September 17, 2012
Mary woke up the next morning to John staring at her with a smile. She giggled, shaking her head. "You do know that is a little creepy, right?"
"I think you may like it a little," he slowly began pulling the sheet down, exposing her bare torso.
"And if I said that it's cold in here?" she smirked, looking down at her hardened nipples.
"You know that I could easily warm you up," he grinned, sliding a hand up her stomach, stopping at the valley between her breasts.
"I'd say that Layla isn't the one in the company who's insatiable," she laughed, sitting up a little and pulling away from him.
He frowned, retracting his hand, "Mary, what's wrong?"
She bit her lip, looking down. "I had a dream that I haven't had since we got together."
"It was him, wasn't it?" he sighed, attempting to slip his arms around her comfortingly.
She swallowed hard, nodding as she moved into his embrace. "You're not gonna like this, baby."
"It's gotten worse since you talked to Ted about it, hasn't it?" he bit his lip, looking down as he securely wrapped his arms around her waist.
She nodded, "I'm starting to remember more now. It's gotten a little more vivid lately."
He sighed, "as much as I'd like to have you just go back to the way that you were, I'd much rather see you face all of it and get better."
She nodded, hesitantly moving closer to him, leaning in a little. "Did you wanna..."
"Maryanne..." he sighed again, kissing her forehead. "You're making me feel like you're forcing yourself."
"I am," she stated softly before smashing her lips against his.
He gently pushed her away, "Mary, I can't. Not like this. I could never let myself do something that you may regret later."
"I could never regret anything with you, John," she leaned in, trying to kiss him again.
He shook his head, "you're not in the right mindset. I could easily lose you right now if I were to give in."
She sighed, feeling dejected, "should we get up and start getting ready? What time is it, anyway?"
He looked at his phone, "it's ten. You wanna grab some brunch before seeing the trainers?"
"John... kiss me?" she pouted.
"What?"
"You heard me. I just want a kiss," she smiled innocently.
"Just a kiss?" he smirked.
"I promise to not give in to the feelings it may give me," she giggled.
"Really? Just kissing me does that?"
She nodded, "you really don't know how universally attractive to women you are. Right now, you are naked and lying next to me in bed, that is a huge temptation right there. Then, add that to the fact that your kisses always make me want to let you take me on the spot."
He grinned, leaning in and giving her the most passionate kiss he could. A minute into the kiss, she let out a moan against his lips. He pulled away, his grin going wider. "I think that you're just that easily turned on."
She shrugged, "could be. You're still that good of kisser. I actually wouldn't mind sharing you one of these days."
He raised an eyebrow, "are you saying what I think you're saying?"
"Possibly," she shrugged. She got up and slipped into the bathroom to take a shower.
He groaned, fighting off the urge to join her because of what they had just discussed. He knew that the reason she had been so free sexually while she was with Randy was because she had never thought of what had happened to her in the past the entire time. The longer she was with John, the more Mary remembered things. He knew that she needed to let it in and work through it, but it was going to take time. Time and patience. Especially from the man who loved her.
…
A few hours later, John and Mary walked out of the trainers room together. John had twisted his ankle, but it was unclear what was wrong with his arm. It wasn't bothering him, so he was cleared for the match he had that night. Mary had a dark match with Heath Slater that night, as well as an impromptu "match" with Cody. It would be her first WWE match with a man, and she was very excited for it.
As they walked down the hall to catering, they ran into Ted and Celeste, who were looking very happy. Mary smirked, looking down at her friend's foot, "oh that's right. You're not actually injured."
"No, they just insist on torturing me for a while," Celeste pouted.
"Aww, my poor baby," Mary giggled, hugging the other girl. When the other girl slipped her arms around Mary's waist, she winced a little. "Ooh, careful girl."
Celeste smirked, lifting up Mary's shirt just enough to see the bruises. "Oh look, Cena hands."
Ted blinked, tilting his head. "You can tell?"
Celeste giggled, "have you seen anyone roughly grab her hips in the ring lately?"
"I don't think that anything like that would actually happen in the ring," John chuckled.
Mary shrugged, "well, if you get me and AJ out there... or maybe with this girl," she licked her lips, looking to Celeste.
The men groaned at their girlfriends with a sigh as Cody and Chelsea walked up. Cody saw the bruises and chuckled, "damn Cena. Save some of that for the ring."
Chelsea looked to John and Ted with a smirk, "are you teasing the boys again, sissy?"
"Yes," Mary grinned as Celeste finally let go of her shirt and stepping back over to Ted, blushing. "It's just oh so fun."
"Well, keep it up. I like the results," Chelsea giggled.
