The Business

"So you wanna get into the wrestling business?" Jeff Hardy asked.

"Yeah," Keira replied as he laughed. "What? I could do it, I'm strong!"

"I don't know about that," Jeff said as he lifted her left arm. "You look a little scrawny to be a wrestler."

"Well give me a test then," she said. "Anything you pick I'll pass with flying colors."

"Would you be willing to have a match with Lita?"

"Of course I would," Keira said almost before Jeff finished his sentence.

"Fine then, meet me back here in two hours," he said to her. "And you better not be a complete waste of my time."

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Two hours later when Keira came back, dressed in proper ring attire, Lita was already practicing.

"Hurry up!" She yelled. "I don't have that much time!"

Keira quickly jumped into the ring, did a few stretches, and then Jeff gave them the signal to start.

Well Keira was a lot stronger than Lita had expected and a lot faster too. But after fifteen minutes Lita pinned Keira for the full three second count.

"You're alright," Lita said helping Keira off of the mat. Then she directed her attention to Jeff. "I think that she should be allowed to enter the WWE, she's definitely good enough."

"I'm not sure about that," Jeff said looking at Keira. "She still looks pretty basic to me."

"I'll train her," Lita said suddenly.

"What?" Both Jeff and Keira asked at the same time.

"If she wants me to," Lita said. "What do ya think?"

Keira was still standing there in shock with her mouth wide open. "Wha…?

"I'll train you," Lita said once again.

"Sure," Keira said excited.

"Pack your things up, we have to be at the arena in twenty minutes, you can shower and change there," Jeff said and walked away.

"I get to go backstage?" Keira said excited.

Keira and Lita quickly packed up their things and left.

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"Welcome to another exhilarating show ladies and gentlemen!" Jim Ross said over the roar of the audience. "Jim Ross and Jerry the King Lawler here at ringside with you tonight and what a show we have!"

"You got that right," Jerry said. "Our main event tonight is a fatal four way between our top divas! And you know what that means! Puppies!"

"And tonnes of good wrestling too!" Jim added.

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"Ready?" Jeff asked Lita as Torrie Wilson was making her way out to the ring.

"Always am," she said as her music came on and she ran out to the main stage.

The whole match Jeff and Keira were in the back screaming for Lita. Lita his the Twist of Fate and pinned Molly Holly for the three count.

"That was awesome!" I screamed when Lita came back.

"Thanks," she said and hugged me. "But now I have to go and shower again."

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After Lita cleaned herself up we all went out for a late night snack.

"You're gonna have to be really tough to get through the training," Jeff said to Keira. "It's no walk in the park."

"I wasn't expecting it to be," Keira said.

"Your first match will seem tremendously remorseless," Lita said to me. "But you get used to it."

"And it's gotta be quick too," Jeff added. "Now the first thing you gotta do is find an agent. Now since I am one I was wondering if you wanted me to be your agent?"

"Seriously?" I asked wide-eyed. "Obviously!"

"Okay, so we'll do the paper work tomorrow, talk to Mr. McMahon, and get you into the WWE," Jeff said.

"This has been like the best day of my life!" I said unreservedly. "Thank you so much."

"Well that's good that this is best day of your life because the next two weeks of your life will be the worst," Jeff said and then left.

"He has to learn to loosen up," Lita said laughing.

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The next two weeks did feel like torture for Keira. She could've sworn that they were just trying to torment her and didn't really believe them when they told her that it was all going to be worth it. But come Monday night was Keira's first match and it was against Stacy Keibler.

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"Welcome to another edition of Raw is War! Tonight you're not going to want the show to end! Jim Ross and Jerry the King Lawler here with you on this Monday night from St. Louis," Jim Ross said.

"C'mon J.R, get to the good stuff!" Jerry Lawler said excited. "Tonight we have a new diva entering the WWE!"

"You're right King and in her opening match she will be facing Stacy Keibler," J.R said. "It should be a good one."

"Anytime you have Stacy and another woman together it's a good match," Jerry said.

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"You're ready for this," Lita said hugging me. "Just stay focused. The first thing that she's going to try to do is knock you off of your game plan."

"And have fun out there," Jeff said. "Don't worry about the cameras or the crowd."

"I'll try," Keira said smiling.

Then her music came on.

"Hopefully I don't see you two too soon," she said and ran out to the entrance.

The crowd was cheering vociferously.

"Weighing in at 128 pounds, from Intervale, New Hampshire, Keira Langdon!" The ring announcer yelled.

Then when Stacy was coming down the isle the crowd went absolutely wild. As soon as she got into the ring she walked over to me.

"You aren't going to last long at all," she said. "You'll get scared and leave just like all the rest."

"That's where you're wrong," Keira replied.

"Okay break it up," the ref said taking Stacy back to her own corner.

After that everything went into a blur and when Keira snapped out of it the referee had her arm raised.

"Your winner, as a result of a pin fall, Keira Langdon!" The announcer said.

"That's not right!" Stacy screamed and kicked her in the back of the head.

