AN: Ever just feel so inspired? That was the case for this story. I'm aware that I have other stories that are published, but when your muses take over, there's not much you can do besides cave in. I am so stoked for this new project.
Alexandra Daddario is the model for Carson Woodard, Cassadee Pope is the model for Avery Kelly, and Katie McGrath is the OC model for Jade Balor. Carson and Avery are my OC's and Jade is Danie's(CelticPrincessx3) OC. Also, thank you Danie for the cover.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything or anyone you may recognize.


SOMEWHERE I BELONG
Preparedness


It was the beginning of 2019 which meant that it was time for a fresh start for the WWE superstars and personnel. Also, Royal Rumble was lurking the shadows. The first of the big five pay-per-views was set for Sunday January 27,2019, but first there was an NXT Takeover pay-per-view happening the night before named: Takeover:Phoenix. The Takeovers generally took place the Saturday before one of the big five pay-per-views which was: Royal Rumble, Wrestlemania, Money In The Bank(which was just recently added to be considered a major pay-per-view), Summerslam, and Survivor Series. This was a time when the NXT superstars got to be in the spotlight and show the WWE Universe what they were made of.

This was the case for Avery Kelly, who was determined to prove that she could hang with the best. People overlooked her because of who she was. She was the younger sister of former WWE women's superstar, Kelly Kelly. Kelly Kelly was one of the most beautiful women to ever grace the WWE, but she wasn't as technically sound as some of the other women that ever been in the WWE. Avery understood that the fans didn't think she was a beautiful as her sister, however; she was a better wrestler than her sister and she just wished that the fans saw her ability between the ropes.

Avery was scheduled for a big match for Takeover:Phoenix for the NXT women's title. She was going to be involved in a six pack pack challenge featuring some of the best women in NXT such as: Candice LeRae, Lacey Evans, Bianca Belair, Toni Storm, and current NXT women's champion, Shayna Baszler. Avery had no idea who would be winning the title match; she just hoped it was her.

She was in the WWE performance center training with her good friend and one of her opponents for the six pack challenge, Candice LeRae. Avery was grateful for Candice and all of her adorableness. When Avery made her debut in NXT last year, Candice was the first to welcome her with open arms and making her feel like she belonged there. Candice was the one Avery went to whenever she needed advice. The two women were practicing some moves for the upcoming match. Avery had a new move she wanted try out for the match and there was no one she trusted to try it out more with than Candice.

"You ready to try out this new move?" Candice looked up to Avery, who just climbed onto the top turnbuckle. Avery nodded. Candice could sense the nervousness from her friend, who didn't really do much high-flying. "Avery, it's going to be okay. You got this. I got you, I won't let anything bad happen. I'll be right here to catch you."

Avery let out a deep breath and went for the kill. Coming flying off the turnbuckle, she executed the dragonrana onto Candice, who sold the move to perfection. Avery was greeted with a high five and hug from her friend. "What a rush! That was exciting." Avery felt like she was coming off a high.

"Av, that was incredible. I bet the crowd is going to pop hard whenever they see you perform that move onto me. It's always exciting to show off a new move, especially if it's not in your usual repertoire."

"I'm glad Hunter approved the move and let me try it out. I wanted to add something new to my moveset and I thought the dragonrana would be awesome. Considering the fact I'm not one to fly around the ring, I think that this move will be something unique and most certainly not one fans would expect to see from me."

Candice smiled at her friend. "I'm glad I'm the one who has the honor of taking the very first dragonrana from Avery Kelly live on pay-per-view." She wrapped her arm around her friend's shoulders. "I just want to say that I'm proud of you and that you have came a long way. Maybe after this Saturday, people will stop putting you in your sister's shadow cause you are an incredible athlete and it's a shame that they only know you as being Kelly Kelly's little sister."

"Thank you for the kinds words; unfortunately, it is what it is. Not much I can do about what the fans think of me." Deep down, the thought of the fans thinking that she was just Kelly Kelly's sister bothered her. She thought she had a lot to offer, but people wouldn't give her the time of day. It took her awhile to be accepted in the NXT locker room because of who her sister was. People thought that Kelly had something to do with Avery getting hired, which already made Avery have major heat. When they realized how hard Avery was trying and how much she loved the business, the roster started accepting her. She just wished the fans would do the same.

