I woke up the next morning; I was lying in bed with the covers pulled around me. I pulled back the sheets and decided to shower and get ready for work; thank god I had decided to only work half a day today. I tried to get out of bed, but I couldn't move; something was holding me in place and I couldn't figure out what it was. I looked down and saw big arms wrapped around me; my head shot to the side and there he was. Dean Ambrose! Last night came flooding back to me; like watching a movie, then I heard him say 'I never said I'd let you go'. Dean Ambrose kidnapped me! I was so stupid to believe that he actually was a good man who just went a little overboard with his approach. OH GOD! I had sex with him! My eyes widened; I had been so caught up in the fact that Dean was seductive, still how could I have forgotten protection. Great! My big mouth got me kidnapped; locked in a room and told that I was staying with him. Now on top of that; my stupid 'crush' on this guy has made me stupid enough to have unprotected sex with my kidnapper! Oh please god, if you can hear me; I want my nice quiet, boring life back! I have to get out of here! I start to try and pull myself free from his arms, when I can't pry his arms apart I try to squirm up towards the headboard in hopes of slipping out of his grasp that way. None of it was working; he's like a fucking vice! I take a deep breath; chuckling starts beside me, making me freeze in my very spot.
"Good Morning Angel, did you sleep well? I know I did. So where exactly were you planning to go?" Dean asked before kissing the back of my shoulder. I jerk my shoulder away from him; not wanting to be touched by him anymore than I am already. Dean chuckles again. "Oh come on Iris; you didn't complain about my mouth on you last night."
"I have to use the bathroom. Let go of me!" I spit out in anger. I can't believe he seems to have no idea why I don't want him touching me!
"Well Angel; maybe, if you say the magic word and give me a kiss, I'll consider it." He winked at me and grinned. I glare at him for a moment; not that I'm much of a threat to him. I let out a sigh.
"Fine; I have to use the bathroom. Please, let go of me." I give him an over-exaggerated smile and quickly peck his lips. Of course; he wasn't having any of that, grabbing my face and kissing me deeply using his tongue to explore my mouth. I pull away from him; and glare.
Dean let's go of me and allows me to get up, "See; if you are just polite good things happen!" He grins. I roll my eyes and run into the bathroom, locking the door behind me. Praying that there's a window I might be able to get out of. I spot a small one; but I think I might be able to get through it. A knock on the door makes me jump. "Iris, In case you were thinking of going out the window to escape; I think I should tell you we're on the 36th floor. You'd never survive the fall; but I'm sure you weren't even thinking about that. He chuckles. Damn it! I use the bathroom and open the door to find Dean leaning against the wall outside the door. I made an attempt to just walk past him; I definitely wasn't going to look at him. I only made it a little ways before he grabbed my hand; it wasn't rough, just enough to keep me continuing to walk. He crossed the short distance between us, until he was in front of me. "I know that this whole turn of events probably isn't how you expected your life to go, Iris. Until last night; it wasn't how I thought mine would go either, but how do you know this will turn out to be such a bad thing for you?" He asked softly.
"You're deranged! How can you kidnapping me and holding me prisoner or hostage; whatever I am to you, not be a bad thing? You've pretty much said you're never letting me go and I'll never see my friends, family and my job again; pardon me if I don't exactly see the bright side to this." I yanked my hand away from him and sat on the bed staring at him.
"Well there's the obvious; I haven't threatened you, hurt you or killed you. I'd say that was a big bright side. Let me ask you something Iris; and tell me the truth. When was the last time you went on a trip outside this city?" His voice was still soft and I couldn't see any signs of anger on his face.
"I don't know, "As I thought about the answer to the question; I found it difficult to remember when the last time was. "It was probably when I went to off to college. What's the point?" I asked.
"See, another bright side; if you're with me you'll not only see the entire country, but places around the world." If the situation was different; that might not have sounded so bad. I had always wanted to do some travelling; just not after being kidnapped.
"Really; and how do you propose I see anything, when I'll probably be locked in your hotel room? It's not like you can just leave me alone; I'll just try to run off and escape." I asked him.
