Not what things seem to be.

[Aoife Valkyrie]

It has been a week since Aoife has talked to Courtney. She has left numerous texts and voicemails on her cell phone, but not one of them have been answered. The Empire tour bus rolls into Lexington Kentucky for their Thursday night Afterburn event. After a short nap, Aoife hits the gym to get a quick work out in. She's just about done when she grabs her towel and turns toward the women's showers when she sees Courtney walk in and check in at the desk. Aoife ponders if now is a good time to talk to her best friend or not. She would hate to have a confrontation with her here at the gym. Courtney doesn't notice her as she grabs her gym bag and heads off to the women's locker-room. Aoife stays back and then follows her in. She watches as Courtney puts her bag away and grabs her water bottle. She slams her locker door shut and looks up startled to see Aoife standing there.

Courtney - Aoife? How long have you been there?"

Aoife smiles at her.

Aoife - "Not long. Hey, we haven't talked since breakfast back in Vegas. You ok? Did I do something wrong?"

Courtney debates how to say it.

Courtney - "Are you serious with him?"

Aoife - "Is this all about Mitch? I told you that what's going on between him and I won't get between us."

Courtney - "Really?"

Aoife steps toward her and grabs her friend by her hand.

Aoife - "Courtney, you're my best friend. We won our match at the pay per view. We should be celebrating not..."

Courtney leans in and kisses Aoife right on the mouth. Not a quick peck, but a long lasting meaningful kiss. Courtney pulls away and sees Aoife is stunned. 

Aoife - "Courtney I, I don't..."

Courtney - "That's the problem, isn't it? You're not, and I am."

Courtney walks out of the ladies locker-room leaving Aoife standing there. Aoife grabs her cell phone desperately needing to talk to someone and contemplates calling Mitch. How the hell does she even begin to explain this mess.

[Mitch Fierce]

Its been 4 days since the High Stakes PPV ended and Mitch won $100,000. Mitch couldnt make it to Afterburn due to unforeseen circumstance so hes at home in Cincinnati. Fierce is sitting in his den looking at his cellphone in his hand wanting to make a call. Fierce figures that Aoife is in Lexington and suddenly Fierce gets a pissed off look on his face

Mitch Fierce-Tony Tran you snake I promise you if you do anything since i couldnt make it to cause Aoife any problems I will end your career. Mitch goes to his messages and checks them to see if Aoife might had left a message which she did. Fierce listens to the message on speaker

"Mitch, I need to talk to someone about something so I called you. Pick up"

The message ends

Mitch looks at the time and then the number. Mitch dials the number and gets Aoifes voicemail

Mitch-"Aoife this is Mitch. Im sorry that I didnt return your call sooner. I have been dealing with something thats resolved now. You sounded desperate to talk. Give me a call back when you can.

Mitch ends the message wondering what Aoife wants to talk about