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So John is married, what will Emma do now? This one is another filler but shows the relationship they have. I promise things will get better.

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Oh and I'm gonna be working an Orton fic real soon so watch this space.

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Chapter 28 - Quitting isn't an Option

20th July
NC State University
North Carolina
Monday Night RAW

John

I walked into the locker room I was sharing with Randy, Rhodes, DiBiase, and Paul, after just coming from catering, bottled water in hand.

I cut a promo on mine, Hunter and Randy's match on Sunday with Orton earlier and I'd been teaming with Paul to take on the Legacy boys in a 3 on 2 handicap match.

I looked up to see Randy sitting on the couch fastening his boots as our match was after the next one which happens to be Emma's match against Jillian. I know she was wanting to build some momentum as she was taking on Maryse and Mickie James in a triple threat match for the Divas title on Sunday.

"Has Emma's match started yet?" I asked sitting down next to him causing him to look up at the screen.

"Not yet, you're just in time Jillian's just gone out so she won't be far behind" he said waving his hand continuing with his boots

My attention went back to the monitor just as Em came out, I smiled brightly as she walked down the ramp and climbed into the ring hitting all 4 corners. Man she acts so much like Steve even though she won't admit the fact.

The match began and Paul came back into the room to check out what was going on

"Emma kicking ass?" he asked laughing sitting down on the a steel chair in front of the TV.

"Doesn't she always" I laughed back

"I gotta tell ya I know Chyna was tough but man Emma has got to be the toughest chick I've ever known, she's so much like Steve it's unbelievable" he said causing me to smile knowing I was thinking the same not too long ago.

"She's only facing Jillian anyway" Randy joked just as Emma was pinning Jillian for the 3 count gaining that momentum going into Sunday.

She stood up and had her hand raised by the ref, I cringed knowing what was about to happen next, Em saluted the crowd her back to the ramp when Maryse came running down to the ring title in hand, she spun her round by the arm before nailing Em across the head with the title causing her to fall to the mat. Pleased with herself Maryse climbed out the ring dropping the belt and grabbed a steel chair, she slide back into the ring and laid the chair down, she cockily walked over to Emma and pulled her up by her hair before wrapping her arm around her neck over the chair, she did her hair flip to the crowd before planting Emma's head onto the cold steel in a DDT.

My eyebrows furrowed as I saw something was not right, the way Emma landed on the chair, her neck bent the wrong way or something, I watched as she lay there eyes closed and a small stream of blood began to run from her head, she wasn't moving in the slightest. Knowing that wasn't scripted, I began to grow concerned as the ref checked on her telling Maryse to leave the ring, the crowd booed her as she sauntered up the ramp.

"Did you see that?" I heard Randy say beside me

"Yeah something's not right, that landing didn't come off" I said concern filling my voice still staring at the screen.

I watched on as the ref tried to talk to Emma, she wasn't responding she was out cold, all 3 of us guys had seen the script and knew this wasn't part of the show. He then waved for the EMT's to come out, there was the confirmation something was wrong. This was one of things that wasn't just for TV, it was one of those things that wasn't suppose to happen, this was real.

"I'm going out there" I said suddenly standing up

"John are you crazy, you'll be breaking character, Vince will kill you" Randy pointed out placing at hand on my arm to stop me

"I don't care. He can do whatever he wants I'm going out there to check on my best friend" I informed him before turning away and heading out the locker room door.

I ran down to the ring not caring what the fans thought. I slide in the ring and went straight to her side, I took her hand in mine and looked sadly at her face, she was pale and wasn't moving. Luckily the show went to commercial by this point so I probably wouldn't be in much trouble.

"Chris man what happened?" I turned to our trainer who was assisting the EMT's, he was crouched nex tot her talking to her to see if she would respond.

"Looks like she's been knocked out. I don't really know anything else a tthis point" he said turning to me. I looked down at her and tried to get a repsonse my self

"Emma? Emma, it's me John please wake up" I said pleading with her to wake up but I got nothing.

"We need to get her to the hospital John" he said placing a hand on my arm sliently telling me to give them some space.

"Ok" I said simply. I reluctantly let go of her hand and stood up stepping aside letting them do their job. I watched on as they placed her on stretcher and carried her out of here.

I walked backstage and saw the ambulance sped off, I knew I had to concentrate I had a match next, as soon as I was done I was out of here.

As soon as the match was finished, Randy and I grabbed out stuff not bothering with a shower. I put another t-shirt on while he pulled some pants over his trunks and pulled a shirt on too.

We jumped into the car and sped off to the hospital, when we arrived they took us to were Emma was although we couldn't see her yet so we sat anxiously in the waiting room

"She's gonna be fine John" Randy said from his seat as I paced back and forth in the room.

"You don't know that" I snapped immediate regretting the comment "Sorry dude I'm just worried about her"

"Me too, what were we saying before huh? She's tough" I nodded as a doctor came into the room clipboard in hand causing both of us to stand.

