When the plane lands, Phil takes Seth's hand and leads him off the plane. Seth looks up when he sees Roman standing there. Roman is almost vibrating in anger. Roman snarls and surges forward, despite Dean trying to stop him. Phil pushes Seth behind him and then groans in pain when Roman punchs him in the stomach. Before anyone could stop him, Roman's fist connects with Phils's jaw. Phil falls to the ground and groans, "Shit.. again.. Really."

Roman glares down at him and then yanks Seth forward, pushing Seth away from Phil and him.

"You think your welcome around us.. you fucking broke him," Roman snarls and glares down at Phil.

Phil looks up at Roman, "I know.. and I'm trying to fix it.."

Dean pushes Roman away from Phil and growls, "Stop Ro.."

Seth watches and then yelps when Roman pulls him away from Phil and Dean. Dean sighs and runs a hand through his hair. Dean moves and helps Phil up. Dean checks out Phil's jaw and then smirks. "Ro only hit you once so I assume your bunny also took a shot at you. Since there's two bruises."

Phil nods, "really tired of getting my ass kicked by Roman."

Dean looks at him, "Should have thought of that before you pulled that shit you did. Besides if you think Roman hits hard, those MMA fighters will kill you."

Phil sighs and looks at Dean.

Seth walks over and looks at Dean, "We should go."

Dean nods, "yeah.."

Phil looks at Seth, "I'm sorry Seth.. for everything."

Seth looks at him, "Good bye Phil.."

Phil smiles lightly and then whispers, "Good bye Seth. I hope that you listened to what I said. You're better then what they're booking you as."

Seth nods and smiles a bit. He then turns and goes over to Roman. Roman glares at Phil and wraps his arm around Seth, leading him away.

Dean looks at Phil, "you talked to creative right?"

Phil nods, "if Seth stands up for himself.. Jimmy will back him up."

Dean nods, "I hope he does."

Dean then runs to catch up to Roman and Seth. Phil watches Seth go and whispers to himself, "I'm sorry Seth.. I love you."


Seth walks into the arena and looks up when Hunter greets him. Hunter askes if he's ready for Raw and Seth nods before saying, "Can.. can I talk to you?"

Hunter nods and wraps his arms around Seth's shoulders, "of course."

Seth walks with Hunter and then speaks, "I.. I think we need to change some of my booking.. I don't want to be booked as a coward that always runs away. I think also.. it's time I start breaking away from the authority"

Dean grins and then looks at Roman. Roman smile softly, proud of his baby brother. Finally Seth was getting that he deserved the title and his wrestlemania moment.


One Year later.

Phil stands backstage at Mania, with AJ. Aj holds thier son as they watch the show. AJ had been inducted into the Hall of fame this year and ster giving birth to thier son. She was now a trainer down at NXT for the Diva's. Phil was happier then he had been years.

Phil watches as Seth walks to the ring for the main event with the championship. Seth was on his second title run. He broke from the authority and allied himself with Cena and Daniel against them. After that the bookers started to book him him as a powerful champion. Seth wasn't the biggest dog in the yard but he was also not shown as weak anymore. Phil watches Seth wrestle against Roman for the belt.

Phil looks up and sees Randy watching the TV. The look in Randy's eyes makes Phil's heart clench. It was exactly the same look he use to have when he watched Seth wrestle. Phil looks back at the TV and he sees Seth standing over Roman taking his win at Mania. When Seth comes to the back, Randy wraps his arms around Seth, holding him tightly. Seth hugs Randy tightly with tears in his eyes. Phil hears Seth telling Randy that he loves him. Randy whispers back that he loves him and is so proud of him.

Phil bites his lip and then turns and walks away from the two of them. Phil was walking away one last time. He was letting Seth have what he couldn't give him. As soon as he saw the look in Randy's eyes, Phil knew that no matter what, Seth was first for Randy. Randy was devoted to the little high flyer and would never do what he did to Seth. Randy was better for Seth then he ever was.

Phil stops when he feels a hand on his shoulder. Phil looks at AJ and smiles softly when she looks at him. Phil wraps his arms around AJ and whispers, "I love you."

Phil also had to let himself move on too. AJ and his son needed him and He loved both of them.

AJ smiles at him, "I love you too."

Sometimes love was letting people go.


A/n I hope i did your prompt justice Mygalashley. As always it was fun to write thanks for the challenge.