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Wow, I have never gotten review so quick as I did for the last chapter! Look at you all and your theories but obviously I can't tell you! Sorry, hope you all enjoy this chapter! Next update will be on Saturday : )
Calwitch: I'm sorry but the secret about the pregnancy will not be revealed anytime soon. This secret will definitely change everything, you're right on that note. I think you're going to love the reason as to why Iris froze, enjoy the chapter! Thanks again for reviewing!
Pinayprincesa: Yep, it will be. Which is why they are going to get along. Thanks for reviewing!
Jade: Thanks, I had such a great time with them too! It was a lot of fun. Now, onto your reviews. I know Seth didn't seem like the first choice for Iris to see but I wanted him to be there. It's important in him regaining her trust and showing he truly does care, by being there for her. Dean can't handle seeing Iris like that which is why he left but that's also why I had his POV in there and that long talk with Iris, so you could get an insight into how he's trying to deal with all this.
I actually think I know which trick you're on about. Is it the one where you have a pendant and lift it up from your hand, if it twists when you pick it back up it's a girl but if it goes back and forth then it's a boy. Or is it the other way around? I did that with my cousins and Aunties a few years back!
Sorry, but this unusual thing cannot be revealed anytime soon. Don't hate me!
You're lucky your brothers didn't let you play. My older brother would let me play and then blamed me when something went wrong even though it was a one player game and technically my controller would not work because its not 2 player. But of course he didn't want to admit he sucked himself!
I love how you're remembering your childhood whilst reading their scenes, lets me know I'm doing it right! That's so funny, not speaking to him for 2 days? I wouldn't do that when I fought with my brother, we actually fought! It'd get physical and because I have two sisters all of us would side with each other and then sit on top of him! Surprised we hadn't squashed him! Ha ha!
I think you'll enjoy the start of this chapter, or at least I'm hoping you do. I can't believe I got a second review off of you because of others and their theories! I feel awful for putting that part in the chapters cause originally I hadn't put it there but then I thought it was needed! Forget about the others and don't be sad, I can't tell you what's going to happen cause you're going to have to read to find out. Try to put it at the back of your mind Jade! Hopefully this chapter will cheer ya up! Thanks for your lovely review! : )
ambrosegirl1998: everyone seems to think that for some reason but I can't reveal just yet. Thanks for reviewing! : )
PunkShieldGirl: You're very welcome! More Dean Ambrose for you in this, its like that one suggestion has given me ideas whenever I begin to write another chapter! Ha ha! : )
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CHAPTER 9:
"Iris!" shouts Dean and I hear the doors open.
"What's happened?!" asks Ariana, coming over to me worriedly.
"I don't know, one minute she was fine the next she's still like a fucking statue!" explains Dean and it happens again. I look over at Dean and he asks, "Are you ok?" with concern in his eyes.
"Say that again," I tell him, keeping my hands on my stomach.
"What? Are you ok?" he says in a confused state.
"No, the part where you swore," I tell him with s big smile and they all look at me as if I've gone mad.
"What, fuck?" he questions and I smile at him as it happens again.
"Ok, what is going on with you Iris?" asks Roman, all of them looking at me weirdly at the fact that I'm smiling.
"She kicked," I state, looking at Dean. "You swore and she kicked," I say, grabbing his hand and placing it on my stomach. "Say it again!" I encourage him which is kind of funny because not too long ago I was pulling his ears for even mentioning anything.
"Um, fuck?" says Dean and his eyes widen when he feels the baby kick. "No fucking way," he says and the baby kicks again, making us both laugh. "It's kicking to my swearing," he states.
"She," I correct him. I'm sure it's a girl so I'm going to go with it. I told the doctor that I don't want to find out till I give birth, I like surprises!
"Wait, what?" says Ariana, bending down to my level and I place her hand on my stomach.
"Fucking hell!" says Dean, all too eagerly and Ariana shakes her head at what's going on.
"You have got to be kidding me!" exclaims Ariana and as much as I wish I was I'm not. "Um, asshole," she says and nothing happens which makes her frown.
