Starting Over
Chapter 21: Focus
Adrianna shoved Randy as hard as she could breaking the kiss. She raised her hand to slap him but was cut off by Seth. "Go inside pretty girl, we'll handle this sack of shit" he seethed. "Oh I'm sorry, I wasn't aware that Adrianna was taken!" Randy scoffed. "Well aren't you a smug son of a bitch?" Roman snapped. "Yeah I guess I am considering the fact that I didn't see anything saying who she belonged to" Randy chuckled. "She belongs to us!" Seth growled. "Us. I'm sorry did I hear that correctly? What you losers share her or something?" he mocked. "So what if we do? It's nothing that would concern you Orton!" Roman snarled. Aide couldn't believe they were standing there arguing like a bunch of testosterone fueled idiots that didn't see her standing there. "Enough!" she shouted. "Everyone get the fuck away from my house right now!" "Aide..." Roman trailed. "I said enough Roman. I don't want to hear this shit anymore and as far as I'm concerned, I don't belong to anyone! I'm not a piece of meat or somebody's fucking property, therefore all of you can just leave!" she huffed. "What about tomorrow?" Seth mumbled. "As far as tomorrow is concerned, I've made my decision and I choose me" she sighed. "What? Why?" Roman said. Adrianna ran a hand through her hair looking down at the ground, "Because I clearly need to learn how to be alone and rely on myself. You guys mean so much to me and I was foolish to think the four of us could've ever worked out in the first place." she shrugged. "My other problem was how stupid I was to fall for Randy. Obviously there was something I was attracted to in him, but like Seth told me last week, I made him more of a detail than a main character and that's why he left me standing at the altar." "Well I wouldn't say that's entirely wrong..." Randy started. "I didn't ask for your input, Orton!" she retorted. "Look guys, I love you all dearly. And in case there's a need for clarification, the you all I'm referring to is Dean, Seth and Roman. You still need to leave Randy" she said folding her arms across her chest. Randy smirked as he walked towards his car, "You four deserve each other..." he yelled. "Guys come inside and let me explain" she said walking into her house.
Dean took a seat at the breakfast bar as he knew this conversation didn't really concern him. Aide sat down on her coffee table as Roman and Seth parked on the couch. "Ok, I'm pretty sure the both of you might be thinking how much of a bitch I am for making you wait an entire week just for me to pick myself instead of one of you" she sighed. "Aide, we may be confused but we would never call you a bitch and you know that…" Roman interrupted. "Well I know one person that may beg to differ…" she said glancing towards Seth. "Hey that's not fair Aide. Yes I called you a stupid girl, but I would never think of you as a bitch and I definitely wouldn't call you one!" he said with sad eyes. She chewed on her bottom lip as she pondered what she would say next. "I made this choice because I didn't want to hurt either of you. I love you both so much that I couldn't choose one over the other. It's just better for me to be alone right now" she shrugged. "This sucks balls, but we have to respect her decision" Seth sighed rubbing his temples. He moved from the couch and cupped Adrianna's face, "If that's what you really want pretty girl, then we have no choice but to give it you" he sighed placing a kiss on her lips. For a brief moment she almost forgot why she was mad at him, but snapped back to her senses when Dean cleared his throat. She gently pushed Seth away and held her head down. He pursed his lips and made his way close to the front door. "Rollins and I will be outside, take your time Rome" Dean said softly. Roman peeled himself off the couch and walked over near the kitchen. He glanced into her bedroom and remembered the first time he ever made love to Adrianna. "So that's it huh? Just like that, you're done with this relationship, you're done with Seth and you're done with... Me?" he mumbled as if his words were finally starting to sink in. "Rome..." she started but was cut off by him raising his hand. "Aide don't... Obviously it's not worth fighting for anymore if all you're gonna do is give up or find the easy way out when shit gets rough! You said you don't know if you can keep doing this, hell I can't keep doing it either. I went to fucking Greece to get you back Adrianna, but in the end I guess it just wasn't enough to get you to decide between me and Seth" he frowned as he felt tears welling up in his eyes. "Roman please?" Adrianna pleaded. "I gotta go! I'll see you in Vegas for the Pay-Per-View" he shrugged slamming her front door.
