A/N: Once again thanks to my editor CJ. Hope y'all enjoy.
"I don't see what the big deal is." John states. "I mean you've made out with the guy before."
Celeste frowns. "I can't believe how comfortable you are with this. This is different than you having a few kisses with other girls. This is a nightly thing with Seth and me. That's why it feels awkward. Sue me for not enjoying making out with someone who's not my fiancé."
"Is that what you're worried about? That you are enjoying it?" he asks.
Her eyes widen. "What?!"
He laughs. "Come on! I know you think he's hot. Remember when we were at NXT?"
She thinks back giggling. "I had forgotten about that…" She and John were watching Seth take on Michael McGillicutty in the semi-finals to become the first NXT Champion.
"Do you need a napkin?" John posed.
Celeste looked up at him perplexed. "Do I what?"
"You're drooling over Rollins!" he declared.
She smiled shyly. "I am not!"
John laughed. "It's okay. I'm secure enough in my masculinity to admit he's a fit guy. And since you let millions of women look at my every week, it's only fair I let you stare at other guys."
Celeste shakes her head. "Okay, yeah he's hot. Thank goodness. I don't wanna think about having to kiss a guy that I didn't find attractive." She shutters. "Ick!"
John pulls her close and looks into her eyes. "I know what kind of woman you are. There is nothing for either of us to worry about."
Seth is warming up backstage preparing for the Rumble. "John reminded me of something earlier." Celeste utters.
"What's that?" Seth replies, straitening up from a squat.
Celeste looks into his eyes. "We met a while back. When you were still in NXT."
A flush of red rises in his face as he thinks back to that night. "Oh I can't believe I forgot about that!.." His adrenaline was pumping. He bolted around the corner and slammed into the back of a tiny woman. She screamed as her coffee goes flying. "Oh gosh! I am so sorry!" he exclaimed as he took hold of her arm to steady her. "Are you okay?"
She turned and looked up at him with beautiful hazel eyes. "Yeah, I'm fine. I should know better than to have coffee this time of night anyways."
"I'm just kinda anxious about tonight. I should have been paying attention." he stammered. "Oh uh… I should introduce myself." He stuck out his hand. "Seth Rollins."
She shook his hand. "Celeste Star. Nice to meet you. And it's okay to be anxious. You're in the semi-finals to become the first ever NXT Champion. That's a big deal."
Seth smiled. "Yeah it is. And it's nice when those from the main roster come to watch us down here."
"Rollins get to gorilla!" a producer called to him.
"Well I gotta go. See you later." he told the beauty.
"Sure. See you later." she replied.
"Well I didn't get a chance to tell you that night, but great match." Celeste tells him.
He laughs. "Thanks." He smiles sheepishly, thinking back to another moment from that night with Corey Graves and Xavier Woods.
"Hey guys. If things go well I won't need a ride with you two tonight." Seth told them.
"Why's that?" Corey asked.
"You guys know Celeste Star?" Seth inquired.
Corey and Xavier exchanged looks and snickered.
"I know enough that if I weren't married, I'd stay away from that girl!" stated Corey.
"Why?" Seth asked nervously.
"Because she's Cena's fiancée!" Xavier explained. "I met her at Cena's gym."
Seth hung his head and groaned. "Oh man, I can't believe what I almost did."
Corey patted him on the back. "At least you warned us what you thinking of doing so we could stop you."
"You alright?" Celeste asks, snapping him out of his thoughts.
"Yeah, I'm fine." he answers. "Just grateful I didn't shorten my career here by doing something stupid." he thinks to himself.
The clock counts down for the next entrant in the Royal Rumble, and the Shield's music begins. "Oh no!" exclaims Cole.
"Which one's it gonna be?" quips King, excitedly.
Because Seth had to make his way to the ring quicker than usual, he and Celeste only came through the first couple of rows. Celeste takes his face in her hands and gives him a short, but steamy kiss before he dashes toward the ring.
King let's how a lecherous hoot. "I don't know if he'll win the Rumble or not, but he sure is a lucky man."
