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Chapter 4

The car ride back to the hotel was a silent one. Missy and Summer didn't say a word. The two made their way back to the room and Missy just sat on the bed. Seeing Mike brought back so many painful memories and things from her past. Things that she thought she had dealt with but now was second guessing that. Missy stared blankly ahead of her. Summer sighed. She had seen this look too many times before and it worried her. Summer went over to Missy's bed and sat across from her, taking her hands. "Please Missy," she started. "Please don't go back to that place." Missy looked her friend in the eyes, but still said nothing. There didn't even look like there was any life in Missy's brown orbs. "Missy, please, talk to me," Summer pleaded, but Missy still stayed silent. "You have so much to look forward to Missy. Your wrestling career is about to take off, you have The Shield now...you have me, you have Seth -"

" - I'm tired. I want to go to sleep," Missy whispered.

"Okay," Summer sighed getting off the bed and heading to her own. "Just know that I'm here for you Missy. The last thing I want is for you to go to that dark place again."

Seth carefully opened the door to their hotel room, making sure not to wake a sleeping Roman. Seth took his place on his bed and Dean on the floor, but both were way too wired to go to sleep. They were still on an adrenaline high after what just happened. "I can't believe that actually happened," spoke Seth as he flexed and unflexed his hand.

"Hey man, it's a good thing you forced us to go. Who knows what could have happened if we didn't show up," Dean said.

"I don't even want to think about it," Seth said shaking his head.

"You should really do something about your hand man," Dean observed as he watched Seth wince in pain.

"Don't worry about it. It'll be fine," Seth replied.

"So you really like her huh?" Dean wondered, changing the subject.

Seth couldn't help the smile forming at his lips as he answered, "I think I really do. I mean I know it's crazy. We've only gotten to know each other for like a week, but I don't know. I've just never felt this way about anyone. I would literally do anything for her."

"I'm happy for you man," Dean smiled.

"What about you? You seemed pretty touchy with her on Raw tonight and when we found her tonight..."

"Seth are you kidding? Does it look like I have a death wish? I know better than to mess with your girl. And, like you said, it's only been a week but princess is apart of The Shield now and that makes her apart of my family. I'm gonna protect her just like you're gonna protect her. She's like a little sister to me now," Dean said honestly.

"Good," Seth nodded.

Dean let out a laugh before questioning, "So why don't you just ask her out? I mean it's obvious you like her, she seems to like you, so what are you waiting for?"

"I don't know, it just seems too early," Seth shrugged.

"That's a stupid answer. You better do it sooner rather than later before you lose your chance. I know you don't want to hear this, but Missy is becoming a pretty big topic of discussion among the locker room. All the guys are saying how hot she is. And now that her career is about to blow up? I don't know what you're waiting for," Dean retorted.

"She just seems like she has some baggage and stuff okay? I don't know if I'm ready to deal with all that," Seth muttered.

"Are you kidding me? That's why?" Dean shook his head. "Unbelievable. You know, maybe making her feel loved is exactly what she needs to finally feel happy again. I should know." Dean was referring to his dark past before the WWE, his Jon Moxley days. Dean was so depressed and broken that he turned to alcohol and drugs to help him fix himself. Sure it took away the pain, but it just made him feel even more broken. But then he got to WWE and found Seth in FCW. They became best friends. And then The Shield happened. He got a family; two brothers that would do anything for him. He felt whole again and he could honestly say he was happy now. Dean didn't think he would ever feel that way again, but being in The Shield made him realize he had a purpose in life. It made him feel complete.

Seth looked his brother in the eyes and replied, "I'm just scared okay?"

"Of what?" Dean asked.

"Hurting her even more," Seth answered.

"Seth, I've known you for a long time now. I can see it in your eyes when you look at her, hear it in your voice when you talk about her. You love her. Maybe not love yet, that's a bit extreme. But you definitely really care about her and like her. I know you and I know that hurting her is the last thing you would ever do."

"Yeah you do know me and you know that I always do something stupid and fuck it up when it comes to the people that I love," Seth defended.