Then she got on top of Keira and started punching her in the head. Keira couldn't remember much after that except for extreme pain in her lower back and hearing three men yelling.

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"Are you okay?"

"Was that supposed to feel good?" Keira asked.

She heard him laugh. "You took quite a beating out there."

Keira opened her eyes and saw one of the most gorgeous men that she had ever met.

"I'm Randy," he said as she shook his hand.

"Keira," she replied. "Would you mind telling me what exactly did happen out there because I can't feel my back."

"After you beat Stacy, she got offended, kicked you in the back of the head, started beating on you, then she called out her henchman Chris Benoit, and he put you in the crippler's cross face. Well being the man that I am I couldn't stand to see a stunning lady, such as yourself, being harmed, so I ran down to the ring and rescued you," he elucidated.

"So you're telling me that I couldn't even hold my own?" She asked.

"Not against two people in a surprise attack yet," he said smiling.

"Why don't you get out of here?" Lita asked him.

"I happen to be soothing the poor young woman," Randy replied.

"Get lost," Lita said to him.

"It's okay Lita, he can stay," Keira said. "He was actually just keeping me company."

"Wow, that's a first," Lita said. "Someone that likes having you around."

"Stop it," Keira said. "What'd he do to you?"

"It's alright Keira," Randy said getting up. "I have to go now anyways, I have a meeting with my agent."

"Or your ego," Lita said quietly.

"Thanks for the help before," Keira said to him.

"It was no problem at all," he said. "Take care of that back."

"I will," Keira said smiling.

When Randy left Lita was looking at Keira.

"What was that?" She asked.

"What was what?" Keira asked. "He came down and helped me which is much more than I can say about you. Where were you?"

"I was with the trainer," Lita said defending herself.

"Whatever," Keira said slowly getting herself off of the medical table.

"Let's just get you to the hotel room," Lita said helping Keira walk. "Impressive win tonight."

"Thanks," Keira said grimacing in pain.

"Hey, you're Keira Langdon," Keira heard a girl say.

"Yeah," Keira said turning around and seeing Trish Stratus.

"That was an amazing match," she said almost in awe. "I've been waiting for so long for someone to kick Stacy's ass like you did. Tough break though afterwards."

"Thanks a lot," Keira said with enthusiasm. "You're an astonishing wrestler."

"Well thanks. Who knows? Maybe someday we'll be going against each other," she said smiling.

"Trish, go to talk to someone who cares about what you say," Lita said to her.

"Oh sweetie, did you forget? That's you that has that problem," Trish said to her. "See ya later Keira."

"Bye," Keira said.

"Why were you so nice to her?" Lita asked. "You're not supposed to be nice to your opponents."

"Then I guess we shouldn't be talking," Keira said getting into the car.

"What's gotten into you? The fame go to your head already?" Lita asked as she got into the driver's seat.

"No, you're just extremely rude to everyone," Keira said. "They're just trying to be nice."

"You'll realize later that no one in this business is nice. They're ruthless, they'll pretend to be your friend just to get ahead," Lita said explaining herself.

"I don't really feel like talking right now," Keira said walking into the hotel. "I'll see you in the morning."

Keira walked into her hotel room, stripped down and went to sleep for the night.

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Keira woke up the next morning to a knock at the door.

"Just a minute," she said getting up slowly.

As she was getting up she felt piercing pain in her back.

"Oh God," she said trying not to scream.

She quickly pulled on a robe and answered the door.

"Hi," she said when she saw Randy.

"Hey," he said smiling. "I just wanted to see how you were feeling."

"I'm in a whole lot of pain," Keira replied.

"Well in that case I'll give you these," he said handing her a bottle of pills. "These will take away the pain but they won't make you drowsy. Only take one. It might take a little while to work first of all but when they do you'll notice it."

"I appreciate it," Keira said trying to smile.

"I also came over for one other reason," he said.

"And that would be…"

"I was wondering if you wanted to go for lupper tonight?" He asked.

"Lupper?" Keira asked confused.

"Yeah," Randy said. "Well I figured if half way between breakfast and lunch was brunch then halfway between lunch and supper was lupper."

Keira started laughing. "Yes, I'll go to lupper with you. What time?"

"Four o'clock?" He asked.

"Sure," she answered. "Where should I meet you?"

"There's a little restaurant just down the corner called Razown's, it's just a casual place and it's Italian. You like Italian, right?" Randy asked.

"Love it," she replied.

"Okay I'll see you then," he said winking at her.

"See ya," Keira said closing the door.

Keira quickly took the one pill and then went for a long bath. When she got out she couldn't even feel the pain. When she looked at the clock it was already two o'clock. She started going through all of her clothes and finally picked out tight jeans and a red halter top.

She left the hotel and found the restaurant without a problem.

"You made it," he said standing up when she got into the restaurant.

"Did you think that I was going to stand you up?" Keira asked.

"I didn't think that you were going to stand me up," he said pulling a chair out for her. "I just didn't know if Lita was going to let you come."

"She doesn't own me," Keira replied. "I can do what I want. So why did you want to have dinner, oops, sorry, lupper?"

