After we all seen his clothes laying on the ground, we started to worry and we packed everything into his duffel bag. Dean carried the duffel bag around his shoulder while Renee was walking alongside Ashley. After walking around for almost an hour, there was still no sign of Roman anywhere.
However, we kept walking closer to a hallway with the lights flickering off and on. Nobody was inside of the arena from the looks of it. We slightly opened one of the doors to seeing a body laying on the ground with a bloody face.
"That can't be Roman." I said quietly.
Ashley walked over towards the body lying on the ground with her hands over her mouth.
She gently moved the hair from his face and his eyes were closed. His face was busted open. He was sprawled out on the ground and was thankfully breathing. It seemed that someone must have harmed him and we all knew who was responsible for it. The authority.
I immediately grabbed the phone out of my pocket and called for an ambulance to arrive to the arena. I lifted up Roman's body with his left arm and Dean had Roman's right arm around his shoulder and we all walked out. Ashley was devastated and Renee walked next to her with the duffel bag around her shoulder and comforted Ashley the best she could.
All of us waited for the paramedics to arrive. We made sure that Roman was safe with us outside of the empty arena. When the ambulance arrived, they hurried over towards us and had a gurney out for him the moment they seen that his face had been bloodied to a pulp.
"We'll make sure that he's well taken care of. Do you guys want to come with us to the hospital?"
I realized that my car, along with Dean's, were in the parking lot and we needed to drive back to the hotel.
"We'd love to, but-"
"I'll go with him." Ashley interrupted.
"Ashley, you'll get hurt again if you go alone." I said.
"Guys. I understand that I've been through a lot. I know that I cannot remember much, but I love Roman and I'm going to be there for him like he was there for me for the month I was out with a coma."
"I want to come, too." Renee said.
"That's fine." I replied.
Renee and Ashley went inside of the ambulance.
"Be careful, guys." I said.
"We will be."
"We'll catch up with you both as soon as possible." Dean said.
They went inside of the ambulance and they closed the back doors, driving off with them and Roman to the hospital for immediate medical attention.
Ashley
I hated seeing Roman's body lying on the ground the moment I opened the door with Dean, Renee, and Dolph. I felt devastated and scared; not knowing if he was dead until I seen him slowly breathing.
"Ashley." Renee looked at me, "I promise that Roman is alright."
"I know he is, but I'm still going to be there for him like he was for me."
"You both really do love each other, don't you?" Renee asked.
"Of course I love him. I know I cannot remember much of him because of my coma, but I just care about his safety at this point. I don't care what happens to me, I just want Roman to be okay again." I cried.
We arrived to the hospital minutes later as they took Roman onto another gurney and wheeled him into the Intensive Care Unit. They took off his black and white gloves and hooked an IV sedation to his hand and threw on a small, teal gown on him. They lied down on the small bed while I watched them wipe the blood from his face with a rag. Renee insisted on waiting outside of the office and I walked in with Roman.
As they brought Roman into a small hospital room, I sat down next to him and held his hand; hovering over him with his eyes still being closed and unconscious. Moments after, he slightly began moving and groaned softly in pain.
He struggled slightly and started to slowly open his eyes. He looked over to seeing me holding his hand and he smiled. After realizing that I've been crying, his smile began to fade.
"What's wrong, Ashley?"
"Nothing's wrong now. I'm just thankful that you're awake."
"I am so sorry for what happened."
"Don't apologize."
"I wanted to do something for you after the show and then I got myself into this mess." Roman sighed.
"What mess?"
"All they had me do for SmackDown was a small interview about Brock Lesnar for WrestleMania. I thought I was scheduled to have an opponent to wrestle tonight. Instead of brushing it aside, I walked into Hunter's office as he was having a conversation with Stephanie and I asked him to put me into a match tonight, and he said he couldn't. Not even a few minutes later, Seth walked in and I was sickened. I told him to leave you alone but then a brawl broke out because they brought out Big Show to attack me; and from all I remember, they said to me that the authority always wins and then I got knocked out by something and I blacked out immediately afterwards."
"Are you serious?"
He nodded.
"I had something special I wanted to do for you and I fucked up everything. Now, I'm laying in a hospital bed with an IV in my hand while the love of my life is worried sick about me."
"Roman, don't blame yourself."
"I do, because I was going to make you the happiest woman in the world; after everything you've been through."
"Look, I already am the happiest woman in the world because I have you in my life." I smiled.
"But Ashley, we're not in a relationship currently. I-"
"I know, but I wish we were." I looked down, interrupting him.
"Wait, I thought you wanted to wait until you could fully remember who I was before wanting to be with me again."
"Look, after everything that has happened, after everything that I have heard about you staying at my side during my coma, I feel like it's time."
"Are you sure? I don't want to pressure you."
"I'm sure. I know someday I will fully remember our relationship again but until then, I want to be with you."
"Alright." He smiled.
Roman reached over and held both of my hands with a smile on his face.
"Ashley Kay, will you take the honor of becoming my girlfriend again?"
"Of course!" I hugged him close to me, pressing my lips onto his softly.
I paused briefly as my gaze went onto his IV.
"How are you feeling?" I asked.
"I'm feeling better, because I have you with me."
He looked into my eyes with the same warm smile on his face.
"I'm probably going to call Dean or Dolph to come get me so I can get some rest back at the hotel." I started to pick up my phone and he allowed a sigh to escape from his mouth.
"Ashley, I don't want you to be alone."
"Renee is in the office. I sadly have to get a ride back to the hotel."
"You don't exactly have to." He smiled over at me, "Come here."
"I don't think that hospital bed is going to fit the both of us."
"But what if it does?" He grinned.
"I guess I can give it a try." I said whilst struggling to lay beside him.
While I continued to struggle, he helped me with the little bit of strength he had.
"There we go. Are you alright?" Roman laughed.
"I could get in trouble for this, you know?"
"Nah, you won't and I'll make sure of it."
For a moment, he paused while staring at me and watched as his eyes gazed up and down.
"You're so beautiful."
"You think so?"
"Are you calling me a liar?"
"Nope." I chuckled, feeling him pulling me closer to him, "I just love knowing that things are slowly coming back into place like before. If only I had my memory back."
"Me too, but right now, this is nice. I never imagined the both of us lying in a hospital bed together like this." He laughed.
"Me either."
"Are you going to tell Renee that you're staying with me tonight?"
"I can tell her. I'd rather be here with you than inside of a musty hotel."
I picked up my phone and texted Renee that I was spending the night watching over Roman. As much as I was happy about the both of us becoming a couple again, I insisted on keeping it a secret until I felt like it was time to tell everyone around us. I'm sure he'd feel the same after everything we've been through.
About a minute later, Renee texted me back and informed me that Dean was going to take her back to the hotel for the night and that we'd meet up tomorrow. After sending her a message, I put the phone away and started to overthink once again about getting into trouble.
"What if I get in trouble for this?" I worried.
"You won't."
He kissed my forehead and I started to yawn.
"Are you tired?"
"Yeah, it's been a pretty long night."
"Want to go to sleep? Maybe I can get out of here tomorrow since I'm awake and feeling a lot better than earlier."
All I could do was nod before falling asleep in his arms.