A month had passed since Dean and Nora's first date and things couldn't be better for them. They were more relaxed around one another and it was easy to see the attraction between them, although they kept the PDA to a minimum whenever they were working but Dean was very generous with his touching and kisses when they were alone. Neither of them were very affection people in public anyways, so it suited them both to keep a short distance between them in the presence of their co-workers. It wasn't that they didn't want people to know about them or that they were dating, they just preferred not to have everybody in their business. People could tell that there was something between them anyways, because Nora was spotted more often with the three Shield members than she was with any of her usual counterparts.
She was still incredibly nervous and anxious around the other two members of the Shield. She had seen how vicious they could be and she couldn't seem to shake the images of battered and bruised wrestlers coming to her whenever she looked at Roman or Seth. She knew they were ok guys, like Dean said they were your average Joe's, and she never had reason to be stand-offish with them but she just couldn't shake the images from her mind's eye. It was different when she was alone with Dean. She never seen any of the lunatic fringe that he portrayed in the ring, she just seen him, as a person. A human being with feelings and emotions, just like her and everybody else. Seth and Roman still carried some of their characters with them when they weren't in the ring, Roman was still as silent and intimidating, albeit he did speak a tad bit more than she thought he would and Seth was as just the peace marker as he seemed in the ring. He really was the mastermind behind the Shield, and he was nice to her. Not in that condescending and pity way that she was used to whenever she had met previous people, he didn't speak to her like she was a blank piece of paper but he did pity her, she was pretty sure that was just because she was dating Dean and nothing else. Other than being intimidating, she rather enjoyed the Shield's presence, a lot more than she thought she would anyways.
Right now Nora was getting ready for her night out with Lisa. Dean and her were supposed to watch a movie in her room that night, but Lisa had texted and asked if she wanted to go out with her. It had been a while since Nora had spoken to her friend or just had a good catch up and she was feeling guilty for negating her friend for so long, not that she didn't understand herself. Lisa was all for her dating Dean, it meant her friend was finally happy and she deserved some happiness, but most importantly it meant that her seating schedule would be perfect for her wedding in the up-coming year. Of course Lily was thrilled that her friend was finally doing something normal, although she did look a bit guilty and jealous when Nora had told her it was Dean she was dating, but she didn't press any further on the subject whatever Lily did was non-of-her business. They only friend that wasn't happy was her most important friend; Punk.
He hadn't even been shocked when she told him, apparently rumours were flying left, right and centre about them before they had even begun dating. He was angry though, at the fact she could have chosen anybody on the roster but she had chosen Dean to date. She knew their hate ran deep and she'd probably never find out the reason why they hated each other so much, because both men seemed adamant on keeping their lips sealed about the other, unless it was to throw insults or provoke the other. All she knew was that Punk had pulled away and was refusing to spend time with her whenever Dean was around and it was the same with Dean, not that she'd want to spend time with the two of them in the same room, whenever they were in the same room the tension was too thick and she couldn't stand the heated glares they shot one another. She had barely seen Punk in the last month her and Dean had been dating, then again it wasn't like he missed her all that much not with Aj and Kofi and all his other roster friends to keep him company. She really wasn't as important to him as he was to her, clearly.
She huffed as she gave her light dress one last patted down before she started to put things into her small bag. Well if Punk didn't care, why should she? They obviously weren't as close as she thought. Nora gave one last glance to herself in the mirror in her hotel room. She was dressed in a short cream dress that flowed to her knees and it pulled her waist, making her look more like a size 10 than her actual size 12 body, she had her small brown ankle boots on that boosted her height up a couple of inches thanks to the small heel and to finish the outfit she pulled on her brown jacket and fluffed her slightly curly hair. She was happy with her outfit; it was casual but still dressy enough if Lisa decided to stray from the hotel bar to a club, which she sometimes did.
