Hey guys! Sorry about the delay, had some computer issues mixed with writers block. This chapter does have a small flashback to Paige & Del Rio's domestic violence in the past. I'm already working on the next chapter already and should have it done while I'm watching Raw tonight.


Paige walked out of the hotel after saying goodbye to Dean as Alicia Fox called her over
"Hey crumpet, do you need a ride?" she asked as Paige nodded knowing that she would eventually need a rental car but not having the time to get one at the moment.
"Yeah I'd love to" she said as she walked over to Alicia's black SUV putting her things into the back before getting in the passenger seat.
"How is life? I mean I know you and Del Idiot are not together anymore which I'm so happy for" Alicia said as Paige looked down embarrassed that her friends had to see her like that.
"Life is crazy lately" she said before pausing and looking down at her phone. "He and I aren't together obviously but I'm still worried that he will try to do something" she said as Alicia looked over at her concerned.
"What do you mean? Do you think he would come try to hurt you?" She said looking more worried for her friend that anything.
"I don't know, Hunter has security bumped up because of what happened yesterday. I hope he wouldn't do anything to hurt me or…" she stopped feeling the tears in her eyes.
"Or Dean?" Alicia finished the sentence for her as Paige nodded realizing that the day before put Dean into danger as well.
"Well I think Dean could handle himself, he's a brawler, he's been through it all" she added as Paige took a deep breath.
"You are right" Paige said lowly as her mind started to wander to how she got to this place. How her life became a storm.

5 months earlier

Paige and Alberto had been together for a couple of months and things were moving pretty fast. The rumors were on the internet of them being together were swirling, they had been together for 4 months already. They now traveled together and practically lived together when they weren't on the road. It was a Thursday afternoon and they had just gotten back to Del Rio's condo after being on the road for awhile. She was making them dinner when he stormed in from the gym grumbling and talking to himself in spanish. He threw the bag down which startled Paige slightly.
"What's wrong?" Paige asked as she turned away from the stove seeing him kick his gym bag on the floor.
"You really want to know? League of Nations is breaking up and now I will have no exposure on either show. What am I supposed to do? I mean I need that title, hell any title I've been here longer than those assholes Rollins, Reigns, and Ambrose. Do they not know who I am?!" he yelled out as Paige wiped her hands and walked closer to him.
"Well maybe they just haven't found your spot yet. There are so many people on the roster that not everyone can be champion, I learned that the hard way but you will have the chance I know it" she said as Del Rio looked at her in disbelief.
"You want me to wait it out? See what they'll give me? Are you a fucking idiot?" he yelled as Paige looked shocked. He had never raised his voice to her even when he probably should've.
"I didn't mean…" she was cut off by him throwing her glass of water on the floor shattering the glass into small pieces.
"You didn't mean what? You think I'm a failure don't you? Just like everyone else in the world" he asked grabbing her arm forcefully as Paige tried to pull away but felt his grip tighten.
"No I don't, I just know…" she tried to explain as she felt her heart begin to race, he was angry and he had yet to let go of her arm.
"You know nothing you dumb bitch" he said as he pushed her into the counter and she crouched down scared to do much of anything else. Paige was in shock right now that he would do this, that the man she thought was a good man and a great father would act like this to her.
"You need to go in the other room" Paige said her voice shaking in fear but hoping he would just go away and cool off.
"You think you can tell me what to do? I own this house and I can throw your ass out you piece of shit" he yelled before pushing her head into the cabinet and kicking her a couple times.
"You are fucking useless, you would be nothing without me" he said before moving into the living room as Paige sat on the floor in shock holding her side which was bruised from the kicks.

"Paige, are you okay?" Alicia asked worried about her best friend zoning out while they were talking.
"Yeah I'm fine Foxy, just thinking about things" she said pulling her eyes up to look out the window before looking back at her friend.
"Have you thought about taking time off? Maybe to collect your thoughts and get things back in order?" she asked as Paige shook her head knowing she couldn't do that.
"No I can't take time off, I need to try to get back in the hunt for the title. You know how much time I took off while I was with him to do useless things" Paige said knowing that taking all of that time off was a mistake, she faded into the background and was nowhere near as good as she was before.
"You know how awesome you are, you are going to make it happen. They won't hold all of this against you. Comebacks happen all the time in the WWE" Alicia said as Paige let out a loud sigh knowing she shouldn't have to make a comeback.
"I hope you're right" Paige said almost not believing it herself. She didn't know if her career was over or if she would ever have a shot at the title again.

Once they arrived at Raw, Paige gave Alicia a hug before walking into the arena with her bag. She knew that she was a mess worrying about her safety, she was worried that maybe the new security measures may not work and he would find her. She was assured the night before that Alberto left without much of a fight but still she didn't know if he had found out that she was the one who told Hunter the truth. She heard a door open in the hall startling her and stopped dead in her tracks fearing what could be behind it.
"Hey Paige, it's nice to see you" Sami Zayn said to her as he walked past her and down the hall .
"Hey" she said quietly as she headed towards the women's locker room starting to feel like maybe she was driving herself crazy.

Paige sat in the locker room as the 6 Diva tag match happened out in the ring. She didn't have a match yet again for another Raw. She was told she didn't have a match because really she didn't have a storyline but in the back of her mind, it was because she didn't have the chance at a storyline. She had no way of showing her potential right now and felt like she was going nowhere. She heard a knock on the door and she stopped looking back at the door
"Who is it?" she called out standing up before hearing Seth's voice come through. She opened the door knowing that it was Seth.
"How are you doing?" Seth asked as she let him into the room knowing that nobody else was in there right now.
"It's weird… I thought I would be more heartbroken, like not that it doesn't hurt but I thought losing him would make me feel different" Paige said sitting down in the chair as Seth shrugged sitting next to her.
"With how he was treating you, it needed to end. Maybe in the back of your mind you knew that" Seth said with a sigh knowing he knew exactly how Paige felt.
"Yeah, I think I knew it wasn't going to last forever especially after what he started doing to me. I always thought that if a guy ever laid a hand on me inappropriately, that I would fight them off and leave. I wouldn't give him the chance to keep me around..." Paige started to explain as Seth stopped her
"It's not your fault Paige, you did nothing wrong. He's just an asshole who lost the best thing that probably ever happened to him. You'll meet the one and that person will make you feel incredible and treat you with the love & respect you deserve. He'll make you feel better than that fuckwad ever made you feel" Seth said as Paige looked up at him knowing he was right but she thought in her mind that she would be alone. This was yet another relationship to turn out badly in her life.
"I'm starting to think that won't happen, I mean look at Dean and Renee. They were like perfect for each other and that went down in flames. I mean Dean treated her amazingly, he did everything for her and she went off to Ziggler. See even these things happen to Dean and he's the sweetest guy I know" She said as Seth let out a laugh knowing that Dean and Renee were far from perfect.
"Maybe things weren't so perfect on the inside, you don't know what happens behind closed doors just like we didn't know about you and asswipe" Seth said with a smirk before looking over at her.
"I know that but Dean… he deserved so much better than her" Paige added as Seth just kept smirking at her.
"Since when do you care about Dean's relationship?" he said as his smirk grew to a smile.
"Well he is my friend Seth, I care about what happens to him and how he's treated" She said as Seth grinned turning towards her.
"You think he's hot don't you?" Seth said watching Paige's look of denial yet it was hard to hide her blushing.
"Well… he's attractive…. But no I don't think he's hot or anything" Paige said as Seth raised his eyebrows at Paige's answer.
"I think you just don't know it yet but I think you like him" Seth said as Paige huffed in the corner knowing that she didn't like Dean like that