White Flags
Chapter seventeen;Anger

A/N:Thank you for reading.- xHWS

Seth sat in the locker room awaiting his que for his backstage segment. His face glued to his phone in hopes of a reply from his girlfriend, well ex-girlfriend. A fact he still hasn't properly digested. He couldn't believe that just last night she broke things off.

"Got a minute?" The words of Dean Ambrose caught Seth's attention causing him to look up.
"Sure" Seth replied setting his phone down. " What's up?'

"You cheated on Cora" Dean's voice was flat as he narrowed his eyes at the champion.
"You don't know the whole story Stay out of it" Seth replied rolling his eyes.
"Why did you do it?" Dean asked uncrossing his arms. Seth got quiet, not having an answer.

"Cora's my friend Seth. She's very upset and you see, I don't like seeing my friends upset" Dean said as he clenched his fist at his side.
"Mind your own business Ambrose"." The champion said as he stood up getting quickly annoyed at the older man. Dean shook his head at him stepping closer to the champion.

"Hurt her again Rollins and Brock will be the least of your problems" Dean's voice low and harsh as he poked his former Shield brother. Seth clenched his jaw slapping away Dean's finger. The tension between the two growing as J&J Security walked into the locker room.

"Beat it rat" Jamie said demandingly at Dean. Dean didn't budge one bit.
"Yeah rat. Beat it" Seth sneered.
Dean shook his head backing out of the locker room "I meant what I said, brother".

"What was all that about" Joey asked his boss as he fixed his tie.
"Nothing" Seth snapped picking his championship belt. "Lets go".

Walking down the hallway he heard the whispers about him and about Cora.
"What are you looking out?" he shouted at the group of Divas who where staring him down from the makeup area. He puffed his chest out as his fingers gripped tightly around the belt.

Passing a stagehand, the two-toned champ made sure to knock his papers out of his hands out of anger. Joey and Jamie looked at each other but kept quiet. Neither of them wanting to get on Seth's bad side tonight.

After losing his match, Seth was in a fit of rage. Not hesating to throw things around his locker room or to shout at Jamie and Joey. The champ pulled at his hair before kicking a metal chair across the room.
"Fuck" he groaned as he rubbed his hand over his face. "Get out".
"What?" Joey spoke up.
"I said get out!" Seth nearly screamed as he pointed towards the door. The two J&J Security members did not hesitate to scurry out of the locker room leaving Seth by himself.

Walking into her Ohio house Cora smiled at the feeling of being home. It was rare she got to come back to her house in her hometown for longer than a couple of days. Between training and traveling, she normally would stay at the house she shared with Paige but this was a special occasion. She wanted to be far away from Seth as possible and this was her escape. The only people who knew her where abouts consisted of Dean, Paige and the Bellas.

The familiarly of her home made her a little bit better about the recent events. Slipping off her shoes she made her way to her kitchen leaving her bags in the door way. Her feet lightly grazing the beige carpeting with every step she took.

Once in the kitchen she poured herself a much-needed glass of red wine. The first sip of the poison went down smoothly as her lips lingered over the rim of the glass savoring the taste. Pulling the glass away from her lips she took a deep breath letting it out slowly as she relaxed. She felt like these two weeks off was to be much needed for her to clear her mind and find peace.

The buzzing of her phone pulled her from her thoughts. Sigh left her mouth as she picked it up off the counter top. The phone's screen with lit up with a text from Seth. She hesitated for a moment before opening the text.

"I'm sorry Coco"