Welcome to the Club

Chapter 1

The hotel was dark and quiet as I went up to my floor. My feet hurt, my head swam and my lips tingled from what happened moments before.

Baron Corbin was too drunk to walk me back to my room, but I was still able to see straight. We were responsible, we called on an Uber from the club. We went to a club where some of the lower tier superstars and NXT guys went to have some fun after the somber Hall of Fame Ceremony.

"Boring," I mumbled to myself as I stopped to look at a soda machine.

I was still in my dress, itchy in the back and tight in the front. I may have been smaller, but I was wide. Short and wide, but not overly so. The dress was great, but not as great as Delaney Monroe's dress. Her long hair was great, everything about her was beautiful. Even if she had a bent nose and often sported a scar when it wasn't covered by gorgeous makeup.

I was just plain. Plain Elaina Mullins. I had Renee Young hair that hung around my head with no style and I was just average in everything. I didn't even have the boobs that the female superstars seemed to sport. My style was for comfort mostly and that stupid dress was not so thrilling to be in.

My heel caught on a loose piece of carpet and I squeaked as I launched forward. And if out of nowhere, I stopped. My body stopped because hands were on my hips, the presence of another body behind me.

"Whoa there, love." The presence took on an Irish accent. "There you are, how's that?"

I turned to my left, hair falling in my face again and made out the black beard of a man. Through the strands of my hair I could see blue eyes. My body went to mush as I stared at him.

Him. Irish Exotic, wonder legs and million watt smile.

Finn Bàlor.

We'd only met earlier in the night, just before he left with his group of friends. Just before Baron kissed me good night.

"You alright? Did you hurt yourself?"

I mentally shook myself, averting my eyes. "I'm fine. I think my heels just caught loose carpeting."

"Yeah," he smiled. "Coming or going?"

"Coming back, going to bed." I answered, feeling myself swaying again.

"You've been drinking."

I wasn't so sure if that was a question, statement or something else all together. His tie was loose, the first button on his shirt undone and I could see skin.

I blinked and shook my hand, trying to find something else to do.

"I should get to bed." I said. "My head is swimming."

"Which room is yours?"

"1404."

"1405, looks like we're neighbors." He smiled at me again.

Million dollar smile and a laugh to go with it. Not so much of a laugh, but a chuckle, one that came from the center of his chest.

"We're heading in the same direction." He put his hand in the center of my back.

Strange, the itchy feeling went away.

He walked next to me, and in my three inch heels, I felt okay. I wasn't tiny anymore, I wasn't the shorty that I always thought I was. Normal. I was of normal height having a normal conversation with an extraordinary man.

He was playing with something in his hand. It was red.

"What's that?" I asked, breaking the silence that fell between us.

He held it up. It was a Lego figure thing. I wasn't well versed in them but I knew the shape.

"It's a lion." I said. "It's really cute, too."

"Yeah, I don't have a lot of time to put the kits together anymore. So I just do these smaller ones."

"I was more Alphabet blocks and Lincoln Logs growing up." I said.

"What are you now?" He asked.

"I make sure schedules are kept and my superstar is there on time." I shrugged. "A different kind of PA."

"Ah, I see."

I stopped in front of my door, and dug my keycard out of my purse. "Tomorrow is a big day."

"Don't you mean today?"

"I guess so." I looked over my shoulder at him. "Good day, Mr. Bàlor."

"No, just Finn, Elaina."

The tingling in my mouth was overshadowed by the jolts that rose from my toes when he said my name. Elaina sounded so exotic, so mystical on his voice. It was deep set in his throat when he uttered my name.

"Finn." I eased my door open. "It was nice talking to you." I said.

"Maybe we can do it again, yeah?"

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

He didn't move as I walked into my room. He was still standing there when I closed the door, making sure to lock it behind me.

That was twice in a couple hours that I had talked to Finn Bàlor. He actively talked to me? Little wide me.

I pulled my phone out of my purse and texted Jenna to call me first thing in the morning. I had big news.

Baron kissed me.

Finn Bàlor talked to me.

"Baron kissed you?" Jenna tied her auburn hair back behind her head as we were heading down for a walk.

The hallway was empty of people. I called Baron to wake him up for the day and I was ready for some time with my only friend. Much like Delaney Monroe, Jenna was a Runner, or a production assistant. She worked for everyone, whereas I worked with just Baron.

"Yeah, can you believe that?" I asked as I tugged up on my jogging pants.

"Were you drunk?"

"Tipsy, and before you ask we were responsible, we called for an Uber." We stopped for the elevator. "I walked him to his room, just to make sure he could get his butt in bed. And then he kissed me."

"Oh my gosh. You can't get freaky with someone you work with." Jenna said. "But then again, there is no policy against dating a superstar."

This coming from the woman that was solely in love with a man like Seth Rollins. She even had a thing for Dean Ambrose, regardless that he was with Renee Young. And Jenna was a people person, she could get along with just anyone it seemed like.

"So what are you going to do?" Jenna asked.

"I'll just forget about it, Baron's probably already have forgotten anyway."

"And Finn Sexy Ass Bàlor? What about him?"

We stepped onto the elevator. "What about him? We're not even on the same show. You're the lucky one to get to go between the two, I'm with Baron all the time, not all of it alone either. Corey and him travel when Corey's on for SmackDown Live."

"That's a long way of saying you're never going to talk to Finn again. And really, you should get laid."

"I'm not getting laid."

"Come on, you're a virgin at thirty."

That little piece of info was something that I didn't want anyone to know. It wasn't that I was a prude or anything, I just never really found anyone to share that part of myself with.

"You need to get laid so you can finally be a woman."

"I'm thirty and I am a woman. Shut up."

We left the hotel for our walk. I was smart enough to wear one of those sport shirts to keep from overheating. We made sure to grab water. We were going for a walk along the river. Our hotel was close to the Mississippi River, and advertising for Wrestlemania 34 were all over the place.

"So, what do you expect tonight?" I asked.

"A lot of work and a whole hell of a lot of running."

We leaned on the railing over the brown silt water as a paddle boat, almost like one of the old time steam ships, went by. People were out, some were walking dogs but mostly everything was normal. The path we were on was for walkers and oddly enough some of the superstars were out for jogs.

"Heads up, shirtless wonders on our left." Jenna said.

I glanced over and nearly pissed myself probably for the second time. Finn Bàlor and Seth Rollins were out running on the path we were taking. With the sun barely up as it was, and only stupid early risers who had been drinking the previous night, would be stupid enough to have this time to go out.

"Don't say anything." I whispered to Jenna as the two dark haired men drew closer.

"Yep."

We leaned on the fence, luckily my hair was covering my face as I looked down at the water.

"So you had an affair with Delaney?" Seth asked.

"Yeah, but we both needed it. She was into something bad and I guess I saved her from the pain." Finn puffed out as he jogged on passed. "At least for a little while."

Then they jogged off. They came and they went. They left me an idiot.

"Oh my god. He had an affair with Delaney? I thought she was a good person." Jenna said. "I mean I work with her sometimes."

"I know."

She sighed. "So, no on Finn right?"

I nodded. "Yeah, no on Finn."

Jenna and I headed back to the hotel to start our day at Wrestlemania. My mind wasn't in the best of places, because really, the hope to actually know Finn had dried up. Who wanted to be with a man that had an affair with a woman?

I hope you guys the first chapter. I have more to come but I have stuff coming up that I need to deal with. So until then, enjoy.