"Yay!" AJ squealed "We're here!"
No more than two minutes later were we inside the club and sucked into the madness. "Let's go dance!" AJ said dragging me onto the dance floor. If there's anything I'm known for back home besides my looks and fighting skills, it was my dance moves. "Pom Poms" by the Jonas Brothers was pumping throughout the club and blasting the beat on the floor. AJ and I didn't waste any time, we were out on the floor, drawing attention.
"Ladies to the left, fellas to the right." was the line that started it. The two genders seperated to opposite sides of the dance floor. AJ and I were the girls up front and it was like the dance off of the sexes.
We danced hard to, "If ya wanna see me put my pom pom down, then sing it to me baby sing it right now." While they attempted to dance back. Second time came around and we added a bit of a shimmy to our dancing. They couldn't counter back. The girls cheered and our separate groups merged into one again. We danced through "Troublemaker" and the famous "Riff-Off" from Pitch Perfect before I snuck off to the bar.
I sat at the counter trying to decide what to order, when something caught my attention. "Mira a esa chica allí mismo," a man said behind me. "El que tiene el pelo negro y traje de oro apretado. Ella es hermosa. ¿Por casualidad sabe su nombre?" I turned to see Alberto Del Rio a few seats down, talking to Ricardo Rodriguez, both of them looking at me.
I walked over and sat right next to Alberto and smiled warmly. "Vaya, gracias! Mi nombre es Taylor Medina. Y yo no tengo que pedir a su nombre, porque, por supuesto, yo ya sabía."
Alberto stared at me, wide eyed. "Oh! No tenía idea de que hablabas español!" he said blushing "Bueno, como usted sabe, soy Alberto Del Rio, y esto aquí es Ricardo Rodríguez."
Ricardo smiled as he held out his hand. "Un placer conocerte pierdas!"
I shook his hand. "Un placer conocerte también!"
Alberto smiled at me. "So, what brings you here today?" he asked, his Mexican accent strongly showing.
"I came here with AJ and some of the other Divas," I replied "Although I have no idea where they all went."
"Alberto and I saw your match tonight!" Ricardo said "Congratulations on the win!"
It was my turn to blush. "Why, thank you!" I couldn't believe this! Alberto Del Rio and Ricardo Rodriguez were telling me I did well in my debut match! I've had a crush on Alberto for the longest time... This night was turning out to be great!
Ricardo was pulled away by one of the other superstars, so it was just Alberto and I. He set an arm around my shoulders. "La señorita Taylor," he said smoothly "¿Por qué no dejas que te invite a una copa? Se ejecutó ese interruptor cruceta perfectamente hoy! Una mujer ágil y hermosa como usted desirves para relajarse de vez en cuando!"
I looked up at him. "Thank you, and I would love that." He ordered two raspberry martinis and we sat down at a table in the back of the club where it wasn't as noisy.
"So tell me," he said after taking a sip "You are quite the fighter. Did you need to use that back home?" Damn. That was one thing I was hoping he wouldn't ask. I slowly released a breath I didn't realize I was holding.
"Alright Alberto," I said slowly "I'll tell you, but you can't tell anyone."
"Including Ricardo?"
"You can tell Ricardo, but he's the only one." Alberto nodded intently "When I lived in Mexico, I had it very hard there. I was one of the only girls in my grade, and one of about three dozen in my high school. After school everyday, I was abused my my male classmates. They would take me into the alleys and beat me, cut me, slam me against the walls. I couldn't tell my parents, they were almost never home. I finally turned to the wrestling coach from the school. He didn't make me name the boys, but he helped me learn how to fight. A few weeks later and the boys took me into the ally again and tried to abuse me. I showed them all a lesson, using the wrestling skills that I had learned. I later joined the wrestling team, but soon after quit because of sexual harassment. I moved here when I was nineteen and used money from my Uncle Jim to pay for an apartment. I joined NXT a few years ago, and then here I am, twenty-seven years old and kicking butt."
He looked at me, and he looked like he was deep in thought. He suddenly grabbed both of my hands in his. "Taylor, join me." When I gave him a confused look, he elaborated more. "Join me and Ricardo! We can be our own little stable, like Dolph and AJ and Big E! Trust me princess, with us, you will be treated like a queen. What do you say?"
I didn't have to consider it much. "I'd be honored to work with you two." He smiled and stood up as we finished our drinks. Kiss Me by Ed Sheeran came on and couples started pairing up on the dance floor. He extended his hand.
