Here's my new story! I've recently really fallen back in love with wrestling again, so I thought I would write a fanfiction for it. One of the most intriguing characters to me has always been Dean Ambrose or Jon Good, so I thought I'd see how I got on writing a story based on him

Enjoy :)

~ CHAPTER ONE ~

THE INCIDENT

Lily Burnett was still relatively new to the roster of World Wrestling Entertainment as she had only been promoted to the main roster about six months ago. Lily was still finding her feet in the Divas Division in terms of both wrestling and the politics which had always seemed to shroud the business she had loved since she was a child. Lily was a twenty eight year old woman from Birmingham in the United Kingdom; a city which while huge to her, as she had spent her childhood out in the countryside, was tiny in comparison to some of the cities she had encountered in the United States of America, meaning that Lily was frequently classified as a 'small-town girl.'

Lily was by no means the stereotypical WWE Diva; she was not stick thin and she did not plaster her face with make-up every single day while wearing skimpy little outfits which left nothing to the imagination. Instead Lily preferred to let her wrestling do the talking. She wrestled in her jeans and usually a form-fitting tank top, with her luxurious brown curls tied back in a simple ponytail and massive combat boots upon her feet. This was the way Lily had always wrestled, and while, when she had first started at the WWE, a few people had raised their eyebrows at her, they were now used to her unorthodox style in both clothing and wrestling. Lily liked to stand out from the crowd and be different and the crowds had always appreciated that as well; she was the top babyface Diva in the company and she was loving life at the moment.

Lily had grown up watching all the wrestling she could find; from WWE to ECW to all the independent promotions in England; she had attended a Wrestlemania event when she was young and watched Shawn Michaels steal the show, and she had also cheered on wrestlers in packed high school gyms, where you could find some of the most rabid wrestling fans. However, the wrestling company which had really grabbed Lily's attention and set her imagination alight was Extreme Championship Wrestling. Although it was no longer in business, this was the company Lily credited with getting her into wrestling; the pure creativity which some of the wrestlers like Raven and Tommy Dreamer used to tell a story and use weapons in a match was something Lily had always admired and something she desperately wished to do. At eighteen years old, Lily had defied her parents and moved away from her countryside home to pursue her dream of being a wrestler. She knew she was taking a huge risk; after all wrestling was very much a male-dominated sport; however, the training school she found had welcomed her with open arms, saying they were looking to train more women. They had also embraced her love of extreme wrestling and as well as teaching her brilliant technical skills, they had allowed her to use her imagination and live out her dreams of having some fantastic ladder matches, street fights and even barbed wire matches. The few years Lily had spent in the independent promotions, touring the United Kingdom, were years that she looked back on with fondness; they had shaped her as a wrestler and taught her everything she knew about the business.

Lily now found herself in the wrestling giant that was World Wrestling Entertainment and she was overjoyed; WWE had embraced her technical wrestling ability as well as her love of using weapons and willingness to withstand a lot of punishment, which was something they were not used to when it came to the Divas. Lily had been wrestling fellow British Diva, Paige in an intense feud, which many had called the most exciting Divas feud in years. It had everything from fantastic promos, to great technical wrestling matches, to extreme battles with weapons of every kind, and Lily was loving it. Lily had also found herself a boyfriend; fellow WWE Superstar Antonio Cesaro or Claudio Castagnoli as he was also known; although he preferred to be known as Cesaro, and they had been dating for a couple of months. Lily knew her relationship with Antonio Cesaro was not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but she felt that she would never find anyone else, so was scared of admitting to him and herself that she was unhappy and ending it as she did not want to end up alone. Cesaro had a very nasty temper; his heel persona which he showed the fans was just an extension of his actual personality, and when he got angry, sometimes Lily got quite scared. Cesaro liked everything done his way, something which Lily had found out to her peril on many occasions, along with the fact that he was pretty liberal when it came to using his fists to get what he wanted. Antonio had hit Lily on a few occasions, always being clever enough to make sure the bruises didn't show, or that if they did he watched Lily apply make-up so his secret would not be revealed. Deep down Lily knew that she was not in a healthy relationship, and she knew Cesaro was cheating on her with another Diva, but she did not have the confidence to tell anyone what was happening to her, let alone the confidence to break off the relationship completely. Despite her outwardly confident appearance, Lily was actually very insecure; she had been bullied all her life, always told she was worthless, something she had never forgotten, which meant that whenever he did something terrible Cesaro could always talk her round to forgiving him, because Lily was scared to be alone at the end of it all.

