Being completely away from Baron was very hard for me to do. I mean, it's the Royal Rumble weekend. All of the Superstars, from both Raw and SmackDown, are doing their own thing as we're all coming together to promote the wonderful event.

Baron was jumping between doing interviews and photoshoots, just like I'm about to have to start doing. He woke up much earlier than I did, so I'm starting late. All thanks to Seth, of course.

   In Stephanie's words, Seth will be my partner-in-crime for the whole weekend. We have to play friendly as we'll have to do our own interviews, promotions, photoshoots, and we even have to read to the local class of the elementary kids of kindergarten. How fun!

   "Bye, baby," Baron whispered in my ear, leaving little kisses from my cheeks down. I wouldn't let him go, so he lightly chuckled. "C'mon, I got to go. So do you."

   "Okay, okay," I giggled, innocently. Once again, I pulled him back to me and kissed his lips softly. God, I love him! "Okay, bye."

   "Alright. Bye, baby," he whispered and turned his back to me. Say the words. Say the words. Please?! But, unfortunately, he didn't as he kept on walking.

   I sighed heavily as I watched the love of my life walk away from me. I heard a loud crunch suddenly come from behind me and I snuck a peek at the figure behind me.

   It was Seth, who was crunching on some chips from a bag. He seen that I had noticed him and grinned goofy down at me. "Hey, what's up, partner?"

   I rolled my eyes, crossing my arms over my chest, and huffed: "Nothing much, partner. Where to first?"

   He pointed behind him and said, "Well, we have to do an interview for ESPN real quick, then to our photoshoot. After that, it's to the reading session with the kids. Got that so far?"

   I nodded, "So far..."

   "And, after that's all set and done, we get to do whatever we want," he shrugged, suggestively. He even wiggles his eyebrows. "Would you like to do something with me after everything today?"

I opened my mouth to reply, only getting the chance to utter the words: "Seth, I can't—"

He spun me around and begged, "Please, Ellie? Just for tonight and this weekend? Just me and you?"

I watched him dance around as he begged me for mercy here. I sighed and rolled my eyes, feeling somewhat defeated here. "Look, I'm not promising you anything right now. But, as far as I know, I will live up to my end of the deal here."

He smiled and nodded, obviously very happy about this new agreement between us co-workers. He pulled his arm over my shoulders and began to pull me along with him. "Ready for our interview with ESPN?"

Rolling my eyes, I huffed out: "As ready as I'll ever be..."

"That's the spirit, Ellie!" Seth cheered, thumbs up. Good Lord... "C'mon, baby, just this way."

Suddenly, I stepped aside and froze in place. I pointed and demanded, "And, Seth, I'm not your baby, either. Stay in character."

He shrugged, yet what I had just said didn't make him lose his smile. It was actually becoming a little addicting, to say the least. Nevertheless, he led me through to some double-doors of the hotel. The ballroom had been reserved for us wrestlers to do our interviews and such at. They had to split it off with fake stand-up walls.

As soon as we were inside, he had placed his right hand on the small of my back. With his other hand, he pointed over to where the ESPN people were located at. Jonathon "Coach" Coachman was going to be the one to interview everyone. He was very sweet, too, so I liked talking with him.

At the moment, he was interviewing John Cena with Nikki Bella by his side. They were very cute, I have to admit. Obviously in love. More Nikki than John, but... Still, very in love with one another.

"Alright. Thank you, John and Nikki," Coach thanked them, casually sending them out on their merry-way. He faced the camera, straightened himself up, and said to it: "Next up, I have the dynamic duo of 'The Architect' Seth Rollins and 'The Dark Angel' Scarlett Knight!"

We walked up beside Coach, right into the camera's view. Seth had his arm draped over my shoulders again, acting like we're some happy couple or whatever.

   "Hello, guys. How are you two doing this evening?" Coach started off asking us, generally.

   With the mic to Seth's lips, he spoke into saying: "Just fine, Coach. How are you?"

   Coach smiled and replied, "Very well, thank you. So, the Royal Rumble is tomorrow. Seth, you're preparing for a pretty epic battle against 29 other men in the actual Royal Rumble match. However, Randy Orton will be defending his championship against Roman Reigns. Which of the two do you look forward to in facing for the title, if you have a favorite?"

