Continuing from the last chapter*

Tyler and NXT were on the last week of the tour.

It was a long two weeks and Tyler was feeling the effects of what they do here in WWE.

So much different from what he went through in Progress and New Japan.

But he was determined to build new character with the style they work.

After a show*

Today was the second to last day of the tour.

The show was officially over with Tyler and his partner Aleister closing with a tag match against Adam Cole and Roderick Strong.

It was an intense match as both men on each team were going full force, not letting up until the rest of Undisputed Era ran out to help their brothers.

Tyler and Aleister were helpless after Kyle and Bobby joined the ambush.

But The War Raiders ran down and scared off the egotistical team out of the ring.

Tyler and the Dutch destroyer both stood tall with Hanson and Rowe.

They walked around and closed the show.

2 hours later*

Tyler was driving him and his road partner, Matt Riddle to the next city.

They were talking about their time in Progress until they heard a song pop on, and Tylet stopped talking.

Matt: What's up man?

Tyler: I.. I just get depressed listening to this song.

He looked out the window while they kept on the road.

The bro needed to know what was up.

Matt: Hey man, what's going on?

Tyler: ...

Matt: You can tell me anything, I'm all ears.

Tyler took a deep breath and listened as the song ended.

Tyler: I don't know man, I think Scarlett and I are drifting apart.

Matt: Why's that?

Tyler: We used to call and facetime almost everyday, now; I haven't talked to her in two weeks.

Matt: Man..

He knew that Ty was going through a struggle, and he didn't know how to respond or help.

Matt: Have you tried to reach out?

Tyler: Everyday, but I don't get anything.

Matt: Damn man, I'm sorry.

They continued to drive as they were pulling up to a small town that was a detour for everyone on the road.

As they drove up to a stop light, they sat there for quite some time.

No one was around and Tyler was questioning if he should just run the red light or not.

That was when a black SUV pulled up next to them, so he didn't.

Just waiting patiently, both Matt and Tyler heard a car horn next to them.

He looked over and they saw the two aussies, Rhea and Toni in the car.

Looking confused for a second, he rolled down the window as Rhea rolled down her passenger window.

Rhea: Sup bro?

Matt: Wassup?

Toni: I see you two are having fun?

Tyler: Trust me, this is the longest drive we've ever done.

Toni: That bad?

She was bullshitting with him but both Matt and Tyler was having a good time, it was just a long drive.

Toni: Anyways, wanna race?

Tyler: You're kidding, right?

He looked at their car and saw they were in a 2018 Jeep Cherokee, which made him chuckle a little.

Rhea: What? Scared you'll lose to girls?

Tyler: No, just don't like making women cry.

He revved the 2020 BMW 4 series and he looked back over at the Australian's car.

Rhea flipped him off as Toni laughed in the driver seat.

It was on.

They both skipped a full green light cycle as they were talking, so they waited to see it again.

Green comes on*

Matt watched Tyler hit the gas and shift into second gear immediately.

Looking back, he smoked Toni and Rhea as they continued throughout the small town and made it to the highway.

Last city, Chicago*

Tyler and Matt pulled up to the hotel where it was extremely packed.

They both grabbed their bags and walked in to check in.

The lobby was pretty dead but the parking lot was almost full.

Matt walked up to his room where Tyler sat down and answered some quick emails from management.

That's when Rhea and Toni walked in.

Rhea looked over at Tyler and gave him a snarky look since he beat them in the race.

But it was all fun and games, until something was happening with Toni.

Overhearing the intense conversation*

Tyler could hear that Toni was a bit frustrated with the front desk.

Toni: What do you mean that there isn't anymore rooms? I'm booked here!

Receptionist: I'm sorry Miss Rossall, but were all booked for the weekend.

Toni: This is ridiculous.

Tyler got up and walked up next to Rhea just listening.

Tyler: What's going on?

Rhea: They gave away her room.

Tyler: Really? That's ridiculous.

Toni: You're telling me.

That's when he had a quick idea that could calm her down.

Tyler: Toni, my room has two beds; you want one?

Toni: Are you sure?

Tyler: ...

Rhea: Toni, that maybe alot better than us sharing a small bed.

He looked over at her and she already knew what he was going to say.

Rhea: Don't you dare.

Tyler: That's hot.

He laughed as Rhea hit his arm, Toni was now at this point finishing up with the receptionist since things got heated.

