Colby

The Next Morning

I awoke to someone kicking the couch; I quickly opened my eyes to see Jon standing infront of me.

"And what where you two lovebirds up to" he jokingly asked

I looked up to see a still sleeping Gemma on my chest.

"Nothing, she stumbled in here last night and she ended up sleeping here" I yawned
"Was she drinking last night?"
"I think so. I should really move her shouldn't I?" I asked
"Well if you wake her, you'll have to deal with her," he laughed
"Yeah, that will go well. I'm back in her bad books again" I sighed as I shifted myself from under her without waking her.
"What did you do now?" Jon asked, I could hear the anger in his voice
"Well.. I tired … to well kiss her last night" I stuttered as I rubbed the back of my neck

As soon as I spoke, Jon slapped me on the back of the head.

"You idiot! What were you thinking?" he exclaimed, Gemma stirred slightly
"I couldn't resist myself, okay. I'm still in love with her okay. She told me that you warned about this! Do you really think I'm bad for her?!" I tried to calm my voice
"YES! You didn't see what a state…" Jon began but stopped
"Get her back to her room before I finish this" he sneered

I lifted Gemma gently in my arms and once again she stirred. I carried her to her room, and softly lay her into the un-made bed and covered her with the cover. I softly closed the door behind me, and just as the door clicked I was confronted with a less than happy Jon.

"Right where was I. Oh you didn't see what state she was in when she left you! She was pregnant and alone; she had no one to turn but me! And when she lost the baby, I lost her. She disappeared off everyone's map and I don't want that to happen to her again. You screwed her up last time and I can't let that happen again!" he shouted
"Don't you think I know that, but I can't help my feelings" I sneered back, as I ran my fingers through my hair
"FEELINGS! Feelings are what got you into this mess in the first place"
"Do you think I want to hurt her again? It almost broke me losing her the first time and I don't ever want to feel that way again and hurt her again" I sneered through my teeth
"Almost broke you? You had Leila while she had no one. I tired to fly out to be with her but she wouldn't let me" he shouted

He had to bring up Leila; he told me for years that he wasn't her biggest fan. I couldn't hold back my anger anymore, I grabbed him by the shoulders and pinned him against the wall. I guess that noise had grabbed Joe's attention and he came running around the corner.

"LEILA! She was nothing compared to her. Leila just glued me back together," I shouted
"Hey guys, what's going on?" Joe said as he tired to spilt us up
"I'm surprised Gemma wasn't woken to this noise" he said
Just as he said that the door to Gemma's room creaked open, and a sleepy Gemma emerged. She shuffled towards the kitchen area, she had thrown on an over sided hoodie and she was clutching a box close to her chest.

"Okay, I'm nursing a pretty bad hangover. So I'm going to make this rant pretty quick" she grumbled
"And before you all ask, this is a box of Lyon's tea. My granny sends me 3 giant boxes a year of this stuff, it's a staple of tea in Ireland so," she added as she placed the box on the counter and boiled some water.

Joe released us from his hold and made his way towards the couch to sit down.

"Colby, these feelings you have for me aren't real feelings. You're just horny. It's been what, 2 months since you kicked Leila to the curb. Oh god love you, 2 whole months. 2 WHOLE MONTHS! Try close to a year okay!" she growled

I wanted to say something but I didn't want to anger her any more.

"And I can tell by the look on your face, your surprised that I've actually slept with someone who isn't you. Well your not the beginning and end of my sex life" she added as she poured the hot water into a coffee cup

"But trying to kiss me after bringing up the memory of our son, that crosses the line with me!"

"Ohio! STOP IT! I'm not made of glass. I'm not gonna to break if someone touches me. I'm not a child anymore, I'm not the awkward teenager you first met in Ohio. I can make my on decisions and I can live with the mistakes. Yeah maybe I want to sleep with Colby or whoever I want, and it's all MY decisions." She raised her voice as she glared at Jon

"And Lopez, don't you dare think I want to do that" she added

She turned to face Joe, and she managed a smile.

"Joe, I'm soo sorry that you stuck in the middle of this. It probably paints a bad picture of me since you don't know me too well. But I promise I'm not always like this" she sighed

She grabbed her cup and the box from the counter and made her way back to her room.

"As of now, I'm not speaking to the two of you. And I'm going to go die slowly in bed from his hangover" she grumbled as she slammed the door behind her

There was silent in the room between all of us.

"What did you do to piss her off so much?" Joe asked, chuckling at the end
"Long drawn out story bro," I sighed
"Great job, Lopez. Now she's pissed at both of us!" Joe sneered as angrily left the room

I had a feeling this wasn't the end of Gemma's rant towards me, and I had gotten my fair share of them the last few months.

Gemma

Later

The hangover wasn't going away anytime soon and I mentally kicked myself for thinking it was a good idea to drink so much last night. Also I hadn't spoken with Jon or Colby since my rant at them this morning, it had made the car ride to the arena very awkward which wasn't good since we all were supposed to travel to the next city together.

I was fixing my make-up in one of the mirrors in the locker room when Eva Marie walked into the room. We had stayed away from each other since our argument a few weeks ago but it looked like she had something to say and it wasn't good.

"Gemma, Gemma, Gemma" she devilishly grinned
"What do you want Eva" I said as I looked at her in the mirror
"You have some explaining to do about your past. You haven't been 100% honest with all of us" she grinned

We were alone in the locker room the girls where else where in the arena.

