A/N: Okay, I'm almost all caught up on Sandman's matches and I apologize for all the back matches but as I told a new friend of mine...I almost ended this story a week ago because I was losing interest in it but with this new OC and many ideas that I have and have been given by the friend of mine that the OC is based off of I now have a renewed interest in this story so I'm working on it as much as possible (or my friend will kick my ass lol) so please bare with me as I catch up with the gorgeous Sandman and get everything in order again. There will be little things tossed in the chapters ahead that will all explode into one big problem for our beloved couple so keep your eye out for those! Enough of my ramblings now and onto the chapter, please review and let me know what you think!
Illyria sat on Jim's lap in their locker room as she listened to Terry and Rob talking about Terry's match later on that night and she quickly stole a glance over at Kevin who was sitting off to the side looking utterly miserable. Oh, if you only knew. She thought and giggled a little.
"What's so funny baby?"
"He still has no idea who's going to be here tonight." Illyria whispered to Jim, pointing over to Kevin.
"You sure she's gonna be here?"
"She's supposed to..." Illyria's cell phone rang and she grabbed it, checking the caller id as she smiled at Jim. "Hello?"
"Lyria it's Jamie, I'm outside the arena."
"All right, I'll be there in a minute just hang tight."
"Have you seen Kevin?" Jamie asked and Illyria giggled again.
"Actually looking at him right now, poor guy's miserable. Give me a minute and I'll be out." She hung up the phone and smiled at Jim again. "Wanna take a walk with me?"
"Yeah, let's go." Illyria stood up and Jim took her hand as they walked towards the door.
"Where you two going?" Terry spoke up, smiling at them.
"For a walk, we'll be back in about five minutes with a surprise for everyone so don't anybody leave." Illyria and Jim walked out of the locker room before anyone could ask them questions and headed straight outside.
"There she is." Jim said, pointing to his sister. "Jamie!"
Even in the dimly lit parking lot Illyria could see Jamie's face light up at the sound of her brother's voice as she took a running leap into his arms. "Hey big brother, good to see you!"
"Good fucking god girl, how much weight have you put on?" Jim teased her, ducking a slap in the back of the head.
"Jim leave the poor girl alone." Illyria warned him, laughing. "Hey Jamie."
"Lyria, you're looking good." Jamie stated, hugging her once Jim put her down.
"Thanks, so do you. Are you ready to get in there and surprise the hell out of Kevin?"
"Hell yeah, let's go!" The three of them walked back into the arena and headed towards Jim and Illyria's locker room.
"All right, you stay out here for a minute okay?"
"Sure thing Lyria." Jamie agreed and watched as her brother and his fiancee disappeared inside the locker room.
"Hey Kevin?"
"Yeah Lyria?"
"There's someone out in the hall that wants to see you...want me to bring them in?" Illyria asked and Kevin looked at her in confusion.
"Uhm...yeah, sure I guess."
Illyria smiled and opened the door, motioning to Jamie. "Okay, come on in." She stepped back and watched Kevin as his face changed from a look of confusion to one of surprise in a matter of seconds when Jamie walked in the door.
"Jamie? Babe what are you doing here?" Kevin jumped up from his position on the floor and hugged her tightly.
Illyria looked over at Jim and noticed his jaw flexing in anger so she took his hand in hers and gave it a gentle squeeze. "Jim remember what you promised me." She whispered and he growled.
"Doesn't mean I have to like this shit."
"Stop growling dammit!" Illyria hissed and he chuckled before growling again.
"Lyria and Jim invited me here for a while to spend time with them and like Lyria said, it'll give us a chance to spend some time together too."
"Fuck Jamie, I missed you so much."
"I know Kevin...I missed you too." Jamie whispered, cuddling against his chest.
"Illyria Ann." Terry called out and she turned to see him with his head tilted to the side so she let go of Jim's hand and walked over to him.
"Yeah?"
"What the hell is going on here?"
"Kevin informed me last week that he and Jamie have been dating on and off for over a year now. I guess they met at one of his OVW shows when he was still Seven but they never told anyone they were dating...especially Jim." Illyria explained and he nodded.
"Explains why he looks ready to tear someone in half, god she's grown up from the last time we saw her."
"That's what I've been telling Jim...she's grown up and can make her own decisions but like someone else I know he's playing the protective older brother." She said, smiling over at Rob.
