Out in the Open

"I do what I want." he seethed. "It takes two to tango and from the sounds of it, she was glad it happened."

"TJ, that is---"

"Oh come on! You were practically giggling and bragging to Carmella and Bayley a few minutes ago."

Nattie wasn't going to deny that but now Cesaro found out she was talking about it. Awkward.

"Well I'm sorry you had to hear that but it wasn't my intention for you to find out like this." she said.

"Whatever, shut up." he said. "You." he said looking at Cesaro. "Here's for betraying me." TJ said and ran into Cesaro's direction, hoping to tackle him down.

--

"And tell the world so it's a good thing she isn't here." Bayley said and then found Hero. "Hey Chris!" she greeted.

"Hey Bayley. Mella." he greeted. Bayley then filled him in on what was going on and he was concerned. "Wow, that's insane." he said. "I'm here to help." he told them. "Lead the way."

Cesaro tried to brace himself as best he could before TJ tackled him and then put his hands up to his face to try and protect himself.

--

"It's crazy. TJ has completely lost it." Carmella told him

TJ was able to take him down and started to try and punch away at Cesaro.

"TJ! Stop!" Nattie said as she was taken aback by the attack.

--

"He's been acting strange over the past couple of months, so maybe there's something going on.' Chris said.

"Hm, maybe."

Cesaro chose not to fight back and instead decided to work on flipping TJ off him.

--

"Maybe he's regretting the divorce?" Carmella shrugged as she led them to the room.

Nattie decided to try and get involved by going to pull TJ off. "That's enough, stop it!" she said and because TJ was going off, when she touched him he elbowed her accidentally and hit her side, causing her to drop to the floor.

--

"Maybe but honestly? Nattie could do better. It seemed like he didn't want to be bothered by her and would look so annoyed. Nattie is the best, how could he be that way?" he asked and then heard when Nattie said "stop!" and quickened his pace, running to the room. "Holy shit." he said and looked at Nattie who just told him to help Cesaro, which he started to do.

"Nat?" Bayley asked.

"I'm alright." she said, slowly getting to her feet.

"We'll help you." Bayley said as she made her way over to Nattie to help her up.

"Thanks man." Cesaro told Hero as he got up. "Nat, you okay?"

--

"TJ, you IDIOT!" Carmella exclaimed as she went to Nattie's side to help her up as well.

"Hell no! I'm not done with him!'

"RELAX." Chris said and took him out of the room to cool off.

--

"I'm okay, really. Don't worry about it." Nattie said to Cesaro, Bayley and Carmella as she got to her feet and thanked the girls. "I'm sorry about him, Cesaro. I don't know what has gotten into him. I hope he didn't hurt you."

"It's fine. I'm fine, I've been hit harder." He shrugged it off. "I'll talk to him when he's calmed down a bit."

"That was crazy. What the fuck has gotten into him?" Carmella shook her head.

"If he ever does." Nattie said. "And I have no idea. All I know is I have never seen him like that before."

(one more reply then I'm off to bed!)

"I haven't either. Although, he does have every rite to be mad at me." Cesaro said. "You sure you're okay?" He asked her.

"...do you two need a moment?" Carmella asked.

(No worries, good night lovely! )

"Oh um, yes, do you need a moment?" Bayley asked almost too excited but calmed herself down. "Actually, why do we even ask? We'll leave you two for a moment. If you need anything we'll be down the hall." Bayley said, linking her arm with Carmella's.

"Okay, Bay." Nattie said, letting out a small laugh before answering Cesaro. "My side does hurt a little but it's nothing. Honestly. I think I'm just in shock really over everything that just happened."

(good night!)

"Have funnnn!" Carmella winked at the two as her and Bayley walked out.

"I don't blame you at all. You sure he didn't do anything before I walked in? Bayley said he was yelling at you." Cesaro said, concerned.

"You think they'll finally talk stuff out?" Bayley asked Carmella after they walked out.

--

"Oh yeah, there was definitely yelling." she said. "Let's see, apparently I've been whoring around with you behind his back and I have my slut ways." she told him. "He feels like this was all a plan from the get go. He tried to grab me but I was able to maintain distance." she said.

"If they don't, I'll lock them in there until they do." Carmella joked. "But seriously, they need to."

—

Cesaro shook his head and sighed. "I'm so sorry, Nat. That was completely unacceptable for him to say that."

"At least just to talk everything out and get rid of that awkwardness a little."

--

"Yeah well, it is what it is. It's not like I didn't have some of those thoughts in my mind. As far as being a "whore" is concerned. Not that I am but after....what happened with us, I sure felt that way."

"Exactly. You think they might have some feelings as well?"

--

"You're not a whore." Cesaro said, gently placing his hands on Nattie's arms. "What happened with us was well... unexpected but please don't think like that."

"It's tough to say. I mean, I think Nattie was always fond of Cesaro. Not like in a romantic way of course but now, who knows? To me, they've always had great chemistry. I don't know what Claudio thinks though. He is a tough man to read sometimes." Bayley said.

--

"How could I not? The ink was still drying on those papers and I went ahead and slept with you." she said...though I mean, it wasn't exactly all bad on her end, ha. Nattie continued, "You're TJ's best friend at that. Well, maybe ex now. I ruined his life and yours and especially your relationship with him."

"Right? We need to pester Sheamus and get some answers. If anyone would know, it would be him." Carmella nodded.

--

"Don't think that. You didn't ruin my life at all." Cesaro shook his head.

"Oh yes, he would know for sure!"

--

"You're only saying that to make me feel better about this whole situation." she said with a slight shrug. "But it's okay, I'll just have to deal with it."

"Exactly! We need to talk to him!"

--

"I'm not. Nat, I don't regret what happened between us." He admitted.

"Whenever this is out and we know Cesaro told Sheamus about this, we'll have to ask him. I don't want to rat Cesaro out in case."

--

"You don't?"

"True. He probably has kept this to himself to not stir anything up." Carmella agreed. "How do you think Chris is going with TJ?" She asked.

--

"Not at all."

"Well I don't hear him anymore, so hopefully he was able to calm him down or he left."

--

"How come?" she asked.

"Fingers crossed. Because that was crazy."

--

"Because I realized after that night that I have feelings for you. If you don't feel the same way, that's fine but I had to let you know." He admitted.

"It really was. I've never seen TJ like that ever. Even when they were going through the divorce, he didn't act out like that or even seem like anything was bothering him.

--

Well, she was surprised to say the least. "Really?" she asked. "Why?" she also asked. "I'm such a mess!"