"It seems Jimmy Uso and Blake Bella have formed an alliance." Michael Cole said. "Now that's a tag team definitely unexpected."

"Well let's see how long this new team sticks together, Jimmy's loyalty will be put to the test as our Smackdown Women's Champion, Blake Bella goes one on one with the Untouchable Carmella." Corey Graves nodded.

Backstage

Blake walked backstage, texting Artem. He was taking this whole 'getting to know the baby sister' thing to a whole other level.

Artem: Steak dinner at Black Angus sound good? My treat. I'll even let you drink and won't tell lol.

Blake rolled her eyes.

"It's been awhile since I've seen that famous eye roll." A voice said.

She looked up and gasped. "Oh my god!"

"Well don't just stand there Bella, I want a hug!" Finn laughed.

Blake jumped on Finn and hugged him tight. "Where the hell have you been?!"

Finn smiled and let her back down. "I've been too busy bossing everyone around in NXT. But I'm back up here now. I've missed you."

"I've missed you too." Blake fixed his hair.

When Blake was twenty, she met Finn who was twenty three. They didn't officially date but they had a fling for awhile and she couldn't help but admit it, she fell pretty hard for the Balor club. She blamed it on his accent.

Finn held her hand. "I'm really glad you're okay. I don't know what I would've done if something were to happen to you."

Don't get too close Blake...

Blake cleared her throat. "Uh I have a match coming up. But I'll make sure to watch out for your return. Catch you later Balor."

"You know you can be the Tiana to my prince." Finn said.

Blake turned around. "So you're a frog now?"

"Yeah, I think you have to kiss me so I can become Prince Balor." Finn smirked.

"What if I want to leave you as a frog?" She challenged.

"Ouch." He rubbed his heart playfully. "For old times sake? Cmon, I need some confidence for tonight."

Blake looked around and grabbed Finn's wrist, taking him in a back hallway. "If you tell anyone about this, I'll kill you."

Finn nodded and leaned in.

His hands ran through her hair as the pace of the kiss picked up.

Finn reached behind her thighs and picked her up.

"I have a match." Blake laughed. "I have to go."

"Can I take you out after the show?" Finn asked.

"I have to go to dinner with Nicole's boyfriend." She frowned. "I'm living with Brie now so maybe you can stop by at the house?"

"I'd like that." Finn kissed her again. "It's weird seeing you with blue hair."

"Do you like it?" She wondered.

"Yeah, it suits you." Finn let her back down. "Go win that match."

She winked at him. "Have fun for your return."

Blake quickly fixed herself and walked to the gorilla. She watched on the monitor as Carmella made her entrance. Shortly after she made hers and the match began.

The two went back and forth for some time, the match was more intense than planned. Blake had Carmella in the Banks Statement until she heard Roman's music. He came and stood by the ring, closely watching. Blake released her hold and went to the ropes.

"What?!" Blake yelled at him. "Get out of here before you end up in the Banks Statement again!"

Carmella came behind her and hit her with a steel chair. The referee called for the bell to be rang, disqualifying Carmella.

"Agh!" Blake fell to the floor.

Carmella dragged her over to her champagne bucket and smashed her head against the ice bucket.

Roman walked over and held Blake down, Carmella grabbed a champagne bottle and threw it all over her side, the glass breaking against her skin.

Uso!

Jimmy ran out, a steel chair in hand, wasting no time attacking Roman. Blake finally got up and drove Carmella into the barricade as Jimmy pushed Roman into the steel steps. Blake rolled in the ring, holding her side. Jimmy joined her and helped her up.

"You okay?" Jimmy asked, catching his breath.

"I'm going to kill her next week." Blake growled.

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Artem and Blake walked into the restaurant after the show. She already dreaded this dinner, and knew Artem was going to be asking questions mostly from Nicole.

They reached their table which was a booth, Blake fought the urge to ask for another table. He let her go in first and then slide in.

"Do you want anything to drink? I won't tell your sisters." Artem smirked.

"I'm over the age of twenty one, do you really think I still need their permission?" She challenged.

"Nicole said something about not letting you drink because of the pills you take." Artem said.

Blake nodded. "If you're talking about the pills from when I was in the hospital a year ago, I stopped taking those when I made my return."

"I thought you were supposed to keep taking them for your head?" He asked.

"Are you here to play doctor and my sister's boyfriend?" She put down the menu.

Artem stayed quiet.

"Look, sorry I snapped. But I know why you're here, you didn't come voluntarily. So just ask me the questions my sister told you to ask and this dinner can go a lot more smoothly." Blake said, crossing her legs.

Artem sighed, "I'm sorry. I guess she thinks you'll talk to me more openly than you will with her or Brie. But I have a question that she didn't ask me to ask, this is my own."

"What's your question?" She looked at him.

"Why do you and Nicole fight so much?"

Blake laughed and took a sip of her wine. "I got into WWE on my own. Everyone thinks it's because of my sisters but, they didn't get me an audition for NXT. I got it myself. Once they found out I was the Bella Twins younger sister, they still didn't treat me any different. I never got handed any championship matches. I never had them in my corner cheating for me. And if you want my truthful answer... I think Nicole is sad that I didn't need her or Brie. When I was called up to the main roster, an agreement in my contract was to not interfere with Brie and Nikki on Raw. I only helped Brie when her and Nicole had their fake feud, but after that, I had to be on my own. And I'm kind of glad I did, I was basically independent growing up. My dad left, my mom worked at least three different jobs, the twins left home, JJ did his own thing, and I basically did everything on my own until I left home."

