I arrive in Washington DC and checkin to the hotel. I wake up later that morning after a sleep in and put on my gym gear. I meet Brie in the lobby and we head to the gym. After a good workout, I drop her back at the hotel and am driven by security to the arena.

I arrive and make my way to Jane and Marks office. "Hi." I greet.

"Morning, you travel in okay?" Jane asks.

"Yes, drove straight through."

"We just want to go over tonight's segment." Mark addresses. "After the match between you will address the winner of the match from the big screen."

"Sounds easy enough." I respond.

"Here's your script, read through it and we will see you soon." Jane finishes and I walk off.

I head to hair and make-up and Amy does my hair in a low pony and does a natural look for my make-up. I put on a peach mini dress which has two cut outs, one above my breasts showing some cleavage and the other underneath my chest showing my stomach, almost like a crop top. Lastly I put on my heels and place my title on my shoulder and head to set.

Natalya and Aksana circle one another and they lock up. Natalya grabs Aksana's arm and twists it behind her back. Aksana fights back by elbowing Natalya in the face. Aksana runs the ropes and delivers a spine buster. Aksana covers "1, 2." but Natalya kicks out.

Natalya moves towards the ropes and starts to stand. Aksana charges but Natalya sticks an elbow out and Aksana runs straight into it. Natalya waits for her to turn around and delivers a discus closeline. She covers "1,2." but Aksana kicks out.

Natalya gets up quickly and delivers two suplexes. Aksana is now flat on her back and in the middle of the ring. Natalya grabs Aksana's legs and looks to the crowd and they cheer loudly. She twists Aksana's legs and locks in the sharpshooter. Natalya arches her back and Aksana begins to tap. "Here is your winner, by submission, Natalya." Lillian announces.

I appear on screen. "Natalya." I call out over her music. The crowd starts to stir and they point to the screen. Natalya stops celebrating and turns to face the big screen. I smile. "Natalya, I want to congratulate you on winning your match, you've made it to the next round." I smile. "But if you want to make it to Battleground I'm going to need to see much more from you."

I arrive back at the hotel once I've filmed and receive a message from Renee asking to go to dinner. I accept and quickly get dressed in a white long-sleeved lace dress with black ankle boots.

Once I'm ready I venture down to the lobby where I find Renee. "Hey lovely." I greet hugging her.

"Hey you look great." She compliments.

"As do you."

"You ready?"

"Let's go."

We arrive at a restauraunt and straight away we order some wine. "Great idea." Renee laughs.

"Always gotta have some wine." I joke.

"How are you feeling?"

"I'm okay."

"Is your head in the right place?"

"Getting there, last week was hard." I admit.

"Did you sleep?"

"A little bit."

"Have you talked to anyone about it?"

I shake my head. "No."

"I think you should."

"I'll keep it in mind." I smile. "How's Jon?"

She smiles. "He's good."

"Fans still hassling you?"

"They always hassling."

"True."

"You excited for Battleground?" She asks.

"I am, I'm also interested who my opponent is."

"Do you know who?"

"No, they want me to be surprised."

"Did they at least ask who you wanted to verse?"

"Yes."

"Who?"

"AJ, Kaitlyn, Natalya, Tamina and Brie." I list.

"I'm glad you chose Brie, she isn't given the credit she deserves."

"Both of the Bella's have worked incredibly hard for what they have. I love them and if the haters can't see how hard they work, then they should just get fucked because they don't know what we go through."

Renee laughs. "Very true. Did you see Leighla tonight?"

I shake my head. "I didn't even know she was here."

"I saw her and she was flirting with Randy."

I gasp. "You're kidding?"

"Saw it with my own two eyes, ask Jon and Joe."

"Was Colby around?"

"He was in a meeting."

"I really just wish he would dump her."

After dinner we head back to the hotel and get in the elevator. As the doors are about to close a hand stops them and they open back up and standing in front of us is Colby and Leighla. I move closer to Renee so they can get in. "Hey." Colby greets.

"Hi." We both greet.

"Hot date?" Leighla questions eyeing both Renee and I.

"If you call dinner with two friends a hot date, then yes." Renee replies.

Once Colby and Leighla are inside I hit my room level and we ride up in the lift, which is super uncomfortable. I hear my phone buzz and pull it out of my bag and see Colby has messaged me: You look beautiful.

I turn to face at him and see he's looking at me. I glance at Leighla but she has her head in her phone. I send him a small smile. The elevator stops and it's our cue to leave. "Well this is us." Renee alerts.

"Have a good night." Colby wishes.

"You too." I retort and we exit.

"Okay that was fucking awkward." Renee mumbles.

"It was."

"What's got you smiling?"

"Colby messaged me."

"What did he say?" she asks smiling. I show her the message and she grins. "One day he'll see what she is and dump her ass."

"One day, until then all I can do is look."

She laughs as we reach my door. "Thanks for dinner tonight."

"Anytime."