She was hoping they wouldn't run into to many people tonight, it was only supposed to be her and Lisa catching up but they always seemed to run into other Superstars and Divas while they were out, not that she minded too much because they didn't stay long and they were usually nice to her because her two international Superstars, Sheamus and Wade wouldn't be far behind the other Superstars and they would usually drag the two girls with the other Superstars to the nearest club with them. While she thought about it as she pressed the elevator button, she should have worn something a little bit dressier because without a doubt Sheamus and Wade were going to be down in the hotel bar and if they were there, that means Dean would be there too. Oh no…
It wasn't that she didn't want to see him; after all they were supposed to be spending the evening together before Lisa texted, but they had never been out out together before. Sure, they went out to dinner and a couple of times they went to a bar with Roman and Seth, but they had never been clubbing before or out with the roster either. If people didn't know before that they were dating they certainly would tonight. Damnit! Should have worn something dressier. Nora thought as she made her way into the hotel bar; that was fairly packed for a Thursday night. So far she didn't see many Superstars or Divas, just the odd few scattered here or there. She spotted Lisa sitting slap damn in the middle of the bar, where everyone could see them, sipping on a glass of white wine.
"You couldn't have picked anywhere less open?" Nora asked as she slid into the seat beside Lisa, who grinned around the top of her wine glass.
"No, why would I? I went to a lot of effort tonight. And you look nice, I really like your dress, it's cute. I'm borrowing that." Lisa deemed pointing her finger and the light cream dress Nora wore.
"Thanks." Nora smiled as she ordered herself a beer; she was hoping to blow off some steam tonight. All the stuff with Punk was getting on her nerves and with Doctor Sampson's retirement weeks away she was being put under a lot of stress and pressure to learn everything the old man knew.
"How many of those have you had?" Nora asked as her beer was placed in front of her and she smiled her thanks at the bartender. Lisa's cheeks were flushed with a light pink tint from the wine and she had a ridiculously happy smile etched across her cheeks.
"This is my third." Lisa giggled drunkenly as she smiled at Nora.
"Lisa!" Nora scolded as she laughed at her friend drunkenness. "How long have you been down here?"
"Long enough to see your beefy boyfriend leave with some of the roster to some club." Lisa giggled as she watched Nora's eyes widen at the boyfriend reference.
"He's not my boyfriend." Nora stressed as she took a sip of her cold beer.
"You guys have been dating for a month now; you can't tell me he hasn't asked you to be his girlfriend." Lisa was shocked. She knew how much Ambrose liked Nora; she could see it every time they were in the same room. He wouldn't hold off on claiming Nora as his if he knew Nora wasn't ready.
"We don't really talk about it. And we're fine just the way we are, no labels, no attachments. That's the way we like." Nora explained to her best friend. It wasn't like they were anything exclusive, they were just dating. Nothing more, nothing less.
"No. that's the way you like it."
"That's not true. We're fine with no labels."
"Right, so if you two aren't boyfriend and girlfriend, you wouldn't mind if say, he were to bring someone back to the hotel, would you not-his-girlfriend?" Lisa teased Nora as she sipped her wine. She could see the jealously flare in Nora's clear green eyes. She might be a little on the tipsy side but she knew what she was doing.
The very idea that of Dean with someone else pulled right at Nora's insecurities, it was her worst nightmare, it was the thing she was most frighten of, the thing that held her back from being Dean's girlfriend. Of course she would be upset if Dean brought another girl back to the hotel, she'd be hurt and crushed. But she wouldn't blame him either, they had been dating a full month now and she couldn't count how many dates they had been on, but they had never had sex. Not even close to it. The furthest they had gotten was Dean's hands under her shirt and no more, it wasn't like she was afraid to be with him or that she was a virgin, she just didn't want to disappoint him. She didn't want to see the dislike and the revulsion if he didn't like what he saw if they did do it, so she was holding off for a little while longer.
"You know I would." Nora whispered as she heard a loud shout behind her, very distinctive shouts. Sheamus and Wade and the rest of the roster that hadn't went to the club yet.
"So do something about it." Lisa said simply as she waved over Sheamus and Wade.
"Hi boys." Nora winced as Sheamus slapped his big hand down on her shoulder and shook it tightly; his warm response made her smile as he said hello back.