Lily Burnett had a very busy night on Monday Night Raw that night; she was scheduled to wrestle Paige for her fellow British wrestler's Divas Championship in a Street Fight in what would be the culmination of their feud; a match which she already knew she would lose, due to the outcome being pre-determined. As well as that Lily would be accompanying her boyfriend Antonio Cesaro to the ring for his match against Dean Ambrose. Although this would be a normal wrestling match, it was still true that WWE had recently eased up on their policy when it came to extreme rules and the use of weapons, something with Lily loved as it gave her more freedom. Lily was scheduled to interfere in the match after Cesaro had won, but would not stop hitting Dean Ambrose; it would be the start of a new storyline for all of them. Lily was quite excited about the new storyline; WWE had been very keen to pair her with the Lunatic Fringe Dean Ambrose and bring back a more extreme style of wrestling with them both at the forefront, something which thrilled Lily to no end.

Lily was just finishing lacing up her black combat boots when Paige came up to her and sat down. Both women greeted each other with hugs; they had a bond which very few other people shared in the WWE; they were both British, so they got on very well and both understood the pain of missing home more than the other Superstars and Divas.

"Let's steal the show tonight," said Paige excitedly.

"You bet we will," said Lily grinning "see you out there."

In the next second Lily spotted her boyfriend, Cesaro, walking towards her. Although Lily was not too happy to see him, as she preferred to be alone just before her matches, she still plastered a smile on her face and got up to hug him. Cesaro hugged Lily back and kissed her gently.

"Good luck tonight," he said, a slightly threatening undertone in his voice as he gripped Lily's arm a little bit too tightly for her liking, leaving her sure it would bruise "you better win, you're becoming a bit of dead weight to be honest, I need you holding a championship so you look good for once."

With that Cesaro let Lily go and stalked over to one of the other Divas who was wearing nothing but underwear and began flirting with her mercilessly. Lily paled at his words; she was sure he had been told by Vince and Paul that she would be losing tonight, but apparently she was wrong and was dreading the consequences of her impending loss to Paige, as her boyfriend had always had difficulty accepting that she could not control the outcome of her matches. Brushing the thought to the back of her mind, as well as the visions of Cesaro and the Diva he was currently with, Lily shook her head slightly and walked to the technical area to wait for her cue; unaware that her whole conversation with Cesaro had been witnessed by one Dean Ambrose, who had been watching with interest and was now quite concerned.

Soon Lily was in wrestling mode and she was dancing down to the ring to Guns 'n' Roses classic 'Sweet Child O' Mine' as the fans cheered raucously, all wanting to slap her hand as she waltzed past them lost in the rock music that surrounded her. Lily posed for the crowd on the ropes as her music died down and then felt the familiar buzz of adrenaline as Justin Roberts announced that this was a Championship Match and introduced both Paige and Lily to the crowd who booed and cheered. Then the referee rang the bell and the match was underway.

The match started with the two Divas circling each other as the crowd began to get louder and louder, the tension building almost to breaking point as everyone wondered who was going to make the first move. Lily and Paige locked up in a test of strength with Paige overpowering Lily in the first instance taking her down to one knee. The crowd booed this move and began clapping and cheering, willing Lily back to her feet as she overturned the test of strength taking Paige down to one knee, which the crowd loved. Lily then kicked Paige in the midsection before grasping her head and bringing her down to the mat in a bulldog style manoeuver, which earned her a one-count pin attempt. Quick as a flash Paige reversed the pin attempt into a roll-up, but Lily was too quick and kicked out, before both Divas stood up to tumultuous cheers and rival chants for each Diva.