"Damn I overslept!" Adrianna cursed hopping out of bed. Her flight was scheduled to leave Tampa in less than two hours. She ran to the bathroom and quickly washed her face and brushed her teeth. Luckily she showered the night before. It had been nearly three weeks since she had last spoken to Seth or Roman for that matter. WWE's creative department assigned her to the Smackdown roster temporarily in order to usher in some new changes. She had been stuck mostly with Randy since she had the task of managing him as well as the 3 other members of the Shield. The only person she managed to hold a conversation with was Dean and he wouldn't give her much insight as to how Roman and Seth were feeling. She checked her reflection in the mirror and shuddered at what she saw. Even though it had only been a few weeks, she looked undernourished. After she finished getting dressed she grabbed her duffle bag and keys and rushed out to the waiting taxi. 30 minutes of airport security and 10 minutes of boarding time later she was finally settling into her seat on the plane. "Jesus woman, you look like hell" a heavy accented voice rang out to her. Adrianna rolled her eyes when she saw who it was. "Thanks for noticing, Mr. Barrett…" she trailed off glancing out the window. "I mean this is no way for our WWE Divas Champion to look. Are you feeling alright?" he said this time showing a bit more concern and passion. "I'm as ok as I'm going to get I suppose Wade" Aide sighed. "Well, if you want to chat or anything I'm right here across from you" he gestured to his seat. "Yeah thanks, but I think I'm just gonna knock out till we get to Vegas" she huffed pulling her headphones over her ears. She closed her eyes and got lost in her music as the plane climbed higher. "This is gonna be a long 2 days…" she thought to herself.
Seth tossed a bottled water to Roman and Dean, "Damn good workout today fellas!" he huffed before chugging his water. "Yeah, I haven't felt this energized in a long ass time" Roman chuckled sipping on his water. "Well boys, we're in Vegas so what the hell are we gonna get into tonight?" Dean grinned. Roman looked over at Seth and then back to Dean giving a shrug, "Well shit, we're young, single, good looking guys and this is fucking Vegas! Let's do what we do, let's go wreck some shit!" he smiled. "Fuck yeah! Sounds good to me man…" Dean said high fiving Roman. They both looked at Seth who seemed to be struggling with his decision. "Come on man, you gotta let her go. Shit she let us go so you gotta do the same." Roman shrugged. Seth smirked lightly at Roman, "I guess you're right…" he sighed. "Let's rip Vegas a new one boys!" Seth yelled as he bumped fist with Dean and Roman. "Adrianna! Adrianna, wake up we're here" Wade said softly shaking her arm. The pressure from Wade's large hand on her upper arm made her wince slightly as she thought back to how Roman grabbed her and pinned her against a wall one passionate night when they were in Paris. A soft, pleasure filled moan escaped her lips as her eyes shot open and she realized the unholy noise she made at the touch of Wade Barrett. "Uh thanks, for waking me up!" she said shaking her head. Within a matter of minutes Adrianna was off the plane and waiting in the baggage claim area for her things. She took out her cell phone and contemplated calling Roman or Seth, but she opted for Dean instead. His phone rang a few times before he finally answered, "Hello!" "Dean? Hey it's Aide, I made it to Vegas. Are you guys at the h…." "Hello? Hey I can barely hear you Adrianna, the music in this place is ridiculous so I need you to speak up." Dean shouted. "Where the hell are you?" she yelled back. "This kick ass place called Tiger Tails...it's insane…" he grinned as if she could see it. "Oh well…" she started but was interrupted by a husky deep voice shouting. "Yeah baby, take off that fucking top… Woo come and dance for daddy!" She searched her thoughts and knew that was Roman's voice she heard. Aide could feel the lump growing in her throat and she wanted to cry knowing that her boys were looking at and possibly being pleased by other women. "Did you say something Aide?" Dean shouted in confusion. "No! You guys have fun tonight, I'll see you tomorrow" she said trying to keep her composure. She turned her cell phone off as she stood in the common room of the hotel suite. After hauling her bags into her room she shut the door and crawled into bed.
