FINALLY! Sorry...my computer charger broke. That's why I have been away for sooooooooooooooo long. So this is a major filler chapter. The next chapter will be pretty long...I want to get Money in the Bank out of the way. I'm going to start calling Roman Reigns, Joe. I wasn't going to in case I used Curtis Axel, but I'm not going to sooo yeah. Hope it doesn't confuse anyone. So sorry again and I hope you guys stick with me :-D.


Cassie sat in the meeting room at the venue they were at for the house show on Thursday. She was waiting for Stephanie and the new intern. They were going to start talking about the story lines leading up into Summerslam.

Cassie was excited to be a part of the second biggest WWE PPV. Even though she didn't really do anything yet, she couldn't wait for the fan Axxess.

The door opened, and Stephanie walked in, Richard right behind her.

"You are here early," the older said to her. Cassie shrugged her shoulders.

"Nothing to really do this morning."

"Understandable," Stephanie and Richard sat down. "Alright Summerslam. After Sunday we will be starting up a Punk/Lesnar feud. Any ideas to fill in the space between PPVs?"

"Lots of promos between Heyman and Punk," Cassie started. "And the obvious DQs on matches that you plan on placing Punk in. I think though that Punk should at least once get the upper hand on Lesnar at one point. Show that the match really could go either way."

"Lesnar is going to win obviously," Richard said. "Everybody knows it. It makes more sense that the beast wins."

"Not necessarily," Cassie retorted. "Just because he's steroid huge, doesn't mean that Punk's quickness can out smart him. Besides, I've noticed that not a lot of fans are big on Lesnar. Same with the roster."

"The thing with Brock," Stephanie said. "We are trying to do a win loose thing with him."

"So then put him back against Cena," Cassie said. "I'm sure the fans will love to see his ass get kicked a bit more by Lesnar," she smirked. "Why does Superman get to be the only one who has won against him and never have that win loose thing?"

"Because Cena is the face of the company," Richard said. "Haven't you heard? He gets whatever he wants. He got injured, so he didn't need to continue with the story line…"

"Sarcasm not needed Mr. Keenan," Stephanie glared at him. Cassie smirked again. She had thought Richard would be like Eric and try to side with Cena and give the wrestler what ever he wants. "And the two of you need to stop being bias. We need to look at this from a business end. John Cena does well with the kids. The kids bring the parents to the shows and they get the parents to buy merchandise…"

"Well Santino brings kids out. So does Ryder. Where are their pushes to the top?" Richard asked.

"Ryder had his shot," Cassie said. "He didn't make it very far."

"Ok," Stephanie rubbed her temples. "I get it. Really I do, but this is what my father wants. We have to make him happy."

"Who do you plan on putting against Cena for Summerslam?" Cassie asked. There were rumors going around on who would get the lucky draw, but she hadn't heard anything to tell the guys.

"Daniel Bryan I hope," Richard said.

Stephanie nodded her head.

"Yes. We have a story line in mind to do this whole Corporate make over and the side of business wins."

"Why Daniel Bryan?" Cassie asked.

"Why not?"

"Well, for starters, that would be a face against a face. Didn't Creative not use the Wyatt Family vs. The Shield story line because it was heel vs heel. What makes this any different? On top of that, don't you guys think that somebody else deserves it more than he does? Everyone has been waiting for an Orton turn. Why not him? Have him hold onto the MITB case. Have him loose at Survivor series and have him cash in at Mania. Ooorrr," she sang. "Totally mix it up and have him cash in at Rumble, and the person he cashed in on takes his spot in the Rumble and they win!" She bounced excitedly. That would shock the Universe everywhere and was something totally different."

"They can't do that," Richard said.

"Why not?" Cassie pouted slightly.

"This is the WWE Championship we are talking about. It's a main event match."

"Last I checked, it's called Royal Rumble. Not WWE Championship Night," she rolled her eyes. That was another thing she wasn't liking. The PPVs that had specific names for matches were not being highlighted. "If that's the case then, why not push somebody else. How about Cody Rhodes? I think it's been long over due for him. I've been waiting years for him to get somewhere."

Richard laughed.

"He doesn't deserve a shot. You are just saying that because of his dad. That's the only reason why he's here."

