Release
Author: LexysK23
Chapter: (25/45)
Words: 3,201
Disclaimer: I don't own WWE or the plot, just how the story goes.
Author's Note: This is one of the longer chapters. Enjoy. It's like two in the morning and I have to get ready for school in like four hours. I should be sleeping right now.
In other news, Paige is back, yay! And I like how she went after Naomi and Nikki. She's out for blood.
Enjoy this chapter. Twenty more chapter for it to be over. I got through it fast. I still can't believe it. This is the longest chapter, word-length wise, I've had.
Update: May 20, 2015
SETH sat down on the bed. "She's going to tell them."
Emma nodded, as she leaned back against a table. "They are our friends. They deserve to know."
Seth nodded. "Do you want to talk about it?"
"About Paige? Or about our marriage?"
He shrugged and looked up at her. "Do you want to stay married? It's okay if you don't. It won't change my feelings for you."
Emma smiled softly. She walked over towards him and placed her hands on his cheeks. "You're cute. But we said we'd try. After TLC, we'll decide. Okay?"
Seth nodded, a smile on his face. "Okay. I always imagined doing this with you. I guess I got it earlier."
Emma smiled and kissed him.
Fireproof Flame
"I wish I could get my hands on him," Dean said, glaring at the ground. He wanted to make Sami pay for hurting his friend.
"I can't believe she never told us. I can't believe I never noticed," Summer whispered, rubbing her face. She couldn't believe she was so blind. She couldn't believe she didn't see her best friend being hurt.
"Hey, it wasn't your fault. You didn't know. She never told anyone. If it's anyone's fault, it's Sami. A man should never lay a hand on another woman. Even I know that."
Summer looked up at him. "That makes you redeemable."
Dean frowned a bit. He looked away.
"Stop doing that!" Summer exclaimed, glaring at him.
"Do what?"
"Act like you're not worth it. You are, to me. To Seth and Roman. To John, Daniel, Nikki, and Brie. To Emma. To Paige, who told you she was hurt in the past. You have to see all that."
Dean sighed. "Can we just go to Paige and AJ's room? We'll talk later, I promise. I just want to know what happened. I want to know why she never said anything and how I can hurt him. We'll talk after."
Summer nodded and stood up. She walked over to Dean and kissed his cheek. "I'll hold to that. And please open your eyes."
He nodded and followed her out.
Fireproof Flame
"PAIGE," Nikki whispered, looking up at her sister and their significant others. "She was being abused. It can happen to anyone, like it did her."
"I still can't believe it. It just proves how strong she is. She didn't let it bother her. She got through it. There were some times it got the better of her, but she always got back up. And that's a role model. That's what the fans should see, that she was strong. She got passed it. She survived," Brie said, looking at the people in the room.
"Is that why he's out? Seth looked really angry when he fought Sami. It looked real. I thought he was just acting," Daniel stated, looking at the people.
"It makes sense. He did get angry when Summer said she saw Paige kissing Sami," Brie told them, realization appearing on her face. "He knew. So Emma knew too. They didn't look surprise when Paige told us."
"All their worry about her made so much sense. Everything that has happened since Night of Champions makes sense. But how does Corey fit in all this?" John said, frowning.
Nikki shrugged. "We're going to find out."
They all stood up and headed towards the Pai-J room, as they all dubbed it. They met up with Emma, Seth, Summer, and Dean there.
Emma got the keycard out of her pocket, she was the one Paige and AJ trusted not to abuse the keycard. And she unlocked the door with it. She opened the door and smiled as she looked inside.
It had been two hours since they all left breakfast. The group decided to hang out, but Paige was tired. She left, with AJ in tow.
And as they entered, they found both women asleep on the bed. AJ had her arms around Paige, which looked a bit funny, given that she was smaller. And there was a small white stuffed bear in Paige's arms. They both looked happy, and the group almost felt bad for waking them up. Almost.
Seth rushed into the room, a grin on his face. He jumped up on the bed and started to jump.
