Sister of The Shield (WWE Fanfic)

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Sister of The Shield

Chapter Thirty

Once Bray and Emily arrived for Smackdow, Emily went to the medical room. Triple H and Stephanie heard that Emily was here for Smackdown and needed to talk to her about Seth. Bray didn't have to go out until the main event so he stayed with Emily. Stephanie and Triple H came into the room. Stephanie was the first one to speak to her.

"Hey Emily... it's good to see you back."

"Yeah... I wasn't sure if I wanted to come back, but Bray talked me into it."

"Well... How are you feeling?"

"Better than I was a few weeks ago. Bray, Dean, and Roman have been around to support me."

"I just wanted to apologize Emily... Seth was a member of The Authority, but that was storyline. What he did to you was real, and it's unacceptable. We didn't know that you were around for Raw, we wanted to talk to you about Seth. Not only has Seth been fired, and arrested, but we are seriously thinking about taking him to court. We would need you to speak against him."

"I... I don't know if I want to do that. Just thinking about Seth and what happened upsets me. It makes me nervous every time I'm around him. If I see him, especially after what happened, I may have a nervous breakdown. I don't want to see him... I was so upset, I cut my wrist to try to forget about what happened and to forget the pain I was feeling. Seth... He made me want to take my life... I don't want to go back down that road again."

Emily was already getting upset and Bray came up to her and wrapped his arms around her. Triple H took over speaking.

"I know you're still upset and in shock over what happened, but we think you should go to court and settle this. Obviously he's in jail, he won't touch you again. There will be a court case in a few days, Seth will appear in front of a judge and jury, they will determine what to do with Seth. The video footage captured belonged to the security crew, were not sure if they will allow us to use that as evidence. A judge and jury will want to hear your testimony, we want justice to be served. If we had known what kind of guy Seth was, he never would have worked for WWE. All we can really do is offer our sincerest apologies and offer support. You really are one of the best nurses we've ever had, and we really hope that you will want to continue working with WWE, and not quit because of a sick punk like Seth. If we can't use the video footage as evidence, the court will want to hear your testimony. The court date isn't for another week, the best way for justice to be served is if you're there to face him... What do you say Emily?"

Emily was quiet for a few seconds as she thought about it. She was tired of being afraid of Seth, and he wouldn't be able to do anything as long as he was in police custody. She finally gave him an answer.

"I'll go."

Before they left, Stephanie and Triple H surprised her by hugging her. Stephanie started talking again.

"We are... so sorry about what happened to you Emily. Seth made you feel like you didn't have a choice to tell anyone because he threatened your life. I don't know anyone that has personally been through what you have, but this kind of thing shouldn't happen to anyone. We're thinking about this from a parental stand point, we wouldn't want anything like this to happen to our daughters, they would be scared and feel helpless. It takes courage to talk about what happened, especially if you're the victim, but we thought about starting a support group for you, other people that have been through what you have can tell you their stories and how they get through their day to day lives."

Emily actually smiled now.

"I appreciate the offer Stephanie, but I think I kind of already have a support group... Bray, Dean, Roman, and the rest of my family."

"Ok. Let us know if you change your mind, or if there is anything else we can do for you."

"Thank you."

Triple H and Stephanie leave the medical room and Emily gets back to work soon. Kalisto needed help with his arm after his match with Alberto Del Rio. Bray still stayed with Emily until he had to go out for his match. He had the main event against Sheamus. Emily should have felt safe with Seth gone, but she was still left to wonder if there was anyone else that she needed to watch out for. The worried look on her face seemed to fade away when she saw Dean come in. His feud with Kevin Owens was still going on, and their matches could get brutal. Dean had won his match for the night, but at one point during the match, his shoulder had went into the ring post, and Kevin Owens targeted it for the rest of the match. Emily smiled when she saw Dean.

"Hey Dean, good to see you. So... You finally decided to stop being stubborn and come see me about that shoulder of yours."

"Yeah... That and I guess keep you company while Bray is in his match."

"You just can't seem to catch a break from Kevin Owens can you?"

"Hey... I don't really blame him. He just wants the Intercontinental Championship back, he would do anything to get it back. Honestly, I would do the same thing. Unfortunately for Kevin Owens, I have a high tolerance level for pain. The only way Kevin Owens is getting this Intercontinental Championship back is if he rips it out of my blood, broken, and lifeless hands."

"Ok killer... Take it easy, let me just take a look at your shoulder ok? No need to get all dramatic and start cutting promos on me."

Dean laughs at this.

"That's what I do Emily."

"Here... Move your arm like a windmill."

Emily had to help Dean with this. He was in a bit of pain and his shoulder was a bit stiff.

"See Dean... You need to take it easy."

"I just need to keep the blood flowing."

"I'll get you an ice pack and wrap you up in a few minutes. Tonight, you can use heat if you sleep on your back. If you can, try to sleep on your other side."

Emily gave Dean an ice pack and a few minutes later wrapped him up. Her attention went to the tv screen once Bray's match started. Bray didn't have many matches. The last match he had was against Seth. For the most part, Bray had been doing promos, and The Wyatt Family had started fighting The New Day, and The League of Nations. Now Bray was in a one on one match against Sheamus. Even though Bray was supposedly the bad guy, people would cheer for him before they would for Sheamus. The match was back and forth. Bray started off great, but just like Dean, Bray ended up going shoulder first into the ring post, and Sheamus targeted it for the rest of the match. Emily was worried, Bray seemed to be in a lot of pain, but then again, he could have just been selling it. At one point, the match ended up going outside the ring. Bray had Sheamus going towards the ring post, but Sheamus reversed it and pushed Bray into the ring post head first. Bray hit his head and fell to the floor. He was dazed for a moment and felt at his and saw the blood from his forehead. He wiped it and slowly started to get up. Sheamus threw him back into the ring, but before Sheamus started fighting again, Bray got up, picked up Sheamus with one arm and slammed him back down on the mat. Even though Bray's head was bleeding, he ignored it and kept fighting. Just when it looked like Bray was going to win, the rest of The League of Nations came out to the ring. Bray was only out numbered for about a minute. The lights go out for a second, and when they come back on, The rest of The Wyatt Family were at ringside. They instantly started fighting. Erick Rowan took on King Barrett, Luke Harper took on Alberto Del Rio, and Braun Strowman took on Rusev. Luke Harper hit Alberto with a killer clothesline and went to help Erick. He went over to King Barrett and super kicked him. Braun and Rusev fought, but Braun was stronger than Rusev and eventually had Rusev in a bear hug until Rusev passed out. Sheamus was in the ring with a look of disbelief on his face. He couldn't believe his League of Nations were beat so quick. Bray thought he would use this distraction to his advantage. He had his back arched and he was doing the Spider Walk. Sheamus turned around to look at Bray and freaked out. He went to go run out of the ring, but he thought twice about it when he saw the rest of The Wyatt Family at ringside and went back into the ring. He was ready for Bray and was sure that Bray was going to end the match, so he tried to go for a Brogue Kick, but Bray moved out of the way and pushed Sheamus into the ring post. Sheamus went into it shoulder first. This was when Bray grabbed him, pulled him to the center of the ring, kissed his forehead and hit Sheamus with Sister Abigail for the win to end Smackdown. Later on, Bray came backstage to see Emily. This would be the first time that she would have to work on Bray. His shoulder was still hurting, and his forehead was still bleeding pretty bad.

"Oh wow... That's a pretty deep cut in your forehead."

"It's not that bad Emily, I've had worse. It's really my shoulder that's bothering me."

"Ok. I'll get that taken care of, but I'll still have to put a few stitches in your forehead, just hold this cloth on your forehead to slow down the bleeding while I wrap up your shoulder."

Emily had a worried look on her face.

"Relax Emily, it's not that bad."

Emily started wrapping up Bray's shoulder.

"You just really had me worried out there Bray. I was thinking you had a legit shoulder injury."

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to worry you. I am a little hurt, not seriously injured."

Emily had his shoulder wrapped up and then moved onto his forehead. She took the cloth and started dabbing at the cut on his forehead. She had him laying back on a table so she could get to his forehead.

"It looks like you'll need about five stitches."

She dabbed a little more at his head gently until the bleeding stopped.

"This may sting a little."

Emily worked as carefully as she could until she got all the stitches in. Once they were done, Emily packed up her medical supplies and they were on their way. Bray only smiled at her.

"You are a good nurse Emily. Very caring, and gentle, you knew what you were doing. I would agree with everyone else when they say that you're the best nurse that WWE has."

Emily smiled and blushed at this.

"I don't know about that... I just like helping people."

"WWE is lucky to have you... Since we are close to my house, I thought I'd show you around, if that's ok with you."

"I'd love to see where you live."

Bray smiled, took her hand and kissed it.

"Great. We'll be there in a few minutes."

A few minutes later, they were pulling into a driveway. It was a two story house, it wasn't fancy, it wasn't even really that new, but it was still nice. Just like Bray said, there was a swamp not too far from his back yard. It must have been the same swamp they rode on for the swamp tour in New Orleans. Bray smiled and put his arm around her.

"So this is Lafayette, Louisiana. I'll give you a tour of the town tomorrow, but here we are. This is my home. It's probably a lot different than what you're used to... Living in the city and all. I'm sure things are different from what you're used to in Pensacola."

"I like it, it's nice and quiet out here."

Emily smiled as he led her into the house. It was different from what she was used to, but to her, it was a good kind of different. She would trade her city life to live out in the countryside, especially if she had Bray with her. It was too soon to tell right now, but one day, she hoped to settle down in a small town with someone that would love her and take care of her. As she thought about her future, she thought that she would love to call a place like this home someday.

(To be continued. Thanks for reading. Review.)

 

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Sister of The Shield

Chapter Thirty One

It was late, Bray brought her to his house to sleep for the night. Emily loved Bray's house, and had feelings for Bray, but didn't exactly want to sleep with him. She just wasn't sure of how to tell him without hurting his feelings. She wouldn't want him to be upset with her, after all, he was letting her travel with him since her car stopped working. Bray could tell that there was something on her mind.

"Is there something wrong Emily?"

"I don't know... Maybe I'm just worrying for no reason. You are so sweet Bray... I really appreciate you letting me travel with you, it gives us time to get closer. I really do love your home Bray, and I really don't want to upset you... I'm just not sure if I'm comfortable if we sleep together. Please... don't be upset with me... Could I maybe sleep in a different room?"

"Oh I don't blame you at all Emily, especially after what happened. I kind of made this uncomfortable for you by bringing you here. It doesn't upset me at all Emily, you can sleep in a different room, do whatever makes you comfortable sweetie."

Emily smiled at him, hugged him and gave him a quick kiss.

"Thank you for being so understanding."

Emily came in a room with her stuff, she did sleep in a different room that night, but kind of wished that she hadn't. Bray probably thought that she was trying to push him away. She just didn't want to get too close too fast. The last time she had got close to someone was with Seth, and she ended up getting hurt because of it. One of the things Seth asked her was on her mind. She had said that her and Bray cared for each other, but did they love each other? Emily's relationship with Seth only lasted two weeks, and she said that she loved him, but she didn't know what kind of guy Seth really was. Now Emily had been with Bray for over a month and they had finally shared their first kiss the night before. Emily was actually the one that made the first move, so why was she the one feeling uncomfortable? Maybe Bray wasn't ready, maybe Emily was the one rushing things. In all of her other relationships, it was always the guy that made the first move. All Emily wanted was a relationship that would last. She wanted to feel safe and loved. With Bray around she felt safe, but she wasn't sure if Bray loved her or would ever really love her because of what happened with Seth. Bray was awake early the next day, he had something on his mind that he wanted to talk to Emily about. Emily woke up, changed her clothes and started looking around for Bray. The door to his room was open but he wasn't in there. She started looking around for him, and finally found him on the second story balcony. He was looking out at the land when she spoke getting his attention.

"Bray?"

He turned and smiled when he saw her.

"Good morning Emily."

"Hey Bray. I was looking for you. How long have you been awake?"

"Not long. I didn't want to wake you so I came out here. Beautiful morning isn't it?"

"Yeah... Very beautiful. You have a great view of the land, your house is amazing Bray."

"I'm glad you like it."

Emily was looking over at the end of the swamp. This part of the swamp was cleaner than the part of the swamp up in New Orleans, it almost seemed like a different swamp. Bray had mentioned that he would catch things from the swamp, Emily wondered if he meant fish or other creatures.

"Bray... You had mentioned something about catching things out of the swamp. Did you mean fish or other creatures?"

"Well, I've caught fish, frogs, and even alligators. I mainly catch fish because I know a spot where mostly fish hang around. Why do you ask?"

"I don't know... I was just curious."

Emily was blushing a little a Bray caught on and started laughing.

"You want to go fishing with me don't you?"

Emily laughed at this.

"Yes. I love fishing, I have ever since I was a little kid."

"We'll go fishing then."

Bray ended up catching more fish than Emily, but they weren't there to compete against each other, they were there to have fun and to enjoy each other's company. Later on they did have to leave for a non-televised WWE event. Emily didn't have to come because not much happens at house shows. She still wanted to be there for Bray to support him, but also to be there in case anything happened. Bray did hurt his shoulder and get his head busted open the day before. While they were waiting for his match, there was something on his mind that he felt like he should have already told Emily.

"Emily... I need to talk to you."

Emily laughed a little.

"Well we've got plenty of time."

Enily looked at Bray and noticed that he seemed serious.

"This is kind of important, it's something I should have already told you."

Emily was a bit worried now. These words sounded way too familiar to her. In high school, this is exactly what her boyfriends said before they admit to cheating on her.

"Before we started going out, and before we even met actually... I had feelings for you. This of course was when you were with Seth. I couldn't stand to see you with him, and it really bothered me when I heard you both say I love you. I had to admire you from a distance and hope that one day you would leave Seth. I had been watching Seth too, I just felt like there was something off about him. Then one day I see him messing around with another woman and I thought... How dare he do this to Emily. I wanted to make him pay for you. I knew you were upset, what woman wouldn't be if she found out that her boyfriend had been cheating on her? I had several items laid out. I was going to destroy Seth's car myself. Then I heard someone coming so I left the items where they were and hid somewhere. It was you that came in. You came in my promo area and found the items I was going to use on Seth's car, but you were the one that Seth hurt so I was glad when you took the items and carried out your own revenge."

Emily was shocked to hear this. She had kind of wondered that day where the tools came from, but the last thing she expected was for Bray to be the one that left it out. Now that she thought about it, all of this with Seth really started the night she destroyed Seth's car. In a way, everything that had happened to her was because of Bray.

"It was you?... You left all of that laying around? Oh my God! I can't believe I was so stupid! I'm like a fish, I took the bait and got myself in trouble, but you were the one that set it out. My life has been a living hell ever since then... Because of you! I was stupid enough to take the bait you set out for me and ever since then, my life has been a living hell! I get it now... Everything we've been through, you were just trying to make up for all the damage you have caused."

"No Emily, it's not like that. Let me explain."

"There is nothing to explain Bray! Seth showed his true colors and now so have you! You were watching... Stalking me more like, waiting, and hoping that I would break up with Seth so you could be there to pick up the pieces. You've been saying everything I wanted to hear, and you promised to be there for me just like Seth did. You men are all the same! You wanted me to break up with Seth so that you could have me all to yourself. All of this time we've been together, you were just trying to get back in my good books and make up for all the damage you caused. I thought you were different Bray... I thought that I finally found someone that would lo... (Emily was about to say someone that would love her, but that would mean that she was in love with Bray. Instead of finishing that sentence, she said something else.) You never gave a Damn about me!"

Emily pushed past Bray with tears in her eyes. Bray called out to her.

"Emily please wait!"

Emily turned around for a brief moment to look at Bray, but her tears kept falling, and she felt so hurt, she didn't want to be around Bray anymore. She ran out of the medical room and into the nearest ladies room. Emily was crying to herself, she had never felt so heartbroken, even with Seth, she had deeper feelings for Bray and had hoped that he felt the same. Was Bray any better than Seth? It seemed like Bray had used her anger for Seth, he was the one that set everything out for her, and ever since then, Seth had been making her life a living hell. She thought Bray was there to support her, she thought that maybe... Just maybe she had found someone that loved her. Bray was a smooth talker, he always said exactly what she wanted to hear. The part about her being beautiful without makeup... she wondered if he was just saying that to try to make her feel better. In every relationship she had ever been in, she felt used... Probably to make all of her boyfriend's ex girlfriends jealous. Did Bray see someone else behind her back too? She still felt used and her thoughts of, something was wrong with her that made people not want to be with her came back.

