SATURDAY

She hadn't tried to fight any of them since Friday morning. Instead she had become more quiet and withdrawn. Seth didn't like seeing her pull away like that and hide whatever was going on inside her mind. He knew she was hurting.

"Hi," he stood in the doorway.

She looked over at him as if she hadn't heard him open the door and therefore was surprised to see him.

"I already had dinner," she said.
"I know. I served it," he chuckled.
"Then why are you in here?" She asked.
"Roman and Dean went for a run, and I figured you'd might like to talk," he said.
"No," she said.

He walked into the room and stopped halfway between the door and the bed.

"Come on, Gretchen. I know you're hurting right now, and that a lot of things are going through your mind. I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I'm not the enemy. None of us are. Just talk to me," he said.

She stood up and walked over to him. She stopped right in front of him and studied his chocolate brown eyes. Even if he was trying to hide his true feelings, she could still see them very well.

"I don't wanna talk," she whispered.

She threw her arms around him and kissed him. He kissed her back hungrily and eagerly. She started backing him towards the door, and he knew exactly what she was planning. Just before reaching it, he spun her around, pushed her up against the wall next to the door, and trapped her between him and the wall.

"Why?" He asked.
"Seth," she purred.
"Please, don't," he pleaded. "For a second you had me fooled. What was the escape plan? Knee me in the balls as soon as you were within reach of the door?"
"So what if it was?" She asked.

He sighed deeply while searching her eyes for something. Anything at all to tell him she wanted him too. She looked down, not giving him a window to her soul.

"Fine. If you wanna leave, leave. No one's stopping you," he said.
"Right," she laughed.
"Tomorrow at Payback we'll beat Evolution just like we did last month at Extreme Rules. Two losses in a row, and they'll back down out of embarrassment. You can run back to Hunter and Stephanie, but ask yourself first, where does it leave you? They obviously don't care about you," he said.

He took three steps backwards and pointed at the door.

"The door is right there, and you're free to walk out of it," he said. "I'm not gonna stop you."

SUNDAY

"God damn it!" Stephanie yelled.

She watched as The Shield stood above her husband's fallen body with their fists together. She didn't hear the door open, and Gretchen enter.

"Stephanie," Gretchen said.

Stephanie spun around fast and looked at Gretchen.

"There you are. I was so worried," she said. "I'm sorry we didn't come find you. We tried, but we don't know where they live, and we had out hands full with planning tonight's match, and we still failed."
"I'm not angry," Gretchen said.
"Are you okay though? They didn't cross any lines, did they?" Stephanie asked.
"I'm okay," Gretchen answered. "I'm actually glad you didn't come for me because I found out something I didn't know. I have a proposition for you that can help you bring them down."
"I'm all ears," Stephanie said.
"Turns out that Seth has feelings for me, and we can use that," Gretchen said.

MONDAY

"There's always a plan B," Hunter said.

The world stared in shock as Seth let the steel chair punish his brothers Roman and Dean. No one had seen it coming except for very few people. Finally satisfied with his beating, Seth left the ring to stand next to Hunter.

"Good boy," Randy whispered.
"I didn't do it for you," Seth whispered back.
"I know," Randy chuckled lowly. "I've seen people do a lot of weird things for love, but selling your brothers out like that, well, that's a first to me."