ATM: The Bonehead and the Brain – Seth and the God Girls Strike Back!
Seth and the God girls grow closer while Sasha spends more time with Roman and his family. Hunter deals with the fallout of losing his family's trust and Stephanie and Bayley release the Black Heart Diaries and reveal more than the wrestling world expected.
Chapter Eighteen – A Hardy Girl is Hard to Find
Black Heart Studios
The Jimmy Choo people pulled Seth to one side while the make-up artists applied the finishing touches to Bayley and Beth Hardy. Both women looked incredible. As far as Stephanie McMahon was concerned the issues with Seth was sorted and the photo shoot was going to go ahead without a hitch. As Black Hearted as Bayley was, she became a totally different person when it came to Seth Rollins. She was actually being his friend right now and she had managed to calm Seth all the way down. Seth was smiling, Seth was happy, at least for the time being.
The Rock came over to Stephanie who was talking to the Jimmy Choo people.
"I just answered your phone for you since you've decided not to answer it for some reason," he said to Stephanie. "Roman Reigns said you need to tell Seth to go home,"
"Go home?" Stephanie said to Roman with a frown. "Why would I tell Seth to go home, the Jimmy Choo people are still here and we've got work to do. Seth will go home when we're done. Who does Roman think he is calling my cell-phone and telling me what to do?!"
"I don't think he'd call unless he had a very good reason," The Rock said. "My cousin is very level headed and he knows when not to over-step, if Joe's calling you, it must be serious,"
"Look at them," Stephanie said referring to Seth and Bayley. "You can tell they used to be friends. The reps from Jimmy Choo are so excited for the shoot this weekend. Look how Bayley just puts Seth at ease; all that stress, all that drama from whatever crap is going on at the Sandbox, it doesn't even matter now,"
"Yeah, she's a magician," Rocky said demurely. "If only she would work some of that magic on a man she was actually married to,"
"Don't be a party pooper Rocky; some people were just born to be together," Stephanie said and Rocky looked at her indignantly.
"What are you saying?" he said annoyed by Stephanie's words.
"I'm saying, with no Sasha and no God Girls around, Seth is a much happier person," Stephanie said.
"He's married Stephanie, Seth is not looking for a way out of his marriage, I think after all the gruelling encounters over the past several months, you would have figured out that Bayley and Seth will never be a thing," Rocky said and Stephanie shook her head while enjoying the blossoming chemistry between two old friends spring up out of nowhere.
"The only thing I'm convinced of is that Seth and Sasha was never supposed to be a thing," Stephanie said. "Tell Roman not to call my cell-phone. If he wants me he can go through the future Chairman of the Board, Hayworth Helmsley,"
"What?!" Rocky said as Stephanie went to serenade Seth and Sasha while Beth prepared for her introduction into the Jimmy Choo commercial.
"Okay guys, it's pretty simple," the art director told Seth and Bayley, "Beth is your fiancé, you've just proposed to her. You kiss and in comes Bayley wearing the new Jimmy Choo's. When you see her, you're mesmerised by her Seth. Beth sees the attraction and she pulls you back in for another kiss but she slips and when you go to help her up, you see Bayley's feet. You smile as she lowers herself to caress your face. You kiss as Beth watches rubbing her bare feet. You remove Bayley's shoes as she kisses you with her legs wrapped around you and Beth picks up the shoes, admires them and walks away leaving you both behind with a big smile on her face. In the final scene Beth is walking down the street in the new shoes stopping traffic as she walks on by. Seth finds Beth to officially break up with her but as soon as he sees the shoes he smiles and pulls Beth in for a kiss. Beth drops her diary, the Black Heart Diary that she was writing in and that's how the commercial ends. It's all about the shoes and how both Beth and Bayley use them to twist Seth's mind into wanting both of them,"
"So, who do I choose in the end?" Seth asked the art director.
"You don't make a choice, the game never stops. You are caught between both women. The game is theirs, not yours," the art director says.
"So I'm the loser," Seth said and Bayley rubbed his arm.
"No, you're not a loser," she assured him. "Your a prize and we both want you, its about the pursuit, that you are worth fighting for. It's just like when Jafar and Prince Ali fought over Jasmine in Aladdin. The shoes are just an added bonus, you're the most valuable thing part of the story,"
"Wow, you really know just how to make a man feel good about himself, you even got a Disney movie quote in there, I'm impressed Bayley," Stephanie said to Bayley with a smile. "Since we're all happy here, can we agree to meet on Saturday to film the commercial?" she asked the art director.
"I just have one question Stephanie," the art director said. "Your daughter is beautiful but she is very shy, will she be able to perform her role in this commercial?"
Stephanie looked at Beth who was playing with the hem of her little black dress self-consciously.
"She's never had a boyfriend but her nerves will disappear the minute she kisses Seth, trust me on that," Stephanie assured the art director.
"Okay but please encourage her to relax. She is a very sexy young lady and she has nothing to be shy about," the art director told Stephanie who nodded while Seth turned his attention back to Bayley.
"You wanna go for a walk?" he said to her. "I could really do with some more time with an old friend before I go home,"
"Actually Seth, Bayley and I have plans," Rocky said putting his arm around Bayley affirmatively. "If you're done here for now, you should go home to your wife and family,"
"Actually Dwayne, I'd like to spend some more time with Seth, Bayley and Beth here in Hollywood if you don't mind. I'd like to go over a few things before I go home to my family. Is that okay with you Mr Johnson?" Stephanie said sarcastically.
"It's your dime," Rocky said and Seth felt guilty.
"But it's your marriage," he said and he gave the Rock a smile. "You two go home. Whatever you have to say to us you can say it to us online Steph,"
"Thank you," the Rock said to Seth and Bayley's heart sank.