"It's about bloody time I found the lot of you," a female, British voice approached them.
Mary turned toward the voice, grinning. "You're here! Everyone, this is Saraya, better known as Paige."
Everyone introduced themselves to the new member of the group just as AJ and Punk walked up, doing the same.
"So what all is going on tonight?" Paige looked around the group.
"We haven't gotten our scripts yet to know for sure," Mary started, "but I've got the pre-show dark match against Heath Slater, which I am so gonna win."
The friends went on to talk about what they would be doing that night. It was going to be a fun night, and Paige was happy to become a part of it. After that, the girls took Paige away from the guys and walked around, introducing her to everyone else.
…
As predicted, Mary beat Heath with ease. It was obvious that he was actually trying, yet she completely dominated the match. A few members of the board were watching, and met her behind the curtain, saying that they would take her performance into consideration. This made Mary extremely happy. She ran back to John's locker room. When she walked in, he was just finishing getting ready for the opening segment. She squealed, jumping into his arms.
He chuckled as he regained his balance. "That's just what I need. Sweaty Mary smell."
"You like it," she grinned.
"I'm not denying that," he shook his head. "In fact, if you could read my mind..."
She smirked, dropping back down to the floor with a nod. "Can't miss your cue."
"So how was your match? What has you smiling so big that it's making me a little jealous?"
She bounced a little, showing shades of AJ. "I wiped the mat with that wannabe. There were a couple of board members watching and they said that they would take my performance into consideration."
He sighed, looking down, "I still don't know how I feel about you being a Superstar. You wouldn't only going against the smaller guys."
"You know that I can take Brodus. Albert..." she cleared her throat, laughing, "I mean Tensai is nothing to me. Glenn has already said that we would fully talk everything out if we ever had a match. Then the only issue will be Show."
"That is what I'm worried about, baby," he bit his lip. "He's already going to be after us. What's going to stop him from hurting you if you're going against the men in the ring?"
Mary took a deep breath, slowly letting it out. "You, Randy, Cody, Stephen, Alex, Ted, Zack, Rey... hell, I have a relationship with most of the guys on the roster. If it really came down to it, I..." she blinked as John turned to leave the room. "Babe?"
"I've got to get going," he quickly choked out, slipping out of the room.
Mary stood frozen, staring at the door once it closed behind him. She stood quietly until she heard John's music fill the arena. She then stormed out of the room, wanting to follow him down the ring and rip him a new asshole for flip flopping on his stance on trusting her, but she immediately thought better of it. As far as the WWE Universe was concerned, they had only shared one kiss, and that could mean a number of things. They would be working on building a relationship in the ring. So instead, she made her way to catering, knowing that at least one of her friends had to be in there.
Without noticing, she nearly knocked Zack over in the hallway, just outside of catering. "Whoa little Diva... where's the fire?" He looked at her face, gently placing his hands on her shoulders. "Obviously in your eyes." He turned toward the doorway, calling out, "please tell me Randy is in there. You're probably the only one who can save us right now."
A few moments later, Randy walked out. "Save us from wh-" he cut himself off, seeing the look on Mary's face. "Shit," he bit his lip, he pulled Mary into his arms, looking to Zack, "everyone except AJ is in there."
Zack nodded, slipping into catering. He walked to the table where Cody, Chelsea, Ted, and Celeste were sitting. He took a deep breath, "Code Mary, guys."
Chelsea stood up, "let's hope she doesn't hurt anyone this time..." The others nodded following her.
"She really makes this easy," a male voice stated with a chuckle from the other side of the room.
"Just remember, we have to play this out perfectly, or it will never work," a female voice agreed with him.
Back in the hall way, Chelsea hugged her sister tightly. "Just tell us what happened."
Mary took a deep breath, tears streaming down her face. "He doesn't trust me."
"Why would you say that? What happened, Mare Bear?" Ted bit his lip as he pushed her a little to tell them what had her so distraught.
"I told him that I was told that I'm in consideration to move up to Superstar level. Then when he acted all worried when I told him that the only guy I'd have to worry about is Show. Then as I was attempting to reassure him that I would have plenty of back up if Show tried anything, I said that I have a relationship with a lot of the guys on the roster. He just sort of froze up and quickly ran off to do his promo."
Randy sighed, "you worded it wrong, Mare. Whether he wants to be or not, he's a little sensitive about the pictures. He doesn't want to get upset over the idea, and the fact that he does actually upsets me even more."
"This isn't fair," Mary swallowed hard. "I thought that I found the guy that I could just be myself with. Next thing I know, he's going to be telling me I should limit my interaction with the guys."
"I couldn't do that, Mary," John said softly as he walked up to the group.
