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CHAPTER 4:

"Really?" asks Hunter in surprise, he didn't think it'd be this easy for any of them to agree. Considering they've been together for such a long time. But he shouldn't be surprised, their personal lives had turned everything to shit. And none of them could handle any of it. He should actually be impressed things weren't worse.

"Yes," says Roman, in agreement with Dean. "We've had our fun together but now It's time to move on," he says, giving Dean a pointed glance. They both knew what the other was thinking and even though it meant their on screen faction would come to an end they still considered each other brothers till the end of time. They loved working closely but they also knew all good things come to an end.

"Well, that's great," says Stephanie with a smile on her face. She thought just like Hunter that it would take a lot to break these guys up but fate ran its course in the end and decided on breaking them up themselves. At least this way neither she nor Hunter would be blamed for their break up.

"Wait a second, you guys are agreeing with this?" asks Seth in shock as Iris keeps a hand on his thigh, knowing just how upset he must be. Both Dean and Roman nod their heads. "Guys, we've done some great things as a faction and we can do more great things. Why go separate ways?" he questions, not willing to destroy everything they worked hard for.

"Just because you don't think you'll be able to survive by yourself," comments Ariana, with a bored look on her face. To be honest, she was still buzzing about knowing Dean going solo. There's a long list of things he could accomplish that she's excited to watch happen. The SHIELD being over was sad but if they could do so many great things as a faction, individually they could be potentially mind-blowing.

"To be honest we were a great faction but everyone can see it now," speaks Dean. Ariana feeling entranced as always when he begins to talk. She finds he has this distinct voice, a voice she's never heard before but which sends shivers down her spine. "The SHIELD is over," he states and Ariana knows that if Seth doesn't shut up now then he'll have his ass handed to him. That for her was definitely Dean's finality voice.

"Well I don't want to split," says Seth and Dean controls his emotions, Seth always ruins things for him he finds and this time was no different. He already ruined his relationship and now wants to ruin their careers too. "How can you go ahead with it if I refuse to do it?" he questions, taking a tad too far with desperation visible for all to see. Things couldn't go back to normal if they all split up.

"It's two against one," says Roman. "Besides, you can't have the SHIELD with one member," he points out reasonably. He doesn't understand why for once Seth can't just agree with them. It's the best thing for all of them at the moment.

"Well you could but he'd have to run it by himself," comments Ariana, making Roman chuckle. "Now, I doubt you're strong enough to replace the powerhouse, or wild enough to replace the lunatic fringe," she says, not caring that this doesn't involve her. She'll do anything right now to put Seth in his place.

"This doesn't involve you so butt the fuck out," says Seth through clenched teeth. He didn't appreciate everything Ariana had done today. First she came all guns blazing and attacked Iris, then went off script and left Iris in the ring and finally she's butting into their business.

"Watch how you speak to her because I'm not going to sit here and listen to it," Dean defends Ariana, shocking her as well as Seth. That was a total threat, Ariana thinks to herself. So if Seth says anything to me, will Dean beat the shit out of him? she carries on thinking.

"Seth, I realize that you're upset about this but if both Roman and Dean want it then I see no reason in keeping you guys together," says Stephanie. She knows what chaos could unfold if she kept them together when their hearts aren't even in it. It's one thing doing a job you love but it's something entirely different if you're forced to do things you don't want to do. "Ok, creative already have a storyline for you, they've been wanting to implement it for ages so that'll happen straightaway," she explains. Seth leans back in his chair in defeat, this being the last thing he expected. He stays quiet, wondering how to come to terms with his fallen faction.

"Now, to address what happened out there with you girls," starts Hunter as Ariana sits straight in her seat, she refused to sink down as if she had done something wrong. "Ariana, I know I don't need to remind you just how important it is to do the job you've been told to do," he says, knowing exactly how difficult she can be. However, this was a first from someone like her. She'd always been so co-operative so he figures everything that happened must have hurt her more than anyone realized. That being said, it didn't mean she could go on a rampage.

"Do you have anything to say for yourself?" asks Stephanie, all eyes on Ariana once more.

"Just that I don't regret a single second," says Ariana with an unfazed facial expression. She knows it's probably the wrong thing to say. But she's never been one to lie. Plus, it wouldn't matter if she apologized when in actuality she doesn't regret her decisions. And she has a feeling it will be a long time before she starts feeling any sort of remorse for her actions.

"I had a feeling you wouldn't," comments Stephanie, trying not to be impressed. The fact that Ariana's future was in their hands, she thought that would make Ariana more likely to apologize, apparently not. "Still, you're our most successful tag team in the Divas division and I want you to go out there and sort this out with Iris on our next live show," she says as Ariana starts to feel trapped. She did this so they wouldn't have to work together.