The two women got out of the ring, done with their in-ring training session for the day. Avery put back on her white 'I don't sweat, I sparkle' tanktop over the hot pink sports bra. She had a fetish for anything sparkly and glittery so she thought that tanktop suited her. She went over to her pink gym bag and put on her black boxing gloves. She was going to hit a punching bag for a few minutes before she called it a day. She looked over in Candice's direction who had her black gym bag hoisted up on her right shoulder.

"Well, I'm going to go now. Johnny and I have a date night tonight before we have to fly out to Phoenix in the morning." Candice grasped Avery's shoulder and squeezed, a friendly gesture for her hardwork today. "Good job today. I'll see you in the morning, but I'm sure I'll be talking to you again sometime before the night ends. So, ta-ta for now."

"Talk to you later. Have fun on your date." She threw her friend a friendly wave before heading over to the punching bag. She punched the bag once before stopping, sensing someone was watching her. She turned around to see none other than Adam Cole standing there. "What are you doing here?" She didn't sound rude, she was just perplexed that the leader of the Undisputed Era was here at the performance center when she was sure there was other stuff he could be doing.

"I called you twice and you didn't answer your phone, but I was getting ready to head to town so I went by your place to see if you wanted to come with me. Your sister was leaving the house and said you were here, so I decided to come by and see if you wanted to come with me whenever you got done?"

Avery nodded. "Sorry I didn't answer my phone. I called Candice to see if she wanted to come train with me. I wanted to try out my this new move for the six pack challenge this Saturday at Takeover." Adam merely nodded his head and smiled. "Anyways, yes, I will come with you to town. I'll just need to go home and shower and change."

"Av, there's no need to go home and change. It's not like I'm going anywhere fancy." He gestured to his attire, which consisted of a t-shirt, gray adidas hoodie, blue jeans, sneakers, and his hair thrown into a bun. While it wasn't necessarily cold outside considering they were located in Orlando, Florida, it was still a little chilly since it was in the midst of winter.

The woman rolled her eyes. "Fine, I'll just go looking all disgusting and smelly."

Adam reciprocated her eyeroll and threw his head back in dramatic fashion. "Avery, there is nothing wrong with how you look. I wish you would quit being so hard on yourself." He disliked whenever Avery was so critical of herself.

The Undisputed Era leader and the younger sister of Kelly Kelly became friends through Candice LeRae and Johnny Gargano. They didn't really talk much when she first arrived in NXT during the summer last year, but that all changed one night whenever Johnny and Candice had a fourth of July cookout at their house. Avery noticed that Adam was sulking that night so she went outside and offered him a beer. He accepted the beer from her and she took a seat beside him on the lawn chair. She asked him what was wrong and he mentioned to her that him and his longtime girlfriend had broken up. They started chatting more throughout the night and Adam found out Avery was one of the coolest people on the roster. He found himself frequently hanging out with Avery at the condo she shared with her sister. Kelly was usually gone so it was generally just the two of them hanging out, drinking beer, and watching television.

Avery took off her black boxing gloves and tossed them in her pink gym bag. She would just come back later and do her her training with the punching bag. She slipped on her gray adidas hoodie that matched Adam's. They went shopping one day and Avery loved the hoodie, so she made Adam get one too and labeled them as 'best friend hoodies.' Her best friend noticed the hoodie she was wearing and smirked.

"I see we both decided to wear our best friend hoodies today."

Avery nodded. "Yeah, this is my favorite hoodie, so of course I am going to wear it."

"You ready to go?" Adam grabbed Avery's gym bag and hoisted it on his left shoulder. Avery nodded her head and the duo proceeded to walk out of the performance center. "Since you coming to town with me today, whenever we get done, I'll go home and change my clothes and come back here with you. I know you weren't done with your training quite yet. Sorry that I interrupted your training time."

"It's alright. I was almost done anyways. I just wanted to get a few hits in on the punching bag. You don't have to worry about coming back here with me."

Adam's eyebrow furrowed. "You sure? Cause I don't mind if you want to come back."

"Yeah, I'm sure. I actually just want to rest this evening before we have to fly out in the morning to go to Phoenix."