She walked up to Tyler and he gave her his extra key card.

Toni: I really appreciate it.

Tyler: No problem, it'll be like old times.

She smiled and walked up to the elevator and went up to their room with Rhea.

Her best friend was staying across the hall and they would sit and talk.

Now, what Tyler ment by it being like old times.

Him and Toni would room together sometimes on the Progress tour over in England.

They would stay up all night, playing cards, record each other doing kickups on the beds and drinking sometimes.

That's what built their friendship, and the help with their overseas friends Will and Bea.

30 minutes later*

Tyler walked up to his room to see that it was empty, so he looked around for Toni but she wasn't in the room.

Her bag was there, but she wasn't; Tyler took the advantage and got changed for bed.

Being the nice guy Tyler was grown to be, he grabbed one of Toni's favorite snacks downstairs since she was having a bad day.

He threw the Cheez-It box on her bed, laid down in his bed, sent a text to his girlfriend and fell asleep.

The text read:

Tyler: Goodnight, I'll text you in the morning.

Sad part is that, that text has been sent over and over for two weeks now. All of them are just on top of each other in the conversation since Scarlett would never get back to him.

This would make Tyler always go to bed upset and have depressing dreams.

An hour later, 2am*

The room's door opened and Toni saw that it was a bit dark on one side of the room.

When she walked into the room and slowly closed the door, she turned around and saw that her bestfriend, her crush was asleep.

Toni smiled and that smile grew bigger when she saw the box on her bed.

But it was time to go to bed, since everyone has a big day tomorrow.

She turned around and watched Tyler as she stripped down to her bra and panties, just to make sure he wouldn't wake up and catch her in the act.

Getting under the sheets, she turned off her light and fell asleep in the dark.

The next day, last date on tour*

Tyler's first tour has officially come to an end after today, and that made him pretty excited for what's in store at Full Sail.

Alarm*

Tyler opened his eyes to a dark room, but he remembered that he shut the blinds before he fell asleep.

So he reached over and turned it off, opening his eyes completely he saw what time it was.

The clock read 07:00 am, and he was questioning why the clock went off so early.

Everyone didnt have to be at the venue until noon.

So Tyler set if for two hours later and fell back asleep.

Alarm, 09:00 am*

He woke back up, completely awake now.

Turned off the alarm and walked over to the window to open the blinds.

It was raining, like usual. Everytime he would wrestle in Chicago it would rain for some reason.

He turned around and saw Toni was still sleeping, so he would let her sleep for a while.

Before he went to take a shower, he set another alarm for 10:30 am, just incase she doesn't wake up whenever he's walking around.

After that, he grabbed his mesh shorts and SPLX shirt, walked into the bathroom and took a shower.

With Toni*

She woke up at the sound of Tyler getting in the shower.

Looking around and saw the blinds were open, so she couldn't fall back asleep.

Toni slid out of bed and saw she was a bit under dressed and grabbed last night's clothes.

Before Tyler could see her, she changed and waited for him to shower.

8 minutes later*

Tyler walked out in his relaxed outfit and saw a tired Toni Storm sitting on the side of her bed, face down in her phone.

He put his clothes away without her realizing that he was out of the bathroom.

So he broke the silence.

Tyler: What's up?

Toni: Oh, hey.

Tyler: Tired?

Toni: Always.

That made him laugh a little as Toni grabbed a towel and walked into the bathroom.

8 hours later*

It's been a pretty exhausting day for both Tyler and Toni.

With the talent always setting up the ring for that nights show, to doing interviews with local media to promote the show.

Now tonight, they were doing something different with Tyler.

Since him and Aleister have been tagging back and forth to whoever goes after the NXT Champion, Adam Cole.

So tonight, they both were jumping him; hopefully triggering the great of the group to come out and help the leader.

Toni, sadly didn't have a match since her segments with the Mae Young Classic tour was over.

She had won all of her matches and made it to the quarterfinals, which tonight their finishing off the other side to see who she'll wrestle next.

But in the meantime, her tour was over.

NXT Live, Chicago*

Tyler was sitting backstage where this was the biggest venue they've been in so far.

He was sitting with a couple of the superstars that haven't debuted on TV yet and Dakota Kai.

They were all telling stories on what had happened to them on the indies, but that's when he was pulled away for a second by a producer.

