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The song for this chapter is, "Smile," by SIXX: A.M.

The next morning Tasha took Brianna down to set with her, Colby had a match that night on Main Event with RVD, so he said he'd join them on Wednesday when he got back.

Brianna was having a great time on set with Tasha, it was so cool to be there to see how the show came together. Not that they didn't perform in front of cameras with WWE, but they had to get things right the first time, on set if they messed up, they could just start again. She was so impressed with not only Tasha's acting skills, but her stunt skills as well. She learned that Tasha did 90% of her own stunts, like riding the motorcycle, firing the guns and fighting.

As they finished shooting Tasha told Brie that they were going to have dinner with the guys. Brie was so excited when she got to ride on the back of one of the motorcycles with Tasha's best friend, David Labrava, who played the Tacoma Killer, Happy, on the show.

As they laid in bed inside the rig, Brie and Tasha laughed about how goofy the guys were when the cameras weren't rolling. There could be an hour long gag reel episode, and it still wouldn't catch all of the antics on set.

Wednesday morning Tasha was back on set, Brie was sitting by with Colby who had his hat, sunglasses and sweater on, trying not to be recognized by the fans that were hanging around. He managed to sneak a few pictures of Tasha and the guys performing, he had a great idea for a present to give her after the show ended. He managed to pull each of the Sons aside and let them in on the idea, they all eagerly agreed to help out.

Thursday the SOA crew had a large day as they were filming a very intense chase and fight scene. Colby was nervous as he watched Tasha do all of her stunts, he found himself praying that she wouldn't get hurt. He was relieved when the day was over, he hadn't known how much watching her get hurt, whether real or fake, upset him. He vowed then and there to never allow her to be hurt by his hand ever again.

Friday as they rolled into the arena for Smackdown Colby waited until Tasha and Brie had walked into the building before he made his way inside. As he stepped into his locker room he smiled as he saw Tasha and Brie going through their scripts and outfits for the night. He had agreed with Tasha that Brie would hang out with them until the issues with her sister were laid to rest.

Tasha quickly got dressed in Roman's shirt as his match with Bray Wyatt was starting out the night. She kissed Colby before she headed up to the concourse to meet up with Joe.

Smackdown opened with the events of Monday Night playing on the big screen, before Roman and Siren made their way down through the crowd to the ring. They did their usual fist bump before Roman climbed the turnbuckle and posed for the fans.

As the lights went out and Bray Wyatt made his way to the ring accompanied by Harper and Rowan, Siren could feel her skin crawl. While Bray was a good guy off camera, funny and really sweet, along with Harper and Rowan, their characters gave her the creeps, which was the point.

As the match got underway Siren kept a close watch on Harper and Rowan who stood ringside opposite her. They in turn kept a close watch on her as well, raising goosebumps on her arms. Roman holds his own in the match, until he climbs out of the ring to deliver the "drive-by". As he rounds the corner he dodges Harper who tries to take him out, and hits Bray with the "drive-by."

He turns and blasts Harper with a right as he charges Roman, but then Rowan comes to Harper's aide, slamming his forearm into Roman's back. Siren not having a weapon with her does the only thing she can and jumps onto Harper's back, locking in a choke hold. Harper struggles to get her off of him but her strong arms are locked around his neck, backing himself up to the ring post he slams Siren's back into the pole several times before she releases his throat and crumples to the ground.

As he steps back over to assist Rowan in beating down Roman, backup arrives in the form of Big Show and Mark Henry, who proceed to tear Harper and Rowan apart. In the ring Roman slams a fist into Bray's face and tosses him over the top rope, he then delivers a "superman punch" to Rowan who was tossed into the ring by Big Show.

Roman walks over to the corner where Siren has just rolled into the ring, he helps her to her feet as Big Show and Mark Henry climb inside. They nod to Roman before they both raise his hands. Siren lets out a yelp as Big Show picks her up onto his shoulder as the crowd cheers for the four superstars.