"I–I didn't know that." Artem stuttered. "Nicole didn't tell me any of that."

"Nicole tells what she wants to tell, she doesn't include the ugly parts." Blake held the side of her face. "To her and Brie our dad had gamble and addiction problems and he left to save us from seeing it. But to me, he left to run away so he didn't have to hide his true self. I don't hate Nicole she's my sister, I'll always love her. But I would be lying if I said our relationship was easy."

"From what I've seen it's far from perfect," Artem said. "I'm glad we did this."

"You're glad Nicole did this." She corrected him. "I'll tell her this went well and I really like you, that way we can both save ourselves from another awkward dinner."

"I actually don't mind it." Artem smiled. "Honestly this was way more fun than meeting JJ, he avoided everything related to family."

"Because our family is the definition of chaotic. So if you're gonna be Nicole's next fiancé, you're in for an adventure coming into this family." Blake sighed.

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Two weeks later: Backstage on Smackdown

"Guess who?" Randy and Brie popped in Blake's room.

"Hey guys." Blake greeted them. "What a surprise, what brings you both here?"

"Well we're not alone." Brie bit her lip.

"Heyyy." Nicole appeared, Artem following behind her.

Blake smiled. "Hi, is this some sort of family reunion even though I just saw you all four days ago?"

"Yes." Randy nodded. "We wanted to see this Jimmy Uso and Blake Bella team in person."

"Well, lucky for you all we have a tag team match tonight." Blake said.

"So I heard you're going on the road trip with them to Mexicali." Randy said.

"Yeah," Blake shrugged. "If anything I'll stay with mom and grandma to help take care of Brooklyn."

"Nikki told us about the dinner you and Artem had." Brie mentioned.

"He's a keeper Nicole." Blake nodded to her sister.

"I know." Nicole kissed Artem. "So I planned another dinner for you and Artem tonight–"

"Nicole, I like him. We don't have to keep doing these forced dinners." Blake interrupted.

Nicole furrowed her eyebrows. "I ordered for you guys to keep going to dinner though."

"You order me?" Blake asked in almost disbelief. "You order me?" She repeated. "I order you to stop forcing relationships." Blake began to walk away.

"You cannot order me to do anything." Nicole snapped back.

Blake turned back around and stood in-front of Nicole. "Wanna bet? You're in my kingdom."

"Okay okay let's calm down." Randy stood in between them.

"Ayo Blake," Jimmy walked in. "Oh.. Sorry did I interrupt something?"

"No, you didn't." Artem replied.

Jimmy looked at Blake, "Um do you want to go practice that move we're doing or I can come back later?"

"No no," Blake grabbed her stuff. "We were just finished." She eyed Nicole and walked out of the room.

"Shit." Brie let out a breath.

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Blake and Jimmy watched as Carmella and Cesaro made their entrance. She seen her family in the front row despite the fight her and Nicole had moments ago. Carmella wanted Blake and Cesaro wanted Roman. Reigns made a deal that if Cesaro had won against his cousin and the Smackdowns Women's Champion, he could get on opportunity for the title Roman held.

The match started and the girls dominated most of it. Blake knew Jimmy needed this one and wanted to make sure he would get it.

After swinging Jimmy, Cesaro went for the cover. Blake broke up the count at two, Jimmy barely getting his shoulder up. 

Once Cesaro was up, Blake delivered a backstabber, and Jimmy and her immediately did their moves.

He lifted her up and they both delivered leg drops. 

Carmella got in the ring, and Blake delivered another backstabber. Jimmy helped her achieve this new move they came up with.

He and Blake covered their opponents, picking up the win.

"Here are your winners the team of Jimmy Uso and the Smackdown Women's Champion, Blake Bella!"

Jimmy hugged Blake, slightly picking her off the floor and spinning her around. She grabbed his arm and held it up.

"Now those were historic moves Jimmy and Blake came up with. This team isn't going anywhere for a long time!" Michael Cole praised.

Blake rolled out of the ring and walked towards her family.

"See you guys tomorrow." Blake said and walked away to Jimmy.

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"Alright mom already left her house, she said she's getting on the freeway." Nicole read the text.

"Okay, let me just put Brooklyn's car seat in." Brie said.

Artem and Nicole got in the front, waiting on the rest.

Blake locked up the house and walked out with Brooklyn who was holding her title.

"Why does she have the title?" Brie laughed.

"She wouldn't let me leave it." Blake chuckled with her. "She can be the champ for this trip."

Brie buckled Brooklyn in her seat and got in. Blake started to climb in the car.

"We are so gonna be late." Nicole said. "Blake stop messing around."

"Can I get in the fucking car without you yelling at me?" Blake scoffed. "Like damn let me at least get my seatbelt on and brace myself first."

"I'm not going to start fighting with you right now." Nicole shook her head.

"Me and Brooklyn aren't listening to you right now." Blake played with Brooklyn in her car seat. "Your auntie is a pain in my ass."

Brie and Artem couldn't help but let out a laugh.

"Oh my god." Nicole looked at the window.

"Yayyy, family road trips." Artem said trying to lighten up the mood.

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to be continued