Hey guys! Sorry about the lack of an update last night. I was kinda preoccupied by a certain Lunatic Fringe doing all kinds of weird moves in the ring, on his knees apologising to Charles "mini Naitch" Robinson, and basically kicking Luke Harper's ass all over the ring! Damn that man is hypnotising! So anyway, here it is!
"It's ok" he whispers as we wait for their music to hit. The fans are being really vocal, girls telling me to go to Finn and guys telling me to forget Jon and Finn and go with them instead. He kisses me and drops down, doing his usual fingertip push ups while his fangirls drool. Their music hits and Joe kisses me quickly, followed by Colby. Jon watches them go then pulls me to him. "I love you" he says, quite loud for him. "See you in a few." He kisses me hungrily then quickly follows Joe and Colby down the steps. "Lora!" a guy yells. I look at him and smile. "Can we get a picture?" he asks. I nod, taking a few pictures with him and some other fans before making my excuses and heading back to the locker room.
"Lora!" Carrano yells as I get to gorilla. I smile. "Hey Mark" I say, walking over to him and hugging him quickly. "What's up?" "We got major problems" he groans. I frown. "What's wrong?" I ask. "Listen" he says simply. I pause and listen to the crowd. Oh shit. The "we want Lora" chants are really loud. I check the monitor, Jon is looking at Joe and Colby not knowing what to do. He runs his hands through his hair as Colby grabs a microphone. "Well you can't have her!" he says. "Lora is ours. Why would she come out and see you anyway?" Carrano smiles. "Gotta love Colby heeling it up" he says, looking at me. "But that doesn't make the issue go away. They need you out there." I shake my head. "Nope" I say. "I'm not meant to be here. I have no ring gear, and no other clothes." Mark shrugs. "So?" he asks. "Just get out there and save this so they can get on with their promo and match. Please?" "You owe me" I say as a runner cues my music. Mark kisses me and steps out of the way so I can get to the curtain.
The guys look up in shock as I step through the curtain. The cheers are amazing. I don't react to them though, even though I'm doing backflips on the inside. I'm a heel. Cheers aren't supposed to happen. Jon sits on the middle rope and holds my hand as I get into the ring. "Lora" Colby says into the microphone. "What's going on? We weren't expecting you down here." I shrug. "The Shield isn't the Shield without Lora" I say simply, borrowing Brie's words from earlier. "The Shield without Lora is like a pizza with no cheese. I hold you guys together, don't you forget it." Joe grins and hugs me. Dolphs music starts and I grin. I've done my bit. I'm outta here. "Pizza with no cheese" Dolph says, standing at the top of the ramp. "Pizza? Seriously? Like Lora Ambrose eats a pizza! Look at you! Besides, I heard burgers are more your style." He winks at the crowd and I smirk, knowing he's hinting at the Balor pictures. Jon grabs the microphone quickly. "You got something to say about my wife, Ziggler?" he spits. Dolph shakes his head slowly, walking to the ring. "Nope" he says, climbing on the apron. "Just saying. She's too in shape to be a pizza girl. Maybe a lettuce leaf and a glass of water is more her style..." He doesn't get to say any more. Jon drops the microphone, grips him by the hair and pulls him into the ring. I get out quickly, followed by Colby and Joe. The bell rings and the match is underway.
"What made you come out?" Joe asks as we watch. "I thought you weren't meant to be here." "Joe" I say looking down at myself. "Look how I'm dressed. My only plans for tonight were to stay backstage and see the girls, plus spend some time with Jon. Carrano made me come out here and make the save because of how vocal these guys are. Believe me, I'd much rather be backstage." He nods, banging on the ring and yelling encouragement to Jon. I watch as Jon kicks out of a near fall after a zig zag, managing to get up and plant Dolph with a Dirty Deeds. He blows me a kiss as the ref bangs on the mat for the 3 count. The bell rings and I'm the first one back in the ring. Jon shrugs off the refs arm and let's me raise his arm in victory. The crowd is back to booing us. Job well done. We get out of the ring and the guys help me over the barrier. Jon holds my hand and we run up the steps, followed by Joe and Colby.
"Thanks Lora" Hunter says, stopping us as we near the locker room. I shrug. "No problem" I say. "I'm gonna go social media surf while the guys shower. Catch you later Hunter." He nods and I follow the guys into the locker room. Jon grabs his fresh clothes and kisses me before heading to the bathroom. I grab my phone and mentally toss a coin to choose between twitter or Instagram. Instagram wins. The photos from the meet and greet are everywhere. I curl up on the sofa and comment surf. Some of them are really brutal. To my surprise though, quite a few of the girls who were at the signing stick up for me. "She's actually really nice" I read. "Couldn't do enough for us, and Dean really loves her, you can tell by the way he looks at her. Suck it up guys, Ambrose is in love, and it's not with Renee." Ugh. The R word. A knock on the door interrupts my reading. I put the phone down and open the door, grinning when I see Denise. "Heya my partner in crime" I say, hugging her before letting her in. She grins and perches on the arm of the sofa. "So" she says. "This is the bad guys locker room huh?" I grin. "Yeah right" I say. "What's up?" "Bar tonight" she says. "Everyone is going. Some bonding thing, Hunters idea." I nod. A drink or six is just what I need. "I'll be there" I say. "Can't speak for the guys obviously..." "Speak for us why?" Jon asks, walking out of the bathroom. I pause, taking the whole view in. Jon, towel around his waist, water dripping down his chest, drying his hair with another towel. Wow. "Uh the whole roster is going to a bar" Denise says, jumping in and saving me. "You guys up for it?" "Sure" Jon says, grinning at me. I'm sure the pool of drool at my feet has given me away. "Jeez Lora you're such a fangirl" Denise says standing up. "I'll catch you later." I nod absently as she opens the door and walks out. "Lora" Jon warns. "None of those thoughts, thank you. I'm all clean and..." "And the shower is there for a reason" I moan, pushing him back into the bathroom.