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Aftermath

Cassie woke to the sound of the front door banging shut. Luckily she had agreed for Travis to bring Aubrey to school that morning so she could recover. As she lay there she felt a mixture of emotions wash over her shame , guilt , and funnily enough a bit of lust as images flooded her mind. After their encounter, Joe had sat in the limo with her , both of them in silence , a little shell-shocked from what had transpired earlier . One thing was for sure she would have to speak to him today or soon. She couldn't take the chance showing up at the arena for the first time to face him on Friday , that would make things even more awkward. They had a lot to drink and had got carried away in the heat of the moment , she told herself this until she was convinced it was true.

Joe thought he had alcohol poisoning, he actually was physically sick from all the tequila. As he sat on the bathroom floor feeling very sorry for himself, he pushed images of white lace panties out of his mind. He had fucked up , that was obvious . They had a moment of madness that's all this was. He needed to speak to her , he felt so bad every time he thought about Aubrey and what he had been doing with her mom. Looking at his kitchen island didn't help matters as he felt he was reliving the moment every time he did. In the end he decided enough was enough and he needed to end the torture. It was 10am , she would probably be awake he reasoned. He wrote and rewrote the message about 10 times, he wanted to be cool and collected but his heart was racing. In the end he went with " morning, hope you are not as hungover as I am. Think I am about to die!. We should probably talk". He sent it and put the phone on the bed as he went out to get more water. He came back in and checked the phone, she had read the message. He felt physically sick as he waited and hoped for a response.

Cassie stared at the message , what would she write. They did need to talk she knew that " Morning , yep I am also in a very bad state. I think that's a good idea that we talk. Shall I call you?". She wanted to feel in control of this situation, so her initiating the call would keep it on her terms. She felt her heart flutter as the phone beeped "Sure". She felt like she was about to throw up with nerves . She pressed call , her hands shaking. He picked up after one ring " Hey" he said cautiously. " Hey , Joe I'm going to cut straight to the chase. Last night should never have happened". She heard him breathe out " Oh good we are on the same page , Cass , I have no idea what happened. I blame the tequila. I don't want that to mess up all of this" she felt better immediately . " Me either , I love working with you and WWE and I don't want to ruin that". " OK then we are good. Let's just put it all behind us and leave it there ?". Cassie gave a nervous laugh " Yeah it's all a bit of a blur anyway , so the sooner we move on the better". Joe's response was " Yeah I don't really remember much either". There was a silence , and a little awkwardness. " OK look I better go, I will speak to you during the week" Joe said. Cassie said " OK bye" as cool as she could. They hung up , but Cassie didn't feel any better.

During the week they tried as best as they could to be normal with each other, speaking only about work and how they would continue the Jey Uso and Roman Reigns feud for a while. They both agreed on the promo for the next show and where they would take the characters. People had loved the finish to the pay per View and Vince and Paul were delighted. As Cassie arrived at the arena on Friday her stomach was in knots, she walked with trepidation through the halls. And ran straight into Liv " Hey Cassie, what a night huh?". She was feeling her out , Cassie could tell. " yeah it was , I was so hungover on Monday". Liv gave a friendly smile " I know right , Joe came over to nurse me back to health, so I guess that helped a little " she was clearly marking her territory in some way. Cassie made her excuses to leave but she felt a little irked that Joe had gone over there. But then she caught herself , she was married , had a husband and this couldn't become a big deal. Having talked some sense into herself she continued in down the hall. Today she had worn a simple long black dress and her hair was curled with a braid at the front , she needed to appear totally uninterested and like she hadn't made an effort. Trinity passed her halfway " Love the outfit girl ,very cool". Dammit , she thought , its supposed to be very uncool. She entered the dressing room and found no one there. After a minute she heard footsteps her heart caught in her throat , but it was Paul and not Joe. " I need to talk to you" he said , clearly pissed . Oh shit , did he know.

Joe was in the bathroom in the locker room when he heard Pauls voice , his heart leapt when he heard Cassie speak. He hadn't realised she was out there. The tone of Paul's voice stopping him from opening the door " Aubrey told me , Travis didn't come home last weekend, and that Mom's friend Joe came over and waited with them till she went to bed". Cassie let out a sigh " Don't start Paul, ok. It's not a big deal". Paul glared at her " How long are you going to allow him to treat you like this , take you for a fool. You deserve better than this Cassandra." She just looked at him " Two times, that's how many times he has cheated on you , that we know of. And now here we are again , staying away for work , its the same every time. He is doing it again". Cassie was upset, it was evident in her voice "We don't know that for certain Paul , look Travis had made mistakes". Paul cut her off " Yeah and he is going to keep making them because you allow him to, he knows you won't throw him out because of Aubrey. I hate seeing this Cassie" . He loved her a lot , it was obvious " I know Uncle Paul and I am so grateful to you and Marla , but please let's not fight over this , I hate it when you are mad at me. I am sure it was just work really". Paul sighed heavily " OK kid , I am going to head out for some meetings . Think about what I said you don't need him and honestly kids can pick up on unhappiness and that , it might be better for Aubrey to have both of you happy individually than be unhappy together".

