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Give In To Me: Chapter 25

Wade

Scarlett and I hobbled our way back stage, beaten and a little bloody. I was leaning a little more of my 6'5 frame on her than I probably should. Normally I wouldn't allow myself to look so weak, but she was such a fighter. I couldn't help but lean on her physically and emotionally. There was already some mutual respect between us. I knew she probably wouldn't think differently of me. We entered the now silent locker room. I looked around at the four men standing before me. I had no words. As if she knew, Scarlett spoke.

"No end of the night briefing tonight boys…just go," she waved them off. Justin walked over to us.

"Want help with your cors-" he began.

"No, just go!" She insisted. He winced at her harshness. He didn't snap back, he only nodded. He gave her a kiss on the cheek on his way out and Heath followed suit.

Once the guys had gone, I separated from Scarlett and moved over to the bench and sat. I winced at the achiness my body had already begun to feel. Scarlett went over to her bag and changed into her jeans slowly. I could tell her back was bothering her, probably from hitting the ground so hard. She reached back to unlace her corset but she couldn't reach.

"Need a hand?" I offered quietly.

"Okay," she said softly. She walked over to me and turned around. Her hands moved up to grab the mane of blonde hair that adorned her head. I gently began to unlace the corset.

"You're all set." She smiled a shy grin and finished changing. I reached for the first aid kit sitting in a cubby and I snuck a glance of her. She carefully wiped the bloody mess that had become her bottom lip. Her fingers moved to her right eye, inspecting it.

"Damn, this is going to be a shiner," she huffed. She shoved her gear into her bag and pulled out a flask. She promptly took a swig as she walked towards me. Scarlett handed it to me and I to took a swig. "We should clean you up, Wade," she said plopping down on the bench.

"That's what I was going to do," I protested.

"You can't see your own face silly," she said grabbing the kit from my lap. She scooted up close to me and began to clean the scrape on my cheek. It stung and I tensed up as a result. She giggled. "You big baby!" She grabbed my face and pulled it close to her and she blew her warm breath onto my cut, soothing it.

"Who knew you had a nurturing side," I joked. She smiled.

"Not many people do, so if you tell anybody…I'm going to have to kill ya!" She shot back.

"Deal."

Scarlett

Once all wounds were cleaned and bandaged and sore ribs were wrapped, I hopped up off of the bench. I looked away from Wade so he could change out of his gear and into his clothes. Within a few minutes all our stuff was packed up and we began to walk…more like hobble through the corridors.

"Uh Wade?"

"Yeah?"

"Can I get a ride to the hotel with you?"

"Of course….you rode here with Randy didn't you?" he said amused.

"Yeah… and I'm so not wanting to talk to him tonight. The bastard," I spat frustrated. Wade tried his best but failed to contain a chuckle as we began to walk out of the arena to his rental car.

"So Scarlett…we're okay right?" He asked me tentatively as we pulled out of the parking spot.

"Yeah… why wouldn't we be?" I asked.

"The way things went down tonight…" he started.

"No need to even talk about it. We made it out alive and only minorly roughed up. That's what's important," I assured him.

"Alright then."

Most of the ride was silent, but a comfortable silence. We'd become very unlikely allies over the past few months. Although it seemed strange to other people, we really trusted each other in the ring and professionally for that matter. Tonight had brought some good and some bad for the Nexus. Wade and I had both secured title shots for Night of Champions. I'd say that one third of Nexus having title shots wasn't too shabby. On the other hand, Wade and I took some bumps and punches. Poor Wade was in for quite at battle at the pay per view. He was against five men. Four out of five hate his guts. Sheamus was the only one who had any respect for Wade but that wasn't going to matter. The Irishman would do anything to leave Night of Champions as the champion. I had my concerns regarding his match. I don't know if the Nexus could take another loss if Wade was injured. I tried to shake off the thought as we said our goodbyes and went to our own separate rooms.

I caught a very early flight home to Tampa the next morning. As I touched down in the airport and got off the plane, I got a lot of strange stares. I knew it was because of my swollen lip and shiner. I'd tried my best to cover the eye but the lip was kind of obvious. I rushed out of the airport and headed to my house.

I went home and prettied myself up before heading out into town. I was meeting Natalya and a wedding planner for lunch. When I arrived, Natalya was already sitting at a table alone.

"Hey Nattie!" I said excitedly giving her a hug.

"Hi Scarlett! I'm just so happy you are letting me be a part of this. I love weddings!" She chirped excitedly.

"Thanks for doing all of this with me. I know it's a lot of work!"

