He couldn't help still feeling down in the dumps as he passed the women's locker room.  The image of Lita's beautiful face was etched in his mind, and he wished with all his heart that he could ever have a shot with her.

The blond raked a hand through his long hair as he thought about talking with Stephanie earlier.  The brunette had said he should go for it with the woman he'd admitted having feelings for, even though he hadn't told her the identity of the object of his affection.

The truth was, Edge had considered asking Lita out before she and Matt Hardy had ever become an item.  However, back then, he and Christian had still been a tag team, and they hadn't seen eye-to-eye with the Hardy Boyz.  He'd known that, as a result, the chances of the redhead reciprocating his feelings or agreeing to a date with him were virtually impossible.

"Hey..."

The tall blond man looked up as Christian stepped into the locker room.  "I just ran into Stephanie in the buffet room - she wants to see you in her office."

Edge arched an eyebrow in surprise, as he'd only seen her less than an hour ago.  "Did she say what it was about?"

"No, just that she wanted to see you.  Hope you're not in trouble or anything," Christian said with a good-humored chuckle.

The taller man stood up.  "Thanks...I'd better go now and see what she wants."  As he slipped from the room, he thought, Or what she has up her sleeve...

*

"Hey...you wanted to see me?" Edge asked as he stepped into Stephanie's office.  After Christian had given him the message that she wanted to talk to him, he'd gone over immediately.

"Yes...Thanks for coming over so quickly," the young woman said, gesturing to him to sit down as she walked around to the other side of the desk.

"What's up, Steph?"  The blond man was curious, since only about an hour had passed since they'd had their talk out in the hall.

"Well, Edge," she began.  "I've been thinking about it quite a lot since we spoke earlier, and...Okay, I'm just going to spit it right out - I'm going to hook you up with Lita for Valentine's Day tomorrow."

"Huh?"  The Canadian's handsome face took on a look of great surprise.  "Stephanie, you don't...I mean..." Edge stammered, raking his hand through his long golden locks.

"Oh, come on!  I know you have feelings for her - I saw the way you were looking at her when she passed us by while we were talking before."

The tall blond fumbled over his speech.  "Well, I...okay - yeah, I admit it - I do have feelings for her...

"Great!" Stephanie quipped.  "Then we'll do this."

"I don't know how good an idea this is.  I don't think Lita would like it..."

"Why not?" the woman asked, crossing her arms under her breasts as she eyed him curiously.  She figured his response would be interesting.

"Well...because..."  He paused, unwilling to stumble over his words again.  "Well, she and I are friends, and...as I told you earlier, I don't think-"

"That she's ever seen you as anything but?" Stephanie asked, simultaneously finishing the blond man's thought.

"Exactly."

The tall brunette gave a soft laugh, throwing her head back in the process.  Why was it that men were so clueless and oblivious?

"Trust me, Edge - Lita will be anything but disappointed," she said confidently.  "Okay...This is what we'll do..."

The tall Canadian eyed Stephanie suspiciously.  Yet, at the same time, he found himself growing excited with anticipation as she explained what she had in mind.

Before too long, he found himself grinning from ear-to-ear and feeling thankful to have her for a friend.