Another chapter for you all this week :)
It seems I've finally found my love to write again…thank God lol
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Chapter 8: Move in the right direction
Hand in hand, Seth and Maxine made their way downstairs to face their friends again, both of them wanting to clear the air with them to avoid some awkward tension between them.
"Are you sure she won't be mad at me?" she asked him just seconds before they would get back out in the garden again, her heart pounding fast in her chest.
"She doesn't bear a grudge. She actually felt responsible and guilty for all of this, so I'm sure she'll be relieved to see that you're not pissed off with her," he replied, hoping he was able to calm her down and take her fears.
As soon as they were back with their friends, it was Dean who, out of surprise and maybe even fear, jumped up, raising his hands in defence and trying to run backwards when he clumsily fell over his own chair, falling flat on his ass.
"And you would think as a wrestler he would have body control," Seth chuckled, squeezing Maxine's hand and kissing her cheek while all the others burst out laughing.
"Dude, look, I'm sorry," Dean mumbled while trying to get up but he once again fell backwards. "FUCK!"
"Dean, take a chill pill. I'm not gonna hurt you. Although I think you deserve it," Seth said when finally everybody had calmed down again.
He looked around until his eyes found Karolina's, the look in hers still reflecting insecurity and sadness. It really hurt him to see that.
"Go talk to her, angel. She seems a little lost over there," he whispered into his girlfriend's ear, nodding his head towards Karo who immediately looked into another direction. "I'll take care of Dean."
After one final kiss on the lips, they both went their separate ways. Seth's led to Dean, Maxine's led to Karo.
"Do you have a few minutes for me? I think we need to talk," Maxine said as she stood in between Karo and Roman, a weak smile on her face.
"Uhm...look...if you want to call me names or insult me, you don't have to waste your time. I know I've..." she started but was immediately cut-off by the woman that was now the most important one in Seth's life.
"Please Karo, gimme a chance to apologize, ok?" she pleaded, looking at Karo sincerely who after a few long moments finally nodded her head.
In silence they both made their way into the house, leaving Shannon and Roman behind who were curiously watching how Seth made his way over to Dean who was still looking slightly alarmed.
"Hey, listen, I get it, ok? I've fucked up, once again. But my girl already sent me flying into that damn pool and I don't doubt she would spank me the minute we make it home tonight, so please...please don't kick my ass now, brother," he begged, his hands still up in defence.
Seth swallowed hard and sat down next to Dean after Shannon took the now empty seat next to Roman, both of them looking at each other with mischievous smirks on their faces.
"Dude, you really need to learn when to shut up. I don't know that if it wasn't for Roman, then Maxi would be gone by now," he started, running a hand over his face. "But maybe Shannon is right. One of us would have spilled the beans one day anyways. Maybe I should have been the one to tell her in the first place. So in the end, all of this was my fault."
Dean looked at his friend confused, a frown on his face. Was Seth apologizing to him now? He thought he was the one that needed to say sorry.
"I think I'm just mad that all of this still has such a huge effect on us all," he sighed, now turning his head so that he could face Roman. "Bro, you sometimes make my life a living hell. All I want is to be Karo's friend. There are no romantic feelings involved, no sexual desire. Not anymore. And I hope that now, after you literally saved my ass, you finally understand this."
Roman just nodded his head, a smile on his face. He knew he hadn't made things easy for Seth, and now that he thought about it, he felt horrible. Seth loved Maxine. And yes, he loved Karo. But not in THAT way anymore.
"Well, maybe you should knock up Maxine to make her fully believe that you're over Karo," Dean suggested, shrugging his shoulders innocently when everyone looked at him annoyed. "What?"
"Dude, I haven't even slept with her yet. I'm not sure it's such a good idea to get her pregnant already," Seth snapped, rolling his eyes in disbelief.
"Sorry, I just wanted to help," he sighed, running a hand through his already messy hair which was still slightly wet.
