I DO NOT OWN ANYONE OR ANYTHING IN THIS STORY BESIDES THE OC'S.

Melanie's Point of View-
I got up the next morning going down the steps not seeing anyone but followed the smell of breakfast to the kitchen seeing everyone else was already awake.
"Just in time, breakfast just finished…have a seat." Anita's mom said as I ran a hand through my bed head hair.
"I'm not that hungry but I can go for a cup of coffee." I said as she nodded as I walked behind her into the kitchen part of the room standing beside her as she poured me a cup of coffee as I headed to the table where I sat down beside Kevin. "How long have you known?" I asked as I looked to Kevin leaning forward against the table on my forearms and my hands cupping my mug.
"Since he had started wrestling however many years ago…"
"You didn't care to tell me that he was a violent man?" I asked as Kevin began to choke on his food.
"Violent? You think Corey is violent?" He asked as I nodded as I sipped at my coffee. "Because he wrestles? He isn't violent, he is the least violent person I know." Kevin said as he took another bite of his food.
"If he is the least violent person you know then why does he beat other men up for a living?"
"You make it sound like he is in the UFC, which he isn't…wrestling is the less physical fighting when compared to UFC."
"But he has to be some sort of violent person if he even considered wrestling." I said as Kevin let out a sigh, he knew I was right or he knew that he wasn't going to win this argument.
"Whatever…" Kevin said as he put his silverware down excusing himself from the table. I must have really pissed him off then. I didn't care cause I thought what I had thought. I went back upstairs to the guest room I had stayed in the night before packing my things back up. I was the first one into the car looking out the window and I wasn't sure what I was going to do tonight at work when I see Corey. I couldn't be with another violent person because I don't need nor want him bringing that violence home to me. I have been through enough beatings in my life, I have lost enough tears, blood, and sweat on top of the scars, and I can't go through that again. The car was finally loaded up heading back to our residence, nothing looked out of the ordinary this time. So we headed inside like nothing had occurred the night before. I spent rest of the day in my room staring at the NXT website that Kevin had showed me the night before still in disbelief trying to think of what I was going to do with Corey. Considering he is my boyfriend now and I couldn't just ignore him because he would know something is up. My head was clouded with thoughts after this whole thing when a slight knock came to the door, I looked up seeing Kevin leaning against the doorframe. "It's time to go to work." Kevin said as I nodded turning my laptop off to head to work. The day after Alex's appearances are always the most nerve wrecking days because it's that uncertainty of him being there or showing up. What a surprise it would be if he showed up two days in a row but he hasn't been that smart quite yet. When we arrived at the shop, I went inside getting to work on all the things Kevin had put together for me to do hoping to get it done and get out of here as soon as I could. When Corey came in with his piercing gear. "Good evening sweetie." Corey said as I glanced up to him not saying a word then looked back down at the paperwork in front of me, I am sure he was looking at me strangely. "Good evening Corey. Thank you Melanie, is Kevin here? Yeah, he's in the back. Thanks Melanie." Corey said making up a mocking conversation as I glanced up as he walked into the back as I let out a frustrated sigh.
Kevin's Point of View-
I was in the back setting up the different stations besides Corey's station because he always brought his own things and I didn't know anything about the piercing aspect so I left it to him. I heard the door open, I stopped what I was doing so I could hear clearly what was going on out in the lobby to make sure it wasn't Alex showing up again when I recognized Corey's voice. I didn't hear Melanie speak a word to him, and I let out a sigh, I knew that was going to be the first question out of Corey's mouth when he came through that door. I sat down right when Corey walked through the door with a confused expression on his face.
"What's up with her today?" Corey asked as I looked up at him, "Is she like this every day after her butt face of an ex shows up?" He asked curiously.
"Uh no…what is wrong with her is I told her about you wrestling."
"You what?!" Corey asked angrily.
