Chapter 9! Thanks for all the reviews! I love all of the love Naomi is getting now. Sorry this took so long, but I wanted to make sure you guys got the good stuff. Hope you enjoy!


"What's up boy! How you been?" Roman and Josh (also known as Jey Uso) embraced in a solid hug.

"Man, I'm exhausted all the time, but I love this stuff so it ain't that bad." he replied while taking a seat on the sofa.

"Yeah, Uce, I feel you. Me an Jon are getting back on the road soon." The Uso's have been off the road to film a movie for WWE studios. This was huge for them.

"Speaking of Jon. Is he here?"

"He ran out to the store. He'll be back soon though." Roman nodded. He was somewhat relieved that Jon wasn't there because now he had time to rethink telling him anything. It would change everything between them and he didn't want to lose the relationship he has with his cousin. Not over some girl. Roman winced at the thought because it wasn't just some girl. It was Trinity and she was special. He wanted her so bad, but he needed Jon's permission first. If Jon wasn't okay with it then that was it. He wouldn't pursue Trinity and he'd have to live with the fact that they could never be together. Family comes first, right?

"Uce, you okay over there? You look like you just found out your dog died or somethin'" Josh said.

Roman blinked hard and shook his head. "Sorry, man. Got a lot on my mind."

"Like what?"

"It's nothing."

"It ain't nothing."

"I'm serious, it's nothing."

"And I'm serious it's not nothing. Tell me."

"No."

"Tell me."

"No."

"Uce!"

"Alright!" Roman yelled irritated. "Alright, I'll tell you if it'll get you off my back." Josh pumped his hand in victory and motioned for Roman to speak. He sighed and rubbed his hands together, trying to figure out where to start. "Uh, I've been having problems with a girl."

"Performance problems?"

"What? No, not that kind of problem."

"Is it with Jojo's mom?"

"No, a different girl. We work together and-"

"You caught feelings on the job?!"

"Uce, can ya ass stop interrupting me please and let me finish?"

Josh lifted his hands in surrender. "My bad, go on."

Roman took a moment to gather his thoughts together before saying, "Anyway, I've been working with this girl and it's be great. She's great, it's just she was engaged to a close friend of mine, so I can't do anything without his permission. Which means I'll be suffering in silence until I work up the courage to talk to him."

"Wait. What friend do you have that was engaged to a Diva we work with? Cuz the only girl I know who just got un-engaged is..." he paused when Roman raised his eyebrows. He could see Josh putting pieces together in his mind. Then all of a sudden his eyes got wide. "Oh hell nah!" He stood up and clutched his head with both hands. "You feeling on Trinity?"

"No!" Roman said quickly as he stood up too. "I mean yes... But I haven't done anything yet."

"You mean you haven't had sex with her yet or you haven't kissed her yet?"

"I haven't had sex with her."

"So you kissed her?"

"Once... 3 times. But that was it. I felt bad about it."

"Okay, so let me get this straight," Josh said with his hands in the prayer position. "You came over here to ask Jon for permission to sleep with the girl he's been with for the past six years, the girl he was engaged to like two months ago?"

"I don't wanna just sleep with her, man."

"Uce, I don't know about this. You know how jealous he got when they were together. Hell, you had yo jealous episodes with your ex too, man."

"I know, I know. I just-"

"Aye, what's up, Uce!" Jon yelled as he walked through the door. "I didn't know you was coming here."

"Uh, yeah. I came here to talk to you about something."

"Bye!" Josh said quickly before grabbing his keys and darting out of the apartment.

"Where the hell is he going?" Jon asked with a confused look on his face. Roman shrugged and Jon shook his head. "You hungry, Uce? I just brought some ribs to grill."

"Nah, man. I'm good."

"Cool. That gives me time to catch up on my shows." He flopped down on the couch and turned the TV channel to Abc.

"Scandal?" Roman questioned.

"Bruh, this show is addicting. If I wasn't wrestling, I'd be in D.C. with Olivia kicking ass.

"You do know it's not real right?"

They laughed. "Whatever man, Trin got me hooked."

