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Listen to Her Voice

(3rd Person POV)

The Road to Wrestlemania Part II

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"Smalls!" a voice called up the stars as Lou rolled over in the Queen sized bed smacking into something as it grunted in its sleep. Automatically, Lou shot up looking around the room remembering she had spent the week at John's house in Tampa.

"Smalls, what do you want for breakfast?" John called again up the stairs. But Lou was oddly silent as she still was contemplating who the hell was in the bed with her. "Smalls, if you don't respond I'm coming up there!"

Lou poked at the unconscious body not paying attention to John's grumbles of climbing the stairs. After several more pokes, the body rose in annoyance and to Lou's surprise it was Alex Riley.

"ALEX!" Lou gasped.

"LOU!" Alex practically screamed as Lou clamped a hand over his mouth so John wouldn't hear.

"We didn't, did we?" Lou said while trying to breath.

"No, heck no, it was raining last night and you invited me after we were done with our training at the gym. You didn't want me walking to my apartment in the rain and you just said to come in because John wouldn't care." Alex told her recalling the exact story to the brunette.

"While you know how I told you John wouldn't care?" Lou asked as Alex only nodded his head. "While he will kill you, now hide!" Lou swatted at the Varsity Villain tossing him out of the bed. Alex rolled underneath the bed just as John walked into the room.

"Good morning, shorty! Sleep well?" said John jumping on the bed. Lou grimaced as she heard Alex groan as John raised an eyebrow to her. Lou immediately started making groaning noises to cover for the large wrestler she had hiding under her bed.

"Like a log," Lou muttered as John shifted his weight letting the Varsity Villain's groaning cease.

"You okay Smalls, that grunting doesn't sound to go…" John trailed off focusing his attention elsewhere.

"Yea, I'm fine just a little sore that's all. Alex has been putting me through this vigorous training routine as of late and I'm just really sore that's all." Lou reasoned with the Cenation Commander in Chief.

John looked down at the brunette. To say he cared for her was an understatement since the day Lou had arrived in the WWE Universe John had felt something more for her. But Lou had not felt the same with John. John wanted to be her knight in shining armor, but this Alex Riley fellow from FCW had beaten him to the punch. But Lou had told John about Shawn's stance on his views of her dating a wrestler. And even if Lou fell out of love with this Alex Riley guy, John would have to go through John to get to Lou. But then there was another more dangerous factor and that that was Randy Orton. John couldn't do that to Lou. So John figured he could settle into the best friend role while Lou had her little dance with the rookie and when the cost was clear of his enemies he would swoop in and win Louisa's heart. But until then, Cena was going to push Alex Riley out of Louisa Michael's heart.

"Lou, are you sure you can trust this Alex guy? I mean we all know you two like each other like a lot…" John trailed off. Lou raised an eyebrow at her friend.

"John, he trained me, of course I can trust him!" Lou said sitting up straight in her bed annoyed. "Why are you all of a sudden interested him? You didn't care about him before?"

"Lou, I don't want to see you get hurt." John reasoned.

"Is that all anyone cares about anymore? Is me not getting hurt?" Lou practically yelled annoyed by everyone in her presence. "I'm not the little girl that everyone around here thinks I am. I'm twenty one years old and can handle myself. But since you can't see that I suggest you leave I have to get ready to head back to San Antonio anyway."

John both sorry that he asked and annoyed with her reaction practically darted out of the room.

"Alex," Lou sighed, "You can come out now."

Alex crawled out from under the bed and climbed up next to his Lou.

"Babe, don't you think you were a little hard on him." Alex tried to reason with her. Lou immediately shook her head. If there was one thing she knew it was that this was her life and she made her own decisions, no one else could make them for her.

"First off, when did you decide to start calling me babe, huh?" she questioned with a light laugh and smile. That was sadly short lived as her changed back to the stony expression it had on when John had questioned her about life. "And my reaction to John's question was totally necessary. Everyone around here needs to realize I'm a grown woman and they can't protect me forever. And right now, you're the only one that sees that." Justifying that statement by giving Alex a quick kiss on the lips and then pulling back and looking at him.

"Now scram before John finds you up here and gets the wrong idea about you." Lou said.

