I'm really surprised when she follows me out. I expected her to make me wait. She gestures towards a bench across the street and I nod, following her over. "What do you want Torrie?" she asks. I sigh and sit down, watching as she does the same. "I want to be able to go to work, and leave my husband without being paranoid about whether you're gonna be making a play for him again" I say. "I can't trust you Renee. Ever since I found out that Jon had slept with you before, I haven't been able to relax around you. What you said earlier, about how it should be you with the baby, you need to get that out of your head. It's not gonna happen, well, not with Jon anyway. He's mine, Renee, all mine. I need you to understand that. Maybe if you weren't so hung up on him you'd have somebody by now." She looks at me. "He was mine first Torrie" she says simply. "I know you don't see it that way, and I know he's told you that it was travelling and convenience, but it was heading for something more. Until the European tour. Then all of a sudden, nothing. Not even a hello when he got back. He put up this great big wall between us, spent every second with his phone in his hand, made sure he sat next to the window at the back of the bus with Ro and Seth next to him so I couldn't. He moped over his beer, he spoke to Punk a lot which I could never understand. He only smiled when he was on the phone to you. It lasted for a few minutes after he got off the phone, but then reality would kick in and he'd go back to moping again. He fell for you Torrie, he fell hard. And there was nothing I could do. And that made me more determined. I needed to make him forget about you. And then you turned up here, saving him from Seth and Roman that night. Nobody expected you to be here. I knew he wouldn't be able to travel with Ro and Seth that night, and I figured that was my chance. And you ruined it." I shake my head. "Wow" I whisper. "You really had it bad for him." She nods. "I get why you don't trust me around him Tor" she says softly. "I really do. And if I'm honest, I wouldn't trust me around him either." She touches my arm lightly, and then she's gone.
"Where the hell have you been?" Nikki asks, pouncing on me as soon as I walk back into the bar. I shake my head. "It's all good Nicole" I say smiling. "Let's get a drink. A large one. Now I'm in the mood for being out and partying." She squeals and drags me to the bar. Roman and Seth are stood there too. "When did my boys get here?" I ask wrapping my arms around them. "About five minutes ago" Seth says kissing my cheek. "We saw you outside with Renee Tor." I nod. "We needed to talk" I say simply. He nods as Roman looks me up and down. He winks and goes back to concentrating on his drink. I shrug and concentrate on whatever concoction Nikki has ordered me from the bar. We say bye to Seth and Ro and head back to the back of the club.
"So you gonna tell me where you went?" she asks again. I shrug. "Little talk with Renee" I say. "I don't know what to make of it. She basically told me not to trust her around him. What do I do Nikki?" She stares at me. "She said what?" she yells. I nod. "I don't think I can work with her" I say quietly. "I'm thinking about faking injury so I don't have to fight at SummerSlam. Gonna write wrestling off as a closed chapter in my life." She shakes her head. "No you're fucking not" she yells. "You're too fucking good for that. Leave it to me. I'll sort it." I shake my head. "Just forget I said anything" I say. "I can't" she says. "I'm not letting you feel like this. Now, forget about her for tonight. Drink up, we gotta hit that dance floor yet. And then you can go home and ravish the ex husband!" I laugh and down my drink. "That's my girl" she says, grabbing my arm and dragging me to the dance floor.
I dance for hours, with Nikki, Layla, and more with Seth and Roman. I finally collapse on a sofa laughing and look at my watch. "Shit guys" I moan. "I'd better go home. Jon will be feeding Dessie again now." Roman shakes his head. "We're under strict instructions to not let you think like that baby girl" he says softly. "Jon has told us in no uncertain terms that you've got to let your hair down tonight." I smile. "Joe" I say softly. "It's 2am, my feet hurt, my head is gonna hurt in the morning, and I've got a baby to get up with. I've really enjoyed tonight, I promise. Even though I didn't want to come out, this has been what I needed." He nods. "One more dance before I get you a cab?" he asks. I smile. "How can I refuse you anything?" I ask. He smirks and holds out his hand to pull me up. The song changes to a slow one and he looks at me uncomfortably. "It's ok if you don't want to..." he starts. I put my finger on his lips and pull him to the dance floor. He pulls me close and growls in my ear. "Did I tell you how good you look tonight?" he asks. I shake my head. "It's Nikki's clothes" I say. "She has some great stuff." He chuckles. "It's not the clothes" he says. "It's the body in them." "Flatterer" I laugh as a pair of arms snake around me from behind. I smile as someone kisses my neck. "Hey Colbs" I chuckle. "Dammit Tor" he groans. "How did you know?" "I'd know those hands and that kiss anywhere" I say. "Torrie!" Nikki yells. We all turn and look at her and are instantly blinded by the flash from her camera. I groan and the guys laugh. "It's not funny" I say slapping them both. "I don't need photographic evidence of me looking like a hooker!" "How much for the night?" they both ask together. They look at each other and high five. I shake my head and slap them both. "I need to go" I say softly. They nod and Roman grabs my hand, leading me outside to get a cab. "Say bye to the guys for me?" I ask as he opens the cab door. He nods and kisses my head. "See you tomorrow baby girl" he whispers. "Bright and early, we're starting with the training." I smile. "Love you Joe" I say as he shuts the door. I just catch what he says as the cab pulls off. "Love you too baby girl, more than you will ever realise."