AN: Well, this is a new story by me. It takes place a few years after the events of my other story, 'First Time'. It involves some of the TNA wrestlers and knockouts as well. With that said, thanks for taking the time for reading and I hope that you will enjoy it.
Chapter One: The Accident
Michael thought that his life could not get any better for him. He had a very beautiful girlfriend in Knockout Mickie James. He was a rising star in TNA, and respected back stage by some big names there as well. Now he knew that some things were still on the fence in his life. Mickie was a few years older than him, but she was still beautiful to him no matter how many years she had on him. Mickie loved him no matter how young he was, and he felt the same way about her, of course. As the years passed on, it was not before long that Michael started floating the idea of marriage to Mickie, but that was something that he had to think long and hard about. He wanted to marry her, that was no question about that at all. The thing that really rang into his mind was how he was going to do that, and when was he going to do that, that was what he was worried about. He already had a ring bought with the money that he made. He became a wrestler for TNA because he wanted to spend time with Mickie James, he wanted to be a wrestler, and to make money so he could marry her. Was she going to say yes if he were to ask Mickie those four words? God only knows the answer to that.
Michael really loved her, and he was willing to do anything to protect her.
Michael thought that when he became a wrestler, he was going to be spending time with Mickie most of the time, but some times, he would be scheduled to do different events with Mickie and without her. That meant that there would be at the most at times a week and sometimes longer where he would not see her. He hated that, and Mickie did at times as well, but Michael knew that at times, this was something that working in this business was not surprising to him, but both of them hoped that this would not ruin their relationship, or something bad would happen to one of them, or something bad were to happen to the both of them because of their relationship.
That was going to happen, of course...
It was late at night, and Michael was lying in bed at their hotel that they shared in Orlando. Michael wished that it was their bed back in Richmond, but this will do at the moment, because they were on the road at the moment. This was another thing that Michael hated about being a wrestler. Not being able to go home at will sometimes. Man, he really hated being in an hotel bed, alone. Alone, Michael thought, I never want to be that way, or be on my own ever again. I hate being alone. Mickie saved him from being sent to a foster home, and god knows where he would have been if that were to happen.
He thought those words as he stared into the darkness of his hotel room, at the ceiling fan going in the distance of the roof. He felt sleep take over him, and just as his eyes were about to close, he heard his front door open, and Mickie walk in. She dropped her bags at the door, and stripped off her clothes. She did not even bother to change into her pajamas, but decided to sleep in her underwear. She climbed into bed beside him, and gave him a kiss before resting her head on his chest.
"Late night?" Michael asked. Mickie moved out the way so Michael could sit up, and she could literally feel him smiling at her in the dimly lit room.
"Yeah. How are you feeling?" Mickie asked him.
"Fine. I am worn out with performing, though." Michael said. "I enjoy it because I am spending time with you, and it is good to see what you are about."
"Dixie is talking about giving you a push, because you are literally blowing through the X-Division." Mickie said.
"I want to fight AJ Styles at Destination X." Michael said. "If that happens, it would be fine with me."
"Well, who knows what might happens? Maybe something could happen that will be able to launch you up higher." Mickie said.
"God, I hope so." Michael said. "So, what does Eric Bischoff want you to do with Bobby Roode and Madison Rayne?"
"Nothing, just something he was wondering about, some storyline that he thought up." Mickie answered. It was something in her tone that made him think that there was something else that Mickie was not telling him. He trusted that she was going to tell him what was on her mind. Hopefully.
Backstage: IMPACT WRESTLING
Mickie James was walking backstage when she overheard two people talking. Walking further towards the noise, Madison Rayne slightly laughing, talking to someone. She walked a little further, and saw that it was Michael they were talking to.
"Listen, what does your girl have that I don't?" Madison asked, trying to stroke his long blonde hair. Michael snatched his hair away and gave her a slight glare.
"Look, you are nice, Madison, but I really care for the woman that I am with now, so stop." Michael said, getting really impatient. Madison did not care, obviously. She stepped in closer, and ran a hand down his chest. Mickie could tell that Michael was starting to get really pissed off at this, and it was taking every ounce of resistance he had not to slap her, or something worse.
"Look, what she does not know, won't hurt her." Madison said, leaning in for a kiss. Mickie was about to run in and stop this, but Michael stepped to the side, and walked away.
"You'll be sorry! I have connections!" Madison called after him. She stormed off in a rage, while Mickie was smiling and laughing after her.
Mickie sneaked away herself, wondering just what she meant by that. She shrugged off the bad feeling as just a suspicion that she was having.
It was the end of the night, and Mickie was heading out tol her car to meet Michael. She was looking forward to spending some time with her boyfriend, but that really bad feeling that she had returned. She could not shake that feeling, and as she rounded the corner to get outside, she saw a gathering of some of the other wrestlers there. She saw some cops, and some paramedics loading someone with very familiar long blonde hair into an ambulance. Mickie got closer through the crowd, and talked to one of Michael's close friends, AJ.
"AJ, what happened?" Mickie asked him.
"Someone ran down Michael as he was walking to his car." AJ answered.
"Where are they taking him?" Mickie asked him.
"A local hospital, that would be my buest guess." AJ told her.
"Thanks." Mickie said, breaking past the rest of them. She went to the ambulance, but was stopped short by the cops standing by.
"Please, that is my boyfriend." Mickie pleaded with the officer. She pleaded her case with the man for a few more minutes, and finally she was allowed to travel to the hospital with her boyfriend. She got in the ambulance with him, holding his hand as she quietly spoke to him.
"Michael, baby, please stay with me, I need you with me." Mickie said silently as tears in her eyes fell and the ambulance quietly roared off.
AN: Next chapter, we find out exactly what happened to Michael, and it is not long before Mickie reaps what happened to Michael. R&R!
