*Later that night*
-Wynonna's POV-
8 p.m.
I smiled down at my sleeping daughter as she clutched onto a stuffed goofy doll Corey had gotten her last year. She loved Goofy for some reason and it was adorable. She had clothes, posters, and all kinds of toys of just goofy. My little unique girl.
"Babe, Kelly is waiting on you." I heard Kaiser say from the bedroom door.
Just like Kelly, he wouldn't accept my no as an answer when it came to going out with my old friends. He and Corey were gonna stay on Daddy duty while Kelly and I went out for a few hours. I was nervous to be back around them all, even though I knew these people would never judge me, I couldn't help but feel like I deserved the judging.
Standing I peeked at myself in the mirror one last time. I had on a black dress with my trusty vans, my hair hanging loosely around my shoulders. I wasn't sure what we would be doing, but I knew I wouldn't be drinking too much, it brought out a side in me that needed to stay hidden.
"You look fine." Kaiser chuckled, grabbing my hand and tugging me into his arms. "A little too fine there Mrs. Brooks."
"I would prefer jeans, but Kelly wouldn't have it." I chuckled and kissed his plump lips. "You know I can just stay here. Make up a lie and say I have cramps or something."
"You deserve a night out with all your old friends baby." He replied studying my face. "Don't you want to see them? I know their excited to see you."
"It's not that." I sighed, smiling at his raised brow. "It's just, I haven't been around them in a long time. I've changed."
"They love you and I can hear your love for them in your concern." He kissed my forehead. "C'mon."
I followed Kaiser out of Swayze's room and down the hall, seeing Kelly standing behind the couch, hands resting on Corey's shoulders as they stared at the huge flat screen, both watching intently.
"Alright hooker, I'm ready." I sighed, their heads turning.
"Bout time bitch, I thought you were gonna stand me up." Kelly smiled.
"I would love to but you've all turned my husband against me." Kaiser chuckled, pulling me into his side.
"Shit, you both know we're trying to get ya'll outta here so we can watch this baseball game." Corey smiled, standing from his seat on the couch and walking around to his wife. "Just a quick question though, where the hell are you two going dressed like that?" His brow raised with a smirk that screamed sarcasm.
"Ah, ya know, strip clubs and biker bars." Kelly chuckled, looking down at her pink dress then back up at him.
"Hey, with Ambrose I wouldn't be surprised." Corey chuckled with a look toward Kaiser.
"Oh lord, your so right." I sighed, all their laughter hitting my ears just as a knock sounded at the suite door.
"I got it." Corey patted Kelly on the ass, causing her to squeal as he walked toward the door to open it.
I turned my head and glanced up at Kaiser as his eyes fixed on the flat screen, his arm still around my waist. He was such a good man, and I knew if I truly opened my heart up all the way I could love him just as he loved me- unconditionally. I knew a part of me did love him, but not like I should. I was content in my life with him, almost safe. I just wondered if those that truly knew me would be able to see past my act.
"Jeez, I need to talk to the chairman and get me a room upgrade." Seth's voice rang out making me smile, our heads turning toward the voice. "This is rad! Looks like a tiny house bro."
"More like an apartment." Kaiser chuckled, walking over to shake his hand. "You here for these heathens?"
"Yes, yes indeed I am." He smiled brightly looking toward Kelly and myself. "Ladies, your escort has arrived."
"My, how lucky are we?" Kelly replied with a smirk, picking up her purse.
"Yes, in fact you are quite lucky cause I have it on good authority that I'm awesome." Seth lightly nudged her as she walked past him to Corey. "Ready Cinderella?"
"Oh, I guess." I sighed, grabbing my purse, checking to make sure my cell phone was inside.
"Be careful with my girl." Kaiser smiled as I looked up at him.
"Wouldn't dream of putting her in danger my man." Seth replied as he walked over, man hugging Corey and talking lowly with he and Kelly.
"If Swayze wakes up-" I started but Kaiser cut me off by pressing his lips to mine.