"Jesus Christ, stop denying your feelings for her!" Dean yelled. This caused a groan from Roman, but luckily he didn't wake up.

"I'm going to bed. Goodnight," Seth grumbled as he got under the covers and turned off the light.

"You're just mad because I'm right," Dean smiled.

Just as Seth went to knock on the door to the Divas locker room, it opened and Summer Rae collided with him. "Oh I'm sorry," she said before looking up to see who it was.

"No it's fine. I was just coming to look for you actually," Seth stated. "How is she?"

"Not good," Summer answered. "She won't talk. I had to force her to eat. Trying to get her out of bed to even come to the arena was a challenge. I just wish I could make her feel better but I can't."

"Is there anything I can do?" Seth wondered.

"I don't know. She refuses to talk. God, I can't even imagine what's going through her mind right now," Summer said as she ran a hand through her hair. "Seeing Mike had to have brought back a lot of painful shit."

"Who is he anyway?"

"That's really not my story to tell. Oh but I do have a favor to ask of you," Summer started. Seth raised his eyebrows as a signal for Summer to continue. "So this is probably like the worst timing ever for this to happen. I feel like Missy needs me now more than ever and I'm just - "

" - Summer! Get to the point," Seth interrupted.

"Right sorry. Anyway I got offered to do Marine 4 which means I have to leave for a while. I was hoping you and the rest of your Shield boys could look after her. Make sure she's safe."

"Definitely," Seth nodded.

Summer smiled, "Great thank you. Well look I gotta run. We'll talk later."

"Summer wait," Seth said before she walked off.

"Yeah?" she questioned.

"Is Missy...afraid of me?"

"Afraid of you? What why would you ever think that?" Summer asked, furrowing her brows.

"I don't know. I mean she saw me almost kill a man last night. She just had this look in her eyes like she was so scared of me. And I mean why else does she never room with me?"

Summer sighed and shook her head, "Trust me she is not scared of you. There's a lot more to the story of Mike that you don't know about. And the reason she doesn't want to room with you guys is because she gets really bad nightmares. She doesn't want to freak you guys out."

"Nightmares? About what?" Seth inquired.

"She'll tell you when she's ready. Everything. I promise," Summer stated. "Look I really got to go. If you see her, try to get her to talk. And don't tell her I'm leaving. I want to be the one to do that."

"No problem," Seth said as Summer headed down the hall.

Missy sat in the Divas locker room with that same blank expression on her face. She hadn't moved since she arrived. She listened to all the Divas gossiping about God knows what the whole day, would scroll aimlessly through her Twitter, and just sit and stare. She hadn't even put on her gear yet. "Missy, can we talk?" she heard the voice of Summer ask. Instead of answering, Missy just turned to look at her. "I know that you're not going to take this well, but I have to tell you okay? I got the part in Marine 4." Missy turned her gaze to the floor. "Please just say something. Anything."

"That's great Summer. I'm really happy for you," Missy whispered. She plastered a small, fake smile on to her face.

"I hate having to leave you like this," Summer said.

"No it's fine. I'm used to it. Believe me," Missy remarked.

"Missy c'mon don't be like that. It's not like I have a choice in the matter. This is a big opportunity for me. I'm sorry but I'm not going to blow it because my best friend can't grow up and leave the past in the past," Summer snarled.

"I can't believe you just said that to me," Missy laughed to keep herself from crying. Missy got up from her chair and headed to the door.

"No Missy, stop I didn't mean that," Summer called.

"Screw you," Missy returned as she stormed out of the locker room.

Missy was sitting with her legs pulled up to her chest and her head resting on her knees when Seth finally spotted her. She was sitting on a large crate in a deserted corner of the arena. "Hey you," Seth greeted. As he walked toward her, he noticed she was crying.

"Just go away. I want to be alone okay?" cried Missy as she turned her head.

"I'm afraid we can't do that princess," spoke the voice of Dean as he made his way over to her along with Roman. Missy's head shot up when she heard this and looked at all three members of The Shield.

"Great, now you're all here," she sniffled.

"Of course we are," Roman declared. "We're family now." He leaned over and wiped the remaining tears from Missy's cheeks.

