A/N: Sorry about the long long wait. I hope everyone enjoys this chapter.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything WWE related. Just my OC Selina Mendes. Danie owns Arabella.
DRAWN TO YOUR FLAME
Chapter VIII: I'm No Good Without You
Selina was walking down the hallway, a smile on her face. The past week was really good for her and she hoped that it stayed that way. Her and Finn were becoming close again. They talked almost all the time within the past week. Her and Seth were back to their old ways, which she was happy about. She hated when her and Seth fought because he really was her male best friend and she hated that they was tension between them.
Walking past the men's dressing room, she heard two voices that were very familiar to her. Curiosity taking over, she put her head against the wall, listening to what the two men in the locker room were conversing about.
"I see that you and Selina are getting close again." She recoginized that voice to be Seth's. "I insist you be careful because she's a good friend of mine and I don't want to see her get hurt because of you."
"Why are you so worried about Selina and I anyways?" That voice belonged to Finn Balor. "I've seen that you and her have become so close. If anything, I should be worried about her hanging with you. You're just going to ruin her like you have any other woman."
Selina's heart starting pounding really fast and her nerves were starting to flare up. Why were they talking about her to one another anyways? It was as if they were trying to compete with one another and she couldn't deal with that. Her anxiety would be acting up so bad and she wasn't ready to deal with an anxiety attack, especially at work. These two guys were so important to her.
"So what if Selina and I are close? It shouldn't matter because you and her aren't together." Seth took a deep breath, calming down, then continued, "I was there with her during rehab and she was so depressed. One day after rehab her and I started talking and she told me all about her past with you. You've got some balls breaking up with her and then all of a sudden trying to her be her white and shining knight."
Finn was pissed now. Who did Rollins think he was bringing up his and Selina's business like that? "I'm protecting her from you, Rollins. We all know about your past with women. I just don't want Selina to be another notch on your bedpost."
"You want to know something, Balor? Selina and I have been sleeping together for the last couple of months." Seth smirked whenever he saw the angry look come upon Finn's face. He managed to make the Irishman even more pissed. He knew he got under Finn's skin whenever the first ever Universal champion left the locker room.
All of a sudden, Selina's breath caught in her throat. She couldn't believe that Seth just spilled the beans to Finn about their late night hookups they'd been having the past couple of months. Nobody knew about that except for Bella, Jeff(only because he was dating Bella) Roman Reigns, and Dean Ambrose. As far as everyone else knew, they were just best friends, which was also true.
Things got worse whenever she saw Finn walk out and decided to confront her. "So, not only were you eavesdropping on the conversation between Seth and I, you were sleeping with him too?"
Tears were coming down from Selina's face. They were uncontrollable at this point. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean for you to find out this way. It's just that we were both single and we were both having a rough time and one thing lead to another."
"You didn't mean for me to find out this way?" Finn reiterated, but he was very unhappy by the tone of his voice. "I don't think I was supposed to know about it at all. You want to know something, I decided to hang out with and have a fresh start because I was hoping we could possibly have another relationship down the road. But knowing you've been whoring around with Rollins, I'm not sure that's a good idea anymore."
Once again, Selina's breath caught in her throat. Those words stung her heart more than she expected. "Finn, you don't mean that. I'm not a whore just because I'm single and decide to sleep with someone else who is single."
"But with Seth Rollins of all people?!" Finn hollered, making Selina flinch and take a step back. "C'mon, Selina, I thought you were better than to lower your standards like that. I always thought you were a the type to be in a committed relationship before deciding to sleep with someone. You have changed and I'm not sure I like this changed Selina."
Selina was crying now not because she was upset but because she was frustrated that the man she was still in love with was saying such hateful words to her. "You know something, Balor?" Finn was taken aback by Selina calling him by his last name. "I have changed. A lot can happen over the years. I'm not that same sweet innocent girl that you knew in Japan. I've matured and gotten older. You're just going to have to accept it for what it is."
"I'm still disappointed in you Selina," Finn stated. Those words were the final straw. Selina felt her heart break in two right at that point.
Finn walked past her, a look of disgust on his face. Selina watched him walk away and all she could do was cry. Then, as if things couldn't get any worse, Seth comes out of the locker room.
She walked towards him and decided to have a confrontation of her own. "Why did you have to go and tell Finn that we're sleeping together?"
Seth sighed. "Selina, he was acting like he was knight in shining armor and I needed to bring him back down to reality. The guy needed to know that you two aren't together."
"I don't understand why you and him were talking about me in the first place. You two are so immature."