"Asshole," says Dean casually and it kicks again.
"I can't believe my baby is kicking to the sound of Dean Ambrose swearing," I comment.
"I can't believe you haven't slapped him yet for all the swearing he's said so far," says Roman. He then eagerly puts his hand on my stomach and it feels a little overcrowded. But I wouldn't have it any other way. I notice Seth stand a bit back but with time that'll be sorted. And by the time I leave, everyone will be closer than ever before. I can just feel it. "Ok, I think he wants some feeding".
"She," says Ariana automatically and then shakes her head, noticing I'm rubbing off on her. "Crap its getting cold! Come on everyone, inside!" she then says, hurrying inside as Roman and Seth follow her. Dean's about to go too but I stand up and stop him.
"Wait," I say and Dean turns around. Instead of saying anything I immediately go over to him and place my arms around his neck, hugging him. "Thank you, you have given me the greatest gift ever today," I say and then pull back.
"I'm glad," says Dean and I can tell he still feels guilty about saying all that stuff to me.
"Lets forget today ever happened, except for this part," I tell him, pointing to my bump. "And just, think about what I said?"
"Ok," says Dean, nodding his head reluctantly. I smile and then hug him again before going inside as he walks besides me with an arm around my shoulders.
"Yeah well its getting late," we hear Seth say, looking at Roman as Ariana just continues to take out the food from the bags.
"What's going on?" I ask, taking a seat at the table.
"Seth's leaving," says Roman, taking a seat right next to me.
"What? But we just got together to eat," I say, trying to convince him to stay but only one person can do that right now. I glance over at Dean and he rolls his eyes, understanding my gesture.
"You might as well, the foods already here and out," says Dean and takes a seat on the opposite side. "Watch out for Iris, pasta!" he jokes and I throw some napkins at his face. "Not. Cool," he comments, taking them off as I high five Roman. Eventually, Seth and Ariana sit down as well. Its not how it used to be before, Seth doesn't say much and Dean doesn't tease to the ultimate limit like before but they're in one place eating together and that's all I can ask for right now.
"Did you hear about Total Divas?" asks Ariana casually when she's helping me into bed later on that night. She's acting like my Mom now, as if I'm going to fall and break any minute now.
"Since when were you a Total Divas fan?" I question with amusement across my face.
"I'm not, but apparently this news is a big thing and before someone corners you tomorrow and you say you have no idea, I'm preparing you," she explains, sitting next to me after helping to tuck me in as I stay leaning against the headboard.
"Who could…the Bella twins," I answer my own question before I even need to ask.
"Anyway, there's going to be this special episode that's going to be aired on the same night it has been recorded," explains Ariana which I find peculiar. Will they be able to edit it in time?
"And that's a problem for me because…" I trail off.
"Not many people know about the news and the twins will trap you in a 2 hour long conversation about how amazing it is," says Ariana, saying the word 'amazing' with a girly squeal.
"Sounds amazing (!)" I comment and then let out a chuckle. "Thanks for the warning," I tell her.
"What are best friends for?" she asks me, shrugging her shoulders. "Ok, get some sleep. And remember, you need anything let us know. We're all in our rooms but you have your cell just in case. Keep ringing and eventually Dean may let me answer the phone," she jokes.
"Don't stay up too late," I say just as she stands up, resulting in her shooting me a look. "Goodnight Mother," I joke.
"Goodnight my darling daughter," Ariana mimics my Mom which makes me laugh. I lie down and pull the comforter all the way up, closing my eyes and ready for some rest.
DEAN POV
"Iris go down alright?" I ask Ariana once she gets into bed.
"Ha! We are like her parents," Ariana says more to herself than me.
"Do I want to know?" I ask her but she shakes her head, snuggling up to me. I smile and run a hand through her hair. "You ok?"
"Yeah, I guess," she says but I can tell something's wrong.
"But…" I start the sentence for her.
