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Wade and Lisa had managed to shower and dress by the time Justin returned from training, and when he walked through the door he took one look at the couple and raised an eyebrow. Lisa nodded shyly and all three laughed as Justin let out a woop of joy.
"About time, right?" He picked Lisa up in a massive hug and spun her around. "I'm happy for you babe," he whispered in her ear.
"Look after her," he shook Wade's hand then pulled him into an embrace, "pleased for you man, but look after her, yeah?"
"I will," Wade replied gruffly.
"Right, let's hit the road, gimme the keys I'm driving," Lisa laughed at the looks on both men's faces. Her driving was notorious. "I promise I'll drive carefully."
Justin threw the keys at her and the two men accompanied her out of the hotel. While Wade had said that things were sorted with Drew, they didn't much feel like putting that to the test by leaving her alone at the moment, and Wade knew that she was emotionally much more vulnerable than she was letting on.
"J, need a favour later," he muttered while Lisa was distracted sorting out the car. "Can you find someone else to room with for a while?"
Justin laughed until he realised there was more to it than just Wade wanting some alone time with Lisa, and nodded, "I've already spoken to Tyson, he's cool with that. Is she ok?"
"I don't know. I'm worried this might all be a bit soon for her."
"That's her decision to make, man. She's a big girl who knows her own mind. She seems happy."
"It's not that simple."
Justin nodded thoughtfully. "You guys need anything, you ask me, ok? You've at least got a few days at home to work things out."
"Thanks J," Wade threw his bag into the car and got in the passenger seat, leaving Justin in the back.
Lisa laughed at the pair of them as they buckled themselves in firmly, "seriously guys, if either of you criticise my driving, I will stop and kick you out to the kerb, understand?"
"Absolutely," they both remained silent for all of two minutes before bursting out laughing. Lisa was glad that things weren't tense, or different after what had happened with Wade, and she felt a little more confident that she'd made a good decision for once.
After a couple of near misses, they made it to the next arena in one piece. They were there for a house show and then could fly straight out home for a few days off. Apart from her plans for a skydive with Justin, Lisa wasn't sure what she was going to do. She didn't much feel like being on her own but equally didn't want to put too much pressure on Wade.
Walking into the arena she felt nervous, but when she saw Drew turn away from her the moment they were in the same vicinity she actually started to believe that she might have escaped from him. She looked up at Wade and smiled nervously, grasping his hand for additional support. He looked down at her, saw her discomfort and pulled her close: a move that did not go unnoticed by Drew, who stormed off muttering.
"You ok?" Wade asked quietly.
"Yeah, I think so. I'm gonna go find Nat and see if I'm needed for anything tonight, I'll come and find you guys later, yeah?" She felt a surge of confidence which she could only attribute to Wade, and figured that if Drew really was going to leave her be, she needed to test that out one way or another, and the only way she really could do that was by regaining her own independence.
Wade nodded cautiously, but leaned down to kiss her all the same. He wasn't sure how much of their relationship she wanted to reveal to their co-workers, but it seemed she was ok with it so he deepened the kiss briefly before letting her go.
Natalya caught up with Lisa close to the locker room. "Is it true?" The girl was always blunt.
"Is what true?" Lisa rolled her eyes, the gossip bandwagon never took long to start rolling.
"That you're with Wade now, and that's why you left Drew?"
"What is this, high school? Yes, I am with Wade, but that's not why Drew and I split."
Natalya didn't react as Lisa expected her to. Instead, she clapped her hands and jumped up and down in excitement, "I knew you two would end up together."
"Oh my god this is high school," Lisa giggled despite herself. "You don't think it's too soon?"
Natalya shook her head, "look, I don't know what happened with Drew, but it clearly made you unhappy. And it was freaking painful wrestling you when he put you in a bad mood. Life goes on. Anyway, you've definitely traded up there, Wade's hot as hell."
"I'll tell him you said that," Natalya covered her face in embarrassment, "no seriously though, thanks. This thing with Drew's been pretty shitty, to be honest. I'm just glad it's over."
"What happened?"
"You don't wanna know, believe me. Let's just say he took a while to get it through his head that it was over. But now he knows. And me and Wade stopped ignoring the blatantly obvious, thanks in part to Justin, so we're gonna see how it goes. Anyway, how did you find out I was with Wade?"
"Duh, AJ saw him kissing you when you got here."
