Chapter 2
She drove her car into the Arco Arena parking lot. She parked next to the semis, cut the engine and got out. John followed her. They retrieved their bags from the trunk and headed into the arena. Once inside she decided to head to the Diva's Locker Room.
"Where do you think you're going?" he asked pulling her back to him by her shirt.
"The Diva's Locker Room to change." She said.
"Not a chance, I'm not letting you out of my sight," he retorted, "my dressing room is just down the hall from Teddy's office.
"Okay, fine." She said.
She followed him to his dressing room. They entered and put their bags in the corner.
"I'll be right back, don't go anywhere. I'm gonna see if either of us are scheduled for tonight." He told her.
"Okay." She said.
He left the locker room and headed to Teddy's office.
She didn't see or hear him come in, she went down as she felt something connect with the back of her head and heard, "I told you next time you wouldn't get off so easy." Then everything went black. He left just as silently as he had come and no one noticed him.
~Meanwhile in Teddy's office~
"What can I do for you John?" Teddy asked.
"Just coming to see if either April or I are scheduled for tonight." John replied.
"April is scheduled for a rematch against Alicia Fox tonight." Teddy answered.
"Okay, thanks Teddy." John said.
"You're welcome John." Teddy replied.
John left Teddy's office and headed back to his locker room. He noticed some of the divas standing outside his locker room. He jogged the rest of the way to get their faster.
"What's going on." He asked.
"Gail, Maria and I were headed to the Diva's Locker Room when we spotted your locker room door open. We looked in and saw April unconcious in the middle of the room. Gail went for help, they showed up about five minutes before you did." Melina informed him.
Just as Melina finished telling him what she knew, two EMT's exited the room with April on a stretcher.
"Hold on a sec, guys." He said to the EMT's.
He walked over to April, reached into her left pocket and grabbed her car keys. Then he leaned in close to her head and whispered, "I sear I'll find out who did this and I'll make them pay."
"I'll ride with her to the hospital," Gail told him, "Maria go inform Teddy about what's going on."
Gail followed the EMT's to the waiting ambulance and climbed in after they had loaded April in and then the ambulance took off for the hospital. John grabbed their bags and then followed in April's car.
"What do we have here?" the doctor asked.
"25 year old female with a gash to the back of her head and a possible concussion." One EMT said.
They wheeled April in to get stitches. She had to have ten stitches to close the gash on the back of her head. After she was done getting stitches they put her in one of the rooms.
John waited patiently in the waiting room and Gail waited as well. Just then the doctor came out.
"How is she?" John asked.
"She had to have ten stitches to close the gash on the back of her head. She also has a concussion, so she needs to take it easy for a week." The doctor informed him and Gail.
"Can we see her?" John and Gail asked.
"Sure, follow me." The doctor replied.
They followed the doctor to the room April was in.
"Here we are." The doctor said as he stepped into a room.
"Thank you." John replied stepping into the room after him.
John pulled the only chair in the room up next to the bed and sat down in it. Just then Glen and Mark showed up.
"Is she okay?" Glen asked.
"No, she's got a concussion and she had to have ten stitches to close the gash on the back of her head." John informed them.
"Do you know who did it?" Mark asked.
"No, but I have my suspissions." John replied.
"OH, where am I?" April asked wearily.
"You're in the hospital sweetie, you had to get ten stitches for the gash on the back of your head and you have a concussion." John told her.
Just then the doctor came back in.
"Well Miss Jacobs you may go home now but you need to take it easy for a week." The doctor informed her.
"Okay." April said weakly.
"Can you walk or do you need one of us to carry you?" John asked.
"I think I can walk, but stay close just in case." She said.
She climbed off the bed slowly placing her feet on the floor. She took one step and nearly fell over. John caught her before her face made contact with the floor.
"April?" Glen asked.
"Yes." She said.
"Do you know who did this?" Glen asked.
"Ziggler." Was all she said.
"That boy messed with the wrong diva." Mark growled through his teeth.
"Jacobs?" John asked.
"Glen's sister, my half-sister." Mark replied.
"Can we just get out of here, please?" she asked.
"Sure." John answered.
"I don't think I can walk on my own yet." She replied.
