Seth was up early next morning, getting in the shower first thing. He dressed in the bathroom and once he left the room, he heard voices coming from the kitchen. He could hear it was Hannah and Bo so he walked slowly, trying not to give away he was there.
"Don't give me that. You've never had nightmares two nights in a row but now that asshole walks back into your life and boom, it happens," Bo said.
So the nightmare last night was a recurring thing, that much Seth understood. He didn't need to wonder what they were about. He knew. He was there. He watched it happen.
"Hey there, handsome, what are you doing?" He almost jumped at the sound of Paige's voice.
The voices in the kitchen died down immetiately. Way to go by Paige to give him away like that.
"I wanted to get a cup of coffee but I didn't want to intrude," he said sheepishly.
"Go back to your room and I'll bring it to you," she gave him a sexy smile.
"Thank you," he said.
He turned to walk away while she walked into the kitchen. Once she was out of sight, he walked back the two steps he had taken to listen again. He knew what he was doing was wrong but he couldn't help himself.
"So I hear you and the new guy have a past," Paige said.
"Who told you that?" Hannah asked.
"He told William yesterday in front of us all," Paige answered.
"There's nothing to tell, Paige, so get your nose out from where it doesn't belong. It's in the past for a reason," Hannah said.
"So you don't mind me moving in?" Paige asked.
"Not at all," Hannah answered.
Seth sighed lowly and tiptoed away. Maybe Hannah didn't mind but he did. He had no interest in this Paige girl. He walked to his room and grabbed his bag. When he walked out in the hallway again, Paige came walking with two cups of coffee.
"I thought we could sit down and talk a little and get to know each other," she smiled widely.
"Maybe another time. I wanna get an early workout in," he excused himself.
He couldn't avoid Hannah or Paige forever and neither did he want to. Well, he wanted to avoid Paige but he wanted to get Hannah one on one. He needed to talk to her. He just had to wait for the right time. At some point he was bound to find her alone somewhere. But now they were all gathered, standing around William as he delivered his usual talk with them all.
"So you all met Seth yesterday. Creative thinks with the hot name you built for yourself that we should get you on tv as soon as possible. We just need to figure out the best way to introduce you," he said.
"Excuse me, mr Regal," Paige raised her hand.
"Yes, Paige?" William asked.
"How about a love story to build a power couple? Seth and I have similar looks and are known to be crazy metalheads. We could work together," Paige said.
It took a lot for Seth to remain calm and not scream out a loud no. He just looked at William, hoping the man was a mind reader. William was clearly deep in thought, thinking about Paige's idea.
"That's actually not a bad idea," he said.
Paige's smile couldn't get any wider while Seth's face had anything but a smile on it.
"However, there's no point in putting him with you where you currently are. Hannah on the other hand," William smirked as he turned to look at Hannah.
"What? Are you kidding me? Me and Alexa have a good feud going. It'll make no sense to throw a man into the mix. People will think I can't take her on my own," Hannah objected.
"Your words would have made more sense 14 days ago when creative hadn't decided to put Alexa with Blake and Murphy yet. We were going to tell you soon but you might as well know it now. They are trying to figure out the best way to introduce the boys with her and Seth will be the right way in for them," William said.
"But..." Hannah tried.
"No but, Hannah! You know better than that," William cut her off. "Tomorrow half way through your match Seth will come in and just walk around the ring. No one will know who he's there for. By the end when Alexa goes to the corner, Seth will grab her feet and yank her back. You'll go over after that."
"Sounds good to me," Seth said.
"Of course it does," Hannah growled lowly.
"Don't worry, Hannah. We're not gonna turn you into a valet or a drooling school girl. You'll stare at Seth angry, showing everyone that you're not happy with winning like that while he backs up the ramp," William said.
He sent them all out to train while walking back to his office. Seth quickly took his chance and ran to Hannah as she moved alone towards some weights.
"So we should talk about tomorrow," he said.
"No," she didn't even look at him.
"Come on, we're gonna work together so we have to talk," he grabbed her arm.
She quickly spun around and pushed him in the chest.
"You don't ever touch me!" She hissed.
"But Hannah..." He tried.
"Don't worry, I know how to do my job. Tomorrow inside that ring I'll be 100% professional but as long as we're not set to do a promo together and they're not asking us to come up with something together, we don't have to interact at all. William said everything we have to do tomorrow so we go with that."
"Is there a problem here?" Bo moved in.
"No, no problem at all," Seth sighed.
He walked away and left Bo and Hannah to lift weights together. He watched how they talked together, wishing he could hear what they were saying about him. He didn't know how to feel about Bo. A part of him hated the other man for having Hannah while another part of him was grateful that someone was there to take care of her and protect her.