"Just stop trying to help people 'cause each and every time you do, all hell breaks loose and the drama begins," Roman said with a chuckle, making everybody laugh with him.
"Sometimes I wish he would shut his mouth in general," Shannon said suddenly, yelping when Dean threw an empty paper cup at her. "What? Your mouth is trouble, mister."
"You don't say that when I lick your pussy," he protested, frowning when everybody started yelling and chattering. "What? It's true. 'Oh yes Dean...oh...God...fuck...don't stop. Yes, just like that...'"
It was always exceptional when Shannon blushed, but after having Dean imitate her during sex, she most definitely did.
"Shut up now, you fucking dumbass," she grumbled, throwing the paper cup right back at him before swatting Roman's chest as he laughed his ass off at her expense. "And you shut your mouth as well or I'll tell the others what you were staring at in that lingerie store."
He looked at her with a raised eyebrow, not believing she would tattle on him, especially after he had acted as if looking at those latex dresses was just coincidence.
"Ohhh, what did he look at? Come on, tell us," Dean pleaded, rubbing his hands excitedly. He loved getting new information which he could later use against others.
"I have no idea what she's talking about. But hey, Seth, you said something about not getting any. I'm sure you..." Roman started but wasn't even able to finish his sentence when his two-toned friend interrupted him.
"Don't get side-tracked, Reigns. We were talking about YOU," he teased, wiggling his eyebrows at his Samoan friend.
Roman looked at Shannon angrily, sighing heavily before turning his attention back to Dean and Seth who were sitting opposite of them. "God, I was looking at some latex and leather stuff. No big deal, ok? It's not like I have some fetish or something."
Both Dean and Seth burst out laughing, Dean even spurting some of his beer over the table as he had just taken a huge sip.
"Latex and leather? Man, I knew you liked it dirty. Niiiice. So, did you buy some stuff for Karo? Is she your little dominatrix now?" Dean asked mockingly, nudging Seth before pointing at Roman who was clearly feeling uncomfortable in this kind of conversation.
"Hey Seth, did you know Dean got a boner while wrestling Karolina recently?" Roman fired back, smirking devilishly when Dean gave him a death glare.
"You what?" Seth shrieked, chuckling when Dean sank back into his chair. "And now you tell me I have the hots for your wife."
"Hey, I'm still here you idiots," Shannon reminded them, flipping them the bird. "Now Seth, would you like to tell me why you haven't moaned my name while having this mysterious wet dream?"
Seth blew up his cheeks, holding his breath for a few short moments before answering. "Uhm, well, you weren't part of the dream, I'm afraid."
"WHAT? Why the fuck not?" she whined, playfully crossing her arms in front of her chest, looking at him expectantly.
"Uhm...because it was a threesome?" he more stated than asked, laughing when she stuck out her tongue at him.
"Whatever. One day you're gonna scream my name while fucking Maxine. Believe that," she said.
"AND BELIEVE IN THE SHIELD," Roman roared, jumping up the same second Dean and Seth did, all of them putting together the fists of justice.
"You guys are weird," Shannon mumbled, downing her bottle of beer while rolling her eyes.
...
In the meantime, Karo and Maxine had both taken a seat on the couch, a safe distance between them as they still felt like more or less strangers.
"So, uhm, I talked to Roman earlier and he actually told me everything about your...past with Seth," Maxine started, taking a deep breath before continuing. "I can't say it makes me happy but it quite frankly is none of my business."
Karo looked at Maxine dumbfounded, having expected for her to freak out on her or even pull her hair. Not that she was afraid. She was a wrestler after all, but she didn't really want to fight Seth's girlfriend.
"Uh...okay," she simply said, not sure what the woman opposite of her wanted her to say.
"Look, this new information is not that easy to process. I honestly have a hard time accepting the closeness you and Seth share, after all that has happened between you two. But I'm sure that if Roman can trust you, then I can as well. I saw how happy you are with him and your little girl, it's enviable. It's just that...I don't know. It might sound silly but it feels awkward not being the only woman in his life," she admitted, running a shaky hand through her waist long auburn hair.
