Author's Note: Hey guys! As you can already tell, I've decided to keep going with this. Hope you enjoy.
Chapter 2
Adrien stood there speechless for what felt like hours. The WWE World Heavyweight Champion was standing less than five feet in front of her. Taking in the sight of him, Adrien decided that television didn't do Seth Rollins any justice. While he certainly wasn't the largest guy on the roster, Seth's six-foot-one frame would easily tower over her own. His muscles were proudly on display in his uniform of skinny jeans and t-shirt. His smile was perfectly boyish and the one aimed at her was making her heart fall into her butt. Adrien could see his hair was pulled up into a bun, the blond almost invisible at this point. It made her a little sad he was growing it out, but she knew the damage done made it a necessary evil. All in all, Seth Rollins was one impressive display of a man. But Adrien knew the rules. Unless they asked for help, celebrities were not to be bothered under any circumstances. She put on a smile and prepared to go through her routine.
However, Seth was speaking before she could even open her mouth. "So, uh, are you always this articulate?" Adrien couldn't stop herself. She blurted out "Dude, did you just quote Disney at me?" His smile turned into a full-blown smirk, and Adrien wanted nothing more than to crawl in a hole and die. "Oh for fuck's sake! Get it together woman." she admonished herself. If she could ignore what just happened, maybe she could salvage what was left of her dignity. "I'm sorry sir. That was rude. What was your question?" Seth chuckled and touched one of the sandals on a nearby shelf. "I actually don't have one. To be honest I wasn't even going to come in here in the first place. I was just waiting for some people I was meeting up with, but you ran up like a bat out of hell apologizing for being late. I felt bad so I figured I could at least pop in and chat." Adrien was floored. She had managed to make an ass of herself in more ways than one today and didn't even realize it. And in front of her favorite wrestler no less! She cleared her throat. "Well, uh, thanks for that." she said sounding more confident than she felt. "Don't worry about it." he said, his lip twitching into a half smile.
Sensing an awkward pause coming, Seth gestured to her shirt. "You a wrestling fan?" he asked. Adrien glanced down at it. A huge grin broke out on her face as she nodded. "Been watching since I was four years old. Nothing says Father-Daughter bonding like watching Stone Cold hand out Stunners like they're free candy." Seth laughed loudly at that and Adrien couldn't help but puff out her chest a little with pride. "So I guess it's safe to say that you know who I am huh?" Seth asked as he took a seat on one of the benches. Adrien paused, considering if she should continue with this part of the conversation. He was still here talking to her after all. And it wasn't as if he didn't already know that she knew who he was. There was no use denying it at this point. "I don't think I'd have the right to call myself a fan if I didn't recognize my champ when I'm looking him right in the face Mr. Rollins. I'm Adrien by the way." she said sticking out her hand for him to shake. "Fair enough." he said accepting her hand. "Though judging from your shirt, I take it you're more of a Dean Ambrose girl?" Adrien thought about it for a few seconds and sat next to Seth. She smirked to herself. "You could say that. Though, if I'm honest, you guys sort of vie for my attention in my head." she said watching him from the corner of her eye.
Seth's eyebrows raised as he breathed out a low "Ohh. I see." He leaned down to Adrien's ear and whispered playfully, "Well who's winning right now?" Internally, she was screaming. But Adrien refused to let him see that he affected her so easily. It was a matter of pride damn it! Giving a small cough, she patted his head and got up to lean on some shelves. "Yeah the jury's still out on that. But where are your friends? Not that I mind your company of course, but they've got you waiting for a while." The look on Seth's face said he knew she was trying to change the subject. But he went along with it. "They'll be here soon. You're free to take care of someone else while I wait." he said motioning to the empty shop. Adrien's held back a laugh. "Ha, ha. Laugh it up smartass. It's still early on a Saturday morning. If you stick around you'll get to watch me break two grand in two hours." Seth snorted. "That's a little ambitious don't you think? I mean no disrespect, but it's kind of dead in here."
Adrien clutched her heart in mock horror. "Sir, you wound me! You doubt my abilities that much? If you're that confident in my failure, how about we make it interesting?" she proposed. "What, like a bet?" Seth asked as he got up and walked toward her. "That's right." she said crossing her arms. "And if I win...you have to be a Rosebud on the next episode of Raw." Seth scoffed at her incredulously. "Kind of short notice don't you think?" he asked stepping closer. Adrien nodded. "A little. But I'm not going to win, remember? So it shouldn't be too much of an issue. And if I did win I'm sure you can make it happen." she said stepping closer. "After all, Trips would never say no to his baby Seth if it meant doing what's 'best for business.'" she tried not to laugh.
Seth looked thoughtful for a few seconds and then leaned down so they were eye to eye. "Fine." he said quietly. "But if I win, I get to take you out to dinner next time I'm in town." Adrien's breath caught in her throat. Never in a million years would she have imagined being in this situation. Yet here she was, looking Seth Rollins in his beautiful brown eyes. "Deal." she said quietly, glancing at his lips. "Just know that I don't like to lose. No matter how tempting it may be." Before either of them could speak, the door opened making the wind chimes jingle. Adrien's eyes didn't leave Seth's, but she could see two people coming in through her peripheral.
"I'm sorry. Are we interrupting something?"
I just want to give a big thank you to everyone who's read and/or reviewed this so far. A special shoutout is due to Willow Edmond! Thank you for the advice, I really appreciate it. If you haven't read any of her stuff go do it now, it's amazeballs! Anyway, I feel like this is going to be a nice long-term project for me as I plan to incorporate TV storyline with my own. So please bear with me on this.
One last thing before I go: While I will be spending a lot of time on this, I'll still have a crap ton of free time outside of my reading challenge. So, if anyone is interested, I'm open to one-shot/drabble requests! Let me know, and we can work something out.
Now that business is all taken care of, it's time for me to crash.
Later lovelies!
-Dari
