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RAW

I met Zack at the curtain waiting to go out on stage. His opponent, Santino went out first. After a few minutes it was our turn. As his music blared, Zack came out in his normal entrance mode. He was energetic and pumping up the crowd. I on the other hand was still trying hard to portray in indifference to having to attend Zack's matches.

The match began with Santino getting the first jabs. Zack shifted control in his favor and threw Santino into the ropes and greeting him with a nice clothesline. It took him a small amount of time to recover. Zack picked him up and punched him in the face followed by a suflex. With Santino down, he moved to the corner and up to the top rope. He hesitated a little to long and Santino bumped the top rope and Zack smashed his package into the top rope seething with pain. Santino grabbed him and threw him to the mat. I saw him reach for the cobra. I climbed onto the apron to distract the ref. Santino walked over to see what was going on. Zack managed to get up and snuck over to the top rope. He jumped at Santino, who dodged this and instead, Zack took out the referee. I tried to shake the referee but he was slow going. Santino continued to beat on Zack. I looked to the ref and looked to Zack writhing in pain. I jumped off of the apron and reached under the mat, retrieving a chair. My timing was off and the referee was standing up. "Santino!" I yelled. He looked at me. I tossed the chair at him and he instinctively caught it. The referee turned. I pointed at Santino. The ref rang the bell, disqualifying him. Zack's music played through the area. I entered the ring and offered Zack my hand. He took it and I pulled him up. The crowd cheered as the ref raised his hand up in the air in victory, I held up the other. He looked over at me and smiled. We walked up the ramp side by side. The audience surprised that instead of hindering Zack, I'd actually helped him.

I walked through the curtain and back to my dressing room. I heard a knock on the door.

It was Natalya.

"Hey Kelsey. Where the hell have you been!"

"What do you mean? I have been out in the ring."

"I know that, but you dropped off the earth last week. Nobody knew what happened to you and you didn't show up at the hotel after the Ohio show."

"Oh well…I stayed at Dolph's parents' place."

"What!" She said excitedly. "Tell me everything."

"Oh it's nothing, his Mom has just been hounding him about not getting serious about someone so he said he was dating me. So we basically faked a relationship for his mother's benefit." She smiled and shook her head.

"I'm sure it was really hard 'faking' a relationship" she said giggling.

"What is that supposed to mean?"

"You two are basically in a sexless relationship, but a relationship nonetheless."

"That is ridiculous. Besides we should really be talking about important things like your birthday next week!"

"Yeah, I'm so excited! We are all totally going out!"

"Absolutely. I'm so in."

"Oh my gosh! Is that this time?" She said looking at the clock. "I gotta go! My match is next!"

"Goodluck!" I yelled as she bolted through the door.

I packed up my things and headed out of the arena for the night. During the cab ride I got a text from Dolph.

"Hey Blondie. Did you leave the area already?"

"Yeah, Didn't feel like sticking around today."

" :[ I stopped by to see you and you were gone. Can I come by your room tonight?"

"Sure, I never can say no to a Dolph visit."

"Okay see you soon."

I returned to my room and plopped down on my bed. My head was foggy today. Between the pseudo relationship with Dolph last week and working along side my estranged husband, life has been all kinds of weird and I'm not sure why. I decided to take my mind off of things with some crappy yet entertaining TV. Luckily, I was able to locate the show Jerseylicious. I was in the middle of watching Olivia talk trash about her coworker Tracy when Dolph came to my room.

"Hey Blondie!"

"Hey Dolph."

"How are you?"

"Okay, just in a funk today."

"You should be ecstatic. Your match went great! The crowd really got behind you and Zack. The face/tweener push creative is giving you is great, although don't get me wrong, I love you as a heel even more." He winked at me.

"Thanks, I know the match went exactly how it was supposed to. I just can't help but feel weird about it, like I couldn't make it here without the guy that I just happened to still be married to." I looked up at him sadly.

"Yeah, I can see how that would be in the back of your mind. You and I both know that it isn't true though. Every week you go out there and show the rest of the locker room and the fans that you deserve to be here."

"I really hope so."

"Well, I doubt they will have you be on-screen Mrs. Ryder forever. Eventually they will find you something else to do storyline wise."

"God I hope so. Sooner rather than later. Don't get me wrong, it's nice being on good terms with him but there is just so much history there that makes it hard to work together in this capacity."

"I haven't had this problem but I can see where that gets sticky especially because since you to are still married."

"Yeah, lots of unresolved issues come along with failed relationships." I laughed.

"Well, at least one relationship is going well…according to my mom," he said laughing.

"So she liked me?"

"She LOVED you. Unfortunately, this has made her imagine an engagement and a wedding." I laughed. "No seriously, she told me I needed to 'put a ring on it' so I don't lose you!"

"Oh jeeze. Well for now you can just use the 'It's too soon into the relationship' excuse." I said hopefully.

"Yeah, they really did seem to buy it."

"Well to be fair, most of the stuff we said was true. We really are inseparable and met the way we told them we did. We just left out some details!"

"Yeah, minorly vital ones. I may need to borrow you again soon."

"Again? What for?" I laughed.

"My cousin's wedding. I was going to go solo but after we left the house, mom was overly excited and told everybody about you. I got a call from my aunt this morning who insisted I bring you as my plus 1."

"Im going to have to start keeping score."

"For what?"

"To keep track of all the favors you owe me!" I said laughing.

"They sure are adding up fast aren't they?" he said smiling.

"Yes, but luckily for you, I am an awesome friend!"

"Yes, I am the luckiest person I know."

