Seth and Paige were walking through the park they used to go during high school to just hang out. It had been Seth's idea to go there since he remembered that was one of the places they were at their happiest when they were together and before he made the decision he considered to be the worst one he had made, as the consequences he had to pay coursed him more pain than he thought, plus it put him in a position he never wanted to be in again and hoped none of his friends would have to be in. Where he had to decide whether not to let Paige go and find her smile again or keep her next to knowing that he was responsible for the pain in which she was feeling.
"Do you remember when you and Dean chased after me and Summer up that hill, you caught Summer, Dean caught me thinking I was her, he had me over his shoulder when he lost his footing, ending with us both rolling down the hill, he got down before I did and just stood up when I came tumbling down knocking him over again like a bowling ball" asked Paige, that was one of the first memories she remembers when she comes to the park, especially since neither of them could stand up straight after that, let alone walk in a straight line. Seth smiled he remembered that memory fondly as it was actually one of his favourites.
"Yeah, I remember helping you back home that night, but when I got you back there no one answered the door so I took you to mine, I had to explain to my mum what happened since you were looking at everyone dazed, she actually thought you were drunk or something. After I took you upstairs she posted a note through your door to let your parents know where you were. I also remember going to sleep with a smile that night because it was the night I spent with you" added Seth remembering what happened after "I also remember you saying you felt like you got kicked by a horse the next morning" added Seth remembering what she had told him the next morning when he asked how she was. Funny they were the times he missed the most.
"Okay, I know there is another reason you asked me to walk with you through the park, so lets hear it" said Paige revealing that she knew there was another reason why he had asked her to the park, where they had so many happy memories together. As they neared the small park, they noticed a gang vandalising the climbing frame they used to sit on when they were happy being together in the silence that surrounded them. Seth looked to her, he should have known he would never had be able to fool her and that she would eventually figure out there was another reason why he wanted to be there with her.
"After all this time I still can't fool you. I should have known better" replied Seth seeing a slight smile appear on her lips, he remembered just after they broke up how he would come to the park hoping that she was there so he could speak with her, but every day when he went he was met with the same old park without Paige swinging back and forth on the tire swing. He lost count how many time he repeated that over and over, Emma had asked on many occasions why he went to the park, yet he was never able to admit to her the true reason for which he now knew why.
"I agree with you there Sethie, you were never able to fool me then, and you still can't now, maybe my best friend has lost some sense if he thought he could fool me into thinking there wasn't another reason why he invited me for the walk in the one place we came to during our high school sweetheart days" said Paige in reply to which Seth smiled at her, he had longed to hear her call him Sethie again, it was one of the many nicknames she had given him, but it had become one that only sounded right when Paige herself said it. He remembered the last time Emma had called Sethie, he smiled at her sadly because it was the name Paige used to call him all the time, it brought back all the memories they had made together and the guilt he felt for breaking her heart like he had.
"I asked you here with me to ask you if you would give us another chance. If you say yes then I will be there whenever you need me, I will be your best friend like we were in high school, I will be whatever you need, someone to talk to, a shoulder to cry on, someone to hangout with, anything you need. If you say no then I will still be all those things, as well as spend the rest of my life trying to make the mistake that I made right. I will be a protector for you, whatever you need me to be, as long as you don't send me away. You're my soul mate Paige, you're it for me, I know that. Like I know I hurt you, so if you say yes I will be the happiest guy in WWE and the world, and I will never hurt you again, if you say no I will understand but still be there for you when you need me" explained Seth, since Paige had began to speak to him again he had been going back to the man he was when he was in high school, the lovable idiot who would do anything to put the smile on Paige's face, that was the man he knew his friends missed and he also knew they only person who could bring that side of him back from the raven haired woman in front of him now.
"Well isn't this sweet. Seth Rollins and Paige Knight?" said Summer as the gang walked towards where the duo were standing. Once the pair were surrounded they figured nothing good would come of whatever Summer was up to especially since she had a sinister smile stretched across her lips and a glint in her eyes that matched the smile. Seth going into his protective mode gently pulled Paige towards him, he didn't want her to be hurt because Summer wanted to prove a point, especially when she had back up in the gang vandalising the park a few minutes prior. "Get them" ordered Summer watching as one of the gang members grab hold of Paige and roughly yanked her back away from Seth, she could see the worry appear in the two toned man's eyes about what could possible happen to her. "Second thoughts just she will do" said Summer, giving the signal for one of the others behind Seth to attack, the man who had hold of Paige dragged her away as she screamed, roughly pushing her into the back of a van.
