Melody leant up against the hard wall, shuffling from foot to foot and rubbing her hands together as the cold wind swept around her and the other girls. She looked over and saw Trisha waiting near the lit up entranceway, the others had explained how it all worked to Melody but as she took a long drag of the cigarette that was being passed around she couldn't help but be nervous.
6 months ago, Melody Richards would have never guessed she'd be in the position she was in now. At 21 years old, fresh out of business school and trying to start up her own company with the inheritance her grandad had left her; Melody had met Todd. At first things were normal and Melody believed that Todd would be the man she would be with forever, they moved in together and for two years she was none the wiser to Todd's plans. Until she found herself homeless with nothing left, no family or friends to help her and now sharing a one bedroom apartment with 6 women, who were all, doing whatever it took to get enough money for rent and food.
Bringing her out of her thoughts was a whistle from Trisha, she was waving them over and Melody noticed a man now stood next to Trisha with his arm draped over her shoulder. As they all pushed their way into the club, Melody felt the thumping of the music and watched as the other girls began fluffing up their hair, adjusting skirts or dresses and opening up jackets. She followed suit and decided to follow along and hopefully she would be able to lose her nerves and do what needed to be done.
Walking close behind another girl named Jessie, she looked around the club. There were people sitting around drinking and others were filling up the dance floor; there was a large crowd over to one side of the room and Melody knew that was probably where they would find who they were looking for. She felt Jessie grab her hand and lean up close, "Are you okay?" she heard Jessie say over the music. Melody nodded and then quickly shook her head, "I don't know what to do?" she responded. Melody watched as Jessie looked up to the ceiling, and then felt herself being pulled quickly across the dance floor and over through a pair of doors. She could still here the thumping music and from the people coming and going down the corridor across from them Melody assumed they were near the bathrooms. "Listen babe, you just have to switch it all off okay." Jessie's voice was loud as she stood in front of Melody still holding her hand and squeezing it to reinforce what she was saying. "You already know you need to do this. You can do this. Just listen to what I say, be safe and don't let any bitch take what is yours."
Melody closed her eyes, took a deep breath and reasoned with herself, there was nothing else. The alternative was going back to trying to sleep on the streets and the few nights she had been doing that were enough to motivate Melody to give Jessie a quick hug and thank you before following her back out into the main area of the club. As they walked closer to the large group, Melody recognised some of the WWE wrestlers from what she had seen on TV, she could also make out a few of her roommates already with some of the men, she mentally noted how they stroked their arms, and how they were sitting with their bodies pressed towards the guy they were with. Melody heard her name being yelled out and saw it was Trisha calling her over, the man from before still next to her. "This is Nick; he's got a friend for you." Melody felt as the guy named Nick looked her over; he had his blonde hair pulled back into a ponytail and a white t shirt half sticking out of his jeans. As they began moving through the crowd of people, Melody followed close behind before Nick yelled out to someone in front of him. "Yo, Strowman! Got someone who wants to meet you." Melody felt him pull her forward through a few people until she stepped straight into what felt like a brick wall. Stepping back and apologising quickly, she looked up to see a man with huge muscles, a long beard and hair pulled back in a braid. "Don't worry about it." She heard him gruffly reply as he moved back towards an empty table, Melody watched after him but felt Trisha come up behind her and push her forward roughly. "I'm helping you out big time hun, go over there. Don't fuck it up."
Adam sat down, pulling a hand over his face and stretching his arms up. He wasn't the type to come out clubbing with everyone, he preferred a bar where he could chat and drink and not be bothered too much. But with half the roster coming out and everyone heading home for a few days he'd found himself drinking away what felt like a tonne of spirits and beer. As he leaned back into the booth, he felt movement, removing his hand from his face he looked over as the girl who had just been pushed into him, was slowly edging around to sit near him. She had long brown curls reaching down her back, she had a lot of makeup caked on but he could tell she was young. He could see she only had a small black lace top on under her cropped leather jacket, as she looked up at him and smiled it almost lit up her crystal blue eyes but didn't quite reach there. "Having a fun night?" she questioned edging closer to him still. Adam chose to nod slowly; he of course knew that there were still groups of ring rats hanging around these days, although not as common as years ago. He wondered if this girl was one of them, looking around at the other girls hanging around he assumed yes.
