Roman walked into the NXT locker room, and all eye were on him. His gorgeous raven hair was tied in a bun, and he was dressed to impress. His dark sunglasses made it difficult to tell what he was looking at. He sat his bag on the bench as everyone spoke in whispers.
"Who's the new guy?"
"Who is he?"
"I heard he played in the NFL."
Dean Ambrose rolled his eyes as he finished tying his boots. He honestly felt like the guys here were stupid, and half of the FCW guys that were sacked deserved to be here more than these pricks.
Dean's opponent tonight and best friend,Seth Rollins, sat on the bench next to him. Dean could feel the anxiousness dripping from him.
"What is it Seth?"
"Did you see the new guy?"
Dean thought Seth sounded very giddy, in a very creepy way. "Yeah, he's a douche. And?"
".. I thought he seemed cool."
"Cool? Go over and introduce yourself then."
Seth mentally slapped himself for saying anything to Dean. Dean always had to prove his "point". He walked over to Roman.
"Hey."
The new guy turned and asked, "Who are you?"
Dean fumed at how ignorant this new guy was. Luckily there weren't many wrestlers in the locker room, because Dean had a feeling Seth was about to get owned.
"O-oh." He chuckled nervously. "I'm Seth. Seth Rollins."
He extended his hand and smiled. "I'm Roman Reigns."
Seth blabbered until only Dean remained in the locker room. Roman clearly wasn't listening, but he chatted on.
Roman said, "Y'know, you're pretty for a guy."
Seth smiled and tried to reply, but nothing came out. Dean had enough.
"Seth! Snap outta it. We need to go warm up before our match." He pulled Seth away from Roman, and they left the locker room.
After yet another good match, Seth and Dean entered the locker room. Seth went on and on about the match. A lot like a hyper child, Dean mused.
"Did you hear the crowd out there? They were so into it! I was so into it. Wrestling makes me feel-"
"Alrighty, Seth. I get it. Take it down two notches."
Seth giggled, "I'm sorry."
Roman came over and started flirting with Seth again. Dean suddenly felt sick to his stomach. He went out to the parking lot.
Seth crawled into the passenger seat and said, "Sorry for taking so long."
Dean muttered, "Whatever."
Seth felt the undeniable tension as Dean drove as fast as possible to the hotel. He asked, "Is everything alright, Dean? Do you wanna talk?"
Dean exhaled, making an audible noise. Seth fumbled with his jacket until the car stopped. Dean slammed the door after grabbing his bags and stormed into the hotel. Seth sighed and followed the older wrestler to their hotel room.
Dean threw himself onto the bed and Seth crawled into his own bed. Seth sat his glasses on the nightstand and said "Sorry.."
Before Dean could respond, Seth flickered off the lamp near his bed. Dean did the same and drifted off to sleep.
The next morning Roman woke up early to get a quick workout in at the hotel's gym. What he didn't expect to see, was Dean Ambrose.
Roman tried to head across the gym, but Dean spotted him. Soon Dean was infront of his treadmill.
Dean asked, "What do you want Seth?"
"Why do you care?"
Dean took a deep breath and growled, "You smug asshole. Stay the hell away from him." Dean stormed towards the exit, forgetting about his workout.
Roman smirked, "Or else?"
Dean turned around to see the smug look on his face. Dean charged and tackled Roman to the floor. Dean and Roman rolled around and threw wild punches at each other. Roman shoved Dean away and got to his feet, completely winded.
"You crazy bastard.." He headed towards the showers. Dean struggled to his feet and followed. He shoved Roman into the shower wall, and said,
"I fucking mean it. You stay away from Seth. I won't let you hurt him."
Roman said, "Are you actually scared for Seth, or do you want some of this too?" Roman kissed Dean, not caring about his reaction.
Dean scoffed, "Fucking slut. Now you really don't stand a chance with Seth." He shoved Roman off of him and walked away.
Taylor entered Hunter's office and took a seat across from Stephanie and Shane. The table was full of people with high status in WWE. Taylor guessed this was the true Authority.
She got a call from Hunter last week, and he asked to meet her in person for a tryout. Fast forward and she was now in a meeting with The Authority.
Stephanie said, "Thanks for coming Miss Camerra. We are all busy people and we'd like to keep this meeting short and to the point. We want to sign you to NXT and if things go well, you'll be on the main roster before the year is over."
After handling the business aspect, Hunter thought it would be a good idea to set a buddy system.
"Taylor, this is Seth Rollins. He's a great guy, really. He'll show you the ropes and train you for your debut."
Taylor and Seth shook hands and headed towards catering. Seth explained, "Its the most important area in the whole arena. If you have to find someone, check the catering area."
Taylor stopped and gazed into the room. It was full of wrestlers, both active and inactive.
Seth asked, "Is everything okay?"
"There are so many people.."
Seth smiled and held her hand. "Don't worry. I was once like you, jittery and anxious. There is nothing to worry about. I promise."
After the Show
Seth showed Taylor the way to the locker rooms. "The male locker room is right down the hall from the women's locker room, so I'm never far away. I want you to meet someone."
They went out to the parking lot where Dean was leaning against the car. "What took so long?" He smirked at Taylor, "Who are you?"
Seth nudged him. "She's Taylor and she is rooming with us."
At the hotel, Dean got the keys to their new room and they went upstairs. In the hall, Seth's phone starts to ring. He headed away from Taylor and Dean.
"Hello?"
"Hey. Where were you tonight? Thought we were going out.."
"I'm sorry, Roman. Hunter wanted me to show a new wrestler around and stuff."
"You can make it up to me by coming to lunch with me.."
"Uh, yeah. Sure! Just text me I have to go. Bye!"
Seth rushed back into the hotel room where Dean was bickering with Taylor.
Dean said, "Seth, tell her she DOES NOT get to have the biggest room."
Taylor sighed, "Does it matter?"
Seth led Taylor into the room and glared at Dean. "Just ignore him, Taylor. He loves to brat about silly things. I'll see you in the morning."
Seth shut the door and asked Dean, "What's your problem?"
Dean followed Seth into their room and shut the door. "I don't want her here. She's invading our privacy!"
Seth sighed, "Dean..."
"No." He flopped on the bed and folded his arms.
"Why don't you like her?"
"She has a strange accent. What accent is that? French? She sounds like Julia Child."
Seth rolled his eyes. "Leave it to Dean Ambrose to be rude.."