"Oh nonsense." A very handsome man approached our table.

"Are you Scarlett Sinclair? Bride-to-be?" He asked.

"That I am!"

"Nice to meet you, I'm Garrett O'Neil, your wedding planner!" He said enthusiastically.

"Nice to meet you too! This is my best friend, and maid of honor Natalya."

"Well great!" he said sitting down at the table. "So let's get started! Here is a list of things we need to have figured out," he said handing me a list.

"Whoa! This is a lot of stuff!" I said marveling at the lengthy list.

"Scar, you had to know most of this stuff would be in the list!" Nattie giggled.

"I never really thought about it…come to think of it, I've never helped plan a wedding before! This is so overwhelming."

"Lucky for you Scarlett, you have me," Garrett said with a smile. "So first things first…what date are you thinking?"

"Uh…we'd talked about February 26th."

"So that gives us five months….that's doable but it's going to take a lot of time working on it between now and then."

"Well with my busy job schedule, we may need to utilize skype a lot," I chuckled nervously.

"That we can do honey….no problem. Now looking at the list, do you have any of these things already decided?" I stared down at the list. I honestly had no idea about any of these things. I didn't know a venue, what flowers I want, a color scheme, none of it. I could feel my heart beat pick up.

"Honestly, I hadn't thought of any of these things," I said nervously.

"Scarlett! You have been engaged for like six months and you haven't thought about wedding details," she scolded.

"I've been busy! Being on the road has been hectic as you'd know!" I shot back.

"Touché, we've just got a lot to do now woman!"

We giggled and brainstormed our way through lunch. With Garrett's help we came up with some possibilities. I put on a big smile but inside I was in full panic. I was so happy when it was all said and done and I got to return home.

I plopped down on my comfy living room couch and started watching a movie. Out of nowhere my doorbell rang. I slowly got up and made my way over to the door. I opened it to see Randy on my front step. He was holding flowers, lilies, which were my favorite.

"Randy? What are you doing here?" I asked him.

"Scar baby, I just wanted to see you. I know you are mad about last night and-" I put my hand up to stop him.

"Just come inside. We need to talk about this." He nodded and followed me into the living room. We sat down and I stared at him.

"You wouldn't take my calls last night…" he started.

"I didn't want to talk to you."

"I know. I came by your room earlier and Wade told me you caught an early flight home to Tampa."

"So you jumped on a plane!?"

"Well yeah, I love you and wanted to talk to you. I wanted to talk about this with you."

"I'm so pissed Randy."

"I know you are, but I wasn't the one leading the charge. That is all on John. I know Wade is one of 'your guys' and all. But you were the one who wanted a separation between your professional life and your personal life."

"I know, but-"

"No, you can't have it both ways. Right now it seems, you want to be with the Nexus at work and friends with John, Sheamus, and I outside of work. I've come to terms with that. Now it's time or you to see the other side of the coin. The guys and I have all been entered into the title picture. Unfortunately, so is Wade and therefore things are going to get messy."

"…uh okay…I see your point. I'm sorry that I didn't see it that way. It's just hard to see people I love attack people I care about. I didn't realize it was so hypocritical of me. I mean I have been yelling at you about separating the two worlds!" I said almost embarrassed.

"It's fine, Scarlett. I just wanted to get that off of my chest and make things right with you."

"I'm glad you did, Randy."

"Me too," he said taking a clear observation of my face. He took his big hands and put them on either side of my face, using them to pull me in for a kiss. He kissed my lips before kissing just the bottom where the swelling is and then under my blackened eye before pulling back. I smiled. "Remind me to kick Jericho's ass for that," He said referring to my injuries.

"Oh I'm fine."

"He was under strict instructions not to harm you," he said angrily.

"Well kick his ass if you must. Nexus will deal with it too."

"Okay, will do. So what did you do today?" He asked changing the subject.

"Well, funny you should ask. I went to lunch with Natalya and our new wedding planner."

"Great! How did it go?" he asked excitedly.

"Well…not so great. I have no idea about any of it. There are so many things to decide. He gave me a list of things we need to figure out and it was humongous. I have no idea how I'm going to get it all done with our touring schedule being so crazy. I'm just so overwhelmed…" I rambled on, nearly hyperventilating.

"Honey…calm down," he purred giving me a hug. "It's going to be alright. I promise. We'll figure it all out."

"Promise?"

"Promise." He kissed the top of my head and gave me a squeeze. I calmed down and realized that he was right, everything was going to turn out okay.

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