"Are you both here for Ms Austin?" he asked and I nodded

"What relations are you to her?" this guy obviously didn't watch wrestling did he?

"We're her friends and colleagues" Randy answered for us.

"Oh yes I see, one of the nurses said she was a wrestler" he said scanning over his notes "I'm Dr. Stewart I was assessing Ms Austin, I specialise in head injuries"

"John" I said intruding me "Randy" I nodded at Orton

"Nice to meet you both" he flipped his clipboard "Well going from the notes I was given about what happened. Basically she's unconscious from the shot she took to the head before hand then by the manoeuvre that was performed incorrectly, her neck was bent right over causing some slight temporarily nerve damage and numbness resulting her to pass out. We've checked her over and there's no permanent damage however time will tell when she wakes up, we've patched up the wound on her head so you just have to be patient as she has a concussion." he informed us.

"Can we see her?" I automatically asked not wanting to waste anymore time.

"Absolutely follow me" he said placing his clipboard under his arm.

We followed behind the doc to a small room, Randy and I were receiving looks from people as we passed them in the hallways.

"Here we are, if you need me for anything please just ask" he said

"Thanks Doc" I said, he nodded and smiled before waling away.

I walked in first Randy closely behind me, I stopped and looked over to the bed where she was lying.

My heart sank, she still looked so pale, she lay there motionless with her eyes closed as almost as if she was sleeping. Only her chest slightly moving up and down for her breathing, she was still in her ring gear and she was lying under the covers slightly her arms resting either side of her.

She had a band aid on her head where the wound was and an IV coming out of her arm obviously to give her some strength back. I sighed before walking over to her bed and taking the seat closest to her, I heard Randy close the door and take the seat on the opposite side of the bed, I held her hand in mine rubbing my thumb over knuckles hoping she would wake up to my touch but she still lay there.

I sighed deeply watching her 'sleep' hoping she would wake up soon, I ran a hand over my tired face seeing the time was well past midnight.

Emma

I groaned in pain as my eyes slowly fluttered open. I looked around to see I was alone in a hospital bed. I closed my eyes then reopened them adjusting to the light.

I looked to my right to see a jacket hanging over the back of the chair that looked awfully familiar. I smiled to myself realising the jacket belonged to Randy. I then looked to my left raising my head slightly to see a green and yellow cap resting on the arm of the chair. I had to smile again knowing the item belonged to John. Those guys stayed with me this whole time, actually I didn't even know how long I'd been out for.

I remember what happened as clear as day, Maryse giving me a DDT and they way I landed, she obviously hadn't made me land onto the chair safely.

I flopped back down onto the soft pillow and closed my eyes tightly feeling a wave of dizziness come over me.

I then heard two familiar voices become louder as they came into the room, I heard the door close behind them and then I felt them move back to the positions they must have been in before. They were talking about guy stuff that I couldn't quite make out, probably about marriage or something.

"Will you two shut the hell up. Didn't the doctor tell you I had a concussion" I croaked out stopping their conversation, I heard John chuckle then take hold of my hand.

"Even like this you still have an attitude problem" I heard him say

I opened my eyes and turned my head to look at him with a playful scowl on my face

"I do not have an attitude problem" I smiled

"How you feeling?" Randy asked and I turned to him

"Like I was smacked with a title belt then DDT'd onto a steel chair" I said sitting up slightly, I brought my free hand up and rubbed across my forehead trying to remove the pain.

"To be fair that's what happened" he said and I smiled at him not thinking of a comeback right at this moment

"How long have I been out?" I asked and he looked at his watch

"Only about 5 hours" he informed me, I gronaed.

"5 hours? You guys have been here this whole time, you should of gone back to the hotel to get some rest" I started to argue

"Don't start that crap, you needed us so that's why we're here" John said, I felt defeated right away knowing I wans't gonna win this one.

"Alright"

"Vince called and said if you woke up and you're up to it he wants to see you tomorrow night at the house show" he then said causing me to rasie an eyebrow

"Ok"

"I'll get the doctor tell him you're awake" Randy said standing and heading to the door

"Thanks Rands" I said and he left. After he went there was an awkward slience between us as I just laid there staring forward.

"Come on what's up?" he said causing me to look a thim, he knows me so well it's almost scary

"How could she be so careless?" I blurted out "I could of really been hurt and not the type you come back from, my career could have been over tonight"

"Look at it this way you're gonna be fine" typical John always looking on the bright side. I sighed knowing he was right.

"You know this is the most I've seen you since the wedding" I said quietly I alost cringed when I said the W word.

"I know I'm sorry about that things have been a little…. hectic" he said guilty glancing down to our joined hands.

"That's alright, I guess it's expected" I said as he looked up back up at me "Thanks for being here I really appreciate it"

"What are friends for" he said quietly looking intensly into my eyes. I know he's married now but man I love him so much.

