It's late Thursday now. Most of the superstars are up late chilling in the lobby. I'm off to the side by myself, searching the room. It's an old habit, one that I need to kick. I sigh as my wandering eyes finally land on Seth, who is talking with our normal group of Roman, Dean, Renee, Galina, and Sarah. I look down, feeling a bit sad. I'm normally part of that group… but looking at them, there's not even a space for me like there usually was.

I know I need to go to Seth, I do. But… I don't think I can anymore. I shake my head before I head to the elevator, giving up for the night. Before the doors can close, two people dash in. I look over at them, seeing the faces of Dean and Finn. I press Finn's button, and then Dean's.

"Done for the night, eh lass?" I shrug before nodding and looking at Finn… my new boyfriend? Wow.

"Sure about that Jasmine," Dean asks. Both Finn and I look at Dean. "You need to go to him."

Finn looks at me, a little confused. I sigh. "Dean, it doesn't seem like the right ti-"

"That's a load of actual bullshit," Dean cuts me off. "You need to talk to him. You guys can't be doing this. You, me, and Roman already cleared the air. Seth has been one of your best friends for years. You both lean on each other for everything and this shit is hurting you both."

The elevator dings on Finn's floor and I sigh. I shake my head. "Not tonight, Dean." I go to leave, but Finn stops me, standing in the way of the elevator doors so they can't close. I look to him.

"Go to Seth. Listen to Dean love. We talked about this." I sigh, knowing he's right. They both are. "I'll still be in our room when you're ready." He presses a quick kiss to my temple before leaving.

I slouch back a bit, standing beside Dean. "I hate this." Dean presses the floor button.

Dean chuckles softly. "I know Jas. But, you guys can't do this." I sigh at his words. "Wherever one of you goes, the other is expected to be. You guys are like glue. This can't be… the scissors that cut you guys apart."

I couldn't help but laugh at his explanation. "Who is to say that after the elevator drops you off, I won't just go back to Finn?"

"Oh I'm not getting off. You're doing this." I sigh before I nod. It goes dead silent in the elevator as we get to his floor. The elevator pings and opens its doors, eventually closing after neither of us made a move. The elevator gets back down to the lobby. After we get out, Dean stops me before we can make our way to the group. "Wait, what's going on with you and Balor?"

I chuckle a bit. "Um, right, so… we're together." I bite my lip waiting for him to react.

"Finally! A good dude. I'll kick his ass if he hurts you."

I laugh as we make our way to the group, gaining their attention. They slowly get quiet. I sit on the arm of the chair that Seth is in. Nobody is making a single sound. I look at Dean who is looking at Roman. I look at Roman who is looking at me and Seth. I sigh.

"Black," I say quietly

"Blue," Seth responds, with a hint of a laugh in his voice.

"I forgive you," we say at the same time. It was a thing we made up when we had our first argument.

I sigh. "But we need to talk, alone preferably." He nods and we both get up and go to another chair and couch in the lobby. We sit and he stares at me. "You hurt me."

He looks down. "I know."

"I hurt you too though." His head snaps up, him looking at me. "Look, I didn't mean to hurt you guys by not reaching out. That wasn't my intention. I wanted you guys to focus on your careers and your life. I also didn't want to be hounded about what happened. You guys would've done that. The girls called me first. We didn't talk about Elias." I look over at the group, who have resumed their previous conversations. "We talked about you guys," I say in a whisper as I look back at Seth. "I thought about you guys a lot. I thought about reaching out. But, it didn't feel like you guys wanted me to.

But Seth, that's not what this is even about. Yes, I was harsh to Mandy. But she deserves this right now." I take a breath. "Seth, if you were in my shoes, you would be the same way. She betrayed me. My own blood." I can feel tears brimming as I look away, shaking my head. "The person I trusted the most, the person who is supposed to have my back through any and everything… betrayed me. And I get… that you might not want me breaking bonds that I might want again later on but Seth, I don't think I will want her back. I will never be able to trust her again."

"What about us," he asks in a whisper. I close my eyes, and feel a tear roll down. "It's not just her, Jasmine. You're different. You snap at everybody lately. I have never seen you like this." As I open my eyes again, more tears fall. "I feel almost like you're a stranger."

