The crowd screams as I run to the ring. I slide under the bottom rope quickly, kneeling next to Jon straight away. "Lora!" Colby hisses, kneeling next to me. "The fuck are you doing?" "I don't know" I hiss back. "And I don't care. He's hurt, Colbs. Help me help him." He nods slightly, standing up and forcing Sheamus back. I cradle Jon's head in my lap, looking up as Joe takes him from me. He glances across at Sheamus, and I know what Joe is doing. I stand up quickly, looking down at Jon as Joe watches me. Sheamus smirks. "Come to save your fella have you lass?" He teases. I shrug. "Yeah" I say, blowing him a kiss before drop kicking him to the floor. The ref calls for the bell. My little bout of interference has got the guys disqualified, but there was no other way around it. Joe and Colby nod as I look down at Jon, sinking to my knees next to him. "You promised you'd wait at gorilla, Lora" he groans. I smirk, kissing him softly. "I'll make it up to you later" I whisper. "But first, we gotta get you outta here." He nods and I get up, letting Joe and Colby help him to his feet. We all walk up the ramp together slowly, and I pick my shoes up as the guys music blares through the arena. Jon manages to wave at the crowd before being dragged through the curtain by Joe.
"Wanna explain what the fuck that was?" Hunter yells, pulling me to one side as son as we're through the curtain. "Awesome is what it was" a voice says. We all turn to see someone walking towards us. Hunter pales visibly. "Uh, Vince" he says. "I don't believe you've met Jon's firecracker wife yet, have you? Lora, this is Vince McMahon. Vince, meet Lora Good." "Pleasure" he says, shaking my hand. "So, young lady, if you can execute moves like that, why aren't you in that ring?" "Hunter made her quit" Nikki says, pushing forward. "Sorry Vince, I know I'm probably speaking out of turn here, but seriously, she can hold her own, she's come up through NXT, she's ring ready, and Hunter is an ass!" Vince looks at Hunter. "This right?" he asks. Hunter waits a few seconds before nodding slowly. I smirk, loving how uncomfortable Hunter is with this whole situation. "Mr McMahon" I say. "It's very true, I did sign, but Hunter is more concerned with the state of my marriage than my actual in-ring abilities. He's helping Renee fuel rumours that she's dating my husband just to get more publicity. I don't wanna work in a company like that, I'm sorry, but my marriage means more to me than some job." Vince nods. "Well that's a shame" he says, rubbing his chin thoughtfully. "Hunter, do we have Lora's NXT footage?" Hunter frowns but nods. "Good" Vince says. "My office, say, half an hour? Time to clean up this mess you've created. Lora, you'll join us, right?" "Um" I say. "As much as I'd love to, my husband got injured, I need to be with him." "Absolutely" Vince says. "Tell you what. Let me review the footage and see what we're dealing with. If alls well, I may be in a position to put an offer to you at the taping tomorrow. Will you be there?" I shake my head, looking at Hunter. "He wants me out of the arena" I explain. "Safer to stay away." "I'll rephrase that" Vince says, glaring at Hunter. "Lora, you are expected at the taping tomorrow. I'll see you there." He doesn't give me a chance to say anything else, he turns around and struts back down the corridor. Nikki grins. "Welcome back Lora" she says, smirking at Hunter. I don't say anything, turning my back on them all and heading for the trainers room.
"For the last time!" Jon is yelling. "I'm fine! Dammit where is my wife?" "I'm here" I say, walking in and holding his hand. "Sorry babe, I just got caught in the crossfire between Vince and Hunter." "Vince?" he asks quickly. I nod. "I have a meeting with him at the taping tomorrow" I say. I watch as he winces before looking across at doc. "Spill it Ambrose" I warn. "Kinda not cleared to compete tomorrow doll" he says. I look at the doc and he nods. "It's ok baby" I whisper. "I'll tell Vince I have to stay home to look after you. It's not as if I work for him, right?" He shakes his head. "You don't say no to Vince, Lor" he says. "He's not Hunter. You need to be there." I sigh but nod finally. "Ok" I say. "But then I'm straight back home to you. Can I take him home now doc?" "Yeah Lora" Doc says. "But keep an eye on him. I'm still not happy about him refusing a hospital visit." "He what?" I ask quickly. Jon shakes his head. "Save your breath" he says. "Unless you're telling me how much you love me, I don't wanna hear it." I nod, helping him down. "Catch you tomorrow doc." Doc nods and waves as we head out, not stopping until we're at the car. "Just take me home Lor" he begs. I nod and help him into the car, driving away before anyone spots us.