BAE: Beautiful and Evil – One More Breath
Sasha tries to save her marriage but as rumours of Bianca Belair's return start to increase, Sasha finds it hard to get Seth's full attention and lead BAE. Charlotte reminds Becky that she cares about Sasha and Alexa Bliss and Bayley try to maintain the peace as the Road to Wrestlemania gets Rocky for the God Girls.
Chapter Eight – The Captain and the Chief
Clearwater Baptist Church, Clearwater, FL
News broke all over the wrestling world that Bianca Belair, who had been missing for weeks after disappearing from a coma in Los Angeles, was back with her family in Malibu, California. Social media had lit up with post after post and clip after clip of people celebrating the return of the EST, which were quickly followed by questions about #SethlovesBianca.
On hearing of her return, Charlene MacKenzie Helmsley called her father and asked for a prayer meeting at Clearwater Baptist Church. Her father Sr Pastor Charles MacKenzie agreed and the church was filled to the brim within an hour. Charlene was concerned that given everything that had happened over the last few years, there would be a backlash against Seth and the God Girls. Covering them and the rest of the wrestling world in prayer was the only thing she thought would help them.
After the prayer meeting ended, Charlene and her father drove home with Miss Glee and talked about Seth Rollins.
"I know you're concerned about him Mac but he's a grown man, you have to trust him to make his own decisions. Of course when it comes to love, Seth hasn't always been able to make the best choices," Pastor Mac said turning onto Robinwood Lane in Palm Harbor. "I mean he broke up with you, that was a bad idea,"
Mac shook her head, "Daddy please, Seth fell in love with another woman, that's on me not him. I just hope he didn't make a mistake falling for Sasha. Why can't she see what's she's doing with BAE is wrong? That evil faction is going to destroy her marriage, not just the careers of hundreds of wrestlers and WWE employees. I already lost my job, I hate to think what's gonna happen after Wrestlemania,"
"I like Miss Banks," Miss Glee said as Pastor Mac pulled into his driveway. "she's a woman who knows exactly what she wants. It's that boy Seth Rollins that needs to make his mind up. He can't decide if he wants Sasha as she is or as he thinks she should be. I tell ya'll something right now, that girl ain't gonna change,"
"Why do you say that Miss Glee?" Pastor Mac asked helping her out of his car.
"I've lived in Florida for years and I know the McMahon family very well. Miss Banks is just like her grandfather; ambitious and ruthless and she will stop at nothing to get what she wants and what she wants is to run the professional wrestling business and leave a legacy for herself beyond being a McMahon," Miss Glee said. "It might just come at a price and that is the love of her husband,"
Pastor Mac escorted Miss Glee into his home as MacKenzie opened the door and made them both a cup of coffee.
"I'll drop you home after Miss Glee, I just need to call my husband and find out if Hunter's in LA with DX and Stephanie McMahon," Mac said taking off her jacket and she left to make a call leaving her father with Miss Glee in the kitchen.
"I know Seth Rollins very well but I don't know his wife as well, all I know is that she's been a pain in my daughter's side since she became a power player in the wrestling business. That alone is enough to put her on my naughty prayer list. I don't know what God has in mind for her but I know He has big things in mind for Seth Rollins. I'd do anything to help that boy finish his assignment, being in Los Angeles with that woman just doesn't seem like a place he can grow as a Christian," Pastor Mac said to Miss Glee.
"I disagree Charles," Miss Glee said confidently, "It is in the fire that Christians shine the brightest and Seth Rollins is in the fire now. Sasha is his wife for a reason and God brought them together for a reason and that reason is to show Sasha the love of God. She might not deserve it, but none of us do. The way Seth sticks by her through thick and thin, that's the love of God. Its unselfish and longsuffering and one day, Miss Banks will fall to her knees in appreciation of that and she'll become the woman of God Seth's always wanted. If he bails on her before that happens, he'll regret it. That's his assignment Charles and it's a hard one. I just pray that he stays the course because the Lord won't release him or the God Girls from it until he does,"
Pastor Mac took a deep breath and nodded, "Many are called but few are chosen. I guess this is what it means to be chosen. I'll be here for him when he gets back from LA," he said taking a sip of his coffee.
"You mean if he comes back," Miss Glee said and Pastor Mac nodded as Mac finished her call with her husband Hayworth Helmsley.
