Oh my goodness so many new reviews thanks guys! This is kind of a filler chapter, more good stuff in the next one.

Wade was extremely relieved when Lisa met him at the locker room door all ready to go after his match. He wanted to get out of there before he bumped into Drew and sent his teeth flying down his throat. Like Lisa, Wade had expended a lot of energy in his match at the expense of his opponent, but there was still a massive amount of anger inside him and he knew it wouldn't take much on Drew's part to set him off. Justin greeted Lisa before heading out to get the car.

Pulling Lisa close to him, he pressed a kiss to her forehead, finally being able to relax a little as she wrapped her arms around his waist. "You ready to get out of here?" he whispered into her hair.

"Yeah, we're on the same flight aren't we?" She looked a little uncertain as they hadn't initially planned to be travelling together: things had happened so quickly, it took a bit of getting used to.

"Yeah, what do you want to do when we get back to Tampa?"

Lisa giggled, "your place or mine?"

Her good mood started to relax Wade a little more. He chuckled lowly, "whichever you want, love."

"Can we go to yours? I know he's staying away, but I'd be a bit ugh about staying there until I can get the place cleaned up and rid of him, you know?"

"Fine by me, I should warn you it's a mess."

"Wade, I've been to your place enough times before to know what it's like. Just don't expect me to clean up for you."

"Never."

"Cool, your place it is, and then you can tell me how you bust your knuckles this time and why you're so jumpy." She looked up at him, trying to keep things light-hearted but unable to fully hide her worry. She'd seen the scrapes on his knuckles when she'd walked up to him, had felt the anger raging in his body as she hugged him, and as much as she wanted to forget everything and just enjoy a few days with him, she knew they needed to deal with things and move past them or Drew would always cast a shadow.

Wade looked at Lisa, somewhat shocked, but reassured by her caring smile. He should have known better than to expect to hide anything from her, and she was always pretty blunt, which he'd appreciated even before they had got together.

"Did you ice it?" she asked.

"Yeah," his reply was gruff and he was still worried about how well she was taking this, he feared her reaction when he told her the full story. He contemplated not telling her about Drew, but knew that she would be furious if he tried to hide anything. Equally, he couldn't imagine not being honest with the girl. She deserved honesty and truth.

"Do I need to be worried?" she questioned softly, that vulnerability returning to her voice.

"No, no love." He wanted to reassure her of that, at least. "You'll be pissed off, but you don't need to be worried."

She nodded, happy with that for now. She trusted Wade, which was a feeling she was still getting used to. She hadn't really ever been able to trust Drew, she realised now. She was finding herself comparing her relationship with Drew with her fledgling relationship with Wade, and realised that there were a lot more negatives being with Drew than she ever realised at the time. She also realised she'd have to be honest about that with Wade if they were to move on and make something of their relationship.

Lisa felt her cellphone vibrate and looked at it to see a message from Justin that he was waiting outside. She protested slightly as Wade grabbed her bag with his own, but seeing that he was insisting just rolled her eyes and followed him out to the car.

Justin greeted them with a smile, "hey guys, lets get going. I have been dreaming about sleeping in my own bed all day."

Wade nodded and opened the door for Lisa, letting her climb into the back seat before sitting next to her. Justin shook his head, "I'm not going to have to watch you two make out the whole drive am I?"

Lisa aimed a swipe of her hand at his head, "cheeky, in your dreams perv."

"Haha," the South African's smile was genuine and as they set off he smiled to himself to see Lisa and Wade holding hands. He knew his friend wasn't the sentimental type, but equally he knew that Wade would do anything for Lisa. Having known the both of them for a while, he believed the relationship would be good for the pair of them: Wade was gruff and curt, but was loyal and sometimes needed someone to bring his protective nature to the surface; Lisa was damaged but precious, and needed protecting.

"So what's the plans for Friday?" Lisa asked, suddenly remembering the skydive she had planned with Justin.

"I booked for twelve, I called them to add you to the booking and it was fine. Always room for another one?" Justin nodded in Wade's direction.

"No bloody chance. You two are mad. I'll come and watch you if you want though."

"I do want," she smiled softly.

"Then I will come. I'll drive if you want, J?"

"That would be very cool, thank you. I'm usually too buzzed after a jump to be able to sit still, never mind drive."

"I cannot wait!" Lisa hadn't been so enthusiastic about anything in a while, and it pleased both Justin and Wade to see it. "It's been so long since I dived, it's going to be amazing, I just know I'm going to want to do it again and again and again though."

"I always do," Justin agreed, "but this plane, the only jumping I'm gonna be doing is getting off as soon as I can so I can get home." He rolled the car into the rental return spot at the airport and as they grabbed all of their bags he dropped off the keys. Wade handed him his things and they all made their way to check in. Lisa and Wade made to ensure they got seats together, while Justin was sat behind them. The wait in the lounge was always arduous, especially when all any of them wanted was to go home. There were probably more wrestlers than regular people in the lounge,unsurprising considering how many of them lived in Tampa, but when they were all out in 'the real world' they just got on with things.

Lisa saw a few looked aimed in her direction, and moved closer to Wade, uncomfortable at the attention. She realised Drew was also there before she saw him: his voice was recognisable anywhere. She tensed, until she felt Wade's large hand encompass her own, brushing relaxing and distracting circles on her skin until her heart rate slowed and she felt more calm.

Wade had never been more grateful for boarding to be announced. As he took his seat next to Lisa, he continued to distract her as much as possible. He'd heard some less than complimentary comments from some of the other talent, and while he didn't doubt for a second that Lisa would give them both barrels if she heard them, this was neither the time nor the place. He just wanted to get her back to his place so that they could block out the world for a few days and concentrate on themselves. They had a lot to talk about.