CHAPTER 56

Every pair of eyes in the back were on me as the refs all shoved me through the gorilla, with people immediately starting to nudge each other and whisper as to what was going on....everyone that is except for Stephanie McMahon, whose face looked nothing short of livid right now as she stormed over with her heels hammering against the hardwood floor, getting right in my own face as she barked...

''You're in BIG trouble Misses! Get in my office noooowwwwwww!!!'' she screamed, glaring down at me with ice blue eyes so cold it could freeze even hell over!

I immediately did as she said.

''And just what in the hell are you all looking at?! Get back to work! This is Wrestlemania!'' she barked at all the onlookers, before turning on her heel and storming down the hall after me.

Not everyone gets one, but I somehow managed to have a Wrestlemania moment today, I guess not in the way I had expected though, and now I feared the worse!

I already knew I was out of the job, I already knew that I would never see Roman again. And I knew I had fucked up my wrestling career probably for good now. But in those few moments when I was able to release all that pent up anger and frustration...it was worth it. But in the end when reality sets in, and you realize the consequence you're faced with, you feel very scared and alone. And that's exactly how I felt now as Stephanie gave it to me straight.

I had been in her office for about 30minutes now, the barking and yelling had begun simmering down, but the consequence was still to come...

''...your contract here at WWE has just begun Faith'' she said pacing up and down ''how could you?! And at Wrestlemania of all places!'' I hung my head in shame while she continued ''...I don't know, I mean maybe I'm partly to blame, putting you two together in the first place. I guess I figured you were both adult enough to settle your differences outside the ring. I know you're still hurting over what happened to Paige, and I completely understand that Faith, I really do. I also experienced difficult complications early on in my career with people I loved, but you just can't take matters into your own hands Faith, that's not how we do things, and it's just downright unprofessional! I mean, you almost killed Summer out there tonight! You can't put your colleagues lives in danger like that, no matter what's going on with you personally!'' she exclaimed, followed by a deep sigh as if she'd exhausted herself with all the yelling ''If it were up to my husband right now, you'd be on the first plane back to Ohio as we speak'' she told me ''but I'm very fond of you, and I see great potential in you Faith, possibly even a future Divas champion one day. I know I've said this before, but the impact you've made here in WWE, and in such a short space of time too, is simply astounding, and very impressive. Your merchandise sales has surpassed the likes of Eva Marie, Brie Bella and Mickie James combined, and you know that's a lot'' she said, and I nodded, although remained neutral faced, as this wasn't the time to bask proudly in my success ''...and personally don't want to lose such a talent like yourself'' she continued ''but the problems you've caused here tonight have to be accounted for. So....'' she said, finally sitting down in her office chair to face me ''you leave me no choice right now but to suspend you for two weeks straight, effective immediately.''

My heart thudded for a second or two, but I quickly composed myself and took my punishment like a man, nodding my head slightly, and speaking now for the first time since coming into her office ''I understand'' I said quietly, and could hear my voice was all shaky, but I needed to at least offer up an apology for my actions, even though I knew it wouldn't help the situation now ''and...and if it's any constellation Ms McMahon, I really am truly sorry for what I've done. I never wanted to make you disappointed in me. I love my job and the business so much, and I am sooooo grateful that you are giving me a second chance. I promise you Stephanie, right here and now, nothing like this will ever happen again. You have my eternal word'' I said, trying not let the sound of my voice breaking inspire any sympathy or pity form her. I didn't deserve that.

''Well thank you Faith that's good to hear, and it means a lot, to me and to your career. I will also relay your message to Hunter and my father as well'' she said, before taking another deep breath, although this one looked to bring her a little discomfort ''Your truly are a sweet girl Faith...which is why it pains me to tell you that you will also be fined $10,000 dollars as penalty for your actions here tonight''

I looked at her stunned!

''It's all in your contract'' she said, before I myself could say anything to protest.

That's when I felt the tears fall from my eyes. Of course I was grateful to still have my career, but $10,000 dollars?! I couldn't afford that right now! What the hell am I going to do?!