At least about three members of the gang attacked Seth, kicking and throwing punches at him, all the while he tried to defend himself knowing that he wouldn't have help coming and also knowing he couldn't let the van get away, he had to get to Paige, it didn't matter what happened to him as long as she was out of harms way. It wasn't long before it got too much for him to handle and he ended up just lying on the floor defending his head and midsection as best he could hoping they would eventually stop and that no harm would come to Paige, he couldn't understand why Summer would do something like this, they had been friends once, what had suddenly changed where she thought it was okay to get others to attack her former friends, what happened to the Summer who was happy and dating Dean as well as close friends with AJ and Paige.
"Okay that's enough, I need him to pass on the message" said Summer, she could see how battered and bloody Seth had become, and knew he would likely need medical attention, just like she was counting on him to inform the others and come after his beloved Paige. "Hey Seth, tell the others that Paige is with me. This is Kaitlyn's fault and if you want her back, unharmed then you will send Dolph to me" added Summer speaking directly to the duel haired man this time before smiling at him smacking around the face and walking off, joining the others in the van that Paige was being restraint in and also screaming and shouting rather loudly to be let out. Summer went into the back of the van with Paige making sure she seen the blood that was on her hands and seeing the shock that appeared on her features.
"You bitch!" shouted Paige before launching herself at Summer, it was clear that Summer hadn't expected such an attack, considering Paige had easily knocked her off her feet. "What is it Summer you couldn't have your own way, your happy ending so everyone has to suffer. Huh. You are just pathetic, I thought we were friends once but I guess that just shows how stupid I was, considering I couldn't see you are a heartless, back stabbing, selfish bitch" added Paige, letting her anger out on Summer and those who tried to pull her away, she must have caused some distraction considering one of the gang members jumped in the truck and pulled her out, stupidly leaving her unattended. Paige took the opportunity handed to her and made a run for it, making sure to stay in the shadows so that she wont be found so easily.
Seth had managed to call Dean and Roman, informing them of what happened and breathing rather heavily down the phone, he knew at least his ribs were cracked or bruised, but at this point he didn't care he just wanted Paige back, she didn't even get to answer his question. It wasn't long before Roman turned up as well as Dean with Renee in tow, she looked horrified at seeing a bloodied and battered Seth. Dean and Roman looked to each other, Seth hadn't explained to them in full what happened just that Paige was taken. Roman quickly ripped the bottom of Seth's shirt much to the other man's displeasure and held the strip to his head wound.
"What in gods name happened. You just said Paige had be taken?" asked Dean while Renee just looked on shocked now, she knew that these two were Roman and Seth as she had interviewed them several times with Dean as part of the Shield, but this was the first time she had seen them outside of the ring. She could see their relationship inside the ring was not an act they really were as close as brothers. Seth took the ripped piece of his shirt from Roman holding it to his own head, if he was truthful he was starting to feel light headed and dizzy, but he thought that was likely to have been from the blood loss, he was also fairly sure that he would need stitches to close the head wound.
"I ask Paige is she would give me another chance to be with her, before she could answer Summer arrived with the gang in the park as back up, one of the guys yanked Paige away from me, put her in a van while three others attacked me on Summer's order. She said to pass a message on. She said this was Kaitlyn's fault, that if we wanted Paige back unharmed then to send Dolph to her" explained Seth, the trio before him looked rather surprised at what had happened, partly because they never thought Summer would stoop so low, and from what Renee had heard she had judged Summer's character completely wrong. "I don't think she was expecting me and Paige to be here, she seemed surprised, like she had to quickly change her plan. I think she was expecting Dolph, Kaitlyn and Celeste to be here" added Seth explaining what he thought might have been part of Summer's plan.
"Dean you come with me, we'll try and find her. Roman get Seth to the hospital, he's not going to be much help if he passes out from blood loss" said Renee giving the orders and surprised when Seth didn't put up much of a fight about going to the hospital, and when both Dean and Roman nodded to her instruction. Once the four split into two groups they headed different way, Dean and Renee found the area where Seth had been beaten as well as the area where the thought the van may have been due to Paige's bracelets being on the side walk near the park. They also noticed droplets of blood.
