Title: Gotta Be Somebody

Summary: CM Punk meet's Makaela (pronounced Makayla) a road assistant for the WWE but will he be able to save her from her demons?

Rating: NC-17, R, M, whatever…but not for the immature or kids.

Disclaimer: I own NO ONE except for the original characters (Tania Parcell, Makaela Connelly, etc.) I also am in no way shape or form affiliated with the WWE OR the superstars or divas, nor am I affiliated with TNA OR any of the wrestlers or knockouts, or anyone else for that matter who may or may not be in this story. This is strictly FICTION.

A/N: all song lyrics, thoughts & flashbacks are in italic. I am writing this story to give me something to do while having to use my moms comp. It is my first CM Punk story so bare with me. Thank you, R&R & Enjoy!

Chapter 1: "Perfect Strangers":

Makaela (pronounced Mah-Kayla) woke up to the annoying sound of the alarm clock. She rolled over slapping the snooze button, planning to fall back asleep when her cell phone rang, playing a familiar ring tone; she groaned & answered it reluctantly…
"what?" she said groggily into the phone
"is that ANY way to answer the phone especially when it's your best friend calling?" her friend Tania said
"yes when it's the ass crack of dawn…not all of us get laid every night by Jeff Hardy, T."

"touché" Tania said
"thank you, now 15 more minutes, please?!" Makaela begged to her friend
"nope no can do, cause 15 minutes will turn into 15 hours for you, now get your butt out of bed you start work today, Jeff & I will meet you in the lobby in a hour.
"Ugh ok, ok, I'm up, I'm up, I'm cold but I'm up…." Makaela said throwing the warm cover off of her warm body
"good girl, now hurry up we're hungry…" Tania said
"ok, ok, I'm hurrying bitch…" Makaela said back jokingly

"Good, see you in a few." Tania said hanging up

Makaela got out of bed yawning & stretching, deciding against a shower since she took one before bed the night before. She pulled out some jeans & a t-shirt; she went to the bathroom to brush her teeth & hair. She got dressed, grabbed her bags & key card & walked out the door. She met Jeff, Matt & Tania in the lobby.

"Wow & you're here with 5 minutes to spare…" Matt said looking at his watch
"bite me!" Makaela said sticking her tongue out.
"With pleasure, just tell me where…" Matt said
"Ew, you horn dog…" Jeff said nudging his brother
"Agreed..." Tania said
"Ok so where are we going to get breakfast…" Makaela asked as they all walked to the rental car they were sharing
"I was craving some IHOP pancakes…" Jeff said rubbing his flat tummy
"Ooo that sounds good me too…" Tania said
"I guess IHOP it is…" Matt said helping Makaela put her bags in the trunk
"Yeah because Tania & Jeff have each other whipped…." Makaela said nudging Matt, as they both made the whip cracking sound.

"Shut up you two, one day you'll be in love…" Jeff started but Tania elbowed him reminding him of both Matt & Makaela's pasts
"Oops, sorry you guys…" Jeff said feeling sheepish as they all got in the car
"its fine, right Kaela?" Matt asked as he looked beside him at the girl looking out the window with a blank expression on her face
"Kaely?" Tania asked as she put her hand on her friends shoulder causing her to jerk out of instinct
"you ok babe?" Tania asked her friend, with Jeff & Matt looking at Makaela worried
"yeah, yeah I'm fine…"
"Sweetie its ok, you're out now, he can't hurt you anymore…" Jeff said
Makaela just nodded letting her dark hair fall in her face, at the reference of her ex-boyfriend.
"I think you need some good ol' fashioned chocolate chip pancakes…" Matt said knowing Makaela loved IHOP's chocolate chip pancakes. She looked up at her friends & cracked a little smile & nodded as they drove to IHOP.