"I just don't understand... What am I doing wrong? There's something wrong with me that makes people not want to be with me. I thought... I thought Bray was different. This just keeps on happening, I keep getting into a new relationship thinking that someone would care about me and I end up getting hurt every time. But why?... Why does it hurt so much more this time with Bray? Because I've just been hurt so many times... It gets worse each time. Or... My feelings for Bray were stronger than with anyone else. I know what my problem is... I get too emotional attached to someone and they could care less about me. Look at the divas... They get the guys with revealing clothing and a ton of makeup. I don't know why I even bother... I will never be as pretty as them. I can't do this anymore. I'm not going to open my heart out to someone only to have it break into pieces because they don't feel the same way about me... I'm done with love... I guess I just don't deserve to find love and happiness in life."

Emily thought about this but her thoughts just kept going back to Bray. She wanted to move on, but her mind would let her and she just kept crying. Meanwhile Bray was pacing back and forth thinking to himself.

"I blew it! I just blew things with Emily. I should have told her about setting everything out for her when she first came into the room, and she's right... I did pretty much make her life a living hell. I did want to make things up to her, but she's wrong when she says that I never cared about her. She was saying something before she stopped and said something else. She was probably going to say that she thought that she finally found someone that would love her. She needs to be alone right now, but she thinks that I never cared about her... She's wrong, I've never stopped caring about her. Now... She wants to move on. I can try to talk to her after she's calmed down, as much as it pains me... If she doesn't want to be with me, I won't force her, it would hurt even worse to see her unhappy."

Bray left the medical room and went down to the ring for his match. Bray was very good at hiding his emotions from people, he went out there and kind of went through the motions. Emily had her stuff with her in the medical room, when she came back, Bray was gone. She knew that she still needed to get around so she called Dean.

"Hello?"

"Hi Dean, it's Emily."

"You don't sound so good. Is something wrong?"

"Yes, but I don't really want to talk about it right now. Are you still at the arena?"

"I'm putting my stuff in the trunk why?"

"Would it be too much trouble if I traveled with you? My car stopped working after Raw and I've been traveling with Bray."

"You've been traveling with Bray?"

"Yea, but... Things aren't really working out."

Dean could hear that Emily was going to start crying again. He was about to go look for Bray and kick his ass, but Emily cut him off before he said anything.

"Dean can I just... Please travel for a while until Roman gets back next month?"

"Ok sure Em."

Emily then hung up the phone and started grabbing her stuff as she walked out to the parking lot where Dean was waiting on her. Emily and Dean saw each other in a brother and sister like way. Emily got to Dean's car, dropped her stuff on the ground and pulled Dean in for a hug as she cried. Dean hugged her back, he would ask her what was going on whenever she felt better, but right now, Emily needed someone to be there for her.

(To be continue. Thanks for reading. Review.)

 

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Sister of The Shield

Chapter Thirty Two

Emily rode with Dean to a hotel, she got a hotel room of her own and closed the door. She was upset, but had promised Bray that she would never try to take her life again. Even though she was upset with Bray, she would keep that promise. Emily checked her phone and was surprised when she didn't find a single call or text from Bray. She felt like he had used her, he had used her pain and anger when she destroyed Seth's car. Emily didn't regret what she did, because that was when Seth started showing his true colors. She was just surprised and hurt that it was Bray that set out all of the items that she used. To her it seemed like Bray didn't really care about her and that he was just trying to make up for all of the trouble that he caused. Emily didn't want to believe it, she thought back to the day they spent together before Smackdown. They spent the day together in New Orleans at a carnival, at the end of the day before they left, Emily was the one to kiss him. She had so much fun with him that day and really felt connected with him. Was this what Bray wanted? Why wouldn't he tell her that he was the one that set out the items? At times Emily was really happy with Bray, especially at the carnival, she wondered if the time they spent together meant anything to him or if he was just saying what she wanted to hear and doing things to make up for what happened. She had hoped that maybe she found someone that cared about her, but since Bray didn't call her or text her, this only added to her doubt. A few days later at Raw, Emily expected to see Bray in the medical room waiting for her, but was disappointed when he didn't show up. Bray didn't seem like a threat, he had never threatened her life so she wasn't worried about Bray as much as she had been with Seth. They worked together, but now with things being the way they were, maybe they would only see each other, but Emily felt like they probably wouldn't be talking much anymore. Emily sighed as she waited to see if anyone would come in. The only person that came in was Neville, Kevin Owens had targeted his knee so Emily wrapped up his knee. Emily didn't seem very happy and Neville thought that he would talk to her.

"Hey Emily."

"Hey Neville."

"You seem down Emily."

"Yeah just a little."

"So... there are some rumors going around. From what I heard, things took a turn for the worst between you and Seth. said that he was arrested, but no one has said exactly what he was arrested for. I'm going to assume that it had something to do with you. There was another rumor going around. Something about you going out with Bray? What's that about?"

"I was going out with Bray... it just didn't work out. I found out that he was the one that left all of the tools laying around from when I destroyed Seth's car. He set out the trap and I was foolish enough to fall for it. Then when things didn't work out with Seth, Bray was there. I thought it was because he actually cared about me, but he was just picking up the pieces and trying to fix all of the trouble that he caused. He told me about it a few days ago, why would he keep that from me? I feel like he just used me, but it sucks because... I actually have feelings for him, I thought he cared about me."

"Oh... I'm sorry Emily. Have you seen or talked to him since then?"

"No... I was just so upset with him, I didn't care what he had to say."

"Well... even though our characters act one way, we are completely different outside of the ring. I think you should look for him and listen to what he has to say."

"I don't know... I don't know if I want to see him. I still need time to think. Thanks for talking with me though Neville. You're all wrapped up."

"Thanks Emily. If you do decide to talk to Bray, good luck."

"Thanks, take it easy Neville."

Neville left and Emily left the medical room to take a bathroom break. Bray didn't want to risk being seen, he didn't want to upset Emily so he sent Luke Harper to see her. Bray and Luke talked a lot, Bray had told Luke about what happened with Emily. Luke didn't even have to go in to see Emily because he heard everything that she said and then went to talk to Bray.

"Luke, did you see Emily?"

"I didn't have to, I heard everything she said. She was talking to Neville. She's hurt because she feels like you used her. She feels like you never cared for her and that you were only trying to make up for everything that happened."

"I do want to make up for everything that happened, but she's wrong about me not caring about her."

"She doesn't know why you wouldn't tell her about setting the things out for Seth's car, but I also heard her say that she had feelings for you."

"She said that?"

"She did."

"Wow... I really need to talk to her. A lot of times, women don't like it when you constantly call or text them when their upset with you. I wanted to explain things to her, but she was so upset with me, she wouldn't let me get a word in. I just thought that I needed to give her time to think, with everything that's happened, I wouldn't want to upset her anymore than she already is. She tried taking her life after Seth raped her, I asked her to promise me that she wouldn't try to take her life again. Now with her being upset, I'm worried that she'll break that promise. If she takes her life... because of me... I'll never forgive myself."

Luke had a match with Erick and Braun, Bray wasn't needed for the night, he had already done his promo and could have left at anytime. Emily decided to leave for the night so she let the main WWE doctor take over. Bray went into the medical room looking for Emily. He was told that Emily had left for the night and that she would be back the next night for Smackdown. Bray then left and hoped that he would see her the next night on Smackdown. He had to think of something in case Emily didn't want to see him, he was sure that if he tried to call or text her that she would just ignore his calls and texts. Bray then smiled to himself, he had an idea, he wasn't exactly the type of guy that was big into technology anyway. Usually Emily was the first person in the medical room, she was surprised when the door was unlocked. The door was unlocked, but the lights were off. Emily had her medical supplies with her, she turned on the lights and looked around the room. She was surprised when she saw a bunch of flowers on the table. She walked closer to them, they weren't you average red roses, they were beautiful and unique, they were orange and yellow tiger lilies. As she approached the table, she also saw an envelope with her name on it. She opened it, on the inside was a letter for her.

Dear Emily,

For about the last week or so, you're all that's been on my mind. You're like a tiger lily, they represent your emotions. The orange represent all of the things you been through and all of the pain you've suffered. The inside, the yellow represents your peace and happiness. That's when your pain and suffering goes away, the inside is where your beauty truly lies. I've been thinking about what you said, words cut deep, but I believe it hurts worse when no words are spoken at all. As much as I would have loved to have called you or texted you, I knew that I had to give you your space and the time you needed. I don't think you would have answered my calls or texts anyway. I wanted to explain things to you, but you wouldn't let me get a word in. I will do my best to explain things now. I guess I could start by offering you my most sincerest apologies. I never meant to hurt you, in fact, I was trying to protect you. I wanted to tell you about setting out the items, but I was afraid for your safety. I was also afraid of what you would think of me. This was before we got together, I would have thought that you would never give me a chance if you knew that I was the one to set out the items. You thought it was because I was using you, that wasn't the case. I found out what Seth did and I wanted to make him pay, then you came in, and I thought it would have been better to let you take matters into your own hands. When I finally told you, I didn't expect for you to react the way you did. At the time, I didn't exactly think of the consequences that would follow. You seem to think that the only reason why I wanted to be around you was so I could make up for the trouble I caused. I caused you a lot of pain and torment. I've tried to protect you, sometimes I would succeed, when other times I would fail. I understand if you don't want to be together anymore, you feel hurt, used, I can ask for your forgiveness, but I understand if you never forgive me. Not only did I keep a secret from you, but you've suffered a great deal over the past two months. There is one thing that I want you to know, when we were together, it was never just because I wanted to make up for the trouble I caused. I treasured every moment we spent together... Every moment Emily. I won't ask you to give me another chance, it hurts not being with you, but it would hurt even more to see you unhappy. Whenever I found out that you had tried to take your life because of Seth, I was shocked, everything that you had been through at that point was so bad that you were seriously thinking about taking your life. I wanted you to promise me that you would never try to take your life again. I hope you will still keep that promise. If you ever took your life because of me, I would never... ever forgive myself. You mean too much to me... I wish I could take away your pain or to at least understand how you're feeling. If you never want to talk to me again, I hope that one day I will at least see your eyes shining bright, and a smile that never leaves your face. All I want for you is peace, joy, and happiness, and for you to know that I have, and I always will care about you.

- Bray

Bray knew that Emily arrived at the arena because when he was walking down the hallway, he noticed that the light in the medical room was open. As he slowly entered the room, he noticed that Emily was reading the letter that he left for her. After she was done reading, she couldn't help but smile at his words, but at the same time, a few tears fell as well. She then realized that she wasn't alone when she heard a voice speaking to her.

"I see you found my letter... I didn't know if you would answer my calls or texts. I'm not really a big technology guy anyway. I went a little old school. This may have been the only way to get your attention and get my message across. I just want you to know... I meant every word. If you ever say anything to me at all... tell me what what you thought about it."

This is what Emily wanted, she wanted Bray to make contact with her somehow, it would let her know that he cares. Emily wiped the tears from her eyes, looked at the letter for a second before she looked at the flowers. What surprised Bray was when Emily ran towards him, he was standing in the doorway and was surprised when she ran at him and gave him a hug. He then wrapped his arms around her and returned the hug. Emily then smiled at him, and took in a breath before speaking to him.

"I loved it Bray... it was beautiful."

Bray smiled at this as he looked at her, at least he got her to speak to him. That wasn't all, she had hugged him too. This was a start, he still hoped that he would be able to win her back.

(To be continued. I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter. Review.)

 

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Sister of The Shield

Chapter Thirty Three

Emily couldn't help but cry after she read Bray's letter, it really touched her heart with all of the things he said. After she read the letter and realized that Bray was there, she ran to him and hugged him. She told Bray exactly how she was feeling.

"I loved your letter Bray, it was... exactly what I needed. This last week was really hard to get through without you. I didn't get a call or text from you at all last week and that only made me think that you didn't care about me. You had your own problems too... you didn't think I would answer my calls or texts. Well... at first I wouldn't have because I was just... so upset with you. As the week went on, it started to hurt, not seeing you or talking to you. In a way I wanted to see you, but I was just so upset, I felt like you had used me and that you never really cared about me. I was wrong Bray... the last time I saw you... I blamed you for everything that happened between me and Seth and I shouldn't have. How was anyone supposed to know what Seth was going to do? I really missed you Bray... and I'm sorry for blaming you for what Seth's done, and for not believing that you really cared about me. Your letter was unexpected, and you put a lot of thought into it. Not many people these days do things like this. The flowers and the letter... it was really beautiful Bray, thank you."

"It was my pleasure Emily. It brought me great joy to bring a smile to your face. I am very happy to see you again. I wasn't sure if you would ever want to see or speak to me again. I had to find some way to get your attention."

"You did."

"I only have one question Emily... I don't want to make you feel like I'm forcing you to do anything. The choice is completely up to you. I wanted to know... Do you still want to go out with me and travel with me?"

Emily thought about this briefly, she had been hurt when she thought that Bray had only used her, but she didn't fully understand the situation. She had missed Bray, she still had not let go of the hug since she saw him. She smiled at him and kissed him.

"Does that answer your question?"

Bray noticed her face go red and he laughed.

"It does... It's good to have you back Emily."

"Now I have a question for you Bray... I have to go to the court case tomorrow. Seth will be there. I was wondering..."

"You want me to be there?"

"Would you... please?"

"Of course."

"Dean said he would go... I'm not sure about Roman, but I was hoping you would go with me too."

"Of course Emily."

"I just don't know how I will react emotionally when I see him."

"I'll be there... You don't have to do this alone."

As soon as Emily and Bray walked out of the medical room to leave for the night, they were met by Dean Ambrose. Dean saw Bray around Emily, he remembered that Emily was upset with Bray and he thought that Bray was causing trouble. Dean started running towards Bray.

"Hey!"

Emily seemed to know what was going to happen and stepped in front of Bray.

"Dean Stop!"

Dean stopped himself right before he ran into Emily.

"What the hell is going on? I thought you two broke up. I thought Bray was causing trouble?"

"No! Calm down Dean... we didn't break up, it was just a big misunderstanding. Everything is ok Dean I promise. Bray is only here to help, he's not here to cause trouble. Bray... wait here for a minute."

Emily grabbed Dean's arm and pulled him around a corner.

"You need to calm down Dean."

"I am calm... I just freaked out when I saw Bray with you. Wasn't he causing you problems? I thought you two broke up. I just wanted to make sure he wasn't going to try anything with you like Seth did."

"He's not Dean. You and Roman are both like brothers to me and I appreciate you guys looking after me, but you and Roman both need to not attack Bray everytime you think he's done something wrong. I promise Dean... everything is ok. Bray really is a good guy once you get to know him. I would really like for you and Bray to try to get along. I would like for both of you to be with me tomorrow when I see Seth."

"Don't worry about Seth, if he steps out of line tomorrow, we'll be there and he'll have to answer to us. Seth was moved to the Atlanta state prison. Roman is on his way, he'll meet us in Atlanta at the court house tomorrow."

Emily remembered that her real family lived in Atlanta and knew that Matthew probably had something to with transferring Seth to Atlanta to deal with him personally. Emily met up with Bray again and they left for the night. The next day when they got to the courthouse, Emily felt really nervous, especially when they brought Seth in. There was a guard sitting with Seth, but they took the handcuffs off him and let him sit down. Emily felt really uncomfortable when the guard took the handcuffs off Seth. What everyone saw was Seth glaring at her, but not everyone saw the smirk and wink he sent her way. Emily's heart rate picked up, she started shaking, she started hyperventilating. Her breathing rate picked up and she was having a hard time breathing. She put a hand up to her neck and images flashed through her mind. She was remembering everything that happened when Seth raped her. She remembered him choking her and tears filled her eyes, she was having a panic attack. Bray was the only one there with her and he had to calm her down.

"Emily..."

It was like Emily couldn't hear Bray. She was having a panic attack, she was having a hard time breathing, and she was crying and shaking. She was re-living the pain and torture she felt when Seth raped her and it seemed like it was happening again, she didn't know where she was or what was going on anymore. Seth was looking over at Emily and laughed at her misfortune, thinking that she was crazy. Bray took her into his arms and held her.

"Emily... Emily sweetheart, look at me ok? Look at me."

Bray tilted her head up so that she was looking at him. Their eyes met and it seemed like Emily was coming back. Instead of thinking about Seth's dark, threatening brown eyes, she was now seeing Bray's cool and calming blue eyes He pressed his forehead against hers and spoke to her again.

