November 24th - 33 Weeks
"Colby!" Joe yelled as he walked into the locker room to see his friend scrolling through his phone as he sat in the corner by himself "You okay?" he asked and Colby nodded "You've been quiet all day"
"Just thinking" Colby shrugged "I've got a lot of stuff running through my head" he said
"Work or home?" Joe questioned as he sat down next to his friend
"Both" Colby looked over at him and then back to his phone
"Anything you want to talk about?" Joe questioned
"Rollins we need you!" A producer said as he stuck his head in the door
"Or not" Colby stood up
"I'll be here if you want to talk later, you know where to find me" Joe said with a nod
Once the Pay-Per-View was over, Colby made his way in to the hotel, checked in and signed autographs for a few of the fans that were waiting.
He made his way up to his room, got his stuff in his bag for the next morning so he wasn't scrambling around the room half asleep the next morning.
He called Rebecca on FaceTime and talked to her for close to an hour, she was mainly worried about how his back was holding up after the match, She was one of the only ones to know that his back had been an issue the past few weeks and she was honestly worried with every match that he had but the more brutal the matches the more worried she would become and he would have to immediately talk to her and calm her down after each one.
After talking to her for an hour, he didn't want to hang up the phone but when he looked over at his phone and saw she was fast asleep he smiled to himself before reluctantly hanging up.
He texted Joe who told him his room number and walked to his best friend's room.
He sat on the couch as Joe sat on the bed and they just stared at each other in silence before Colby spoke up
"How do you do it?" he asked and Joe looked at him confused so he continued "How do you balance everything? Media and TV and workouts and having a relationship and having kids all while being on the road?" he asked
"You just said it.. It's a balancing act" Joe shrugged "I had a kid way before I was ever in this business so that was a transition in itself going on the road and leaving her but You're lucky, you're actually with someone who is also in this business and I don't see Rebecca quitting anytime soon" he said and Colby shook his head "You're not going to leave the baby with your mom or her mom all of the time, She's going to be with you two all of the time so that's one advantage you have over me"
"Yeah but how do I split myself? he asked and Joe nodded
"You just do it" Joe shrugged "I wish I had some actual advice for you but I don't" he shook his head "but I will tell you this, when the baby is born you will feel a shift inside yourself and that baby will become your number one priority, your family will become your number one and everything else will take a backseat to that" he said and Colby nodded
"I just don't know how I am going to be Seth, Colby and Dad all at once" he shrugged
"You're not" Joe laughed with a shake of his head "When you're in front of a crowd and in that ring, You're are 100% Seth Rollins not anybody else. When you are with Becks, You are 100% Colby, not Seth and when you are with your baby girl you are just her dad.. that's it" he said and Colby smiled slightly "Trust me, no matter how cool you think you are that little girl is going to be there to knock you down because to her you're nobody else but her dad"
"I thought you said you didn't have advice" Colby smirked and Joe shrugged
"I could have just left you with nothing and said good luck with that but what kind of friend would I be?" he asked and Colby laughed