"But you are, Maxine. You're the only woman in his life. I'm just his...buddy," Karo insisted, turning slightly so that they could now face each other properly.
"Karo, he was in love with you and...," she started but was immediately cut off.
"Yes, he WAS. As in past tense. He doesn't love me anymore. And it doesn't matter what happened back in the day. It's over. We're in the present now. I'm married to Roman, we have a beautiful daughter. Seth has you and he doesn't see me that way anymore. I'm so sick of the past haunting me over and over again. And so is he. We regret doing what we did back then. I wish I could turn back the time and undo it. But I can't. All I need is your trust. Please Maxine, give me a chance. And don't make him suffer for anything he did in the past. It's not fair," Karo pleaded, not even realizing that she was crying until a tear dropped from her face.
"Hey, shhh, don't cry. I didn't mean to make you sad," Maxine said quietly, moving closer to Karo, and with a little hesitance, wrapping an arm around the younger woman's shoulder.
"I just want us all to be happy, that is all. I want my son back, I want to feel complete again," she whispered, wiping away the tears with the back of her hand.
She had no idea why she was so open with Maxine but she felt as if she could trust the woman that was now also playing a huge part in her life. She knew it would take some time to make her an equal member of their clique, but was sure that one day she definitely would be.
"I'm so sorry about what happened to Joshua. It must have been horrible for you to lose him," Maxine replied, trying to soothe Karo by running a hand up and down her back.
"It's still horrible today. His room is still untouched, and I don't want to change it. He will forever be part of our family," she croaked, accepting a tissue that Maxine was handing her, blowing her nose.
"And so will Seth. I'm not trying to take him away from you all," she clarified, gently letting go of her before leaning back.
"I didn't think you would. Nobody has to take anyone away from anybody. We all belong together," Karo said, giggling when she realized just how cheesy that sounded.
"Are we cool again?" Maxi asked, opening her arms with a shy smile on her face.
"We're cool again," Karo replied, embracing the other woman, a sigh of relief escaping her lips.
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It was early the next morning when Seth and Maxine finally woke up, both of them wrapped up in each other's embrace, Seth as always spooning her from behind, his nose buried in her hair which always smelled like a mixture of raspberry and vanilla.
"Good morning, angel," he whispered into her ear, chuckling when she purred.
"Good morning, handsome," she said quietly, yawning heartily and stretching so that unfortunately Seth had to let go of her. "Sleep well?"
"Perfectly fine with you in my arms," he said, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes.
"Call me hoggish but I'm fucking starving," she whined, holding her stomach which was making growling noises.
"And I haven't even worn you out just yet," he teased, shrieking when she hit him with a pillow.
"Don't tempt me, mister. We agreed to wait until we're alone," she scoffed, crawling over the bed to hover over him. "Didn't we?"
"Don't shove your gorgeous boobs into my face then," he warned, pinching her nipple through the thin fabric of her shirt, making it hard.
"Ouch, that hurt," she complained, rubbing the now hard peak to make the pain go away.
"Now come on. Don't tell me that really hurt. I'm not that gentle in the bedroom, angel. You'd better get used to that," he countered, slapping her ass hard before gently pushing her away so that he could stand up.
"I guess you might need a cold shower now," she said mockingly, pointing to the tent that was once again in his boxer briefs.
"You might as well take care of it. A blowjob wouldn't hurt, now would it?" he asked, grasping his hard cock through his boxers, winking at her.
"You're horrible, Rollins," she sighed, falling onto the bed with her back while rolling her eyes.
"In this specific case, you are the horrible one," he said, smirking when she huffed. "I'll take care of this real quick. Let's meet in the kitchen."
As soon as he left the room, she quickly got out of the bed, put on a bra and dressed in a halter neck top and a pair of jeans, immediately making her way downstairs where she hoped to find the other two couples and their babies, knowing that Dean and Shannon had also spent the night in the Reigns' house.
