Ten Tonne Skeleton (Dean Ambrose Fanfic)

Be the one I'll always know - Part 18

The moment that Dean stepped into the arena he was told to make his way to Stephanie's office. He knew what was coming and thought about going back to the hotel, but decided to stay and not get into anymore trouble. He hoped that Stephanie would be a bit softer on him, but he knew for sure that she was tougher than her husband when she wanted to be. Dean arrived at her office and knocked on the door.

"Come in." He heard Stephanie command. Dean opened the door and stepped into her office. He was met with a poker face from his co-boss.

"Good afternoon, Mr Ambrose." She forced a smile.

"Hey." Dean greeted casually sitting down on a chair opposite Stephanie.

"You know why you're here obviously. You have five minutes to give me a good enough reason not to fire you."

"I-I uh, I dunno." Dean shrugged. "You'll just have to get rid of me."

"Oh come on, at least try."

"I was just fed up of getting beat down and not being able to fight back. I felt as if my body was shutting down from all the beatings I had to take." Dean sighed looking at his hands.

"I'll tell you what." Stephanie looked somewhat concerned for the Lunatic Fringe. "Take tomorrow night off and have some extra rest. I can see that you're struggling at the moment. I guess we as a company can go a little over board with pushing our talent, so I'm sorry. You still have to apologies to Hunter though." Stephanie smiled.

"Oh uh, thank you. I thought that was the end of my career." Dean sighed with relief.

"The fans love you. We can't get rid of you that easily."

Dean said his goodbyes and headed to the locker room where he was met with AJ, Heath Slater, Kevin Owens and Jey Uso.

"Hey Deano!" Jey called out. "Have you heard from the boss yet?"

"Not yet. Steph said I could stay and she even gave me tomorrow off, but I haven't seen Hunter yet." Dean sighed.

"Well at least your job is safe for now." Owens patted his shoulder. AJ was rather quiet and didn't join in the conversation. He was terrified by what had happened with Dean last night and he didn't know how to approach the younger man.

Dean made his way to Hunter's office. To say he was nervous was an understatement. Dean was absolutely petrified. He arrived at Triple H's office and knocked on the door, getting deja vu from earlier this afternoon.

"Come in." Hunter shouted. Dean walked in with sweaty palms. "Ah, good afternoon Mr Ambrose. Take a seat." Dean sat down opposite his boss and prepared himself for a scolding.

"Stephanie told me what you said to her this afternoon, which is why I'm letting you off lightly. You are on your final warning. If you ever put your hands on me or anyone else outside of the script again, then you will be gone from this company for good!" Hunter's voice got louder towards the end of his rant.

"Yes Sir. I'm sorry, I was completely out of order and I hope you can forgive me." Dean mumbled.

"I forgive you for now, but if you carry on the way you are then that trust is gone." 

"Fair enough. Thank you." Dean felt like he was being told off by his teacher for not doing his homework, this meeting wasn't very professional.

"You are most welcome. Now go get ready for your match. I'll see you Friday."

Dean got up out of his chair and exited the room. A sense of relief washed over him as he made his way to the locker room. The rest of the night went according to plan. Dean won his match, which was a good match! AJ had been ignoring him all day. He was quiet when Dean was around and just looked down at his phone all the time. Dean wanted to make sure AJ was alright, so he found him after his match and drove him back to the hotel where they shared a room.