As Siren comes through the curtain she finds Seth standing in front of her, concern in his eyes. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. He barely nudged me into the post." She assured him as she kissed his lips. "Have fun out there."

"When do I not?" He quipped shooting her a wink before he walks out to the ring for his rematch against RVD.

Seth cockily walks down the ramp to the ring, fuming as they replay him losing on Tuesday to RVD. He's got a small bandage over his right eye where his forehead had been busted open when RVD had tossed him into the timekeepers area.

The match was aggressive and fast-paced between the two men, both of them having a similar wrestling style. But as usual Seth's in-ring skills propelled him to the win, sealing RVD's fate with a curb stomp.

Backstage Siren sat in the locker room with Brie, they were watching the events that had unfolded on Monday between Nikki and Brie. Siren felt for Brie as she watched that, her eyes welling up with tears as she watched her sister scream, "I have no sister."

"Hey." Siren said lying her hand on Brie's shoulder. "It'll be okay. It's just a stupid storyline, it'll blow over soon."

"I hope so. I haven't spoken to her since Monday. We've never gone more than a day without speaking. I miss my sister."

"Well, until you get her back, you have a surrogate sister right here." Siren said slinging her arm around Brie's shoulders with a smile.

Brie laughed, wrapping her arms around Siren and hugging her. "Thanks, T. That means a lot to me."

Seth walked into the room at that moment, "Hey, hey, hey, hands off my woman." He joked as he sat his briefcase down.

"Hey, you were in the ring, we do what we want." Siren smirked as she kissed Brie's cheek, laughing as Seth rolled his eyes and headed for the bathroom. It was fun to get the man's mind rolling with ideas, even though nothing like he was thinking would ever happen.

"These guys are so much fun to mess with." Brie said giggling.

"I know right. We don't even have to do anything, just the thought of two women sends their minds reeling with possibilities." Siren agreed joining in her laughter.

Soon it was time for Siren to head back up to the concourse with Roman, he had been put into a 6-man tag match with Big Show and Mark Henry.

Siren lead Roman down the stairs, smiling as the fans knocked fists with her, a lot of them pointing at her new shirt she had made just for this match. It was a shredded black, crop top, tank top with "Big Dogs Crew" written on the front in blue letters. She figured since she was out there with the three biggest guys, she might as well rep all of them.

As they hopped over the barricade and climbed into the ring, Big Show and Mark Henry smiled as they read the shirt. Nodding in agreement they knocked fists with Siren before the Wyatt Family made their way to the ring.

The match doesn't even get started as all six men start to brawl in and out of the ring. The ref rings the bell as Big Show and Rowan square off in the ring. Siren stands by the steel steps near Roman, watching as her guys dominate the match from the beginning. Only a few times does she slam her hand on the mat willing one of them back to their feet.

Roman ends the match with a spear to Harper, giving the win to his team. Siren stands in the ring with them smiling, raising their arms in victory as the crowd goes wild.

Once they were off air, Tasha headed back to the locker room where Colby was waiting for her. As she gathered up her things to take a quick shower she looked around and noticed Brie was missing.

Colby caught her train of thought, "She headed to the airport just after you left, said she was going home to visit Bryan until Monday."

"Oh, okay." Tasha said with a smile as she headed for the shower. "I'll be out in five, just rinsing off."

Colby sat down on the couch and text his best friend from childhood Nick, letting him know that he and Tasha were catching a flight to Davenport in just under two hours. Colby hadn't told Tasha where they were going just yet, he wanted to surprise her.

After she returned dressed comfortably in a pair of leggings and an NXT tank top, he took her hand and grabbed both of their bags, walking out to the rig. He had already let Daryl know of his plans, so while they flew to his home state, Daryl would take the rig to the next town. The former Seal didn't mind in the least, he loved to drive, which is why he took this job in the first place. Having Tasha as his boss was simply a bonus, she was sweet and kind, she treated him with the utmost respect. She never talked down to him or made him feel like he was just a worker, she never made him feel like he was beneath her. It was refreshing to find a "celebrity" as some called her, that wasn't full of herself and treated everyone around her as if they were on the same level as she was.

