Chapter 45

After I left Seth's hotel room, I could finally breathe again. The pressure I felt on my chest disappeared the moment I stepped into that cab. The cab driver was not very talkative, but I didn't really mind since I didn't want to talk anyway. I was lost into my own head and that was fine by me. It was where I was the most comfortable right now.

A little less than a year ago, my dad had sent me to a convention so that I could interview wrestlers for his magazine. I remembered how pissed I was back then. I didn't want to do it. I hated wrestling back then and I hated the superstars as well. If it hadn't been for Felix, I wouldn't have done it. The perspective of how much fun we could have after our job would be done convinced me. Little did I know how it would change my life forever.

That day, I met Seth Freaking Rollins, the annoying arrogant asshole. I remembered how much of a dick he had been to me the first time we talked, just because I had no idea who he was. The way he talked to me pissed me off so much that I told him to go fuck himself in front of everyone.

Even though I immediately despised him, I couldn't help but to be attracted by him. His long dark hair and his mesmerizing brown eyes were driving me crazy, making me nervous and giving me dirty thoughts all night long. I remembered how the bastard barged into my room, without being invited. He wanted to apologize, but I kicked him out of my room. I thought I was done with him after that day, but for some reason, he kept coming back into my life.

Like that night Felix and I went out to a bar in New York, right after the convention. I got myself so drunk that I could barely walk back to my room and Seth just happened to be in that stupid elevator. Or that time when my best friend got himself so drunk at a bar back home and he mysteriously bumped into him. I remembered how confused I was when Seth tried to open my front door with Felix's keys. That night, I discovered another man. It was so kind of him to take care of my best friend by making sure he would get home safely. I wasn't ready to admit it yet at the time, but I started to like him a little more.

The next day, he showed up unexpectedly at my work for a surprise photoshoot and he was being so ridiculously kind to me. The way he was looking at me… How was I supposed to hate him after that? And what can I say about the night in California, where we both fell asleep, watching our favorite movie. After that, we became friends. I should even say best friend. We were seeing each other every time we were able to and we were having a blast. I was his confidant and he was mine.

Then, he invited me to his sister's wedding. That was when everything changed for us. Maybe I should've said no when he asked me. The moment we slept together, everything changed. We were fuck buddies for a while, up until he declared his love for me. I had no other choice but to admit out loud that I was in love with him as well.

For the first time in my life, I was genuinely happy and I had to fuck up everything. Why? Why was I always screwing up my life like that?

"We're here." said the cab driver, getting me out of my thoughts.

As soon as he pulled over, I paid him more than what I owed him, jumped out of the car and ran to the front door. I was about to enter when I felt a hand on my shoulder, forcing me to stop.

"Excuse me." said one of the security guards. "I need to see your ticket."

I froze for a second. I didn't have any ticket. This couldn't be happening. I had to get inside. I had to see Seth and I had to see him right now. This couldn't wait anymore. My heart was shattering to pieces as I remembered about the pass Felix had given me. I mentally thanked my best friend as I showed my ID card to the guard.

"You're a journalist?" he said as his eyes went up and down on me.

I couldn't blame him. I looked like nothing. In fact, I looked like crap, just like Dean had told me in the morning. I hadn't slept in days and the dark circles around my eyes were a proof of that. The guard stepped aside, heaving a loud sigh. Thank God there was a picture on me on the ID card or he would never have let me in. Once I was inside, I realized that the crowd was a lot bigger than I expected. Among all the WWE fans, there were journalists, youtubers and social media specialists. It was one hell of a circus in there and for a moment, I was scared that I wouldn't find Seth in all this mess. I spotted a familiar face and immediately to join that person.

"Roman!" I yelled, waving my hand so he could spot me.

"Ali?" he said, confused. "Are you OK? You look…"

"Like crap… I know… Dean told me…" I said, trying to catch my breath.

"When was the last time you slept?"

"Probably when I was still in Davenport… two weeks ago." I let out.

Roman looked at me with concern painted all over his face.

"What are you doing here? I thought you weren't covering those kinds of events anymore."

"I'm not. I'm here to see Seth."

