Ch 55

Their wedding day quickly arrived making them both very happy. Mark was nervous as he waited under the archway covered in white and pink roses in the backyard of one of Lisa's mom's houses. They had decided to have the wedding and the reception in her backyard in the rose garden where there was a stunning view of the ocean. Mark tried not to pace as all the guests filtered in finding their seats.

"You ready to run yet?" John tapped his shoulder.

"No way," Mark grinned. "I'm ready for this."

"I hope you are because it looks like there is no backing out now," Glen joined them taking his place as best man as the wedding march started. Mark shifted nervously as the maid of honor and a bridesmaid both Lisa's friends from cheerleading made their way down the aisle. Mark's mouth almost dropped open when Lisa appeared with her step dad under the other rose arch. Mark was taken away by how beautiful she looked in the white off the shoulder gown that tapered to her waist than flowed freely. His eyes met hers as she made her way to him. He had to restrain himself from kissing her when she took his hand.

"You look absolutely beautiful," Mark whispered in her ear making her smile even more. The minister started the ceremony and it wasn't long before he announced them husband and wife to the happy cheers of their family and friends. Mark picked her up kissing her deeply making her heart flutter happily. They both had never felt happier than at that moment. Mark held her hand tightly as they made their way down the aisle under a cascade of bubbles.

"I love you Mrs. Callaway," Mark kissed her again as they passed the arch before all the guests started to follow them to congratulate them.

"I love you too," Lisa caressed his face kissing him softly. They kissed a few more times before Glen and John came to congratulate them starting the procession of well wishers. Lisa got even more tears in her eyes when her mom came to them.

"I wish you both all the happiness I have with Eric. You two are going to have a wonderful life I know it and I can't wait for my grandchild to come," Lisa's mom was crying as she hugged them both. Lisa looked at Mark knowing her mom was right they would have a wonderful life and this was just the start of it.

The reception that followed was filled with lots of dancing and celebrating till the stars filled the sky above them. Mark and Lisa were enjoying being with family and friends but they wanted to be alone and have their own celebration. They were about to sneak off when Adam stopped them.

"Not so fast my wedding gift is just about to start," Adam pointed up towards the sky as fireworks started.

"Oh my," Lisa exclaimed as the colors filled the air.

"You two like?" Adam widely smiled as they both nodded yes.

"The perfect end to the perfect ceremony," Mark smiled wrapping his arms around Lisa.

"Here's to the start of your perfect life together," Glen joined them raising his wine glass to toast them.

"I second that," Adam grinned hoping Lisa would have all the happiness with Mark that she deserved. Lisa leaned back against Mark cherishing the joy she felt at the moment. When the fireworks ended, Mark and Lisa said their goodbyes to their guests than headed back to their home to enjoy their night together before having to leave early in the morning to catch their flight to King of the Ring.


The night seemed to fly by for Mark and Lisa. It felt like in a heartbeat they were on the plane to Ohio for King of the Ring. Lisa slept most of the short plane ride cuddled close to Mark. Mark could sense she was exhausted from the quick wedding planning followed by the wedding. Lisa wouldn't admit it she was just happy to be his wife and that was all that mattered to her. When they finally arrived at Nationwide Arena, Mark reluctantly let Lisa go to a meeting with Vince while he went to the ring area to watch them assemble the cage. He was lost in his thoughts of all that had happened to lead to this moment as he watched the cage clang down around the ring while they started to work on the second smaller cage that would be atop with Lisa in it. He intently studied the cage planning his strategy for the night. There was no way he could lose because that would mean hell for Lisa having to deal with Paul constantly while Mark would be sitting at home helpless. He wasn't going to let her live a life of hell like that. He was her husband now and he would do anything to protect her.

"Mark, are you ok?" her voice brought him back to the present as she sat down next to him.

"Yes," Mark ran his hand under her hair caressing her neck. "What did Vince want?"

