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Lisa figured that the bookers knew she was lying to them about why she had missed the show the night before, and she just did the best she could to ensure that Wade didn't get into any trouble. She barely believed the words that were coming out of her mouth herself, but clearly she felt that she must have been giving off a vibe that said "don't ask me", plus, she freely acknowledged that she looked like shit. Her money would be down that week, but she'd managed to persuade them not to mess with Wade's too much. It was, realistically, the best she could hope for. Now, all she had to do was put enough make up on that the fans wouldn't notice anything was wrong. She wasn't bothered about impressing her co-workers; she knew what they were saying already. News about her break up with Drew had started to filter out and according to the main gossip-mongers she was already dating Wade. She shivered when she thought about what Drew would do when he heard what was being said.

Justin had broached the idea of her staying with him and Wade, and she'd initially resisted until she realised that it made sense, and had then acquiesced fairly easily. She'd been too tired and exhausted to argue with them when they'd arrived at the hotel the night before, and she'd fallen asleep before Wade had even tried to insist that she stay.

Justin had hugged her and grinned when she agreed to room with them on a more regular basis, and she felt for a moment that it might be fun. Lisa and Justin had often teamed up to get their own way around Wade, and she thought that it might be nice to get back to that. She'd distanced herself from people a little when she had been in a relationship with Drew, and wasn't going to make that mistake again. She adored Justin and Wade and wasn't about to lose them if she could avoid it.

Lisa was a little apprehensive about being at the arena, given what had happened before. Bumping into Drew was not something she was looking forward to. She met up with Natalya early on, surprised when the Canadian gave her a huge hug and kissed her cheek, "you ok now? I was so worried about you when you didn't show up last night."

"I'm fine," she forced a smile, "back and ready to kick your ass tonight."

Natalya cringed, "I hope you've got whatever it was out of your system, I do not want another beating Lisa. AJ, on the other hand, has enough energy for thirty people and I think would probably enjoy it. "

"I'm sure she would, but you're stuck with me. I promise I'll be gentle."

The girls couldn't help but laugh. It felt weird for Lisa to be so carefree, but being able to work on a friendship meant that she would be safe, at least, while Natalya was around. Drew would never be stupid enough to do anything in front of a witness. She was sure she and Natalya would never be the sort to sit and discuss their relationships, life ambitions or have deep philosophical discussions, but they did have professional competitiveness in common and were both very good at their jobs, having been employed for their wrestling abilities and not their modelling careers.

Wade watched from a distance as Lisa spent time with Natalya. He was trying to resist the urge to shadow her all day, to ensure that nothing else happened. He'd already found out where Drew was, and who he was with, and although he'd had to severely restrain himself from beating smug look off Drew's face, he was planning a message that would be more long-lasting, and impossible for the Scotsman to avoid.

Lisa herself hadn't seen Drew at all, and was very grateful for that. She'd mostly stuck to catering, or the ring: basically anywhere that was a public place with lots of people around. Although she was feeling better for having told her best friends about what happened, she still felt very vulnerable. She had never rushed so quickly back to the locker room to get dressed and back out to where the general WWE populace were situated, after her match.

As Wade had requested, Justin went to meet Lisa after they had both completed their part of the show. He still didn't know what Wade was planning, but he wanted Lisa out of the way as knowing Wade, it wouldn't be pretty.

"Hey, Wade's not up til last, he said we should head on back to the hotel and he'll catch up, save you having to hang around here, ok?"

Lisa bit her lip: she knew Wade wanted her out of the way. She knew Wade as well as she knew anyone, and he was planning something, she was sure of that. She figured that if he didn't have something up his sleeve, he would already have beat the hell out of Drew. He didn't have the patience of a saint and at times struggled to manage his temper. She didn't want him to get into any more trouble because of her.

Justin could tell what was bothering her, and despite what Wade had said, figured he should be as honest as possible. "He's a grown adult Li, don't worry about him."

"Do you know what he's got planned?"

"No, he wouldn't tell me," when she rolled her eyes Justin chuckled, despite the seriousness of the situation, "I think he knew you'd get it out of me if he told me."

"I need to speak to him before we go."

Justin was amazed that Lisa had agreed so quickly, but went with it. He had envisaged a battle, but she was still fragile, he could tell. She'd always had a spark, a fight within her: he hoped that hadn't been dampened for good. He nodded and pulled out his phone, quickly calling his good friend. Wade joined them a few minutes later. He was in his ring gear, still awaiting his match.

Lisa pulled him into an empty locker room. She was blunt and to the point.

"I know you're planning on doing something to Drew, what with getting Justin to take me back to the hotel early. Don't do anything stupid on my account, please."

He frowned, not wanting to get into an argument with her right now, "Lisa..."

"No," she held up her hand, "just listen to me. I understand that you want to get revenge for me or something, I understand you Wade and I know you're not going to let it lie with him, and I know there is nothing I can do about that. I just want... I just want you to be careful, not get into trouble, and be safe. I don't know what I'd do if anything happened to you. I need you and J around."

"You're not going to argue with me?" He seemed surprised, and not a little worried by that.

"Is there any point?" She looked so weary in that moment, he felt incredibly guilty as he shook his head. "Just, be safe, and I'll see you later on, and you can tell me what happened. Just... I don't know, please don't hurt him too bad?" As he shook his head she continued, "I know what he's done, what you said, but I can't just switch my feelings on and off. I don't love him, I don't want to be with him, but I don't want him to be destroyed. All I want is to be able to move on and not be scared of him."

Wade pulled her into a hug which, to his great relief, she reciprocated, and pressed a gentle kiss into her dark hair. "I just want you to be safe, love. I promise that's all I want to ensure."

"I'm sorry," she whispered into his chest.

"So am I."