Author's Note: Alright, I'm running out of ideas of how to show Punk's increasing instability and obsession with "Morgan" so I'm going to tweak this chapter a bit and then update it and hopefully add a new chapter soon. Thanks so much for your patience!
Anna woke up with a heartbeat in her ear and she smiled. Hearing his heartbeat she knew exactly where she was. She gently stirred and saw him watching her, his blue eyes alight with love and a little bit of mischief.
"Okay, what cute thing did I do this time?" she asked, making Stephen chuckle.
"Nothing a ghra, nothing, I promise." He smiled at her as she sat up and stretched.
"What time is it?" she asked, leaning back as hugged her from behind.
"Early enough to have breakfast in bed." He whispered, kissing her shoulder.
"Stephen." She sighed, letting her head fall back against him. "Please, you know I have to go."
Stephen stopped moving his hand on her stomach and she felt him sigh. They'd been sleeping together for a few months now, but they weren't sure how the WWE writers would feel about it so they'd done their best to keep their relationship a secret. She kissed him deeply and then quickly dressed and snuck back into her own hotel room. She made sure that she got a room by herself, even if she had to pay extra just so that she didn't have to explain to a roommate why she was gone so much of the night. She slipped into the bed she had paid for and ached for Stephen, she wished they could just be honest about their love, but with her TV relationship with CM Punk gaining ground there wasn't much they could do. Anna tried to get a few more hours sleep before checking out and heading to their next venue.
She got the venue and there were, as always, fans waiting for the superstars and divas. She got out of her car and waved at them. They were really nice and waited until she walked over to ask for pictures and autographs. She signed pictures and autograph books and smiled for pictures. A few fans asked where CM Punk was and she joked that he'd slept in and would there soon, but she hadn't wanted to disappoint the fans and had come early.
Anna was chatting with one young fan when she heard the crowd erupt; there were a few superstars they would do that for but then one girl screamed.
"Oh my god it's Sheamus!"
Anna took a deep breath, this part was always hell. Because Sheamus was the World Heavyweight Champ and CM Punk was the WWE Champ there was supposed to be tension between the two of them. She watched Stephen get out of car and his eyes locked on hers like laser beams. She felt her blood heat and wished to the gods she could walk over and kiss his brains out like she wanted to. He walked over to where some of the other fans were and started signing autographs and taking pictures. She finished her conversation, grabbed her bag and walked by "Sheamus" as he was signing.
"Hello Morgan." He said, smirking at her.
"Good bye Sheamus." She said, sneering at him and walking into the arena.
A few hours later Anna stood in the gorilla area and waited for the match to start. Punk stood next to her and held her hand, she hated this part, having to pretend she actually like this jackass. He'd calmed down in the last few months and Anna could almost forget about his threats against Stephen and the fact that he seemed to forget her name was Anna when they weren't on screen. "Punk's" theme song hit and out they walked, he raised their joined hands and then bent down to do his usual shtick while she smiled down at him.
Anna stood at the side of the ring and watched "Punk" battle Santino. She didn't know why Santino had challenged "Punk" but she really didn't care. She watched the match, did was she was supposed to do and then walked up the ramp with him.
As they entered the gorilla area she tried to shake off Phil's hand but he tightened his grip painfully.
"Ow, Phil knock it off." She said, tugging on her hand.
Phil turned and the look in his eyes scared her. She saw there weren't many others around, they were on commercial break and so that meant nothing really happened.
"We're going back to the locker room." He said, trying to pull her towards his own locker room.
"Like hell we are." She said, pulling back. "Our bit is over, now let me go."
Phil grabbed her other arm in his hand and held her tight, "Let you go so you can go whore yourself with Sheamus?" he growled at her, "While we're working, you're mine."
Anna felt the colour drain out of her face, not this again. "I am not a whore." She said, trying to get away from him. "And I most certainly am not yours!"
Anna saw movement behind Phil and wanted to cry with relief. A large hand settled on Phil's shoulder and a deep voice politely demanded. "You'll want to let go of her Phil."
Seeing Mark Calloway standing behind Phil was like a like seeing an angel, which given his ring persona, The Undertaker, was almost comical. Phil released her and glared up at Mark.
"This isn't over Morgan." He said and stalked away.
Mark gently took hold of her arm by the elbow and looked at the angry red marks already forming. "You okay Anna?" he asked, leading her to a place they could sit down.
Anna nodded, but the minute he put his arm around her shoulders she started crying. Mark held her close as she trembled and cried, he rubbed her back and promised he'd keep an eye on Phil so this kind of thing didn't happen again.
"What the hell is going on?"