"Hey, someone's got to protect you guys and since we're family it's our job to do it."
"It's the overprotectiveness we hate." Jamie spoke up and Illyria turned to see her walking towards them. "Hi Rob, hi Terry."
"I'm fucking telling you right now Fertig, you hurt her and..."
"Jim!" Illyria warned, sighing. "Dammit, now you promised me you'd stop this shit so stop it!"
"Lyria stay out of it." Rob stated and she shook her head.
"No, I'm not about to let him put her through the hell you put me through when I got with Jim. That killed me Rob and I'll be damned if I sit back and watch him put Jamie through the same thing." Illyria hissed and walked out of the locker room.
"Lyria?" Jamie's voice rang through the hallway and she turned to find Jamie following her so she stopped and waited for her to catch up.
"I'm sorry Jamie. I love your brother more than anything in this world and he knows that but he can be so damn stubborn sometimes."
"I know, trust me. You have no reason to apologize though because I just wanted to thank you for sticking up for me."
"You're welcome Jamie. It's no...oh god no, go get Jim now! Please hurry!" Illyria exclaimed when she looked over Jamie's shoulder and saw Andrew Martin coming towards them.
Jamie turned to see what she was looking at and shook her head. "I can't leave you out here with him, come on!" She grabbed Illyria's hand and they made a run back towards the locker room and ducked inside just before Andrew reached them.
"Motherfucking asshole! Why can't he just leave me the hell alone?"
"Baby, who is it? What the fuck happened?" Jim asked, taking her in his arms.
"Martin. I was talking to Jamie and looked over her shoulder just in time to see him coming towards us."
"Are you two okay? Did he touch you or say anything?" Kevin questioned, walking up to Jamie and wrapping an arm around her waist.
"No. Lyria wanted me to leave her out there long enough to come in here to get Jim but I wouldn't leave her out there by herself."
Jim looked up at the clock on the wall and sighed. "Fertig as much as I hate to do this...take my sister to your locker room and keep her there. Lyria and I have to get ready for our segment tonight."
"We'll come back here as soon as you guys are done Jim." Jamie assured him and he laughed.
"Better let me call you actually, something's gonna happen out there that Lyria's...quite fond of." Jim said, winking at Illyria who blushed.
"All right, that works." Jamie giggled as she and Kevin walked out of the locker room.
"Okay, you two out as well...I have to change." Terry and Rob both laughed before giving her a hug and walking out of the room. "What's happening out there tonight?"
"I'm not telling you."
"Asshole." Illyria muttered, stripping her shirt off and slipping her Sandman t-shirt on.
"And you damn well love me for it."
"Ossified from drinking his giggle water? What the hell Terry?" Illyria giggled as she and Terry (Brunk) watched Matt Striker on the monitor berating Jim for drinking beer.
"Who the hell knows? I've got to go get ready for my match so be careful out there tonight Illyria Ann all right?"
"I always am." Terry nodded and before Illyria knew what was happening Terry leaned forward and kissed her gently on the lips then quickly walked away. Okay, now what the hell was that? Illyria thought as she watched him walk away but she didn't have any time to dwell on it when Jim's music suddenly blared through the arena so she shook the thoughts from her head and rushed out of the curtain to wait for him by the guardrail.
Once Jim was over the guardrail he kissed Illyria roughly before getting in the ring and toasting the crowd. He pointed to Matt Striker and went at him but Matt grabbed the chalkboard he always had in the ring and brought it down over Jim's head causing Illyria to scream in horror. He then banged Jim's head off the desk and punched him before grabbing a stapler and hitting Jim in the head with it four times then quickly made an escape as Illyria jumped in the ring and ran over to Jim, dropping to her knees beside him.
"You okay Sandman?" Jim just growled and got to his knees, grabbing his kendo stick and pounding it on the mat a few times in anger before letting out a frustrated scream and Illyria felt her whole body start to tingle. I'm gonna murder him! She helped him to his feet and they made their way to the back where Jim took one look at her and started laughing. "It's not fucking funny so shut the hell up."
"Told you something was gonna happen out there tonight baby."
"You really need to stop that shit or I'm going to end up embarrassing myself out there one of these times. Now come on, let's go get you cleaned up...I may love you all rugged and shit but bloody just ain't my thing baby."