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A kiss. Something so simple yet so complicated sometimes. It was complicated enough to keep Charlotte awake all night.
"I can't believe he kissed me…Oh my God what does this even mean? I'm so confused…"
As she got up and stood in front of the mirror, she realized the huge dark circles under her eyes and how bad she looked.
"God, I look terrible. There is no way I can show up on Raw like this. Everyone is going to start asking questions and I really don't want to go into any kind of conversation about what happened last night…"
Charlotte grabbed her makeup bag and tried to hide how tired she was so that no one could notice. Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. Charlotte opened it and it was her friend Sasha.
"Good Morning!" – yelled Sasha to her friend.
"Someone's happy today…"
"I woke up happy and decided to visit my best friend… which looks like hell." – said Sasha looking at Charlotte – "Did you even sleep?"
Apparently makeup didn't help and Charlotte tried her best to give Sasha a silly excuse.
"Not really, I had a huge migraine."
"Migraine?" – said Sasha not really buying her friend's excuse – "You sure that's all that is?"
"Yeah… but I feel better now. I took some pills."
"Okay…"
Charlotte knew how hard it was to hide something from Sasha. She hated lying to her but at that moment she wasn't ready to talk about Roman or their kiss at all.
"Anyway I'm going to the arena and thought about picking you up. We could go together: train a bit and have lunch. What do you think?"
"Sure, sounds great."
"Cool! But before we go let me help you with that makeup girl, you look like a raccoon." – said Sasha laughing.
"Ha ha, so funny…"
{WWE Arena}
"What's wrong with you man? You're not focus on this…" – said Seth who was trying to train some moves with his best friend Roman but noticed that something was wrong with him.
"Sorry man… My head is not here."
"Every time I look at you, it seems like your mind is always somewhere else. What's going on?"
"Nothing. I just need to go get some air alright?"
"You sure man?"
"Yeah, trust me on this."
Roman got out of the ring and headed towards the outside of the arena. The kiss between him and Charlotte was all he could think about. He wanted to reach her but with all that mess, they didn't even exchange numbers.
"I need to talk to her… Explain and understand all this between us."
Quickly Roman realized Sasha's car heading towards the parking lot and he noticed that Charlotte was inside.
"Okay, I have to do this now or I won't be able to focus on anything tonight."
He followed them and waited for Charlotte to get out of the car. As soon as Charlotte saw Roman, she froze.
"Sasha, drive."
"What? We just got here silly. Let's go out."
"Sasha, please turn the car around and let's get out of this parking lot."
"Char what's going on?" – Sasha then noticed that Roman was outside which got her even more confused. – "Has this have anything to do with the fact that Roman is standing there?"
"Don't ask questions right now… Let's just get out of here please, I'll explain later." – asked Charlotte.
Sasha detected something was definitely going on between her friend and Roman because she had never seen Charlotte acting like that. She turned the car around and drove out the parking lot. Roman rapidly realized that Charlotte was trying to avoid him which made him feel hurt. He started questioning if he should have kissed her. Maybe she wasn't feeling the same way he was. However, she did kiss him back which got him confused. Nevertheless, he was going to reach her sooner or later: he needed to know if that kiss meant something to her or not.
{Outside the arena}
"Okay, can you now tell me what the hell is going on?" – asked Sasha after stopping the car.
Charlotte was shaking. She was too confused to face Roman in that moment.
"Char… did something happen between you and Roman?"
"Yeah…"
"Please tell me that he didn't hurt you again or something… I swear I'll kill him!"
"No Sasha…"
"Then what is it?"
Charlotte was scared to admit what happened but she knew she couldn't hide it from her best friend.
"He kissed me…"
"What?!" – said Sasha, staring at her friend in complete shock.
"Don't look at me like that… I'm already so confused about all of this."
"I'm sorry but… a kiss?! I mean… when did that happen?"
"Yesterday, at his house."
"Wait, his house?!" – Sasha got even more confused – "What were you doing at his house?"
"At Paige's birthday he invited me to have dinner with him. He wanted to apologize for the whole parking lot accident. So, we had dinner at his place yesterday, one thing led to another and…"
"You ended up kissing! Oh my God Charlotte!" – said Sasha smiling.
"Why are you smiling? It's not funny, it's a confusing situation…"
Sasha saw how her friend was feeling shy and weird about the whole thing.
"Let me ask you something, do you like him? I mean, more than a friend…"
"I don't know Sasha..."
"You have to know. You feel this things. C'mon…"
Suddenly Charlotte smiled.
"He makes me feel special. I don't know how to explain it… He's a really nice guy and we have a lot in common. It's like things are simple when he's around."
"Oh God, you're falling for him! That's so cute!"
"Stop that!" – said Charlotte blushing.
"Look, you need to talk to him. You can't avoid this forever."
"What if he was just trying to be nice? I don't want to jump into conclusions already…"
Deep down Charlotte wanted Roman to feel the same way she did but there was no way that she could be completely sure. If there was something she didn't want was to get her heart broken and then have to face him every day at work.
"Char, you don't know that. That's why you guys need to talk. A kiss always means something."
"I know… I'll talk to him later, I promise. Let's go get something to eat now."
"Alright… But you better talk to him or I'll push you to it!"
That comment made Charlotte smile. She was so thankful to have such a supportive friend. She also knew Sasha was right: they had to talk about that kiss.
