Until I Met You

~aubree~
This was absolutely crazy. I don’t think I’d ever been this nervous in my entire life, but of course, I had to hide it so that Nick, Matt, Eve and Jake wouldn’t know I had a plan. I didn’t get a chance to talk to Jake anymore about helping me before Mike’s match. I had no idea who would come out or when. What if Raina, Phil, and Matt hadn’t been able to find anyone? I was terrified as Jake grabbed my arm and led me to the arena behind Mike. The crowd booed Mike and some were screaming at him, but he just smiled and slung his arm around me when he walked in. People were looking at me sympathetically as I was forced down to the ring with Jake.
Mike jumped in the ring and was grinning at me, that is, until Daniels music started. Well that was one superstar that wasn’t going to help me. I just watched with Jake making sure I didn’t run as Mike beat Daniel like he was supposed to. Mike stood, gloating in victory as Daniel left. Did they not find anyone? I began to panic, but then I heard Stephan’s music start and the crowd went wild as he walked out with a microphone.
“Now looky here Fellas. I’m not about to stand back and let you do what you want with the beautiful little Mouse. I want her and I can treat her a lot better than you or that Ryder!” I saw Mike seething. But he knew I didn’t do makeup for Stephan and that Phil hated him, so he failed to put two and two together as he growled into a mike.
“Really?! Really?! Well why don’t you try and take her?!” He challenged. Stephan just smiled and ran at Mike. Jake jumped in the ring and a thought crossed my mind, what if Stephan lost? What if I never escaped and I would only get to see Matt for passing moments when Eve was asleep? I couldn’t live like that. I would never be able to be with the new family I had just found.
As Jake was thrown out of the ring Mike was actually holding his own against the enormous Stephan. I ran over to him and saw he was okay. “Jake please.” I started, trying not to cry. “Imagine if you were forced to never see Catalina, if you were never allowed to see Knox! I’ve never done anything to you Jake, so show your son the good guy I know you can be.” Jake stood and looked at me, then to Mike, then back at me.
“Mouse-”
“Jake please, what would you do if they kidnapped Catalina and Knox? Wouldn’t you hope someone would help them get back to you?” I felt tears start to fall down my face. Luckily for Jake Mike got thrown outside the other side of the ring. He jumped back up and when he was sure Mike wasn’t looking he just mouthed something to Stephan, and he hit Jake with the brogue kick, knocking him out cold and out of the match. But as he laid halfway out of the ring he slightly opened his eye and smiled at me, and I had to do my best not to hug him.
I looked back up to see Stephan giving Mike another brogue kick straight to the face. And I was pretty sure Mike was actually unconscious. As Stephan started to come towards me I pretended to be terrified. He gave me a creepy smile and before I could run he’d scooped me up and slung me over his shoulder. I knew I had to look like this was against my will, so I started to hit his back.
“P-put me down!” I cried.
“After that battle for ya? No chance Mousey dear.”
“HELP!” I hollered as he carried me out of the ring. “ZACK! RAINA! SOMEONE!” I screamed as I was carried backstage and the audience gasped, not knowing that this was totally according to plan. When we got backstage and we were sure that there were no cameras Stephan, who didn’t have a match scheduled tonight, ran me to the parking garage where Raina, Phil, and Matt were all waiting.
“I’m sure you’ll have to show up with me next week, but for now yer back where ya belong Miss Aubree.” I felt tears sting my eyes and gave Stephan a giant hug.
“I can’t thank you enough.”
“Knowing that yer back with your friends is all tha thanks I need. Best of luck to ya.” He looked at Matt, Raina and Phil. “All of ya.” Raina waved at him as he gently pushed me in the direction of the rental. “Be careful Miss Aubree, that Mike’s a nasty one. He won’t stop. Neither will Nick.” I let out a short sigh.
“I know. Thank you again.”
“It was worth getting to kick that idiot Mike in tha face. Now ya need to go.” I waved to him as he stood there with a giant smile as Phil peeled us out of the parking lot. I immediately grabbed Raina, who was in the back with me.
“I knew that you guys would get me. I just knew it.”
“Of course we did, that’s what family does.” I couldn’t keep the smile off my face as Phil drove us back to the hotel.
“Now, we obviously can’t keep you in your room. Especially since Matt, Eve, Nick, and Jake have a key.”
