ROMAN REIGNS AND PAIGE;
MONDAY NIGHT RAW!  PART TWO
REQUESTED BY AaliyahJohnson277

After some brief moments of scanning the crowd, eventually Aaliyah managed to obtain a seat near the stairs which she thought of as a quick escape plan, and it was as close to the ring as possible without getting noticed by the security guards. Each one of them wouldn't find it difficult to recognize a face as unique as hers was, aside from the parts that could potentially resemble her father, the parts that Paige clearly didn't have, her face was nearly identical to her mother's. Aaliyah knew that security would specifically keep an eye out per her mother's request.

She knew that the particular seat was inevitable occupied by someone who was probably just using the washroom, but it wouldn't hurt to sit there for just a little bit longer. How could someone just leave during the best match of the night, she questioned, quickly sending all of her attention to the middle of the ring where Roman Reigns joined Seth Rollins. The person next to her shot her a confused glance, raising their eyebrow, but wasn't too bothered by it.

With a Samoan Drop from the Universal Champion, Seth Rollins laid sprawled out in the centre of the canvas with Roman Reigns readying himself in the corner for his beloved finishing maneuver. As Aaliyah was finding her place within the audience, Roman had ran down the ramp and didn't waste any time, attacking Seth before their match had started. Since she's sat down, the bell rang and the crowd went crazy.

     There burned a fire underneath Reign's feet that wasn't allowing him to stand still. With the crowd split down the middle, confused as to whether cheer or to boo, the arena was only fuelling the flames.

The match went underway and Aaliyah couldn't contain her joy. No other feeling could compare to watching a live wrestling match for her. The excitement and the adrenaline were all too much for her to handle, but she couldn't get enough of it. Her legs anxiously bounced up and down and she couldn't keep her hands still. "Um- excuse me, sweetheart?" A gentle tap came from her right shoulder, nearly startled the little one to death. The woman beside her had turned to face her, it was quick for Aaliyah to assume that the person sitting in the spot she had taken was clearly back from the washroom.

"Hm?" Aaliyah shifted her eyes from the match to the woman simultaneously, attempting to stay involved with the match. Brushing loose strands of her hair out of her face and behind her ear, she moved to her left to see a man standing above her waiting for her to move. "Oh- I'm sorry!" The little girl jumped out of her seat in a split second fear of being thrown out of the arena, "I-"

The elder man grinned widely and shook his head from side to side, "There's no need! Did you lose your parents?" Aaliyah noticed the assortment of letters that were visible on his tee shirt, but wasn't able to see the remaining because of his jacket. He was a Roman fan, just like her.

"Ah- um, yes, I did." Aaliyah quickly scattered out of the seat, "I'm going to go look further down that way." She pointed down the staircase leading closer to the ring. The old couple smiled at the young girl and waved to her as she appeared to shrink the further down the steps she went.

At this point, the closer she got to the ring, the more she couldn't resist. She was sure that she had already turned some heads, security guards in particular.

     Backstage, in the women's locker room stormed a mother in serious outrage, followed closely behind by one of her friends who had decided to help her out. "Where the hell is that bloody child?" Paige cursing, wanting to tear every strand of hair out of her own head and then her daughter's. Aaliyah wasn't one to cause too much trouble, but when she did, it was hellfire.

     Frantically searching behind her was Nia Jax, "Paige, you need to calm down! She couldn't have gone far." She shouted over the whistling spitting out of the Brits ear like a kettle. Her hands reached out to comfort the woman, but there was no use.

     "She got far enough from catering to have me worrying, Nia." Paige threw her arms down to her sides aggressively, "So if you're not here to help, the door is over there."

     "You need to calm down-"

     "I am calm!" She hissed, on her tip toes, in Nia's face, fire blurring her vision. She hadn't the need for the extra inches that she added onto her height, she knew that she was just as tall as Nia and even taller in heels. It wasn't in anyone's best interest to continue to tick Paige off when she is already on edge.

     She tore her way through the backstage area, searching high and low for an sign of her daughter who was about to get an ass whupping. She asked a few of the wrestlers that were still in hair and makeup, lights and tech personnel, no one had any clue where her daughter had run off too. The last person that Paige planned to intimidate was the security guard who stood watch near catering.