I maintained my dignity though, and quickly wiped my face before quietly repeating ''I understand''

''Good'' she said, and handed me a tissue from her purse ''well, I'll email you the schedule as per usual, but be ready to fly out to the Allstate arena in Chicago in two weeks, where you will make your RAW return in re-match against Summer Rae. NO EXCUSES! The WWE Universe need to see a decent end to this feud, before we move you on to the next chapter in your storylines. Understood?'' I just nodded ''After your two week suspension is up, and you arrive at the Chicago arena, it is mandatory that you stop by my office and sign a back to work agreement form'' she told me sternly ''Also Faith, you are not to talk to any press while you are off, or tweet or Instagram, in fact any social media of any kind in regards to this incident, otherwise your fine will be increased'' she warned.

I nodded again.

''Good, your free to go now... oh and Faith? Use this down time to work on your issues, so you can come back bigger and better than ever. I'm counting on you'' she said with a small smile, before standing up and opening the door for me to leave. I could see Randy hanging nearby, trying to look cool and nonchalant...eavesdropping no doubt, typical snake.

I smiled weakly at him, and quickly left before the rest of the tears I'd been bravely holding back, all fell down my face in an uncontrollable flow. I was so upset right now, and so angry at everything! Which directly translates with me being the most angry at myself. Ugh, I just wanted to get as far away from the stadium right now as humanly possible.

Without a moment's hesitation, I quickly ran down the hall and grabbed my bag from the girls locker, then just as quickly ran back out again ready to make a dash to the main high-street, where hopefully I could call myself an uber to take me back to the hotel. When I excited the locker, I was suddenly forced to stop dead in my tracks with my heart pounding hard, as I stood face to face with Roman.

He must have seen me going in I guess, and decided to wait for me. I immediately noticed that his eyes were red, and his face was all blotchy...if you've been crying Roman, you deserve every last teardrop!

Every sad emotion showed on his face as he looked down at me with teary eyes, before taking a small step towards me and opening his mouth to speak....SLAP!!!!!

That was the hardest I ever hit someone who wasn't an opponent in the ring.

My hand stung, but right now I didn't care ''How could you do that me?!'' I cried, as tears welled my eyes, and my voice broke just like my heart had.

I didn't even give him a chance to answer, I just turned on my heel, and ran out the back doors of the stadium, not looking back.

As if by some miracle, I suddenly saw the one person who I knew would never judge me...Seth.

''Seettthhh!'' I yelled.

He was just about getting in his rental with his gym bag, but turned and stopped turned when he heard his name being called. As soon as he saw me he waved happily, and I used that as my que to quickly run over to him.

''Hey babe, what's up? Oh my goodness! Are you ok?'' he asked when I neared him, his eyes widening slightly over my visibly shaken demeanor ''you look like yo-...''

''DRIVE!'' I instructed, jumping in his car.

''But wait, what happ....-''

''Just drive Seth!'' I yelled.

''OK! OK!'' he said, looking at me confused, but did as I said, and sped us out of the stadium!

10 MINUTES LATER...

I could feel Seth constantly looking over at me as we drove, I could also feel he had a million questions he wanted to ask too...none of which I was ready to give answers to right now.

''Um...can I ask you something?'' he said nervously.

''No!'' I snapped, not even bothering to look at him.

''I kinda need to ask this one...um...where are we going?''

''Oh. Um, just take me back to the hotel'' I said quietly.

He nodded, and continued driving on in silence. After about another 10 minutes of no words exchanged, he suddenly said ''Alright, that's it, I'm pulling over''

I was took weak with emotion to protest, so I just sat staring out the car window like I'd been doing the entire drive, while Seth pulled us over and parked at the end of a quiet road. He unbuckled his seatbelt, then turned slowly to look at me. I could feel his mind almost spontaneously combust with the million and one questions he had, but I was in a foul mood right now, and so I just ignored him while sitting cross armed staring blankly out the window.

''Come on babe'' he said softly, while trying to look in my eyes ''tell Seth what's up''

''I don't wanna talk about it'' I said, turning my head further from him.

''You wouldn't have jumped in a car with me of all people, if you didn't wanna get something off your mind babe'' when I didn't respond, he sighed and reached in his back pocket, pulling out a pack of cigarettes...''How about now?'' he said with a cheeky wink.

Seth was my angel.

I smiled the biggest, most warmest smile at him, before taking my own seatbelt off and exciting the car. He quickly followed and came and stood by my side.

