All things considered I'm doin' just fine even though
You left a hole the size of Texas deep inside of my heart
The way I feel I should be losing my mind
But all things considered
I'm doin' just fine

Woke up this morning to the sound of you slammin' the door
I got served a piece of paper for breakfast that said
You don't live here no more
And the dog won't let me pet him, he just lays around
And growls at my feet
And the paper boy forgot me again
I should have stayed in bed asleep

All things considered I'm doin' just fine even though
You left a hole the size of Texas deep inside of my heart
The way I feel I should be losing my mind
But all things considered
I'm doin' just fine

Well my car broke down again right before it ran out of gas
Yeah my boss is still ringing in my head
One more time and your out on your...yeah
Well I cant wait till that five o clock whistle blows
So I can sit in traffic all day
And end up going home alone

All things considered I'm doin' just fine even though
You left a hole the size of Texas deep inside of my heart
The way I feel I should be losing my mind
But all things considered
I'm doin' just fine

All things considered I'm doin' just fine even though
You left a hole the size of Texas deep inside of my heart
The way I feel I should be losing my mind
But all things considered
I'm doin' just fine



He laid in his bed and turned his face into his pillow breathing in deeply smelling the scent of the man that wasn't there anymore, maybe would never be there again. It was hard for him to believe that his life that he had been fighting so hard against was now gone and it wasn't until now that he realized that this was everything that he had been looking for. All the time he's spent playing the happy bachelor insisting that he would never settle down had been wasted when what he really should have been doing was worshiping the man who had been waiting patiently. Lifting his head he groaned slightly and dropped back down to the bed pulling another pillow over his head as he heard someone pounding on his door. Not caring who it was or what they wanted all he was concerned with was the pounding in his head and the ache in his soul.

Unfortunately soon the pillow was pulled off his head and he groaned before rolling over to look up at the face of Satan. "I heard he left." The man said and the man in the bed glared up at his tormentor. "I'm sure that makes you happy. You've been telling me to leave him alone since I laid my eyes on him." Satan shrugged and tossing the pillow to one side walked over to the window and pulled open the curtains drawing a growl from the bed. "If I wanted those open they would be." The man at the window turned and crossed his arms in front of his body. "I am not going to let you hide here like the world has ended. You fucked up. You didn't know what you had 'til you didn't have it anymore. Big Deal! Act like a man, get out of bed and do something about it. Haven't you learned anything about him yet? Besides getting yourself fired isn't gonna help anything. I covered for you last weekend and told Vince you had the flu, but you're gonna have to show up. "

The man on the bed glared and with difficulty pushed himself up moaning. Now he remembered just why he had never drank much. He wasn't a big pain freak. At the window the other man sighed and moving back to the bed sitting next to the hung-over man. "Look, do you think I don't understand? Man I've been there. You ain't the only one to fuck up, but you have an advantage. He loves you more than anything in the world. The words may have come out of his mouth, but trust me when I say they didn't reach his heart. Show him what you've figured out and he'll be yours." Quietly each man studied the other 'til finally they both got up with one heading for the shower and the other for his cell phone.

Standing at the counter of the kitchen Paul rested his head against the cabinets thinking back years of moments spent looking into blue eyes and running his hands through long blonde locks. He'd taken everything he had for granted assuming that it would always be there never realizing that the most valuable thing in his life wasn't his muscles or his career. He knew that there was no way that he could change things, but maybe finally he had found a way to make up for his misdeeds.

"Have you figured out how you're gonna get him back?" Satan asked and the other man grumpy and tired just nodded with his eyes closed as the plane he had been forced onto rushed towards what could be his ruination or his salvation. "Beg, plead, and yellow roses." Satan chuckled then smiled closing his eyes. It was so simple and silly it was destined to work.

The blonde walked into his dressing room and his jaw dropped as every square inch was covered with vase after vase of yellow roses. There wasn't even room for him to put his bag down or sit. Feeling a large body behind him he turned looking up into the eyes of the man he swore he was tired of waiting for. "I know you said that we were through, but… I can't let that be the last word." The blonde frowned and opened his mouth to argue with the other man, but meaty fingers were placed over his lips. "Please, let me finish."

"I know that you waited for me. You were patient and loving and I was a jackass. I know that I took you for granted and treated you like I didn't want you, but it was all a lie, an act, a sham no different than the monster I play on TV. I didn't know what to do with you. It never occurred to me that I could be happy with someone like you until I had you and by the time I realized I needed you I had already panicked. Then before I could get my head out of my ass you were gone and I knew that I had lost the only thing I had ever really wanted. I need you. If I lose you I'll lose my mind. I won't swear to you that I won't be grumpy or stubborn or a jackass, but I can swear that I will love you as much as I know how and then some. I will give you everything it is within my power to give you and then find a way to give you the rest. I have no right to ask you to come back to me, but baby if you don't I am doomed. You walked out of my life and left a hole the size of your precious Texas in my heart and I don't think I'll ever find a way to fix it." The man laughed looking into the astonished blue eyes. "Hell even Paul wants us back together. If it weren't for him I'd still be hiding in my bed depressed and lonely."

The blonde sniffled and biting his lip looked up at the big man that had stolen his heart. "You really love me?" The other man nodded softly holding out his arms and the blonde rushed into the as he began to cry happily. "I can't believe Paul is trying to get us back together." Wiping his eyes on his partner's shirt he looked up with his blue eyes filled with love. "I love you forever and ever until the end of time David Batista." Smiling softly the big man looked down brushing the hair off his love's face. "I love you too Michael Higgenbottom."

The End!