Through The Weekend
CHAPTER ONE
Catering backstage at âMonday Night Rawâ was packed and buzzing with excitement. It was one of those âgo-home Rawsâ preceding a major pay-per-view that sent minds and hearts racing. Celeste and Shiloh sat next to each other, cackling between bites of food, in their own little world. They would each be involved in major storylines, as they had been for the last few months. The cousins had made for unique and profitable attractions in WWE, due in part to their involvement with main-eventers Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins and the coterie of stars they ran with. While they were nervous about what awaited them tonight, their anxieties were always allayed in each otherâs presence.
âDid you see his face when sheâ?!â Cece started.
ââYES! What the fuck was that?!â Shiloh picked up.
âThey have zero chill!â Celeste exclaimed before taking another fork full of her chicken breast.
âThatâs life for the fuckless I guess...â Shiloh tucked into his salmon.
Taking in the cafeteria-style room, Celeste silently assesses everyone she sees. There were friends, foes, exes and almosts all swirling around in a current of excitement. Her boyfriend Seth had already eaten his prepared meal and was in âgorillaâ preparing to open the show. Roman, Shilohâs tag partner, wasnât present either. That wasnât a surprise, since Vince McMahon monopolized most of his time at âRawâ tapings. Not that Celeste minded Reignâs absence: their relationship was contentious, to say the least. Before she could roll her eyes at the mere thought of Roman, she meets the blue-eyed gaze of Finn Balor a few tables away. Had he been looking at her the whole time?
Balor grins at her and gives a deceptively innocent wave. The man from the âEmerald Isleâ of Ireland was a bundle of contradictions: smaller in stature than most of the WWE roster, he was nonetheless âshredded for the Godsâ as Shiloh once put it; for a man nearing 40 years old, his face, body, and attitude were all shockingly youthful; while most of the world would describe his social media posts as downright adorableâto say nothing of meeting him in personâhe had a devilishly naughty side to his personality that could bring anyone to their knees. It had and would continue to bring Celeste and Seth to their knees on multiple occasions.
âCeceâHELLOOOO! Earth to Celeste!â Shiloh gently shakes her shoulder. âSo youâre just gonna fall into the matrix mid conversation?â
âWhat? Huh?â Celeste tears her eyes from Finnâs and looks dazedly at her cousin. âWhat did you say?â
âObviously nothing THAT important. Who the hell were you staring at? Is it that bitch?â Shiloh scans the room with daggers in his eyes.
âWait, which bitch? Noâno bitch.â
âOh,â he responded, half disappointed. âWho then?â
Celeste swallows hard, hesitation catching in her throat. Sheâd never really pictured telling him what had gone down between Seth, Finn, and herself. Though they were closer than most siblings, this wasnât the kind of information one readily discussed with family. âI...it was...â she looks in Finnâs direction but heâa vanished.
âGirl, are you okay? Did you see a demon or something?â
âYES! I meanâI saw Finn. Finn.â
Shiloh shifts his eyes back and forth and raises a brow. âO-kay...yâall are friends, you see him all the time. You and Seth are like the Peter, Paul and Mary of wrestling.â
âRight, yeah, we are...â
âAnd? Youâre acting weird. Is there something I need to know? Do I need to go Alec Lightwood on his demon ass? My crossbow is on ready.â
âNo! Itâs not like that, for real. Weâre good.â
âAre yâall...too good?â Shilohâs expression is exaggeratedly suspicious.
Celeste couldnât find her words. Was she really about toâCOULD SHE tell him?
âCECE NO! I know Seth is a cornball but heâs a good dude and yâall love each other and heâs like my big brothââ
âIâm not cheating on Seth! I would never do that! Weââ
âWell what is it then?â
âWeâweâreââ she grabs Shilohâs tight T-shirt and pulls him towards her. Whispering in his ear, she finally says âWeâre poly. Seth and I are both in a relationship with Finn.â
Shilohâs face as he pulls back from her could only be described as âSHOOKâ. âYAâLL AREâTHE THREE OF YâALL ALLâAND SETHâhold onââ
âDONâT TELL A FUCKING SOUL, LOHânot Renee, not Naomi, especially not that bitch Romââ
âOkay, you gotta stop calling him that. Heââ
âNOBODY.â
âOKAY, damn!â
âSWEAR IT. Swear it on grandmaâs grave.â
âI. SWEAR. I would never betray your confidence. If Iâm lying Iâm dying,â he says, making the Sign of the Cross.
Celeste exhales heavily and sinks into her chair, relieved but embarrassed. âOkay...Iâm trusting you.â
Shiloh nods silently, clearly awash in his own thoughts now. âOkay. But on the real, like...who...likeâwhich one of them is the top?â
âLoh!â Celeste exclaimed blushing âReally? That's what you want to know?â
âI mean, that's not allâI want to know how the fuck that happened.â
Loh and Cece were interrupted by one of the men in question walking up to their table and taking a seat next to Cece. âI can feel my ears burning, love,â he said with a small smile.
Cece looks down, blushing. âI told Loh about the three of us,â she whispers. Finn laces his fingers with hers under the table, out of sight of the rest of the room.
Finn directs his laser-sharp blue gaze to his girlfriendâs cousin âIs there a problem?â He asks lightly.
Shiloh cocks his head, pondering whether that was a loaded question or a veiled threat. ââA problemâ? You think Iâd have a problem with WHATEVER my cousin chooses to do in her personal life?â
âItâs a simple question, Shiloh.â
Celeste could feel tensions rising between the two men but the anxiety it produced prevented her from formulating the words to stop the argument.
âYou donât know me to question my character likeââ
âWhy are ya so defensive? You donât know me, either. But Iâve been in this business a lot longer than you and ya oughta respectââ
âI ainât gotta respect shit, Rainbow Brite!â
âLohââ Celeste starts.
âThatâs real cute, fella. Ya pull that outta ya âBurn Bookâ?â
âFinn-â she tries again.
âOooh, a âMean Girlsâ reference! Thatâs not basic as fuââ
âBOTH OF YOU SHUT UP!â Celeste bellows, snatching her hand out of Finnâs and raising both of hers skyward. Her cousin and her boyfriend both stare at her, startled. Antics with Shiloh aside, she was always the picture of cool professionalism. But Finn and Loh had their own barely suppressed issues that frequently rose to the surface as cutting insults. While they treated it as a bitchy game of oneupmanship, it hurt Cece deeply to see two of the men she cared most for disrespect one another so viciously.
The entire room had fallen silent and was now staring at them. âThe two of you are acting like fucking children and IâM OVER IT!â
âLove, Iââ
âCeceââ
âSTOP.â Her voice cracked as tears welled up in her eyes. âJust stop.â She bolts up from the table, turns heel and jogs out of the room before anyone can see her cry.
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