Shine
Author: LexysCPD
Chapter: (5/45)
Words: 2,382
Disclaimer: I don't own anything, not even the plot, just the way the story goes.
Author's Note: This chapter is pretty long. And just know, things won't stay happy for long. And with that note, enjoy this chapter. (Summer starts having a bigger role, not in this chapter but she is involved. I would use Roman for the ex-Shield members, but I can't really write him. But he'll have a small role in this story.)
To Stupidstupid456: I do requests, depending on the topics. And you should enable your PMs, cause I wanted to respond, but I couldn't. And I hope you see this, because it's the only way I can communicate with you.
Update: April 11, 2015
AJ looked at Paige with a smile. In her hand was the title. Paige just stared back, a frown on her face. She didn't look comfortable. AJ brought the title to her face and gently placed her lips on it. She returned it to Paige, who had face of disgust, and gave her an innocent smile.
Keeping an eye on AJ, Paige also kissed the belt, on the same place AJ had kissed it. The shorter woman just smiled and skipped away.
She waited for the pale girl. She grinned when she saw Paige. "That was great!" AJ exclaimed, grinning. She jumped off the boxes she had been sitting on.
Paige smiled and nodded. "Now that Raw is over for us, what do you want to do?"
"I'm hungry. We could go eat."
Paige nodded and followed the veteran to catering. They both got a table at the back and sat their food.
"So is there anyone in your life?" AJ asked, giving Paige a smile.
The younger girl frowned and looked at her. "No, not really."
"Really? Because you and Seth seem to be real close."
Paige's eyes widened as she shook her head. "Ew, no. Gross, that's like my brother, gross."
AJ cocked her head to the left. "Really?"
Paige nodded. "Got no one in my life like that. It's just the way it is."
AJ nodded.
"How about you? Anyone in your life?"
"Not since Phil," the New Jersey native responded.
"What happened between you two?"
AJ shrugged. "We didn't work as a couple. We were better off as friends."
Paige nodded. "I get it. Dean and I tried, back when The Shield was first formed, but it didn't work out. We are better friends too. So I get it."
AJ looked at Paige in shock. She didn't know that Paige and Dean were dating, or had dated to be exact. She didn't know she felt a little annoyed that Dean had never told her. Sure she hated Paige back then and would have made a comment about it, but she still would have liked to know.
"Why didn't he ever tell me?"
"We don't talk about it. It wasn't really dating," Paige said, frowning. She looked up when she saw Emma and Summer sit down with them.
"Hey girls, what were you talking about?" Summer asked, getting comfortable. AJ just watched, not sure what to say. She wasn't really friends with Summer or Emma, but she knew both girls meant a lot to Paige, so she would try for her.
"About Paige and Dean's dating history," AJ answered, shooting Paige a smile.
Emma and Summer looked at each other before laughing. Paige looked at the table and blushed.
"They got together on a Friday night," Emma managed to say during her laughter.
"And they broke up that Saturday afternoon," Summer ended, unable to breath from her laughter.
Paige groaned and covered her face.
"Why did you guys break up?"
"Dean didn't remember," Paige muttered, looking away. "We were really drunk. We-we didn't have sex or anything, But he asked me out, while he was lushed."
AJ chuckled, as she listened to Summer and Emma talk about Paige's life. She looked over and saw Paige blushing.
AJ laughed, and Paige shot her a glare. She looked away.
"Hey girls!" Seth exclaimed, as he and Dean walked to the group. Dean sat down between Paige and Summer, and Seth sat down between Emma and AJ.
Dean groaned and covered his face. He shook his head. "I try to forget that,"
Paige shot him a fake glared. "Forget me? I was probably the best girlfriend you ever had."
Dean laughed and patted her shoulder. Paige rolled her eyes and looked away.
Dean turned and started to talk to Summer.
AJ grinned. She smiled at Paige. "Who are you rooming with?"
"Nikki and Brie Bella," she answered sarcastically, "who else?"
AJ let out a dry laugh. "You're funny. But do you want to share a room with me?"
