SUBTITLE: BREAKING CHARACTER

CHAPTER 20

Olivia sat up and watched the sunrise after she finally got Robin to sleep for a little while. The sun peaked through the hotel drapes and illuminated Robin's tear stained face. Olivia stood up to close the drapes when her phone rang startling her.

"Hello?!" She answered her phone quickly without taking the time to look at the caller ID.

"Livy, I need to talk to you." From the sound of Wade's voice, he hadn't slept either. Wade had been heavy on her mind ever since Robin's birthday dinner last night. She intended to text him to see if he could meet up for coffee this morning before everything got out of hand.

"Meet me in the restaurant downstairs in about 15 minutes." Olivia hung up and took the quickest shower she'd ever taken. After throwing on a pair of jeans, her favorite v neck t shirt and tousling her hair, she headed down to the restaurant to meet Wade.

When she walked in, Wade was sitting at one of the tables wearing the blue hoodie that made her knees weak.

"Hey love." His smile lit up the restaurant. His bright green eyes were hopeful and Olivia's defenses were slowly being worn down.

"Hi Wade." She dodged a kiss he tried to place on her cheek and sat down at the table.

"I know you're still cross with me and I don't blame you, but I have to tell you that I'm miserable without you, Livy." Wade moved closer to her and took a bold step by placing his hand on her thigh. "I shouldn't have been with Alicia that night…" Wade looked down at the floor and moved his hand from Liv's thigh to grab her hand. "I know that two wrongs don't make a right, but I thought it would make me feel better." Olivia lifted her tearful eyes to meet Wade's. She knew exactly what he was referring to and it made her feel sick.

"Wade, I…"

"No. You don't have to say anything." Wade laughed and ran his hand along his beard. "How stupid was I to think that just because I came into the picture to comfort you that your feelings for him would go away?"

"I had feelings for you too, Wade. You weren't just a rebound."

"The strange thing is, I actually believe you." Wade moved closer to her. "I felt your love every time you touched me, but I never felt like you were all mine. I tried to tell myself that I was just being insecure, but I couldn't shake this feeling." Olivia felt horrible. She never knew Wade felt like that, but she could honestly say he was right. It was time to have this incredibly uncomfortable conversation with Wade that she had avoided long enough.

"Maybe I shouldn't have gotten into a relationship with you right away, but I fell in love with you! The timing was horrible because I was still in love with Seth and I just don't know how to make that go away!" Olivia tried to fight through the tears as Wade wrapped his arm around her and brushed her cheek.

"I knew you still loved him Liv, but I didn't care." Olivia looked at him with a puzzled look on her face. "I would love to have you all to myself…" He gently kissed her on her neck. "But I'm willing to give you time to make that decision for yourself. In the meantime, we can still spend time together."

"Would you be okay with me spending time with Seth?" Olivia felt like she was walking on eggshells, but she didn't want to give Wade the illusion of monogamy. He rolled his eyes and cracked his knuckles before answering through clenched teeth.

"I understand that you'll be spending time with him as well." Olivia kissed his cheek as she noticed his face starting to turn red with anger. "However…" Wade turned to fully face Olivia, pulling her chair closer so her knees were between his legs. "When you're with me, I'm going to treat you like you're all mine." He kissed her passionately as the restaurant was just starting to fill up with the breakfast rush. The stares from the traveling businessmen didn't bother them as they took their time tasting each other and fighting the urge to rip each other's clothes off.

"Deal!" Olivia wrapped her arms around his neck and felt her heart skip a beat as she smelled his cologne. She had missed him and couldn't wait until she had a private moment to show him exactly how much.

Back upstairs, Robin woke up and decided to go back to the room she was supposed to share with Derrick. She cautiously opened the door in case he was sleeping. After fully entering the room, she saw him lying in the bed shirtless. At first, she intended to grab her things and just leave, but she was still furious.

"Hey! Rise and shine, jackass!" Derrick shot up in the bed gasping for air.

"You scared the shit outta me!" As Robin threw open the drapes, she noticed Derrick had a busted lip.

"What the hell happened to you?!" Robin sat on the edge of the bed, but kept her distance.

"Your boy Roman popped me in the mouth after everybody left the bar last night." Derrick checked his lip to see if it was still bleeding as Robin tried to hide her pleasure. Perhaps this was the peace offering she needed from Roman. Derrick deserved to be popped in the mouth for speaking so recklessly about a situation he knew nothing about.

