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 between the God Girls.
Chapter Two – Coffee Break
Starbucks, Midtown, New York City, New York
Montez Ford bumped Seth's shoulder as he collected his coffee from the pickup spot at Starbucks.
"Excuse me," 'Tez said with hostility. "Can't you see I'm holding a cup of hot coffee Seth?"
"You walked into me 'Tez I'm just standing here waiting for my coffee," Seth replied and 'Tez gave him a dark look.
"Does this feel good?" 'Tez asked Seth and the former World Champion furrowed his brow wondering where Montez was going with this as he sipped his strong coffee.
"How many shots of espresso are in that coffee?" Seth asked changing the subject but 'Tez wasn't interested in making small talk right now.
The God Girls were watching from the booth in the corner of the coffee shop as Bayley bounced Pfifer Rock on her knee a little too fast for Charlotte's liking.
"Bayley you're gonna make Pfifer dizzy," Charlotte said taking baby Rock away from her mother. "Go talk to Seth before Montez punches his lights out,"
"I'm not going over there you go talk to him. Give me back my daughter," Bayley said taking Pfifer back who thought her Godma and Ma were playing a game with her and she giggled with delight.
"Take a bulletproof vest with you," Becky said sipping on her macchiato while Alexa tried not to eat Becky's brownie. She always overate when she was stressed and Seth and Montez were stressing her out right now. Becky saw Alexa staring at her brownie and she drew the plate with the brownie away from the table and fed it to the dog by the table next to their booth.
"Hey, I could have eaten that!" Alexa complained.
"You could have eaten that but you shouldn't have, I just saved you a visit to the dentist blondie," Becky said. "You know if Bianca was here you'd be in the gym burning off all these excess calories that you've put on over the last few days,"
"I miss Bianca but I don't miss her workouts, the woman is a beast, she the B-E-A-S-T," Alexa said and they both said a prayer for Bianca's safe return before turning to watch Charlotte play peacemaker with Seth and Montez Ford.
"Guys, is everything okay here?" she asked them gently and she could tell from the tension between the two men that things were far from okay.
"Yeah Char everything's fine, I was just leaving," Montez said while staring daggers at Seth. "Enjoy your coffee,"
Seth sighed as a very angry Montez Ford left the Starbucks and headed to his New York apartment where Perfection and Rhea were hanging out. The Prayer Warrior was frustrated; he didn't want 'Tez to be mad at him but at the same-time, he couldn't stop thinking about Bianca Belair.
"You okay?" Charlotte asked Seth who shook his head.
"No, things are crazy right now, I'm not sure what to do about 'Tez," Seth said.
"Sorry did you want milk in your coffee?" the barista asked Seth.
"No I take it black," Seth replied and the barista smirked to his colleague.
"I bet you do," the other barista said and the Starbucks baristas started to laugh at Seth and suddenly, Seth and the God Girls were being serenaded with chants of "EST! EST! EST! EST!" and "Seth loves Bianca!"
"OMG!" Bayley said bouncing Pfifer even faster causing her daughter to giggle even more.
"It's a good thing 'Tez left before the chants started!" Alexa said. "If he was here right now I think he'd knock Seth's head off,"
"Oh boo-hoo, who cares about Montez Ford? He's been trashing Bianca on WWE TV for years, at least Seth really loves her," Becky said and Alexa and Bayley exchanged glances.
"Wait, you think that Seth loves Bianca for real?" Bayley asked Becky who smiled.
"I don't tink Bayley, I know he does and I'm gonna prove it," Becky replied with a cheeky grin.
"Oh God Becky no, please not another one of your crazy plots against Sasha and Seth. Haven't we been through this? God wants them to be together no matter how crazy it gets. Stop trying to split them up!" Bayley said and Alexa nodded in agreement but Becky didn't care.
"I may have had fun with Sasha and Seth in the past but this time, I'm dead serious. I will not let Seth spend one more year with that woman, especially when he has a much better option waiting for him in Heaven," Becky replied and Bayley got up and started to pace back and forth while Alexa looked to see if there was anymore of Becky's brownie left.
"You ate it all didn't you?" she asked the dog angrily and the dog licked his lips and Alexa ran her fingers through her hair in distress. "Becky's gonna turn my hair grey, not that grey hair isn't cool. I need one of Roman's brownies right now!"
"I agree, let's go see Roman and maybe he can help us figure out how to stop Seth from getting his lights knocked out by 'Tez. I think Becky might be a lost cause so let's go without her," Bayley said.
"Fine go run to Roman you losers, I'll stay here with Charlotte and the future Mr EST," Becky said rubbing her hands together and Charlotte and Seth wondered what on Earth Becky was smiling at as she approached them.
"I think we should go to 'Tez apartment and you should explain that your feelings for Bianca aren't real, and that you just miss her that's all," Charlotte said. "Maybe then he'll calm down."
"I don't think he'll hear me out, plus I don't know if lying to him is the right approach either," Seth said and Charlotte pouted angrily.
"Seth, you are not in love with Bianca Belair, you're just mad at Sasha for being so stubborn and strong-willed. Just come with me, we can talk to 'Tez together. It might go better if I'm there with you, he likes blondes you know," Charlotte said flicking her hair and Seth tried not to roll his eyes.
"Yeah, I know. He likes everyone but his wife," Seth said and Becky nodded in agreement with Seth.
"Becky what are you doing? I thought I told you to stop encouraging Seth like this? You can come with us but if you're just going to throw more wood on the fire you can leave for Pensacola with Bayley and Alexa," Charlotte said and Becky shook her head in refusal.