"I'll carry you." Mark said.
"Okay thanks." She said.
Mark walked over and picked her up carefully and then left the room. John, Glen and Gail followed behind.
"She has to sign some papers." A nurse at the front desk said putting a clipboard on the counter.
John picked it up and handed it to her. She signed where she was supposed to and then put it back on the counter.
"Okay you're free to go." The nurse said taking the clipboard.
"Thank you." Mark replied.
"I'll go bring her car around." John said.
John went and brought her car around while Mark, April, Glen and Gail waited. John parked the car and got out to open the passenger's side door. Mark put her in and buckled her seatbelt. Just then John's cell phone rang.
"Hello?" John asked.
"John its Teddy." Teddy said.
"Yes Teddy." He said.
"How's April?" Teddy asked.
"She has a concussion and ten stitches, but other than that she's okay," he replied, "Mark wants to talk to you."
Mark took the phone from John and then spoke into it to Teddy.
"Teddy, Glen and I want Ziggler in a match." Mark said coldly.
"Was Ziggler the one that attacked April?" Teddy asked.
"Yes." Mark answered.
"Okay the match is made, next week on Smackdown it's you and Glen vs Ziggler in a handicap match." Teddy replied.
"Thanks Teddy." Mark said with an evil smile.
"What did the doctor say?" Teddy asked.
"He told April to take it easy for a week." Mark stated. "I'll have John stay with her."
"Okay, sounds good to me," Teddy said, "I'll see you all next week."
"Okay." Mark replied.
Mark hung up and handed the phone back to John.
"You want me to stay with her?" John asked taking his phone back and putting it in his pants pocket.
"Yes I would." Mark answered. "Is that okay with you April?"
"Yes that's okay with me." April replied with a smile.
John shut the passenger side door, walked to the drivers side, got in and shut the door. Then he put his seatbelt on and started the car. She waved to her brothers and Gail and they waved back. He drove out of the hospital parking lot.
"So are we headed to your house or mine?" she asked.
"Which one do you think you'd feel most comfortable?" he asked.
"I'm comfortable at my house, but a change of scenery would be nice," she answered tentively, "so lets go with your house."
"Okay, my place it is." He replied smiling. "So how did you get your start in wrestling?"
"Well I started training when I was 15 by my brothers, then when I was 18 Vince sent me to Florida to train there and then the day of this years draft I signed my contract."
"How long is your contract for?" he asked.
"Twenty years, my brothers wouldn't let me accept anything less than that." She stated.
"That sounds like a good thing." He replied.
"Oh, that's a very good thing." She said.
"You must be so glad to have Mark and Glen as your brothers." He replied.
"Oh I am. They've been there for me my whole life. Especially the past two years." She said.
"What about the past two years?" he asked.
"Two of my ex's beat me up so bad that I was in the hospital for two weeks." She told him.
"Why would they do that?" he asked.
"Because I refused to have sex with them." She said.
"That's just wrong," he replied, "what did you do?"
"I got restraining orders against both of them." She said. "And Mark and Glen beat them up so bad they ended up in the hospital, but their stay lasted four months."
"What did you do after you got out of the hospital?" he asked.
"I went back to wrestling. Of course, Mark wanted me to go and stay with Sara but I was very stuborn, telling him no. if I had gone to stay with Sara then that would have proved that I was too scared to continue with my life and I wasn't about to let that happen." She stated.
"You're quite the woman, you know that." He replied.
"Thank you, I try not to let anything stop me from following my dreams." She said.
He pulled the car into the parking lot at Denny's in San Francisco.
"Good idea, I was starting to get hungry." She stated.
Her stomach growled lowdly to confirm her statement.
"Lets get you fed." He replied chuckling lightly.
They climbed out of the car and headed inside the resteraunt.
"A table for two?" the hostess asked.
"Yes please." He replied.
"This way," She said leading the way to an empty table. "here we are, your waitress will be right with you."
"Thank you." He replied.
"You're welcome." She said sweetly handing them both a menu.
She left to welcome other customers.
"So how did you first get interested in wrestling?" John asked April.