The big man looked at me with a big smile on his face. He pointed Seth to me and it was now my turn to smile. He was being interviewed by Mandy, the girl who was working for my dad's magazine and I could tell that he was giving her a hard time. He was back to being Seth Freaking Rollins, the arrogant asshole I met a little less than a year ago. Just like he did with me when I interviewed him the first time. I thank Roman and gave him a big hug. People around us started whispering but I didn't care. The only thing that mattered was Seth.

"Go." Roman told me.

I didn't need him to say it twice as I immediately started walking toward Seth. He was so focused on being an asshole to Mandy that he did not see me coming. She did though and the confusion on her face was priceless. I was the last person she expected to see. I could tell by the way she was acting that she was trying to seduce him. At one point in my life, it would have bothered me. I would have been so mad and jealous but I wasn't insecure anymore. Seth had the chance to move on when I dumped him and he didn't. That thought alone gave me the power to overcome Mandy's provocation.

"What are you doing here?" she said, interrupting her interview.

Seth turned around, curious about whom she had said that to. His eyes widened when they lay on me.

"What…"

My lips crashed onto his before he could say more. I wrapped my arms around his neck but Seth was so caught up by surprise that he just stood there, doing nothing. It took him a couple of seconds before he finally realized what was going on. A part of me was scared that he was going to push me away, but all my fears disappeared when I felt his big arms around my waist. He brought me closer without breaking the kiss as his tongue found mine. Mandy mumbled something but I couldn't get it. I was so focused on my man and I did not care at all what she had to say.

"You were supposed to wait for me…" he whispered between two kisses.

"Couldn't."

"I thought you said we needed to talk."

"We can talk later." I said with a big smile on my face.

People were gathering around us. I could hear their whispers but again, I didn't care. I almost lost him forever because I cared too much about what others might think or say about us. Not anymore. I made that big mistake once in my life and there was no way in hell I'd do it again. We still needed to talk, but for now, I just needed to be in his arms. Seth laughed and kissed me again. I wanted this moment to last forever. In my mind, there was only us and I would've loved to be far away from this circus that was WWE but this was his life. I chose to accept it when I decided to show up here and kiss the shit out of him in front of everybody.

"Seth, is that your new girlfriend?" asked one of the journalists.

"I think it's that girl social media talked about." said a fan.

"Is that Alison?"

"Is that the girl with drinking problems?"

"Who is she?"

"Is that your ex?"

"Seth! Seth! Seth!" yelled a bunch of people around us.

Seth was about to lose it and I could tell how mad he was. I put my hand on his mouth to forbid him to say something he might regret. I was the one who needed to answer all those questions. I was the one who caused all this chaos and I was about to make things right. For him and for me.

"Yes, I am Alison." I started. "Yes, I am the girl social media talked about and yes, I am his ex-girlfriend."

Everyone was looking at me with wide eyes. Some of them were noting things in a notebook and others had their cellphone pointed at me. I had to be careful about what I was saying, I didn't want to get Seth in trouble.

"Now, if someone wants the real story about my past and my 'drinking problem', I'd be happy to give an exclusive interview." I added. "So… who wants to know how Seth and I met?"

People around us were fighting to get closer to me. They all wanted that exclusive story.

"Not now though." Seth said as he wrapped his arm around my shoulders.

He had that big smile on his face and I could tell how proud he was of me. All the fans and journalists protested but Seth shut them up.

"Now we have important things to take care of." he added as he winked at me. "We will contact you tomorrow to schedule an interview."

He said goodbye to everyone and reassured the fans that he would be back later for the signing.

"Excuse me, Seth." Mandy said. "I wasn't done with the interview."

"Yeah. You were." Seth said with his most arrogant tone. "Believe me."

With that being said, he led me outside the building.

"You're such an asshole." I said, laughing.

"Isn't that how I seduced you in the first place?"

I was about to deny it, but the more I thought about it, the more I had to admit that he was probably right.

Months later...