Adam nodded. They made it to his car and he threw her gym bag in the backseat before fully getting into the driver's seat and adjusting himself. Avery got into the passenger seat. He drove out of the performance center parking lot and headed to town with his friend.


Carson Woodard was eating lunch with Jade Balor. They were at the Bahama Breeze restaurant going over some spots for their match at Takeover:Phoenix. The women were ecstatic about the match they would be involved in at the pay-per-view; which was a Falls Count Anywhere match. Carson and Jade were involved in a personal feud onscreen that was be culminated in this Falls Count Anywhere match. Jade had a Poison Ivy type gimmick while Carson was a rocker chick. Jade's character involved her being cold and calculating. Carson's character involved her being a drifter who loved to rock out.

Their feud started whenever Carson was backstage alone in an secluded area listening to her rock music and Jade approached Carson with the idea of them forming an alliance. Jade tried to manipulate Carson, but Carson wasn't falling for it. Jade didn't accept Carson's answer, so, whenever Carson was wrestling the NXT women's champion Shayna Baszler, Jade decided to interfere and cost Carson her chance to win the NXT women's championship. After that, Carson and Jade were finding different ways to retaliate against one another.

They wrestled at the last Takeover the previous November, but their match ended in double countout. For this match, NXT general manager announced on NXT television that Carson and Jade would be taking place in an Falls Count Anywhere match. They were honored for their names to be synonymous with them being the first women in NXT's history to be wrestling in an Falls Count Anywhere match at a Takeover pay-per-view.

Triple H gave them an outline of some ideas that they could use for their match. He was going to let them come up with their own ideas and then they were to report to one of the producers that Saturday morning of the pay-per-view to discuss the whole match. That's what lead them to meeting up at Bahama Breeze. Carson was enjoying the jerk chicken pasta and Jade was enjoying her black bean burger.

Carson scooted the black raybans that were sliding down her nose back up before taking another look at the footnotes they've made so far. "Looks like we have some pretty cool ideas thus far. Anything else you can think of?"

"I just want to make sure we take advantage of the Falls Count Anywhere stipulation." Jade took a swallow of her lemon water. "I want us to fight outside the ring, backstage, in the crowd, and wherever else we can."

Carson nodded before taking a swallow of her half and half tea. "Me too. I want to show Hunter why he trusted us to be in a Falls Count Anywhere match. I want the audience to have fun with this match and give them a match to remember for years and years from now."

"In that case, we should probably go back over our outline and see if there is anything else we could possibly add." Jade took a bite of her black bean burger while looking at their match outline. So, far the two women came up with stellar ideas for the match. Jade wasn't too worry about coming up with anymore ideas at this point due to to fact there would be a producer helping them finish out their match Saturday morning. "You know, Carson, there is nothing I can think of to add and there will be someone going over the outline with us."

"You're right, Jade." Carson took the last bite of her jerk chicken pasta and tossed the fork and her surrounding trash into her bowl, indicating that she was done with her lunch. "I believe what we have thus far is golden. Do you have any idea who is helping us produce our match?"

Jade threw her arms up and shrugged. "That's a good question. I have no earthly idea who is going over the match with us. Hunter said it was a surprise." She wiped her mouth after taking the last little bite of her black bean burger. She took more swallows of her lemon water to help her down the burger better. "I do know something that's going to be happening for sure at Takeover though."

"What's that?" A smile came upon Carson's face.

"My brother is going to be in attendance at Takeover. He says he's excited about our match. I hope I don't disappoint him." Jade's last name was the same as current RAW superstar, Finn Balor. Finn had a couple of years on Jade; being 9 years older than his sister. The younger Balor was aware of the crush that Carson had on her brother. However; Finn was oblivious to Carson's feelings and treated the woman like she was one of the guys. Jade didn't intervene on the two because she didn't think that was any of her business. She just hoped one day Finn and Carson would finally get together since she thought they would be so adorable together. Finn was currently dating social media correspondent, Cathy Kelley, so it's not like Finn and Carson would be dating soon anyways.

"That makes me feel even more pressured. I know your brother isn't that critical, but just knowing that he'll be there makes me have butterflies."

Jade chuckled at Carson. "It's going to be alright, Carson. We are going to go out there and do what we do best and that's tear the roof off the joint. Finn is just going to be another face in the crowd."

