Three men sat down at a table in a catering area set up backstage u =n the arena. THese three men were WWE superstars more commonly known as Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns, and Seth Rollins. But just sitting together before the show eating some salads and sandwiches, they were Jon Good, Joe Anoa'i, and Colby Lopez.
"So, you're not on the shows with us this weekend?" Joe said to Colby as he picked through his salad.
"No, not this weekend. I have to go home."
"Ah, the couch city," Jon jokingly said eating his sandwich.
"I wish. I have to go home, home. Like podunk farmville home." Colby corrected with a snort.
"Why? You never really go back there since your mom moved."
"I know." Colby said taking a bite of his food. "Every year their big thing is the strawberry festival. And this year they're opening some time capsule from forever ago. And since I got out of there and became someone I look like a good face for the town so they contacted me and asked me to be there for it and open it with the mayor."
Joe laughed, knowing how much he disliked the area. "And you said yes?"
"What was I supposed to say? You know how Paul and Steph are with charitable things and good publicity. If they had gone straight to them they would have made me do it anyway." Colby defended.
"But you don't care." Jon stated.
"I know. The small town farming life was never for me. I got out of there as soon as I could and moved to the city."
"So why are you really going?" Jon asked.
"I just told you."
"Bull. If you really dislike it there that much, you wouldn't have answered and just hoped that they didn't contact corporate and they wouldn't have ever heard about it. So either you actually do like your little city, or there's something else behind it."
Unfortunately for Colby, spending most of your time on the road and in hotel rooms together, these people can end up knowing you better than you know yourself.
"Why won't you just believe that it's part of the job and I wanted to make myself look like a good guy by going to them first?"
"Because you hate the smell of manure and getting dirt on your clothes which is why you left."
Colby thought for a moment. "Okay, fair point."
"And, usually you'd be dreading going. But actually, you don't seem bothered by it at all." Joe added on.
"I haven't been there in a while. It might be nice to see some old faces." He admitted, picking through his salad.
"Oh, there it is! You got some old girlfriend back home you plan on running into?" Jon chirpped up.
"No, nothing like that."
Jon and Joe just looked at each other confused.
"Look, it's a really big event for the area and I'm hoping an old best friend will show up that I Haven't seen since tenth grade, okay?" Colby finally stated.
"Geez man. I know it's a small town, but they've probably got cell phones by now. You can probably just give them a call." Jon laughed.
Colby chuckled. "I would if I could."
"Why can't you?" Joe asked.
"Do you guys really wanna know?"
Joe nodded.
"At first I was just busting your balls.. But now I'm kind of interested." Jon answered leaning in.
"Okay. Early in middle school, I was kind of the weird kid out. I wasn't into playing football or learning about farming or anything like that. I didn't have a whole lot of people in my life. Then this new family moved in. That was kind of a big deal. It made their kid the odd one out. So I started talking to her so she wouldn't be alone on the walks to and from school. We found out we had a lot in common and ended up spending a lot of time together, Even as we grew and eventually got into stuff and got some more friends, we were still best friends. At the end of tenth grade, I got into wrestling more so was practicing so I wasn't around as much. And then I assumed she was busy doing her own thing. Once school started up I tried to find her, but couldn't. I looked all over for a week before finally asking the principal what happened to her. All I was told was their family moved. And that was it. I never saw her again. I've tried to find her but have never been able to." He explained. "Back then we were all each other had. It created a strong bond between us that I honestly thought would always be there/
"Woah man. That's deep." Jon said with
"I know. The only one who's in my life now who knew her is my mom. And she doesn't know what happened to her either."
"Maybe it's witness protection."
Joe and Colby just looked at each other, then at Jon like he was an idiot.
"What? Makes perfect sense. Comes into a small town with only a few hundred people. Stays for a few years. Then poof! SHe's just gone. And you could never find her!"
"You're a dumbass you know that?" Joe stated.
"Think about it! A small town where everyone knows everyone and everything but no one knows what happend!"
"I'm sure someone knows what happened. It just didn't dawn on me to sit on a curb and listen to a bunch of middle aged women gossip. I just went on expecting her to eventually call or write, but she never did. I'd like to know why."
There was a sad silence in the air for a few moments.
"Aliens." Jon finally said, breaking the silence sitting back into his chair.
"You aren't helping." Joe said trying to be sympathetic.
Colby nervously laughed. "He's actually brought up two very probably explanations."
"Really?" Joe doubted while now turning to him. "Aliens is probable?"
"Out there it is. Do you know how many people out there in farms come forward saying they've been abducted every year?"
"I can't believe I associate with you two." Joe shook his head as he went to get up from the table.
