Quitters

Sometimes, it takes a friend to make you come to your senses...

Daphne Consuelos had done her best to avoid Phil Brooks, whenever his named glowed on her phone screen. She wanted no part of the traitor, especially after what he said about her in Colt Cabana's Art of Wrestling podcast. None of it made sense to her at all. If Phil hated Colby Lopez so much, why would be increase his chances of making it up in the main roster? What was Phil's motive for doing that? Was it to get in her good graces or was it to keep Colby closer to him, so that if anything were to happen to her, he would be the first one to do something about it? Honestly, none of it made sense to her and obviously, she never finished the podcast, which could have made this a lot better, but she was not liking what she heard about her and Colby and she feared she was not going to like the rest of the podcast if she finished it.

"Can he stop trying to get ahold of me?" Daphne grinded her teeth against each other as she turned the phone in the opposite direction, when she placed it on the desk, the phone screen was faced down. At the moment, she was waiting for her psychiatrist, Jamie to enter the room so that she could begin the appointment at Jon's apartment.

Meanwhile, Jon was at his kitchen, trying to be the best support system for Daphne, knowing that he had been constantly having her appointments at the place, "I thought you contacted him back at WWE Headquarters a couple days ago?" he assumed with confusion in his voice as he was making a sandwich for himself and Daphne shook her head.

"Vince told us not to use up the electricity until the show was over. Plus, when the show ended, I figured that it would be too late to contact Phil. I figured that he wanted to talk to me about the podcast with Colt as well as that Stone Cold one. I wasn't ready to open up about that stuff, so I just kept quiet." Daphne looked down at her shoes as Jon came over and flipped over onto the couch to sit with Daphne, extending the ham and cheese sandwich that he had made over to her.

"What's this?" Daphne asked, feeling confused over his nice gesture.

"Ham and cheese sandwich," he answered as he extended the sandwich even more, "I felt like you needed this a little more than me," he said as Daphne looked at the sandwich with hesitation. What was in that sandwich? Was there some drug? A bomb? Or perhaps, it was just a sandwich!

Daphne accepted the sandwich, "Thank you, Jon! It looks delicious," she said with a smile on her face as she took her first bite out of the sandwich. Instantly, she felt a burning sensation coming out of her mouth, she dropped the sandwich on the plate as she tried to fan the spiciness away from her mouth, "Spicy sandwich!" she continued to fan herself as Jon laughed.

"Don't Canadian-Mexicans like spicy food?" he looked at her with a confused and baffled as Daphne grabbed the water bottle that Jon had in his grasps and gulped every last drop of it into her mouth as his friend looked at him like he was the biggest idiot in the world.

"I'm Canadian-Italian!" Daphne corrected him, with almost an angry look on her face, "Some like spicy and some don't—I do not like super spicy things! Wait, didn't my last name give away anything?" she questioned him in disbelief.

"I've heard it all ways," Jon responded casually as he heard the door open. Jamie appeared on the other side as she came inside the apartment, "Well, I am going to be hitting downtown, so text me in you need anything, okay?" he placed a hand on her shoulder as Daphne nodded as he went out the door, leaving Daphne to do her appointment.

"So, I see that you have been making a lot of progress," Jamie said as he looked behind her at the door that Jon left at, "I feel like you're in better terms with Jon?" she asked as she sat down at the chair across from her.

"Yeah, to be quite honest: I have progress with somethings since our last appointment. I've communicated with Nattie at the Royal Rumble and we seemed to have found a common balance to bond over. I've communicated with Jon at R Evolution and he's willing to try to approach our friendship in a different way. Also, a few days ago, I had a conversation with Vince McMahon and I feel like he is starting to see things my way and he wants me to help out with some things, which I find pretty cool. However, I have yet to contact my mom, cousin, Dunn, April. Phil on the other hand, has been trying to contact me for the past couple days and I do not think that I am ready to talk to him. I felt a little betrayed and confused about his motives and why he did the things that he did. For not hearing his voice in quite some time and hearing him say those things really hurt me." Daphne tried to express the hurt that she has felt, but she was not the expressive when it came to her feelings and she felt like Jamie wasn't getting how much she felt.