"I had to tell her, especially with the way you were acting yesterday and this being fresh in her system…"
"You had no right to tell her man…now I have to fucking smooth things over because you were a moron." Corey said as he slammed his bag down heading out into the lobby to try to smooth things over with Melanie. Corey was right, I was in no way in the right to tell her for him but I felt like she needed to know. I had never seen Corey act the way he did last night, but I think that a girl in Melanie's situation needed to know that he wrestled. Especially since her secret came out it made it fair that his secret came out. Maybe I should have let him do it in a better situation than the circumstances that were given last night.
Melanie's Point of View-
I closed the folder that was in front of me and got up from my desk heading towards the filing cabinet to file it.
"Melanie." Corey said as I turned to look at him as he jumped over the counter to be closer to me, "Kevin told me what he told you, may I explain myself?" He asked as I turned around hugging the folder to my chest as he smirked. "Silent treatment, okay…look, it's fake…I haven't hurt a single person in my life…"
"Fake? How is wrestling fake?" I asked as he smirked.
"We aren't really punching each other, we use our palm. As for the head locks, it's loose…may I demonstrate on you?" He asked
"No." I said shaking my head very nervous and scared.
"Would I honestly hurt you?"
"I honestly don't know." I said shrugging as I tightened my arms across my chest as Corey let out a sigh before he left without a word which was weird as I went back to filing the folder I was trying to file before he had interrupted. I headed back to my desk when I glanced up when I heard shuffling when I saw Corey dragging Kevin out in some kind of maneuver he would use in wrestling.
"Since you wouldn't volunteer, I got someone that would….Kevin kind of owes me one." Corey said with a smile and chuckle before he let Kevin go then instantly put him into a headlock. "Kevin, does that hurt?" Corey asked in a non-enthused manner.
"No, not at all…just an uncomfortable stance." Kevin said as it did look more uncomfortable than anything.
"See, everything is fake…it's like this, it is more uncomfortable to be in than hurting. As a wrestler, our goal isn't to hurt each other, it is to put on the best match we could and to entertain the audience. I am really close to everyone else in the company, I would never want to hurt them…" Corey said as I eyed him as he let out a sigh, "Would you feel better if I watched an episode with you or take you with me down to Florida to a live show?" He asked as he let out a sigh as I contemplated it.
"I think that is a great idea, Anita, Jack and myself will go with because I am sure Jack will be beyond ecstatic to go because he hasn't been to one in months…" Kevin said.
"I had no idea you guys watched wrestling or even went to these shows." I said as I tangled my fingers in my hair.
"We do, but we try to do it when you aren't around due to the circumstances, we don't want you to get uncomfortable or insecure about your past…" Kevin said, as I began to think maybe I was overreacting about my past relationship but I don't think I was. I didn't want to be hurt again but was I being too stuck up about it for not willing to let others bring violent things around me?
"Does it hurt? It as in wrestling." I asked curiously as Corey smirked.
"Sometimes, especially when we take the bumps…or take those chair shots or something like that…"
"You use chairs and you are telling me it isn't violent?"
"We don't want to do so, it's for the sake of entertainment and I don't want to purposefully hit my friends with a chair…" He said as I tried to hide a smirk from my face, something about the way he said that made me want to laugh. "Look, I don't want to lose you and what can I do to prove that I'm not a violent person?" He asked as I leaned back against the back of my chair.
"I may want to go to the show, but maybe watching an episode with you so you can explain all this things to me…" I said as I bit at my bottom lip as he smiled.
"Sounds good…you want to see one of my scars?" He asked with a half smirk.
"Is that supposed to be a pick up line?"
"I don't need one, I already have you as my girlfriend." He said as he smirked as he pulled his shirt over his head to show me a scar on his back and told me how he got it from a barb wire match he did on what he called the independent scene of wrestling, whatever that was or is. I still wasn't sure about this thing and still think he could be a violent person until proven elsewise. I tried to keep my distance from him until proven that he wasn't that violent as I thought he was and hoped that he would understand. "There is a show on Saturday, Kevin is already down and I'm sure that Anita and Jack won't say no, I think you need one desperately especially after this fiasco with Alex…" Corey asked as he reached out gently brushing his finger along my cheek.
"It would be nice." I said pushing his finger off of my face and he willingly moved his hand.
