I want to thank you guys for reading and those that have reviewed it means a lot. I'm glad you like my random ramblings. Just a small disclaimer in the next chapter I'm going to be changing the actual storyline from Survivor Series in 2016 to fit my story better.
After several attempts at saying goodnight, and even more giddy goodnight kisses, Colby finally went back to his own room for the night. Both fell asleep with smiles on their faces.
The next morning, they got up to greet the chaos that was a paper view day. Colby had to do PR for the event early but they had agreed he would pick Lee up for lunch before either of them had to be at the arena.
They walked into the arena together like usual but this time hand in hand. As soon as they walked in the building they were greeted by outbursts from Austin, Ettore, and Kofi.
"Finally!" Ettore shouted.
"Praise Jesus, hallelujah!" Austin called out in a gospel preacher voice. Kofi simply clapped. Lee blushed and shook her head. Colby laughed and pulled her into his side.
"Now boys, don't make her blush," he leaned down and kissed the top of her head as they walked which made Lee flush even more but in happy way.
"You two are just too cute!" Austin exclaimed as he met them and leaned in and pinched Lee's cheek. She swatted his hand and laughed.
"Now don't get jealous, Austin. He's still all yours to play Madden with," she grinned.
"Oh come on, you don't want to play video games with us?" Colby teased.
Lee shook her head, "Break out the Rockband and we'll talk. But for now, I gotta go set up. Kickoff matches will need warmed up. Come get me when you head to catering."
"Ok," he leaned down and kissed her briefly before moving his arm from around her.
"Don't break him boys, "she smiled and waved her finger tips at them before heading down the hall.
Colby turned back to the New Day to see them all giving him mischievous grins, before converging on him to slap him on the back and congratulate him.
By the end of the night it seemed the entire roster knew Colby and Lee were openly more than friends. All the attention made Lee a little uncomfortable but she supposed she should start getting used to it.
The night went exactly as it was supposed to, ending with Colby being screwed out of the title once again. Lee was waiting for him when he came out of his locker room with a gatorade.
He smiled, slung his bag across his shoulder, and took the gatorade from her as they walked to the car.
"Nice match, is your knee bothering you at all?" Lee asked.
He took a drink and shook his head, "No. I should probably still ice it though."
"Your trainer wholeheartedly agrees," Lee answered. Colby laughed as they reached the car and threw his bag in the back. He climbed in behind the wheel and pulled out.
"Especially since you have another show tomorrow night, " Lee added.
"Yeah I have publicity stuff most of the day tomorrow too," he glanced over at her, expression thoughtful. "Hey, I was wondering if Tuesday you want to have like an actual date?"
She smiled, "I could go for that. What did you have in mind?"
"I'm not sure but I'll figure out something," he grinned and took her hand.
The next day was the RAW after Hell in a Cell and, as he said, Colby had events throughout the day. So Lee went to the gym by herself came back and called her mom.
"Hey, babe. How's the road life?" her mom answered.
"It's good, really good actually. I, uh, well something kind of happened-" she began a little nervously.
"You and that one you're always with finally figured out you're more than friends?!" her mom interrupted.
"Well, yeah-" Lee said a little surprised.
"Well, Lee, I'm hundreds of miles away and I could see that coming," she drawled.
Lee laughed, "Apparently everyone could."
"So tell me what happened," her mother said sounding more interested.
Lee smiled and began telling her the whole story. When she told her about Colby's confession her mom's reaction was hilarious, "Wow! This one sounds like a keeper, Lee!"
She smiled to herself, "Yeah, I think so too."
Right around that moment Colby called.
"Sorry, Mom, Colby is calling I need to see what's up," Lee said when his name popped up.
"Oh sure, I see where I rank, have a boyfriend five minutes and he's already more important than your own mother!" her mother laughed over the phone.
"No one will ever doubt where I got my sense of humor. I'll call you later, I love you, Mom," Lee smiled.
"I love you, too."
Lee switched over to talk to Colby, "Hey how's your day in front of the camera?"
"Long," he sounded tired. "I'm sorry but I'm just gonna have to meet you at the arena, we still aren't done."
