"Oh my God, Beth, look at you!"
Before the former WWE Diva known as the Glamazon could lift her face up to take a good look at the person who said those words out loud, she felt the unmistakable sensation of someone wrapping their arms around her to give her a hug.
Now, the invasion to her personal space took her by surprise because the last thing she has been expecting as she walked around was for someone who she didn't even get see to hug her out of the blue and she voiced her surprise with a small gasp.
Not that she really needed to look at this person to know who she was, after all she could recognize the raspy voice of her best friend anywhere, anytime and that night wasn't the exception.
"I know, I know, I'm huge." She said with an awkward chuckle, pulling back a little so she could take a look at Natalya's smiling face.
"No; I mean you are definitely bigger that last time I saw you but that was to be expected; you still look great. Even your hair looks good, it has gotten so long!"
Rolling her eyes, Beth brushed her friend off. Ever since she walked into the arena a bit over twenty minutes ago, that was all she has been hearing from her former co-workers; that she looked great, that pregnancy was settling beautifully with her and that she was glowing.
Well… she wasn't feeling so great looking as they said but she was too polite to argue about such a trivial thing. Besides they were probably trying to cheer her up; after all people had this weird notion that pregnant women suffered from some kind of low self-esteem problem and they would usually go out of their way to make them feel better.
It was kind of odd, actually, but not only that, as if that wasn't enough to make her feel out of place, everybody from the make-up lady, to John Cena and even Barbara Blank were taking the liberty of rubbing her belly as if she was Buddha incarnated and she was starting to get a bit annoyed.
"So what brings you down here? I didn't know you were coming."
"I'm just visiting; I was missing all this and I took the opportunity to come by. You know, before the doctor says I can't travel anymore." Beth said with a shrug. Ah, but more than visiting she came to see Phil… and just because he asked her to.
It has been something unplanned, with the Raw roster going overseas to work some shows in Europe they hadn't seen each other for two weeks and if they would wait for his appearances to stop coming, at least another week would pass by without them meeting up.
At least that was what he said and even when she has been dreading the encounter, she told him that she was going to see if she could make it.
Now, it took her two whole days to think about it and at the end she decided to show up. Yeah she came late and all that but she was there. If Phil wanted to see her, then the least she could do was giving him the surprise.
What she couldn't understand was why he wanted to see her so bad. Yeah, the last time they were together they both agreed that they had a talk pending, but that talk could wait until he was done with work a week from that date, right?
"Well I'm glad you came because I missed you so much; are you going to stick around after the show?"
Smiling, Beth shrugged. "Aww I missed you two; I never thought I would miss your crazy side so bad until I was stuck at home with nothing to do."
Laughing out loud, Natalya opened her mouth to reply, but before she could say something, Phil's voice was heard all around and they both looked to where he was.
"Well look at this, who would have thought that I had to find out through John Cena that you were here. Wasn't I supposed to be the one knowing these kind of things first?"
Licking her lips, Beth blinked slowly. Phil was walking to her and by the smile on his face, he wasn't mad about the fact that she never confirmed him that she was going to show up, quite the contrary, he looked content. "Well it was kind of a last minute decision."
"I see;" He said, getting closer and once standing in front of her, kissing her on the lips.
Now, that right there wasn't one of the mind blowing kisses she knew he could give, but for some reason it made her feel weak on the knees as her face blushed.
It was stupid, she knew that; but Natalya was right there looking and that made her feel embarrassed.
Pulling away from the gentle kiss, Phil immediately lowered his face towards her stomach and smiled brightly. "And how's my boy doing?" He asked, placing both hands over her belly and feeling around.
"He's doing great, getting bigger and bigger." She said, her breathing stopping for a second when he looked up into her eyes.
"You know what would have been great? A baby girl." Natalya said with a big smile, "Maybe the next one, right? Anyway, I'm going to kidnap Beth here for a while, she'll look for you in a few."
With that said, Natalya grabbed Beth by the hand and pulled her away. She gave the older woman just enough time to send Phil an apologetically glance as he looked after her questioningly.
".That?" The third generation Diva asked as she locked her arm to Beth's.
"What was what?" The soon mother to be asked even though she knew exactly what she was being asked.
"Come on, don't play dumb with me; you know I'm talking about that kiss."
"Ah, well it was a little peck-it was nothing."
"Right; anyway, since when are you two in a kissing-pecking zone and why didn't I know about it?" After asking that, the younger blonde halted on her tracks and as if being enlightened, she threw her head back and laughed. "Wait, you are sleeping together, aren't you?"
Opening her eyes as wide as she could, Beth looked around to make sure no one was listening. Not that it would make a difference, because as she found out during the short time she has been at the arena, everyone knew her baby was Phil's and they just assumed they were dating.
But still… she wanted to keep her private life that way, private.
"Do you want to go out there and say that in front of the crowd? Jesus, Nattie…"
Taking in a breath a bit dramatically, Natalya pressed a hand to her chest and closed her eyes.
"I knew it, I knew this was going to happen. I need details and I need them now."
Blinking a few times and snorting, Beth shook her head. "I'm not going to give you details, you pervert. Besides it was nothing, it just happened one time and I'm not even sure if it meant something."
