It was the night that Nessa had been dreading all week...Destination X. She sat alone in Joe's locker room while he was out going over the match with Chris and Allen when suddenly the door burst open making her jump and scream. Nessa turned to see Joe standing there with a big smile on his face. "What the hell are you doing? You scared the shit out of me!"

"I just got done talking to Larry." He stated, sitting down beside her on the couch.

"And? What's that got to do with me and why are you so happy?"

"Seems that TNA management loved the way the fans reacted to you last week and they want you to walk with me to the ring tonight." Joe explained, happily.

"Oh hell no! There's no way that I'm doing that, I only went out there last week to keep you from doing something stupid."

"Ness, please?" He asked.

"No, I'm not cut out to do that shit Joe." He leaned close to her and kissed her neck.

"Babe please?" Joe whispered in her ear and she shivered.

"Dammit, I should've never told you about that...all right I'll do it." He smiled and kissed her.

"Great! Let's go talk to Larry." Joe stood up, pulling her with him and drug her to Larry's office.

"Ahh Miss Callahan...so nice to meet you." Larry said, shaking her hand.

"It's nice to meet you too and please call me Vanessa."

"All right Vanessa, Joe here tells me that the two of you are dating."

"Yes that's right...is that a problem?" She asked.

"No not at all. Makes things even better actually. The fans reacted amazingly to you two together last week and that's why I spoke to Joe about you escorting him to the ring tonight."

"Is this a one time thing or do you want me doing this every week?"

"We'll leave that up to you. If after tonight you feel comfortable in going out there with every match that he has then you'll be able to do so. If you don't feel comfortable doing it then it will only be a one time deal. I'm pretty sure Joe would like to have you out there with him every week though." Larry stated, winking at her and she laughed.

"I would love to be out there with him every week but I'm not sure if I can handle it. I'll see how tonight goes then decide from there. As far as I know...none of the fans know that we are dating off camera and I would like to keep it that way for as long as possible. Not because I am ashamed of my relationship with Joe, because I'm not but because I value my privacy and I don't want our lives turned upside down. I've seen too many relationships go sour from being in the public eye."

"I understand that and we will do all that we can to keep your real relationship hidden for as long as you want. Sometimes though it can't be avoided and it does come out." Larry said and Nessa smiled.

"I'm aware of that and I'm ready if that does happen but for right now I guess you could say that I'm being a bit selfish because I like having Joe all to myself."

"And I like the fact that she has me all to herself." Joe spoke up, chuckling.

"All right hornball...let's go. If I'm gonna go out there tonight I need to find something decent to wear."

"Just go to wardrobe. I'm sure that they have something you'll like." Larry suggested.

"Thanks, I will." Nessa took Joe's hand and they left Larry's locker room. Joe took her to wardrobe where she found a black leather skirt and a dark blue corset tank top. "This look good baby?" She asked, holding the clothes up for him to check out.

"Those will look sexy on you." She smiled and took the clothes to his locker room. "I can't believe I'm doing this shit." Nessa stated, changing her clothes.

"You'll do fine babe." Joe assured her as he got ready himself.

"I just hope I don't do something stupid and make a complete ass out of myself."

"Don't concentrate on that or you will. Just go out there and have a good time, forget everything else. If you get nervous or scared just keep your focus on me."

"I always do that anyway." She said, kissing him. The knock came on his door and she took a deep breath. "Well here goes nothing."

"It'll be okay, I promise." Joe took her hand and led her to the entrance tunnel. Chris spotted them coming and smiled.

"Hey guys! What's going on?"

"Ness is walking me to the ring tonight." Joe replied.

"She's what?" Allen gasped, walking up beside them.

"TNA management liked the way the fans reacted to me last week so Larry asked me to escort Joe out tonight. It's just a test run right now but if I like it after tonight I'll be doing it for good." Nessa stated.

"Oh wow, that's great!" Chris smiled.

"For who exactly?" Nessa grumbled.

"You don't want to be out there with him?" Allen asked.

"She's nervous." Joe spoke up.

"Ahh. That's understandable, it'll be all right. It's not as bad as it seems really."

"You guys are up!" A stagehand called to them.

"Time to party!" Chris smirked as his music started. Nessa watched him go out to the ring on the monitor, getting even more nervous. Allen's music started up and he smiled at her.

"You'll do fine." He reassured her and walked out of the tunnel.

"Baby...I'm scared." Nessa whispered.

"Ness, babe I'm going to be right beside you all the way to the ring. There's nothing to be scared of." He kissed her gently and squeezed her hand. His music started up and she knew there was no turning back now.

Joe and Nessa walked through the tunnel hand in hand. When the crowd spotted them together the cheers were almost deafening and Nessa couldn't help but smile. Joe let go of her hand long enough to grab her waist and pull her body flush against his. "See, they love you." He whispered before kissing her. After he pulled away from the kiss he wrapped his towel around her neck and she giggled. They walked to the ring together and she stood at ringside as he got in.

The match started and it quickly came outside the ring with many high flying moves which meant Nessa had to be fast on her feet to get away from the action to keep from getting injured. She cheered loudly for Joe, happy when he was on the offensive and worried when he was laid out even though she knew what was going to happen. The minute that he got on the top rope and began climbing the structure to get to his belt Nessa wanted to look away but knew she couldn't. He hadn't got far when Allen hit Chris with a move causing him to fall off the structure and Nessa flinched. "Come on Joe! Get up!" She screamed, pounding on the mat. He did get up and the match went on. Finally it was time for it to end and Chris climbed up the structure, across the ropes and grabbed the belt. Nessa watched Joe, feeling bad that he had to lose his belt this way but she knew there was nothing either of them could do.

He climbed out of the ring and started destroying things, over-turning the steel steps and yelling. Joe started backing up the ramp and motioned for Nessa to come to him. She ran to his side, anger apparent on her face and they both walked to the back.