"I'm going to call Dwayne, give him the heads up on what happened. If Summer has Paige then who knows what she will do, plus Seth was attacked while trying to get to her" said Dean when he knew there was no way of telling which way the van went or if Paige was even with them, to make things even worse, there was no way of telling for sure if the droplets of blood they had found belonged to Paige, one of her abductors, Seth or even Summer. At this point all he knew for sure was that Seth was hurt, Paige was missing, Summer had something to do with the entire thing and Dolph may well be their answer to getting Paige back safely. Renee stood next to him and nodded, she had heard of Dwayne before, knowing that he had some relation to Roman, although she hadn't been told what the relationship was between the pair. She knew there was a lot about Dean and his friends she had yet to learn.
The next day, Seth was still in the hospital having past out due to the blood loss while waiting to be seen, he had woken up in the early hours of the morning asking for Paige but was met with AJ and Punk either side of him, he knew then that his fear of losing her again could come true and he also hated the feeling of having no control over it. AJ had told him that he had been attacked while trying to get to Paige who was still missing. Punk had to hold him down when he tried to get out of the hospital bed to go and find her. He had given up the struggle when he knew he would be more help if he was somewhere getting attended to for his head injury.
"They will find her Seth, Dean has been out all night looking for her, Dwayne has been informed of what happened and is on high alert, he has also arranged a search party for her just in case she got away from Summer and the idiots that helped her, but also to find where she is being held if she hasn't gotten away from them" explained Punk trying to keep Seth calm, he remembered when it was the opposite way around, when it was Paige in the hospital bed, how she had woken up weeks after the car accident and had completely no memory of even moving to Florida let alone meeting her friends and her then boyfriend Seth.
"The others have been informed about what has happened, Kaitlyn was close to busting a cap and has promised if she even gets hold of Summer she is going to tear her a new one. Dolph has offered to give Summer what she wants so that you get Paige back unharmed if she hasn't been already. Adam, Adrian and Sami looked like they could have committed mass murder. Randy looked like he was going to go and find the gang and show them what happens when you mess with us, Sheamus generally looked like he was going to go along with Randy same with Roman. Emma actually said she was going to get Summer and hand her over to Kaitlyn, Layla and Justin were the grown up ones in the whole situation" added AJ informing Seth of what the others had reacted like when they were told what had happened. Seth smiled at the pair in return, just hoping that Paige would be found.
It wasn't long before Dwayne walked in shortly followed by Roman, who looked both worried and relieved at the same time. Dwayne walked and stood at the foot of the bed that Seth was now sitting up in, a small smile on his face, he knew that this was going to be both good and bad news but he had to tell them. Roman went over to AJ and stood just behind her, almost like he was taking precaution on what her reaction would be. He also had a small smile on his face now that he was with three of his many friends.
"Paige escaped from her captures, but she was tracked down by them through out the night, one of them caught her and attacked her. A man Kevin Owens seen the attack and intervened, he brought Paige here this morning, and also identified who two of the three gang members that you described to us, one of them was the one who caught Paige. He identified them as Brad Maddox and Tyler Breeze, as for the others they still remain unknown, we have put protection around for Kaitlyn and her daughter, as well as stationed outside Paige's room. She is still being checked over by the doctor" said Dwayne, seeing the relieved look cross over Seth's features that Paige had been found.
"Can I go and see her? I know how much she hates been in the hospital after the last time when she couldn't remember anything including moving here" asked Seth giving a little explanation with his question, he didn't want her to be alone if she was unconscious, he knew all to well she would freak out if she woke up and no one was with her. When he seen Dwayne nod to his request, he slowly threw his legs over the side of the bed, noticing how Roman had moved to be at his side, to help him if he needed, although he was determined not to need help. He slowly wobbled towards the door, looking to Roman on which way to go, sure the bigger man knew where Paige was. He smiled when he was pointed in the direction of her room.
When the pair got there, Roman finally let go of Seth, since the duel haired man had lost his balance several times. They seen Paige lying peacefully in the bed, it was almost like she was sleeping, Seth took the seat next to her bed side smiling slightly when he took her hand and she gripped it almost like she knew it was him, Roman stood just behind him, opting to stay with the pair of them, since he wanted to be there when Paige come round just as much as Seth did, he knew as anyone did she was likely to be scared about what happened and wonder where she was, although it wouldn't be that hard to tell with the nurses going back and forth and the white washed walls.
"It's 4:03 and I can't sleep, without you next to me I toss and turn like the sea. If I drown tonight, bring me back to life. Breathe your breath in me. The only thing that I still believe in is you. If you only knew" sang Seth, out of tune, but he didn't care, he knew it was one of her favourite songs and it was also one that he thought fit them as a pair. If you ever agreed to give him another chance then he would say that is the song for the pair of you. It was rock just like you both liked, and it was catchy, plus it was done by a good band. Roman stood behind not sure what to think, Seth had a serious head injury get here was at Paige's bedside singing to her in an attempt to will her awake and to let her know that she wasn't alone, that he was there with her waiting for her to wake up, waiting for her answer and just her in general.
