Come See About Me

Permanent Damage

"Wait, no... It's not your fault, Paige. Not in the slightest! You did nothing wrong. It's on me. Look, I'll... I'll take the punishment. I'm not gonna let them take this away from you." Seth assured me. That's when I looked up at him with tears in my eyes, knowing that what came next would be the hardest thing for me to do. Or should I say, repeat...? "No, they're not gonna take this away from me...

You already did."

(Paige P.O.V)

It was the truth.

My future Royal Rumble win had already been taken away from me the moment this whole fight had broke out. Though, I felt as if I were all to blame, it wasn't entirely my fault, right?

Of course, Kalan played a major role in this unfortunate event too. He's the main reason why all this bullshit happened and why I'll be the topic of discussion in the WWE locker room for who knows how long?! Then there's Foxy, who was the reason why Kalan showed up here tonight in the first place. Therefore, NONE of this would have happened if she hadn't tried to surprise me with a Christmas gift I didn't even want, obviously. Though she meant well, the way things turned out didn't go so well at all--- which is why now, she was nowhere to be seen. So, who was to blame now? Kalan was dumped and kicked out of the place, Foxy disappeared, and the only one left here... was Seth.

No, my intention isn't to put all the blame on him. If anything, I put the blame on myself before anybody else. Although, I'm hurt, I'm upset, sad, but mostly angry and frustrated, I wasn't going to allow myself to take all of this blame! Just like I wasn't going to allow a situation like this to ever happen again. If I wanted to ensure that it doesn't, then it seemed like history needed to repeat itself--- and this time, for good.

"I-I... I already did? What do you mean, Paige? What are you saying?" Seth questioned me with a look of hurt in his eyes. I turned to look away from him, as I knew that look all too well. The last time I saw that look in his eyes was over a year ago, and never did I ever want to see it again. But here it was, and now I had to face him again. "Please don't tell me you're blaming all of this on me. You can't be serious." Seth spoke as if he couldn't believe it, but I shook my head. "I'm not putting all the blame on you, but you were a part of it, Seth. That shouldn't go unnoticed." I told him. "What also shouldn't go unnoticed is that I did what I did for you!" Seth raised his voice at me.

I didn't want to fight with him. I didn't want to argue. I was in no mood to put up with more bullshit tonight. I knew I would be punished for this whole Christmas disaster as soon as the morning comes, so why did my night have to end badly when things were supposed to be good now? I was sick of it!

"For me? You did what you did for me?" I questioned him with an eyebrow risen up in disbelief. "Who else would I do it for?" Seth answered my question with a question of his own. "... Yourself?" "Come on, Paige. Do you hear yourself right now? Get real!" Seth scoffed. "What's real is the fact that you just can't stand to see me with anybody else if it's not YOU." I hit him with the cold hard truth just like that. He'd never admit it, but I knew it was true all along. What else could it possibly be? "Yeah, that's right. You can't stand it. You never could. If Kalan hadn't showed up tonight, we'd still be together and none of this would have ever happened..." I sobbed as I angrily glared at him, meanwhile he still had that look of hurt in his eye. It broke me to blame him for this, but the damage had already been done.

"So... you're blaming me for breaking you and Kalan up?" Seth asked me softly. "That's not what I meant." "That's what it sounds like you meant..." Seth paused, "... The small insults and belittling, I can take all night long if I needed to. It didn't bother me one bit... But the fact that he called you a bitch and embarrassed you in front of everyone watching on... I saw you. I saw how you reacted. All I needed was a glimpse... It hurt you. You were distraught and ready to break down in tears right then and there. He hurt you... so, I reacted. I did what I did for you. Nobody else." Seth explained to me. But I didn't need an explanation, as I had already knew.