"Easy Emily... Just breathe... slow and steady... calm your mind. Breathe nice and slow."

Dean and Roman came in, they saw that Emily was upset and they were confused until they saw Seth. Did Seth do something before they got there? They were in Atlanta, so Emily's brother Matthew was there and arrived a few minutes after Dean and Roman. Roman only sent a glare in Seth's direction before he turned to Emily, she was still shaking and Roman wasn't sure what was going on, she had never reacted this way.

"Emily... talk to me."

Emily wanted to say something, but couldn't she was too upset, but her breathing and heart rate returned to normal. Roman then turned to Bray for answers.

"Bray... what's going on? I've never seen her like this. "

"I've seen something like this before. She was in a world of her own, I don't think she knows where she is or what's going on. She was ok until Seth came in. Emily started hyperventilating, shaking and crying. She was having a panic attack. Images from a traumatic event can flash through the brain and cause a panic attack. I believe this is what just happened."

Emily was listening, let go of Bray and nodded her head.

"Ok, she did have a panic attack."

Roman was concerned.

"She's never had a panic attack before that I know of."

Emily finally spoke.

"I did... before I cut my wrists. I... I don't know what happened... one minute I'm ok, then I'm freaking out."

Roman spoke.

"What can we do to help?"

Bray answered this.

"The best thing we can do is be here for her and show her that we will care and support her."

Emily looked around the room, she became more aware of her surroundings. She was in a court room, there were people coming in, she wondered how many people saw her panic attack. She looked over at Seth again, he was just staring at the wall now, not paying her or anyone else any attention. Roman, Dean, and Bray all had thoughts going through their head about what they wanted to do with Seth. Roman thought about punching Seth in the face and head so many times that Seth's face was bloody and broken, and he wanted to punch him so many times in the head that Seth's brain would be damaged so that Seth would never even remember the enjoyment he had while raping Emily. Roman knew he couldn't do this without getting in trouble, a part of him wished that Seth hadn't of got fired so that in a no disqualification match, he would have been able to use a chair, kendo stick, put Seth through a table. Dean had similar thoughts, he had a few non-PG ideas for Seth. Before coming to WWE, he was in many hardcore matches in the indies. Seth had been in Ring of Honor, but until their FCW days, Seth had never faced Dean. Of course, before their WWE days, Seth was known as Tyler Black, and Dean was known as Jon Moxley. Seth thought Dean Ambrose was bad, but he wouldn't want to cross paths with Jon Moxley. Dean thought about his CZW days, Dean would enjoy breaking every one of Seth's bones and using barbed wire to rip the flesh off of Seth's face, back, or anywhere else he wanted. Bray had his own ideas for what he'd want to do to Seth. Have The Wyatt Family punish him. Luke Harper was underrated, but really dangerous in the ring with his superkicks, and killer clotheslines. Then you have a guy like Braun Strowman who could knock you down without even trying. Once he gets you in that bear hug move, it's all over from there. Bray Wyatt, the character was a guy not to mess with, he is your swamp man with Voodoo like powers. Bray had a way with words, other than The Undertaker, many would say that Bray was the master of the mind games. He could literally drive Seth insane, by having Seth trying to avoid his darkest fears. Other than killing Seth, Bray thought about taking Seth behind his house, taking a thick leather belt and whipping Seth's back until it was blistered and bleeding. He would want to bust Seth's mouth so that no lies, and no words at all would ever pass his lips. If Bray had his way with Seth, he would make Seth a beaten and broken man, he would make sure that Seth felt remorse everyday for the rest of his life for everything that he had done to Emily. They were all interrupted when someone they didn't recognize came over to them.

"Excuse me... would it be ok if I talked to Emily?"

Emily looked towards the voice and and ran to hug him. Roman, Dean, and Bray had not met him yet.

"Matthew!"

"I'm here Emily."

Bray, Roman, and Dean all had confused looks on their faces and Emily then told everyone who he was.

"Guys... this is my brother Matthew. I saw him again about a month ago for the first time in twenty four years. Matthew, this is my brother Roman. Dean, he's close enough to be my brother, and this is Bray, my boyfriend."

Matthew shook hands with each of them.

"Matthew Thomas... I'm part of the Atlanta Police Department, I had Seth transferred here. If I want to be in charge of this case, I'll have to not let my personal feelings get in the way of the judge's decision. My job is the same as the rest of you... to be here for Emily."

Emily couldn't help but smile at this. Even though she had just had a panic attack, she had four people there that cared for her. Even though she had to be in the same room as Seth, she would be able to make it through the court case as long as she had people there that cared for her. Emily had calmed down now before most of the people showed up, the judge came in and everyone stood up. All Emily needed to do was stay strong long enough to get through the court case. She was tired of being afraid and feeling hate towards Seth, the sooner the court case was over, the sooner she would be able to move on with her life.

(To be continued. I hope that everyone enjoyed this chapter. Review.)

 

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Sister of The Shield

Chapter Thirty Four

Emily had calmed down in time for the court case, she stayed calm as Bray held her hand, she stayed quiet as the judge walked to the front. Emily had not looked in Seth's direction since she had her panic attack. Dean, Roman, and Matthew sat behind her while Bray sat next to her. They weren't just there for Emily's case, Seth also planned on having his lawyers see if they could get his job back. Everyone was quiet as the judge started speaking.

"Seth Rollins, you are here because you have been accused of raping Emily Thomas. If you are found guilty, you could spend year in prison if not life in prison. The first thing we will do is have Emily say what happened."

The judge motioned for Emily to come forward. Emily looked around at all of the people that were there. Stephanie and Triple H were there, they came in a few minutes before the court case started. Emily was really nervous as she saw everyone staring at her. Bray grabbed her other hand and she looked at him as he spoke softly to her.

"You can do this Emily, it will all be over soon. Try your best to relax, look at me if you have to.I know this is going to be hard for you, but the only way for everyone to understand is if you tell what happened. Do you think you can do that?"

Emily looked at Bray as he held her hands.

"I'll try."

Emily then slowly let go of Bray's hands and made her way to the front beside the judge.

"Please state your name for the court."

"My name is Emily Thomas."

"Emily Thomas, do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth so help you God."

"I do."

Seth's lawyer came forward.

"I'm going to ask you a few questions. Could you tell us what you do for a living?"

"I work as a nurse for WWE."

"And Seth Rollins is a WWE Superstar along with Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose, and Bray Wyatt, who are all here today. Could you tell us how you met Seth?"

"Well... Seth was part of The Shield and I would sometimes see him, but never actually met him until this year. He got hurt during a match and came in to see me."

"When was this?"

"About... three months ago."

"Seth told me that the two of you dated."

"We did... briefly."

"Could you tell us why the two of you broke up?"

Emily was quiet for a moment... Seth, like many of her other boyfriends had used her and cheated on her. It hurt and she didn't want to talk about it. Seth's lawyer still pressured her into answering the question.

"I would like an answer Ms. Thomas. Why did you and Seth break up?"

"Because... I caught him cheating on me with another woman. I... walked in on them in the locker room."

"Ok... and what did you do once you found out?"

Emily seemed a lot less nervous now and her anger started coming out.

"Well what do you think I did? I ran out of there, I was upset, I was crying and I was also pissed off."

Seth's lawyer gave Seth a smile, this was just what they wanted, for Emily to lose her cool.

"So to get even with Seth, you thought it was ok to destroy his property? You were upset with him so you destroyed his car did you, or did you not?"

Emily was quiet and Seth's lawyer asked Emily again.

"Did you destroy Seth's car?"

Emily then yelled back at Seth's lawyer.

"Yes ok?! I slashed his tires, ripped the insides of his seats with a key, smashed his car with a baseball bat and I set it on fire! There! Are you happy now?!"

The judge started hitting his gavel.

"Ms. Thomas, please watch your temper."

Seth then spoke up for the first time and added a smart remark.

"Easy judge... we wouldn't want Emily to get upset with you and have her mess up your car now would we?"

Seth's lawyer said something before the judge said anything to Seth.

"You see your honor, what has been covered up for months now is the destruction of Mr. Rollins' property. Unless we have proper evidence, Seth Rollins will sue WWE for wrongful termination."

The lawyer the court provided Emily stepped up.

"Objection your honor, the issue at hand is not about Mr. Rollins' property, or his termination from WWE. I have word from The Authority, Stephanie McMahon and Triple H that Seth decided to drop the charges against Emily for the destruction of his car. Instead of Emily being arrested or fired from WWE, she was simply suspended from work for two weeks without pay because Emily is a valuable medical worker. The issue at hand here is what happened between Seth and Emily about a month ago. This is about Emily's life. I have been told that on the night in question, there was security video footage of what happened. The video footage was not allowed to leave that arena so we are left with Seth and Emily's side of the story. Emily... I know this will probably bedifficult for you to talk about, but I need you to tell the court room what happened. First I want to ask you... do you think there is a reason why Seth cheated on you?"

"Seth cheated on me because... he was pressuring me to have sex with him. I wasn't ready for that. I had never had sex before and I was afraid, I thought that things were going too fast. I don't know if Seth was cheating on me before this or not, but I think that because I said no, he got mad at me, it hurt his pride, and he decided to move onto someone else."

"So some would say you had a right to be upset with him. You're human like the rest of us... sometimes our emotions get the better of us. Did you feel regret once you destroyed Seth's car?"

"I did... at the time I was hurt because a part of me... still loved him. Ever since then, it just seemed like Seth has been trying to make my life a living hell. I just wish I never even met Seth. He's cornered me on two different occasions since then... He's hit me, pushed me up against the wall, and he... started putting his hands under my shirt and he touched me inappropriately. The first time this happened, Seth didn't get very far because... someonecame in and stopped him."

Emily paused for a minute, looked at Bray and smiled, he smiled back at her and Emily continued.

"Another time when Seth attacked me, I ended up in the hospital... He didn't just hit me in the face, but I ended up on the ground, he used his finishing move, the Curb Stomp on me."

"Ok... now I'm going to ask you about your last encounter with Seth... How did it all start that day?"

Emily's nervousness returned as she looked around at everyone. All eyes were on her, she then looked at Bray, he gave her a small nod which meant for her to go on. Emily took a deep breath and continued.

"I arrived at the arena pretty early one day, no one else was there, or at least I thought no one else was there. I had went to catering, and catering isn't too far from the locker rooms. Seth actually came up behind me when I wasn't looking. When I heard his voice, I freaked out and tried to get away from him, but he ran after me, grabbed me and pushed me up against the wall... He pushed his body against mine and kissed me to keep me quiet. Then he put his hand over my mouth and he started draggingme to a locker room... He pushed me down in the floor and locked the door, I don't know if anyone would have heard me, I screamed a few times before Seth started hitting me. I was so scared, I struggled against him, and I begged for him to let me go. I had struggled for so long, and he started beating me until I couldn't move... That gave him enough time to remove our clothes... I... I just couldn't believe Seth would do it. He... he didn't seem like that type of guy. When I dated him, I opened up to him and I thought that he cared for me, I even thought that I loved him. I understand that he was upset with me for destroying his car. I had apologized to him, and I begged for him to let me go. He wouldn't... and it was then that I realized that Seth never loved me, he just wanted to have sex with me. I didn't want it to happen... I still struggled against him, but the more I struggled, the more violent he got. I tried to scream... he held me down, he would kiss me to keep me quiet, hit me in the face, and even... even started choking me so I couldn't breathe... All of this happened as he raped me. I mainly remember... when it was all over... he wrapped his hand around my neck so that I couldn't breathe, and threatened me with my life if I ever told anyone. To him... it was all fun and he said we should do it again, but to me... it was painful, it was torture... I... I was so upset that I... tried to... commit suicide. I cut my wrists. I've had help since then... I just don't want to go back down that road again. Today... when I first saw Seth, I freaked out... it was like I was re-living what happened. I had a panic attack just a few minutes before the court case started, I was remembering everything that happened, it was like I could feel his hand around my neck again... I couldn't breathe, I was shaking, and crying. I don't... I don't know what else to do now. I don't know what else to say... I just... don't want to be here anymore."

Emily didn't say anything else, put her hand up at her face and started crying, that was when her lawyer came up to get her so that she could sit back down.

"That is all your honor. Thank you Emily for sharing what happened, clearly talking about this has upset you, I won't ask you to explain anything else."

Her lawyer helped her back to her seat beside Bray. He pulled her in for a hug as she cried again and he whispered to her.

"You were very brave up there Emily, I'm so proud of you for having the courage to speak in front of everyone... Shh... it's over now, you've said all that you need to say. Relax now, I'm here."

Emily calmed down and stopped crying as Bray held her in his arms. It was Seth's turn to speak in front of the court, he noticed a lot of people glaring at him, he knew that if he didn't think of something believable, he would be going back to jail.

"Look, I know it may seem like I'm the bad guy here, but Emily is just causing a bunch of unnecessary drama. She's just trying to make everyone feel sorry for her, and it's working because she even managed to cry in front of everyone. Look at her, she's sitting right there with Bray Wyatt, one of the best talkers in WWE, he probably told her to say all of that. She's makes up some ridiculous story about me raping her, and saying that she tried to commit suicide. When she came in here, she did start freaking out, but that was just her putting on an act. Some of the events she described were true, but not about me raping her."

Seth had a smirk on his face, he knew exactly what to say.

"Yes I did see her at catering, and yes I diddrag her away to the locker room. I held her down and put my hand around her throat, but only because she wanted me to... Oh yes... she did do begging that day, but it wasn't for me to stop. Do you want to know what she said? She was begging for me to go faster and harder, I wasn't so sure about this because I was afraid I would hurt her."

Emily shook her head at this, Seth was lying. He was saying everything he could to turn this around on her.

"I was afraid that I would hurt her, but she saidshe liked it rough... So, I let her have it and I fucked her like the little slut she is! We bothfound it... very satisfying, but for some reasonshe wants to pass it off as rape. Now look at her... for whatever reason, she decided to move onto Bray Wyatt. Why Emily? I thought we had something special... Just so you know Emily... It's not considered rape if you wanted it just as bad as I did Sweetie... after all, you were screaming out my name and I love you over and over again. Your honor if I may... I ask to have a quick word with Emily... if it makes you feel any better Emily, I'll even have the guard put handcuffs on me since you think that I wish to harm you. All I ask is for a quick word with you Emily, but of course, with all of the people you have believing your story, I'm a bit worried that someone here will try to put their hands on me."

The judge then spoke to Emily as a guard put handcuffs on Seth.

"Emily, could I ask you to please step into the center of the room, I have reached a verdict."

Emily did this as Seth was coming down towards her, that uncomfortable feeling returned as the judge spoke.

"Emily, your lawyer said that on the night in question, there was a security camera that caught everything that happened, however, without that video, I'm afraid it is too hard to tell if you are telling the truth or not. We have had cases where women have only acted like they were raped and made up a whole story to make people feel sorry for them."

Emily interrupted the judge.

"You think... You think I made the whole thing up? You think that I'm a liar?"

"That's not what I'm saying, all I'm saying is there is not enough evidence to prove Seth Rollins guilty. With this being said, I also believe that Seth was wrongfully terminatedfrom his job and therefore, he can sue WWE if he is not rehired, however, I will issue a restraining order keeping Seth at least one hundred feet away from Emily. The only time this restraining order will not be in effect is if Seth needs medical help and Emily is the only nurse around. I find Seth Rollins, not guilty."

The judge hit his gavel and ended the case. Seth was still close enough to whisper to Emily so that only she could hear what he said.

"With that being said... I look forward to seeing you again real soon Emily. I guess I'll have to fake an injury just to see you... Oh nurse, I have a bit of a problem in my pants again... Oh... just the thought of getting you alone again... having you scream and struggle against me as I fuck you again turns me on."

No one could really hear what was being said, but Seth was at an angle where Roman could see Seth talking to Emily. Even though he couldn't hear what Seth was saying, he still knew exactly what Seth was saying. Roman was pissed off at this, got up out of his seat and ran at Seth. Seth could hear movement near him, he turned around and that was when Roman nearly broke him in half by spearing him. Seth was handcuffed so he couldn't do anything. Roman then started punching Seth in the face, his mouth and nose instantly started bleeding and everyone was sure that they could hear the popping sound of Seth's nose breaking, but mostly everyone heard Roman yelling at Seth.

"YOU SON OF A BITCH! YOU'RE A FUCKING LIAR! YOU RAPED MY SISTER AND YOU KNOW IT! I TOLD YOU BEFORE TO STAY AWAY FROM MY SISTER, I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU SETH!"

