The following week had been the longest Madi and Seth had ever gone without speaking. By the fifth day, their friends began to worry.
"She won't even talk to me about it," Sasha said sadly, looking up at her boyfriend.
"Same, Babe. It's like whenever I mention her, Seth just shuts me out." Roman responded during lunch the day of the Homecoming game. Sasha looked over to where Madi was sitting on Randy's lap, feeding him fries and rolled her eyes. "They seriously need to get a room" she mumbled, turning back around to eat her lunch.
Later that day, Madi stood alongside Randy, waiting for their car for coronation. Everyone on the homecoming court would be brought onto the field in convertibles.
"Ready?" she asked excitedly as their car pulled up.
"Sure," he replied quietly, not looking at her. She frowned as they got in the car and made their way towards the football field.
"What's the matter?" she asked quietly, not wanting their driver to hear.
"I know about you and Rollins," he said, finally turning to look at her. When she searched his eyes, she found a cold, unwavering look had come over him. "I can't believe you fucked him," he said, getting out of the car, extending his hand to her.
She took it and stayed silent as they walked onto the stage set up on the field.
"Randy, I-".
"Don't. Just don't okay? We're done…" he said letting go of her hand.
"And this year's Homecoming King and Queen are… Randy Orton and Madison Nichols!" Mr. McMahon yelled as the crowd all cheered. Madison was stuck in place for a moment before Randy grabbed her hand and pulled her forward. She waved at the crowd as she was crowned, trying not to cry.
"Aww, don't feel so bad, Sethy…" Alexa began sarcastically. "At least you'll get to watch them dance the night away tomorrow," she continued as she slowly clapped.
After the game, MAdison grabbed her gym bag and began to make her way to the senior parking lot. She stopped when she saw Seth leaning against her car, hands in his pockets.
"Hey…" he began.
"Hi." She cautiously walked over to her car and dumped her bag in the trunk. She turned back to Seth and crossed her arms over her chest.
"I heard about you and Orton, I'm sorry…" he said softly.
"It's okay, I guess…" she shrugged.
"It's not… but I took care of it," he said, looking down at his bruising knuckles.
"What did you do?" she asked.
"Nothing… just taught Randall a little lesson on respect."
"Seth…".
"Look he called you a slut. What was I supposed to do?!" His voice was laced with desperation as the two stared at each other. "And listen… I know I said a lot of stupid shit last week and I'm sorry… I just… I didn't mean it. You're my best friend. I need you."
About an hour later, the two were sitting back in Madi's hot tub, discussing Madi's relationship with Randy.
"No offense Mads, but the guy was never right for you. He was kind of a pushover, don't you think?"
"What do you mean?" she asked placing her drink back in the cupholder.
"Come on, didn't you notice? He was a lame… He never challenged you."
"You mean to tell me you never noticed? You always seemed kind of… bored. Was Orton just that boring in bed?" Seth nearly choked on his beer a second later, when Madison's head fell.
"That's it? He wasn't any-"
"We never…" she began softly, unable to finish the sentence out of sheer embarrassment.
Seth nodded quietly. "I guess you just need someone who's gonna challenge you."
"Kinda like you, Rollins?"
"Exactly."
"Seriously, how long are they going to take?" Roman asked, pulling out his phone to check the time again. "At this rate, we're never gonna make our dinner reservation."
"Relax…" Sasha said, descending from Madison's stairwell. "Perfection takes time."
Roman smiled as she came down the stair in a flowing purple gown, accentuating her curled fuschia hair. "You're always perfect to me," he said before kissing her softly.
Renee was next, in a forest green and black lacy, skater dress. She laughed as Dean whistled at her.
Finally, Madison and Mandy emerged. Seth thought Mandy looked nice in her tight black halter dress, but he was floored by Madison. Her long brown hair was pulled back in a messy buns, with a few locks framing her face. The red lacy mini dress that was hugging her curves made her look like sin in heels. He hated having to tear his eyes away from her to give Mandy her corsage, but she was his date after all.
The group soon loaded the party bus and were headed for the dance.
"Damn… the dance committee really outdid themselves. I thought it was gonna look like shit," Mandy joked as they all wanted into the "Starry Nights" themed gym.
"Thanks, I guess…" Sasha said sarcastically, glaring at the back of the blonde's head.
"Oops, sorry Sash… I had no idea," Mandy said flipping her back to Sasha. Sasha made a face and Dylan smacked her butt lightly.
"Be nice" she said as they made their way inside.
A couple hours later, Seth and Mandy sat quietly at a table alone. Seth mindlessly swirled his cup around and Mandy leaned forward.
"Having fun?" Roman asked as he and Sasha interrupted the awkward silence.
"A blast…" Mandy said rolling her eyes. Sasha smirked on the inside noticing how bored Seth looked.
"You guys seen Madi? We lost her a while ago…" Mandy said and Seth's attention perked up.