"So can you accept that you're dating a geeky tomboy with a lot of male friends?" Mary sighed.
John took a deep breath, stepping in front of her and taking her hands. "I'm in love with you, Maryanne. I know that I still haven't fully accepted everything about you, but I'm working on it."
Mary nodded, taking a deep breath. "I have no desire to be with anyone else, John. Well... except for AJ and Celeste... but that's..." she giggled.
John shook his head, "these girls will end us. I swear."
Meanwhile, back in catering...
Paige sat down with Stephen. "Is Mary OK? I mean, I know I haven't known her very long, but..."
Stephen nodded with a sigh, "if yer gonna be working closely with her, you may wanna know what yer getting yerself into."
"I'm assuming it stems from what happened to her sixteen years ago," Paige bit her lip.
"Yeah, and she's depressive on top of that. Thankfully, John, Randy, Cody, Ted, and the lasses can keep her relatively calm. Her relationship with John is a little rocky, but he really loves her. She doesn't break down like this often. Most of the time, she's a little spitfire," Stephen grinned.
Paige smiled, nodding. "This is going to be fun."
"I'm actually really happy to have ye around. I can tell that yer gonna be fun," Stephen's cheeks flushed a little at his admission.
…
Just after the second hour of the program began, Cody made his way into the ring. He looked guilty and full of shame. Mary was a fan favorite, and everyone knew that he had cheated on her. There were many jeers and even a few "cheater" chants as he took a microphone. "Yes, I know. I know. I messed up royally this time. I'd like to call Mary Williams out to the ring right now, so that I can apologize to her."
Just then "I'm So Sick" by Flyleaf began to play and Mary stormed out to the ring, after everything that had happened, she felt it was best to go back to her old entrance theme. She took a microphone of her own and got right up in Cody's face. "What part of it's really over this time didn't you get? I am done with you, Cody. You are never getting me back."
Cody backed up, his face full of fear. "I know that I'm not. That doesn't make me any less sorry. I know that I've lost you, Mary. I've accepted that."
Mary smirked, panting softly in rage as she tilted her head. "You know what..." she turned toward the Titan Tron. "Hey AJ, do I have time to kick his pathetic, sorry ass?"
Just then AJ appeared on the Titan Tron, from her office. "I'm not against adding a match right now. Want a referee?"
Mary shrugged as "Radio" by Watt White began playing. Zack Ryder appeared on the entrance ramp in a referee shirt. "That works," Mary grinned.
Zack made his way down to the ring as the girls laughed sadistically. When he got to the steps, AJ grinned, waving. "Have fun, baby."
"Thanks, sexy," Mary blew her a kiss before the screen changed back to the feed from the ring.
Immediately after Zack got into the ring and signaled for the bell to ring, Mary lunged at Cody, punching him multiple times until they were both on the ground. Cody fought back a little, but it was no use. Every time he attempted to get a little offense in, Mary immediately countered. Once she got her initial emotions out, it turned into more of an actual match, rather than a straight up beat down. They were actually rather evenly talented and it made for one of the better matches Raw had put on in a long time. The match went on for fifteen minutes, Cody even getting a good hits in. Cody's chances all came crashing down after a vicious hip toss from Mary. After that, Cody knew that it was over. She leaned over, whispering. "Remember our training? Time for a 'Final Cut'," she grinned, picking him up and using the finishing move that she had adopted from his brother. After slamming him onto the mat, she pinned him. Zack got into position and counted to three and rang the bell once more. Mary got up, laughing as her music began to play once more. She walked out of the ring and up the ramp with Zack. Once they got to the locker room area, they were greeted by their friends, who were applauding for them.
"I take it all back, baby," John grinned, hugging her.
"I didn't think you could pick Cody up like that," Ted laughed.
Mary shrugged, "we trained together. He's only got like seventy-five pounds on me."
"Only," John chuckled, shaking his head. "But I guess it's no different than me picking up Show."
"Exactly," Mary giggled as Cody walked up. "I didn't hurt ya too badly, did I?"
Cody shook his head, "nah. We know each other well enough in the ring. I had myself prepared for everything."
Mary nodded, "I should get showered and ready for my backstage segment."
…
Just before the main event, Mary was shown backstage with Paige and Ted. It was one of those conversations where it couldn't be made out on camera, so Mary took advantage. She took a deep breath, turning to Ted. "About what I said last night..."
Ted shook his head, "no, I thought about it, and you're right. We did break up rather suddenly. I think that we've been ignoring our need for closure."
Paige nodded, interjecting, "I know that I'm new to the group. So it's not any of my business. However, if you're both in new relationships, and want to give yourselves to the new people in your life fully, you really need to have a little closure."
