The Deville You Know Ch6
"Congratulations!"
Sonya had made sure she was the first one waiting for Paige in Gorilla at the end of the match. It was the Women's Royal Rumble and Paige had emerged as the winner after Mandy and Sonya provided enough of a distraction for Paige to eliminate Charlotte Flair and be the last woman standing.
"Thanks, this is incredible." Paige replied, enjoying the hug before she realised it had gone on too long, tapping on Sonya's back to get her to release it, then accepting ones from Mandy and Triple H.
Charlotte was waiting for her turn to come and wrapped Paige up tight in a hug. "I'm happy for you sister, you deserve this."
Paige returned the hug gladly. "You made me look so good out there when it was down to us. I can't wait to return the favour."
Mandy couldn't help but grin, happy for her friend, but she looked across and saw Sonya scowling. "What's the matter with you?" She whispered.
"I've seen her at work the last few weeks, and that's more of a hug than I've had in that time." Sonya said.
"Wow, jealous much?" Mandy replied. "I'm surprised you haven't gone bright green all over. You can't think there's something between Paige and Charlotte can you?"
"Why not, she's blonde, gorgeous, in great shape." Sonya stopped herself as she could feel herself getting upset.
"So do you think she might be interested in me too then?" Mandy asked, getting a small laugh out of her best friend.
"No, you'd never do that to me. Charlotte isn't my best friend though."
"Chill out Son, if Charlotte was going to bat for the other team, she'd be after Becky, not Paige."
"Haha, those two are practically a couple as it is. Maybe you're right."
"Maybe? Maybe I'm right?"
Sonya felt calmer, able to make light of it all. "Ok, I'm sorry."
Before the two of them were able to make any more conversation, Paige and Charlotte came to them and all four left Gorilla quickly. Several other women had come to pass on their congratulations to both Paige and Charlotte on their end of match performance, Mandy and Sonya stood off to the side, feeling out of place as relative rookies compared to the rest of the locker room.
"So, drinks at the hotel bar later?" Becky Lynch asked.
"Trust you, Irish." Charlotte joked.
"Yeah yeah, ha ha, but we should celebrate, it was a big night for all of us."
"I'm in." Paige said, one of several women to signal their agreement.
"Ok great, see you all there." Becky said, ending the conversation. The women moved towards their respective locker rooms, several provided for the women as there were so many of them there for a Rumble match.
"Come on Mandy." Sonya said, feeling left out by Paige in that moment, her common sense being cast aside by her feelings.
"Aren't you going to go to drinks? I was, Finn won't be done for a while." Mandy asked.
"I didn't see an invite come our way, we weren't in that group, and she hasn't been around much. We are just her colleagues, and that's fine."
"Doesn't sounds like you're fine." Mandy said under her breath as they went to their locker room.
Mandy and Sonya showered off, and when they got out, they found Paige nearly ready to go, just putting a jacket on.
"Hey, great job again you two. I look forward to doing something to help you in a big match soon. I don't want this team to always be about me, you're working hard and doing well."
"Thanks." Sonya couldn't help but smile, finding it nearly impossible to be mad at the black haired woman in front of her. Something inside her was screaming to ask Paige to dinner, but, certain of rejection, she stopped herself. "Well, have a good time tonight." She said, turning away.
"Wait, you're not coming?"
Those words were like a drug to Sonya as she felt on cloud nine for a second.
"I, erm, wasn't sure if we were invited."
Paige looked shocked. "Of course you are, you're part of this division, and I really want you there tonight, this team is why I just got booked to win. I'm going to Wrestlemania, and it's thanks to you two as much as anyone. Please come."
Sonya tried to hide her delight. "We will be there. Thank you."
"I'm glad to hear it, see you there." Paige said, pulling the handle up on her case and heading out of the locker room. While Sonya was trying to to get over excited, Paige was walking towards her car, realising that she too, was feeling excited. Again she was getting these feelings that she didn't understand and they hadn't gone away at all from spending less time with Sonya. Renee's words were still floating in her mind as well. She realised she might have to take some more serious steps to prove to herself that it wasn't what she thought it was.
When Sonya and Mandy reached the bar later that night, they saw about 6 or 7 other women they knew around. They got a glass of wine each and joined Becky Lynch, who was talking with Alexa Bliss at a table. But they both greeted the new arrivals warmly.
"Mandy, how are things going with Finn?" Alexa asked, after some general chit-chat.
"Great, he's a real sweetheart, knows how to treat a woman." Mandy said, unable to hide her smile.
"Sounds like our Finn, a gent till the end." Becky said. "I'm not going to ask for any details, he's like my brother."
"Spoilsport." Alexa said, getting the others to laugh. "What about you Sonya, any gossip?"
"Me? No, none." Sonya replied quickly, shooting Mandy a look that said 'Don't you dare'.
"Quick answer, you absolutely sure?" Alexa asked with a smirk.
"Yes Lexi, I'm very single ok?" Sonya said, hoping that was the end of the questioning.