"How long is this going to go on for?" she asks me and then moves her head to look up at me. "Being friendly with Seth just to keep Iris happy?" she questions. "I love Iris, she's like my sister but are we supposed to just forget all the pain and hurt we experienced because of that jackass?"
"You're asking me? Not to long ago you were trying to get me to understand," I point out.
"I know," says Ariana with a big sigh. "And for some reason you listened," she states, looking at me curiously. I make sure not to let it show. The only reason I let Seth hang around is because of the whole situation with Kane. I guess he's shown he can be useful and trusted in that aspect. I still won't trust him as a friend. Iris is the only reason none of us are throttling him.
"I haven't, I just want Iris to be happy," I say, holding onto Ariana tighter. I can't tell her about Kane cause I promised Iris that I wouldn't. That doesn't mean its right that I'm keeping secrets from my girlfriend who will probably batter me when she finds out.
"You'd think I'd know what would make Iris happy, but I don't have a clue," admits Ariana. "I have no idea what's going on in that head of hers and that's annoying".
"I bet right now she's stuck between wanting me to swear or not," I say, changing the topic of conversation. I'm sick of having to talk about Seth and the problems he keeps posing for us. I just want to forget about him which is harder said than done since he's now working with us once again.
"I still can't believe that, a baby kicking to your cursing, that's a sight I never thought I'd see," she says with a laugh. After talking about it a bit more we close our eyes to sleep. I never thought I could get over Seth betraying me like that but Ariana sure as hell made it a lot easier.
SETH POV
I lie down to get into bed with a smile on my face. I never thought Dean out of all people would ask me to stay but he did. He wanted me to stay and even though you could sense the tension in the air, it was nice. I wasn't being ignored for once. There was so much I wanted to say, to joke about. Especially after the baby kicking to the sound of Dean swearing. But I knew I couldn't. I couldn't make a joke about how the baby will come out swearing like Dean or how Dean's been up to no good with Iris. It would all be taken in the wrong way.
Still, I'm glad I was there for that moment. I don't think I can forget the smile that took over Iris's face when she felt the baby kick. Its been a long time since I've seen that smile of hers and I hope it doesn't go away anytime soon. She doesn't suit looking sad or upset. Without that smile of hers on her face, she's not Iris. Its my fault that smile disappeared for such a long time but I'm going to make sure to keep it there from now on.
IRIS POV
I walk down the hallways, happy. Dean and Seth were definitely on their way to becoming friends again, my baby was kicking, and I hadn't seen Kane since. Seth was right, he did sort it out. I have a feeling everything is going to be alright.
"Hey sexy," says Dolph, putting his arm around me. "How are the pregnancy hormones treating you?" he asks cheekily so I elbow him in the ribs. "Ooh, someone's touchy. Not gotten laid yet?" he goes on to ask, making me blush.
"You need to stop saying things like that, I am fine," I state, hating him for always bringing this up.
"Now wait a second, I'm just looking out for a friend," says Dolph but I shake my head in disbelief.
"More like trying to make AJ jealous," I comment but he denies it, as usual. They have a friends with benefits thing going on yet he cannot build up the courage to ask her on a proper date.
"Yeah yeah, I have a match I'll see you later," he says and leaves after which I let out a laugh. He needs to admit to himself that he likes the girl and wants to date her. I continue my walk to go back to the stylist room, before I end up running into someone else who wants to make fun of me.
"How am I supposed to know who the father is?" I hear a voice before I can turn the corner. It sounded like one of the Bella twins.
"I don't know, have you asked around?" asks the other. Oh my gosh, is one of them pregnant? I'm about to let my presence known when I hear Nikki say my name.
"I am not asking Iris," says Nikki as I wonder what I have got to do with it. "It'd be rude to ask her who her baby's father is," she says and my smile drops, realizing they're talking about me.
"How else are we going to find out?" asks Brie. "Its not like anyone here knows anything, she's kept a tight lip," she says as my eyes start to water.
"Maybe we should just go with the fact that it's probably Seth's," suggests Nikki.
