The brunette sighed as she stepped off the plane. It's not as if she didn't
enjoy her life, but something was missing, a part of her was missing and
she was on a mission to find it. She was tired of the same old shit
happening day in and day out. She craved for something new and then she had
it. Well almost. She was on her way to the toughest interview of all. An
interview with the McMahon family. Her palms got sweaty as she remembered
the phone call with Shane. He had seemed so sweet when they talked. It was
an instant friendship, she had told him of her horrible life and how she
wanted out. Shane had done nothing but listen to her cry and sob many
nights when she couldn't sleep. She realized she had to repay him, but she
didn't know how to. Her eyes widened in shock as she stepped into the
crowded airport. She didn't realize it would be this busy. Making her way
to the baggage claim she grabbed her suitcase and began to walk out until a
man with a sign caught her attention.
"Hello, I'm Amethyst Jane."
"Miss Jane so nice of you to finally arrive, I do hope your plane trip was well."
"Yes it was fine thank you, where are we going exactly?"
"I'm here to drop you off at the hotel and then tomorrow morning we head to the WWE headquarters for your interview."
Nodding Amethyst grabbed a hair band from her handbag and tied her hair back in a messy ponytail; the man grabbed her suitcase and led her out of the busy airport. Once in the limo she grabbed her cell phone and turned it back on, smiling when she heard the buzz for voice mail. Her smile fell off her face when she realized it wasn't Shane's voice ob the other end.
"You thought you could run from me? Little girl you don't know who you're messing with, you get back here by tomorrow and there won't be as much pain, but if you stay any longer I will kill you and I will kill the man you have on the side, I know you are screwing him Amethyst. I don't know his name but I swear to god no one leaves me like this."
Unable to stop the tears that flowed freely down her face Amethyst tried her best to wipe them away, when they stopped and the driver opened the door he automatically knew something wasn't right.
"Miss Jane is everything alright?"
"Its fine thank you, I just need to get to my room and phone someone."
"No problem, I'll grab your bags and we'll get you settled in."
Smiling Amethyst got out of the limo and walked into the hotel, she stood at the counter waiting for what seemed hours until the driver gave her the key card to her room, smiling he took her suitcase and headed off. She finally got to her room and walked in, making sure to lock the door behind her she grabbed her cell and called the only person she could think of.
"Shane are you busy? Thank god, I need to talk please. He called, I was on the plane, he left voice mail. He told me if I didn't come back tonight he would find me and god Shane I'm so scared. I know what he's like. He thinks I'm cheating on him. Shane I'm so afraid of what he can do. Thank you, I'll be ready in an hour, what room do I have to go to? Seven oh five? Alright. I'm so sorry about all this. I hope I can make it up to you and your family. See you in an hour."
Amethyst laid down on the bed and let her tears flow. Eventually she got up and grabbed her outfit smiling she knew she had to make a lasting impression. Running into the bathroom she had a quick shower and began to get dressed and do her make up. She bit her lip as she saw that the last bruise still hadn't faded away. She quickly tried to cover it with make up but it was still faintly visible. Giving up she grabbed her shoes and put them on and grabbed her key and resume before dashing out of the room and towards the lift. Her nerves got worse as she stepped in and hit the button to get to the right floor, by the time the doors reopened her nerves were sky high. She found the room with no problems and softly knocked.
Her eyes widened in shock as Shane answered the door. He no longer wore the trademark suits he wore on TV he was in jeans and a jersey. Smiling and blushing Amethyst waved shyly.
"Hey Shane, I made it on time."
"Amethyst, oh my god you look so different."
"Wow should that be a compliment or an insult?"
Shane smiled and took her hand gently into his and guided her into the room. She smiled at his gesture and kept to herself until they got to the living room where his family were seated.
"Mom, dad Steph, meet Amethyst."
"Hey Mr. and Mrs. McMahon, hello Steph."
"No need for that, you can call us Vince, Linda and Steph."
Amethyst smiled and sat down, as she was about to speak her cell phone went off, looking at the caller id her mood went from relaxed too stressed.
"Excuse me, I need to take this."
She stood up and answered it with a shaky breathe.
"Hello? Don't do this please, why can't you just leave me alone. I'm not coming back and you can't make me. I'm a grown woman. You don't own me dammit. Leave me alone alright, just let me live my life my own way. Listen to me, I don't love you you hit me you raped me you killed my unborn child and you expect me to take you back? I despise you Jacob. Goodbye!"