"Wake up!" he shouted.
Paige and AJ both shot up, scared. They looked disoriented, as they stared at Seth, who was slowly stopping. He gave the women a small smile. But Paige wasn't having it. She removed herself from AJ's grip, and tackled Seth down, both of them landing on the ground. Seth was laughing, as Paige stood up, glaring at him.
"Dick."
"Come on in," AJ told the rest, who were watching from the door. They all walked in, each taking a spot in the room. AJ and Paige were on the bed they shared, Emma sitting not far from them on the same table. Paige would need the support from both of them. Seth sat on the table. Nikki, Brie, and Summer took the other bed. John and Daniel took some of the chairs. And Dean just took there, leaning against a wall, to wound up to sit down.
Paige smiled as she stared at them. Knowing that they all wanted to know the whole story. Only AJ knew the whole story. Seth and Emma knew parts. And the rest just know that she was hurt by her ex-boyfriend.
"I don't know where to start," Paige whispered, as she moved the bear's hands.
"The beginning," Summer told her, her voice soft.
Paige sighed and nodded.
"It started on his first day. On Sami's first day," she started.
Paige was walking towards the locker room. She was looking down, when she bumped into someone. The person she bumped into held her, so she wouldn't fall. She looked up to see a man. He had reddish hair, lot of facial hair. And he had one of the friendliest smile she had seen. She couldn't help but smile back.
"Sorry," he said, chuckling.
Paige shrugged. "It's okay. I wasn't watching where I was going either."
"I'm Sami."
"Paige."
"It was nice meeting Paige," he said, as he released her and started walking away. "I'll see you around?"
Paige nodded. "Yeah, see you around."
"He hooked me in. I don't think he meant it. It was genuine in the beginning. We just wanted to get to know each other. For the next few weeks, we'd just talk and hang out. And then, he just asked me out."
"I like you Paige. And I want to go out with you, will you let me take you out?" he asked, a hopeful look on his face.
Paige looked at his eyes, and smiled. She nodded as she felt him wrap his arms around her.
She grinned, hoping he wasn't going to be like her ex-boyfriend.
"Before Sami, I had a boyfriend, back in England. We were together for two years. I was happy with him. But my family didn't like him. Zak and Roy would always joke around, saying that they were going to beat him. I'd get mad. I don't know how many times I argued with my family, only to find out he had been cheating on me after four months of dating."
"So, Sami took me out to this small, nice restaurant. He was a complete gentleman."
"I've always loved wrestling. It's the one thing that makes me feel happy, you know?" he asked, looking at her.
Paige nodded. "Yeah, I understand."
"So tell me about yourself. What makes you, Paige?"
Paige grinned and started telling him different things, about her past. What she liked, what she didn't like.
"We were happy for a few months. I didn't tell anyone because it was no one's business. I didn't want our relationship to be used in a storyline. And I liked having what we had to myself. It was a control I had, and I enjoyed it."
The six people who didn't know much of the story nodded. Seth clenched his teeth, knowing what was going to come. Emma reached for Paige's hand. And AJ just held Paige as she told her story.
"The first time he slapped me, I never remembered what we were fighting about. For the longest time, I felt like it was all my fault."
"But it wasn't," Nikki whispered, her eyes shining with tears. The three women on that bed had tears in their eyes.
Paige looked at her with her broke eyes, the one they had seen many times before but never knew why, until that moment. "I know that now. But then, I just thought if I hadn't pushed him, if I hadn't made him angry, then he wouldn't hit me."
"He slapped you, why didn't you leave?" Daniel asked, his voice full of confusion.
Paige turned to him, a small sarcastic smile on her face. "Cause I was stupid." AJ tightened her grip when she heard that. She hated hearing Paige talk like that. "Why would I leave when it was my fault?"
"It wasn't."
"He asked for forgiven the next day."
"I'm sorry Paige, I didn't mean that. It just happened."
"Oh, you just happened to smack me across the face?"
