Always And Forever

Chapter 54

Here's the chapter EVERYONE'S been waiting for. And there was no teaser chapter this week since there was technically only 1 comment. But don't worry, we'll try again this week. Hope you guys enjoy this chapter, excuse mistakes - I've been sick the past couple days.

Also for those of you who are a bit confused by how I wrote this chapter, try going back to chapter 38 (the part where Roman is back in Pensacola.)
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(A song from Bring Me The Horizon which I found fitting for this chapter 😊🎧)

It was close to 3AM and neither Dean nor I had gotten any sleep. We were sitting in the car outside of the hospital where Roman had been released from earlier in the night. Only thing was we didn't know where he was now. Dean had just started dozing off when his phone began to vibrate. Jimmy Uso was on the line, which he placed on speaker.

"Hey, did you guys find out anything about Roman?"

"No, I left him a voicemail but I don't know if he'll listen to it."

"Well, I think I might know where he could be...I was asking some of our coworkers and other WWE personelle, one of them said they saw Roman at the airport, he was arguing about a flight at the front desk."

"Oh! Do you think he's flying home?! Pensacola is only two hours by flight from Orlando!"

"Yep. That's the only place I can think of. Just catch the next flight out to Pensacola and take a cab to his place. If he doesn't answer the door, then take the key from the planter on the porch and go in."

"Thank you so much Jimmy!!"

After hanging up, I looked up at Dean with a glimmer of hope. He was looking so tired and worn out, I didn't want him driving me around so I asked him to just stay back here but he insisted that he flies with me to Pensacola just in case I needed his help for anything. We took a two hour flight which was our only opportunity to get some sleep in before landing at Pensacola International Airport. From there, we took a cab to Roman's house. I told Dean to go rest at Roman's guest house while I go check and see if Roman was home. That way, if he was there I could talk to him alone and see what was going on with him.

>>>> A little while earlier

[ROMAN POV]
At this point, everything was shattered. My body. My mind. My career. My hopes. My relationship. Nothing was right. I just barely got myself to the hospital, and after being released, all I wanted to do was head home. I didn't want to see anyone or talk to anyone. I didn't want to hear from people that I tried my best or that next time I'll surely win...because maybe there won't be a next time. This was it, I could never main event another Wrestlemania again. But that wasn't the worst part. I had told Kiran I'd win for her tonight and I failed her too. There was no way I could look her in the eye and see her dissapointment for me. I couldn't listen to her tell me that it's over for good. Before putting myself through any of that, I just walked away from everything and everyone.

I caught the first flight back to Pensacola and came home around 3am. I was a complete wreck, mentally and physically and I just needed to be alone to gather myself. As always, Scooter was eager to see me after a long time. I dropped all my bags on the floor and trudged my way over to the couch, slowly sinking into it. Scooter jumped up and sat right beside me and I put my arms around him, giving him a much needed hug. Everything hurt right now, I buried my face into Scooter and let my heavy heart give way to tears. Scooter was just who I needed right now.