You Know I Can't Be Found With You

-February 3, 2014; Omaha, Nebraska-

Tessa hadn't been put on the main show but would be appearing on Main Event in a tag team match with Eva Marie against Foxsana. Eva had proven to be a good friend in the short time Tessa had been with the company and she was more than happy to help the rookie Diva improve her in ring skills – especially given that Eva had to help Tessa with her photoshoot.

The Valentine's Day shoot was a yearly tradition for the WWE Divas. 2014 meant a shoot entitled 'Sweetheart' that would have the Divas dress in jeans and white shirts with different love-related typographies on them.

Tessa was wearing a loose, cropped t-shirt with rolled up sleeves that had Tell Me You (Heart) Me written across it in a peach colour. They'd matched her shoes, earrings and bangle to the colour almost perfectly and her favourite pair of jeans finished off the outfit.

"Well, you look amazing," Eva complimented Tessa with a genuine smile. "You just need to loosen up."

Tessa sighed, "Easier said than done."

Frankie Reed stood behind his camera, giving blind instructions to Tessa who was only staring at him blankly. Eva laughed kind-heartedly at her, walking into the shot and moving Tessa's hands so that her left was resting on her hip and her right was situated near the back of her head.

"You have to work the legs, too," Eva told her, noticing that Tessa was still standing in the same position.

Eva stood off to the side for the rest of Tessa's photoshoot, laughing with her as the newest Diva tried to find her comfort zone. Tessa loved to be in photos, provided they were casual, happy snaps that didn't require a makeup and lighting team.

Eventually Tessa was able to go with the flow, using the large, foam candy hearts to her advantage. Eva stayed with her the entire time, giving her small instructions and tips for relaxing herself. After all, Eva was no stranger to photoshoots.

"I think we have enough," Frankie said with a smile as he looked through the photos he had taken. "You did good for your first shoot."

Tessa wouldn't believe him until she saw the photos online, but she thanked him regardless and then hugged Eva tight and promised to help her whenever she needed it. Tessa all but ran to the locker room, needing to change for her match – there was plenty of time but she liked to get in as much of a warm up as possible.

When she was in her ring gear and had found a semi-secluded area of the arena, Tessa began her stretches by standing with her legs spread and reaching down to touch her right toe, holding it for ten seconds – feeling her quad stretch out – before doing the same touching her left toe.

A very familiar voice filled her ears when she was sitting on the ground doing butterfly stretches. A lump quickly formed in her throat and she kept her head down. It had been a week since she last saw him, avoiding him at the house shows had been too easy.

"I, uh, 'heart' you," Colby said with a slight laugh, sitting down on the ground beside her. Tessa shuffled away from him.

"Pardon?" she asked him quietly, still not looking at him. She stretched her legs out directly in front of her and leant forward, her upper body resting flat against her legs.

"The shirt, for the shoot," he explained, copying her stretch. "You looked great."

"Thank you."

Tessa kept her eyes off of Colby, but in her peripheral vision she noticed that he was doing every stretch that she was. It wasn't hard to tell that he was watching her, she had always been hyper aware of people looking at her. Standing up and pushing her hair behind her ears, Tessa finally looked directly at Colby.

"What do you want from me?" she questioned desperately. "Nothing happened, remember?"

"I don't want to pretend nothing happened." Tessa gasped when she felt Colby's body press up against her back, his hands holding onto her waist. "You drive me crazy, Tessa."

"What about Lei-"

"Don't think about it. Please." He turned her around in his arms, putting his hands immediately back on her waist. Her head dropped to the side as he leant down to kiss her neck and she sighed happily. She rested her hands on his chest and relaxed into him, just enjoying the feeling of him being so close.

"I went to Headquarters last week. Airport photos of you are floating around the internet." Tessa's face contorted in confusion as Nikki sat down beside her on the bench. Tessa was changing out of her ring gear, readying herself for a shower.

The match had been decent, Tia and Alicia clearly running the 10 minute match. Aksana had managed to hit Eva with the spine buster for the win after Alicia had brutalised Tia on the outside. Despite how she had wrestled, it was hard to miss that she was distracted. Colby hadn't left her mind.

"Of me?" she asked with a light laugh. "Why would anyone want to take photos of me in an airport?"

"Probably because you were with The Shield."

"Oh," Tessa said with a small sigh. "That makes a lot of sense."

"I mean, you looked great but they are The Shield."

"I know," Tessa smiled. "Thanks Nikki-chan."

