"What?" Baron asked as he answered his phone without checking to see who was calling first.
"Well, good morning to you too, crumpy. It's Danny," his brother sounded on the other end of the line.
"What's up?" Baron asked.
"I need you to go to your computer right now. I sent you a link on Skype. You need to see it," Danny answered.
"What is it?" Baron asked as he made his way to his computer.
"Just watch it," Danny answered.
Baron clicked on the link. It was a link to a YouTube video from the British wrestling company Southside Wrestling.
"What am I looking for?" Baron asked but the answer was served right away as the camera showed her in the ring.
"The following contest is set for one fall," she said.
"Holy shit," Baron said.
"Looks like she's their new ring announcer," Danny said.
"Thanks for telling me, Danny. I'll call you back," he said and hung up before his brother could even answer.
He watched the entire show just to see her again and again announcing the different matches. She looked so good. It had been around two months so she must have made it directly from that acting class and into the company. He felt proud of her. He took his phone. He hadn't tried to contact her for a while. He had tried texting and calling the first two weeks but she had ghosted him like he knew she would, so in the end he had given up.
He decided to try one last time.
"Congratulation with your new job at Southside Wrestling. You look really good in the ring."
If she wouldn't answer him this time, he would give up. He had a date the following evening but if there was the slightest hope she would reach out to him, he would cancel it. If she didn't, he would finally let go and move on with his life.
Four months had passed. His date had gone well and they had been a couple ever since that night. It wasn't filled with passion as his relationship with Violet had been but it was nice and gave a certain calmness to his life. He watched Southside Wrestling week after week, basically tormenting himself, but he couldn't help it. He tried to move on. Here he was with a new woman in his life who seemed to love him but still he would go back watching Violet online when he was alone and felt lonely. She hadn't been on their show the past two weeks though and he was beginning to feel like he was going crazy. He had no idea where she would be. It felt like the last lifeline to her had been cut.
"Fresh meat," Erick Rowan said as Baron walked into NXT the following day.
Erick nodded in a direction and he looked over to see the back of a woman. There was something very familiar about her. His jaw dropped as she turned around and found his eyes across the room. He couldn't believe it. She was right there.
He started to walk towards her but Hunter reached her first.
"Good, you're here. Come into my office," Hunter spoke.
She walked with him, away from Baron again. He felt heartbroken once more.
He waited close by for her to come out of the office. Finally the door opened and Hunter shook her hand and welcomed her to the company. As soon as Hunter closed the door and left her in the hallway, he was by her side, grabbing her arm and dragging her into a nearby room.
"What are you doing here?" He asked.
"Wow, nice to see you too. I'm the new ring announcer," she answered.
"So that's why you've been gone from Southside Wrestling the past two weeks," he said.
"You've been stalking me online?" She asked with a smirk.
"Just keeping up with you. You've done good work with them," he said.
"Thanks," she said.
He scratched his head, not knowing what to say, so he just looked at her.
"Come on, Baron, just get it off your chest," she said.
"What?" He asked.
"You didn't drag me in here to small talk," she said.
"Fine. Why didn't you tell me you were leaving?" He asked.
"I didn't have to. It was my choice," she answered.
"You broke my heart," he said.
"Good," she said and smiled.
He looked at her. He couldn't believe what he was hearing.
"Good?" He asked.
"Yes, good. You needed to feel what it was like being left behind like that," she said and crossed her arms.
"Alright, you got your revenge. Now what?" He asked.
"Now I walk out of that door and start my new job. Don't worry, we can keep this professional," she said.
She walked towards him but he refused to move away from the door.
"Baron, come on. Don't make this harder than it is," she said.
"Did you feel anything for me those two months?" He asked.
"Of course I did. To use your own words, I fucking loved you, but none of that mattered back then and none of it matters now," she said.
He grabbed her, spun her around and pushed her up against the door. A shocking sound escaped her lips and it only made him continue. He held on tight to her upper arms as he pressed himself against her and kissed her hard. It took about 3 seconds before she finally reacted and pushed him away.
"God damn it, Baron," she hissed.
She turned around, opened the door and walked out of it. He followed out, watching her walk down the hallway.
"Baby!" A hight pitch voice sounded.
Violet turned around to see a brunette wrap her arms around Baron. She shook her head and twisted a little smile. So this had to be the mysterious girlfriend of his that had been reported about online. If she only knew that he had just tried to kiss another woman. Baron leaned down and kissed the woman but his eyes stayed on Violet.
"Yeah, go ahead and show me, try to make me jealous," Violet muttered to herself before turning around and walking away.