"That is not why he is here," Stephanie said. "Cody does a lot for this company behind the scenes. We don't feel like he's ready for a Championship."

"So Daniel Bryan is?" Cassie retorted. "Yes he has the wrestling skill, but so does Rollins and Ambrose. I don't see anything happening to them."

"Are they not champions?" Richard asked, eyebrow raising.

"Yeah. Champions to belts that you have no strong suiters to go against them. The Usos were thrown into the belt light. Prime Time Players would be a better choice, and also would be very funny," Cassie laughed slightly thinking about it.

"Ok, ok," Stephanie sighed, writing somethings down. "Let's get back on track. What should we do with Sheamus?"

The other two got silent, obviously thinking of something for him. Richard opened his mouth and then closed it.

"Um," he said, scratching his head. "He's hard."

"Why don't we…" Cassie started, still looking up in thought. "Possibly team him up with…" her finger tapped the table, thinking of somebody. She couldn't really think of anyone new that he could work with. "Or not team him up with somebody, but have him go against The Real Americans. He could drive a wedge in-between Cesaro and Swagger showing that Zeb is favoring Cesaro more because Swagger has been on a loosing streak."

"Why would we put a top superstar against mid card wrestlers?" Stephanie asked. She was liking the idea, but wanted more to the story line.

"That's how you guys build up lower ranking superstars right? The top names get them over? This is a perfect time to bring Cesaro back to the top position that you guys saw when you hired him. Same thing with Swagger. You wanted him to be champion again, so this could make a really good story line. You just have to do it right…"

"Alright," Stephanie looked at her phone. "Times up. I'll e-mail you Cass about this idea. Sounds interesting right now." The three of them stood up. Both Cassie and Stephanie packed up their bags.

"I guess I need one of those," Richard said looking at Cassie's bag.

"Comes in handy. I actually may have an extra one. I'll bring it to the house show on Saturday."

"Thank you," the two of them walked out of the room. "So," he started again as they walked towards catering. "I was wondering if you were doing anything tomorrow night," he looked down at her, crossing his arms behind his back.

"Uh, why do you ask?" She fixed her bag on her shoulder.

"Wanted to see if you wanted to join me for dinner."

Cassie crossed her right arm over her stomach, rubbing at her left arm.

"Sorry. I'm going out to dinner with my sister."

"Oh, well how about lunch?"

"Um," Cassie thought for a minute. She found it really weird that he wanted to take her out somewhere. They only knew each other for a few hours. "Sure," she smiled up at him.

"Really?"

"Yeah."

"Fantastic," he jumped slightly and hugged her. Cassie sort of stood there, arms at her side. Her eyebrows raised, as she smiled. "Sorry," he moved away from her. "I'm a hugger," he scratched at the back of his head.

"Obviously," she laughed. "It's alright. I just wasn't expecting it."

"Sorry again. So I'll see you tomorrow around one?"

"Sounds great," she smiled, grabbing at her bag again.

"Alright. See ya tomorrow," he waved and began walking off.

"See ya," she waved back. She then turned to head towards a table, but ran into somebody. She looked up to see Colby looking at her. "Oh hey! Sorry didn't see ya there…"

"Clearly. I've been saying Cassie for the past couple of minutes. Seems you were a bit distracted," he nudged his head towards Richard. Cassie looked to see the blonde talking to Bryan (Daniel Bryan). "What was that?"

Cassie turned back around to Colby. He looked mad. He was frowning and his arms were crossed over his chest.

"A hug?" Her shoulders raised slightly.

"A hug for what?"

"A hug because he is a hugger. He got excited about taking me to lunch apparently…"

His ears perked up, that sinking feeling coming back to him. Lunch? For what?

"He's taking you out to lunch? Business or a date?"

"I'm assuming business. He doesn't know me. Why would it be a date?" Colby went to say something, but Cassie cut him off. "You don't think it's a date right? That would be a little weird wouldn't it? Like I said he doesn't know me, but that's how dates start out sometimes…" she rambled on.

Colby's eyes narrowed. Why was she even excited to go out with the guy? Didn't Celeste tell Phil that prim and proper wasn't Cassie's taste? Cassie was more into guys like himself. He happened to be eavesdropping on the conversation, not that he cared about that information or anything.

