Seth's Point Of View
"So what were you and Renee talking about?" I asked curiously.
"Nothing really." Dean answered. We walked through the bare halls of the arena, white brick walls and concrete flooring. "So, how long have you liked Sapphire?" Dean caught me off guard.
"I don't like her in that way, I like her as a friend." I tried to dig my way out.
"Okay dude, whatever." I wasn't kidding anyone, I'd made it too obvious. The ogling, the constant day dream whenever she was around, I stuttered more than usual when around her. They knew it.
The comment killed the conversation for the next few minutes as we eventually reached the locker room marked 'The Shield'. Dean walked in first with his huge, black suitcase in tow. Sat on the opposite side of the room, on a black steel chair, was Roman. He was sat with his silver, iPhone 6 in his hand.
"Roman, can you tell that Seth likes Sapphire?" Dean asked trying to prove his point, yes it was written in bright pink and green all over me.
"Can't you at least wait until I close the door to ask?! I don't want Sapphire finding out or either of us being heckled for it." I explained while closing the natural wood door.
"There he just admitted it. To answer Dean's question, you make it blatantly obvious. She could be in sweatpants and just awake and you'd still be head over heels at her beauty." Roman told me.
"Fuck off, I don't like her in that way." I scoffed and began to get ready for the night ahead.
"I get it, you're not sure if she likes you back." Roman and Dean were both pushing it.
"Fuck the hell off. My personal life shouldn't be discussed at work." I was getting annoyed.
"Seth, calm down we all like..." Dean was stopped by Roman.
"Leave it, he's getting annoyed." Roman told him before I dived head first and hurt someone.
"Thank you."
"All that sexual frustration." Roman and Dean sniggered at Dean's comment. There was truth in that, my hand wasn't cutting it any more. I want to be with the woman I love and I'd rather that Dean and Roman stayed out of it.
"Haha very funny." I said sarcastically. I was done. I was in my combat pants and boots. I took my Under Armour vest and tactical vest and left. I was stood next to a crate, just a bit away from the interview space. I noticed Sapphire walk past as I was putting on my Under Armour vest.
"What's up?" She asked knowing that something was wrong.
"Dean and Roman heckling me for liking someone." I responded quietly.
"Aw Seth, they'll be trying to help you." She soothed before walking to do a photo shoot.
"Tell me you don't have a boner from that." Dean startled me and I literally jumped.
"I'm not paid to put up with your shit." I commented.
"Seth it's been two almost three years since you dated or had sex." Roman's voice was smooth and silky.
"No, three years since my break up with Leighla and a year since I had sex." I corrected him.
"Still, wait how a year?" Dean asked.
"I did something against my usual rules, I got a prostitute." I bowed my head. "I was desperate. I couldn't let myself re-enact cyberfights." My voice was quiet.
"I'm pretty sure that's what I found in Renee's Internet history." Dean was thinking aloud.
"I've seen those photos, could your trunks get any skimpier?!"
"Not without bursting around my... What the actual fuck?! No! I refuse to discuss cyberfights and my personal life with you until I'm ready. I don't discuss Renee and Galina without you being comfortable." I told them as I clipped my tactical vest. I jogged back into the locker room for my gloves.
"Please tell me that you didn't get a boner." Dean told me.
"No I didn't get a fucking boner. I don't have a high sex drive." I was getting angrier with him.
"Yes that explains why Leighla cheated... Oh no, it was you that cheated on Leighla. Mr short dick." Dean was really wanting to be hit.
"Why you bringing up my past? Why you gotta call me names? What the hell?" I'm done. "I'm leaving. I'm sick of you telling me what to do." I ran into the locker room and just grabbed everything. I ran out into the parking lot and packed my stuff into the trunk. I took off my tactical vest, gloves and Under Armour vest. I pushed them onto the back seats. I then ran back into the arena and knocked on the Divas' locker room door.
"Who is it?" A high voice called.
"It's Seth, I refuse to come in. I'm looking for Sapphire." I called back.
"Yeah? I'm almost ready. You not showering and changing?" She asked.
"No, I'm a little pissed right now. I'm going to go and calm myself down before I do something I regret or something stupid." I answered.
"Gimme a second and I'll be out." Sapphire then closed the door and left me outside the locker room. I must have looked like a predator.
"What's up, Seth?" Sapphire asked as I headed to the hotel.
"Nothing, why?" I retorted.
"Seth, I'm blonde not fucking stupid. Dean and Renee aren't in the back and you never leave without having a shower. I'll ask again, what's up?" She added.
"Alright, I like someone on the roster. According to Dean and Roman it's written in bright colours all over me. They've been trying to pressure me into asking them out, but I'm not sure how they'd respond. I also don't want to risk the friendship we already have. On top of that Dean's been mocking me because it's been three years since I broke up with my ex-fiancée and a year since I had any. I just feel a little uncomfortable." I replied, still focusing on the road.
