A couple months went by and I stuck close by Jon just as I planned. We didn't have any more issues with Randy or AJ which allowed us to become more relaxed with each other. More and more coworkers were becoming aware of our relationship because of this and the incidents that had occurred, but Jon and I tried very hard to keep our relationship off the fans' radar.

He and I never spoke about the incident with Randy and AJ, or our feelings of threat. We seemed to just trust each other because we had no reason not to. Other people had feelings for us, but what was important was that we had feelings for each other which made the outsiders not matter.

I also continued being the fourth and only female member of The Shield. It was an amazing experience being able to train, eat, sleep, travel, ride with, just getting the full WWE experience with these three men. They had a lot of insight on how to do things and why, in and out of the ring. They were my confidants and my brothers. I could come to them for anything and they had my back. Colby and Joe never straight out asked what the deal was between Jon and I, but it was obvious. It was nice because they never felt the need to intervene in our relationship. But it also meant that the two were even more protective over me because I was their brother's girl. I hardly had to go to any place alone. I always had one of the boys by my side. And after my horrible night at the bar a few months back, it was like a dream knowing someone was always there to protect me.

It was Monday night again, another Live RAW. I had a match against Kaitlyn, who was the last person on my hit list before I could finally have my shot at AJ. And when I got my hands on her, I was going to take the title and the revenge that I deserved. After my victory tonight, I would be the number one contender. My soon-to-be feud with AJ was not only going to be on a professional level, but also on a personal one.

I headed to the ring tonight with an escort from Colby. The bell had rang and our match begun. It was a quick match, like most female matches are. She got a couple good shots in, but my finishing move was too effective for her to overcome. The Shield's music hit, and Colby got into the ring to raise my arm with the ref for my victory. Simultaneously, AJ's music hit and my adrenaline kicked in. Finally. The wait was over.

AJ stood at the top of the ramp and held her title up, taunting me. I smiled at her and talked a bunch of shit that no one could hear, but you could tell that whatever was coming out of my mouth was not kind. We held contact with each other's eyes until we were both forced to cut our scene. Colby and I walked to the back and we met up with Joe and Jon who were watching the show in the back.

"I could see the fire in your eyes." Jon seemed impressed.

"That's because soon enough, I'm gonna light that bitch up," I nonchalantly replied.

My brothers seemed shocked at my remark. We tried to not speak of AJ or Randy and I was starting to let my anger over the situation come to light. I think they were starting to understand that they may have a situation on their hands.

It was time to head out for their match and I was accompanying them at ringside. Our music hit and we headed to the ring. Their match was against Randy, John Cena, and Daniel Bryan. I pretty much stayed out of the way and let the boys do their thing. I checked on them if they looked hurt and cheered them on when they needed it. But when Colby and Joe were laying hurt outside of the ring and Jon was motionless on the mat, not looking like he was going to be too useful at the moment, I knew I had to intervene. Randy brought Jon up to his feet and was about to hit an RKO.

I clearly did not think—I just reacted. I slid into the ring and just kind of tackled Randy. I didn't know what to do. He was too tall and too heavy for me to do any type of move in my skill-set to him. He was definitely too strong for me to even try to punch him effectively; that would have done more damage to me than to him. So I just kind of sloppily tackled him to distract him from pinning Jon. He barely moved. He turned his attention to me as Jon dropped back down on the mat. That's all I was trying to do, just get his attention. And hope to God that one of the guys could save me from whatever Randy was about to do to me.

He was kind of shocked at first that I was in the ring with him. He looked at me surprised, looked at Jon still laying motionless on the mat, glanced to the outside of the ring where the other guys were all stagnant, then stared back at me with an evil grin. Randy's character wasn't actually a bad guy, but he was clearly not a good guy either. Randy had the power to do as he pleased and I knew that he had to play this out how his character would handle this, personal feelings set aside. I probably should have attacked John Cena because his character wouldn't attack me back. Crap.

He picked me up; I squirmed and fought to get free with no luck. I quickly realized how big of a mistake this was. He was heading to the ropes, when suddenly AJ's music hits. He turned around to see what was happening, still holding me. AJ skipped to the ring, slid in, came up to me and slapped me as Randy kept his grip which caused serious confusion to me. It felt like they were working together.

After she slapped me, she went over to Jon and kissed him on the lips as he was still lying motionless on the ground. She smiled at me after she committed the evil act and got out of the ring. I was screaming and fighting to be free from Randy with even more power now. Jon sat up quickly, surprised and disgusted as to what just happened. Then he saw Randy holding me and looked like he was about to kill him. Jon got up, was about to head to me, when Randy let me go. Colby came flying over the ropes, landing a cross body on Randy. I quickly got out of harm's way. Joe was on the apron now, ready to be tagged in. As soon as Jon walked close to him, he tagged himself in. Jon was not getting any happier with this chain of events. I could tell that he wanted to get his hands on Randy, and the guys knew that also. They were doing their best to not let that happen because they knew what those repercussions could be. Joe speared Randy, then went for the pin. The match was over and instead of enjoying the win, Joe and Colby rushed us to the back.

They lead us to any empty room so we could talk privately and so that Jon and I could calm down. Jon was pacing back and forth, looking beyond pissed. I waited patiently for this stupid meeting to be over so I could get my hands on AJ. She crossed the line tonight. All this meeting was going to do was let my anger build more and more until it could be released. If they thought that pulling me aside would calm me down, that's fine. I'll wait. It will only be more dangerous for AJ.

"Look, what happened out there tonight was Orton and AJ trying to get underneath your skin, guys. AJ wanted to prove a point because you're after her belt. And Orton is just a dick, we all know that. Nothing more guys. So please calm down," Colby pleaded to Jon and I.

"No, no, no, no. See in reality, AJ wants me and wants to piss my girlfriend off and Orton wants Lauren and wants to piss me off. That's the reality of it," Jon stated nonchalantly. Everyone was kind of surprised with his calmness.

"Well I was trying to keep it professional and to give you the professional stand point, but yeah. You guys can't mix business and pleasure if this is going to be your reaction."

"Everyone relax," Joe interrupted because he knew that statement wasn't going to go over well.

The tension in this room was building. I stood there silently, waiting for it to end. Jon looked at us all, then left. He was definitely pissed.

"Should we go stop him before he finds Orton," Joe asked Colby.

"Nah. He's more pissed at me right now for what I said and that's what I wanted. I wanted him to not focus on Orton right now and just calm down so he'll stay out of trouble." Colby turned to me, "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm cool," I held onto calmness so I could make a quick escape.

Colby studied me for a second, then nodded his head in approval and left. Joe patted my back out of sympathy and followed him. Game time.