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25.

I wave goodbye to Mercedes as she heads to her match and follow Colby to his locker room. We are almost there when I look over to my right and spot Fergal talking to someone. Shit. This is exactly what I wanted to avoid.

He looks at me for a brief second as he listens to whoever he is talking to. I look away and to my luck so does he, as he continues on with his conversation.

Colby notices and looks to me as we head on in his locker room. "I'm sorry Ari. I know it must be hard seeing him." My brother sighs.

I sit down on the couch as he throws on a shirt over his head. I shrug back trying not to allow my emotions break through. "It's cool. I'm just glad I get to see my brother tear it down in the ring." I smirk.

"That's right." He says, giving me a fist bump.

The T.V. sits in front of us, showing Mercedes taking on Lexi. I love being able to watch them. They're both incredible and so interesting to me in the ring.

Lexi rolls from the ring so Mercedes goes on the outside and jumps from the apron, delivering a diving meteora. "Shit. Mercy is so good." I fangirl to my brother as he does side lunges, warming up for his match.

"Right, she's awesome." Colby says while leaning his weight to the other side. He stands back up and looks to me. "I'm leaving but before I do, do you need anything? Are you sure you wanna stay in here? You can always walk around backstage."

I shrug with a head shake. "Nah I'm good right here. This couch is comfy."

"Ok sweet. You know where everything is if you do need anything.." He trails off as he grabs his IC title and messes around with his hair a little bit.

I nod as I focus back on the T.V. He hands me his phone to hang on to since I left mine at the hotel. He said I can use his if I need it for anything.

"See you soon babysis." He kisses my forehead.

"Good luck Colbs." I smile before he heads out of the room.

I look back to the T.V. as Sasha gets her hand raised by the referee. She's so good, it's unbelievable.

Suddenly I feel Colby's phone vibrate. I decide to sneak a peak in case it involves me. My heart drops as I see Fergal's name appear across the screen. But it's for Colby and not me. Something work related.

Colby doesn't talk to him anymore after everything that went down, unless it has to deal with work.

He sends another text with a question mark. Oh shit.. I opened the text and Colby's reads are on. And I just opened this text, Fergal's gonna be so confused.

I exit out of the conversation so I can't open any other texts. But then his next text catches my attention:

"Hello Ari.."

How the hell did he know that I have my brother's phone? Is he watching me? He sent another text, I should read more.

"I just passed Colby in the hallway and he said he didn't have his phone."

Okay that makes a lot more sense. Phew. Wow, another text. He's persistent.

"I understand that you hate me. But please let me talk to you in private for a few minutes."

I have no clue what to do. I still cannot stand Fergal, but he was my boyfriend and I do still miss him incredibly. I promised myself I would not talk to him no matter what though.

Maybe if I hear what he says I can get some other things off my chest. I'd much rather say 'oh well' than 'what if.'

"I'm in Colby's locker room. You can come down here."