Tania, Jeff & Matt drug Makaela through the door of the airport, she was all but throwing a tantrum, fighting against them.
"Makaela Connelly, you stop this foolishness right now…" Tania said watching Jeff & Matt all but carry her to the gate.
"I hate flying T you know that!" Makaela said, crossing her arms & pouting
"Makaela, flying is the safest way to travel me & Jeff do it all the time…" Matt said pushing the tiny girl toward the gate
"Yes but you also jump off shit no sane person would ever even think about jumping off of…" She said
"She has a point there bro" Jeff said
"Kaely…" Matt said
"God I hate that, what?" Makaela said
"if you get on the plane like a good girl, ill pay for all the drinks you want…" Matt said
"ok, one problem…" Makaela said
"ugh, what?" Tania asked
"I don't drink, but cause I'm so nice I'll get on the plane..." Makaela said batting her eye lashes
"Just like that?" Jeff asked scratching his chin
"Yep, just like that…" she said cracking a smile at him
"what's the catch?" Tania asked
"none…hey is that Metallica?" Makaela said pointing behind them
"where?" they said all turning as Makaela made a run for it
they turned around to see her running toward the exit
"Makaela! I'm going to kill you!" Tania said running after her friend making an officer looking at her.
"Heh, she's just kidding officer, I assure you our friend is just afraid of flying…" Jeff said smiling before dashing off after Makaela & Tania.

A few minutes later Makaela sat on the air plane buckled into her seat tighter then normal, with stewardesses keeping a sharp eye on her per Matt, Jeff & Tania. She was sitting next to the window; she looked at & decided to shut it. Her leg kept quivering, she kept messing with the string of her hoodie, biting her nails you name it. She laid her head back against the head rest closing her eyes trying to go to her "happy place" as Tania put it. She was too busy in her fidgeting to notice someone had taken the seat next to her.

CM Punk's POV:

Punk sat down in his seat next to a girl, who was doing a awful lot of fidgeting
'great exactly what I need, a fidgety girl next to me the whole flight…' he thought to himself
'so much for the idea of sleeping on the flight…' he thought sitting next to the girl, who seemed to be in her own little world. He tried to ignore her habits but he couldn't, it was cute in a way a first now it just annoyed the hell out of him. He cleared his throat breaking her out of her trance.
"Oh I'm sorry I didn't mean to bug you, I didn't even notice you sitting there…" she said looking at her still fidgeting hands
"It's fine, first flight or just fear the all around idea of it?" he asked
"I just fear the all around idea of it, I believe if we were meant to fly we'd have wings & 9/11 didn't help my fear any…." She said picking at her nails
"yeah I can understand that, flights make me uneasy too still & you'd think it wouldn't after all of it I have to do for work…" he said giving her a friendly smile
"yeah, I have a job that requires flying to place also…" she said, looking up at him for the first time. She recognized him, but she couldn't place where from, but man was he gorgeous. She shook her head clearing those thoughts from her mind.
"Here, his is my method, it helps me since I don't drink…" he said handing her a piece of Bubblicious gum. She took it, smiling slightly at him, feeling his warm but soft hands momentarily.
"Thanks, I use to chew this all the time as a kid..." she said unwrapping it popping the piece in her mouth
"Yeah me too, me & my friends would try to see who could blow the biggest bubble…" he said popping his own piece in his mouth, watching her fold her piece of paper into different designs.
"Me too, I bet you can't do it now though with your tongue & lip pierced..." she said issuing a challenge
"oh really? Well how about we have a bubble blowing contest…" he said
"ok, you're on…" she said chewing her gum

All throughout the plane ride they tried to out do one another's bubble & talked, Makaela had to admit she was having fun, even if it was a stranger, a stranger who just happened to be a guy. Soon the plane was touching down for the landing.

"See, now was that so bad?" Punk asked
"heh, no I guess not, I guess I was just being a big baby about nothing…" Makaela said blushing slightly
"Nah you're ok, it happens to the best of us…"
"Yeah, I guess, well I should get going, my friends are probably off the plane waiting on me…" she said scooting past him, grabbing her bag. Punk just sat there awe-struck at this girl, she just up & left, never asking his name or what he did, he could be fleeing from a murder he had just committed but she didn't seem to care. He got up, grabbing his bag, trying to follow after her but he lost her in the crowd of people. He sighed in defeat knowing he would probably never see the beautiful stranger from the plane again.

A/N: Thanks to my girl Brittany Nicole, for coming up with the WAY better idea of air plane & what not. You rock DIVA! Ha-ha *muah* (hugs)