Author Note: I'm getting awfully frustrated with this story. My mind wants to go in several different directions with it. This chapter will give some answers to some of the minor questions. It's also the first interaction between Roman and Savannah since Wrestlemania. Not to mention a very emotional ending. I hope everyone enjoys reading it and let me know what you think.

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Chapter 25: This Can Be Heartbreak

Savannah

The draft had been announced for July 19th on the first ever live Smackdown. It had the entire locker-room on alert. Excitement and nervousness was a beautiful swirl cascading through ever single person I came in contact with. It was still unclear if the NXT roster would play a role in the draft; but to me there was lots of talents down there that deserved the opportunity to shine. My biggest fear now was being separated from Seth and my friends. That was the future, this was the present and right now I needed to be there for my best friend.

Becky had spilled her guts to me a little over a week ago and at the same time, she was avoiding Roman like the plague. For whatever reason, she didn't want to talk to him about the things on her mind. I had a feeling that I was going to have to ask the questions, which was going to be a little awkward for me. We all needed to know if Adrian was someone he knew. It effected all of us, whether he wanted to believe that or not.

Seth held my hand as he turned the wheel in the direction of the parking garage. It was nice to be on the road again, especially with him at my side. There was no word on when my first match back would be; but I was secretly hoping it would be soon. I was itching to get back in there and show everyone what I've learned since I've been gone. "You've been quiet, something wrong?" He asked moving the gearshift into park.

"Just thinking about Becky. I've never seen her this confused about anything in all the years I've known her. She's avoiding Roman...and I think there is something she isn't telling me." I answered fumbling with my hands in my lap.

"I'm no fan of Roman, we all know this...but I think there is some inner demons he's fighting that will maybe someday redeem himself."

"I think there is more to all of this than any of us know...and its rooted by this Adrian Devox. I'm half tempted to turn what I know into the police."

Seth raised an eyebrow at me like I was crazy. Did he not think the same thing? This man had clearly stalked me for months and now has his eyes set on my best friend. Two people that have a single person in common. Roman Reigns. I couldn't even wrap my mind around all the scenarios that could happen if left unchecked. "You can't prove anything right now. All we have is words. Until there is proof cops can't do much."

I kept my mouth shut, because anger was quickly forming just waiting to be released. If I inherited anything from my mother, it was protectiveness of my family and friends. Becky was not just my best friend. She was family to me. If Roman could keep this from hurting her, then I would be in his debt regardless of all the things he's done in the past.

Opening the door, I got out taking a deep breath. The knot in my stomach was a sure indication that I knew what needed to happen. Seth opened the trunk and lifted our bags out, sitting them on the ground. His eyes were on me, studying my expressions as if reading a book. "You're going to talk to him, aren't you?" He asked.

"If Becky won't, then I'm going to. Seth, we need the answers I feel he has."

"I know..."

He pulled me close, brushing my hair away from my face with the back of his hand. His touch brought shivers up my spine and straight down to the pit of my stomach. Knowing how much I love him and knowing that he loved me was all I would ever need. It was a shame that it took this long for it to happen. "Trust me, I won't be long." I stated leaning in a little closer, anticipating for another wave of shivers to overtake me.

"I trust you...you know that. I don't trust him."

"I'm not the woman in his eye anymore. You have nothing to worry about. I'll meet you back in the locker-room."

"Alright..."

Pressing my mouth onto his, I cut his remaining words off. In a matter of seconds that tension washed away and all that was left was us in a passion fueled fury. He tasted of the coffee we had bought on the way to the arena with a mix of own unique flavor. My back was against the trunk of the car with his waist pressed up against my lower abdomen. If I didn't have something important to do, I'd say screw it and find our locker-room to let out all the frustration built up between us over the last few days. "You're so damn addicting..." He whispered breaking the kiss first.

"The feeling is mutual." I replied placing a hand on his beating heart that was racing under my palm.

He leaned in to recapture my lips and I couldn't help but smile into it. There was so much to be happy about, even if there were things that weren't so happy going on. I knew that I had him to lean on when things get a little hard and I knew he would be there to make me get back up. Not only did I have Amelia to thank for getting me where I am currently talent wise, I had him to thank to. He never gave up on me. Not once.

"Get up!" Seth shouted.

"I'm exhausted, Seth..." I answered softly, sweat dripping off my chin onto the canvas on the ring mat.

"Not an excuse. Get up now, Savannah."

Looking up at from the my crouched position, I could see the determination in his eyes and behind that was longing. Seth agreeing to help me in the ring was something I hadn't expected and most thought he would go easy on me; but that was far from the case. He drilled me endlessly with new things and only let me rest for a few minutes at a time.