Carson smiled. Jade was absolutely right. The two women had the potential to steal the show at Takeover and they were going to do just that. "You're absolutely right. I'm excited for our match Saturday. We'll give the fans something to talk about for years to come." Carson grabbed some cash from her black leather satchel and laid it down on the table. She paid for her meal in full plus the tip.

"That's the plan, man." Jade took out some cash and paid for her meal. She did the same as Carson, paying for her meal in full plus the tip. "Well, you ready to go? I have some last minute stuff to get from the store before I go home and start packing my stuff up for the road."

"I have to go to the store too. I'll see you in the morning at the airport."

The ladies sat up from their seats and walked out of the restaurant and gave each other friendly goodbye waves before heading to their respective cars and heading out to do what they needed to do.


Avery was at home packing up her belongings for the road. She heard her ringtone "Jackie Chan" by Tiesto, Dzeko, Premo, and Post Malone blaring so she walked over to her phone, which was charging on her end table near the right side of the bed. She figured it was Candice calling her, but she was shocked to see that her screen read, sis.

Kelly had left their house this morning and was currently out of town doing a photoshoot, so it was shocking that she was calling her. But, Avery did always welcome a phone call from sister. "Hey, sis, what's up?"

"Just got finished with my photoshoot. What's up with you?"

"Packing up my belongings for the road. I am flying out in the morning to go to Phoenix for Takeover and the Royal Rumble pay-per-views."

"I'm going to be heading out to Phoenix in the morning too. I am going to attend your Takeover pay-per-view. I know you got a ticket for me and I want to put it to use. Just leave it at the front door of the building and I'll pick it up there. I want to see my little sister in her first championship match."

Avery thought she was going to cry. Kelly never attended any of the events she was apart of even though they lived together in Florida right down the street from Full Sail University. "I'm so happy to hear that. It makes me feel good knowing that you'll be there."

"I want to show my love and support for you. I know how hard you have been working to become one of the best women on the NXT roster. Hell, I think you're a better wrestler than when I was there."

Avery chuckled. "I appreciate that. I might be the better wrestler but you're definitely the more beautiful one."

Kelly rolled her eyes. "Whatever you say, Av. You are absolutely beautiful. Just because I model and you don't doesn't mean that you're unattractive at all. I'm not sounding biased whenever I say this, but you are without a doubt one of the most beautiful women on the entire roster.

"Yeah, you're being biased." The sisters chuckled in unison. "But, thank you so much. I just wish that people would look at me other than Kelly Kelly's little sister."

Kelly feigned her feelings being hurt. "You sound like being Kelly Kelly's little sister is a bad thing."

"Trust me, I am not saying that it is a bad thing being your sister. I love you so much, it's just that I wish that the fans would give me the time of day. It took a couple of months for the whole roster to accept me. Candice was the first one to accept me as just Avery Kelly and not Kelly Kelly's little sister."

"Everything will change, just give it time. This is your first Takeover match so this is the time for you to show the fans that you are so much more than just Kelly Kelly's little sister."

"I am going to seize the opportunity."

"I know you will. Well, I have to go. I was on break, so I decided to call you and tell you that I was going to be in attendance cheering on the amazing Avery Kelly. I love you sis and keep your head up."

"Love you too, sis. See you Saturday." Then there was a click of the red button to disconnect the phone call.

Avery smiled to herself. There was something else she could forward to on Saturday. She went back to packing up her belongings even more excited than ever about Takeover:Phoenix.


It was 7:45 pm and Jade found herself at Forever Young Crossfit with the current WWE Universal champion, Seth Rollins. The Kingslayer finally became the universal champion back at Summerslam this past August whenever he defeated Brock Lesnar, Braun Strowman, Finn Balor, Roman Reigns and the newly returned Dean Ambrose in a six pack challenge. It was a feel good moment for Seth who clawed and scratched his way back to the top for two years. He would be defending his universal title against Dean Ambrose this Sunday at the Royal Rumble.

Seth decided to head out to Orlando with good friend Finn Balor since Finn was staying with Jade for the rest of the week and they would all be heading out to Phoenix in the morning anyways. He hadn't seen the younger Balor sister that much ever since she was working her way up in the ranks in the women's division in NXT and he was training harder than ever. He managed to persuade Jade to come to this crossfit gym with him. Well, actually, Seth told Jade they would be going to workout at Jade's gym near her condo, but that was obviously a lie considering that they were thirty minutes away from her condo at Forever Young Crossfit.

