-1Title: Close Quarters

Author: Mel

Disclaimer: Me own nothing except ppl you do not recognize and general plottage stuff

Dist: Ask

Rating: PG13, currently

Spoilers: None really except Raw/Smackdown/ECW Late November 2007 and on

Summary: What happens when you're in close quarters with someone you still have feelings for? What happens when new feelings begin to develop?

Pairings: John/Kristi(OC), Hunter/Mel (OC), Randy/Mel (OC), Randy/Maria, Stephanie/Edge

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Notes: This is set in late 2007. About 18-24 months after Wildcard

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Kristina Colon ran a hand through her long dark hair as she looked around the room for her ringing cell phone. From the ring tone she could tell it was a text message.

Kristi found it just as the door of the locker room she was occupying with her boyfriend of close to two years opened and in walked her boyfriend John Cena, who had just recently recovered from major surgery, but was still rehabbing it, and his best friend, current WWE Champion Randy Orton walked in.

She smiled a greeting before looking at her cell phone and seeing she received a text from her best friend, Mel Garner.

She smiled more brightly as she opened it up.

Cena and Orton shared a look, but both men shrugged their shoulders before moving to sit on the locker room couch and opening a bottle of water a piece.

Hola chica. Guess what? I got the job! See ya very very soon! Mel

Kristi let out an exclamation of glee and jumped for joy several times before noticing the looks she was receiving from the men.

"What?" She asked as she made her way over to the vacant spot next to Cena.

"Nothing baby face, just wondering why you are all wit' the yellin' and shit."

"Well if you must know she got the job."

"She did?!"

Kristi smiled. John smiled. Randy looked confused.

"Her text was cryptic too, said I'll see ya soon, very soon."

"Hmm. Well ya nevra know."

The two smiled at one another before noticing Randy's confused look.

"Excuse me who you two talking about?"

"My best friend."

"Who?" Randy began to ask, but stopped himself. He remembered Kristi's best friend very well, just not well enough to have ever called her.

"Really? What job was she going for?"

Cena raised an eyebrow. "If you must know a very high paying one that would allow her to see Kristi more and to se the world."

"Okay."

Kristi looked at Randy trying to judge why he was fishing for information. It had been almost two years since he had seen her best friend. Kristi and John always doing well to keep them away from each other, because both had seen how Mel was broken after her encounter with the Legend Killer two years ago. It hadn't been pretty, but she'd recovered, mostly.

Now Kristi couldn't understand why Randy was curious. He never mentioned her and had moved on. He had broken things off with Sam and despite saying he was falling in love with Mel (Info Kristi got after the fact), he'd never called her or seen her. And now he was dating the current nitwit interviewer Maria Kanellis. Granted it had only been for a month, but Kristi always couldn't stand her.

Before anymore could be said a knock came at the door.

Kristi yelled come in figuring it was Mickie coming to discuss their tag match tonight against Beth and Candice. In the two years of her relationship with John, Kristi had followed her brother into the family business and had become a wrestler. She'd trained at OVW and FCW before coming to Raw back in January. Since then she'd been having the time of her life until John got hurt, but things were looking up now. WWE creative had written an angle where John traveled with the show in a non wrestling way until he could return to the ring. That enabled Kristi and John to still be together 24/7.

The trio were quiet as the door opened and in walked a vision of business attire. Mel entered the room, glasses perched on her face, her now short red and blonde high lighted hair slicked back from her face, dressed in a dark pinstriped skirt and jacket with a white silk tank top underneath, and three inch stiletto boots clad on her feet.

She smiled brightly at Kristi and John, politely in Randy's direction, indicating she didn't know he was in the room. Kristi jumped up, barely missing John's injured arm and shoulder, and made her way over to her friend. She threw herself at the taller woman almost causing them both to fall to the floor.

"Ohmygod….No puedo creer que usted está realmente aquí. Es tan grande verle. ¡El Oh ningún dick blando Orton está aquí, pero es tan grande verle!