Seth fidgeted with his hotel key card trying to open the door as Roman, Dean and 3 of the ladies they met earlier in the night all snickered at him. "Got it!" he jeered in a drunken haze. The 3 men and their lady friends stumbled into the hotel common room laughing and making out. Roman fell on the couch and was quickly mounted by his new busty blonde friend. She straddled him and shoved her tongue down his throat as he ran his hands over her ass. This definitely wasn't Adrianna but she would have to do to help him relieve his pent up frustration. Seth felt the same way about the short brunette whose legs he was standing in between as he had her sitting on the bar. All the commotion in the common room woke Adrianna up out of her sleep. "They're back…" she thought to herself. She rolled out of her bed slowly and fluffed her hair before walking to the door. "Ok Aide, just relax you know these guys. You love these guys and it's about time you apologized to them and make things right. After all this is pretty much all of my fault…" she said to herself. A big smile was adorned across her face as she swung her room door open wide, "Sounds like you boys are…" her words got caught in her throat quickly. "Aide!" Seth muttered loudly in shock at her presence. Roman feverishly shoved the busty blonde that was straddling him to the side so that he could stand up and see Adrianna for himself. "Bonita…" he whispered. Adrianna glanced around the room at the 3 men that were supposed to be her boys and all she could feel was anger and resentment, towards herself. "Aide…" "Don't! Don't you dare!" she snapped at Seth. "I am…." she stalled unable to finish her statement. She walked back into her room and started to gather her things meanwhile Dean herded the other women out of their hotel room. "Come on Adrianna don't go...please babe, just stay" Roman pleaded. "That wouldn't be a very wise decision on my part. So I'm gonna leave now and I'll see you all at Payback. Enjoy the rest of your night…" she mumbled walking out of the room. All three men ran their hands through their hair in frustration.
"Where the hell is she, her match is next?" Dean said frantically looking around for Adrianna. Neither of them had seen her since Friday night, hell even Randy tried to reach her but he couldn't. "There she is!" Seth pointed. "Aide wait, we're coming to walk you out" Roman shouted to her. Adrianna stood near the curtain patiently waiting for the three men to approach her. Before either of them could get a word out to her she stepped through the curtain as the Shield's music played throughout the arena. "Dammit" Roman scoffed under his breath as she didn't even turn around for her customary fist bump with them guys. She was already over the barricade by the time the boys made it halfway down. Instead of retreating to the back, the boys stood in the crowd at by the barricade and watched Adrianna defend her Divas Championship. She did her best to focus on her opponent, Natalya, tonight and for the most part she succeeded. She lost that focus when her hazel eyes met Roman's grey beams in the crowd. In that moment she felt all the oxygen leave her body as memories of the moments they shared flickered through her head. His heart grew heavy as he felt a connection to her in that same moment. A smile began to spread across his face as he held her gaze sensing a smile from her was about to be returned. Adrianna was momentarily lost in Roman's eyes from afar and when she remembered she was defending her Divas Championship. When she remembered what she was doing it was too late as she crashed violently to the mat below. She felt a huge snap followed by immediate excruciating pain in her upper torso and back. She let out a horrid shriek as Natalya rolled her over to pick up the victory. Roman jumped the barricade quickly and got into the ring as Adrianna was surrounded by doctors and training staff members. 2 hours had gone by when eventually Doctor Sampson and one of the doctors from the Las Vegas emergency department appeared. "How bad is it doc?" Seth asked eagerly. "It's exactly what I suspected. Adrianna has a broken neck and a small clavicle fracture. She's going to be out for a very long time." "Fuck!" Roman snarled running a hand through his hair. "Is she awake?" Dean chimed in, "Yes she is" Doc Sampson retorted. All 3 men stood outside of her room quietly. "This one's all you Roman" Seth smiled. "What do you mean?" he asked puzzled. "She made her choice tonight, unfortunately it brought along this injury and she lost her title, but she chose you man and I respect that." Seth said patting Roman on the shoulder. "Now you just have to win her back." Dean chuckled.