Chapter Four:
When Brooklyn woke up that morning, she found herself in a warm embrace, reminding her of when Jon let her spend the night in his room after the club. Knowing that she was sleeping last night, she figured Jon just took her to his room which she didn't mind. Like at all.
She tried to get up and go to the bathroom but Jon tightened his arms.
"Jon I have to get up."
"No. You left me last time, not this time." Brooklyn smiled and wanted to aw at how cute he had said that.
"I'm not leaving I just have to use the bathroom." Jon sighed and unwrapped his arms. Brooklyn kissed his cheek before going to the bathroom that was across the hall. When she was done, she walked out only to run into a hard chest.
"Sorry baby girl, I didn't see you there."
"Its okay Joe." Joe smiled and ruffled her hair before she went back to Jon's room. When she got in, she saw him sitting up against the headboard.
"I thought you were going back to sleep?"
"I couldn't. Once I'm up, I'm up."
"Oh. I'm sorry for waking you up."
"Don't worry about it babe. Come here." He moved his finger in a come here motion and Brooklyn smiled before getting back in the bed. Jon wrapped an arm around her shoulder's and kept her to his chest.
"Thank for letting me stay here last night. I'm sorry I fell asleep."
"Don't be sorry darlin. You know I haven't slept that great since the last time you stayed with us." Brooklyn blushed and hit his chest, making him laugh.
"How about some breakfast."
"Sounds good." They got up and went out to the sitting area where the other two were.
"Morning guys" Brooklyn said as she sat down on the couch, smiling to herself when Jon sat next to her.
"We're gonna order breakfast, do you guys want something?"
Joe and Colby gave them a look that said really, making them all laugh. They ordered breakfast and Brooklyn insisted on paying.
"Your not paying."
"Yes I am. Its the least I can do for you guys letting me stay here last night."
"Let the woman pay." Joe and Jon shot Colby a look who was looking down at his phone.
"No way darlin, we can pay. All of us." Colby rolled his eyes, knowing that was pointed towards him.
"Nope I'm paying so get over. I have the McMahon stubbornness." She heard a knock on the door and went to get her wallet when she was pulled back down into a lap.
"Go, go, go!" Brooklyn laughed and tried getting off Jon's lap but he wouldn't let her up until the boys came back with their food.
"You guys are jerks." The men laughed before passing out the food. While they were eating, Brooklyn heard her phone go off so she excused herself to go answer it.
"Hello?"
"Where are you young lady. We are worried sick." Brooklyn giggled.
"You sound like my father Nick. I'm with Jon."
"Again!"
"Yes again. We rode together here and he let me stay with them because I was asleep in the passenger seat. Is that a problem?"
"When I go to find you and I find out you haven't checked in, yes."
"I'm sorry. I'm fine dad don't worry." Nick laughed.
"Alright. I'll talk to you later B."
"Bye Nikky." She heard Nick growl before she hung up and walked back out to her food.
"Who was on the phone darlin?"
"Nick trying to act like my dad." The men laughed and Jon wrapped an arm around her waist.
There was a knock on their door followed by a voice that made Brooklyn and the boys groan.
"Brooklyn I know your in there, Nick told me!"
"Go away Brad!"
"We have a nail date remember." All they boys started laughing at Brooklyn got up to open the door.
"You probably shouldn't yell that to loud Brad. I'll meet you down stairs in thirty minutes."
"Fine but if your not down there, I am coming back up." Brooklyn just rolled her eyes and shut the door.
"I"m sorry about him guys, he was dropped on his head. A lot." The men chuckled and watched as she disappeared into Jon's room before coming out with fresh clothes.
"Do you guys mind if I use your shower?"
"Not at all darlin." She smiled and walked in before closing the door. Joe was waiting until he heard the water to ask the question on his mind but Colby beat him to it as soon as the door to the bathroom shut.
"So are you guys dating or not?" Joe hit him in the shoulder while Jon laughed.
"Well are you?"
"I don't know. We've been on two dates and I haven't really asked her to be my girlfriend."
"What the hell are you waiting for?"
