Chapter Twenty Six
As the evening continued, Joe, Nikki and Brie said their goodbyes as Tyler was going to spend the rest of his night with Manuel. Olivia and Nick were sitting on a couch while Xiomara and Colby were still chatting in the kitchen. Colby was slowly growing on Xiomara, she enjoyed talking to him and as he kept his flirting to a minimum. Roya was sitting on Joshua's lap as they were talking about how to get her into shape for tryouts. Jonathan suggested that she let him work out with her tomorrow and they could practice in the ring as well. In theory the idea seemed great but Roya knew Jonathan all too well. He was very demanding and could be a an unnecessary smartass when he tried to teach her anything.
"I don't know Jon...," Roya paused as she ran a hand through her hair
"What?" Jonathan asked
"Are you sure "you' want to train me? I mean no offense but you can become an asshole in 2.5 seconds when teaching people stuff." Roya commented
"Lies." Jonathan stated
"Really?" Roya asked with a smirk
"Name one time." he said
"Teaching me how to drive, teaching me how to set up my laptop, teaching me how to play football, teaching me..."
"You a lie, I taught you how to do all those things easily." he interrupted
"YOU a whole lie," Joshua laughed, "Bro, I was there and even I have to admit you are a terrible teacher."
"She learned did she not?" Jonathan asked
"Yeah after hours of me yelling at you. You're so bossy about things." Roya sighed
"It won't be that bad." he said
"Suuure... ." Roya laughed
"I'm serious. If I get out of line you can put me in my place." Jonathan stated
Roya thought over his offer, she knew that Jonathan would be a pain to train with but he would also get her into shape with the tough love that she needed.
"I'm probably going to regret this but...yeah. We can train in the morning." she replied
Jonathan smiled, "I promise you it will be awesome."
"Not counting on it." Roya laughed
"Hey hey! No negative thoughts from this point on. You in the Usos' fitness center now. Training starts bright and early." he said
"Oh really? Well if that's the case I should head to bed and get a good night's rest." Roya smirked
"That is a great idea since the first task is to test your flexibility." Jonathan smiled as he picked her up from Joshua's lap and gave her a kiss.
"Jon we have to get up early tomorrow." Roya sighed
"This test won't take long, you can pass is easily with flying colors." Jonathan laughed
"And how am I supposed to pass this test?" Roya asked
"You drop down and get your eagle on." Olivia's voice could be heard from across the room. Everyone laughed
"But first you shake it like a salt shaker." Nick commented
"I take it you lot are headed to bed." Xiomara smirked
"Training for this little lady starts early tomorrow morning so we should turn in." Jonathan stated
"Suuuuure." Nick smiled
"You four are more than welcome to crash. You can fight over the guest room. If needed there are pillows and blankets in the closet down the hall." Joshua commented
"Yessir, make yourselves at home." Jonathan said as he eagerly carried Roya upstairs
"Night guys." Roya laughed as she felt Jonathan grab her ass
"Night." they all said
"And then there were four." Nick commented as he eyed Olivia, "Ready for more booze?"
"Seriously? What kind of a lady do you think I am? How dare you...how dare you not ask me this ten minutes ago." Olivia laughed as she stood up from the couch and headed to the bar.
"You two care to join us?" Nick asked as Colby and Xiomara were still chatting in the kitchen
"Sure, I'll kill my liver some more for the sake of friendship." Colby commented
"Just water for me, need to be able to drive properly. Xiomara stated as Olivia tossed her a bottle
"Rum and coke good?" Olivia asked as the guys agreed. After the drinks were made, they all toasted and started to drink
"I was hoping one more drink would have loosen you up." Colby smiled at Xiomara
"Sorry I have a pretty high tolerance, so don't get your hopes up luv." she laughed
"Well that loosened me up for sure." Colby said as he stood up from his chair, "I need some air, care to join me?"