"I wish I could say you didn't deserve it." Robin got up and started gathering her clothes.

"You know I didn't mean to hurt you, but your smartass ex-boyfriend pushed my buttons!"

"Oh he pushed your buttons so you throw salt in my wounds?!" Derrick's eyes were widened in fear. He'd never heard Robin raise her voice like that.

"I'm-I'm sorry, baby. I shouldn't have said anything."

"You're damn right!" Robin continued to pack her clothes.

"Wait, where are you going?" Derrick stood up to try and stop her from packing, but wisely backed away when he saw the look on Robin's face.

"I'm going up to Liv's room until it's time to check out." She quickly zipped her suitcase and stood at the door. "You don't have to join us for Raw in San Antonio tonight. Maybe I'll call you when I get back home." Robin opened the door and walked out before Derrick could say anything. She'd have to do some serious thinking before calling him again. She'd also have to thank Roman. Maybe it was time to bury the hatchet.

Around noon, Olivia popped back into her room and saw that Robin was packed and ready to go.

"Hey, girl! I'll be ready in like 5 minutes." Robin looked at Olivia as she whizzed around the room throwing her clothes into her suitcase. There was almost a glow about her.

"Umm, Liv…where have you been?" Robin had a smirk on her face.

"Oh…I was having some coffee downstairs…" Olivia stopped for a second. "With Wade!"

"What?! So you finally took that man's call!" Robin was still skeptical. "Wait, all you did was have coffee?" Olivia had a smile on her face as she sifted through her toiletries and tried to avoid answering Robin's question. "I knew it!" Robin fell back on the bed consumed with laughter.

"It wasn't just about sex. We had a great conversation. He wants to give me time to choose if I want to be with him or Seth."

"Oh really? How is that gonna work?"

"Well, he said he's okay with me spending time with Seth. 'However when I'm with him, he'll treat me like I'm all his.'" Olivia gave her best Wade Barrett impersonation causing Robin to laugh hysterically.

"Ok, so how does Seth feel about this?" Olivia sat on the bed next to Robin.

"I don't know. I haven't talked to him yet." At that very moment, there was a knock on Olivia's door. Olivia sprung to open it having a feeling that it was Seth.

"Hey beautiful!" Seth gave Liv a kiss and Dean rolled his eyes before pushing them out of the way to see Robin.

"Hey Tweety. How are you feeling?" Dean didn't engulf her in his arms the way he normally did. Robin thought that was a bit suspicious. He just grabbed her hand.

"I'm ok." She looked out into the hall to see Roman standing there. Robin didn't even know he was there. "Roman?" Everybody in the room got quiet. "Can you come here a second?" Roman looked at Seth and Dean not knowing if he should come in.

"I'm gonna head down to the lobby." Seth picked up his bag and took Olivia's hand leading her to the elevator. Roman came in and stood in front of Robin and Dean.

"I just wanted to thank you for splitting Derrick's lip last night." Robin walked over and gave Roman an innocent hug. Dean chuckled to himself. Only his Tweety would thank someone for splitting open some jerk's lip for her.

"It was no problem. He deserved it." Roman looked at Dean with a look that said "sorry" for the millionth time. "I never got a chance to apologize, Robin." Roman turned his attention to Robin. "This is awkward as hell, but I just wanted to officially say sorry for being an asshole." Robin felt so awkward that she couldn't take her eyes off the floor. "I saw what you and Dean had and I wanted that. I'm sorry." Dean put his hand on Roman's shoulder.

"You already explained all this to me, bro. Maybe we can all sit down and have a beer in San Antonio after Raw." Dean took Robin's hand again and almost seemed like he was afraid to look her in the eye. Robin gave him a quizzical look that caught Roman's eye. All he could do was shrug.

"I guess we should get downstairs." Robin grabbed at her suitcase, but Dean quickly picked it up for her. "Thank you." She stared him in the eye trying to figure out what was wrong, but he was a tough code to crack.

They all checked out and got into their respective rental cars to head to San Antonio. Olivia and Robin drove in their car alone discussing how Liv would break the news of her new arrangement with Wade to Seth, and trying to figure out what could possibly be wrong with Dean. To make matters worse, there was rumor that Jasmine was going to be in San Antonio. Robin knew she'd have to meet Dean's rebound chick her eventually. Right now just wasn't the best time.