"I don't know I thought it was to soon to ask. You know I've never really done anything like this before. I'll do it tonight."
"Where would you do without us" Joe asked making them all laugh.
"Probably have less of a headache." They both threw pillows at him making him laugh. They sat around talking until Brooklyn came out in black leggings and a gray tank top.
"That was quick. Don't you wear make up like the rest of your species?" Brooklyn laughed and threw her wet towel at Colby.
"I am wearing make up thank you very much." All three men looked at her as if they were inspecting her.
"What?"
"You don't even look like you are."
"IS that a bad thing?"
"Not at all darlin. You look beautiful." Brooklyn blushed and kissed his cheek before going back into the room and putting on her knee high leather boots and her black leather jacket. She grabbed her purse and wallet before going back out.
"You guys mind if I leave my bags here? I'll get them when I come back and get into my room."
"No problem baby girl. Have fun."
"Thank you." Jon stood up and walked her down to the elevator.
"Why don't you just stay with us babe. That way you don't have to pay for the room and it gives you a chance to see what it will be like."
"Will Joe and Colby be okay with that?"
"Joe won't care, he likes you and Colby will just get over it." She giggled and the elevator doors opened.
"I'll see you later." He nodded and leaned his head down and pressed his lips to hers for the first time that morning.
"Have fun with Brad." She smiled and he tucked a piece of hair behind her ear before she got into the elevator. He waved as the doors closed and couldn't keep the smile off of his face as he made his way back to the suite.
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"Why were you in their room?" Brooklyn looked up from her magazine to look at Brad. They were getting their pedicures before getting massages.
"Because I fell asleep on the car ride to the next city."
"Oh yea you guys went on a date last night. Where did you go?"
"Laser tag. It was amazing." Brad smiled. He couldn't remember the last time he saw her this relaxed and happy with someone since the last one. He hated to ruin her good mood but he had to ask.
"Have you told him about you know who?" Brooklyn sighed.
"No, I didn't think that was second date material. Its bad enough we are both working with him right now."
"You gotta tell him B."
"Tell him what? I was used for a title shot?"
"Randy was an idiot but you gotta tell him B, especially if he is your boyfriend."
Randy and Brooklyn were not as good of friends as everyone thought. They put on a front at work but only because both wanted nobody to know what happened. Randy didn't want anyone to know on the off chance that Paul and Stephanie found out and punished him while Brooklyn didn't tell anyone because she was ashamed and felt so stupid.
"I'll tell him." Brad nodded and they both went back to reading their magazines. Brooklyn couldn't help but close her eyes as a memory came back to her.
"Randy stop, my parents could come in." Randy just laughed and continued kissing up her neck.
"Have you talked to your dad yet?" Brooklyn sighed and pushed him away from her.
"No not yet. He's been busy. Soon I promise." Randy smiled and gave her a passionate kiss.
"I love you."
"I love you too."
Brooklyn sighed and wiped a stray tear away.
'How could I be so stupid' she thought. Shaking her head to get the image out, she focused on her phone when she saw she had a text.
Hey darlin, I was wondering if you wanted to get lunch with me when you get back.
Brooklyn smiled and quickly texted back.
I'd love to. Can we stick to the hotel restaurant?
Whatever you want babe. I'll see you back at the room.
She smiled again and Brad noticed.
"That the boy toy?" She nodded.
"Yup, I'm meeting him for lunch when we get back."
"Aw your so cute when your in love." Brooklyn blushed and threw her magazine at him.
"Shut up." They finished with their pedicures and then got their nails done before paying and leaving.
"I hate that I can't get tips." Brooklyn said, looking at her now neon pink nails.
"I don't. Last time you had them you almost poked my eye out."
"Your the one who wanted to to get the eyelash out of your eye."
"Details." Brooklyn just laughed as they pulled into the hotel parking lot.
"Alright Bradley, I'll see you tonight at the show."
"You bet. Bye B." She waved and walked off to the elevator. She punched the button for the the fifth floor and stood so her back was against the bar. The elevator doors were about to close but were stopped by a muscular arm. Brooklyn looked up and sighed.