Following the match script Lily grabbed Paige's hand and before Paige could react, Lily hit her with a vicious clothesline, taking her down to the mat. Lily then climbed on top of Paige and began punching her, before dragging her by her hair to the side of the ring, just underneath the ropes. Feeding off the crowd's momentum and excitement Lily sprinted to the other side of the ring, bouncing off the ropes, sliding across the ring and hitting Paige with a vicious baseball slide, which sent her opponent crashing to the floor. Lily soon joined Paige on the floor, pulling her to her feet before ramming her back into the barricade, watching with satisfaction as Paige crumpled to the floor. Satisfied that Paige was sufficiently weakened, Lily walked back to the ring as the crowd began to shout for weapons, and reached under the ring apron, pulling out a kendo stick. Lily showed the weapon to the crowd who roared their approval, before she ran at Paige wielding the kendo stick, ready to attack. At the last second, Paige caught Lily in a drop toehold style manoeuvre, meaning that Lily tripped and her head crashed into the top of the barricade, busting her lip open and leaving her with a nasty bump on the head. The crowd booed Paige relentlessly as she jeered them, before lifting Lily up and dropping her onto the barricade on her midsection, winding her opponent in the process. Lily fell back to the floor struggling for breath, as she mentally assessed her physical condition, something she was very used to doing. Meanwhile Paige had grabbed the kendo stick and set about whacking Lily's back and midsection with it, using all the force she could muster, leaving vicious looking red welts over Lily's pale skin. As each hit came Lily took shallow breaths, which helped to ease the pain a little bit, as she started to inch her way towards the ring apron.

Soon, despite the relentless hits from Paige, Lily had made her way to the ring apron. She grasped the material and slid under there slightly, finding what she wanted; a steel chair. As quickly as she could, and despite the pain, Lily turned around so she was lying on her back and swung the chair, hitting Paige in the side with excruciating force, knocking her opponent to the ground and sending the crowd into a frenzy in the process. Lily hit Paige again using the chair, before she climbed to the top turnbuckle, diving out to the side, landing on top of Paige and the chair in a five-star frog splash. Despite the pain she was feeling, Lily forced herself to her feet and dragged Page back into the ring, before attempting to pin her, earning herself a two count. Lily then dragged Paige to her feet, noting that her opponent seemed quite groggy, as she set up for her finishing move; a modified reverse DDT which she called English Extremes. Just as Lily was getting ready to lift Paige above her head to hit her move, Paige elbowed her repeatedly, before escaping and springing off the ropes and hitting a deadly dropkick, knocking Lily to the floor for a two count. Leaving Lily prone on the floor, Paige exited the ring to retrieve a table and a couple of chairs, to which the audience cheered their approval. Paige set up the table in the ring and quickly speared Lily through it, leaving her crumpled in a corner with a stabbing pain in her back caused by hitting the turnbuckles. Playing to the crowd, Paige then pulled Lily to the ropes and wrapped her in the tarantula submission hold, using the ropes as leverage. After what felt like an eternity she broke the hold and rammed Lily's head into the metal turnbuckle, leaving Lily feeling like she was seeing stars. Soon, both Divas were on the top turnbuckle, battling it out with punches as their only weapons; Lily simply fighting to survive and Paige fighting to win. In a matter of seconds Paige had Lily on her shoulders, ready to hit a devastating move which would surely end the match, however, Lily wriggled in Paige's grasp, meaning that Paige had to let her go, so Lily slid back into the ring, hitting Paige with a power bomb onto one of the chairs which Paige herself had brought into the ring earlier in the match. Lily once again exited the ring and grabbed another kendo stick. Climbing back into the ring she hit Paige with it, before locking her opponent in her Crippler Crossface submission hold, holding the kendo stick against Paige's throat.

The crowd was in a frenzy, shouting for Paige to tap as she was in the middle of the ring and they knew she had nowhere to go. However, Paige would not give up that easily and began fighting Lily for the kendo stick, ultimately winning as Lily was focused on keeping her submission hold in place. After taking control of the kendo stick, this allowed Paige to use it to hit any part of Lily she could reach, meaning the submission hold was gradually broken. Paige hit Lily with a particularly nasty blow to the head, which brought tears to Lily's eyes and left her sure that she would have a lump there after her earlier bump as well. Now that Paige had control she was able to pull Lily to her feet and Irish Whip Lily into the corner, watching with great satisfaction as Lily fell to the ring mat in a sitting position. Paige then retrieved a dustbin from underneath the ring, placing it in front of Lily, before jumping across the ring and kicking the dustbin into Lily's face, leaving Lily with a bloody nose. Paige then attempted to pin Lily, resulting in a very close two count. Seemingly infuriated Paige mounted the top rope and jumped off, in hopes of performing a senton-type move on Lily, before Lily moved out of the way, grabbing a discarded chair as Paige fell to the floor and hitting her with it. Lily then grabbed Paige, dragging her to her feet and over to the top rope, where Lily sat, steading Paige, killing time while her opponent got her breath back. Once Paige was able to support herself by staggering, Lily stood on the top rope, before jumping off it and twisting her body, performing a massive hurricanrana on Paige. Landing quickly, Lily went for the pin, earning only a two count before Paige reversed the pin into a roll-up, which Lily kicked out of and then stacked Paige up into a schoolboy, earning another two count.

