Taylin had spent the majority of her weekend at several closed-door meetings at headquarters. Meetings that did not go over too well for those who were complaining.

"Listen, I put Stephanie in charge for a reason. If she believes that Taylin is suitable for the job, then I back her on it. I'm tired of having to hear complaints about all of this. I've read over the script that Taylin has rewritten. I've talked to her about what her vision of the future is, and to be honest, I love her ideas." Vince said.

"I think the main thing for you guys to understand is that, I'm not after anyone's job. I'm where I want to be. I like being in charge of the women. I think if we all work together we could grow this company so much." Taylin said.

"Also, I have had so many of you running to me over the past few months, complaining about this or that. Taylin is the only person who has not come to me with complaints. So you guys are running around thinking she's gunning for your jobs, and I haven't heard anything from her. It's time to become a unit. Work together."

That was Saturday morning, the rest of that day and the next were spent brain storming, and for once, Taylin felt like she was actually accepted by her co-workers.

Taylin walked into the arena with a newly found confidence. It was only a matter of minutes before the show started. Her flight had been delayed because of bad weather. She had no idea of how many calls and text she had missed. On the cab ride to the arena, she continued going over her paper work, neglecting to restore sound to her phone. She rushed toward her office, glad she had made it before any matches had started. After putting her things down, she went to check the order of the show.

"Fancy meeting you here." A voice whispered in her ear, causing goose bumps to form over her body. She smiled as she turned around.

"Hey Colby." She almost fell into his open arms, wrapping hers around him. She had missed him so much.

"Hey? Really? That's all I get?" He asked.

"Should I have said something else?" She asked, confused.

"Yeah, how bout, I'm sorry for disappearing all weekend, and not returning your texts or calls." He looked concerned.
"I was worried sick. I had no idea if something bad had happened to you or not."
She couldn't help but smile, taking notice on how sexy he looked when he was pissed.
"Don't smile like that. I'm not done being mad at you."

Taylin let her hands fall from his neck to his muscular biceps.
"I'm sorry. I got called in for an emergency meeting at headquarters that lasted all weekend."

"Ok, but I was here an hour early, like always. And where were you then?"

"Stuck in a plane on the runway. My flight got delayed." She stuck out her bottom lip, pouting.
"I'm so sorry Colby."
He fought his smile.

"I don't know. I just feel like you don't care anymore."

"What can I do to make it better?" Taylin asked.
She regretted it almost immediately as a grin spread across Colby's face.

"Go to dinner with me tonight." He said not skipping a beat. He had suckered her in, knowing where their conversation would go.
"I mean I guess if you don't want to let me know that we're still friends, and that you're really sor..."

"Ok." She said, stopping him mid-word. "Where too?" Taylin asked.

"What?" Colby asked surprised, never expecting her to agree to go.

"I said ok. Where did you have in mind to go?" She smiled.

"Um, I never, I uh. I didn't think you would say yes, so I didn't have a place in mind." Colby confessed.

"Think about it and let me know." Taylin said, leaning forward and kissing him lightly on the cheek.
"Just us though." She whispered in his ear. She pulled back and winked at him, turning and walking down the hall.


Her night was hectic. She was being pulled in all different directions. She hadn't got to sit down all night, so once the show had come to an end, she almost collapsed onto the couch in her office, kicking her heels off. She sat sideways, stretching her legs out, crossing them at her ankles. She let her head fall back onto the arm of the couch, she closed her eyes. She heard foot steps closing in on her, but at this point she didn't care. She stayed just how she was.

"Too tired for dinner?" Colby asked, as he picked up her legs, sliding under them, laying them across his lap.

"No." She said, her eyes still closed. "Just give me a minute to process my night." His hands felt like velvet as he rubbed her feet for a minute. Then he slid them up and massaged her calves.
"Oh my god. That feels so good." She raised her head and smiled at him.
"I knew there was a reason I kept you around."

"You think this feels good on your legs, I'm a master back-massager. But it's better on just the skin, so if you wanna slide your shirt off." He grinned.

"As much as I realize that's just another way for you to make a move on me, to be honest, if I wasn't at work it would be real hard to turn that down tonight."

"We can go back to my hotel room." Taylin just looked at him.
"Hey, you have surprised me all night. I figured since I'm obviously living in an alternate universe, I should go all out." She laughed at him.
"Was it that bad of a night?"

"Bad, no, not at all. Just busy. Tonight was great. I didn't have one problem, just really busy." Taylin grinned.
"Have you figured out where we're going for dinner? I'm starving."

"I have a few places in mind. You ready?"

"Yeah, you driving? I had no time to rent a car, I had to hop a cab from the airport; or are the guys riding with you?" She asked.

"They can find a ride back to the hotel." He grinned. "I'll go grab my bag while you get ready to go. I'll be back in two minutes." He said rubbing her leg.


"Hey!" A voice called after them as they were walking down the hall. Colby had his bag over his right shoulder, while pulling Taylin's suitcase behind him. She had her other bags in her left hand. Her right hand was holding tightly to his left bicep. They stopped and looked behind them.
"You leaving us?" Ambrose asked.

"We're going out to dinner." Colby said.

"Well, give me a minute, and I'll grab my stuff."

"We're going alone." Taylin called.
"Roman has you a ride."

"No shit, you two are finally going to fuck?"

"Shut up!" Taylin and Colby said in unison, as they started walking again.

"That man has no filter." Taylin said, as they walked out the door.