Amethyst hung up the phone and turned it off; trying to once again get control of her emotions she felt the tears fall as someone placed their hand on her shoulder. Unable to control them anymore she broke down. Shane walked through the entrance way and looked at Steph as she tried to calm Amethyst down. Shane grabbed Steph and picked Amethyst up taking her into his room he sat on the bed with her in his arms rocking her as she cried. Eventually she fell asleep but Shane never left her side, Vince walked in and looked at his son and the girl in his arms.
"Shane I hope you know what you're doing"
"Dad she's hurting, she needs to get away from everything she has told me, I know she can do this job, and I've seen what she can do. I've looked her up online and yes she has a record but she explained it too me. He set her up and she took the fall, damn dad she needs a new life, let's give it to her."
Vince sighed and walked out of the room, Shane following after a few minutes. They sat at the computer as Shane showed him the various things Amethyst could do. Including new look rosters for both SmackDown and Raw. Vince was impressed as was Linda and Steph. Finally they agreed to employ her. Looking at the clock and noticing it was almost dinner time Shane excused himself to go wake her up.
"Shane, invite her to join us for dinner, over which she will tell us how much or how little she likes, if we want to protect her we need to know how to."
Shane nodded and left. As he walked into the room he noticed Amethyst laying there her eyes fluttering open.
"Shane is that you?"
"Yea Amethyst it's me."
"I'm sorry for all of this; if you and your family want me to leave I'll understand."
"It's the opposite kiddo. We actually want you to stay around. Dad invited you to dinner with us, we want to help you but we need to know what we are facing."
"Shane I can't put you or your family in danger."
"You won't. Just let us help you out."
"I'm scared, Jacob has contacts everywhere."
"He won't find you if we give you a new identity."
"You always know how to make me feel better you know."
"I know, come on get up freshen up, I'm sure Steph will let you use her make up."
"Thank you Shane. I'll be out in a moment."
Shane nodded and left the room, a smile on his face. Steph was waiting in the hallway.
"How is she?"
"Fine, you may want to take your make up in there, I think she may want to freshen herself up before dinner, I'm not sure where were going to end up so if you think she needs a new outfit can you loan her one?"
"Sure. I'll take them in now dad said we're going to Audrey's for dinner so I'll find something for her."
"Thanks Steph, I owe you one."
"Shane you have feelings for her don't you?"
"Steph I don't wish to talk about this."
"Fine. I'll find out eventually."
"She's being stalked by an ex Steph, I think I can count out a relationship."
Sighing he walked off leaving Steph standing there in awe. She smiled and walked to her room grabbing a few outfits and her make up before heading to Shane's room.
"Amethyst, it's only me."
"Come in Steph."
Steph walked in and gasped at what she saw. Amethyst had washed her old make up off and was staring at the massive bruise.
"He done it to you didn't he?"
"Yes. It was the last thing he ever done to me. Once he had passed out I left. I was pretty much living on the street when I saw your ad."
Steph hugged her and helped her cover it up, and to get dressed. Soon the both stepped out into the lounge room and got many shocked looks from Vince Shane and Linda.
"Amethyst, you look dashing this evening."
"Thank you Vince. Shane close your mouth dear, you don't want a fly to fly in there do you?"
Everyone laughed as Amethyst smiled and Shane blushed. He took her hand and led her towards the door with the rest following them. Dinner went fast as Amethyst told them about he numerous things Jacob had put her through including the bruise beside her eye and the small fading scar on her back. Shane had felt his blood boil at a few of the stories she told, Steph and Linda had both shed tears with Amethyst as she spoke. Near the end of dinner she cleared her throat and spoke softly.
"He has done many things to me to make me hate him, but he done one thing to make me wish he was dead. I was pregnant and I knew him well enough to know if I had of told him he would have made me have an abortion. I couldn't do that to a child, I can't kill a living thing. The night I told him, he hit me, he kept hitting me until I was a bloody mess, then he grabbed a baseball bat and began hitting my stomach with it, even with blood pouring out of me down there he kept it up, I'm not sure how long it went for, I passed out. When I awoke, he had told me that the police had been informed that a bunch of thugs came to our house and had assaulted me, if I had of told the police the truth I wouldn't be here right now."
There was silence all around the table as tears again threatened to flow down her cheeks, unable to stand it anymore Amethyst got up and ran out of the restaurant. She got to the street and ran towards the hotel, finally inside she got to her room and locked herself in and cried her eyes out all night.
The next morning Amethyst woke up and searched for her phone. She couldn't find it; she was so frustrated with how much she had let out last night. She jumped as the phone in the hotel room rang.
"Hello. Yes I'm fine; ok I'll be there as soon as I can. Oh you have my cell? Cool see you then Steph. Bye."
