A year had passed since Seth woke up to that letter. That morning Seth changed. He grew bitter and more focused on himself. He had turned on Dean and Roman in an effort to better his solo career.
He was in Chicago doing a media appearance before the hell in a cell pay per view where he would be facing Dean Ambrose.
Ellie showed up that morning to her job at the TV station and looked at the Itinerary for the day. They had "Interview with WWE Star- Seth Rollins" Her heart sunk. What were the odds?
Ellie sat there staring at those words on the paper not knowing what to do.
"Elizabeth, the talent is in the dressing room. He's ready whenever you have a chance to go walk him through the segment" Her assistant, Lisa, had walked over
" Lisa…Don't ask me why...but I can't " Said Ellie
"You are the only producer here to do it…he's kind of grumpy but it should be fine. I can come in with you if you'd like" Said Lisa
Ellie took a deep breath
"no no, I can handle it…was it always Seth Rollins? I was told it was gonna be someone else." Asked Ellie trying to get her composure before going in
"it was a last minute change." Lisa walked away
Ellie walked over to Seth's dressing room and stood outside
"This could go very badly. Stay calm. You can talk to him" Ellie took a deep breath and knocked on the door.
"Come in" Seth said preparing himself some coffee
Ellie opened the door slowly
"Hi Seth" Said Ellie
Seth felt a pit in his stomach when he heard her voice. What the fuck was going on? He hadn't heard from her in over a year. She never returned his calls. His texts. Why was she back?
Seth turned to look at her
"Ellie..,what are you doing here?" Seth stared at her
" I am a producer on the show. I was asked to come here and walk you through your segment. It's going to be very simple just a few questions about the pay per view, your betrayal to the shield, a couple of personal questions meant to get a funny response and they will come up with some silly games for you to play and that will be it." Ellie spat out speaking at world record speed
Seth just stared at her
" Yeah, so that is it. Good luck!" Ellie turned around to the door
"Still a coward then?" Seth asked coldly
Seth was trying very hard to suppress the joy at seeing her. He should hate her for what she did. He put it all on the line for her and she walked out on him. The fact that he wanted to run over and hug her and kiss her made him even more pissed off.
Ellie turned to face him
" I am really bad with awkward situations. I am like shaking a little bit " Ellie said truthfully
Seth couldn't help but laugh a little
"Guess that explains the letter instead of a face to face talk" Seth walked away
Ellie sighed. There was something different about him. She hated herself because she knew it was her fault.
Ellie walked out without saying anything.
Seth did the segment and was a bit distracted by Ellie the time.
Ellie walked up to him after the segment
"You did great. Thank you for being on the show and good luck on Sunday" Said Ellie
"You can't just act like I am normal guest Elizabeth. How about we fucking go somewhere and talk about the shit we didn't get to talk about when you left while I was asleep? I think that's the least you owe me" Seth said angrily
Ellie's co workers were looking at them now
She was taken back by his attitude
"Ok let's go grab lunch" Ellie walked away
Seth rolled his eyes and followed
They walked to a restaurant near the studio.
"Why did you leave? " Seth wasn't wasting any time.
"Seth, I knew how much this all meant to you and I didn't want you to get in trouble and put it all at risk over me. " Ellie couldn't look at him in the eyes
"Shouldn't it have been up to me to decide what meant to me the most? I had told you more than once that I would have chosen you over this. " Seth was getting annoyed again
"I waited so long for you to finally leave punk and when you do, you leave me too? What kind of bullshit was that Ells? I thought you loved me and you had no problem leaving me" Seth got up and threw some money on the table to pay for the lunch and walked out
Ellie watched him go and wiped tears from her eyes. He had no idea how hard it had been on her to leave him. She really did believe that it was for the best.