One month later(Or six months later if you didn't read the prologue)
"When are you coming back?"
I sigh as I turn into the parking lot of the arena. "Seth, I can't tell you. Soon, alright?"
After the break up, I had managed to get some time off. Hunter understood that my mental health wasn't in the best place and that some time away would do me good. I left a couple weeks after Extreme Rules back in July. It's January now, the tail end of it. All my 'injury' reports have me being out until after WrestleMania. But… that's not the case. Tonight is the Royal Rumble. I'm coming in as the last entrant of the women's rumble match. Not only that, but I'm winning.
"Jasmine it's not the same without you here," Roman says in the background. The trio have been begging me to come back. They know the injury is fake, but they think the timeline is real.
"We miss you," I hear Dean chime in as I shut off my car.
I take them off speaker phone and bring the phone to my ear. "Guys, I miss you too. I can't say when I'll be back, but I promise it's soon." I'm not lying to them when I say that I can't say. Hunter wants this as quiet as possible. Shockingly, nobody has leaked the information yet. "Look, I got to go. But I promise I'll talk to you guys soon, okay?"
They all give their response and I hang up. I'm here at the arena beyond early just to not get caught. They're hiding me until my entrance, so this should be interesting. I sigh as I get out of my car and make my way to wardrobe, then hair and make-up.
I lean forward to look in the mirror in my private room, smiling. I'm back baby, dressed in typical black ring pants, a green chest piece, camo ring boots, and a green and black mask. The make-up artist did an intense green smokey eye on me and a bold red to black ombre lip. My hair is tightly curled, just like always.
A knock sounds on the door, and I open a magazine to hide my face. "Jasmine?"
I put the magazine down and look at Hunter in the mirror. I stand and face him. "Nobody's gonna see this coming. Thank you for that." I smirk. "It feels good to be home."
He smiles and motions me forward. "All hallways are clear. Put a pair of sweats and a hoodie on, and keep your mask off until you need it."
I nod and rummage through my gym bag until I find a pair of sweats and slide them on. "Did this ever get leaked," I ask him as I find the matching hoodie and pull it on, taking my mask off and sticking it in a pocket.
"It never got leaked, which is a miracle. Hood up."
I slide my hood up and Hunter and I make our way to the front. A few guys were in there, as were some of the already eliminated girls.
"Number 29 just made her entrance. You're on in 90 Jasmine," a producer says and eyes snap to me as I slide off my cover-up clothes.
The same producer starts his count as I look around the room meeting some of the faces staring at me. Carmella, Sasha, Lacey, Alexa, Drew, Braun, AJ, and… Elias.
"Someone get the trio please," I call out. I don't catch who, but someone gets up and starts walking out, calling for the trio.
I slide on my mask and start mentally hyping and prepping myself. Bayley and Mandy come through the curtain, and they both stop and look at me.
"Holy-"
"You got 10, 9, 8…" The count trails off and I'm given my cue.
Show time.
Elias' Point Of View
Jasmine burst through the curtain and you can hear the crowd go wild.
"Oh my god! It's Jasmine Key! She's back," Corey raves, causing me to roll my eyes and fold my arms over my chest.
"Why are you so annoyed to see her? You're the one who broke her heart," Mandy says from my left.
"She's probably shaken up having seen you before her moment," Bayley adds in. I roll my eyes as I watch the monitor showing her kicking people as soon as she gets in the ring. She sets Becky on the top rope in a corner before kicking her down, and goes on to repeat her action on Bianca Belair. "Oh so you're still the big stone of Elias? No response?" Alexa snorts beside her.
I look to Bayley with a glare. "I'm just trying to watch the match. Shut up, please."
I look back at the monitor to see Jasmine barely escape being eliminated, and a little voice goes off in the back of my head. One toe out of line, and it all gets worse. Watch it.
The same threat from a traitorous bitch, bound to start sounding off more and more.
I broke Jasmine's heart to protect her, but if I don't stay in line… it'll be for nothing.
Jasmine's Point Of View
I grip the ropes as I start to stand up on the apron, Charlotte across from me struggling to get up as well. Our eyes stay locked, before I suddenly let myself fall onto the apron, and sweep my legs inside, knocking Charlotte off balance before she falls to ground.
The bell rings and my music drops. I roll back into the ring and use the turnbuckles to stand up. I stumble to the middle of the ring, clutching my neck with one hand. Suddenly I'm being lifted. I look down to see Seth as he puts me on his shoulders with Dean and Roman on either side. The crowd is going wild.
"Oh my god, she did it! Jasmine Key has won the rumble match," Corey exclaims as I point to the Wrestlemania sign, just like I always dreamed of.
Seth lets me down and I hug him tight. "I could kill you for not letting me know you were coming back tonight," he says in my ear with a chuckle.
I pull away laughing, with tears in my eyes. Roman and Seth pick me up and carry me to the buckles, putting me on the second one. I climb to the top and point at the sign once more, and chants start to pour out.
"Welcome back! Welcome back! Welcome back!" I hop off and hug the trio once more, telling Dean to go get a mic for me.
I let go as Dean walks to get a mic for me, the other two asking me what I'm up to. Dean hands me the mic, and takes his spot beside Seth.