Seth was on the ground in pain as guards had to pull Roman off Seth. They kept telling Roman to calm down, but he wouldn't, so they ended up arresting him. Emily was going to try to stop them from arresting him, but Dean, Bray, and Matthew stopped her. Bray was the one to speak to her.

"Stop Emily!... This is exactly what Seth wanted to happen. Roman lost his cool."

"Nobody heard what Seth said, but Roman can read lips, he knew exactly what Seth said... Seth was planning on faking an injury just so he could be alone with me and do the same thing again."

Matthew seemed to understand.

"With Roman losing his cool and going off on Seth, it may be a little hard getting him out tonight, but I'll see what I can do."

Dean and Bray didn't always get along, but they both knew that something needed to be done about Seth once and for all so that he didn't get to Emily again. Dean had a smirk and remembered that he could introduce Seth to his Jon Moxley side, whereas Bray could have The Wyatt Family beat him down and play some serious mind games with Seth. They would have to be careful and plan things out unless they wanted to get arrested like Roman. Things seemed to go Seth's way with the court case, but what no one knew was that it was a crooked judge and that Seth paid that judge so Seth would end up being not guilty and walking away. Triple H and Stephanie knew that they had to hire back Seth unless they wanted Seth suing WWE. They didn't do it because they were on Seth's side. They hired him back, that didn't mean that they had to ever let him become champion, if they wanted to, they could make Seth's life a living hell and make him a jobber like Heath Slater or Zack Ryder. A broken and bleeding nose and mouth wasn't the only thing that Seth had to worry about, things were about to get much worse.

(To be continued. Haha... Seth is in trouble now. I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter. Review.)

 

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Sister of The Shield

Chapter Thirty Five

The court case ended and Emily walked out with Bray and Dean. Matthew would be busy trying to get Roman out of jail since Roman went off on Seth. Emily quietly walked to Bray's car and got in, she hadn't said a word since the court case ended, Bray didn't make it to her door in time to open it for her because Dean pulled him aside to talk to him.

"Bray!... We need to talk."

Bray looked over at Emily, she had her head down like she had a lot on her mind and she was staring out the front window not really paying attention to Dean or Bray. Bray then looked back at Dean.

"What do we do Dean? I don't think Emily can handle this much longer."

"Something needs to be done about Seth! Something didn't sit well with me with the way that the case ended. I think we all know Seth should have stayed in jail, something screwy happened... I think the judge was paid off. Not only did he say that Seth was not guilty, but he also said that Seth would be able to get his job back."

"If that is true, we can't really do anything about the judge, I think we need to focus on Seth. Seth is going to try to be smart... he has a restraining order, but that restraining order will be no good if Emily is the only nurse around. Knowing Seth, he will probably fake an injury just to get Emily alone again."

Dean smirked as he got an idea.

"What if Seth really did get hurt and no one was around to help him."

Bray looked at Dean for a moment and thought about this.

"What are you thinking Ambrose?"

"I'm thinking... with Roman being arrested earlier, we'll need to be careful, but... I was thinking we take care of Seth ourselves if you know what I mean."

Dean cracks his knuckles and pops his neck.

"For once... I agree with you Ambrose. Seth has been a thorn in Emily's side for far too long. I refuse to let Seth come anywhere near her."

"So, you're going to work with me on this?"

"Only for Emily. They say... the enemy of my enemy is my friend... In this case, we would actually be friends, united just this once with Seth being our common enemy."

"Ok, that will work. So, I say we teach Seth a lesson that he will never forget, we should beat him, torture him within an inch of his life and make him think twice about coming anywhere near Emily again. You and Seth... you think Dean Ambrose is bad, but you haven't seen anything until you've met Jon Moxley. I am capable of taking and dishing out a lot of punishment, Jon Moxley will be Seth's worst nightmare. Then of course, you will have your turn, you can punish Seth however you want, we just need to find a way of not killing him and not having anyone find out about this or have Seth tell anyone. I'll figure something out, I get Seth first, then I'll pass him onto you."

A dark smile formed on Bray's face.

"Sounds like a plan."

While Bray and Dean planned on letting out the side of themselves that everyone should fear most, they both knew that they had to be there for Emily. There are two sides to every coin. Emily will see the side of them that cares for her, while Seth will see the merciless, dangerous side of Dean Ambrose/Jon Moxley and Bray Wyatt that no one would want to see. They went their separate ways, and Bray joined Emily in his car. Emily held in her emotions for as long as she could, it was almost like she was waiting for Bray to show up. Emily looked out the window avoiding his gaze, she still didn't want to cry in front of him, but eventually broke down. They didn't get very far when he heard her sniffling from crying, he pulled off on the side of the road out of traffic and turned to her.

"Emily..."

There were tears falling down her face now, it wasn't as bad as when she was in the court room, but she was still upset and needed comfort. Bray wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close.

"Emily... talk to me sweetheart."

Emily started to calm down after she heard him call her sweetheart and as Bray held her close and gently rubbed the top part of her back behind her shoulders. Emily needed this, she needed to be held and comforted, she had made the mistake of pushing him away before, and was surprised that Bray still wanted to be here for her.

"I... I don't know what to do Bray... Seth is back. The only reason why... I've been able to work is because Seth hasn't been around... and because of you Bray. I made the mistake of pushing you away when I really needed you. You've done so much for me. I just... don't know if I want to go back to work with Seth coming back. He won't stop... he's got to me before, and he's already said that he'll do it again. Bray... for my own safety, I think that I should find another job."

"That's ok Emily, do whatever it is that you need to do."

"You're not mad Bray?"

"Why would I be mad? You feel like your life is at risk. It's been a long day, and you've been through a lot, but I hope that you will take time to think things through. Trust me when I say this Emily... Your safety... will not be an issue..."

Bray tilted her head up and wiped away the last of her tears as they looked directly into each other's eyes and he spoke softly to her.

"I give you my word Emily, I swear on my very life... Seth... will never hurt you again."

It could have been his words or the heat of the moment, but Emily hesitated because she made the first move and kissed him before and maybe it was too soon at the time, this time, she wanted him to kiss her. Bray still held her close and she could feel his heart beating against hers, she still managed to smile at him, even after everything she had been through.

"Bray... Kiss me..."

Bray smiled at this, they had kissed before, but she was the one that kissed him the first time, which surprised him. Now she was wanting him to kiss her, Bray did just that, he gently kissed her and she seemed to melt into the kiss as he held her. Everything after that seemed to calm down for Emily. She still wasn't sure if she wanted to go back to work with Seth coming back, she needed more time to think, but she didn't want to worry too much about Seth. It had been a long day, Bray started driving again, Bray smiled and wrapped an arm around Emily as she fell asleep on his shoulder. The next day at Raw, Emily had decided to take a night off, Dean got to the arena early and looked around at all the different hallways and different rooms and found out where the security cameras were. Dean set up his trap for Seth in a room with no security camera, he had told Bray where meet so that he could take Seth when it was his turn to punish Seth. Bray had a home in Louisiana, and he had a home in Florida, this time, he was closer to his home in Florida, he thought about taking Seth from the arena. Dean was waiting in a hallway around a corner waiting for Seth, he had to make sure that he kept his cool and not jump at the first person he sees in case Seth isn't the first person that comes around the corner. Most of the people that came around the corner weren't alone and were talking to other people. At some point, Dean started getting impatient and wondered if Seth would ever show up. Then he heard footsteps, but no one talking. Seth was trying to lay low, he made sure that he didn't attract too much attention coming back. Seth came around the corner and Dean jumped at Seth once he came around the corner. Seth never knew what hit him, Dean slammed Seth up against the wall and started hitting him. Dean opened the door to the room he picked out and pushed Seth through the doorway and shut and locked the door. He quickly jumped on Seth again tackling him to the ground. Dean started walking around Seth at one point just to let Seth take a moment to breathe.

"What the hell Dean?!"

"Shut up Seth! You know exactly what this is about. You've had this coming for months... Not just for stabbing me and Roman in the back, but also for everything you've done to Emily. You fucking raped her! Now you're going to pay for it... and it's not Dean, it's Jon Moxley Bitch!"

Seth didn't notice it at the time, but Dean had weapons laying on the floor. He didn't notice Dean pick something up. To Seth, it looked like a baseball bat only it was wrapped in barbed wire. Dean swung the baseball bat at Seth once and it was enough to stick to the shirt Seth was wearing and not only ripped the shirt off his back, but also some of his skin. Dean only laughed as Seth cried out in pain. He looked at Seth's back tattoo, the translation for the characters on his back meant integrity, respect, courage, honor, compassion, honesty, and loyalty, which was ironic because Seth was none of these. Dean hit Seth again in the back and watched as Seth's back started bleeding. Seth was already begging for Dean to stop.

"Dean... stop... please!"

"Oh Hell no! I'm just getting started! Did you stop when Emily begged for you to stop?! You may have been in Ring of Honor, but you have no honor Seth! Also... if you think Dean Ambrose is bad... Jon Moxley is going to be your worst nightmare. You never would have made it in CZW... I would go as far as to say that it was ten times more brutal than the Attitude Era! Anyway enough talk... I'm not the only one that wants to get their hands on you... You deserve everything that you're going to get. Dean had Seth on the ground, he found at way of tying Seth's hands and ankles together with barbed wire so that if Seth tried to struggle, he would be cutting his own hands and feet. Dean had broken pieces of glass and taped it to a chair to the part where Seth's back would be. Dean forced Seth down into the chair where the glass was cutting Seth's back open more than it already was. Seth started yelling.

"Listen Ambrose, Jon Moxley! Whoever the Hell you are! You do realize that you can't keep me here forever and you will face consequences for this!"

"Oh... You mean like the consequences you should be facing right now? No one is going to know about this because no one is going to see this, and no one is going to hear about this! You won't say a thing Seth! I would ask, cat got your tongue, but I hate cats, and I'm more of a dog person anyway... that's why, in CZW, we had dog collar matches."

Seth's hands were tied together with barbed wire, he couldn't do anything to stop Dean from putting a dog collar and chain around his neck. Dean smirked and had fun pulling the chain, almost like he waspulling the strings of a puppet. Seth was getting choked and it was getting hard to breathe. At one point, Dean got bored with the chain and then decided to go back to the kendo stick with barbed wire only this time, he hit Seth in his chest and abs area ripping more flesh from his body. Dean had already hit Seth in the mouth so Seth's mouth was already bleeding. Seth at one point had stopped crying out in pain because no one heard him, all he was trying to do was breathe and ignore the pain that he was feeling. Seth had lost a lot of blood and most of it was dried blood at this point. Dean was finally tired at this point and smirked at Seth as Seth looked at him.

"You know Seth... it's been fun... beating the hell out of you. I've done my part, but there's someone else that wants to get their hands on you."

Seth could feel a chill run down his spine... it was either that or more blood, his voice was hoarse at this point and he only said one name.

"Roman?"

Dean laughed.

"No... Roman already got his hands on you yesterday and broke your nose. If you haven't yet... by the time this is all over... if you're not dead, you'll probably wish you were, and by the time this is over,you'll know not to mess with The Sister of The Shield. Now... you have to deal with Bray."

Seth looked at Dean confused.

"You and Bray?"

"Getting along?... Weird I know, but there is one thing we had in common... we both hate you and wanted to get revenge for Emily."

Dean opened the door, it was now dark in the hallways, the security cameras were not night vision cameras, so no one knew what was going on. Dean kept his hand over Seth's mouth and dragged him out of the room. Dean could see Bray and the rest of The Wyatt Family coming and shoved Seth in their direction. Seth still had the barbed wire around his hands and ankles, and at this point his hands and ankles were bleeding worse than his back.

"He's all yours!"

Dean smirked, then went back into the room to clean up the mess he made from beating Seth. To stop Seth from struggling, Bray held something over Seth's mouth and Seth soon passed out making it easier for The Wyatt Family to carry him away. Seth was placed in the back seat of Bray's car, and when he woke up, he wasn't sure of his surroundings. Seth's back, chest, abs, hands, and ankles had been wrapped up. Bray was the one that did this, the barbed wire that was around his hands and ankles were gone, only to be replaced by chains. The first person that Seth saw when he woke up was Luke Harper sitting across from him. Luke was given the orders to go to Bray once Seth woke up. Seth was struggling with the chains when Bray came in laughing.

"Struggle all you want, you're not getting out of here."

"Where am I?"

"That's for me to know... Did you enjoy your time with Dean Ambrose... or Jon Moxley I should say?"

Seth looked down at his taped up chest and abs.

"Who did this?"

"I did... I brought you here for a reason... You know why you're here."

"You and Dean planned this... You're both fucking crazy!"

Luke, Erick, and Braun all walked in now, Bray turned his attention to them.

"Luke!"

Bray called for Luke, he moved out of the way and Luke super kicked Seth in the mouth. Seth's hands and feet were chained and when Luke kicked him, his whole body hit a wall and the chains tightened around his hands and feet. His hands and feet had been bleeding from the barbed wire Dean had tied to him and he was in even more pain now that Luke just kicked him in the mouth. Erick did a round house kick and hit Seth in the side of the head. Seth felt dizzy and felt the pain from his hands and feet again. Everytime Seth moved, even a little bit, the chains would tighten and start to cut deep on his hands and feet. Bray motioned for Braun to come forward, he wanted Seth to be worn down, but still wanted Seth to be aware of what was going on. Braun grabbed Seth had had him in the bear hug move until Seth almost passed out, that was when Bray had Braun let him go.

"Release him!"

Braun let Seth go and Seth fell to the ground, he fell down to his knees , but the chains that held Seth's hands held him up. Seth's head dropped down, he almost passed out until Bray jerked his head up by his hair. Seth's mouth was already bleeding, Bray then sent Luke, Erick, and Braun on their way.

"You deserve everything that has happened to you. I want you to feel this... I want you to feel all the pain that you caused Emily. I know what you're thinking... once this is all over, you're going to tell someone everything that happened... I say no... think about it this way, Dean and I planned this without anyone finding out about it. You think you're going through hell now, imagine what we could do to you if we find out that you told someone about this... I know people will ask what happened, the answer will be... a car accident."

Bray slapped Seth in the face.

"Do you understand?"

Seth was in a lot of pain, but still answered him.

"Yes..."

Bray had a leather belt in his hands, he turned Seth around and ripped off the bandages that were on Seth's back. Seth's back had dried blood from where Dean had already punished him. Now Bray started whipping Seth's back, Seth now cried out in pain as Bray whipped him mercilessly. Seth's back started bleeding again, and even started to show signs of blistering. Seth cried out again and again after every blow from the leather belt. Bray stopped when he got tired and Seth cried out once more as actual tears fell down his face.

"Bray! Please!... Have mercy!"

Anger only returned to Bray after Seth said that and he whipped Seth's back once more before he spoke to Seth. Then he grabbed Seth by his hair again and made sure that Seth was looking him in the eyes. Bray's cold icy blue eyes looked into Seth's, he could see the fear and pain, but also what seemed like guilt in Seth's eyes.

"Mercy?! Seth you deserve death after everything you've put Emily through. She almost took her life because of you... You deserve death, but I want you to live... I want you to live because I want you to feel the guilt and remorse for the rest of your life... Know this boy... if word of this ever gets out, if you ever even think about coming near Emily again... I will kill you. If you cross that line again, I will kill you, and place you somewhere no one would even think to look for your body."

Seth felt a chill run down his spine. It seemed like all of the punishment was over, he felt pain everywhere, it seemed like his eyes were finally opened and he could imagine the pain that he put Emily through. He wasn't sure if the attack from Dean or The Wyatt Family was worse, all he felt was pain. Bray asked him two questions.

"Do you feel remorse for everything you put Emily through?"

"Yes... Emily... Emily has suffered a lot. I have no reason... to go anywhere near Emily."

"Ok... and how did all of this happen?"

Seth hesitated for a moment and then went along with it.

"Car accident."

"Ok... I think we're done here. We don't have to cross paths again... unless you decide to try something with Emily. I'm always watching Seth... Always watching. One slip up, if you give me a reason to believe that Emily's life is at risk... that will be the end of yours."