Tasha sat on the plane with Colby as they flew to what she thought was the next town. She was intrigued as she heard the pilot announce that they would be arriving in Iowa within ten minutes. She turned to Colby who had a smirk on his face, like he knew something that she didn't.

"What are we doing here?"

"I wanted to surprise you. I figured it'd be nice to come home and relax for a few days. That and my family is dying to see you." He said with a chuckle.

"I am surprised." She said with a smile as she kissed him on the cheek.

After they had landed and retrieved their bags, Colby caught them a cab, directing him to the house. Tasha sighed as she climbed out of the cab and looked up at Colby's house, it had been a long time since she had been there. Her and The Shield guys had a lot of fun at Colby's house over the last two years.

As Colby opened the front door Tasha could hear small barks coming from the hallway, she dropped her bag and knelt down on the floor. "Kevin! Come here, baby." She cooed as she held out her hands. A small Yorkie bounded down the hallway and jumped into her waiting arms, putting his paws on her chest and licking her face. "Oh, I missed you too." Tasha laughed as she stood up and walked over to the couch, sitting down with the dog in her lap.

Colby took her bag to the bedroom along with his, returning he sat down on the couch beside Tasha, patting his lap. "Come here, boy." But Kevin merely looked over at Colby as he laid down in Tasha's lap. "Traitorous mutt." Colby mumbled as he leaned back against the couch with a scowl, watching as his girlfriend pet his dog.

"Like dog, like owner." Tasha said with a smirk as she winked at Colby.

He rolled his eyes, he had that one coming the moment he said it, sighing he looked over at Tasha. "Are you hungry, baby?"

"Yeah, a little bit." She realized, not remembering the last time she had eaten that day.

"Okay, frozen pizza it is." Colby nodded as he stood up and headed to the kitchen.

Tasha took off her shoes and relaxed on the couch, turning on the TV and flipping through the channels. She paused on a Supernatural episode and smiled, it was one of her favorite shows, she had met the actors at a few events and they were the nicest guys.

Colby joined her about twenty minutes later with two plates of pizza, he handed her one as he settled onto the couch beside her. The two spent the next hour laughing and eating their pizza, both of them giving tiny bites to the dog as he laid between them.

The next morning Tasha woke up curled in Colby's arms, she smiled remembering when he told her that "I'm not the cuddling type," could've fooled her. As she turned in his embrace to face him, he opened his eyes smiling as he saw her awake.

"Morning, beautiful."

"Morning yourself, handsome." She said lighting kissing his lips. "So, what's on the agenda for today?"

"We're meeting Nick at the gym to workout, and then heading to my parent's house for a barbeque."

"Sounds like a good day."

The two of them got out of bed and dressed in their workout clothes, Colby grabbing the keys for his car while Tasha fed Kevin. When they got into the car Tasha immediately took over the stereo, changing the station he had it on.

"Hey! Driver picks the music, shotgun shuts her cakehole." Colby said slapping at her hands playfully.

Tasha huffed, "Bitch."

"Jerk." He replied quickly, both of them laughing as they quoted Supernatural.

Tasha waited until he had pulled out of the driveway, before she reached over and switched the station again, sticking her tongue out when he glared at her.

As they drove to the gym Colby smiled as Tasha sang along with a song on the radio. While he didn't listen to country music much by himself, he liked listening to it with her, he loved hearing her sing and she knew practically every song that came on.

When they pulled up to the gym Colby was really excited, he had been planning this along with Marek for awhile, he just hoped that Tasha agreed. He lead the way inside the gym, Nick standing there to greet them. The two men shared a bro-hug, before Nick hugged Tasha, she lightly kissing his cheek.