"Sure." she replied
Olivia watched as the two made their way to the backyard
"Colby really is smitten." Olivia commented as she walked over to the couch and sat down. Nick picked up his glass and walked over to sit with her.
"I don't blame him." he smirked
"If only he was a woman." she commented
"She did say she was only ninety five percent lesbian. I'm sure Colby can do good with a five percent chance." Nick said
"We'll see." Olivia paused as Nick put his hand on her leg
"Drink got you feeling frisky princess?" she teased
"This dress has me feeling frisky to be honest." he replied, "You sure know how to get my attention." Just as he leaned in closer to her, she moved away from him
"Not tonight hun." she said as she took a sip from her drink and he sighed
"I take it Allen wants to see you later." Nick commented. Olivia could hear the sarcasm in her voice
"And if he did, why would that bother you?" she asked
"I'm not bothered; I mean I completely understand why you wouldn't want to go see Allen with your hair all messed up,... out of breath,... sweating,... clothes probably ripped and I don't even want to think about what the inch high private eye would say if he saw what I did to your lady region." Nick smirked
"He would probably give me an ear full and then fuck me until I forgot anything that happened before him." Olivia replied. She wasn't in the mood for a dick measuring contest, especially not from Nick. She loved the friendship they had; occasional sex, drinks, fun, laughs and a guaranteed good time. But he was trying to persuade her and she made the rules. Perhaps he needed to be reminded about that.
"Oh really? So you're saying that Allen is better than me? That anything I did to you right now could easily be erased by a meet up with the phenomenal one?" Nick asked amused by her assumption
"Yeah, I kind of am." Olivia replied
"I feel like you're laying a challenge out for me." he said. He was about to lean in close to her but she put her hand on his chest and pushed him back down on the couch. Olivia downed the rest of her drink then took his drink out of his hand right before finishing it for him. Nick licked his lips as she straddled his waist and bent down to kiss him. She was driving him crazy. Olivia started to grind into him as she could feel him getting hard. He moaned into her mouth as she was tracing his bottom lip with her tongue. Just as Nick placed his hands on her ass, Olivia smirked and pulled away from him. Nick was confused as she leaned down to his ear,
"Sorry, my boner is gone. Have a good night Nick." Olivia slowly got up and fixed her clothes.
"Livie...you're seriously going to leave me here like this?" he asked as he gestured to his visible hard on.
"Yep." she replied
"Okay I get it, I took the Allen jokes too far." he sighed
"No you took the idea that you could make decisions for me too far. I answer to no one and you of all people should know not to play devil's advocate with me." she stated
"Just thought you'd want to have a good time; the night was going well and I wouldn't have been opposed to utilizing the Usos guest room," Nick commented, "So it's safe to say I'm one of your boy toys."
"Nick..." Olivia started but he interrupted
"Now don't get me wrong, I am one hundred percent okay with my position. I just think it would be great for you to admit it. You live the way you want and that's fine but other people have feelings too. I'm not asking for you to be my girlfriend, quite honestly I would make a terrible boyfriend for you. But perhaps you should come to terms with how you really feel about Allen."
"Come to terms with him about what?" she asked
"You like him...like him more than you want to admit. He's not a boy toy for you." he replied
"I would rather not have this conversation right now." she stated
"It's okay, I know that I have already overstepped my boundaries with you for tonight. Maybe we can save this conversation for another night." Nick paused as he stood up, " I honestly care a lot about you Livie; you're more than just a good time to me. I think of you as a great friend and I just want you to be honest with yourself."
"You're a great friend too." Olivia sighed, she knew the way she was handling her feelings for Allen were wrong. But she wasn't ready to admit to anything and definitely wasn't ready to commit to him. But maybe it was time she sat down and considered how she really felt about him.
Colby exhaled as he was enjoying being outside under the stars, "Appreciate the company."
Xiomara smiled, "No problem."