"No, Paige, I'm sorry. I love you Paige, and I'm so sorry," he whispered, almost in tears.
"It was the first time he said he loved me. And I was so fucked up, that was what made me take him back."
Paige took a deep breath before continuing. "It was like for a month. He would slap me, and I would leave. He'd find me and beg for forgiveness. He'd tell me he would never do it again, only to do it again two days later. It was a game."
"When did it change?"
"I saw you look at him!" Sami shouted, glaring at her.
Paige shook her head at her boyfriend. "You're stupid."
"What did you call me?"
"Stupid. Why would I look at him like I want him? He's my brother!"
"Are you sleeping with him?!" he demanded. "You're sleeping with him! I know you are! You fucking whore!"
"No! I'm not! He's like my brother!" Paige told him, her face red from the embarrassment and anger.
"I knew you were a whore. I thought I could change you. Are you sleeping with the whole roster? I can take you take him and his friends at the same time, don't you?"
"What the fuck—" Paige felt a sting on her cheek.
"Don't ever talk to me like that. You will respect me!"
Paige nodded, her body trembling from the fear. "Now, you are going to be punished for cheating on me with that bastard." He said, removing his belt. Paige's eyes widened, and her mouth opened to deny it, but he brought down the belt, stopping her. "Don't even bother denying it! Now get your stupid self over here!"
"What?" Seth asked, in shock.
"He thought I liked you. That was when it all changed. That's when it didn't just become slaps. He just went straight for the beating."
"That was my fault," Seth whispered, his voice cracking as he looked to the ground. He couldn't look at Paige, not when it was his fault Sami really hurt him.
Paige stood up and walked towards Seth. "No, it wasn't your fault. Just like it wasn't Emma's that I stayed with him. Just like it wasn't mine. It's not your fault. It's his, Seth, remember that."
Seth nodded. And Paige kissed his cheek before going to back to the bed.
"So he used a belt on you," Dean said, anger in his voice.
Paige nodded. "Belt, shoe, fists, whatever he could find. He would strangle me if he wanted. I'd go days without eating. If he saw me take one bite of anything, he would beat me until I knocked out. Anything to make me suffer."
"You said it wasn't Emma's fault, what did you mean?" John asked, after a few seconds of silence.
Paige looked at her best friend, and reached for her hand. "I almost left. There were times I was almost out that door. But then, he'd use Emma. He would tell me if I left him, then he was free to go date other girls, more specifically Emma. And I couldn't let him get to her in any way. So to keep her safe, I stayed with him."
"How did you leave?"
"I never did." Paige smiled softly. It was the one part she always told. "He hurt me, really bad. He almost used a knife on me. He broke a table, using me. He destroyed so much. I couldn't do anything, except call Seth and Emma, who found me. I begged them not to say anything. Sami knew I would never tell on him. But he was always around."
"How does Corey fit in all this? Does he know too?" Brie asked, wiping her tears.
Paige nodded. "He saw Sami hurt me. I begged him not to say anything. But he did. He told someone, and I denied it. We weren't friends for a while, until later. Sami never knew that Corey had known. He never knew that Corey told."
"Why didn't you tell us before?" Dean asked, looking at Paige, anger in his face. But the anger wasn't directed at her. He was angry he couldn't protect his friend. He was angry that she had gotten hurt. He was angry he couldn't hurt Sami.
"I was embarrassed. I was being abused, why would I tell anyone? It shows how weak and pathetic I am. I didn't think I was worth anything. Sometimes I would wish he would kill me, so I wouldn't have to deal with it anymore."
Dean sighed, and his eyes connected with Summer's. She gave him a small smile.
"And he came back," Emma whispered, staring at the carpet.
Paige nodded. "He came back. When AJ was going to tell me she liked me back," she whispered, looking at AJ and giving her a kiss on the cheek. "Corey, he stayed friends with Sami, to keep an eye on him. He didn't trust him. And it was to protect me.
