Trust Comes First (A WWE Fanfic)

Chapter 56 Drunk in Love

4 hours later

We were at a bar, something local and not too crowded. The jukebox was blaring loudly, so me and Jeff were almost yelling at each other throughout the night. Jeff was almost blitzed and I was on the edge of falling off my chair.

"Have you ever been in love Lila?" Jeff asked, voice sounding drunk.

I frowned as I took a sip of my beer, my thinking slightly fuzzy, "I don't think so. I mean there were boyfriends but I can't even remember feeling anything for them so I don't think it was love."

"Are you ok with that?" he slurred, holding his hand up straight.

I placed my hand against his, his fingers dwarfing mine as I tried to focus. We were palm to palm, moving our hands back and forth, "Ya I am. Does that mean I'm unlovable? I think I'm incapable of falling in love."

"You're not incapable of falling in love. You just haven't found someone worth loving. And you are definitely not unlovable. You wouldn't be in the mess you are if you weren't lovable." Jeff pointed out, lacing our fingers together.

"I found you." I mumbled, looking into his green eyes.

"But you don't love me."

"Yes I do." I argued.

"Ok you love me but you're not in love with me." He complied, shrugging a shoulder.

"It would be so much easier if I was. Then I could just say fuck it and stay here." I laughed, Jeff's face lighting up in a smile.

"Tomorrow we'll have a real chat about this. Tonight we are way too drunk." He laughed, hair falling in his face, "I gotta piss though."

Letting go he stood up rather unsteadily before making his way to the bathroom. The jukebox was playing something slow and I thought of Seth. Pulling out my phone I decided it was quiet enough to make a phone call. Trying to focus I hit his name, grinning in triumph as it connected. Raising it to my ear I waited, hearing his sleepy voice come through.

"Lila?" he mumbled, sounding buried in his pillow.

The second I heard his voice I was filled with homesickness, "Why can't guys just get along ya know? Why does this always have to be so goddamn complicated?" I sighed deeply, resting my head in my hand.

I heard a flurry of noise and I frowned as I heard a light click on, "Lila are you drunk?" Seth questioned, sounding instantly awake.

"Yes I am very friggin drunk right now. If I would have done this in the first place I wouldn't be in this damn mess. I choose me. I choose it my way where I don't have to choose." I announced, hiccupping slightly.

"Jesus you're shit faced." He groaned, "You know that's not gonna fly."

"Well I had to give it a fucking shot didn't I?" I mumbled, feeling tired suddenly, "I'm so tired of this."

"Lila where are you? Are you alone?" he asked, sounding more and more worried by the second and I heard a door open in the background.

"I am in Phoenix in a bar somewhere here." I informed him.

"Damnit Lila are you alone?" he asked again.

"No, God Seth don't yell at me." I shot back, feeling like a child, "I'm with Jeff."

I heard him talking to someone in the background before I heard a noise, "Don't do that to me Lila. Jesus. It's like 2 in the morning there what the hell are you doing out there?"

"I'm getting drunk and forgetting about everything. Well I'm trying to but I can't which is why I'm on the phone with you." I groaned, hearing the echo of my voice, "Am I on speaker?"

"Yea I woke up Roman and Dean by accident when I yelled. Now they're worried too." He admitted.

"That's what you get for yelling." I slurred slightly, closing my eyes.

"Lila go home. You're drunk. Please." I heard Roman ask and I bit my lip.

"Ok. I miss you guys." I blurted out before I could stop myself, "I saw your tweet Seth."

"Did you? I miss you too. Go home Lila. Get some sleep and do what you have to, to get back here." Seth grumbled, sounding wide awake now.

"I will." I promised.

"And call me when you get home so we know you made it." He added.

"Yes mother." I chuckled, hanging up as Jeff came back.

He looked completely done for the night and I felt the same after that conversation. He knew who I was talking to by the look on my face and he drained his drink, "You want to go back to the hotel?"

I nodded, feeling the melancholy rise up in me. Pulling on our jackets we hailed a cab, heading back to the hotel. I was barely awake as we pulled up, holding on to Jeff as we made it to his room. Stumbling in I kicked off my shoes and struggled out of my jacket. Jeff was in the washroom getting changed. I found Roman's sweats and pulled them on, leaving my jeans on the floor in a heap. Pulling off my bra and shirt I had a tank top in my hands when Jeff walked out. I just kept my back to him and I heard him stop.

"Oh my God." He breathed, sounding a bit more sober.

"What?" I asked, looking over my shoulder at him.

He didn't say anything, just walked up behind me, wearing only a pair of shorts. He ran a cool hand over my back, fingers splayed as he traced the bruises. I had forgotten how bad they were and I stood still.

"How are you not in pain right now?" he asked, fingers tracing my spine.

I shrugged, pulling on my tank top, "I'm drunk. It just looks really bad in all honesty."

"Ya no shit it looks bad." He shook his head as I pulled my hair into a twist and securing the end with a tie.

"I'm a fucking champ though." I grinned, holding up my title which was resting on my bag.

"That you are." He grinned, examining it before leaping into the bed.

I threw my title back and crawled in, stretching out next to him. I was exhausted from the drinking, the phone call and the flight here. Jeff stuck his hand under my pillow, pulling me by my shoulder and my waist into him. My back was pressed against his chest, his head resting on my shoulder and instantly I was warm and cozy.

"I do love you Jeff. Just not in the way that would make my life easier." I mumbled, half asleep already.

"I love you more. If I could do more to help you I would." He murmured in my ear.

"You do so much already, you have no idea." I reassured him, lacing my hand with his that was resting on my stomach.

He made a noise and I knew he heard but was falling asleep. I felt his breath even out moments later and I wasn't too far behind him.