Tessa grabbed a change of clothes from her bag and headed towards the showers, wanting to get away from any conversation about The Shield. She didn't know where she stood with Colby and was going to try to forget about it until they had a proper chance to speak about it.

"You looked a bit out of it; you didn't hit your head did you?" Nikki asked, watching Tessa carefully. Tessa turned around to her friend and saw the concerned expression on her face.

"It's not a concussion, I promise. Just a bit distracted by things."

"Right, okay. Talent Relations wants to see you when you're done, so you know."

Tessa nodded and disappeared into the wet area. Her shower lasted barely ten minutes; she hadn't worked up enough of a sweat to justify anything longer and washing her hair wasn't something for an Arena shower.

When she made it to the area of the arena that had been sectioned off for Talent Relations business, Sean Cleary was standing with AJ Lee and they both turned to her at the same time. Tessa smiled and moved to stand beside AJ, making no effort to greet the champion.

"Okay, so what did you want us for?" AJ asked, shifting the title on her shoulder, pointing it in Tessa's direction. Sean looked directly at Tessa.

"We know when we want to give you the championship," Sean revealed and Tessa grinned widely, ignoring AJ's groan and the way she stomped her foot in anger. "At Elimination Chamber, you will get the title shot."

"The Pay Per View?" Tessa gasped. "You're putting me over on the Pay Per View?"

"We think you deserve it. We're going to have AJ go out and state that she's been required to defend her championship and she will issue an open challenge."

Tessa nodded eagerly at everything Sean was saying but there was no missing what AJ thought about the matter. The champion's lips were pursed and her eyes narrowed as she listened to how she would lose her championship. Tessa wasn't fussed, though. It wasn't her fault that AJ would be losing her title – it had been the plan since she signed, after all.

A knock on her hotel room door made Tessa sigh and throw her pyjamas back into her suitcase. She let the top drop as she took slow steps to the door. Through the peephole she saw Colby Lopez standing on the other side of the door. She frowned but her heart leapt a little. Their kiss still hadn't left her mind.

"Hi," she said sheepishly, biting into her bottom lip. "Is everything okay? I mean, you're here late. I thought you were going straight to Iowa."

"I was," he nodded with soft eyes, "but Ambrose tweaked his shoulder last night and he just wanted to sleep in a proper bed."

"Oh, that's no good." Tessa scratched at her upper arm, absentmindedly. "Is that what you came to tell me? That Jon's a little sore? I'm not sure how I'm supposed to help with that."

Colby shook his head, contorting his face, "No, I don't want you to help Jon... Tessa, I can't stop thinking about you."

"You haven't exactly been at the back of my mind," she retorted, abandoning her previously nice demeanour. "You can't just kiss me at work like that. You can't just kiss me like that."

"I don't regret it either, Tessy. Not for a second."

Tessa bit into her bottom lip as she thought about what he was saying. He was looking at her like he wanted to kiss her and she wasn't sure she would be able to stop him. She wasn't sure she would want to. With that being taken into account, Tessa was forced to remember what it had been like in 2008 when she was cheating on Rami with Colby. The guilt she had felt was something she wouldn't wish on her worst enemy, the damage she had done was something she wished on no one.

"If we- if this – Colby."

"I don't care, Tessy." Tessa looked at him hopelessly, trying to get across with just a look how badly he was about to screw up. How badly they were both about to screw up. The expression on his face didn't change. He genuinely did not care about any repercussions.

Tessa reached out for his hand and pulled him into her hotel room, shutting the door gently behind her. She was backed up against the door, Colby's hands gripping into the hair at the nape of her neck. He tugged downwards so that she raised her head and he could kiss at her neck – she knew he was going to leave bruises.

Moans spilled from her mouth as he continued to kiss her neck, taking steps backwards into the room. She pouted when he lifted his lips but was pleasantly surprised when he captured her lips in a kiss. He moved his hands to her lips and lifted her into the air. She wrapped her legs around his waist and squeezed him close – there was already a bulge growing in his pants.

She wasn't sure if he was taking her to the bed at all until she realised that he was moving around so uncertainly because he didn't know where it was. She smiled into the kiss, her hands coming to rest at the collar of his t-shirt, the tips of her fingers disappearing beneath it.

"You wear your own merch, huh?" Tessa asked with a laugh, gripping it and pulling it over his head. She threw it across the room.

"I'll get you one," he said just before the backs of his legs hit the bed, causing him to drop down suddenly.

