Chapter 12 – Pillow Talk

Stephen stood outside of the trainer's office; he wasn't entirely sure what happened. Kali ran into him hard and nearly knocked herself out. The fear in her violet eyes told him she needed to feel safe, but he knew with Seth in the ring there was no way exactly on how to make her feel safe right now. He'd had one of the back stage guys waiting at the back curtain for when the Shield boys were finished in the ring to tell Seth to get to the trainer's room immediately.

Nick was not at Raw that night; he was a couple of states away at a charity event the WWE had scheduled. April was there and she, Loralie, Emilia and Jacobi were all in with Nick's little sister; along with Stephanie and Hunter.

They had locked down the arena tight and security searched the entire arena but there was no sign of someone being hurt from where Kali had hit them. But she definitely had; her knuckles were slightly swollen and already starting to bruise.

Stephen's head snapped up as he heard more than one set of boots running towards him. He could see the worry set on Seth Rollin's face as he was leading the charge to the trainer's room. Stephen put his hand up to stop him.

"Where is she? What happened? Is she okay?" Seth peppered questions at the big Irishman.

"Seth if you let him speak bro; I'm sure you'll find out." Roman advised as he gripped his brother shoulder tightly.

"Sorry man…" Seth stated as he took a breath and sighed heavily before jerking his fingers through his still sweat and water soaked hair. None of the trio had time to shower once the back stage hand had let him know something happened to Kali and she was with the trainer and Stephen they didn't have time to breathe before the three concerned Shield members took off running to get to Kali.

Stephen shook his head. "It's okay fella. She's alright but she did have a right nasty scare. I'm not too sure what happened; she ran into me and nearly knocked herself out. She's with Stephanie, Hunter and the other girls. Nick is at that Charity with some of the Divas, but April is in with her as well."

"FUCK!" Seth yelled as he kicked an equipment trunk before he slapped the top of it with his still gloved open palm. "She was doing so good. This is bound to set her back. I want to find this asshole. I want to find him bad."

Dean stepped up and pushed Seth against the wall with both of his hands on Seth's chest and held him there. "We will find out who it is. You concentrate on your girl." Dean stated in his gritty voice. "This asshole has a lot of balls screwing with her in a full arena and clearly he's been watching her all day; otherwise he wouldn't know to go after her when we were in the ring. I promise you brother we will find out who is it and when we do…" He looked at Roman before his steely blue eyes went back to Seth. "We will deal with him our own way."

"You fellas can count me in on that." Stephen stated as he stepped up next to Dean. "Kaliana has been a friend of mine for a long time. Whoever is scaring and hurting her has his name all over me boots."

Seth could feel Dean's hands pushing him back against the wall and letting Dean and Stephen's words sink in as he finally nodded his head. He felt Dean ease up on his chest as he sagged against the wall. Roman walked over and pulled Seth's head against his own. "We deal with this our own way. If it was Emilia or any of her other friends you'd back up kicking the shit out of this guy. So we're damn sure going to back you. Now calm down, you being pissed off isn't going to calm Kali at all. Go in there and check on your girl." Roman ordered.

Seth nodded before he hugged his big Samoan friend and then Dean as well. His eyes went to Stephen and fist pumped him. "Thanks man; your help is much appreciated."

"Anytime fella…" Stephen stated truthfully before he turned and disappeared down the hall.

Seth sighed heavily once more before his eyes went to the trainer's door when it opened and Stephanie and Hunter stepped out. Dean walked over and was talking to them as Roman cleaned the ladies out of the trainer's room; Seth slipped into the trainer's room and closed the door.

His chocolate brown eyes saw Kali sitting on the end of the exam table. He walked over, pulling his gloves off and stuffing them in his pockets as he went before he reached out and touched her hands.

Kali's eyes snapped open as a pair of hands covered hers. She looked up and couldn't have been any happier to see Seth than right at that very moment. She suddenly threw her arms around his shoulders and buried her face in the side of his neck.

