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Walk into the club with my best friends Natalie and Tori, the club is wild for this Friday night. The music is blaring the latest mixes and the dance floor is on point. Girls walking around on fleek, wearing very little, leaving nothing to the imagination in their dresses and high heels. I fit in wearing a tight fitting black halter dress that falls to the middle of my thighs and is giving off almost too much cleavage with black stilettos to match, my dark hair hanging down to my shoulders and a pair of big hoop earrings in my ears. "This place is on point tonight," says Natalie over the music. "It's a good night to celebrate your engagement," she says as we make our way to the VIP spot of the club. It's part of the perks being engaged to Dean Ambrose as well as working for one of the top magazines in New York City.

"Thanks so much," I say with a smile as we make our way into the lounge. "It's been a while since I got out of the house and had some fun."

"I bet," says Tori as we take a seat on the couch as the waitress comes to take our drink order. Natalie opens up a tab and orders us shots of tequila as well as some mixed drinks. "How is work going?" she asks me as the waitress walks away to get our drinks.

"Busy," I say, "really busy and I'm trying to avoid my boss."

"Stephen," she says, "ew he's a prick. What did you see in him? If I could have Ambrose over him I would pick Ambrose any day. Stephen is old enough to be your dad."

"No he's a few years younger than my dad," I say, "but yeah I get your point. Dean and I were in a bad place. I made my mistakes but we fixed them and now he put a ring on it," I say showing my engagement ring off to my friends.

"That's some rock," says Natalie. "He must really love you."

"He does," I say with a smile as I admire the diamonds shining as I look at it in the dim lights. Dean did a good job. "Well, Stephen is trying to give me a work promotion to be an editor."

"That's awesome," says Natalie, "you should take it."

"Yeah I don't think so. I would be working with him which is what he wants. I don't even like how close we work together now. If I didn't love my job I would probably take one of the many offers other magazines have for me. I just like the people; most, of the people I work with and I love my job. I don't want to give it up you know?"

"I know," says Natalie, "how does Dean feel about you working for Stephen?"

"He's not happy about it but he says as long as Stephen behaves himself and I behave myself there shouldn't be a problem. He doesn't like it though. The other day he came and took me to lunch. Stephen was in my office when he showed up. Dean had the look of death on his face as he stared him down. I purposely brought Dean in there because I wanted Stephen to go away. I shouldn't really have to deal with him right?"

"If he's harassing you then no, I'm pretty sure sexual harassment is against the law no matter what kind of history you two have. It doesn't matter he should in no way ever put his hands or use his dirty words on you again."

"I know," I say, "he has a problem with boundaries. I have told him several times that whatever that fling was is over now. He should focus on his children, find a woman that's actually going to love him and not just have sex with him for fun because her boyfriend is miles away and they are fighting over bullshit stuff and because her daughter is stressing her out. He should really focus on finding someone that is going to love him. That woman isn't me. It was a fun fling while it lasted but it is over now and I'm engaged to the love of my life and I love my life. I have no reason to stray away from it."

"Tell him to back off," says Natalie as the waitress brings our shots.

"I've tried. I'm thinking of letting Dean handle it if he doesn't but I don't want to lose my job because Dean puts him through a wall."

"And he will. Dean has that bad boy in him," says Tori. "He will destroy him."

"I think Dean's bad boy side is quite sexy. That's what attracted me to him in the first place. He's always sexy," I say with a smile.

"You must have gotten some while he was in town," says Nat with a smile.

"You have no idea, Girl. No idea," I say with a smile. "And there's a lot more coming because he's moving in with me and Talli."

"It's about fucking time," she says with a smile. "You two should have been living together."

"I know but we're moving out of New York. We are getting a house in Connecticut."

"Well, damn," says Tori. "There go our Friday night girl nights."

"Not really. I can still travel into the city just like I am doing for work. I told you I'm not giving up my job no matter how much of a dirty scoundrel Stephen is."

"Good," says Tori as we pick up our shot glasses filled with tequila. Tequila is my poison. I can get messed up from Tequila and have before in fact it was tequila that pushed me into Stephen's arms a couple years ago. We had gone out for my birthday, I got a little too many birthday shots and filled up on tequila the next day I woke up in Stephen's bed. Tequila has some power over me. "Tonight we celebrate the long awaited and much needed engagement of our best friend Anastasia Bennett!" says Tori holding up her shot glass.

