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Chapter 6: Stop Fighting
When I woke up I still felt those arms embracing me. I could not believe that Justin actually stayed with me the entire night. I was so grateful for everything he had done last night as well as everything he had told me. He had feelings for me, which I shared in return. I had a crush on him ever since I saw him in FCW. He was a genuine person who cared more about other people than himself. That was proven to me when I saw him lying next to me.
He was sleeping so peacefully and I did not want to wake him. Slowly I took his arms from around me and got out of bed. He stirred a bit but did not wake up. I checked my phone to see that it was only five a.m. Because we did not have to be to the airport until 7:30 I was going to go to the gym. That was something else that calmed my nerves, and after what happened last night, mixed with the nightmares I had, I was full of nerves.
I went into the bathroom and freshened up. I put on my gym clothes and wrote Justin a quick note before I grabbed my room key and iPod and headed downstairs. When I reached the hotel gym I found that it was empty, which I was grateful for. I got my iPod out and started running on the treadmill. I was so focused on running that I did not realize someone else had joined me. That was until he stepped in front of me.
"What the hell are you doing here? I told you to stay away from me" I said stopping the treadmill and taking my headphones out of my ears.
"You think I am going to leave you alone? First you embarrassed me on television, well it is taped but we were still in front of an audience. And then you give me this nice black eye" he said pointing to the swelling eye. I smirked at him.
"You deserved it. You were going to rape me you son of a bitch. Why don't you go away and stop bothering me."
"You really think I would rape you Maryse. I am not that kind of person and you know it. I do not know what came over me yesterday but I did not mean any of it. Please just do not push me away." The look in his eyes seemed so sincere, but after everything that transpired I could not trust him.
"Push you away? You pushed me away when you slept with the trashiest Divas in the locker room. You know I am moving on so you should do the same." I started the treadmill up again and went to put my headphones in my ear before he spoke again.
"Please Maryse" he pushed the off button on the machine and almost made me fall.
"What the hell was that for ass hole" I said standing upright again. "Look I do not know how many times I have to tell you, I want nothing to do with you. Please, why can't you just understand that?"
I knew I should just leave but I felt the need to hear what he had to say. I do not know why I felt bad about the situation but I could not help but stay.
"Look I really am sorry for everything that went down. I want nothing more than to be a part of your life again. After that night I drank myself into a stupor. All I have done is think about you and everything that we had together. I love you more than anything in this entire world. You are the girl I want to spend the rest of my life with." I saw his eyes start to fog up, and a tear escaped.
"Randy please do not cry. The fact of the matter is that was the worst night of my life. I have no idea what possessed you to do that. Being drunk does not mean a thing. And then last night it was as though you were a completely different person. That man that I fell in love with was gone. You criticized my friends and called me a whore. You can not apologize for that, because I cannot forgive you."
A voice cleared behind me and I turned around to see Drew standing there. I should have remembered that he liked to work out early in the mornings too.
"Is everything alright here Maryse" Drew questioned noticing the look on both of our faces.
"No Drew, Randy and I were just talking about things. I am fine, you do not need to worry about me" I smiled at my friend.
"Actually I think I do need to worry about you, considering what this bastard almost did to you last night. Speaking of that, how come you did not tell me? I had to find out from Gail that you were attacked."
"Drew please can you just drop it right now. I am fine, everything is fine. I should get going, Justin will be wondering where I am." Sure I left him a note before I left, but things were getting awkward and I did not want to deal with it.
"It is 5:30 in the morning, so I doubt he is up yet. Besides what does it concern him? You only went out on one date." It was Randy, who spoke but both men were eying me curiously.
"Well technically we went out last night. Well back to my room to eat and watch a movie because I really did not want to go out. Since he is still there I should be there when he wakes up."
"YOU SLEPT WITH HIM!" They were yelling together now. This was getting weird.
"Wow I never said anything about sleeping with him. Way to jump to conclusions. Not that it is any of your guy's business but I asked him to stay because I was scared and did not want to be alone."
"You could have called me for that princess, you know that" Drew said with a sincere look on his face. Randy was throwing him the death glare now.
"Just like you Drew to try to get into her bed when something bad happens" Randy said with a sarcastic tone in his voice.
