Chapter 47

"Mercedes," Colby whispered into his wife's ear the next morning trying to wake her up. "Mercedes." He started kissing her neck. Mercedes gave a groan. Colby chuckled to himself. "Wake up, gorgeous," He said. Mercedes groaned again. "Are you awake?" He whispered into her ear, nibbling on her earlobe.

"I am," Mercedes replied with a yawn, rolling over to face Colby.

Colby smiled. He pulled back and met his wife's eyes. "Good morning, my beautiful wife!"

Mercedes grinned. "Good morning, my handsome husband!"

Colby continued to smile as he leaned in and kissed her lips passionately. Mercedes happily returned the kiss.

"How are you this morning?" Colby asked after he broke their kiss a few seconds later.

"Pretty good so far," Mercedes grinned. "I have been waking up to you for two years. But today is different. I am officially Mercedes Lopez aka Mrs. Colby Lopez. Plus Sasha Rollins."

Colby laughed. "That you are," He said, kissing her lips again.

"How are you, though?"

"I'm freaking happy!" He exclaimed. "I am married to one of the most beautiful in the world."

"Thank you, my handsome, hot, and sexy husband."

"You're welcome."

Mercedes giggled. Colby smiled.

"You know what else I love?" He asked.

"What?"

"This gold band on my hand."

"I love my ring and band too on my hand," Mercedes replied. "However, women better stay the hell away from you. Sometimes women purposely go after married men!"

"Fuck that shit! You're all I want and ever want!"

"I better be. Because if you ever cheat on me, I will kick your ass. And Ashley, Becky, Pam, Angela, Vicky, Emily, and quite a few other people will help!"

"NO! NEVER! I'm with who I truly should be! And I won't break your heart or Evie's the way so many others do to people!"

"Same here!"

Colby smiled. He kissed her passionately on the lips. "I love you, Mercedes Lopez aka Sasha Rollins!"

"I love you too, my husband!"

The newlyweds were extremely happy as they walked through the airport a few hours later. They were on their way to catch their flight to go away on their honeymoon. They were going to the Atlantis Paradise Isle Resort in the Bahamas. They couldn't wait to get there and have fun. The two had never really had a vacation together either.

The two had been together since October of 2016. The two were both traveling to every Raw event. As a WWE star, you worked non-stop and traveled all the time. Colby had taken time off in June and July of 2017 when Mercedes was about to give birth to Evelyn. And then he was away until October. After that, they were both together again, traveling and with Evelyn. When all WWE stars had their time off, Mercedes and Colby were in Davenport or even in Boston. They had not had a vacation ever.

So, their honeymoon was very special to them with not just it being their honeymoon. But also, their first vacation together.

As the two were walking through the airport they were stopped by fans. However, Mercedes's was going to feel great after that interaction with those fans.

"Thank you for stopping," A female said.

"Yes, thank you so much," Another female said.

"You ladies are very welcome," Mercedes said.

"Yeah, we have enough time before our flight," Colby added. "Plus, we're both in very moods right now!"

"Very much," Mercedes commented with a smile.

"We also wanted to say congratulations on your wedding," One fan said.

"Yes. We saw Instagram and Twitter. The venue and decorations were beautiful."

"Thank you. WWE is actually going to give people a sneak peek of everything that went on too," Mercedes commented. "There should be something up today or tomorrow. I'm not quite sure." Mercedes looked over at her husband.

"Yes, we used two WWE photographers for the wedding. So they're probably back at Headquarters or going in tomorrow to take care of it," Colby said.

"That's great. I can't wait to see your dress and everything," One girl said.

"Well," Mercedes said. She grabbed her cell phone. "Here's a look of it and us." She showed a few pictures to them.

"Oh, my God, everyone looks so beautiful and handsome!"

"Yes!"

"Thank you, ladies," Colby replied.

"Yes," Mercedes said.

"Well, there is actually one another particular reason I wanted to stop you two other than being a wrestling fan," One of the girls said.

"What's that?"

The girl leaned in and said, "I was raped myself."

Mercedes nodded her head. "What's your name, hun?"