"Way to go, Champ." Celeste tells her fiancé as they cuddle on the bus.
"Thank you. But before I get the championship back I gotta get a team together to take on your boys." He refers to the plans for the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view.
"I'm gonna be honest." she begins. "I'm kinda enjoying being against you."
He squeezes her and smiles mischievously. "I like you being against me too."
She playfully slaps him on the chest. "Silly. I wanna talk to you about my birthday."
"Okay. What do you wanna do?"
She takes a deep breath and a wide grin spreads across her face. "FireHouse and Slaughter are playing in Tampa that night!"
"Let's go! Why don't you contact Bill and see if you can get backstage passes?"
"Really?" she asks.
"Yep." he responds. "But remember, you're still turning 33. You can't turn 13 again."
Over the next few weeks Celeste enjoys cheering on the Shield as they tangle with John, Ryback and Sheamus. It's now Valentine's Day, and Celeste's birthday. "Here you go." John says handing her a large box. "You didn't think the concert was you're only gift did you?"
"What is it?" she inquires, as she unwraps the gift.
"Something you said you've wanted for almost 30 years and go well with a rock concert."
She looks at him astonished. "You didn't?!" She rips open the box to discover leopard print boots, exactly like Paul Stanley wore in Kiss's "Lick It Up" video. "Her jaw drops and she gasps. "You had to have had these made!"
"I did." John answers.
"How much did these cost?" she wonders aloud.
"None of your business, now put em on." John avows.
Celeste slides her feet into the boots. "They fit perfect and are so…comfortable! I never say that about boots."
"That's cause you're too cheap to spoil yourself, so you have to let me do it for you." She smiles and wraps her arms around his neck. "I love you!"
They greatly enjoy the concert, as well as hanging out with the bands prior. John loves watching his love be giddy over the bands who used to hang on her walls. During a slow part of the show she stretches up and says, "I'm gonna run to the lady's room. Be right back."
She makes her way to the rest area and notices spilled drinks on the floor. She watches carefully to not get her new boots in them and slams into someone. "Oh I'm sorry!" She exclaims looking up. "Seth?!"
"Hey." he responds. "It's okay. I wasn't paying attention either. We gotta stop meeting like this." he teases, referring back to the NXT incident.
She chuckles "What are you doing here? You barely seemed to know who FireHouse was when I talked about them"
He laughs. "Well I checked them out and didn't have anything else to do on Valentine's Day-So why not? I'm enjoying it."
"Yeah. It's great. We even got to go backstage earlier. It's John's Valentine/birthday present to me."
"Oh when's your birthday?" Seth inquires.
"Today!" she explains.
"Wow. Well happy birthday."
"Thanks."
It's the night before Elimination Chamber and the Shield are set to face Randy Orton and Team HellNo. They make their way through the crowd and Seth sees a drunk reach out to grope Celeste's rear. He quickly grabs her by the arm and pulls her away from the guy. While clearing her from the man's grasp, he manages to knock her into Roman, who looks back with a confused glance. "What are you doing?" Celeste questions, stunned by his action.
"Just keep walking." he tells her.
Once they are at ringside she inquires again, "What happened up…" She is cut off by his lips taking hers in a kiss that makes her forget what just took place.
After the match John meets up with them backstage. He pulls Celeste into his arms and looks at Seth. "Thanks for taking care of my woman up there."
"What kind of pretend boyfriend would I be if I didn't take care of my girl?" Seth teases.
"What did happen?" Celeste demands.
"I was disgusted when I saw some perv trying to grope you." John explains. "Thankfully Seth saw him before he could touch you and put a stop to it."
Celeste feels queasy at the thought and sighs. "Thank you, Seth."
"No problem" he claims.
"Good I caught you before you headed to the showers." Steph says as she approaches. "Just a head's up, booking gave me an idea I want to run by you and make sure everyone's okay with it." Celeste notices that Steph is only looking to John for a reply.
"What is it?" he asks.
"Starting next weekend, the Shield will be doing Smackdown house shows. Which means…"
Celeste cuts her off, "That I will be having to travel with the Shield."