Both walked to gorilla position, he saw Aleister waiting there.

Tyler: What's going on?

Producer: You and Tom are on next.

Tyler: Oh, alright.

Aleister: Let's do work.

They fist bumped and heard Adam out in the ring trash talking the crowd about being the champion.

The lights then cut and both Tyler and Aleister sprint out and slide into the ring before they come back on.

When they do, Adam looked worried since he has no back up.

But as soon as he turned around, he saw the three walk out and stand on the ramp.

Adam smiled and was hit with a "Black Mass" by the Dutch destroyer.

Kyle, Roderick and Bobby ran down to be ambushed by The War Raiders crawling from under the ring.

That shocked everyone as they were all getting picked off one by one.

Chaos was building until the refs and some other bigger talent ran out to help break up the fight.

And that was it; Aleister and Tyler stood tall by showing the Undisputed Era what they were capable of.

Both stood on the turnbuckles and hyped up the crowd for the main event.

Backstage*

Tyler was having a little celebration with everyone since the first tour was a success.

They were all enjoying a couple drinks until Tyler got a little bored.

Being Toni's ride, he had to find her and see if she was ready to leave.

5 minutes later*

He walked around the halls and saw Rhea getting packed and was going to head back with some other talent.

Tyler: Hey Demi.

Rhea: What's up?

Tyler: Have you seen Toni?

Rhea: ...

She points to the women's locker room, so he made his way down.

As he reached the door, he knocked and heard someone yell.

Unknown: Yes?

Tyler: Hey its Ty, is Toni in there?

Unknown: Oh Ty!

The door opened and he was Toni standing there, wrapped in a towel.

Toni: Hey, I was just packing up.

Tyler: Alright, I'll wait out here.

He went to turn around but she stopped him.

Toni: Ty, it's fine.

Tyler: I want you to have your space.

Toni: Why? Were best friends, plus I wanna talk.

She dragged him into the locker room and he looked around to see no one was around.

Toni walked over to her bag and kept packing as she was getting out her lounge clothes for when they go back.

As this was happening, Tyler was looking away as they were having small talk; he looked at her for one second and saw her towel was dropped.

She was standing there with no clothes but looking away from him.

He couldn't look away but had too since it was wrong, he was in a relationship.

But in Toni's mind, this was part of her plan.

She knew that he would look, he's a man that's in a women's locker room.

5 minutes later*

Toni was all packed and dressed, so they were ready to go.

Tyler was still shocked on what just happend but rolled with it.

Both walked out of the locker room and headed to the back where the rental car was.

They both got in and headed back to the hotel.

At the hotel*

Both Tyler and Toni were sitting in the hotel bar, where they were enjoying some food and drinks.

They were shooting the shit back and forth like old times.

Tyler was having the time of his life as they were hitting it off like old times.

And in Toni's head, she was falling in love; but keeping it between a few people.

He paid for the meals and drinks as they both headed back up to their room and walked in.

After an hour*

Both Tyler and Toni posted videos of them practicing kickups on their beds.

It was a great time between the two as Tyler laughed and smiled for the first time in a long time.

But the fun had to end sooner or later when Tyler stripped down and laid in his bed.

When he was texting Scarlett goodnight, Toni stripped down and laid in her bed.

Just before they would fall asleep, she had one more thing up her sleeve.

Toni: Ty, look up.

He sat up for a second and looked at Toni who was taking a selfie with him, showed the two perfectly.

She posted it, said her goodnights to Tyler and watched him fall asleep.

Looking back at the post, she saw it sparked alot of controversy somehow.

@tonistorm_

"SPLX GANG 🤘 @tyblack"

That fired up alot of people, even a certain girlfriend.

Before Toni laid down, she noticed that Tyler's phone was getting blown up.

So, she decided to look for a second; since he's fast asleep.

Toni picked up the phone and saw multiple texts coming in.

Scarlett❤: Tyler! We need to talk!

Scarlett❤: Why are you in a bed with Toni Storm!? What the hell!?

Scarlett❤: Pick up!

Scarlett❤: I thought we were doing good baby..

That shocked Toni as how quick his girlfriend Scarlett changed her mood against the situation.

But what's done is done, and her plan is working.

So for it being a success, she put his phone back down, laid down in the bed and fell asleep.

Happy..

END OF CHAPTER 8