Seth and I had a lot to talk about and that was exactly what we did that night. Well, we did a lot more, but that's gonna stay between us. We talked about us, about the other girl, about our future together and about his job. We were both a little bit scared of the consequences our little show could have on his career, but we chose to ignore it. We were ready for anything. Together, we were so strong and nothing could ever tear us apart. Seth was ready to face his boss. If they had a problem with me, so be it. He would give up anything they would ask him to. When he told me this, I almost second guessed everything. For a moment, I was back to a couple months ago, when he first told me that his boss wanted to take the championship away from him. After I had taken a deep breath in, everything was fine.

I kept my promise. The day after Seth and I reunited, I scheduled an interview with one of the most important magazines in sports entertainment history. At first, I wanted to give the opportunity to my dad, but I changed my mind. He would have to work a lot harder to have me back in his life. We talked a bit after my interview went out public and things were kind of good between us. Not great, just good. I was still mad at him for the way he handled things, but I found a way to forgive him. We are slowly working things through with Felix's help.

Speaking of Felix, he was a bit disappointed that I didn't choose him for the interview, but he understood why. At least he wasn't mad at me. He even told me multiple times how proud he was of what I did. He also said that he was glad that I wouldn't be sexually frustrated anymore.

A couple of weeks after the interview was published, Seth introduced me to Hunter and Stephanie. He thought it would help if they met me. Honestly, I think it did. They were very nice to me and they actually apologized for threatening Seth. They even told him that I seemed like a good girl after all. I couldn't ask for more coming from them.

Roman was genuinely happy for us. He wasn't mad that Seth had lied about our breakup, although he said he would've liked to know the truth. He said he understood and that was such a relief for Seth. He was concerned about how his big brother would react and knowing that everything was fine made him so happy.

As for Dean, he was the first to congratulate us for acting like adults. I wanted to punch him in the face when he said that, but I chose not to. Dean was Dean. He wasn't going to change. I was getting used to him and his stupid face. After all, I owed him one for helping me get Seth back so I had no choice but to tolerate him and to be honest, he wasn't that bad. We actually had a lot more in common than we thought and it was always so much fun to team against Seth. Especially when we were talking shit about Catherine.

I moved back to Seth's house in Orlando. At first, he asked me if I wanted to go back to Davenport with him, but I didn't want to be too far away from Felix. He still had to be on the road for about three hundred days a year and I needed my best friend by my side to keep me sane while he was gone. We tried to visit his family as much as we could though so we went to Iowa a lot of time. Every time I stepped foot into his house, I had this weird feeling. So much have happened there. I sometimes get sad when I think about all we went through over the past year or so, but then I look into his beautiful eyes and everything is fine. Everything is perfect.

"Seth Rollins is an asshole." Those were my exact thoughts the first time I met him. I hated him. I wanted to punch his stupid cocky face. But I love him. So much that it hurt sometimes. He might be an asshole, but he was mine and this time, I would not let him slip through my fingers. I have my claws into his skin and he is stuck with me for a long time.

The end...

A/N - This is it. This was the final chapter, the ending of a beautiful story.

There is a part of me that is very happy that it's finally done, but there's that other part that wants to cry. I hate to say goodbye to Ali. I loved her with all my heart. She made me laugh and cry... At first, it wasn't supposed to be that long, but apparently, I got caught up in this. I will miss Felix too. That amazing caring best friend. I wish I had a Felix in my life... I can't believe I've been working on this for almost a year... I am sorry that I took so long to finish it. The pregnancy hit me a lot harder than I thought. I promised you that I would finish it, and I did. The story is exactly how I pictured it. A little less than a year ago, I'd spent all my nights thinking about it and it came out exactly as I wanted too.

I want to take a moment to thank each and every one of you. I never thought this story would receive that amount of love from you guys. To all my reviewers: thank you from the bottom of my heart. I'd like to personally thank each of you, but I'm too scared to forget someone. I loved reading you guys probably as much as you loved reading the story. It's what gave me the strength to go on and finish it. I know there's a lot of mistakes in there, english is not my first language, but I'm so happy that you could all get passed that and tell me how amazing I am. It means the world to me.

This might be the end of More than meets the eye, but it's not the end of me. This is not goodbye ! I'm already working on another story with another amazing character...

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