"Ah, I see. Does that mean the entire roster knows by now?" She was a little bit worried by that, and particularly how Drew might react to the particular spin that the gossip had appeared to take.
"Probably. Although let's be honest, everyone kind of knew already, you only have to be in the same room as you and Wade to feel the sparks fly," Natalya teased.
"Ugh, best go do some damage limitation then." Lisa shook her head and walked into the locker room, where everyone went quiet. Lisa looked to AJ and shook her head. "You were half right kiddo," when AJ looked confused, she continued, "yes, I'm with Wade. However, I didn't leave Drew for Wade. I finished with Drew because it wasn't working. And now I'm with Wade, because... well because I am. Anyone has a problem with that, they can do two things: fuck off, and kiss my ass. OK?"
AJ gulped and nodded nervously. "Sorry Lisa, I shouldn't have assumed."
"No you shouldn't, but if you would be so kind as to now spread the truth, I'd appreciate it."
The younger wrestler nodded and scurried off, presumably to do just that.
Lisa grinned at Natalya and started to get ready. She planned to practice with the Canadian for a bit before going to wait with Wade and Justin. The girls were first up on the show, so they would be most likely changed and ready to get out of there before Wade had even had his match. Natalya was taking advantage of the longer stretch of days off and heading out as soon as she could, and Lisa, like most of the roster, would be getting the red eye to Tampa as soon as humanly possible.
Wade was waiting for Drew to say something, and sure enough it didn't take long for him to indicate to the Englishman that he wanted a word outside the locker room. Wade stood up and followed him, his posture predicting trouble.
"So that's why you warned me off then, wanted the slag to yourself eh?" Drew spat, the smirk on his face telling Wade everything that he needed to know.
"No, idiot, I warned you off because you raped her and were fucking her up." Wade was seething at Drew's words but he tried to hold back, knowing that Drew was goading him.
"I didn't give her anything she didn't want."
"The word 'no' means nothing to you then?"
"She used to say no all the time,doesn't mean she didn't want it."
Wade closed his eyes, really struggling to control his anger right at that moment, "so what you're saying is you raped her while she was with you, and even when she ended it you thought you'd just carry on? What kind of a sick fucker are you?"
"I'm saying nothing. Just don't try to pretend to anyone you're her knight in shining armour, you've wanted her for a long time and now you've got my sloppy seconds because she's spun you some ridiculous story. Oh I know your threats, and believe me now she's with you I wouldn't go near the slut anyway, but don't for a moment think that you can go around saying things like that about me, right? There are two sides to every story." Drew gave a broad smile and looked over his shoulder as he saw Wade tensing his fists, "oh Cena, how're you doing man?"
Wade took a deep breath as Cena walked past, nodding a greeting as Drew decided to accompany the superstar back to the locker room. Once alone, the Englishman let out a roar of frustration and punched the wall, immediately cradling his knuckles in frustration and rage. He shook his hand and flexed his fingers, hoping that he hadn't done too much damage to it but knowing that Lisa would notice either way and would undoubtedly want to know what had gone on.
He was struggling to process Drew's words. Had he really meant it when he said that Lisa had said no more than once? That she still wanted it anyway? He shook that last thought out of his head and tried to work out how the hell he would even start to explain all this to Lisa, and in all honesty, was it something she would be ready to even talk about?
He heard a cough behind him and turned round. Justin stood, with his hands on his hips, an extremely worried look on his face.
"How much of that did you see or hear?" Wade asked quietly.
"I followed you out when I saw Drew. I don't trust him," the South African stated plainly. "Do you think it's true, what he said?"
The absolute fury and anger on Wade's face told Justin all he needed to know. Justin clenched his fists, in his head it was bad enough knowing what Drew had done to Lisa after she'd ended the relationship, but to know there might have been more made him feel physically sick.
"You and her need to talk, later. You'll need to explain that," Justin pointed to Wade's hand, "and if there's any more shit that's gone on, you need to know so that you can fix her."
"Fuck." So much for any form of relaxing few days off. "Do me a favour, don't mention this, I'm gonna tape my wrist up anyway so she won't see it until later, when we've properly got chance to talk."
Justin nodded, "I'm gonna go find her and we'll chill in catering. Come find us when you're taped up and calmed down, yeah?"
"Yeah." Wade was pensive for a moment, "listen, thanks man."
"Don't thank me, just take care of our girl."