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"Wow, that was such a rush! Wasn't it, Edge?"
Edge looked up at his tag team partner, his entire being wracked with guilt. He couldn't believe what he'd just done... He couldn't believe he'd allowed himself to be talked into it by Christian... God, how much Lita must hate him now - again.
"Uh...yeah - a real rush..." That sentence was hard to get out.
"Hey, what's the matter with you, man?" the shorter blond asked, stepping closer to give his partner a friendly whack on the arm. "After the crap the Hardys pulled on us, I'd have thought you'd be happy about what we just did..."
"Well, I'm not, Christian..." Edge snapped. He'd had just about enough. He didn't want the other man to know the truth about him and Lita, but at the same time, he was incapable of faking happiness over what they'd just done to her.
Christian gave him an odd look, but before he could speak, the taller Canadian plodded on.
"What we just did wasn't right...We cost Lita the Women's championship - and she had nothing to do with the Hardys impersonating us - I mean, the Conquistadors - on RAW the other night!"
"And how do you know that, Edge? Huh?" Christian countered. He cocked his head to one side as he studied his best friend.
"And while we're on the subject, why do you care that we cost her the title? Huh?"
Edge merely shook his head, but he had no response at the very moment.
"What's gotten into you, Edge?" the smaller man demanded. "You getting sweet on Lita all of a sudden??!"
The taller blond shifted his eyes back to Christian, his expression angry. Inside, he was sweating... Christian knew him better than pretty much anyone else, so what was to say he wouldn't be able to see right through him?
"You're not answering me..."
"No!" Edge yelled. "No, I'm not getting sweet on Lita! I just think what we did was incredibly unnecessary and uncalled for..."
"Come on! the other blond cried. "She deserved it! Hardys screwing us out of our titles or not, she deserved it! How many times has she interfered in our matches?"
Well, Edge had to mentally admit that Christian had a point there - but it was still wrong to have gone so far as to cause Lita to lose her Women's title... Not to mention the fact of their secret relationship... What would the diva think of him now? Would she forgive him? Edge couldn't be sure of any of that, and it scared him.
In fact, it downright terrified him...