"It's good to see you, T. Been awhile."

"Too long, Nick." Tasha admitted as she looked around the gym, which she noticed was empty, this struck her as odd. "So, where is everybody? I figured this being a gym, people would be here working out."

"Well, that's the thing." Nick told her. "It's not open yet. The uh, grand opening is Monday."

"It's a great place. I'm guessing you two know the owner, since we're in here."

"Yeah, actually there are two owners, and we were hoping to add a third." Colby admitted as he took in her confused face.

"We?"

"Colby and I own this place. It's a wrestling school." Nick said proudly.

"Wow." Tasha said with a proud smile. "You guys have been talking about this forever. I'm so happy for you guys. What are you calling it?"

"The Black and The Brave Wrestling Academy." Colby answered.

Both guys smiled as the meaning behind the name dawned on her. "Tyler Black and Marek Brave. I really like it."

"Good. Cause we were hoping that you'd be our third member."

Tasha spun around looking at Colby with wide eyes, "Me? Why?"

"Because you're part of the reason why we started this, you put us on the right track to make it happen." Nick told her. "Besides, we're gonna have females wanting to learn and who better to teach them than you?"

"I just gave you some advice, and a way to get started. I'll happily help you train the girls, but this should be yours."

"It is ours." Colby told her. "But you are as much a part of this as we are."

"Oh, guys, I'm flattered really, but this your dream, I can't take credit for it."

"This is our dream, and you are apart of it." Colby told her, taking her hands into his. "I can't do this without you. I don't want to. This is a start to not only mine and Nick's future, but yours and mine too. This isn't just ours." He said motioning between him and Nick. "This is all of ours."

Tasha didn't know what to say, she was overcome with happiness as the two men just smiled at her awaiting her answer. Their eyes were begging her to say yes, and she had to laugh, "How can I say no?"

The two men whooped in joy as they enveloped her in a hug, sandwiching her body between them.

After that the group worked out together, breaking in all of the new equipment that had been delivered. Two hours later they headed back to Colby's to shower and change before heading over to his parent's house for the barbeque.

As they walked in the front door, Colby's mother Holly, ran up to them, but instead of hugging her son, she hugged Tasha instead. "Oh, sweetheart. It is so good to see you, I've missed you."

Colby stood there with his hands up as his mother ignored him, fawning over Tasha instead. "Hi mom. I'm here too." He said with a scoff.

Holly turned to her son waving him off, "Oh hush, I talk to you all the time. I haven't seen Tasha in so long."

"I've been replaced by my girlfriend." He muttered with a smile, as his mother lead Tasha outside to the back patio where his other family members and friends were gathered.

After hanging up his jacket he walked outside to find his family chatting idly with Tasha, they were all laughing and enjoying themselves. He hugged his father Bob, his brother Brandon and his grandfather Don, before he took the empty seat in between Tasha and his dad.

"It's good to see you son. How you been?" His father asked.

"Good." Colby nodded, glancing over at Tasha who was laughing with his mother. "Really good now."

Bob nodded, he knew from the beginning that Colby had a crush on her since the first time he laid eyes on her on TV. "I'm glad you two worked things out."

"Me too." Colby said.

"So, what about Joe and Jon? Everything alright with you guys?" Brandon questioned, he knew how close the three of them were before the betrayal.

"Yeah, we're great. Uh, Tasha helped us through it, made us realize that what we do as performers, shouldn't effect our personal lives."

"Smart woman." Bob said, glancing over at Tasha. His eyes didn't miss the way that Colby was looking at Tasha and he smiled. "So, have you asked her out yet?"

Colby nodded with a smile, "I did actually a few weeks ago."

"Good boy." His dad nodded clapping him on the shoulder. "Don't fuck it up." He laughed winking at his son.

"I don't plan on it." Colby laughed.

"So, Tasha." The woman turned looking over at Bob. "How's filming going?"