"You shutting me out…"
"I still think you are violent until proven otherwise." I said as I shifted and looked down at my lap not wanting to look up at him. I felt his finger and thumb grip my chin moving me to look up at him.
"I won't hurt you and understand you're thinking due to circumstances, I will do anything to prove it to you and if you not wanting to be around me, talk to me or anything until this weekend, so be it. It will be worth it in the end but it is going to hurt me so much not being able to talk to you or see you." He said as he leaned in giving my forehead a kiss as he backed away, this time he used the little door to slide through the counter.
"Corey…" I said getting him to turn around, "It's not that I don't want to talk to you or anything, I just lost the trust I had in you and I just…am afraid…as you can see, my ex, he was beyond saving on the violence thing and I…I don't want to get into another relationship like that." I said nervously as I bit at my bottom lip.
"I understand that, and I can promise you that I am no way close to that jackass." Corey said as I bit at my lip harder as he walked back towards me, "You don't have to be afraid around me, I pinky promise you that I will never ever lay a finger on you in a hurtful way." He said sticking his pinky finger out as I hooked my pinky with his. "I stick to my promises, but why do you even think I would be like him?"
"His relationship with me started out like ours, it was nice and like that honeymoon stage where we didn't want to do anything but spend time together then one day he snapped…I just feel that since you wrestle you are more prone to snapping on me, I don't want you to bring your work home with me, it's not like piercing…" I said as he nodded.
"I completely understand…I will go at your pace and let you lead the relationship…" He said as I smirked.
"Thank you." I said as he nodded again before he headed to the back office where Kevin had moved back to after he was used for Corey's demonstration. I leaned back in my chair just staring ahead and thought maybe it would be a good idea to go to Florida this weekend. I needed to see what this whole wrestling thing was about. It was a part of Corey, it would be unfair of me to not give it a shot since he has been so understanding to me and willing to deal with my issues. I would love a trip to Florida, to get away from everything here and never really been out of this state so it would be nice regardless of what happens at this wrestling show. I opened up a new tab on the computer I was working on going the NXT page that Kevin had showed me originally trying to watch one of Corey's matches trying to notice the fakeness aspect of it that Corey had mentioned and showed before but that sound of them hitting the ring along with those chops, I just didn't understand how this was 'fake' or not in a violent nature. I wanted to give Corey a chance but I also didn't want myself getting hurt again in many different areas of my life. He could be good for me but also extremely bad for me. I had finished my work, I went into the back telling Corey and Kevin that I was going to head home causing Corey to walk me to my car. I stood in front of my car door facing him as I nervously played with my keys, as much as I wanted to fear him I wasn't afraid of him hitting me. Why wasn't I afraid of him? I knew he wrestled and could hurt me if he really wanted to but that fear wasn't instilled in me with him, like it was with Alex. "Why am I not afraid of you?" I asked softly as I glanced up at him as he smirked.
"What?" He asked with a chuckle.
"I mean, like when I was with Alex, I was afraid of him…feared when the next strike was going to be but here I am with you…a man that literally fights for a living and I'm not afraid…" I said as he smiled, he reached out resting his hands on my hips and I still did not flinch in anticipation of his touch. He pulled my body closer to his as my hands folded upwards between our bodies, his arms wrapping around my body resting on my back as he smiled.
"Because you know that I won't hurt you…I might fight for a living but I'm a fighter by day and lover by night." He said with a smile as he leaned forward kissing my forehead. "You know that I would never hurt you like he did, I have no reasons to…" He said as I bit at my bottom lip, "You're biting at that bottom lip again, that is a nervous habit you have…" Corey pointed out as I chuckled.
"Yeah, I have tried to stop but it hasn't quite worked yet." I said as he smiled.
"Go home, get some sleep and pack up for the weekend…" He said as I nodded. I broke from Corey's embrace as I opened my car door, he reached out holding the door open for me as I climbed in and he pushed the door shut for me. I watched as Corey walked up to the sidewalk as I put the seatbelt on starting the car and pulled out of the spot heading back to Kevin's house.