Epilogue

Elaina Mullins

I had seen Finn Bàlor talking to Roman Reigns and his group of friends at the hotel before the Hall of Fame Ceremony. When Delaney Monroe showed up with Sami Zayn, it was funny to see the interaction between them when it seemed like Sami and Delaney was walking off together.

"God, can you you believe those people?" I looked over at the superstar that I was PAing for.

Baron Corbin stood with his shoulder up against the wall, his nice black suit wrinkling more than it had before. Baron made it very clear that he didn't like black tie affairs, as the Hall of Fame Ceremony was one.

"What's wrong with them?" I asked, looking down at my phone to figure out what Baron needed to do for the next day.

"You haven't been here long enough to know that they are a bunch of stuck up bitches. Just because they were famous long before the rest of us were."

Us being him and Corey Graves. Corey was obnoxious, that much was for sure. But I only worked when Baron did, and he had been nice to me when I started as his PA.

"You're still a great performer." I said, pushing my Renee Young style hair out of my face.

"Thanks, that means a lot, Elaina."

I felt a hand on my back and I looked up at Baron. He was smiling at me, something that often made my insides twitch. He hardly ever did that, he hardly ever smiled. Everything was so important and he did his best but that was it. There had been only a handful of times when I had met that smile.

"I'll meet you there. Afterwards I need to ask you a question." Baron said.

"Sure, I'll be there."

The only reason why Baron and I weren't riding together was because I agreed to take a ride with Jenna, a production assistant for SmackDown Live.

Baron had left and I stood there waiting for my friend to show up. I got an update about the match Baron would have been in and I was trying to conduct text to him to tell him but something came up.

No, it was someone.

"Hi." I glanced up. At least unlike with Baron I didn't have to really crane my neck up to look.

I hadn't realized that Finn Bàlor was standing in front of me. I opened my mouth but ended up taking a step back.

"I don't think I've seen you around." He said, his head tilting to the right.

"I mainly work over on SmackDown Live." I said, pushing my hair out of my face again.

"I'm Finn."

"I know who you are. I'm Elaina Mullins." I held my hand out to him.

His hand was rough but of course it was. He worked out to keep his body in that sculpted shape. His thumb rested on the back of my hand for a bit too long, I had to pull away and force myself not to shake my hand on the feel where his hand covered mine.

"Are you going to the Hall of Fame Ceremony?" He asked.

"Oh, yes." I nodded, feeling the heat in my cheeks.

"Did you need a ride? You could join us."

I shook my head, which resulted in my hair falling in my face again. "No, I'm waiting for a friend. We're riding out together." I pushed my hair from my face, trying to tuck it behind my ear.

"Well, maybe I'll see you around, yeah?" He asked.

"I don't know. Maybe." I said.

He smiled that million watt smile that was infectious, that I offered my own in return. Finn waved and then followed the group he was with outside. I only had to wait a few moments because Jenna showed up.

"Were you just talking to Finn Bàlor?" Jenna asked. "Please tell me that what I saw was you and Finn Bàlor talking."

"Yeah, I was. I mean we were." I sighed. "Too bad I'm stuck on SmackDown Live and he's resting comfortably over on Raw."

"I know. You must be blessed to be talking to him."

"I'm not blessed. I'm not blessed with height, that's for sure."

I may have had Renee Young hair, but was even smaller than Alexa Bliss. I was blessed with the short end of the stick, and then again, the rest of my life hadn't been that blessed.

"Well, are you ready to go?"

"Yeah, sure." I looked over at my friend.

The night went by unenthusiastically with Baron Corbin. He and Corey sat on either side of me, both bored out of their minds. I felt itchy in my dress and I felt small even compared to Corey. Jenna, bless her, had been sitting directly behind Finn for the night. She caught my attention when the crowd stood up to clap, biting her lip and nodding her head at the black haired man with the million dollar smile.

"Hey, Elaina, come out with me." Baron said.

"Shouldn't you rest up for the show tomorrow? I mean, it's almost today." I said as we stood up.

He leaned down to my level. "Because I want the company of a beautiful woman tonight."

If my face got hotter, it would have melted off. He smiled at me, one of those rare smiles I seemed to have been getting lately.

"Okay." I nodded as my gaze landed on his hand holding mine.

I went to look for Jenna, but the only thing I caught was the look of Finn Bàlor. I didn't register what his look was as Baron led me away by the hand.

Maybe my life was going to turn around for once. That would be nice.

Well that's the end of this story, I couldn't think of something without starting over on a new one. I'm working on my first Finn/Oc story, but will keep with the same theme as this one had. I don't know when it will be up but I'll try. I'm still stuck with school work and a major paper due by the end of the month.