Quitters

At times, you need to hear the person out if you want change to happen...

"I swear, if my phone continues to ring, I am going to throw it against the wall," Daphne Consuelos seethed through her teeth as she turned her phone down, with her screen facing the table, so she would not be able to look at the light. For what seemed like the twentieth time, Hunter Levesque was trying to get ahold of her and she was not going to talk to him. Daphne felt like she could not trust Hunter because just like what the typical members of the IWC did, Hunter turned his back on her. When she needed the chance to become Divas Champion, Hunter turned his back on her and she was not been able to forgive him for that, "It seems like I cannot go anywhere without Hunter trying to contact me. I thought that it should have been clear that I am not looking forward to going back to work."

Daphne continued to eat her healthy and fresh fruit salad, stabbing her fork and then putting the salad in her mouth as Phil Brooks was having a veggie burger. The two of them sat across from each other in a booth at a Vegan restaurant that Phil had wanted her to try out, "I think that you should at least try to listen to what Hunter has to say. I know, it sounds odd for me to want to hear what the higher-ups want to say, but it does not make you seem like a petty child and it presents you of being a mature, young woman that is willing to find a compromise—"

"I don't want to find a compromise. I want a better working environment. I want longer Divas matches, I want the NXT Divas to not be afraid of going up to the main roster because their booking will be exactly like it is at NXT. The higher-ups do not understand what my perspective of a better Divas Division is because they do not have a clue of how to work with other Divas that are outside your wife or even Nicole or Brianna. You know that I love, Brie and Nikki, but they are not going to evolve as Divas without longer matches that would make people give a damn about them." Daphne explained as Phil could see how passionate she was about having a better division. It sounded a little like him, when he had the rebellious anti-hero gimmick a few years ago. He felt like Daphne could fit that role perfectly.

"Well, Daphne, Trips and you need to find a middle ground. So, if I were in your position, I would call him back and see what he has to say. You can then decide if you want to go along with it or not," Phil picked up her phone and placed the hearing part on her ear, "Come on, Bitchsuelos! Do not be a stubborn little girl."

Daphne, with her blue eyes, glared at Phil, who smiled back sarcastically, before she pressed on her Seri, before it responded to her, "Call Hunter Levesque." she instructed Seri, before it dialed Hunter. While she was waiting for Hunter to pick up, Daphne kept looking at Phil. There was a part of her that hoped that the conversation did not go well, so Phil was able to see how bad that WWE had gotten.

"Hello?" she heard Hunter's voice from the other line, "Daphne, thank God that you finally picked up. You have a lot of explaining to do about you walking out on August. Do you know what your departure did with the company? We had to changed things within the scripts the night of SummerSlam because there was no telling if you would even show your face the next day. You had been radio silent with your friends and on social media until you posted a picture the week after that had nothing to do with the WWE. I had a glimmer of hope that you would show up at Anaheim, but when you didn't, I had the consideration that you were not ready to come back, but Daphne, Night of Champions is in a week. It's going to be Saraya, April and Nicole facing for the championship, I would like you to make your grand return by attacking the champion after the match. The exact way that you did unintentionally at SummerSlam."

Daphne raised a brow, she felt intrigued with what Hunter had to say. If she were to attack the champion, this would automatically place her next in line for the Divas Championship? She was confused; why was Hunter awarding her with a title shot? Was this a sneaky way of getting her to come back to the WWE? She took the phone away from her ear and held it back to talk to Phil, "Hunter wants me to return at Night of Champions to attack the champion. He probably wants me in the title scene now."

"Tell him to elaborate on it. Who is going to be champion after Night of Champions? Are you going to end up holding the belt? Do you see that he is hoping that a title shot would bring you back to the company and for what? Another heartbreak? He's hoping that he will not have to elaborate because he does not want to promise you on something that he might not be able to give you. Make him promise you on something!" Phil instructed her as Daphne took the phone back to her ear.

