Won't Back Down

Chapter 1

Disclaimer: I only own Jamie.

A/N: So I've recently developed a huge crush on Rhino, so he's my male lead in this one. I know that only one person voted for him lol but since I already started writing it a few days ago, I figured I'd post it anyway. Don't worry, though, there will be more Wade and Randy fics to come. Please, let me know what you think about this one. I hope you enjoy it! :o)

"Jamie, come on. You have to meet everyone!" Trisa Laughlin told her newest friend and the newest addition to the TNA Knockout's Division, Jamie Dreamer. She was being billed as Tommy Dreamer's little sister. She'd met a fraction of the TNA roster, but she still had lots of people to meet.

Jamie laughed as the two walked down the hallway of the arena where TNA would be filming iMPACT!. "I will, eventually," she replied. "I just don't want to shove myself on everyone and make them sick of me so early on."

"Nonsense. They'll all love you! And if they don't, well, I'll make them," she said with a sinisterly sweet smile.

"Oh God," Jamie spoke, a grin on her face.

"Don't worry. I got your back," Trisa promised with a wink.

Although there was a sixteen year age difference between Trisa and Jamie, the two got along like they were old friends, right off the bat. Since she was going to be involved with the EV2 storyline, Dixie, Hogan and Bischoff figured they'd asked Tom's wife and ECW's former Beulah McGillicutty, to show her around and make her feel at home in the company, which she gladly did.

Trisa was the one who originally brought up the idea of an extreme, hardcore chick to her husband, who went by Tommy Dreamer in the ring. They eventually found Jamie wrestling on the Independent circuit. The girl had absolutely no problems with barbed wire, broken shards of glass, thumbtacks, tables, fire, chairs, blood, any of it, really. She'd been trained at Killer Kowalski's school and had even trained at Team 3D's school in 2007. In fact, she knew Jesse Neal and Team 3D quite well. She'd been wrestling since she was 16 and loved every minute of it.

Of course, one would think that someone as tough and ready to break heads as Jamie was, she'd be hard to handle outside of the ring. However, the opposite was true. She was a total sweetheart to everyone. She always had a genuine smile on her face and a laugh was always ready to make its way out of her. She was a beautiful young woman with a heart of gold. She took everything in stride and was always willing to bend over backwards for anyone who needed anything.

When Jamie and Trisa had first met, Trisa was picking her up from the airport. Her twin daughters were cranky and throwing temper tantrums. Most people would consider that unprofessional. Jamie, on the other hand, didn't hesitate to entertain the girls and play with them like they were her own little sisters or nieces, calming them down and making it a pleasant afternoon for all of them. That's when Trisa knew she was in love with the younger wrestler. She felt completely relieved, and she immediately began talking Jamie up to anyone who would listen…or not listen. She didn't care. Trisa was determined to make her a star, and she knew that it was bound to happen.

"So, where are Kim and Bri?" Jamie asked her friend, as they sat in the EV2 locker room before everyone else had arrived.

"Tom's got them. They'll be here in like an hour or so," she replied. They kept making me promise that you'd be here tonight."

"Aw. I love them."

"I gotta say, it works out really well for me. Now, I can threaten them with 'if you don't behave, I'll make sure you don't see Jamie.' Works like a charm every single time," she said with a smirk.

"What am I? A toy?"

Trisa laughed. "Pretty much."

Jamie shrugged. "I can deal with that."

"I'm really happy that you're here," she said. "I feel like I've gained a family member, and I've only known you for a couple of weeks."

"Aw, Ris. I love you already. You're the best, and you've made me feel so welcome here."

"Trust me, Jamie, I am so happy you're here. It's nice to have someone around who I can relate to here. The Knockouts are really sweet and all, but they're not really ECW material…like we are…or I was and you still are. It's nice to know that I have myself a real friend, especially because I travel with Tommy and the girls most of the time. Makes me want to travel more because I know I can hang out with you."

"Oh trust me, I'm willing to do anything I have to in order to prove myself, and I love the fact that I have you here to keep me company," she said smirking.

"I know. You're insane. It's awesome."

