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Author's Note: Okay, this chapter is a bit short, but it's only an introduction.
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"20...21...22," Rosa Mendes counted, breathless, as she continued with her daily exercise routine of step-ups and skipping. Her long black hair was pulled up into a loose French braid, keeping it out of the way.
"Looking good Rosa, almost as good as us..." a female's voice interrupted Rosa's steps.
"Yeah Rosa, almost but not quite. No one looks as good as us, cause we're flawless," chimed in another voice, with a slight British accent.
"Real talk Chelle, do you think she's good enough to join us?" Layla turned to her friend and started whispering to her. Rosa focused all her attention on continuing her work-out, ignoring the childish blonde and brunette duo.
"Sorry Rosa, but if you want to be a part of LayCool, you'll have to lay off the donuts once in a while," Michelle said snidely as her and Layla adjusted their matching pink and purple butterfly championship belts and left. Rosa watched them go with a disappointed look on her face.
"CUT. That was perfect Rosa, good job," the camera-men packed up their gear and Rosa headed to the Divas locker-room to change out of her bright yellow work-out clothes. This is what her Tuesday nights consisted of; same old promos, same old routines. Rosa thought back to her ECW days, where she was the on-screen girlfriend to the man who retired Tommy Dreamer and contended against Christian for the ECW title. "Sure, I didn't actually wrestle," Rosa remembered, as she was pretty much the only Diva on the brand, "but at least I was a part of something more than this." She was sick of the way Layla and Michelle treated her, it was like the 'Piggy-James' incident all over again. Even though it was just a story-line, even though she tried not to let it get to her, what LayCool said still affected Rosa.
On her way to the locker-room, Rosa saw the two people who she really didn't want to deal with, chatting up a bored looking Cody Rhodes and Drew McIntyre. They looked uncomfortable standing there as Layla and Michelle droned on about how flawless they were. "Oh look who it is Lay, our BFF Rosa Mendes," Michelle said sarcastically, catching sight of Rosa trying to quietly sneak past.
"Chelle, do you think... Do you think she's gained weight?" Layla said, her face looking like she'd just seen a ghost, as if putting on weight was the worst thing that could possibly happen in the world.
"Rosa!" Michelle scolded, "What did we tell you? No. More. Donuts. There's no way you can look flawless with a body like that, or get a boyfriend," she added, very unsubtly hinting towards Cody. Everyone on the roster knew that Michelle was infatuated with Rhodes, all except the Dashing One himself. Drew tried to stifle a laugh as he saw the look in Michelle's eyes.
"Ladies, ladies," Cody interrupted their little rant and put his arm around protectively around her shoulders, "why don't you leave Rosa alone and go and talk to someone who is actually interested in what you have to say; like um Dolph over there,". Michelle shot Rosa a look of complete hatred, seeing Cody close to her like that, and stormed off, leaving Layla to quickly follow after her friend to comfort her.
"Thanks Cody," Rosa said, relieved, "I'm so sick of them saying how I'm not pretty or skinny enough. I know it's just meant to be for a story-line but still..."
"Rosa. Seriously just forget about them okay?" he looked at her, making sure that she got his message, "everything that comes out of their mouth is lies. You know it and so does everyone else," Cody begins to walk through the curtain as his music hits, signalling the start of his and Drew's tag match against the Uso's. "Don't listen to them because you are beautiful," he said quietly to himself as he watched her walk away towards the locker-rooms.