Sheamus and Wade brought over the rest of the group that consisted mainly of the international Superstars and Divas. The internationals usually stuck together when they went out just because it was easier for them to be understood but as the night moved on they would all mingle with the rest of the roster. There was only a small group of six, eight now if you included Nora and Lisa, but they were a loud group, especially Sheamus and Wade. She liked their loudness because it meant she didn't have to talk as much or pretend to act like she was interest because with them two she always was interested in what they were saying, because they always told hilarious stories and like she said it was hard not to ignore those two loud mouths.
Surprisingly, Paige and Emma, the only two Divas with the rowdy group actually made their way over to the two non-Divas and sparked up conversation with them. She knew instantly that she liked the two girls, they were nearly around her age and they were very nice and sweet. And not to mention she loved Paige's accent. The pair reminded her of Lisa and her, Lisa was bubbly and happy like Emma and Paige was a bit more withdrawn and into herself like Nora but they brought out the best in each other that was easy to see. She felt confident and happy in the loud group because the attention was always diverted or barely lingered on her that much.
By her third beer she was feeling slightly buzzed but she was still in control of herself. She chatted happily alongside Paige, who was taking it slow like her; unlike them Emma and Lisa were pretty drunk and speaking alongside booming voices of the men. After one more beer and a couple of friendly laughs between Paige and her, the group decided to follow along after the rest of the roster. Nora was about to call it a night but the group was having non-of-it.
"Ahhh Nora, yah have to come!" Sheamus's loud voice carried across the huge hotel lobby and echoed around the lobby as other guest shot him dirty looks.
"No really, clubs aren't my thing." Nora tried to protest but it was falling on deaf ears as an arm wrapped around her shoulder and pulled her along with the group. She looked up into the eyes of Wade as he smirked down at her.
"You're coming, whether you like it or not, Nor." The Englishman declared as he kept his arm around her shoulder and laugh along at Sheamus who was getting an earful from an old woman that was staying in the hotel.
"Nooo, I really don't like clubs."
Suddenly the arm that was around her shoulder was pushed to the side, as another much smaller arm linked with her own. "You cannot leave me with them Nora." Paige's English accent flooded her ears as the continued walking further and further away from where they first started off, at the hotel bar.
Paige's pale hand pointed to the two women in front of them that were wobbling on unstable legs and singing happily to themselves, they were none the wiser to the fact they were walking in the wrong direction of the cabs, they were too busy in their own little world. "Pleaseeeeee." Paige pleaded with her and against her better nature she sighed and agreed, hoping into the small bus that would bring them to the club.
She hated clubs. She hated the loud music, the ridiculous crowds that lined up to go in, she hated the stupid laser lights that always gave her a headache, she hated the crap music that people thought was ok to dance to, she hated the stupid outfits people wore to clubs, which was next to nothing, she hated the sweaty, humid air, she hated that men thought it was okay to push and pull against her or grind into her like she was some piece of meat. She especially hated them breathing on her neck. There was something so annoying about having someone invaded your personal space that drove Nora insane, even though most people couldn't help but be in your face because of the large crowds it still drove Nora up the wall. She hated everything about clubs and she really didn't see the appeal of being squashed among hundreds of people in a sweaty over-crowded room.
She was probably the most clothed person in the room, she noted as she followed behind the thick back of Sheamus who lead the way into the club. It was hard not to lose him because of his flaming red hair and pale appearance, behind her was Wade who again had his arm wrapped around her shoulders, just in case she got lost, he had said. Behind them was poor Paige stuck with the two drunk women who had scattered off to dance somewhere in the crowd and after Paige was Cesaro and Justin Gabriele who came up from NXT for the week. It took a while for the small group to meet up with the rest of the roster but once they did there was a chorus of cheers and laughs. This would be Nora's first time out with the roster, usually it was just her, Lisa and Lily who went out to the clubs and that rarely happened, if ever.
It was different being out with the roster, they were all different people now that they were away from the cameras and out of their ring attire. The Diva's, who she tended to stay away from, were rather nice to her, she wasn't sure if that was because most of them were slightly drunk or they were finally noticing her, but Natalya, Layla and Naomi were very interested in her. As soon as they spotted her still under Wade's arm they had surrounded her. She was a bit over-whelmed by their presence but they had told her they were dying to get to know her the entire eleven months she was here, they had said she was so quite around them that they thought she was so cute but whenever they tried to talk to her she was always busy or with Punk.