But what she found instead warmed her heart to the core: Roman, Karolina and Leni, all three of them on the little girl's baby blanket right in front of the TV where Bugs Bunny was currently running wild on the screen. Leni was lying on Roman's naked chest, her tiny little body covered in a pink romper suit, while Karo's left leg was draped over Roman's sweatpants covered ones, his arm wrapped around her tightly, all three of them seemingly asleep in each other's arms.
"Babe, whatcha waiting for? I thought you were...," Seth started but was quickly stopped by his girlfriend who put her finger over his lips.
"Shh, look at this. Isn't this just adorable?" she whispered, not wanting to wake the little family, a huge smile on her face.
"It is. The big man all wrapped up around his girls' little fingers," he chuckled, wrapping an arm around Maxine's waist, holding her close. "I'm so glad they finally are blessed with a baby. They deserve all the happiness in the world."
"Do you have your cell phone with you? I wanna take a picture," she said, smiling when he pulled it out of his sweatpants.
She quickly unlocked his iPhone, already knowing the code, before opening the camera app and snapping away.
"Do you think they would mind if you uploaded this to twitter?" she asked curiously, studying the picture intently, a content smile on her face.
"Are you trying to prove a point?" he said, smirking at her mischievously.
"Ugh, stop it. I didn't mean it like that. I thought it would be cute to show the world how happy they are," she said truthfully, handing him back his cell phone.
"I'm not too sure if Karo is okay with that pic going around the world. Half of her ass is exposed in those hot pants," he said, enlarging the picture slightly.
"She has a nice ass though," Maxine said nonchalantly, looking at him intently.
"Uhm, is this a test?" he asked, frowning slightly.
"No, you idiot. I was just observing. Now come on, let's make breakfast," she said, grabbing him by his shirt and dragging him into the kitchen where surprisingly Dean, Shannon and Dylan were already busy preparing everything.
"Good morning, guys," Seth said cheerfully, kissing Shannon's cheek while looking over her shoulder, checking what she was cooking, a content sigh escaping his lips when he saw that it was scrambled eggs.
"Good morning, you two lovebirds," Dean said while rocking his crying son back and forth, whispering to him to calm him down. "Watch and learn, Seth. You might need to know one day."
"Dean thinks I should knock you up," Seth explained to Maxine, rolling his eyes in annoyance before acting as if he was shooting himself in the head.
"Uh well, we haven't even...," she started, only to be interrupted by Dean.
"...had sex? We know," he said bluntly, smiling when Dylan finally stopped crying.
"Uhm...I wasn't trying to say that, but yeah...we haven't even had sex yet," she mumbled, blushing as she was extremely embarrassed talking about something like that.
"You need to get used to that, sweetheart. Everybody here loves talking about sex," Roman said out of nowhere, entering the kitchen with Leni pressed against his chest, a tired-looking Karolina following shortly afterwards.
"I just noticed," she chuckled, looking at Karo pitifully. "Long night?"
"I would rather say short night. She was up almost every hour," she yawned, sitting down at the already set table, gratefully taking a steaming mug of coffee Seth was now handing her.
"And my son almost slept through," Dean said proudly, patting his son's back softly, only to be rewarded by Dylan farting loudly.
"That's your son, Ambrose," Shannon said, making everybody laugh.
Maxine could get used to spending more time with them all. As Seth had said before, they were a crazy bunch of people, but she enjoyed being with them. She hoped that very soon she would be considered part of their family too.
...
Two days later, Seth and Maxine were finally back on the road, only being able to leave their friends with a heavy heart, having enjoyed sharing their few days off with them in Pensacola.
But now the daily routine was controlling their life again, which on one hand was a good thing as they now had more time to spend with each other without anyone else interfering.
It was about 9am in the morning when Maxine finally had the enthusiasm to get out of bed, being in Seth's arms always making her feel way too comfortable.