Randy.
"Oh, hey B."
"Randy." She saw he went to push the same button she did.
"Your on the fifth floor." She just nodded, not wanting to tell him she was going to see Jon since it was none of his business.
"So how have you been? I haven't seen you since Raw."
"I've been fine."
"Come on B, don't be like that. We're still friends."
"No, we're not Randy. Friends don't use friends. They especially don't make them think they love them so they will ask their father to give them a title shot."
"I did love you B, you know that." Brooklyn scoffed and shook her head.
"I heard you went out for coffee with Jon yesterday."
"Yea and?"
"I never thought him to be your type."
"Well he is and its none of your business so but out." He went to say something else but the elevator doors opened and Brooklyn walked out without another word. As she stood outside the shield's room, she saw Randy walk down the end of the hall and to his room.
She took a deep breath and knocked on the door.
"Its open!" Pushing on it, she walked in and saw Colby and Jon wrestling on the ground while Joe watched.
"What's going on" she asked with a laugh.
"Colby was making fun of Jon because he put on cologne again." Brooklyn giggled and watched as Jon got Colby in a head lock and looked at her.
"I'll be with you in a minute darlin."
"Yea go put on more cologne for your date." Jon growled and pushed him down on the floor and tipped the couch on top of him.
"Alright darlin, ready?" She giggled and nodded and watched as Colby crawled out from under the couch.
Jon grabbed her hand before walking out.
"Sorry about that." Brooklyn just laughed.
"Its okay and by the way, your cologne smells good." Jon blushed slightly and Brooklyn giggled. They made it to the lobby and Jon led her to the restaurant where they were seated in the back.
"How was hanging out with Brad?"
"Fun. As much as he gets on my nerves, we have fun together."
"What did you guys talk about?"
"Oh ya know, girl things. Exes more specifically."
"Oh, any crazy exes I should know about?" Brooklyn laughed and knew she had to tell him.
"Not crazy, just stupid." Jon furrowed his eyebrows.
"Me and Randy dated but then he was an ass and I was stupid."
"What happened?" She knew if they were gonna go anywhere, he deserved to know.
"We started dating like four months before Summerslam last year. He convinced me to get dad to talk to creative and mom and dad about giving him a title shot. When he got it, he changed and acted like I was nothing more than a way to get a title."
"I knew I didn't like him for a reason." Brooklyn laughed and wiped her eyes before the tears fell.
"You didn't have to tell me that."
"I know but if we are going to date, you deserve to know." Jon smiled and grabbed her hand over the table.
"I uh actually wanted to talk to you about that."
She felt herself start worrying.
'What if he changed his mind' she thought.
"O-okay."
"Relax darlin, its nothing bad. I really like what has been going on these past couple days and I was wondering if you uh, if wanted to be my girlfriend."
He hated how he sounded like a teenager asking out a girl for the first time but that is what Brooklyn did to him.
"R-really?"
"Yea. So what do ya say babe, wanna be the lunatic's girl." Brooklyn smiled and nodded.
"I would love too." Jon smiled and kissed the hand he was holding. They ate their food before heading back to the room. When they got into the elevator, Jon couldn't help himself and pushed his lips onto hers. Brooklyn smiled into the kiss and parted her lips when he nipped her bottom one asking for entrance.
The elevator doors opening brought them back down to earth. He gave her one more kiss before heading back to the room.
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It was Monday night and they were all getting ready for Raw. Jon and Brooklyn had told all their friends but they had to keep things on the down low until Sunday.
"Hello Paul" she said as she walked into her parent's office for the night.
"Excuse me?"
"Sorry I mean dad."
"Better, what can I do for you kid."
"Well I wanted to tell you and mom that me and Jon are official."
"So I can interrogate him now."
"No."
"How about me?" They turned towards the door and Brooklyn smiled at seeing her godfather, the heartbreak kid leaning against the door frame.
"No you can't either."
"Your just like your mom you know that. Where's my hug?" Brooklyn smiled and got up, giving her godfather a big hug since she hadn't seen him in a while.