"Sami, he told me we were going to have dinner. He didn't ask, but ordered it. He never asked me for anything anymore. And he'd just order me around. And I let him. He slapped me for the first time in over a year, just for dancing with Seth and Dean. He always got jealous, and it made him angry.
"AJ and Seth thought it was Corey. I don't know why, but they assumed it was him. But Corey told them the truth. And then, then Friday before Survivor Series, he dragged me into a closet and wanted to make out. I didn't want to, so I told him to stop. He kept trying, and then I kicked him. He told me I was going to lose the title, and I would come back running to him. So I had to win, to prove him wrong."
"But you lost. I beat you, unfairly," Nikki said, her eyes wide.
Paige smiled. "You beat me, but that's okay. After I lost, I almost lost it."
Paige got back to her hotel room. She had just lost. She was pacing in her room. She was trying to keep a panic attack from starting. She closed her eyes and tried to take deep breaths. She jumped when she heard her phone ring. She walked to it and saw that it was from Sami. It was a voicemail. She listened to it.
"What did I tell you Paigey, that you wouldn't be champion any longer? I'm always right. And I am right about everything else. So I think you should come back to me. You will have to be punished for hitting me, but it won't be too bad. Oh, and as long as you're my girlfriend, I want you to stop hanging out with Seth and AJ. I know about her. About how you're in love with her. That's going to be over. You're mine. I own you. And I love you Paige. I can't wait to have you in my arms again."
Upon hearing that, Paige threw her phone at the bed, watching it bounce and fall to the ground. She let out a scream. She clenched her fists as she sat on the bed.
"You're not right," she whispered, staring at the wall. "You aren't going to win. You'll never win. Fuck you Sami. Fuck!"
She stood up and kicked the bed. She felt like breaking something, anything. She could feel her body trembling. Her eyes filled with tears. She looked over at AJ's bed. She could remember AJ's proud smile, and it was enough to stop the trembling.
AJ, who was always proud. Who was going to feel horrible for losing, and making Paige lose. Sami told her she would have nothing. But he was wrong, and that thought alone made her smile. She didn't have nothing. She had a lot. She had friends. And that was enough for her. She grabbed her phone and dialed Sami's number. Once he answered, she said the first thing that came to mind.
"Fuck you Sami," she hung up. She grinned as she felt stronger than him for the first time in a long time.
"You never told me that part," AJ whispered, looking at Paige. The younger woman smiled.
"I know. But I am now."
AJ pulled her closer.
John looked at Paige. "If he ever comes back, he'll have to go through all of us to get to you."
Dean, Daniel, and Seth nodded, agreeing with him.
Paige smiled at him. "Thank you."
"That's what we are here for. We are your friends, and we protect friends," Nikki told her.
Paige smiled and nodded. "I know. That's why I told you guys. You all deserved to know. And I knew you wouldn't let me down. I trust you guys, and I know you'll help me. Because I still need help. I'm still moving from this. I'm still trying to move forward. And I'm afraid of when he comes back."
"He won't get near you," Dean said, in a dark voice. "I'd break every bone in his body if he got near you."
"Dean," Paige started.
"No, even I agree with him," John said, nodding.
Paige smiled softy. "You guys are amazing. And I'm really lucky to be able to call you guys my friends."
AJ pushed Paige on the bed. She then laid over her stomach. "Dog pile!"
Emma got on AJ, followed by Seth, Nikki, Brie, John, and Daniel.
Dean smirked, took a picture. He looked over at Summer, who pointed to the group of people. He could hear Paige struggling over everyone. Dean grabbed Summer's hand and pushed her on the top of the pile, before getting on her.
Paige shouted, as she struggled to breath, from the laughter and pressure.
She was grateful for her friends. She couldn't ask for better ones.
The tower soon tipped over and everyone fell, laughing. Paige stared at them, her smile not once shrunk.
There wasn't a lot of Pai-J in this. But the next chapter will have a lot of it, I promise. Seamer and Semma will have the chapter after next, with Pai-J. And after that is TLC. Hope you guys enjoyed. Review. And until next time.
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