"Trust me, this new Knockout is so hardcore and insane. I saw a match where she went through a window and smacked into a barbed wire fence. It was crazy," Tom Laughlin told his friend Terry Gerin, as the two drove to the arena in Tom's SUV, his twin daughters, Kimberly and Brianna in the backseat.

"Really?" Terry asked, not particularly interested.

"Yeah. She and Trisa are like best friend friends now."

"How old is she?"

"Twenty five."

"She's a baby," Terry dismissed.

"Uncle Terry, Jamie is not a baby," Kimberly interrupted.

The man also known as Rhino smirked and turned around to look at the young girl. "Oh really?"

"Yeah!" Brianna backed up her twin sister.

"She's a baby if I say she is! So there!" he jokingly argued with the girls giving them a fake glare.

"I'm gonna beat you up, Uncle Terry!" Brianna said, faking an angry face and shaking her fist.

"Excuse me, missy?" Tom asked his daughter, eyeing her defiantly from the rearview mirror.

"Who? Me?" she innocently replied.

Tom laughed. "Yeah, you, little lady. No violence. You know better than that," he warned her.

Terry laughed to himself. "Says the man known as 'The Innovator of Violent'," he mumbled, so the girls couldn't hear him but Tom could.

"Daddy, is Jamie gonna be there?" Kimberly asked.

"Yes, she is. She's with mommy right now," Tom answered.

"Yes!" both girls cheered, pumping their fists in the air.

"What's the big deal with this girl?" Terry asked.

"Jamie's awesome. She's incredible in the ring. She's a sweetheart. It's impossible to not like her."

"She's too young to be extreme like we were in the earlier days."

"I'm not too sure about that…she's pretty insane."

"Oh?" Terry replied, clearly not believing his friend.

"Yeah. You can deny it now, but just you wait."

"And let me guess, she's gonna be a part of EV2?"

"Yeah…as Jamie Dreamer, my little sister."

"Are you fu…kidding me?" Terry asked in disbelief, catching himself before he cursed in front of the girls.

"Yeah. I know it sounds cheesy, but when you see what she'll do in the ring, you won't be so mad about it," Tom assured him.

"I doubt that. These kids don't know how to handle extreme like we were. They're trying to do what we did, but they're just not that good at it. I think this chick is probably over-hyped and everyone's going to be disappointed."

"You say that now."

"There isn't a twenty-five year old girl who can fit in."

"Whatever you say, man," Tom brushed him off. He knew that Terry would be eating his words when he saw Jamie in action.

"Mommy! Jamie!" Kimberly and Brianna cried out in unison, as Tom and Terry entered the locker room. The twin six year olds ran over to Jamie and Trisa.

"Hey girls!" Jamie greeted, as Brianna hopped onto her lap, wrapping her arms around Jamie's neck, as Jamie returned the hug.

"How are my girls?" Trisa asked her daughters, wrapping her arms around Kimberly.

"Good," they replied.

"Hi Tommy," Trisa said, giving her husband a smile.

Tom walked over and leaned in, giving his wife a quick, yet affectionate kiss on the lips. "Hi beautiful." The two locked eyes for a few moments, and it made Jamie melt because it was so clear that the two were still so much in love.

"And, Jamie, nice to see you again," he said, leaning in and giving her a kiss on the cheek.

"Oh. Terry, this is the most hardcore woman you'll ever meet, Jamie. Jamie, this is Terry…also known as Rhino," Trisa introduced the two.

Jamie stood up with Brianna in her left arm. "It's so nice to finally meet you," she sweetly said, standing up and holding out her right hand, for Terry to shake. He shook it, even though he didn't really want to.

"You, too," he replied, unenthusiastically.

Tom shot him a look, as did Trisa. Jamie sat back down. Brianna sat on her leg and twirled Jamie's hair around one of her small fingers. "I love your hair," the child said with a smile.

"Thanks, sweetheart. You have beautiful hair," Jamie said, giving the young girl a smile and running her hand through her hair.

"I'm gonna take the girls to catering for some lunch. You guys can work out whatever taping plans you need to make for tonight," Trisa said, taking both of the girls and leaving the locker room.

Tom sat next to Jamie, in the seat his wife had been occupying. "So, are you excited about tonight?" he asked.