"While how am I supposed to get out of here without him seeing me?" Alex asked while Lou pointed to the window. "Oh no, absolutely not, you couldn't pay me enough."

"Come on Romeo, you have to get out of here somehow without Tibelt finding out you're here." Lou said pushing Alex toward the window.

"I highly don't see how John is like Tibelt from Romeo and Juliet, Lou. Tibelt is Juliet's cousin. And I'm still not doing it!" He complained as Lou continued to shove the FCW Champion toward the window.

"Oh calm down you big baby, you're a pro wrestler. There is a vine ladder right next to this room on the outside you can climb down, no one will see you and your home free." Lou explained to Alex. Alex reluctantly gave into her idea as he climbed out the window and Lou smiled at him.

The two smiled at each other before exchanging a quick and passionate kiss.

"Louisa, breakfast," John bellowed from downstairs.

"I have to go, you have still have the backstage pass and Wrestlemania ticket I gave you right?" Lou asked Lou said while grasping Alex's hand.

"Absolutely, I wouldn't miss you kicking Michael Cole's ass for the world," Alex said stealing one last kiss from his girl. "I'll see you later babe. Stay safe!"

"When don't I?" Lou yelled out the window with a smile as she turned on her heel walking to eat breakfast with John. Right after, Lou muttered that statement did Lou hear a crash outside knowing exactly what it was. Alex was certainly a big oaf sometimes, but that was why Lou loved him.

"What am I going to do with you Alex?" Lou sighed while shaking her head and laughing.

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"Deadman, wherever you are hear me out. I am Mr. Wrestlemania and YOU… WILL… NOT… BEAT… ME!" Shawn yelled at the same exact time that the gong rang and the arena blacked out.

"SHAWN!" Lou shrieked backstage as she watched in the locker room area. She jolted up and towards the door just as Hunter blocked her from leaving. "Hunter, let me go! I have to help, Dad."

Hunter sighed. He didn't know who was taking this harder. Lou, who was trying to deal with all the troubles of Shawn facing Undertaker at Wrestlemania or Shawn, who was trying to prove that he was courageous to everyone including his own daughter.

But this, this obsession was helping absolutely no one. With the trick that Shawn had just pulled not telling anyone that it was a way to trick the Deadman into coming out that was just crazy.

Just then the house lights went up and Shawn still stood in the middle of the ring unharmed for now.

"You have got to be kidding me! He did that to piss off Taker?" Lou said angrily as Hunter only nodded his head. "I can't believe him. It's like I don't know him anymore."

"Lou, there are some things you don't understand about the WWE just yet and this is one of them. It took me forever to understand and sometimes I still don't." Hunter tried to reason with her but Lou only shook her head in annoyance.

"This is getting ridiculous, Hunter. I'm sick of all this." Lou muttered. Hunter could only nod, the same old routine did get tiring after a while and he couldn't help his niece with her struggles.

"So how about we change the topic?" Hunter said while smiling at her. "Are you ready for the match?"

"Yea, I guess. I'm a little nervous. I mean you did pick me as your partner." Lou explained.

"We…" corrected John Cena as he walked into the room. "It was a team decision, right Hunter…"

"Cena," growled Triple H under his breath. Lou had told Hunter about the little fallout the two had had while Lou was staying with John earlier in the week. Hunter didn't approve of what he had said to Lou. And that little tidbit was added to the drama pot that had become the WWE Championship match.

"Umm… I'm going to go wait by the curtain and I'll see you two out there." Lou rushed out of the room thankful to be able to have air to breath. Closing her eyes and trying to find peacefulness before the match but sadly that peacefulness did not last long.

"Hello truffle," Michael Cole's voice filled Lou's ears. Internally, Lou groaned and opened her eyes. She found that Cole had her pinned up against the wall with his body. But since Lou was taller than him he really wasn't pinning anything.

"Cole," Lou greeted gruffly. "You ready for our match on Sunday?"

"While I was thinking about that… seeing as I don't want to hurt a woman and you don't want to lose the Michael Cole challenge maybe we should cancel it." Cole said trying to weasel his way out. Lou huffed at the announcer's squirmy ways to get out of the match.