"That's ok, pretty sure I haven't lost my driving skills, yet," Lee replied.
"I'm glad I haven't left you completely helpless. But I have some more bad news," Colby said hesitantly.
"Ok….I can take it, let me have it," Lee replied.
"We aren't going to be able to finish the interview portion today, I'm gonna have to come back in tomorrow and I won't be done 'til sometime in the evening probably….so I'm not sure we can go on that date, I haven't even had time to plan anything," Colby said sounding remorseful.
"Oh, that's ok," Lee said trying not to sound disappointed.
"No it isn't-"
"Yes, Colby, it is. I completely understand and we have all the time in the world to go on a date," she said.
"Are you sure?" he asked.
"Yes, now go work it for the camera. Give them your best sexy pout. I'll see you at the arena, I'll be the one with coffee," Lee joked.
"I'm not sure I deserve you," he said grinning.
"I agree," she teased.
"Ok, I'll see you in a little bit," Colby replied.
"Sounds good," Lee said before she hung up. She really was a little sad that they couldn't have their date, it would make it feel like something really was different with them, they weren't just friends who now made out occasionally. She was also sad she was gonna be by herself most of the day again tomorrow. She could always go explore the town like she did sometimes when the boys were busy...there was an idea.
She walked into the arena and down one hallway and then the next looking for Colby. Eventually she turned a corner and saw him standing with Pamela, Mercedes, and Rami. As she came toward him with her coffee carrier in hand he turned, saw her, and broke into a large grin.
"Excuse me," he said to the other superstars. He met her only a few steps away.
"Hey, I got you-" Lee started but then Colby took her by the waist and leaned down and kissed her hard. There were cat calls from their audience. They broke apart and he was still grinning, "I missed you today."
"Well maybe I'll just let you miss me more often if it gets me a greeting like that," she teased. He leaned down and kissed her again before letting go of her waist and taking the hand that wasn't holding coffee. They waved to the others and walked down toward what would be her office for the evening.
"So how did the photoshoot go?" Lee asked handing him his coffee.
He took a drink before replying, "Really long, they just had too many of us and wanted to do too many different shots."
"Is that why you guys didn't get everything done today?" Lee asked.
"Yeah, they still have interviews to set up the storylines for Survivor Series teams they want to get."
"And it's gonna run late?" Lee asked subtly.
"Probably only until around seven or eight. We could still grab dinner after if you want, and I should have time to hit up the gym with you and Claudio tomorrow," Colby said resigned.
"Yeah that sounds fine," Lee said smiling at him.
"I'm sorry I won't have time to plan anything more elaborate. I promise in the next city though, I'll find something cool and we will have a real date," he turned to face her fully as he said that.
"Colby, I don't mind just going out for pizza or something with you tomorrow," Lee assured him.
"I know, and I love that about you, but I want to take you on a real date. One I've planned and that's something special," he looked so serious. "Lee, I want you to know that you are special."
Lee stood on her tiptoes and kissed him lightly, "Thank you. Nobody makes me feel that way more than you. And we will go on a real, special date, don't worry." She took his hand again and they walked into her office.
The next day they went to the gym, as planned, and promised to meet up when his interview was done. What Colby didn't know is that she had talked to Joe and convinced him to text her when Colby was wrapping up his portion of the day. She also asked him to take a change of clothes for Colby in his own bag, Colby had informed her he was going to have to wear a suit all day and that attire wouldn't really work for her evening. Around seven Joe text her and Lee headed down to the studio where they were filming.
She walked in feeling underdressed next to the superstars in all their nice clothes. She was wearing high waisted cut off black jean shorts with a vintage, white Vans muscle tank. Her hair was teased and messy, her eyeliner was thick, and she had on her favorite black converse. All of the superstars greeted her and pointed her over towards the set where Colby was being interviewed.
She walked over as the interview fired off another question about his likelihood of being on the Survivor Series team. "I can be a team player, Matthew, but it's gonna take certain assurances if Stephanie and Mick want The Man on Team RAW," Colby replied. He glanced over and saw Lee, the barest hint of a smile registering before his eyes went back to the interviewer. The interviewer, however, turned to see Lee standing there.