"Arg, very tiring." She admitted with a sigh. "We film RAW on Monday, I fly out usually that night to California to shoot for SOA and Teen Wolf on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Then I fly to whatever town Smackdown is in Friday morning, film it, then hop back on a plane to Georgia to film Walking Dead on Saturday and Sunday. And that's all providing that I don't have to be at Tuesday's Main Event or a pay-per-view on Sunday."

"Dear honey, when do you find the time to sleep?" Holly asked, she was very concerned with her health.

"I get a few hours here and there. I'm used to only getting about 4 hours a night, since that was what I got when my daughter was born. Colby makes sure I'm not running myself ragged, he'll put his foot down if things get too crazy." Tasha said smiling over gratefully at Colby, who took her hand in his and kissed the back of it.

"Damn right I will." He smirked.

"So, you two are together now? As a couple?" Holly asked, even though she was sure she already knew the answer.

"Yes, ma'am." Colby answered looking lovingly at Tasha, something that made his mother smile wide.

"Good. You two are good together. I'm happy for you." Holly said genuinely.

After a long day of activities with Colby's family and a wonderful dinner, Colby and Tasha headed back to the house. As they were getting ready for bed Colby did something he had been thinking about for awhile.

"Hey baby, I wanted you to have this." He said handing her a small golden object.

Tasha looked down to her open palm finding a key, she looked back up at Colby with a small smile. "Is this the key to your heart?"

Colby laughed, she could always make him smile, one of his favorite attributes that she possessed. "It's a key to my house, but I guess that's the same thing. I want you to be able to come here whenever you want, even if I'm not with you. This is our place now."

She smiled bright, holding up a finger she walked over to her purse and took something out of the side pocket. Walking back over she placed a key in his hand as well. "Great minds think alike. My home is your home."

He wrapped his arms around her waist, leaning down he placed a sweet kiss on her lips. "Thank you."

"Thank you too." She said smiling as the two headed to bed.

Sunday morning Colby and Tasha were roused from their sleep, by an incessant banging on the front door. Dragging themselves out of bed the two made their way to the front door, Colby swinging it open to find Jon mid-bang. The lunatic paused with his fist in the air, smiling wide, "Bout damn time."

Colby glared at his best friend as he stood in the doorway, he wasn't expecting them until later.

"So, you gonna let us in, bro?" Joe asked turning Colby's attention to him.

"Yeah, come on in." He said moving out of the way to let Jon, Renee and Joe into the house.

The trio kissed Tasha on the cheek before they tossed their bags down by the couch and sat down.

"So, what were you two doing? He-ing and she-ing?" Jon asked with a grin.

"No. It's called sleep, Jon." Tasha snarked as she sat down on Colby's lap, he was sitting on the far corner of the couch.

"We haven't gone down that road yet." Colby admitted as he snuggled Tasha up against him.

"Seriously? You haven't?" Renee asked.

"Nope, we haven't." Tasha said shaking her head. "It hasn't been a big deal, we've just been enjoying being together."

"But, it will happen one day." Colby said winking at Tasha as he chuckled.

Colby and Tasha took them to the gym that afternoon to meet up with Nick, the three of them announcing the big news about starting the school. Everyone was very happy for Colby, Tasha and Nick, they felt it was a great idea.

Afterwards they went back over to Colby's parent's house for dinner, Holly was so enthused to see Jon and Joe again, and she was extremely happy to meet Renee.

The boys started a football game with Brandon and Nick, while Tasha and Renee tossed a Frisbee back and forth. The girls hooted and cheered as the men stripped off their shirts, the game getting more serious. Colby's team consisting of him, Brandon and Nick, were battling it out against Joe and Jon, and they were loosing. Despite having one less man on their side, Joe and Jon had managed to overcome the handicap and were leading the game in points.

After a nice relaxing dinner, the group of superstars headed back to Colby's house, bidding one another goodnight they all headed to bed.