"I'll take care of it. Now go have fun please? You deserve it baby."
"Okay." I smiled and sighed. "I'll see you later. Thank you."
I left his arms, walking over toward a waiting Kelly and Seth, Corey had made his way back to the couch, saying a goodbye. I smiled as I accepted Seth's arm once we were out into the hallway. We all made small talk about what we had done while being in Philly so far as we made our way into the elevator and down to the first floor. Once the elevator doors opened, Seth escorted us out of the front and into a waiting car.
"So where are we going?" I asked as I was sandwiched between two of my best friends.
"I believe it's like a small sports bar. Serves drinks and food." Seth replied as he typed a message into his phone.
"And who all is going to be there?" I asked, watching as the city passed by.
"Wy, you'll see." Kelly gave my hand a squeeze. "Let your hair down for once, okay Mom?" I chuckled and elbowed her.
"So, Seth, you got a girlfriend yet?" I asked, looking at him.
"Yes, I have a chick." He smiled brightly.
"A chick?" I made a face.
"You'll love her trust me." He patted my thigh and looked out the window as the car came to a stop outside a small bar, people everywhere.
Seth paid the driver and stepped out, helping both of us ladies out of the car. He shook hands with fans that noticed him as he lead us inside, holding the door open for us. My eyes looked around, a small smile playing on my lips. We loved little places like this back in the day. Just little hole in the wall pubs with down to earth people.
"YO!" a voice called, my head turning to a round table towards the back that was filled with people. My heart picked up it's pace, tears filled my eyes and a huge smile broke out as I saw all my old friends in one place.
"Oh my goodness!" I looked at Seth then Kelly before taking off toward the group, hearing their laughter behind me.
"Wynonna!" Renee screamed as I collided with her first, hugging her tightly.
"Renee! Your still so beautiful." I chuckled, stepping back to look at my blonde friend. "Oh my god I love those pants!" I caught sight of her tight leather pants.
"Really?!" She laughed, wiping under her eyes. "I'm letting tears fall and your gonna talk about my pants?" Laughter heard around us.
"I'm sorry." I chuckled, embracing her again.
"No, they are great pants." She laughed too.
"Stop hogging her!" I heard as we separated, and turned to be met with a smiling Trinity, known as Naomi to the WWE universe.
"Oh my god!" I called out and embraced her. "I thought you were on Smackdown?"
"I am, I am but we traveled up for one of the shows on the network this week." She chuckled and stepped back. "I've missed you ace!"
"Awe, I missed you to." I gasped as her husband and his twin brother came into view. "My Uso's!" I called out, wrapping my arms around the both of them.
"Oh little wild one!" Jonathon, known as Jimmy to the WWE universe, replied laying a kiss on the left side of my head.
"You look good ace." Josh, known as Jey to the WWE universe, smiled as he stepped back.
"Thank you. I still can't tell you two apart." We chuckled together.
It was well known that Jonathon and Josh were the cousin's of my ex-boyfriend, and some of his closest allies in the business. I grew close to them over the two years I held a relationship with their cousin, even though they were told we where just friends, Jonathon's wife Trinity knew different. She had spotted us kissing one night and swore she wouldn't tell. But she also never told me he was a married man either, so I guess it evened out.
Kelly followed behind me hugging everyone, as I made my way around the table to stand next to Renee.
"Where's your better half?" I asked.
"He and Pamela are around here somewhere." She began looking around.
"Bayley?" I asked intrigued.
"Wynonna!" I was crushed from the side by a hug.
"Pamela." I chuckled as I hugged her back. "How have you been?"
"Awesome. It's so good to see you." She smiled, hugging me again before looking around and making her way towards Seth.
"Hey guys excuse me, I'm gonna run to the bathroom right quick." I announced and walked away from the table.
I walked into the women's room and up to the mirror, noticing the glow of my skin and the smile on my face. I was happy, and I don't think I've held a smile this true unless brought on by Swayze in a long long time. It felt good, and made me wonder why I had kept my distance from them in the first place.
