Just want to take a second to say that you guys are awesome! You motivate me to finish the story. I think you'll like where this is going. This chapter will be kind of a filler just to establish where each character is at.
It was 7 in the morning and the sun was starting to fill the hotel room. Trinity's eyes remained closed as she began to stir. For some reason, she felt more comfortable in this bed then she has in her own bed. She was too tired to think of why so, instead, she turned on her side and snuggled her face deeper into her pillow. All of a sudden, she felt arms tighten around body and pull her closer. Her first instinct was to move in even closer because she loves the feeling a warm body pressed up against hers, but then the memories of last night flooded into her head.
Her eyes shot open as she turned her head slowly to see Roman deep in sleep with strands of hair falling over his face. God, he's even a beautiful sleeper. Then she noticed that their legs were entangled together. Somehow, during the night, they ended up moving towards each other like they were magnets that needed to be together. It felt so good to be held like this, but she couldn't help but feel guilty that she's in Roman's arms and not Seth's.
Reluctantly she tried to remove his arms from around her, but instead he groaned and tightened them to keep her still. Her back against his chest made her lady parts tingle and she knew this was not okay. When she tried to move again, Roman spoke up. "Stop moving." She looked over to see his eyes still closed.
"Roman..." she said softly.
"Shh."
"Ro, let go."
"Trin, just be quiet and let me hold you for a couple more minutes."
Trinity wondered if he had forgotten about last night. She could have sworn he was mad at her and yet he still wanted to be close to her. Instead of putting her foot down and getting as far away from him as possible, she relaxed in his arms, closed her eyes, and enjoyed the moment while it lasted.
Five minutes went by with both of them just laying in each others arms. They were comfortable. Somehow their breaths were in sync and it felt like nothing could go wrong. Then Trinity's phone rang. She whined and grabbed her phone to see who was calling her.
Seth.
"Shit." She said sitting up.
"No." Roman whined. "I still have 2 more minutes."
"Seth is calling me!" She hissed at him.
"I don't care."
"What?"
He groaned and let go of her. "Fine. Answer the phone." He sat up and rubbed his eyes.
She took a moment to collect herself before answering her phone. "Hey, babe."
"Gooood morning, beautiful." Seth said cheerfully. "How did yesterday go for you?"
"Morning. It was fun. Exhausting, but fun."
" Good. My flight to Dallas just got in and I have to go do some morning interviews, but I want to take you out tonight."
"Tonight? I'm not sure if that'll work. You know my schedule is crazy."
"So is mine, but we're both free after 9 tonight."
"How do you know I'm free after 9?"
"You showed me your schedule before you left remember?"
"Oh, yeah." She looked over her shoulder to see shirtless Roman leaning on the headboard and texting on his phone. If she wasn't drooling before she was now.
"Look, sweetheart, I just wanted to spend some time with you before our schedule's got too hectic and we don't have time to see each other. Is that okay?"
"Yeah, of course it is. I'll see you tonight."
"Awesome! I'll pick you up at 9. Which room are you in?"
"No!" She said quickly. "I'll meet you at your room. I'm in the middle of switching rooms anyways."
She heard Roman smack his teeth. And she turned to glare at him.
"Alright, babe. I'll see you tonight. Dress nice."
They said their goodbye's and ended their call. Trinity let out a breath and rubbed her face. She didn't know what Seth had planned, but it was probably a good idea for her not to spend another night in the same room as Roman.
"Hey. We got an appearance in an hour. You should go take a shower."
She looked at roman who was now digging through his suitcase. "Are you saying that I stink?"
He laughed lightly. "No. But you just did."
It was her time to laugh this time. "Jerk."
He smiled and said, "I was offering you the shower first because I tend to run long. Didn't want you accusing me of using all the hot water."
"Yeah, takes time to wash that big head of yours."
"Woah, taking shots at me already and the day has barely begun. Just for that, I'm taking the shower first." He grabbed his towel quickly and breezed past her towards the bathroom.
"No!" She raced him to the bathroom door, but he slipped inside before she could.
"Too slow." He smirked before closing the door.
Trinity rolled her eyes, but she couldn't help but smile. This was the Roman she liked. Fun and playful and the ability to make her laugh. It's like he completely forgot about last night and this morning. Or maybe he didn't forget and is just choosing not to think about it. Either way, she was just glad they weren't arguing anymore.