''Babe look, your nose is bleeding...'' he said softly, and reached back inside the car pulling out a box of tissues. I let Seth tend to me and whatever injuries I'd sustained but didn't feel, on account of my being so upset and angry still over all that happened. I found myself smiling up at him at him softly, as he gently whatever blood there was away from my nose.

''Thank you'' I said, taking the tissue from him now and holding it against my nose to blot any excess blood. In turn, he quickly lit me up a cigarette, then lit one for himself while continuing to stare at me.

''So...?'' he asked brushing a strand of hair away from my face.

''Check your twitter page'' I said calmly.

He quickly grabbed his phone from his back pocket, and propped himself back beside me against the car ''I'm not gonna see a murder or something am I?'' he joked, while quickly bringing up the app for his account

I half smiled and waited for his reaction...

''Holy mother of....you did this!'' he gasped, staring at me in shock.

''Know anyone else called Faith dumbass'' I retorted, with an irritated eye roll.

''Hey, take it easy Faith, geez'' he tutted.

I just rolled my eyes again, taking another puff of my cigarette, before sneakily looking over at him again as he continued to read.

His expression was odd, as he stood watching the video of me beating Summer to a bloody pulp in the middle of the ring, almost sad if you will.

With a heavy sigh, he flicked his cigarette to the ground and stood directly in front of me ''You were planning this all along weren't you?'' he said with a surprisingly cold face.

''Planning what?'' I asked confused.

''On getting revenge on Summer for what she did to Paige'' he said calmly ''you never forgave her for it, and you decided to make her pay'' he said looking at me through narrowed eyes ''was it you that beat her up that time too?''

His question caught me completely off guard.

''You...you've got it all wrong Seth. And no! I didn't attack Summer before...this was the first time.'' I said, protesting my innocence to him.

''Yeah right'' he sneered under his breath ''I guess I didn't realize you and Paige were so close'' he smirked ''I mean, the lengths you went to today to avenge to avenge her injury, man that's some friendship you guys have'' he said with blatant sarcasm. I stared at him bewildered...was Seth seriously judging me right now? I actually came to him because I knew he would be the one person on my side about all this.

He saw my expression change, and quickly tried to find some humor in the situation ''well, I guess I know who my new tag partner is gonna be'' he laughed.

''This is all one big joke to you isn't it!?'' I snapped, and flicked my cigarette to the ground before jumping back inside the car ''Just take me to the hotel Seth''

''Aww come on babe, I was just trying to make you laugh, look why don...-''

''TAKE ME BACK TO THE FRICKIN' HOTEL SETH!'' I yelled in rage.

''ALRIGHT!'' he yelled back, immediately getting in the car himself, and blasting his foot down hard on the pedal, driving continuously at top speed until we reached the hotel car park. I didn't even give him a chance to grab his gym bag, before I jumped out and stormed off.

''Hey! Hey Faith! Where are you going! Wait for me!'' he yelled running after me.

I made it up to my room, and stormed inside with Seth close behind. I was slightly nervous in case Roman may be there waiting or something, but thank god he wasn't. I turned as Seth came bounding into the room after me, all out of breath.

''My god girl, you can move'' he said, doubling over and panting hard.

''Close the door'' I instructed ''oh, and put the Do Not Disturb sign on the outside too''

''Please'' he smiled, trying to be cute.

''I'm not in the god damn mood Seth! Now just do it...please'' I said sarcastically, while grabbing my suitcase and flinging it on the bed, throwing all my things into it as quickly as possible.

He slammed it shut, then walked straight over to me, grabbing me up by my shoulders ''Faith! Stop ok! JUST STOP!'' he barked, looking in my eyes trying to reason with me.

I didn't need a fucking intervention right now, so I tried wriggling free of his grasp, because all I wanted to pack and get the hell outta there!

''What's going on Faith? Talk to me!'' he begged, his arms still gripped on my shoulders trying to stop me from running ''Where the hell are you even going? And why?'' he said more softly this time.

I couldn't stop the tears from falling again, and so I gave up the fight to try and struggle with him, and instead held my face in my hands where I began crying my eyes out.

''Oh Faith, aww babe come here'' he said, softly pulling me into a warm embrace and hugging me close to him.

''This is more than just Paige isn't it?''

I nodded.

''Roman?''

