December 29, 2017
Hadley's POV
»Liverpool, England«
Progress Wrestling:
Millie McKenzie & Pete Dunne
vs.
Hadley Payge & Tyler Bate
Tyler and Mille were currently in the ring while Pete and I were standing at our corners. Tyler had Millie on his shoulders and began to spin. As he did this I looked from them to Pete and held my middle finger up at him, mouthing 'fuck you Dunne'. I had been bugging him ever since the match started. He glared before saying,
"Oh very funny." He stepped between the ropes as Tyler put Millie down and briskly walked over to me, pointing his index finger at me.
"I'll snap those digits of yours, Hadley."
"Best get that finger out of my face before I snap yours first." I smirked.
Tyler noticed us before picking Millie up again and using her to hit Pete, knocking him out of the ring. He hit her with his finisher before pinning her and getting the win for us. I stepped between the ropes and high-fived Tyler before grabbing his wrist and holding his hand up. The announcer declared us the winners before we all walked back behind the curtain as the crowd cheered us.
"Great match guys." Tyler smiled at Pete and Millie.
"Thanks you guys were great too." Millie smiled at Tyler and I.
"Pete you alright, mate?" Tyler asked. I looked at Pete and he looked zoned out.
"Huh? Oh, yeah, I'm alright. I'll catch up with you guys later." He said before quickly walking away, leaving us wondering.
"Wonder what's wrong with him." Tyler said before shrugging. "Oh well, I'll figure it out eventually. I'll see you guys in about an hour?"
"Yeah." Millie and I said. Tyler smiled and nodded before walking away as well. Millie and I walked to the woman's locker room and freshened up.
"What do you think Pete's problem is?" Millie asked me.
"Beats me. He could be pouting about anything at this point." I shrugged as I finished stuffing my gear into my bag.
Meanwhile....
Braun's POV
»Chicago, Illinois —> Milwaukee, Wisconsin«
I finished getting my things together and grabbed all my bags before walking out of the hotel room. I walked to the elevator and waited, hoping no one was on it. It arrived seconds later and, just my luck, a nervous looking man was stood in the middle of the elevator. I sighed before steeping in, dragging my bags behind me, pressing the lobby button. The elevator stopped on the lobby floor and both him and I got out. I walked to the front desk and checked out before going out to my car. I put my bags in the trunk before leaning on the car and pulling my phone from my pocket. I saw a text from Alexa and opened it.
Alexa: Caught a ride with Nia see you at the show.
I rolled my eyes at her text and decided to text Seth.
Me: Hey Alexa found someone else to ride with. Can I ride with you?
I got a text back immediately.
Seth: Yeah, you get backseat though. Roman is driving.
Braun: I'm ok with that
Seth: We'll pick you up at the rental place.
I had to drop off my rental car since I was riding with them now.
Me: ok see you soon
I drove to the car rental building and dropped off my car. As I was about to walk out of the building, Seth walked through the door, he waved before speaking.
"We're right out front, I just gotta use the bathroom before we go." He said quickly before spotting the restroom sign and briskly walking toward it. I nodded as he walked through the door. I walked outside before seeing Roman in a car playing on his phone. I walked to it and climbed in the backseat.
"Uber?" I asked in a joking manner.
"No Braun." Roman said plainly, keeping his eyes glued to his phone.
There was an awkward silence for a few minutes before Seth returned.
"Alright, lets go." Seth said opening his door, getting in his seat and putting on his seat belt.
Hadley's POV
I had agreed to drive back to Wolverhampton. Worst decision I've ever made. Now I know how Trent feels when we make him drive after shows. Both Tyler and Trent had fallen asleep in the backseat while Pete was sitting in the passenger seat, completely content in the silence with his phone in his hand. I looked at the gas gauge to see we were running low.
"Hey, I gotta pull off and get gas."
"Mhmm." He hummed in response.
I decided to not say anything more.
"Good, I have to take a piss anyway."
I nodded and pulled off the road to find a gas station. I found one minutes later and parked next to the gas pump. Both Pete and I got out to do what we needed. I waited for him to come back out before going into the little store to go to the bathroom myself. When I came back out to see him leaning against the car, with his arms folded and his head down. It was starting to rain and I shook my head at him.
"Ready to hit the road?" I asked as I walked toward him.
"No."He said, looking up at me. "Not yet." He said, looking further up and to the sky. "It's beautiful out, don't you think?"
I looked up to the sky as well to see dark clouds.
"Pete, it's raining." I said.
"Nothing wrong with a little rain." He shrugged. "I think it's lovely out."
I stood next to him and leaned on the car as well.
"You seemed upset earlier, were you ok?" I asked. He uncrossed his arms and stood straight, taking a few steps away from the car and turning to face me.
"I wouldn't admit it if I was." He said.
"Oh come on Pete." I rolled my eyes. "You can tell me what's up."
"And what if I did? What would you do?"
"Depends on what you have to say." I said. He looked down and took a deep breath before looking back up at me.
"I- I just-." He began, before my phone began ringing. I rolled my eyes before pulling my phone from my pocket, to see Braun's name on my screen. I rolled my eyes again before pressing the lock button on my phone to ignore it, and put it back in my pocket.
"Sorry." I said. "Braun's being a real-."
"Asshole?"
"I was was going to say nuisance."
"He's an asshole in my book right about now."
"What did you want to say?" I asked.
"I just want to tell you something, and you have to promise to not make fun of me or-."
"Spit it out Dunne."
"I like you, ok?" He said.
"What? You're being ridiculous Pete. We've only been friends for half a day."
"I've been your friend for years! You've never like me or wanted to be my friend!"
"Bullshit!"
"It never seemed like it."
"Are we really fucking arguing about our friendship right now?" I asked.
"It's looking that way."
"Well stop."
"Me? You're doing it too!"
"Shut up Pete." I rolled my eyes before looking up at the sky again.
"Make me." He said. I looked at him before smirking.
"I'll snap those digits of yours." I mocked him from earlier in the night.
"I'd love to see you try." He smiled, walking toward me, holding out his hand.
I looked at his hand before looking back up at his face. I took a step closer to him and he returned his hand to his side.
"Smile for me." I said.
"What?"
"Smile."
"For what?"
"Would you just do it!"
He sighed before forcing a smile. I smiled back before tucking a piece of his hair behind his ear.
"You really do have a nice smile Peter." I smiled slightly.
"You're quiet scary when you're nice." He joked.
"Don't tell anyone I was nice, cause I'll have to kill you."
He smiled again, glancing down at his feet.
"I really do like you, Hadley."
"I heard you the first time Pete." I laughed at him.
"I'm sorry about-."
"Shut up, will you?" I said, before grabbing him by the shirt and kissing him.