Later that night after trying to get some sleep I sit up in bed. I get out of bed and wrap a jumper around me and leave the room. I make my way to the roof top and I walk over to the edge of the building and look out, leaning my elbows against the edge. "I knew I'd find you up here." A voice says from behind me.

I turn around quickly to see it's Colby. "Shit Colby you scared me." I gasp as he walks over. "What are you doing here?"

"Shouldn't I be asking you that? You shouldn't be anywhere alone."

I sigh and turn back around. "I couldn't sleep."

"Have you been sleeping?"

I shake my head. "No."

"Then why are you back at work?"

"Because I have obligations."

"I think Vince would want you to take care of yourself."

"I'm fine, it's just at night it's the worse." I confess. "I feel like whenever I close my eyes Adam is going to show up and I'm scared."

He takes a step closer. "It's okay to be, but what isn't okay is bottling everything up and dealing with it on your own."

"You don't get it Colby, I am doing it on my own. I have no one around that understands." I disagree. "No one knows what I've been through, and with him coming back into my life, everything that I have buried is slowly coming back up, and I'm petrified."

"You're right we don't get it, but what you're wrong about is you being alone."

Tears start to form in my eyes. "Colby, I am alone, I don't have anyone."

He steps up to me and puts his finger under my chin and my heart stops as he lifts my gaze so he can look me dead in the eyes. "You're not alone."

"Colby I am, because the one thing that I so desperately want I can't have." I whisper.

"What do you mean?"

I take a step back to try and get some distance between us. I turn around and brace my arms on the railing. I feel his presence behind me and he grazes my arm and encourages me to face him. "It's you Colby, and I hate myself for it because I know you love Leighla and I'd never do anything to ruin that." I confess. "But when you say that I'm not alone, it's not true, I am alone." I add. "I don't have a partner that understands me, I don't have two loving parents. All I have is a lovely group of people who care for me, but they don't understand, they don't get it." I finish and go to walk away but he stops me by turning me back and he pulls me towards him so quickly I have no time to think and he attaches his lips to mine. I'm frozen in place as he kisses me and I start to kiss him back. He spins me around and leans me against the rail and I deepen the kiss. I suddenly realise what's happening, and I regretfully break the kiss. "Colby, stop, we can't."

"Serena for once, just don't think with your head, just let down those walls."

"What about Leighla?"

He exhales. "Its complicated."

"As am I. You have no idea how bad I want you, but I'm not that person, I don't want to be that person, I deserve better."

He hesitantly steps back. "I'm sorry."

"Don't be." I respond. "Let's forget this ever happened."

"I'm sorry."

I pull him towards me and I hug him. "Colby, I so desperately want you, but you and me, right now, it's not the right time. One day maybe." I whisper and leave him.

The next day I wake up remembering the events from last night but I have to move on. I get up and get ready for breakfast. After breakfast I head back to the hotel and spend my afternoon resting.

I decide to call my mother as I just need to hear her voice. I ring her number. "Hello?" She answers.

"Hi mum." I say.

"Hey Rena, how are you?"

"I'm good. I just wanted to call as I haven't had a chance to in a while."

"I'm always happy to hear from you."

"How's Eliza?"

"She's good, she got an award at school the other day." She announces.

"What for?"

"Spelling."

"That's great." I smiles. "Listen I just wanted to let you know I'll be traveling down to Miami for a paperview this month, I would like to come and see you and I would like you to actually come and watch me?"

"I would love to." She expresses. "You can also meet Nick and Eliza."

"That would be great."

"Have you met anyone?" she asks out of the blue.

"Mum."

"Just curious."

"No I haven't met anyone, yet." I answer.

"Yet? Does that mean you like someone?"

"I'm not answering that."

"So you do like someone."

"Okay I am hanging up now."

"Sorry, sorry." She says. "Let me know when you're close to coming to Miami and I'll have the spare room ready for you."

"Will do mum, talk to you soon."

"Love you."

"Love you too." I retort.

The next day is Smackdown. On Superstars Brie won her match, and now the only one left is Sarona and Celeste.

I arrive at the arena and pile into the locker room. Tonight I'm wearing a black mini skirt, with an electric blue off the shoulder crop top and black ankle boots. My hair is straight and my make up is light.

I grab my title and make my way to the gorilla and watch the last bit of Kaitlyn and Tamina's match.

Tamina makes it to her feet and Kaitlyn spears her. Kaitlyn covers her and wins. My music blasts and the crowd cheers with excitement. I walk out and I take in the atmosphere from the crowd. "It looks like the champ has something to say." Cole observes.

"Congratulations Kaitlyn, that was an amazing match." I begin. "Let's have a look at the matches that we've had over the past week and see who has prevailed." I suggest and on the screen is the graphic of the tournament and the winners of each match. "As you can see, AJ has moved onto the next round and she will be versing Natalya." I announce and the crowd cheer in approval. "The match after that will be Brie Bella verses Kaitlyn." I add and the crowd cheer again. "I can't wait to find out who my opponent is for Battleground." I express. "So ladies give it all you got because I want to face the best."