"Hi uncle Shawn."
"Hey honeybee. So you're dating?"
"Yea."
"And he knows who we are and what we will do to him if he hurts you."
"Will you two leave her alone" Stephanie said, coming to her daughter's rescue as she came through the door.
"Hey, we're just looking out for her." Stephanie shook her head and sat down on the couch next to her husband.
"You excited about Sunday B?"
"Yea, can't wait to kick your ass." Paul laughed.
"Your not kicking my ass, your just giving me a low blow."
"Your no fun dad. Uncle Shawn would let me beat him up, right?" Shawn nodded but as soon as she turned around he shook his head no making Stephanie and Paul laugh. Brooklyn may look little but she packed one hell of a hit that would make any man impressed.
"Alright, I'm gonna go get ready."
"Wait B, you and Randy are teaming up tonight against Jon and AJ." She wanted to sigh and say no but she just smiled and nodded before walking off to her locker room.
"B, wait up!" Speak of the devil. Turning around she saw Randy jogging towards her.
"What do you need Randy?"
"I was wondering if you wanted to go to dinner after the show?"
"Can't I have a boyfriend."
"Oh so its boyfriend now."
"Yea it is. Problem?"
"You know he's not good for you B, you deserve to be with a champion. We were good together."
"I like being with Jon Randy. I deserve to be with someone who makes me happy and Jon does that. You used me. If you think you have any type of chance again, your wrong. I'll see you for our match." She left before she could say another word. Going into her locker room, she saw Jon poking his head into her bathroom.
"Something I can help you with Jon." She laughed when he jumped.
"I was looking for you, where were ya?"
"Went to see mom and dad. I told them about us." Jon's eyes widened slightly and moved to sit next to her on the couch.
"What did they say?"
"They were fine with it though dad did the whole protective thing and then uncle Shawn joined in so I left." Jon laughed and grasped her chin and pulled her lips up to meet his.
"I hate to stop this but we have a match tonight."
"We do?" Brooklyn nodded.
"Its me and Randy against you and AJ." Jon sighed.
"Do you have to team with him?"
"Unfortunately. Maybe we can sneak in a kiss again." Jon smiled although he still wasn't thrilled with the idea.
"Maybe we can just do a whole make out session. That should make everyone happy." Brooklyn laughed.
"And give my parents a heart attack." He just shrugged and pushed a lock of hair behind her ear.
"You stayin with us tonight?" She bit her lip and shrugged.
"I don't know. Do you want me to?"
"Dumb question darlin." She smiled and gave him a kiss before pulling back and taking her phone out to go on twitter.
"How do you deal with that shit?" He watched as she scrolled threw tons of tweets sent to her by fans asking about upcoming events although most of them were about her personal life.
"Its part of the job. I am like the number one diva in the division besides AJ so we get a lot of twitter stuff and the company likes when we interact with them."
"Yea I get that but to be constantly hounded about your personal life?"
"I never give any of that stuff away. My personal life is my personal life. You have a twitter right?"
"Yea but I never use it." Brooklyn smiled and looked him up.
"You've never tweeted anything?" He shook his head.
"No unlike you, I hate the whole idea of social media."
"You know there's going to be tons of tweets after Extreme Rules about us right?"
"Yea but I will ignore them. I haven't even been on since I made the damn thing." Brooklyn giggled and closed out of twitter and went into instagram.
"I like instagram better anyway."
"Like taking pictures do we darlin?"
"I love to. Better get used to it." Jon laughed and pulled her so she was in his lap and curled to his chest.
They stayed like that until it was time for them to get ready for their match.
"I'll see you out there darlin. Make sure he keeps his hands to himself."
"Promise." She placed her hands on his shoulder's and leaned up to give him a kiss.
"Break it up you two" Shawn said as he came walking into the locker room with Paul in toe.
"What are you guys doing?"
"We came to find Jon." Brooklyn groaned.
"Oh god please no."
"Sorry honeybee. Follow us Jonny Boy." They walked out and Jon looked down at his girlfriend.
