Walking down the hall Madison knew she needed to speak to Phil about her possibly managing The SHIELD, she wanted him to know that he would still be her number one priority, their relationship was important to her and she didn't want anything to jeopardize it. Pushing the door open she saw Paul Heyman but no Phil, she groaned internally, just when she was ready to talk to him.

"What's up Madison?" Paul said only glancing up for a second before focusing on his phone.

"Nothing, was looking for Phil"

"He went off somewhere" Madison nodded slowly and frowned when the thought of him and AJ sneaking into an empty locker room and... Nope she wasn't gunna let her imagination go wild.

"So what's on the schedule tonight?" Paul sat his phone down on his lap and pulled out the scrip for tonights segment, not the Madison needed a script she never did promos really, when you work closely with the two best talkers in the business there really wasn't much she could add. Her gimmick was to stand there and look pretty and occasionally kick some ass.

"Lie detector test tonight on Miz Tv" Madison smiled she loved working with The Miz he was just so full of energy. Her and Mike had a good friendship.

"Should be fun"

"The SHIELD is going to interrupt"

"Why?"

"Setting you up to be their manager" Madison looked up at him, he knew and if he knew then Phil knew.

"You heard about that, does Phil know?"

"Yea we talked about it last night"

"Is he upset?" Paul looked at her with a raised eyebrow.

"Should he be?" Madison shrugged.

"I don't want him to think I'm walking out on him" Paul opened his mouth to reply when the door swung open and Phil and April walked. Ugh great now I had to deal with her when I'm with Phil.

"We all set for tonight?" Paul asked turning to look at Phil and April who were practically gazing at each others soul.

"Yea everything's good" Phil and April sat down, April plopping herself into Phil's lap.

"So Madison I hear you're moving on from Phil here" Madison just sat there with her eyebrow raised.

"What do you mean?"

"Phil said you're going to Be managing The SHIELD" Madison looked past her at Phil who had his eyes cast down.

"Yea looks like I will be" Madison stood up as Phil eyes shot up and met hers. She knew he would never admit that he didn't want her to do it but at this point she didn't care she was going to think about what was best for her career and if he didn't want to talk to her directly about this, instead going to his new 'thing' then so be it. Walking out of the room she made sure Paul knew to text her when they were ready for her and left the room. She was ready for the next chapter of her life and if Phil couldn't accept it then she would move on without him.

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"The three of you will be going down there tonight during the lie detector test" Seth nodded as some stage hand was running over the schedule for tonight. He was excited to have a role in tonight's main event segment, looking at the two men that he was now part of this group with he shook his head it was surreal even now to be apart of this. He felt with a hundred percent certainty that they would be something big within this company, the only thing missing was a certain female manager. He caught himself smiling as she turned and started walking down the hall towards where they were standing. Be cool Seth you have Leighla, but look at the way her shorts hug her hips. Seth quickly shut down he wasn't going to be one of those guys, just because he was miles away from his girlfriend doesn't mean anything would happen.

"So you guys saving my client tonight again, it's almost like their planning something" Madison laughed as she walked up to the three men.

"It works either way, if they pick you or Paul" Madison smiled up at them and rocked on her heels.

"Well I gotta go talk business, ill see you guys out there" Madison started walking before turning back to them.

"There's gunna be a lot of bodies out there tonight, as luck would have it I'm the smallest so just try not to run me over or something" Smiling at them as they nodded she walked off.

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Madison was standing next to CM Punk as he once again denied that he had anything to do with The SHIELD. Hearing the crowd boo wasn't anything new to Madison, Phil had started this new semi hell turn, there were people that still loved him but a lot of people hated how he thought he was better then them. As he started berating the crowd Madison heard The Miz's music start and rolled her eyes turning to the ramp as Phil asked her what was going on, she shrugged and he turned his attention to The Awesome One. One thing people knew about working a segment with Phil is he can get down right dirty, so it was always advised not to take anything to heart. Phil wasn't one for scripted promos as the writers had quickly learned and given up even writing them for him, they gave him a mic and let him loose. Madison stood on and watched Punk and Miz go back and forth in all honesty she was bored she wanted to get to the end of the night where she knew there would be action. As Punk agreed to the test she smiled and put her hand on his shoulder letting him know that he had nothing to hide.

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Walking backstage Phil asked Madison to hang back so they could talk.

"About what April said-"

"Paul told you they were considering me?"

"And him, he turned them down" Madison nodded she didn't know that, now she knew it was only a matter of time before they officially offered her the job.

"I didn't"

"I know I asked Mark"

"You told April before we even talked about it"

"I know I was pissed that you hadn't turned them down, I was venting"

"Do you want me to turn them down?"

"I want you to do whatever you think is best for you, with the bullshit going on I don't even know how much longer ill be here, I would hate to screw you by leaving" Madison nodded Phil had been talking about leaving for a while, she knew he never would, he loved wrestling too much to just walk out but she couldn't help but feel like he was right. What if the day came when he decided to actually retire what would that mean for her career?

"I know, I mean they haven't even decided yet, when they do you'll be the first person to know what I'm doing, our friendship means a lot to me Phil and I want you to know that" Phil smiled and pulled her in for a hug, kissing the top of her head.

"No matter what you do, it's always gunna be me and you" Madison smiled against his chest.

"And Paul" Phil laughed and hugged her tighter.

"Yes and Paul"

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"See I told you they had something going on" Dean said smacking Seth on the chest. Seth nodded watching Madison and Phil, he had told Dean how he had been feeling about Madison, not so sure if having her actually became their manager would be good for his relationship with Leighla. Now he knew he didn't want to be anywhere near her and whatever 'thing' she had with Phil. He shook his head and furrowed his brows.

"Lets get ready for tonight"