I thought it was horrible that someone could do something like that to another human being, I knew he had obviously done something wrong but no one deserved to be outed like that. I was just a normal fan of the WWE and Seth Rollins had always been a favourite of mine. I had googled him more than once. I followed him on his Facebook and Instagram pages and avidly watched WWE Monday Night Raw.
I was horrified when my friend tagged me in a post that linked me to an article about the whole situation and had decided that maybe a letter that he would never read would make me feel better. I was convinced that he would never see it but the thought of him reading it and possibly smiling and feeling a little better made write it.
Dear Colby,
I'm sure you get a lot of fan mail or in recent times hate mail... but I just wanted to write to you and tell you how sorry I am that those horrible things happened to you. I think it's awful that it was posted on online and I really hope that you're all right.
I would be mortified if something like that happened to me... I don't even know what to say. I know you probably won't ever read this but just in case you do get a chance, I want you to know that I'm thinking of you. This is totally weird but if you ever need to talk to someone, get everything off your chest or anything. Maybe you could call me?
And just so you know, you're my favourite wrestler.
Rubie
I signed my name and left my phone number under it and folded it up and slipped it in to an envelope while grabbing my keys and my bag so I could head to work. I stopped by the post office around the corner from my home and posted the letter and then went to work.
I waited weeks before I finally gave up on a reply, the whole incident had blown over at the WWE and Seth was still flying high on WWE TV, I still watched religiously and I still cheered for him in my living room even though he was a heel.
My studies were done for the year which was great because now I had two weeks of full time work and then I was off on vacation for the next month. I had worked my butt off all year to finish my exams and essays while working three full days a week as a nanny, it was hard but it was so worth it.
I packed my bag and headed to the car stopping when I heard my message tone go off. I almost dropped the phone when I read it, it was from a number that I didn't recognise but the message made me freeze.
Hey Rubie, I got your letter and I really appreciate it. I've been tossing up whether or not to message you for two weeks now... Thanks for your support! It means a lot. If this is still your number could you reply? I'd really like to give you a call so we can chat :) - Colby
I stood there dumbfounded, had my wrestling idol read the letter that I sent to him? God it had been weeks, months even since I sent it I had almost forgot what I had put in the message. I managed to make my feet move and I got in the car without taking my eyes off the message on my phone. I re-read it twine just to make sure that I'm not seeing things, I'm definitely not seeing things. That is a message from Seth Rollins or maybe someone pretending to be Seth Rollins...
Regardless my fingers move across the screen of my phone with ease and I type back a message. Hey Colby, thanks for texting me. Honestly I never thought you'd even get a chance to read my letter. I'd love to talk to you on the phone, I finish work at 4. -Rubie
My heart is racing, I'm not even sure if this guy is actually Colby Lopez or if this guy just magically got hold of the letter I wrote to him. My work day goes slow, while six month old Olivia is napping I sit down and I stare at my phone, no reply. Maybe it was just a hoax, god I must look like a complete idiot to someone.
I finish work and stop off at the grocery store to get some food for dinner and head home. I check my mail and drop it on the kitchen counter as I take out all of the ingredients out of the paper bag to make my dinner and put away the necessary things in the fridge. Hey Rubie, sorry I didn't reply earlier I've been non-stop all day. I'm just about to grab something to eat and then I'll give you a call. Do you have an iPhone? Maybe we can FaceTime? Sort of curious to see what you look like, I can't find you on Facebook. - Colby
FacetTme? He must be real if he wants to show me his face, I couldn't keep the smile off my face as I quickly typed a message back. That all right, I know you're busy... I do have an iPhone. Did you seriously try to stalk me on Facebook?
I imagine it would be easier to stalk me but yes I did try to find you on Facebook. You wrote your full name and address on the back of the envelope, I'm not that much of a creep so I ruled out turning up on your doorstep pretty much right away lol I'm just getting some food now so I'll FaceTime you when I get back to my hotel room, in about twenty?