"You are kidding me right?" asks Ariana with an amused laugh.

"She's not joking," states Hunter. "We've never seen two Divas work as well as you two do and we'd be stupid enough to let that go," he explains to her as she lets out a sigh. Hunter knows how difficult it can be to have great chemistry in the ring with other wrestlers and Ariana and Iris were two special people who brought that to every single match. Right from the very first time they were paired together, what they did in that ring was magic.

"No offence Hunter but did you see what happened out there tonight?" asks Ariana. "It was a train wreck! Everyone could tell how badly we were working together and I refuse to be embarrassed like that again," she tells him. You can't work with people who you don't trust and in an instant her trust in Iris shattered as soon as she found out what her best friend had done. Yes, they're best friend and she didn't do anything to Ariana. But it gets Ariana wondering, how long till she stabs me in the back? How long till she decides she's had enough of me? She couldn't get rid of these thoughts and having gone through it once already made her even more likely to not tolerate something like this or let it slide.

"And you wouldn't if you'd have just worked with me," intervenes Iris, getting her side of the story out. As far as she was concerned, it was Ariana who messed it all up by being uncooperative. "Tonight would have gone fine if you'd stayed professional," she says, Ariana glaring at her. Their personal lives were one thing and their professional another which should be kept separate. Something Ariana couldn't do tonight and who knows, she might not be able to in the future.

"Things would have gone fine if you left your legs crossed too," comments Ariana, Roman hiding a smile. He knew Ariana's reaction wouldn't be anything but funny. However, the bosses didn't find anything funny in her comment at all.

"That's enough," says Stephanie in an authoritative voice, breaking it up. "Ariana, you guys are a team and we'd like to keep it that way," she says which annoys Ariana. But Ariana understands her side too. Iris and Ariana were dominating the Divas Division as a tag team. No one could measure up to how well they worked together in the ring.

"What about what I want?" asks Ariana. "I don't want to work with her and I can guarantee you that we will just continue getting worse, without even trying," she says to her. Ariana could try working with her but despite the fact that everything is staged she wouldn't be able to work with her as a team. The trust was lost somewhere. Just like it had with Dean and Seth.

"Ok, what do you want?" asks Stephanie, as a smile graces Ariana's lips. Stephanie would rather get this issue sorted than sit here and continue arguing. Meanwhile, Ariana contemplates the one thing she was asked of many months ago but turned down.

"I want to go solo too," replies Ariana in confidence which isn't surprising to anyone given today's events. "I want what the SHIELD have just been given, freedom," she says, looking at both Hunter and Stephanie with hopeful eyes. She doesn't know if it's the right decision or the wrong but for now she needs this. There's a good chance they might decline her request but there's also a chance they just might go along with it.

"What? No way!" exclaims Iris, shaking her head. They'd worked together for years, there was no way they'd be apart now. They were too good together.

"Are you sure you're thinking about this?" asks Stephanie, looking at Ariana. Ariana's emotions had been up and down today so Stephanie didn't want her taking this decision now and regretting it later. After all, they didn't have time to mess around with storylines according to how people feel at the time.

"Somebody told me not to let anybody get in the way of my career," starts Ariana, glancing at Dean who looks taken aback at the fact that she's referring to him. "That's what I thought I was doing but it wasn't the truth. All this time, I was just thinking about how I wanted to work with my best friend Iris, I wasn't thinking about where I could go as a Diva," she tells them which is true. She and Iris had gotten really close so when they made them a permanent tag team, she couldn't care less about everything else. As long as she was working with Iris she was happy. Which she couldn't see happening again at this moment in time. "But now, I refuse to continue doing that. You guys saw that before but I didn't, now I do," she then says, trying to get through to their better nature as she looked at both her bosses in the eyes.

"What are you talking about?" asks Iris, looking just as confused as everyone else.

"Oh, you didn't know?" asks Ariana with a smirk, knowing she'll love this. "Months ago I got the offer to go solo, sponsors see my in ring ability ten times better than yours and were willing to get behind me to make that change," she explains, getting up and putting both her hands on the table and looking directly at Iris. "But I said no, I was stupid. I have the skills to make it far, so that's what I'm going to do. It's time for you to stop hiding behind my talent," she says with conviction. "Now, can I do that or not?" she asks, turning around to look at Hunter and Stephanie once more.

"Are you sure about this? You wouldn't even hear our explanations when we first offered it to you," says Stephanie as Iris tries her best not to breakdown. She knew Ariana was slightly better than her but she never knew that other people's eyes were that much more on Ariana and it did irritate her.

