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"So you can do this right?" asks my friend Renee Young and one of Dean's good friends.
"Yeah," I say, "I've got this."
"All right, I can't believe you're in on pranking your fiancée like this," says Renee.
"He deserves it," I say with a smile.
"Yeah, he's always pulling pranks backstage on people. It's about time he got his," she says as I am getting hooked up for the show Swerved to Swerve Dean. He deserves this. He's always pranking people including me at home. It's about time he got his.
"Try living with him," I say. "I feel like I always have to look over my shoulder because I never know what he's going to do next but it's never boring living with him."
"I bet," she says with a smile.
"I can do this with a straight face but I can't promise that it will last long. I know how OCD he is. This is going to get crazy. I just hope he doesn't lose his temper."
"When Seth got Swerved," says Renee, "he lost his temper."
"Yeah he did," said Dolph. "I almost felt bad but it was entertaining to watch."
"Well, expect this to be entertaining too."
"I look forward to it," says Dolph. "We're getting ready to start. Ana if you could go get Dean that would be great," he says.
"Sure," I say with a smile as I high five him and then Renee. I make my way to catering where Dean is. I make my way to him as I see him eating with Natalia. "Hey, Baby," I say with a smile as I place my hand on his shoulder. We're in town for Summerslam because it's in the New York New Jersey area and I am required to be here for my job and Dean has had a busy few days. He has been doing media all week, he's been making appearances all week and he's been trying to get family time in as well. He's one tired man.
"Hey, Beautiful," he says making me smile. "Where have you been?"
"I was working on some last minute stuff for the show. We just finalized the order of the show."
"Oh," he says. "Want some?" he asks offering me some of his food.
"What is it?"
"Chicken enchiladas," he says.
"No thank-you, I will have heartburn all night. This baby better have a head full of hair or I'm going to be disappointed."
"You hear that, Oliver, you better come out with a head full of hair for your mom," he says putting his hand on my stomach. He rolls his neck as he rubs my stomach.
"Does it still hurt?" I ask.
"Yeah," he says, "I think I slept wrong when I was sleeping on the couch in the hotel. I didn't want to wake you two up when I got back last night. It was way too late."
"I'm sorry, you want me to massage it later?"
"That would be nice but I have to get ready for my match. I'm still not in my ring gear," he says as I look at him in his black basketball shorts and his white wife beater.
"Well, before you do that there's a fan that wants to meet you," I say.
"A fan?" he asks, "now?"
"Yeah, she really wants to meet you. She is your biggest fan. You can get ready after this."
"Ana," he whines. "I'm so tired. I'm in no mood to meet a fan right now. Can't it wait till after the show?"
"Dean, she's already backstage. She traveled a long way to get here just to meet you. She is in love with you."
"One of those fans?" he asks with a groan as Natalia looks up at me with her blue eyes. She knows what's going on and I'm hoping she doesn't start to laugh.
"It won't be so bad," I say, "Just be nice to her. She came all this way to meet you. At least make her dreams come true."
"Fine," he says before taking one last bite of his chicken enchilada. "After this no more fans till after the show."
"No argument here," I say as I take his plate to throw away for him. "Natalia, you stay here with Uncle Roman okay? Is that all right with you, Roman?" I ask as I look at him sitting next to her.
"That's fine," he says. "I've got her."
"Thanks," I say with a smile as Dean stands up.
"It won't be long," says Dean. He is so grumpy when he's tired but the fact his neck hurts isn't making it any better.
"Just be nice," I say as I look into his blue eyes as he stands next to me. "Okay?"
"Okay," he says. "Can I get a kiss first?"
"Always," I say with a smile before he kisses my lips softly before taking my hand into his as we walk out of catering together to meet his fan but he has no idea he's being pranked. Dean is so OCD he hates to shake hands with people, hates when people sneeze or cough, he pretty much hates germs. He carries hand sanitizer to every autograph signing to sanitize his hands between each fan and he is constantly sanitizing his hands at home. He has passed it down to Natalia as well. She doesn't hold hands or shake hands with anyone. It's comical to say the least. Dean really hates germs so he's going to meet a fan that presses his buttons.
"DEAN AMBROSE!" yells the female fan from a distance as we turn the corner standing with a security guard to make it look real.
"Oh God," says Dean under his breath as he sees her.
"Be nice," I say. "She came all this way to see you."
"I'll do my best," he says as we walk toward this fan. She's dressed in Dean's Ambrose Asylum t-shirt in a pair of beige shorts. Her dark hair is pulled up into a messy bun and she's snapping on a piece of gum holding her autograph book in hand. I'm doing my best not to laugh because I know the cameras are rolling. "Hey," he says in a laid back tone.