"I actually grew up watching wrestling. I've seen all of the older wrestlers matches. Mark's brought me DVD's from all the wrestling companies that there was. I've even got every episode of RAW, SMACKDOWN and the current ECW. Mark managed to get his hands on ECW show DVD's back before it was part of WWE and I have all the pay-per-views too." April informed him.
"That's incredible," he replied, "is that all of your wrestling collection?"
"No, I own all of the Superstar DVD's that the WWE has released." She said.
Just then the waitress came over.
"Hello my name is Amber and I'll be your waitress this evening. Are you ready to order or do you need a few more minutes?" Amber asked.
"No, I'm ready, are you?" April asked John.
"I'm ready." He replied.
"I'll have a chicken salad." April told the waitress.
"And you sir?" Amber asked.
"I will also have a chicken salad." He said.
"Anything to drink?" Amber asked.
"I'll have water." He answered.
"I'll have water as well." April said.
"Alright, two waters and two chicken salads coming right up." Amber replied.
Amber left to give the cook the order.
"So do you think that that would be something I would be able to see?" he asked April.
"See what?" April asked.
"Your wrestling collection." He answered.
"Sure." She replied.
"Um…April." He said.
"Yes John." She replied.
"I just wanted to say I'm sorry." He said guiltily.
"For what?" she asked.
"For leaving you alone earlier tonight, I should have taken you with me." He answered looking ashamed.
"Hey, look at me." She replied.
He looked at her.
"This is not your fault." She said giving him a reasuring smile.
"But I feel guilty." He replied.
"Please don't, I can assure you this is not your fault." She said.
"Well if it's not my fault then who's is it?" he asked.
"Ziggler's. I assure you he will pay dearly for this, he messed with the wrong woman." She replied angrily.
Just then Amber came back and she had their salads and waters.
"Here you go." Amber said placing the salads and waters in front of them. "Is there anything else that I can get you?"
"No thank you, this will do." April replied with a smile.
"Okay, enjoy your dinner." Amber said smiling back.
Amber placed the check face down on the table and left to take someone else's order. John and April ate their salads in quiet. When they were finished he grabbed the check, pulled a 20 dollar bill from his wallet and headed to the front of the resteraunt to pay while she went to the restroom. She emerged from the restroom and headed out to her car. He was already there, leaning against the hood waiting for her. She smiled to herself. He walked over to the passenger's side and opened the door for her.
"Thanks." She said getting into the car.
"You're welcome." He replied as he shut the door.
He walked around to the driver's side and climbed in. she put her seatbelt on and he did the same. Then he started the car, backed out of the parking space and continued down the road to the highway to Los Angeles. She put the seat back a little, laid her head on the headrest, closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep. They arrived at his house around 11:45 pm.
"April wake up, were here." He said gently shaking her shoulder.
"What?" she asked groggily.
"We're at my place." He replied.
"What time is it?" she asked.
"11:50 pm." He informed her.
"What time did we leave the hospital?" she asked.
"We left around 5:30." He told her. "We might have gotten here a little earlier but we stopped for dinner." He answered.
They got out of the car and retrieved their bags from the trunk. Then he led her into his house locking the front door and turning on the alarm system after she was inside.
"Let me show you to your room." He said.
"Do you mind if I sleep with you, I would feel a whole lot better with you next to me." She replied sheepishly.
"Sure, follow me." He said.
She followed him up the stairs to the master bedroom. She put her bag in the right corner of the room by the bed. Then she grabbed her pj's and went into the bathroom to change. Five minutes later she emerged ready for bed.
"Nice pj's." He replied.
Her pj's consisted of a black tank top with the cross design from her tights on it in red rhinestones and black short shorts.
"Thanks." She said. "Truth be told, I normally don't wear pj's to bed."
"That's a very interesting piece of information." He replied.
She blushed slightly. And then climbed into the bed. He went over to his dressed, opened the second drawer on the left and pulled out a pair of pj bottoms and went into the bathroom to change. Five minutes later he emerged from the bathroom. He smiled to himself as he see's her asleep already. He turns off the light and climbs into bed. She feels him lay next to her and she turns over and moves closer to him. He puts his arm around her and pulls her closer so that her head is resting on his chest.