“She can stay in my room!” Matt volunteered. Phil sighed.
“I feel like that’ll be the first place they check. We should probably keep you in a different hotel all together. Just run up and get your things before they catch up to us." Phil looked over at Matt. “Go with her, we’ll keep the car running.” Matt and I leapt up and ran up to my room, unlocking the door and grabbing my two suitcases. We decided the normal elevator was too risky and went into the service one. We darted out the back door and ran to the car. I have only been so afraid when I saw that car coming at my mom and I sixteen years ago then I was at that moment. We tossed my bags in the trunk as Phil started the car the second Matt and I slid in the back, Raina having moved to the passenger’s seat.
Once we knew that I was safe we all smiled and couldn’t help but cheer. Although we knew this fight was far from over we had won this round.
Phil found a hotel on the outskirts of the city, a small inn that Nick, Mike, Eve, and Jake would never find. I checked in and, luckily, the owners were older so they had no idea who we were. I just ordered one room and Matt helped me take my things upstairs while Phil and Raina waited in the car. When we got to my room I looked around. It was so cute and reminded me of a cottage, with a queen sized bed and quilts and paintings of the Idaho potato fields. When I turned around Matt was just smiling at me. He wrapped his arms around me and refused to let go.
“I promised I would save you.” He whispered.
“I knew you guys would.” He pulled back, but kept his arms around me and smiled.
“I’ll be back tonight, after Raina and Phil fall asleep, okay?” I blushed, remembering what I had promised Matt.
“Alright.” I said, smiling. “Knock four times so I know it’s you though.”
“You got it.” He went in to kiss me, but we heard Phil honk the car horn and he opted for kissing my forehead. “I’ll see you tonight.”
“S-see you tonight.” As he was halfway out the door he turned around and smiled at me.
“And Aubree,”
“Yes?” He winked at me.
“Don’t pass out this time.” I chuckled and he walked out the door. As I went over and locked it I felt like my stomach was on fire. Ohmygodohmygodohmygod. I swallowed audibly and sunk to the floor. Matt already knew about everything, so he wouldn’t laugh at me… Right? I looked at my clock. It was already nine! I walked over to my suitcase and dug around until I found my nightgown. I felt my face get even redder as I pulled it out, along with my robe, and changed. I really hoped Raina or Phil didn’t decide to come in! I went into the bathroom and looked at myself in the mirror. I let my hair fall down, and since it’d been in a bun all day it was nice and wavy. I swiped on some lip gloss and let out a small squeak of fear. I was going to see Matt…
My face turned crimson and I felt like I was going to pass out again. I was almost thirty, the thought of a guy not wearing clothes shouldn’t freak me out this much. But it wasn’t just any guy, it was Matt, and he was going to see me…
I started freaking out again. I couldn’t do this, I was going to give myself a stroke. But I thought about Matt, how much he was willing to sacrifice for me. He would have given up his job in an instant if it meant I would be safe. And when he had held me before I left, and in the hallway when I snuck out, it was like nothing else mattered in the world to him except me. No one had ever loved me like that before. Hell, no one had ever like me before period. I knew I loved Matt, and if anyone was going to be with me so intimately, I knew deep down that I didn’t want it to be anyone but him.
I felt better know as I slipped off all my jewelry and fluffed up my hair. I looked at myself in the mirror and smiled slightly. Matt was going to have a heart attack when he saw me. I felt my heart jump when I heard a knock on the door. One, two, three, and four. It was Matt all right. I walked over and opened the door slightly to see him smiling at me. He looked around before he bit his lip and slid into my room. He looked at me, seeing my robe and blushing. He slipped off his jacket and just dropped it on the ground when he tried to put it on the coat rack while staring at me.
He was giving me the same looked he’d given me in his dressing room, and I felt my face turn the same crimson color as his. He flipped off the lights and grabbed me, pulling our lips together like we’d never see each other again. It was dark, but the moonlight filtering in through the sheer curtains gave the room a romantic glow. I pulled away from Matt for a moment and took his hand and set it on my shoulder under my robe. He blushed and slowly slipped it off, blushing even harder than I was when he saw the nightgown underneath. He looked at me and I saw that he was just as nervous as I was.