"And from what I hear, we're roommates for the next couple of weeks," Dean added.

Missy rolled her eyes, "Word sure travels fast. But it's not happening."

"Why not?" Seth asked sounding offended.

"I'll just find one of the other girls to travel with whatever," Missy said annoyed.

"But we're a team anyway and you ride with us. Why not make it easy and just room with us too. We'll even get two rooms. Make it better for all of us," Seth suggested.
"No," Missy shot down.

"Why not? Because of your nightmares?" Seth questioned.

Missy's eyes opened wide, "She told you about that?"

"Missy it's not a big deal," Seth replied.

"It is to me!" Missy defended.

"Missy I used to get them all the time. I always woke up Seth and Rome with my screams. If that's what your worried about, it really isn't a problem for us," Dean stated.

"That's not the point!" Missy shouted as she hopped off of the crate. "Why would Summer tell you my business like that?"

"She didn't tell me what they were about, just said you got them. Why are you getting so worked up about it?" Seth implored.

"Because!" Missy yelled. "God I am so mad right now!"

"I really think you're overreacting right now," Seth said.

"Whatever," Missy mumbled taking a deep breath to calm her down. "So which one of us is sleeping on the floor tonight?"

Missy returned back to the locker room after the show to go get her things. She was zipping up her bag when Summer spoke, "Look we need to talk."

"Why so you can just go put my shit on blast?" Missy snapped.

"Is this about me telling Seth about your nightmares?" Summer questioned.

"Yeah! Summer why would you tell him? That's not cool!"

"Missy they had a right to know! They're your team now. Besides why is it such a big deal. It's not like I told them about that night!" Summer defended.

"Yeah that night that I should just grow up and get over? Try having that happen to you and we'll see how quickly you get over it," Missy seethed.

Summer sighed, "Missy you know I didn't mean that. I was just angry because I knew you hated the fact that I'm leaving and I don't know I just snapped. It's no excuse I know that and I'm sorry. What you went through was traumatic. I hate that I made it seem like I don't care or that you have to get over it. I do care and I want to be here for you Missy."

Missy took a deep breath, "I know. And I'm sorry too. I overreacted. My emotions are just all over the place and I don't know how to deal with what I'm feeling and I took it out on you. You didn't deserve it." Summer pulled Missy in for a big hug. "I wish you didn't have to leave."

"I'll be back before you know it," Summer smiled.

On the car ride to the next city, the group decided to switch things up a bit. Because his back was hurting him and he was exhausted, Roman took the passenger seat and went to sleep. This left Seth to do the driving while Missy and Dean occupied the back. They had decided that Missy and Roman would get the beds and Dean and Seth would both be sleeping on the floor. "Oh my god you are so awful, please stop. It's making my ears bleed," Missy laughed as she referred to Dean's wonderful singing. This of course only made Dean laugh and sing louder. Missy couldn't believe she was actually sitting in this car laughing. After everything the previous night and the depression she was feeling, she certainly did not think that was possible. The Shield proved her wrong. The song eventually ended and Dean didn't know the next one and was upset that he couldn't sing along. The group traveled in silence for a while until Missy finally spoke up. "Why did you guys show up last night anyway?" The smile on Dean's face quickly faded and Seth met Missy's gaze in the rear-view mirror. "I just felt like something was off I don't know," Seth replied.

"Well how did you know where I was?" Missy questioned.

"I texted Paige," Seth shrugged.

"Well thank you. Both of you."

"No!" Missy shrieked. "No stop it!" Seth's eyes immediately flung open. He looked around and noticed Missy was having a nightmare. She was shaking and sweat was covering her forehead. "Please!" she cried. Seth hurried up from the floor and went over to Missy.

"Missy, hey, wake up," he said as he shook her awake. Her eyes opened and she looked terrified. "It was just a dream," Seth stated as he pushed her hair back. Missy was still shaking and crying. "What can I do? How can I make this better?"

"Just hold me," she whispered. And that's exactly what Seth did.

"You're going to be okay," he whispered back, kissing the top of her head. "You're safe now."