"Who's this?" Matthew asked signaling him to let him know it was off camera.
"Oh, this is my girlfriend, Lee. She's a PT for the company," Colby replied. Lee blushed at his casual use of the word for the first time.
His interviewer looked over at her thoughtfully, "Lee, want to do a sound bite for us? No worries, if it doesn't work we just won't use it."
Lee had to fight to keep her composure and looked at Colby, he shrugged, "It's up to you. You never signed up for on film appearances."
Lee hesitated, "Well, ok, but please don't feel obligated to use it."
The interviewer, Matthew, smiled, "Excellent. Ok, I'm going to ask you who she is again and you introduce her as...your date, maybe? We wouldn't want to damage your ladies appeal by tying you down to a girlfriend." The man chuckled and Colby joined him, "Oh they've been calling her that since our first photo on instagram a few months ago. It's only recently become the truth, though, but that sounds like a plan. I probably won't mention her name, either if you don't mind, we're trying to keep her from having too many crazy fans stalk or threaten her."
"That sounds good," Matthew replied. While the two talked an assistant had come over and attached a microphone to Lee's collar.
"Ok, here we go," the two men reset and one of the cameras was turned on Lee.
Colby glanced over at her briefly again with a more noticeable smile. Matthew glanced over, "Seth, who is this?"
"Oh, this is my date, Mathew. So if we could wrap this up, I'm running late," Colby winked at her.
Matthew turned to Lee, "So let's ask you, what do you think Team Raw's chances are, if they can get Seth to join the team?"
Lee smirked, "I think the better question is 'Do they really think they have a chance of taking down smackdown without him on the team?'"
Matthew smiled, "Well I suppose your answer may be a little biased."
Lee raised her eyebrows, "Matthew, right? I might be biased when I say Seth is the hottest guy on the roster," she winked back to Colby. "But when I say Team Raw needs him to win, it's not biased," she made eye contact with Colby again. "It's because he's Seth..Freakin..Rollins and that's what he does," she turned back to Matthew with a shrug during the last of the line.
Matthew grinned, "Well it looks like you have one fan in your corner, Seth."
"I'd say I do," Seth smiled at her.
"Well I know we here at (insert television network here) will all be watching to see if RAW, with or without 'The Architect', can indeed prove they are the superior brand at Survivor Series. Seth thanks for stopping by," he held out his hand for Colby to shake.
Colby took it, "Thanks for having me."
"That's a wrap," both men turned back to Lee who was handing her mic back to a sound tech.
"That was great," Matthew exclaimed.
Colby took off his mic and handed it over before walking to Lee with a huge grin, "That was amazing! Are you sure you don't want to become an on screen personality?" he placed his hands around her as she put her arms up around his neck.
"One hundred percent positive," she replied before he leaned down press his lips to hers for a long moment.
"So not that I'm complaining, but what are you doing here? I thought I was gonna come by and grab you for dinner afterwards," he asked when he pulled back.
"Well actually," she grinned a little shyly, "I decided to surprise you with our date anyway"
"What?"
"With a little help from Joe I made some plans for us," with that she turned and led him over to Joe who was already holding up the change of clothes with a mischievous grin.
"I grabbed the first pair of jeans I could find and the hoodie and shoes you left by your bag," Joe said handing them to him.
Colby turned and looked at Lee with wonder, "What are we doing?"
"You'll find out, now go change, we have places to be," she said with laughter in her eyes.
He leaned down and kissed her on the cheek, "Ok, I'll be back in a minute."
Lee turned to Joe, "Thanks for helping me, Joe."
The big man grinned, "I didn't do much but I don't mind, anytime, Doc. I hope those clothes will work."
"I'm sure they're fine. How much longer do you have before they let you go rest, big guy?" Lee questioned.
"Oh I think I'm up after Kevin gets done," he said.
"Well you look great, all spiffed up," Lee said gesturing to his suit. He resettled his jacket and smiled, "Do I look like James Bond?"
"If James Bond were Samoan and huge," she laughed. Colby walked out then in his jeans and hoodie, suit in hand.
"Ok, I'm ready to be abducted," Colby stated.
"Good, I like when my hostages go willingly," Lee responded. "See you tomorrow, Joe."