"Hunter, the offer sounds intriguing, but what are the plans after Night of Champions? Who will be the champion? Would I get a title shot? Will I ever become a champion? You wouldn't want me to return because you couldn't make promises." Daphne acted like the window of opportunity was closing and that Hunter was running for his life to get to the other side of it.

"Daphne, I do not have anything set on stone yet. All we know is that April will be getting the title back, but you getting the championship is still a question that I need to be answered. However, you contract expires at Hell in a Cell, so you can let your contract expire, but we do not necessary need to resign, but we can resign your contract without you being in the same room or you can get your ass back in the company and do your job." Hunter was sick of Daphne avoiding them and he knew that he needed to lay down the law with her because in the end of the day, she was still a WWE Diva and if she was not working, she was not getting paid.

Daphne smirked at the fact that Hunter was getting angry; she wanted Hunter to fight for her and her dreams. All she wanted to know was there was someone that was going to fight for her to get the opportunities that she knew in her heart that she deserved, "Let me think about it." she said to him, before she hung up the phone and faced the screen on her phone on the table.

Once again—a phone ring was heard from Daphne's iPhone again. She rolled her eyes as she picked up her phone. Then, she began to smile, when she noticed that it was not Hunter's name that was lighting up on her screen, but the beautiful picture of her boyfriend, Colby Lopez that was on her phone. She actually felt like a school girl—all giddy and excited, before she went to answer the phone, "Hey sweetheart! How's it going? I've missed you!"

Meanwhile, Colby had the weekend off from doing WWE Live Shows, so he was in Davenport, Iowa, his hometown working on his wrestling academy, the Black and Brave Wrestling Academy that he was one of the trainers for along with Marek Brave. Currently, he was in the ring, practicing a few wrestling moves, testing the ropes and making sure the mat felt like the mats the WWE had, "You seem cheery today. I'm assuming that everything is going well with you? I'm going great, but I miss you like hell."

Daphne frowned. Deep inside, she felt bad about leaving Colby the way that she did at SummerSlam. There was a part if her that felt like she turned her back on everyone and that they all hated her for what she did, "Yeah, everything's going great. In about a month, I am going to be seeing a psychiatrist and dealing with some demons that need to be dealt with. I felt like I need to face a few things and really get them out of my way."

"I'm glad that you're going to be dealing with a few issues, but has Hunter contacted you with his offer? I thought he was going to contact you and offer you a few things, so that you feel like coming back to the WWE will do wonders for you." he knew that Hunter was going to be contacting with Daphne about putting her in the storyline with the Divas Champion, but what he wondered was if Daphne accepted his offer or declined it.

Daphne bit her lip as she looked at Phil, who she began to sadly ignore, when she saw that Colby was talking to her. Phil had gotten used to that, but that did not mean that he was not going to help Daphne out, whenever she needed his help, "Yeah, Hunter contacted me, but I declined because I want plans that are set on stone. Not things that are claimed to happening, but end up changing in the last minute. If you want to tell Hunter something, tell Hunter this Colby: tell him that I want the best script that will turn the Divas Division in another direction. Tell him to think: Summer of Punk, but I do not want this to be the Fall of Daphne; I want this to be the Year of Daphne Anne and I want you right beside me." she smiled, when she said that as Phil looked at her conversation, not helping, but feel envious of Colby because it was obvious that Phil and Colby were pulling Daphne in two opposite directions.

Oops, Daphne seems to be in a position that she does not want to be in. This is the beginning of what can be a complicated relationship between Colby, Daphne and Phil. What Daphne meant when she said she wanted something in the direction of the Summer of Punk is that she wants to have that same amount of attention as Punk did at that time. I do have different plans for Daphne. How will they involve Phil and Colby? You will have to wait and see. I'll try to update next Sunday, but finals are coming up and it might get in my way. Please favorite, follow and review if you want the next chapter. :)