"You want to know why you were brought up?" Seth asked and Selina stood there; her arms crossed, waiting for an answer. "It's because I hate the thought of you and him hanging out and possibly getting back together. He was talking about how you and him were hanging out and he thought you two could possibly get back together. Quite frankly, it pissed me off because after breaking your heart, he thinks he can waltz right on in like some hotshot."
"Well I hope you're happy now, because of you, Finn probably won't ever talk to me again." Selina knew she would regret this, but she knew she had to tell Seth the truth since this seemed to be honesty hour. "And it's going to be make me depressed because I'm still in love with him."
"You're still in love with Balor?" Seth reiterated. He thought that Selina was past that phase, but deep down, he knew the woman standing before him was still hung up on Finn. "I thought you were past that and over him?"
"Let me just be honest here with you, Seth, because you deserve it." She took a deep breath, about to spill her guts and that made her anxiety flare up. "The truth is...I have never been over Finn. I've been in love with him the whole time. While we were hooking up, it did help a lot because I forgot about him and all the feelings that I felt for him, but whenever it was all said and done, all I could think about was him. You are still my best friend and I don't want you to hate me."
Seth stood there, soaking in what Selina confessed to him. He wasn't going to lie, he was hurt about the fact he was going to stay in the friendzone with her. "I hate knowing that I'm going to stay in the friendzone with you. It's for the best right now if we just have some space from one another."
Watching Seth walk away from her, it caused Selina to cry again and clutch her chest. Two of the most important guys in her life were mad at her and there was nothing she could do about it.
So much for her having a good week.
It was Thursday, so it was time for Jeff to come home and Bella was excited. She was going to be getting her surprise from him today and she couldn't wait to see what it was. She grabbed all her stuff from Selina's house she packed and headed back to Cameron to be home with Jeff. Actually, she brought Selina along with her because she saw the state of mind her best friend was in and she didn't think Selina needed to be alone at that point. She talked with Jeff about it and he okayed for Selina to stay with them for a couple of days until they all headed out to the airport for RAW Sunday night.
Selina was moping in their guest room, so Bella was in the living room waiting on Jeff's arrival. Hearing the sound of tires driving down a dirt path and she immediately got up and saw that it was Jeff's vehicle coming down the driveway. She opened the door and headed outside to greet him.
She smiled and waved at him, which was reciprocated. "I need you to go back inside the house," Jeff hollered to her. "Go inside and shut your eyes." Bella did as she was instructed and went back inside the house and covered her eyes.
A few minutes later, she was alarmed when she felt something liking her face. She uncovered her eyes and saw a puppy sheltie on her lap. She looked up at Jeff and then back down at the dog. This was the surprise that Jeff was talking about. She had mentioned to him that she wanted a sheltie for awhile and he finally gave her one.
"I can't believe this," she stated in awe. "You actually got me a sheltie? That's so sweet." She carefully placed the puppy on the ground and got up from the couch to walk towards her boyfriend. She wrapped her arms around his neck and placed a soft kiss to his lips. "Thank you, I love it."
"You're welcome. I'm glad you like it." He placed his hands on her hips and kissed her again. "I was talking to this guy one day and he said that he breeded shelties and I thought about you and how you said you really wanted one. Luckily he was a huge fan of mine because I got the puppy for cheap." They chuckled in unison.
"You're so wonderful." She looked up at him and kissed him again. This time their kiss went on a little bit longer. "I love you."
"I love you too." He stared into her eyes and caressed her face. He broke apart from her to pick up the puppy. "So, what is going to the name of this little guy?" He rubbed the dogs fur, which caused the puppy's tail to wag as hard it could.
She pressed a kiss to the dogs neck. "How about Samson?" She started rubbing on the dog's fur.
"Samson the sheltie?" The Charismatic enigma mused. "Sounds good to me." He kissed Bella's cheek when walking past her with the puppy still in tow, taking a seat on the couch. Bella followed suit and plopped down beside him, the puppy deciding to take a seat in her lap and lay down. Jeff wrapped his arm around Bella's shoulders. "How is Selina holding up?"
"She's still moping," Bella answered. "The last time she was this bad off was whenever her and Finn broke up. I hate seeing her this way."
"I'm sure she'll be alright. She's a tough girl. She's just going through a hard time right now." Jeff could really relate to how Selina was feeling. Whenever he had his divorce, he was down in the dumps for the longest time. He would consider himself lucky that he didn't have a best friend who he was sleeping with though. That seemed to bring in even more unnecessary drama.
"It must be hard on her because she's probably being torn in two different directions. There's this guy she's attracted to and pretty close with but there's also the guy she's in love with at the same time." The more she thought about it, the more she was starting to relate with Selina.
