Pieces of a Dream

By: Arieru

Arieru: Chapter 16. Be grateful because I'm tired.

Disclaimer: Don't own the wrestlers, their personas, or anything that belongs to the WWE. I am not making profit writing this it's just for fun, all that I own is Anastacia and her family; I also own the plot. Any resemblance to real people and places is a creepy ass coincidence.

Thank Yous:

To 2Deez: Glad you like it so far and hope you enjoy this chapter despite the shortness.

To Everyone else: Well here we go with chapter 16 hope you all like!

Chapter 16:

Will the Madness Ever Stop?

Anastacia lay in the Women's locker room she needed about 300 more dollars and it was 2 weeks before August. Ashley watched the woman as she lay down and then quirked an eyebrow when the Cuban's lips twisted into a smile.

"What are you so happy about?" she asked slipping a pair of leather gloves on.

"You know I only need 300 more dollars. I can't wait to see Isaiah I wonder how big he is?" she wondered to herself.

"That's good, but remember you still have to deal with your mother." Ashley answered.

Anastacia leaned on her elbow and looked up at Ashley. A small frown formed on her face.

"I know but I think when everything is stable and with my dad getting out of jail in about 4 more months she'll cool down. Maybe we can establish a better relationship?" Anastacia shrugged her shoulders.

"That would be good for you Anastacia." Ashley commented.

Anastacia smiled before standing up.

"I know." She answered before turning on the T.V. in the locker room. The show had started a couple of minutes ago Lashley had assured her he'd be fine without her. He knew different but managed to convince her. Finlay had no morals when it came to hitting a woman, Lashley knew that for a fact, he didn't want anything to happen to her especially since he could tell the woman had a bit of a hard time moving around.

Anastacia held a secret of her own. During the match at Saturday Night's Main Event she injured her ribs; however, she didn't bother to get treatment because she didn't want to bother anyone. She figured they'd heal on their own.

"Shit." Anastacia cussed out loud as screen revealed the end of the match.

Lashley had lost his rematch for the United States Championship and Finlay and Regal had decided to add insult to injury it assumed. Ashley stopped her friend from running out to the ring as Finlay hit Lashley in the mid-section with the shillelagh and the former United States Champion fell outside the ring.

When it was safe to help Lashley, Anastacia didn't hesitate to run down the ramp.

Despite the pain it caused her she let Lashley lean on her as she helped him walk up the ramp, the pain was eased at the cheer of 'Lashley!' the man received as he walked backstage.

Anastacia laid him on a chair in the medical aid room. Her pain was revealed through her face as she couldn't hold it in and gasped. The doctor stared at her as she held her hand to her ribs.

"Miss." He spoke up.

Anastacia stared at him. "Yeah?"

"May I take a look at you?" he asked. Lashley looked up at Anastacia and saw the obvious pain she was in.

"I'm OK." Anastacia waved off the physician and tried to exit the room only to have Lashley grab her by the arm.

"Just let him take a look at you Anastacia you don't look too good." He told her and she sighed.

"Don't worry I'm OK." She tried getting out of his grip.

"Miss please let me check you over?" the physician asked again.

Anastacia gave up partly due to the serious look Lashley gave her, and partly due to the fact she thought she couldn't last any longer with the pain.

The physician took Anastacia into the corner of the room and pulled a curtain around them.

"Miss please lift up your shirt." The doctor asked.

Anastacia reluctantly did as he asked revealing several bruises along her rib area.

"Is this from your match on Saturday?" he asked.

"Yes." She nodded.

The doctor sighed.

"It looks you might have a sprained rib or two let me tape it up and that should help it more than doing nothing about it." He offered.

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Anastacia felt much better after getting her ribs taped up the doctor even toke a few X-rays and it revealed that she had 3 sprained ribs and shouldn't strain herself too much.

After she got out of the medical room Anastacia left Lashley who was ordered by the physician to undergo his weekly check up, Anastacia decided to find Chavo.

"It's just a trap from Booker and you're buying right into it!" Anastacia heard Chavo's voice yell at Rey.

"I already said I'd fight him and that's what I'm going to do." Rey answered back.

Anastacia turned the corner of the hallway she was walking through and looked at Rey and Chavo with a questioning look.

"What's wrong?" she asked.

Rey answered her. "I accepted Booker's challenge in defending the title against him tonight."

"What?" she asked.

"That's what I said," Chavo told her, "he's going to allow himself to be fooled."

Rey rolled his eyes.

"It's too late now the match is next."

Anastacia shook her head. She knew Chavo was right it was a trap but Rey was set on wrestling Booker.

The woman smiled. "Can I come out with you?" she asked.

"Sorry Ana but I don't want you getting hurt." He told her.

He then gave her a kiss and made his way to the gorilla pit. Chavo heaved a sigh of anger as he looked over at Anastacia who was leaning against a wall.

"Maybe you'll have better luck knocking some sense into him next time." He told her.

Anastacia only smiled up at him. "I think he could make it; yeah it may be a crazy gamble but that's what I love about him." She smiled again watching the match on the Titan-tron.

"Besides being stubborn is a good thing." She smirked.

The Cuban enjoyed Chavo's company as they watched the match ensue between Booker and Rey. She laughed at any of the sarcastic, pessimistic comments that came out of Chavo's mouth.

"You sound like my mother when it comes to criticizing Rey." Anastacia told him during the middle of the match.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Chavo asked.

"Nothing really it just you show you care about Rey strangely, but you know he thinks of you like a brother." Anastacia smiled up at him.

"He does?" Chavo asked.

Anastacia laughed in surprise. "Of course he does." She answered back matter-of-factly.

Rey had managed to win the match and Anastacia, although physically limited to showing the excitement the win caused her, laughed in enjoyment.

"You're a great man Chavo don't forget that," she stood up straight and looked up at him smiling, "Now let's congratulate Rey."

Chavo watched after her a look of guilt covering his features. His attitude then turned to one of anger as he followed Anastacia and celebrated Rey's win with her.

Arieru: I know it was short so I'm sorry, but I wonder how Anastacia's going to feel after saying all of that stuff to Chavo. R&R.