(I can't believe you are really here. It is so great to see you. Oh no limp dick Orton is here, but it is so great to see you!)."

Kristi lapsed into Spanish as she bear hugging her friend, but eventually Mel felt confined.

She began to tap on Kristi's tank top clad shoulder.

"Kris, it's great to see you too, and you know I can't speak Spanish, but anyway dude back off I can't breathe!"

After several more moments Kristi did. She turned to look at John who was smiling mischievously.

She then turned to look at Mel once more noticing she had the same smile.

"Wait a minute…Melissa Ann! John Felix….did you two set this up?"

"John how did you know?" Kristi said turning to the man who was still seated on the couch beside a rather quiet Legend Killer.

"I was a reference, possibly?"

Kristi couldn't believe it. "So you actually got the job? I can't believe it. Now you can travel with me! We get to see each other more."

"Hold up friend," Mel said making her way over," I get to see you more, but I will be working way more than you just to make sure you do the work you need to."

"So?"

"So? I may be traveling with the WWE and be employed with them, but I'm an executive producer, meaning I have loads of business meetings, paper work and ass kissing to do."

"So?"

"So? Meaning as much time as you spend training, I will spend double that just doing half of my job."

"So?"

"So is a good answer. I have no life anyway other than you, my family, oh and my boyfriend. Thanks for that setup by the way."

The last part was directed at John, who had set up Mel with her new boyfriend on a whim encouraged by Kristi.

John finally stood up and opened his uninjured arm for a hug. Mel made her way to the injured man, who currently wasn't much taller than her.

"It's good t'a see ya, and if havin' ya round, makes baby face happy, it makes me happy. Anyways we was gonna be seein' soon anyway right?"

"Oh yeah." Kristi said as she made her way over to snuggle up to her standing boyfriend as he and Mel's hug ended. "About that we're still on right?"

Mel smiled and nodded. "Damn right and the new house is bigger than the old on and has a better view. So skiing is definitely still on our agendas for what next weekend? Since that is the vacation break. But I still have so much to do. I have a condo that needs your decorating expertise, Kris. I have a ton of work to do, but it can wait."

The trio smiled at each other. Silence fell over them all for a few minutes until finally Randy took the opportunity to clear his throat and remind them all he was in the locker room.

The 6'4, t-shirt and wrestling trunks clad wrestler, stood and made his way over to the open space on John's left. Kristi glared at him, John didn't' say anything even with his eyes and Mel looked slightly uncomfortable. But Randy's eyes were glued to the young woman taking in the changes of a body that he had come to know very well once upon a time. He wasn't sure how he felt about the new hair, and the new body. She was trimmer than she had been, not as curvaceous. And she had on glasses. He hadn't' known she'd worn glasses.

The foursome stood in silence for several more moments before Randy stepped closer to Mel. He held out his hands, taking her left one in his.

"Missy, it's good to see you. How have you been?"

Brown eyes clashed with his blue.

"Fine. You Randy?"

"Fine."

"Well good we've all been fine." Kristi said breaking in, causing Randy to drop Mel's hand, she took a step back.

"Oh my what is the time?"

Several eyes looked to the wall clock.

"Oh goodness, I have to go. I'm shadowing Stephanie for the next few days. I just wanted to stop in and see you. And she had something she wanted to talk to Vince about."

Mel made her way to the door. John and Kristi smiling their good bye.

"I'll see ya after." Mel said. "we'll go out to a later dinner, me, Hunter, you guys."

"Definitely." Randy answered, before he could stop himself. "Maria, I, John, Kristi, we'll meet you and Hunter right after the show."

With that Mel exited, unsure what had just happened, but shaking her head, went off in search of Stephanie McMahon.

In the locker room, both Kristi and John were staring at Randy.

"What the fuck was that Orton?" Kristi asked.

"I have no idea, what it was, but Orton you better not be planning anything." John warned his friend.

Randy just shook his head. He wasn't sure what he was planning but he had a few hours to think about it, but first he had a show to get through.

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