"I just spoke to Hayworth Dad, he said the entire DX family is in LA right now. Everyone's waiting to hear what Bianca Belair's going to say about Seth Rollins. I sure hoped our prayer meeting helped things," Mac said and her father and Miss Glee exchanged glances.
"Prayer always does MacKenzie," Pastor Mac said and he handed his daughter a cup of coffee and they sat together in the kitchen, hoping to hear good news from LA in the morning.
The Rollins Household, Los Angeles, CA
Sasha Banks looked at the mirror on her dresser, the mirror where she had written #SashahatesBianca, that now said #SethlovesBianca, trying to get her head around who had changed it to that. The possibility that it was Seth was weighing on her but given everything that had happened in the last few hours, she thought it best not to ask him. Sasha was fighting for her marriage and Seth was finally home from Florida. The last thing she wanted to do was give him another reason to go back to Florida. No, Sasha was going to make the most of the time they had together, so she pasted on yet another fake smile, suffocated her internal resentment of Bianca Belair and the God Girls, and pretended to be happy.
As Seth emerged from the bathroom, dripping with shower water and smelling like morning glory, again Sasha felt silent indignation bubbling up like a fiery furnace inside of her. God's presence was now in the room and it followed her husband like a thick cloud, making it impossible for her to pretend to be anything other than what she really was which was pissed off.
"Who wrote this on my mirror?" she demanded and Seth turned to her while towelling off his neck and shoulders. His damp hair pressed against his head but the smile on his face melted the anger penetrating his wife's spirit right now.
"I did, you didn't know that Seth loves Bianca? I've been telling you that for years. I love all the God Girls. I mean it's a lot nicer than #SashahatesBianca," Seth said drying off his feet before nodding to the coconut oil on his wife's dresser, "Can you rub me down with that coconut oil after I'm done towelling off?" he asked Sasha changing the subject and Sasha thought she was going to smash him across the head with her mirror.
"Don't play dumb with me Seth Rollins, why did you write this on my mirror? Did you want me to see this right now, did you think it would be a good idea to piss me off first thing in the morning, after that b* called Bianca Belair came back last night? That heifer walks back into my town, where my family lives and starts getting my husband feeling some sort of way and you thought that this, this was the best way to handle this situation?" Sasha said and Seth sighed, got up from their bed and picked up the coconut oil from his wife's dresser.
"Nevermind, I'll rub myself down. I've been doing a lot of things by myself lately, guess I'll just add rubbing myself down with coconut oil down to the list," Seth said and Sasha's face tightened as Seth began to oil his skin shaking her head defiantly while her eyes glanced over her husband's naked body.
"Oh no, you're not going to get me like that Seth…uh-uh, there's no way you putting coconut oil all over your freshly showered skin is going to stop me from going off on you right now," Sasha said but her breath was labouring as the words came out. "You don't think I see what you're doing, trying to out fox me with your sexy, soft, sweet-smelling skin. Well jokes on you God boy because…I just won't…I won't…oh damn it!"
An hour later Sasha was in the kitchen with Trinity Fatu, Carmelo Hayes and Gigi Dolan who were all looking at her with the same expression.
"You look happy," Carmelo Hayes said as Sasha drank her coffee on the island with them.
"I tried to be mad at him but it just wouldn't stick. He's so freakin' hot, why did I have to marry such a beautiful man? One sniff of him and seconds later, I was in love with him all over again. I just can't stay mad at him, why can't I stay mad at him? I should be mad at him right? He totally humiliated me last night!" Sasha protested.
"Why, because he went over to Agoura Hills with the DX family to see the God Girls instead of coming home to see you?" Gigi Dolan said and Sasha gave her a dirty look.
"Thank you for reminding me Gigi, but yes, because he did that. Now I don't even know what went on between them," Sasha said.
"'Tez said nothing went down, it was completely civil. He stayed over with Bianca and the God Girls and Seth went home after welcoming her back," Carmelo Hayes said. "I would have loved to have been there too, Bianca Belair is so fine,"
Gigi rolled her eyes at her boyfriend's admiration of the EST, "She's a God Girl, that's nothing to get excited about Melo. She's just doing a little damage control but we know how she feels on the inside, she wants to take Sasha's man,"
Sasha nodded, "That's right but she ain't gonna get him because he's in love with me," she said and Carmelo and Trinity exchanged glances.
