Disclaimer: I do not own anything dealing with WWE or any song lyrics that is used as a muse. I also do not own the rights to any products or persons mentioned in the story as well.

Warning: There is harsh language and adult themes as well as Slash between some of the characters (mostly M/M).

Chapter Four

It was Tuesday morning and Alex sat in the gym. He was bored out of his mind waiting for his instructor. All he knew was the guy's name, Dominic. Alex sighed as he crossed his arms over his chest.

Sheamus walked in and sat down beside him. "What's wrong, luv?"

"Waiting for this instructor that Mark is sending over," Alex replied.

"Mark? Instructor? Why?"

"Mark Calaway is sending me a martial arts instructor to help me."

"Why?"

Alex shrugged his shoulders, keeping his blues on the door.

A young black man entered.

"Dominic?" Alex called.

The man looked at him and he shook his head.

"Alex, why is the Deadman sending you an instructor?" Sheamus questioned.

"So I can better protect myself," Alex replied.

"What? Why?"

"Just cause."

Stephen gently grabbed Alex by the chin and forced him to face him. "Luv, tell me."

"Promise me you won't get mad."

The Irishman slowly nodded.

"Remember last week when I went to the gym."

"Yeah."

"Someone tried to attack me."

Emeralds that were normally bright and happy turned dark and angry. "Who attacked you?"

"Key word here is tried. Tried to attack me."

"Who...Alex?"

"I was able to hold him off until someone interrupted."

"Alex who?"

The younger man sighed. "Barrett."

The Celtic Warrior stared into the younger man's eyes. Stephen slowly breathed as he wiped his mouth.

"Stephen?"

"Why didn't you tell me this?"

"I didn't want you to worry. I can take care of myself. I am a wrestler."

"That doesn't mean anything. Someone can still hurt you. What if Barrett got further? If that person didn't come by..."

"Stephen, Stephen, Stephen...don't worry about me."

A woman and man entered.

"Dominic?" Alex asked.

The man smiled and shook his head. He went over to the machines to workout.

The woman came over and smiled. She was lean and looked to be 100lbs max. She had red hair with green eyes. Her skin was a peaches and cream complexion with a splash of freckles across her cheeks and nose.

Alex and Sheamus stared at her.

"I'm Kat, Dom's friend. We're going to do some stretches until Dominic shows up."

Alex nodded and went to stretch with her. After five minutes, Stephen joined them.

"So...this Dom person..." Alex began.

"Professional MMA fighter. Has a blue belt in Brazilian Jiujitsu, self taught Muay Thai boxer, and wrestler," Kat replied.

"Wow," Stephen replied. "I'm impressed."

Kat nodded.

For fifteen minutes, people came and went. A black woman entered and watched the three stretch. She stood between 5' feet and 5'5" and looked to weigh 150lbs. Her arms and legs were well defined.

"Kat," she greeted.

"Dom!" Kat jumped to her feet and hugged her friend.

Alex and Stephen stood up. They gave each other side-way glances.

Dom looked to both men. "Kevin," she pointed to Alex, "and Sheamus."

"Yes," Alex replied. "Forgive me. I thought Dom..."

"Would be a guy?" she finished.

The man nodded.

Dom chuckled and walked up to Alex. She looked him over. She grabbed his right wrist and pulled him towards herself as she slid her arm underneath his armpit. She turned until her back was flush against his chest and she tossed him over her shoulder.

It all happened so fast that Stephen did a double take.

Alex stared up at her while Kat laughed.

"Just because I'm a woman doesn't mean I can't kick your ass," Dom said. She held out her hand and he took it. "I'm here to teach you how to defend yourself and be your bodyguard until there's nothing left for me to teach you."

Alex nodded. "Sorry."

"Not a problem," Dom said. "I know you're a wrestler and you probably think you're the shit. Let me tell you something, the more skills you have under your belt the better. You have ground work and you have standing work. Most people prefer standing work, but what happens when you're forced to the ground? How the hell can you get your attacker off of you? I'm here to teach you how to survive."

Alex nodded again.

"Brazilian Jiujitsu is excellent for ground work. You are familiar with UFC, right?"

"Yeah, I watch it when I can," Alex replied.

"Good. We're going to start with some drills and workouts to help strengthen your hips. The first drill is Shrimps."

"What?" Alex asked.

"You lay on your back and you turn onto your side, throwing your butt out. The end result is in a shape of a shrimp," Dom explained. "Kat."

The young lay on her back and immediately turned onto her right side, throwing her butt out. She straightened onto her back once more and turned onto her left side. She quickened her movement, moving down the mats and back.

"That's Shrimps," Kat said as she sat up.

"The reason why I want you to do this drill this is to help you get out from under your opponent. Watch." Dom straddled Kat.

The young woman shrimped out from under her friend.

"See how she used her hands against my knees to give her more leverage to shrimp out?" Dom asked.

"Yeah," Alex replied.

"Don't be afraid to use your hands if you're ever on the ground and need to shrimp out. Now shrimp!"

Alex did all the drills and workouts that Dom instructed him to do before they all went to lunch.

"So tell me," Alex began, "why MMA?"

"Well, I love wrestling. I did lots of backyard stuff and taught myself Muay Thai until my cousin came from Thailand to stay. He helped with my training. He's one of the top twenty MMA fighters. I went to study BJJ and ended up getting into MMA after a few tournaments," Dom replied.

"She kept getting first or second place," Kat added. "She also won most of her Muay Thai tournaments."

