White Flags
Chapter nine; one to many

A/N: Here's a little bit of bitchy/grumpy Cora. Look forward to next chapter when things start getting real for Seth. 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.- xHWS

Cora groaned as she opened her eyes to the sun brightening up her room. The sound of Paige along with heavy footsteps and doors opening and closing had ripped her from her drunken dream. The first thing she noticed was the pounding in her head and the fact she was in bed bare naked. Rubbing her eyes she attempted to sit up. "Oh god" she whined grabbing her head.

"I put some Motrin on the end table for you" Seth said startling Cora as she walked in.
"What are you doing here?" she asked pulling the cover to her bare chest.
"Well lets see," Seth started as he sat on the edge of the bed resting his hand on her covered leg "I got a call from Dean telling me you where drunk of your ass and that you where begging for me". Cora looked at him confused. She didn't even remember running into Dean last night. "You threw up on yourself last night after I got here. Paige and me had to wash you and of course you were stuborned refused to get dressed. That's why you're naked" he added.
"Oh" Cora replied blushing out of embarrassment. She didn't even remember drinking enough to get that drunk. But then again, she always had been a lightweight with her alcohol. Seth smiled a little seeing her redden cheeks.

"Don't worry Coco, nothing I haven't seen before" he teased as her rubbed her leg. Cora rolled her eyes, not finding the humor.
"Where did you sleep?" she asked, a hint of annoyance in her voice. Despite being thankful for Seth taking care of her, she still was mad at him.
"Couch. But I wouldn't say I slept. I keep coming up to check on you" he replied removing his hand from her leg.
"Oh" she replied looking at him in the face for the first time since he came in. She could see the circles that had formed under eyes and his hair looked like a mess as it tried breaking free from the hair tie constricting it. "Thanks… for making sure I didn't like, choke to death on my own vomit".

"Anything for my girl" he replied as he scooted up closer to her. Cora sucked in her breath at the closeness between her and Seth.

Seth mentally smirked as he watched her body postion. He knew her like a book, he knew what buttons to push to get the response he wanted. And right now, he wanted her forgiveness so he wouldn't have to deal with backstage backlash from her friends.

"Can we talk about last night? Now that you've had a chance to calm down?" the two toned champ asked.
"I have to get ready to tape smackdown" she said not wanting to discus last night quite yet. Not when her head felt like it could explode any second and given the fact she was still trying to process everything that had went down backstage. Seth nodded his head and moved so she could get up. He watched as she quickly grabbed a stray towel from the floor wrapping it around her body and going into adjoining bathroom.

He sighed as the door shut. Just by the action of avoiding the question he knew that Cora was not going to let him off easy on this one. Not the least bit. Looking on the nightstand he couldn't help but to smile at the picture that was displayed in a wooden frame. The picture was of Cora and him at a Chicago Bears game. She had gotten him the tickets as a gift for their anniverstiry. It was by far his favorite date night.

Cora stood in the bathroom as steam from the shower fogged the mirror. Running her fingers through her head she took deep breaths calming herself down. She didn't know how to feel about Seth. One minute he's rude the next minute he's treating her like a princess. She was tired of his bipolar ways. Dropping the towel she stepped into the shower wincing at the stinging of the too hot water. Despite it burning, the water felt nice on her skin. She breathed in and exhaled slowly as she allowed the water to calm her mind and hopefully curing her of her hangover.

Twenty minutes later Cora emerged from the bathroom with a pink towel around her body and a matching one in her hair. Seth looked up from his phone at the sound of the door creaking open.
"About time, I figured you drowned or something" he said jokily as she walked over to her dresser.
'funny" she bluntly replied pulling a pair of underwear from the drawer.
"It took twenty minutes for you to shower. And what a hour for you to look decent?" Seth joked again. Cora bit her tongue
"Shut up".
"Coraline Jay, you don't have to be a bitch" he said teasing her. Cora though, wasn't in the mood for his jokes. She felt like her brain was knocking on her skull with every move she made.
"Don't be a dick Seth"
"What is your problem, is it your time of the month?" Cora glared over her shoulder at him and if looks could of killed, Seth would have been dead in a heartbeat.
"You know what Seth, if you're going to be a fucking dick to me just fucking leave" she spat at him fed up.

Seth was taken back at the tone Cora used. He could count on one hand how many times he had heard her talk back to him like that. "You're seriously being a huge bitch right now Cora. I just don't even want to be around you right now" he said getting off the bed.
"Good I don't even want to be around you right now" she shot back. Seth huffed and puffed his chest out.
"Whatever Coraline. I'll see you later".

"What a dick" she muttered to herself as she watched Seth stalk out of the bedroom. She was not dealing with his crap tonight. Taking a deep breath she shook off her negative thoughts and finished getting dressed for the night. She had a feeling tonight was going to be a long night.