Seth's chains were taken off his hands and feet, Bray then put something over Seth's mouth again and Seth passed out. When he woke up, he recognized his surroundings to be a locker room. Seth was in a lot of pain and everything came back to him, Seth was hired back, but wouldn't be performing on his first night back. Seth grabbed his car keys and left the arena. Bray watched him from behind a corner with a satisfied look on his face. Dean and Bray had reason to celebrate, Seth wouldn't be telling anyone what happened and more specifically, he wouldn't be bothering Emily again. Bray still wasn't sure if Emily would work with WWE now that Seth was back, but at the time, Emily had no knowledge of the attack on Seth. Bray remembered that things did not go well when he kept a secret from her when he set out the items for Emily to destroy Seth's car. Bray didn't want to live with the guilt of having a secret so he would tell Emily the next time he saw her. Emily was already at a hotel room, she would still be traveling with him, but he would have to ask her if she would come to Smackdown. Bray arrived at the hotel and went into his own hotel room. While Bray preferred talking to Emily face to face, he noticed the hotel room Emily was in was right across from him and the light was off, meaning that she could have been asleep. He sent her a message.

"I hope you are feeling better Sweetheart, and I hope you've been thinking about what you want to do. I promised you before... Seth will never hurt you again. I would hate for you to quit the job that I know you love because of Seth. I have a feeling that all of your pain and suffering is a thing of the past... There is something that I want to talk to you about, but I would like to talk to you face to face tomorrow. I hope you sleep well Emily." - Bray

(To be continued. What will Emily think when Bray tells her what happened? I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter. Thanks for reading. Review.)

 

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Sister of The Shield

Chapter Thirty Six

Emily woke up the next day feeling refreshed and felt a sense of relief. She had felt so unsure about going back to work now that Seth was back, but there was just something about what Bray said that brought a smile to her face. He promised her with his life that Seth would not hurt her again. She woke up and checked her phone and saw a message from Bray.

"I hope you are feeling better Sweetheart, and I hope you've been thinking about what you want to do. I promised you before... Seth will never hurt you again. I would hate for you to quit the job that I know you love because of Seth. I have a feeling that all of your pain and suffering is a thing of the past... There is something that I want to talk to you about, but I would like to talk to you face to face tomorrow. I hope you sleep well Emily." - Bray

Emily smiled at this message, she had already fallen asleep before she read it the night before. It was about nine in the morning, she wasn't sure if Bray was awake or not, but she sent him a text back.

"Thank you for your message last night Bray. I was already asleep when you sent it. I don't know if you're awake or not, but I was hoping that we could meet on the first floor for breakfast if you haven't ate already. It will take me about thirty minutes to really wake up and get ready, but send me a text if you're awake and let me know." - Emily

Emily grabbed her clothes and was about to go into the bathroom to take a shower when she heard her phone go off.

"I'm awake. I haven't ate yet, I'd love to join you for breakfast. There's no rush, take you're time Sweetheart, I'll wait for you." - Bray

Emily smiled at this and went into the bathroom to take a shower and get ready. Her favorite outfit was a pair of jeans, a plain white shirt, a red plaid shirt over that. She looked at herself in the mirror and wasn't completely satisfied with the way she looked. She decided to curl her hair and put on a little bit of make up. She looked better now, but she kept thinking back to how she looked after Seth raped her. For the people that knew what happened, what did they see when they looked at her? Did they see her as the happy woman she was before, or the damaged woman she was now? Emily didn't have any marks on her face, but the memory was still there, it was still pretty recent and she remembered what Seth told her in the court room. Then she remembered what Bray told her and then remembered that Bray was waiting on her. She took longer than she wanted, almost an hour had passed since she texted Bray. She left her room and went to the first floor and went to the kitchen area. She had kept Bray waiting for a long time and didn't think he would stick around, but was surprised when she saw Bray still sitting in a booth waiting for her. There wasn't anyone else around and she came in and joined him. Emily felt bad about keeping him waiting, but he only smiled at her when he saw her come in.

"Hey Sweetheart."

Emily smiled at this, she blushed everytime he called her that.

"Hey Bray, I'm sorry I kept you waiting so long, it took me a little longer than I thought... I have a few things on my mind."

"You don't need to apologize Emily, you don't need to go making this a big deal. I'm a patient man... you said that you had something on your mind, anything I can help with?"

"I don't know... maybe I'm just making a big deal out of nothing."

Emily turned her attention away from Bray and hoped that he wouldn't see right through her. She wasn't fooling Bray, he knew that when she would act like this that something was bothering her.

"Talk to me Emily... something is bothering you... I can tell."

Emily was surprised at this, Bray always seemed to know when there was something bothering her.

"I just wonder... when people look at me, what do they see? I know I've healed physically... all of the marks I had on my body are healed, but when people look at me... when you look at me... do you see me as a rape victim?"

"No... not at all Emily. Even if other people see you that way, I don't."

"It's just... even though I've healed physically, I can still mentally remember what I looked like after it happened... all of the bruises and scratches I had all over my face. I didn't really wear a lot of make up before this happened. I just... felt more beautiful before all of this happened."

"Listen Emily... things happen sometimes that we have no control over. I think you've alwaysbeen beautiful, before this happened and even now. You are very beautiful Emily, but this isn't the real you. The real you is being covered up by all of this unnecessary makeup, you feel like you have to hide your face from the world because of what happened. I've already told you... I find you more beautiful without makeup because that's when I'm seeing the real you. I can't tell you this enough... you're beautiful Emily... you don't need to wear make up to be beautiful because you already are. Not just physically, but on the inside as well. You are stronger than you realize, you are brave, and you have the heart of a caregiver. Not everyone can do what you can do, you are a nurse, nurses are under appreciated, but not you. I speak for myself and everyone else at WWE when I say that you are very much appreciated because you know what you're doing, but you also care about what you do. It would be a real shame if you were to quit. I promised you before that Seth will not be a danger to your life any longer, which is the reason why I texted you last night. I wanted to talk to you about Seth, but I wanted to talk to you face to face."

It didn't seem like anything was really bothering Emily now and she was curious as to what Bray had to say. Now Bray was the one being quiet.

"I just hope that after I tell you this, you won't have a change of opinion about me. I'll be honest with you...I am ashamed to admit this, but I lost control, I let my anger out and I fear that you will see me as a monster and not want anything to do with me, but I feel like this is something that I should tell you. The last thing I would want would be to live with the guilt of keeping a secret from you. I almost lost you once because of a secret, I don't want to lose you because of a secret, you deserve to knowwhat happened."

Emily was really curious now.

"What happened Bray?"

"I wasn't alone in this, Dean and I... we came up with a revenge plan... for everything Seth did to you. Dean got to him first and did what he wanted with him, and when he passed Seth onto me, we had to make sure that no one was around and that no cameras were around that would catch video footage. So I, along with the rest of The Wyatt Family took Seth from the arena to my home in Florida. Seth had already been beat up by Dean Ambrose, we did worse. We had Seth chained like an animal... because Seth... he showed no mercy or humanity to you, so why should we show him mercy or humanity? It was last night... before I returned to the hotel that all of this happened. His hands and feet had already been bleeding before we got to him, Dean's favorite weapon of choice was barbed wire back before his WWE days. The barbed wire ripped the flesh from Seth's body. My boys... they went easy on Seth, Seth's back had been bleeding, but my anger got the best of me, I took a leather belt, and I whipped him across his back so much that he was bleeding even worse than he was before, I slapped him in the face a few times. Seth deserves death for everything he's done to you, but I want him to live with the guilt of what he's done. I saw it in his eyes, he was afraid for his life, and I could see the guilt, he even said at one point that he felt guilty for what he's done. I want him to live with the guilt for the rest of his life, if not that, I want him to remember the beating that he received at my hands, which I believe was far worsethan what Dean Ambrose did. I think you can come back to work Emily, I really don't thinkSeth will be a problem anymore. I even told him... if he ever came near you again, or even seemed like a threat to your life... that would mean the end of his. I promised you before Emily, Seth will not hurt you again, I am a man of my word."

Emily was surprised by this, but Bray thought that her look of shock was a look of fear.

"I can see the look in your eyes... this is exactly what I thought would happen... you think I'm a monster for what I did, you're afraid of me and you don't want anything to do with me. Relationships like this don't even seem real... why would a beautiful woman like you want anything to do with a man like me? I try not to be like my on screen character, but sometimes my anger and hatred can bring out the worst in me... Admit it, you think I'm a monster."

"No... I don't think you're a monster, and it wasn't fear you saw in my eyes... I was just surprised that you would do all of this for me. So... no one is perfect... you have a bit of an anger problem, that's ok, we're all human. This is a side of you that most of the world knows, but it is necessary... where you see it as being a monster... I see it as you being my protector. You made Seth feel guilty for what he's done, and made him fear for his life.Usually these aren't the kind of emotions that you would want someone to feel, but in this case, it's necessary. I just want to say thank you Bray... I feel that with you around, I'm safe... I think I will come back to work. Seth may be back, but it's like you said... I don't think Seth will really be a problem anymore. Also... why wouldn't anyone want to be with you? You're a gentleman that's been very caring and supportive of me, but you're also just the right amount of muscle, you can hurt someone when necessary, you're protective when you need to be..."

Emily laughed a little at this next part.

"You're like a big hug-able teddy bear, but I'm happy to be your girlfriend."

Bray smiled at this, he was glad that what he told her that he did to Seth didn't scare her off or change her opinion of him. He was also glad that he didn't have to keep this a secret anymore. Since they spent so much time talking, they completely forgot that they had come down for breakfast and the hotel had just stopped serving breakfast, they would have to go somewhere else to eat, but they didn't mind. They only enjoyed having a conversation and spending time together.

(To be continued. I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter. Thanks for reading. Review.)

 

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Sister of The Shield

Chapter Thirty Seven

Everything that took place after the court case only happened within twenty four hours. The court case was early in the morning and Dean and Bray had their plan of revenge later that night. Roman had been arrested for going after Seth and Emily's brother Matthew had to do what he could to get him out. Roman had spent the night in a jail cell, but was released the next day. Bray had told Emily about the plan that he and Dean came up with against Seth. Once Roman was released from jail, Matthew was there to talk to him.

"Hey... Roman is it?"

"Yeah, you were there yesterday for the court case. I forget your name."

"Matthew Thomas, I'm Emily's biological brother."

"Oh that's right, we met briefly yesterday. I kind of lost my cool yesterday and went after Seth. I know he raped Emily... I know it. The judge says that there wasn't enough evidence to prove it, but when Seth was talking to Emily, I couldn't hear what he was saying, but I read his lips, I could tell exactly what he was saying."

"What did he say?"

"He said he would have to fake an injury just to see her again and be alone with her. He said he couldn't wait to get her alone so that she could scream and struggle as he fucked her again. I know the last words he said was... so he could fuck her again, meaning he raped her. I knowhe raped her because Emily said it herself... she never had sex before... she was a virgin until Seth came along. Emily didn't want to have sex, Seth raped her. I don't know if she ever would have wanted to, but I think she wanted to wait until marriage. I was just so shocked when I found out because Seth was in The Shield and we were close like brothers, I don't know about any of his other past relationships, but I think something just snapped in Seth's mind. Just the thought of what he did to her makes my blood boil, Seth was lucky that he got out of there alive."

"I understand... if I would have known what Seth said to her, I would have done the same thing. I did what I could, but couldn't get you out until today."

"It's fine, thanks for the help."

"No problem..."

They were both quiet for a minute as they walked out of the police station. Matthew spoke up again.

"So... my dad and I have only recently met Emily, I don't really know much about her, and you've known her your whole life. What can you tell me about her?"

"She loves helping people, she's a nurse for WWE, she has a very caring heart, as she grew up, especially in her teenage years, she's felt like she didn't belong in our family. We've always loved her and cared for her like she was part of our biological family, but I guess not seeing her real family, and going through several bad breakups in high school and now more recent, I guess she's afraid of being abandoned. With everything that's happened recently, I'm really worried about her, I think all of this has caused her to have some kind of depression, she tried to take her life after Seth raped her. Dean and I are close like brothers and he likes to look after her too. The Shield... Dean, Seth and I... it wasn't just a group name in WWE, it was like a brotherhood, and we always called Emily The Sister of The Shield because she was always there. She got along with Dean, but didn't really know much about Seth. So... because I was always protective of her in her past relationships, she kind of kept her relationship with Seth a secret from me. I don't know how long they dated, but I would guess less than a month, then Seth turned on The Shield and became The Authority's Golden Boy. Then there was all of this trouble between Emily, Seth, and Bray. I've never liked Bray, and Bray is Emily's current boyfriend. I don't really like Bray, but he's been there for Emily so I respect him, he's really not that bad of a guy.I hope that Bray knows... if he hurts Emily, not only will he have to deal with me, but also Dean and the rest of my family."

"Now that I've seen Emily again, I want to kind of keep in touch with her. She feels like my dad abandoned her when our mom was pregnant, but he only left because our mom had cancer and he couldn't stand around to watch her die. Our mom had Emily and tried her best to take care of her for as long as she could, but sent me to live with my dad and sent Emily to live at a orphanage because she didn't think my dad would have taken care of her. I know you and your family are close to Emily, but I would like to have her spend some more time with me and my dad. We can't really make up for the years that we've lost, but we want to spend as much time with her as we can and try to be a family."

"I don't have a problem with that at all, Emily deserves to know her real family."

"I just wonder... if Emily ever does get married... would she want your dad or my dad to walk her down the aisle?"

"I think... now that she knows who her real dad is, she would want your dad to walk her down the aisle if she ever gets married."

"I was five years old when our mom sent Emily to the orphanage, I thought I would never see her again, I would tell my dad that I had a sister, but he thought I was talking about an imaginary friend. He never knew about Emily, and never met her until about a month ago. I haven't been there for her, I just wanted to say thank you for watching out for my sister for all of these years."

Matthew shook Roman's hand as he said this.

"No problem... it's like I said before, I've alwaysseen her as my real sister, we're family, and families look after each other."

"I wonder what Emily would think right now if she saw us together? It might take her some getting used to seeing me and my dad after she's been with you and your family for so long, but I think that in time she will see all of us as family."

Roman laughed as he had an idea.

"You know... nothing really brings people together quite like food. I say that you and your dad come down to Pensacola sometime and we can all get to know each other. I think Emily would like that, but I think it should be a surprise. So here in a few weeks or so, I think that we should set up a surprise grill out for Emily."

"Ok cool. We'll stay in touch."

Roman left and they went their separate ways. The next night, Emily was in the medical room, Bray was there with her, but Roman had finally come back, he saw Bray with Emily, he came into the room and spoke to Bray.

"Bray... we need to talk."

Bray looked at Emily.

"Do you think you'll be ok on your own for a few minutes?"

"I'll be ok."

Bray left Emily to go talk to Roman. She would be lying if she said that she wasn't nervous with Seth back in WWE. She was watching a match on the screen as Seth was walking by. He was on his way to catering when he saw Emily, for a brief moment, he had a sick smile on his face. There was no one around and he could have done whatever he wanted, but he thought twice. Someone was probably watching and he remembered everything that happened to him at the hands of Dean Ambrose, Bray Wyatt and The Wyatt Family. Bray had made Seth feel guilty for what happened, he threatened Seth with his life. Seth then quickly walked past the medical room, he decided that it wasn't worth the risk in trying to get to Emily again. Not with Bray, Dean, and now Roman back. He quickly ran past the medical room and ran to catering hoping that Bray, Dean, or Roman wasn't following him. Dean actually had just arrived when he saw Seth running down the hallway. There was probably a reason why Seth was running and Dean started freaking out. Did Seth get to Emily? He then quickly made his way to the medical room and scared Emily once he got to the doorway.

"Oh my God!... Dean!... You scared the hell out of me! I thought you were someone else... I thought you were Seth."

"No... Sorry. I actually just saw Seth go by here. I saw him running and I started freaking out a little. I was thinking maybe Seth got to you. Where's Bray?"

"He left because he went to go talk to Roman."

"That wasn't a good idea... Seth just went by here and could have got to you."

"But you said he ran by here?"

"Yeah... maybe he saw me and thought I was after him."

It was quiet in the room for a second until Emily spoke up again.

"Bray told me what you guys did to Seth. You didn't have to do that, I just wanted to say thank you. Thank you for what you did for me then, and thank you for being here right now."

"No problem. Seth deserved everything that happened to him. He's lucky to be alive... if Seth tries anything, he's as good as dead, after all, you have me, Bray, and now Roman is back. Seth would be stupid to try anything now, also, I think Triple H and Stephanie are keeping their eyes on him too. You're not alone Emily."

As Dean was talking to Emily, Roman was talking to Bray.

"I needed to talk to you Bray."

"I get it man... I see the look in your eyes, you don't like the fact that Emily and I are dating."