"I am not trying to get in her bed you pig. I am simply trying to comfort my best friend; you know the one who you fucked over. Oh that is right, you were not there when she cried at night over you. You were not there when she was drinking because she was so depressed. You were not there at all Randy. So get off your high horse and get over yourself."
"Whatever Drew you have had a thing for her forever and you know it. Shit everyone in the locker room knows it except you two. You act like you really care about her when all you really want is to sleep with her."
"Fucking stop, both of you. You are acting like immature little boys. Randy, you and I are over with so please stop trying to hold on to the hope that we will get back together. And Drew, stop being a jackass please. I cannot stand the constant arguing between you two. What happened is in the past, so can we please leave it there!" I could feel the heat radiating through my body. I was so upset that both of these men were arguing over me. Thank goodness Justin was not there, or so I though.
"Maryse is everything okay?" Justin's soft voice spoke behind me and I jumped about a foot in the air.
"Justin when did you get here?" I turned around to face the South African, who had a worried look on his face.
"Long enough to hear you yelling. Do you need me to take care of them for you?"
"Seriously what are you going to do little boy?" Randy was snickering behind me now.
"Yeah you are like what, two feet tall? You could not take us even if you tried" Drew laughed out. Was he seriously siding with Randy and picking on Justin? I felt as if I was in the twilight zone. I closed my eyes for a minute to calm myself down only to have Justin walk past me to the two other men.
"Yeah at least I was there for her last night after that dick almost raped her! Where the hell were you, you are supposed to be her best friend" Justin was yelling at Drew.
"You were only comforting her because you want to sleep with her too you jackass" Randy yelled at the younger man.
"Yeah Justin you have no right to even be in this conversation. You have known her for what two seconds" the voice of my Scottish friend bellowed out.
"Well I obviously care more about here than either of you do, so why don't you just shut the hell up" Justin said to both men.
I turned around after he spoke and just looked at them while they continued to yell back and forth at each other. I had tuned them out before I started yelling at all of them.
"Why don't you all just shut the fuck up and leave me alone!" With that I turned on my heel and ran up to my room. I was crying the whole way there. When I entered the room I saw my two friends had come back.
"Maryse are you okay?" Natty stood up and walked over to me. Gail followed behind her.
"I just cannot take it anymore" I said, tears streaming down my face. "All I wanted to do was get in a workout before we left, but it turned into a fiasco."
"Sweetie what happened exactly" Gail said softly.
"Well I was on the treadmill with my iPod on and I did not realize someone was in the gym with me. Well then Randy shows up and starts talking to me about how he is so sorry about everything. He said he would never rape me and he had no idea what came over him last night." I walked over to the bed and sat down, and the girls came to sit with me.
"Yeah I am so sure" Natty said sarcastically.
"Well he and I were talking more; I could not bring myself to leave. Then Drew showed up and asked if I was okay. I told him that Randy and I were just talking and that he had nothing to worry about. He was mad at me that I did not tell him about what happened last night. Well then he and Randy started arguing about me and by that time I was so frustrated. Then Justin walks into the mix. He asked if I was okay and then Randy and Drew turned on him."
"Wait Randy and Drew were picking on Justin? But why, he is such a nice guy" Gail said putting her hand on my shoulder.
"Well they seem to be under the impression that all Justin wants to do is sleep with me. Well then Justin started yelling at them both and they yelled back. It was all too much. So I yelled at them, told them to leave me alone, and ran up here" I put my face in my hands and continued to cry.
"Oh Ryse it is going to be fine, everything is going to be fine" Natty put her arm around me and whispered in my ear.
"No it is not. You know how much I hate people fighting, especially because of me. I cannot take it. I do not want to speak to any of them, yet I care about them too much to stay away."
This caught Gail's attention and she gasped. I looked up at her with a questioning stare. "You said you still care about them. Does that mean you still have feelings for Randy?"
"I do not know what I am feeling. Last night with Justin was simple and perfect. He treated me with such respect. And he told me that he had feelings for me, and that he wanted to take things slow considering our crappy relationships we recently had. He is such a nice guy. Then there is Drew. And you both know he is my best friend, and that is all we have ever been. But apparently everyone thinks that we have something going on. Then Randy, he broke my heart in half but I still have feelings for him. I cannot help the way I feel, and now I am in this mess."
