Faded

eight

June 4th 2016

"How are you doing today Adds." Nikki smiles as Mercedes and I sit down at the table in the restaurant. "Better." I croak before setting down my purse, my voice hoarse from the screaming and crying that happened last night, "Aw, Addi." Paige frowns and puts her arm around my shoulders. I smile sadly and put my hand on top of hers, "The boys will be here in a little bit, are you sure you're okay to see Eric?" Brie asks and rubs my arm. "I'll be okay, I slept in Mer's hotel room last night. There was a lot of tears, Nichols Sparks movies, and ice cream." I laugh slightly and the girls smile.

"It's good to hear you laugh Adds." Nikki says and takes a sip of her mimosa, "Hey ladies." Nikki's boyfriend, John, smiles and pecks her on the lips before sitting down beside her. "Hey babe." She smiles as Eric sits down in front of me, and Paige's boyfriend Alberto sits down in front of her. "Hi Adriana." He smiles at me as Paige leans across the table and kisses him, "Hey Al." I laugh slightly and avoid looking at Eric.

"So I was thinking, since we all have tonight off maybe all of us girls could chill out tonight at the arena, I think Addi needs some girl time." Mercedes speaks up from beside John as I take a sip of my lemonade, "That sounds great." I smile at her and the rest of the girls nod in agreement. My phone buzzes in my lap and I look down to see that my twin brother is calling me, "I'll be right back." I say quickly and stand up from my chair. I turn the corner and walk outside of the restaurant.

"Hey Marco." I say into my phone and run my hand through my hair, "What, the, hell, happened last night." He growls into the phone as I lean against the concrete wall. "It was a new storyline." I say calmly, trying to keep myself from crying over the subject, "Are you two on some kind of break though, some Twitter page said that you two rode back to the hotel in separate cars and that you didn't stay in the same room." As soon as my brother says that, my jaw drops.

It only happened not even 24 hours ago, and some tabloid page has already found out. "Mom's freaking out, dad's ready to kick Eric's behind. And I can't lie to you, but I'm ready to catch a plane out to you and beat his tail end myself." My brother semi-yells into the phone as my lip starts to quiver, "Look I'm out for breakfast with friends, I'll call you later Marco." I say into my phone before hanging up and putting my hand on my forehead.

I take a deep breath and walk back into the restaurant, "Everything okay Adds?" Nikki asks as I sit down at the table. "Yeah, everything's fine." I fake a smile and Brie crosses her arms, "No it's not." She says and I look down at the table. "What happened?" Paige asks as my phone buzzes, a text from my brother. I unlock my phone and click on the picture he sent me, "WWE Superstars and real life lovers, Enzo Amore and Adriana Demarco on a break? Sources say that last night, Amore and Demarco, took two different cars back to their hotel and didn't even sleep in the same room." I read aloud and Nikki gasps.

I turn my phone off and set it on the table, "Oh Addi." Paige frowns and hugs me as Eric puts his head in his hands. I hug Paige back as everyone at the table stays silent, "I think I'm gonna go back to the hotel." Eric and I both say at the same time. I let go of Paige and grab my phone from off the table and my purse from the floor before waving bye to everyone and walking out of the restaurant.

My head is pounding and my heart is racing, I cross the street and walk into the hotel. Various people call my name, but I ignore them before pressing the up button on the elevator. It opens right away and I quickly get in, pressing the 8th floor button numerous times as the door slowly closes. The slow ascent to the 8th floor begins and I'm just trying to keep myself from crying, how did these people know what was going on?

I tap my foot and anxiously wait for the elevator doors to open as it reaches the 7th floor, then the 8th floor. The doors open and I sniffle slightly, walking over to Eric's hotel room. I go to grab the room key out of my pocket when the door that people use for the steps opens to reveal a panting Eric. I freeze like a deer in the headlights as he notices me, "Adriana." He says and I quickly turn around, running towards Mercedes' hotel room.

I get to the room and fish around for the key in my purse, "Come on." I groan as I pull my hand out of my purse after realizing that Mercedes has the only key. I press my back against the door and sink to the ground, "You look like you could use some help." Eric says from above me and I avoid making eye contact with him. "I'm fine." I say and cross my arms as he kneels down to my level, "It was Charlotte." He says and my eyes widen. That girl had the nerve to go off and tell the tabloids about Eric and I, "She's trying to make life a literal hell for me." I say and my bottom lip quivers as Eric picks my chin up.

"I'm so sorry Adriana." He frowns and I shake my head, "I really am." He says as I quickly wrap my arms around him. I can't hold back my tears any longer and they begin to spill out of my eyes as he wraps he arms around me, I never asked for any of this. I never asked for Charlotte to hate me this much, I never asked for Eric and I to take a break, going home can't come soon enough.

"You've got a second to get your arms off of her before I break them both." Nikki growls from behind Eric as he sighs and let's go of me. "She has had enough, do you think that you could at least give her some freaking space?" She asks as Brie crouches down next to me, "Do you think that I want to see her like this, do you think I wanted her and I to take a break? Because no, I don't." Eric says, standing up and walking away from us.

"It's okay Adds." Brie says as I put my head on her shoulder and she strokes my hair, Nikki frowns and rubs my arm as I continue to cry. "It was C-Charlotte." I sniffle as Nikki shakes her head, "She's done enough already, it's like she's trying to start a war she will not win." She says and Paige runs over to us. "There's a bunch of paparazzi outside the hotel, and John actually almost beat the hell out of a few of them." She says as Mercedes runs up behind her.

How much worse could this all get?