Who Do I Trust?
Chapter Nine
Everyone watched the replay on the screen. Bray Wyatt is holding back Dean Ambrose and he gives the orders to throw Abigail off the bridge. She was tied to a chair so she couldn't do anything. Bray thought he was doing her a favor. He didn't want to see her suffer from depression anymore and he didn't want her taking her own life so he thought he would put her out of her misery. Dean Ambrose broke free and jumped off the bridge after her. Bray stood there laughing like a maniac. The camera man didn't know whether to keep filming or to stop. This seemed wrong even to him . The camera man turned off his camera and Raw ended with someone else.
It was dark out and it was hard for Dean Ambrose to see. He didn't see where she landed, but he jumped in anyway. He didn't care about his own life, he was just concerned about Abigail. It was mid October so the water was freezing. He kept growing more and more concerned as each passing second went by. Finally he took a deep breath and dived down into the freezing water. There was a little bit of light and he finally spotted her. She couldn't move and he didn't know whether or not she was still holding her breath. He swam down to her as fast as he could. She was still tied to the chair so he would have to free her from the chair. Luckily for her he always carried a pocket knife with him everywhere he went. As he was cutting the ropes he noticed that she wasn't holding her breath. He cut the ropes as fast as he could and then started carrying her back to the surface, he almost ran out of air himself. He swam with her to shore and saw that she wasn't breathing so he immediately started CPR on her . He didn't care how cold he was, but he was getting frustrated when he couldn't get her to start breathing.
"Come on Abby don't die on me."
After about a minute she finally revived and started gasping for air. She shivered and finally her vision became clear and she saw who rescued her. She was so upset that she didn't know what to do. She acted without thinking and threw herself into his arms crying. He was relieved that he was able to save her. He usually wasn't the hugging type, but he wrapped his arms around her and hugged her back while he tried to comfort her as she was crying.
"It's ok Abby. It's over. You don't have to worry about Bray anymore."
"My name is Abigail."
"You are not Bray's sister. You don't have to be called Sister Abigail."
"Abigail is still my real name. Mostly my friends call me Abby, but I don't want to be called that because of my past. I thought that if I changed up my name and my attitude that things would be different. So far, my life has been just as bad being Abigail as it was when I was Abby. I still want to be called Abigail because that's still my real name. I'm just so hurt and confused right now. I thought I could trust Bray. He always said he loved me. I really started looking up to him like a protective brother. I had nowhere to go and he gave me a home. Why would he do this to me?"
"It's because of your depression. You tried to take your life once, but he didn't want you to do that. He has a little bit of sympathy for you, but he's legit crazy. He didn't want to see you suffer anymore and he wanted to be the one to put you out of your misery. That way it wouldn't have been suicide. I'm just glad that I got to you when I did. Come on. Let's get you out of here and get into some warm,dry clothes before we catch hypothermia."
He leads her along, but she stops. She didn't really want to follow him. Not after all she's been through.
"Hey are you coming?"
"No. I'm not making the same mistake twice. I still don't know if I should trust you."
"Oh come on. I'm not asking for you to trust me. I just want to make sure that you're ok. At least change into some dry clothes."
Abigail still backed away. She didn't like his tone.
"Listen thanks for saving me, but I should go. "
"Where are you going to go? Surely not back to Bray."
She didn't say anything because she really didn't have anywhere to go. He walks up to her and gently takes her hand. His voice was now calm as he figured out that he may have been scaring her.
"Please... Abigail come with me. We can share a hotel room. That's what most WWE superstars do anyway while we travel."
"But when you're not traveling, at least you have a place to call home."
He didn't really know what to say to that but was glad when she finally agrees and walked with him slowly. She still wasn't sure about what his true intentions were. He saw the look on her face and sort of knew she felt weird about going to a hotel with him. He gave her a playful smirk.
"I'm not asking you to sleep with me, unless you just really want to."
She stops and blushes, but is slightly terrified. She still has feelings for him and didn't want to end up doing something that she would regret. She still wasn't sure about how he felt about her. One minute he doesn't want anything to do with her, then the next minute he's kissing her in front of the whole world. She doesn't hear from him for a week after the kiss, but ever since then he's been running to her rescue. He sees the embarrassed, nervous look on her face and laughs.
"I'm kidding Sunshine."
"Sunshine?"
"Yeah. You don't want to be called Abby and I don't really want to call you Abigail, so how about Sunshine? It's just a nickname, but it works for you."
"I kind of like it too, but do you call just anyone Sunshine?"
"Nope, but are you coming or not?"
She was getting colder and colder as the wind started blowing.
"Well. I would at least like to get on some dry clothes. I'll go with you, but that doesn't mean that I trust you."
"Fair enough."
First they went back to the arena to get their stuff, and changed into dry clothes. Then they met up in the parking lot. Abigail was a bit confused as she saw Roman Reigns waiting around. Dean Ambrose walked up behind her.
"Oh and I forgot to tell you that Roman and I travel together."
"But didn't The Shield break up?"
"We did storyline wise, but Roman and I are still like brothers."
"Oh so the family thing isn't just with The Wyatts?"
