CHAPTER 2
After the intense workout in the ring and the new techniques that we learned off of one another, Melina, Kelly and I headed back to the hotel to rest and relax before our evening out. I finally managed to arrive in my room after we had all agreed to meet in my room at ten tonight, and I threw myself on the bed. Today had been such a long day and I was super tired, but knew if I cancelled tonight, the girls would not be happy.
I relaxed and watched some television for about an hour until I managed to drag myself off of the exceedingly comfortable bed and take a nice long shower. I was reluctant to turn the shower off and even whined to myself, just a bit, but finally stepped out and wrapped myself in a towel. I accomplished drying my hair, straightening and teasing it to give it the same volume as before when I heard the knock on the door. I opened it to find just who I was expecting – my two best friends.
"Ooh your hair looks very pretty," Kelly stated with a beaming smile, "But I hope you aren't planning on wearing that towel."
"No, Kelly I am not wearing the towel, I was actually planning on throwing myself back under the covers and catching up on some much needed sleep," I told them as I turned and started walking towards the bathroom.
"Yeah right young lady, I didn't get dressed up like this to end up not going out tonight," Melina spoke. She did in fact look very good, wearing a mini dress that was grey cotton on the top with a skirt that had a purple bubble hem. Around her tiny waist was a silver belt completing the outfit.
"I didn't say you had to stay, I simply said I should go to sleep and you girls can go without me," I retorted with a big emphasis on the you's.
"No Mickie, come on, this is like your celebration for being back on Raw," Kelly whined. She also looked very cute in a one shouldered mini dress with an elastic panel cinching her waist, making it a flattering fit.
"Mickie if you don't go into that bathroom in five seconds and put on a cute outfit, Kelly and I are going to have to resort to unnecessary actions to get you out of that door", Melina threatened. And I knew that it definitely wasn't beneath her.
"Ugh, fine. But from now on, we are no longer friends!" I exclaimed. I knew it was childish, but I was so not in the mood to be going out. I walked into the bathroom and slammed the door, I heard the two giggling out in the room and I wondered what they were doing.
I couldn't admit to my two friends who had cried with me during the break-up, that I did not want to go out tonight because of that chance that He might be there. I just wasn't ready for any sort of encounter. I did know my friends though, and to them that would be the perfect reason to go out and they would find a way to force me out the door.
So I hesitated and quickly threw on the outfit I had picked out which consisted of dark skinny jeans, a black tank top with sequins running down the centre, and a pair of black peep toe Jimmy Choo heels.
I walked out of the bathroom to immediate whistles from my girlfriends. I managed to spray on some perfume and we were out the door. It was already 10:30 when we got to the club, which was located only ten minutes from the hotel.
I had done a quick scan of the club the moment we stepped out of the coat check, and was happy to report to myself that there was no sign of my him so I relaxed and started getting a feel for the music. I decided that I was glad they had dragged me out. I hadn't had fun with the girls in such a long time, and knowing them this would be a night to remember. We all ordered ourselves a drink and walked around the club looking for anybody we knew. All of a sudden someone threw their arms around me, almost spilling the entire contents of my drink.
"Oh my gosh Mickie, I missed you so much!" someone squealed in my ear and I looked up to see it had been Maria.
I had to laugh, "It appears that everyone has missed me," I joked. "I missed you too lady. How have you been?"
"Great. Seriously, I am so glad you are back", she paused and stared, "Oh come on, we have a table in the corner you guys have to come and sit with us", she insisted.
She grabbed my hand and dragged us to a corner table. Sitting at the table were Eve Torres, John Cena, and, Dave Batista - Melina's boyfriend. Melina slid into the booth to give her boyfriend a quick peck on the cheek. All the while John Cena scooted out of the booth and came towards me.
"Mickie James, welcome back" he said with a wide smile and gave me a massive hug.
"Thanks John, it's great to see you. Saw your match last week, you kicked ass!" I said enthusiastically.
He laughed, "Well that's what I do".
"Oh look at you go", I giggled it was nice talking to John again. He was wearing a nice pair of dark jeans and a Hugo Boss t-shirt. I always did think of John as handsome, especially with his neatly done crew-cut. Definitely one of the better looking guys on the roster.
"I was about to go and grab another drink, you want anything?" he interrupted my thoughts.
"No I'm good for now, thanks", I replied holding up my current drink.
He smiled, "Sounds good girl, you better save some time for me soon. I want to hear all about Smackdown and how you have been."
"I pinky promise," I said with a smile that he reciprocated and then was off to get his drink.
"Hey Mickie, finally got tired of Smackdown had to come back to hang out with your favourite people," Dave shouted out.
"You know it Dave, most of all I missed you," he laughed at me.
"Come here give me some love girl," and I leaned over Melina to give him a tight hug.
I sat down opposite Dave and Melina and ended up next to Kelly who had slid into the booth after Maria when John had gotten out to give me a hug.
We leaned away from each other and Kelly had introduced me to Eve. By the time John had returned the entire table engaged in some light conversation for a good while, until the hit song 'Sexy Chick' blasted over the speakers and Kelly couldn't get John and I out of the booth fast enough.
With everyone staring at her she exclaimed, "This is my favourite song! Come on, we have to go dance."
