Disclaimer: I do not own any rights to any superstars in the WWE and anything placed in this story that relates to real life, is completely coincidental.
Summary: Trish survives a horrible car crash only to end up in a coma. But while she is in the coma she experiences the greatest love story with the most unlikely man.
Distribution: This is for an Original Character story I am writing offline but thought it would also work for fan fiction. If you want to post it anywhere please ask permission. I am an equal opportunity writer.
A/N: In order for me to make the best love story with the characters I chose, I need to tweak some things. Which is why for those of you that still haven't gotten over the fact that she actually woke up, I put her back in the coma. I felt that a lot of my better efforts on this story are when she is out cold. I don't think I have anything left to surprise you with but then again by the time this ends, who knows. Just know that I am intending to pull at your heartstrings for a little while longer, and if I am successful, will have a million people at their screens crying by the end, LOL. Thanks for the support and reviews, on with the show.
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Look into my eyes you will see
What you mean to me
Search your heart search your soul
And when you find me there you'll search no more
Don't tell me it's not worth trying' for
You can't tell me it's not worth dying' for
You know it's true
Everything I do I do it for you
"Remember when you asked me to marry you and I said that I couldn't do it?" she asked, as she softly caressed his cheek with her hand, not letting her eyes slip for a single second.
As he looked at her, he noticed the way her eyes were lighting up in what looked something like hope. He couldn't even begin to imagine what had sent her back to him again, but whatever it was, he was thankful for it. If she could hold onto a little hope in a time like this, where nothing seemed real, then so could he.
"Yeah I seem to remember you needing to leave to go back to your life."
"What if I told you now that this is my life and I want to spend the rest of it with you?"
The instant she let the words slip, she noticed the smile come across his face. What she had said had made him happy and she wanted to spend the rest of her life making him do just that.
"You're serious? You don't think you are going to need to go back to your life and leave what is happening here?"
She shook her head, signaling that she wasn't going to leave him, and he took her hand into his and bent down on one knee.
"Then I guess there is only one thing left to do here then. Trish Stratus, in front of God, the sun in the sky and the world moving around us, will you marry me?"
She let the tears fall then, the ones that had fallen before, but for a different reason seemed almost a distant memory. She was alive now, more alive then before, and she was willing to spend the rest of her life in this limbo if it meant that she could do it with the one man in all the world that had taken a chance and loved her for who she was, Shawn.
Look into your heart you will find
There's nothing' there to hide
Take me as I am take my life
I would give it all I would sacrifice
Don't tell me it's not worth fighting' for
I can't help it there's nothing' I want more
Ya know it's true
Everything I do I do it for you
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He slept peacefully in the chair with the rickety arms, moving ever so slightly every few minutes, almost afraid to wake from his slumber and find that she was gone. He opened his eyes, took a look to make sure that she was still there with him, and he slid back down to fall back into sleep with her.
He had to admit that since all of this had taken place he hadn't been able to eat or sleep. He thought that when she woke up, that he would finally get that chance, and then reality set in that someone had wanted her dead. Now, like so many times before, she was sleep deprived and hunger driven, but he dared not to leave her side.
The doctors knew it was no use; they couldn't make him leave the room for anything in the world, even food and sleep. He had been no use to her when she really needed him and since they had gotten to her, he was hell bent and determined not to let them do it again.
"I wish you could hear me Trish. You are needed by so many people in so many places all over the world. You need to come back to your fans, your family and friends. If that isn't enough for you to keep fighting for, then please, fight for me. Fight for the feelings we shared in another place, in another time. I can't just give up on you and I am hoping you hear me and don't give up on me either."
He heard the commotion then, coming from the reception area of the hospital, only mere seconds from where he sat. Feeling his blood go cold at the voices in the waiting room, he swallowed the truth that he would never get any sleep, and he stood to his feet. He didn't know what she would be doing there but he knew he had to make sure she got the hell out of there.
"I want to know what the hell happened to my husband!"
"Your husband isn't listed as a patient here Ma'am. Are you sure that you have the right hospital?" the orderly asked, trying to calm her down before she upset everyone, patients included.
"I can handle this Amelia. The woman here is looking for me."
Rebecca turned then and saw the most ungodly sight she had ever laid eyes on. The man she had pledged to love for the rest of her life, and then walked out on was standing before her, looking tired, but more or less okay. Who the hell phoned and said he was hurt? She thought, before running to him and throwing her arms around him.
"I got a call in the middle of the night; they said you were in some kind of trouble and to get out here as soon as possible. They even had the airfare paid and the flight waiting when I arrived."