"Why would I do that? New York is where all the fun is, I'm coming with you guys. Maybe I can find some naked photos of Bianca that 'Tez has stashed away somewhere to put in Seth's pocket," Becky said and Seth blushed while Charlotte gave Becky a look of disapproval.
"Becky stop, we better get out of here before…Seth what are you doing?!" Charlotte said as Seth started to take pictures with the fans chanting for him and Bianca.
"I'll be right there guys, why don't you go ahead? I wanna hang out with the 'Seth Loves Bianca' fan club for a bit longer," Seth said but Charlotte wasn't having it and she pulled Seth out of Starbucks while Becky waved the fans over and told them to sing them out, which they did, all the way to 'Tez's apartment.
'Tez's apartment, Midtown, New York City, New York
Rhea Ripley pressed her head to the door of Perfection's room as 'Tez's daughter held her pet turtle GT who could talk. The Undertaker was in the living room talking to Montez about something but she couldn't hear what they were saying. Fortunately for Rhea and Perfection, GT could understand every word.
"He said you should be committed to a psychiatric facility," GT said and Rhea gasped.
"Me?! No way I'm not crazy!" she exclaimed. "Why would the Deadman want me committed?"
"Because you keep talking to my Mom in Heaven," Perfection said. "My Dad doesn't want you or me or Havana talking to her,"
"Well I'm not gonna let him lock me up in some nut house, I'm Rhea Ripley. I don't go to psychiatric facilities, I put people in them!" Rhea stated firmly with her arms folded.
"Then we better get out of here," GT said. "That Deadman wants you committed today so that the staff can cut off all of your long blond hair,"
"Oh so that's it, he wants my hair back to the way it was. Oh, this is so stupid, its just hair, what's the big deal?" Rhea said shrugging and Perfection furrowed her brow at Rhea.
"But its not just hair, is it?" she asked Rhea and the Women's Champion looked at Perfection in silence.
"No, it isn't just hair, its more than that and I can't let anyone cut it off," she said and Perfection nodded.
"So we better get out of here," GT said and he nodded towards Perfection's bedroom window and Rhea saw Seth, Charlotte and Becky heading towards 'Tez's apartment.
"We can leave with Uncle Seth!" Perfection said and they started to wave wildly so that Seth and the God Girls would see them from outside.
"Hey, look, Rhea and Perfection are climbing out of the window!" Seth said and he unfurled his flying prayer shawl and sent Shawl to collect them.
Perfection jumped off of Shawl and into Seth's arms while Rhea explained to Charlotte what was going on and why they had to leave right now.
"My hair's the only thing protecting me from Satan, plus its connecting me to Bianca and the Deadman wants to have me committed so they can cut it all off! We have to go back to California, I need to go back to the church on Malibu Beach, it's the only place I'll be safe," Rhea said and Seth gulped at the idea of going back to Los Angeles.
"Well if it'll keep you safe from the Deadman then we should go back to Los Angeles right now," he said but it was clear from his face that he didn't want to go back to Los Angeles and home to his wife Sasha.
Charlotte patted Seth on the pack, "Going home is the right thing to do Seth," she assured him. "Sasha's not so bad,"
Becky almost threw up at the mention of Sasha's name and she leaned over to Rhea and whispered into her ear, "Are there any naked pictures of Bianca in 'Tez's apartment?"
"Why do you want naked pictures of Bianca?" Rhea asked Becky out loud and Seth turned away with embarrassment and covered Perfection's ears while Charlotte shot Becky another death glare. "Are you into hot black chicks too?"
Seth tried not to burst out laughing as Becky went red as a tomato at Rhea's question.
"Yes, yes I am," Becky lied much to Charlotte's annoyance, "Now do you have any naked pictures of Bianca or not?" Becky said but Charlotte pulled Becky away before Rhea could respond.
"I didn't know Becky was same-sex orientated," she said to Seth whose sides were splitting with internal laughter.
"Neither did I," he said trying to control his laughter.
"Poor Finn, I bet he has no idea and I can't wait to let him know," Rhea said pulling out her cell-phone. "I guess you're not the only one who loves Bianca,"
Perfection turned to Seth who had finally brought his laughter at Becky's lie under control, "You love my Mom?" she asked Seth but the Prayer Warrior shook his head.
"Just ignore us Perfection, we're just messing around," Seth replied as Becky, Charlotte and Rhea got in a taxi and headed to JFK. Seth told them he'd be along shortly, he had some unfinished business with Tez and the Deadman to take care of first.
"What's my Mom like Uncle Seth?" Perfection asked Seth as they headed towards 'Tez's apartment.
"She's amazing," Seth said and he started to talk about the EST and by the time he finished talking he realised that he couldn't talk to 'Tez about Bianca as he'd discussed with Charlotte.
"What are you doing here?" 'Tez asked Seth as he opened the door to the leader of the God Girls. "What are you doing with my daughter? Come here Perfection, is there a woman on this planet that you don't want to take away from me Seth?"
"I'm sorry 'Tez, I'll go now. I wanted to talk to you about all of this but now isn't the right time," Seth said.
"Then when is the right time Rollins? After you've taken away everything that's important to me?" 'Tez said and the Deadman listened from the living room. "Go home to your wife Seth and leave my family alone!"
'Tez slammed the door in Seth's face and he heard Perfection crying on the other side of the door. He turned to leave but his heart told him that he had to stay in New York City, at least for one more day. He had a feeling 'Tez and the Deadman were up to no good and he didn't want Perfection to get involved in anything that would scare her and there was nothing more scary than the Undertaker and a vengeful Montez Ford who hated Seth more than ever.