"So you really are happy Seth came home last night, eventually," Carmelo said.
"He still went to see that b* before he came home to me and that can't happen again. I'm his wife I come first, I don't care how long she was in that coma or in Heaven for. I come first!" Sasha said flicking her long golden syrup brown hair over her shoulder. "Now if ya'll would excuse me, I'm a see if I can get another dose of my husband before we all meet up downtown,"
As Sasha swayed her way back up to her bedroom for another round of intense love-making with her husband, BAE discussed the downtown meetup further.
"I don't like this at all," Trinity Fatu said to Melo and Gigi. "Sasha is way too happy after the God Girls totally humiliated us last night. They were all over LA with the media, while we were forced to come here and play it cool. BAE can't be in the background, BAE has to be front and center, in the conversation, at all times,"
"Agreed," Melo and Gigi said in unison.
"So what are we gonna do? Seth has got Sasha exactly where he wants her," Melo said.
"Yeah, face down on a silk pillow screaming his name with pleasure," Gigi said with a cheeky smile.
"But y'all know Sasha would rather have Bianca Belair face down on a pile of broken bones, in a pool of God Girl blood, so I say, we make that happen for our BAE leader," Trinity said. "Let's go remind the wrestling world just who we are,"
"Should we wait for Sasha?" Melo asked and Trinity shook her head.
"Sasha won't be down for a while," she said and Gigi nodded with an amorous look.
"Sasha's gonna have her face imprinted on that silk pillow by the time Seth's finished with her. God I love married people, they have the best sex lives, even when they're mad at each other, they always know how to make up afterwards," Gigi said and the three BAE members left the married couple to do what they did best: make love and pretend that everything was okay.
LC and Cameron's, Agoura Hills, Los Angeles, CA
Rhea Ripley sat next to Bianca Belair as she looked out over Agoura Hills from her guest bedroom in LC and Cameron Michaels' home. The bed she slept in with her husband Montez Ford last night was already made, he was downstairs with DX and he didn't wait for her to come down with him. Rhea knew he wasn't with Bianca and Perfection Ford sat on her mother's lap, wondering what was going on with her parents, as was Rhea and most of the people in the house.
"How did you sleep?" Rhea asked Bianca handing her a cup of coffee.
"Like a woman that doesn't have a husband," Bianca replied and Rhea sighed before putting her hand on Bianca's shoulder. "He slept right on the edge of the bed, he didn't touch me once. It wasn't just that our bed was cold Rhea, it was that his heart was cold. All he cares about is what my return will do to his match at Wrestlemania,"
"I know, he's obsessed with that main event, a main event that I helped him get into," Rhea said and she looked Bianca in the eyes solemnly, "I'm so sorry for betraying you with him, I thought I was doing the right thing and I never would have done it if I knew it would end up doing so much damage. I'm trying to make things right and I know that now Seth and the God Girls are back together, things will be alright again,"
Bianca nodded remembering seeing Seth last night with the God Girls, "Did you see the way Seth looked at me?" she asked Rhea and the former Women's Champion wasn't sure how to respond.
"Um, yeah I did. He was happy to see you, we all were, you've been gone a long time," Rhea replied.
"No but did you see the way he looked at me," Bianca said and Rhea furrowed her brow. She was obviously confused by what Bianca was saying and so Becky Lynch decided to help her out.
"He looked at you like a dog with a bone," Becky said causing Rhea to cover her face with embarrassment, "I'll take it from here Rhea, why don't you take Perfection downstairs while I catch up with the EST?"
Rhea couldn't stop blushing as she took Perfection out of the room.
"Why are your cheeks red Aunty Rhea?" Perfection asked Rhea.
"I'll tell you when you're older I promise," Rhea replied as she closed the door behind them and left Bianca and Becky alone.
"Now that the innocent one has gone, let's talk about what really happened last night," Becky said to Bianca. "I thought Seth was going to break every law of decency right there in front of everyone when he saw you,"
"I know right?" Bianca said twirling her braid. "Sasha's doing a great job of pushing him away, I just hope she knows what she's up against,"
"She doesn't, she's an idiot, as far as I'm concerned, she's already lost Seth. He's yours if you want him B," Becky said confidently and Bianca smiled coyly.