     The guard who had been standing closest to the barricade where Aaliyah stood anxiously awaiting Reign's next move, slowly began to shuffle closer to her without causing any suspicion. He was tall and his shoulders were broad, they resembled boulders as large as the little girl's head.

     From a first glance, you would think that if you stepped out of line at an event that he would drop you straight, then and there, but when in reality, he's the biggest teddy bear around. He's almost the same size as Big E is - another good friend of Paige's - same height, same build. Aaliyah likes to claim that they could be twins if they tried, all Harry would have to do is shave his beard. He was close to all of the wrestlers backstage and has been with the business for quite some year now, so recognizing Paige's only child wasn't too difficult. "Hey- uh, I seem to have found a stowaway." He spoke into his walkie-talkie.

     Paige stopped dead in her tracks. Casting the most terrifying glance that the man on the receiving end of the call had ever seen. "Paige's little girl, Aaliyah. Is she allowed out here?" The radio rattled within the security-guard-from- catering's grasp as he followed Paige's evil eyes as she approached him.

     Snatching from his hands without hesitation, Paige brought the device close to her lips and held down the button to speak, "She is not allowed out there." Her accent thick with determination, "It would be incredibly helpful if you were bring her to me, Harry. She's about to get an earful."

     Aaliyah's eyes were wide with excitement as she watched Roman and Seth have at it within the middle of the ring. She cheered alongside the other members in the audience and pumped her fist in the air. For a brief moment, she swore Reigns looked her directly in the eyes. For just a few seconds, she watched as his eyes met hers and he smiled back at her. Her hero just made eye contact with her and she couldn't comprehend how function.

"Aaliyah!" The big man shouted over the roaring fans, maneuvering his way over, attempting not to step in spilled soda or popcorn. "Your mum is looking for you." He held up the walkie-talkie and shook it within his hands it for emphasis. "She doesn't sound too impressed."

"Oh Harry!" The little girl cried. "Please, just until the end of the match."

The man shook his head and placed a hand on her shoulder, "No can do, kiddo. We gotta go." The little girl complained the entire way up the long staircase, with the occasional glance over the shoulder to take one last peek at the match. By the time the pair reached Paige, Aaliyah stared straight past her mother's furious glare to the tv screen behind her presenting Reigns standing tall with a victory to rub in Rollins' face next week.

     "You've a' lot of explaining to do," Paige gently grabbed ahold of her daughter's face, turning it away from Monday Night Raw and towards hers so that way they could meet eye to eye. "So start talking." She stepped back and crossed her arms right across her chest.

     The kid shrugged her shoulders and shoved her hands deep into her pockets, her knuckles rubbing up against the little dust bunnies that gathered within, "I just wanted to watch the match."

     "And you could have done that from back here, Aaliyah!" The English woman scowled her daughter. "You had me on a wild goose chase just to find you! Don't you ever run off a again." It was a serious threat, Aaliyah knew there would be repercussions if she ever tried to do something of the sort again. "I swear, you nearly gave me a heart attack."

"I'm sorry, mum."

"Yeah yeah. I know, I know." Paige places a hand behind her daughter's head and drew her into her chest, wrapping her arms around her little frame and giving a tight squeeze.

As the mother/daughter duo made up, all of the attention in catering turned to the man who entered the room.

Breathing heavy, with gel dripping from his hair, Roman Reigns wore the title upon his shoulder as he brushed by everyone he didn't care to talk to. He had unfinished business and he had put it off long enough. Paige bit down at her bottom lip, knowing exactly what he was coming for.

"Paige," Aaliyah's jaw had dropped to the floor as she watched her hero approach her mother in a hurried manner, "May I have a word?" He wasn't impressed to say the least. Aaliyah had absolutely no idea why he would want to speak with Paige so urgently as he did, but she didn't care. Roman Reigns was standing right in front of her and she felt like she was going to faint.

Paige's eyebrows furrowed together and worry quickly plastered her face as the man she once was the closest to took to her arm and directed her down an empty hallway. Everything over the past eleven years that the inaugural NXT Women's Champion had prepared in her mind to say to him had disappeared and a lifetime of guilt was suddenly thrown upon her shoulders. "What do you bloody want?"