"Yes, I am," says Ariana without any hesitation whatsoever. Dean nods his head, he always thought Ariana was the better wrestler. She moves very flexibly and fluidly in the ring. Of course he'd never say that out loud, Iris was his girlfriend after all. But together they did make a decent tag team for the Divas in his opinion. In terms of solo, Ariana would do much better though.

"Alright then, we'll talk to creative," says Hunter, signaling for everyone to leave. Seth puts his arms around Iris, she was still in shock about everything she just found out and looked like she'd seen a ghost. Ariana walks off with Roman and Dean as Seth and Iris go the opposite way.

"You know what this means right?" asks Stephanie, looking towards her husband. She couldn't believe she divided two factions at the same time but it had to be done. "There's going to be fire out in that ring," she says with a nod. Stephanie didn't know what would happen but she knew creative would have field day with this. These ideas were supposed to play out months ago but due to neither team even considering parting ways, those ideas got shot down. However, now everything was going to play out just like they'd wanted. What Stephanie couldn't understand was how great it is working with your friends, which Hunter does. Stephanie worked with family most of the time but Hunter's career consisted of working with great friends. Shawn, Ric, Billy Gunn, Road dogg, just to name a few. So he gets why they all wanted to stay together. That seems to be changing though.

"Are you guys going to miss working together?" Ariana asks Roman as she walks beside him, Dean walking on the other side of Roman. When thinking about it, the situation was great for Dean and Seth. They needed space from each other but Roman and Dean didn't. If it wasn't for Seth would the guys even consider splitting up at all?

"We won't not be working together," Dean answers instead. "I'm sure we'll get teamed here and there, it won't be the same but…" he trails off, his hand on Roman's shoulder.

"It's something," says Roman with a small smile as Dean nods his head. "What about you?" he then asks Ariana who tries not to feel affected. For the longest time she'd been working with Iris but she did start somewhere. And she had worked without her.

"Eh, I'll survive," answers Ariana with a shrug. "It was never I needed Iris, it was always the other way around and now, I'll get my shot. Maybe even get a chance at winning the Divas title," she says with an excited look on her face. There were a lot of prospects as a singles competitor and she was going to grasp each opportunity.

"It's about damn time," comments Dean and then hits Roman to signal for them to leave.

"See you around," says Roman and Ariana nods her head, wondering what Dean meant through that comment. She was sure he had no idea what she wrestled like, after all, he was always watching Iris. That's what she believes anyway. How would he notice whether she deserved a shot at the title? Shaking her head she leaves and goes to the car park, happy with what she managed to accomplish. But as she sits in her car she realizes that she has no one to go back to. No best friend, no sister, no family.

"Fuck off!" she hears Dean's voice and sees him walking with Roman, Roman saying something to make Dean laugh. She smiles and feels happy that at least Dean has someone. She only had Iris and now, she had no one. The comment from earlier still playing on her mind she gets out of her car.

"Hey Dean," says Ariana, jogging up to where he was. Dean tells Roman he'll be in the car in a sec and stops in the middle of the car park, waiting for Ariana to say something. "What did you mean by what you said about me winning the title?" she asks him curiously, tilting her head to the side.

"Just that you deserved it," says Dean, shrugging his shoulders and not knowing what Ariana wants him to say. He liked Ariana, she was a nice girl but right now she was being reminded of the girl that broke his heart. Something he didn't want to remember. His heart's in two right now. He doesn't want to see her because he's reminded of Iris but at the same time he enjoys her company and wants to know exactly why she's sticking up for him so bad?

"How would you know? You hate watching the Divas matches because they're hardly creative," comments Ariana, remembering Dean's words from one of the many conversations she sat through with him, Seth, Roman and Iris.

"I did watch yours though," says Dean.

"Because of Iris right?" asks Ariana, hating that everything is linked back to Iris. She didn't know what she was going to do as a permanent solution. Could she ever forgive Iris despite the situation having nothing to do with her? But Iris did know about her past so for her to pull a stunt like this, without even telling Ariana was a stupid move on her part.

"I guess," says Dean, not letting Ariana know that he'd seen their matches before he started dating Iris and it wasn't because of Iris he was watching them. "But that means I've seen you too and you're a decent fighter," he says to her, not wanting to offend her in any way. After all, the girl had defended him against her best friend. It was the least he could do.

"Thanks," says Ariana, her heart jumping in joy as she told it internally to stop doing that. She couldn't control any feelings today and it was getting the best of her.

"Good luck flying solo kiddo," says Dean and then walks off with a smirk on his face. He knew she'd do just fine but it was Iris that everyone needed to be worried about.