Seth moved to kneel down in front of me, causing me to suck a startled breath of air in. Reaching out to cup the side of my face, brushing his thumb across my bottom lip. His touch was gentle and not what I had expected in this scenario; but welcomed nonetheless. "You have to get up. There is no going back now. You said you wanted to be champion, well you have to get better to achieve that. I'm not going to give up on you. You have all this talent and all we have to do is unlock it." He said before kissing my forehead.

I smiled at the memory and at him, because he never did give up. Letting me out of his arms, he pushed my back a little with his hand. "Go on, I'll see you in a little bit." He said with another smile. This time, it was laced with something else entirely. Love. Giving his arm a gentle squeeze, I turned to walk away only to stop with a few feet of distance between us.

"I love you." I said.

"I love you to." He replied giving me another smile that just made my heart race.

Roman

Walking into my locker-room, I never expected to see Savannah already in the room waiting. I supposed Becky finally told her about what was going on and told her truth about all the shitty things I did after our breakup. I half expected her to walk up and slap me or scream at me; but she did none of those things. Her arms weren't even crossed over her chest. She simply stood with a confused stare. The violet of her hair brought out the green in her hazel eyes, which did wonders for her already beautiful features. "Is there something you wanted, Savannah?" I asked moving across the room to sit my bag down.

"There is a few actually. First being, why? Why hire someone to keep a watch on me?" She asked softly, trying desperately to hide her emotions from me.

"I think you already know the answer to that; but if you want to hear it outright then I will tell you."

She sat down on the bench behind her. Her hair fell over her shoulders, covering the front of her white strapless top. I turned away from her gaze, wondering what could be going through her mind as she sat there waiting for me to speak. It made be think about something Becky told me before. Savannah wanted to keep the friendship, maybe now was my chance to try and made amends for all the crappy things I've done.

"I wasn't happy with the fact you decided to move on with Seth, so I hired Adrian to keep tabs on you. I wanted to see how happy you were, if at all. I wanted to see the damage I had created...in a way so I could try and fix it."

"I reached out to you...trying to keep the friendship; but you told me my efforts were wasted. Wanting to know how I was, is fine; but hiring someone to do it is wrong on so many levels."

"You think I don't know that..."

I ran a hand through my hair, forcing the self-loathing down. Gathering enough courage to face her, I finally turned around to see that there wasn't any hatred radiating off her face. In fact, her face was emotionless and unable to read. She was doing a good job at that. "Once I saw that you were happy, I ended the business with him. I thought staying away from all of you would be the best thing for me...best thing you all of you."

"Roman...you can't just cut yourself off from people. Yes, you did a lot of things to hurt me; but I'm also not heartless either."

"You sound like Becky..."

"Where do you think I learned it from?"

Hearing her softly laugh at the comment, I allowed myself to relax a little in preparation for her next question. She stood back up and tucked hair behind her ear. There was a moment of awkward silence before she opened her mouth to speak. "Do you know him? I can't imagine someone wanting to make your life a living hell if you didn't already know them. Becky had her wallet stolen and thrown back at you for a reason, Roman."

"I didn't really know him. He was the drunk fan that threw the beer at me and said I didn't deserve you."

"Seriously...the one the cops picked up cause he wouldn't leave us alone?"

"One in the same."

I explained that I found out later that Adrian was a PI and a really good one. I just never realized that he hated me so much. He took it upon himself to not dig into my personal life and the lives of everyone I was close to or was close to. That included Dean, Seth, Becky, and Savannah. Becky was the beginning and to be honest, I didn't want it to go any further. She had been nice enough to listen to me and not judge me for anything, even when she should. Becky didn't deserve anything but the best. "What does he want you to do?"

"That I don't know and I can't even go to the police about it, because the messages are encrypted to delete once opened. Luckily the first one of Becky's wallet wasn't encrypted; but it isn't enough proof and it frustrates me to no end. They already have his name; but there isn't much else than can do at this point."

Savannah bit her bottom lip, thinking about everything I just spilled to her. Letting out a sigh, I sat down on the chair behind and leaned forward. She turned to in my direction and knelt down in front of me. There was a look of irritation on her face; but there was also a look of concern. The question in my mind was who was she concerned about? Surely not me. "I think all of this frustrates us all. I know Seth is, because he's worried about me; but the person I'm worried about the most right now is Becky. This isn't about me anymore."

"What are you talking about? Adrian doesn't care that you aren't with me anymore. He's going to target every person I care about on some level and that includes you."

"But it's mostly Becky isn't it?

Her accusation completely caught me off guard. I never expected her to come to that conclusion without being around me. I haven't seen her in months and the first time she stands near me, she assumes I've grown closer to her best friend. Isn't that the truth, though? I didn't know what I was feeling when it came to Becky. With Adrian lurking all around, there was no way I was going to do anything to put her in the line of fire.

Before I could even respond, there was a knock on my door. Savannah stood up and moved away from me. It gave me a moment to breath, except when I opened the door the person in question was standing in front of me. Becky stepped over the threshold and glanced in Savannah's direction for a moment before returning her eyes on me.

