As they walked out of Hunter's Office, Seth had a smile on his face, he couldn't believe his luck. He held the door open for The Raven, she mumbled "Thank you." The Raven could see Randy by the elevators, he was waiting for her. He had called her more than a dozen times and left numerous text messages, since she had left 3 months ago. She chose to ignore him, she felt there was nothing left to be said, obviously he disagreed. She certainly did not want to deal with him on her first day back, she knew she was being a coward but she would talk to him another day. Randy started to walk toward her, oh shit she thought not here.
Suddenly, Seth stood in front of her asking her a question. Randy stopped in his tracks and The Raven felt relieved. She turned her attention to Seth and gave him her most charming smile. "I am sorry Seth. What did you say?"
"I was asking you if you wanted to go to lunch? We can come up with a schedule of when we can practice."
"That's sounds like a great idea, I am starved." The Raven said as she saw Randy get onto an elevator.
They had decided to take her car, since Seth had come with Dean and Roman to the meeting. Once they were in her car, Seth asked, "So, what was that between you and Randy?" The Raven turned to look at Seth, "You noticed that?", she said a little catch off guard. "I notice everything.", especially when it comes to you, he thought. "It was a misunderstanding that I have to clear up. I just didn't feel like dealing with him at the moment but I will." She smiled at Seth, "Thanks for rescuing me, so, did you still want to go to lunch?" Seth smiled back, "Of course, we have to see when we can get together to come up with this routine that Hunter wants."
They had stopped at a local burger joint and sat in a booth facing each other. The waitress gave them each a menu and took their drink orders. The Raven looked up from her menu and stared at Seth, remembering the first time she had met him, he of course was Tyler Black then. She remembered how gorgeous she thought he was and the tattoo of the seven Chinese characters on his back. His hair at the time as just dark brown, now he had the right side dyed blond, it seemed to only add to his handsomeness. She remembered how they almost kissed but were interrupted by Mike. How Seth had effected her body, she remembered his closeness causing her arms and back to be covered in goose bumps and how she could not tear her eyes away from his as they stared at each other. Only afterwards, to be disappointed in finding out he had a girlfriend. He and his Shield buddies had debut in the WWE in November of 2012 about 10 months ago. At first, she wasn't sure if it was him because he was now going by Seth Rollins and part of his hair was dyed blond. She would often catch him starring at her either in the cafeteria or at the ring, when she was practicing with Kane or one of the trainers. He never approached her which was fine with her, because she considered him a jerk. She heard about his many one night stands, suddenly Seth looked up from his menu. He had felt her eyes on him, he could not make out her expression.
"What are you thinking?", asked Seth.
"I was thinking how your hair suits you. I like it, it makes you stand out from the rest." The Raven lied, kinda.
"Thanks" Seth replied as he grinned at her.
The Raven looked back at her menu, then back at Seth, "Actually, I lied."
Seth looked up at her confused.
"I was thinking about the first time we met." The Raven said a little annoyed. Seth smiled, "I have often thought about it myself."
"O really, and what exactly do you think about? The one that got away?" The Raven said sarcastically.
Seth did not like The Raven's tone of voice, "Wait, what are you talking about?"
"I am talking about how we almost kissed until we were interrupted. Then, I find out later you have girlfriend. I will not be another notch on your post, Seth." The Raven huffed.
"I am not trying to get you into my bed, Raven. I am not a player." Seth replied defensively, but it was a weak defense considering that is what he had been doing for the past couple of months since his break up with Elizabeth.
The Raven laughed, "O really, then why are you always starring at me, plus that is not what I hear."
Seth blushed a little, yes he was always starring at her but not for the reasons she was thinking. "Look, Raven I can explain."
But The Raven would hear none of it, "You maybe handsome, Seth and use to all girls throwing themselves at you, but don't think your going to get into my pants."
Seth was getting tired of her ranting and snapped, "Well, I am not asking to get into your pants, but from what Randy says it is not too hard to do." Seth said angrily, he instantly regretted his words.
The Raven felt her blood boil, she stood up and grabbed her drink and dumped it over Seth's head. "Aww", he cried out as he felt the cold, sticky liquid trickle down his body. "You can find your own way back, you asshole." The Raven said as she stormed out of the restaurant.
The waitress looked at Seth sympathetically and gave him towel to dry off. "What the hell just happened?", he asked out loud to no one in particular. "Women! Who the hell knows dude but you really pissed her off." said the guy with a smirk, at the table across from him. Seth pulled his phone out of his back pocket and called Roman, "Hey man, can you come pick me up?" He called Roman because he knew Dean was going give him shit about this.
"What happened?"
"Hell, if I know. Can you bring me a shirt too?"
"What you love birds got into fight already?" Seth could feel Roman smiling at the other end of the phone. "Roman, I don't need this shit right now, just come and get me, already." Seth was trying hard to contain his anger and not take it out on his Shield brother.
"Alright, alright don't get all bent out of shape little Ninja, I will be there soon." Roman hung up before Seth could respond. He rolled his eyes, he could already hear the ragging he was going to get for this.
The Raven slammed the door to the hotel room she was sharing with Kane. "Hey, Rave what's wrong?" Kane was startled by her behavior. "Seth Rollins is a jerk that's what's wrong." The Raven sat next to Kane on the sofa. He put his book down and asked, "What happened?"
When she had finish explaining what had transpired at the restaurant, Kane burst out laughing.
"Its not funny!"
"Like hell it isn't."
"So, you think its funny, he pretty much called me whore!" The Raven shouted. She was really getting annoyed with Kane.
"But, isn't that what you pretty much called him?", The Raven looked at Kane with narrow eyes and a clutched jaw. "Who's side are you on anyways?"
"Yours, I will always be on your side Raven. But I need to also let you know when I think you may have overreacted." The Raven's mouth dropped open. He was sounding like her therapist. In the three months The Raven had been gone, she had decided to go back to Dr. Evelyn Reeves. She was the therapist who had helped her during her cutting days and with the loss of her brother Apollo. Dr. Reeves had shown The Raven how she was using sex to avoid dealing with her true feelings.
Kane was starting to get irritated with The Raven. "Shit, Raven that happened like 3 years ago. You don't know what he was going through, plus you didn't even let him try to explain."
"Explain! Explain what, how he was coming on to me while he had a girlfriend." She said outraged by Kane's attitude.
"Do you know he broke up with her prior to his debut with the WWE? She was cheating on him with some co-worker. You should have given him a chance and if he gave you some bullshit then you could have thrown your drink at him. You know, we have to work with him and his Shield brothers for the next couple of months and you are just making things difficult for yourself." He said patiently, as if she were one of his teenage daughters.
"Thank you very much Dr. Phil.", she said mockingly as she got off the sofa. The Raven groaned in frustration because she knew Kane was right.
"Your Welcome smart ass, I will send you my bill." Kane shook his head and went back to reading his book.
"Arrgh!", The Raven screamed as she plopped onto her bed face down. She did exactly everything Dr. Reeves told her not to do. She evaded Randy and overreacted with Seth to avoid her feelings. This was definitely going to be harder than she thought.