"Thanks, you too!" shouts Ariana and then walks off to her own car. She may not have Iris as a friend anymore but she was sure she could find someone new. God knows none of the Divas will want anything to do with her which she doesn't get, Iris was the one that did the unforgivable so why was she being made out to be the bad guy? All she was guilty of was having a conscience. Still, if the girls wouldn't talk to her she'd always have the guys.

Maybe she could start hanging out with Roman and Dean. She quickly shakes her head of that thought, they probably don't want her around. One girl messing up their friendship was probably enough for them. But as she gets into her car she looks over and catches Dean's eyes. She smiles at him and he sends a nod in her direction. Maybe things won't be so bad after all, she thinks to herself. And maybe, just maybe, she could have a decent friendship with Roman…even Dean.

"Hi, it's Ariana," she says into the phone, having had the whole ride to the hotel to think about her next move. She knew everything she did today was completely unacceptable and despite her feeling very cheeky about asking for what she wanted now, she knew there was no other way around it.

"Are you going to demand more things?" asks Stephanie on the other end, Ariana unsure of if she should laugh right now or not.

"Actually I was hoping we could have a real conversation, calmly," says Ariana, sitting on her bed with her legs crossed. Stephanie was her boss after all. "I'm sorry for all the disruption I caused today, that…that's not me usually," she tries to explain.

"I sort of noticed that," says Stephanie, making Ariana smile. "If you want my advice then I suggest you either keep your personal lives separate from your professional or face the consequences. The way you were today Ariana, it was totally unacceptable. The only reason you're not suspended right now is because of you've never acted out like this," she explains as Ariana nods her head to each word.

"I am sorry for everything," says Ariana, hoping Stephanie would believe her.

"You also said you didn't regret a thing," Stephanie reminds her of the words she expressed during today's meeting.

"I don't," says Ariana with a sigh. "That's the thing, I don't regret doing that to Iris but I am sorry for showing you guys up. It wasn't my intention," she tries to explain as clearly as possible, hoping she doesn't come out sounding like a weirdo.

"I guess I understand, for now," says Stephanie, making Ariana sigh in relief. "But you can't do that again. Besides, you guys are separated now so it shouldn't be a problem," she goes on to say. "Thanks for apologizing, a lot of people over the years come and give us crap like this but only apologize when they've been forced. You weren't told to do any of it so I appreciate it," she says, making Ariana feel even worse.

"No, thank you for putting up with me," says Ariana, making both women chuckle.

"Now, what can I do for you this time?" asks Stephanie. Ariana has no idea if this is something that would get approved or not. But she is trying to do what is best for everyone.

"I know you guys didn't suspend me and I really appreciate that," starts Ariana, taking a deep breath. "Maybe it's best if I do take a few days off anyway?" she then suggests. "I know I've just come back from my vacation time but…" she trails off, unsure of how her boss would react to this.

"But," says Stephanie, making Ariana feel like she has to finish it off.

"But I can't control my emotions," Ariana admits out loud, something she knew during her time back today. But she wasn't willing to address it at the time. Now though, after thinking about it she knows what she has to do. "I can't control how I feel or my reactions and I guess I should take a couple more days off to gather myself," she explains properly.

"You know Ariana, I'm actually inclined to agree with you," says Stephanie, making Ariana look at the phone in her hands. She didn't think it would be this easy. "You haven't exactly reacted to anything in the best possible way and maybe some time off would help you deal with everything a little better," she then goes on to say.

"You don't think I'm demanding things again?" Ariana asks her to be sure. She never was one of those people that went around making everyone dance to her tunes and they would because they were scared of her reaction or something. She didn't want to ever be that person. But she was today and she needed to sort that out. Fast.

"Maybe," says Stephanie with a laugh. "Actually, that is the most sensible decision you've made all day. When I was working with my family, there were many things I was always disagreeing with. And there were a few times where I'd have to take time off to gather myself so I'm glad you're recognizing that that's what you need," she explains as I nod my head as if she was actually here.

"Thank you, I'll literally just take a couple of days," says Ariana quickly, always priding herself with being able to come back from literally anything. And she was going to try the same with this situation too.

"As long as you come back ready to start being a solo then that's alright," says Stephanie, being more understanding than what Ariana was expecting. "Any plans on where you're going to be if we need to get in contact?" she then questions Ariana.

"Yeah, I think I'll just go see my parents, you know," she says after which she and Stephanie hang up the phone. Stephanie was glad Ariana had started to go back to her reasonable self and hoped some time with her parents would knock some sense into the younger girl. Ariana was unsure if she'd be able to control her emotions when she'd get back to work in a couple of days but she was going to try her hardest. Hopefully her parents had the answers she was looking for.

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