Their day began the same as yesterday. Morning interviews and fan signings. However, this time, they did separate signings. Trinity was sitting with the Bella twins and Roman was across the building doing a signing with Dean Ambrose and Cesaro.
"Sooo, Trin. How is is working with the Champ?" Nikki asked while signing a poster.
"It's really amazing. This storyline is the best thing that could have happened for my career."
"And for your sex life." She wiggled her eyebrows and smiled.
Trin squinted her eyes and tilted her head back. "What the hell are you talking about, Twin?"
Nikki rolled her eyes. "Oh, come on! No way you and Roman aren't sleeping together behind the scenes. We see how you two act around each other."
"Mmhm, Trin, it's pretty obvious." Brie piped up.
"Yeah, so give us details. Is he as hot as everyone assumes he is?"
"Hey, I'm not dating Roman." She whispered sharply.
"You aren't?"
"No." she looked up and grinned at another fan. "I'm dating Seth."
"What!" the twins yelled in unison.
"Shh!"
"Trin, how the hell did that happen?" Brie said.
She shrugged. "I don't know. It just happened."
"Ladies, your free to go to lunch." A producer told them. They all got up and headed towards catering.
"So you like him?"
"Yeah, I do."
"More than Roman?"
Trinity didn't meet their gazes. "What do you mean?"
Nikki waved her hands nonchalantly and said, "I don't know, girl, I just can't see why you'd choose Seth over Roman. I mean don't get me wrong, I love Seth. He's a great guy, but I- I don't know. I guess I don't see why you'd choose him."
"Why did you choose him?" Brie asked.
"Why are you guys making it seem like I had the choice between Roman and Seth? You guys are just assuming that Roman asked me out and I turned him down for another guy."
The twins rolled their eyes. "Oh, please. They way he looks at you? He probably tried to sneak make out sessions with you in between segments."
"Uh huh, and he probably told you how he felt, but you were too scared so you turned him down."
"What the hell are you two psychics?" Trinity mumbled.
"We're just observant." Nikki said as she bumped her shoulder with Trin's.
"So, why do you like Seth? Why are you with him?"
"Seth's great. He's sweet and fun and entertaining. I mean, he tells the best stories. He's passionate and he treats me so well."
The twins nodded in understanding. Then Nikki spoke up. "So how's the sex?"
"Nikki!" Brie scoffed.
"What? You were thinking it too and don't say you weren't." She turned back to Trinity. "So, how is it?"
"We haven't had sex yet." she said under her breath.
Nikki's mouth dropped wide open. "I'm sorry. It sounded like you said that you guys haven't had sex yet."
"He wanted to take things slow, alright? It's not that big a deal."
"Awh, that's sweet." Brie said.
"Oh whatever. You know damn well that if she was with the Samoan badass, they'd be wearing out the mattresses in every hotel across the states."
Trinity avoided their eyes and looked at her food.
"Oh my God, Trin. You did it didn't you?"
"Did what?" Brie asked.
"She slept with Roman."
"Please, Nikki, say it louder. I don't think enough people heard you."
Brie dropped her fork on her plate. "Okay, Trin, please explain to us what's going on."
Trinity took a deep breath and just filled the twins in on what's been going on lately. If she was being honest, it felt good to talk to someone about it. It felt better to not have to hold her feelings in anymore.
After her telling them everything. The twins took a moment to digest everythingthat was said.
Nikki blew out a breath. "Man, Trin, this is a shitty situation."
"You know what you have to do right?" Brie asked. Trinity shook her head oblivious to what Brie was getting at. "You have to tell Roman how you feel and you have to break it off with Seth. He's a wonderful person and he deserves to find someone that really really wants to be with him. Not someone who chose him second. No offense."
"I didn't choose him second!"
"You kinda did." Nikki chimed in. "Be real, Trin. Your head is with Seth, but your heart is with Roman. The sooner you admit that the sooner your problems become easier." With that, the twins threw their trash away and headed to their next appearance.
The twins were right and she hated it.
Across the building, Roman was signing autographs alongside his buddies Dean and Cesaro. They always had a great time hanging out with each other even if they had fans interrupting them mid sentence.
