A New Paige

Lost Puppy

BRIE:

I pace back and forth in my locker room, dressed in my black ring gear and I chew on my thumb nail. I run a hand through my hair as I contemplate over what was supposed to be Paige's match against Naomi.

"Brie?" I look up, Nikki was peaking through the door.

"Yeah, come in." I straighten out my clothes in the mirror and Nikki turns me to face her, a pout on her lips.

"Stephanie said that you and I have to figure out who is going to compete against Naomi." I go back to chewing on my thumb nail while thinking and I raise my hand.

"What about Emma? What is she doing?"

"Emma? As in Tenille Dashwood?"

"What other Emma is there?" Nikki shrugs.

"Hey girls!" we both look towards the door, Emma was just walking in. She grabs her duffel bag and was about to exit.

"Emma! Wait!" she pauses and looks at us.

"Umm, yeah?"

"Would you like to wrestle in place of Paige tonight?"

"Oh, she's supposed to go against Naomi, right?" I nod my head and Emma beams. "Alright, I'll do it."

"Great! Thanks Emma. Do you know where Colby is?"

"Umm, yeah! He's in concession with Dean and Randy."

"Alright, thanks." She smiles and begins to change into her wrestling ear. "Oh, Emma? Victoria is going to accompany you to the ring. AJ is going to attack Victoria after the match and you hide behind JBL. Feel free to take his hat, he won't mind." Emma laughs and nods.

"Alright, anything else?"

"You're supposed to win." Emma nods.

Nikki and I leave the locker room and head to concession, waving at a few divas and superstars before spotting Colby. "Nic, can you stay here? I need to deal with Colby personally."

"Alright." I walk towards Colby. He had his back turned to me and was talking to Dean and Randy so I grab him by the hair and begin dragging him towards an empty room.

"Oww!"

"Oh shut up."

"Brie? Is that you?"

"Who else would drag you by the hair after what you did to my best friend?"

"You."

"Exactly." I throw him into the empty room and slam the door closed behind me. "Do you know what you cost Paige after you stupidly curbstomped her skull into the briefcase yesterday?"

"I said it was an accident!"

"Her laying in the hospital while doctors try to reconstruct her skull isn't an accident! What you cost her is her dream, Colby! Her life! She's worked from the very beginning to get to where she is and you've costed her everything! I wouldn't be surprised if she woke up one day and sued you!"

"Sue me? For what? Her interfering in a match?"

"You weren't even part of that match! You interfered with Jon and John and Randy and Glenn! You interfered! The match was already over! She was coming out to see if Jon was ok!"

"I didn't know I was going to hit her head. I didn't know."

"I'm going to talk to Stephanie and Paul and Vince and see what they have to say. If Paige is well enough in a few months and she's able to come back, you're lucky. But if she doesn't, god save your soul." I turn and walk out.

"Hey, Brie. Who were you talking to?"

"Who do you think, Bryan?"

"Colby?"

"Yes."

"How's Saraya?"

"She's in the hospital. Doctors are trying to reconstruct the damaged parts of her skull."

"Oh." There was a silence between us before he spoke. "I should go, it was nice talking to you again, Brie."

"You too, Bryan" he smiles and walks away.

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"Steph? Is it ok if I go visit Saraya in the hospital?"

"Of course! Just say hi to her for me."

"Alright, I will." She gives me a hug and I walk to my car. I drive towards the hospital and head towards the receptionist.

"I'm here to see Saraya Jade Bevis."

"Room C304."

"Thank you." I shift my purse onto my shoulder and walk to her room.

I open the door. Saraya was laying on her bed, eyes closed and bandaged covered her head.

"Hey, Saraya." I say as I sit down on the chair, I knew she couldn't hear me. My eyes well with tears and I wipe them away with a Kleenex, taking a deep breath of air in. "Stephanie says hi." I smile. "Emma took your place tonight against Naomi, she did a really good job. She even wore JBL's hat!" I chuckle, "I defeated Layla and Danielle in a handicap match. Nicole's worried about you. Just like Bryan is. I haven't told my Bryan yet, but I'm sure he's heard the news already. I don't think Leati knows either. Paul and Stephanie are saying he'll be on Monday Night RAW. I'll tell him. He's gonna beat the shit out of Colby. I don't think Jon has truly accepted that this happened. I saw him standing outside your locker room, knocking on the door. He was yelling your name and asking to be let in. I opened the door for him and he walked right in, looked around and looked at me. He asked me where you were, I told him you were in the hospital. He looked like a lost puppy. He dropped his heAd and looked at the floor on the way out, he couldn't even look me in the eye." I wipe at my eyes again, "we all want you to return but there's a 50% chance you won't be able to. I know you don't want to hear this, especially not from me, but when you get out of the hospital. I think you should stop competing."