I close my eyes again and nod, more tears falling. "I feel that way about myself honestly," I whispered to him. I shake my head again before opening my eyes and finally looking back at him. His face softens up some more... Nobody ever sees me cry much. "I know that it's not just her that I'm being harsh on, and I don't mean to be harsh to most of the people I am harsh towards. I'm just… I'm hurt in a way that I can't even describe by all the lies and betrayals." I wipe my tears away. " I don't feel like me anymore Seth. And I thought being here, being back… I thought this was where I needed to be." I sniffle a bit as more tears come down. "But now I don't know. I'm not at peace anymore. I…" I sigh before shaking my head.

Seth gets quiet before he stands up and pulls me gently to my feet and wraps his arms around me. I don't normally cry, I don't normally break down… but this time I let myself. I wrap my arms around him as I softly cry.

"Jasmine this is where you belong," he whispers. "You're hurt. You're heartbroken and I don't mean by Elias anymore. You're taking it out on people. Most of them deserve it. And while we haven't done anything, I think I speak for all three of us in saying you can take it out on us. We'll work on brushing it off. But you have to stop bottling this up Jasmine," he continues in a whisper. "You keep bottling this up and you're going to explode. It's okay to be hurt, it's okay to…" He cuts himself off as he feels a sob come from me.

I feel his hands up and down my back, trying to soothe me. I can hear him telling me it's okay, and that it's gonna be okay. Eventually I calm back down and we pull apart. I wipe my face once more, nodding.

"Thank you Seth."

"Anytime, Jas. You know that." He slings his arm around my shoulders and we walk back to the group that gets quiet again. We take our seats and I notice Renee cracking up a little, as Dean leans away from her, smirking at me. Aw shit. "Renee are you okay?"

Renee is looking at me, smiling and cracking up even more. I look around at the group and see Galina and Sarah both looking away, shaking softly like they're trying to not laugh and Roman smirking at me just like Dean. I sigh.

"Thank you Dean," I say with another sigh. He clears his throat before he starts cracking up himself. I shake my head and hear Ro chuckle a little.

"So uh, Jas, what's going on with you and Finn?" I shake my head, looking at Ro who is now cracking up alongside everyone else.

"Wait, Finn?" I sigh looking down at Seth. "Wait, what?"

"I hate y'all so much," I say with a laugh. "Um, so, Finn and I are a thing now."

Seth shoots out of his chair in excitement. "Really?!"

That does everyone in. We all start laughing, except Seth.

This is what I needed. These people… they're my family.


I gently shut the door behind me. I had stayed in the lobby longer than I meant to and walked into a dark room. I quietly sigh as I strip down to my undergarments, leaving my shoes & clothes by the chair. I tiptoe my way to the bed and try to quietly climb. Once in, I gently snuggle up to Finn who startles me with a yawn.

"You were out quite late lass," he says, wrapping an arm around me and pulling me semi on him. I could hear the smile in his voice.

I couldn't help but chuckle as I rest my head on his chest, and look up at him. "Yeah, sorry about that babe. We made up and we started goofing off, and I guess we lost track of time. I didn't mean to wake you or keep you up. I'm sorry"

Now he chuckles as he rubs up and down my arm gently. "Don't apologize lass. I'm glad you got everything sorted." He smiles down at me. "Now I hope you feel better."

I nod. "I do. I got a lot out tonight talking to all three of them."

"Because you hold more in than you're putting on."

I sigh. "Yes, I do. I've always been that way. I'm sorry if I've been unfair to you in any way babe."

A smile makes its way on his face. "You couldn't wrong me, even if you tried." I climb up a little and press a kiss to his cheek. "C'mon, let's get some rest, love."

I nod as I cuddle up to him. I still don't know if I'm going to keep wrestling or not, but I do know one thing for certain now. This is where I belong.


Elias' Point of View

Finn and I had plans to hang out today, but he didn't show up in the lobby. Luckily, I know which room he is in. I groan in annoyance as I reach his door and knock. Some time passes and no answer, I knock again but a little harder. I hear him inside tell me just a minute. I groan again, folding my arms over my chest.

Shortly after, the door swings open and I see Finn half dressed. "Sorry mate. I had a late night last night, " he tells me in a hushed tone.