Not only was Bella in love with Jeff, she came to terms that was attracted to Corey Graves as well. But, she knew she needed to stay with Jeff and not let her emotions get the better of her whenever she was around Corey.
Speaking of Corey, she had a text message waiting on her phone from him stating... Heard about the drama between Selina, Finn, and Seth earlier. Hope Selina is alright. Call me if you can because I have something important to tell you.
Later on that night, Jeff, Bella, Selina, and the new puppy Samson found themselves at Selina's house at Wrightsville beach. Jeff had been wanting to go to the beach and Selina was more than willing to let them come and stay with her since Jeff was nice enough to let her come down with Bella when she came back home to Cameron. Bella and Jeff were going to stay down there until Saturday since everyone had to leave Sunday to head back to RAW.
The trio were settled in for the night at the beach house. Selina, loving the beach atmosphere, found herself outside along with Samson, who was nestled beside her. She heard the back door open and was sort of surprised to see Jeff standing there. He took a seat beside her on the steps and looked out into the ocean with her. They sat in an companionable silence for a few minutes.
The Charismatic Enigma decided to break the silence. "How're are you feeling? You okay?"
Selina sighed. "Not really. It'll probably take me awhile for me to get over this whole situation. I mean the man I'm in love with doesn't want anything to do with me and then Seth, who is my other best friend won't talk to me either. I really think I unintentionally broke his heart. I was attracted to Seth, but when it all comes down to it, it's always going to be Finn."
"You know if Seth is really your best friend, then he'll come around. He can't be mad at you forever. And if Finn really wants to give it another shot with you, then he'll come around too. I think they just both need time." He put his arm around Selina and gave her a friendly hug. "Seth is probably upset because he probably felt some sort of attraction too and it hurts his ego that he's not the one you're in love with at the end of the day. Finn is probably upset because he knows that you have indeed changed and knows that you couldn't always wait around for him even though you still love him."
The Latina's eyebrows furrowed. Jeff sure has some words of wisdom. "That was refreshing to hear. Thank you."
"No problem. It's the least I could do since you're letting me stay at your beach house."
Selina chuckled. "Trust me, you don't have to do me any favors. I don't mind at all. I appreciate you letting me come back down to Cameron with Bella, especially since I was so depressed about the confrontations with Seth and Finn."
The two just sat together and watched the ocean, knowing their friendship bond just got a little bit stronger. Samson moved over from Selina's right side and plopped himself down between Jeff and Selina. The two chuckled at the puppy.
Meanwhile, Bella was inside the house, talking to Corey on the phone. She locked herself in the bathroom long enough to talk to him.
"Hey, Bella, glad to hear your voice. How are things going with Selina?"
Bella couldn't help but blush whenever he said he was glad to hear her voice. "She's seems to be doing better. Jeff and I are actually staying at her beach house until Saturday."
"Jeff is there? Is it a good idea for you to be talking to you right now?" Bella could've sworn she heard some disdain in Corey's voice. But, she just let the thought go.
"It's fine, him and Selina are outside right now. So, what was it you wanted me to call you about?" She felt bad that she was sneaking phone calls with Corey when she was in a relationship, but it felt good to hear his deep voice on the other end of the phone.
"It's about Finn. You aren't going to believe what he's done."
Bella's brows furrowed. She hoped Finn didn't do anything petty in regards to Selina ever since their fight. "What has Finn done? It's nothing bad is it?"
Corey heard the worried tone in Bella's voice and couldn't help but smile. He liked how loyal and caring she was towards her best friend. "No, he hasn't done anything bad. Actually, it's something pretty awesome he did or I should say; asked. I was in the gorilla position going over some things with Hunter and Vince the show. Well, Finn comes up and asks Hunter if they can reconsider bringing Selina back onscreen to be his valet. Since Vince doesn't think Finn is over enough with the crowd. Hunter said he would take it up with Vince and see what he said. I think it would work. They would just have to make sure Selina wouldn't take any big bumps since she's not medically cleared by doctor's to compete."
Bella's jaw dropped. As much as she wanted to be mad at Finn for what he said to her best friend, she found it hard to be, especially when he was still being a damn good guy. "No way! It seems like Finn isn't as mad as Selina as we should believe. Especially if he wants her to come back onscreen to manage him. I kinda hope that it works out because Selina would love to be back working onscreen in some capacity."
"I was going to call her myself about it, but I just wanted a reason to talk to you."
Bella couldn't help but blush. "Okay, well, thanks for talking to me. I'll see you Monday."
"See you Monday." And that was the end of their phone call.
Bella leaned back against the counter and let out a deep breath. She now found herself more confused than ever about her heart and her lingering feelings.
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