{Monday Night Raw time}
Roman had just left the ring after another segment with Rusev. WWE had decided to throw him into the USA Title picture and he was actually happy about it. He headed his way into the locker room to have a shower and call it a night. However, a certain music hit on the TV which instantly made Roman look. It was Charlotte's music. She was having a segment with Sasha and Roman felt mesmerized by her once again. She looked stunning as usual and she was able to deliver great promos in the ring. You could see a sparkle in Roman's eyes every time he looked at Charlotte.
"Is it just me or someone looks very interested in Charlotte's segment?" – said Finn as he got into the locker room.
"I don't know what you are talking about… Can't I watch a segment just like everyone else?"
"Yes you can but unlike Seth, I know there is something going on."
"What do you mean unlike Seth?"
"Look man, ever since Paige's birthday that you are acting different. Happier. And I know that has something to do with Charlotte because you guys talked at the party. You left it with the biggest smile on your face. And so did her. So don't try to hide it from me like you do with Seth. What's going on?"
Roman was surprised by how deceptive Finn was. He was very quiet all the time but apparently he was always paying attention to details.
"You're right. It has something to do with Charlotte…"
Finn smiled. He knew something was going on between those two.
"Yesterday, we had dinner together…"
"And?"
"And… I kissed her."
Finn laughed.
"Dude, you kissed Charlotte?! How did that happen?"
"I don't know…" – said Roman sitting on a chair – "I like her. She makes me feel happy and… I wanted to kiss her."
"Wow… that's crazy man. I mean don't get me wrong, that's a good thing. If you like her, go for it."
"Yeah… the thing is I don't know if she feels the same. I kissed her and she left. She has been avoiding me all day."
"I guess you have to talk to her. Maybe she's confused about it."
"Maybe…"
"Look, her segment just finished. Just go there and talk to her."
Roman saw Charlotte leaving the ring and he knew it was time for them to talk. He couldn't wait anymore. He looked at Finn, who gave him a look of acceptance, and left the locker room searching for Charlotte.
Charlotte and Sasha reached backstage extremely happy about how the segment went down.
"Good work sister! Can't wait for SummerSlam!" – said Sasha hugging her friend.
"Same here. I loved how the crowd was getting into the whole thing!"
Quickly Sasha realized that Roman was walking towards them and tried not to let Charlotte know. She knew they had to talk and if she could help it happen, she would try her best.
"Is everything okay Sasha? You look strange…" – said Charlotte suspecting something was happening.
"Oh no I'm fine! Just make sure to follow your heart okay?"
"What do you mean follow…"
Suddenly Charlotte felt someone whispering in her ear.
"We need to talk. Come with me please."
She immediately recognized that voice. It was Roman. She turned to him and froze once again.
"C'mon, let's go to my locker room." – said Roman grabbing her hand.
Charlotte grabbed his hand as well and followed him. At that point she didn't even care if people were staring: she just wanted to understand what was going on between them. They reach his locker room and Roman locked the door.
"Okay, making sure we won't get interrupted."
Charlotte sited down in a chair with a mix of emotions going through her head. She couldn't even look at Roman at that point. That whole situation was new to her: no other man had made her feel that way.
"Hey… are you okay?" – Roman noticed Charlotte couldn't look at him – "Look, about last night…"
"You don't have to apologize. It was a mistake and we got caught in the moment… Don't worry…" – said Charlotte trying to leave the locker room.
Roman quickly putted himself between Charlotte and the door making sure she wouldn't run again.
"Mistake? It wasn't a mistake for me and I'm not going to apologize for it."
Surprised, Charlotte finally was able to look into his eyes.
"It wasn't? I mean you said you didn't pay attention to women these days and then you kissed me…"
"Look… the kiss wasn't a mistake to me. I like you. Yeah, I said it. But if you don't feel the same it's fine, I understand it…" – said Roman, unlocking the door allowing Charlotte to reach it – "If you want to go, you can go. I just needed to tell you this."
Charlotte smiled.
"Did he just say that he likes me? Wow…"
She locked the door, turned to him and looked into his eyes.
"It wasn't a mistake for me either." – said Charlotte, sealing those words with a kiss.
Both of them kissed each other with emotion as Roman wrapped his arms around Charlotte. He broke the kiss, surprising her.
"What is it? You didn't want to or…"
"I do. A lot. Just want to make sure you want this too. I like you a lot Charlotte, you make me feel happy. I love being around you."
Charlotte smiled at him.
"I do want to be with you, if that's what you are asking."
"A boyfriend and girlfriend kind of way."
"You sure about that? I know you went through a hard time with your last relationship and I don't want to push you into something…"
"You're not. I want to give us a try. I don't want lose something good." – said Roman caressing her face.
"Alright." – answered Charlotte smiling at him.
Roman grabbed Charlotte and placed her in his lap.
"By the way, Finn knows about our kiss. He knew something was going on and I told him… I hope it's okay."
"Don't worry, Sasha knows as well. I kind of had to tell her after avoiding you in the parking lot." – said Charlotte trying to hide herself in his arms playfully.
"Haha, that wasn't very nice actually." – said Roman tickling her.
"Oh my God stop!" – said Charlotte laughing.
"Apologize then." – said Roman smiling.
"Okay okay, you win!" – said Charlotte kissing him.
Roman kissed her back and looked into her eyes. They both stared at each other as if the whole world stopped. There was no denying that they made one another happy. Now it was time to see if they could share their happiness with the world and face what's ahead.
