White Flags
Chapter seven; break

A/N: I do not own any of the characters mentioned besides Cora Worthington my OC. Thank you to those who are following this story and for the reviews. I had a total friend's moment while writing. It's greatly feel free to leave feedback, it's always welcomed :)- xHWS

"I missed her".

Cora felt her heart shatter at the Seth's word. It was as if her whole world was crashing down around her. She felt sick at the near thought that she wasn't enough for him, that he missed a piece of their past. She swallowed the lump in her throat she looked up at him.

"Cora" he said as if he was talking to a child. Reaching out he grabbed ahold of Cora's arm only for her to yank it away as if his touch burned her.
"I can't do this again." her voice coming out more confident than she was.

"Nothing happened, I swear" he looked at her, eyes pleading with hers to believe him.
"Just like last time when you got caught sharing photos right?" she hissed at the champion.
"Cora we were on a break when that happened." His hand reached out for hers once again only for her to put her hands up.
"You still sent her naked photos! It's not like we completely stopped talking!" She said raising her voice.
"WE WHERE ON A BREAK" He yelled. Cora shook her head at his words.
"Don't come home tonight." She bellowed as she looked at him with an expression of both hurt and disgust as she walked by him leaving the locker room.
Seth watched as she walked off. He ran his hand through his hair mad at himself. He had no clue how to fix the mess he created.

Outside the locker room Cora took a deep breath and let it out as she composed herself. A couple of her co-workers looked at her expecting some time of meltdown but Cora wasn't going to let that happen. Not while she was at work.

Paige was leaning against the wall with the Bella Twins as Cora rounded the corner into the cafeteria. Stopping in the middle of their conversation they watched as Cora made her way towards them.
"Hey killa!" Nikki was the first to break the silence as she nudged Cora's shoulder. Cora gave them a small but sad smile.
"Hey" she replied quietly as she glanced around the cafeteria.
"She left. Word is you beat her good," Brie said as she watched her friend carefully. Cora simply shrugged as warped her arms tightly around herself.
"Coco we're all going out tonight after the show, you should come too!" Paige chirped. She along with Nikki and Brie thought that a girl's night was what Cora needed to get tonight off her mind and take away some of the stress.
"Pretty please" Nikki and Brie both said together pouting their lips. Cora looked at all three of the divas. She knew they meant well, and after the night she was having she could use a drink.
"Okay fine" she said agreeing to the night out with the girls. Paige, Nikki, and Brie smiled as they grouped hugged the ginger diva.

After finishing the live episode of RAW, Cora robe back with Paige to their house in Tampa. She was beyond grateful that tonight's show happened to be only a few minutes away from her home away from home. "Tonight is going to be so much fun!" Paige smiled ear to ear as they pulled into the driveway. "Nikki and Brie will be here soon so hurry up and get ready," she added as she parked the car. Cora mentally rolled her eyes as she got out of the car. Despite it being awhile since she'd had the chance to go out with the girls, she knew the routine. First it was picking up Nattie from her house, followed by picking up Paige and her and then finally meeting a couple of the other divas at their favorite local bar, the Tikki Hunt.

Following Paige into the house she took her bag and went up to her bedroom. Opening the door she was greeted by the familiar smell of Seth's cologne from earlier. She sighed as she sat down on the bed. Running her fingers through her hair she refused to cry. She did not want to let it bother her. As upset as she was, she was more angry than anything. The fact Seth had the nerve to see Zahara behind her back bugged her to no end. She knew quite well he knew the backlash that would come from it.

The whole feud with Zahara started because of Seth and her trading photos during the month and half that Cora and Seth had decided on taking a break. Cora tried to be okay with it, after all it was Cora who wanted a break from their relationship due to Seth being called up to the main roster and she being left behind at NXT. But to her it was like they never actually went on a break. They still texted each other and would see each other during their downtimes. Finding out about the nude photos broke Cora's heart. She had found about two months after they had officially got back together. At the time Cora had been called to the main roster and Zahara was jealous. Jealous that Seth and Cora were back together and that Cora was moving up and she wasn't. Zahara used the photos as away to get back at Seth by sending screen shots of their conversations to Cora, who flipped out and went off on Zahara backstage more than once over it. Even now just seeing her made Cora's blood boil and the fact Seth missed her crushed the diva.

Ever since the nude scandal, Cora found it hard to feel like she was enough for the champion. Between the way he talked to her in front of his so called friends and than telling her he missed Zahara was a huge hit to her ego.

"Hey cupcake?" Paige's voice ripped Cora from her thoughts.
"Yeah?" Cora looked at the door where Paige stood.
"You know it's okay if you don't want to go, I know you've had a rough night".
Cora smiled at her friend; thankful for the option she was giving her. "No I need this. I need to drink this off my mind".