"Maybe it is just best if you do not talk to any of them for awhile. It would be best for you, a way to calm yourself down and think about what you want" Gail said. "If they all care about you like they say they do then they will respect your decision and wait."
"That is going to be hard since I work with all of them" I said with a sarcastic tone to my voice. "I am going to shower and get my stuff ready for the airport" I said grabbing my things and heading to the bathroom. The shooting shower calmed my nerves yet again.
When I was finished getting dressed, I went to start on my hair. I heard voices on the other side of the door and realized that they were not just from my two best friends.
"Drew, Randy, you have known Maryse for a long time now so you should know that she hates the fighting. And look what you were doing, arguing over her" Natty was yelling at the men.
"Justin you would do well to remember that" Gail added knowingly.
"Look just let me talk to her, she is my best friend" Drew said. He sounded annoyed before Randy chimed in "Well she is my girlfriend" before Justin yelled "no you bastard you broke her heart!"
"Get out now, all three of you" Gail was yelling. "And stay the fuck away from her until she is ready to talk to you." I heard a door slam a few seconds later.
I walked out the next second and the girls turned to face me. I had tears running down my face again. "I do not know what to do anymore."
"Sweetie do not worry about a thing, we told them not to bother you until you are ready to talk to them. You are going home for a few days, use that time to think about what you really want" Natty said hugging me.
I broke our hug and went over to start packing my things. I was so upset about everything that had transpired over such a short amount of time. I was questioning my feelings about the man who broke my heart, I was wondering if my best friend felt something more for me, and I was wondering about the man who helped calm me last night. With all these thoughts and questions running through my head I was ready to explode. Once I finished packing I bid farewell to my best friends and headed to the airport.
The bad thing about being a Diva, most of the other WWE talent travels on the same airline. Giving how many people live in L.A. I knew I would be seeing people I really did not want , I did not want to see anyone from work. Once I got to the waiting area, I saw the slutty Bella Twins, the Miz, Alex Riley, Eve, Kelly, Drew, Randy, Justin, Wade, Heath, and Zeke. I sat as far away from everyone as I could. That was until a certain person walked up to talk to me.
"Maryse please just listen to me" I looked up to see my best friend standing in front of me.
"Drew I thought the girls made it clear that I did not want to talk to any of you" I said as he took a seat next to me. I could feel the glares of two particular men on us now. "I cannot believe you were all arguing with each other this morning, but it was uncalled for. You know I hate people arguing and fighting, especially over me."
"Look princess I am sorry about everything that happened. I did not mean for it to get out of hand like it did. If I knew what that bastard did to you last night I would have killed him. I am upset that you did not tell me what happened. You know how much I care about you and want to protect you" Drew said putting his hand on my shoulder.
"Look Drew I think it is best if we just do not talk for a while. I do not want to talk to any of you for a while. You all acted like immature boys" I said, taking his hand off my shoulder.
"Ryse do not do this please." I turned to my best friend and saw the pain in his eyes. It hurt me to see that he was sad.
"Drew please just let me be alone for a while" I said before they announced our flight would be boarding. Saved by the announcement! "I will talk to you when I am ready Drewbie, I promise" I said before giving him a hug and walking to the gate.
I boarded the plane without any issues. When I found my seat I saw Heath in the seat next to me. I was glad that it was him and not someone else.
"Hey Ryse" Heath said, standing up so I could get to my window seat.
"Hey Heath, how are you doing this fine morning?"
"Oh you know, just had to listen to Justin wine about you is all" he said sitting back down in his seat. I turned to him, and he had a smirk on his face. "Trouble in paradise already? The relationship has not even started."
"What exactly did he tell you?" I was curious to know what the South African had said about the encounter we all had this morning, and if he mentioned what happened last night.
"Well just that he really has feelings for you. I mean he has had a crush on you for a long time. He came back from his date the other night beaming. I had not seen him like that in so long. Then he told me this morning he got into an argument with Randy and Drew, and you yelled at them all and told them to leave you alone. Then he said Gail and Natalya kicked him out of your room."
As Heath finished his sentence I saw Justin walk by our seats followed by Wade. They were taking the seats behind us, so I lowered my voice when I spoke to Heath.