He laughed. "You remembered."

"Wouldn't forget," she said in good spirits.

"I invited you out for a meal because I have a business proposition for you," he said. "I was wondering if you'd be interested."

"Depends on the proposition I guess," Keira said looking at him.

He was so attractive. It was hard for her to pay attention to what he was saying.

"Well I'm getting to be a pretty big name in wrestling and I have a lot of paperwork that needs to be done constantly and I just don't have the time to do it anymore," he said to her. "I've also noticed that you aren't really a fan of the pain that's involved and that's not taking anything away from you professionally."

"So you're looking for a manager?" Keira asked.

"Yes," he replied. "And I've decided to give you the opportunity first."

"How long before you need an answer?" She asked him.

"Thursday," he responded. "Can you make your decision before then?"

"Yeah," Keira said. "I'll let you know before Smackdown."

"Great," he said smiling. "Now we can have an excellent meal without having to worry about that."

Keira looked around and noticed that almost everyone in the restaurant was staring at them.

"Why are they all looking at us?" She asked.

"Don't worry," he said to her. "You get used to it."

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"That was so good," Keira said as they walked out of the restaurant. "Thanks for a great meal."

"Any time," he replied as they walked back to the hotel.

Randy walked her up to her hotel room.

"Do you wanna come in for a little while?" Keira asked him.

"I would but I really have to go down to the gym for a good work out," he said to her. "Can I come over later on tonight?"

"Sure," Keira said opening the door.

"Thanks for the company and give that offer serious consideration," he said.

"I will," Keira replied as he wrapped his arms around her and gave her a little squeeze.

"See you later," he said walking away.

Keira watched him until he was out of sight.

"Take what offer into serious consideration?" Lita asked.

"Don't worry about it," Keira said to her. "It was nothing."

"So you two spent three hours together talking about nothing?" Lita asked.

"Are you spying on me?" Keira asked her. "What I do has nothing to do with you. I have my own life."

"Well you sure seem pretty comfortable together," Lita said and then she walked away.

Keira rolled her eyes and walked back into her own room.

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It was eleven o'clock and Keira had put on her pajamas and was almost ready to go to sleep when she heard a knock on her door.

She pulled the door open and saw Randy again.

"Hey there," he said. "Is it too late?"

"Nope," Keira said opening the door wider.

"Sorry about keeping you waiting so long but I was at the gym and I was having a great work out," he said.

"It's okay," she said smiling. "You don't need to give me reasons. What'd you want to do?"

"Not much, just brought over a twelve pack and a couple movies, thought we could watch em," he said.

"Sure," Keira replied.

So they got ready to watch the movies. Keira was thrilled because he had picked out horror shows for them to watch together.

Not even half way through the first movie Randy had his arm around Keira. Keira had her arms wrapped around him.

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After watching the first movie Keira's head was on Randy's chest and she was beginning to look a little sleepy.

"Do you want me to leave?" He asked gently.

"No it's okay," Keira said and closed her eyes.

Keira was entirely comfortable on Randy's chest because he was wearing a bulky sweater and it was exceedingly soft.

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"Keira…Keira you gotta wake up."

"No," she said rolling over and holding onto a pillow.

"Keira we have a plane to catch to New York."

"I don't wanna go," she said stretching out.

"C'mon, we have to get going."

Keira finally got up and opened her eyes. She was in shock when she noticed that it was Randy who was talking to her.

"What are you doing here?" She asked perplexed.

"We fell asleep together last night," he said handing her a pill. "Take this before the pain kicks in."

Keira quickly threw the pill back and got herself out of the bed.

"I have to have a shower," Keira said looking at Randy. "What time does the flight leave?"

"At three," he said walking over to her. "I'll come see you before we leave."

"Okay," Keira said still rubbing her eyes.

"I'll see you later," he said hugging her and then when he was pulling away he gave her a little peck on the cheek.

"See ya later," Keira said trying to control her pleasure.

When Randy left Keira started jumping up and down.

"Okay calm down, calm down," Keira said to herself and started taking deep breaths.

Keira took a quick shower, got dressed in loose-fitting black jeans, with white stitching and a snug yellow T-shirt, did her make-up and threw her hair up into a loose ponytail.

There was a knock at the door and Keira ran to open it.

"Ready to go?" Lita asked.

"Not exactly," Keira said looking around worried.

"What do you have to do yet?" Lita asked.

"Just pack up a few things, do my hair…"

"Your hair's done already," Lita said to her.

"Oh, wow, would you look at that," Keira said holding her ponytail.

"What's going on?" Lita asked exasperated.

"Nothing's going on," Keira said as Lita pushed her way through into the room.

"All your stuff's already packed too," Lita said.

Then there was another knock at the door. Keira opened it and saw Randy standing there.

"Hi," Keira said. "I might be a while yet so you should probably just go without me."

"Why? What's wrong?" He asked alarmed.

"She's coming with me," Lita said to him. "So go somewhere else."

"Lita, she said that she wanted to come with me so I think that it's you that should go," Randy said to her.

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