Chapter 14.
Dean was nursing a couple of beers when he saw her walk in. Nikki was on another date with randy. He knew he probably pushed her right into him so he only had himself to blame.
She noticed him the second her and randy walked in. Nursing a beer at the bar, typical. When randy asked her to dance she didn't refuse. She hoped to make a scene so dean would notice. He agreed to this date because it was better than feeling sorry for herself because the guy she really wanted didn't want her but she still decided to let his attention and it worked only five minutes of her dancing with randy and dean's eyes locked on hers that he watched him walk out and this was no long fun anymore. She told randy she wasn't feeling very well and he brought her home. She sat on the bed fiddling with the idea of calling him or going to his room but she didn't… she just went to bed.
"Hello earth to Nicole" Brie was snapping her fingers
"Sorry" Nikki said snapping out of her trance.
"What is up with you?" Nattie asked
"She got the Ambrose blues" Paige revealed
"Oh, no I do not" Nikki barked
The girls snickered
"I'm serious" Nicole said "He thinks he can just get close to me, kiss me then completely ignore more… I don't think so"
And she stormed off.
"Oh, what a story to tell the kids" Paige laughed
After their TV segment, nikki was beyond angry and so done playing games. She was going to find dean and give him a piece of her mind. When she found him, he was held up in a corner with Sasha clearly flirting. Nikki became angrier and angrier but she couldn't bring herself to move. Sasha reached up to kiss him and Nikki wasn't sure if he kissed back but she turned to run knocking over lighting fixtures and unfortunately letting Dean know that she saw the whole thing.
She didn't plan to go to Randy's lock room but she did. She got there, locked the door and threw herself at him and he happily obliged in giving her the escape she was currently looking for. She didn't expect Dean and Roman to be talking outside Randy's locker room when she came out shoeless and messy haired but they were, and she didn't expect dean to push by her and punch randy in the face before roman knew what was happening, but he did.
Roman and Kane broke it up before it got to be anything severe. Paige came up asking her what happened but she couldn't find the words so she just ran.
A week had passed and after a few glasses of wine she was clear with the notion she would have to see Dean tomorrow and she was angry. She managed to convince Paige to give her Deans room number and she was storming over, even if he was kissing someone again she was going to let him have it this time. Ambrose answered the door and she busted inside.
"where do you get off?" she yelled slapping his chest.
"What the hell" he barked
"answer me" she demanded
"where do you get off getting close to me, helping me, kissing me, and then acting like I don't even exist" she harped
"listen" Dean tried to say getting cut off
"No, you listen, you don't get to do that and then knock out the guy I decided to sleep with which by the way I only did was because of you" Nikki said
"Will you SHUT UP for five seconds and let me talk?!" Dean asked
She put her head down "go ahead"
"I like you" he confessed
"You don't show it very well" she told him
He glared "I like you and I don't want to because I'm a terrible persona. And when you kissed me I like it and I wanted to keep kissing you and do more than just kiss you… and it scared the shit out of me. Nicole I'm a terrible guy. I've done terrible things, I make awful choices, I destroy everything and I refuse to destroy you"
"don't I get a say" she shot back "What If I happen to like you too and what I don't care about your past. Anything I've seen tells me that you're a good person."
"But you don't know me… not really" Dean remined her
"then tell me, tell me all the things about you that are so terrible and you let me decide if I think I can handle it." Nikki demanded
Dean just sat there. No one had ever really asked to hear his story like this. They spent the rest of the night al king until they fell asleep and when Nikki woke up the next morning Dean was still there and so she went to get coffee.
Dean POV
Dean woke up with a note from Nikki attached to his phone saying she went on a coffee run. He felt relief. When he woke up and her bedside was empty eh assumed. She did what he did and took off and wouldn't have blamed her. He took a shower and she was back when he got out.
"So, last night?" Dean began as he drank the coffee
"Last night was a lot" she said
Dean nodded
"But it was good" She added
"yeah" he asked
"Yeah, and I'm not running away" she told him
"I don't know how to be a boyfriend, or do the whole real relationship thing. but I do know that I don't ever want anyone's hands on you that aren't mine" Dean confessed
"We don't need to jump into anything Dean. Not if you're not ready" she told him
"But if I was ready? You'd want too?" Dean asked her
Nikki nodded and approached him "We don't have to label it if you don't want too"
"Oh no, if you're fine, I want all the sharks out there to know it" Dean laughed "I just can't make any promises that I'm going to know what I'm doing but I'll do my best"
"I think I can work with that" Nikki smirked
"So, we're really doing this thing?" Dean asked her, holding her
She looked up at him. "we're really doing this thing" she kissed him
The pair got in their cab and headed to SmackDown. They were keeping it a secret but they were writing on a bill board either.