"Yeah, she is, poor thing." Mandy confirmed. "By the way, has anyone seen Paige?" Neither Alexa nor Becky understood the maliciousness of her question, but Sonya saw the evil smile now on Mandy's face, and called her a bitch with everything but her words.
"Yeah, she's around the corner. Doubt she's free to talk to, think she's trying to end her own lack of action."
"Sonya's eyes were wide as they got on hearing that. She tried not to freak out, standing and walking around to find out for herself. When she got round the corner, she saw Paige leaning against the bar, deep in conversation with a barman who was not doing his job, focused on the one customer. He was a good looking guy, not that she cared personally, but Paige was laughing at something he'd said, clearly flirting with him. When Sonya saw Paige put her hand on the barman's, her impulses took over and she went over.
"Paige, what are you doing?"
The black haired woman looked up. "Hey girl! Come here and meet Rick. He's a barman here, but he's working towards his law degree. He says he's going to be a big time attorney one day."
"Well, Rick, I hope you're a better lawyer than you are a bartender." Sonya said, pointing to the many patrons waiting for drinks, including several of the other superstars.
"I, Er, I better go. Don't go anywhere ok?" Rick said to Paige, hurrying off to some sarcastic cheering.
"What did you do that for?" Paige asked. "He's hot, and we've been getting on really well."
"Paige, why are you doing this? You don't want a bartender so you? You're so much better than him."
"I told you, he's going to be a lawyer."
"Great, so call him when you're suing someone, but come join us over here for now." Sonya took Paige's hand, Paige looked into Sonya's eyes, but when she realised she had, she pulled her hand away.
"No, this is going well. Maybe he's the right one for me. You don't know."
"I do know Paige, he's not the right one for you. He's..." Sonya stopped herself from saying anything else after that, but her pause didn't help her case.
"See, you can't tell me anything. Maybe you should go back to Mandy." Paige turned back to the bar and gave a seductive wave to Rick, who still was barely paying attention to the beer he was pouring. Sonya stared daggers at him as she went back to the table.
"What happened? You look like you're going to set fire to the place?" Alexa asked as she sat down.
"She blew me off for that asshole barman there." Sonya said.
"That one? He is kinda hot." Alexa said, until she saw Sonya's reaction. "Actually, no he isn't."
"He's a creep, but he's won her over by bragging about studying to be a lawyer." Sonya looked around and saw Rick high-five another barman and getting a pat of the back form him.
"Where's he studying, there's no good schools near here?" Alexa asked, making Sonya sit up.
"See, I bet he's lying. I've got to tell Paige. Sonya was up fast, but before she could get to Paige, Mandy pulled her back and walked her over to another table.
"You've got to let this go Son."
"I can't, she's making a mistake. Let me go." Sonya pleaded to no avail.
"No, she might be, but it's hers to make. She's not yours to stop."
"She should be." Sonya said, looking more upset every second.
"I know, but she isn't chasing you right now is she. It's hard to hear, but it's the truth." Mandy was hating the pain she was causing her friend, but it was necessary.
"Fine, I cant watch this though, I'm going to raid the minibar instead." Sonya got up and headed out of the bar at speed. Mandy went after her.
"She ok? Becky asked as Mandy reached their table.
"She's upset. Maybe I should go after her."
"Not yet. Give her a chance to calm down on her own first. Let's get some more wine." Alexa said, getting up to the bar. Mandy shrugged and settled back into her chair, thinking it was good advice, and hoping her boyfriend would get to the hotel soon. She cared for her friend, but didn't want to forget about her night.
Sonya went straight for the minibar when she got to the room, pouring a miniature bottle of vodka down her neck so quickly that it barely touched her insides as it went down. She grabbed a beer next and downed its contents in one.
"Asshole!" She yelled as she threw the can into the wall and picked up another one, it quickly following its predecessor down her throat, with the can hitting the wall. She laid down on the bed, with the third one ready.
There was a knock at the door. Sonya checked her phone and saw that about an hour and a half had passed. She had messages waiting from Alexa, Mandy and Paige, but tossed the phone aside as there was another knock, but this one far louder.
Sonya staggered up, not really wanting to answer the door but that knocking clearly wasn't going away. She figured Mandy couldn't get in, but when she opened the door, it wasn't Mandy, it was Paige.
Paige's hair was all over the place, her makeup was messed up, her mascara had run so badly she looked like Alice Cooper, and her lip was quivering, she'd clearly been crying.
"Paige?" Sonya asked, shocked to see her. The shock multiplied when Paige threw her arms around Sonya, still crying a bit.
"I'm sorry, I was such a bitch, and you were so right. You were so so right." Paige just got out. Sonya couldn't avoid a quick smile, but knew this wasn't the time for 'I told you so.'
"Honey, calm down, it's ok, talk to me." Sonya said, she regretted the 'Honey' comment but it seemed to help.
He was such an ass. And a complete liar. He's not a law student. He wasn't a student."
"What was he?" Sonya asked.
"A creep, a pervert, a piece of..."
"Ok, I get it." Sonya cut off the English girl who was suddenly getting more and more angry. She gave her a hug, which stopped the anger, but brought back the tears. "It's ok Paige, I'm here, he's not, talk to me."