"Nice," Stephen said.

"She has an undefeated streak," Kat said. "Twenty-seven matches with eight knockouts, fifteen submissions, and two by decision. She still does backyard wrestling. Also undefeated streak of fifty-three wins."

"Sweet," Alex said.

"I'm her biggest fan," Kat replied.

"You're my only fan," Dom replied as she turned her head to her friend.

Kat laughed. "Well, you have other fans but none as dedicated as me."

"True." Dom took a swig of her drink.

"How do you know the Deadman?" Alex asked.

"I've known Mark going on seven years now," Dom replied.

"Wait...how old are you?" the young Virginia questioned.

"Twenty-eight," she replied.

Both men stared at her.

"You look like you're sixteen," Alex replied.

The black woman laughed.

"Back to the Mark story," Kat said. "I haven't heard this."

Dom smiled. "It was my twenty-first birthday and my brother took me out drinking. Mark was in the club having a drinking contest with Kane and a big nosed dude."

"Big nosed dude?" Alex asked.

"He had long blond hair," Dom added.

"Hunter," both men replied.

She nodded. "They were getting totally blitzed out of their skulls. Dude, like so blitzed that Kane was hitting on this young guy. Very handsome I might add. They ended up leaving together. Mark and Hunter were hitting on each other."

Stephen began to chuckle.

"Well, they focused their attention on one of the girls, who's my friend. I go over and try to calm them down. I got so pissed at Mark that I suplexed him through a table."

Alex blinked. "He's like 300lbs."

Dom nodded. "I can lift up to 400. I don't look like it, but I can. I mean most people think that the bigger you are the more you can lift. That's not necessarily the case. I know a guy who looks like a bodybuilder but can only lift a hundred pounds. Looks don't mean shit in my book. It's how you train and work at it."

"Most of the guys in the backyard fed are upward to 400lbs," Kat replied. "Dom is the only female wrestler."

"How many guys you have on the roster?" Alex asked.

"Twenty including me," Don replied.

Alex nodded.

"So you suplexed the Deadman into a table," Stephen said. "How did he take it?"

"He and Hunter sobered up really quick...as well as most of the club. They dragged me and my brother back to their hotel and we all talked and what not. Hunter was mostly impressed. He's been trying to get me into professional wrestling since the day I met him," Dom explained.

"You should think about it," Alex replied.

Dom shook her head.

"Why?" Stephen asked.

"I just don't want to," Dom replied. "Question. Why is the Deadman asking me to train you and guard your rock hard body?"

Kat giggled.

Alex stared at Stephen. "Some stuff has come up."

"This would work better if you tell me the truth," Dom replied.

"He was attacked," the Irishman replied.

"By?" Kat replied.

"Barrett," Alex answered.

Dom looked to Kat, who nodded.

The taping came. Alex sat in Stephen's locker room with Dom. They placed cards and talked.

"Let's wander for a bit," Dom suggested.

Alex nodded.

They walked around backstage and spotted Glenn talking to Randy.

"Hey," Dom greeted. "That's the young man I was talking about. He's gotten thinner...and tanner...and tattooed..."

Alex chuckled.

Both men looked at her.

"Glenn, Randy, this is Dominic," Alex introduced.

Dom smiled. "Last time I saw you, big guy, you were blitzed out of your mind flirting with this guy."

Randy and Glenn stared at each other.

"That was like seven years ago," Dom added.

Randy blushed while Glenn bellowed in laughter.

"You two together?" Dom asked with a smile on her face.

"Going on seven years," Glenn replied.

She looked from one man to the other. "Y'all ain't married yet?"

"Not yet," Randy said.

Dom looked to Glenn. "Ask him to marry you already. Y'all are practically married anyways might as well make it official."

"All right, Mark." Glenn stared down at her.

"Don't give me that look," Dom commanded. "You may be bigger than me, but I'll suplex your ass so fast, it'll make your head spin."

"Try it," Glenn said with a smirk.

Alex's eyes grew wide. "Bye, guys." He steered Dom back to the locker room.

Once there, they went back to playing cards.

"So, you and Stephen?" Dom asked.

"What about us?" Alex replied.

"You two dating?"

"You got a problem with it?"

"No. Truth be told, I'm actually a man."

"Really?"

"No, but I am bi."

Alex smiled.

"So you do like him."

"I've always had a crush on him."

Dom nodded. "Go for it."

"We went out on one day and stay in the same room."

"A good start. So, why did this Barrett fellow attack you?"

The Virginian shrugged his shoulders. "No clue."

"There has to be a reason."

"What if there isn't any? What if he did it just to do it?"

"That's a reason." She threw down a card. "I would have to say that Stephen likes you as well."

"How can you tell?"

"It's the way he looks at you. His eyes soften when he stares at you. He seems to go off in a far away place like he's thinking of a future with the both of ya."

Alex blushed.

"You thought of it as well."

"I have."

Dom placed her cards down and stared at him. "Care to share?"

He gave a crooked smile. "I often imagine us getting a house together by either a lake or the beach. Two story...white. There's a front porch with a swing for two or three. Maybe a dog or cat. I want a garden. My mom loves to garden that's where I get my love for it as well. I'm thinking irises and poppies, roses and orchids. Adopt a kid...maybe five."

Dom chuckled. "That's a nice dream, but really...five?"

"I want a big family. I'm the only child. I don't want my baby to be lonely."

Dom nodded and they continued to talk not knowing that Stephen was outside listening in with a smile on his face.