"What I feel like you should do is to get your feelings sorted out. You need to not make things into some yelling game, but have the questions that you really want to ask him and see how he responds to them. Look, I can tell that you're hurt, but do not let that be the reason why you think of yourself in that way." Jamie advised as Daphne thought about it for a moment.

"What if he dodges the questions?" Daphne asked, feeling like that could potentially happen to her.

"You asked the question again or rephrase the question, so he gives you the answer? Jamie suggested, "This might not be easy at all, but I feel like it is something that you need to do, so you get past it and focus on moving forward with your life."

"I agree, I need to move past this." Daphne declared.

Monday Night RAW

Three Weeks Until Fastlane

Denver, Colorado

"So, what if I told you that I wanted to see Phil again?" Daphne asked Jon as he was preparing for his match tonight. After she had asked the question, he stopped lacing his boots up to look at the Divas Champion, who seemed serious enough to make him believe that she wanted to talk to Phil. She knew that the two of them did not have enough talk, knowing that their schedules were busy and the two of them wanted to focus on their jobs. Besides, Phil made his mind clear that he wanted to be part of the UFC and she knew that he must have been training his ass off in order to make that happen.

"Not really, if you feel like it might help, then you should see him. Although, this could be a huge fucking waste of time and that you could be setting up yourself to getting hurt again. What is that you wanted to ask him?" he asked her as Daphne pressed her back against the lockers.

"About the podcast. What he said to Colt. Look, I never bothered finishing the podcast. So, there is no knowing how long he talked about me, before moving on to the next subject. I want an explanation with him and I want the truth—even though, I know I am going to hate hearing it, but I know that he would want for me to be honest and not caring about hurting other people's feelings." Daphne explained as she kept quiet for a moment. She kept thinking if this was the right thing to do, but she knew that she needed to know everything that went in Phil's mind during that podcast.

"That's the Daphne Consuelos I know. She was something that should not give a shit about what happens to them," Jon encouraged her, "Don't be afraid of Phil. The two of you were good friends at one point. It should not change because you're in the WWE still and not in Chicago with him."

"I just wonder if he resents me for going back to the WWE. He just wanted to protect me from another heartbreak and I guess, he must felt like he failed at doing that, when I returned. I liked being with Phil, he picked me up, when I fell and I need to thank him for that. What he needs to understand is that wrestling is my life. I cannot imagine doing anything else, but wrestling." Daphne continued to talk as Jon listened to every word that she said.

"I see, where you're coming from, but I could also see where Phil was coming from. Look, I think it might be a good move for you to talk to Phil and talk your issues out. I think that is what Jaime would want for you to do." Jon advised her as Daphne nodded in agreement. He was right. Jaime would want her to talk to Phil and see if they can work out any issues that they had.

"I guess, I'll do that," Daphne agreed, "Although, I do not think that Colby is going to like doing this at all. I think that Colby wants me to stay away from him as possible. Colby does not like Phil. Phil might be one of the reasons why Colby is in the main roster, but he still does not like Phil."

"It might not be you that need to work out things with Phil." Jon said as Daphne chuckled and raise a brow in confusion.

"What do you mean?" she asked.

"I think, Colby might need to talk to Phil more than you." Jon concluded.

So.. do you think that Colby has some things that he needs to work out with Phil? I decided to make this chapter only with Jon and Daphne, so you can get the feel about their living environment and their interactions ever since R Evolution. What do you think of Daphne going to Jon about her problems? Isn't it Daphne and Phil that need to work out their issues, but Daphne and Colby as well? I appreciate the reviews for the last chapter. Please favorite, follow and review for this chapter! :)