Tessa pushed her hands up the back of her own top and unclasped her bra before sliding off one strap and pulling it through the other arm of her shirt.

"Oh!" she exclaimed, jumping off Colby's lap.

"What?" Colby asked, looking at her worriedly.

"I have a photoshoot on Wednesday! Divas Day Off, right? I want to know what to wear!" she didn't need to explain to him that it was going to be in her underwear – that much was explained when she held up two bras – one maroon and lace, the other dark blue with polka dots.

"That one," he pointed to the maroon bra in her left hand before watching her drop them back into her suitcase and kick the lid shut.

She skipped back over to him, pushing him backwards so that she was hovering over his topless body. Smiling down at him, Tessa pulled her own shirt over her head and leant down to kiss him – their bare bodies touching and sending shivers through her.

He unbuckled his best and unbuttoned his jeans but with her straddling him he was unable to push them down his legs. She felt his hands on her ass. He was squeezing and pinching it because he loved the way she grinded against him every time he did so.

He flipped them over and made quick work of his jeans before doing the same with her skirt.

He kissed down her body slowly. She breathed heavily, one hand tangling in his hair and the other running over the scar on his upper back. "I should have been there."

He shook his head, "So should I."

His hand dropped to the back of her left knee. With the hand in his hair, Tessa pulled his face up to hers and kissed him softly.

When their lips parted, Colby pushed into her causing her to gasp and tug at his hair. He kissed her again as he slowly moved his hips back and forward. Her hips moved to meet with his and he began to quicken his pace, his hands resting either side of her body to keep himself up.

Tessa's free hand grabbed onto the bed sheets, balling them into a fist and the other hand joined suit. She broke their kiss and her head fell to the side and her bottom lip started to bleed as she bit down into it.

Colby buried his face into her neck as she began to tighten around him. She didn't cry out in pleasure, she was silent but her face told him all that he needed to know. Tessa's fists gripped into the sheet and her knuckles started to turn white as she rode out her orgasm. He wasn't far behind her, moaning into her neck as he came before he dropped slowly down on top of her. Tessa didn't mind his weight being on top of her, it made her feel safe in a way.

"I think I'm falling in love with you all over again," she whispered into silence after Colby had moved to lie beside her. He pulled her into his side, kissed the top of her head and started rubbing circles on her bare shoulder.

-Monday Night Raw, February 3-

The newest addition to the Divas division had an unlikely partner in Eva Marie tonight on Raw as they faced off against Foxsana (Alicia Fox and Aksana). The match lasted for 4 minutes (barely enough time for that much needed bathroom break) and was ended when Tia applied the nameless cloverleaf submission. Much of the match was Tia vs. Alicia Fox, with Eva and Aksana entering the match for what could have been 30 seconds before tagging their partners back in. It was for the best. There is a lot of potential for Tia and Alicia Fox to have great matches.

-February 5, 2014; Des Moines, Iowa-

The Divas Day Off photoshoot began bright and early. People were banging on Tessa's hotel room door at 7am, not a minute earlier or later than they told her, and she was seriously regretting her late night.

Colby had come calling after the Smackdown taping. It was a shock to say the least; she had expected him to drive straight to Davenport to be with his girlfriend. Tessa asked why he hadn't done just that and he shrugged it off by saying that he was too tired to drive the 2 and a half hours alone. She finally kicked him out of her room at 5am when she woke up and panicked. If he'd been caught in her room when the photo and makeup teams came for her, it would not have gone down well at all.

Tessa was sat down in the bathroom, staring into the mirror and told to sit still. Having her makeup done was becoming less of a nuisance but the tugging at her hair still made her cringe at the worst moments. Her eyeliner had to be removed and redone at least three times.

"Damn these are some stubborn hickeys," the young makeup girl spoke as she applied more concealer to Tessa's neck. "I didn't think you were getting any." Tessa's mouth gaped. "What? The girls talk when they're getting touched up."

"Curling iron?" Tessa suggested, knowing that it was the weakest excuse she could possibly come up with.

"Okay, if you say so."

It was eventually decided that Tessa would have to have her hair covering her hickeys during the photoshoot and that they could be photoshopped out if they had to be. She was extremely embarrassed at the reaction she was getting – apparently everybody assumed she was lonely and they were all surprised.

They let her wear her maroon bra and panties set but suggested that she wear a sweater over the top because: "Who do you think we are? TNA? Please, we have class."

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