"Yeah…" Sasha began. "She's actually been hanging out with Finn all night... if you can believe it." She stared at Seth during the last part.
"Well let's hit the dancefloor you guys, come on," Roman said excitedly, as one of his favorite songs began playing.
A few minutes later, Seth's eyes were glued to Madi and Finn, a few feet away on the dance floor. Every few seconds AJ and Dolph would move and Seth kept catching glimpses of Madi smiling back at Finn, who's hands looked a little too comfortable holding her. A little while later Madi noticed Seth leaving Mandy alone on the dance floor. After excusing herself from Finn, she went over to check on Mandy. A minute later, she bolted toward the doors, to find Seth.
She found him sitting on a set of stairs down the hall.
"What the hell's your problem Rollins? You bring Mandy to the dance and leave her standing there like a fucking idiot?! She should kick your ass!" She said standing in front of him, leaning down to get in his face. He looked up at her, his elbows on his knees, hands covering his mouth.
"So you don't even have an excuse? Un-fucking-believable!" By this point Madison was ready to deck him herself.
"My excuse, Madi is that… I'm in love with you."
She stood back up straight and stared at him. Madi felt her ears start to burn and her stomach flutter when he stood up.
"I love you and I'm tired of trying to act like I don't. You're my everything dummie, and I know you know. I also know you love me too. After everything we've been through, can you look me in the eyes and tell me you don't?" he asked, grabbing her chin, daring her to pull away. He held her in place as tears began to well in her eyes.
He leaned in and kissed her softly, wanting to jump for joy when he felt her arms wrap around his neck. He slipped his down around her waist as she rolled her tongue around his slowly and moaned. When they finally pulled away, they stood with their foreheads pressed together.
"Tell me…" he whispered almost desperately.
"Tell you what?"
"That you love me too…" she pulled back and saw how serious he looked. "We've been here before Madi… I really won't be able to handle you walking away from me again," he said as his head fell. She leaned up and kissed his him sweetly.
"I'm not going anywhere dummie. I love you too."
"Oh for fuck's sake just get a room and bone already. We all know you two want to..." Dean joked later that night at an afterparty at Foxxy's. Dylan pulled her lips away from Seth, who immediately began pouting. She smirked and kissed him once more, before trying to get off his lap. He pulled her back and the two sat back on the lazyboy, continuing to make out.
"Ahhhh!" Dean and the rest of the group yelled, only to receive middle fingers from bot Seth and Madi.
"Ahh, young love…" Sasha said breathlessly.
Seth's tux and Madi's dress were scattered on her bedroom floor later that night. Seth pulled her lacy black panties off and bit his lip hungrily. He looked up at her naked body, indulging in the fact that she was finally his. He took his time, slowly kissing up her thighs, switching from the left and right, making her giggle.
Finally he hovered over her pushing, gently pushing her legs back. He parted her lips and slowly blew on her clit, making her hips twitch. He looked up at her and laughed.
"Tease." She whined.
"Not even close babe," he said before slowly rolling his tongue, first around her clit, then over her tiny opening. He dipped his tongue in and pulled her closer, wrapping his arms around her thighs.
"Fuck!" she moaned softly as he continued lazily rolling his tongue in and out of her vagina slowly. She spread her lips as far as they would go before gently sucking on her clit. He inserted a finger into her slowly and began making a 'come here' motion. Her body rocked against him as her breath caught in her throat.
"Oh…. ughh… yeah, yeah, yeah…" she cooed as her head rattled back and forth. "Mmm baby, I need you…".
Seth smiled as he looked up a few seconds later. He crawled up and kissed her.
"I love you…" she said breathlessly, running a hand through his hair.
"I love you too, Baby," he said as he entered her slowly. They both gasped and smiled at each other as Seth set a slow pace. He buried his head in the pillow, turning to smell her hair and kiss her neck.
Madi rolled her hips up to meet Seth's thrust, and soon the two were writhing against each other, both close to reaching ecstasy.
"Oh fuck, Madi you feel so good. I'm gonna…" he whispering.
"Me too," she moaned. Seth quickly sat up and spread her lips, watching himself pumping in and out of her slowly.
"It's ok," she assured him just before he closed his eyes and felt his body shudder. His hips thrusts forcefully into Madi a few times until his body spasmed and he climaxed. He felt her clinch around him at the same time and smiled watching her silently mouth his name.
A few minutes later, the two laid in bed, Madi's head on Seth's shoulder, him holding her hand over his chest. Madi reached over to grab his ringing phone.
"Yes? Roman, can we help you?" she asked. Seth smiled at his girlfriend, still reeling from the last few hours.
"You guys kinda didn't call to let us know you got home, and Sash got worried. I told her you guys were probably just getting busy," he smirked over the phone.
"Yeah, yeah, tell her I'll call her in the morning… we're busy over here," she said as Seth leaned up to kiss her neck.
"It's about damn time," Roman said as he hung up.