Awake

Author: LexysK23
Chapter: (18/45)
Words: 2,275
Disclaimer: I don't own WWE or the plot, just how the story goes.
Author's Note: Yay, Sami debuted in Raw, so happy for him. He had an amazing match. I was hoping for him to win. And Dean got added to main event. I hope he wins. Or Randy. Or Seth retains.

But on the story, Most of the story involves Corey-Seth-AJ. Paige is in the scene, but not really. And you'll be proud of Paige by the end, I hope. And Corey-Paige kiss will be explained. Enjoy.

Update: May 06, 2015

"STOP!" Paige exclaimed, as Seth grabbed Corey's shirt.

"Seth, stop, it's not him!"

Seth frowned and looked at the two girls, before looking back at Corey who was staring with wide eyes.

"Everything was aiming at him," Seth said, not yet releasing the other man.

"Seth," Paige whispered, "he's been protecting me."

Seth didn't respond. He just looked down at Corey, before releasing him.

"He knows," AJ told him, pulled Paige towards her. She kept her arm around the other girl. Paige leaned closer to her.

AJ just kept her close.

It seemed like the whole day had been catching up with Paige, and exhaustion hit her hard.

"Just sleep. We'll be here when you wake. I promise," AJ whispered, kissing the stop of Paige's head. The younger girl nodded and made herself comfortable. Within seconds, she was asleep.

"Talk," Seth ordered, glaring at the other man.

"It was on her birthday, last year. I had a cake and everything for her. We were best friends. We had so much in common. We clicked quickly. So I wanted to give her, her birthday present," Corey started.

Corey looked at the box in his hands. His hands were frozen from the coldness. He headed towards the Women's locker room. He turned the corner and smiled when he saw her with one of his friends.

But he froze when he saw the tension. He saw that his friend was talking to her, and it wasn't friendly. He could see Paige's wide eyes and the tears in her eyes.

"I don't give a fuck if it's your birthday. You will give me the respect I deserve," he growled, as he grabbed her chin and made her look at him.

"I-I'm sorry," Paige whispered, as she closed her eyes.

Corey felt anger, as he was about to walk up to them and beat the guy up. But his "friend" (they were no longer friends because Corey didn't want to be around someone who hurt their significant other, male or female), pulled Paige towards him and kissed her.

Corey watched, as Paige didn't fight back, but rather kissed back. He frowned, not knowing that she had been dating. He had seen his friend hook up with other women.

The other man released Paige and she looked around, her eyes connecting with Corey. When her boyfriend looked over, Corey hid, not wanting to be seen.

"What kind of bastard hurts someone on their birthday?" AJ asked, angry.

Corey looked at her before answering. "You did too. She told me, about the voicemail. And you kind of did slap her today."

Seth looked at AJ, eyes wide. "What?!"

"It was an accident."

"Just like it started with her old boyfriend."

"I'm nothing like him. I wouldn't hurt her for no reason!" AJ exclaimed, glaring at the tattooed man. Her shouting aroused Paige, as she seemed to waking up.

"What?" she asked, her voice laced with sleep.

"Nothing, just go back to sleep," AJ whispered, as she pulled Paige closer.

"M'kay," she muttered before going back to sleep.

AJ looked up to see Corey watching her. He smiled softly. "What you say means nothing to me. It's how you show it. And you did. I know you love her. I know you would do anything for her. You would murder me if I were to ever hurt her."

AJ nodded. "I would."

"So, Paige knew that you knew. Why didn't you do anything?" Seth asked, taking them back to the original conversation.

"I tried. I really did, but she wouldn't have it," Corey responded.

"I love him!" Paige exclaimed, glaring at her friend.

"But he doesn't love you. If he did, he would lay a hand on you!"

"You don't know anything!"

"Paige, this isn't healthy," he tried, calmly.

"Shut up Corey. Why don't you mind your own business?"

"You're my friend, you are my business."

"I don't want to be friends anymore," Paige told him, giving him a hard, cold stare.

"Paige," Corey whispered, "I care about you. I just want you to be safe. And you aren't. One day, he'll take it too far. One day, he'll hurt you so bad. I don't want that day to come. I want you to see that."

Paige shook her head. "No. I'm fine. I don't need you or anyone looking out for me."