After a few more silent minutes, Randy soon walked back in with the doctor in tow.

"Ahh Miss Austin nice to see you awake. How are you feeling?" the doctor asked walking over ot my bedside.

"Dizzy but better thanks" I answered

"Good, now I just need to do some quick tests to see if there is any extensive damage. Can you wiggle your toes for me?" he said and I looked at him weird

"Alright" I pulled the sheet back and wiggled my toes on both my feet no problems.

"Good, now can you put your hand into a fist then release then put them back into fist" he then asked scribbling something on his chart

I did that no problems with both my hands.

"No pain or numbness?" hew asked glancing up at me then back to the chart.

"No"

"Fantastic. I don't see no reason not to discharge you" he said smiling which caused me to smile genuinely for the first time tonight.

The Next Night

"Nice to see you up and about so soon, the doctor sent me your updates and they weren't pretty Emma, any normal person would be still in hospital" Vince said looking up from his desk

"You know me I'm not normal" I said slouched in a chair infront of his desk

"You can say that again" he smiled

"What did you want to see me about?" I asked

"There's no easy way to say this to you Emma but…I've decided to pull you out of the title match on Sunday" he said and my mouth dropped open

"What? No you can't pull me out the match" I argued wondering why the hell he would do that.

"Emma, due to the extent of your head injury I can't take the risk of keeping you in the match, I'm thinking about your health here, I'm sorry. I know this is hard to swallow" he said, I could tell he didn't want to do this I guess he didn't have much choice.

"You bet your ass it is." I said running a frustrated hand through my hair "answer me this one question, I was gonna go over wasn't I? That's why you're pulling me incase I can't defend the gold"

"Yes, yes you were" he said quietly

"You can't do this to me! This is bullshit Vince." I growled loudly before storming out the room and down the hallway.

"Emma are you ok?" Maryse asked me as I nearly crashed into her, I wonder if she was seeing vince next about what happened

"No I am not thanks to you" I snapped storming off down the hall.

I came to the end and sat on one of the huge crates that lined the hallway, I put my head in my hands trying to fight back the tears.

Because of someone's stupid mistake I'm being punished by not being able to compete on Sunday.

"Emma" I heard a voice say in front of me, I pulled my hands away and raised my head to see Vince looking back me with concerned eyes.

"I'm sorry, really I am. I didn't mean to upset you, I was thinking about you I don't want something serious to happen to you. You know I'm not even surprised you're here tonight out of hospital walking around like nothing even happened to you. You're tough just like…" he triled off not having to say his name "Look I'll compromise with you. I've had to pull you from this weeks house shows however how about I check up on you on Saturday if you're feeling up to it you can compete on Sunday." he said his lips forming in to a small smile

"Really?"

"Yes, after tonight you can go home and rest for Sunday"

"Deal" I agreed, seemed fair to me.

"I know you're an Austin and having that names means.."

"Quitting isn't an option" I finished his sentence

"Exactly and I know as an Austin you're driven" he joked causing me to smile.

"Thanks. I won't let you down"

"You never do"

5 days later
July 26th
Night of Champions

John

I knocked on the door in front of me gently, I had just finished my match with Randy and Paul and I knew her match was next.

"Come in" the voice said on the other side, I opened the door and stepped into the room.

"Hey" I said looking down to see Emma in the splits bending forward over one leg then the other, stretching out.

"Hey dude" hse said then standing up.

"Just came by to wish you good luck" I smiled at her.

"Thanks" she said "One of these days you will beat Orton, he's getting too greedy with that belt"

"Tell me about it" I rolled my eyes playfully.

"Then again he's not easy to beat all he has to do is smoother you with those thunder thighs of his" she joked causing me to laugh along too.

Then there was a knock on the door.

"That's me, time to put the game face on" she pulled a serious face making me laugh.

"No you look too much like Orton when you do that" I laughed and she dropped the fac immediately.

"Man I better change it, don't want to look completely psycho" she pulled her usual game face "This one ok" she asked while having the face on.

"Perfect"

"See you after" she kissed my cheek before brushing past me and out the door, I shook my head at her. She was in a great mood considering she was nearly pulled from the match and after getting the all clear to compete she was over the moon.

I sat down in her locker room and watched the promo for the match, they were playing off Emma getting hurt on RAW and Maryse bragging about it, and of course adding Mickie into the story.

All 3 ladies made their way to the ring and the match started.

Anyway the frustration Em was feeling earlier in the week seem to be taken out on her opponents, the match went back and forth for a while with a few pin falls by all 3 of them. Later on, Em tossed Mickie out of the ring to concentrate on Maryse, she stumbled up and Em stalked behind her waiting for her to turn round.

Maryse slowly faced Em before she got a kick in the gut and a Stunner for her troubles before Em pinned her one two three to become the new Divas Champion for the second time.

I grinned brightly and applauded my best friend, oh yes she was back to her normal self for sure.