The Reluctant Diva

by Kayla Belle

I didn't ask for this. Really, I didn't. Yes, I want to be a wrestler, but I wasn't expecting it to happen so soon. I just wanted to be a normal 23 year old who has this crazy dream of being a wrestler. I certainly wasn't asking for love. Or heartbreak. Or to make mistakes along the way. Is that too much to ask for?

1. Prologue

"What I love most about rivers is:

You can't step in the same river twice

The water's always changing, always flowing

But people, I guess, can't live like that

We all must pay a price

To be safe, we lose our chance of ever knowing

What's around the riverbend

Waiting just around the riverbend

I look once more

Just around the riverbend

Beyond the shore

Where the gulls fly free

Don't know what for

What I dream the day might send

Just around the riverbend

For me

Coming for me"

"I know, I know. . . I look great."

Just kidding - I think. Anyways, this is the beginning of my story. They all have to start somewhere, right? You see, I'm not your typical girl. Sure, I'm pretty, smart, funny, all that jazz, but I'm really a huge nerd that loves comic books and video games. No, I'm not AJ Lee. I mean, she's great and all, even with the whole "crazy girl" thing, but no, that's not me.

I'm Scarlett Reed.

I'm just your typical walking contradiction.

I like to dress up, but I love to dress down even more.

I like to think of myself as a Southern Belle, like my namesake, Scarlett O'Hara, but I do love to get down and dirty with the best of them.

I can drink you under the table and not wake up with a hangover.

Oh, and there's one other thing, something that I love most in the world, something that I love even more than Deadpool comics, Converses, and Luke Bryan.

I am, or I want to be, a Diva. Yes, you read that right- a Diva. I don't mean a diva like Mariah Carey or Beyonce. I mean a WWE Diva, like AJ and Trish Stratus.

There's just one little problem with that, though. . .

The WWE itself. I mean, have you seen the Divas' Division lately? It's just about dead. So many Divas have left the company, and some of the ones that are still there don't need to be there at all. The NXT Divas, like Emma, Paige, Summer Rae, and Charlotte, are amazing, but I think they could use a little Southern Hospitality, if you know what I mean.

I haven't been a wrestling student for long, but I promise you this- I have been working for this my entire life.

I suppose you could say that I'm a little reluctant to continue. Maybe I should just start in the indies and work my way up to the WWE. Then again, maybe just going ahead and jumping straight into WWE would be the best thing for me. Either way, I have to do this. This is my dream, and I won't stop until I reach it.

Oh, sure, there'll be twists and turns, but life is funny that way, I suppose. At least I have my friends there to help me. Tucker, Brielle, and my best friend in the whole world- I love Tucker and Brielle, but this girl here, Willow, is my absolute best friend. She encouraged me to move to Atlanta to pursue my dream of wrestling, and without her, I wouldn't be here.

I'm Scarlett. I am a reluctant Diva, but I promise you this. I WILL be a WWE Diva. This is my story.