'What had gone wrong?' Edge wondered. He and the redheaded diva had planned to fix up Jericho with Stephanie. He knew the brunette wanted more than anything to have a shot with Chris, so he found it strange, to say the least, that she wore a sly grin on her face. Didn't she care that Lita, rather than herself, was the man's date?

The tall Canadian arched a brow as he and The Billion Dollar Princess neared Jericho and Lita. And then he noticed the small smile on Y2J's face, a sparkle in his clear blue eyes. But he wasn't looking at Lita with appreciation - he was gazing up on *Stephanie*...

"Hi," the redhead spoke almost shyly, her left hand wrapped nervously around a bouquet of red roses. She gazed up at Edge sweetly, biting her lip as she thought about all the tribulations they'd endured to carry out this plan. She only hoped that Chris and Stephanie would appreciate their efforts.

"Hi, Li," Edge replied, his green eyes fixed to her. Again, he was struck by her beauty, by the intoxicating fragrance of the body spray she wore - it smelled like jasmine. How very much he wanted to take her into his arms and plant a big, juicy kiss on her rosy lips. He desperately wished she felt the same way about him that he did her.

"Steph..." Jericho began, his blue eyes drinking in the brunette from head-to-toe. "You look... wow, you look absolutely amazing!"

Stephanie blushed, but her grin went from ear-to-ear.

"Oh... Thank you, Chris," she said, spreading her arms out at her sides. "You look pretty dashing yourself."

The blond man gestured with a nod of his head toward the other two.

"Why don't we...?"

The brunette came out of her reverie of just grabbing Y2J and kissing him and clapped her hands together.

"Yes... okay." She turned to face Edge, an expectant look coming into her pretty face, and the blond man sprang into action as though he were a child obeying a school teacher.

"Lita... these are for *you*." He handed her bouquet of assorted flowers he held, much to the surprise of the redhead.

"What?" The diva arched a brow quizzically.

"Surprise! You two are going on a date for Valentine's Day!" Stephanie cried.

Lita looked confused as she glanced from Stephanie to Edge and then back to the brunette again.

"We... we *are*?"

"Yeah, you *are*..." Jericho answered, then turned to Edge. "You'd better treat her right, Junior!"

A still nervous Edge nodded, his gaze falling on the redhead, who looked shocked. But before the diva could ask anymore questions, Chris continued.

"Look - you two are obviously crazy about each other but are just too chicken to do anything about it on your own... That's why Steph and me took it upon ourselves-"

"-to fix the two of you up," the brunette finished for him.

The redhead and the blond man met eyes, and, Lita's shock abating, she began to laugh.

Jericho arched an eyebrow.

"What's so funny?"

Lita met Edge's eyes and seemed to share a silent communication with him. Then, handing the bouquet of thirteen long-stem roses she still held to the shorter blond, she nudged the man. Jericho rose both brows this time, realizing exactly what the diva was expecting of him - and he handed the blooms to a surprised Stephanie...

"Well, guess what?" Lita spoke. "*We* were setting *you* two up, too!"

Stephanie's jaw dropped in shock, her blue eyes shiftying from the two and then to Jericho. Again, she blushed fire engine red.

"Can you believe...?"

"Well, I guess we'd better do as they want and go out," Y2J said with a shrug.

"I can do *better* than that..." the brunette quipped. Then, moving closer to Chris, she wrapped her arms around his neck and pressed her lips to his, content when Jericho returned the kiss in kind.

Lita laughed heartily, then faced Edge. The tall Canadian was gazing at her fondly.

"Happy Valentine's Day, Lita..."

She smiled.

"Happy Valentine's Day, Edge..."

The blond man wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her, a soft laugh escaping him as the redhead kissed him back.
 
 

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