"Speaking of Trinity... Uh, why did you guys end things?"

"Man, after 6 years we finally realized that we were better off as friends."

"But you got engaged to her and everything."

"We loved each other, but it didn't really develop more than that. After 5 years of dating, we just assumed that marriage was he next step without really wanting it."

"You still love her?"

"I'll always love her. Women like her don't come around that often. She's the type of girl that will make you fall in love with her without even meaning too."

"I see." Roman mumbled to himself.

"What's up with the relationship questions, uce?"

"Uh, well me and Trin are in a storyline together. Just thought I'd ask."

Jon eyed his cousin suspiciously before nodding. "So, how's that going?"

"The story?" It's good. She's, uh, easy to work with." Roman scratched his head nervously.

After a moment of Jon just staring at Roman, he finally asked, "You like her, don't you?"

"What?" he said quickly.

"Yeah, you like her." Jon sighed and shook his head. "I knew you couldn't act that damn good."

"What are you talking about?"

"Uce, I've seen the way y'all been looking at each other on TV. You can't fake that. And I know Trinity, once she gets you, you're stuck."

"Wait, you're okay with this?"

"I don't know, dawg. I still got the ring she gave back to me two months ago."

Roman nodded, not ready to say the words that are about to come out. "You don't have to worry about anything happening. Family comes first. If you're not okay with it then I'm not okay with it."

Jon chuckled. "You couldn't even say that with a straight face, Uce. You look like you're in pain over there."

He rubbed his face. "I'll do better."

Jon stared at his cousin. He looked more exhausted than usual. No matter how tough he thought he was, Jon could see right through it. "You know what, Uce? Go for it."

"Go for it?" the confusion was apparent in his voice.

He nodded. "Yeah, I'll be okay."

Roman released a breath he didn't realize he was holding and his shoulders relaxed. "Thank you."

"Yeah, yeah. Just don't do nothing stupid."

"You have my word."

They did their special family handshake and gave each other a solid hug. "Iight now shut up so I can hear Olivia."


"The fact that you think you can beat me is hilarious." Seth said through laughter.

"Stop laughing, I can!"

"Trin, please, I'm the bowling champ. I'm surprised my picture isn't hanging on the wall somewhere around here."

"You're picture isn't on the wall because you're not that special, Rollins."

Seth clutched his heart dramatically. "Ouch, that hurts."

Trin playfully rolled her eyes. "Just pick your ball."

He laughed and grabbed his favorite ball. As the game started, they were neck and neck in scores and trash talking to each other. Then Trinity got three strikes in a row that allowed her to come out on top.

"Who's the bowling champ now, huh, Rollins?" she taunted.

"You just got lucky!"

"Don't be a hater, Seth, it's not a good look." She said while doing a victory dance.

Seth laughed as the waiter placed their pizza and wings on the table. "Will you sit down? You're embarrassing yourself."

"The only one that's embarrassed is you of that score!" she said as she walked to sit down across from him. Her eyes grew wide at the sight of food.

He shook his head and chuckled. "How did you get so good, anyways?"

She waved her hand nonchalantly. "Oh, me and Jon would go bowling all the time." she paused then looked down at her food. "And maybe I shouldn't talk about my ex on a date..."

"No, it's okay." Seth assured. "What happened between you guys?"

Trin shrugged. "Just didn't work out. We were more like friends than we were lovers."

He nodded. "Sounds like a pretty hard realization to come to, especially after all those years."

"Yeah, it was tough, but I got over it." Her eyes rose to meet his. "And now I'm moving on."

The corner of his mouth rose slightly. "Speaking of moving on..." he reached in his pocket and pulled out a small, white, rectangular box and pushed it towards her.

"What is this?"

"Just open it."

She eyed him skeptically for a moment before turning her attention to the box to open it. Seth watched as her mouth dropped open when she saw what was inside. "Tickets to an MMA fight?"

"Not just any MMA fight. A Holly Holm MMA fight. This is a thank you for helping me the other day."

