The next night on Raw, Stephanie seemed to really excited about something. After she called myself, Sasha, and Lillie into her office for a talk, we now understood why.

   However, nothing ever worked out in my favor. Stephanie demanded that Seth come out with me when I went out there tonight to talk. I wanted no part of it, but I had to do what I was told, despite personal feelings towards him at the moment and vise versa. When she seen how discouraged that I was about that, she asked if there was a problem and I decided not to say anything about it, so I remained quiet.

   So, in the middle of Raw, Stephanie came out to discuss mine and Sasha's match in her own words. Sasha interrupted and came out to give in her two-cents into the discussion. I was starting to worry that the message to Seth hadn't been received by Stephanie about accompanying me to the ring. I haven't really talked to him since... Since everything last went down between us, including Baron.

   Then, a minute before I was due to go out there, according to the music tech nearby, Seth suddenly appeared out of nowhere and shuffled on behind me. He didn't smile or even look at me, for that matter. He just showed up and said absolutely nothing with his head lowered not to make eye compact with.

   I wanted to say something, anything, to get a word out of him. Nothing personal, I noted. Just business. "Did Steph inform you on what you have to do and all that?" I decided to ask him instead.

   Surprisingly enough, he did nod and show that he had life within himself. Although, he put his head up, he still didn't look directly down at me. Just kept his head forward and silent.

   I turned back my attention to the screen and heard every word that Sasha was currently saying. When she got to the part of her speech, saying something along the lines of: "I didn't need Lillie Luna's help to beat Scarlett Knight! All I needed was me, myself, and I!"

   I signaled for the music tech to play my music and he did as he was told, blaring aloud in the large New Orleans arena. So, with a mic already in hand, I began to make my way out there with Seth directly right behind me. I would like to think that people were excited that I was coming out there now, but I think that they were even more excited that Seth Freaking Rollins was out there than myself, of course.

   Nevertheless, as I entered the ring with common-ground with Sasha now, I felt better than ever before. Although we were in an on-screen rivalry with one another, it felt better than having real life drama, especially over Seth. To be honest, I felt relieved from it all and am really looking forward to my new life for now on.

   I tried out my heel-ish smile at her and dimmed my eyes. Bringing the mic to my lips, I said to Sasha: "I had the match won, thank you very much. Before my newly ex best friend came in and gave you the victory, I had it won. I had you down and out. You swept in and took the victory of me because of Lillie!"

   Then, that's when Lill's music began to play and she began to come down to the ring, but I quickly bowed up at her. So, then, she suddenly stopped and looked confused and even frightened. Yet, she had a mic already in hand as she put her knees together innocently.

   Hanging out on the ropes, I signaled for her to come forward. "Come on, Lill! Come on down! What are you doing down there for?"

   She placed a hand over her chest and chuckled, "What do you mean, bestie? I think that I'm going to just stay right... Here."

   I rolled my eyes and stated, "No, wait... Are you sure? I mean... The ring is way more comfortable. Because, I mean... As soon as you get down here, you get your ass handed to you on a silver platter!"

   Lillie fell silent as the crowd began to cheer loudly. "Scarlett," came Steph's warning tone, so Seth and myself turned towards her in question. "I'm really glad that you came out here, though, Lillie."

   Up front, Lillie seemed confused as she squeaked out: "And why's that for?"

   "Technically, you are still the #1 Contender for Sasha's Women's Championship," Steph continued, already getting the crowd hyped-up and even leaving Sasha in a daze of confusion. "So, as a post Royal Rumble treat... Up next, it will be Sasha Banks versus Lillie Luna for the WWE Women's Championship!"

   This got the crowd unglued and even had Lillie blushing, just like the first time that Enzo talked to her. However, this wasn't flying by myself and, by the looks of things, it wasn't with Seth, either.

   "Hey! Hey! Look here," Seth yelped out, seemingly calming the crowd down and getting everybody's attention. Standing in front of me and he pointed back at me, he began to yell at Steph: "What even is this? Okay, look... Last night, Scarlett legitimately had that match won! If it wasn't for Lillie, she would've been the new #1 contender today! She needs in on this, too!"

   I couldn't believe the way he was defending me right now. Although, it seemed non-scripted and more meaningful ever before. Even after he said this, he came back over to me and shoved my body into his, side-hugging me. He was touching me and, if I could've sworn, he even squeezed my ass before we let go of each other.

