"Kaitie... Would ya please come out of there?" Sheamus begged as he stood outside the diva locker room. Kaitlyn had been in there for about and hour now, and the show was nearly over. Sheamus didn't mean to hurt her feelings in anyway, he was just trying to protect her, and the ginger thought that he did a pretty good job in that. However, Kaitlyn had other ideas.
Even though Dolph hadn't physically hurt the hybrid diva, she was haunted and tormented by old memories from long ago. That's what had her so shaken up in the first place. She was still living in the past, and if she didn't learn to move on, then how was her and Sheamus supposed to end up together?
"No!" Kaitlyn yelled out, her voiced was strained so you could tell she was still crying. Sheamus then sighed and ran a large hand through his ginger hair.
"Then can I come in?" He begged. It was quiet for a moment until Kaitlyn finally uttered out a barely audible answer.
"Okay." She let out and Sheamus exhaled in relief. He couldn't bear to live with himself if he knew Kaitlyn was angry with him. Especially if she was angry over nothing, and merely just overreacting. He then opened the door to the locker room, luckily it was empty and all the other divas had long gone back to the hotel.
"Please stop crying lass..." He said and there he saw her.
Kaitlyn was curled up in the corner of the room, clad in some yoga pants and a tank top. Her two toned hair was tied up into a messy bun, with her bangs falling down in front of her face. Her usually bright hazel eyes were dull, and her cheeks were tear stained. Sheamus sighed, and his heart broke a little knowing that he was the cause of her pain. The Irishman then sat down beside her and she laid her head on his shoulder.
"I'm sorry." She mumbled.
"Kaitie, I'm sorry. He didn't hurt you, did he?" Sheamus asked as he looked over at her and wiped the tears off of her cheeks in a gesture of comfort. Kaitlyn shrugged.
"No, I'm fine." She said, followed by a light sniffle.
"Then what happened out there? I thought everything was okay?" Sheamus questioned. Kaitlyn let out a sad laugh and shook her head. Most if it was her fault.
"I'm sorry too. I guess I was just more scared than anything." She admitted. "I was so afraid that he was going to hurt me, so I panicked. I never really got to say thank you for protecting me." Kaitlyn said.
"It's alright Kaitie. It was just a misunderstanding, we can forget about this." Sheamus said as he then wrapped a large arm around Kaitlyn's built torso, and squeezed her for comfort.
"I just want you to know that I don't think of you as a bodyguard either." She hastily said. "You're much more than that. A friend, a protector, you're like my guardian angel..." She said as her cheeks began to heat up. They turned a lush crimson color as she was confessing all this to Sheamus.
"Like a... Partner?" The ginger asked and Kaitlyn looked up at him with her eyebrows knitted together in confusion.
"A partner? What do you mean?" She asked and Sheamus chuckled.
"Like a boyfriend, I guess." He admitted. Because that was what she described. A protector, a friend, a guardian angel, etc... Kaitlyn's face only darkened and it was quiet for a moment in the locker room. Sheamus was about to ask her if she was ready to leave, but she then asked him a very serious question.
"Sheamus... Do you love anyone?" Kaitlyn asked and Sheamus froze. It was now or never, he could confess to her while she was asking for it, or he could chicken out and wait again for opportunity to strike. He cleared his throat, and Kaitlyn looked up at him with her glorious green eyes.
"I... I love you." Sheamus spoke with such sureness and clarity, he had to question if this was even real right now. Or was he dreaming?
"What?" Kaitlyn asked incredulously as she still looked up at him.
"I love you." The Irishman spoke boldly, and Kaitlyn smiled. It was the most brilliant, breath-taking smile that he ever saw from her. Maybe all she wanted was real love from somebody, and now she got it. And Sheamus was way more than happy to give it to her.
"Say it again." She ordered and this time Sheamus smiled too.
"I love you." He declared and Kaitlyn nuzzled into his embrace.
"I love you too." The hybrid diva confessed and Sheamus was practically jumping for joy on the inside. He couldn't believe his ears. He then decided to take a risk as he and Kaitlyn sat there quietly in the locker room. The ginger cleared his throat again, then barely spoke.
"Will you marry me?" Sheamus asked will all too much sincerity. Kaitlyn looked at him again, this time in shock.
"Are you being serious about this?" She asked and Sheamus nodded.
"Of course lass. I love you, and if you marry me, I can protect you even more." He said and Kaitlyn nodded.
"Okay." She said with a smile, and the two shared a very chaste kiss on the lips. So there they were; a fresh new couple who was now in fact, engaged out of nowhere, and Kaitlyn was taken much by surprise.
