A/N: Ok here goes :D Be excited and worried what will Mike do?
~raina~
Finally something was going right. I thought as we drove away from the little Inn where we had left Aubree. I looked at Matt in the back of the car to see him grinning from ear to ear. He was in his own little world. I looked at Phil who was driving to see him smiling too. But I knew as well as Phil did that this may be a short lived victory. Mike may not be able to prove it was us, but they'd make damn sure we were punished for it. But tonight at least was ours and I intended to celebrate it with Phil. As we got out of the lift much to both mine and Phil's surprise, Matt embraced us.
"Thanks you two. I'm so happy I met you. Aubree is lucky to have a sister like you." We both grinned at him.
"Yeah she is Cardona, but they are both lucky to have guys like us." I elbowed him playfully in the ribs.
"You mean lucky to have girls like us? We're one of a kind Aubree and I." I smiled at them both.
"That you are beautiful." Phil replied. Matt waved and walked down to his room while Phil and I walked back to ours hand in hand. I kissed Phil chastely before I grabbed a towel and a robe heading for a shower.
"You best be quick Raina. I need a shower sometime tonight too." He teased. I laughed and sashayed my way into the bathroom.
I came out fifteen minutes later robe on and my hair in a braid. The second Phil closed the bathroom door I ran to my case. I highly doubted Matt would come knocking anytime soon, so I intended to have a very fun night. I like Aubree had my own sexy nightwear, but unlike Aubree I had bought it myself and in two colours. By the time I had decided on the purple nightgown and slipped it on Phil had finished. He came out with just a towel on having forgotten to take anything with him to change into and was drying his hair with another towel.
"Raina could you pass…" He looked up dropping his towel and his jaw. The look on his face made my heart flutter and my cheeks warm. In two strides he was stood in front of me. He trailed his hands down my sides taking in what I was wearing with his gorgeous hazel eyes. His lips found mine as he lifted me up only to lay me on the bed. He soon lost his towel and I my nightgown. And let's just say I found out that Phil's tongue bar made for some very interesting sensations. We both lay there breathing heavily until I curled into his side.
"I love you Raina." He whispered and kissed my head. I smiled into him and kissed his chest lightly.
"Love you too Phil." Then I was asleep.
At 5am we were up again. We were both so full of energy. Phil left to get Matt for some early very early. As I pulled my top down Phil came back in.
"He's not in his room." He grinned. "But I bet I know where he is and what he was doing!" He wriggled his eyebrows suggestively and stuck his tongue out in reminder of us last night. I laughed and threw a pillow at him.
"That's my sister you're talking about!" I said feigning outrage. He just grinned wickedly at me as my phone started to ring. I picked it up on the second ring. It was Aubree, I couldn't stop the smile spreading on my face as Phil guessed who was calling and tried to take my phone. I batted him away and grinned into the phone.
"Aubree, so, Matt's not in his room…" I asked innocently.
"Raina, I…" I heard her sigh. "We have a problem." Oh shit! My whole demeanour changed and Phil picked up on it straight away gesturing for me to put it on speaker phone.
"Hang on Aubree I'm putting you on speaker so Phil can hear." I turned it on quickly this could not be good especially at 5.30 in the morning. "Go!"
"Jake he's been here…"
"What happened are you ok? Has he hurt Matt? If he's done anything I swear down…"
"No wait Raina, he's on our side… He came to warn us. Mike knows. He somehow got a key to Matt's room. H—he was going to…" I heard her sob and Matt trying to sooth her. Then he took the phone. Phil was holding my hand tightly and looking at me with concern.
"Raina, Mike and Nick have something planned. Something big. Jake is going to try and find out more, but until then we are going to have to be on our guard. Mike won't be happy about what we've done."
"We will, I'm guessing Mike doesn't know where you two are. I think we best leave for the next city now. Don't leave Aubree on her own ok? "Phil nodded, he agreed with me. "If you can come to the back of the hotel we'll get your stuff. Be here in an hour. It gives us time to get ready and have breakfast as normal. We'll see you both soon ok?"
"Yeah and Raina same goes for you stay with Phil, Mike might try something if he's angry enough." And with that he hung up. I clung to Phil in fear. Not in fear of what they might do to us, but at what I may have to do to protect Aubree. Luckily we had no problems in the restaurant or when we went to get Matt's stuff. And soon we were all heading to Raleigh, North Carolina.
We waited all week to hear from Jake and we got nothing. We had seen him on several occasions, but he hadn't in anyway tried to communicate with us. But I was ok with that as it might be because he would be put in harm's way and that I didn't want. Monday night had come and we drove to the arena, Aubree with Stephen just to keep up the pretence at least. Tonight I had a match with Nattie Neidhart. I couldn't focus though and she noticed as I stood at the entrance ramp with her waiting to go down.