RAW

Decked out in my new gear, a purple bustier and my faux leather pants, I stood at the curtain waiting to go on. Zack showed up at the last second.

"You look good in purple," He said in a smile gesturing to my new gear.

"Thank you. I'm glad your gear wasn't brown or something. I would have been pissed!"

"Luckily, you look good in every color Kels. I just feel bad they made you match me."

"It's okay, I'm being a team player!" I said obnoxiously. He laughed. Out in the arena Santino's music concluded.

"You ready?" He asked pumped up.

"Absolutely!"

Zack's music began to play. We waited a few seconds and burst through the curtain onto the stage. We stopped mid ramp to do his fist pumping "Woo! Woo! Woo!'s" In complete unison. He then offered me his arm and we walked the rest of the way to the ring. Instead of letting me enter the ring on my own, he parted the ropes for me.

Once the bell rang, Zack charged Santino right off the bat. He knocked him hard onto the mat and followed with an elbow drop on the chest of Santino. The both stood up and as Zack went in for a punch, Santino dodged and snuck in a punch of his own. He threw Zack into the turnbuckle and barraged him with a series of kicks to the midsection. Zack held his ribcage obviously feeling the kicks. Santino locked in a submission, Zack seething in pain. I loudly yelled and hit the mat in support. He managed to counter the hold and deliver a few good kicks to his abdomen. Santino crawled to the corner and rested on the bottom turnbuckle. Zack ran at the corner and delivered an insane kick to the face. He fell away from the corner and Zack got the pin.

I slid into the ring. Zack gave me a big hug before the referee raised his hand up. Once he dropped his arm Zack jumped onto the turnbuckle and did another round of Woo's with the crowd, I participated on the mat. I couldn't help but laugh at how silly I felt doing this. He jumped down and walked towards me. I put my hands on his shoulders, giving them a squeeze.

"You did so great!" He smiled. I withdrew my hands and looked to the fans. When I turned around, he put his hand on the back of my head and pulled me into a full on kiss. The kiss lasted only like five seconds but it made a big impact. The crowd cheered loudly, obviously loving the more loving side of the Ryder's. He pulled away and grabbed my hand to lead me out of the ring. I was caught so off guard. It was difficult but I played it off and tried to sell it even though I could feel the anger boiling within me as we walked up the ramp.

By the time we walked through the curtain I was ready to explode.

"What the hell was that Zack?" I yelled.

"I kissed you, big deal," He shrugged.

"That wasn't in the script!" I argued.

"We were supposed to ad lib! We are supposed to act like a couple. Hence in celebration of my win I kissed my fucking wife!" He yelled. People were staring at us.

"Well you can't just throw shit like that at me, especially in the ring."

"I didn't think it would be a big deal! We have been married six years!"

"We have been separated for four, Zack! It didn't occur to you that it would be weird?"

"I'm sorry Kelsey." He said lowering his voice. " I just still feel comfortable around you so I just went with it. It just felt like that's what a married couple would do." His change of tone disarmed me a bit. I took a deep breath.

"It's okay. It's totally fine. But… can we plan stuff like that from now on?"

"Yeah, I promise."

"Okay." We parted and went to our respective dressing rooms. I sat for a few minutes cooling off before getting ready for my own match.

Zack was waiting for me at the curtain this time.

"I yelled at you and you still showed," I said jokingly.

"Yeah, I couldn't leave ya hanging Kels." My music hit and I jetted through the curtain. I sauntered down to the ring walking saucily swaying my hips. Zack followed a few feet behind until we reached the ring. I let him part the ropes for me once more. My opponent, A.J. was already waiting for me in the ring.

The bell rang and she ran at me. I hooked her left arm and tossed her to the mat. I elbow dropped onto her small frame. We both rushed to our feet. She was quick to kick me straight in the gut. I held it and she hit me with a spinning heel kick to the head. I fell to the mat. I saw her take to the top rope. I waited until I saw her jump before I rolled out of the way, she hit the mat hard. I picked her up by the hair and pulled her to the corner. I hoisted her onto the top turnbuckle. I held onto her and superplexed her. We both hit hard and attempted to be the first of their feet. I beat her to it and I speared her. I decided to go in for the pin. 1...2...3.

I jumped up and smiled at the fans. The ref raised my hand. Zack entered the ring. He picked me up, gave me a kiss on the cheek and spun me around in the ring. I celebrated in the ring for a minute before making my exit, leaving A.J. writhing on the mat.

We passed through the curtain laughing.

"Great match Kels. I never knew you were such a great wrestler until these last few months."

"My Dad owns a wrestling school!" I laughed.

"Well I know, I just never really saw you get into the ring."

"Well now you know, I'm fucking brilliant." He laughed.

"I already knew you were brilliant, I married you didn't I?" I smiled.

"You did but you fucked it up," said a familiar voice behind us. We both turned to look. It was Dolph.

"Fuck you, Ziggler," Zack scoffed.

"Boys, play nice!" I scolded as I gave Dolph a hug.

"Well it is none of his business."

"She is my best friend, she is my business," Dolph counted. I sighed.

"Well, we have dinner reservations so I will see you later Zack." Dolph's face broke into a smug grin. He extended his arm to me to escort me. I suspected it was just to pull me closer to him in front of Zack.

"Are you done?"

"What ever do you mean?" he said coyly.

"Don't play stupid, Dolph. Can't you play nice?"

"I can't help it, I'm just looking out for you! He has done you wrong in the past, I just want to make sure he doesn't do it again."

"I know, It would just be nice if you two could be civil."

"That is a tall order, Blondie."

"If Zack and I can be civil, so can you two!"

"Okay, I will try my best for you."

"That's all I ask!"

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