She had never in a million years thought any of the Diva's wanted to talk to her, she wasn't anything interesting but in their eyes that was a different story. They thought it was great what she did, she was the only woman doctor on the main roster, there was only two other women trainers on the main rosters but one of them worked mainly on Smackdown and the other was down in NXT, so she would be the main physician on Raw after Doctor Sampson retired, the rest would be male trainers only. They were 100% backing her up for being the main Doctor on the roster, she wasn't sure why but they had said it would be a nice change from all the males dominated most of the background. She had really misjudged these women and she felt immense guilt at running in the opposite direction whenever they were around, she would make more of an effort to be friendlier towards them and not be as judgmental. Maybe it wasn't Divas she had to look out for; maybe her so called friends were the risk.
She hadn't seen or heard from Lisa in a while and they had been at the club over an hour now, it wasn't that she was mad that she had ditched her; she was worried about what her friend would get up to while they were separated. Lisa had been pretty drunk when they separated and that made Nora nervous about what trouble she could get up. She was about to ask Paige if she had seen Lisa or Emma but she was side tracked with the sight of three large men making their way up the stairs to where the rest of the roster was sitting. She tried make herself look as small as possible so that Dean wouldn't notice her but it was too late his blue eyes had caught on to her shrink frame and he smirked at her. He made a quick bee line towards and she couldn't help but smile at his eagerness to be near her.
"Well what a pleasant surprise this is." Dean spoke lowly in her as she backed up into a darker seating area. They were still in plain view of the other superstars but they were closed off enough that not many would notice them. "What happened to the quiet night in? Hmm?" Dean nipped at her neck softly as he spoke.
"It wasn't my idea. I was dragged along." Nora smiled as he wrapped his thick arm around her shoulders and pulled her closer to him. It was a position they were comfortable with and familiar with after all their walks they would sit like this. Close and intimate.
"Well aren't I so happy you were dragged along." Dean rested his head against hers as he pulled her legs over his causing her dress to ride up and make her blush.
"Dean!" Nora hissed as she tried to pull her dress down over her legs and make sure no one was looking at them. She wasn't used to him being so affectionate in public; then again this was their first public outing with the roster.
He laughed at her reaction, it such a Nora reaction. "Relax Nor, nobody is going to see these fine legs." Dean grabbed the bit of her thigh that was showing and began rubbing his hand up and down her legs.
"Dean." Nora laughed as he rubbed his nose into her throat. He was being so much more affectionate than usual. Maybe he was drunk? He had been here a lot longer than she had after all. "Are you drunk?"
"No. I've only had a couple of beers." Dean said as he rested his head in the junction between her neck and shoulder. "I can't be happy to see you?"
"No, it's just you're more touchy-feely tonight is all."
"Do you not like it?" Dean asked as he lifted his head from her neck but from the look on her face she did.
"I didn't say that, I'm just not used to it." Nora spoke lowly because the music wasn't that loud from where they were sitting. It was to make her speak over a whisper but not loud enough for her to shout.
"Do you know how many guys were looking at you tonight?"
"What?" Nora was confused as she took in his slightly harden eyes. As far as she knew nobody had been looking at her, if they were they were looking at the group of girls she was talking to.
"You think I didn't see you walking in with Wade's arm wrapped around you? And even that wasn't enough to stop them from looking." He wasn't angry or even jealous that she had let Wade wrap his arm around her; he knew there wasn't anything between the two of them. It was everybody else looks that drove him insane. She had no idea how hot she looked tonight, she wasn't dressed scantily, she looked rather innocent compare to some of the outfits he had seen tonight, and that was what was drawing every head in the club to look at her. They could all see her innocence and purity, they could all see what Dean sees and that wasn't right.
"Wait… are you jealous?" Nora managed to laugh through her shock. The fact Dean was jealous because of her made her laugh, how could he be jealous?
"No." Dean sulked as Nora caught on to his feelings. He was too honest with her.