"Paige, do you really love him?"

The twenty-one year old's eyes filled with tears. "He'll hurt Emma. He'll hurt everyone. Please, don't say anything. Please just keep this to yourself. I'm handling it. I'll deal with it, I promise."

Corey sighed and ran his hand through his hair. "I don't like this."

"Just promise me, you won't say anything. Please, I'm begging you Corey, please," she pleaded, looking at him with her broken eyes. He wondered how long they had been broken, and why he never saw it before. He sighed and nodded.

"Okay," he whispered.

"You should have said something. Screw the promise," Seth said, anger in his veins.

"I did. I told someone and they didn't believe me. They said that she was fine, and to stop making crap up. I mean, she was the NXT Women's Champion. She was the Diva. She was the one everyone looked to be. Nothing could tarnish that image."

Seth sighed as he rubbed her face.

"Wait, go back a bit. Her boyfriend, he hooked up with other people?"

Corey nodded. "We'd go out. And he always went home with someone. I never told her. I never had the heart to tell her. Her boyfriend, back in England, he cheated on her too. She locked up her heart. And then he got through, and made it worse."

"Fuck," AJ whispered, looking at the sleeping girl next to her. The dark purple bruise around her eye. "She never had much luck with love, did she?"

Corey shook his head.

"Nikki and Brie said they saw you two kissing," AJ said, confused. She looked at the dark haired man.

Corey chuckled before nodded. "I did kiss her. I should let you guys know that I have a girlfriend. And no, I didn't cheat on her. Not in the way you guys think. She knows about that kiss."

"You're dating? Since when?" Seth asked, confused.

"Since I asked her out."

"Who is it?" AJ questioned.

"The WWE Universe knows her as The Boss, an old enemy of Paige. But really, they are really good friends."

"Sasha? Whoa, I didn't see that coming," Seth admitted, a smile on his face. "I'm happy for you."

"Let's go back to that kiss. You and Paige. You kissed her, and Sasha is fine with it? No girlfriend would be fine, especially if the other girl is someone as beautiful as Paige."

Corey smiled and leaned forward. "Cause Sasha kissed her first."

AJ and Seth's eyes seemed to pop out of their heads with the revelation.

"Paige and I grew apart after I tried to tell someone. I had broken her trust. But after she got away. We started to become close again. I had started to date Sasha when we witnessed her first panic attack. We later found out it had happened a lot."

Sasha Banks, Corey, and Paige were hanging out. They were talking and chatting. When Paige looked up and saw someone she didn't want to see. She abruptly stood up and walked away. Corey saw him staring at Paige, a smirk on his face. Corey and Sasha stood up and walked after Paige.

They found her behind someone crates, unable to breath. Corey rushed to her and tried to get her to talk. Sasha turned to Corey.

"She's having a panic attack. If she doesn't calm down, she will pass out from the lack of oxygen," she told her boyfriend.

"What do we do?" Corey asked, panicked.

Sasha rolled her eyes at the look on the guy's face. "We need to either get her to start breathing normally, or just stop it for a while without causing more of a panic."

Paige looked paler than normal. She seemed on the verge of consciousness and unconsciousness.

"Do something," Corey said, as he held Paige close.

Sasha pushed Corey away from Paige and pulled the younger girl's face close. She then placed her lips on the Brit's lips.

Corey watched as his girlfriend kissed another girl. If it were any other day, any other moment, he would have enjoyed it.

Sasha pulled away, and Paige looked at them, confused. But her breathing was back to normal.

"Wh-what?" she asked, looking at Sasha.

The other woman shrugged. "I saw it on television and it worked there. So I tried it here. But can I ask what caused the panic attack?"

Paige looked away, and didn't respond.

"Was it—"

"Don't say his name," Corey growled, a dark look on his face.

"Why? What did he do?"

"He hurt Paige, in a way no one should be hurt," Corey whispered.

Sasha looked at the anger in Corey's eyes, and the sadness in Paige's, and had a small idea of what happened.

"If you two want. I can rip his dick out with my bare hands and shove it so deep in his ass," Sasha offered, bringing a small smile on her boyfriend's face and a laugh out of Paige.