"I'm your biggest fan, you're the best superstar," she says before she wipes her nose with her hand. "Nice to meet you," she says putting the same hand out for him to shake. He looks at it but won't shake it. "You don't want to shake my hand?" she asks.
"It's not that it's just," he says, "I just had dinner. So what's your name?"
"Carrie," she says. "Will you sign my book for me?" she asks.
"Sure," he says with a fake smile. She goes to hand him the book and she sneezes and then coughs all over it. I can see Dean getting upset as she hands him the book. He reluctantly takes it and says, "do you have a marker?"
"Yeah," she says pulling out a marker before sneezing on it. He groans as she tries to hand it to him.
"Um do you have another pen?" he asks.
"No, this is it," she says.
"Ana, do you have a pen?"
I check my pockets, "no I don't, Babe," I say.
"Does anyone have a pen?"
"Can't you just use this one?" she asks handing it to him.
"You just sneezed on that and want me to use it to sign an autograph?"
"It's just allergies," she says.
"But you just sneezed on that, I don't know that," he says.
"Fine," she says before she licks the marker and dries it off. "All clean."
"But you just licked it," he says, "I'm not using that marker," he says as he sees Seth walking by. "Seth do you have a marker?"
"No, man," he says, "I'm sorry."
"Okay," he says. "How about a picture? I can't do the autograph," he says.
"All right," she says before she pulls out her cell phone. She hands it to me to take their picture. "Thank-you so much," she says as she hugs him and his face turns red. I try so hard not to laugh but I know Dean is getting upset. He has issues with being touched also. "And I just love your hair," she says with a smile as she puts her hand through his hair.
"Okay, that's enough," he says, "keep your hands to yourself," he snaps.
"Dean," I say.
"I, I , just wanted to me my favorite wrestler," she says as she fake cries.
"Dean, what did you do?" I ask as I comfort her. "He didn't mean it, Carrie. I told you to be nice."
"Yeah but she's coughing and sneezing all over the place and licking markers and then she put her hand in my hair, I can't do this," he says, "I just can't do this," he says, "I'm sorry, Carrie," he says as Renee comes running in.
"Got you!" she says with a smile laughing.
"Wait, this wasn't real?" he asks.
"You got Swerved!" she taunts him.
"You knew?" asks Dean.
"Yeah," I say with a smile.
"So she's not a real fan?" he asks. "I was about to lose it. I hate germs."
"I know," I say with a smile.
"This was a harsh joke, you're pranking me now? What the hell is that?" he asks. "Fucking bullshit you both are going to be sorry you too, Dolph," he says as he hugs the fake fan before hugging me. "You're in so much trouble," he whispers to me.
"Trouble how?" I ask looking up at him as he holds me in his arms.
"You just better be prepared. You won't know when or how but you're going to get the prank of a lifetime."
"Oh boy," I say with a smile. "I love you."
"Don't even try to suck up to me now," he says with a smile. "But I love you too."
After his Swerve we go back to catering to get Natalia before we go back to Dean's locker room so that he can get into his ring gear before Summerslam starts. He has a match against Roman for the WWE Championship but he doesn't win it tonight because after tonight he's cutting back to part time so that he can be home with us more. I like that a lot. I want Dean to be home a lot more. I need all the help that I can get with Natalia. At first I as a little upset over the fact that he did cut down to part time but at this time in our lives I need as much of him home as I can get. He can help with Oliver when he's born and he can help with Natalia and her problems.
"How's your neck feeling?" I ask as I massage it for him as he is sitting on a bench.
"It hurts still," he says, "I don't know what I did with it. I think I pulled a muscle in my neck."
"Probably," I say, "and you're so stressed lately with your media appearances and all the signings you're doing. If it doesn't stop hurting in the next couple days then talk to the WWE doctor and have him look at it unless you want him to do that before your match. I don't think that wrestling with a sore neck is the best idea," I say.
"I'll be fine," he says, "I just pulled a muscle in my neck. I'll be fine," he says.
"Are you sure? I still think that Josh should look at your neck just to clear you to wrestle tonight."
"I'm fine, Ana," he says. "You don't have to worry about me. It is just a pulled muscle. I'll be all right."
"Well, neck injuries are serious, Dean. I don't want it to be more than a pulled muscle and then you hurt it worse in the match tonight."
"I'll be fine," he says, "it's just a pulled muscle. I slept on a couch last night. I'm an old man."