"You're such a liar, Rollins. I can't believe that I actually thought you were going to work out at a regular gym for once." Considering her tone was snarky, Jade didn't seem to be too enthused about them being at this place. She wasn't too much into crossfit. She tried it once before and it wasn't her cup of tea. She preferred a basic gym.

"Sorry, sweet cheeks. You know that I'm the architect. I can come up with different ideas to make people do what I want." The Architect was one of Seth's nicknames onscreen, but offscreen, he could be the same calculating man as his onscreen character. "C'mon, crossfit isn't that bad."

Jade rolled her eyes. "Not to you. They don't call you Crossfit Jesus for no reason." Seth chuckled at her. "This isn't my cup of tea." As much as she disliked the idea, she got out of passenger side of her car and walked with Seth towards the gym. He opened the door. "Thanks." She walked past him and he followed suit. "So, what exactly do you have in mind for us today?"

"We are doing the chipper style today. I have our workout all planned out."

Jade gave the most confusing look one could muster. That look she gave Seth had him laughing. "What in the ever loving world is Chipper style? I have a feeling that this is going to kill me."

Seth chuckled and rolled his eyes. "Chipper style is a one round series of exercises, usually with high reps to be completed in the fastest time possible. It's a high volume, muscle building grind."

"What kind of exercises do you have planned?"

"One hundred press ups, seventy five bodyweight squats, fifty burpees, and twenty five pull ups."

Jade threw her head back and groaned. "Yeah, I am going to die today, no doubt about it. I hope you'll be happy with the fact this might be the last time you see me Rollins."

"You can be so dramatic sometimes. It's not that bad. You are in great physical shape, I think you can handle this."

Seth felt his mouth go dry as he watched Jade take off her pink tanktop that revealed an aqua sports bra. It matched well with her blue, pink, and aqua floral leggings and aqua nikes. In turn, Jade felt her mouth go dry as he watched Seth strip out of his black and brave shirt and slid out of his sweatpants to reveal him wearing black basketball shorts. It was chilly outside so he wore sweatpants over his shorts. The universal champion redid his bun while the younger Balor sibling tossed her long brown curly hair into a ponytail.

Jade grabbed her phone so she took a picture with Seth. He was smiling into the camera while she was staring at him in disbelief. She immediately posted the picture on instagram. JadeBalor: WWERollins forced me to come do crossfit with him, so if you don't see me on Saturday at Takeover, he's the reason why.

"Alright, you ready?" The Architect motioned towards the main area of the gym. "I hear the equipment calling our name."

"I'm as ready as I'll never be." She then followed him to the area and started their workout. One thing was certain, she would definitely be in tip top shape by the time Saturday rolled around.


Carson was at her condo eating dinner which consisted food from a ground turkey sweet potato skillet recipe and facetiming her best friend, Charly Caruso. Carson was stoked that she would be reunited with her best friend this coming up weekend in Phoenix. Carson and Charly were both from Indianapolis, Indiana and actually went to the same high school. Charly was just two years older than Carson. While they weren't that close in high school, they did get along; they just became best friends whenever they both signed with WWE. Charly debuted in 2016 and Carson signed with WWE in 2016, but didn't appear on NXT television until May of last year.

"Did you and Jade ever plan out your match?"

Carson took a bite of her dinner. "Yeah. We had lunch earlier at Bahama Breeze to plan out our match. We planned out most of our spots; we are just going to have one of the producers help us with the final touches Saturday morning."

"Do you have any idea who is helping you with the finishing touches of your match?"

"Apparently it's a surprise. That's what Jade told me whenever I asked her earlier."

Charly's eyebrows furrowed. "That's strange. Maybe they hired a new producer and it's a big name."

Carson took another bite of her food and shrugged her shoulders. "That could be the case. I just wonder who it could be. I was hoping that it would be Shawn who was going to help us out. Obviously because he's one of the best ever and he would someone who could guide Jade and I to an amazing fight."

"That would be awesome. Whether Shawn is the one or not, I have a feeling that you and Jade are going to steal the show at Takeover."