"So, ninety five percent lesbian huh," he commented
"I was waiting for you to bring that up." she laughed
"Again my thoughts and my mouth stay on the same frequency, so words just kind of spill out of my mouth. I'm just curious about you; I can't help it, you give off this vibe I can't yet explain but it intrigues me." Colby stated
"I'm not that intriguing, trust me after some time I will lose my spark." Xiomara said
"Guess I will have to be around you long enough to see if that's true or not," he smiled, "I don't think I ask what got you into wrestling."
"Family, brother mostly. He wanted to be a wrestler but heart conditions wouldn't allow that to come to fruition." she replied
"Sorry to about your brother." he said
"No worries luv, he's fine now. Still involved in wrestling as a talent agent but mostly manages, plus he is happily married and has two awesome kids."
"That's good. Happy ending after all." Colby commented
"I wanted to learn how to wrestle simply because he wanted to wrestle, "If Jeremy is wrestling, I'm wrestling", we drove my mum crazy. She was very laid back, quiet, didn't believe in violence on any level. But she knew it was a way for Jeremy and I to bond. Especially since we had a rough start." Xiomara said
"Brother wasn't happy to have a baby sister?" he asked
"Brother wasn't happy to have an adopted baby sister," she explained, "My family adopted me when I was six. It took a while but Jeremy and I eventually became close. Wrestling definitely helped bring us together. As time passed he became very overprotective, it's funny because he didn't realize it himself until one day when we were at a gym and some prick with his friends started harassing me for being there. I think I was fourteen at the time and Jeremy was seventeen. The guy and his friends eventually walked away but Jeremy heard him mumble some racist and sexist banter to his friends and that caused him to lose his shit. He ran up to the guy and tackled him, Jeremy beat the hell out him for it."
"Fucking right. Piece of shit, I would have kicked his ass too." Colby stated
"That moment actually pushed me even more to learn how to defend myself and become a professional wrestler. As much as I loved having Jeremy as my hero, I wanted to be my own hero. So I studied boxing for ten years, wrestling for eight and I am a black belt in Judo. " Xiomara said
"Damn girl! I knew you were good but wow," Colby smiled, "I see so much drive in you, what do you want to do in this business?"
"I want to be the first woman ever to hold the tag team titles, I want to compete in the royal rumble, I want to main event Wrestlemania, I want to be everything they say women are not. And I'm going to do it while flipping my hair and giving everyone the finger." she replied
"God I didn't think you could get any hotter." he commented
Xiomara laughed, "Charmer to the end."
"No control over what comes out of my mouth remember." he smirked
Suddenly the patio door opened and Olivia peaked her head out
"Hey guys, Nick just left and Allen is outside so I'm about to leave as well. Would you mind giving Colby a ride back to his hotel Xio?" Olivia asked
"I would be honored," Xiomara said, "In fact I should be heading back to my hotel, get some sleep before training tomorrow."
"Same here." Colby added, after they said their goodbyes, they all left the house. Colby walked over to Xiomara's car and suddenly stopped in his tracks
"What?" Xiomara asked
"It's a freakin bumblebee." Colby smiled as he looked over the bright yellow Volkswagen Beetle with an antenna that looked like a stinger. He couldn't control his laughter, the car was cute and hilarious at the same time.
"Do you want to walk to your hotel luv?" Xiomara teased
"I'm sorry sweetie, really this car is the cutest thing I have ever seen." he said
"Just get in funny man." Xiomara laughed as they both entered the car. Even the interior was black and yellow.
"Does the horn buzz?" Colby asked as she narrowed he Reyes at him, "Okay, I'm sorry."
"Better be if you want this ride." she stated
"Oh I "bee" sorry." he laughed as she playfully slapped his chest.
