OMG im so sorry its so short! But I thought that I should stop where i did...lol (: anywayyyyss hope that you like it! (: Check out StephNexus (: she is awesome & an amazing writer. shes even writing a story for me! its Stay With Me its so good! lol

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love,

ashley

A pounding in her head gained momentum as she slowly opened her eyes. Looking around the room she sighed. How could I let it get this far? She thought before slowly getting out of the bed trying to not to wake the sleeping figure next to her. As she pulled her hoodie over her head, she took one last look at the sleeping man and slipped out into the hallway; and kept her eyes glued to the floor, not wanting to face anyone who may be passing her.

Reaching her room, she let out a sigh. Stepping out of her shoes, she walked into the bathroom and turned on the shower. The warm water washing away traces of the night before.

XOXO

John pulled his girlfriend into his lap as she walked past him. Her laugh filled his ears as she landed on top of him. Pressing a kiss to her lips he wrapped his arms around her waist before resting his head on her shoulder. She ran her fingers lightly down his arms, causing him to shiver under her touch. They were interrupted by a knock at the door of his locker room, earning a groan from both of them. Before either could get up, the door opened to reveal Stephanie.

Her eyes were red, her face tear stained, her hair everywhere, and wearing a pair of sweats that were two times too big. Ashley pulled away from John, wrapping her arms around her friend and pulling her onto the couch. Fresh tears fell down Stephanie's cheeks as Ashley rubbed her back soothingly. "What's wrong Steph?" she asked pulling away gently from the distraught girl.

"Paul… fight… Phil…" was all that Ashley could make out of Stephanie's sentence.

"Did Paul and Phil have a fight?" Stephanie nodded in response. "Physical?" Another nod. "Was it about last night?" Another nod in response.

"Where is Paul?" John asked looking down at the two women on the couch.

"Check the locker room," Ashley said before John kissed her cheek and left. "You have a match tonight don't you?"

"Yeah."

"Why don't you just use our locker room tonight, okay? Go take a shower and get ready for your match. Don't think about any of this; wait until after you perform tonight. Okay? Sound good?" Steph nodded picking up her bag and walking into the bathroom.

Ashley sighed as the door closed. She hated seeing her friends like this. She hated having things that she couldn't fix.

The door to the locker room opened and John walked in, followed by Paul. He had a small cut above his lip which had dried blood around it. He sat on the couch as John grabbed a towel and wetted it down with some water from one of the water bottles. Handing it to Paul, he wiped the dried blood from his lip and threw the towel onto the floor.

"What is wrong with you?" Ashley hissed. Paul looked taken aback by her tone. "Why in the hell would you do that? Stephanie is already torn up about what happened last night and now you go and make it worse by fighting with Phil today! What is the matter with you?"

"My anger got the best of me."

"Obviously. She isn't even your girlfriend! She can do whatever she wants. You have no reason to get mad because she slept with him."

"So you're saying that you're not pissed?"

"Did I say that? No. Of course I'm pissed, but I can't just let her suffer. I'm one of her best friends; I'm going to be there for her even when she makes stupid decisions."

"Paul, Steph loves you, a lot. She is really torn up about all of this," John added as he sat in one of the chairs near the couch.

"She obviously can't be too upset about it, Phil said she was staying with him from now on," Paul retorted.

"I'm sorry what?" Ashley asked.

"Yeah, he said that she was staying with him from now on."

"She hasn't said anything about that."

"Maybe you should tell him that."

"Don't worry, Philip has something coming for him."

"You know that you scare me sometimes?"

"Good," she and John said at the same time.

XOXO

"Hey Steph, great match out there!" Phil called after her as she walked down the hallway towards the exit of the arena. "Steph wait up!"

"Phil leave me alone! You've done nothing but cause me trouble! Because of you, I lost the one person in my life that I knew I could count on, that I knew would love me no matter what! But you had to go and ruin that didn't you? Last night was a huge mistake. That was never supposed to happen!"

"You seemed pretty happy about it then."

"Well this is me now, when I'm sober."

"I don't believe you."

"Whatever, I don't know why I even waste my breath on you."

Stephanie began to walk away but he caught her arm. She tried to pull free, but he wouldn't allow it. He grasp became tighter against his wrist pulling her away.

"Let go of me," she hissed trying to pry his fingers from her wrist.

"Not until you admit that you liked it last night."

"Um, how about no."

He pushed her up against the side of the arena, the lighting was terrible where they stood and if anyone had walked by they would never see them. She tried to push him away but he was stronger than her. Pressing his lips to hers he held her in place against the wall, fighting to keep her still.

"Get off of me!" she shouted pushing his away from her.

"Stop fighting it Steph."

She felt him pull away from her. He never came back to press her back against the wall. Opening her eyes she saw Paul on top of Phil who was lying on the black top as Paul repeatedly punched him.

"Paul stop you'll kill him!" she shouted trying to push him away but he resisted her.

"Paul man what are you doing?" She heard someone else yell before they came to pull him off of Phil. She looked to see Heath, John, Randy, and Mike pulling Paul away from Phil. Looking down at Phil, she felt the vomit rise in her throat at the amount of blood that covered him.

"Stay away from her! I swear to God if you ever come near her again I'll kill you!" Paul shouted t Phil as he was dragged away.

Ashley, Natalya, Eve, and Maryse exited the arena confused about what was going on. They found Steph sitting on the curb, watching as the guys tried to calm Paul down. By now other co-workers had come to check on Phil who was slowly getting up.

"What is going on?" Eve asked as they reached Stephanie.

"Phil tried to… he tried to have sex with me…" Steph's voice was low as she spoke, tears threatening to fall down her cheeks.

"Did he try to force it on you?" Natalya asked kneeling down in front of her friend. Stephanie nodded in response before being embraced my Nattie. "Honey don't worry, we're here for you. Okay? Don't worry about it. We can talk to Vince and get the storyline changed and everything. He won't be around you again, okay?" All Steph could do was nod.

She looked up to see one of the others missing. She heard shouting and turned to see Ashley slapping Phil. Before she could do any more damage John pulled her away, but not without a fight. A small smile formed on her lips at the sight of Ashley hitting Phil. It was something she had always wanted to see.

"Why don't we head back to the hotel, you can stay with us tonight," Nattie suggested.

"Okay."