I giggle at his message but don't find it alarming that this guy already knows where I live. I shake my head slowly and head down the hallway to the bathroom to check my hair and apply to mascara before I talk to Colby. God it feels weird because I know him as Seth Rollins but I'm talking to him as Colby, the real deal. I brush my blonde hair over my shoulders and applied a little bit of mascara to make my green eyes pop.
The closer it got to twenty minutes the more my heart raced and I considered taking up smoking to relieve the stress. The minute my phone rang and told me there was a FaceTime call coming through I questioned myself, should I answer. I decided to bite the bullet and pressed the accept button and maneuvered my phone in front of me so I could see him. And boy did I see him, I saw the scruffy stubble on his cheeks, I saw the blonde streak in his hair and his toothy grin. His brown eyes widenen as he looked at me carefully and his grin widened as well. "You're beautiful." Were his first spoken words to me.
I couldn't help but smile. "Thank you." I smiled back at him.
"I'm so glad I decided to text you. I'm not even kidding I've been reading your letter over and over again for the last two weeks. I just thought it might be a little creepy calling you, but you've already changed my mind." He grins.
Oh my gosh I don't know what to say to him, I've gone shy. "It not creepy, it would have been creepy if you turned up at my house though." I tell him. My cheeks are as red as a tomato and my heart is still racing.
He chuckled. "Yeah I guess that would be creepy..." He trails off. "So tell me about yourself. What's your middle name? What do you do for work? You've got those nudes set as your screen saver haven't you?" He smirks and my cheeks go even redder than before. I won't lie, I had looked at his pictures more than once, he was impressive.
"I do not have your nude selfies as my phone background!" I object with a giggle. "My middle name is Louise and I work as a nanny." I tell him with a bright smile. The more we talk the more comfortable I feel. We FaceTimed for ages, I'm not sure long but I know that it was definitely over an hour and I was starting to get hungry.
"Can you cook while we talk? I'm not ready for you to leave me just yet." Colby chuckles as I got off my couch and walk over to my kitchen.
"I can try, I have a stand for my phone so I can use it and cook at the same time. What did you eat for dinner?" I ask him curiously as I move my unopened mail to the top of my microwave and set the stand in the corner of the counter and put my phone down.
"McDonalds." He chuckles.
"Is it cheat day or are you that naughty all the time?" I mentally slapped myself as the words left my mouth, that sounded so dirty.
"Oh would you look at that, Rubie Louise does have a dirty mind. I was starting to think you were all innocent." He laughed loudly. I had to stifle a giggle and turned my back on him so I could go to the frisge. "Bend over baby!" He shouted as I opened the fridge and picked out all the indregients I needed to make shephards pie.
"Just because it's there doesn't mean you should gawk at it." I snap back and walk back over to the bench with red cheeks.
"Just because you got it doesn't mean you should wear itty bitty shorts." He chuckles back at me. "What are you cooking?" He asks.
"Shepherds pie." I tell him and laugh at his comment.
"You're the whole package aren't you? You're pretty, you're intellegent, compassiionate, you know what you want and you can cook." He smiled softly at me. "I think I'm gonna have to meet you." He says.
"Well you do know where I live." I tell him with a smirk. God I'm never this flirty!
"Is that an invitation?" He quirks at eyebrow at me and I laugh and shake my head.
"Not just yet." I shake my head.
We talk while I cook and as I move to the other side of the kitchen I move the phone stand so he can still talk to me. When I've boiled the potatoes and made the meat sauce I take the phone off the stand and take it to the living room and sit back on the couch and tuck my feet under my butt. "Hey the doorbell just went, wanna call me back later? Or we could talk tomorrow." I tell him, even though I know who is at the door and I don't want to talk to him.
"You just went pale babe, what's the matter." Colby ignores my suggestion about him calling me back.
"It's nothing just someone I don't wanna talk to but kind of have to." I frown.