"I am so sorry for whatever they say to you." Jon laughed and gave her another kiss.
"Don't worry darlin, I'm a big boy. I'll see you after the match." She nodded and pressed a kiss to his cheek before letting him leave. Sighing, she grabbed her ring gear and walked into her bathroom to change.
/*/
Paul, Shawn, and Jon walked down to some empty hall before the two older men turned to look at the younger.
"So. You and Brooklyn are dating." Jon nodded.
"How long?"
"Almost a week."
"Do you care about her?"
"More than I have ever cared for someone in my life."
"You know what happens if you hurt her?" Jon almost laughed at how they were alternating questions. If he didn't know any better, he would think Brooklyn had two dads.
"You'll both beat the hell out of me." Shawn put his finger up to tell him he was wrong and that they would beat the hell out of him when he stopped.
"Wow, your right. I've never seen someone get it on the first try." Paul and Jon laughed while Shawn just shrugged.
"Just don't use her like Randy did." Jon looked at both men weird.
"How do you guys know about that?"
"We over heard her telling Nick and Brad about it the one day."
"And he is still living?" Both men nodded, feeling their anger rise thinking about what the third generation star had done.
"We didn't want Brooklyn to know we knew. We want her to tell us on her own. Why don you think we had Daniel win at Wrestlemania?" Jon nodded in understanding.
"I just figured it was to focus on the feud."
"That's what we told him but we both know the real reason and now you do too. We trust you not tell Brooklyn."
"Your secret is safe with me. But why are you having them team together tonight?"
"We needed someone. Dave isn't here because he is sick so Randy was left since I have to rest my knee." Jon nodded.
"So are we good here?" Both Paul and Shawn looked at each other before nodding. Jon nodded and shook their hands before walking away.
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Randy and Brooklyn walked out. They were the first ones out and when they got into the ring, AJ's music went off.
"Introducing their opponents, first from Union City, New Jersey, she is the divas champion, AJ Lee!" AJ skipped around the ring and Brooklyn rolled her eyes and hopped up to sit on the turnbuckle.
She had to stop herself from smiling when she heard the shield's music go off.
"Introducing her partner, from Cincinnati Ohio, he is the united states champion, Dean Ambrose." They all hopped over the barricade but only Dean slid into the ring. He smirked at Brooklyn who rolled her eyes.
"I'll start" Randy said as he turned to her. She just shrugged and stepped out onto the apron while Dean and Randy started. They exchanged blows before Randy was able to DDT Dean from the ropes. He started smack talking him and Brooklyn rolled her eyes. Randy went to pick Dean up by his hair but received a kick in the face, causing him to fall and tag in Brooklyn.
Her and AJ got in, both immediately going after each other. Unlike the last time they faced each other, Brooklyn tackled her down and threw hit after hit. Before she could hit her again, AJ rolled out and squatted down next to the other shield members.
Brooklyn got out and picked AJ up by her hair and threw her back in the ring before turning to Roman and Seth.
"Back off" was all she said before getting in the ring. Both men just smirked and backed up. When Brooklyn turned back around she was kicked in the gut and given a neck breaker, leaving her on the ground.
"Come on Brooklyn" she heard Randy yell. She was crawling towards him to tag him in when all of a sudden, he wasn't there. She looked to see Roman beating him up while Seth distracted the ref. Shaking her head, she stood up and as soon as she did, she hit a hard chest.
Hearing the fans going crazy, she knew exactly who it was. She turned around to come face to face with a smirking Dean. He ran a finger down her cheek and she slapped his hand away.
He leaned in close like he was smelling her and whispered in her ear.
"Slap me darlin." Brooklyn made herself look angry and when he pulled back, she went to slap him but was surprised when he grabbed her wrist and pulled her into a hard, sloppy kiss. She pushed him off and fell backwards when she felt Randy pull her out of the ring. They were counted out and Dean and AJ were declared the winners.
"Good job out there B" Randy said as they stepped backstage.
"Stop trying to be civil Randy, my parents aren't round which means I don't have to be nice to you."
"Come on Brooklyn. Give me one more shot."
"No."
