Chapter 1

"Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is."

-Albert Camus

As Lexie Andrews sat on the bench in the locker room, she wondered and thought of how her life had been for the past 28 years. She thought to the only family she had, her best friends Casey and Allyn. They had helped her through every possible problem that she had. The hardest one to get through was the year that Lexie's mother died. She had just graduated high school and was on to a new life when she got a phone call from the hospital saying that her mother had gotten into a car crash and had died at the scene of the crash. She was devastated and she needed to take a break from every other person in her life at the time, including her best friend Casey and her boyfriend Allyn. Allyn never again told her how he felt again because he thought it would be too hard on her to think back to her past. Through the next few years, she tried to shake off the depression that her mom left her with but it just didn't seem to work. When Lexie thought that everything was going her way, her father died and left her all alone to live in the house. After they died, she decided to use her inheritance money to enroll into wrestling school. She believed that it would channel her anger into something that was worthwhile. She ultimately wanted to end up wrestling in a small Indy company called the Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts (OMEGA). Not until a contract came for the WWE, however, did she know that's where she needed to be. There was a lot of unbelievable talent and great money up at the WWE and there was great exposure to the world.

She began to cry as she thought about the life she left behind. She hadn't talked to her best friend Casey for a few years now and the love that she had with Allyn, had been diminished and washed away long ago. She was all by herself in a huge locker room, afraid to go outside and see what life was ahead of her. She wasn't good at making new friends but she wished for once in her life, that somebody would actually notice her. Lexie took out her poetry book and began writing of what her life really was. As the thoughts started pouring in her head, she took out her headphones and thought of Allyn. She wrote down what was on her mind, thinking back to how they used to be.

I have always loved you

But it was never the right time

I would beat up on myself

And not be able to talk

A complicated life

With no love or family

You never asked what was wrong

Because you knew what was going on.

A love I thought went away

When you told me about her,

I had given up on you,

But you had never given up on me.

You're an inspiration,

In my life of quiet and shame,

I love you like no other,

Because you love me just the same.

You have believed in me

From the very beginning

You told me that I could do anything,

As long as I believed in myself.

You believed in me,

Through sickness and in health,

So I will be with you to the very end,

The one I love even if you're just a friend.

As she finished writing her poem, she felt a presence around her. She looked up and saw a shadow standing over her. She looked up and it was one of the techs.

"Hey are you Lexie?"
"Yeah that's me."
"Mr. McMahon wants to see you in his office as soon as possible. It's important."
"Alright."

She took off her headphones and put her poetry book and c.d. player in her gym bag and zipped it up. She looked quickly at herself in the mirror to make sure that she looked okay. Lexie straightened her shirt and she was off to see her boss. She knocked on his office door.

"Come in," Mr. McMahon said from his office. Lexie took a deep breathe in and opened the door slowly. "Oh Lexie, it's so good to see you. Take a seat please." She sat down in the big leather chair in front of his desk. "How is your first day going?""It's going great. I'm really calm right now, which is good. I can't really be wrestling when I have too much on my mind."

"Yeah, it's never a good thing to be distracted. So have you met any interesting people in the locker rooms?"
"No, I really just wanted to chill out and relax and not worry about meeting new people right now. This is a really big part in the beginning of my new life and I want to be able to reflect on how I got to this point."
"Well then, you can continue to do that but tonight marks your first night as a WWE superstar. You will be competing in a women's tag team match."
"And who is my partner," Lexie asked curious to see if she recognized the name.

"Her name is Kaisa. She's a new diva just like yourself and we are going to keep you together as a tag team for a while. Your styles are very similar to each other."
"When do I get to meet her?""Umm, you can meet her right now if you'd like. I can send her to your locker room if you feel more comfortable that way."
"That would be nice, thank you."

Lexie shook his hand and walked back to her locker room. She took out her poetry book and read over what she had written earlier. She started to cry because she missed her old life so bad, the one where she had a happy family and the two best friends that a girl could ask for. She put everything away and sat on the bench thinking of who her new tag team partner would be.

There was a knock on the door as Lexie shot up. She took a deep breathe in and she opened the door. She smiled in relief and hugged her new tag partner.

"Finally a familure face."
"I know what you mean." Lexie moved to the side so that she could come inside.

"So how have you been?"
"Alright I guess. It's been really hard to get by without you though. What about you? What have you been up to since we last saw each other?"
"I've been working my ass off to get here and now that I'm here, I'm not sure that this is what I really want."
"Why is that?"
"Because I don't have anybody here. I have no friends what so ever and I have no family. I just feel like I have nothing in my life."
"Well you have me back, that's a start. Who knows, this may be the beginning of an entirely new life for you."
"Thanks Casey, I really needed you."
"You're welcome."
"Are you my new tag partner or are you just here on a visit?"
"I'm your new partner."
"When did all of this happen? I mean, when I told you that I wanted to become a wrestler you just laughed at me."
"Sorry Lex, that wasn't what I meant. I mean I love the fact that you wanted to do something with your life at that time and it's a good thing that you started wrestling. I got into the picture a few years after because I was hoping that one day I would find you."
"How long have you been in the company?"
"For about 6 months now I've been in this company. It's been so great."
"How did you get here so fast?"
"I really don't know to be honest with you. I just tried my hardest and I got to this point. When Vince said that we had a new superstar coming on a contract and he told us who it was, I literally freaked out in the middle of the meeting. I got a lot of blank stares and I just starting laughing at myself as everybody else joined in. "

"Jesus, Casey. I didn't know that you were that excited about it. But how did we become tag partners?"
"I talked to Vince about how you were coming in and he said that you needed somebody to help get you in the door. Basically I told him that you should be my tag partner and he agreed."
"That is so great. Thank you."
"So what is you character's name?"
"Just Lexie Andrews. I'm going to use my real name because I always have. I change into a different person when I'm wrestling I just don't want to use a stage name. But what about you, did you use Casey?"
"No but something similar. I'm Kaisa, the bad ass mother fucker."
"Well that's one hell of a name."
"I guess you could say that." They laughed and Lexie smiled to herself. She never thought that she would see Casey ever again.

"I know that this is probably really out of the blue but how is Allyn doing?"
"He is doing great actually. He is getting married in a few months."
"Is he really," she said with disappointment. "To who?"
"Her name is Ashley and he met her at college. She is really sweet actually."
"That's really good for him. What is he doing career wise?"
"He's an accountant for some firm up in Connedicut. I see him maybe once every few months. It's really hard but we do talk a lot."
"Did you tell him that I was coming to the WWE?"
"No but he watches wrestling whenever it is on hoping to see you. I think that he just really misses you."
"Oh my god, I should've tried to call him and I never did." Lexie shook her head and started crying.
"Honey, what's wrong?"
"I just can't deal with this anymore. I need him in my life and I need you."
"Well you have me. Do you want his phone number so you can call him?"
"I will later. I just don't think that I'm supposed to be doing any of this. Being in the company, being alone, I just can't take it anymore."
"I'm here for you Lexie, you know that. Now that I've found you, I'm never going to let you leave and I'm not going to leave either, okay?" Lexie shook her head as Casey consouled her. "Hey I have an idea," she said as Lexie lifted her head.
"And what pritell would that be?"
"Why don't we go and visit some of my friends. Everybody is really nice I promise."
"Alright, can I change first?"
"Yeah." Lexie went through her bag and grabbed a pair of black hip hugger jeans and a black tank top. She got changed, put on her black ethnies, brushed her hair and fixed her make up. "Are you ready now?"
"Yeah, let's go."

Casey took Lexie's hand and led her out of the locker room.