I pressed my lips back to his as he picked me up and carried me over to my bed, setting me down gently. He brushed my hair out of my face as he slowly laid over me, unbuttoned his shirt and threw it off to somewhere else in the room. I felt my heart thud painfully in my chest as he held me again, his lips never leaving mine. He blushed as he pulled back for a moment and looked into my eyes.
“Aubree…” But I just kissed him again and he took that as the go ahead as he unbuttoned his jean and slipped them off. I was scared to death as he slipped off my nightgown, but he just held me close and never let his lips leave mine. It hurt, I knew it would, but I didn’t know it’d be this bad. Matt was trying to be gentle, but it didn’t matter. I just gripped him the whole time until it was finally over.
Afterwards we just held each other for almost an hour. Matt was stroking my hair, trying to make me stop crying. He let out a long sigh. “I’m sorry Aubree.” I sniffled and hugged him even harder.
“I’m just glad it was you.” I whispered in his ear.
“But I hurt you-”
I just shook my head as I pulled back and kissed him. I never wanted to be apart from him ever again, no matter what my contract said. I looked into his warm brown eyes and smiled. “Just promise me it’s not always that bad.” I teased weakly.
“Well, maybe I’ll let you find out tomorrow.” He said with his huge grin, tucking a piece of hair behind my ear. We both giggled and fell asleep in each other’s arms.
The next morning I heard someone knocking at my door and yawned, looking at my clock. It was only 5. Who the hell was up and over here this early? I rolled out of bed and was halfway to the door before I realized that I wasn’t wearing any clothes. I blushed and ran over to my suitcase, grabbing a sweater, leggings, and some underwear and quickly getting dressed before I ran back over to Matt as whoever this was kept knocking. I shook him and he finally woke up.
“What?” He asked.
“Hide!”
“Huh?” He asked groggily. But then he heard the knocking and grabbing his clothes, which were strewn everywhere, and ran into my bathroom, closing the door. I took a deep breath and opened the door slightly to see the female owner of the inn smiling at me. I opened the door more and felt my heart stop when I saw Jake behind her.
“This young man was looking for you.” She said. “He said it was urgent.” I swallowed nervously and smiled weakly at the innkeeper. She didn’t know. “I’ll leave you two alone then.” I looked both ways before I walked outside the room, shutting the door behind me.
“Jake? What are you doing here?” He looked at me sadly.
“You may as well let me in. I know Matt’s in there.” I felt my face flush.
“How..?”
“It’ll all make sense in a minute, just let me explain.” I looked around again, I wanted to trust Jake but I still couldn’t shake the feeling that he would trick me. “I’m trying to help you Aubree, it’s about Raina and Phil.” I gasped and let him inside.
“Hold on.” I said. I walked over to the bathroom door and knocked. “Matt, you need to get out here.”
“Who is it?” He asked, opening the door, when he saw Jake he went into defense mode and was going to lunge at him, but I grabbed him.
“Matt, Jake helped me escape. I think we can trust him.”
“He works for Mike and Nick! We can’t trust him in a million years-”
“Whether you can trust me or not doesn’t matter. Aubree, Mike and Nick are up to something big.” I felt my heart drop.
“What?”
“I knew Matt was here because Mike got a key to Matt’s room. They were going to beat him into telling them where you were.”
“Why?” I felt tears start to fall down my face and Matt held me. “Why are they doing this?”
“Because Mike wants Raina and Nick wants you. I don’t know exactly what they’re up to yet, they won’t tell me anything since I lost that fight for you, but I do know that it’s planned for Raw next week and that it’s going to be bad.”
“We have to warn them.” Matt said, I could hear the panic in his voice. I looked at Jake.
“Why are you helping us?” I asked.
“Because you were right. I talked to creative and I’m going to turn on Nick and Mike next week. They’re estimating that if I then team up with you guys I’ll have a title shot within the next two months.” I felt tears sting my eyes as I ran over and hugged Jake.
“I knew you were good.” I whispered.
“Thank you, I didn’t even think that anymore. But I’d better get out of here, Mike thinks I’m at the gym.” He turned to leave, but then I heard Matt’s voice.
“Jake.” Jake turned around and Matt stuck out his hand. Jake smiled and shook it. “Thank you.”
“I just hope it can start making up for everything bad I’ve done. “ After Jake left I grabbed my phone and called Raina, she picked up on the second ring.
“Aubree, so, Matt’s not in his room…” She started coyly.
“Raina, I…” I let out a sigh. “We have a problem.”