A/N: Ok I know I said 4 review but I couldn't wait to get this one up.
Thanks to 'AndiSavi' for the review. Much appreciated.
There will be a twist in the next chapter so if you guys wanna see it I'd like 4 reviews for this chapter... Pretty please... with a cherry on top *Big toothy grin*!
Anywho... on with the story...!
Title - Don't Forget To Breathe
Characters/Pairings: Sheamus/OC, Finlay, Randy Orton, John Cena, CM Punk, etc. Not sure where I'm going with this yet so pairings and characters may change.
Rated for language and Content. Not suitable for children.
Disclaimer: I own nothing except for OC's and Idea's. Everything else belongs to their respective owners.
The song in this chapter is 'Perfect' By Simple Plan
Chapter 4 - Bambi Eyes
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'…Do you think I'm wasting,
My time doing things I
Wanna do?
But it hurts when you
Disapprove all along…'
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"Stephen! Hurry your ass up." Roxxi yelled impatiently.
"I'm coming', I'm coming'" he replied walking out of the bathroom.
Roxxi had gotten a call the night before from her dad. Tonight at Raw there was supposed to be a dark match between Kelly Kelly and Eve but last minute Kelly had sprained her ankle, so her dear old dad had volunteered her to take Kelly's place.
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While travelling with her dad Roxxi had become interested in the business he was so involved in. He'd offered to train her, after all he had trained most of the Diva's. She thought it was weird at the time, her over protective dad offering to train her to wrestle, enabling her to become involved in the world that had him on the road so often and regularly injuring him. Turns out he thought that if he taught her to wrestle then she'd be able to take care of herself, kinda like self defence.
So this morning she was going to have a training session with Eve in the ring and right now she was running late.
"Yeah, well so is Christmas. Now get your rear in gear. I'm gonna be late, not the kind of impression I was going for." She folded her arms across her chest and sent him a glare to let him know that she meant business.
Stephen held his hands up in mock defeat as he moved towards his gym bag and jacket.
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"I don't know what your rush is they're probably not going to even care whether you show up or not." He smirked as he walked as she stopped dead in her tracks.
Stephen turned around sheepishly and cringed when he saw her face, "I said it out loud, didn't I?"
Roxxi rolled her tongue around in her mouth, hands on hips while staring daggers at him and nodding eerily slow.
"Balls! I… eh… I'm sorry Sweet pea, I didn't mean it!" He called as she walked on smiling.
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She had always loved messing with him, seeing him get all flustered. Mixing up his syllables and trying to find the right words to say. This happened quiet often because Stephen suffered from 'Foot in Mouth' disease. He could not help but say the wrong thing but the best part? When they were finished sending death glares and throwing insults back and forth, he's wrap his arms around her and whisper 'I'm Sorry' - even if it was her who started the fight. He's smart she'd give him that, he knows that they'd probably never speak again if it was left to her to apologise first. Roxxi is extremely stubborn… something she thinks she got from her father.
Roxxi turned around "You comin' or not?"
He came out of the room with their gym bags in his hands, "Well?" She said as he looked at her confused, "Shift it!" He hesitated but moved ahead as she smiled and pretended to whack him with a pretend whip behind his back. Oh yeah, she definitely wore the trousers in this relationship.
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When they finally arrived at the arena after a short yet amusing drive as Stephen shifted uncomfortably under Roxxi's 'You're in shit' face while playing AC/DC, she took her bag from the car and made her way inside, sort of breaking into a run.
All she could think about was that she was late. Roxxi's phone battery had died last night while she was asleep and as per usual Stephen didn't set his alarm, so they slept in. While she rushed to get a quick shower, Stephen took his sweet time getting his lazy ass out of bed, although when he eventually got up he did make her a cup of tea which she was really grateful for - even if she didn't vocalise it.
Rounding a corner Roxxi ran straight into a wall, well it felt like a wall. She stumbled backwards dropping her bag and proceeding to trip over it, landing with a thud on the cold, marbled floor. Manoeuvring herself to her knees she crawled over to her bag, hastily trying to stuff the contents back into it. She wasn't all that keen on the world seeing the contents of her bag lying all over the floor. She reached for the last item - her Skull lighter. It had turned up in Maryse's handbag. Apparently she likes candles. As she made contact with the item another hand made contact with hers sending shockwaves soaring throughout her body. Roxxi's head shot up meeting the blue eyes of a certain third generation superstar.
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Those deep blue pools were beginning to feel more and more familiar, which was somewhat comforting. Slowly they both stood up, not once breaking eye contact as he leaned against the wall.
Randy sent her a small smile handing Roxxi her lighter back.
"You wouldn't want to lose that now would you?" He laughed, her heartbeat quickened.
"Oh I'm sure some kind hearted stranger would take pity on me!" She smiled shyly.
"I'm sure they would. Who could say no to a pretty girl?"
'Is he flirting with me?' Roxxi thought. She scolded herself for being so stupid. Of course he was not flirting, just being polite after all he did knock her down.
"Especially with those big, Bambi eyes." He purred smirking. Roxxi got goose bumps. OK he was definitely flirting now.
He stood up to full height which meant she had to look up but she was used to that, after all Stephen is 6'6.
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'Oh my God, Stephen. This was wrong.' She thought
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She shivered as Randy's eyes travelled slowly up and down her curvaceous form eventually settling back on her bright eyes again.
She felt butterflies going nuts in her tummy.
'What is happening to me?' she mused.
More to the point what was going on with Randy?
Although she didn't know him personally, word around the locker room was that Randy was a moody bastard. He barely spoke to anyone except his close friends and Roxxi most certainly was not one of them, and here he was laughing, smiling and flirting with her.