A smile involuntarily spread across her face. "Absolutely."

"So, how long have you been wrestling?" Terry asked, no emotion or interest in his voice.

"I started training when I was sixteen," she replied.

"So, what's that? About a year or two?" he shot back at her.

Jamie didn't retaliate with an attitude. "That's actually nine years I've been working on it," she replied.

Tom shot Terry another look. "Anyway, so I know…you know what? Let me find out which Fortune guys are here. I know they're getting Madison Rayne on their side. Maybe we can figure everything out now. Wanna come with?"

"Sure," Jamie enthusiastically replied.

The three left their locker room and went down the hallway. Tom knocked on the door marked 'Fortune'. It was quickly opened.

"Hey Ric! Is Ashley here, by any chance?" Tom greeted the legendary Hall of Famer, Ric Flair.

"Yeah! Come on in, Tommy Boy! Hey Terry! And who is this beautiful young lady?" he asked, noticing Jamie.

"This is Jamie. She's our new addition to EV2."

"Oh, right! She's supposed to be your sister, right?"

"Yup," Tom answered with a nod.

"Well, it's definitely a pleasure to meet you," he said, taking her hand in his and kissing it. "You're beautiful."

She smiled. "It's an honor to meet you, Mr. Flair," she sweetly and respectfully said, feeling completely star struck.

"Don't give me that formality. Call me Ric," he insisted, throwing an arm over her shoulders and leading her into the locker room. "And trust me, it's real pleasure for me," he said, giving her a wink.

"Watch it, Ric," Tom warned, glancing at the older man.

"Come on in. Ashley's here," Ric said.

Jamie could definitely sense Terry's hostility towards her. He had no interest in having her around. She could feel that. But she knew that she was where she truly belonged, and she would be damned if he thought for a split second that she was going to let him ruin this opportunity for her.

"Ashley, this is Jamie," Tom said, as the woman otherwise known as Madison Rayne walked over. "Jamie, Ashley."

"It's so nice to meet you!" she sweetly greeted the newcomer. "I've so many great things about you."

Jamie smiled. "Thanks so much. Trust me, I'm so excited to meet you. It's so weird to meet all of these people that I've watched on TV. I'm constantly star struck," she said with a laugh.

"Oh no! Trust me, you're gonna be one of us quite quickly. The second you step into that ring, you're part of our family…well, really the second you walk into the arena, you're family. I hear we have a match tonight," Ashley said. "And I've heard that I'm in for one hell of a match with you."

"Oh?"

"Yeah. Lauren…Angelina Love…is such a huge fan of yours. She thinks that you're gonna be the biggest female wrestler of all time. She said that you will do anything in that ring and always bust your ass. She also mentioned a match where you got thrown through a window, into a barbed wire fence?"

Jamie nodded with a sheepish smile. "Yeah…I tend to get a little…extreme, sometimes," she replied.

"Impressive."

"So, how are we gonna work this out tonight?" Tom asked the two.

Everyone began throwing ideas out, except for Terry, who was just glaring at Jamie. She tried to ignore him, but it was getting harder and harder to do. He was making her feel uncomfortable and unwanted.

Ashley leaned in towards her ear and whispered, "Why the hell is Terry looking at you like that?"

"I dunno. He hates me," she whispered in reply.

Ashley returned the glare in Terry's direction. "What the fuck is your issue? You've been glaring at Jamie like you're wishing she'd disappear or something. What's the deal with you and that attitude?"

Jamie turned bright red and hid her face in her hands. Terry rolled his eyes. "Why? You'd rather I look at you like that?"

"I can handle it. I'm used to your shitty attitude. Jamie isn't, and so help me God, don't you dare make my new friend feel uncomfortable just because you have that bad ass attitude," she shot back.

"Ashley, it's okay. Really. It doesn't bother me. I've dealt with men who hate me all of my life. I can handle it," Jamie said.

"Well, then, I just don't like it, and I sure as hell don't want to see it," Ashley said, folding her arms over her chest.

Tom looked at Terry. "Seriously, man? Cut the shit already," he warned his longtime friend.

Terry rolled his eyes. This was certainly gonna be fun.