"Yes you are." She laughed as she tried to process why he could be jealous, it's not like she had much for boys to look at, not when there was so many gorgeous women surrounding them. "Look, if it's about the arm thing, you know we're just friends."
"It's not about the arm. I could care less about the arm. It's everyone else."
"I can't do anything about anyone else."
"I know you can't, but I can."
"How are yo-" Dean cut her off as he placed his lips over hers and began to gently massage his own against hers. She could taste the beer he had been drinking mix with her but that was lost on her as his hands moved further up her legs and moved back down again. She knew what this kiss was. This was a Dean pissing all over her kiss. It was his way of showing everyone that they were indeed together. She was obvious to the fact that a couple of their co-workers had spotted them and she was even more obvious to the fact that news would spread quickly around them. He pulled away first and softly pecked her lips once more for good measure.
"Want a drink?"
Nora gulped as she tried to regain her breathing from the heated kiss and nodded. He removed her legs and stood up, pulling her with him as he went. She barely had time to fix her dress as she moved through the crowd of Superstars and Diva's. She picked up on some of the shocked looks on some of their faces at the sight of her and Dean's joined hands and heat flooded her face. Of course they were shocked that Dean was interested in her. She saw Natalya and Layla give her friendly smiles and thumbs up but she was sure she would be the talk of the roster come morning.
As she descended the steps with Dean in front of her, she finally spotted Lisa for the first time since she had arrived at the club. She was sitting at a table with another drink in front of her and Lily was beside her with some of the backstage girls. She tried to wave to Lisa but her back was turned and instead she caught Lily's eye, Lily waved happily at her but paused when she noticed who was holding her hand. Her eyes narrowed in on her joined hands with Dean and the smile faded from her face. She wasn't sure what happened to make Lily react like that but she didn't have time to dwell on it as Dean moved her in front of him so that he could didn't lose her in the crowd. He kept his hand placed firmly on her hips.
Nora made a bold move as she started swaying her hips to a song that she recognised for the first time since she had arrived. She could feel Dean's hand tighten on her hips in a warning as they got closer to the bar but she didn't stop. She was feeling quite bold tonight as she pressed her backside against his hips, after that searing kiss upstairs where he basically claimed her as his, Nora was feeling more comfortable in where she stood with Dean now and she also wanted to see how far she could push him before he snapped and became dominate Dean again. She continued to sway her hips to beat even after they got to the bar and Dean got them their beers, Dean didn't seem to have a problem with it either or so she thought.
"Stop teasing, unless you're coming to promise me something tonight." Dean's husky voice floated into her ears making her smile coyly over her shoulder at him. He almost chocked on his beer when Nora placed her backside fully on his groin.
"I always come through on my promises." Nora spoke loud enough for Dean to hear her over the music but low enough that only he could hear. Before he could respond to her she moved out of his arms and walked quickly to the bathroom. She shot one final look over her shoulder at him, she laughed as she saw him shaking his head with a grin.
She wasn't sure if it was all the alcohol she had consumed that made her feel so confident but she was pretty sure Dean was going to get something tonight after all his hard waiting. She wasn't drunk enough to go all the way and she wanted to at least be sober whenever they decided to do it; she wouldn't want to forget that in a hurry. Maybe she could show him her gratitude that he was waiting patiently for her to make the first move, while she was thinking about this and re-applying a light coat of lipstick to her lips, her eyes moved over to the door and she smiled when Lily walked in.
"Wow, you look nice Nora." Lily complimented her but it she spoke in a condescending manner that made Nora think it wasn't really a compliment at all.
"Thanks."
It was silent for a couple of mintues as Nora capped her lipstick tube and bean to wash her hands, while Lily just stood to the side watching her. She wasn't sure what Lily's problem was but she had a feeling it had to do with her and Dean.
"It's funny I really thought clubs weren't your thing?" Lily spoke for the second time since she enetered the bathroom.
"They're not." Nora told her as she wiped her hands on paper towels.
"Then why are you here with him?" Lily's eyes narrowed in on her and Nora could see the anger shining through them, clear as day.
"Excuse me?"
"Why are you with Dean?"