Me and Melina glanced sideways at one another and shrugged our shoulders. John stepped to the side and motioned to the dance floor. Kelly grabbed my hand and pulled me to the crowd of people all dancing to the same song with the rest of our friends following. Kelly and I started dancing together, until she noticed some hot guy staring at her and then that was it for her. I looked over at Melina and Dave dancing and then turned around to get another drink only to run into John.
"Where do you think you're going," he laughed, "I have strict orders from Kelly not to let you off the dance floor," I glared at Kelly who winked at me and waved.
I smiled and John and I continued dancing to the rest of the song, and through the next one, until I decided I needed another drink and managed to convince him to allow me to do so. We went to the bar and took a few chairs to watch some of our friends make fools out of themselves.
"Oh my gosh, look at, wait is that The Miz?" I motioned to a man who was attempting to do the moon walk but was flat out failing.
John looked to where I was pointing and was overwhelmed with a fit of laughter, "What is the guy doing? He is single handedly driving all of the females off the dance floor."
We continued scoping out the place for entertainment until Melina walked up to me and grabbed my arm, "Wait where are we going," I asked as she pulled me off the chair.
"Kelly is at it again. You see that couple making out in the corner, yeah that's her and the random stranger she was dancing with earlier. If we don't intervene now, we are going to have to relive Sacramento," she said worriedly.
I knew what she was taking about right away. A few years ago, on my last stint on Raw, we had all gone out to a night club in Sacramento, and Kelly had met a handsome stranger. She ended up spending the entire next two days with him, and claimed she was in love, until he left her alone in a hotel room after they had slept together. Needless to say she was a mess for weeks after that. There were midnight phone calls, bingeing on ice cream, and violent outbursts if we tried to give her advice. Eventually she realized how much of an idiot she was being, because she had only known the guy for two days, and apologized for her behaviour. Regardless of the fact that she did say sorry and it had only happened one other time since then, Melina and I did not want another repeat under any circumstances, so I understood the urgency of this situation.
I looked over at John and told him I had to go, which I don't think he minded because a cute blonde already had his attention. I gave him a quick hug and was on my way.
We were successful in wrestling Kelly away from the handsome stranger, against her wishes, and ended up basically carrying her out and shoving her into a cab and then climbing in after her.
"Come on you guys, I know why you did that" she whined, "And it would not have been a repeat of Sacramento, or Dallas," she added quickly pointing her finger in my face before I could say anything, "Just let me go back there, come on he was cute."
"So was the guy from Sacramento", I stated.
"AND Dallas," Melina added.
"You guys suck," Kelly crossed her arms and pouted. A few seconds later she was all smiles, "So Micks, how was your celebration for being back on Raw? I seen you dancing with John AND laughing with him, maybe ya know?" she hinted.
"It was good, and yes before you say anything you guys were right. I am glad that I decided to come. It was good seeing everybody, but however there is nothing going on with John and me. He is just a really good friend," I said. I realized that I really did have a great time, and that it had been effortless. I definitely had missed the Raw group, not that there was anything wrong with the Smackdown superstars, I was just more comfortable and at home on Raw. And that I had especially missed John, but just as a friend. He and I always had a great time whenever we were together. He was an all around wonderful guy, and didn't pride himself on how many of the divas he could sleep with, which is more than I can say for a lot of others. We arrived at the hotel and Melina paid the cab driver and we all walked into the hotel giggling and reminiscing on old stories.
"Remember Charlie?" Melina asked me laughing.
"Who is Charlie?" I asked, clearly confused. Kelly had dated a lot over the years, and most of the time it didn't turn out the way she hoped so Melina was going to need to be a little more specific.
"Charlie from Cleveland remember?" she reminded me.
I doubled over laughing, "Oh man dating disaster one-oh-one, Kelly I cannot believe you actually went on a second date with that guy."
"He was the epitome of the freaky, arrogant guys that we have had to deal with over the years," my paparazzi crazed friend stated.
"I don't know, I thought he was nice," Kelly confessed.
"Kelly, he wasn't nice. He was needy! He kept talking about his ex-girlfriend, agreeing with everything you said, and he wouldn't stop texting you all the next day! You're the one who complained to us remember," I clarified.
"Okay fine, you have a point. He was a tad bit annoying," I scoffed at the understatement, but decided not to judge. It had only been with immense practice and a bit of common decency that had kept me from dialling my phone and begging a certain someone to take me back months after the break up.
"See we are always right," Melina spoke motioning to me and her, "And that my dear Kelly, is why you are friends with us. You love us."
"Yes I do, don't know what I would do without you two bitches," she teased.
I had been friends with Melina first. I had known her before we came to the WWE, but it was only when we were called up to the Raw roster that we became as close as we did. We were the first friends Kelly had when she first came to Raw, and we had quickly become inseparable over the years, which is why me being drafted to Smackdown had been such a big deal.
There was silence in the elevator but by this time we had reached my floor. I quickly bid farewell with hugs to my beautiful companions, and stepped off the elevator. I reached my door with relief, and stepped inside. I took my outfit off, brushed my hair and threw on a t-shirt. I climbed into bed recalling the events of the day, and eventually fell asleep thinking of the one person I knew once again that I shouldn't be.
A/N: So what did everyone think? Should I continue? Let me know : )