It was time to set up for the big finish of the match, so Paige and Lily brawled to the outside of the ring, both landing hard on the floor, Lily banging her head on the ring post as she fell. Paige kicked her harshly as she reached under the ring and found another table, which she set up in front of the crowd on the floor, as they roared their approval. After Paige had set up the table, Lily grabbed her ankle as planned, tripping Paige and giving Lily chance to get up and punch Paige a few more times before she set about her task for the final move; setting up a ladder in the ring. Keeping one eye on Paige, Lily pulled a ladder out from under the apron, and slid it into the ring, setting it up next to the ropes, facing the crowd. Then Lily slid out of the ring, pulling Paige up by her hair and hitting her head on the table for good measure, before they both wearily climbed to the side of the ring, balancing precariously on the outside of the ropes. Lily was first to make the move as she was very comfortable around ladders, and she climbed onto the top rope, before sitting on the rung of the ladder just above this. Paige was hot on her heels and soon they were level on the ladder, throwing punches and forearms at each other as the slowly ascended to the top of the ladder, with the crowd watching on, entranced. After a hard forearm hit to the head to Lily, Paige soon had the upper hand as Lily had to stagger down a rung or two to keep her balance. Paige, however, still had hold of Lily's hair and pulled her up again before manoeuvring Lily so that she was on her shoulders, ready for Paige to hit her finishing move, the Paige Turner. Lily was unable to fight Paige off and soon she felt Paige jump off as they both turned in the air. Lily braced herself for impact and it came like a bullet from a gun as she hit the table, pain rocketing through her, something which she was very used to. While she was still groggy Lily felt Paige, who looked equally beaten up, cover her and before she could even react, she heard the referee count to three and announce Paige as the winner. The crowd around them were booing Paige as they had wanted Lily to win, but they were also cheering because of quality of the match they had just seen, and Lily allowed herself a small smile because of this; cheers always made the pain worthwhile.

Paige exited the arena quickly, limping slightly but carrying her Divas Championship high in the air. Lily was suddenly surrounded by referees and medical personnel, all wanting to make sure she was all right, after all she had taken a very big bump at the end of the match, something which was unheard of for Divas. Lily's own determination got the better of her, and despite feeling slightly dizzy she sat up of her own accord assessing the pain which she was in and how much she was bleeding. Her split lip was still bleeding a bit and her nose was also bleeding, but other than that she miraculously had no more injuries which she felt needed immediate medical attention, as she was used to bumps on the head and an aching back. With that in mind Lily got to her feet slowly, stumbling slightly as she did so, meaning she had to grasp the ring for support. However, as they had done earlier, the cheers of the crowd willed her on, and soon Lily was walking, staggering up the ramp back to the technical area. Before Lily went through the curtains she waved once more to the crowd, who cheered yet again.

"Nice one Lily!" exclaimed Paige, who was sat with an ice pack on her shoulder "that last bump was insane!"

"Thanks Paige," said Lily grinning "it was truly amazing!"

With that praise ringing in her ears Lily slowly staggered towards her locker room, the pain of the last bump she had taken finally hitting her. People all around her were congratulating her on the match that she and Paige had just had and were saying that she was revolutionising the Divas division, but Lily let it all wash over her, smiling occasionally at people but not really having the strength to say anything in response. All of a sudden Lily felt herself bump into another person; she turned to apologise for not concentrating on where she was going when she found the figure of Dean Ambrose towering over her. She was only five foot five so at six foot four Dean Ambrose really did tower over Lily with his well-built figure only adding to his slightly menacing persona.

"Oh sorry," said Lily quietly "wasn't concentrating on where I was going."

"No worries," said Dean Ambrose in his deep, gravelly voice "I watched your match by the way; Lily isn't it?"

"Yeah," said Lily, smiling slightly, she had never spoken to Dean Ambrose before, he had a bit of a reputation amongst the Divas as someone who was not very approachable, so she had always kept her distance.

"Fantastic match," said Dean Ambrose, smiling down at Lily "nice to see someone else appreciate the more extreme side of wrestling as much as I do."

"Yeah I love it!" said Lily, her smile lighting up her face "grew up watching ECW. So thanks anyway, Dean Ambrose isn't it? Or Jon Good, which do you prefer? I know some wrestlers like to be known by their stage names and some don't."

