Seth made his way casually down the ramp while eyeing what was going on inside the ring. Corey stood in there with an unknown but very tattooed woman. He had met Stephanie and Hunter on his way to the ramp and he knew they came from down there so she had to mean something. And even if he hadn't met them, he still knew there was something to her with the photographer standing there as well. He moved around the ring to stand next to his two best friends.
"Who's the girl?" He asked.
"Corey's cousin," Roman answered.
"Guess tattoos run in the family," Seth said.
"That's not all that runs in the family. Apparently they're high on five letter names starting with C. Guess what her name is," Dean said.
"Carol?" Seth let out the first name that came to mind.
"Nope," Dean started snickering. "Candy."
"Candy? For a grown woman?" Seth laughed.
"She was a baby once, you know," Roman chuckled.
"Candy Graves," Seth shook his head. "Who the fuck ever came up with that bright idea?"
They watched as the photographer found his way into the ring and took pictures of the two cousins. They both held out their fists to get their knuckles on the photos and Seth already knew why.
"Let me guess? Her knuckles say stay down as well?" He asked.
"Yep," Dean grinned.
Seth just stared at her. There was something captivating about her and too late he realized that Corey had caught him staring.
"Yo Rollins! Are you drooling over my cousin?" He shouted from the ring.
"Just admiring the body art," Seth tried.
"You're admiring her body, alright," Roman said lowly.
Dean let out another snicker while he nodded at Roman. Seth couldn't help but wonder if it really had been that obvious.
"You're gonna stand there and stare all day or are you actually gonna come talk to her?" Corey was mocking him.
"Corey, don't!" She growled.
Now Seth was intrigued. If she didn't want him near her, he sure as hell was gonna go in there. He smiled as he walked towards the ring. The photographer retreated and Corey and Candy was in there alone.
"Candy, is it?" Seth asked as he stepped through the ropes. "Sweet as candy?"
"Please," she rolled her eyes.
"No? No man has given you a candy cane to suck on recently?" He asked.
Her eyes turned angry and he just smirked. To his surprise Corey didn't say a word although he had to know what Seth had meant by those words.
"Can I?" She looked at Corey.
"I won't stop you," Corey held up his hands.
"Can she what?" Seth looked at Corey too.
"Fight you," Corey answered.
"Really?" Seth looked at her again. "You wanna fight me?"
"Very much," she answered.
"Well, then, bring it on," he said.
Corey stepped out of the ring and joined Dean and Roman who had moved over to watch at a closer distance.
"He doesn't know?" Corey asked.
"Nope, we didn't get a chance to tell him beforehand," Roman answered.
Seth licked his lips and took a step forward so he was right in front of her.
"You sure you wanna do this, cotton candy?" He asked.
He reached for her hair but he regretted that decision just a second later as she grabbed his arm and planted her knee into his stomach. He went down in pain and found his arm locked on his back in a painful hold.
"Don't break it!" Corey shouted.
"Give me one good reason not to!" She growled.
"Seth?" Corey asked.
"I'm sorry!" Seth howled in pain. "I'm sorry for calling you those things and I'm sorry for being such a smart ass!"
The second she let go off his arm, he stumbled away from her to sit in the corner up against the turnbuckle while rubbing his sore arm. Dean leaned in on the apron next to him.
"What we didn't get a chance to mention before you chose to make an ass out of yourself is that she's a wrestler too. Specializes in submission holds," he said.
He looked at her and she raised her fists for him to read the words "stay down". She didn't say anything but he got the message. The ring shifted as Corey rolled into it and went over to stand next to her with a grin on his face.
"You two should totally date," he said.
"No!" She shut him down immetiately.
"Why not?" Seth piped before he could stop himself.
She shot him a look that would have killed him if looks could do such thing and he immetiately shut up. She moved over to the ropes and Corey followed.
"Come on, Candy, it's been a year. You gotta get back out there," he said.
"He's not him!" She growled. "He's never gonna be him!"
"No one's ever gonna be him and that's exactly the point. You need someone new," he said.
She climbed through the ropes without answering and walked up the ramp without looking back. Once she was gone, Corey turned around.
"Sorry, she lost her boyfriend last year and it's like she refuses to get over it," he said.
"What happened?" Dean asked.
"Suicide," Corey sighed and shook his head. "Jumped off a bridge."
"Man, that's cruel," Roman said.
"Yeah," Corey nodded sadly. "I better go check on her."
He jumped out of the ring and left the three men down there.
"How's the arm?" Dean smirked.
"And people say what we do is fake," Seth groused.
"You deserve it for being such a smart ass," Roman laughed.
"So did she get signed here?" Seth asked.
"Yeah, just before you came down here. Stephanie and Hunter were showing her around and you came just in time to see the photographer in action. Corey has been training her the past year and the word is that she's very good for a rookie," Dean answered.
"Now, come on," Roman said.
He reached for Seth's good arm and pulled him out under the bottom rope.
"If she had said yes, would you have taken her out on a date?" He asked once Seth's feet hit the ground.
"I don't know," Seth answered.
Roman and Dean looked at each other and then back at Seth.
"Yeah, he would," Dean grinned.
"I don't know!" Seth raised his voice.
"You were totally smitten by her," Dean laughed.
