A.N. I don't own Chris Jericho, or the WWE. I do own Ashley, Misha, Austin, Noah, and the Kendrick Kids! Please read and review
42-year-old Chris Jericho entered his hotel room with a sigh. He set down his duffel bag and glanced over at the two beds. His wife twenty-six year old Ashley laid on the bed with her arms around their five-year-old son Austin. In a playpen laid their other son, three-year-old Noah. Chris smiled and ran his hands through his medium length blond hair. He walked over and kissed his wife's forehead. Her eyes fluttered open and she smiled.
"Hey what time is it?" She asked softly getting up.
"It's almost 7:30. We have to leave soon." He said.
"Did you just get back from the gym?' She asked as hugged him closely.
He nodded and kissed her. They had been married for five years but the passion between them hadn't died and they both knew they had made the right choice of who to be with.
"Yeah." He said. Ashley gazed up at him. She had been in love with the man she held in her arms since she was seventeen years old. They hadn't gotten together until she was twenty-one years old, and even then, it almost hadn't happened. She had been engaged to Brian Kendrick, and he had been married. "Something wrong sweetie?"
Ashley shrugged and looked up at him. "My back hurts." She said softly then shrugged it off. "Jess called." She said referring to his ex-wife.
"What did she want?" He asked with a sigh.
"We are getting Ash and the twins next week for two weeks." Ashley remarked about Chris' three other kids, nine-year-old Ash, and six year olds Cheyenne and Sierra.
Chris smiled. He loved being a father and his five children was the one of the main reasons he woke in the morning the other he held in his arms at that very moment. "Good it's been too long since we've seen them." He said.
Ashley nodded slowly. "Yeah." She said as she got on her sneakers.
"You feeling okay baby?" He asked.
"Yeah just a bit of back pain." Ashley said.
"Have you lost weight?" Chris asked worried about Ashley.
"Stop nagging Chris. We are going to be late." She snapped.
"Okay. Well I'll grab Austin you get Noah?" He asked leaving the conversation alone because he really didn't want to fight.
Ashley shook her head. "Misha's taking them for the night." She said with a smile referring to not only her cousin but also Brian Kendrick's wife. She then gently shook her eldest child awake.
"Hey you." She said softly and brushed his long blonde hair out of his eyes. "Guess what?"
"What?" He asked in his thick Texas accent that matched Ashley's.
Ashley grinned and laughed. "You're going to see Troy, Taylor, and Sabina." She said naming off the Kendrick kids.
"I get to see Uncle Bri-Bri and Auntie Misha?" He asked with a wide grin.
Ashley nodded. "Yes you do!" She said.
"Yay! Does Noah get to come too?" He asked.
Chris nodded. "Yes he does." He said.
"Daddy!" Austin cried and jumped into his beloved father's arms. "Are you and Mama fighting tonight?" He asked.
Chris nodded. "Yeah we are buddy!"
Austin's face turned dark. "Why can't I?" He asked. He had been brought to the side of the ring numerous times but now that Austin wanted to join the fight, he had been banned from ringside while the match was going on.
"Because you have to go to bed early tonight and Daddy's match is the main event." Ashley said.
Austin kicked the bed as a knocked sounded on the door. Ashley walked over and there stood her ex-fiancé, Brian Kendrick. "Hey Brian." She said and gave him a hug and a kiss on the cheek. Where most men would be nervous about his wife kissing an ex, Chris just grinned. He knew Ashley's whole heart belonged to him and their children.
"Misha said we were taking the kids for the night because I don't have a match." He said with a grin.
Ashley nodded. "Yeah thanks so much Brian. It means a lot." She said.
Brian smiled. "It's no problem you guys do it for us all the time." He said as Chris handed him the Bob the builder backpack that held the boy's over nightclothes.
"Yeah!" Chris laughed as Ashley picked up her sleeping son Noah.
"Give him here! You both are going to be late!" Brian said as he took his sleeping godson and Austin walked out behind him.
Chris held Ashley in his arms waiting for her match to start. Ashley sighed and thought about the last six years she had spent most of that time on the road wrestling. She had been lucky and never had a serious injury. She sighed the pain her back had come back. "You okay?" Chris asked.
She nodded. "Yeah." She sighed.
A stagehand came over. "Ashley it's time." He said.
Ashley stood up, picked up her woman's championship belt, and took Chris' hand. They walked to the ramp as their music started. She remembered the first time her and Chris had walked out with that music six years ago. They had turned heel together to explain her sudden marriage to Chris and not Brian Kendrick. The crowd had been a mix of cheers and boos, as they made their way down taunting the distraught Brian.
Now though they were the golden couple of the WWE. Chris was Intercontinental Champ and Ashley was in her second reign as Women's Champ. She climbed into the ring and held her title over her head. The crowd cheered her on as she climbed onto the second rope.
She jumped down and handed the belt to ref. She kissed Chris deeply and whispered. "I love you" In his ear.
Mickie James' music hit the arena and she made her way down to the ring. Ashley's eyes glazed over as the pain in her back became a searing one. She crumpled to her knees as she cried out in pain. Chris got back into the ring and went over to Ashley. "You okay?" He asked.
She shook her head her eyes filling with tears. "No. My back is killing me, Chris. I can't stand." She whispered. Chris nodded.
"I'll get a medic down here." He said.
"No!" She cried. "I have to do this match!"
Mickie shook her head. "No way are we going to. Your injured I don't want to hurt you anymore." She said.
Ashley nodded. "Can you carry me out Chris? No medics okay?"
He nodded and helped her stand. She cried out once more as he picked her up and carried her out of the arena.
A medic checked out backstage Ashley. "I can't see anything wrong, but I am not clearing you to perform. You have to go home and see your primary care giver." The head medic Xavier said.
Ashley sighed and shook her head. "Just give me leave to perform! I feel fine." She whined.
Chris shook his head. "You're going! We'll take two weeks off." Chris said.
Ashley glared at him. "I am your wife, not your daughter." She growled.
Xavier chuckled. "Please Ashley." He said.
Ashley nodded and with a reluctant sigh, she said. "A vacation sounds good."
Xavier smiled and nodded. "That's the spirit Ash. Well go back to the hotel room and relax. Then get home and get checked out."
"Yes sir." She said.