I nodded again. He then leaned down and looked at me with a sincere smile on his face, that was both the warmth, comfort and trust I needed right now ''babe I...I know I'm not the best candidate for a friend right now, but I'm a good listener, so you can tell me anything ok, I mean that'' he smiled, gently wiping the tears from my eyes with his hand, and smoothing back my hair with a kind smile on his face.

''Hold me...'' I whispered.

''Of course babe, come here, it's going to be ok...'' he said, looking genuinely worried for me as he took a step closer to embrace me in his arms, then in a flash his expression changed, as I reached up and slid my fingers round the back of Seth's strong neck, pulling him down to my level so I could kiss him...

My heart began pounding hard as I let my lips brush against his...

''Faith...'' he tried saying.

''Just shut up and kiss me Seth...'' I whispered, immediately pulling him close and crushing my lips to his. Just as quickly though, Seth pulled back and took my hands from around his neck.

''Not like this'' he said, shaking his head and looking down at the ground ''...and not anymore.''

''Are you freakin' kidding me right now?!'' I said, looking up at him in shock ''I thought this was what you always wanted?'' I frowned.

''It was...in a way it still is. But I...I can't. I'm sorry'' he said quietly.

''Unbelievable'' I said, shaking my head at him in disbelief.

''Look, I still don't know exactly what's going on here, but clearly you're doing this out of some sort of revenge for whatever's happened between you and Roman, and if you were ever going to be mine Faith, well then I would want you wholeheartedly, instead of a cheap player in your petty game of revenge.''

I stared at him stunned. Then I got angry ''Pft! You're just as bad as he is'' I hissed bitterly.

''Who Roman?'' he said, still unable to believe I could ever be this angry at him.

''Yes Roman, dumbass!'' I snapped.

''Why? What happened between you two anyway? And how come it's my shoulder your crying on right now, and not his?'' he said with a raised eyebrow.

Still scowling, I turned and began throwing more of my things into my suitcase ''You tell me champ, you were there'' I hissed.

He grabbed my arm again, and spun me round to face him ''Where? Faith what the hell are you talking about?!'' he demanded.

''For fuck sakes Seth, are you living in a freakin' bubble?! Roman's been having an affair with Summer Rae behind my back!!! There! Now you have it!'' I cried, and kicked my suitcase across the room in anger, before breaking down and crying even harder into my hands.

Just then, Seth let out the biggest laugh I had ever heard! And he continued to laugh so much that he was practically doubled over and going red in the face.

I stared at him shock ''What the hell's so funny huh?!'' I demanded, with my hands on my hips.

''What you just said'' he continued, laughing even louder.

''Goddammit Seth! Why are you laughing at me!'' I screamed in frustration.

His face turned serious, and he looked at me dead on ''Roman and Summer are not having an affair Faith. He would never do that to you. Neither would Summer...''

''Your serious right now aren't you?'' I said staring up at him.

He nodded.

''But...but Summer said....'' my voice trailed off, as I tried to remember exactly what I had heard Summer say earlier this afternoon.

''Go on...'' he said softly.

''This afternoon, when I came back from wardrobe, I...I was in the girls locker, and Summer came in, with uh, the Bella's I think, and um...well, I overheard her boasting to them about how she was in this real exclusive club last night called 'The Dark Room' with her mystery man. And she was boasting about how...'' I immediately held my hand to my throat in disgust, and took a deep breath before continuing on ''...about how he had fucked her good and hard in the gents! Oh god, I feel sick!'' I cried, shuddering at the image I'd concocted in my head of Roman that having rough sex with that Barbie slut enemy of mine ''...anyway, I know she was talking about Roman, be...because she told the Bella's that he has this sexy little tattoo of a wolf right next to his area you know, and well...that's exactly what Roman has!'' I cried to Seth ''it's a small tattoo of a wolf'' I sobbed between tears ''...and it has the words 'Hounds Of Justice' just below it'' I told him, this time crying uncontrollably into my hands.

''You mean this tattoo?''

I removed my hands slowly, and watched in an eerie stunned silence as Seth unbuckled his pants, and pulled them down just enough for me to see his tattoo. It was the exact replica of Romans, in the exact same place too.

My hands flew up to my mouth in shock! ''What's going on Seth?!'' I cried all confused.

''Me, Dean and Roman all have the same tattoo. We got it done when The Shield first started out. We thought it would be pretty cool I guess'' he shrugged casually.