"Thank you so much!" She leaned over and gave him a quick peck before staring back down at the tickets.

Seth smiled to himself before saying, "Ready for me to kick your ass in another round?"

She laughed and stood up. "Bring it on."

Seth won the next game and bragged jokingly about it on the ride back to Trinity's place. They laughed all the way up to her front door. "You're such a sore winner!" Trinity said through a smile.

"Me? That's coming from the woman who did a victory dance after she won."

"That wasn't a dance! There was a bug on the floor that I was gracefully killing."

He laughed out loud. "Whatever you say."

Trin's smile widened. "You wanna come inside?"

Seth saw the hope in here eyes and he couldn't help but grin a little. He leaned down and kissed her gently. When she wrapped her arms around his neck, he pressed their bodies closer together and deepened the kiss. "Trin." He mumbled against her lips.

"Hmm?"

"I like you."

She leaned back to see his eyes. He almost looked nervous, like worried. "I like you too."

He released a breath as if he was relieved to hear those words. "I want to take things slow. With my last girlfriend it was just sex and no substance and I wasted a lot of time. I don't want to do that with you. I see us going somewhere and I don't wanna mess things up."

Trinity nodded, doing her best to hide her disappointment, "I understand. We can go slow."

Seth leaned in and gave a her a soft pack before saying, "Can you go in now before I forget everything I just said?"


It was Thursday night and Trinity was getting her make up done for tonight's live show. "So what will you be doing tonight?" Jess, the make up artist asked as she applied eye shadow to Trin's eyes.

"Roman has a match against Seth and I'll be out there in his corner cheering him on."

"It was smart for creative to pair you both together. There's so much chemistry between you guys."

"You think so?"

"Definitely... Speak of the devil."

"Hey, Jess how you doing?" Trinity opened her eyes to see Jess blushing at the sight of Roman's smile. "You mind if I steal my partner away?" he asked.

"Sure, I'm all finished with her."

He looked at Trin and raised his eyebrows hopefully. She sighed and stoop up. He couldn't help the smile that formed on his lips as they walked beside each other. He was in a good mood. Jon gave him permission to see Trinity and now nothing was holding him back from doing what he has wanted to do since they first kissed.

"What are you so happy about?" Trinity questioned.

He looked at her and his grin grew wider. "I have some good news."

"What is it?"

He grabbed her hand and walked them further down the hall until he reached an empty office and pulled them inside. With their hand still connected, he pulled her into him and kissed her. It only lasted a few moments before Trinity pushed him away. "Can you stop doing that?"

"No, I can't." he grabbed her waist and pulled in again. "I want you, Trinity... All of you. And nothing is holding me back this time. I'm not gonna walk away, I'm not gonna leave you behind, I'm gonna be right here with you. And I'm sorry it took me this long for me to admit it, but I really want to be with you Trin." He searched her face for a reaction, but her expression was unreadable. He lowered his head slightly and she didn't back away. He leaned more to connect his lips with hers ,but before he reached, she lowered her head.

"I'm dating Seth."

Roman froze and his heart dropped to his stomach. "What?"

She looked up to meet his eyes. "I'm dating Seth."

He took a step back. His expression was unfathomable. "Seriously?" She nodded and Roman released a hard breath and turned away from her. Of course she's dating Seth. He's been going after her since he got back. But there was a small beam of hope inside of Ro that thought that she'd want to be with him after he confessed his feelings to her. So much for that.

Trinity took a step forward. "I'm sorry."

He rubbed his hands over his face and turned to face her. He tried to put on the most nonchalant face he could muster and said, "Don't be. I missed my chance. We can, uh, just be friends."

She gave him a small smile. "Yeah,I'd like that."

He nodded as they stood in silence for a few moments then he stretched his hand out to hers. "Friends?"

She took his hand, shook it and said, "Friends."

He gave a slight smile as he pulled her in for a hug. "I'll be the best friend you ever had, Bubbles."


Sorry this took forever! The story is far from over, but how do you feel about Trinity and Roman being friends? Leave a review and let me know. Thanks again for caring about my story. Means so much!

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