"Abigail, Abigail Counts," She replied.

"I knew I recognized you myself," Mercedes commented. "You were one of the survivors of the recent rape case."

"Yes," Abigail said. "It was thanks to you that I had found some courage to testify and everything in the case!"

"I'm glad."

"It was your WWE 24 that did it for me!" Abigail commented as tears came to her eyes. "Even though, you didn't report it or anything. You showed me that I could get through it. The courage I found from one of my favorite WWE Superstars with the support of that of my sister over here."

Abigail looked at the girl next to her. Her sister smiled at her.

Abigail turned back to Mercedes. "Was what got me through testifying," She said with a sob.

Mercedes was crying herself. She wrapped her arms around Abigail, hugging her.

Colby smiled. He knew this meant the world to Mercedes right now. Meeting another survivor of rape and being an inspiration to her.

Mercedes pulled back and looked at Abigail a moment later. "I am so happy that I have inspired you and gave you courage. And I am so happy you could go through with everything. And the support of your sister is most important."

"Thank you," Abigail sobbed.

Mercedes smiled. "What's your name?" She asked Abigail's sister.

"Kimberly or Kim," She replied.

"Well, thank you for being there for your sister."

"I will always be there for my sister," Kimberly commented. "And when I found out what happened. I cried."

Mercedes nodded her head. Her eyes got watery. "Can I tell you something, though?"

"Yes," Abigail said.

"Glenn was my rapist as well!"

Abigail and Kimberly both gasped.

Mercedes nodded her head. "And I was at that same bar you were at, Abigail. I met him, talked, I wanted to stay and talk more while my friends left, and he wanted to walk me home. Which I let him and then he pushed me into that same alley."

"What the fuck?!" Kimberly cursed.

"My friends and family said the same thing, Kim."

"Wow!" Abigail said.

"But that doesn't matter anymore, ladies," Mercedes said. "What matters is he's behind bars for twenty years and he can't hurt anymore women!"

"Yes, he's probably someone's bitch by now!" Colby exclaimed.

Mercedes and the two sisters laughed.

"Let me have your information, Abigail," Mercedes said.

"What kind?" Abigail asked.

"How about your e-mail and your home address. I would love to be in touch with you if you would like."

"Oh, my God, yes!"

Mercedes smiled.

Abigail quickly pulled a notebook out of her purse and scribbled something down. "Thank you, Sasha!" She said as she handed the piece of paper.

"Call me Mercedes," She replied with a smile.

"Thank you!"

"And you can call me Colby," Colby commented.

"Yes, thank you too!"

"Well, we need to get going," Mercedes said.

"Yes, enjoy your honeymoon and we look forward to watching you on Raw when you return," Abigail said.

"Yes," Kim added.

"Thank you, ladies," Colby replied.

"You ladies enjoy whatever you're off to do too," Mercedes said.

"Thanks," Kim replied.

Mercedes looked at Colby with a smile. He smiled back. The two then headed off.

When Mercedes and Colby made it to their gate, they took a seat and waited. It was about fifteen minutes before boarding time.

"I can't believe I got to meet Abigail," Mercedes said.

"That's one fan encounter you'll love the rest of your life!" Colby commented.

"Mmm-hmm."

Colby smiled. He took his wife's hand. Mercedes looked at him with a bright smile. "Forget about everything right now!" He said. "Let it just be you and I on our brains! We'll soon board our plane taking us on our honeymoon and our very first overdue vacation to each other."

"Yes, a very overdue vacation indeed. We've both been going non-stop with work and then the wedding."

"That's another reason why you go on a honeymoon: to relax from all the stress you faced with your wedding."

"That's actually true!"

"Plus, we needed some time from work and everything else. Mommy and Daddy also needed some time to their selves."

"True again," Mercedes laughed.

"It's been a long two years for you also. You need a break," Colby commented.

"True again! I married a genius!"

"We both did," Colby replied.

Mercedes smiled as she leaned forward and kissed him. She couldn't wait to get to their hotel in the Bahamas so they could relax and then plan their trip.