"You okay?" I turned and smiled toward Renee as she walked in.
"Yes, I'm perfect."
"It's good to see your smiling face." she smiled, leaning against the counter top beside me.
"Renee, I'm sorry." I sighed, crossing my arms. "I was a shitty friend and you didn't deserve it."
"Hey, you had your reasons." She turned toward me, giving my shoulder a gentle squeeze.
"I suppose but were they really big enough to desert my good friends the way I did?" I sighed and looked at her. "I can never take it back, but I promise to not go ghost anymore."
"You better not." She wagged her finger in my face. "Now c'mon, someone is out here pouting cause you ran off." She grabbed my arm and tugged me out of the bathroom.
"If it isn't Mrs. Brooks."
I gasped, then laughed as I jumped into the arms of someone who I loved like a brother. Jon Good, better known as Dean Ambrose, like Seth was someone I could always count on. He protected me from a lot of things. Included me in his family, and called my dad as if he was his own father still to this day. He was my brother, and it killed me to not have that relationship with him anymore.
"I'm so sorry." I cried into his shoulder, holding him tightly.
"Hey, shh." He cooed as he held me tightly, rocking back and forth.
"Don't hate me," I sobbed out.
I looked into his blue eyes as he stepped back a bit, his thumbs whipping my stray tears.
"I could never hate my sister." He replied, one of his infamous smirks stretching across his face. "I'm not gonna lie I was a tad bit salty at you for awhile, but that's all water under the bridge."
"You have every right to be mad Jon." I sniffled, noticing Renee had gave us some privacy and walked back over to the table, everyone stealing glances our way every now and then.
"Yea? Well I'm not." He smiled. "Now, remember, no chick flick moments woman." He called out making me laugh as he placed an arm around my shoulders. "If I start crying I'm gonna ruin my face, and it's a pretty awesome face so we better not chance it."
This is why I was so close to Jon. No matter what situation was going on, I could always count on his humor to bring me through. When I found out about my ex I was so mad at Seth and Jon for not telling me. They had known because they were his best friends on this earth. But when Jon broke down his reasoning I couldn't stay mad. He had seen how happy we had made each other, and even though he knew it was wrong, he couldn't bring himself to ruin it. I loved him for it, and I knew he was still best friends with him, but I could care less as long as they kept him away from me.
We joined the group back at the table, ordering some drinks and everyone began filling me in on everything I had missed since I had been absent for the past 2 years. I loved the fact that our group was still as tight and strong as it was when I left. Only one person was absent and if I had anything to with it he would remain gone. I knew they all were still friends with him and I was happy for them, but I just didn't want to re experience that hurt again.
I couldn't help but notice after awhile how close Pamela and Seth were, and how she would nuzzle against him. It was as if they were in their own little world sometimes while we where all talking, and my curious over protectiveness came out.
"So, what's going on here?" I shot out, my finger going back and forth between the two of them across the table, as I sat between Jon and Josh.
"Oh yeah." Jon smiled, leaning back in his chair. "Yeah, Rollins, tell Wynonna here what you've been up to for the past year and a half." His eye's shining as he took a sip from his beer bottle.
I looked around as I heard some light chuckles and coughing, everyone looking at Seth and Pamela then me, as if I was seriously out of the loop.
"What?" I chuckled, looking back at Seth. "Did you get married without telling me?" I replied sarcastically, knowing he promised I would be the first to know if he ever proposed to someone.
"Ding, ding ding!" Jon raised his arms in the air. "Damn it girl, not only did you get an awesome tan out their in Colorado you gained psychic ability."
My eyes widened as I stared right at Seth, my smile instantly dropping. Don't get me wrong, I loved Pamela. She had been apart of our group of friends since we all started hanging out, but I always remembered Seth never giving her the time of day other than them being good friends who shared the common love for Cross Fit. So the fact that they were even together, much less married had me floored.