"And celebrating the last few months of Ana's freedom and life as a single woman," says Natalie with a smile. "Let's have fun tonight and as much as we can before she goes down the aisle." We hold up our shot glasses and smile before we take a shot of tequila before sucking on a lemon. It's been a while since I had tequila in me and I realize why I am so in love with it.

We sit in the lounge watching the party pop off on the dance floor as we drink our mixed drinks and take some more shots of tequila. I'm starting to feel the buzz by my third mixed drink and I don't even know how many shots we did but some guys came into the lounge with us and bought us some shots. It's been a great night so far. "So when is the big day going to be?" asks Natalie.

"December 24," I say, "I don't know where yet but I just know we decided on Christmas Eve."

"That sounds really nice. Are you going to have paparazzi there?"

"If I can help it no, wait I work with people in the magazine and news business so it may be pretty hard to keep this out of the headlines. I want it to be as private as possible. Dean and I don't get much privacy with his fame and all. I mean sure among non-wrestling fans he isn't that famous and he's just a normal guy in the crowd but it's always that one wrestling fan wherever we go that gets us. It's really hard but I guess we handle it well. You know what I do hate though?"

"What?" asks Tori.

"When people I don't even know follow me on Instagram or try to follow me I had to put up a block and only accept requests from people I know. It's a pain in the ass it really is. I think I get 100 requests a day."

"Just because you're with Dean?"

"Pretty much," I say with a smile. "And the haters I love the haters. You should see some of the stuff they say about me on social media," I say shaking my head. "He has these crazy fan girls. Some of his fans are cool but the crazy obsessed fan girls that think they have a chance with him have pulled me and Natalia through the mud. It makes me laugh. These tricks better recognize I've been with Dean before they even knew who he was. I was with him before the money came and I'll be there when the money goes. I was with him before he got into WWE. I made sacrifices with him and have been with him since I was 17 years old hell we have a 10 year old together and hopefully another one soon," I say with a smile, "but yeah it's crazy. I went through hell with this man and when he was in jail I was there waiting for him. They know nothing and need to back off. I can't stand the ones that disrespect me for no reason. They don't know me. Then the ones that take person family pictures I hate that too. I limit what I post."

"I bet," says Tori, "so rewind here you said hopefully another one soon?"

"Yeah we're trying to get pregnant. He wants this so badly and it's been almost 11 years since Natalia was born. I want it too. It's the last one but I want to give this to him."

"Aw, that's awesome," she says with a smile. "I remember you were so against having a baby."

"I know but I thought about it and when I saw him with Natalia it made my ovaries hurt and with him moving in with us again it will be easier than if he was living in Florida."

"True," says Tori. "I'm happy for you, Girl," she says. "What about work though?"

"I can take a few weeks off to have a baby," I say, "and if it gets me away from Stephen for a few weeks I am okay with it."

"You should really go to another magazine if Stephen is that bad."

"I don't want to that's the problem. I like the magazine I work for. I will just deal with his unwanted sexual advances to keep my job."

"But it's illegal," says Natalie, "you don't have to put up with it."

"And who is going to believe me?" I ask. "It doesn't matter. I don't want to talk about it anymore. I'm here to celebrate my engagement, get drunk and have some fun with my girls. Let's forget about Stephen and go enjoy the night on the dance floor," I say as I stand up.

"Okay," says Tori with a smile as they stand up with me. We make our way to the dance floor being escorted by security before we let loose on the dance floor to the mix of music playing. It can't get any better than this as we dance together on the floor.

We are having a good time until I feel hands on my waist and a man grinding up against me. My security steps in before I can even turn around to see that it's Stephen. I roll my eyes. "What are you doing here, Stephen?" I ask.

"I heard that you were going out tonight I wanted to celebrate your engagement with you too," he says with a smile. "Tequila?" he asks with a sly smile.

"You don't have to celebrate anything with me. Stalk much?" I ask.

"I'm not stalking. I want to talk to you," he says. "Come with me," he says taking my hand as I pull it away.