They had a little fun with their friends though, showing up as if still angry with each other only to have Dean lay one on her so passionately her knees buckled right before going on for their segment. That seemed more fun than just walking up to everything and announcing they figured their shit out.
The following week.
"Hey there sunshine" Paige replied
"Can't wait to kick your butt tonight" nikki laughed
"So, did you tell Randy yet?"
"ugh, no." Nikki sighed
"Better do it yourself before ore people notice and tell him for you" Paige told her
"I know, I know"
"Ladies, you're on" a producer yelled
The girls nodded
Nikki had been beating up various women including her sister, Brie. The battle ground pay per view was in two weeks, three women would be involved in a fatal four way with women champion Natalya. Tonight, Nikki faced Paige to be put into the match. AJ Lee and Brie had already advanced.
"And making her way to the ring, accompanied by Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns, NIKKI BELLAAAA!" Justin announced
The crowd had taken a great liking to Nikki being added to the group and fixing the injustice in the women's division and nikki was so thankful for it. Nikki and Paige's match went perfectly, Nikki pinned Paige after a rack attack and advanced alongside brie and AJ to face Natalya for the title in two weeks.
Nikki got backstage and received big hugs from the girls.
"I'm excited for this" Natalya said
"Me too, we need to make this a five-star match" AJ added
"want to use the performance center on Thursday? Think up some ideas?" Nikki suggested
"Great idea" Brie said
"I'm down" Nattie agreed
"me too" AJ agreed too
"Hey ladies" Dean said joining them
"I see congrats are in order" Seth said
"you boys better pick up your game we're going to rock that PPV" Brie smirked
"oh, big talk coming from the ladies" Seth laughed "but I like it"
"Nikki come with me?" Dean asked
She took his hand "what's up?"
"you have anything planned Wednesday night?" he asked
"Nope why?" she asked
"I want to take you on a date" he smirked
"Oh, a date with Dean Ambrose" she smiled
"I can't promise anything, but how about dinner? I'll pick you up at Brie's?"
"I'd love to" Nikki kissed him
Unknowing that Randy had been watching the whole thing.
Dean and Nikki went their separate ways and Randy cornered her.
"you just scared the crap out of me" she said
Randy laughed
"not funny" nikki snapped
"alright, alright sorry" he said, "I just wanted to do this..."
He leaned in to kiss her and she quickly moved away "You can't do that"
"And why not?" he asked
"because I'm with someone else"
"Dean?" Randy asked
"yes" she confirmed
"ah, so that kiss was more than just a friendly gesture" randy said
"you saw him kiss me?" she snarked
"yeah earlier" he told her
"and yet you still tried to kiss me?" nikki asked
"yeah, worth a shot" randy said
Nikki rolled her eyes, "I'm leaving"
"I guess you misunderstood me the other night, I told you NOT to sleep with Ambrose"
"I understood you just fine" randy said
"but you did it anyway" randy snapped
"Not that it's any of your business but no I didn't" she argued
"I find it hard to believe you'd rather be with him and not me" he backed her into a corner
"believe it… and move" nikki demanded
"You're trying to tell me that he can please you better than I could?" Randy teased
"Cut it out" she pleaded pushing his hands away
"come on nikki you never gave me the chance to show you how good I can really make you feel" randy told her
"Let go of me" she yelled
"HEY!" Romans voice boomed "Don't you ever put your hands on her"
"hey man, just a casual conversation" randy tried to say
"yeah, right, Nikki come on" Nikki said nothing just grabbed her purse and walked off with Roman.
"Nikki what was that?" Roman asked as they were leaving the building
"one of my many bad decisions" she said
"Did he hurt you?" he asked
"He just scared me…."
Roman hugged her
"IF he didn't hurt you then why are you shaking?" Roman asked
"I told you, he scared me"
"There you are" Dean and Seth approached
"you weren't answering" Dean said
Nikki looked at Roman and then ran to Dean.
"hey what's the matter?" dean asked
"Just hold me for a minute"
"Okay…" he said