"Damn it Ambrose." Seth sighed, tossing a peanut at Jon before his eyes looked back toward me. "Look, Wynonna I was gonna-"
"No you weren't." Kelly cut him off quickly. Everyone's eyes shifting to her as she sat between Renee and Trinity.
"What?" Seth responded in disbelief.
"Don't say you were going to tell her when you knew you weren't." Kelly looked at me and shrugged. "Corey." she mouthed, to which I nodded understanding where her information came from.
"How would you know what he was going to tell her Kelly?" Pamela asked, a agitated look on her face that I was sure she would loose quickly messing around with Kelly.
"Well for one Bayley, Seth tells Wynonna everything. Granted, we all know she went MIA out of his life a year ago. A year." She repeated, peaking my interest. "Now, Seth had been seeing you prior to that, and he and Wynonna were still on speaking terms and he never uttered a word about the two of you being together."
"Zip it Kelly." Seth shot out, turning slightly towards Pamela who looked like she was catching up too, "Babe-"
"Like Jon stated, the two of you have been married now for a year and a half. You only dated 8 months before getting married. Colby here never told Wynonna about your relationship and he tells her everything." Kelly shrugged as Renee nodded in agreement, looking toward Jon then at Seth and Pamela. "And honestly, he wasn't going to break the news tonight either. He forgot how observant Wynonna really is. She sniffed that shit out quickly." Kelly smiled smugly, letting me know something had happened between her and Pamela that she hadn't shared, thus the reason for her nastiness. "But Congratulations on your happy union." Kelly winked, raising her beer bottle before taking a sip.
"Why you gotta be like that?" Seth spat out, turning towards Kelly.
"What?" She asked smiling.
"Why do you always have to stick your nose in shit that doesn't concern you." Seth's face held agitation now.
"Colby." Pamela replied, but was ignored.
"I was just stating an obvious fact. I mean you tell the guys how happy you are all the time but you fail to mention it to the girl you dub your best friend." Kelly spat back.
"It's hard to tell someone something when they ghost out." Seth shot out, making my mouth go slack.
"Dude!" Jimmy shot out, loosing his smile.
"Hey, watch it!" Jon pointed his finger toward Seth.
"Your timeline is off asshole, you had plenty of time to tell her!" Kelly's argued back.
"Colby!" Pamela raised her voice over everyone, grabbing his attention and everyone else. "You seriously didn't tell Wynonna we were dating back then?"
"Pam, it's not like that." Seth's face instantly softened, letting me know he did love her. "Baby, it was new and we where happy. Wy was going through her own things and I just never brought her up to speed. It's not like I was ashamed of you, or us."
"But-" She started but I cut her off.
"Guys!" They both looked at me. "Congrats."
"What? Wynonna I know your heaved but-" Seth started.
"No. Congrats. You two seem happy. It's great." I faked a smile, my eyes looking at Kelly then down at my phone. "And I hate to leave good company but Kels and myself have a long day ahead of us tomorrow."
"What? Wait don't leave." Jonathon shot out disappointed.
"She's right guys, we're booked solid. Mom here needs her rest cause she's getting old." Kelly stood, smiling down at Trinity.
"I'll get you guys back to the hotel." Seth sighed, scooting his chair back.
"No!" I shot out a little loudly and too quickly, gaining everyone's attention.
"Wynonna-" His face held regret and sadness.
"Kelly and I are more than capable of making it back to the hotel in one piece. Jon and Renee are staying in the same hotel-" I was speaking when cut off.
"We are all staying in that hotel Wynonna." Seth shot out, looking in my eyes.
"Well there ya go then." I stood, Jon and Renee following suite. "Now you wont have to worry about me ghosting out again right?"
His sighed, closing his eyes as he slowly nodded, Pamela rubbing his arm. I hugged Trinity and the twins, making plans to come over to Smackdown soon to catch up more, before Jon, Renee, Kelly and myself made our way out of the bar and hailed a cab. I knew I wouldn't stay mad at Seth, and I honestly had no right to be mad at him. But the fact he was so quick to toss the fact that I had been gone up in my face after just one day did hurt.