"Yeah I know, I just don't think I want what he wants the way he wants it," Bianca said. "but I do love knowing how badly this is making Sasha fight for him. That's all I ever wanted Becky, was for Seth to feel loved, now he does. That's enough for me,"
"You're such a liar. I know you're hurting over what Montez did to you, not just last night by ignoring you but over the last several years. I know you want to get some payback, some hot, sexy, illegal in 48 states kind of payback, right B?" Becky said and Bianca shook her head hoping Becky would calm down but there was no chance of that, "Well I'm just the girl to help you get everything you want. I've got the whole thing planned out, all you have to do is sit back, relax and let Auntie Becks do what she does best and that's make Sasha Banks' life a living Hell,"
"Becky!" Charlotte Flair snapped coming into Bianca's guest room much to Becky's dismay.
"Not now Charlotte, me and the EST are in the middle of something, you can bore her with your "marriage is sacred" spiel after I'm done, okay?" Becky said as Charlotte came and sat next to Bianca, bumping Becky onto the floor as she did so.
"Marriage is sacred," Charlotte affirmed.
"How would you know, you're not even married yet?" Becky said pouting from the warm carpeted floor. "You don't know what Bianca's been through, she deserves a little dessert after all the crap she's had to eat for the last few years,"
"Its true, you've had to put up with a lot on this assignment Bianca, but if you listen to Becky, you'll ruin two marriages and fail this assignment, so please, ignore that crazy red head with the "Seth's Life after Sasha" scrap book that I told her to get rid of about a thousand times. Listen to me, keep fighting for Seth and Sasha and let God repay you for all that you've lost, you know He will," Charlotte said and Bianca nodded.
"Oh I know God will repay me for everything that I've lost Charlotte," Bianca said and she helped Becky up and stood with her God Girl soldiers. "I know what Sasha and Montez tried to take from me to get what they want and I've seen the scrapbook Becky. I already know what Seth's life looks like with Sasha but Seth's life without her, that I can't say,"
"I can say I've got it all right here!" Becky said running to get her scrapbook while Charlotte ignored her and turned back to Bianca.
"I'm right and you know it, tell Seth whatever he needs to hear in order for him to stay with Sasha. I'm sure your problems with 'Tez will go away once he's beaten Roman Reigns at Wrestlemania," Charlotte said but Bianca's face gave the impression that she wasn't listening to Charlotte anymore. "Don't you agree with me about this Bianca?" Charlotte asked.
"No, I definitely agree with you Charlotte, I just can't stop thinking about the way Seth looked at me last night. For weeks, that man sat by my side and told me how much he loved me. I felt his lips on my cheek, along with his prayers and his tears and all this time later, it feels as good now as it did back then. I need him to know just how much I appreciated his support and consideration for me, and there's only one way I know how to express how I feel," Bianca said and Charlotte gulped.
"What do you mean by that?" she asked Bianca nervously.
"Seth didn't just give me his support when I was in that three-year coma, he gave me his love. I need him to get it back from me too," Bianca said and Charlotte shook her head.
"No Bianca, you can't give it back to him like that. It was inappropriate and he shouldn't have done it, that's why God raptured you to Heaven, because Seth was feeling things for you that he should have only have felt for his wife. If you persist down that road, you'll be going to a very bad place and being that you just came back from Heaven, it would be a shame for you to make God regret sending you back here. Please don't do anything with Seth that would make God angry," Charlotte said and Bianca smiled.
"When Seth looked at me last night, I felt exactly the way I felt when I was in a coma and he was the only one who came to visit me. It was like it was just me and him and no-one else mattered. That's how I feel Charlotte and I don't care what anyone else has to say about it," Bianca replied and Charlotte grabbed her arm and looked her firmly in the eyes.
"Well, I care Bianca and I'm telling you, as your God Girl in Christ, stay away from Seth Rollins, understand?" Charlotte said and Bianca pulled her arm away and shook out the pain from Charlotte's iron-like grip.
"I guess you've never been looked at that way before," Bianca replied and Charlotte shrugged.
"And I hope I never am," she replied before leaving Bianca Belair to her own thoughts, all of which were of Seth Rollins and the first page of Becky's "Seth's Life after Sasha" scrapbook, which she was on.