Groaning softly Amethyst had a shower and got dressed after doing her make up she ran to the lift and waited in the lobby for her driver. Once he showed up they drove to the arena and he escorted Amethyst to Steph's office. Amethyst walked in her nerves on end. Steph smiled and motioned for her to take a seat, which she done.
"Amethyst last night my family tried to offer you help."
"Steph, I'm sorry, I let my emotions get the best of me, and I let too much out. Don't get me wrong. I love the fact your family has offered to help me, but last night I was already on edge from Jacob's call. I always am when he rings or emails me. So please don't hate me."
"We don't hate you, Shane is worried out of his mind, he has feelings for you Amethyst and I don't want my brother hurt. He's waiting in the production area. So I suggest you sign your contract and get ready for work."
Nodding Amethyst looked over the contract and grabbed her phone off Steph's desk. Steph waved as Amethyst walked out of the office and around the backstage area. She smiled as she got to the production area and slowly walked through the door. Shane looked up and his breath caught in his throat. Amethyst was standing there wearing a long black dress which was see through in some areas. She spotted him and blushed as she walked over to him. He picked her up and hugged her tight as the other workers looked at them.
"You shouldn't have ran like that last night."
"I know, I'm sorry for that. How about to make it up you and I order dinner in and sit in the hotel room and talk all night?"
Shane smiled and nodded before clearing his throat.
"Going into boss mode huh? Well that's cool; just tell me where I need to be."
"For starters you can fix up the roster pages w have, put whatever you like I trust your judgment. Once you do that you can have lunch then I'll have some other things to do after that."
Amethyst nodded and sat down at the spare computer which was right next to Shane's desk. Grinning she got her program disk out and installed a few before setting to work. Lunch had long passed and Amethyst was in front of all her work, clearing up most things that didn't need to be done for months. She knew if anything needed to be changed she could do it within minutes. She looked up at the clock and realized that the night was far from over. Shane had a segment on Raw and she wanted to watch it. After putting everything onto a back up disk she got her bag and Shane's bag and walked into his locker room, sitting in the far back corner she waited for his promo to end. The two linked arms and headed out of the arena to the hotel.
The two sat on Amethyst's bed and talked and fed each other. Amethyst laughed as Shane done an imitation of Eric Bischoff. She couldn't believe how great he was even when they were working together. She sighed and looked at the clock noticing it was almost midnight. She looked at Shane and saw he was almost asleep.
"Shane, you can stay here if you like. I just need to get changed into my night clothes."
"That's ok Amethyst. I'll just wait here. If I fall asleep don't wake me till morning."
"Shane get under the covers, I'll be out soon."
Shane nodded and got out of his work clothes and laid under the covers in his boxers. Amethyst came out of the bathroom only wearing a pair of boxers and a sports bra; together they fell asleep with Shane's arms wrapped around her body.
"Hello, I'm Amethyst Jane."
"Miss Jane so nice of you to finally arrive, I do hope your plane trip was well."
"Yes it was fine thank you, where are we going exactly?"
"I'm here to drop you off at the hotel and then tomorrow morning we head to the WWE headquarters for your interview."
Nodding Amethyst grabbed a hair band from her handbag and tied her hair back in a messy ponytail; the man grabbed her suitcase and led her out of the busy airport. Once in the limo she grabbed her cell phone and turned it back on, smiling when she heard the buzz for voice mail. Her smile fell off her face when she realized it wasn't Shane's voice ob the other end.
"You thought you could run from me? Little girl you don't know who you're messing with, you get back here by tomorrow and there won't be as much pain, but if you stay any longer I will kill you and I will kill the man you have on the side, I know you are screwing him Amethyst. I don't know his name but I swear to god no one leaves me like this."
Unable to stop the tears that flowed freely down her face Amethyst tried her best to wipe them away, when they stopped and the driver opened the door he automatically knew something wasn't right.
"Miss Jane is everything alright?"
"Its fine thank you, I just need to get to my room and phone someone."
"No problem, I'll grab your bags and we'll get you settled in."
Smiling Amethyst got out of the limo and walked into the hotel, she stood at the counter waiting for what seemed hours until the driver gave her the key card to her room, smiling he took her suitcase and headed off. She finally got to her room and walked in, making sure to lock the door behind her she grabbed her cell and called the only person she could think of.
"Shane are you busy? Thank god, I need to talk please. He called, I was on the plane, he left voice mail. He told me if I didn't come back tonight he would find me and god Shane I'm so scared. I know what he's like. He thinks I'm cheating on him. Shane I'm so afraid of what he can do. Thank you, I'll be ready in an hour, what room do I have to go to? Seven oh five? Alright. I'm so sorry about all this. I hope I can make it up to you and your family. See you in an hour."