"She'll wake up Seth, you know she will. She has all of us to help her if she needs it, she has Dean as another sibling who will go mental if she doesn't and she has you to love her, like you always have" said Roman when Seth stopped singing, the duel haired man looked up and smiled, thinking what they had, Summer was the only one who went rogue and hadn't come back, Dolph too had gone rogue but when he realised he was a father and Kaitlyn had been telling him the truth about Celeste, he returned to them and took the responsibility of being a father, he has yet to stop smiling, he had also made things up with Kaitlyn, giving the little girl both parents that she deserved. The pair had only been with Paige a couple of minutes when Seth jumped slightly looking down at his hand, seeing her pained nails digging into his hand, he knew she was starting to come around.
"Welcome back" suddenly said Roman, smiling as Paige opened her eyes, looking slightly confused but that soon went away when she realised where she was and remembered what happened. Paige smiled at the pair in the room with her, at least thankful they were there with her when she woke, she officially hated hospitals after what happened when she was in senior year, with the car accident and not remembering anything, who her friends were, dating Seth or even moving to the country. Seth lightly squeezed her hand letting her know it was alright, that she was safe now, and that he would be at her side to help her when she needed it.
"Marry me?" asked Seth completely out of the blue, he could tell by the shock on Paige's features she hadn't been expecting him to ask the question, Roman too was surprise especially since the pair weren't actually dating, both had been attacked and Paige had just come round. Roman smiled at the pair of them before leaving the room, stopping AJ and Punk from entering as he did so, saying that the two needed time alone. "I know it's sudden, but I lost you once because of a stupid mistake I wish I never made, and I hated the feeling of not having control when it comes to me and you, I hated the feeling that I could lose you again, not knowing what could have happened. I want to be at your side for the rest of my life. So will you marry me?" explained Seth asking the same question again, he had also carried the engagement ring around with him since he had found it just weeks before.
"Okay" quietly replied Paige, seeing the smiled at appeared on Seth's lips and the way his eyes lit up like a Christmas tree. He knew that something was up there, since you had agreed to his proposal and the pair of you weren't even together which was making him wonder if you had a head injury as well. "I told AJ something at her wedding, when she realised something was wrong, I had been in denial about it for weeks, but finally accepted it then. I told Dean how I was feeling, he admitted he didn't love me like a couple should, so I've been trying to find the right way to say something about it to you" added Paige explaining herself to him, she smiled slightly at him. It finally dawning on his what she was trying to say.
"So we're engaged?" asked Seth, his smile only getting bigger when he saw her nodding, she smiled at him in return. "You guys can come in now" shouted Seth, letting Roman know he knew there was more than just him waiting outside of the door, Seth smiled at them when they walked through the door, they knew then that something big had happened just by the smile that the pair of them wore, they were almost identical to each other. Seth was already come up with plans how they could reveal it to the rest of the group as well as to their own families. He couldn't believe how his luck had changed from terrible to amazing in the half an hour or so that he had been with Paige in her hospital room.
"What's up with you guys?" asked AJ, she knew something was up, she hadn't seen Paige's eyes sparkle like gem stones for a long time, now all of a sudden the sparkle returns with Seth smiling like an idiot at her bedside. Punk looked down at his wife a small smile on his lips at knowing, or at least what he thought had happened. Roman however looked between the two not having a clue what she was on about, well he did but he was acting like he didn't, after all he was in the room with the pair of them when Seth asked Paige the question. Roman's only reply was smiling knowingly at Seth and Paige, like he was saying he would keep it a secret until they were ready to tell everyone.
"I think Seth is just happy Paige has woken up with her memory still intact. We all remember the fiasco we went through the last time she woke up in the hospital" replied Roman, trying to think of a way to cover for them, he was happy for them and he could tell just by the way Seth was acting that Paige had accepted his proposal. He was thankful for Paige giving him the chance when she didn't have to, especially when she could have just kicked his arse and screamed at him. He also made a mental note to tell Seth that he was aware Paige had accepted when he got the duel haired man alone again. He knew that Paige would eventually tell AJ in her own time and probably Bayley, Emma and Layla like Seth would eventually inform Dean but for now he was content on letting them smile away to themselves like they didn't have a care in the world.