"I'm not happy about it... but this isn't about that... Emily is happy, from what I've seen, you treat her right, definitely better than all the other scumbags she's been with. Even though I haven't ever really liked you that much, you're actually not that bad of a guy... I respect you, as long as you treat Emily right. But... if you ever hurt Emily... I won't hesitate to snap your neck."

"That won't happen... I would never hurt Emily... People throw around these words all the time and not really mean it, but I wanted to be absolutely sure of this before I say it. I haven't told her yet, but I think she already knows that I would do anything for her... and I truly mean this when I say... I'm in love with her. I will tell her when the time is right. Emily told me that she met her biological father, I'm just a little confused... When... not if... when I want to marry Emily, do I ask her biological father, or do I ask your father?"

"Well... that's a little hard for me to answer... but here in a few weeks, I plan on inviting Emily's brother Matthew and her biological father to a grill out. The best way for you to figure this out would be by talking to my father and Emily's father. You seem so sure that you will marry Emily, but here's a question for you Bray... what if they don't accept you?... What if they say no?"

Roman left as Bray had to think about this.

"I know I'm supposed to ask Emily's father for his permission and his blessing for me to marry her, but I'm not exactly sure if I should ask her biological father or Roman's father. I also haven't thought much about the answer being no, or if when I ask her, she says no. Most of the time, you would expect the answer to be yes, but there is always the chance that the answer could be no. She may not love me the same way that I love her... I just don't know... what can I do if the answer is no? I must not worry about that right now... I really would do anything for Emily... she needs... she deserves someone that will always be there for her.Things happened too fast between her and Seth. I've been with Emily for about two months now, I may be taking things too fast, but I really believe that one day... I will marry her.Things went too fast between Emily and Seth, and the words I Love You were thrown around, but in Seth's case, they meant nothing, he doesn't know what love is. When do you really truly know that you're in love with someone?It's not something that you can control, it just happens... I know this without a doubt in my mind... I'm in love with Emily. I will tell her when the time is right, with everything that's been going on, now is not the best time to tell her. She still needs time to heal mentally, and emotionally over everything that has happened, and not just with Seth... I'm in love with Emily, and I hope that someday... I will marry her. As of tonight however, I think that after Raw, I need to do something special for Emily, it is Valentines Day after all."

Emily didn't know exactly what was going on, but was surprised when the pulled into a parking lot. She then realized that this was their first Valentines Day date together, they were going to have a romantic Valentines Day dinner together. Since it was so late, there weren't many people around so everything was quiet except for the soft romantic music playing in the background. It was mainly dark in the restaurant, on every table, there were two candles and a single red rose. It was dark, but there was enough light at the table to just see each other. Emily was taking it all in, for the most part, Bray was a simple man, but tonight, he was going all out. As they sat together, he held her and, brought it up to his lips and kissed it. As they waited for their food, Emily laid her head on his shoulder and listened to the music. Emily sighed happily as Bray wrapped his arm around her. She smiled and looked up at him.

"Thank you for this Bray... this is amazing. This is exactly what I needed. I usually never get to celebrate Valentines Day because for some reason, I've always been single around Valentines Day. I'm just so glad that I get to spend it with you. Thank you for making this night special for me."

"Anything for you Sweetheart. I was just glad that I could bring a smile to your face... If it was up to me... your smile would never leave your face."

This really touched Emily's heart, and she couldn't help but blush at this. They then shared a slow, gently kiss in the candlelight setting and then later enjoyed their Valentines Day dinner. While Emily was enjoying the here and now, Bray was looking towards the future, a future that he hoped that he would be able to share with her.

(To be continued.)

 

[WWESpongefan]

Sister of The Shield

Chapter Thirty Eight

It had been three weeks since Seth came back to WWE, there had been no issues out of Seth whatsoever, and Emily and Bray were still going strong. Roman, Bray, and Dean all took turns watching over Emily, but they would do it secretly so that they wouldn't get in Emily's space. Seth was kind of laying low, he avoided the medical room altogether, the only time anyone really saw Seth was in a match or during a backstage interview. If truth be told, Seth was tired of looking over shoulder thinking Roman, Dean, or Bray would get him. He wanted to settle things with Emily once and for all. He knew that Emily was also probably still afraid of him. How would Seth ever get to talk to Emily alone if Roman, Dean, and Bray were always around? Roman and Dean happened to have a tag team match together and Bray had a match directly after this and had to go warm up for it. Emily was busy watching Dean and Roman on the screen when Seth interrupted her.

"Emily..."

Emily turned her attention to the voice at the doorway and her eyes widened in fear once she saw him.

"Get the hell out of here... Don't come near me."

"Emily relax, I'm not here to hurt you, I just want to talk to you."

"Oh wow... Why don't I believe that?!"

"Ok fine... If it make you feel any better, I'll stay over here by the doorway."

"You've got a lot of nerve showing up here after what you did to me!"

"I needed to talk to you. This may be my only chance."

"I'm not interested in anything you have to say. The best thing you can do is leave and never return... Don't come to talk to me... Don't come to look at me, don't even think about me!"

"I want you to know that I've changed Emily... To finally understand the hell you've been through, I had to go through hell myself... I know you're tired of looking over your shoulder for me, and I'm tired of looking over my shoulder for Roman, Dean, or Bray... I wanted to come here to settle things between us once and for all... To make peace with you, and to ask for your forgiveness."

"Forgiveness?!... After you raped me, and after all the hell you've put me through for the last few months... You expect for me to forgive you?!"

"No I don't... I don't deserve your forgiveness, but I thought that I would ask you anyway... I can't make up for what I've done to you, but I wanted you to know that before I snapped... Now I've lost you to Bray... The better man won. There was a brief moment where I really did love you. I just let my pride and ego get in the way."

"Don't lie to me!... You never gave a damn about me! What are you doing, trying to win me back? It's never going to happen. I'm happy with Bray.. Happier than I've been with anyone else. I've moved on Seth... There was a time when I thought I loved you and I was hurt when I found out that you cheated on me, but I'm over it... I'm over you Seth. You ask me for my forgiveness... I don't know if you are truly sorry for everything you've done. Even at some point that I do forgive you... It's not going to be easy, and it's not going to be right away. You raped me Seth! Not only that, but you also tried to kill me. You had a tight grip around my throat so that I couldn't breathe... This hasn't just effected me mentally but physically too. I've had nightmares... Like having to re-live it over and over again... I can't... I can't..."

Just having Seth around her was freaking her out, she was having a hard time breathing, and Seth came over to check on her, but this just made things worse.

"Get away from me!"

Raw had went to a commercial break, Dean and Roman were finished with their match, and Bray was about to go to the entrance area for his match. He thought that he would check up on Emily one more time before his match. He had heard Emily yelling and went running. Seth had started making his way over to Emily to help when she told him to get away. Bray saw Seth and started running towards him.

"Hey!"

Once Seth saw Bray he stared freaking out and ran around the medical table. He already had a match for the night and made a run for the parking lot. Seth knew that it probably was best to just leave Emily alone. Bray tried to catch Seth, but Seth was much faster and got away. He also remembered that Emily was freaking out. She felt at her throat as she coughed and struggled to breathe. Emily had mentioned that she wasn't just different mentally, but now also physically because of Seth. Emily had never had asthma, but after her first panic attack, she went to the doctor and they told her that it probably would be a good idea to put her on an inhaler when she had her panic attacks. She had only had one other panic attack and that was when she woke up from a nightmare. Bray ran over to a table and quickly grabbed her inhaler and handed it to her. Dean and Roman came in the room and weren't sure what was going on, but they had worried looks on her faces. Bray held Emily and said something to her.

"Emily!... Your inhaler!... You need your inhaler! Breathe!... Slow down your breathing... Slow deep breaths."

Emily pressed the button on her inhaler and also did what Bray said. After about a minute her breathing had slowed down and almost returned to normal. A guy that was in charge of the show had come looking for Bray.

"Bray! You're on in thirty seconds! Get to the entrance area now!"

Bray looked at Emily with concern and then to Dean and Roman. Roman wrapped his arms around his sister and hugged her.

"We've got her Bray, go on."

Bray then followed the guy to the entrance area and Bray made it there just in time for his match. Bray was supposed to be the master of mind games, but his mind wasn't focused on the match at all, he was worried about Emily. Meanwhile back in the medical room, Roman was hugging Emily to calm her down, finally her breathing had returned back to normal.

"What's going on Emily?"

"I had a panic attack... The only other times I've has one was in the court room and when I woke up from a nightmare. I... Never had panic attacks before, or needed an inhaler, until Seth came along... I just keep having flashbacks of Seth raping me, he had his hand around my throat and I couldn't breathe... I'm just glad Bray and you guys showed up when you did."

"Yeah... Bray got to you first... I can't believe I'm saying this, but it was a really good thing that he was around."

"Before Bray came along, Seth came by."

"Oh man... We were in a match, and Bray was probably getting ready for his match, we should have planned this more. If I had been here, none of this would have ever happened. If I had been around, Seth never would have even raped you. I'm so sorry for everything that's happened to you, and for not being there for you."

"It's not your fault Roman, you were out with an injury, how was anyone supposed to know what was going to happen?"

"Well someone should have been here for you a few minutes ago... Seth should not have even come by here. What happened, what did he do?"

"He actually didn't do anything... He was just talking to me, but I didn't want to see him and started freaking out. He said that he didn't come by to hurt me and that all he wanted to do was talk to me... There was something different about him... I don't know if he's a different man, but he had a different look in his eye, he asked me for forgiveness. It was like he came by to offer some kind of truce... He knows that I'm still afraid of him, and he's afraid of you, Dean, and Bray. He says that he's tired of looking over his shoulder thinking that you guys will attack him. It was like he actually felt guilty for everything he's done, he told me that there was a brief moment that he did love me. It was like he was apologizing to me and that he wanted me back and he thought that I still had feelings for him and that I would take him back. I wasn't buying it, I thought, that was his way of getting me to let my guard down. I told him that there was a time that I loved him and that I was hurt when he cheated on me, but I got over it, I got over him and moved on. I told Seth that it would be best for him to leave. I told him that if I ever did forgive him that it wouldn't be easy and that it wouldn't be right away. I then started telling him about everything that he's caused. I told him about my panic attacks and nightmares. That was when I started having a panic attack and couldn't breathe. I told him to get away from me, but what was weird was that he seemed to have this look of concern like he wanted to help me. This was when Bray showed up and Seth ran off."

"Well I'm just glad that you're ok. If Seth had been here to hurt you and you had a panic attack with no one around, things could have been a lot worse."

"I just think that it's kind of ironic... I'm the nurse... I'm supposed to be here to help everyone else, but I was the one that needed help. I know Bray had to leave for his match, so thank you guys for being here."

"No problem... That's what family is all about, being there for each other."

Bray's match had ended, he won quickly because he wanted to check on Emily. She told Bray the same thing she told Dean and Roman. Emily had been traveling with Bray, but now that Roman was back, she wanted to sometimes travel with him to stay close to him. Bray had only been around the first time Emily had a panic attack and then when this one happened. He wondered how many Emily has had since her first one, and how many times she's had to deal with it alone. The weekend arrived, Emily finally went home with Roman to see her family. Roman's dad was already grilling out, while Emily was busy unpacking, a few minutes later, Bray pulled in, Roman had invited him. Roman wanted to surprise Emily, he wanted to wait until Emily's biological brother and father arrived. Emily hadn't seen Bray since Raw. Emily was talking to her mom and didn't know about the surprise Roman had planned. Roman saw when Bray arrived and told him to follow him around the house to the back yard. Emily's mom was talking to her and kept her distracted as David and Matthew showed up and followed Roman around to the back yard. While her mom was busy washing dishes, Emily sent Bray a message, she even blushed and laughed a little as she sent it.

"Hey Teddy Bear, what are you doing? It's been a few days since I've seen or heard from you... I miss you... I wish you were here." - Emily

Bray saw the message and responded back.

"Trust me Emily... I'm closer than you think Sweetheart." - Bray

Emily was a bit confused at this, but was interrupted from her thoughts when Roman came in.

"Hey mom... Emily, the food is ready. Emily... Just bare with me Emily."

Roman came up behind her and put his hands over her eyes.

"Just go with it... Trust me. Just walk forward."

Roman's mom opened door and Roman helped Emily out the door and into the back yard where she smelled food.

"We're almost there Emily."

"Roman... Will you tell me what's going on?"

"Tell you?... Why don't I just show you?"

Roman moved his hands out of the way and Emily opened her eyes and had the biggest smile on her face seeing Bray, her biological family, and her adopted family together. Emily then ran to Matthew and David and hugged them.

"Oh my God! I can't believe you're really here!"

Matthew was the first one to speak.

"This was Roman's idea. He thought that we should all be here to surprise you."

"Well I'm definitely surprised."

Bray looked on as Emily bonded with both her adopted and biological family. She had the biggest smile on her face. They all talked and Emily shared stories of what it was like growing up with Roman. It warmed Bray's heart to see Emily smiling and laughing, he had been very quiet so that Emily could have time with her family, but honestly, he was nervous because he would still have to talk to Emily's adopted and biological father about marrying Emily. Emily noticed that Bray was being unusually quiet, but she didn't question him, she thought that he was just giving her space so that she could spend time with her family. Bray was waiting patiently for the right moment to talk to her adopted and biological fathers, he finally got his chance when Emily had to go to the bath room. He sat down with both of them. He spoke to David first.

"I wanted to talk to you about Emily... You are her biological father... Every father, if he has a daughter one day one day meets a man that wants to marry his daughter. I wanted to ask you, and Roman's dad for your permission, and your blessing to one day marry your daughter."

"Matthew told me that you were there for her at the courthouse. He said that you and Emily were pretty much inseparable at the courthouse, that you were her shoulder to cry on. I have only recently met Emily, I don't really think that I have a say in this, but if you've been there for Emily and she's happy, then I say yes."

Bray looked over at Roman's dad. Roman and Bray had never really gotten along, and Roman would always joke around with his dad about Bray, but this was before Emily and Bray started dating and ever since then, Roman has gained more respect for Bray for looking after his sister. Roman's dad would be a different story, there was no telling whether he liked Bray or not. Bray then started talking to Roman's dad.

"I also wanted to ask you about marrying Emily... she's known you pretty much all of her life, you've raised her right and she's become the smart, beautiful, and caring young woman that I'm in love with. I ask you for your permission and blessing to marry Emily."

Roman's dad was quiet for a moment as he looked at Bray.

"I've heard a lot about you, but from what I can see... everything I've heard about you being crazy is wrong. When I imagined Emily getting married, I didn't exactly see her marrying someone that most people see as a crazy, bearded country boy, but every time Emily comes home, she won't stop talking about you. Even though you're not physically the type of man I thought would want to marry my daughter, you're a man of great character. You respect Emily and you were raised with the same gentleman rules that I was raised with. Emily is happy with you, and I feel like she would be safe with you. I wanted to thank you for watching over my daughter... I'll tell you one thing... I think you you'll make a better husband than Seth would have."

That was all Bray needed to hear. They had to quickly start talking about something else because Emily came out. Emily came back out and heard Bray talking about BBQ tips.

"Oh hey Emily... I was just sharing a few tips about something different that can be done at your next family grill out."

Roman's dad went along with it.

"I've always done BBQ the way I learned it, but I'll try what you suggested next time and see how it tastes next time."

Emily looked around, she saw Roman and Matthew talking like there were old friends and David was talking to Roman's dad. Bray started talking to Roman's mom, he felt a great sense of relief now that he talked to Emily's adopted and biological fathers and got their permission and blessing to marry her. This was what Emily had always dreamed of, having a family there that loved her, both her adopted family, as well as her biological family. David then came over to Emily and hugged her.

"I may not have known you as long as everyone else here, but I just wanted to say that I love you and that I'm so proud of the woman you've grown up to be. You mom is looking down at you from heaven right now... She's proud of you too and would want you to know that she loves you."

"Thanks dad. I love you too. Now that we're together, I don't ever want to be separated again."

"I know that I can't make up for all of the things I've missed out on, but I'll spend as much time with you as I can for the rest of the time I have left... You know... You were adopted by some amazing people. I just wonder if I could have raised you even half as well as they raised you. You're just... So much like your mom. You're so beautiful. Look at Matthew and Roman... They're like friends... Or even like brothers already."

This is what Emily hoped for. Not only to get close to her biological brother and father, but for them to get along with Roman and his family. Emily had remembered everything that Bray said about things turning around for the better. She turned around and smiled as Bray made his way over to her and held her hand. Later on Matther, David, and Bray would have to leave, but she was thankful for the surprise that Roman put together for her. This would be a day that she would remember for a long time.