"Sir, I am under strict instructions from Mr. Ambrose that no one is to bother Ms. Bennett and her friends."

"I am a friend of hers," he says, "right, Ana?"

"He's my boss," I say to Dean's hired security guard for the night. He hates when I go out and he doesn't like when I don't have security on me so he makes sure I always have some on me if I go out. I don't mind it but it gets kind of annoying sometimes.

"Do you want to talk to him?" he asks.

I look at Stephen and he looks back at me with his ice blue eyes and smiles at me. I smile back at him. "Yeah," I say, "give me 10 minutes," I say to him.

"All right," he says, "I'll be right inside the door," he says as he looks at Stephen. "If you need anything."

"Thanks," I say with a smile. I let Natalie and Tori know that I'm going to talk to Stephen and I will be back shortly. Stephen and I start to walk out of the club together. He places his hand on the small of my back before I remove it. "Don't touch me or I will get my security guard."

"So he doesn't trust you now that you need security?" he asks.

"It's not me that he doesn't trust, it's people like you."

"I'm not going to do anything to you that you don't want me to do," he says with a smile. I have to admit Stephen isn't bad looking and for being 40 years old he looks good for his age. He has nice blue eyes and he is nicely built. He keeps in shape for his age and even with a little grey hair he is not bad looking. "Will you give me another chance?"

"Another chance for what?" I ask crossing my arms.

"For us," he says, "I am here all the time for you and Dean is never here. Please we could be happy together."

"Stephen," I say, "I don't have those types of feelings for you. What we had wasn't really anything. I wasn't in love with you. I was in love with the fact you were spending time with me when Dean wasn't. I didn't love you and I don't love you now. I'm getting married in 8 months from now. I don't want to give you a chance. I really don't want anything to do with you but a work relationship. That's all I want. When I slept with you I was in a bad place with Dean. It was a mistake and it shouldn't have happened."

"And the 5 months that it kept happening didn't mean anything to you? It wasn't a mistake, Ana you know that. You're trying to convince yourself otherwise."

"I don't have to convince myself of anything. I love Dean. I know what true love is. What we had was nothing but a mistake it shouldn't have happened. It's over now, Stephen. Just stop trying to get more from me than a work relationship."

"I don't want to let you go, Ana," he says as he takes his hand to my cheek and strokes it softly. "You're smart, you're beautiful and I am in love with you. You have so much potential. I want to make you my world, Ana. Please."

"Stephen, no" I say removing his hand from my cheek. "What we had is over. I'm getting married and we're trying to have a baby. Things are finally going right in our lives after all the shit we've gone through and he's moving to New York when he gets back and then we're moving to Connecticut. I have to go," I say as I try to walk away before he grabs my arm to stop me, pulling me back to him. He pulls me in for a kiss at first I try to fight it but I give up the fight and kiss him back bringing my hands to cup his cheeks. The power that tequila has on me is dangerous. I pull away and say, "Stephen, that can't happen again."

"Ana," he says.

"No," I say before I walk away pulling out my cell phone to give Dean a call.

DEAN's POINT OF VIEW:

I look at the clock in my hotel room and see that it's 7 in the morning as my phone goes off waking me up from a deep sleep. I groan and reach over for my phone my annoyance disappears when I see it's Ana calling me. "Ana, Baby," I say with a sleep filled voice.

"Dean," she says and I can hear it in her voice that she's been crying. "I miss you. Come home soon, Baby."

"Ana, my tour just started," I say, "are you crying?" I ask as I sit up.

"Yes," she says and I can hear the sadness in her voice. "I need you."

"I wish I could be there, Baby, what's wrong? What happened?"

"I went out with Tori and Natalie to the club that we have VIP and Stephen showed up. He asked to talk to me and I did talk to him. He kissed me, Dean and I kissed him back. I'm so sorry."

"Ana," I say trying to control my temper. "What the fuck do you mean he kissed you and you kissed him back?"

"I am drunk. I was wrong, Dean. I'm sorry. He kept talking to me about me giving him a chance. I told him I don't love him and I love you. I made a mistake and I'm sorry please don't hate me."