He looked back over towards where Richard was standing, seeing that he was talking to not only Bryan, but Cena as well. The three of them looked like they were talking about something that they didn't want anybody else to hear. That wasn't sitting well with him, especially not after what Cena had said the other night.

"Business meeting," he said looking back down at Cassie. She stopped mid sentence about what to wear, and looked back up at him.

"Yeah, you're probably right," she started to head towards a table. He watched her sit down, shoulders slightly slumped forward. Colby walked over to the table and sat down next to her.

"I didn't mean it like you couldn't get a date with him…"

"Are ya sure? That's how it sounds to me." She took her bag off her shoulder and slammed it on the table.

"Cass, why would I compliment you last night and then say you couldn't get a date with what you say is a good looking guy?"

"I don't know. Would you like to explain?"

"I don't trust him."

Cassie turned and faced him.

"You don't know him. You are going by the fact that he is wearing a suit and tie. That is completely unfair," she kept shoving his finger on the table.

"You don't find it a bit weird that out of nowhere they hire some random guy when it took them months to find you?"

"He technically isn't hired. He's an intern. He doesn't get paid to work here. Maybe they just brought him in because he wants to work on another show."

"Turn it however you want, something doesn't sit well with me about him," he leaned back in his chair.

"Whatever," Cassie said turning back to her bag. She took out her notebooks, opening them up. "I'm over the subject. Business or date, I'm meeting up with him tomorrow."

"And I hope you have a joyous time," he got up from his seat, the chair making a screeching sound against the floor. He then walked away, and out of catering.

Cassie let out a heavy sigh, placing her head on the table.

"So stupid Cassie," she banged her head. "Why are you being so childish?" She really hated herself that she got so mad at Colby. All he was doing, was watching her back. But she didn't like the fact that he was judging somebody before getting to know them first. That's what he did with her, and now look at them.

She lifted her head up, and skimmed through her notebooks. She also didn't like the fact that he seemed jealous that she even considered going out with the guy.

She shrugged her shoulders, pushing it to the back of her head. She would apologize to him later on. She thought it would be best to let him cool off.


Colby slammed the door opened to The Shield's private locker room. He was beyond pissed off. He couldn't believe Cassie would accuse him of something so stupid.

His teammates, plus Phil, stopped what they were doing and looked up at him. He walked in, and quickly walked over to his stuff and sat down. He grabbed his bag and started rummaging through it, not looking for anything in particular.

"And to what do we owe this pleasure?" Jon was the first to say something, going back to taping up his wrists.

"Nothing. Just stupid women and stupid emotions," Colby snapped as he threw his bag on the ground. Jon looked back up at his friend.

"Please tell me you haven't been talking to Lesley…"

"No, Cassie."

"Cassie's stupid?" Phil asked. "I thought she was pretty smart…"

"Not when she twists your words into something that you didn't mean," he snapped again.

"Easy killer," Phil put his hand up in defense. "Don't know the situation, just saying."

"That stupid Richard guy is taking her to lunch tomorrow…"

"What jealous?" Jon's eyebrow raised.

"So I asked if it was for business or date," Colby continued, ignoring Jon. Joe's eyebrow raised as he noticed that Colby didn't answer Jon. Either he was ignoring Jon, or Colby was actually jealous.

"So what did she say?" Joe was now interested into the whole ordeal.

"She assumed business but then got excited that I even asked if it was a date. Why the hell would she even want to go out with a guy like that is beyond me…"

Phil couldn't help but turn away from the conversation, chuckling a bit. Colby was an idiot. 'Ah young love,' he thought to himself.

"Then I told her that it probably is a business meeting…"

Both Joe and Jon smacked the back of his head at the same time. Colby's head flew forward a bit.

"OW!" He grabbed the back of his head. "What the hell!?"

"Wait," Phil turned back around and got up. He walked over to Colby, and proceeded to smack him upside the head.

"OW!"

"Has anyone ever told you that you are an idiot?" Phil stood in front of him. Colby went to say something but Phil continued. "She is obviously a very insecure person…"

"What does she have to be insecure about?" Colby asked, rubbing his head.

"Who knows," Phil shrugged his shoulders. "Maybe she will tell us one day, but you assuming it as business when she's excited about it being a date, will make her feel like shit. You can't do that."