"Seth, tell them how you feel and I'm sure they'll be nice about it if they don't." She advised.
"Yeah, I'm just over Leighla because we dated for six years. I fucked everything up because I was fucking someone else. I don't want that to happen again." I was finally opening up to her about Leighla.
"We all move at our own pace, when it feels right do what you want. If you ask them out and they say no, then you jumped at the opportunity and found out for yourself. At least you know." She was so amazing with words.
"Thanks Sapp, I feel better now." I smiled. If I wasn't attracted to her before, I definitely am now. At that moment, my phone began to blast The Shield theme song. I knew exactly who was calling and I was not happy.
"Hey..." I picked up.
"Oh, hey Renee." I realized it wasn't Dean.
"Renee, Dean, Roman and Galina are wondering if we want to go for a drink tonight." I informed her as I pulled the phone away from my face a little.
"Seth, I don't drink or do bars." She replied like it was so obvious.
"Sorry, Renee, Sapphire doesn't want to go for a drink at a bar, isn't there a coffee house or something?" I asked on behalf of Sapphire. "Wait, gimme a second." I told Renee and asked Sapphire to put Renee on speaker, so I could focus.
"You're on speaker, Renee. Yeah, I don't drink and I don't like bars." Sapphire told them.
"Sapphire, has Seth told you who he likes?" Dean teased.
"Don't you FUCKING DARE, DEAN! FUCK OFF!" I screamed down the phone.
"Sorry, Seth. We can't find a coffee house or anything. If you want to
come out and you're paranoid about your drink, I'll guard it with my life because I'm dedicated driver and Seth can't drink either." Renee persuaded.
"I'll talk to Seth and see." She informed them and hung up.
"So, you going to tell me who you like?" She teased.
"Sapphire, no disrespect, but I don't want them to find out and to become the laughing stock of the roster." I told her.
"I understand. I don't think I told you about my friend's eighteenth birthday. He had his party in a bar and invited his friends. I don't drink, but he wanted to see me drunk, so he spiked my Pepsi. I felt like I was about to die. I spent the rest of the night puking my guts in the toilet and woke up feeling like I was dying. I didn't go to work for a few days. I found out that he had basically swapped my Pepsi for seven different types of rum, vodka, Jägermeister, whiskey and seven different cocktails." My eyes were wide in shock. A friend put her through so much pain.
"I'll guard your drink and so will Renee." I reassured her.
"You ready?" I asked, checking I had everything.
"Seth, I'm scared. I don't want to go. I don't trust anybody in a bar." She admitted. I sat down on the bed next to her. She was curled into a ball in a pair of white pyjama bottoms with Mickey Mouse's face all over them and a matching red t-shirt with his face in the middle. I put my arm around her and pulled me into my shoulder.
"Are you sure, I won't let anyone touch your drink? I also don't want to be the one who is alone when Dean tries to get Renee to blow him and Roman begins to try and fuck Galina." I tried to persuade her.
"As funny as that sounds, I'm going to pass. Have fun Mr Loner and don't stay out too late you have Black and Brave tomorrow." She reminded me. I gave her one last hug before standing up and making my way to the door.
"I know, I won't be too late." I told her. I grabbed my car keys and headed to the car. I then drove to the bar to meet the horny ones and their women. I was dreading being the one having to put up with my friends who 'barely get any' and when drunk get even hornier. I was also looking forward to putting everything behind us and just having fun. We end up just laughing about everything. It also helps to relieve stress from work and home. I didn't have to worry about Sapphire and what match I'm wrestling in on Friday. I can just laugh with a few friends and enjoy myself. I also needed to remember that I was driving home tomorrow. Driving eight hours to Davenport.
"Hey, here he is." Dean called as I walked through the doors of the bar. The stench of stale alcohol and fresh alcohol stuck to my nostrils. I walked over and hugged Dean and then Roman before greeting Renee and Galina each also with a hug and a kiss to the hand.
"Sit the hell down before we take you outside and kick your ass." Roman spat.
"Woah, calm down. I'm just being a gentleman." I quickly replied with my arms up like I was about to be arrested. I quickly noticed that Dean was in his brown shirt with the sleeves rolled up and his custom fit jeans, but Renee was in a beautiful red dress that showed each curve but kept her slim figure, it matched her red high heels, black clutch and white jacket. Roman was wearing a white shirt and had also rolled up the sleeves, his black dress pants and shoes gave the vibe that he expected something fancy, Galina matched his choice in a white and black checked dress, as tight as Renee's with a matching black clutch, white high heels and a white cardigan. I felt under dressed.
"Where's Sapphire?" Galina asked.
