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Coffee Break, part 2

"Let me guess. You like this opponent too?" Becky wasn't sure whether to laugh or sigh—crying seemed a bit overkill—when she found Roux watching a highlight reel of Sol Ruca. Sol had just joined the RAW roster not long ago, but everyone in the company knew she was a star on the rise. Her match with Bayley at Saturday Night's Main Event last year was still being praised and it reminded a lot of people of just how good NXT was—especially when it came to the women's division.

Roux barely looked over at her. "She's fun, Mama! I like her pants."

Considering that Roux practically lived in dresses or leggings, Becky knew that was high praise indeed. "They are cool," she admitted, sitting down beside her daughter. "Very Lita."

"Lita's cool too!" Roux beamed.

Becky had to laugh. "You just like everyone who isn't Mama, don't you?"

Roux giggled and stuck out her tongue, scooting out of tickling range. "Nooooo...."

"Name one!" Becky challenged, any sense of sharpness lost to her chuckle. "Name one girl in wrestling that you like less than me."

Becky wasn't sure how much Seth had heard, but if he truly just walked in, he had impeccable timing. "What? Mama's the best. You know that!" Seth leaned over the couch and grabbed their daughter, flipping her over his shoulder and making her squeal with delight.

"Since you don't like watching me wrestle," Becky began slowly, "maybe you should stay here with Grandma Holly while Dada and I go to Europe to wrestle—"

"NO! I wanna go!" Roux squirmed until her father set her down. "I want to see Grandma Annie and Uncle Richy and... and you said I could!" She started to pout, but quickly stopped when Seth reached for her again. "I won't even have school, Mama!"

"I know, I know." Becky stood and scooped her daughter into a hug. "I'm only teasing. Of course you can come. You won't always be able to," she added, hoping she sounded at least somewhat stern, "because sometimes you will have school, but since you don't right now, you can come."

Roux didn't seem too comforted by that. "I can do school on the plane," she said. "I can read books and stuff, and Auntie Bayley would help me backstage...."

Becky glanced over at Seth quickly, but he seemed as lost as she was. "We'll see," she said simply. "There's usually no school in June, so if that's when the European tour is, that's okay." She certainly didn't want Roux to miss any chances to see her Irish family, but she didn't want to be one of those parents who was constantly pulling their kid out of classes to travel either. The consistency and structure of classes seemed to do wonders for Roux, and Becky loved hearing about what she learned each day.

"YAY!" Roux hugged her mother so tightly that Becky almost started to wheeze. When Becky had little choice but to set her daughter down, Roux did her little happy dance and ran towards her bedroom. "Can I take my Derpy bag? I want to show Grandma. And my dress too?"

"We're not packing right now!" Seth called out after her, chuckling as Roux disappeared into her room, chattering on about what she wanted to bring and why. "Well, if we were undecided before," he said to Becky, wrapping an arm around her shoulders, "I guess that settles that."

"For now, yeah." Becky couldn't help but smile as she listened to Roux singing to herself, making up silly little songs to remember what she wanted to pack. "But the tours aren't always in June or July and August. There's gonna be times we have to leave her at home because of school."

Seth sighed before kissing her. "You keep saying that. We can worry about that when the time comes. Right now, we get the chance to take our daughter to some amazing places. We need to appreciate that."