"I'm telling you guys, the coffee here is wonderful. I'd drink it everyday if I could."
"Zo, you do drink it everyday." Roman laughed.
"What ever. You fellas have to try this." He said taking another sip of his coffee.
Dean shook his head. "No thanks, man. We're more of the beer drinking guys." Roman nodded in agreement. "Speaking of beer, me and Renee are going out with Brie and Bryan tonight. You guys wanna join?"
Cesaro shrugged. "I'm in. I'm sure I can find a date before tonight."
"Cool, how bout you, brotha?"
"Nah, man. Sounds like a couple thing. I wouldn't have a date."
"What about, uh, Trinity?" Cesaro said nonchalantly while taking another swig of his drink.
"She's dating Seth."
Cesaro almost choked on the liquid in his mouth when he heard the words Roman had just said. "What? When did this happen?"
"Like a month ago."
"Why doesn't anybody tell me anything." he said while wiping his mouth with a napkin. "Wait, so you're okay with him dating your woman?"
"She's not my woman."
"Yeah, 'cuz he fucked up." Dean chimed in.
"How in the hell did you do that?"
"I didn't fuck up. It just wasn't meant to be."
"Sure." Dean said sarcastically before turning to Cesaro. "He took too long to tell her how he felt and sent her right into the arms of another guy."
"Sucks, man. Trin's a keeper." Cesaro said.
"Are we done with this conversation?" Roman asked now irritated.
Dean smirked. "It's all good, man. You sill have time to get her back."
"What if I don't want her back?"
Dean and Cesaro laughed. "Yeah, alright, bro." They stood up to exit making sure to pat Roman's shoulders as they passed.
Roman shook is head. "You guys suck!" That only made them laugh louder.
It was 9:15 pm and Seth and Trinity were walking hand in hand down the streets of Dallas.
"Seth, where are we going?"
"Like I'd ruin the surprise." He grinned.
She chuckled. "Well these shoes are killing me, so it better be worth it."
"It is, trust me."
They continued walking for a couple of more minutes before Seth finally led them to the entrance of a park. It was dark, but the park was well lit.
"It's beautiful out here." Trinity said.
"I knew you'd like it. This isn't even the best part." Seth guided them deeper into the park until they started hearing music. He stopped them right as they were getting closer to the sound. "Okay, now close your eyes." She clung to his arm and closed her eyes as he lead them to their destination. "Alright, we're here."
She opened her eyes to see a small secluded area that, to Trinity, looked like a grassy cul-de-sac surrounded by trees. The trees were lined with small lights and there was a two person band standing at the edge playing soft music. In the very center of the area there was a small table for two with a silver tray sitting in the middle. Trinity was at a lost for words.
"I wanted to celebrate our one month together." Seth said as he wrapped his arms arms around her waist.
"This is gorgeous." she breathed out.
He kissed her neck then her temple. "You're gorgeous."
She turned in his arms to face him and wrapped her around his neck. "This is too much. I don't deserve any of this."
Seth scoffed. "What do you mean? You're the best girl I've ever been with. You deserve the world."
"Seth..."
Before she could say more, he planted his lips on top of hers. She relaxed into the kiss and inched in closer. Their tongues danced together until they needed to come up for air. "Trin, if we keep going like this I won't be able to make it through the rest of our date."
She nodded and wiped the corners of her mouth. "Right." She put some distance between them and motioned to the silver tray on the table. "What's on the menu?"
He took her hand and led them to the table. "This, sweetheart, is a five star meal that a queen like you deserves." He lifted the lid and revealed two large hamburgers with fries on the side. Trinity's eyes lit up as she plopped down in the seat that Seth held out for her.
"Why does this burger look prettier than me."
Seth laughed aloud and sat in the chair opposite that Trinity. "Nothing is prettier than you, Trin, but I will admit the burger is not so far behind."
Trinity reached for her burger and took a bite. "Mmhmgmg. Seth I'm going to kill you for giving this to me."
"We'll suffer tomorrow, babe." He said before taking a big bite out of his burger.