"Sav, what are you doing here?" She asked not moving her eyes away from me.

"I came to ask him some questions about Adrian."

"Did you get answers?" She asked.

Savannah nodded in confirmation, ignoring the fact that I was still in the room with them. Hell, it was my damn locker-room they were invading. "I've got questions of my own." Becky announced shifting her head to look at her friend directly.

She moved towards Becky and placed a hand on her shoulder. A small smile curved Becky's lips up; but it was hard to read what she was feeling currently. Like Savannah, she came with an emotionless slate. She also had been avoiding me for over a week and I was pretty sure I was going to find out as to why that was. "Do you want me to stick around?" Savannah asked attentively.

"It's not necessary. I'll catch up with you later." Becky replied placing her own hand on her friend's.

"Okay."

Giving me a slight wave, she left the room with the door closing behind her. It left Becky standing a few feet away from me with that same emotionless stare. Her actions as of late have been completely unpredictable, because never in a million years did I think she'd say I deserved a second chance.

Becky

Once I knew that I was alone with him, the reality came crashing down around me. I really had to go through with what I came here to do. I had to confront him on things that were bothering me. Obviously, Savannah had done the same thing and got answers to her questions. Now it was my turn. Balling up my hands into fists at my side, the anger of not being trusted enough with certain truths was infuriating. "Why did you hide it?" I asked through clenched teeth.

"Hide what?" He counted with his own question looking at me like he had no idea what I was talking about.

"Why didn't you tell me that you blackmailed Seth into walking away?"

His eyes went wide for a moment. He looked almost like a kid with their hand caught in the candy jar; but behind that was another look of confusion. Did he really think that I wouldn't find that out? "To be honest, I thought you already knew; but it doesn't surprise me that you are this upset about it. I should have known that my crimes were far to long to be worth any kind of second chance."

"I never said that..."

"Listen to yourself...you keep making excuses for me. How long can you defend me before you loose every single thing you love? You can't even live with yourself right now as it is. I can see it in your eyes."

Words left me, betraying me to just stand there and listen to what he was saying. He wasn't wrong. I was defending him; but for the right reasons. I wanted to believe that he was worth the second chance I spoke of over a week ago in front of that lighted fountain. How could he not see that I was trying to help him? "I blackmailed Seth because I was afraid if he ever were to confess his growing feelings for Savannah, I'd loose her. It was self preservation; but now...it's doesn't even matter..."

"I already knew the reason..."

"Becky...you can't help me and you can't redeem me no matter how hard you try."

Roman took several steps in my direction. The look on his face told a story. One that I didn't want to hear. The things with Adrian was getting to him and pushing me away was his way of protecting the things he cared about. I wanted to scream at him for thinking such things, that he didn't have to do it all alone; but in reality, my legs were backing up towards the door.

Once my back was against the cold metal frame, I knew that I was trapped with only one option. Turn the handle and step out; but I had a feeling he was going to do that process all on his own. He reached out to touch my cheek, sliding a single finger along my jaw. The jade of his eyes were swirling with several different emotions and the only one I could read for sure was a gut-retching sadness.

"Roman..."

"Don't...I think we both know it would never work. Friendship or otherwise..."

"You don't know that..."

He smiled; but his mind was made up. I don't know why it hurt for this to be happening in front of my eyes. I knew that it was probably for the best; but it didn't stop my heart from breaking. His other hand rested on the door, as he leaned in closer to my face. "I do appreciate you trying...that means more to me than you will ever know." He said before capturing my lips with his own.

A surge of desire rushed through me, beckoning me to give back. Lifting my own hands, I rested them on his chest feeling the rapid beating of his heart. Breaking away far too soon, he leaned his forehead against mine with his eyes closed. "Goodbye Becky..." He whispered opening the door forcing me out into the hallway. Before I could react to force myself back inside, he shut the door and locked it from inside.

Standing there alone, I knew that it was over. The friendship I had been trying to build had already crumbled right down to the foundation, which was me. Holding back the tears that wanted to fall, I forced myself to walk towards the one place I knew I'd be welcome. Coming down the hall, I saw the outside label. Seth Rollins. Knocking lightly on the door, it didn't take long for him to answer. "Becky?" He said softly already seeing the look on my face.

"Can I talk to Savannah?" I replied trying so hard not to stumble over my words.

"Of course, come in..."

Seth stepped aside to grant me access. Savannah stood on the other side of the room stretching her legs out. She looked up from the floor and immediately got up to close the distance between us. Wrapping her arms around me, I broke. I honestly didn't care if I was being weak this time. I had tried to give Roman someone to talk to, to lean on...a friend and now...it was all gone. "Shhh...it's okay. I'm here..." Savannah soothed rubbing her hand over the back of my head.

"What happened?" Seth asked taking a seat behind us.