Chapter 1: New Girl = New Problems
Megan was the new girl within the WWE and she was different from the typical Diva, but that didn't bother her one bit. Growing up in Nashville, Tennessee she had one dream, to become a WWE Diva. Now here she was, walking around backstage at Monday Night Raw, not minding the looks she was getting from the people she passed by. Standing at six foot two, she towered over all of the other females, like she did in high school so she was used to the stares. Mixed with her height, she was strikingly beautiful; long, curly chocolate brown hair and deep brown eyes to match, she was slim yet quite muscular. She thought and came to the realization that everyone she passed could also be staring at what she was wearing. It wasn't every day that you saw a Diva wearing cowboy boots, light wash jeans with holes in the knees, a pink plaid cover-up over a black tank top and a cowboy hat to match.
She had just arrived to the arena and was trying to find her way to the locker room. Wandering around for what seemed like hours, she finally spotted a woman wearing what appeared to be ring gear and stopped to ask for directions.
"Um…excuse me; I was wondering if you could tell me where the Divas locker room is?" Megan asked in a think southern drawl.
The blonde haired woman stopped and backtracked slightly, looking Megan up and down before extending her hand.
"You must be the new girl. I'm Natalya Neidhart and you are?"
"My name is Megan, and I know exactly who you are. You have been a constant inspiration to me while I was making my rounds through developmental."
"Awe, that's so sweet. I'm headed to the locker room now, so just follow me and I will introduce you to everyone."
"Okay, thanks."
"So if you don't mind my asking, where are you from? Your accent reminds me of a former Diva, Michelle, but hers wasn't as strong as yours."
Megan couldn't help but to laugh. She never thought of her accent as intriguing and never compared hers to Michelle McCool's before.
"I'm from Nashville, Tennessee, a total country girl."
"Right on, well here is the locker room. Let's go inside." Natalya said when they approached a door that was clearly marked for the Divas and they walked in.
Megan's stomach was doing somersaults and her nerves were going crazy. She had heard of first day jitters but this was crazy!
"Hey ladies, look who I ran found in the halls. This is Megan and she is the new Diva here on Raw." Natalya announced when they walked into the room.
Megan was quite star struck to say the least. She was in the Divas locker room, surrounded by the women who made her want to push herself so hard. She still couldn't believe that she had finally made it.
"Hey y'all." was all Megan could manage to say.
Paige, Nikki, Brie, Emma, Alicia Fox and Eva Marie all stood and walked over to shake Megan's hand. It was Paige who spoke first.
"Welcome to the WWE Megan. How long have you been wrestling?"
Megan could tell that they were testing her to see if she had paid her dues.
"Thank you. I started wrestling when I was 16. I started with my first Indy promotion by 18, and went to Japan a year later."
"Wow, Japan! Welcome to the club." Natalya said with a smile.
"Do you have a match tonight?" Nikki asked.
"Um…yeah I do." Megan stumbled over her words. Nikki, along with Natalya and Paige were her top three most influential Divas. All champions in their own right; even if Paige was the current champion.
"Well who is it against?" Alicia pressed for the details.
"It's against me. I think it will be a fun match." Eva Marie said, finally speaking up, in her usual perky manner which caused Nikki and Natalya to groan slightly.
"Well, I hope so!"
"Alright, enough chit-chat, I will take you on a quick tour of the arena before you have to start getting ready for your match." Natalya said as she grabbed ahold of Megan's wrist and pulled her back out into the hallway.
When Natalya said that she was taking Megan on a quick tour, she really meant quick.
"And over there is catering. Now I hate to do this, but I have to meet up with Tyson and Cesaro about our tag match later." Natalya said, blushing, and walking in the opposite direction.
Before Megan could say anything, Natalya had disappeared. During the tour, she had been paying pretty close attention to where they were going, but somehow she had gotten discombobulated and couldn't remember how to get back to the locker room. Glancing down at the clock on her iPhone, she saw that Raw started in ten minutes and her match with Eva Marie was right after John Cena's promo! She started to run down the hall in an attempt to find something that looked familiar. When she took a corner to sharp, she ran into a hard body and fell down on her back. Quickly closing her eyes in embarrassment, Megan continued to lie on the ground.
"Are you alright?" a gruff voice asked.
Her heart stopped. She recognized the voice and her eyes flew open. Sure enough, standing over her with an outstretched arm was the Lunatic Fringe, Dean Ambrose.
"Yeah, I'm fine thanks." Megan replied as she accepted his friendly hand as he helped her back to a vertical base.
As soon as their hands touched, instant shockwaves shot through her arms. She looked from their hands and into Dean's ocean blue eyes.
"God, he's even hotter in person!" Megan thought to herself as she blushed.
"You know, you looked a lot shorter when you were on the floor. Just how tall are you?"
"Um…I think that last time I really measured I was six foot two."
To her it felt weird to be just under eye level with a guy. Most of the guys that she knew were either a lot taller than her or a lot shorter.
"Huh. I haven't seen you around here before, are you new?"
"Yeah, I was just called up from NXT and tonight is my debut."
"Congratulations! I'm Dean by the way."
"Thanks. I'm Megan."
"It's a pleasure to meet you Megan. How do you like it here so far?"
With that question, Megan realized that he was still holding on to her hand. She could still feel the sparks flittering through her fingers. It also reminded her that she had a match to get ready for. If only she could find the locker room.
"Great! I actually have a match in a few minutes and I can't seem to fi-." Megan started, but was cut off by a banshee like scream that echoed through the halls.
"What the hell do you think that you are doing with my boyfriend?"
Dean and Megan simultaneously looked towards catering and saw a livid Eva Marie standing there in her emerald green ring gear, arms crossed over her chest and a stone cold expression across her face.
"It's nothing, we ran into each other and he was just helping me sta-."
"I am not your boyfriend anymore. I broke up with your sorry ass when I caught you in bed with Luke Harper." Dean retorted, cutting Megan off once again.
"I thought that we had moved past that and were making progress so that we could try this again." Eva said as she made her way over to them, glaring at Megan's hand in Dean's.
"Well you thought wrong. I'll show you back to your locker room Megan."
With that, Dean turned his back to the fiery redhead and walked down the hall with Megan, finally dropping her hand. Eva continued to stand there, seething.
"There is no way in hell that I'm letting some newbie bitch get in the way of me getting Dean back." She mumbled to herself as she made her way to the Gorilla Position.