Seth closed his eyes as he felt her trembling against his body. His hands slowly slid around her body as he stepped closer and stood between her legs. "Kali, baby I stink – I just got out of the ring." She shook her head and he chuckled softly. "You really don't care do you, first last night and now tonight; you seriously have no problem with me sweating all over you."

Kali giggled softly into the side of his neck as she shook her head again. "Get me out of here please." She whispered.

Her request was definitely not ignored. Seth could tell by her small giggle alone that he hadn't lost any ground with her. Any progress he'd made was still intact. "I can shower at the hotel. Let's get you some place you feel safe." She nodded as he lifted her into his arms and off the table.

Seth was grateful when he walked out of the trainer's room with Kali in his arms. Dean had run down and grabbed his and Kali's bags and Roman had called a cab. He knew they wouldn't bother her with a bunch of questions which she'd probably already answered with Hunter and Stephanie. Roman and Dean walked Seth and Kali out the back of the arena and got them into the cab.

The cab ride was a comfortable silence; Seth didn't let go of Kali for a second. He couldn't he knew whatever happened scared her to death and he wouldn't breathe easy until he got her into their room at the hotel. He was thankful that they would have the next few days off. They needed some time alone and she needed to recuperate from this slight set back.

Violet eyes looked around the room as she was sitting in the middle of the queen sized bed. She and Seth had been sharing a hotel room for the last few weeks they'd been together and it felt absolutely amazing to her when she would wake up every morning wrapped in his arms; Kali was pulled from her thoughts as the shower kicked off. Seth had Kali shower as soon as they got to the room knowing it would help relax her before he got in the shower himself.

Kali watched as the bathroom door swung open and Seth walked out in black cotton basketball shorts and shirtless. His shoulder length two-toned hair was towel dried and left down. She loved it when he let his locks air dry they got super soft.

Seth looked over at Kali she looked so small in the queen size bed. He tossed his ring gear into a plastic bag; the hotel in Davenport would wash it for him and they would be ready on Friday when they rejoined. Seth walked around the room turning the lights off and make sure the hotel door was locked and secure for Kali; even though he'd done it when they first got there he wanted her to feel safe. They would watch a movie and ease into a comfortable night of sleep. He knew as long as she remained in his arms she would feel safe and that was all he wanted right now.

Kali watched as Seth walked back into the bedroom and sat on the edge of the bed. Kali moved around and sat on her knees behind him before she stood on her knees and wrapped her arms around his shoulders as she softly kissed the side of his neck. "I'm okay." She stated softly.

Seth couldn't stop the smile that slid across his face as his hands covered her arms; he really enjoyed her lips on the side of his neck and could feel her lips making her way down his trapezius muscle to his bare shoulder. Seth would sit there all night and let her lips cover every inch of his body with soft open mouth kisses. She was getting bolder with wanting to express how she truly felt for him; he would sit still and not move, she could do whatever she wanted.

Kali's soft hands slid over his muscled up shoulders and down his muscular dented expansive back and around his torso to his chest. Her nailed scraping against his chest across his pebbled nipples as her lips danced across his heated flesh. She felt his hands cover hers but never stopped her. His abdominal muscles clenched when her fingertips began tracing them.

Seth couldn't take anymore of her gentle touches and caresses as he swung around and captured her lips with his; his hand going to the back of her head to hold her in place so he could kiss her breathless.

And that was exactly what he did.

All night long.

Roman was leaning back against the headboard in bed staring at the TV; ESPN was on but he wasn't even paying attention to what was going on. His mind happened to be more on Seth and Kali. He knew tonight was not the last time that this mystery guy was going to mess with her. He also knew anytime they left Kali alone Seth was going to go stir crazy worrying about her until they got back to her; for good reason obviously.

They had to find this guy. He was clearly not going to give Seth and Kali a moment of peace until he'd done something worse than abducting Kali. The guys refused to let it get that far again.