"You crazy kids have fun," Joe chuckled.
"Will you just tell me where we're going?" Colby asked for the tenth time while they were in the car.
"We're going exactly where we said we were going," Lee answered cheekily. Colby looked confused as he tried to remember any plans.
"All we said was dinner somewhere…"
"Well that's where we're going first," she pulled into the parking lot of a small pizzeria. "I told you I was happy to just get pizza with you," she unbuckled her seatbelt. "But this is supposed to be the best pizza in the city and they have a lot of specialty pizzas like buffalo chicken, bacon cheeseburger, chicken alfredo, stuff like that. Come on," she beckoned as she got out of the car. Colby followed her coming up to her side to take her hand and open the door going in.
Inside they were seated and ordered four different kinds of pizza by the slice. By the end they were daring each other to take another bite of the ghost pepper and steak pizza.
As they laughed Colby added, "You sure know the way to a guy's heart-"
"Pizza, duh!" Lee laughed.
He laughed too and took her hand again, "No, but this was perfect, thanks for taking me out."
"Oh we aren't done, yet," Lee replied looking slightly offended. "You severely underestimate my date planning abilities."
Just then the waitress arrived with the check, Colby reached for it but Lee took it from him, "No this is my date, I asked you out," she said slipping some cash into the envelope and handing it back to the girl, "Thank you."
"Oh well I don't mind this, I'll be a kept man," Colby laughed. Lee turned and patted his cheek, "That's right, you're my arm candy, gotta make sure you're taken care of," she teased. "Are you ready for our next destination?"
"Lead the way," he said gesturing her out of the booth. They returned to the car and Lee maneuvered them a little more into downtown.
"So I'm not sure how well this next part will go," Lee said a little nervously. "So there is this famous club here that a bunch of the greats have played at; The Beastie Boys, Patti Smith, The Ramones, Blondie. And there is this wall where every band that plays there signs and kind of writes their own words of wisdom. Now a lot of them played here when they first started so the advice is usually like 'don't give your last dollar to your girlfriend' or shit like that, but it sounded kind of cool. And there is a band playing tonight that is supposed to be pretty good, they're still pretty local, they aren't really established, yet. But some of the reviews on them said they had an early Sticks vibe and I thought that could be fun. But if it's lame we can totally bail and just go get coffee and walk around or something, too," she finished as they pulled into a parking garage and paid.
Colby was grinning at her, "That sounds awesome."
"It does? Good," she replied looking a little relieved before pulling into a parking spot.
They got out of the car and Colby walked around in front of her and put his hands on her shoulders, "No matter what tonight, I'm just happy I get to have you. Thank you for tonight, thank you for planning all of this when I had to work. Thank you for understanding that. You really are too good for me," he moved one of his hands to tangle in her hair and the other to the small of her back. He pulled her to him and kissed her for what felt like hours. Both of them deepening the kiss. By the time they pulled apart they were breathing a little heavily and both were smiling foolishly.
"Come on," Lee finally said slipping into the crook of his arm as they walked to the entrance of the club.
They were let right in with a WWE name drop. They went in, found the wall and spent half the night laughing at the drunken messages written on it. The band played and were fantastic. They danced a little, laughed a lot, and spent half the night making out without caring who was around. Around 1 in the morning the band shut down and they decided to make their way back to the hotel.
"That is the best night I've had in a long time," Colby said as they got on the elevator. He turned and brought his hands to her hips so they were facing each other. Lee put her hands on his chest, "I'm glad we're on the same page."
"How can I ever thank you," he leaned down brushed her hair back as he began to lightly kiss her neck.
"Hmmm, could you get me Dean Ambrose's autograph," she bit her lip. Colby groaned and threw his head back, Lee began to laugh as the door opened.
"I have another idea," he said pulling her with him down the hallway. He began walking backwards slowly so he could lean down and kiss her. They eventually made it to her door but were startled when Colby knocked over something in front of it. They both looked down to see he'd spilt a vase full of dark purple lilies, next to it was a card and jewelry box.