I was too shocked to speak, all I could do was stare at him wide eyed!

''There's uh...there's something else too...I've...um...well I've been seeing Summer Rae for some time now'' he said, looking sheepishly down at his feet.

My mouth dropped to the floor ''What?!''

''Yeah...and judging by your expression right now, that's the reason I didn't want to tell you all. So, regarding what you heard Summer saying this morning...she um, well she was actually talking about me'' he said, with a bashful grin.

''You...you...you and Summer?'' I stammered.

''I guess we did a pretty good job at keeping it secret then'' he chuckled ''look, we wanted to tell you guys, we really did. But then she went and messed up that move on poor Paige, so I figured that wouldn't be a good time, and I didn't want you guys hating me more that you already did...or do'' he said, looking down at his feet again.

I began to feel dizzy with everything Seth was telling me, and so I went over and sat down on the bed. Seth immediately followed, and came and sat down with me ''How long?'' I asked, turning to him.

''For like the last few months now. She was actually there outside the club with all her friends...the night I left early remember? The night we nearly kissed. I had never thought that way about her before, but I was hurting, and she was kind and sweet to me...and, well, I guess things just escalated from there'' he said.

Oh...so that's why Seth's been behaving different recently...I thought. It kind of all made sense now.

''Do you love her?'' I asked.

''I think one day I could'' he smiled.

''If she makes you happy Seth, then...I'm happy for you'' I smiled back.

''Thank you Faith, that means a lot coming from you. I know Summer can run her mouth sometimes...ok all the time, but I can assure you she really is sorry about Paige what happened to Paige. She's young, and impressionable, and even though she comes across as mean, she's really not. I guess she was trying to impress the other Divas so to speak, get people to like her by being little miss drama queen. Stupid I know, but I'm hoping to make the right impression on her, get her to really understand and respect the business we're in, and her colleagues around her. I've even been giving her extra training in our spare time, helping her perfect her moves, and showing her some of the Cross Fit I'm into'' he smiled.

''She's lucky to have you Seth'' I said holding my hand on his, and looking at him warmly ''and if it's any constellation, I'm uh...well I'm sorry for the way I behaved today. I hope she's okay, and I hope were okay too'' I said, looking up at him nervously.

''Of course were okay babe, I could never hate you, you know that'' he smiled softly ''and don't worry about Summer, she's a tough girl, more than you know, she'll be fine'' he told me reassuringly.

We both sat in a comfortable silence, reflecting over all what happened to lead us to where we are now, and it was the first time ever that I felt completely and 100% comfortable being around Seth alone in his company. He wasn't at all the creepy irritating guy I had made him out to be, and I admired his heart for taking Summer under his wing and trying to better her in his image. It was sweet, and I had no reason to be mad at him anymore.

''Oh jeez Seth, what have I done?'' I said breaking the silence, as it slowly began to sink in that I had ruined my match at Wrestlemania for nothing. Stephanie was right, what the hell was I thinking?!

''Well, it all else fails, at least you can say you had a Wrestlemania moment'' he winked, trying not to put a damper on things.

''Not funny'' I said, punching him playfully on the arm.

Seth put the same arm around me, and held me close, then kissed the top of my forehead and rocked me comfortingly in his arms ''I got suspended you know'' I said looking up at him.

''I figured as much. With something like that there's no way in hell Stephanie would let you get away unscathed'' he chuckled ''but look on the bright side babe, she could easily have fired you, which she didn't'' he reminded me ''you still have your job, and we still have you'' he smiled.

''She may not have fired me, but she fined me with a hefty $10,000 dollars'' I sighed.

''Woa!!! Damn! That's is pretty hefty!'' he gasped ''I'm guessing it's that high because you chose to exact your revenge at Wrestlemania. Next time go for Battleground or Extreme Rules or something, that way people might actually think it's part of the show'' he teased, and I hit his arm playfully again.

''In all seriousness though babe, I'm really so sorry what happened to you. But hey, at least now you and Roman can mak-''

''OH MY GOD! ROMAN!!!'' I cried, suddenly jumping to my feet in panic, remembering he was the only true innocent party in all of this tangle mess ''Oh god Seth, I have to find him!''

I may have nearly lost my career today, but losing the love of my life was not an option.

Seth watched as I quickly grabbed my bag, and ran out of the hotel at top speed!

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