"Then she'd tell him, I think she doesn't know who the Father is," says Brie and I place a hand on the wall to keep myself steady. Tears falls down my eyes at people who I thought I could trust talking about me in this way.
"Iris isn't stupid Brie," defends Nikki and I would have been grateful but she's still discussing me behind my back and I don't like it one bit. "She probably does know".
"My bet is that it's either Seth's and he doesn't want it or it's some strangers and she can't admit that to anyone because it'll hurt her reputation," says Brie and I shake my head at what they say. How could she say that about me? I look up because the next thing you know, they've turned around the corner and come face to face with me.
"Iris!" says Nikki and both twins look at each other in, I can only imagine, shock at being caught. I look behind them and realize they're recording total divas. This just gets better and better (!)
"Iris we-" starts Brie but I just walk off. They both call my name and try to say its only a misunderstanding but I'm not stupid. I don't know why everyone thinks I am! I wipe my tears and leave the building, messaging Stephanie that I'm not feeling well and had to leave. I then call a taxi and go back to the hotel. Some friends (!) Ariana was always right, be too nice to people and they take advantage of you. She told me none of the divas would have my back and she was right, they don't. Ariana wouldn't be caught dead talking like that about me.
Once I'm back in the hotel room I go into my room and close the door, wanting to be left alone. Even though no one is here. I've always trusted anyone till they give me a reason not to and the Bella twins have done just that! People I trusted have hurt me once again. I take my medication and try to take deep breaths to calm myself.
ARIANA POV
"You guys seen Iris?" I ask Roman and Dean, walking into our locker room. They shake their heads and I'm about to leave when Seth walks in. "Have you seen Iris?" I ask him, my hands on my hips. I'm not glaring at him all the time anymore but doing what Iris said. Treating him like I don't know him. It's the only way I can stop myself from clawing his eyes out.
"No," answers Seth, where the hell could she be? She doesn't move away from the stylist room nowadays. "Why, she ok?" he asks in concern and I wish I didn't see that there. Any fool can tell Seth cares about Iris but last time it started off like this and then went to shit. So, for her sake I'm going to make sure she doesn't fall for it again. Well, make sure none of us do.
"I can't find her," I tell them all. "I've looked everywhere and she's nowhere to be found".
"You're only telling us this now?" asks Dean, getting up as does Roman.
"Well I hoped someone might have seen her but no one has," I explain to him.
"Have you tried calling her?" asks Roman.
"Several times," I answer, getting worried for my friend. I guess the worry is ten times more because she's pregnant. And since someone is after her, we need to keep her close by. Unless that someone has already got her.
"I'll be right back," announces Seth and is about to leave.
"Where are you going?" I ask, wondering what he could consider more important than this.
"To look for her again, just in case," replies Seth and leaves. For Iris's sake I hope he does find her.
"We'll go too, might find her quicker," says Roman and pats Dean in a gesture to go.
"I'll wait here in case she turns up," I say and they nod their heads before leaving. Where are you Iris? Please be ok.
SETH POV
Iris is missing. I can't believe this! The only time she would be out of sight is in this building and she's always styling someone so that wasn't a worry. Ariana would constantly go and see her or I'd make sure to walk by the room without anyone noticing me. Of course, nobody else knew that but it had to stay this way. Even Iris couldn't know what I'd do, she'd probably find it weird and creepy. The only person that could do this is…Kane. I start asking people if they've seen him and I end up at his locker room
"What have you done with her?" I ask him, barging straight in without knocking.
"Calm down Seth, it'd make you seem like you're angry with me," says Kane, looking amused. I'm 100% sure he has her.
"I'm only going to ask you this once. Where. Is. Iris?" I ask him, trying to contain my anger.
"Do I look like her boyfriend?" asks Kane, laughing at the ridiculous idea. "You know Seth, you need to keep better tabs on your woman because anyone could take her," he smirks. I keep my fists at my side, Iris did say fighting never resolves anything so I'll give him one more chance. It's actually ironic that she says that, considering she's in a profession where all you do is fight.