   Alas, Seth became a bit more serious as he stood up straight with his arms by his own side. "In all honesty, Coach, I don't really care who leaves as the champ tomorrow night as long as I end up winning the Rumble. However, with that being said, I've had my fair share of battles with both competitors. At one point in the past, Roman and myself were best friends – brothers – and tag-team champions. I hate to say it, but I will. He's a great opponent and I always look forward to any battle that I have with him."

   "As for Orton, though?" Coach squeaked out right after Seth's statement.

   "Almost just like with Reigns, but it's a bit different scenario when it comes to Orton," he began to answer, taking a slight moment to just breathe. "Orton was once a common friend of mine as we were riding high with the Authority. These days, we're not, which doesn't make us enemies nor friends, either. It just makes us acquaintances. To answer your question, Coach, I just look forward to winning the Royal Rumble tomorrow night and facing whichever man that walks out of the arena as champion."

   I hate to say it – since Seth and I haven't been getting along as of late – but I kind of admire the way that he held himself, especially when he's in character like just now, and how he talked so seriously and highly of himself. Oh, and others, of course, such as Orton and Reigns just now, too.

   Coach turned towards me and asked, "So, Scarlett, you have a non-title match against the current Women's Champion, Sasha Banks. You're simply out for revenge and not her title, right?"

   It took myself a split moment to answer because I felt like something was suddenly weighing me down. That would be the fact that Lillie claims that we aren't best friends anymore, so was even is this personal mission of mine now?

   Alas, I nodded and told him: "You're damn right that I am! Sasha has another thing coming if she thinks that she can just walk on over myself and my best friend, Lillie Luna. She put Lillie out of action for a couple of weeks. She took this business thing to something very personal that she won't get away from without a good beating."

Coach nodded, seemingly happy about my answer by his grin, and brought the mic back up to his lips. "And, so, Scarlett, do you believe that Lillie Luna will come back eventually – healthier and better than ever, ready to fight back Sasha by herself for the Women's Championship?"

To that, I sighed as I felt Seth's eyes on me. He was concerned and that's something that I didn't need to see to feel. I nodded and responded, "Why, yes, Coach, I do believe that Lillie will come back and be better than ever. She's at the height of her career right now and she doesn't need another toxic injury to take her out ever again. And, if she plays her cards right, she will succeed in putting an end to Sasha's wrath and her title reign as a whole, too."

Again, Coach smiled and nodded. "Alright, guys. Thanks so much for the interview! You guys have a blessed day and I'll see you at the Rumble!"

"Thanks, Coach," Seth and myself said in unison as we began to walk away from him.

"Good luck to the best of you!" he called back to us and, then, we were out of camera view.

After it was all said and done, Seth pointed over to where they were taking the photoshoots at. Our names were next on the list.

However, before either of us could make it over there, I heard my name being called as I turned to see both Enzo and Cass sprinting my way, seemingly worried and distraught about something.

"Ellie!" Enzo called, then began to take a moment to catch his breath. Seth hadn't left my side as he wanted to hear what was going on, too. "Ellie, we need to talk."

"About what?" I asked, strictly. A million of things were going through my mind right now, but all I could think of was Lillie, who was obviously missing from Enzo's side. "Is Lillie okay?!"

Cass was the one who had waved my comment off and replied, "It's not about Lillie."

"Then, who is it about?"

Enzo and Cass exchanged a quick glance with one another, mentally debating if they should tell me or not, I'm assuming.

After all, Enzo found my eyes, took a deep breath, and answered: "It's about Baron..."

• 🙃 LOLZ LOLZ LOLZ 🙃 So, hey yah, guys! What y'all think of this chap?! In all honesty, I caught the feels of 💛Sellie🖤 as well as Ellie/Lillie feels, too! Only reason why for El & Lill is cuz of how HIGHLY El spoke of Lill when Coach asked her about her BESTIE ☺️ Oh, and WTF did Baron do NOW? And, if he did do something, how do Cass and Zo know about it? Hm... Interesting 🤔 That should give u something to think of until I update again tonight... Anyways, I have to do something real quick before I even begin to start on the next chap! So, with that being said... All the love .xx 💋 •