Dean sighed, "Yes, I imagine at first you will have to stay locked up in the hotel or be with me at the arena. When I'm not working however; I could take you out and show you things in each place we go. Do the tourist thing; enjoy some nice meals together. My hope is that after a while you'll enjoy being with me; then you'd be free to do whatever you wanted while I worked and we'd meet afterwards." He smiled.
"I want to go home. I want to go back to my life and until you allow me to do that; then you better have enough guards, babysitter, locks, and chains and make sure I have no contact with the outside world. I will spend my every waking moment trying to escape and if I ever do; I'll make sure you pay for this!" I gave him a defiant look.
Dean raked his fingers through his hair and sighed again. He came closer to me and I moved away from him. "Iris; don't you understand? I am offering to treat you the way you should be treated. You'll get to travel, you'll never have to worry about money, whatever you need or want I'll give it to you. You dream of wearing a designer outfit? I'll not only buy it for you, but unlike some of the people in your life, I'll actually tell you how beautiful you look in it. Makeovers and Spa days; you can go wild with them. Look; once you're settled in here and feel better about things, I'm not opposed to your friends coming to see you. Hell Iris; I'll pay to fly them out first class if it makes you happy and it's what you want. I'll I ask for in return is your company. As far as sex goes; God woman you drive me crazy, I'd have sex with you a million times if that's what you wanted. You already know I would never force you to have sex with me; so if what you wanted was to never have sex again, I would sleep on the couch or the floor or another bed until you said otherwise. Iris, you can't tell me you didn't feel what I did last night; I know you did." He looked at me. I guess he didn't see that I was convinced. "Alright Iris; give me one year, starting today. If in exactly a year from right now; you aren't the happiest you've ever been and it's been the nightmare you seem convinced it will be, you can leave. No questions or arguments. I won't hunt you down again; you won't be injured in anyway. You can just walk away. However; your part of this deal is that you have to give it a fair chance, no walking around being depressed all the time or trying to escape before the year is up. My second part of this deal is that I still won't expect sex from you unless you want it. In fact, I will go so far as to say; that unless you make the first move for that it won't happen at all. A year Iris; a year goes by really quickly, do we have a deal?" Dean looked at me once more; I could see the hopefulness in his eyes.
I try to process everything he has just told me. Ok; I was used to negotiating things. "Before I agree; I have a few terms to add." I looked back at him.
"Tell me what they are; I told you I would give you everything you wanted, I keep my word." Dean responded.
"Ok; first, if you ever threaten me, abuse me in any way; then the contract is void and I get to go home. Secondly, if part of this agreement is me agreeing that during this year; I won't escape and you expect me to believe everything you're telling me, then you trust my word that I won't escape and you don't keep me locked in a room when you're working or out with your friends. My last term is that if at the end of the year I do decide to leave and then I see you or hear of you breaking your word that you'll leave me alone; I will report all of this to the police." I looked at him; he grinned back at me.
"Those are perfectly acceptable terms. Since I've heard yours; I would like to add an addendum to one of them. If you do try and escape, this deal is over and you stay permanently. Do we have a deal Iris?" Dean held out his hand so we could shake on it. I reached out and we shook on it. I know, I'm insane now; but what's a year? It's not that long. Right? Besides; he was planning to keep me indefinitely before. A year sentence to anything is better than a life sentence. "So, I need to get packed up; we're traveling tonight after Smackdown. You can come to the arena with me; watch Smackdown backstage and then we'll leave from the arena." He smiled at me.
"Um…I didn't pack a wardrobe to attend the house show. I only have this outfit that I wore last night." I looked at him; wondering what it is that he would come up with for a solution. He didn't even look phased by the comment.
"That's alright Angel; we have time before I need to be at the arena, I'll get packed up and you can shower. When we're both done; we'll go for breakfast and then I'll take you shopping for clothes and some luggage. Come on; get going in the shower, I'll pack." He smiled at me. I stood there with a dumbfounded look on my face. He must have read my mind; because he chuckled. "Angel; I told you, whatever you wanted or needed, I would get it for you. Listen, I've been wrestling since I was 16 years old; do you know how much money I've spent since I went pro? Not much, it's sitting in my bank account earning interest. I grew up not having much; so it was easy to live not having much. So I might as well spend it on someone special; like you." I looked at him and headed into the bathroom to shower. By the time I got out of the bathroom; sure enough, Dean was packed and ready to go. I grabbed my purse and we left to check out of the hotel. Dean knew this diner not far from the hotel, so he took me there for breakfast. I have to admit; I had really been dying for a cup of coffee, if I had been at my home I would have had my first cup hours ago. The waitress brought me a cup and I practically moaned when I had my first taste of it. Dean chuckled. "Looks like I'll need to make sure our next hotel room has a coffee maker in it."