"Kane, tell me where she is or I swear I will rip you to pieces," I warn him, sick of playing these gruesome games in and out of the ring. So I kicked his ass to save Roman and Dean, big whoop! Not too long ago I was saving his ass from Roman and Dean.
"I know you've got the whole brains over the brawns thing," starts Kane. "But don't you think if I had her then I'd be waving her in front of you? Or at the very least doing something so brutal her screams would haunt you forever," he says as I start to feel nauseous at the images he's putting into my head.
"Stop it!" I shout. "Just tell me where she is!" I demand. "Right now!"
"Use your brains Seth, if I had her she'd be here. Guess you neither have brains nor brawns," he says, leaving the room with a chuckle. The only person that could take her is Kane so where is she if he doesn't have her? I have to find her and know she's ok.
ARIANA POV
"Did you find her?" I immediately question Seth as he's the first one back. Right now, the whole 'staying angry at him' thing can be flushed down the toilet because Iris is more important than anything right now.
"No," says Seth, shaking his head and looking upset with himself. It seems as if he was going to ask me the same thing. "My guess is she didn't come here?"
"No," I say and just then Dean and Roman come back too. "Did you guys find her?" I ask them.
"No, you?" asks Dean but I shake my head. Where could she have disappeared to?
"Hey guys," we hear a voice and look to see Stephanie walking into the room. "Is Iris feeling better?" she asks us and we all give her confused looks.
"What do you mean?" I ask her.
"She messaged me saying she's not feeling well and is going back to the hotel," explains Stephanie. "Surely she told you guys, right?" she says and we all shake our heads. Sensing the awkwardness, I'm guessing, Stephanie says, "Uh, let me know how she fairs," and leaves the room.
"I'm going to kill her, I'm going to kill her as soon as I see her," states Dean, sitting down and catching his breath. "I literally ran everywhere like a mad man," he comments.
"This isn't funny," I tell him, hitting his leg as I sit down. "Iris never does this. She works through being sick. Remember last year, she had that really bad flu for two weeks but came into work every day?" I ask and he nods his head slowly as he remembers.
"You think something fishy is going on?" asks Roman, crossing his arms over his chest.
"Its Iris, something fishy is definitely going on," I tell him, thinking of possible ways to find out. But we're only going to find out if Iris tells me anything when we get back to the hotel, which she doesn't seem to be doing a lot of nowadays.
"Who's going in?" asks Dean and without a word I walk over to Iris's room door. I know all the guys are too chicken to go to ask her, probably upset that she'll run away in tears or something.
"Iris?" I call her name, knocking on her room door. "Iris? Why did you leave early without telling anyone?" I ask her and she still doesn't answer. I look at the guys and I can tell they've got no ideas. Ok, time to pull out the big guns. "Iris, we've been worried," I tell her because it'll get her to open the door and because it is true. The door slowly opens as I suspected but I'm not prepared to see what I see. "Have you been crying?" I ask, looking at her red eyes. This gets Dean's attention and he comes over.
"Which fucker's ass do I have to kick this time?" he questions, looking like he's ready to go. I must admit, I find it incredibly cute when he's protective over Iris like this. He really does consider her a sister.
"Iris, please tell us what happened," says Roman, looking at her as she continues to stand there, more tears flowing down her eyes.
"Iris, we're your friends and none of us can stand to see you cry so please tell us what's wrong so we can fix it," I tell her, begging her silently with my eyes.
"Total Divas," says Iris through clenched teeth and then moves back and slams the door shut.
"Whoa," says Dean, moving back. "I don't think I've seen her this upset since Seth…" he trails off what with Seth being in the room and it getting all awkward.
"What does she mean by Total Divas?" questions Roman and I know Seth's thankful of that right now. He and no one else wants to get into the past I bet.
"Lets watch it and find out," I suggest and walk over to the couch, taking a seat and waiting for total divas to come on. "There's some sort of a special episode that was filmed today and will be showed in a couple of hours," I explain to them all.