"Raina you need to focus, just take a deep breath and forget about it." She had no idea what she was talking about but I smiled and nodded at her to be friendly. The match went without a hitch I had won as planned, but not as planned was when I was hit in the back of the head with a steel chair. My vision blurred and then my lights went out.
I felt groggy my head hurt and the shouting wasn't making me feel better. I became aware of something cold around both my wrists, an uncomfortable weight. I suddenly got a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach. My eyes flew open and zeroed in on the handcuffs that attached me to the ring post. And the shouting I could hear was coming from the crowd. I struggled uselessly against the cuffs, but knew there was no point.
"Oh look, my beautiful Raina has woken up." My head snapped up to the sound of Mike's voices as he stood in the ring. "I'm sorry Raina does your head hurt? Would you like an aspirin?" He laughed as the crowd booed him. I glared at him showing my full hatred for him.
"You're a dead man Miz!" I growled vehemently.
"Oh I do like it when you get all feisty" He smirked. There was no one in this world I hated more right now than him. "And as to me being a dead man. I don't think so. You see if Punk or anyone else so much as step on the ramp without my say so then Eve. Who is stood behind you. Will hit you again with that lovely steel chair she has. But go easy on the face Eve I like it the way it is." My blood ran cold. I couldn't believe him Phil wouldn't come down for fear of me getting hurt.
"What do you want Miz?" I demanded. I may be helpless but I wouldn't drop my attitude.
"Besides you? I want Mouse down here right now!" I blanched, please dear god let Matt and Phil be with her.
"Mouse wouldn't dare come down here and besides I doubt Sheamus will allow her…" I stopped as she came running down the ramp to me.
"Raina!" She cried and pushed past Eve to crouch beside me. She hugged me the best she could with the handcuffs in the way.
"Mouse leave now!" But there was no point as Eve pulled her up by her hair.
"Well that was easier than I thought." As he said this Nick jumped the barrier and took Aubree from Eve.
"Well Mousey looks like we caught you again, but know we have both of you." He grinned looking between the two of us. I stood up as I hated being sat down and having them all look down at me. Jake was to one side, but he didn't look like he was about to do anything any time soon. Aubree was on the verge of tears as we would not be able to stage another escape for her. And that's when I made my choice. I would do it for her. My sister. The girl I had only really started to get to know. Who after everything she had suffered deserved to be with the man who loved her. Phil would hate me and none of them would understand my reasoning, but I needed to keep her safe just like mom had done for her. Maybe it didn't make sense, but it was the only way to get her from them. I just wished I could have one more night with Phil.
"Miz" I shouted.
"Yes Raina?" He smiled swaggering over to me.
"I have a proposition for you!" His smile widened, but Aubree started to pull from Nick.
"No Raina don't do anything, Please!" I ignored her and Mike did the same as Nick clamped his hand down on Aubree's mouth.
"Go on Raina I'm listening." I gestured for him to come closer as I didn't need Nick to hear and argue against it. Thankfully he obliged and slid out of the ring to stand next to me.
"You want me." I stated. His eyes lit up and he leaned closer into me. I swallowed and took a deep breath. "And you can have me."
"Really? And on what conditions?" He wasn't stupid, but I already knew this.
"Simple leave Mouse alone. Never touch her again. Her contract to you and the others is terminated. Nick never so much as looks at her again." He smiled triumphantly. "Then I'm…I'm yours no argument, I'll never run. I'll follow you wherever you want me to go." His eyes darkened with thoughts of what he could have me do for him. And then he deliberated. Looking for some way that I could wriggle out of it. But there wasn't. I was figuratively speaking, signing my own death warrant. He climbed back in the ring as smug as ever as he himself had realised there was no way out for me.
"Well ladies and gentleman, it seems Raina has seen the light." I let my head hang in shame as I fought back the tears. I would be strong! This was after all my choice. "Raina is going to join me. Dolph if you would." He looked to Nick who was confused.
"Miz what are you talking about?" He frowned.
"I'm talking about you releasing Mouse." He smiled at him like he was special.
"What? Why would I do that!" He hollered.
"Because as I've just stated. If you were listening. Raina is joining us, therefore we don't need Mouse!" A light clicked on in my head. Mike wanted me, but Nick wanted Aubree. They'd never get both of us and it was showing cracks in their partnership. The only thing was how did I make it worse?
A/N: Will they turn on each other? Or will Raina end up with Mike? And what about poor Phil find out when TMG brings on the next exciting part :D