"Thank you, that means a lot to me." Carson smiled at Charly, which was reciprocated. "I'm excited that I'll be apart of the pre-show panel. It'll be cool to have you interview me."

"I'm excited too."

Carson's eyes lit up, remembering that she had to tell Charly something. Charly watched Carson with amusement as she saw the look on her best friend's face. "I can't believe I haven't mentioned it yet, but Finn is going to be in the audience at Takeover."

"It would make sense that he would be there considering his sister is participating in the one of the biggest matches of the pay-per-view." Charly was aware of how much Carson liked Jade's older brother, Finn Balor. It bothered Charly that Carson was bothered by the fact that Finn only ever saw Carson as one of the guys. It also didn't help that Finn was taken by social media correspondent, Cathy Kelley. "That should give you more reason to be more motivated though. Impress Finn and show him that you're one of the best women in the entire WWE."

"You know it's going to be awkward if Cathy has to interview me." Carson got the vibe that Cathy didn't like her at all. Carson was jealous of the fact that Cathy was dating the man she harbored feelings for, but besides that, she found Cathy to be personable. However; Carson would catch Cathy giving her dirty looks and she wasn't entirely sure of the reason why. They two women hardly ever interacted.

"I haven't heard her say anything about you. I'm sure she wouldn't say anything around me or to me about you because she knows that I would tell you."

Carson chuckled. "That's very true. Maybe she doesn't hate me, maybe I'm just being paranoid." Carson heard a knock on her door and hers and Charly's eyebrows furrowed at the same time. "I wonder who in the world is at my door." The brunette walked to the door with Charly still on on the end of the line in her sight. She opened the door and was shocked to see none other than Finn Balor standing there. "Finn, what are you doing here?"

Charly's face lit up as she heard Finn's name being said. "Carson, I have to go. I'll talk you later."

The leader of Balor Club flashed the smile he was known for. "I was in the area, so I figured I stop by and see what you were up to. I texted you and never messaged me back, but I know now why. You were talking to Charly."

Carson scooted to the side of the door so Finn could walk in. "Yeah, sorry about that." She shut the door and walked back to the living room, sitting down on the couch and placing her phone on the end table beside her. "I just wasn't expecting any messages or visitors right now."

Finn took a seat in the recliner next to Carson's couch. "I was seeing if you wanted to hang out and maybe go grab something to eat. But, I see you've already ate."

Carson cursed to herself. Of course, the one time that she actually fixes a home cooked meal, Finn is in town and wants to hang out with her. "I could always go with you and sit while you eat. You're also more than welcome to eat some of the food from my ground turkey sweet potato skillet." It occurred to her that Finn was dating someone and she wanted to be considerate of Cathy. "Are you sure that it would be okay to hang out though? How would Cathy feel about that?"

"It should be fine. I mean I've told Cathy that you're just one of the guys, so it shouldn't be a big deal." That comment frustrated Carson. She just wished that Finn saw her as more than one of the guys. She probably wasn't helping herself in the matter. While Cathy always wore the most beautiful and elegant clothes and looked like a ten, Carson liked wearing t-shirts, skinny jeans, and sneakers. She didn't really like wearing makeup either; she just wore it whenever she had a media appearance or if she was on television. Finn was taken, so she wasn't entirely sure why she was comparing herself to his girlfriend.

"You know what? I feel like going out and grabbing a beer, so let's go to one of the local bar and grills. Let me just go put up my food."

The first ever Universal champion watched as his friend headed to the kitchen to put up her leftovers. "It'll be nice to wind down for one more night before be get busy this weekend with Takeover and The Royal Rumble. I'm not sure if know this or not, but I'm supposed to be in attendance for Takeover. It'll be cool to see you and Jade wrestle your Falls Count Anywhere match up close and personal."

"Yeah, I know, Jade told me this afternoon whenever we had lunch." Carson grabbed the Tupperware containers that contained her dinner and tossed them in the fridge. She grabbed her converse and placed them on her feet. "Alright, you ready to go?"

"I'm ready whenever you are." Carson and Finn got up from their respective seats and got into his car heading to the bar and grill that was just down the road from Carson's condo. This was a good way for her to start the weekend that was going to be full of excitement.


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