"At home, she doesn't like bars and hates drinking. I tried to tell her that Renee and I would guard her drink, but she decided against it." I replied. I then decided to get myself a Diet Coke before sitting down at the table. As I stood at the bar, my phone vibrated in my pocket. I swear it felt like I had a vibrator in my pocket. My black, skin-tight jeans made the vibrations stronger against my leg. I lifted the bottom of my white shirt to pull out my iPhone 6. Sapphire's goofy face popped up, so I slid the green phone along the screen.
"Hey, Seth I know you're at the bar. I was wondering if you'd be able to pick me up from Sami's apartment on the way back from the bar? I'm playing video games with him, Paige and Adrian." I was happy that she was out having fun.
"They're English and agrees that SNP is the way to vote. Stupid Ed Minidick, David 'no dong' Cameron and Nick Dildo." I had no idea what the hell she was talking about.
"Yes I can pick you up, and I'm sorry, Ed Minidick? David 'no dong' Cameron? Nick Dildo? Who? What?" I was so confused and now sitting with four other confused people.
"Seth you have some strange friends." Dean joked.
"Ed Minidick was the leader of Labour, a spineless idiot. David 'no dong' Cameron was a tory who did no good for Scotland. Nick Dildo is his bitch in the Lib Dems. If you have any further questions, Google it. Any way thanks. Have fun, bye." I assumed that they are politicians and began talking to Dean, Renee, Roman and Galina.
"Everything alright?" Roman asked concerned.
"Yeah, Sapphire is at Sami's with Adrian and Paige." I told him. "Anyway..." I tried to change the subject.
"Yeah, we were talking about how I accidentally walked in on Dean the other day and just seeing if it was a guy thing, or if Dean just has a high sex drive." Why did I come out to a bar with you people?!
"I have catch Roman at least once a month because we aren't quiet." Seriously?! It sounds like mother and son.
"What about you Seth?" Roman winked as Renee asked. Well, we are friends.
"I don't feel comfortable discussing this. What I do is my business, not anyone else's. I'm sorry." My voice was quiet, but I was happy that the subject was dropped, wel...
"Oh yeah, you guys don't know about Seth and his crush." Dean piped up and I slid into my seat.
"Yeah, Seth has a cute crush on Sapphire." Roman added. There was a combined "aw" from Galina and Renee.
"Well this was fun, but I'm going." I told them as I headed for the door.
"Why? You shouldn't be ashamed that you have a crush on her." Renee reasoned.
"I'm thoroughly embarrassed and I'm not comfortable talking about my private life. I've got an early start tomorrow." With that I left waving them off.
Sapphire's Point Of View
"Alright Adrian, truth or dare?" Sami asked daringly.
"Dare." His eyes went wide.
"I dare you to... Strip naked and skip through the halls singing 'It's My Birthday.'" Sami smirked as Adrian contemplated it. He then began to strip naked and raced out the door. We were sat laughing our heads off as we could hear the echo of "It's my birthday, it's my birthday I'm going to spend my money." Over and over. He finally dashed back in and threw on his clothes in record time. Security were looking for him, so we decided to cover him and protect him.
"I'll be honest, I didn't think you'd do it." Paige admitted. "Since you did, you should leave, they'll be looking all over for you and waiting to escort you off the premises." She had a point.
"Nah, it'll pass. It's fine." He smiled.
"I've had something on my mind for awhile now and I was wondering if I'd be able to talk to you without anything getting around the locker room." I whispered.
"Yeah, we'd love to help if we can." Sami spoke on behalf of them. Paige and Adrian were nodding their heads.
"I've had a crush on someone for about two years now and want to ask them out, but I'm not sure how to." I explained.
"That wouldn't be Seth, would it?" Paige asked knowingly. I paused for a moment and then nodded.
"You live with him. Wouldn't it be weird if you asked him out and he said no?" Sami asked.
"That's what I'm afraid of. I'm afraid that he'll reject me and then it'll become weird. What should I do?" I began to cry on Adrian's shoulder.
"Haven't you asked people out before?" Sami asked.
"I've not had a relationship before." I cried harder.
"Wait, I could ask Dean and Roman if Seth mentioned anything and tell you." Adrian had a brainwave. "If he has, they could also push him from the other side." Seth picked the perfect moment to text to tell me he's close to the apartment. I dried my tears and splashed water on my face. Adrian ran through the plan before I made my way to the car. I lied through my teeth and told him that we played Mario Kart, Madden 25, NBA 15 and Gang Beasts.
The night was quiet with little conversation as we both tried to get some sleep before a really long, quiet drive tomorrow. I was texting Paige all day. She found out that Seth felt the same way and that Seth would soon find out from Dean and Roman. Now it was a game of battleship, find the sign and sink it so we each know for sure.