"So she gave me permission to help Paige if she was ever having another panic attack," Corey finished.

AJ looked up at Corey and asked the question they had for weeks. "Who was it?"

"Who else? Think about it? Who is always around? Who is always there? He doesn't like you Seth. He always thought you were trying to take his girl. It was obvious to everyone you had eyes for someone else, but he always saw you as a threat. Because you were so close to her."

"Sami," Seth and AJ said at the same time, before looking back at Paige.

Corey nodded. "Never judge someone until you get to see them. Sami Zayn was, and is Paige's abusive boyfriend."

Fireproof Flame

SMACKDOWN. Brie and Nikki cut a promo. They were talking about that Sunday, where Brie was going to beat AJ and become the gatekeeper, and then Nikki was going to beat Paige. Paige and AJ came out and they talked, glaring at each other.

Summer had a match against Alicia. The latter won the match.

Paige was walking towards the locker room, feeling refreshed for the first time in a long time. She hadn't seen Sami since Monday.

But her good mood was soon vanquished as someone grabbed her wrist and pulled her into a room.

Once the door was shut, the other person placed their lips on hers. She pushed him away, knowing who she was with.

"C'mon babe, don't be like that," Sami said, as he tried to kiss her again.

"Stop," Paige said, pushing him.

"No. You're my girlfriend, and you will do what I say," he growled, grabbed her arm with a tight grip.

"I'm not," she responded, glaring at him in the dark room.

"What?"

"I'm done. I'm not your girlfriend, not anymore. All you've done is hurt me, and I'm over it. You're not controlling me anymore."

"Then I'll move on to Emma."

"Do it. I want to see you try. Get through the people protecting her. I dare you."

Sami tightened his grip. Paige winced.

"I'll make you pay. You will be mine, I swear to you."

"You can't do anything to me. I want you to try and do someone. I want you to try and hurt me. Because from now on, you're nothing to me. You're dirt, crap."

Sami raised his hand and slapped her. "No one is going to want you anyways. No one is going to love you, not the way I do. You're not good for anything. And watch, you won't be champion for long. Trust me on that."

Paige touched her stinging cheek. She clenched her hand into a first and launched it.

The impact knocked Sami down.

"How do you like being beat?" Paige kicked him. She felt so much anger. She felt so much pain. Her tears filled in her eyes and she kicked him, over and over and over again.

Sami laughed. "When you lose everything, I'll be waiting."

Paige kicked him one more time before storming out of the room.

She bumped into Dean. He held her shoulder and frowned when he saw the red cheek.

"Are you okay?" he asked, as he checked the growing bruise.

Paige slowly nodded, a small smile growing on her face. "Yeah, I'm fine."

"Let's get you checked out before AJ or Seth or Emma or Corey kill me."

Paige smiled softly as she nodded. She was going to fine. She was going to beat him. She was.

Fireproof Flame

"THE following contest is for one fall. It is to determine who will be the Gate Keeper in the Divas' Championship match!" Lillian said into the mic.

Light it up!

"Introducing first, from Union City, New Jersey, AJ Lee!"

AJ skipped towards the ring, a smile on her face.

Paige had told her good luck. She said that she believed in her. And she gave AJ a small kiss on the corner of her lips for good luck. It was all she needed to win.

Brie Mode!

"Introducing her opponent, from Scottsdale, Arizona, Brie Bella."

Brie walked to the ring alone.

Paige watched from the back. She hoped AJ would win. She needed to keep her title. She had to survive to prove Sami wrong. She was going to win and get rid of him.

So, the ex was Sami. Many of you guess him after the 16th chapter. Bitz24 was the first to guess him. And don't worry, AJ and Seth and whoever finds out will do something. Not now, they'll have other things to deal with and stuff.

And AJ will tell Paige about her feelings in 22. And Paige's reaction may or may not be how you expect it.

And the Survivor Series matches will be in the chapter. I know who will win. Who do you guys think will win? Brie or AJ? Paige or Nikki?

Did you guys like Corey-Sasha? Did I do okay with her? I have never written her. And all I know about her is her matches with Paige/Emma/Bayley. I hope I did okay.

Thanks for reading. Review. And until next time.

Next Chapter On:
May 08, 2015

Chapter Name:
Survive