They enjoyed their meal together as the band serenaded them in the background. Trinity took a moment to examine her surroundings. The fact that Seth put all of this together just for her made her realize just how good of a guy he really is and she didn't deserve him. She was a liar and a cheater and and he was too good for her. She wanted to be honest with him before things went too far, but then he surprised her with dinner in the park and the band and burgers. She didn't have the heart to turn it all down.
"I don't wanna toot my own horn, but this was a wonderful idea."
She laughed then leaned over to give him a soft peck. "You did good, Rollins."
"As much as I'd like to keep kissing you, there's something else we gotta do."
"What else could you possibly have planned?"
"You just wait." He lead them out of the park and to a car that was parked off to the side. He opened the door for her then slid in after. "Driver, you know where to go."
"Seriously, where are we going?"
"Just hold tight, babe. We'll be there soon."
"Can I at least get a hint. Are we gonna be eating more burgers because I don't think my body can handle it."
"We're not eating anymore burgers. I know how you are about your portion portion control." he grinned.
They arrived at their destination and they exited the car. "Here we are." he said smiling up at the building.
"A boutique?"
"Not just any boutique." He said grabbing her hand and guiding them inside. It was a very big store aligned with hundreds of dresses. They were immediately greeted by a middle-aged woman with dark hair that was pulled up into a high bun. "Trin, this is Lidia. She's here to help you pick out a dress for the Hall of Fame."
Trin's mouth opened slightly as her eyebrows shot up. "What?"
Seth laughed. "Babe, when I saw your schedule I knew you'd have no time to buy a dress so I called in a favor. Lidia agreed to open her store up after hours so we can find you something to wear. I want you to look and feel like the queen you are." He squeezed her shoulder and kissed her temple.
"I don't know what to say." She was truly at a loss for words. Why the hell did he have to be so thoughtful.
Lidia spoke up this time. "You can thank him later, let's get you into some dresses." She smiled and took Trinity's hand to lead her to the dressing room.
Trinity tried on a couple of dresses in every style. She almost always chose short dresses over long ones because she loved her legs. Seth gravitated towards the more form fitting dresses that accentuated her curves. All of the dresses she tried were pretty, but none of them were really her. Until the last one. "That's it. That's your dress." Seth said.
She was in a short and silver crystal embellished dress with a low cut back. It hugged her body perfectly and she couldn't help but stare at herself in the mirror.
"Babe, this is yours. It shines like the star you are." He said walking up behind her.
She turned to him and smiled. "Since when were you so corny."
"Since you put on that dress and made me question this no sex thing."
"So... You're questioning the no sex thing?" Trinity isn't a nymph. She didn't need to have sex everyday, but she is human. It would be nice if Seth would let up and just take her to bed. Especially after being with Roman. Maybe it would ease her guilt... Maybe.
"I'm always questioning the no sex thing every time I see you." He kissed her forehead. "But then I think about how it would feel when we're both in the same place and we're both ready to take our relationship to the next level. When we finally do make love, Trinity, it won't just be because we wanted to, it would be because needed to." He tilted her chin up and covered her lips with his. It was slow and satisfying, but it wasn't enough for her. It would never be enough for her.
Lidia cleared her throat and the pair slit apart. "Excuse me, Seth, but I don't need you to get her all sweaty in this beautiful dress."
He chuckled softly. "Sorry. We'll take this one."
"Good choice."
Trinity said her goodbye's to Seth as they parted ways at the elevators. He said that he needed to take the stairs to work off the tent in his pants he got from their make out session in the car. It was around midnight when she finally entered her hotel room. Roman was sitting on the bed in a white tank stop and some basketball shorts with his headphones on. He looked up when he saw her come in. She gave a small wave and said, "Hey."
He removed his headphones as his eyebrows drew in closer. "I thought you'd be staying with blondie tonight?"
Trin shrugged and flopped on the bed. "He has an early morning."
Roman nodded in understanding. In his mind he was thinking that Seth was an idiot to let Trin go to bed alone, but who was he to judge their relationship. Instead of speaking up, he grabbed a stack of UNO cards and began shuffling them. "Wanna play?"
Whew! Even though it's kinda long, I thought I needed to develop Seth and Trin's relationship more. How do you guys feel about it? Also, keep letting me know who you guys want to see win Wrestlemaina. Hall of Fame is next! Can't wait for you guys to read it.