"There a problem here?" They both turned and saw Shawn standing there.
"No uncle Shawn, just a disagreement about how the match should have ended.
"Your parents like how it did. Mind if I steal her Randy?" Randy plastered a fake smile on his face and shook his head.
"No not at all, see you later B. Good match."
"Thanks Randy you too." He smiled and walked away. She rolled her eyes before turning to her godfather.
Shawn knew his goddaughter was lying about them talking about the match, but he didn't want her to know that. Him and Paul had agreed not to tell Brooklyn they knew about her and Randy because they knew she must have been embarrassed and they wanted her to feel comfortable to tell them on her own.
"You okay uncle Shawn?" Shawn snapped back to reality and smiled.
"Yea, of course I am. He just bothers me is all." Brooklyn just laughed and hugged him.
"I think someone's looking for you B." She looked up at him and saw he was looking down the hall. She turned and saw Jon heading their way.
"Were you guys nice to him?"
"We're always nice." She gave him a look that said "yea right" when Jon walked up.
"Hey good match."
"Thanks darlin. Its always a good match with you out there."
"Smooth" Shawn said, earning a jab to the stomach by Brooklyn.
"Well I'll leave you two kids alone. Love you B, see you Sunday."
"I love you too." They hugged before Shawn shook Jon's hand and left. Jon smiled and wrapped his arms around her and leaned down to kiss her.
"That kiss in the ring was a surprise." Jon chuckled and kissed her forehead.
"Just a message to Randy to back the hell off." Brooklyn smiled and leaned her head on his chest. She let out a yawn and Jon laughed as he rubbed her back.
"Ready to go to the hotel darlin?" She nodded.
"Yea. Can I use your guys shower back at the room."
"Of course darlin. Lets go change and we can go." She nodded and they walked off to her locker room where she changed in gray sweats and an old Triple H shirt before grabbing her bags and going out to a waiting Jon. They swung by their locker room and grabbed his bags along with Joe and Colby before going back to the hotel.
As Brooklyn was drying her wet hair with her towel in the mirror, she couldn't help but have another flashback to a year ago.
"Randy are you coming home with me this week?" Randy looked up from his phone. The past few weeks had been weird since he won the title and Brooklyn was trying to get them back on track.
"You know I can't babe. I have signings and interviews all week." Brooklyn furrowed her eyebrows.
"I thought dad said they were next week."
"No they are this week."
"Are you sure because I could have sworn-."
"Brooklyn, they are this week so drop it. I think I would remember when my own signings and shit are." Brooklyn looked at him wide eyed. He had never yelled at her before but as of late, it was the norm. He would either yell when she would question him about why they weren't going out or anything or he would just be detached until they were around her parents.
"Y-your right, I'm sorry." Randy just shook his head before getting up and going into the bedroom, slamming the door shut making Brooklyn flinch. She pulled her knees to her chest and let the tears fall.
A knock on the door brought Brooklyn back to life.
"Darlin, you done in there? I thought we could watch a movie before bed." Brooklyn smiled and wiped away the tears that had fallen when she was in her little trance. Drying her face and brushing her hair she set the towel on the side of the sink before opening the door.
Jon smiled and couldn't help but check her out. She was wearing black bed shorts and a black tank top.
"You would look good in some shield gear darlin."
"Not happening. Did you use all the hot water." Both looked at Colby annoyed.
"Alright, alright I'm sorry." He walked past them and into the bathroom. They just laughed and went into Jon's room.
"What do you wanna watch babe?"
"How about Texas Chainsaw."
"Sounds good to me." He ordered the movie before joining her in bed. Half way through the movie, Brooklyn was out like a light and Jon was watching her instead of the movie. Not believing how luck he got to be with someone like her. It may had only been a couple of days but those couple of days had been the best ones in his life as far as he could remember.
He couldn't remember laughing and smiling as much as he did around her.
"What are you doing to me darlin" he said to her sleeping form. He turned the movie off and moved them so they were laying down and she was laying on his chest. Jon soon fell asleep with his girlfriend in his arms, a smile on his face.