THE FIRST CHAPTER OF MY NEWEST STORY. IT'S A TED/KELLY FIC AND WILL PROBABLY BE LONGER THAN MY OTHER STORIES SO TUNE IN!
ENJOY!
IN THIS CHAPTER, NONE OF THE CHARACTERS EXCEPT MATTIE AND TARA ARE MY OWN
(THE CHAPTER TITLES ARE SONG NAMES THAT REFLECT THE MOOD OF THE CHAPTER)
SONG - BOUNCE WITH ME
ARTIST - KREESHA TURNER

1

Dallas, Texas

Isn't it weird how such a small item can hold so much music? Barbie looked down at her iPod and wondered how it could hold 1000 songs. She always found herself having weird thoughts before her matches. She loved being in front of the crowd and interacting with the fans, but before going out, she got nervous. Anything which occupied her was a must. She checked the clock on her iPod; it was about ten minutes until she had to make her way to the gorilla position.

'The gorilla position'. That term always made her laugh. Before joining the WWE, Barbie didn't really have a lot of knowledge of wrestling; she was a model and gymnast, not a wrestler. When the WWE contacted her, Barbie seized the opportunity of learning to wrestle.

"B!" Barbie's thoughts were interrupted by someone pulling her earphone out of her ear. "We'd better get going; we're on in a few minutes." It was her friend Mickie James.

"I'm coming." She slipped on one of her sneakers and made her way out of the locker room.

- - -

Barbie loved the buzz she got from walking backstage. There was always so much activity going on, whether it was the stage managers running around, or everyone getting pumped for their matches. She stopped a couple of times along the way to greet people.

"Mattie, what's up?" She grinned and gave her stage assistant buddy a high five. She and Mattie had started on ECW around the same time, and when she was traded to Raw, he was moved along with her.

"Good luck out there, B." He smiled, winking at her.

"Good luck out there, B." Eurgh. Barbie turned around to see the newest WWE diva Tara Stone mocking her, whilst smoking a cigarette out of a nearby window. All the other divas hated her, she was a total stuck-up bitch, but no-one could say anything because she was a family friend of the McMahons.

"Don't you have anything better to do than annoy us?" Mickie chipped in. "Oh, I forgot, you don't because you weren't booked in a match tonight." Mickie gave Tara the finger. "Come on B, let's go."

"Thanks for that." Barbie smiled once they were down the corridor. "I can't stand her."

"Who can?"

- - -

The pair was stood in the gorilla position a couple of minutes later. They peeked through the curtains to see Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase leaving the ring, after cutting a promo.

"Hey Barbie." Cody smiled as he walked through the curtain. Barbie had always liked Cody, he was so sweet.

"That was a great promo guys." Barbie gave them thumbs up. She then turned to Ted and flashed him a bright smile. As usual, he gave her no reaction whatsoever.

"Whoa, what's his problem?" Mickie raised an eyebrow, following her glance onto Ted.

"I have no idea."

Ever since he started in the WWE, Ted had always been rude to Barbie. She had no idea why. She'd never said anything rude about him behind his back or to his face. She'd always been lovely to him, and yet he reciprocated her smiles and kind words with snarls, or no reaction.

"Anyway, who cares about him?" Mickie smiled, nudging her friend as the pair made their way through the curtains. "Good luck, partner."

- - -

The whole of the roster were going out for drinks at a bar in the town. Barbie had been reluctant. Sometimes the long travel regimes and gruelling schedules took their toll on her, and all she wanted to do that night was curl up in her bed and maybe watch a DVD, however she was a pushover and Mickie knew that.

The pair got into a huge debate about style choices. Mickie wanted to get really dressed up, but it was only a downtown bar, so Barbie didn't want to go over the top. In the end, the pair agreed Barbie should wear a pink sweater, a pair of skinny jeans and some silver heels. Mickie then decided she didn't want to look overdressed compared to her friend, and settled for a brown jumper dress and a pair of clumpy boots.

"B, we didn't think you'd make it." Maryse smiled. Raw divas Alicia Fox and Maryse waved over the two divas to their table. Barbie was glad she hadn't worn a dress, as everyone had stayed pretty casual, as Alicia was wearing a cartoon-print tee, with black shorts, and Maryse was in a white vest and cut-offs. It was a hot night in Texas, Barbie thought, and the weather was pretty nice too.

"Mickie dragged me out." Barbie rolled her eyes.

"Guys, check out the cuties at the bar." Maryse signalled over at a group of four guys stood at the bar.

"All very cute." Mickie scouted each of they guys. "We have to go over and talk to them."

"Get a room!" Their attention was distracted by Cody Rhodes from the other side of the bar, who was hollering over at Ted, who appeared to have a woman whispering in his ear.

"PDA is so over." Alicia laughed. "Oh my God, is that Tara?" The girls all looked over to see Tara drawing herself away from Ted's ear for a moment.

"Whatever, they deserve each other." Barbie smiled. "Let's go talk to those hotties."

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MORE CHAPTERS COMING (this is the only story I'm working on at the moment)