Hey guys! We have Dean's chapter now. This is basically a background of how they got together and working on wedding details. I'm trying to figure out who is going to be at Dean's bachelor party (other than him, Roman, Seth, The Usos, and Jack Swagger) and even start to think about Paige's bachelorette party that will probably take place the same night. Let me know if you guys have any ideas for that crazy night.
They were getting married this Saturday, something Dean thought he would never say in his lifetime. The way his childhood was, he didn't even think he would find a woman who would be able to even begin to understand where he was coming from. He was with Renee for a few years but he couldn't put his finger on why it just didn't feel right. Sure he loved her but never thought marriage was a possibly. That was what ultimately broke them up, she wanted to get married and have a child, something Dean knew he wasn't ready for especially with him still being on the road. Back then he saw how Roman struggled with leaving his now ex-wife and Joelle behind. He couldn't put his kid through that just because Renee wanted to have a baby like all of her friends.
When they broke up, it was actually pretty amicable and as time went on, they still remained friendly. It had been 2 years and now she was happily married to Dolph Ziggler and expecting their first child, a boy, in a couple months. She got exactly what she wanted, something he wasn't ready to give her. He had ruled marriage out until Paige came into his life. Sure they had been friends ever since FCW but never anything more. She had been through hell and back with her ex; Alberto Del Rio. He had introduced her to cocaine & pain pills, he also abused her. She was on her second strike with the wellness policy and just had neck surgery when he heard about Nikki & Brie having an intervention for her.
He tried to stay out of her business until he saw Alberto and Paige together when he was visiting Roman in Florida; Paige looked gaunt and almost haunting as Alberto almost threateningly walked behind her. She was still in a neck brace from her surgery and Dean could remember their eyes meeting as she stopped at their table at the restaurant. He knew Paige was his friend at the time but he couldn't shake the feeling wanting to kill Alberto with his bare hands. He knew what was happening and he knew that was why the WWE were trying to help her, she wasn't safe and she obviously wasn't healthy.
He didn't see her again for 6 months, he had heard rumors of her being in the hospital for "falls" or heard Natalya telling everyone that Paige would stay at her and TJ's house for a couple days until she disappeared in the middle of the night with a text saying thank you and that she had go to. He couldn't shake the image of when he last saw her and how he wanted more than anything to get her to come to her senses but he knew that like his mother, she had to do that on her own and she wasn't going to listen to anyone. The next time he saw her, she looked different. He couldn't tell what was going on but she had looked better than she had before. It wasn't until she had found him in catering and told him all about how she & Del Rio were finally over and he had gone back to his wife. She also told him how she had cleaned herself up and once she was cleared, had been training down at the performance center to get back in the ring. She had told him that the day he saw them in the restaurant, she knew she had to clean up just between the looks he and Roman gave her.
Over the next few months, they got closer than they were before she had left, often hanging out together and she even started to ride with him & the guys now that she was on Smackdown instead of Raw. It wasn't until one fateful night, that the two of them decided to go out to dinner together, just the two of them and started dating from there. He had told Paige that he wasn't wanting to get married and she agreed saying she was too young to be married anyway. Things changed the more serious the two got with each other and by their 1 year anniversary, they were moving Paige's stuff into Dean's Las Vegas home. That was when Dean realized, he couldn't live without her. Things were different with her than they were with Renee. He was dedicated to Paige and sometimes even he thought too dedicated to her. He needed to be with her, he had to travel with her but the thing was, she needed him just as much as he needed her. That's why on Christmas Day, he proposed to Paige while they were back in Norwich and of course she said yes.
They had planned their Halloween wedding just like they had both wanted. Paige had always wanted a Halloween wedding and Dean was happy that it would at least be cool & not girly. They were getting married at Aria, a resort in Vegas in front of 60 people before having a large reception not far from the resort. Dean was nervous to say the least but he knew more than anything that he and Paige were ready for this step in their relationship.
Dean was sitting on his couch watching Shameless with his and Paige's blue French Bulldog puppy, Harley Quinn. He looked back at the dining room table where Paige was working on place cards for the tables at their reception.
"Babe come on, I recorded the new episode and we can finish those in the morning" Dean said knowing that the cards wouldn't be going anywhere and Paige was stressing herself out.
"I have two left and they are done" she said adding black lace to one of them before blowing on it carefully to make sure it would dry.
"Wow maybe you were right, I messed up the process especially with that hot glue, that shit burnt like a mother fucker" Dean said with a laugh as the puppy climbed into his lap and looked up at him.
"Oh Harley, what do you say we kiss mommy?" Dean added as he got up and carried the dog over to her. Once they were close, the puppy licked Paige's cheek as Paige sighed. She took the puppy from Dean before standing up and kissing Paige.
"They look amazing baby, you did such a great job" Dean said knowing that Paige needed some encouragement. She had been so stressed with getting things done with the wedding and Dean tried more than anything to take her mind off of it.
"Thank you, so I called Becky today and let her know she has a couple things to do for the wedding when they get here, I told her to ask Seth to help her" Paige said carefully hot gluing the lace where it needed to go.
"I bet that went over well, you know Seth is more concerned with this bachelor party than anything else" Dean said keeping the dog close to him as Paige rolled her eyes. She really didn't have much to say seeing as hers would be the same night and who knew what was planned.
"I'm glad Roman and Jack will be there to make sure that things don't get too crazy" Paige said as Dean let out a sarcastic laugh.
"I doubt Roman had a hand in this, you know he's still upset over the divorce" Dean said sitting down next to Paige at the table as she looked over sadly.
"Still? I mean Galina has already moved on" Paige said knowing that she had saw a picture of Galina with her new boyfriend on Instagram that day.
"I know, I think he's sad for Jojo which we all are sad for the kid" Dean said knowing that Joelle was an awesome kid and loved Roman more than anything in the world. He watched as Paige finished gluing the last one together and smiled as she instructed him to unplug the glue gun.
"Alright, what else is on our list Mrs. Ambrose?" Dean asked with a smirk as Paige wrapped her arms around him.
"I like the sound of that" She said laying her head on his chest as Dean blissfully smiled.
"Well as of Saturday, we will be Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose for good. Nervous?" He asked with a smirk as Paige looked up at him and shook her head.
"More like if we hadn't worked so hard on this wedding, I'd say let's elope now" Paige said as she leaned up kissing him gently.
"We have one more thing we actually have to do though… we need to practice our first dance" Paige added as Dean smiled down at her
"Alright then, first dance, are we using the actual song or should we use a different one for now?" Dean asked wondering if this was just a ploy to get Dean to dance with her like she wanted every so often.
"Different song, I want to save our song for the day" Paige said as she turned on her phone and used the bluetooth through the speakers. As soon as it beeped, the Boyce Avenue cover of Yellow by Coldplay came on. Dean put Harley down next to them and took her hands in his swaying to the music as their eyes met.
"We are gonna kick ass at this marriage thing" Dean said lowly as Paige smiled up at him nodding in agreement.