"He...he just wanted to take pictures of me, you know, naked. And make a video."
Sonya knew what sort of video she meant, and felt anger herself now, but that wasn't needed now. "Oh god, no. Oh Paige, Paige I'm so sorry."
"I told him no, that I didn't want to do that, and he called me a slut, he called me a whore, he even offered me money. I'm not a whore."
Sonya held her tighter as she felt Paige shake as she said that last part. "I know you aren't. You're amazing, you're worth ten of him, ten million of him. I know you didn't do what he wanted, but what did you do?"
"I ran out, and wandered the halls, I couldn't go back to the bar, and I remembered how much of a bitch I had been to you. I had to tell you I'm sorry. I should have listened."
"It's ok, come lie down here." Sonya said, encouraging Paige towards the bed. She got on and laid down, then when Sonya got on to, she went to hug her, putting her head on Sonya's shoulder and her arms around her midsection.
Sonya did her best to hold Paige in turn. She was loving them being like this, but this wasn't the moment for that, she told herself repeatedly. It was doing its trick though, as Paige seemed to slowly calm down over the many minutes, her breathing getting back to normal. Sonya stroked her hair to try and help, but she was doing that for herself almost as much, so she stopped.
"Sonya?" Paige asked almost as soon as she stopped.
"I'm still here." Sonya said, trying to be comforting.
"Why are men such assholes?"
Sonya couldn't stop a small laugh. "I don't know honey, not my field of expertise."
This made Paige laugh in turn. "Sorry, of course it isn't, but they are. Maybe you've got the right idea. For that matter, maybe I should have just listened to Renee in the first place."
This Sonya found confusing. "What did Renee say to you?"
"Oh, she said that I should ask you out. That we could be the best thing either of us ever had." Paige forced herself to laugh after that, but got no response from the woman she was resting on. Paige realised she needed to say something else, and didn't want more conflict in one night, so she tried to keep it light. "I know, She got right in my head. Can you imagine it? You and me? How crazy is that?" More silence. Paige knew she had to move and face her friend who she thought she had just insulted. "Sonya?"
When Paige rolled herself round she didn't see a look of hurt, or embarrassment, or even annoyance on Sonya's face. It was a look of lust, of desire, and it was unmistakable.
Paige didn't know what to do, but that look she was receiving was doing something to her. She could not help herself, she inched closer to Sonya, wanting to see how she reacted, but there was no movement, even as they got to the point where there was no distance between them.
As soon as Paige pressed her lips to Sonya's, she felt the other woman's hand stroke last her cheek and behind her head as she kissed back. This put all her concerns behind her as she wrapped an arm around Sonya, letting herself go.
Sonya could feel her heart beating at a ridiculous speed as this kiss was everything she had thought about and then some. She too let herself get lost in the moment, the two kissing repeatedly.
It was Sonya who made the next move, running her tongue over Paige's lips between kisses. The giggle she got when she did it a second time was one of the cutest things she ever heard and when she felt Paige's own tongue a moment later, she melted, massaging Paige's tongue with her own, the two locked in the throws of passion.
Sonya wanted to move things to the next level more than anything, but she realised that Paige had made no attempt to do so. Knowing her recent troubles, she didn't want to upset her and risk wrecking things so she kept her hands over the clothes and enjoyed the kissing until they reached the point where they had to rest.
Sonya rolled away and stared up at the ceiling, trying not to grin like the cat who swallowed the canary, but she felt overwhelmingly happy. She only hoped that the woman laying next to her was feeling something similar. She took a moment to compose herself, not knowing if Paige wanted to talk, or to pick up where they left off, but when she turned, she found the raven haired woman with that hair over her face, fast asleep. Sonya smiled, seeing the effect the alcohol, the stress her encounter with that asshole barman and the emotion of their moment together had taken on her. She knew not to wake her, so slowly settled herself on the bed, and went to sleep herself.
When she woke, it took several seconds for the events of the previous night to flood back into Sonya's head. Wide eyed now, she was afraid to turn over and face the inevitable conversation with her friend and recent mentor over what happened.
Taking a deep breath, she faced the middle of the bed, to find she was the only occupant.
"Paige?" Sonya called put, getting up. She looked around, seeing no sign of her, she went to the bathroom, turning the light on, not knowing what she expected to find when the light wasn't on before. Paige wasn't in the room. Sonya couldn't help the feeling of sadness, but then she spotted a folded piece of paper on the nightstand with her name on it. She sat by the bed and opened it, but from reading it, she wished she hadn't.
Sonya,
I'm so sorry.
Paige.
Unable to stop the tears, Sonya fell back onto the bed as she felt a pain she couldn't describe.
A.N.: Poor Sonya. Next time she's going to have to try and get her head straight and will go looking for an explanation. But should she? What will Paige have to say when they see each other? And how will Sonya react to it?
My sincere gratitude to everyone who read this story, especially those who have left such encouraging reviews. As I've said, it's the driving force of this story. Thank you all.