"Sorry; I usually have my first cup much earlier than now." I looked out the diner window out into the street.
"No need to apologize to me Iris; if the room has a coffee maker, then you'll be able to make yourself a cup at however early you want, instead of having to wait. How is your omelet?" Dean asked me.
"It's very good, and yours?" I responded back to him. I watched him take his fork and cut a piece off it. He speared the piece with his fork and held the fork out.
"Try it; it's excellent." I went to take the fork from him, but he wouldn't let go of it. He grinned. I knew what he wanted me to do, and I'm sure he thought I wouldn't do it. I stood up a little and wrapped my mouth around the fork taking the piece off it. I sat back down and chewed the piece.
"Yes, that is excellent, you were right." I smiled at him. I probably am crazy; starting to feel comfortable with him again. I don't know what it is; but when we're just talking, I somehow forget that he has done all of this stuff to me. I also know that lead to us sleeping together last night; I do have to admit he was right about that earlier. I had felt 'it', whatever 'it' was; like an energy or electricity when we were so close. I did agree to give this year an honest shot; I suppose that's what I'm doing now. Yes, that is what this is; me giving it a shot. Once we were both done eating; Dean paid the bill and we got into his rental truck.
"Oh! I just thought of something; what about my car? I can't very well leave my car where I parked it yesterday for the show. It will end up getting towed." I turned my head towards his.
"Not to worry Iris; It was towed, but before you get freaked out, it was a friend of mine who towed it. I had your car towed to a storage place, so it would be safe." Jon explained. I let out a nervous breath.
"How did you know you'd need a tow truck or any of the other stuff? I know you couldn't have been stalking me." I said.
"No I didn't stalk you. I had to play everything by ear; luckily I have a friend here who owns a tow company, too many times going out to the bars here and getting my car towed off on me." Dean laughed. I couldn't help but laugh along with him; it was an infectious noise.
"Well as long as I don't need to worry about where my car is going to end up; I guess you solved my issue." We drove just a short distance from the diner where we had eaten breakfast and arrived at a mall. Dean put on a baseball hat and a pair of sunglasses; I started to give him a hard time about wearing sunglasses indoors and then it hit me why. "So you don't get mobbed and have to sign 20 minutes of autographs, right?" I looked over at him and he smiled. "Do you mind having to do that? I mean when you're suddenly surrounded by 50 people all screaming your name, does it bother you?"
"It doesn't really bother me; it just makes things harder sometimes. I was a big wrestling fan when I was a kid; I try to remember when the fans ask me for my autograph, what a big deal it would have been for me to have my favorite wrestler sign an autograph for me. It is a pain sometimes; like if you need 1 thing in a grocery store and you figure it will take you 2 minutes; suddenly its 30 minutes later and I still haven't picked up that 1 thing yet. Don't get me wrong; I love our fans, if we didn't have them, none of us would have jobs after all. Sometimes it's just hard; anyways, any idea where you'd like to start?" He asked.
I picked a store; I figured I could find just about everything I'd need clothing wise there. Dean walked in with me and then when he saw all the women and saw the store walls were all pink and girly; he stopped. I turned around to look at him. He pulled out his wallet and handed me his credit card.
"We might as well test this whole trust thing right now huh? Here's my card, buy the whole store out if you want; I'll just sit out here." He pointed to a bench.
