Chapter 8
As the match continued both men were getting a pretty bad beating. Seth was now in the ring. He had to tag Roman in he needed a breather. He had just been turned inside out with a huge clothesline from Harper. Stunned and unable to move Harper took that as an opportunity to try and get a pinfall. Harper collapsed onto the mat and covered Seth for the pin. The referee counted two before he kicked out. Rolling over onto his stomach he began trying to crawl over to Roman who was eager to get back into the match. He was reaching as far as he could to try and reach his tag team partner, but neither man's arm length was long enough to make the tag, and Harper still had a tight grip around one of Seth's ankle trying to pull him back into his and Rowan's corner.
"Comeon Seth!" Roman yelled over the crowd. "Tag me in." Brie stood on the outside next the the steel stairs calling for him to make the tag. Seth still on his stomach pulled his free leg up and then released kicking Harper in the face. Stunned by the sudden impact to his face he released his hold on Seth who quickly crawled over to make the tag. Harper began to scoot back into his corner where Rowan tagged himself in. Both Harper and Seth rolled out of the ring onto the floor.
Once Rowan and Roman were both in the ring, Roman had the upper hand. It didn't take long for his momentum to fade. He was already tired and hurting from his earlier battle with Harper. Rowan noticed the weakened stated his opponent was in and used that to his advantage giving himself the upperhand, and within ten minutes Roman was done. Rowan fell to his knees and covered Roman who lay on mat waiting for Seth to break the pin which never happened. The referee counted to three and the match was over. He signaled for the bell and crowned the new tag team champions. As the Wyatts left, Roman sat up and turned to face Seth who stood on the outside of the ring with Brie at his side.
"What the fuck?" He asked angrily as he glared at his partner.
Seth shrugged, "I didn't make it in time." He replied as the two men continued to stare each other down. Roman slowly got back up to his feet and stepped outside the ring. He was about to walk away when he quickly spun around and went after Seth. Brie quickly stepped around to Seth's other side where she stood in front of him stopping Roman in his tracks and stopping him from inflicting any sort of pain to her guy. The two men quietly stared at each other a moment before Roman finally spoke up.
"You're full of shit." He told the younger man. "You had plenty of time to break that pin." Seth opened his mouth to speak but Roman shook his head. "I don't have time for your excuses." He yelled startling Brie who took a step back closer to Seth. Roman turned his attention away from Seth and looked down at Brie. He huffed as he shook his head. He still found it unbelievable that his partner was choosing a girl over the brotherhood, and not just any girl, but the one girl they all swore to hate. "Just admit it already. You both had this planned all along. I'm also pretty positive Dean's loss was a part of your plan too." He stood quiet a minute waiting to see if one of them would admit to anything. When he realized he wasn't going to get a response he shook his head again. "Unbelievable." He said as he took a step backwards. Seth and Roman continued to stare at each other a moment before he turned around and began to walk away. Halfway to the ramp he turned to look back at Brie and Seth. "I thought you were smarter than that bro." He said, again staring at Seth for a minute before turning around and walking up the ramp onto the stage and disappearing through the curtain.
Brie noticed the confusion on Seth's face. She knew that he wasn't sure if he had made the best decision. After all the Shield came in together and sworn to go out together. "You don't need him Seth." She told as she turned around to face him. Staring into his eyes she grabbed both his hands and laced their fingers together. "Honestly babe you don't need either of them." She told him trying to convince him he made the better decision. "You are better than them. They are the ones holding you back." She said un-lacing their fingers sliding her hands up his arms resting them around his neck locking them their as she gently pulled him closer to her. "This is your time baby." She said with a smile neither one of them taking their eyes off the other. Seth nodded. Brie was right he didn't need the Shield to help make him big. He had the boss's daughter. That's all he needed.
"You're right babe. This is me. This is my time." He agreed as Brie released her hold around his neck sliding them around to where she rested them against the sides of his face. "I don't need them I got you." He smiled leaning into her touch he bent down and placed a kiss in her cheek. "Thank-you." He told her sincerely as he slowly pulled himself up. "Let's go." He told her as he wrapped an arm around her waist and the two of them walked up the ramp, on to the stage and behind the curtain.
Once they were backstage Dean was waiting just a few feet away from the curtain when they came through. His match was next. Seth exchanged looks with Dean before looking back at Brie. He hated that she still had to escort Dean after what happened right before the tag match. Brie too hated she had to walk down to the ring with him. She knew it would be awkward trying to act as if they get along even the smallest bit especially now after that spat from earlier.
"Be safe out there." He told her before glaring at Dean as if warning him not to do anything to endanger her well-being.
"I will." She told him. "Go ahead and change. I want to get the hell out of here once this match is over."
Seth nodded as he turned around and began walking down the hall. Dean smirked as he watched Seth walk down the hall towards the locker room. "It's like I said earlier!" He called out towards Seth. "You are pussy whipped!"
Seth stopped in his tracks. He stood there a moment trying to contain his anger before quickly spinning around and marching over towards Dean. "Seth!" Brie warned as he was a few feet away. "Seth no!" She told him as she held her arm out stopping him before a fight broke out.
"Better listen to you girlfriend." Dean warned. "I'm sure you don't want to piss her off."
Brie glared at Dean before turning her attention back to Seth. "He's not worth losing your job over. I'll handle this. You, you go get changed so we can get the hell out of here once I'm done for the night."
Seth sighed, "Fine." He replied as he turned around again and walked to the locker room.
"Damn girl!" He said looking at Brie, "You've got him wrapped around your finger." He laughed. "He's passed whipped."
Brie looked up at Dean, "It's not whipped." She told him sternly. "It's called respect. Something you obviously know nothing about. Also, if you disrespect me or Seth again I will have your ass suspended indefinitely without pay or at worst fired. So if I were you I'd watch my mouth." She told him as the music started and the two of them walked out on stage and to the ring.