   Steph took mental note of this and nodded. "Alright, I hear you two out here," she confessed and seemed to be thinking about it for a while. "So, let's say... If Lillie wins tonight, then at FastLane, it will be Lillie versus Sasha versus Scarlett in a triple-threat match for the Women's Championship!"

   If I had been sitting down when this happened, I would've probably fell out of my seat. This was lit and it was all happening because of Seth, himself. I couldn't believe it. Wow.

   "This match is now," Steph admitted and began to leave the ring. "And, Mr. Seth Rollins, I would suggest that you go backstage and get ready for your match later, and leave the ladies out here to fight their own battles."

   With that said, she left the ring and Seth quickly followed after her. However, before he did, I reached out to him and grabbed his arm. He looked back at me and really looked me deep in the eyes. His eyes told the story of sadness and no forgiveness. He wasn't ready and I wasn't going to push him to, either.

So, I allowed to go backstage while I hung out here to commentate alongside Michael Cole, Corey Graves, and Booker T. He walked me up to the commentator's table and left me, but not without a kiss to the cheek. I had hoped that it was more, but there wasn't anything left to say or do.

I took my seat next to Booker T and smiled at the three men. "Hey, Scarlett! Glad that you could join us for Sasha and Lillie's championship match!"

I winked and said, "No problem, guys!"

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Fifteen minutes later and the match is slowly coming to an end. It was all back-and-forth the whole time while Sasha was now taking the lead over Lillie.

"Ooh, Sasha with the backhand to Lillie," Michael commentated, blabbing things out left and right out of nowhere. "Another vicious backhand to Lillie!"

"So, Scarlett, do you feel forced to vote for Lillie to win since, if she does, you get a shot at the title, too?" Corey Graves asked, keeping the ball of classic conversations going. He knew how to ask the questions.

I shrugged and replied, "Well, yes and no, Corey. Other than this match, I no longer support Lillie Luna in any way whatsoever. She took what we had, as a devoted friendship, and tore it into tiny little pieces. After this, I can no longer support in anything whatsoever. You don't stab your best friends in the back."

"And you apparently can't trust the snake in the grass as Lillie fights out of Sasha's Bank Statement and reverses it into the Queen's Crossbow!" Michael Cole suddenly shouted out, so we all turned our attentions forward to watch more.

Wait, what?!

Then, out of nowhere, Lillie rolled Sasha over and flattened her out with her own body. The WWE Universe changed along with the ref when he counted down from... One! Two! Three!

That was it. Lillie was now the WWE Raw's Women's Champion! In reality, I wanted to go down there and congratulate her. But, unfortunately, I couldn't because I was currently just Scarlett and not Ellie.

Nevertheless, I did start to walk down the ramp to the ring and slowly clapped. She was still celebrating, holding the title up and high. When I entered the ring, however, she stopped and turned towards me.

I genuinely smiled at her and clapped one last time before I extended my arms out to her. She grinned back and extended her arms out to me as well. We hugged and everybody began to boo, thinking that everything was just a prank than what it truly was.

However, after we smiled one last time at each other gave to face, I dropped the act and my smile faded away quickly. I kicked her in the gut and lifted her up, performing the Widow's Peak on her instead. By the time that I stood up and gazed down at her, what I had done to her, the WWE Universe was in a mixture state of emotions. Most were cheering, but there still was that other half that was booing, too.

   I grabbed the title and held it up, proving that I was going to reign as champion one day...

   As soon as I got backstage, before both Sasha and Lillie could, I got a lot of credit from Stephanie as she said that we were all so great!

   However, once I turned my back on her to face whoever was behind me, I held my breath and had to remind myself to stay calm. Stay calm. Just stay calm, El. Stay... Calm!

   "Hey, Ellie," he whispered, leaning in real close to me. "Have a minute to talk?"

   Baron...

• DUNT. DUNT. DUNT. ⚠️ First of all, this is a pic that *I* made of Lillie with the title 😍 YAS! Right?! Cool! LOLZ ⚠️ So, well... That was awesome! Am I right?! But... Baron is doing WHAT?! What will he say to Ellie??? I wanna know, too, cuz like omg 😭 LOLZ ; So, w/ that said and out of the way... I would like to personally thank fabandboujee_ for being so cool and helping me with this chap once again!! 💚 All the love .xx •