"Ana," I say, "I don't hate you but I'm tired of this bullshit with Stephen. The guy is constantly on your ass. You need to leave your job to get away from him. I'm upset that you kissed him yes BUT I'm not going to hate you over it. You made a mistake but I can only take a couple mistakes before it's done, Ana. I'll kill him if he puts his hands or any part of his body on you again. He's nothing but problems. You don't need to work for an asshole like that."

"I know, Dean," she says, "I'm sorry," she says as she continues to cry. "I'm really sorry."

"It's fine, Baby. Don't let it happen again or I'm going to walk away."

"No don't walk away," she says. "I need you. It won't happen again. I promise."

"It better not," I say, "and as for Stephen if he knows what is good for him he'll stay away from you."

"I try to avoid him but he won't leave me alone."

"All the more reason for you to quit your job and take another job offer."

"Dean, I love what I do and I love my job I just hate working for Stephen."

"I'm sure you can find a better job. You don't need to be harassed on a daily basis, Ana. Is it really worth it?"

"I don't know," she says. "When do you come home?"

"Next Wednesday," I say, "I'm sorry it's a long tour. I'll be home soon I promise."

"That's too long," she says. "I need you, Baby."

"I know and I need you too. I am always thinking about you when I'm away counting down the days till I see you again. Every day that passes brings us another day closer to when we see each other again. We can go on a date when I get back and then look for houses and work on that baby."

"Sounds good," she says and I can hear her smile in her voice. "You're always going to be the love of my life, Dean."

"I know, Ana but I just wish you would get away from Stephen. He's trying to get between us and if you keep letting him we're going to lose each other."

"I know and I won't let him get between us again. I promise, Baby. I love you."

"I love you too. Go home and get some sleep," I say. "You need it. I'll call you later okay?"

"Okay, Baby," she says, "I love you."

"I love you too," I say with a smile. "Goodnight."

"Goodnight," she says before we both hang up the phones. I put my phone back on the night stand and roll over to go back to sleep but Stephen is on my mind. He's trying to get between us and take Ana away from me. I need to do something about him or I'm going to lose Ana.

LATER THAT DAY:

"Dean," says Hunter as I walk into his office at one of the house shows in Europe. "What can I do for you?"

"Hey," I say, "I just have a quick question."

"Okay," he says, "what's up, Champ?"

I smile and say, "my fiancée and I are planning to move to Connecticut in a few weeks when we find a house there."

"Where in Connecticut?"

"Greenwich," I say, "but I was wondering are there any openings on the creative team or anything that has to do with writing?"

"We are looking for a couple new writers. Are you asking for Ana?"

"Yeah, I think she would be a great audition to the Creative team. She has been writing for a magazine for 6 years now and she has her degree in journalism and communications. She does a really good job at her writing and is one of the best where she works now. Do you have any openings for her?"

"I'm sure we could give her a try if she would like to apply. I mean it could become a conflict of interest because you're a WWE superstar and she would be on the creative team but I'm sure we could get past that. Stephanie has read a few of her articles and I believe that she is in love with her work. She asked me a month ago why we don't have Ana Bennett working for us."

"Really?" I ask.

"Really," he says with a smile, "but yeah we are interested in Ana. I was going to say something to you when we left Europe but I'm glad you came to me. We can set something up and get her in for an interview and she can apply. That would be fantastic," he says, "we need her talent on the creative team and she could bring fresh and new ideas."

"That's what I think too," I say with a smile. "I'll talk to her when I get back home and then I'll let you know what's going on."

"All right, thank-you," he says with a smile. "I hope this works out."

"Me too," I say with a smile. "Thank-you," I say once more before I let myself out of the room after shaking his hand. I'm not sure how Ana is going to feel about working for WWE but I think it's a great opportunity for her and since we will be living in Connecticut she won't have to go to New York and this gets her away from Stephen.

*A/N: What did you think of Ana's night out with the girls? Did she need it? What do you think about Stephen showing up? Are her friends right? Does she need to get away from Stephen and find another job? What do you think about Stephen kissing Ana and her kissing him back? Were you surprised that she called and told Dean what happened? What do you think about Dean's reaction to the kiss? Will he handle Stephen if he has to? Should Ana listen to him? What do you think of Dean going behind Ana's back and trying to get her a job with WWE? Is she going to be upset? Please review and thank-you for reading.