"Either is good," said Jonathan or Jon Good, also known as Dean Ambrose, watching the Diva in front of him with great curiosity "Dean Ambrose is just an extension of the darker side of my personality anyway."

"So you really are the Unstable Lunatic Fringe then?" asked Lily.

"Only when I have to be," said Jon, a sense of great mystery in his voice "usually when someone I care about needs protecting."

Lily smiled warmly at Jon (she had decided she preferred to call him Jon outside of the ring already), he certainly intrigued her and she was definitely looking forward to working with him. Without warning, all of a sudden Lily was overcome by a wave of dizziness and nausea, resulting in her stumbling backwards slightly. Jon reached out towards the unsteady Diva in front of him and grasped her shoulders in a firm, but still strangely gentle grip until she regained her balance.

"You all right Lily?" he asked, genuine concern in his deep, suddenly soft voice.

"Yeah I'm fine, just a bit tired after the match," said Lily in a shaky voice, knowing she was lying as she stumbled yet again.

"Whoa!" said Jon in an alarmed voice "hang on a second, you're clearly not. Sit down; let me make sure you're all right."

"No, no don't," said Lily, panicking all of a sudden at what Cesaro would say as he always hated her being around other men "I'm fine honestly."

"Sit down," said Jon in such a firm and authoritative voice that Lily knew there was no room for argument, so she sat down on a box which usually stored equipment while Jon went to grab a first aid kit.

Jon was back next to Lily in a flash; he never really spoke to any of the Divas, which probably explained the fact most of them thought he was a bit scary, but something about the woman in front of him intrigued him and he felt he should get to know her better considering they would be working together for the foreseeable future after tonight.

"Look at me," Jon commanded "I need to check your eyes, you could have concussion, some of those bumps were insane."

"I've been through worse," said Lily chuckling as her bright blue eyes met Jon's brown ones "so have you Jon, or should I say Moxley? CZW ring any bells?"

"Ah so you've been stalking me?" asked Jon, tipping Lily an enormous wink as he smirked "can't say I blame you."

"Don't flatter yourself," said Lily, smacking him lightly on the arm as Jon's face appeared to take on an expression of mock offense "I've watched a lot of your matches in my free time since I found out about the storyline we have together; thought it might be a good idea to get to know who I was working with."

"I must admit I've watched a lot of your matches too," said Jon honestly "you're one extreme girl, some of your matches are insane, I think we could have a lot of fun. Shame there's no barbed wire allowed though, eh?"

"I'm definitely someone that can match up to the Lunatic Fringe, don't forget that," said Lily confidently "and yeah, I miss those barbed wire matches, we should try and bring them back."

"Definitely," said Jon, grinning "your eyes are a bit glazed over, I think you should go and see the doctor; get some ice on that bump on your head as well, I need you at your best tonight."

"I will," said Lily gratefully "thanks Jon, I didn't mean to have you give me a medical examination."

"No problem," said Jon "when you live on the edge, as we do, you get to learn a bit about first aid."

Lily nodded and soon she and Jon were deep in conversation about all the different matches they had been in. Jon told her about his most extreme matches in CZW and Lily told him about the time she had been involved in an inferno match, resulting in her getting some nasty burns. Both were so immersed in the conversation that they did not notice Cesaro walking up to them, looking incredibly menacing and angry. When Cesaro got to Jon and Lily he grabbed Lily's arm with such force that it made her cry out in pain involuntarily as she was pulled violently to her feet; something which made Jon very angry and set his senses on high alert.

"Why didn't you come and find me after your match?" raged Cesaro, beginning to pull Lily after him, as Lily shot an apologetic look at Jon.

"I'm sorry Cesaro, I needed to sit down, I felt a bit dizzy," said Lily, her voice suddenly becoming incredibly small.

"Not acceptable!" sneered Cesaro "and what are you doing here, Ambrose?"

"We were just talking," snarled Jon, standing beside Lily protectively "preparing for later on. Take your hands off her, she can walk by herself, you're hurting her."

"Are you going to make me?" asked Cesaro, smirking.

"If I have to," replied Jon in a threatening manner, taking a step forward and removing Cesaro's hand from Lily's arm, horrified when he saw red marks when Cesaro's fingers had been.

"Come on Lily, let's go," said Cesaro, stalking off, leaving Lily rooted to the spot, glancing with wide eyes between Jon and Cesaro, wondering if someone had discovered her secret.

