not do this, I'm a big girl now and don't need you to look after me when the boys think I'm cute anymore....[/glow]

Before she could continue what she was going to say Mark interrupted with more words of his own

[Mark Cross]

You know Raven and I truly do hate each other right.

He sees the nod of Jordan's head agreeing with what he said.

Well has he ever told you why? Why it is that we seem so dead set on hating each other.

She nods her head no and looks like she is about to speak but a look from Mark keeps her quiet for the moment so he can speak.

Well I'll tell you why I have such hate for him Jordan. You may not like what you hear hell you may not even believe it all. All I can do is guarantee you that what I'm about to say is one hundred percent true, and if you are going to be dealing with Raven Jo you need to know the real man not the act he shows everyone.

He looked at Jordan then waiting to see if she would agree to listen or walk away

[Jordan Kelly]

Nodding her head she speaks.

[glow=blue,2,300]All right Mark I'll listen to what you have to say. You've never lied to me before so I can't see you starting now, and it would help me to understand why you two hate each other so when nothing has really been seen on camera that would warrent hate like this.[/glow]

Thats when it dawned on her this wasn't about something that happened between them professionally it was personal between them. Strangely she found that despite Raven more or less ditching her twice now she wanted what ever it was to be overexaggerated and not to severe because he at least had shown interest in her when no one else had.

[Mark Cross]

Mark took a deep breath he hated even thinking of the moment that truly cemented the hate between them anymore not because of how violent the assault on his person was but because of what it made him remember. He hated the sounds that came with that memory and the sights in his mind, it was time he never wanted to remember again and now thanks to Raven and his actions it sat just on the edge of his mind always reminding him of what he himself had once done to another.

The reason I hate Raven so much Jo is because earlier this year in February he attacked me at my families graves. Hell he didn't just attack me Jo he tried damn hard to kill me, busted my head open on my wife's grave stone and then literally buried me in an open grave nearby. I survived of course and ever since then things between us have been ugly to say the least. I watched him stab a knife through a woman's hand back in Detroit just to prove how ruthless he could be. Jo I know this has to be hard to hear but I'm telling you this so you know who it is your dealing with, please Jo just don't go near him anymore he's dangerous and I don't want to see you getting hurt here.

That was all of it really the truth laid bare for her told simply and plainly, he just hoped it didn't hurt her to much to hear it.

[Jordan Kelly]

Jordan stood before Mark the confusion etched into her face. She knew he wouldn't lie to her especially not about something so serious, but Raven had never been like that with her. Around her he seemed cocky and even playful but never so cold as to be able to do what Mark had just told her. She looked at him and she wasn't even entirely sure of the words coming out of her mouth as she spoke them.

[glow=blue,2,300]I...I need sometime to think Mark I mean I know you wouldn't lie to me and everything but Raven has never been like that to me. he has always been nice, cocky yes but even playful in our last encounter. I just I hope you understand mark that I have to decide what is right for me here and I need sometime to think about this because for all we know he's not like that anymore people do change Mark.[/glow]

She stepped to the door they had come through opening it and turning back to look at Mark.

[glow=blue,2,300]I need time to think this through Mark just give me some time please.[/glow]

Then just like that she was gone leaving Mark sitting there alone with his thoughts. She didn't want to believe Raven could be like that not after her encounters with him but what if he was, what if there was some kind of cold hearted monster lurking beneath the surface. No she refused to think about that until she talked to raven got his side of things, until then she wasn't sure what to think of all this.

[Mark Cross]

There Mark sat alone thinking now of something he had heard once before about karma and how what you put into life is what you get out of it. Was this Karma coming back to him for what he had done so long ago. Was his past finally catching up to him to rear it's ugly head or was it exactly what Raven wanted to see here a wedge driven between him and a friend over what sort of person he really was, the monster he showed Mark or the gentleman he showed Jordan. Now feeling as confused as Jordan must be right now Mark made his own way back inside.

To Be Continued....