Someone pulls on my arm as I walk up the corridor to the divas locker room. Randy and Dolph were going to walk with me, but, as I told them, I'm a big girl and I can walk by myself. Now I wish I'd let them tag along. "Please talk to me" Jon whispers as I look at him in shock. "I love you Lora, I need you." I shake my head, pushing him away. "You should have thought about that before believing Joe" I say, turning my back on him and walking away. "Lora!" he yells. I stop and turn around slowly. "Forget it Jon" I whisper. "You made your choice. I've got nothing to say to you now. If you'll excuse me, I have to get ready. I have an angle to work tonight that I need to go find out about." I don't wait for him to reply, just turn my back on him and rush to the locker room before the tears spill down my face. I kick the door open, walk in, dump my bag, and run into the bathroom to cry in private. He's killing me, he really is.
"Anyone seen Lora?" Denise asks, walking into the locker room. I don't hear anyone reply. "Well she's gotta be here somewhere" Denise says. "Her bags are here, plus she came with us, so I know she's here." There's a bang on the bathroom door and I groan. Hiding place discovered, I open the door slowly. "Fuck sake Lor" Denise groans, pulling me to her. She holds me close as I sob on her shoulder. "Enough" she warns. "We got company." I nod, wiping my eyes and spying Summer and Renee walking in. "I should get changed and go find Hunter" I say, grabbing my bag and going back into the bathroom. I get changed quickly and head back out, dumping my bag before rushing off to find Hunter.
"Ah Lora" he says as I walk into his office. "Come in, sit. So, this angle for tonight. It's up to you to sell it. And explain it." I frown as there's a knock on the door. "Ah" Hunter says, opening it. "Your partner for tonight, Lora. Finn Balor." I look at the door quickly. Finn walks in and I can't help myself. I jump out of the chair and run to him, smiling. As he wraps his arms around me. "Easy tiger!" he says laughing. "I missed you too! But, tonight, we have to sell this to the fans." "So what's the plan?" Hunter asks, sitting down. I look at Finn and we both sit opposite Hunter. "Any ideas?" he asks. "I mean, the last time we worked together you couldn't wait to get away from me?" "Finn!" I laugh. "Ummm, who are we against?" "Dolph and Nikki" Hunter says. I smirk, standing up. "And there's your reason" I say. "Nikki? Me? No brainer." "There's a promo" Hunter says. I nod. "It's ok" I say, holding out my hand to Finn. "I've got an idea..."
"I can't believe you didn't tell me I'd be working with you" I say as we walk hand in hand up the corridor. He stops dead. "You're kidding me, right?" he asks, seriously. "I tried calling you last night. Phone went straight to voicemail." I groan. "Marital problems" I say quietly. He looks at me in surprise. "Wanna talk about it?" he asks softly. "Actually" I say. "Yes. Could you give me a minute though? Just to grab a jacket. I'll meet you on the roof." He nods and heads for the door as I head for the locker room to grab my jacket.
"Lora!" Jon calls as I pull the jacket on while running up the corridor. Perfect timing. Finn opens the door up to the roof. Jon looks at him straight away. "Lora, you coming?" Finn calls softly. I look at Jon while answering Finn. "Yeah" I say, backing away from Jon. I turn my back on him and run up the steps as Finn closes the door behind us. "Just get me away from him" I beg as Finn follows me up the steps. "He won't follow us Lora" he says. "Will he?" "I don't know" I say, opening the door to the roof. "After last night, I don't know anything anymore." I crouch down by the wall, watching as he walks towards me. "So spill it Ambrose" he says softly, crouching next to me. "In a nutshell" I say. "Joe got it in his head that I'm sleeping with Colby, and decided to tell Jon." "Ewwww!" Finn says, looking at me in horror. "Colby? Fuck Lor, I'm hurt! You wouldn't sleep with me but you would with him?" It's a good job I know he's joking. I laugh, I can't help it. "Well" I say. "What can I say, Finn, those pictures of what he's packing in those fake leather pants of his, well, they just blew my mind!" He laughs too, and I put my head on his shoulder. "So Jon believed it" he says softly. I nod. "Yep" I say. "Guess he figures he traded a whore for a whore." "You're not a whore Lora" he says. "You're totally dedicated to Jon, anyone can see that. The whole time we were in NXT, you had guys throwing themselves at you. But the only one you wanted was the one you left behind." I pat his knee and stand up. "What can I say?" I say softly. "Guess I'm just a fool for him, right?" He stands up and hugs me. "Come on" he says. "It's gotta be time for this promo now." I nod and follow him back down the steps.