"What? Come on Beth, of course it had to mean something. Whenever two people who love each other sleep together, it means a lot."
"It's not as easy as that. Phil and I, well you know we are just friends and that's it, there's no more to it."
"Do you love him?"
Puffing out a breath, Beth smiled. "Of course I do, he's my best friend." And not only that, he was the father of her baby so of course she felt for him.
"Well I'm your best friend too and that doesn't mean we are going to end up in bed having sex."
"It's not the same," Beth said shaking her head and snorting.
"Okay, let me ask it this way. Are you in love with him?"
Sucking in a breath, Beth looked up to the ceiling and shrugged. "I don't… know, okay." She admitted out loud. "Not that it matters, to Phil I'm just a friend."
"Yeah, and that's why he slept with you, because you are such a good friend. Look, I know the two of you too well to know that he was probably the one that started the sleeping together thing and let's be honest, we both know that Phil is not the kind of guy who sleeps around just because he cans. If he slept with you is because he feels something deeper than a friendship for you and by the way he looks at you I can assure you that this is the case."
"I'm not so sure about that… I mean I'm not even his type."
Snorting, Natalya patted her friend on the shoulder and pursed her lips. "This doesn't have anything to do with a type, Beth; what we are talking about here is love and that goes beyond any physical aspect. Besides Phil is not blind nor is he stupid, you are beautiful and smart and that's more than anyone could ask for. He even said it himself; but if you are still not sure, then maybe it's time you go to him and find out."
With that said, Natalya turned around and left Beth standing there.
For a few minutes that felt like hours, the former WWE Diva just stood there, thinking about what Natalya just said. In a way, she knew that her friend was that right and that she needed to find out what was going on with Phil, but at the same time she was afraid to do so.
What if she faced reality only to figure out that she was indeed in love with him? Or what was worse, what if she realized it only to have him tell her that he didn't want anything with her.
That would be awful, the bond they had now was for their whole life and how could she get over an infatuation when she was going to interact with him on regular basis?
Blowing out a breath and running her manicured fingers through her hair, she turned around and started to make her way back. The best she could do for the time being was ignoring the whole thing and let whatever was going to happen to happen.
With that thought in mind, she put her best face and walked to the place she knew he would be, his locker room. She found it without any complications and without even knocking, she walked in.
Looking inside, she saw that Phil was just taking his knee pads and his wrestling boots off and when he felt her walking in, he snorted.
"Hey, I thought you were going to be kidnapped longer than this."
Turning her head straight, Beth pursed her lips. "Yeah, me too; but I managed to escape." She finished up with a forced smile while her eyes automatically searched for his.
"Rad." He said getting up to his feet while wiping his brows with the back of his hand.
Watching him, Beth took notice that he was just in his wrestling trunks and those were not leaving too much to the imagination; he also looked worked up, he was sweating and his hair was going everywhere.
It was an interesting sigh and she couldn't help but to have a glimpse back in time of his lean body pressing lightly against her as he kissed her long and deep…
"Are you checking me out?" He asked in amusement, his eyes shining and his lips curved into a sly smile.
Chuckling out of discomfort, Beth puffed out a breath. "Not at all, there's nothing there I haven't seen before-" She said referring to the numerous times she has seen him only in his wrestling gear, but taking in consideration their recent history, those were probably the worst words she could have said.
Pushing the inside of her lips with her tongue, she felt her cheeks flush while Phil laughed out loud. "Touché, but if you want to take a better look, you can always come and join me in the shower. I mean there's nothing there I haven't seen before…"
Okay, now he was trying to mortify her. "No way, whatever you saw here was when I was a few pounds lighter and I don't think you would want to take another look."
Walking to her the same way he did back in the corridor, Phil got closer until she could feel the heat of his body emanating in huge waves. "I wouldn't mind to take another look."
With that said, the current WWE champion leaned into her space and kissed her for a second time that night. Only that this time he went straight to the point and grabbing her chin and pulling it down with his thumb, he created a gap so his tongue could slide into her mouth.
Beth let him do it, she even returned the kiss as her hand came to rest at the back of his neck.
But as soon as the kiss started, it ended when Phil pulled away. "I'm sorry, I'm all sweaty. Why don't we do this, I'm going to take a shower and then we'll find a place to eat."
Not trusting her voice to speak out loud, Beth nodded, biting her lips and blinking a couple of times.
Smiling, Phil looked at her face and then he retreated, taking a few steps back until he was almost at the bathroom's door. "You can still join me if you want to."
"No…"
"Well you can't blame a guy for trying." He said with a shrug and turning around, he disappeared into the bathroom.
Ah, but he didn't close the door and if it wasn't because Beth closed her eyes and rested her head against the wall, she would have definitely seen him getting rid of his trunks to get into the shower.
Breathing in, Beth groaned and covered her face with the palm of her hands. Why did she take Phil's invitation to visit him at the arena? Why did she give into temptation last time and why was she feeling like going to him to kiss him until there was no air left in her lungs.
It was just so complicated and as a thousand questions started to invade her mind, one of those questions stood out above all others; why was she feeling like she was falling head over heels for him? Why…?