He left the room and Cassie sat down wearily on a couch , then the bathroom door opened and her heart lurched when Joe walked out. He had heard everything she knew it, he had this look in his eyes. " Oh um Hi" she said uncertainly. " He cheated on you two times? Are you fucking kidding me Cassie". She turned on him " None of your business Joe , stay out of this". He wasn't happy with the response " I spent the last few days beating myself up about what happened and what I did to Aubrey and all along her father has been fucking god knows who". Cassie glared at him " Jessica and Sandra were their names" she said coldly. " Yeah and what's the current girls name , cause he sure as shit wasn't working last weekend , I mean it's clear as day , surely you can see that". She fixed him with a stare " Listen this is none of your business. What happened the other night doesn't change that . You stay out of my life and I stay out of yours". He couldn't believe her " Everything Paul said is true you know. Staying together when your unhappy doesn't do anyone any favours". " Yeah , and how do you know that I I unhappy". She retorted. " Because you and I would never have happened if you were truly happy in your marriage" he said. Her mouth actually fell open " I was right from Day one , you are an arrogant prick. Get over yourself Joe , frankly I don't know what all the fuss is about. If I recall correctly it didn't last that long anyway". She wanted to hurt him , like he had hurt her . He sat down on the couch and fixed her with an infuriating smile " Thats interesting, I thought you didn't remember much at all about that night" . Cassie faltered " I remember that part , because i thought to myself this is the quickest sexual encounter I have ever had". She was getting under his skin now , he gave her a sarcastic smile " Well if I recall correctly, the reason it was so short was because someone got there really really fast. When you're good , you're good". She wanted to slap that sarcastic smile off his face " interesting because I thought it was all a blur to you too, and I do recall now that after I got there , you did too in about point five of a second". She couldn't take anymore of the conversation instead opting to leave the room and slam the door behind her.

The show went on and Cassie sat in Gorilla watching them do the promo and normally she would be all hyper and happy , this time she was more subdued. Paul thought it was his fault , Joe knew it was his fault and Jey as usual was confused. " You aight C , you seem quiet tonight". She smiled at her friend " I'm good Jey". He accepted this but called his cousin aside discreetly " Something not right man , you and her good friends, maybe check in on her". Paul looked at Joe contritely " It's my fault , truth is that Travis is an asshole , and my niece deserves so much better. I try to be a father figure you know, but I don't want to fight with her". Joe rubbed Pauls shoulder " she knows you love her man , give her some time to cool down". As she waited for the night to go on , Cassie kept to herself , she avoided the locker room for as long as she could but she had to go in there eventually . She found Joe there , wearing one of his Roman Reign's t-shirts , hair tied back and chewing gum. He raised an eyebrow at her as she walked in. He held out a piece of paper " This is good, maybe one change, i wrote it down". She took it from him , too tired to say anything witty to him. As she read , he got up and walked to the door of the locker room , and turned the key. " What are you doing?" . He faced her before walking back and sitting in the chair right next to her. Then his eyes met hers " Did I ever tell you about my competitive side, and my desire to be the absolute best at everything". Chills were beginning to run up Cassies spine. Under the table she felt the hem of her long dress being lifted , his eyes remained on hers. " Um I am not sleeping with you again Joe , I thought we agreed, it was a one off' . " who said anything about sleeping with each other". Her black dress had a slight slit in it , just enough room for a hand to slip through and place itself on her upper thigh. He held it there for a minute but his thumb was drawing circles on her leg that was sending waves of desire right up to her crotch. " If you want me to stop just say so". She said nothing. His hand moved higher until it paused outside the silk of her underwear. He pulled it to one side and in second his thumb claimed her clitoris. She let out a gasp loudly and in another movement he placed his other hand gently over her mouth " Ssh, you have to be quiet". She nodded in agreement as his thumb circled and circled and her belly begin to feel wave after wave of pleasure. Joe kept the other hand over her mouth loosely , and he watched as her face began to contort in pleasure, she was almost there , her breathing quickened and his pace began to match it , and as she came shuddering in pleasure he had to muffle the sounds she was trying to let out with his hand. She was breathing heavily now as she recovered from what he had just given her. He took his thumb out and licked it in what was a very erotic gesture. Cassie was still looking at him , a bit dumbfounded. " See I can do better than three minutes any day of the week" he said with an air of confidence. He stood and went to the door and unlocked it " See you out there" he said with a wink.

Cassie knew she should in some way feel violated but in reality she could have stopped what had happened there at any time. This was going down a dark road and she had to out a stop to it , she made sure her dress was straight and she projected an air of confidence that she didn't quite feel as she walked. She was disappointed to see Joe standing with Liv , but she had to be sure he got the message. " Hey guys , Joe can I have a word please?". He took a look at her and noticed the confidence and the tone in her voice. He followed her to a quiet corner " Whatever the hell that was that you were trying to prove , enough. Let's get it straight, that won't be happening again. If you want me to stay here and continue working, things like that can't happen again. I am married , whether you and Paul agree with that or not it's where we are. I expect you to respect that.". He nodded his head " ok I hear you. It won't happen again". She stared him down Your damn right it wont". She stalked away with a confident stride but inside she was trembling. Joe watched her go, he had proved his point and if he wanted Cassie to stay around they would have to put what had transpired between them firmly in the past.