Melody took in a deep breath; he was obviously the quiet type. She subconsciously began drumming her fingers on the table as she tried to think of something else to say to engage the large man. Lost in her own thoughts she didn't hear what he had said to her. "Sorry?" she questioned turning her attention to him and looking into his deep brown eyes. "I said; I'm getting out of here. Can I give you a ride somewhere?"
Feeling shocked Melody realised maybe it was this easy, he was obviously trying to be polite. The others had told her sometimes the guys didn't come right out and say what they wanted; there was a roundabout way of doing things. "Um, yeah sure; let's go." She said standing and moving away from the table. As he moved around the booth to stand up, she noticed he had obviously had a bit to drink as he stumbled slightly. She quickly grabbed his hand and helped him find his balance, Melody heard him grumble something but he didn't let go of her hand as they made their way through the crowds. She noticed Jessie sitting in a guy's lap and she gave a quick wave before being pulled along.
Adam rejoiced in the fresh cold air as it hit his face, offering a mild sobriety feeling. Looking over at the girl next to him he waved down a cab and held the door for her to slide in. Giving the driver the address of the hotel, he decided that once he got dropped off, he would give her some cab money to get her home. But as they drove down the road, he felt her place her hand on his thigh and begin moving it up and down he realised she was obviously thinking different then he was.
Melody felt his large hand come down on top of hers, she frowned as she felt him lift her hand and place it on her lap. When he said nothing, Melody sat back in the seat and stared out the window. She began to feel angry; she was doing everything she could think of. She needed this and she had expected that he wanted it. As the cab pulled into the hotel, he started talking to the cab driver. She watched as he handed over money and explained that there was enough to get her home and then he stepped out of the cab without a word to her. All her anxiety about tonight suddenly turned into a big surge of anger as Melody found herself jumping out of the cab and yelling after the man who was trying to make his way into the hotel. "Hey!" She yelled out, moving so she was standing in front of him.
Adam was shocked to see the girl had some fire in her as she began yelling at him, he focused in on what she was saying as he hoped her antics didn't draw a crowd.
"You cannot just lead someone on like that. Did you ever think I might need this? That shit isn't great for me and if you had no intentions of sleeping with me I would have stayed and found someone else! Seriously, I don't need cab money home. I need money to have a home and you just ruined that for me tonight! Thanks for nothing." And with that she spun on her heel and began storming off past the waiting cab and into the dark car park.
Adam watched as her silhouette disappeared into the darkness, he found himself still standing still and not moving inside. With a loud groan he threw his hands up in the air before beginning to walk into the car park. Waiting for his eyes to adjust to the dark he scanned around trying to work out which way she went, it was then he heard the sound of crying.
Moving over to a bench he saw her sitting there, head down in her hands and crying. "Bloody females." He muttered walking over to her. He watched as she looked up at him and the faint light from the moon lit up the tears on her cheeks.
"Just leave me alone." She said with a broken voice, swiping at her wet cheeks.
"I'm sorry. Okay, I didn't realise the situation. I thought a ride home was the best I could offer you. I didn't know." He said sitting down next to her, looking behind him at the hotel he longed for his shower and bed.
Adam looked at the girl as she sat shaking next to him and thought to himself, I am going to regret this. "Listen, it's late. Come up to my room with me; I'll get you a decent meal, looks like you could use one and then we can talk."
Melody stared at him, the thought of a proper meal was almost enough to melt her anger away. She chose to take a page from his book and just nodded before standing and waiting to follow him into the hotel.
"I'm Adam, by the way." standing and stretching out a hand to her. "Melody." She responded shaking his hand and following him inside.
A/N: Just an idea I had floating around in my head, I have only just got back into watching wrestling but I will be adding a few of my new fav's into this story as we go. I've got a pretty good map of where this story is going to go so please review let me know what you think. Chapter 2 will be up soon.