Chapter 10

Roman said he would meet me at my hotel room before we headed out to the club. Charlotte and Naomi came over to help me with my makeup skills, or lack thereof.

"Jey and company are taking time off tonight." Naomi said as she fiddled with my hair

Charlotte took another swipe with eyeshadow brush. "So no Usos. That just means no fun for them. How does this look Nay?" Charlotte asked.

"Eh, the green looks better. Jey was having some back issues after the last match. But he wanted me to have some girl fun tonight."

"AJ wanted me to go to the HOF Ceremony with Roman." I said with my eyes still closed.

I didn't need to look to know that Naomi was shocked.

Charlotte on the other hand laughed. "I see." She said.

"I don't. I mean a little but why's that such a big deal?" Naomi asked.

"Because I am a divorced woman who left an abuser. AJ may not be my full blooded brother but he makes damn sure that nothing bad will happen to me."

"I wish I had that." Naomi said.

"Yeah well she's got it four times over. The Club act as brothers and no one messes with their little sister." Charlotte huffed a laugh as she changed her eye shadow brush.

"Did you ever think about dating Finn?" Naomi asked.

I sighed. "We tried but it just didn't feel right. It was literally just after the ink dried on the paper that we even tried kissing."

"Does AJ know?"

"Oh he walked in on us during a tested hot make out session."

Naomi squealed but stopped. "They didn't get into a fight though?" She asked.

I shook my head. I got scolded by Charlotte.

"Stop moving, Del." Charlotte said. "Actually they worked together to see if it would work."

"AJ wanted Finn and you together?" Naomi asked.

"Oh yeah and let me tell you, AJ wished it had worked." I said.

"But Roman is a good guy. He really is. He's a family oriented guy. And slightly a Momma's boy." Naomi laughed.

I smiled while Charlotte laughed.

As we were finishing up with getting ready, Charlotte announced that our dates would be meeting up in the main lobby of the hotel. After all, I was the designated driver for the evening.

Roman looked up when I got off the elevator. Finn waved when he saw me as well.

"Well look at you, beautiful." Finn exclaimed as he beat Roman to me. Luke sauntered up on his own.

"You're going out with us?" I asked when he pulled back from the hug.

"Yep. Don't worry, I'm not stalking you." He winked.

I glanced at Roman as he talked to his cousins and Naomi. Charlotte grabbed my arm and pulled me away from Finn. I could hear him laugh.

Even though I was wearing a black skirt and a thin strap red top, it wasn't plunging like the first time. Yes on flats. Though my knee was doing better without being cramped in a car I still refused wearing heels.

The club was huge, right down in the French Quarter and there seemed to be more than just superstars there. Fans, some media people, the entire thing was spilling out into the sidewalk. The bouncers let the group of us women in without even carding us.

"I'm heading to the bar!" Ruby yelled before being swallowed up by the dance floor.

I looked at Charlotte and smiled before pointing to a roped off area. I glanced behind me and saw Roman closing in on us with Finn as copilot. Luke was following them, giving off the bodyguard vibe without any effort it seemed like.

I sat down in the VIP section, which was upstairs from the rest of the club.

"This place is hopping." Luke said as he looked down.

"I can see why AJ and Wendy wanted to stay away." I commented as I came to stand next to him.

It was different than the last club, now I was up and looking down as a gaggle of girls crowded Seth during a rather heavy beat song. He seemed really into the attention.

"I'm glad you were never like that." Finn said.

"And if I were?"

"Your brother would have thrown you into a nunnery."

I smiled.

Roman leaned on the railing to Finn's side and watched his brother down there. He glanced over at me and I smiled.

"Anyone want something?" Luke asked.

"You'll risk your safety to go get drinks?" I asked.

"Who's going to hurt me?" He smiled at me.

I stuck with a water, Roman and Finn both ordered beers and Charlotte got something fruity while she texted her husband. Finn bumped my shoulder before he went over to where some of the other superstars were starting to arrive in the VIP lounge.

"So," Roman looked around. "Is your brother going to be here?"

"No. He and Wendy are spending some well deserved alone time together." I answered as I got a little closer to him.

I didn't try to touch him. Even if the music was slightly muted from up on the second floor I wanted to be closer to Roman. He smelled like sin on a stick standing next to me.

As I looked down at the dancefloor one face seemed to be staring at me. Dark hair under a black beanie, almost empty eyes watched me with no emotions on his face. Baron Corbin stood in the corner of club watching me.

"What's up, Delaney?" Roman asked.

I sighed and shook my head. "Nothing, Ro. Just thought about something."

"What?"

I sighed yet again. "About us." I stepped away from the railing to go sit down at the nearby table.

"I'm still waiting to hear from your brothers about us. Mostly AJ."

"Don't you think I have a right to make those kinds of decisions on my own?"

"It's not hard to see you want to be with me, Babygirl. But I want to be respectful of your brother. I want him to see that I'm not like your ex."

"I thought Luke and Karl were telling stories about that." Finn said as he sat down next to me. "I have yet to hear about a man wanting permission from a brother to date his sister."

"Only because I know how much she means to you guys." Roman said.

"Then I say you can. But I would talk to AJ when you can." Finn said.

"Really?" I asked. "Don't I have a choice in the matter?"

"I know you want to be with him, Delly. But I also know that Roman has a daughter, who you have yet to meet. Maybe it's not just AJ you have to ask, mate. Maybe talk to your little girl before you start something."

I hadn't really thought about Joelle at all. It wasn't that I was bad with children but I had forgotten about his daughter.

"I have talked about you with JoJo. She wants to see a picture of you."

I didn't even bother to look up when Finn stood. I only did when Roman placed his hand on my knee, and when I looked into his eyes he smiled. A second later, bright lights dotted my vision.

"Finn!" I yelled and tried not to ruin the makeup Naomi and Charlotte worked so hard on by rubbing my eyes.

"There you go, mate. Now you can give your little girl a picture of Delly and yourself."

He had texted Roman the picture and laughed it off.

"What's going on?" Luke asked as he came back with our drinks.

"Finn is being a Jerk! He took a picture of me." I wailed.

"Stop whining, Delaney. It's not the end of the world if your picture is taken." Finn slid his phone in his pocket. "And besides you're still as beautiful as ever."

"I'm not."

The moment those words left my mouth Finn grabbed me by the face with both hands, his face just inches from mine. He had me standing and then he forced me to turn around.

"Tell her, Reigns." Finn wrapped his left hand against the back of my neck. "Tell her everything we know about her."

"About how beautiful she is?" Roman asked as he stood up.

"Yes." Finn said and started to push me towards Roman.

"Or how when she smiles all the light is in her face."

"Yes." Finn and Luke chorused somewhere behind me.

"How her blue eyes are like when the ocean reflects the sky on the best summer day?" Roman's hand came up and he brushed his thumb against my chin.

"Yeah, all that. See, Delaney, you are beautiful. I just wish you can see what we see all the time." Finn said.

"Are you guys trying to get Delaney to figure out she is still attractive?" I heard Wendy ask.

I spun around to find AJ and my sister-in-law looking at our little group of misfits.

I hope you guys liked this update. I liked what Finn did, didn't you?

Word of warning, I am going to be a lot busy with school coming up. I have a major paper that I still don't know how to put together.