Paige opened her mouth to answer. She looked at Summer and Emma, who were in serious conversations with Dean and Seth.
"Yeah, sure. That sounds like fun."
AJ grinned, and it made Paige smile as well.
Fireproof Flame
PAIGE looked at the pillow on the bed she was going to sleep on. She was nervous beyond nervous. There were only two people she shared a room with in the last year, Emma with Summer and Seth with Dean. Seth and Dean were like brothers to her, she didn't mind sharing a room with them. Especially when the girls weren't with them in a city. She's share a bed with Seth, or one of the boys would sleep on a couch.
Seth and Emma were the only people she felt safe. And seeing that she was going to sleep in a room without them, it scared her a bit.
She placed her bag on bed and looked at the restroom. AJ was currently getting ready for a night out. AJ had invited her out. She wanted to decline, but AJ was trying to be her friend, and she would be throwing it back to her face if she said no.
She looked at her clothes that she was wearing, and shrugged. She looked okay for a day at a bar, or club, or wherever they were going. Taking a deep breath, she smiled as AJ exited the restroom.
"Ready?"
Paige nodded, a small smile on her face. She followed AJ out, and met Emma and Summer in the hall. They four women headed to the parking lot for a car and then towards the club.
Fireproof Flame
EMMA watched with a worried look as Paige downed her sixth glass. She knew that Paige had a way of avoiding things, and she used alcohol. She had lost count of how many times she had to hold the younger woman's hair as she emptied her stomach.
And Emma didn't know if Paige was drinking for fun, or because there was something else, something bothering her. Once the twenty-two year old started drinking, her emotions were everywhere, and the Australian can't read her as well as when she's sober.
"C'mon, dance!" Paige slurred, giggling. She was pulling AJ to the dance floor.
"You're drunk," AJ stated, staring at the drunken mess. Unlike the British girl, AJ was sipping her drink at a slow pace.
"Please?"
AJ sighed, unable to say no to the pout that Paige was giving her and and nodded. Paige grinned and pulled AJ to the dance floor.
"Is it just me, or was Paige get drunk a lot, at this time last year too?" Summer asked, staring at her best friend. Summer couldn't help but feel like something was off. She had known Paige for years, and for a half a year, she just disappeared. Sure Summer saw her during training and when they were doing shows, but other than that, she was gone. And she felt like Emma knew what had happened. She never bugged her friends for it, knowing that Paige would talk to her when she was ready. But that didn't mean she could try to inquire stuff.
Emma shrugged. "Not my story to tell."
Summer nodded, understanding. She looked back to see Paige wrap her arms around AJ who was laughing.
An hour later, AJ and Paige walked back to the table, the latter stumbled.
Emma gave Paige a cup of water. She smiled her thanks and drank it.
"Wha'er we doin' tomorrow?" Paige asked, looking at AJ, and only AJ.
"Well, we'll deal with your hangover, and we can watch movies. You girls can join us too," AJ told the blondes.
Emma watched her best friend. She did notice that Paige didn't seem as sad as before, but she still held a bit of resentment towards AJ for how she initially treated Paige.
"Dean was going to help me with my wrestling," Summer told the women around the table.
Emma looked at Paige, and saw the smile on her face. She sighed inwardly and shook her head. "I promised Seth we would hang out."
AJ grinned. "It looks like it's just you and me."
Paige grinned, as she nodded her head. "Fun!"
AJ laughed and struck up a conversation with Summer, while Emma just listened. Emma also kept a close eye on her best friend. After an hour or so of chatting, Summer and AJ were getting along; they actually had some things in common, Emma pointed to Paige.
"We should get her back to the hotel. She'll be sick in about half an hour," Emma told the other women, who nodded.
Paige seemed oblivious to the conversation. She was just staring at the cup of water. Emma placed Paige's arm around her shoulders and started to walk to the car. Summer and AJ had drank a little, while Emma was sober.
Fireproof Flame
THE sun was bright, and Paige's head felt like it was going to split open. She groaned as she tried to get over her need to throw up. She wasn't able to fight it and ended up running to the restroom. She could hear someone laughing behind her.