(To be continued.)

 

[WWESpongefan]

Sister of The Shield

Chapter Thirty Nine

It had been months, almost a year since Emily and Bray first started dating. As far as things went with WWE, it seemed like Seth really had changed because there had been no more issues with him. He never even really passed by the medical room, he would take an alternate route to get where he needed to go. He had no reason to bother Emily, but he did think about her every now and then about where they could have possibly gone if he hadn't messed up. After months of nonstop matches and traveling from city to city, Bray and Emily had somehow managed to get a weekend off so they could spend time together. One thing Bray learned about Emily was that she was a nature lover. She loved animals, but she would also always talk about how she found beauty and peace in taking in the scene of the land around her. She wouldn't always get to take things in because of the demanding schedule of WWE. She would say how beautiful the beaches and mountains of North Carolina were. Charlotte and Raleigh were really the only major cities, North Carolina was just one of those states that WWE just passed through, but it was state with mountains and beaches and it was one of her favorite states to drive though. Sometimes Emily and Bray would travel together, but Emily had a new car and this time they drove separate because Bray wanted to find a place where they could stay for the weekend. There were several campground areas. There were hiking trails, bike trails, and trails where people could drive to get off the main roads. People stayed in tents, camper RVs, and then there were separate cabins where they would have their own privacy away from the rest of the world. Bray paid so that they could stay in a cabin for the weekend. Bray got there first, it took Emily a while to find the place because her GPS kept acting up. She had done a lot of driving, she was physically and mentally tired of all the traveling with WWE and grew frustrated with her GPS acting up, she just wanted to find the place, find Bray and enjoy the weekend. Finally Emily found the campground, and despite being tired, she smiled from ear to ear and blushed when she saw Bray. Her heart was racing, she parked her car, put her keys in her pocket, got out of her car and hugged Bray.

"I finally made it! I wasn't sure if I would ever get here. My GPS had me going in circles. I don't know how many times it said recalculating. That's the most annoying thing in the world. I'm sorry... How long have you been waiting for me?"

"Maybe about twenty or thirty minutes. It's not that big of a deal, we're not in a rush, that's why we're here... To slow down and get away from everything. We've got the whole weekend together."

Bray and Emily's relationship had come so far. Emily had been the first one to kiss him. Then she wanted Bray to kiss her. Things were no longer awkward between them, at times Emily would kiss Bray, but this time Bray kissed her. She always seemed so stressed, he hoped that this weekend away would help take away that stress.

"It's been years since I've been camping. The last time I went camping was when I was in Girl Scouts. It was one of my favorite things to do growing up, when I went camping, I would really feel like I was one with nature. One thing that's kept me from wanting to go camping is hearing about the number of bear attacks."

"I wouldn't worry about that..."

Bray laughed a little as he continued.

"You've got your teddy bear here to protect you, who happens to be a wrestler."

Emily laughed at this.

"You're right."

They went to the cabin and unpacked their stuff. The cabin had heat and air, but also a fireplace they could sit by. It was a nice, cozy cabin in the woods. The first day they spent together, they decided to just relax in the cabin. It was mid October, things were warm during the day, but things were much cooler once the sun went down. Bray noticed that Emily seemed cold, she held her hands around her arms like she was trying to stay warm.

"Are you cold Emily?"

"Maybe a little bit, what does the thermostat say?"

Bray went over to the thermostat, it said that it was seventy degrees. Most people liked it to be seventy two or seventy three so it was a bit chilly in the room.

"It says that it's seventy degrees. I'll turn it up, but it will probably take a while for it to warm up."

Bray wasn't really that cold even though he had a light jacket on, he smiled at Emily, took it off and handed it to her.

"Here Emily, you need it more than I do."

Emily smiled as she put it on, feeling the warmth on the inside.

"Thanks."

"There was a big pile of wood outside, I'll go get some and start a fire."

"Ok. I started supper earlier. Vegetable soup, I would always eat a grilled cheese sandwich. Do you want one?"

"Sure."

Emily had a soup cooking for a few hours, it was almost ready, she went to the kitchen area and warmed up a little as she made her and Bray a grilled cheese sandwich. The kitchen area the the time seemed like the only warm part of the cabin, Bray came back in and started a fire, then he sat down and waited for Emily, he had a lot on his mind, but smiled as Emily came back in the room. Once Emily was finished making grilled cheese sandwiches, the soup was ready. She grabbed two bowls for the soup, and two plates for the sandwiches. She brought a bowl and plate to Bray first, then brought him a drink before she grabbed her food and drink. They sat together on a couch and placed their food and drinks on a table that was in front of them.

"You've really outdone yourself Emily."

"Thanks. Soup is one of my favorite things to make. This is really nice Bray... just the two of us, camping in a cabin with a fire going."

It wouldn't be camping if they didn't have things for smores. They had out graham crackers, chocolate and marshmallows. Emily actually pulled out a jar of peanut butter. She actually liked her smores with peanut butter.

"It's not really camping unless you eat at least two or three smores. I like my smores with peanut butter, you should try it Bray."

"Ok sure."

"I put peanut butter on both of my graham crackers, then I double chocolate, then the marshmallow goes perfectly in the middle."

They roasted their marshmallows for a few minutes until they were brown, then they ate their smores.

"Not bad Emily, peanut butter makes a great addition to smores."

After they had their smores, they sat together and watched the fire for a while. Emily started to get tired and leaned her head on Bray's shoulder, Bray smiled as he wrapped his arm around her and pulled her close kissing her head. He held her in his arms and watched as the fire went out. She was just laying on his shoulder, he wasn't sure if she was asleep but he thought that maybe she would want to sleep in a bed.

"Emily..."

"Hmm?..."

"We've got a long day tomorrow. Are you ready for bed?"

Bray didn't get a response back. She couldn't stay awake, she could barely keep her eyes open. She had changed into her pajamas at some point before she sat down with Bray. Emily didn't move, Bray only smiled as he moved slowly and gently picked her up so that he wouldn't wake her up. He carried her into the bedroom and gently placed her in the bed and covered her up. He joined her a few minutes later, even though they had been dating for almost a year now, they had never slept together. All Seth wanted from Emily was sex, and Emily had been through a lot, this was the first time they've slept together, this is the closest they've ever been. Bray was laying on his back, at first Emily was too until she rolled over towards Bray. Emily realized that they weren't sitting on the couch anymore, she was afraid the first time she stayed with Bray because she didn't know him very well. Now she was happy to be with Bray, she felt the safest and happiest when she was in his arms, Bray knew she was awake again when she moved over to him and kissed his cheek and rested her head on his chest listening to his heartbeat. He smiled, kissed her back, and wrapped his arms around her and they both fell asleep like that.

The next day, Bray got up early and fixed them both breakfast. Emily woke up to the smell of eggs and bacon, she took a quick shower, changed and joined Bray in the kitchen. She smiled when she saw Bray.

"Good morning."

"Hey. Good morning Sweetheart. I thought I'd fix us some breakfast."

"Smells delicious. What are we going to do today? As nice as the cabin is, I'd kind of like to get outside and look around."

"Ok sure. Anything you want."

"I don't know if you're into it, but I was kind of hoping that we could spend the day hiking up the mountain."

"Sure."

Bray had plans of his own, but hoped that Emily would want to leave the cabin. After they had breakfast, they left the cabin and started hiking. It was cooler when the sun went down, but unusually hot during the day for mid October. They were both getting tired and sweaty, they had to stop a few times.

"Bray... we should stop and rest for a few minutes. I would like to get to the top of the mountain, but I don't know if I can, I haven't went hiking in years."

Bray had a plan, he wanted her to go a little further.

"Maybe just five more minutes Emily, we'll get there."

Emily was really tired, but she decided to walk for about five more minutes. She was a bit confused when she saw two horses tied up to a tree, she looked back at Bray and saw the smile on his face.

"This might move things along a little faster."

They made their way to the horses and Emily started petting one.

"You planned this?"

"I did. You said you loved animals, and you loved nature so I thought, why not have the best of both worlds? They'll get us to the top of the mountain faster."

"Great idea."

They got on their horses and rode up the trail. Finally when they got to the top of the mountain, they looked around and saw different roads that twisted and turned with the land. They could see many people's houses off in the distance. There were low clouds at the top of the mountain, they could see the clouds and mountains off in the distance. It was mid October so some of the leaves had already fell from the trees, but for the most part, as far as their eyes could see, they could see nothing but a wall... a mix of colors in front of them. Emily was taking it all in... all of the red, orange, yellow, green, and brown from the trees, the blue and white from the sky and clouds. She took in a deep breath and closed her eyes, she wanted to remember this moment. They rode around on the horses for a while and they rode close enough to where they could hold hands. A few hours had passed and the sun was starting to go down.

"What are you thinking Emily?"

"I don't really know what to think, or even what to say, it just took my breath away. Thank you for this Bray, I needed this."

"You deserve it."

"Should we be heading back to the cabin now? I don't know about you, but my breakfast wore off."

"Yeah me too."

They rode along until they got to an area where there were no trees surrounding them. They were almost back to the cabin, they weren't at the top of the mountain anymore, but they could still see the mountains and the land around them off in the distance. Emily turned around and noticed that Bray had stopped.

"Why did you stop Bray?"

"Follow me Emily."

Emily didn't have to go far because that was when she saw a blanket and a picnic basket set out. Emily then got off of the horse and tied hers beside Bray's and she followed him.

"You set this up too?"

"I did."

"How long has this been here?"

"Not long... I did have to have a little bit of help. Luke and Erick set out the horses for us, and Braun put together the picnic basket for us. It's filled with all of your favorite foods."

Emily smiled and sat down beside Bray on the blanket as they ate. Emily leaned into Bray as he wrapped his arm around her and they looked out at the sunset. Emily thought that the scene she saw before was beautiful, but was even better now that the sun was going down. It almost seemed like the sky and the earth were competing to see which one could wow Emily the most. Even though Bray and Emily had been together for almost a year now, there was something that Emily was hoping for, something she was waiting for, but she wasn't sure if she needed to do it first. Bray noticed that her attention was either on the land or the sky so he made sure that he did this when she wasn't looking. Emily was interrupted from her thoughts when Bray started talking to her.

"Emily... have you enjoyed our time together?"

"Yeah... this weekend has been one of the best ones I've had in a long time."

"I'm glad you've enjoyed this weekend, but I was referring to all of the time we've spent together since we met. Have you enjoyed all of the time we've spent together?"

"Of course. We've learned so much about each other in the span of about a year, I think you're the one only person in the world that really understands me."

"So... we're here in the mountains and today before we had horses to ride on, we had to make that uphill climb on our own. Life is like this, sometimes we have to go on that uphill climb, but you don't have to do it alone, you can have help along the way."

Bray grabbed Emily's hand as he continued to speak.

"Sometimes people say things they don't mean, especially when they rely on their emotions when they're in trouble. I wanted to wait to be sure of this before I said anything. I've had plenty of time to think things through, and I know... I want this."

Bray turned his attention away from Emily for a moment, this was making him more nervous than even performing in the ring. He had something in his hands and Emily could sense that there was something different about him. Bray then started talking to her again.

"You deserve this Emily... you deserve the world. You deserve to feel peace and happiness, safety and security. Your safety will not be an issue with me Emily. You deserve someone that will always be there for you... I'd like to be that someone..."

It seemed like Emily was finally starting to catch on, Bray held something in his hands as he continued to speak to her.

"Emily... I absolutely mean it when I say this... I'm in love with you Emily. All I want is for you to know that you are safe and that you are loved... You mean the world to me Emily, I'm in love with you and the one thing I wanted to do while we were here, was ask you to be my wife. Emily... Will you Marry Me?"

Emily was surprised at this. This was the first time Bray had ever said that he loved her, not only that but he was asking her to marry him. Her heart was racing and she wanted nothing more than to marry Bray, but there was still something on her mind that kept her from going through with it. She started crying because she was about to give Bray an answer that he didn't want to hear. She felt guilty because Bray had done so much for her and yet she couldn't marry him.

" I... I can't."

Bray felt his heart drop, but Emily kept talking.

"I'm... so sorry Bray. I do love you... but I can't marry you. Please don't be upset with me."

"I'm not... I'm not upset with you, just surprised. I don't understand."

"Bray... I really do love you, but all of this just happened out of nowhere. I'm just not ready... I need more time. Please don't hate me... please understand."

Bray still wanted to respect Emily's wishes, even if that meant that he had to lose her.

"I don't hate you... that's something that will never happen. Even if we're never married, or never together... know that... my love for you will never end."

Emily had been crying, she was afraid of how Bray would respond. Bray still took her in his arms and held her for a moment. He wiped away a tear that was falling down her cheek, looked at the ring and then back at her, placed it in her hand and gently kissed her. He managed to smile even though his whole world had come crashing down.

"Keep it... Just in case... This ring, and my heart will forever belong to you... and only you."

Emily held onto the ring and started making her way back to the cabin alone. Bray watched her walk away, he watched her take the ring, as long as she had the ring, his hope was still alive. She pretty much already had everything packed up because they would have to leave early the next day so that the next people could come. She packed up what little bit of stuff she had left to pack up, she looked at the ring for a moment as she thought about what she was doing, closed her eyes as she started to fight back tears again. She put the ring in with the rest of her stuff and then walked out of the cabin, got in her car and started driving to the next city for Raw. It was back to reality, but could she really handle reality without Bray? He returned to the cabin and saw her leaving, he wondered if she was leaving because he had scared her away, he felt like he had done something wrong. Emily said that she wasn't ready and that she needed more time, but was that the real reason why she wouldn't marry him? Once Emily left Bray packed up his things and started driving, only he wasn't driving to the next city for Raw. He decided that he needed time to think about things too. The best way to do that was for him to go home. He wondered where things went wrong and if he would ever get another chance with Emily, he wondered if there was anything he could do to win her heart. A song came on the radio and as he listened, the song only reminded him of Emily.

The song he listened to is called Over, by Blake Shelton.

(Intro)

"If I could I would dare, feed your dreams and starve your fears. If I could light the world, we could sit and watch it burn. We could fall asleep inside the glow."

(Chorus)

"So tell me what I gotta do to win you over. You'll never have to wonder if you need another. You'll never have to wonder if I understand, and every time you reach for me you'll find a hand out. Uh huh."

(Second verse)

"If I could take you in, feeling you deep beneath my skin. Then I could slip away, with you as the poison in my veins. But I don't wanna fall asleep alone, and wake up knowing that I died without the one."

(Chorus)

"So tell me what I gotta do to win you over. You'll never have to wonder if you need another. You'll never have to wonder if I understand, and every time you reach for me you'll find a hand out. Uh huh."

"So tell me what I gotta do to win you over. You'll never have to wonder if you need another. You'll never have to wonder if I understand, and every time you reach for me you'll find a hand out. Uh huh."

"If I could I would dare, feed your dreams and starve your fears."

(To be continue. Thanks for reading. Review.)

 

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Sister of The Shield

Chapter Forty

Emily's emotions were all over the place, she was so confused. She made it to the arena a few hours before Raw started. She unpacked her supplies in the medical room and then just sat down thinking to himself quietly. Dean and Roman hadn't arrived yet so Emily was on her own. Emily had the ring Bray gave her. She took it out, looked at it and started crying a little as she thought about him. He said that the ring, and his heart would forever belong to her.

"I'm so confused, my heart is telling me one thing, but my head is telling me something else... I was definitely surprised yesterday, not only did Bray tell me that he loved me, but he also purposed to me. It was the first time that he had told me that he loved me... It was something I've been waiting to hear, I just wasn't sure if I was supposed to tell him first. It just seemed like the proposal came out of nowhere. Maybe I wasn't ready for it... I should have been... Bray has done so much for me... It should have been obvious that he loved me and wanted to marry me. I love him... I know I do, why did I run away from him?"

Emily was interrupted from her thoughts when she heard a knock at the doorway. She noticed that it was Seth and her eyes went wide with fear. Seth hadn't come by in months since her last panic attack, she almost forgot that Seth still worked with WWE. Seth noticed the look of fear on her face.

"Easy Emily... I'm keeping my distance, I'm just here to talk. I'm surprised... Bray isn't here with you?"

"Something came up... He proposed to me... I wasn't ready."

"So... You and Bray aren't together anymore?"

"I needed time to think. You say that you're a changed man, but don't be getting any ideas of winning me back."

"I came here to apologize again... It's been almost a year since what happened... Also for your panic attack that happened the last time you saw me... At first... I did love you, but at some point something just snapped in my head and I did things that I shouldn't have done. If I was in my right mind, I would have never hurt you."