I laughed and made a quiet chicken noise. Taking his card I went into the store and started gathering the essentials. I knew at most hotels we'd be able to do laundry; so I didn't go out of control on anything. I was heading to the checkout counter, when I passed a rack of beautiful dresses. I thought; I probably should have one nice dress, in case we go out someplace really nice or a party during the year. I picked one out and headed back into the dressing room to try it on. As I was headed there; I saw a rack of lingerie. It took me a lot longer to think this one over. I supposed that there might be; many months from now that Dean and I might have sex again. I picked up one that I liked and took it with me. The dress fit perfectly. Doubting that he would check the receipt; I decided these two purchases would be my little secret, to be revealed if needed. I was also able to find shoes and work-out clothes; not that I've ever been one to work out, but Dean probably goes to the gym a lot and so I wouldn't get too bored I figured I could go along sometimes. Once the cashier had scanned everything; I gave her the card and signed the slip, I was then headed out of the store with 6 bags of clothes. As promised; Dean was sitting on the bench waiting for me to leave the store. I handed him back his card and thanked him for the clothes.
"You're welcome Iris! Did you need to go to another store or did you find everything you needed?" Dean asked me. He grabbed the bags from my hand and insisted on carrying them for me.
"No, I found everything I needed. Shall we head to the arena?" I ask. I'm not quite sure what he plans to tell everyone there about me. Obviously he can't say, 'Hey everyone, this is Iris and I kidnapped her last night!' So I'm interested to hear how he explains my sudden arrival.
"It is probably a good idea; it might take a while to get inside, fans usually wait outside and want autographs and pictures. I hope you don't mind; but I thought the trip to the next city might be more comfortable for you if we got a bus and I offered to let Roman and Seth ride with us." He said while we walked towards the exit of the mall.
"No, that sounds fine. So there will be a couch or a reclining seat for me to sleep on?" I asked, suddenly extremely glad I bought the t-shirt and shorts to sleep in since there were now going to be two other men on the bus with us.
"There's a queen sized bed in the back, we agreed that you should have that. Roman and Seth will take the bunk beds in the middle of the bus and I'll stretch out on the couch." He and his friends were letting me take the one large bed; it was very nice of them. I felt bad that Dean was going to be sleeping on the couch.
"You said it was a queen sized bed? It's not like I'll take up all that space; you could always sleep on the other side of it. Don't think this is an invitation for sex; but it doesn't seem quite fair for you to sleep on the couch when we each can be comfortable on opposite sides of the bed." I reasoned.
"If you are sure you feel comfortable with that; I would appreciate that. Iris, I meant it when I said; you'd have to make the first move if you wanted to have sex with me again. You don't have to worry about me touching you." Dean loaded the bags into his rental truck; it wasn't a long drive to the arena. Dean wasn't joking when he said there were fans there waiting for the superstars. He called over a man in a suit. "Drake! Nice seeing you man." I watched the two men hug each other; clearly they were friends. "Iris, this is my good friend Drake. He's one of the Refs for the NXT shows." The man looked at me and smiled. "Drake, could you do me big favor man? Could you take Iris inside and maybe take her to catering? I'll come grab you there once I make it through the crowd here."
"I'd be happy to take Iris to catering; try to make it inside in one piece ok?" Drake laughed. "Come on Iris, no one wants to see the female fans trying to grab and maul Dean here." He laughed again.
"I'll see you inside." I said to Dean before walking with Drake into the building. Drake made small talk with me and I found out that he and Dean met while Dean was in FL at NXT. They hit it off after a show one night when they were hanging out at a bar and decided to have a drinking competition. Drake managed to go shot for shot and from then on they were best friends.
So there I was, 'plain Jane' me sitting in catering as several of the Divas wandered in. I just don't understand why he would want me when all of these women are beautiful and sexy; they also wrestle, I couldn't do that. I cry when I stub my toe on my kitchen table. His fascination with me is a mystery. I didn't see the blonde approach the table I was sitting at. "So; you're the one who showed up with Dean huh?" It was clear this woman was not happy with me.
"Yes, I arrived here with Dean. Why?" I asked the rude woman.
"Well just so you know; he and I are together, so you better watch yourself." She snarled.
"Renee!" I heard Dean's voice and looked over towards him. "I've told you a million times. We are not a fucking couple! If I see you harassing Iris again; I swear to god, you'll regret it. Now go flirt with anyone!" Dean said as he stood between her and me. She glared at me again; but then she was smart enough to walk away. "Sorry about that Angel; some people just can't take hints. Come on, I'll get you settled in the locker room." I followed him to the locker room and I couldn't help but smile; thinking about how Dean had stood up for me.