"See you later Jon," said Lily in a small voice.

"Bye Lily," said Jon, who swore he saw fear in Lily's eyes as she began to follow her boyfriend "look after yourself."

Jon watched until Lily and Cesaro had turned the corner before allowing his worry to overtake him. Jon had seen marks like the ones on Lily's arm before on other women and he had seen glimpses of fear in women's eyes as men dragged them away as well, because Jon had grown up trying to protect his mother from her abusive husband and his father. This meant that Jon knew what to look out for, and he had strong suspicions that Cesaro had a short temper and was not averse to using his hands to make sure Lily did exactly what he wanted. The thought of Cesaro hitting Lily was one which filled Jon with anger; he always wanted to protect women who he thought were in danger and Lily was no exception, meaning that Jon vowed that if he was right about her relationship with Cesaro, he would protect her in any way he could.

Meanwhile back in Cesaro's locker room, Lily stood against the wall, cowering slightly as her boyfriend shouted at her for losing the match against Paige, something which she had repeatedly told him in the past, was beyond her control.

"Why did you lose?" shouted Cesaro, coming very close to Lily and putting his hands either side of her on the wall so she couldn't escape.

"You know the outcome of matches is pre-determined, it was out of my hands!" cried Lily; she was usually quite strong when it came to her emotions, but something about Cesaro had always reduced her to tears.

"Well you should have defied them!" raged Cesaro.

"And lose my job?" asked Lily "I could never do that, wrestling is my life."

"Well you're no use to me without a Championship!" spat Cesaro "but then you always were a worthless waste of space."

Before Lily could react, Cesaro had drawn his arm back and slapped her square in the face, knocking her off balance and bringing her to her knees with the force of the blow. Lily's eyes immediately filled with tears; something which she hated as she did not like to cry at all, but she seemed unable to help it at the moment.

"Get up, you piece of garbage!" sneered Cesaro nastily "I have a match to get ready for."

Sometime later that night, after applying ice to her bumps and bruises and wiping the dried blood off her face, Lily found herself in the technical area waiting for the match between Jon and Cesaro. Lily was stood with Cesaro who had a vice-like grip on her hand when Jon walked up to them both stretching his muscular arms as he did so.

"You ready?" Jon asked them both.

"Looking forward to it," was Lily's slightly timid reply, although it still made Jon smile.

"You're not going to know what hit you Ambrose," said Cesaro menacingly as his music hit and the crowd booed.

"See you out there Lil, darlin'," said Jon, completely ignoring Cesaro and winking at Lily as she turned around and flashed him her brightest smile.

Once Cesaro and Lily had made their entrance Jon made his as Dean Ambrose and the crowd went wild as they saw one of their heroes who had battled so hard against Seth Rollins and the Authority. The crowd was on fire as the match started and throughout it as well. It was only a normal wrestling match but the crowd brought into every move and both men worked very hard hitting every move they could think of, until Cesaro got the upper hand and hit his Neutralizer finishing move, earning the win. Lily watched on with interest, knowing as the bell rung and Cesaro exited the ring, grabbing a steel chair that it would soon be her time to intervene. Lily watched on as Cesaro hit Jon with the steel chair multiple times until Jon was not moving, as had been planned in the script. Cesaro then placed the chair underneath Jon's head ready to hit the Kerb Stomp just as Lily entered the ring, putting herself between the two men and speaking into the microphone.

"Cesaro stop it, he's had enough!" she shouted, as Jon began to stir, slowly sitting up, looking confused as had been planned "you're not supposed to kill him for goodness sake!"

"Get out of the way Lily!" yelled Cesaro "he deserves what he is going to get!"

"No!" shouted Lily "I can't let you hurt him anymore, it's not fair, you're not an animal!"

"Lily, if you don't step out of my way now I may have to do something I regret," said Cesaro in a dangerous and threatening voice.

"Leave her alone Cesaro," said Jon, who sounded very out of breath as he caught a microphone one of the ring crew threw to him and stood up beside Lily.

"Why are you getting involved anyway?" Cesaro spat at Lily "it's none of your business!"

"I can't stand by and watch you beat someone senseless!" exclaimed Lily, hurt by the venom in Cesaro's voice.

"Well I don't need you anyway," spat Cesaro "you're a useless manager and a terrible Diva!"

"Clearly you've been watching different matches to the ones I have then," said Jon, earning a huge roar of approval from the crowd "she's just as unstable as I am, just as crazy."