"Well as you can see they were wrong. You can go on home now and be with guy smiley. That was his name right?"
"No, it isn't, that was just something you liked to call him because he always seemed cocky. This was something I remember you doing well throughout our marriage Shawn."
Shawn rolled his eyes, aching to get back in the comfort of the hospital room where at least the chair was the only thing that made him tense up in places he didn't like. He hated having her here, she didn't have a right. He just didn't know what the hell he should say to get her out of there.
"Well if you are alright then what the hell is going on? Why did I get the call in the middle of the night telling me that something had happened to you?"
"Good question, but since you didn't get it from here directly, or from me you shouldn't have come. This has nothing to do with you."
"Okay, fair enough. You care to tell me what it is about then?"
Did he dare talk to his ex wife about the woman in the hospital room that he was in love with? Wasn't there some sort of law that said once divorced you didn't talk about your new lives, just your old one? Knowing he needed someone to talk to about his fears and knowing there was no one better at the moment then Rebecca, he pointed to the chair and motioned for her to sit.
"One of the wrestlers that I work with was in an accident that someone in the business planned, and she is in a coma."
"How did I know that this had something to do with a she? You always were a sucker for the ladies weren't you Shawn?" she said in an understanding tone, which in Shawn's mind took him off guard.
"I was until you came along and changed all of that Rebecca. You knew that I lived for you and our son, and then our little girl. You all meant the world to me. I took the vows seriously."
She touched his arm then, not knowing what else to do, but knowing where this was going.
"Yes you did, and I know it's been a long time coming but I have to say Shawn, I am sorry that I didn't take them as seriously."
There's no love like your love
and no other could give more love
There's nowhere unless you're there
All the time all the way
"What made you want to leave me and not look back?"
"Not you that's for sure. I guess even though I wasn't young anymore I wanted to feel like I was. I had everything, and I blew it. I know that doesn't matter now, it has been a long time, but for the record Shawn, I never stopped loving you."
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Oh you can't tell me it's not worth trying' for
I can't help it there's nothing' I want more
I would fight for you I'd lie for you
Walk the wire for you ya I'd die for you
The breeze blew around them as they stood before God, light shining around them, from Trish and also from the sky above which was rich with light.
They knew it wasn't in a church, or fronted by the preacher and in no way legal, but to the two of them right in the moment, it was all they had. Trish had come back to him, wanted to spend the rest of time with him and he wanted to do the same. He had done everything he could for her and now as they stood together, facing each other, they were about to make forever.
She lifted his face to hers as she began to speak, letting the words reverberate through him.
"You came to me at the worst moment in my life and you gave me something to fight for, something to live for. You told me once that you wanted to spend the rest of your life with me, until the end of time, and then some, and now, as sure as we stand here, I am telling you that I want to do the same with you. I have been through life, and I have been through the ever after, I want to start working on 'an then some'. You were a light through the darkness for me and I pledge myself from this day forward to love you and cherish you."
Shawn, one not to cry unless extremely in pain, felt the tears roll down his cheeks. In any other life he would never hear words spoken with such truth, hope and love. Even now, as she gently wiped the tears away from his face, the words wanted to flow out of him. He had so much to say to her, to thank her for; he didn't know where to begin. He decided to let his heart guide him.
"I was afraid to love again, and then through faith and love and trust, I was given a second chance at it. I had given up all hope of finding that one, the one that you know from the second you see them. You have taught my heart what it means to be in love. You have not only been my best friend through the darkness of life, but you have been my guide as well. You say that I saved you, but when you look at it the way I do, you were the one that was sent to me, at the perfect time. I want to spend every day with you from now until the end of time, and I can't wait to get started."
Under the sun, glistening down on them, they made their vows, married in mind, body, spirit and most of all in love.
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The machines went crazy at that moment, making all the doctors and aids within a forty foot radius come running, and what caused Shawn, caught in the middle of the conversation with Rebecca stand to his feet. He threw a look at her, in a silent sadness at having to end the conversation.
She touched him on the shoulder, wrapped her arms around him, and told him the words he didn't know he needed to hear but felt better upon hearing.
"It's okay, go be with her."
Ya know it's true
Every thing I do - I do it for you
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A/N2: Just so that I don't get sued, I do not own this song, it is owned by Bryan Adams and the writers on the Robin Hood movie. It was called Everything I Do, I Do It For You. I just thought it was fitting for where I wanted to go with this. Also on another note, excuse the retarded page breaks in this chapter, fanfiction won't let me do them for some ungodly reason. LOL