For Brie Bella, 7 days had never felt so long, and 8 had never been so emotionally draining. Just over a week ago, Brie was on top of the world, standing alongside her Money Mistress as Carmella notched her first win at WrestleMania against that uppity little bitch Alexa Bliss. Fast-forward to Alexa's punishment for losing, as Brie was chipping at The Princess of Staten Island's impenetrable armor, trying desperately to prove not that she deserved to be fucked in the ass for the first time since devoting her life to Carmella, but that she truly appreciated her role, regardless of the circumstances.
Brie was proud to be Mella's whore, and she showed it by standing up to her selfish twin sister, offering ideas that ultimately helped score Carmella the victory and in turn, Alexa's biscuit butt, and excelling at the few and far between opportunities she'd been given. Brie was on fire, but all it takes is a little water for a blazing inferno to go POOF! Up in smoke.
Failure to break Alexa resulted in the blame falling in Brie's lap, Mella blaming the younger Bella's lack of judgment in the moment. Brie was promptly banished from the hotel room, finding comfort in the room where Sasha, AJ, and Zelina had been shacking up with Alexa's bitches, but a solemn coldness ever since.
Sasha rushed to the arena for her Mania match and never returned and eventually, AJ and Zelina left as well. Soon, B5 was all alone, and for 7 long days, that is exactly where her Money Mistress kept her, far beyond Brie's longest time without contact from Carmella, and as the clock ticked, and hours turned into days, Brie began to wonder if Mella was ever going to contact her at all, that perhaps, she'd been completely abandoned. That thought was scariest of all.
Even still, Brie knew that none of this was her fault, that Mella could've broken Alexa with or without her help, and that in the moment, Mella would've blamed anybody except herself. Brie was the easiest choice for "fall guy". Always had been.
For whatever reason though, Brie still felt guilty, the thought of displeasing her mistress even if it couldn't be helped was distressing. Ever since, her stomach had been in knots, Brie constantly checking her phone hoping to see a text demand that would bring her back before The Fabulous One, allowing her to beg for forgiveness. When it finally did, Brie ran so fast out of the hotel room that she nearly cracked the floor, so incredibly overjoyed in spite of what awaited her. What awaited behind the door that she now stood in front of, five minutes later.
Brie knocked on the door, reading through the single form of contact that she'd had with her mistress since last night. A text, reading, "It's time to accept your punishment", casually flavored with a dollar sign emoji. After a few tense moments, Brie's phone buzzed in her hand. Another message from Carmella.
"It's open." A bad sign in Brie's eyes; Mella was still too mad to even speak directly to her.
Brie turned the knob and sure enough, the door began to creak to the pounding of B5's heartbeat. She slowly pushed it open and stepped inside, immediately subject to a familiar sight. Her Money Mistress sat on the couch on the far wall, scrolling through her phone to pass the time. More familiar was where Carmella's Cool Grey Retro Jordan 11's rested on the back of Brie's twin sister, Nikki, a sight that directly mirrored the night Brie became hers. Only this time, Nikki wasn't tied up, with humiliating messages scrawled throughout her luxurious body. A lump grew in Brie's throat as she instinctively fell to her knees.
With her eyes still glued to her phone screen, Mella emphatically snapped her fingers, a silent order demanding that Brie begin to crawl. Carmella's eyes never left her phone, and Brie's never left Carmella, right up until she knelt right by her Mistress's side. Mella stayed silent, a vein pulsating on her forehead; yep, still pissed.
There they sat, for an uncomfortable amount of time in pure silence until several minutes later, Carmella finally tossed her phone aside, and turned her attention towards B5.
"You may speak now," were the only solemn words that Carmella offered.
Brie wasted no time rattling off canned line after canned line, the same song and dance she always used but one she felt genuinely about. "Mistress, I'm so, so sorry that I cost you Alexa. It's all my fault, I shouldn't have let her connive like that. I should've told you that she was just trying to get in your head. I didn't want to speak out of turn, but I should have. I'd rather take a million punishments for talking without permission than cost you another bitch." Brie took a second to breathe.
"Go on," Mella ordered, and once she'd collected herself, Brie did just that.
"Please, punish me, Mistress. I deserve it! I ruined your night and I'm so sorry. Words can't express how guilty I feel! So please, punish me! I...I just hope my suffering is painful enough to ease my guilt." The longer Brie went, the more hysterical she became, to the point where she was essentially balling her eyes out by the end of her speech.
Carmella let Brie's impassioned words sink in, only responding another several minutes later, after she'd had time to properly think them over. "It's not all your fault, Brie. Just mostly your fault." For some reason, that brief statement brought a happy little smile to Brie's face.
"I should've known better myself, you know? And Nikki was there too, and she didn't do anything because obviously, she's fucking worthless. But even though I know not everything is on you, I can't help but feel like you hold the lionshare of the blame." Brie simply shook her head in agreement as Mella continued.
"I should've known better, Nikki should've known better, but you did know better, and still, you did nothing! That's how pathetic you are, Brie! Weak, pathetic, and unreliable! After all this time, that's what I still see when I look at you. The same little bitch who waltzed into my hotel room and practically fucking demanded I fuck her worthless hole! The same little bitch who thought she was doing me, of all people, a favor by submitting that hole for use!" Brie lowered her head in shame.
"But I suppose none of what I've just said is news to you. You're well aware of how utterly useless you are, aren't you, Brie?"
Brie nodded slowly. "Yes, my Money Mistress. I'm sorry I'm so useless."
"No you're not," Mella casually denied. "If you were, I wouldn't be so fuckin' embarrassed to be your owner! But again, I guess that much can't be helped. You've begged me to punish you, so perhaps, at least in some regard, your sentiments are genuine."
Finally removing her feet from Nikki's back, Carmella stood up, only to kneel and meet Brie eye to eye. "Soooo...you really want me to punish you, huh? Fuck you up real good?"
Brie nodded. "More than anything. I deserve it."
Money Mella ended the brief back-and-forth there. Instead of responding, she casually trotted back over to the couch, plopped down, put her hands behind her head, and kicked her feet up on the Nikki Bella-shaped ottoman. "Well, what are you waiting for, a fuckin' drumroll? Strip!"
"Yes, right away, my Money Mistress!" Brie gleefully obeyed, rising to her feet, and running the straps of her dress between her fingers. The dress in question, a simple coral blue sundress that cut off just above the knee, didn't last long on Brie's body. With a strap in each hand, she teased the top of her cleavage, putting on a show before slowly lowering it down and removing her completely, revealing her right and toned mommy body, covered only by what appeared to be a very expensive looking bra and panty set.