"I didn't mean it like that…"

"Doesn't matter. She has these kind of feelings for a reason. Saying what you said doesn't give her confidence."

Colby bowed his head slightly. He didn't think about that. The last thing he ever wanted to do was make Cassie feel insecure.

"Crap," he sighed.

"Crap is right moron," Phil walked back over and sat down. "I would appreciate it, after your match, that you apologize to her. Don't forget to call yourself an idiot a few times."

"I won't," he rubbed at his head again. "Did you guys really have to hit me that hard?"

"Yes," all three said at the same time.


After The Shield's match against Prime Time Players, Colby quickly showered and got redressed. He wanted to find Cassie before they all headed back to the hotel.

Phil and Jon refused to give him a ride back until he apologized.

"Jerks," he said zipping up his bag. He threw it over his shoulder and grabbed his championship belt. He left the locker room before the others even got back to the room.

He turned some corners and walked into the catering area. He was a bit shocked to see that Cassie hadn't moved away from the seat where he left her. This time however, she had some other visitors at her table. Visitors she wouldn't normally be with.

Bryan sat at the table, across from Cassie. Brie was next to him and that Richard guy was sitting next to her. Somebody must have said something funny, because everyone at the table laughed. Even Cassie laughed.

Colby stopped walking towards the table. Richard had looked up and smirked evilly at him. Colby's eyes narrowed as he continued on his way towards the table. He stopped next to Cassie's chair.

"Hey Colby," she looked up at him. "Happy you are here…"

"You ready to head back to the hotel?" Colby looked away from Richard and down at Cassie.

"Um actually, Richard and I have to meet up with Stephanie again. I was just coming to look for you…"

"I can see," he said a bit harshly. Cassie sat back, noticing the tone to his voice. She placed her arms in her lap.

"Sorry," she looked down at her hands. "I'll see you later then," she turned back to the table.

"Easy Colby," Bryan said. "She was really coming to find you until you walked into catering. Relax," he laughed slightly.

"And when exactly did the three of you become friends?" Colby questioned Bryan and Brie. "Your girlfriend made fun of her the other night."

"Which I have apologized for," Brie smiled. "I think we started out on the wrong foot. I came over to ask her if she wanted to start over."

"Which Cassie has given the ok for," Richard leaned his head on his hand, again smirking at Colby.

"Cass," Colby again looked away from Richard, down at Cassie. "Can I talk to you for a minute?"

"Sorry," she kept her eyes on her hands. "I really have to meet up with Stephanie," she picked up her bag from the floor. "I'll see you tomorrow," she got up and pushed past him. He tried grabbing her arm, but she quickly moved it away and continued out of catering.

"Way to go asshole," Brie said. Colby looked turned from watching Cassie, to her. "Couldn't keep your temper down for two seconds could you?"

"Brie stop it," Bryan looked at his girlfriend. "See ya around Colbs," he got up, Brie following. They then walked away from the table.

"I'm with Brie," Richard stood up fixing his jacket. "Way to be an asshole," he smirked.

"I don't know what your agenda is, but I'm on to you."

"I have no idea what you are talking about…"

"Whatever makes you sleep at night. Just remember this. You fucking hurt her, I swear to whatever God you believe in, I'm coming for you."

"Are you threatening me Mr. Lopez?" Richard frowned.

"It's a fucking promise," Colby hissed before turning and walking out of catering. He followed the signs to the back parking lot exit. When he got out there, Jon and Joe were waiting by the car for him.

"Did you apologize?" Jon asked, smoking the last of his cigarette.

"She's in a meeting. I'll find her tomorrow," Colby walked up to the car. He opened the door, threw his back in the back seat, got in and slammed the door behind him.

"That can't be good," Joe said as the other two members stared at Colby.

"Fucking Bi-Polar. To the bar!" Jon said as he walked to the drivers side and got in.

"Whiskey it is," Joe said getting into the car.


Can't wait to see some reactions to this chapter. So (I say that a lot), I, for the time that I was away, decided that for you, my lovely readers, can help me decide how to finally get Cassie and Colby together. How would you guys like to see it? I have a few ideas that I have written out, but every time I read them over, I don't like them. It's all you blue! Onto finishing up the next chapter, and reviews make me so very happy :-D