The ring was surrounded by the wrestlers for their weekly meeting with Vince McMahon or some other WWE official. This week, Triple H stood up in the ring. He discussed the upcoming tour, the night's card for Raw, and updates on other wrestlers. Mr. McMahon continued his speech, "... Also, as some of you might have heard, Hadlynn will be bringing her daughter on the road with her for now on. Make some sort of attempt to help her out. This will not an easy time for her. That'll be all, everybody."
Roman was first away from the meeting, heading off to meet Hadlynn at her locker room. When he arrived, he saw Hadlynn playing with her baby. The baby laughed on and on, Hadlynn joining in. "Well, somebody is having fun, aren't they?"
"We're both having tons of fun, actually," Hadlynn said. She stood up, holding the little girl in her arms. Hadlynn handed Eleanor to Roman. "Hey, I have to go get ready for my match tonight. My outfit is being tailored, and they need me to go get fitted and everything. Mommy will be right back. I'll see you soon."
Roman tickled the little girl. She was wearing her little pink monster costume again. She grabbed his fingers, sucking on the index of his right hand. The door opened, revealing Dean and Renee. They laughed at the sight of Roman's muscular physique cuddling with a tiny little pink fluffy ball.
Renee walked over, tickling the baby's tummy. "How's this little princess doing? I heard she's chilling with us on the road for awhile. That's going to be totally crazy."
"Well, we have a great staff to help," Dean added as he pulled at a teddy bear for the baby to play with. Eleanor cooed at the adults in the room. She bounced on Roman's lap. "Roman, we got to go get ready for our match tonight. Our promo is first and then we have our tag match against the New Day."
Roman nodded, handing baby Eleanor off to Renee while he headed to his locker room to get ready. After about 20 minutes, Roman returned. He had his light contacts in and his vest on. Eleanor turned to him, stopping in mid-laugh. She hid her face in Renee, crying. Roman came over, causing Eleanor to cry even harder. Then Hadlynn re-entered the room.
"She's just scared because of your contacts," she said, picking the baby up and rocking her in her arms. The baby's cried steadily vanished; she looked out at Roman who was smiling. She began to smile, too. She seemed to have calmed down from earlier.
Hadlynn finished her match, heading back to her locker room. She was cut off by Dean Ambrose. He looked incredibly pissed off. He pulled her into a side room, slamming the door. He yelled right in her face, "You want to fight Seth Rollins next week? Are you crazy?"
"Yes, I am, but that's not the point here," Hadlynn answered, attempting to exit. Dean cut her off again. "Listen, this is my business. You shouldn't be concerned with what I'm doing with my life. I wouldn't ask for the match and if I know I'd get hurt, alright?"
"Think of all the things he's put you through," Dean said, freaking out. "He kidnapped you, hurt you, attempted to hurt Eleanor, tied you up..."
"Johnathon," said Hadlynn. Dean stopped, giving her a psychotic look. He looked deranged and crazy. "I know what I'm doing. I know you're looking out for me here, but you really gotta just let me fly solo on this one."
Dean continued to hold his deranged look. He was breathing heavily with clenched fists. The closet the two were in was small. He took a couple steps towards the girl, basically pinning her against the wall. She looked deep into his eyes, raising her eyebrows out of fear. She spoke barely above a whisper, "You're really scaring me"
Dean opened the closet door, leaving her alone. Hadlynn held a straight face, walking to her room slowly. She smiled at some people as they pasted her. There was a lot that filled her mind; she grew stressed. As she opened her locker room door, she saw her baby asleep in Roman's arms. He was asleep too. She picked the resting girl up, placing her in her baby's carrier; Hadlynn shook Roman awake. He smiled at her.
"How'd you match go?"
"I won. How was Eleanor treating you after your amazing battle?"
"She was just fine,"Roman said as Hadlynn put on her t-shirt. "But, what isn't fibe, is that you asked for that match. You know why that's not at all a good idea. He could really hurt you."
Hadlynn rolled her eyes, packing up all of her and her baby's things. She sighed, before speaking. "I just explained this to Dean. I really don't want to have to do this for a second time. Now, I know what I'm doing and what I'm getting into. I would never intentionally put myself in danger. So, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go pack to the hotel to have an awkward night bunking with Dean."
"He only does this kind of stuff because he cares."
"Yeah? Well, that's everybody else's excuse, too. And I'm tired of it."