"The best people
all have some
kind of scar."

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I felt myself being gently nudged and slowly opened my eyes before I stared into chocolate brown eyes who stared blankly back at me as he was crouched in front of me.

"There's room service and I got your shit from the car." He said as he stood up again, allowing me to see the tattoos on his leg.

"Okay..." I frowned and slowly sat up, confused as to what I did to deserve the act of him ordering in.

I then noticed he had a t-shirt on and his beanie before reaching for a hoodie to slip over.

"You're not joining me?" I cleared my throat as I stared over at the tray.

"Why would I?"

"I mean we are travelling buddies" I raised my thumbs with a lazy smile feeling really foggy but well rested at the same time.

He shook his head, "I ate already"

"Okay then, where are you going?"

He frowned and I wasn't sure why I was questioning the guy but hey he knew I was meant to "keep him on a leash" so that entailed knowing his whereabouts, "I mean just in case someone comes looking for you"

"Er have to get some laundry done." I thought I saw him blush a bit but it couldn't have been..

"Okay. Uhm are you okay?" I questioned but he ignored me as he lift the bag into his hand.

I didn't bother making another effort knowing I had quite a few meetings before heading to the arena. So I dug into my breakfast as I heard the door close, of course not even a goodbye and saw I was wearing a white t-shirt of his because I was drowning in it but I was sure I had on a different one last night.

Whatever.

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"And now Jon wants Nattie out" Nikki sighed.

"Well he can't, we're assigned travelling buddies and Dean has his" I laughed as I lift my weights, breathing steadily.

"This is my boyfriend we are talking about and him rooming with my ex is not his idea of fun"

"I know but at least he is stuck with a friend, well kinda friend" I laughed and shook my head.

"Oh yes unlike you and your wolf"

I smiled as I set my weights down and stretched a bit.

"Oh don't let him hear you say that. He pretty much said he would have preferred any other woman than me. I don't blame him, I am known to give guys a headache but I don't even talk that much around him. He talks more to me on Talking Smack than in the car."

"Maybe he feels more comfortable around you in character cause that's all you have ever seen when close to him."

"See its so bad, that you're the one giving me mindful advice!" I teased.

"Wow, if you weren't one of my best friends I would dirty deeds you right now" She narrowed her eyes at me, sizing me up.

"Er.."

"Yeah that left a lot to the imagination. Headlock it is" I heard her as I went to pick up my bottled water.

"Nicole don't !" It was too late she had me in but I slid my foot between us and then tripped her causing both of us to fall but it got me free.

We giggled for a bit, probably annoying quite a few of the superstars preparing for a live event before we decided we were sick of it.

"I just think you should continue to be your bubbly self whether it annoys him or not. You should see it as a game, the more he squirms, the better. Please don't care what he thinks..."

"What?" I turned my head and focused on her instead of the grey ceiling.

"You're going to be around him a lot and its only the second week and you're concerned. He is not your friend so you shouldn't care whether he talks to you. Its not your fault you are stuck in a situation with the guy who pretty much only gives you the time of day if you knew him in NXT."

I sighed knowing I probably already did care but how could I have agreed to be 'stuck' with him if I didn't. I could have let Vince suspend him for attacking superstars during matches to get noticed while Shane and Bryan had to pretend like it was all planned. But that's what Smackdown was mainly about, a place for everyone, whether they had issues or not and he certainly had them.

"Maybe he's just misunderstood" I sighed having heard Corey mention how he wasn't exactly Mr Popular behind the scenes in NXT and not much seemed to have changed, but something told me that's what he liked.

"Reeeeeeeneeeeee!" She groaned and ran her hands over her face. "Don't do this again!"

"Do what?" Times like these I certainly knew why she called the lunatic her boyfriend. Both could be quite dramatic...

"Think you can get through to someone, remember what happened the last time?"

I sighed.

"I'm not doing anything Nicole and that situation couldn't have been more different."

I pointed out despite not wanting to really drift back to the past.

"Maybe you should just be a bitch because your personality just attracts the wrong suitors"

"I wish there was something besides a dumbbell beside me to throw you with. I'm not going to change who I am. I treat people how they treat me and I will try to be civil to him until he needs to be handled in a more bitchy manner, then the claws have to come out."

"Well maybe you should head to the treadmills and see how civil things are"

I frowned and saw him talking with one of the trainers before heading there.

"Yeah cause my sweaty body is going to make him want to talk to me." I frowned at my own words cause I certainly didn't care about it, I had pranced around in my underwear in front of him.

"Its okay to not befriend everyone, Renee" She shrugged giving me a way out when she knew me too well.

"I know but my feet are leading me that way. Wish me luck!"

I heard her giggling before I grabbed my headphones and placed it on as I moved onto the treadmill.

"Hi there, Roomie!" I smiled as I took them off.

He gave me a nod and I turned on the treadmill so that I was facing him.

"You're going to hurt yourself."

"And it still wouldn't hurt as much as being dissed by you" I blurted out.

"What?"

"What?" I scrunched up my face and turned away not sure where that came from when I was meant not to hold grudges.

I guess the thing with building friendly relationships with everyone was that when one person seemed to not like you or judged you for being that way it got to you.

"When did I diss you?"

"Can't hear." I shrugged wishing I had just kept my mouth shut.

I saw him move off and sighed with relief but yelped as I felt two hands on my waist and me being lifted in the air before set down in front of him.

"That is not okay to do to someone" I glared and hated myself for it because I, bubbly freaking blonde, did not glare at anyone.

"I could have ripped those headphones off but I didn't." He shrugged. "You disturbed my work out so what diss are you talking about?"

I glanced around as his voice was a bit loud which caused him to as well. "What?" He snapped and then focused on me.

"When you asked why me and not any other woman" I whispered moving closer to him.

"That was not a diss. " he shook his head and walked over to the treadmill but I quickly moved in front of him.

"So what was it?"

"A question"

"Because you preferred someone other to me"

He frowned finally showing some emotion.

"I didn't say that. I'd rather have you than anyone else, I just wasn't sure why you would agree to it to be with me. But then I remembered you're a YES person"

"A YES person?" I laughed slightly but knew it was meant to offend me.

"Yeah."

"Because I like to do my job?"

He ran his hand over his face and let out a frustrated sigh before circling his arm around me, lifting me up to his eye level, making me yelp yet again but also freeze a bit.

"We can talk tonight okay? I really don't like my work out being interrupted or being confronted about shit in a place full of people."

I frowned as he set me down and walked over to the treadmill not waiting for me to agree.

I sighed and turned on my heel to leave him in peace because I wasn't even sure why exactly I approached him. I searched for my best friend, but luckily she was nowhere to be found. If she had seen that she would have definitely been lecturing me about setting up personal space boundaries.

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I know it's going a bit slow but hopefully you are still enjoying. Things will be picking up within the next few chapters and I am updating everyday this week. 😘