"He was assuring me how tonight's match is completely safe for me and the baby," Lisa looked at the cage looming on top of the other one. "He has arranged for Glen to accompany us to the ring to keep an eye on things and Vince has tons of security standing by if things get out of hand."

"Do you feel okay about this?" Mark gently caressed her hand.

"Honestly no, I don't want to be up in the cage helplessly watching the match," Lisa sighed worried something bad would happen to Mark. "I don't want you to lose your career tonight."

"I won't," Mark kissed her lightly. "I want my wife by my side all the time. There is no way I'm going to lose to Paul and watch you be his valet."

"Have you seen Paul yet?" Lisa asked as the clanging of the steel made her jump.

"No, I'm sure he is around though. It's a few hours to show time," Mark's gaze went to the cage. "Let's get out of here."

"Sounds good to me," Lisa took his hand as they left the ring area. They spent the next few hours with Glen, Adam, and John going over the best strategy for Mark to use. Lisa felt her heart racing as the time got closer for King of the Ring to start. She didn't want Mark to have to fight tonight. She was afraid of him getting hurt but she knew there was no stopping him.

Lisa changed into the dark blue tight shorts and matching tank top checking her reflection in mirror as she heard King of the Ring start. Mark came up behind her wrapping his arms around her.

"What are you thinking about?" Mark ran his hands over her stomach thinking of their baby.

"The baby and in a few months I won't be able to wear clothes like this anymore," Lisa ran her hands over the tight clothes.

"You'll still be beautiful no matter what you have to wear," Mark kissed her cheek as a knock came on the door.

"Come in," Mark yelled as Glen poked his head in.

"Hey guys, you ready for tonight," Glen could feel the tension and worry in the air.

"As ready as we will ever be," Mark kept holding on to Lisa afraid to let her go.

"Mark, I promise you I'm going to keep a close eye on Lisa if I see any problems I'm letting her out of that cage," Glen showed Mark the key. "Vince gave me the key and told me not to hesitate if I think there is a problem. His last words were that the baby's health was most important. I've been practicing scaling that cage and I can get up there pretty quick."

"That's good because I'm going to have my hands full beating the life out of Paul," Mark couldn't wait to get his hands on Paul.

"The doctor cleared me for tonight so I'm sure the baby will be fine. I don't plan to have any physical involvement in this match," Lisa wasn't about to put her baby at risk.

"We will make sure you don't. John and Adam will be backstage in case we need them," Glen was confident Lisa would be ok while Mark still couldn't shake his fears.

"I just can't wait till its over," Lisa deeply sighed.

"It will be over soon sweetheart," Mark kissed her neck.

"Not soon enough," Lisa couldn't stop worrying about Mark.

"We have to go do our segment before the match," Mark took her hand leading her into the hall with Glen close behind. They came around the corner coming face to face with Paul.

"Hi, how are you two doing?" Paul sneered looking at Lisa noticing there was something different about her but he couldn't figure out what.

"Perfect, tonight I get to kick your ass," Mark glared at Paul.

"We will see," Paul's eyes scanned Lisa seeing the wedding ring on her finger. His heart caught in his throat at the sight of it. "What's the deal with the wedding ring?"

"Well what does a wedding ring normally mean?" Mark asked as Paul felt his stomach turning. "Better yet what does it mean when two people have matching wedding rings?" Mark held up his hand showing Paul his ring.

"You married this ass," Paul stared at Lisa.

"Mark and I got married yesterday," Lisa put her arm around Mark. "I'm now Lisa Callaway."

Paul couldn't say a word he just walked away feeling like his heart was exploding. He kept walking to his locker room. He opened the door going into a fit of rage ripping the room apart. He threw anything he could into the walls.

Lisa listened to the pounding sounds knowing that was a bad sign.

"Mark, you have to be very careful tonight," Lisa cringed as Paul threw something against his locker room door. "He is very pissed and that's means trouble."

"Stop worrying about Paul just worry about our little one," Mark placed his hand on her stomach kissing her as they were called to do their segment.