Anna looked up to see Paul Levesque standing in front of the two of them and he did not look happy. The "COO" of WWE stood looking at her for an explanation.
"Paul, I'm confused, what's wrong?" she asked, figuring it was better to know what he knew before she told him too much.
"Phil just stormed into my office ranting and raving about you." Paul replied, "He said you pull away from him as soon as your part is completed for the night. He said he was trying to have a talk with you about it and Mark interfered, although he kept calling you Morgan."
Anna was shaking with fear and rage; she couldn't believe Phil had gone to Paul about this. "What else did he say?" she asked, wanting to know everything.
"Something about you 'whoring' around with Sheamus and then it got a little muddled." Paul knelt down in front of her, "Anna, what's going on?"
"Paul, there weren't any talking going on when I walked up on them." Mark said, his drawl more apparent when he didn't need to pretend he was from California, which was funny. "I walked up and she looked petrified of Phil. He had a tight grip on her arm and a mad look on his face. She was saying something about not being his. And when I got involved he called her Morgan and said this wasn't over. Just look at her arm Paul."
"Anna?" a thick Irish brogue cut through area where they were sitting.
Anna looked up and saw the concern on her lover's face and not caring who else was around she stood up and ran into his arms. He wrapped his arms around her as she started sobbing again.
"Anamchara,what's wrong?" he stroke her hair and looked at the two men that had been sitting with her. "What's going on?"
"That's what I'm trying to figure out." Paul said, "but it looks like at least part of Phil's paranoia wasn't wrong."
"Phil's paranoia? What's Phil got to do with this?" Stephen asked.
"Let's go to my office and talk." Paul said, leading the trio through the halls.
Anna was barely aware of the looks that she got, crying and being held by Stephen, as they walked to Paul's office. She didn't know what would happen now but when they got there Stephen sat down and immediately drew her into his lap.
Anna looked up at Paul and she could see concern and anger on his face. This time when Paul asked what happened she told him, with Mark supplementing from what he saw. She could feel Stephen trembling in anger and both men growled when they saw her arm.
"Alright, I'll talk to the writers and get them to write you away from Punk ASAP." Paul said, shaking his head. "Mark, I want you or someone you trust in the gorilla area anytime that Anna and Phil have to be there together. Stephen, I'm taking you off RAW for the time being, you'll be at SmackDown shows only. No need to incite Phil further, we don't know what else he'll do."
Stephen nodded, "Alright, but I will still be at the hotels and from now on Anna stays with me." He said, "I want to know she's safe."
Anna just kept her head buried in Stephen's neck while they discussed her like she wasn't even there. He was rubbing her leg while they talked but she could feel his anger in the tension from the rest of his body.
"Anna, once we get you away from Phil, I'm guessing you'd like to work with Stephen." Paul said, bringing her back into the conversation.
"That would be nice." She said, smiling at Paul. "I've wanted to work with him from the beginning."
Paul nodded, "alright, we'll work out some way to get you from Punk to Sheamus. It might take a little while. Stephen, would you be willing to lose the strap in order to be free to fight Punk over "Morgan"?" Paul asked, using quotes while talking about her in-ring persona.
She looked at Stephen, he was so proud of being champion; he was the first Irish-born wrestler to hold both championships, she couldn't ask him to do that.
"No, Stephen, you can't do that." She said, shaking her head.
"Yes I can." He said and the look in his eyes told her he'd already made up his mind about this. "No belt, no job, is more important than you my love." He looked at Paul, "Make it look good and I'll give up the strap to fight Phil."
Paul nodded, "It'll be good Stephen, don't worry." He sighed heavily, "Alright, take Anna back to the hotel, we'll talk more tomorrow at the SmackDown taping."
Anna was in shock as Stephen and Mark led her back to the Divas locker room so she could get her bags. She did so quickly, telling the other Divas it had been a long night and she'd see them tomorrow.
The two men walked her to the parking lot where Mark assured Stephen that someone would get the other car back to the rental agency and they left for the hotel. Anna didn't say anything until they got to their hotel room.
"That belt means everything to you, how can you be okay with giving it up?" she asked, the minute the door closed.
"Because my love, you mean everything to me." He said, taking her in his arms and kissing her forehead. "I can get the belt back after you're safe and by my side."
Anna hung her head, she didn't want to cost the man she loved his title, but he was right, he'd lost the title before and gotten it back. She nodded her head and looked up at him.
"I'm scared Stephen."
"I know you are love." He sighed, hugging her close. "We'll get this worked out soon, I promise."
Sliding her hands under his shirt, Anna leaned back and looked up at Stephen; she could see the effect she was having on him and smiled.
"Take the fear away a ghra, just for tonight, make it go away." She whispered.
And he did…