"You've got to be kidding me," Colby said as he reached down righted the flowers and picked up the other two items. He handed Lee the card:
Time draws nearer, Little Lamb. In two weeks our paths shall merge again.
-W
Colby opened the box to reveal a silver pendant with a ruby in the middle.
"This is ridiculous," Colby said disgusted, "This is going to stop, he's not going to terrorize you every time we're in the same city as them." He began to pace.
Lee sighed, "Let's just forget about it for now, leave the flowers here. Come in, I'll put the card away and I'll leave the necklace for a housekeeper or something."
"No, I think I need to go cool off," Colby said.
"Ok," Lee answered looking down. Colby stopped pacing and placed his hand under her chin raising it so she'd look at him. Then he pulled her to him and kissed her sweetly.
"I had an amazing time tonight," he smiled and looked into her eyes. "I don't want to ruin it by losing my temper in front of you."
Lee nodded her head, "Ok, goodnight, then."
He leaned in a kissed her one last time, "Goodnight, Lee."
Colby stormed into the room he shared with Joe, thankful he was still awake.
"I can't believe it!" Colby growled as he nearly slammed the door.
Joe looked up from his phone, "what's got your panties in a twist? Lee not kiss you goodnight?" he snickered.
"He's still sending her stuff. He's still threatening her for when the shows come together again," Colby exclaimed furious. "But this is going to end, I'm talking to him before Survivor Series!"
Joe looked really perplexed, "What are you talking about? Someone is threatening Lee?"
Colby looked at him, "Did I never tell you? I thought I did, I told Lee to go to you or Claudio if she couldn't find me."
"Man, she can come to me for whatever but I have no idea what you're talking about," Joe replied.
Colby leaned against the dresser facing Joe's bed, "Windham Rotunda, he started pretty much stalking her after she had been here only a week or two. He's gone off the deep end, man. Since the brand split he's still been sending her flowers, cards, chocolates, jewelry. He sent her a necklace with a promise he would be with her in two weeks!" Colby started pacing again.
"Calm down, we won't let him around her," Joe said getting up and putting his hand on Colby's shoulder, trying to calm him.
Colby sagged and turned away, "I should have done something. I should have done something when she first mentioned it. She shouldn't have had to be scared the last couple of months."
"Why didn't you?" Joe asked.
"She said there wasn't any real evidence to take it to anybody with authority in the company. She said they would just get rid of her to eliminate the problem. I didn't want to start something with her at the center and put her job in jeopardy," he looked ashamed.
"You know that those are all legitimate reasons," Joe said.
"I guess." Colby said sitting on the bed. "It was just seeing those flowers and stuff tonight."
"Was Lee freaked out too?" Joe asked.
"No, I think it was almost worse, it was like she expected it. She keeps the notes in case something happens. It's like she's just waiting. She's just let it become part of her life. I feel like that's my fault, looking over her shoulder for some nutcase should never be normal. If I had taken care of her from the beginning it wouldn't be," Colby said angrily.
"Hey, this is not your fault! You don't know what would have happened if you had confronted him before or turned him in? He may have had some sort of breakdown or something. The important thing is for you to be there for her now. Are you sure she wasn't scared? That she wasn't just putting on a brave face for you?" Joe questioned.
Colby thought about, "Maybe, she could have been, she has before."
"Well look, Colby, you can't change if she's been scared the last couple of months but you can tonight. Go see if she's alright," Joe said.
Colby looked up at him then stood, "You're right, I'll go check on her."
"And don't stress it man, we will take care of this," Joe added.
"Thanks, man," Colby said and they gave each other a pat on the shoulder before Colby went back out the door.
Colby knocked on Lee's door, once again late at night, and once again she answered in her Shield t-shirt. This time he could tell she hadn't been sleeping, though. In fact her eyes were still a little red...as if she'd been crying.
"Hey, Colby, are you ok?" she asked leaning against the open door.
"That's what I came to ask you. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have walked away like that. I should have been here for you," he said sincerely sorry.
"It's ok, I'm fine, Colby," Lee said.
He stepped forward and cupped her face, "Are you?" he asked seriously.
She looked at him for second and then turned her face away as she started to tear up. He pulled her into a hug and walked them into her room, shutting the door behind them.