"Time to choose Lily," said Cesaro in a threatening voice "me or him?"

Lily looked between Jon and Cesaro, quite aware that this had become very personal after the little incident earlier on in the evening between the three of them. She looked into Cesaro's face and saw genuine anger and disgust beyond what he was acting out for the crowd, and at the same time she saw genuine worry in Jon's eyes, much like she had done earlier on. Lily listened to the crowd chant for her to choose Dean Ambrose and she made the decision which would define her career.

"I'm sorry Cesaro," she said, not looking him in the eye "I can't be with someone who doesn't know when to stop hurting someone; Ambrose might be the Lunatic Fringe but he knows a match ends when the bell rings and you don't attack a defenceless opponent."

At this point Cesaro was supposed to shrug his shoulders and walk out of the ring, ending the segment; however he decided to take matters into his own hands as he pulled his hand back and punched Lily directly in the eye. It all happened so fast that Lily did not know how to react; meanwhile Jon was seething with anger at the knowledge Cesaro had strayed from the script and even worse put his hands on Lily, confirming Jon's suspicions. Springing into action, Jon caught Lily as she began to lose her balance, his heart breaking as he saw tears running down her face.

"I've got you, you're all right," he whispered so only she could hear as he set her on her feet "hold it together for a bit longer, we're nearly there."

Lily surreptitiously nodded at Jon as he turned to Cesaro, furious at his opponent's actions. Jon snatched his discarded microphone from the ring mat, his face red with anger as he shook with rage and a desperate desire to make sure Lily was never hurt again. Jon decided in that moment, as the boos from the crowd rained down, all directed at Cesaro; that if Cesaro was going to deflect from the script then so was he.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" he roared, his true anger pouring out "what makes you think it's OK to lay your hands on a woman? What makes you think it's all right to hit a woman? Your problem is with me, not her!"

"She needed to be taught who the boss was," sneered Cesaro, as he tried to move towards Lily, who instantly moved closer to Jon.

"Don't you come anywhere near her!" yelled Jon "I swear if you even look at her in the wrong way, much less touch her again, I will break you in half, piece by piece, and that is not a threat, that is a promise! She's under my protection now."

The crowd screamed their approval at Jon's words as Cesaro backed down, walking back up the ramp towards the backstage area. Once he was sure Cesaro had left, Jon turned towards Lily, who looked so vulnerable at that moment that Jon's features instantly softened as he walked towards her trembling figure.

"You're all right," he whispered again, laying a hand on her shoulder "I meant what I said, he won't touch you again."

This earned a weak smile from Lily, something which made Jon smile in turn as he helped her out of the ring and they walked up the ramp together to raucous cheers. As soon as they were backstage Jon glanced as Lily's eye, wincing as he noticed it was already swelling up.

"You're going to have a right shiner there," he said, grimacing "but you should be all right."

"Thanks Jon," said Lily, tears in her normally strong voice "for everything."

"I meant what I said you know," said Jon quietly "if he touches you again I will break him."

"It's all right," said Lily, her eyes telling Jon she was lying "I think he just got too lost in the promo, he didn't mean it."

"Lil, darlin'," said Jon, exasperated "we both know that's not true, he has a temper on him and I don't want to think of you at his mercy when he's angry."

Lily was just about to reply to Jon; tell him everything, all her secrets, when Cesaro came up to them, grasping her hand in the same vice-like grip as he had done before, which set Jon's teeth on edge, as he looked on furious.

"What was that out there?" said Jon angrily "that wasn't part of the script! What makes you think you can hit women?"

"Just got a bit lost in the story," sneered Cesaro, who shot Jon a malicious grin "come along Lily."

Before either Lily or Jon could say anything else to each other Cesaro dragged Lily away, leaving Jon standing in the technical area, worry engulfing his mind. Jon watched as Lily was pulled around the corner by Cesaro, worried for her safety, but heartened when she managed to turn around and wave at him, a gesture which he returned until she was out of sight. As thoughts and worry entered his mind once again, Jon sat down and began to take of the tape around his hands as he vowed, once again that he would find out if he was right about Lily and Cesaro's relationship, and that if he was, he would protect Lily in any way he could, just to make sure that the Diva who intrigued him was safe.

So what did you think? It's been a while since I wrote a wrestling story so thought I would give it a go.

I'll update soon :) so see you then. Thanks for reading :)