Make A Wish - (Roman Reigns)

Chapter 10

"Hello?" Robyn answered her phone Monday afternoon.

"Where are you?" Stephanie asked.

"I'm still in Orlando," Robbie replied.

"Why aren't you in Kansas City?" Steph questioned.

"I wasn't aware that I was booked on Raw..."

"You aren't but you were booked for an appearance at the children's hospital with Joe," she said.

"What?" Robyn fake gasped, pretending to be shocked. "It totally slipped my mind. Stephanie, I am so sorry!"

"Yeah, I'll give you a pass this time but I'm going to email you a copy of your appearance schedule for future reference. Absence will not be tolerated going forward," Stephanie firmly stated.

"Yes ma'am. It'll never happen again," she tried her best to sound apologetic.

She didn't forget about the appearance at all. The truth is, she wasn't ready to face Roman yet, not after what happened. Actually, the painful throbbing in her head let her know that she wasn't ready to face anything at the moment. The memory of him walking out on her was still fresh in her mind. Tomorrow, the inevitable was going to happen backstage at Smackdown and she knew she'd feel a combination of hurt and anger when she saw his face.

There was a bitter feeling inside of her knowing that she didn't get a chance to be with him now with the realization that she'd foolishly fallen in love. In order to get over this, she had to cut him out of her life cold turkey, which was painful. She blocked his number and blocked him on every social media platform. The few things he'd left behind at her condo were thrown into a box in the corner.

When she arrived at Smackdown the next day, she had a pair of dark sunglasses covering her face and walked directly to the locker room. She didn't stop to speak to anyone, she didn't stop by catering. All of that would bring a risk of running into him.

"Got a copy of tonight's card!" Charlotte announced and the others jumped up to see if they were booked while Robbie remained seated.

"What's wrong?" Ember asked.

"N-nothing," Robbie replied, trying to hold her composure.

"Are you sure?" Ember pressed.

"Yes," she focused her eyes forward, staring at the wall.

"You're lying," Sonya said. "Is this about that guy?"

Robbie couldn't hold it back any longer if she tried. A dam burst and flooded as tears poured down her cheeks. She nodded. "Yes."

The women gathered around her, offering consoling words.

She sniffed, knowing that she had to keep up with the narrative that she'd already set. "I thought the next time we talked that I'd be telling you we broke up and that I was moving onto bigger and better things but...he beat me to the punch."

"Is he on this roster because if so, we'll all march over to the men's locker room and get him," Liv said.

"No," Robbie shook her head.

"Who is he?" Peyton asked. "So we can make sure other girls avoid him in the future."

"I can't," she shook her head.

"If you don't want to talk about him, that's fine but just make sure you don't go back to him, whoever he is," Sonya replied.

They were interrupted by a knock on the door. Mickie went to answer it. She stuck her head out briefly before closing it. "It's Roman here for Robbie. He says it's something about children."