"You're 28," I say. "You're not an old man," I say as I sit down next to him on the bench.
"My body has been through hell, it's pretty much like an old man's body."
"I know that all too well, a dancer's body is the same way," I say with a smile. "Years of beating up your body really takes a toll on it. I just don't want to see you get hurt. I really want you to be careful," I say resting my head on his chest as he wraps his arm around my shoulders.
"I'll be fine out there. I've done this a million times. I know what I'm doing."
"But it takes one bad fall for it all to be over," I say.
"But I'm not going to take a bad fall," he says, "you know what's happening. I go for the pin on Roman and Kevin Owens comes out and attacks me. I'll be fine. You don't have to worry about me, Ana."
"I always worry about you," I say. "Every time you go out there and put your body through a match I worry about you. I know you've been doing this for 11 years now but every time I worry about you and I'll never stop."
"You don't have to worry about me, Ana. I have this. I'll be fine."
"Okay," I say but I don't understand why now after seeing him in tons of matches that this particular match I am more worried than I ever have been before. I don't know if it's the fact his neck is hurting or something else but I am truly worried about Dean going into this match tonight. "I love you," I say.
"I love you too," he says before he kisses my lips softly.
Natalia and I say our goodbyes to Dean before Summerslam kicks off. Natalia and I wish him luck before security escorts us to the front row next to Roman's family. I haven't been in the crowd for a WWE event since the last time we went and the fans got too out of control about what was going on in mine and Dean's personal life. Things have calmed down since then. Dean made his video and things have gotten a lot better. Plus we are a little more private than we were before about our business. We only let people see what we want them to see which isn't a lot. Things have been better for us since we left New York City. I'm kind of happy with the move, I'm happy with the way life is right now. I have never been happier. Things are good between Dean and me and I would like to keep it that way.
The show starts off with Stardust going against Adrian Neville and the match pretty much could steal the show except the fact Undertaker and Brock hold the main event spot. The matches continue on with a tag team match for the titles and then an intercontinental championship match. The show is pretty good shortly before the divas match Dean's music hits and the crowd goes crazy. Dean comes out stopping in front of Natalia and me. She high fives her dad before he kisses my cheek before rolling into the ring. I love to watch him in action. I always have. I love to see him give it all for the business. This is what he has wanted his whole life. This is all he ever dreamed of and now he's living out his dream I love to watch him in action. Roman's music hits and he comes through the crowd. He makes his way into the ring. The referee holds up the championship belt as Eden announces both men. The ref hands the championship out to the time keeper and signals for the bell to ring. Dean and Roman have a back and forth match. It's one for the ages. It's one everyone is going to remember. They are always one step ahead of the other. They know the next move before the other even does it so they start to pull out new moves.
The match finally comes toward the end. Dean hits a Dirty Deeds on Roman after executing something new. As Dean goes for the cover Kevin Owens runs out to an arena of boos. He comes in and pulls Dean off of Roman and starts to attack him. He throws Dean around the ring like a rag doll. He's hitting moves on him that cause his head to hit the canvas and bounce like a basketball. The referees come out to break it up and get Kevin under control but the damage has been done. Dean lies motionless in the ring and I just feel something isn't right as they check on him after getting Owens out of the ring and to the back. Even Roman checks on Dean as they motion for the doctors to come to the ring. Dean's lips are moving but I don't know what he's saying. I see EMT's running down the ramp over to him. This is not written in and I know something is wrong, something is terribly wrong. I talk to Roman's wife asking her to keep an eye on Natalia and she says yes before I jump over the barricade. Security tries to stop me until they realize who I am. I climb into the ring and Dean remains motionless. "Can you feel your fingers?" asks one of the EMT's.
"Yes," Dean says, "but I can't move anything," he says. "I can't move anything. I hurt my neck," he says.
"Don't move him," says one of the EMT's. "We're going to do this nice and slow," he says.
"Dean," I say, "I'm here for you, Baby," I say as I rub his face with my hand before they pull a stretcher to the ring. They place Dean on a board, securing his neck before they move it to the stretcher. I stand by his side as they wheel him up the ramp. I hold onto his hand as we walk to the back. Nothing can happen to him. He has to be okay.
*A/N: What did you think of Dean getting Swerved? Did he handle it better than you thought? What did you think of Ana being so worried about Dean before his match? Do you think she had a bad feeling something could happen? Do you think Dean should have wrestled in a match before seeing the doctor when his neck was hurting? Do you think he messed up his neck pretty bad? Do you think this could change everything? Please review and thank-you for reading.