Paige brushed her teeth after she was done and walked back to her bed. She frowned when she noticed that her bed was still neatly made. "Where did I sleep?"
AJ grinned at the question. "You get cuddly when you're drunk. You really do like being the big spoon, who knew."
Paige looked at her with wide eyes, her cheeks slowly turning red. She hadn't heard that one before. She was many things when she was drunk, angry, emotional, depressed, and funny.
"Never heard that one before," she muttered, as she grabbed the bottle of water next to her bed and took sips.
"Maybe you never found the perfect someone to cuddle with," AJ commented, winking at Paige.
The Brit rolled her eyes. "What are we doing today?"
"I was thinking we could just watch movies. We talked about this last night, but you probably forgot. Did you know you asked me out last night? Guess you can add me with Dean on your list of short relationships."
Paige shot her a glare. "That's not funny. Just put on a movie and lets enjoy this peaceful day."
AJ watched The Incredibles. Paige fell asleep within the first twenty minutes. AJ shook her head and continued for to watch the movie.
After another twenty minutes, Paige mumbled something in her sleep and turned so her arm was around AJ's waist. She pushed herself so she was closer to AJ, and held her. She sighed, contently.
Paige seemed smaller, and it made AJ smile. She looked towards the television with a smile on her face, and placed her arm around her so she would be holding the younger girl near.
Fireproof Flame
PAIGE grinned as she pulled Summer's arm back, and she felt the blond tap her hand against her own thigh. She was smile at AJ, who was on commentary.
She remembered betting AJ that she could make Summer tap-out without using her PTO. AJ had accepted and they shook her hands.
Paige let go when she heard her song. She walked to the referee and grabbed her belt before walking back and looking at AJ. With the Divas Championship, she blew AJ a kiss.
AJ watched as Layla got into the ring, ready to attack Paige. AJ stopped her with a kick. Paige watched AJ as the short woman set up the Paige-Turner. AJ quickly did the move before looking at Paige.
Paige took a breath before giving AJ her attention.
"I need to speak to you. That was not funny. And this is the reason why," Paige started but AJ just started to skip around her. "Stop it! Stop! I'm trying to shout at you!"
AJ left while Paige stood in the middle of the ring shouting at her.
Paige left the ring after AJ disappeared. Once she passed the gorillas, she saw that AJ was waiting for her.
"So how did you like my Black Widow, baby?" Paige asked, singing the last three words like Iggy Azalea's song.
AJ rolled her eyes and shrugged. "It was okay. Not as great as mine, but it was okay."
Paige laughed and walked to sit next to her. "You're just jealous that mine was better."
"Keep dreaming."
Paige smiled.
AJ took the moment to look at her, to really look at her. She could see the spark in her eyes. It wasn't fully there, but it was progress. She was fixing Paige, and she was happy.
Fireproof Flame
PAIGE wasn't able to sleep that night. She got out her phone and went on the WWE Network, which she had subscribed to for only 9.99. She grinned as she thought about the catchphrase.
She went to her match against Summer. She watched it and listened to the commentary.
Paige couldn't help but roll her eyes as she heard JBL try to talk to a distracted AJ. "Stole your skip, she stole your finishing maneuver, she stole your baby, she stole crazy."
She silently scoffed. She was not crazy. But she really did enjoy playing crazy. It wasn't different from her Anti-gimmick she had in NXT.
She shook her head before she was sucked into her NXT memories, before she was sucked into those memories. The last few days were great, as she didn't have to think about them.
The one-year anniversary of when Seth and Emma was near. September 21, which so happened to be the Night of Champions pay-per-view. She just hopped she was able to concentrate that day.
But there was a comment that was made, one that stuck with her. She looked over and saw that AJ was asleep. She looked down at the app, before closing it. She placed her phone on the nightstand and stared at the ceiling. The comment ran through her head over and over again.
"Paige, Paige is mine, I don't want to share her."
She didn't know why that comment made her feel tingly, it made her heart pound hard. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes. She let sleep overtake her, with a smile on her face.
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