Mary nodded with a smile. "It's better than finding out down the road. We owe this to John and Kaitlyn."
Just then, Eve walked up to them, starting the part of the segment that could actually be heard. "Geez, Williams. You move on quickly."
Mary looked up, growling, "you."
"Me what?" Eve batted her eyelashes, playing innocent.
"You don't think that everyone knows exactly what you did, you little tart?" Paige spat out.
"If anything, I did Mary a favor. Cody Rhodes is just another man-whore. He never lov-" Eve's insult was cut off by Mary charging at her and spearing into an equipment box. Eve got up, groaning in pain as she began hitting Mary, backing her up into a wall. Paige quickly stepped in, grabbing Eve by the hair and throwing her against the wall on the opposite side of the hallway starting a two on one brawl.
Just as a group of security and referees came in to separate the girls, Ted grabbed Mary, pulling her away from further attacking Eve. He grabbed Paige's wrist with his free hand as he backed away. Mary and Paige began laughing maniacally with devious looks on their faces. Mary licked her lips, "this isn't over, Torres! Watch your back!" Once they were cleared from the cameras, Mary laughed as Ted let them go. "Welcome to the Crazy Chicks. How does it feel to make your RAW debut?"
"That was insane!" Paige grinned, hugging Mary. "Thank you so much for thinking of me for this."
Mary returned the hug, smiling. "I thought that you would be a perfect fit. I was totally right."
…
Toward the end of the main event, Mary and Ted found themselves in a dark, secluded corner of the arena. They both had their phones on them in case someone needed to find them, but they wanted as much privacy as possible. Mary took a deep breath, biting her lip. "I think that there was a part of me that was in love with you back then, as well."
"Really?" Ted blinked, swallowing visibly.
She nodded, "I know that we were just kids, but something told me that we could have really had something."
"I know that we had broken up that night, but I hated myself for it, and it's not only because of what happened," he bit his lip.
She took his hand, squeezing it to keep herself from breaking down. "I wanted you to be my first."
"You mean..."
She nodded, her eyes filling with tears.
He slipped an arm around her waist, his eyes locking with hers. "I would have liked that. Had we been a little older, of course."
"Well yeah," she giggled softly. "I was thinking when you were at least sixteen."
"But that was then..." he took a deep breath, pulling her a little closer.
"I love John, Teddy Bear," she shook a little.
"Then tell me to stop," he leaned in, pressing his lips to hers.
"Wow... this is too good," the mysterious female spoke quietly from a distance. "Please tell me that you're getting this."
"Oh, I've got it," her male accomplice grinned, his phone's camera pointed directly at Ted and Mary. "I'm saving this one for later."
…
About an hour later Mary sat in the middle of her and John's hotel room bed, not saying a word. John knew the tendency in which her moods flowed in, so he knew to always approach with caution. He sat down on the edge of the bed, "Mary..."
She looked up to her boyfriend with tears in her eyes. "Hi baby..."
"Is everything okay?" he moved a little closer to her.
She shook her head, "I shouldn't say, though."
"Mary, just tell me. You know that it's better that I found out now than later. Especially if I were to find out from someone else."
She nodded, swallowing visibly. "I kissed Ted."
John blinked, backing away a little. "When?"
"Just a little bit ago. While you were in the shower after your match."
"W-what kind of kiss, Maryanne?" John swallowed, fighting back tears.
"A damn good one," she sighed. "It's just that... think about it, John. I'm here with you right now."
He nodded, moving a little closer and taking her hand. "So what did it feel like?"
She looked down for a moment, shaking her head. "Like making out with my brother."
John clapped his hand over his heart, "oh thank God."
She smiled, climbing onto his lap. "If things had been different... then maybe things would be different now. But what happened, happened. Everything that is supposed to happen does. I wasn't meant to be with Ted. I was meant to be with you, and I'd like to stay that way."
"I love you, Maryanne. The thought of losing you just killed me. Still, I couldn't think of a better guy to lose you to."
Mary giggled, "but you're not losing me. We may as well start planning our wedding at this rate. Wait... we're not engaged yet." She blinked, "are we?"
"No, Mary," John laughed. "I didn't think that we were there yet. Truth be told, I'm not sure if I'm ready for marriage again this soon."
She nodded, kissing him softly. "We can wait. I'm in no rush. I just want my wedding to be absolutely perfect. I'm hoping that it will be my first and only."
"If I can help it, it will be," John grinned, kissing her again, meaning that it would be her only marriage, and it would be a perfect wedding. He held her close as they deepened the kiss. If he couldn't give her marriage right now, he could definitely give her something just as good, if not better.