Monroe took a deep breath before getting out of her car. It had been a long month away from work. Not long at all for most people but for her it had been long. When she woke up in the hospital after the accident, she wasn't even sure she would ever return.
It had felt like a joke considering her line of work. She took nasty bumps every night and not once had she gotten injured inside the ring over the many years she had been doing this. Not on the indie scenes, not in WWE. It was a car accident that had benched her for a month. Someone ran a red light and slammed directly into her. On her day off of all days too.
Her mind had shut down and protected her. She had been in a coma the first two days. The doctors were amazed that nothing was broken but no one knew where her mind would be once she woke up. Again they had been amazed when she did wake up and all she had was a concussion. WWE had demanded she took an entire month off to make sure she healed up and rested.
It was within that month she had learned some pleasant and unpleasant things about certain people within the company. The guy she had been dating, people she considered friends and someone from an unknown front. There were faces she was looking forward to see again and faces she never wanted to be near again.
"Monroe!" A happy voice sounded.
She moved her eyes to the arena door. Baron stood there smiling at her. She smiled back and walked over to him. He had been the unknown front while she was out. Sure, they had talked here and there before that but he had surprised her completely. When she woke up in the hospital, someone had already sent flowers. She was surprised to find Baron's name on them.
"Hi, Baron," she hugged him. "How are you?"
"How am I? How are you, sunshine?" He chuckled. "It's so good to have you back."
He held the door for her as she entered. Along with Baron's name on the card of the flowers was his phone number. She had called him first thing to thank him. One call had led to many more. They had many late night talks way into the early morning hours that month she was out. He was there when someone else wasn't. Someone she was supposed to be dating.
"I'm really good," she assured him. "I can't wait to get back in that ring."
"You'll get a huge pop. They haven't forgotten about you already," he said.
"They better not," she said.
"Corey and I are going out for a drink later. Carmella too since they're together now. Do you wanna come?" He asked.
She looked down the hall and her eyes met Seth's. He stood there, watching them from afar. She needed to talk to him.
"I would love to, Baron," she said. "Excuse me. I need to see other people. We'll catch up later."
She walked towards Seth who's smile grew the closer she got. She stopped in front of him. He took in the platinum blonde with the pale, green eyes. Now that he saw her again, he realized just how much he had missed her. He placed a hand on her arm and leaned in for a kiss.
"Wow!" She ducked him. "I don't think so."
"What? I can't kiss my girlfriend now?" He asked.
"Girlfriend? Really?" She crossed her arms. "Where were you the last month? Not a phone call or even a text."
"I thought you needed time," he said.
"I needed someone who was there for me," she said.
"Sorry," he said.
He leaned in for another kiss and once again she ducked out of the way.
"Stop embarrassing me," he said.
"Stop embarrasing yourself. I'm clearly not interested," she said.
"Really? You're breaking up with me right here in front of everyone?" He asked.
"I don't think we dated long enough to even call this a relationship," she said.
"I got news for you, Monroe!" He raised his voice. "No one breaks up with Seth freaking Rollins! I'm breaking up with you!"
"If you say so," she shrugged. "Whatever makes you feel better about it. I gotta go. Hunter wants to see me. Good luck and all."
"Bitch!" He growled.
Baron had watched it all from afar. To be fair so had most people. Seth hadn't exactly been quiet in his little outburst. Baron bit his lip to stop his laughter from getting out. Seth looked at him and frowned.
"Can I help you with something, Corbin?" He yelled.
"No, no!" Baron yelled back. "I think you're doing a wonderful job at making an ass out of yourself all on your own!"
"Fuck off, Corbin!" Seth snarled. "You have no idea what that was about! Everything's fine between us! Couples fight, alright?"
Seth stomped off and Baron finally let his laughter out. If Seth only knew how much Baron knew about the whole thing. Monroe and Baron had been talking for a month and she had told him everything. At first she was sad that Seth never reached out to her but it quickly turned into something else. She moved on. She went from sad to non-caring to happy. Baron was there all the way for the transformation. Seth was the only one hurting in this moment and he only had himself to thank for that.