"May I have this dance?" he asked. I gladly accepted. We walked out onto the tile dance floor and he had his hands resting on my hips while I had mine hanging loosely on the back of his neck. We swayed in time with the song and I realized how comfortable I was with Alberto. Two hours ago, we were strangers. Now, we were slow dancing in the middle of a club in Las Vegas. He rested his forehead on mine and I realized how much shorter than him I am. I was in two inch heels, and he was still much taller than I was. After a little spin, I heard a bit of giggling from back at the bar. I glanced over Alberto's shoulder and saw AJ and the other Diva's glancing over at the two of us. I rolled my eyes and went back to dancing.
The song ended and Alberto and I went back to our table. I checked the time on my phone. It's nearing 2 in the morning! I let out a yawn and Alberto smiled. "Are you ready to go back to the hotel?"
I nodded "Yeah, but I think I'm gonna wait for AJ. After all, she was my ride." He scoffed.
"Nonsense!" He exclaimed "I'll take you back to the hotel! Come with me and we'll find Ricardo and then head back to the hotel."
It didn't take us long to find Ricardo, however. We got two steps onto the dance floor and looked to see an intoxicated Ricardo Rodriguez standing on the table attempting to sing "What the Hell" by Avril Lavigne. Not far from the table was the Prime Time Players ant the Big Show laughing hysterically in front of a bunch of empty glasses. We stormed over there, knowing they had something to do with this.
"What the hell did you three do?!" I hissed at them.
"Hey, you've gotta chill chica!" Darryn said. "We just gave your friend Ricardo a few drinks and suggested he go and sing a bit of Avril!" He pointed up to Ricardo who was nearing the chorus.
"All my life I've been good, till now!" he slurred. I knew I had made the right choice to put shorts on underneath this dress. Just like during Raw, I gave Darryn a roundhouse kick and he was down. I glared at Titus and Big Show and they backed up. Alberto and I ran over to Ricardo who looked like he was ready to pass out.
"Ricardo," Alberto said "Time to get off of the table now." Ricardo didn't listen.
"Let me handle this," I said, cracking my knuckles "Rodriguez! Saca tu culo fuera de la mesa o lo juro voy a llegar Jack Swagger por aquí para conseguir que fuera!" I spat and he didn't hesitate to get off down. Even when they're drunk off their asses, I can get into the minds of even the toughest men. As soon as Ricardo stepped foot on the floor, he passed out. "No more tequila's for him for a while." I said as we dragged him into a mostly-standing postition and left the club. Alberto found his car and unlocked the back where we threw Ricardo in.
Let me tell you, this was one of Alberto's fancy cars that he drives into Raw with. A white Ferrari 458, it was gorgeous. Alberto took off in the direction of the hotel and I shot a quick text to AJ. "Got a ride back to the hotel w. Alberto. See you back in the room." We rode with the windows down in silence for a few minutes until we heard groaning from the back seat. I turned to see Ricardo starting to come back into consciousness.
"Glad to see you're coming back to your senses, Ricardo," I said with a smile "You gave quite a show tonight."
He thought and his eyes widened before he groaned again. "Tell me I didn't sing another Avril Lavigne song!" he pleaded.
I shot Alberto a look. "ANOTHER Avril song?! You never told me he did this before!" Alberto burst out laughing.
"He did this twice before," he admitted. Ricardo groaned even louder.
"Don't tell her!" he begged.
Alberto rolled his eyes. "Ricardo, she's in our stable now, she deserves to know!" He turned to me "The one time it was after a break-up, he got drunk, and started singing 'Wish You Were Here'. A few weeks ago, I got him a little drunk and he started singing 'Heres to Never Growing Up' while we were back stage. It was pretty funny. I don't know why he always sings Avril!"
We pulled into the hotel and climbed out. Alberto and I offered our assistance to Ricardo, which he gladly accepted. Ricardo had his arms around our shoulders as we walked into the hotel which was dimly lit. The young female receptionist smiled at Alberto and he couldn't have given her a second thought. "What floor are you on?" Alberto asked as we made our way to the elevator.
"Sixth."
He smiled. "So are we," he clicked the button for floor six "Would you mind meeting me down in the lobby tomorrow at noon? We can discuss plans for the stable before going to the arena for the Smackdown taping."
I grinned. "I would love to do that," I said as he walked me to my door.
"Hasta el mediodía de mañana?" he asked, taking my hands and brushing his lips on my knuckles.
"Hasta el mediodía de mañana." I confirmed before walking into my room, leaving him and Ricardo to walk down to theirs.
Happy memorial day! So I'm working on the story down across from the bay in New Jersey right now and it's too cold to go swimming! But oh my gosh, I have 15 1/2 days left of school! That means a cut down on homework so I'll be working on my stories more! And if any of you have read my stories "What Just Happened" and "One Hell of A Rebel" and have been wondering where the updates have been, I'm working on it and they'll be up soon! I promise!
Love ya to Pluto and back!
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