"That little girl in there," Roman pointed behind him, referring to Aaliyah, "that's your daughter?" He had never met the young child, but when he eyed her out in the crowd, he felt as if he had before. Reigns removed a hair elastic from his wrist and began to tie everything back, in order to look his ex in the eye. His heart was racing a mile a minute, coming to a realization that Paige may have left out a few things when it came to their breakup.

Paige crossed her arms over her chest and held her head high, attempting not to showcase how truly nervous she was, "Yeah. What's it to ya?"

"Your girl was standing front row for my match," he held a finger to his chest, "and you know I've never met her in my life, but she stood out more than anyone else in that crowd."

"And why's that?" Paige shot back, not wanting to have this conversation. She knew it was coming, but she wasn't expecting it to come so soon.

     "She has my eyes." Roman began, taking a deep breath as he paced back and forth, "And she's got your nose." By now, everyone who had been present in the neighbouring hallway - Aaliyah, Nia, Harry, and the rest of the remaining superstars - had all been listening in. "Don't tell me..."

     Paige used the palms on her hands to rub deep into her eyes and down her cheeks, she hasn't ever felt so helpless knowing that she let someone down. "Roman..." Someone really important to her down.

     He gasped quietly under his breath, "So what you're telling me is that for all this time..." Paige's eyes glazed over, "All this time?" Roman's voice cracked slightly. "I would have helped you raise her. I would have been by your side every step of the way."

     "Wait- what?" Aaliyah spoke up, pushing her way past everyone who stood in front of her, no matter how strong or who they were, "Mum?"

     Paige shut her eyes tight and shook her head back and forth, not believing what was happening before her. "I wanted to tell you, I did... but after everything that went down between us..." Paige chewed at the inside of her cheek, she couldn't allow herself to breakdown in front of half of the roster, "It was best that I didn't tell you, and you know that."

Roman did know that. "Yeah. I get it. I just wish you would have." The two hadn't wanted their relationship to end the way it did, but it was too late now to mend things the way they should have in the first place. Paige decided not to tell Roman because she was afraid of what he would have to say. It was a stupid mistake and she knew that she would never do such a thing again. She apologized for keeping their daughter hidden, it was the least she could do. "I think I can forgive you." After all these years, he still loves her enough to joke around, forgive her mistakes and apologize for his own.

Aaliyah didn't have much time to process what was happening, but she caught the information that she needed to know. She couldn't believe everything that was being thrown at her. "Roman Reigns is my Dad? Are you serious?" The group all standing about laughed as the child lit up with happiness. "I've never had a Dad. There's so much we need to talk about and so many things we have to do!"

     The Big Dog smiled sympathetically, noticing his brother's presence in the background. He crouched down beside Aaliyah, "But you have had Seth. He looks out for you, you know." The little girl turned her neck to see her mother's husband standing behind a few of her favourite people in the world. "He cares for you. He may not know how to show it, but it's true."

     "He told you that himself?" Aaliyah crossed her arms like her mother and pouted.

     Roman nodded his head, "And he meant every word." The Champ's daughter wrapped her little arms around him, squeezing him as tight as she possibly could. Seth may not speak to her much at all, but it still meant a lot to her knowing that he did pay attention to her when she asked for suggestions about her dress-up options, what nail polish she should use, and other things that meant very little to her but meant a lot for him.

"Thank you," Paige crouched down next to her ex and rested an arm across his back, "Thank you for understanding, Roman. You've always been such an amazing person." She smiled, and the two hugged for the first time in eleven years.

ミ☆ AUTHOR'S NOTE
I finally did it! I told you AaliyahJohnson277 I would have this finished eventually, one way or another, and here I am! I did it and I couldn't be more proud of myself.

I had ran completely out of ideas for any type of potential stories that came about, nothing seemed to fit the theme of what you asked for. But today I found myself a motivation that I hadn't felt for a while and I was surrounded by wrestling all day, Money in the Bank, I got inspired.

I really hope that you enjoyed this little two parter and that it fit your fancy the way that you originally wished. I'm really proud of the final outcome. I've had a great day and this is a great way to end it.

And as for everyone else, feel free to request preferences and imagines of your own! I could always use more ideas! I believe I only have one more other request to follow through and then I'm all out. So please, help a girl out!

I really hope that you all did genuinely enjoy the chapter. Thank you for waiting so long! xx