She was utterly confused.
He was supposed to be tall, dark and brooding - the quiet type just like… just like Stephen.
'My Stephen; who I love… and who loves me.' Suddenly guilt began to seep in.
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What was she doing? She had an amazing boyfriend and there she was standing there engaging in a flirtatious conversation with another man. Although many would say it was all just a bit of harmless flirting, she knew for a fact Stephen would not see it as just 'harmless' flirting.
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Randy just stood there looking deep into her eyes for what felt like hours then he glanced over her shoulder and all of a sudden his eyes darkened and turned cold. He took a few steps backwards, creating a bit of distance between them. Roxxi furrowed her brow in confusion and just as she was turning to see what had caused the change in Randy, a voice startled her.
"Hey Sweet Pea." Roxxi jumped slightly as she held her chest.
She punched Stephen in the arm, cursing him for nearly giving her a heart attack.
He just laughed it off and put his arms around her waist leaning his head on her shoulder as he eyed up 'The Viper'.
The two men locked in a heated gaze. Roxxi looked up at Stephen and then at Randy.
Nothing.
Silence.
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She tapped her foot impatiently and looked about the corridor before she'd had enough.
"Well I hate to interrupt this tender loving moment you two have got going on here, really it's touching and all but Stephen we really gotta get going." She said breaking the awkward silence that seemed to engulf them.
Stephen kissed her on the side of her head, still looking at Randy. She elbowed him in the ribs and he mumbled a 'Sorry Sweet Pea' as she detached herself from him. She grabbed her bag and bid goodbye to Randy as Stephen roughly pulled her to the locker room by the arm.
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"...And now I try hard to make it
I just want to make you proud
I'm never gonna be good
Enough for you
I can't stand another fight
And nothing's alright..."
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Stephen let go of Roxxi's arm as he flung her into the room and slammed the door. She opened my mouth to speak but he cut her off.
"What was all that?" He yelled.
"What?" She frowned. Although she had a rough idea of what he was referring to but she wasn't in the mood for a fight.
"Don't play stupid. Since when were you and Orton so 'chummy'?" He practically spat his name.
"I bumped into him, literally. My bag opened, he helped me pick my crap up." Technically she wasn't lying; she just wasn't being completely honest.
"Yeah well, you'll not be 'bumping' into him again." Roxxi snapped her head towards him and raised an eyebrow.
"Whoa, hold on there. What was that? Since when did you tell me what to do?" She asked trying to keep her voice calm but she was finding it hard.
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That was one of her biggest pet peeves. Being told what to do. No one controlled her.
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"Roxxi! You're not to go near him. End of discussion!"
"Oh no it's not, far from it. WHO THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? WHAT IS THIS 1952? SHOULD I RUN HOME AND COOK YOU DINNER LIKE A GOOD LITTLE WIFE TOO? HUH?" She screamed, beyond pissed. Not even giving him a chance to reply as she carried on.
"You're not the boss of me, I do what I want, when I want and..."
"WILL YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP!" Stephen growled as he threw a lamp at the wall. Instinctively Roxxi jumped and let out a scream as the lamp smashed on impact and fell to the ground.
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"...Nothing's gonna change
The things that you said
Nothing's gonna make this
Right again
Please don't turn your back
I can't believe it's hard
Just to talk to you
But you don't understand..."
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Seeing the look of shock on her face he took that as his queue to continue.
"I don't like the fella and I don't want you near him ok?"
"No not ok, give me a good reason why?"
"Honestly I don't trust him around you…"
"You don't trust him fair enough…" she crossed her arms "…that's your prerogative but you trust me... right?" she interrupted him. He didn't answer.
"Well?"
"Stephen?"
"STEPHEN?"
"NO!" He snapped
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Tears stung her eyes as she blinked a few times to keep them back. She was shocked, he looked shocked too.
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"Roxx I don't mean that. I do trust you, I do. Just not around him." He said quietly.
She looked up at him her sorrow evident "Why?" she whispered.
"Roxxi, he charms women, telling them exactly what they want to hear just to get what he wants from them. I saw the way he was looking at you," He placed his arms around her. "Like an alcoholic in a brewery. He wants you baby, and I'm not gonna let him get near you."
"If that's true then why can't you trust me to not fall for his charms?" she whispered.
"He's a snake. I know you, you'll believe he's just being 'nice' when he's just gonna use you to get to me."
"Stephen I'm not stupid."
"I never said you were baby you're just..."
"JUST WHAT?" Her anger was getting the better of her now. He was insinuating that she was too stupid to realise when she was being played.
"FOR FUCK SAKE, GROW A SET OF BALLS AND SAY WHAT YOU REALLY THINK!"
"YOU'RE TOO NIAVE OK?" Seeing the hurt in her eyes Stephen took her face in his hands.
"Sweet Pea, you're too nice for your own good. Just trust me on this." And with that sentence he wrapped his arms around her, putting an end to the subject. Roxxi shrugged his arms off her and stormed out of the room and ran to the bathrooms.
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She really didn't have the strength to fight with him anymore.
She was heartbroken.
In a matter of minutes her loving, caring boyfriend had revealed that he didn't her and that he thought she was naive. Although he tried to sugar-coat it what he really meant was he thought she was too stupid to figure things out for herself. What hurt the most was that after 5 years together she thought he'd know her better.
'I guess I was wrong.' She cried as she slid down the wall hugging her knees and let the tears flow.
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"...'Cuz we lost it all
Nothing lasts forever
I'm sorry
I can't be perfect
Now it's just too late
And we can't go back
I'm sorry
I can't be Perfect ..."
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