A/N: This story is one that I have been sitting on since I wrote One Night Only. I decided to make a prequel to the story. I hope you all enjoy. There is a graphic done by Ley Elizabeth on the SBG page.

Gabriella Bennett walked through the courtyard of Spalding University. Moving from the city of Saint Louis to the rural area of Louisville, KY hadn't been as bad of a move of she had originally thought. In fact, even though she had only been there for a few weeks, she was really starting to become in love with the quaint little town. Dropping her back bag into the back seat of her Jeep Liberty, Gabriella headed to her off campus apartment to get ready for work.

Gabriella came from a well-to do family in Saint Louis. Her father, Steven was a prestigious lawyer and her mother was a former pageant queen who had settled into being a socialite wife. Neither one of her parents could understand Gabriella's intense desire to want to try life outside of what she knew, but they loved her enough to let her fly her wings. Of course, Steven put his foot down when it came to Gabriella living on campus. He insisted that she had her own apartment and looking at things now, she was happy to not have to share her space with anyone.

Settling into the kitchen, Gabriella started to work on her Management homework. She was a business major who really wanted to open her own business. What kind of business varied from day to day, but she knew that she wanted to have the words CEO next to her name. Gabriella pulled her mid length black hair up in a sloppy bun and got to work.

Two hours later, the sound of knocking at her door broke her concentration. Getting up, she quickly headed toward the door.

"Hey girl. You busy?" Gabriella shook her head and let her friend in. Since arriving in Louisville, she had met and befriended the bubbly, loud Mickie James. Mickie was an Olive Garden waitress by day and a kick ass woman's wrestler by night. She also happened to live in the apartment directly across the hall from Gabriella.

"Damn girl, you reek of alfredo."

Mickie rolled her eyes as she plopped down on the couch. "Yeah, well some kid decided to see how his vomit would look on me. I'm telling you, Gaby, they don't pay me enough for this shit."

Gaby shook her head as she grabbed two bottles of water before settling beside Mickie.

"So what are you doing tonight?"

"Studying."

"Girl, how are you going to get laid if you don't ever get your head out of a book?"

"I don't come here to get laid; I came here to go to school."

"Ok, but how much fun is the next four years going to be if you spend them cooped up in this apartment?" This was a constant argument between the two friends.

"Why don't you come to my show tonight?"

"Mickie, I don't know anything about wrestling."

"So what? I could use the support. Besides there are these two hot new guys that started recently and I promised them I would show them around town after the show. Please?" Mickie batted her big, brown eyes and Gaby found herself caving.

Several hours later, Gaby sat in the front row of the Ohio Valley Wrestling school feeling like a fish out of water. She sat quietly in her tailored blazer and jeans while everyone around her screamed obscenities and drank beer. It wasn't all bad; Gaby really enjoyed some of the matches. Everyone seemed really athletic and she was impressed at the things they could do.

Further along in the show, Gaby felt herself becoming more intrigued. She even allowed herself to scream when Mickie beat a woman by the name of Melina Perez. She took a quick glance at the schedule and noticed that there was only one more match left.

The first man that came to the ring had platinum blonde hair that spiked up in the middle while the sides were shaved off. He had an amazing physique and a beautiful smile. Gaby couldn't help but to fan herself as he walked into the ring.

However, it was the second man that really caught Gaby's eye. He was well-built but not overly muscular. His dark hair was cut into a slight bowl cut and he had a permanent smirk on her face. Gaby watched intently as the two men fought for fifteen minutes. The two ended up outside of the ring and right in front of Gaby. As the blonde started to kick the brunette in the back, he looked up and made eye contact with Gaby, displaying the most beautiful pair of blue eyes she had ever seen in her life.

Gaby wasn't even sure when the match ended or who won, she was too focused on the man with the eyes. Later on, she met Mickie outside where they got in the car and headed for a nearby bar.

Settling in to a booth, Gaby told Mickie what an amazing job she did and promised she would start to come to more shows.

"Hey guys. Over here." Mickie waved her hand back and forth and when Gaby looked up, she found herself unable to speak.

"Gaby, this is John Cena and Randy Orton. There the ones I was telling you about."

Unable to utter a simple eye, Gaby resorted to head nodding as the two men sat down. John, Randy and Mickie started talking about wrestling while Gaby sat in silence. Finally Randy looked over at her and spoke.

"So are you a wrestling fan?"

Gaby cleared her throat. "Not really. I went to support Mickie but you guys really do some incredible things."

"It's always great when we can make a fan out of someone." Randy offered her a smirk that sent Gaby's temperature rising. "So how did you become friends with her?"

"She lives across the hall from me."

"Oh, you don't seem like you are from here. I mean, you don't have an accent or anything."

"No I'm from Saint Louis. I am here for school."

"No shit. That's my hometown." Gaby felt herself becoming more at ease with Randy as they talked about various hangouts that they used to frequent in their old town.

"Yo, Orton, you ready man? We got practice at 7." Randy looked over at John and reluctantly nodded. Standing up, he leaned down and placed a soft kiss on Gaby's cheek.

"Nice meeting you. Maybe I'll see you around." Turning around Gaby watched him and John leave the bar.