I nod looking around, spotting someone wrapped up in his covers in the bed. I smirk. "You get on me for partners. Is the same chick people saw leaving your room the other night?"

He sighs and the female in bed lets out a small groan as she rolls over a little. I might've been a little loud, but oh well. "It is, actually. Didn't think anybody saw her that night."

I nod, looking around still. I stop when my eyes land on a pair of shoes near a pile of clothes. A pair of shoes that are very familiar. I look at Finn before looking back at the shoes. Jasmine? "Man hurry up," I call to him as he heads to the bathroom.

I don't hear him respond, but instead hear another groan from the bed. My eyes flash towards the bed and I can't help but clench my jaw as the woman in bed sits up. Her hair is everywhere, and she's still covered by the blanket. She shakes her messy bed-head out a little and confirms who I thought she was. Jasmine.

She looks towards the bathroom, not even glancing in my direction. "Are our plans tonight or tomorrow," she asks Finn and I feel part of my heart break.

"Tomorrow. Tonight the rosters are going out, remember?" He comes out of the bathroom, now fully dressed. "You feeling okay?"

Jasmine shakes her head a little. "I have a big headache and my stomach hurts." He looks to me and gets ready to speak, but she cuts him off. "No, go out. Have fun with…" she looks over to me for the first time. "Oh, Elias." She looks back to Finn. "I'll be fine. I'll call Seth or Mella or someone if I get too bad." He frowns for a moment. "I probably just need more sleep, didn't sleep much or well last night."

He nods. "You were tossing and turnin' a lot. "

She laughs. "Sorry if I kept you up. But you're keeping Elias waiting. Go. I'll call if I need anything.

That relaxes him. He nods and presses a kiss to her forehead. "Get some rest, I'll check in." She nods and lays back down, not even giving me a second glance. Finn turns his attention to me now. "C'mon, let's get going."


We've finished up everything and are now sitting at a cafe. It's been awkward between us since I saw who was in his bed.

"So uh… Jasmine?"

He looks at me nodding. "I told you I was thinking about asking her out."

I nod, not quite looking at him. "So uh, how long?"

"Pardon?"

I finally look at him. "How long have you been together?"

He laughs, and I don't know why but it irks me. "Just a couple days, since Monday. Why the interest mate?"

"Does she know," I ask, ignoring his question.

"No. But she will, soon enough." I shake my head, standing up. "What?"

"If you break her heart-"

"I think you did a good enough job of that," he cuts me off. "I wanted her the night I met her, but she didn't notice me. She noticed Sheamus, and then you swept in like some prince charming. You broke her to bits, lad. I'm not going to make it any worse than you did." He stands up. "And I would seriously watch it. Alexa can still fuck you up, and if she won't then I will. Stay away from this situation, Elias."

Before the situation can escalate I shake my head and walk away, clenching my fists. I did what I did to Jasmine to try to protect her. I never stopped caring about her. That is still my princess.

I groan as I keep walking and pull out my phone, calling Sheamus.

After a few rings, he picks up. "What's up fella?"

"We need to take Alexa down."


Sheamus and I are now sitting in the lobby. He's been quiet for a minute, trying to absorb everything I told him. We need to take Bliss down, and we need to tell Jasmine.

He groans. "Why couldn't he have told her before they got together… jesus."

I let out my own groan. "She's going to be on a different level of devastation this time." He nods as I slump back in my own seat. "What can we do?"

Sheamus shakes his head before looking around the room. "I don't know fella. Maybe expose Bliss?"

I sit forward again. "Like how do you mean?"

"Get some kind of proof of her being this manipulative, and get her to explain the reason she's fucking with Jasmine-"

"-and then show everyone." He nods after I finish his statement. "The first part, that's easy enough. We have texts from her, we could get Mandy to record a statement…" I sigh. "But how do we get her to reveal her reasoning?"

Laughter cuts through the air and both Sheamus and I turn, spotting Finn, Jasmine, and their group. I look back and see Sheamus shaking his head. "I don't know, but I might actually kick Finn's ass."

A/N: Ooooooooof. Just oof. This… is gonna get messy. Finnyboy, you should've just told her.