Amethyst laid down on the bed and let her tears flow. Eventually she got up and grabbed her outfit smiling she knew she had to make a lasting impression. Running into the bathroom she had a quick shower and began to get dressed and do her make up. She bit her lip as she saw that the last bruise still hadn't faded away. She quickly tried to cover it with make up but it was still faintly visible. Giving up she grabbed her shoes and put them on and grabbed her key and resume before dashing out of the room and towards the lift. Her nerves got worse as she stepped in and hit the button to get to the right floor, by the time the doors reopened her nerves were sky high. She found the room with no problems and softly knocked.
Her eyes widened in shock as Shane answered the door. He no longer wore the trademark suits he wore on TV he was in jeans and a jersey. Smiling and blushing Amethyst waved shyly.
"Hey Shane, I made it on time."
"Amethyst, oh my god you look so different."
"Wow should that be a compliment or an insult?"
Shane smiled and took her hand gently into his and guided her into the room. She smiled at his gesture and kept to herself until they got to the living room where his family were seated.
"Mom, dad Steph, meet Amethyst."
"Hey Mr. and Mrs. McMahon, hello Steph."
"No need for that, you can call us Vince, Linda and Steph."
Amethyst smiled and sat down, as she was about to speak her cell phone went off, looking at the caller id her mood went from relaxed too stressed.
"Excuse me, I need to take this."
She stood up and answered it with a shaky breathe.
"Hello? Don't do this please, why can't you just leave me alone. I'm not coming back and you can't make me. I'm a grown woman. You don't own me dammit. Leave me alone alright, just let me live my life my own way. Listen to me, I don't love you you hit me you raped me you killed my unborn child and you expect me to take you back? I despise you Jacob. Goodbye!"
Amethyst hung up the phone and turned it off; trying to once again get control of her emotions she felt the tears fall as someone placed their hand on her shoulder. Unable to control them anymore she broke down. Shane walked through the entrance way and looked at Steph as she tried to calm Amethyst down. Shane grabbed Steph and picked Amethyst up taking her into his room he sat on the bed with her in his arms rocking her as she cried. Eventually she fell asleep but Shane never left her side, Vince walked in and looked at his son and the girl in his arms.
"Shane I hope you know what you're doing"
"Dad she's hurting, she needs to get away from everything she has told me, I know she can do this job, and I've seen what she can do. I've looked her up online and yes she has a record but she explained it too me. He set her up and she took the fall, damn dad she needs a new life, let's give it to her."
Vince sighed and walked out of the room, Shane following after a few minutes. They sat at the computer as Shane showed him the various things Amethyst could do. Including new look rosters for both SmackDown and Raw. Vince was impressed as was Linda and Steph. Finally they agreed to employ her. Looking at the clock and noticing it was almost dinner time Shane excused himself to go wake her up.
"Shane, invite her to join us for dinner, over which she will tell us how much or how little she likes, if we want to protect her we need to know how to."
Shane nodded and left. As he walked into the room he noticed Amethyst laying there her eyes fluttering open.
"Shane is that you?"
"Yea Amethyst it's me."
"I'm sorry for all of this; if you and your family want me to leave I'll understand."
"It's the opposite kiddo. We actually want you to stay around. Dad invited you to dinner with us, we want to help you but we need to know what we are facing."
"Shane I can't put you or your family in danger."
"You won't. Just let us help you out."
"I'm scared, Jacob has contacts everywhere."
"He won't find you if we give you a new identity."
"You always know how to make me feel better you know."
"I know, come on get up freshen up, I'm sure Steph will let you use her make up."
"Thank you Shane. I'll be out in a moment."
Shane nodded and left the room, a smile on his face. Steph was waiting in the hallway.
"How is she?"
"Fine, you may want to take your make up in there, I think she may want to freshen herself up before dinner, I'm not sure where were going to end up so if you think she needs a new outfit can you loan her one?"
"Sure. I'll take them in now dad said we're going to Audrey's for dinner so I'll find something for her."
"Thanks Steph, I owe you one."
"Shane you have feelings for her don't you?"
"Steph I don't wish to talk about this."
"Fine. I'll find out eventually."
"She's being stalked by an ex Steph, I think I can count out a relationship."
Sighing he walked off leaving Steph standing there in awe. She smiled and walked to her room grabbing a few outfits and her make up before heading to Shane's room.
"Amethyst, it's only me."
"Come in Steph."
Steph walked in and gasped at what she saw. Amethyst had washed her old make up off and was staring at the massive bruise.
"He done it to you didn't he?"
"Yes. It was the last thing he ever done to me. Once he had passed out I left. I was pretty much living on the street when I saw your ad."