"Hmmm..." He stares at me intently and scratches his chin. "You got a boyfriend you're not telling me about?" He raises an eyebrow curiously.
"Ex-boyfriend actually. Look I gotta answer that but I'll text you when he's gone. Ok?" My nerves rise when Colby frowns at me. The conversation will be over and I'll have to deal with the person that's standing at my front door.
"You gonna be alright?" He frowns.
"I'll be fine Colby. I gotta go but I promise I'll message you when he's gone." I tell him with a soft smile.
"Be careful, I'll talk to you soon." He nods his head and I wave at him and we end the call. Two hours and fourty three minutes we talked for, it's a good thing he's got a good paying job. That's gonna be one expensive FaceTime call.
I put my phone down and walk to the front door and that's when the banging starts. "Rubie open the fucking door!" Toby was mad I had kept him waiting too long.
I yanked the door open and Toby waltzed in. "What do you want Toby? You don't live here anymore." I frown as he pushes past me and walks in to my living room.
"I don't fucking care if I don't live here Rubie, when I knock on the door you fucking answer it or we're gonna have problems! Who were you on the phone to?" He asks angrily.
"My brother." I answer cooly.
"Let me see your phone." He snaps angrily.
"Toby we are not together anymore, you were the one that broke up with me. I'm not showing you my phone now get out of my house!" I'm getting angry now and I know that's a bad idea. I know I shouldn't make him angrier than he already is but this dropping around business has been going on far too long. We've been seperated for three months.
"Give me your phone Rubie." He growls.
I gulp and shake my head, he wouldn't be able to get in to it anyway but I refuse to do as he tells me anymore. I know this is going to get me in trouble but if he lays a hand on me a least I can go to the cops and get a restraining order. "No, get out!" I should never have opened the door.
The anger got the best of him and he pushed me against the wall by the front door and put his hand around my neck. "How dare you speak to me like that! Show me your fucking phone." He says angrily.
"Fuck you." I manage to spit out. He let's go of my neck and for a brief second I thought he had come to his senses but I quickly found out I was wrong when his fist connected to the side of my face. He dropped me and left me there, leaving the front door open, anyone could have seen me.
I curled up in a ball and cried, I never thought he would go that far. He had never laid a hand on me before, the worst thing he had done was throw things, not at me but just in general he was an angry man. He was verbally abusive the whole time I was with him, he'd call me fat, he'd tell me that I was worthless. He didn't give a shit about me he just liked my bank account...
Babe is he gone yet? Are you all right? I'm worried, text me back!
Rubie let me know you're ok please!
Rubie?
I sat on the floor balling my eyes out, I was in pain and my eye was starting to swell up. I dialled 911 and asked for police and ambulance before I managed to crawl close enough to the front door to close it and lock it just in case Toby decided to come back. My phone rang just as I had managed to pull myself to couch.
It was Colby.
"Colby?" I sniffed in to the phone.
"Rubie? Are you ok?" He did seem worried.
"No." I sniffed again and the tears started rolling down my cheeks again.
"What happened? Did he hurt you?" He asked with a concerned tone.
"He choked me and punched me in the face." I croaked and started crying again.
"Jesus! Oh my god, call the police babe." He murmured quietly.
"They're on their way now." I cried in to the phone. I still can't believe he did that.
"Son of a bitch." He muttered. "God I wish I was there..." I guess now he didn't know what to say.
"I'll call you when I'm done with the police and stuff. I need to find an icepack." I tell him.
"No just stay where you are, the paramedics will deal with all of that babe. Don't hurt yourself more than you already are."He sighs in to the phone but his voice is firm so I do as I'm told. "Stay on the phone with me beautiful. I've got three days off after the show tonight, can I come see you?" He asks, if none of this had happened I would have said no but I was so emotional right now that I could do with someone to talk to and I had a feeling we were gonna be close.
"Please." I whisper.