"Eva whatever gossip you are looking for, you're not going get it from me" I hissed
"COME ON! I know the whole history between you and Rollins. I have my ways of sniffing out things" she grinned once again
"What history?" I questioned her
"Don't give me that. I know you two were together 5 year ago, I know you left him cause he cheated on you, I know you where pregnant. And now you waltz back into his life, where's your kid huh? Did you abort it? Give it for adoption? Was it because you where a shit mother? Oh poor little Gemma" she faked cried at me

I froze, how did she know? Where did she find that information? I slowly turned to face her.

"Where the fuck did you hear that from?" I sneered as I clenched my fists
"I told you I have ways of sniffing out this information" all she could do was grin at me

I was starting to loose my patience, I wanted to punch her face in so bad but that came with repercussions.

"Oh do you wanna hit me? Go on hit me! But no-ones here who's gonna believe you. Especially when I turn on the water works," she grinned devilishly
"I-I-I was helpless. She j-j-just turned on me" she sniffed as tears starting to fill her eyes
"Now, you're gonna listen to me. I'll keep your little secret but you have to do something for me" she laughed as she wiped the tears from her eyes

What could she possibly want from me?

"I want you to stay away from Rollins, he's mine. I've had my eye on him since day 1 in this company. Forget whatever you two have going on right now, consider it over," she snarled as she got up in my face
"You can have him. There's nothing going on with us. If that all it takes to keep you quiet then fine" I quickly said as I started to walk away from her
"Keep telling yourself that newbie, but deep down this is going to eat away at you" she smirked before I closed the door behind me

She could have him for all I cared. I think.

Later

There was nothing new with the Smackdown taping; everything went smooth even though I wasn't speaking with Colby or Jon. I felt sorry for Joe who was caught up in all of this but I felt that this wasn't the first time he'd been caught in with Colby and Jon.

I was gathering my things in the diva's locker room when there was a knock on the door. I closed my eyes thinking it was Eva again to black mail me for other things she wanted. But when I turned my head it was Jon.

"Am, Irish. Can we talk?" he asked, as he looked at his feet

I said nothing and just nodded my head as I continued to pack my things.

"I know your not made of glass, I know you not the same kid I met all those years ago in Ohio. I was just looking out for you; I was there to witness the fallout from you two; I was caught in the middle of it all. You were pregnant and alone, you wouldn't let me see you and it was driving me crazy. You dropped off the face of the planet, and the next time I heard from you was when you lost the baby and you where gone from me once again. You don't understand how much I felt I was losing my best friend and I was afraid I'd get a call that you where dead. So that's why I worry and look out for you, because if I don't, I could blink my eyes and you'd be gone again"

I took in everything he had said, I never thought of how much my running had affected him, how selfish I'd been just because of what had happened between Colby and me.

"Ohio, I didn't know you felt that way about me. I never had anyone feel that way about me. I'm used to doing things on my own, I'd been hurt so much in my life and you were there to witness it all. Remember how I was bullied in Ohio and you were there to fight my battles for me and that was something new for me. You were there when Jason and I ended and any other boyfriend I had in my life. You were always there to pick me up when I fell and I never appreciated you. And now this whole thing with Colby and your caught in the middle. I know you your looking out for me, but Jon I think I'm lying to myself." I sighed

"Lying about what?" I could tell from the look on his face he was bracing himself for something big
"Jon. I know I put on a brace face but I think something is wrong. I think I'm still in love with Colby. And I know you think we are bad for each other, but he's the one. He's always been the one" I tired fighting off the tears

He locked the door behind him and quickly made his way and engulfed me in a tight hug.

"Irish, I never thought that. I was you guys biggest supporter, it's just since you left he became a huge player. Leila and him were definitely bad for each other, she just loved drama. She'd get bored and start stirring up drama between them, she try and set him up to cheat on her and she'd use it to fight with him and they'd break up. But then she weasel her way back in and they'd get back together to get people talking. It was her I had the problem with and Colby always took offence to that." He spoke softly as rubbed my shoulder.

"I know of his past with Leila, but that still doesn't make my feelings about him go away. But I feel like I've lost him from my outburst this morning, you know he tired to kiss me last night and I freaked out but it gave me time to think and I realised that I still loved him, but my mood this morning wasn't great so the angry took over me" I sobbed
"He won't see that. He'll still want you, you just need to tell him." He urged me

Telling him, I had convinced myself that I had no feeling left for Colby but I guessed I was wrong. As I had said to Jon, he's the one he's always been the one. But I was afraid had lost him.

We sat and talked through things for a while in the locker room before we had to leave for the next city. I still didn't know what the travel arrangements where but I guessed they were still the same.

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Hello Hello Hello... Long time no see.

First off I want to apologise to all my readers for stopping out of the blue. Alot of things happened at once and I just couldn't bring myself to write anymore. I left my job because of horrible work conditions and then i had like wedding to attend and then I had a horrible infection in my tonsils so i was out of action for about week. But having Seth back on TV and just his return in general brought back my love for this fanfic :D so here's Part 9 for you lovely lovely people. I began writing it before all the crap happened and finished it last night so it's a bit messed up at the end. But hopefully this will continue :D If you guys want more PLEASE let me know , like if you want oneshots or a new story feel free to let me know :D
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