Steph hugged her and helped her cover it up, and to get dressed. Soon the both stepped out into the lounge room and got many shocked looks from Vince Shane and Linda.
"Amethyst, you look dashing this evening."
"Thank you Vince. Shane close your mouth dear, you don't want a fly to fly in there do you?"
Everyone laughed as Amethyst smiled and Shane blushed. He took her hand and led her towards the door with the rest following them. Dinner went fast as Amethyst told them about he numerous things Jacob had put her through including the bruise beside her eye and the small fading scar on her back. Shane had felt his blood boil at a few of the stories she told, Steph and Linda had both shed tears with Amethyst as she spoke. Near the end of dinner she cleared her throat and spoke softly.
"He has done many things to me to make me hate him, but he done one thing to make me wish he was dead. I was pregnant and I knew him well enough to know if I had of told him he would have made me have an abortion. I couldn't do that to a child, I can't kill a living thing. The night I told him, he hit me, he kept hitting me until I was a bloody mess, then he grabbed a baseball bat and began hitting my stomach with it, even with blood pouring out of me down there he kept it up, I'm not sure how long it went for, I passed out. When I awoke, he had told me that the police had been informed that a bunch of thugs came to our house and had assaulted me, if I had of told the police the truth I wouldn't be here right now."
There was silence all around the table as tears again threatened to flow down her cheeks, unable to stand it anymore Amethyst got up and ran out of the restaurant. She got to the street and ran towards the hotel, finally inside she got to her room and locked herself in and cried her eyes out all night.
The next morning Amethyst woke up and searched for her phone. She couldn't find it; she was so frustrated with how much she had let out last night. She jumped as the phone in the hotel room rang.
"Hello. Yes I'm fine; ok I'll be there as soon as I can. Oh you have my cell? Cool see you then Steph. Bye."
Groaning softly Amethyst had a shower and got dressed after doing her make up she ran to the lift and waited in the lobby for her driver. Once he showed up they drove to the arena and he escorted Amethyst to Steph's office. Amethyst walked in her nerves on end. Steph smiled and motioned for her to take a seat, which she done.
"Amethyst last night my family tried to offer you help."
"Steph, I'm sorry, I let my emotions get the best of me, and I let too much out. Don't get me wrong. I love the fact your family has offered to help me, but last night I was already on edge from Jacob's call. I always am when he rings or emails me. So please don't hate me."
"We don't hate you, Shane is worried out of his mind, he has feelings for you Amethyst and I don't want my brother hurt. He's waiting in the production area. So I suggest you sign your contract and get ready for work."
Nodding Amethyst looked over the contract and grabbed her phone off Steph's desk. Steph waved as Amethyst walked out of the office and around the backstage area. She smiled as she got to the production area and slowly walked through the door. Shane looked up and his breath caught in his throat. Amethyst was standing there wearing a long black dress which was see through in some areas. She spotted him and blushed as she walked over to him. He picked her up and hugged her tight as the other workers looked at them.
"You shouldn't have ran like that last night."
"I know, I'm sorry for that. How about to make it up you and I order dinner in and sit in the hotel room and talk all night?"
Shane smiled and nodded before clearing his throat.
"Going into boss mode huh? Well that's cool; just tell me where I need to be."
"For starters you can fix up the roster pages w have, put whatever you like I trust your judgment. Once you do that you can have lunch then I'll have some other things to do after that."
Amethyst nodded and sat down at the spare computer which was right next to Shane's desk. Grinning she got her program disk out and installed a few before setting to work. Lunch had long passed and Amethyst was in front of all her work, clearing up most things that didn't need to be done for months. She knew if anything needed to be changed she could do it within minutes. She looked up at the clock and realized that the night was far from over. Shane had a segment on Raw and she wanted to watch it. After putting everything onto a back up disk she got her bag and Shane's bag and walked into his locker room, sitting in the far back corner she waited for his promo to end. The two linked arms and headed out of the arena to the hotel.
The two sat on Amethyst's bed and talked and fed each other. Amethyst laughed as Shane done an imitation of Eric Bischoff. She couldn't believe how great he was even when they were working together. She sighed and looked at the clock noticing it was almost midnight. She looked at Shane and saw he was almost asleep.
"Shane, you can stay here if you like. I just need to get changed into my night clothes."
"That's ok Amethyst. I'll just wait here. If I fall asleep don't wake me till morning."
"Shane get under the covers, I'll be out soon."
Shane nodded and got out of his work clothes and laid under the covers in his boxers. Amethyst came out of the bathroom only wearing a pair of boxers and a sports bra; together they fell asleep with Shane's arms wrapped around her body.
