"Are we still going out for drinks tonight?" Aleister asked as he and Cori headed towards the locker rooms to take showers.
"I don't know...Rae's here in Florida and I don't think it'd be fair to leave her at the hotel by herself."
"Bring her along then. Did she and Enzo have some kind of fight or something?"
"Not exactly. It's a long story but I'll ask her if she wants to go with us."
"Good. Give me a call once you find out."
Rae stared down at her phone, fingers ready to dial Enzo's number but she chickened out and laid her phone back on the nightstand. The door opened and Cori walked in. "Hey. How did it go?"
"Good. He's going to be bringing in Sara tomorrow to help me train too. Aleister and I had plans to go out and have drinks tonight...do you want to come with us?"
"Do you think he'd mind?"
"It was his idea actually."
"Sure, I'll go."
Cori nodded and pulled out her cellphone. She dialed Aleister's number and put it on speaker.
"Hello?"
"Hey, it's Cori. Rae said she'd go with us tonight."
"Great. I asked Kassius Ohno to go too so things would be even. That alright?"
Cori looked at Rae who nodded her approval. "That's fine with us."
"Okay. See you in a couple of hours."
Cass watched Enzo as he picked up another weight to add to the bar. "How you holding up man?"
"I'd be a lot better if I could talk to her and find out what's goin' on in her head right now."
"So call her and ask."
"Nah. I'm gonna give her time to sort things out. She'll call me when she's ready...I hope."
Cori and Rae had just put the finishing touches on their makeup when there was a knock on the door. "I got it." Cori walked over and opened the door, smiling at Aleister and Kassius. "Hi. Come on in."
Aleister walked in and smiled at Rae. "Hey, how are you? You look beautiful."
Rae smiled and gave him a quick hug. "I've been better but oh well. You look pretty good yourself."
"Thank you. Ladies this is Kassius Ohno...Kassius this is Rae Gallows and that's Cori Anderson."
"A pleasure to meet both of you. Aleister has told me a lot about you two." He said, shaking both their hands.
"Aleister you didn't…"
"Of course I told him about it Cori. I'm a guy...who wouldn't want to brag about something like that?"
Cori looked at Rae and both women rolled their eyes. "Let's go before I kick your ass."
Enzo checked his phone again, sighing when he saw that he hadn't missed any calls or texts.
"Zo just call her man." Cass stated sitting down and handing him a beer.
"If she hasn't called by tomorrow night I will. I just…" His phone chimed and he quickly picked it up only to see a message from a number he didn't recognize. He opened the text but all he saw was the link for a website. "What the hell?"
"What is it?"
"I don't know." Enzo clicked on the link and watched as a dirtsheet popped up.
'WWE Stars Unwind at Local Bar: NXT stars Aleister Black and Kassius Ohno spotted out with valets of Enzo Amore and Big Cass.'
Enzo stared at the headline and the picture attached to it his mind unwilling to register what he was seeing. "Fuck!"
"Zo what is it bro?"
"Here, take a look for yourself. I'm outta here." Enzo forwarded him the link then got up and left the bar.
Cass checked his phone and winced. "Shit." He pulled up Cori's number, hoping like hell she would answer.
"Hey babe! What's up?"
"Did you know there's a picture of you and Rae with Ohno and Black on one of the dirtsheets?"
"What? Shit!"
"You're all hugged up with Black and Rae looks deep in conversation with Ohno."
"Babe you know there's nothing…"
Cass chuckled and shook his head. "Sweetheart I'm not worried about you and Black...I know how cuddly you get when you're drinking. My problem is Rae and Ohno...somebody sent the link for the picture to Zo."
"Who did that?"
"I don't know. We were sitting here in a bar having a drink of our own when he got the message. He sent it to me and took off."
"Dammit! I'll let Rae know. There's nothing going on between her and Kassius. She admitted to me that she's in love with Enzo but she's afraid."
"She doesn't need to be afraid. Zo loves her and he'd never do anything to hurt her." Cass got up and walked out of the bar, heading back towards the hotel.
"I know that and so does she but it still scares her. Let me get off here and tell her what's going on. I'll call you back in a little while."
"Okay sweetheart. I love you."
"Love you too."
Enzo walked into his room and sat down on the bed. He just couldn't believe it, the day that he admitted out loud to anyone that he loved Rae she took off and was pictured with another man that same night. It just didn't make any sense.
Cori walked back into the bar and made her way to the table where Rae, Aleister and Kassius sat. "Rae I need to talk to you right now."
Rae looked away from Kassius to glance at Cori. "Why? What's going on?"
"Just come on and I'll tell you."
"Fine, fine. Excuse me guys." Rae got up and followed Cori out of the bar. "Alright we're alone...what's going on?"
"Somebody took a picture of the four of us and now it's on the dirtsheets."
"So? What's the big deal about that? It's not like there's anything going on."
"Rae...somebody sent the link for the picture to Enzo. Cass called me and said that he's really upset about it." Cori explained and Rae gasped.
"What?! Shit! Who would do something like that?"
"If I had to guess I'd say it was probably your brother. What are you going to do?"
"Go on back inside. I'm going to call him...that is if he'll even answer."
Cori nodded and gave her a hug. "Come back in and let me know what's going on."
"I will." Rae waited until Cori went inside then she pulled out her cellphone and called Enzo. It rang and rang before finally going to voicemail. "Dammit!"
Enzo picked up his phone to see who was calling and he frowned when he saw it was Rae. Not wanting to talk to her, he let it go to voicemail. He waited to see if she left a message and when she did, he decided to listen to it.
"Enzo it's Rae. I know you saw the picture from tonight but you've got to believe me…there's nothing to it! Cori and Aleister were going out for drinks tonight and asked me to go. Aleister invited Kassius to even things out. That's all there is to it I swear! I would never do something like that to you especially since I know how it feels. Enzo please...trust me and believe that I'm telling you the truth. Call me when you get this please!"
The urge to call her right back was so strong he could barely stand it but he ignored it and just went to bed.