Emily was mostly listening to his words, she didn't notice him getting closer until he gently grabbed her hand.

"If I could take back what I did I would... Then I wouldn't need to be asking for your forgiveness or for another chance... If I had treated you right... Maybe you would still love me and maybe I could have been the one asking for your hand."

They were both quiet for a moment, before Emily met Bray, she would have loved to have heard this from Seth, but things were different now. Seth had shown his true colors and Bray had been there for her many times when no one else was. She slowly moved her hand out his.

"I'm sorry Seth... there was a time that I loved you, but I've moved on and I think it would be best if you did the same... I love Bray, and if there is anyone I'm marrying, it's him. It has been a while since we've seen each other, I've had time to think... Maybe you have changed, or maybe it's just my religious ways, but I forgive you... But it's like I said before... I moved on, I love Bray... More than I thought I could love anyone."

"Ok... I understand... Thank you Emily... I don't deserve your forgiveness, but you did it anyway. This was the closure I was looking for. You really don't need to look over your shoulder anymore, I don't wish any harm to you. Part of the deal I made with Triple H was he would give me my job back, but only if I went to therapy. It has been one of the best things I've ever done. I'm less angry, I'm happier, and I've changed for the better."

"Oh... Well congrats... Best of luck with things."

"Thanks, same to you."

Seth left and it seemed like the awkwardness went with him. Usually things didn't end well between a person's ex. It seemed a bit awkward, but nice at the same time, Seth and Emily wishing each other the best in their future. Emily had come a long way since the last time she saw Seth, she stayed calm for the most part and didn't have a panic attack just from seeing him. It was the closure they needed. Emily didn't exactly know what to think about that, but soon her thoughts returned to Bray until Roman came in.

"Hey Emily... Bray's not here?"

"No... I messed up... Things were going great over the weekend, I was so happy with him... He even told me that he loved me... He proposed to me."

"You didn't say yes?"

"I wanted to... I love Bray, but something stopped me from saying yes. I'm... afraid."

Roman thought he knew the reason.

"Look Emily... I haven't always liked Bray, but he treats you right, you're happy with him... Happier with him than you are now."

"You've always been there for me growing up when I went through a bad breakup, but this isn't about you not liking Bray... This is about me and my fear of being alone."

"Then you should have accepted his proposal."

"He gave me the ring anyway... I told him that I needed more time. He gave it to me anyway. Once I found out about my real mom having cancer... My dad left her because he didn't want to watch her die... I'm just afraid that I could end up the same way. Even if something like a deadly disease happens to me... I don't want to end up alone when I die, especially if someone that supposedly loved me left me."

"Look... I admit... Bray isn't that bad of a guy, you said yourself that you loved him, and he loves you. I would want you with him before I would want you with anyone else. I've seen you two together, from a guys point of view, I think it would be a mistake to go your separate ways. He gave you the ring so that either means that he's given up completely or he's willing to wait for you to see if you change your mind. From a guys point of view... I think you should find him and tell him what you're feeling."

Emily smiled and hugged Roman.

"Thanks Roman... I think I will."

Raw had already started, but it was just the opening segment. She went searching for Bray, the first place she thought about looking was the place where he did his promos. She only hoped that Bray would talk to her let alone want to see her. This was the second time she had pushed him away... Sooner or later he would get tired of waiting and move on. She looked in the room where Bray did his promos only to find Luke Harper. He usually didn't talk very much, but he had something on his mind. He didn't exactly look happy to see her, his tone was dark and harsh.

"Why are you here?"

"I... I was looking for Bray."

"He's not here."

"Well... Doesn't he have a match later?"

"He was supposed to... But he's not here... Because of you."

Emily felt guilty... It was a bad situation if you were scheduled for a match and didn't show up. Luke seemed upset with her.

"He's really risking his career by not being here... It's your fault he's not here... You broke his heart you know."

Emily was getting a little annoyed now and fired back at him.

"I know ok! I messed up! I feel terrible... All I want to do is fix this."

Luke seemed to back down now knowing that he had been a bit harsh with her.

"Go to him... Fix him, and bring him back where he belongs."

It was usually the other way around... Bray was usually the one that tried to fix people. Emily realized now that this affected Bray more than she thought. She looked for the main doctor in charge and told him that something important came up and she needed to leave. She was packing up her things when Roman came back in to check on her.

"Where are you going?"

"I'm leaving. Bray isn't here... I have to see him.."

Even though Emily's emotions were all over the place, she still managed to laugh about something.

"Bray would always say to find him, or to follow the buzzards... That's exactly what I'm going to do."

Emily gave Roman a hug and went on her way. She told him that she probably wouldn't make it to Smackdown. Emily had only been to Bray's house a few times and couldn't remember the address. Emily spent the next day or so driving to New Orleans. When they first started dating, she remembered the day they spent in New Orleans. She smiled as the memories of that day returned, riding carnival rides, playing games, the food, music and dancing. At the end of they day, that was the day she kissed him. She remembered the swamp tour they went on, and remembered Bray saying that if the tour kept following the swamp all they way to the end, it would end up near Bray's backyard. Once she parked her car, she went to ask someone about taking a swamp tour to the very end of the swamp, but they told her that they only went so far. They gave her the location of somewhere boats were rented. Emily paid to rent a boat and started riding through the swamp. She would be lying if she said that she wasn't scared. She was alone and the sounds around her made her feel uncomfortable. Meanwhile Bray was down by the swamp fishing, this was something he did when he had a lot on his mind. He wasn't really interested in fishing, he just wanted to clear his mind. It had now been three days since Bray saw Emily... He had proposed to her and scared her off. He sat by the edge of the swamp as he thought to himself.

"Where did it all go wrong? It's only been three days, and already it feels like a lifetime without her. I just couldn't bring myself to the arena and see her knowing that she doesn't want to be with me and that she doesn't love me the same way I love her. I gave her the ring, hoping that one day she will come back to me. Maybe I scared her away by telling her that I love her and proposing to her. She said she wasn't ready, but was that the only reason? I thought she had come so far, I thought she was ready. She seemed so happy, it had almost been a year since we first started dating. Of course, I need to remember everything she's been through with Seth. Maybe she does need more time, she did say that she loved me. She seemed afraid to tell me no, like she was afraid that I would hurt her. I'm not Seth... I wouldn't hurt her just because I don't get my way... I wouldn't hurt her at all, I wouldn't force her to do something she didn't want to do. I must admit... It hurts like hell not to have her here right now. Maybe she only said that she loved me to let me down easy... In the end... Does she see me any different than anyone else. Does she just see me as a monster? Maybe a man like me wasn't meant to find love. I gave her the ring anyway... I just couldn't hang onto it and think about what could have been... The life we could have had together. I told her that my love for her would never end... I meant it, I gave her the ring... The ring, and my heart will forever belong to her... Even if we are never married or never together. Life can be cruel... Without Emily... A piece of me is missing. I'm like the Tin Man searching for a heart, or I'm like one of those pirates from The Pirates of The Caribbean that locked his heart in a box."

Bray finally stopped thinking and put his hands over his face and wiped his tears away. If anyone knew he was crying, no one would take him seriously in the ring. Here he was... The New Face of Fear crying over a broken heart. He didn't care... He was frustrated, took a rock and threw it as far as he could. He watched and heard it as it splashed in the water. He then wiped his face again as the tears returned. What he didn't know was that Emily was closer than he thought. There was a certain part of the swamp where the water flowed faster at one place than it did another, then with it being a swamp, it wasn't exactly the cleanest. Something got caught in the engine and the boat's controls stopped working. This was a problem because up ahead there were several big rocks that could easily knock the boat over. Emily tried to remain calm, there were oars in the boat and she tried to row the boat in the direction she wanted it to go, but there were too many rocks in the way and ended up hitting the biggest one. The boat didn't flip over, but it started rocking uncontrollably and a big piece of the boat had come off, she realized then that the boat wasn't going to stay floating very long, and she screamed as the boat continued rocking and started to sink. This wasn't the only problem... Her screaming had gained the attention of an alligator not too far away. It started growling at her and started to head for the water. Emily was freaking out now and screaming at the top of her lungs. Bray's house wasn't too far from here, he thought he heard screaming, and was curious as to what was going on and where it was coming from. He got up and quickly ran to where the screaming was coming from. He then figured it out, it was Emily, her boat was sinking and an alligator had come up to her. She was trying to stay afloat, and not get eaten by the alligator so she had one of the oars and she was screaming as she was hitting it, trying to make it go away, but all she was doing was making it angrier.

"Emily!"

Emily looked over and saw Bray.

"Bray!"

Bray then jumped into the water in hopes of distracting the alligator. The alligator wasn't fooled, it wanted Emily as a snack. Bray was close now and tackled the alligator, as this was happening, the alligator's large tail smacked into what was left of the boat and caused Emily to lose her balance and fall into the water. She screamed as she fell into the water, she wasn't the best swimmer and struggled for her life in the water. Finally she had reached a point where there was part of a tree that had fallen, she grabbed onto a branch that was sticking out and held onto it for dear life. She then managed to pull herself to shore. She didn't see everything that happened, but once she got to shore she still saw Bray wrestling with the alligator. She was worried about Bray, but he had the situation under control. He had wrestled many alligators before coming to WWE and only became better as his skills improved. He finally tossed the alligator's lifeless body aside like it was nothing and then made his way to shore. Emily couldn't take it anymore, after driving for over a day and after this scare with the alligator, she started running to him.

"Bray!"

They were both soaking wet from being in the water, but neither of them seemed to care. Once Bray heard Emily calling out his name and saw her running towards him, he started making his way to her.

"Are you crazy Emily?! You could have gotten yourself killed!... I could have lost you."

They finally got to each other and Emily wrapped her arms around him and kissed him like her life depended on it. Emily couldn't stop the tears that fell from her eyes as she started talking to him.

"Bray... I'm so sorry for all the pain I've caused you... I was stupid for walking away."

"What were you doing out there Emily?"

"I had to come see you... I couldn't remember your street address for my GPS, but remember you saying that the Swamp from New Orleans ended not too far from your backyard so I decided to follow the swamp..."

"There is a reason why the swamp tours never go this far... It is because the swamp flows faster between the rocks, this is alligator territory. I'm just so glad I found you when I did... Don't you scare me like that again Emily."

"When I was at the arena for Raw, I wanted to talk to you, but I should have known that you would be upset with me."

"I wasn't upset with you... I needed time to think like you did, I do my best thinking out here. It also hurt... Knowing that I would have to return to work with you there. I couldn't do it. These last three days... have been hell without you."

"I know... And I'm so sorry Bray... I never should have left. I made a mistake. You've always been so good to me Bray. I came back because I needed to see you... To ask you for forgiveness."

"There's nothing to forgive... You had been through a lot... We had been through a lot together, but you said that you wasn't ready."

"That wasn't exactly it..."

"Then why... Why did you leave me?"

"Because I was stupid... I was afraid..."

Bray's heart dropped at this.

"Afraid... I see. I knew the rest of the world saw me as a monster, but I thought you were different."

"No Bray, it's not like that... It's not you I'm afraid of... Ever since I was little, when my mom first brought me to the orphanage... I thought I was only going to be there for a little while, but she never came back... I was left there... Scared and alone with a bunch of people I didn't know. Then... I found out that my dad... He left my mom because she had cancer. She was dying and he didn't want to watch her die... If I end up with a deadly disease... The last thing I would want to happen... Would be abandoned by someone that supposedly loved me and die alone. I'm just... So afraid of being abandoned."

"It may have happened with your parents, but that doesn't mean the same thing will happen to you... I would never abandon you... When I asked you to marry me... It was because I had every intention of spending the rest of my life with you... And I would still like to."

Emily still had the ring with her. She kept it close ever since he gave it to her. She took it out of her pocket and held it in her hand.

"I've thought about you a lot since that day. This is the second time I've made the mistake of pushing you away. I've held onto it since the day you gave it to me... I'm tired of being afraid... You told me that you loved me that day and surprised me. I love you Bray... My heart wanted to say yes... It's just after a while... You would get tired of putting up with me or get tired of waiting on me... Or stop loving me."

"Never... I never stop loving you. It's been three days since I've last seen you... Three days, three years, or the rest of my life... I would wait for you forever. Just because things didn't go the way I hoped before doesn't mean that I couldn't try again..."

Bray held her hand and felt for the ring. It wasn't exactly a romantic location, but Bray went down on one knee in front of her and looked up into her eyes.

"Emily... I love you more than anything else in this world... My worst fear is losing you forever. I promise you Emily... I swear on my very life that I would never abandon you. I want to spend the rest of my life with you... Now and forever... Emily... Will You Marry Me?"

Emily's heart was beating hard and fast, she had tears in her eyes again. She wasn't going to make the same mistake again. She held a hand up to her face as she started shaking her head.

"Yes!... Yes I will Bray! I love you!"

They smiled at each other, Bray gently slid the ring on her finger. Emily looked at the ring and then back at Bray, it just seemed right. Then Bray took her in his arms as they kissed each other. They were still soaking wet from the water, but Bray was so overwhelmed with excitement, he picked her up and spun her around. Emily laughed as she wrapped her arms around him and kissed him again. They walked along the shore back to Bray's house, they both showered and changed and then Bray took Emily to go pick up her car and brought her back to his house. It would be a few days before Raw again, they wouldn't have to travel far. Bray would worry about the consequences of missing his match later. Right now he planned on enjoying time with his fiancé. They decided to go to New Orleans to celebrate, they enjoyed food, rides, games, and danced together. They shared many smiles, laughter, and kisses together. Six months later, Emily, Bray, and all of their family and friends gathered together at a church. Both Emily's adopted father and biological father walked her down the aisle. It was the happiest day of her life, and Bray kept his word... His vow to her was to stay by her side, to be her protector, and for her to know that she is loved. Finally after they were married and the wedding party was going on, Bray and Emily shared their first dance as a married couple.

The song they danced, which I think is perfect for them, is called I Swear by John Michael Montgomery.

(Intro)

"I see the questions in your eyes, I know what's weighing on your mind. But you can be sure I know my part, cause I'll stand beside you through the years. You'll only cry those happy tears, and though I'll make mistakes, I'll never break your heart."

(Chorus)

"I swear, by the moon and the stars in the sky, I'll be there. I swear, like the shadow that's by your side, I'll be there. For better or worse, till death do us part, I'll love you with every beat of my heart, I swear."

(Second Verse)

"I'll give you everything I can, I'll build your dreams with these two hands. We'll hang some memories on the wall. And when, there's silver in your hair, won't have to ask if I still care, cause as time turns the page, my love won't age at all."

(Chorus)

"I swear, by the moon and the stars in the sky, I'll be there. I swear, like the shadow that's by your side, I'll be there. For better or worse, till death do us part, I'll love you with every beat of my heart, I swear."

"I swear, by the moon and the stars in the sky, I'll be there. I swear, like the shadow that's by your side, I'll be there. For better or worse, till death do us part, I'll love you with every beat of my heart, I swear."

"I swear."

Once the song was over,, they kissed and everyone that was there clapped and cheered for them. This wasn't just the perfect day for Emily, but also for Bray because they had found each other and promised to love each other until the end. With both of them being in WWE, there was really no need for two vehicles, Emily would always travel with Bray since they always went to the same place. Even though they didn't always get to stay there, Emily came to love Bray's home. She found the land to be beautiful, but it was even better when she got to enjoy it with the man she would spend her future with. Emily's life was complete now. She had grown up with an adopted family that loved and cared for her, but she grew up with so many unanswered questions and things that bothered her. Finally after twenty four years, Emily had been reunited with her brother and met her biological father. She had suffered a lot of heartache through the years, but found someone that would love her no matter what, and understood her more than anyone else. Bray had also found love, he wasn't ever sure if he would because he thought that the world saw him as a monster. Emily had been very accepting of him from the beginning, even when her brothers in The Shield weren't. They were united by having a common enemy, but all they really wanted to do was look after Emily. Dean and Roman learned that Bray wasn't crazy, and that he wasn't such a bad guy after all. Even though Seth had changed, he would never win Emily back, Dean and Roman, as well as Bray would still watch out for Seth from time to time. They would watch him to make sure that he didn't slip up and try anything with Emily. Eventually Roman and his family had accepted Bray, he was so good to Emily. They were perfect for each other. Two of WWE's most dominant groups that have had war with each other were now living together peacefully, Bray Wyatt, the leader of The Wyatt Family, and Emily, The Sister of The Shield united as one.

(The End)