"We're dating Lily. I'm not going to ignore him when we're in the same building." Nora rolled her eyes as she went to step past Lily to the door. She was really ruining her mood with her attitude. She knew her and Dean were dating, half the roster knew before tonight.
"I honestly didn't think you guys were serious, until tonight anyways." Lily's bitchy comment wasn't lost on Nora as she turned back to face her blonder 'friend'.
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"It means, I didn't think Dean was serious about being seeing with you of all people."
"What the hell Lily?" Nora was shocked at how rude her friend was being. Sure they weren't particularly close but they were close enough to consider each other friends.
"Look, I'm not trying to hurt your feelings, sweetie, but Dean gets around and I don't want you to be another notch to him. Like I was." Nora narrowed her eyes as the fake sincerity that was dripping from Lily's words. Like Lisa said, Lily didn't give a shit about anyone but herself. Wait… what did she just say? Dean slept with Lily?
"What?" Nora tried to clear her head but she was finding it hard to focus her mind, as the thoughts of Dean and Lily flooded her brain.
"Yeah, he used me for a quick fix; I don't want to see him do the same to you." Lily smiled with fake sympathy as she watched Nora's eyes fill with tears. She honestly did feel bad for Nora; she was such a sweet girl. She didn't want to be telling her this but she was honestly looking out for her friend, even if she was jealous of her but she didn't want to see her hurt by Dean like she had been.
"I'm sorry Nora. If it makes you feel better you guys weren't even dating when it happened."
"Of course you are." Nora scoffed as she shrugged off Lisa's touch. She didn't want to be anywhere near her right now. "You think that makes me feel better?" Nora scoffed and rolled her eyes. "You slept with the guy I'm dating and then you come in here to warn me off, so you can have him right? Well you can have him, like you said why would he want to be seen with me." She felt a twinge of guilt at the sad look in Lisa's eyes but she shrugged it off as she left the bathroom.
She pushed past all of the people in the club and tried her best to steer clear of the bar where she knew Dean would be waiting for her. Fuck him, she was angry and hurt. He had lied to her, not once in all the time they had been in the same room as Lisa and Lily had he stopped to say 'oh yeah I slept with Lily' a little heads up would have been nice. She could feel a tear make its way down her face but she quickly wiped it away, she had no right to be this hurt or angry, she and Dean hadn't even been dating when they slept together but it still hurt the same. It hurt that his past was slapping her in the face and it hurt even more that it played on her insecurities, this was one of the very reasons she didn't want to start dating the famous Dean Ambrose, because she knew damn well what he was like before she had got to know him. She was foolish to think he'd change for her.
She had just reached the door and was stepping outside to catch a cab when a hand wrapped around her elbow and pulled her back. She looked up into the very blue and very confused eyes of Dean.
"What the hell? Where are you going?" Dean was so confused, he thought they were having a good night until he seen her rush to the door. He had been lucky enough to catch her just before she got a cab but now the cab had pulled up and he didn't have much time.
"Back to the hotel, I'm not dealing with this now." Nora tried to shake off his hold and opened the cab door.
"Dealing with what? I thought we were having fun."
"Why don't you go have fun with Lily?" Nora snapped as she finally shook off his hold and climbed into the cab and drove off.
Hey hey readers!:D Soooo what did you guys think? Bit of drama to spice things up, things had been going along to smoothly for our couple. Nora's reacting a bit dramatic but I mean if your friend slept with the guy you were dating you'd want to know to right? Even though it was before they were together but you have to realise Nora isn't used to men showing as much interest as Dean has and she's confused and insecure. Don't worry, she won't always be this insecure we will beat her insecurities a bit further down the line but for now we deal with Dean's past, then Nora's, until then please tell me what you thought.
So next time we'll have a little Punk and Nora filler and we'll see what happens between Dean and Nora. Is this the end? Naaah course it isn't. :P
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I forgot this the past two chapter but ya'll know the saying; I don't own anything except my own OC's Nora, Lisa and Lily everything else belongs to its rightful owner and you'll notice I don't like using the wrestlers real names because to me this story is fictional only and will never be real as much as I wish it was.
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