"He told me he had feelings for me last night, and I told him I had feelings for him too. This morning I woke up early and decided to hit the gym and Randy showed up. He and I were talking and then Drew showed up. He was upset I did not tell him what happened with Randy last night. I got uncomfortable with the two bickering that I told them I had to get back to Justin. They assumed I had slept with him even though I did not. Then Justin showed up and they all started yelling. I could not take it so I yelled at them and ran to my room. I was in the bathroom when I heard all the yelling. Gail and Natty told the three of them to leave me alone until I was ready to talk to them. And now here I am" I said with a sad look on my face.
"Hey do not worry about it Maryse. Whatever is meant to be will be. Just calm yourself down and think about what you want" he said with a smile.
"I know that is what Natty says, but I have no idea what I want."
The flight attendant came over the speaker and told us to turn off all electronic devices until we were up in the air, and to put on our seat belts and get ready for takeoff. I leaned back in my seat and relaxed. We were in the air in no time so I pulled out my phone and turned it on. I noticed I had several text messages from the morning, the most resent from a few minutes ago.
Maryse what is there to think about? Randy hurt you and Drew was not there for you. I care about you so much and last night should have shown you that. Please do not avoid me. –Justin
Princess I am sorry for upsetting you. I care so much about you and I could not stand losing you in my life, especially because of a stupid argument with two stupid guys. I love you –Drew
Ryse I will say it until I am blue in the face, I am sorry for everything that has happened over the last few months. I never meant to hurt you. You are the girl I wanted to marry and spend the rest of my life with. Please just give me another chance. –Randy
Ryse please call Gail and I when you get to L.A. We will be coming out tomorrow so you will not be alone long. We love you! –Natty
I did not want to read anymore so I turned my phone off and stuck it in my purse. I grabbed my iPod and let the music calm my nerves. I ended up falling asleep a few minutes later. I was awoken suddenly by Heath a few hours later telling me we were in Huston for our layover. I got off the plane and went to the restroom.
"Well well little miss slut" I heard behind me. I knew who the voice belonged to the instant she spoke. I turned around to face dumb and dumber.
"What the fuck is your problem now Nikki" I said glaring at the girl.
"Ohh you know, you are! I heard about your little dilemma. You know you should really not talk so loud. There are no walls separating you from people on a plane" the girl said with a smile.
I rolled my eyes at her. "I have no idea what you are talking about you know."
"It must be hard to choose between three men. I mean I know it would be for me, especially when they are as hot as Randy, Drew, and Justin. Just goes to show what a slut you really are you know. I mean stringing three guys along like that is so not classy" she said laughing with her sister. That was until I slapped her hard across the face.
Brie came after me the next second and before I knew it I was on the floor. Were they really attacking me in an airport bathroom?
"Hey what they hell are you bitches doing" I heard someone yelling. The next minute I heard a yelp and did not feel the girls hitting me anymore. "Get the fuck out of here now." I opened my eyes to see Eve and Kelly standing in front of me. Kelly grabbed my hand and helped me up.
"You okay?" The blonde asked with a concerned look on her face.
"Oh you know just getting a beating from skanks. I am fine" I said smoothing out my top.
"Why were they attacking you anyways?" Eve said coming to stand next to Kelly.
"Well I did slap them first, but they deserved it."
"Yeah don't they always deserve it? Come on Ryse the next flight is about to start boarding" Eve said with a smile. The three of us walked to the loading area together. We were greeted by death glares from the Bella's, which I just shook off. We were boarding the flight a few minutes later. I took my new seat again next to the window. A few minutes later I was greeted by Wade, who would be my seat buddy for the next few hours.
"Hey Ryse what happened to you? You look like you have just come from battle" Wade said with a smirk.
"The two stupid bitches are what happened to me" I said with a bitchy tone to my voice.
"Why did they attack you?"
I told Wade the whole story about what happened in the bathroom, which then led to me telling him about everything else. Apparently Natty told him what happened already so he was not too shocked by everything.
"Well you know I support you no matter what decision you make" he said putting a hand on my shoulder. "I just hope you really think about it. I remember how you were when Randy hurt you the first time. I would hate to see that happen again."
"Thanks Wade. You are such a good friend" I said with a smile.
The plane took off a few minutes later and I was content with looking out the window and listening to my music. While I was relaxing in my seat, a row behind me the two women who attacked me were plotting on how to make my life a living hell.
Oh no what are those twins up to now? And what will Maryse end up doing about her predicament? Stay tuned to see what happens.
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