"Enough, Rollins. Look I like bumblebees, I have since I was a tot." Xiomara said
"Nothing wrong with that and hey you get a plus for having Bumblebee from Teen Titans on your dashboard." he commented
"Favorite DC character of course." she said as she started the car and prepared to drive off
"So in the battle of DC versus Marvel, your alliance is with?" he asked
"DC of course." she replied
"We may need to stop at a chapel so I can marry your ass." Colby smirked as she turned onto the road
"I take it you're a DC man?" she asked
"Hell yeah, Batman for life." he smiled. They continued to talk about comics, movies and music as Xiomara drove to his hotel. When they reached, Colby sighed; usually he would be bringing a woman up to his room right now but he was actually enjoying talking to Xiomara more than anything and didn't want it to end.
"Hopefully I get to talk to you like this again. I enjoy a good conversation. And your life told in your accent is the best thing going on right now." Colby commented
"I actually wouldn't mind that." Xiomara smiled, she honestly enjoyed talking to him.
"I won't push my luck but..." she watched as he opened his arms for a hug, "I'm a low key hugger." she laughed, he was silly but adorable. She figured what would be the harm in it. Leaning over she hugged him and Colby smiled. It felt good hugging her; she smelled like lavender and her skin was just as smooth as he expected. As Xiomara was pulling away from the embrace, she was about to give him a friendly peck on the cheek when he accidentally turned his face towards her. Their lips gently brushed against each other as the motion caught them both off guard. Colby gave her a small kiss as for a moment something in his body shook. The simple feel of her lips sent a shiver through his body. He had never felt it before, in all the years of charming the pants off women, Xiomara was the first to make him feel butterflies.
"Whoa." Colby commented as he was still trying to get a grip on what happened.
"Sorry about that." Xiomara stated wide eyed. She didn't mean for it to happen and meant to pull away but something in her wouldn't move quick enough. The kiss really caught her off guard.
"That definitely doesn't need a sorry." he paused as he licked his lips, "But I should apologize to you. I technically kissed you without permission."
"No worries luv, it was just a small peak. Not like you put your wanker in my mouth." she laughed
"Yeah cause that would be terrible." he commented as she laughed
"Good night Colby. Maybe I will catch you around the gym." Olivia smiled
I hope, he thought, "Yeah. Have a good night Xio." as Colby exited the car, he still had that weird sensation in his body. It was hard to explain but it reminded him of when he was young and had his first crush. Walking into the hotel he found Joe and Jonathan (Dean Ambrose) hanging out by the bar.
"Hey man." Jonathan greeted as he patted a chair next to him, "Hang with us for a bit."
"How did the party end?" Joe asked as Colby sat down
"It ended with more drinks, lots of laughs then I pretty much talked to Xio for the whole night. She dropped me off actually." Colby replied
"Playa playa." Jonathan laughed
"I wish, if I was a playa she would be in my room right now." Colby stated
"Wait isn't Xio a lesbian?" Joe asked
"Yeah but remember there is a five percent chance in my favor." Colby said
"A man against the odds." Jonathan commented
"I wouldn't be Seth Freakin Rollins if I didn't try."Colby started as he ordered some water, "But she's really awesome, we talked for hours even in the car. We were here for a bit and just continued talking."
"He's smitten." Joe teased
"I'm...definitely intrigued. Can't say I have met someone like her. Her vibe is almost indescribable but it's an energy that pulls you towards her." Colby explained
"It's called black girl magic; Foxy and Jojo say it's a beautiful thing and I would agree." Joe smiled
"Oh yeah, I forgot Roya is half black." Colby stated
"We are never to speak of me and Roya out loud. If the twins ever found out they would have my head." Joe stated
"You still never told them?" Jonathan asked
"Fuck no. And the only reason I told you two is because I was drunk." Joe replied
"Well you know our lips are sealed." Colby said.
The three of them continued to chat for a bit then went to their rooms. While Colby was getting ready for bed he couldn't help but wonder what Xiomara was doing. He really enjoyed talking to her and hoped that he would get another opportunity to bond with her. There were so many things that they had in common and it wasn't everyday that he came across a woman like her. He sighed, he knew that the five percent chance he had was slim but she was worth trying.