Title: Kiss This
Author: Lizzie
E-mail: [email protected]
Rating: I don�t know, maybe PG-13?
Content: Nothing worse than a little language.
Disclaimer: They're not mine, and unless I wake up one morning having mysteriously become Vince McMahon, I doubt they ever will be. Damn, that's a scary thought. Oh, but Val owns herself.
Distribution: Not that you're likely to want it, but if you do, just tell me where.
Summary: Hunter�s gone one step too far and his girlfriend�s out for blood. Hehe.
Notes: The lyrics and title come from the song �Kiss This� by Aaron Tippin. I�ve never heard the song, I don�t know what it sounds like. I�m just using the lyrics �cause the request this is a response to asked for them. And Val�s the one who made the request, for a songfic using these lyrics, her and either Hunter or Matt Hardy. I chose Hunter, as I would any day of the week.

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{{She was a woman on a mission
Here to drown a man for leavin
So I set her up again to watch him drown
She had just about succeeded
When that low down no good cheater
Good for nothing came struttin' through the crowd
Oh he was layin' it on so thick
He never missed a lick
Professing his never ending love
Oh but I never will forget, when she stood up and said
Well I guess you think we're just gonna kiss and makeup don't ya}}

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Hunter had done it again. *Again*. Val couldn�t believe it. After everything she�d said already, all the times she�d told him how much it bugged her, all the times he�d promised to never do it again. He knew how much she hated it when he flirted with other women.

And he couldn�t say it was innocent, either � he knew what they wanted and he loved getting the attention, that much was obvious. He was leading them on and pissing off his girlfriend in the process. And it might�ve been okay if it always stopped there, but she found phone numbers and addresses in his pockets, and it sounded like the most horrendous clich� in the world, but she could swear sometimes his shirts smelled of perfume�

She sighed, leaning back against the wall next to the rack of leather pants she�d found herself standing beside, watching her lover. He had no idea she was there. He thought she was home washing or ironing or cooking or something. But no. She�d thought she�d go out, buy him a present, surprise him when he got home. What she hadn�t expected was to find him there, flirting wildly with the pretty young shop assistant.

She couldn�t help thinking that maybe this was her fault. He�d been doing this since before she could even remember anymore, and she�d never really made it clear that she wanted him to stop, had she? Damnit, she had and she knew it. But she always forgave him. All he had to do was smile and say he was sorry and it would never happen again, and she�d just cave. Even after that affair she�d found out he�d had last year, it hadn�t taken much more than a quick apology and one of those patented �you�re the only one for me� grins, and she�s taken him right back.

But not this time. This was it. She�d had enough. No, not this time.

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{{(That's when she said)
Why don't you kiss...kiss this
And I don't mean on my rosy red lips
Me and You, oh we are through
And there's only one thing left for you to do
You just come on over here one last time
Pucker up and close your eyes, and kiss this...good bye}}

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�Hunter�.

He turned, eyes widening, the smile slowly melting from his face. But only for a second, because then that smile was back in place and he actually looked happy to see her. But he was a great actor and she knew it. Everything with him was always an act in one way or another. She�d learnt that the hard way over the past year or so.

But she still almost forgot that she�d just walked in and found him flirting with that girl. Standing just outside of the fitting rooms, smoothing out the tight-fitting black leather pants over his thighs with a suggestive little wiggle than made the girl grin and slap him playfully on the bicep. If that wasn�t flirting then she didn�t know what was.

�Val!� he exclaimed, giving the assistant a quick brush-off and walking over. �I thought you were��

She didn�t return the smile. She could tell by the look in his eyes that he knew something was wrong.

�It�s over, Hunter�.

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{{Well the next thing I recall
She had him back against the wall
Chewing him like a bulldog on a bone
She was putting him in his place
And I mean right up in his face
Draggin' him down a list of done me wrongs
It was just about now that the crowd gathered round
They came to watch him pay for his every sin
She called him everything under the sun
And when we thought that she was done
She ran back and she let him have it again}}

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�What? Val? What?�

Hunter�s tone was completely disbelieving. Val shrugged.

�I said: �it�s over, Hunter��.

�But� but� what? Why?�

�Oh, I think you know why�, she said, motioning to the girl standing behind him. She couldn�t have been much over twenty or so, hair bleached blonde, figure perfect. One of those women you automatically hate if only because they�re so damn perfect-looking and men can�t keep their eyes off them. Well, that and this particular blonde had the prerequisite airhead look on her face like she had no idea what was going on.

�But Val, she�s� I�m not��

�Save it, Hunter�, she snapped. �I don�t want your excuses this time, okay? I know what you were doing. It�s not like it�s the first time either, and don�t you dare try to tell me it is. I�ve just had enough of your flirting and your cheating and just, well, everything! I love you, Hunter, but you�re a pig�.

The look in his eyes and on his face almost made her falter, but she knew what she had to do. She�d taken this for too long. She�d just turned a blind eye to his infidelity, even though all her friends were telling him he was no good, and finally she�d found the guts to do it. She was leaving him. She couldn�t live like this, no matter how she felt about him. She was going to finish this. Now.

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{{She said...she said
Why don't you kiss...kiss this
And I don't mean on my rosy red lips
Me and You, oh we are through
And there's only one thing left for you to do
You just come on over here one last time
Pucker up and close your eyes, and kiss this...good bye}}

***

�You treat me like a slave. Don�t I deserve more than to be your cook and your cleaner? I�m your *girlfriend*, Hunter. Doesn�t that mean anything to you? You�re supposed to love me. We�re supposed to go places together and hold hands and respect each other. Like we used to. What happened to that? Did you just forget that I�m a human being and that I�m not just here for you to conveniently use while you�re between mistresses?�

Hunter looked at her with wide, panic-filled eyes. There were people watching, standing around trying not to look like they were staring, but they were. Val didn�t care. Hunter looked around self-consciously and turned back to her.

�Val, this isn�t really the place to be doing this�� he muttered.

�Oh, so where do you suggest we do it? At home so you can wear me down so I�ll take you back even though I know it�s just the most stupid thing I could do, I suppose. Look, I�m not giving in this time. We�re through. I�ve had enough. Go find someone else to run around after you because I don�t need this�.

�Maybe you should�� the girl started to say. Val glared at her and she shut up, going back to the counter to play with the cash register. An angry Val was not something many people wanted to mess with.

Val turned to leave, but Hunter caught her arm. Suddenly he didn�t look like he cared who was there. Suddenly he looked at her like he was going to fall apart at any second.

�But Val, I love you�, he said.

Val shrugged. She knew that look. She�d seen it in the mirror often enough to know it very well. And she hoped it hurt him just as much as it had hurt her. �If you loved me, you�d fucking act like it. Now let go of me�.

She snatched her arm away, gave him one last warning look as he made to grab her again, then turned on her heel and walked straight out. This time it was over. This time there was no going back. This time a smile and a hug weren�t going to get him back into her heart and into her bed. She was free.

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Kiss this
And I don't mean on my rosy red lips
Me and You, oh we are through
And there's only one thing left for you to do
You just come on over here one last time
Pucker up and close your eyes, and kiss this...good bye
Kiss this

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