"I had a really good time hanging out with you," she said emotionally and Seth hugged her.
"Me too, it's been really nice having you back to being my sweet Bayley. I'll see you this weekend," Seth said and Bayley hugged him tightly clearly not wanting to let him go. "Bayley, let me go," Seth said firmly but gently.
"Okay," Bayley said breaking the hug. "I don't want to ruin this good vibe we got going on. I'll see you on Saturday,"
"Way-to-break up the party Rocky!" Stephanie complained as BayRock left. "What a party pooper,"
Beth Hardy summoned up some courage and approached Seth while her Mom checked her phone for messages.
"Hey, um, Mom was saying that she thought it would be a good idea for me to come back to the God Girls. Is that a possibility, are you okay with me hanging out with you and your holy army again?" Beth Hardy said and Seth looked her up and down.
"Not in that dress," he said sternly and Beth covered herself up embarrassed.
"I can totally change back into my regular clothes!" she said and Seth laughed much to Beth's delight. "Wanna grab some sushi before you go home?"
"Hey why not?" Seth said and Stephanie put her phone away and looked at Seth.
"Can I trust you to make sure my daughter gets home before you leave L A?" she asked Seth.
"Of course you can. I'm probably the only man you can trust to be alone with Beth," Seth said and Stephanie smiled at her daughter.
"I hope so Seth. Enjoy Hollywood, I'm gonna stay here and wrap things up with the reps. Great work today Seth but I think my daughter is going to steal the show this weekend," Stephanie said.
"Mom quit it you're embarrassing me," Beth said and Stephanie walked away leaving Beth and Seth alone. "I'll go change into something way more me, something that won't make you feel so uncomfortable,"
Seth furrowed his brow at Beth Hardy, "You don't make me uncomfortable Beth," he said. "I'd just prefer if social media wasn't flooded with images of me having sushi with Stephanie McMahon-Hardy's beautiful daughter in a dress so tight that would need its own oxygen tank to breathe,"
"Okay Seth I get it, you don't like the dress. You're such a Dad now but that's okay, I know you're having a hard time being around women now that Jesus removed that lust inhibitor thing," Beth Hardy said and Seth started to get irritated.
"Fine, keep the dress on, I don't care either way. Let's go eat," he said coolly and Beth smiled as they left the Black Heart Studios together, with Stephanie's eyes following them as they left for Sugarfish off Santa Monica Boulevard.
"Like a moth to a flame so goes Seth Rollins to Beth McMahon Hardy. Let the countdown to destruction begin," Stephanie said with a cruel smile enjoying the final blow she was about to hit Seth with from the person Seth would least suspect of causing him any harm.
LAX Airport
Sasha Banks and Roman Reigns headed to the taxi rank outside the airport to the delight of hundreds of screaming fans who knew the WWE was in the area.
"Do we have time to sign autographs?" Roman asked Sasha.
"No, we have to find my husband before Beth Hardy puts her pathetic little hands all over him. Did he not get your message to come home?" Sasha said as she jumped into the rental town car with Roman.
"Stephanie obviously didn't pass on the message and Seth's not taking my calls. He's not taking anyone's calls," Roman said and Sasha grimaced.
"This is all Becky's fault, she's totally ruined everything!" Sasha said and Roman shook his head.
"Becky was trying to help you," Roman said and he put his hand on his head, "I just want this thing to be over so we can all go back to being friends,"
Sasha saw Roman looking stressed and she touched his head gently, "Are you okay?" she asked him concerned.
"Why did you lie about what was on the baby monitor? You know Becky is not interested in Seth," Roman asked Sasha.
"Everyone is interested in Seth, even the ones who claim otherwise. I'm the only one my husband should be sleeping with, not Becky, not Bayley and certainly not Beth Hardy!" Sasha said.
"So, are you finally admitting that getting that necklace for Bayley was a mistake?" Roman asked Sasha.
"I regret not telling Seth about my reasons for getting Bayley the necklace but I will never apologise for doing what I had to do to get Bayley off our back," Sasha said. "My husband is not some piece of meat that can be passed around to the next person who wants to take a bite. Say what you want about the necklace but I trust Bayley, I know what she wants and I knew she was going to climb mountains to get it. So I gave it her on a honeymoon platter in Aruba, that is not something I ever want to happen again,"
"But it is happening Banks. It happened with Becky and now Beth wants a bite and that's your fault. You're his wife, you're supposed to guard him with your life. You screwed up big time," Roman said shaking his head and Sasha noticed that he didn't look very well.
"Seth and I will be fine Roman, please don't get yourself worked up over this," Sasha said confidently. "As long as Seth does what I want him to do, namely get rid of the God Girls once and for all, we will all be just fine,"
"He's not going to do that Sasha," Roman said. "He's not going to back down on what God told him to do, not even for you,"
"I don't wanna talk about this anymore Roman, let's just get to Sugarfish and join Seth and Beth for a little sushi," Sasha said hoping that seeing Seth face-to-face at their favourite food place in L A would help him to see how much she missed him and that there was no other woman out there that loved him more than she did.
Something told Roman that things were not going to go according to plan for the Boss tonight and that made him very sick indeed. Sasha looked at Roman and started to worry, he didn't look good, he was getting stressed, so she had to make things right tonight, if not for Seth, than for Roman and his family, which because of Abiyah, she was also a part of. She squeezed Roman's hand lovingly between her own, hoping to restore some form of strength back to the Big Dog's increasingly worried face. Instead, her hand restored some very old feelings that the Big Dog thought were dead and buried. By the time they got to Sugarfish, those feelings were very much alive and suddenly, Roman wasn't so worried about Seth anymore, he was worried about himself.