White Flags
Chapter fourteen; monday night raw

A/N:I hope you enjoy. I own no one but my oc Cora. Thank you for reading, make sure to leave reviews :)- xHWS

Monday night crept up on Cora. The days leading up were lonely and long for Cora. After Seth had left she cut of her communication from the outside world and avoided leaving her house until it was absolutely nessiary to do so. Most of her time was consumed with One Tree Hill on Netflix and glasses of red wine.

Getting out of her rental car, she dreaded tonight's show. Rolling her bag behind her she walked into the arena that was already full of life sing how she arrived later than normal. The backstage was full of superstars, divas and backstage personae that were preparing for the nights show. Keeping her head down she made her way to the locker room that she was sure was full of her friends.

"Well there you are sunshine, I figured you'd died or something. You've been MIA all weekend." Paige said seeing the ginger walk into room. Cora gave a half smile in response. She wasn't in any mood to be sociable. Paige frowned at the lack of response from her friend.

"What's wrong?" the raven headed diva asked.
"I'm fine, just tired" she lied sitting down in the open makeup chair. Paige knew better but decided against pushing the diva to open up. She just nodded her head.
"Are you ready for your match tonight?" Paige asked changing the subject.

"Yeah." Cora replied as she glanced down at her phone reading through the multiple text messages she'd missed.
"Good" Paige commented as she slid out of her chair. "I'm going to head to catering, come join me and the other girls after you get ready. We've missed you this weekend".
"I'll see you in a bit" Cora faked smiled as Tara, one of the make up artist, started prepping her face for her makeup. Paige smiled and left the locker room.

Meanwhile, Seth entered the catering area in hopes of finding Cora. After Cora didn't show up for the reading, he was a little worried. Cora never ran late. Something he always teased her about. Scanning the room he noticed Paige along with the Bellas and Nattie but no sight of Cora.

"Have you girls seen Cora?" the Champion asked as she approached the divas.
"Locker room" Paige responded.
"Thanks Paige" Seth replied walking out towards the Divas locker room.

His stomached twisted and turned upside down with every step closer to the locker room. Seth had no clue how seeing Cora was going to go. The two hadn't spoken a word since their fight Friday night. All he knew was they needed to play the role of being a loving couple for the crowd and more importantly their bosses, who Cora was already on their bad side after not showing up for the read through.

Keeping his head up he walked into the locker room with purpose. Cora, who was bent over searching through her bag, peeked up to see that had walked in. Her stomach dropped at the sight before her.

"Go." Her voice flat and cold as she went back to searching through her bag.
"Coraline. Don't be like this." He responded walking closer to her. His hand touched her shoulder causing her to jerk her arm as if he had burnt her.
"If you won't go, I will" she said stepping to the side to get around him. Seth stuck his hand out stopping her.

"We need to talk about this Cora," he said quietly as he studied her face. Her eyes looked everywhere but his. "Please let me explain babe. Please".

Cora folded her arms under her chest, "You have three minutes". Seth smiled a bit; happy she was giving him a chance. His fingers pushed a couple of loose strains of her hair behind her ear. His fingers lingering as he noticed the necklace he had gave her MIA. He licked his lips as he looked back up at her.

"I'm so sorry. I never meant to hurt you baby. I just… I got caught up in everything," he said as he tried turning her face towards his. "Zaraha meant nothing to me baby, I promise". Cora pushed his hands from her face. Seth pulled his hand back hurt by her actions.

"Your three minutes are over."

"That's not fair Coco"

"Not fair? Not fair is you treating me like shit," said raising her voice. "Not fair is me giving you all my love and you cheating on me".

"Coraline I love you" he replied getting defensive.

"Just go," she pointed to the door.

"Cora I am trying to make things better and you're just being a cold hearted bitch" Seth sneered, tried of her bitchy attitude towards him.

"Get. Out. Now" she shouted shoving him backwards. Anger pulsing threw her veins.

"Bitch." He muttered as he walked out making sure to slam the door behind him.

Outside a couple of stagehands ands stood looking at him. "What" he shouted at them before stomping off.

Back inside the locker room, Cora broke down crying. Mascara tears rolled off her cheeks as she tried to calm herself down. The last thing she wanted was to be crying and one of the girls walk in. She was in no condition to explain her heartbreak to them. The tears wouldn't stop falling no matter how hard she tried. She no clue how she was going to work with him tonight, just the thought upset her even more.

Walking into the locker room, Paige was surprised to see a crying Cora. "hey hey" she said softly as she walked up to Cora. She wrapped her arms tightly around the Ohio native. "Don't cry pretty." The former divas champion said as she rubbed Cora's back trying to give comfort.

After ten minutes of back rubbing, Cora was able to calm herself down. Using a tissue Paige had given her she used it to wipe the black stains left by her mascara. "Great now I look like a wreck," she commented.

"What happen?" Paige asked, careful not to push her. She didn't want to upset the diva again.
"I.. I just don't want to talk about it right now" Cora said softly looking down at the tissue in her hands. " I have my match"

Paige nodded her head understanding. She knew Cora long enough that she always was putting on a tough act. "We'll talk about this tonight over drinks, Okay?"

Cora nodded her head weakly as she made herself presentable, "Okay".

Paige watched worried about the ginger diva. First Cora hadn't answered any text messages over the weekend, then she was late to the arena and now she was openly crying in the locker room. Something was going on, and Paige was determined to figure it out.

Seth angrily walked around backstage. Mad about his girlfriend, and mad about Brock Lesner being at the show tonight. It seemed as if nothing could go his way for once. He was so lost in his thoughts he didn't see Hayman and Lesner walking his way.

Paul Hayman stepped in front of the champ stopping him in his tracts. "Oh Seth boy, I hope your lil girl loves surprises".