Roman knew if the roles were reversed Seth would be doing everything possible to find the guy coming after Emilia. Now he and Dean just had to figure out how to find the guy.

Emilia stepped out of the shower as she towel dried herself off and pulled on a red silk nightie with black lace outlining it; it had matching panties. She combed all the knots out of her hair and then rubbed lotion into her body, not wanting her skin to get dry. She picked up her dirty clothes and turned the bathroom light off as she tossed them into the dirty laundry bag on her suitcase before she padded over to the bed and saw Roman staring at the TV. She reached over and plugged her cell phone in and then walked over to Roman's side of the bed and slipped his phone out of his hand and plugged it in as well.

Emilia started to walk around to her side of the bed and stopped when a huge hand wrapped around her wrist. She stopped and looked back and saw the grey eyes she'd grown so fond of these last few weeks were staring back at her. "What's wrong big guy?" She asked softly before she felt him tug her back; she took the initiative and hiked up her mid-thigh nightie as she climbed onto the bed on her knees before she felt Roman lift her and set her straddling on his lap.

Roman shook his head as his fingers dug into her thighs slightly; just needing to feel her against him. He couldn't imagine what Seth was going through or feeling; all he knew was that he'd be going out of his damn mind if any of this was happening to Emilia. He didn't care how new their relationship was he had grown quite fond of the aqua eyed beauty in front of him. The last few months wouldn't have been nearly any fun without her or his two brothers or even their girls. Roman had family in Pensacola, but his family on the road was just as important to him. He would be spending 300 plus days on the road with all of them. He'd already had 2 years with Seth and Dean when they were down in developmental and he couldn't imagine taking this WWE ride with anyone else but the two of them.

Emilia's eyes stayed locked onto Roman's. "Are you okay Roman?" Emilia asked softly.

Roman nodded as he cupped both her cheeks with his hands; he could feel her fingertips lightly sliding through his long raven hair. He'd showered and combed it out and left it down, he'd pull it back in a half ass bun once they decided to go to bed. "I'm okay baby; just thinking too hard on the shit that went down tonight."

Emilia frowned. "Are Stephanie and Hunter going to do something about this guy who keeps screwing with Kali?"

Roman nodded. "They are going to beef up security, but until they actually catch the guy there isn't a whole hell of a lot they can do. After it was reported to them they locked down the arena and security searched the whole building, but by then it had been enough time for the cleaver little asshole to get away." Roman sighed heavily as his thumbs softly caressed her cheeks as she leaned into his touch.

Emilia's fingers left Roman's hair as they slid down his shoulders and arms and then up his forearms; her hands wrapped around his wrists just holding him in place. She always felt so beautiful with little touches like these from Roman. "Are you guys going to try and do anything?" She asked curiously.

Roman nodded. He couldn't and wouldn't lie to her. "We are going to start talking and asking around to the back stage crew. If we find this guy; there's a good change all three of us are going to beat the piss out of him…Stephen included. He could tell tonight that whatever Kali's attacker did to her scared her to death." He stated matter of factly.

Emilia nodded in understanding. "Do me a favor Roman…"

"Anything beautiful."

"You guys catch this son of a bitch – you hit him so hard his teeth fall out and he has to carry them around in his pocket for the rest of his life." Emilia requested.

Roman threw his head back and laughed hard. He forgot his girl was not some ordinary pansy ass woman. She was mean and when she wanted something she fought tooth and nail for it. "Yes ma'am, you have my word." He promised. "I love it when you get all fiery beautiful." He pulled her to him as he captured her lips.

"Show me what else you get fired up for." Roman commanded.

Emilia chuckled as she softly rubbed her body against his listening to his growl of approval. "I don't think you're hose can handle my fire baby." She murmured against his lips.

"Only one way to find out." Roman growled out as he guided Emilia down to the bed.