"Oh Cole, maybe your right… maybe we should cancel the match. I mean I am such a weak and scrawny girl. Oh woo as me, what will I do when you hurt me so much?" Lou said making the biggest puppy dog eyes.

"Let's cancel the match, Louisa. It would benefit the both of us." Cole said.

"While…" Lou said as she leaned into Michael Cole whispering in his ear. "There's no way in hell we're canceling that match. You caused this to happen and now it's going to."

With that Lou pushed off Michael Cole, but as she turned around was met with a fist to the face. Immediately, Lou crumpled to floor as she saw John race after her attacker and Hunter bend down beside her.

"This is one of the days I wish I'd never come to the WWE." Lou whispered so only she could hear the words as Hunter carried her off to the trainers.

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"Beth, it's no use," Lou sighed staring at her face in the mirror as Beth Phoenix tried to help Louisa Michaels cover the black eye she had gotten earlier that week on the last episode of Monday Night Raw. "No amount of makeup will cover this baby."

Lou sighed. Her attacker from Monday had not been caught. She had taken a pretty hard hit to the face from whoever it was. The trainer had prescribed she rest up for the rest of the week before the show on "The Grandest Stage of Them All." Lou immediately agreed with the trainer she was not going to let Michael Cole weasel his way out their match that easily.

The girls were getting ready for the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and so far Beth was unable to cover Lou's oh so lovely black eye. Lou looked in the mirror to find that Shawn was standing in the door frame watching them.

"Beth, could you give us a minute?" Shawn asked as Beth nodded and pulled on her red dress leaving the room which had been marked for the divas to get ready for the ceremony. Beth handed Shawn the cover up thinking maybe he could help his daughter hide her bruise.

As Shawn tried to cover it up, Lou winced in pain.

"I won't be able to cover it up Car if you keep moving." Shawn reasoned as Lou sighed. She knew Shawn was right but she didn't have to like it. "Hunter told me what happened I'm sorry I wasn't there to protect you I should have been."

"Dad," Lou sighed as she winced again as he applied the cover up to her eye.

"You know they say some find battle scars attractive…" Shawn told her as Lou winced in pain. "I know your mother certainly did." Lou laughed at Shawn's joke, only he could make her laugh in a situation like this.

"You can open your eyes, Car." Shawn told her to find that he had covered her eye to make it look like she had never even gotten hit. "Alright, now come on I want to see how beautiful my daughter looks before this ceremony starts."

Shawn pulled Lou up and held her at an arm's length away. Her long brunette hair was done in waves falling over her shoulders. A dark purple shoulder less dress ran all the way to the floor. Her eyes shone brightly with her spirit and with the minimal make up she wore she looked beautiful.

"There's one thing missing though." Shawn pulled a beautiful butterfly necklace out of his pocket and put it on her neck. "It was your first birthday gift from your Mom and I, I think you should where it tonight. What do you think?"

As soon as Shawn finished putting it on her neck, Lou swirled around and flew into Shawn's arms hugging him.

"I love you, Daddy. And I love it!" Lou said as Shawn smiled.

"While, shall we?" said Shawn sticking his arm out as Lou grabbed it and got ready for her entrance.

Even though life had gotten hard for Louisa Michael's she was still going through all her ups and downs. Life wasn't easy and it mostly certainly was never fair. But if she could get through Wrestlemania life would go back to normal.

But to Carson Louisa Rebecca Michaels what was normal anymore?

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I'm so sorry this took forever guys. But the last week and a half has been a bit crazy for me with exams and pretty much just life in general. And then I literally had no ideas for this chapter which was truly infuriating… while I had several ideas but this chapter was not in my outline to begin with so yea... But I hope you guys liked it anyway! So that's pretty much it because I have to pack for my trip home for Thanksgiving!

Shout outs to CenationGirl22, WhiteAsukalover, Brittany of Angels, and therealchamps!

Y'all are amazing oh and thank you to all my favorite story people! You're AWESOME!

So until next time, prepare yourself for Lou's Wrestlemania match, get your dorm room all ready for your nice long Thanksgiving break, do some studying, and have a Happy Thanksgiving!

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