Although she was still booking her own hotel rooms, she couldn't help but end up in Seth's each and every night. She just couldn't leave his side anymore, wanting him close to her 24/7, if this was possible.
"Ugh...come back to bed, just another five minutes," he whined, grabbing her wrist and pulling her back so that she was lying next to him, immediately wrapping his arm around her tightly.
"Seth, I really need to get going. Stephanie is expecting me for a meeting in an hour and I need to look somehow presentable," she countered, trying to get up again but it was to no avail.
"You always look perfectly fine to me. Fuck what she says," he mumbled, nibbling at her earlobe, making her moan quietly.
He had found her weak spot during their very first make out session, knowing that if he kissed her neck, right below her ear, she would become putty in his hands. Maybe now wasn't the right time for anything like that, but as almost every morning for weeks now, he had woken up with a boner. And he felt as if he was about to explode.
"Seth..." she whispered, her resistance crumbling with each second passing by.
She enjoyed his touch. More than she actually should. At least right now. She needed to get ready and leave, but the way his lips kissed along her collarbone now made her completely lose her mind.
"Shhh...I know you want this as much as I do," he said in between kisses, continuing his path until he was hovering over her body. "Relax, angel."
He knew she was never wearing a bra when she was sleeping, her hardened nipples that were poking through the thin fabric of her top once again confirming this. God, he was hungry for them, hungry for her.
His lips now found hers, capturing them in a passionate and heated kiss, their tongues battling for dominance.
She was so distracted by Seth's mouth that at first she didn't realized that he pushed up her top, so far up that her breasts were now exposed to him, her nipples literally begging him for some affection.
He released her lips and bent down slightly, looking deep into her eyes when he snatched one of her nipples in between his teeth, his tongue swirling around it, over and over again, making her whimper.
His free hand was rubbing the other pebbled nub in between his thumb and index finger, the moans that were now escaping her loud and clear.
"Do you like that?" he panted, the expression of sheer pleasure on her face arousing him even more.
He couldn't help but press his pelvis against her clothed mound, letting her feel what she was doing to him, his erection now rubbing against her already slightly soaked panties.
He once again circled one of her nipples with his tongue, sucking it in between his teeth before letting it go with a wet pop. Her nails were digging into his biceps, her whole body covered in goosebumps.
"I want you," he whispered into her ear, biting her neck gently before licking the now slightly red mark. "Let me make love to you."
Maxine wasn't even able to form a coherent sentence, completely having lost the strength to push him away and tell him to let go of her. Work? What was that?
"I want you too," she panted, burying her hands into his hair, pulling him close only to press her lips onto his, kissing him feverishly.
The sexual tension between them had been increasing with each day they spent with each other, and maybe now it was about damn time they finally found a release.
His hand moved down, starting at her breasts, going over her stomach, only to end up in between her legs which were already parted as he was lying in between them. The moment he touched her clit through her panties, she almost yelped, her breath now shallow.
He couldn't wait any longer. He had to have her now.
But seemingly somebody else had other things for them in store. Things that didn't involve having sex – or as Seth had called it: making love.
"Don't pick up," Seth breathed when her cell phone was ringing, not wanting this to end just yet. His throbbing length was almost painful.
"Seth...I need to get going...it's probably work," she sighed, softly pushing him off of her so that she could finally get up, but it was already too late as her phone had stopped ringing.
"Are you serious now?" he asked annoyed, running a hand through his messy hair. "Maxi, I thought that finally..."
"I'm sorry, baby. Really. Please...don't be mad. I'll make it up to you tonight," she said while quickly changing into her clothes, getting ready in record time. He was impressed.
"You've been telling me that for days now," he mumbled, grabbing his crotch and arranging himself.
"I promise," she said while bending down to kiss his lips sweetly. "I love you, baby. See you later."
And with that she was out of his room, leaving him behind with a boner...once again. He was a mess.