"This goes without saying, but I'm back." The crowd roars. "Oh man it feels good! And, I'm gonna say this right now. Every other time somebody wins this match, they mess around and draw out who they're picking. I'm not doing that, I'm sick of that." The crowd gets louder, half of them chanting Naomi while the other half chants Ember. "I have thought long and hard on who I want to beat at Wrestlemania. I have imagined my match over and over with this one individual for quite some time. It's always the same person. It is always you, Ember Moon." The crowd explodes as the trio climbs out of the ring and Ember's music drops.
She walks down the ramp, title over her shoulder. She puts it on the canvas before sliding in. She picks it up and walks to me and we stand face to face. She raises her hand thats clutching the title. I point at the sign behind me.
I sigh as I fall onto the bed, still in my ring gear. I roll over to my back as Renee chuckles from the bed beside me. I sit up and look over at her.
"You're glowing."
"I'm sweating," I reply with a chuckle.
"No, you're glowing. You have been glowing since you got into the ring. I was in catering with the boys when Lacey came in calling for them. We all took off to the front, wanting to be the first to greet you. Hunter told them they could run out after you won," she says with a grin.
I grin right back at her. "It felt so good to be out there again."
"You haven't lost a single step," she says, as she lays down.
I lay back myself, groaning in pain. "So, what all I have I missed? My sister kept me mostly up to date, but fill me in." She hesitates, causing me to roll over and look at her as she stares at the ceiling. "What are you holding back?"
"What did Many tell you," she counters.
"About her feud with Carmella, how the boys lost their title to the returning Hardys, and how after Dean won his feud with… Elias, he's been open call challenging it. Renee, what are you holding back?"
She rolls back over, facing me. "So that's all she said?" I nod. "Two months after you left, Elias started having girls over. It started with non-company member at first but then…" she trailed off.
"Who?"
"Bayley, Alexa, and Carmella a few times…" She takes a breath. "Mandy as well."
"I'm sorry, what?"
"Jasmine-"
I sit up, looking at Renee. "No, say that again. Elias and who?"
She sighs. "Elias and Mandy."
I crack my neck as I stand. "I'm gonna be right back." I grab my key off the table and take off, not giving Renee a chance to answer. I march down the hall to one room. I kick on it as a way of knocking.
Bayley opens the door, in her pajamas. "Jasmine what-"
"My sister. Where is she?"
As if on cue. My sister walks in from the bathroom, dressed in her pajamas. I don't give it a second thought as I take off running and tackle her, causing Bayley to scream. I start in on my sister before pinning her arms to the ground.
"Why on Earth would you do that to me?"
"Do what?!"
"Sleep with Elias!" I let off one of her arms to slap her, before I quickly pin it back down.
"What are-"
"After all the hell he put me through! After everything! What kind of a sister-" I don't even finish as I start wailing on her again.
I faintly hear Bayley tell someone we're in here. I keep wailing on her, yanking bits of hair out as well, until I'm suddenly being lifted. My hair falls in my face, blinding me from seeing whoever is protecting her.
"You shit excuse of a sister! How dare you, " I scream at her, struggling against whoever is holding me.
They pull me out of the room and turn to block the door before they finally let me down.I move the hair out of my face and freeze. My icy blue eyes are staring into the pale hazel eyes that are partly to blame for my frenzy.
"Jasmine-"
"You. How dare you. My sister!" I shove him into the door. He pushes himself off the door right as it opens and I see Finn and Sheamus. "That's my sister! How long after… everything did you wait before you crawled into bed with my sister," I shout at him, getting louder on the last two words.
When he doesn't respond, I push him again. He just closes his eyes. I start wailing on him before I'm quickly being pushed back by both Finn and Sheamus. Tears are starting to fall.
"Jasmine…" His voice trails as he opens his eyes and they met mine.
"That's my sister. Stay away from her, and stay away from me." My voice cracked on the last word. "Just…" I turn and run back to my room, where the door was already open with Renee standing and waiting.
I ran right into her arms.
How could they both…
Elias' Point Of View
I watch as she walks down the hall, looking at the ground.
"Fella-"
"No, Sheamus. I deserved that."
"Lad listen-"
"Finn, no." I look up at them both. "You both know what I did. You both know why I broke up with her. You both know how I handled it, how I'm still…" I groan as I look down the hall at her room. "But it had to happen."
They stayed quiet and I shake my head. Without another word, I turn the opposite way I was just looking and walked back to my room, shutting the door quietly as to not wake Braun. I look at his bed and he's already sitting up.
"The hell happened, " he asked, his voice rougher from exhaustion.
"Jasmine and Mandy."
"I thought they were good."
"I slept with Mandy, and Jasmine found out." I run a hand over my face as I walk to my bed. I plop down on my bed, groaning. "Jasmine went postal."
"Mandy alright?"
"Couple of bruises and scratches. She lost some hair."
Braun chuckles. "Jasmine is fiesty."
"Jasmine is…" I shake my head. "Didn't mean to wake you."
"You didn't, the screaming did."
It gets quiet in the room. A few minutes later, I grab my phone from the bed-side table. I pull up Jasmine's contact and just stare.
God… what the hell did I do?
A/N: So there's going to be a lot of drama in this book, which I think I tried to warn you guys about in the Q&A at the end of book one. A lot of things are going to unfold, and some of it will be good, sure. But, a lot of it is just to get drama rolling and boiling. Next chapter, the texter is revealed…. to the readers, I mean.
Thank you guys again for all your help and support to get this book out! Until next time! xx