"That's your plan?" asks Dean and I nod my head. What else are we supposed to do? Iris doesn't look like she's going to tell us much else. "Can't I just go in there and get it out of her?"
"No," answers Roman, sitting down himself as does Seth. "Ari, how do you manage to stay with that guy?" he questions which makes me chuckle and Dean frown. When Total Divas does is about to start, we all gather round and start to watch it. Since we're watching Total Divas, my money is on one of the divas telling Iris she's fat and saying being pregnant is no excuse for it. Yep, that's how mean some people can get and Iris takes everything to heart.
IRIS POV
"Who the fuck do they think they are?" I hear Ariana shout and I know they all must have been watching the show. To be honest, I didn't they would actually watch it. I mean, Ariana gags at having to see it because its so unbelievable. We've both had offers to go on the show but Ariana never wanted to. And I didn't want to go on there because she didn't want to. Although I never told her that cause then she'd swallow her pride and agree to it. It wouldn't be right if she did participate in the show for me. Now I'm kinda glad I didn't. The whole issue with Seth was embarrassing enough without it being televised.
"A bunch of people on a high horse," answers Dean. They must really think I cannot hear them from in here, but I can. Always have. These hotel rooms are not sound proof which Ariana and Dean always remind us when we spend the first night here. "Fucking pricks!" he says and I feel my baby kick. Even when I can't hear his voice properly, the baby kicks! She must have super hearing!
"Guys, Iris might hear you," says Roman, being the voice of reason as always. They're all quiet for a minute before it all erupts.
"No wonder she was upset, they've practically called her a slut behind her back with her standing right there!" exclaims Ariana and I'm surprised nothing's hit the TV yet. I hear a door slam.
"I cannot believe they said that about Seth, I mean he would take responsibility if it was his not just ditch her to raise a baby by herself," says Roman, and I can tell he's trying to hold in his anger. That door must have been the sound of Seth leaving,
"Are they complete idiots or what? It's like they're trying to make sure Iris gets worse in her condition," says Dean and I'm surprised his sentence doesn't include one swear word. "Right, I'm going to fucking kill them," he says and there it is. I know he doesn't mean that.
"Oh grow up!" says Ariana and I can only imagine they're all walking around the room.
"But they had no right to fucking say that!" protests Dean. "They should be fucking hanged!"
"Ok, calm down," says Roman. "No one's going to hang them for throwing a couple of insults".
"A couple?" questions Dean. "Did you hear the shit they were saying? Everyone knows Iris is taking extra care to make sure she stays healthy and so does the little baby. But they're ignoring it! Who the fuck do they think they are? Iris knows who the Father is and just because they don't know automatically means Iris doesn't know? What bullshit!"
"It's not like they knew she was there to do that on purpose," says Ariana and I wonder how long this is going to go on for. Because I don't want to hear about it. Its enough that my mind keeps replaying it but now they're having a fully blown discussion about it.
"It still doesn't make it fucking right!" says Dean.
"I know, which is why you guys are going to leave it with me," I hear Ariana say and then go into the bathroom. I think a good shower should cheer me up. It probably won't but who knows.
ARIANA POV
"I know, which is why you guys are going to leave it with me," I say to both Dean and Roman. "These divas have gone on to insult my best friend so I'm going to deal with it," I tell them.
"What about us?" asks Dean, his arms out in the air.
"You're going to do nothing," I tell him with a stern look. Just as he's about to protest I say, "If we all were in switched positions you'd feel the same way about me approaching a guy however I do. I know you guys can probably tell them off but I'm not having them going to Stephanie's office and telling her that you're threatening either of them so we're going to do it my way," I explain.
"Rome?" says Dean, looking towards Roman for some sort of support I suppose.
"Sorry dude, divas battle divas," states Roman, shrugging his shoulders.
"So then its decided," I say, rubbing my hands together. "I'm going to go and sort those two out tomorrow," I say, feeling excited about it. They've messed with the wrong girl and they're going to get it given back to them ten times harder. Watch out Bella's, I'm coming. No one messes with my best friend and gets away with it.
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