Roman interrupted.
"Now that is storyline. The Wyatts could never be as close as The Shield. What Dean and I have is real brotherhood. We might not really be related, but it's the bond that counts, not just the blood. Come on, we've got room for one more. Seth isn't with us anymore. We're just business partners according to him. I guess he didn't know what real brotherhood was either."
Abigail didn't really know what to say to that. Dean Ambrose politely opens a door for her and she gets in. Somehow he knew she would want to sit in the back. He was sure that she needed her space. She smiled and thanked him. As Roman finished putting the luggage in the trunk he saw Dean get the door and thought that was unusual. Before he got in he said something to Dean on the outside that Abigail didn't hear.
"What's up with you man?"
"What do you mean?"
"I've never really seen you hold the door open for anyone before. It doesn't really seem like the kind of thing you would do. What's the story with you and her anyway?"
"Have you not been paying attention to the kind of things Bray Wyatt has been doing? It just so happens that this storyline is real. Bray fooled her into trusting him, then he went and threw her off a bridge."
"Woah so that wasn't just storyline?"
"No, everything you've heard about her is real. She really does have depression. She's been through a lot. She was still thinking about going back to Bray, even after he almost killed her. I wasn't going to let that happen."
"Oh so you like her then?"
"I didn't say that."
Roman smirked at him.
"Come on. I saw the way you were looking at her. You think she's hot."
"I think she's cute. Cute and hot are two different words."
"So you don't want to make out with her?"
Dean was starting to get annoyed and didn't answer that.
"Look, all I'm saying is I had to get her away from Bray."
Roman nodded like he understood, obviously Dean didn't want to be embarrassed in front of her. The ride to the hotel was about ten minutes, other than the music there was an awkward silence. No one really said anything. It was almost midnight so no one was really up, just the lobby attendants at the hotel. Roman and Dean travel together, but they got separate rooms. When Abigail and Dean got to their room she was amazed by how nice it looked.
"Wow. Nice room. It's nicer than anywhere I've ever lived."
"Yeah well when you're a WWE superstar, sometimes the boss spoils you. It's a little more than what I'm used to, but it's nice. You learn to live with it."
They still looked around the room, but noticed that there was only one bed. There were chairs, but no couch. Abigail put her stuff down in a chair. She felt the awkward silence between them and said something about the situation.
"So um... there's only one bed and no couch."
"Yeah sorry about that. Roman and I kind of found this place ahead of time and already rented the rooms. I didn't really know you would be joining us. But it's still a nice room."
"Yeah."
Abigail didn't look at him. She felt embarrassed about the situation. Dean noticed her blushing and smirked at her.
"Looks like we'll be sleeping together after all."
He saw her look at him with wide eyes as she blushed even more and he laughs.
"You know it's funny. When you first met me you wouldn't stop following me around. Now you're acting all nervous and shy."
"This is all so weird to me. I've never slept with anyone before."
"Ok relax. I see how nervous you're getting. I promise that it will just be sleeping that we do."
Abigail smiles feeling a little better.
"Ok."
"Ok so you can go change or whatever it is you do before going to sleep and I'll go ahead and get comfortable. Maybe I'll be asleep before you come out. I'm a heavy sleeper so don't worry about waking me up."
She simply nods and heads to the bathroom to change. She took about ten minutes. When she got out the lights were off. She didn't think he was asleep yet so she slowly got into bed with him. It felt weird, but at the same time it was nice. She looked over at him. He had shorts on, but he had his shirt off. She thought that he looked hot, but things still seemed awkward between them. She rolled over and faced the other way and soon she fell asleep. Through the night she ended up rolling over to face him without knowing it. It was chilly in the room so they ended up sleeping closer than she thought. Dean usually wouldn't wake up but he felt cold feet on him. He looked over at her as she slept. He moved his feet just slightly to warm them up. Abigail was curled up into a ball. She was so small, but her head was buried into his warm chest. He wrapped one arm around her head, his fingers feeling her soft hair. He felt her breathing against his chest. He smiled at her as he went back to sleep. Abigail woke up at one point of the night. Something startled her and she woke up. Dean Ambrose was asleep. She realized that she was sleeping closer to him than she wanted to, but there was a certain warmth and comfort that made her not want to move. She was halfway awake but could hear his heart beat and she could feel his hand in her hair. She moved her head just slightly to look up to see his face. He was asleep, but she saw him smiling. She smiled too feeling happy and she fell back asleep in his arms. Both of them felt this connection they had with each other. Dean Ambrose had been with several different women before, but he felt like there was something different about Abigail. Even though she told herself that she didn't want to trust him, she felt like he would be different from Bray. She felt safe around him, but in the back of her mind she kept worrying about Bray. She was afraid that he would come back for her and Dean wouldn't be able to protect her . She felt like she was starting to trust him, but she wondered if he would be any different from Bray. As Dean slept he knew he had to do everything he could to protect her.
(To be continued. Nope it's still not over . Even though this is my first WWE story, it's still the longest I've ever done. I hope everyone has enjoyed it as much as I've enjoyed writing it.)