(I know it's been forever since I've updated. I've wanted to at times, but I've either been busy with work, or just simply haven't been motivated. I haven't forgotten about the story, to those who have been waiting, thank you. I'll try not to keep everyone waiting so long next time, but finally, here is chapter two.)
Love and War
Chapter Two
Samantha and Braun knew each other very well, they went to school together, things were never really the same between them after Braun's fight with her ex. They went onto separate universities and almost forgot about each other and never thought they would see each other again. Little did they know, they would both end up working for the same company. Samantha had just finished up with Alexa's makeup. Samantha had a job doing makeup in WWE, but had slowly started gaining interest in the women competing in the ring. She was hoping to start training soon, but she also wanted to keep her job doing makeup. Samantha was still fairly new and didn't know who all worked for WWE. Alexa was going to introduce Samantha to Braun, but once they saw each other, they smiled at each other and what Alexa didn't know was that they already knew each other very well. Samantha smiled at him and spoke to him for the first time in years.
"Hi Braun."
Braun smiled right back at her, she was just how he remembered her.
"Hey Samantha."
Alexa backed up a bit.
"You two already know each other?"
Samantha smiled as she had her phone in her hand now.
"Yeah... Braun and I went to school together. We were best friends."
Alexa smiled at this, she wondered if anything else could have went down.
"Just best friends?"
Samantha was trying not to blush now, she never really thought about it, but her friends back then kept trying to tell her that Braun was in love with her when he beat the hell out of her ex. She just passed it off as him being her defensive best friend and that her ex was being an asshole, but could she have had feelings back then too? Now she wondered if he possibly could have back then, but then she remembered that he was arrested because of her and that things were never really the same after that night. There was no way that after that, and after not seeing each other for years that he could possibly feel the same. Braun remembered that night as well... her ex had broken up with her and embarrassed her in front of everyone. He lost his temper and beat the hell out of him, he could have killed him that night. Once Braun was arrested and put in the back of a cop car, he saw the tears in her eyes and the look of fear on her face. He was a monster, he lost control, if she did ever like him, he probably scared her away that night. He knew it was for the best to stay away from her. He didn't want her to get hurt because of him, he never wanted to see that look of fear on her face again. Once they went onto separate universities, he never thought he would see her again. Now here she was in front of him again just as beautiful as ever. Alexa had noticed that they had both gone silent and thought it was best to leave.
"Well... I'll just leave you two alone so that you can catch up."
Alexa went on her way and Braun and Samantha were left on their own. It had only been about five years since they've seen each other, but it felt like it had been so much longer. Samantha just wanted things to be the way they used to be, she missed her best friend, they way they would always joke around and always have each other's back. She wanted to move on from that night at the football game.
"Hey Braun... long time no see. How have you been?"
"I've been good... just focused on sports in college, then WWE hired me. Heh... it's crazy how this small town football kid has now become a big time WWE star..."
Braun was quiet for a minute as he looked at her.
"You look great Samantha... what have you been up to? When did you start working here?"
Samantha blushed at his compliment, but answered him back anyway.
"I went to college to focus on make up. I wanted to be a makeup artist for tv shows and movies. I guess someone from WWE was impressed and hired me. It's about my third week here. I don't get to see much of the show, I didn't know you worked here. I've seen some of the women's matches and that's impressed me. I talked to someone about possibly training in the ring. I still want to keep my job doing makeup, but I've really been impressed by what these ladies can do and thought, I want to do that too. Alexa and I have become really close in the short time I've worked here, she mist really like the way I do her makeup. She said this is a tough business to get into, but I told her I was ready for a challenge. She said she would be happy to help train me."
Braun seemed very encouraging in his response.
"Oh yeah, Alexa is one of the best in the business right now. You can learn a lot from her."
Things were quiet again as Samantha just couldn't get that night out of her head.
"You know Braun... things were never really the same after that football game. You got arrested and I couldn't help but think it was my fault. I tried apologizing to you, but things were never really the same. We never really saw each other after that and I always thought you hated me because if it."
"No... I didn't hate you... we just went our separate ways after that. I saw the tears on your face and the look of fear... I never wanted to see that look again. I stayed away to protect you... I'm a monster, I lost control. But now... I don't have to worry so much about losing control. I can beat people up amd get paid for it. Now I live up to my name, The Monster Among Men. I never blamed you that night, now it time for you to stop blaming yourself. We both need to move past that night... start over you know?"
"Well... I agree about the moving on part, but I don't know about starting over. I just want things to be the way they used to be... you know... we would always joke with each other and we always had each other's back."
Braun smiled at this.
"We really had some great times together. Now that we'll both be traveling with WWE, that will give us plenty of time to get back to the way things were, catch up some more. It was really great seeing you again Samantha... I have to go get ready for my match."
"Ok... see you later Braun."
Once Braun was gone, another hour had passed by and Alexa came back to talk.
"Ok... so I won my match, everyone on social media has been talking about me and how great I look. Thanks by the way, great job on the hair and makeup as always."
"No problem."
Alexa was quiet for a minute until she remembered that her and Braun had a conversation earlier.
"So... how are things between you and Braun?"
"We haven't seen each other in years. We were best friends in school, but a situa came up and things were never really the same afterwards. My ex broke up with me and embarrassed me in fromt of everyone, and Braun, being my defensive best friend beat the hell out of him and got arrested."
Alexa interrupted her for a minute.
"You know he did that because he loved you right?"
"That's what my friends told me then, but I didn't believe them. He had a girlfriend at the time... I always thought he hated me after that, we didn't really see each other much after that. I always thought he hated me, but we talked about it earlier tonight and he said he stayed away to protect me... that he saw the tears in my eyes and the look of fear when he was arrested. I felt so guilty because he got arrested because of me. He said that he lost control and that I need to stop blaming myself."
Alexa thought about this.
"Maybe he thinks you're afraid of him, or he's afraid of hurting you. Did you ever have feelings for him?"
"I don't know... maybe. We were always just best friends who would joke around and have each other's back. Now that we both work for the same company, maybe we can get that friendship back."
Alexa was quiet and nodded like she understood, but wondered if Samantha and Braun could possibly end up in a relationship.
It was the last match of the night, Samantha would glance up at the tv every now and again. She heard one of the announcers going crazy.
"RKO outta nowhere!"
"Hey Alexa... who is that?"
"Oh... that's Randy Orton. He has tons of fangirls in the WWE Universe... he's a tough guy to understand. He's a good looking guy... but he's not my type. I think he's single now... I could intro you to him if you want me to."
Samantha saw Braun as a friend, but wasn quite sure what to think of Randy yet.
"I don't know... something doesn't seem right about him."
"Aw come on... Randy just plays a bad guy on screen. You said you and Braun were just friends... you're single... Randy is single."
"I don't know... I think I need to wait a while... Maybe I'll pay more attention to him in his next match."
"Ok... but a guy like Randy isn't going to be single for very long."
Samantha knew Alexa was probably right. Randy was an attractive looking guy, but she needed to know more about him. The last time she dated a guy purely on looks, he ended up breaking her heart and embarrassing her in front of everyone at a football game. She packed up her equipment for the night and headed for the parking lot. She had her eyes on Randy during his match, but what she didn't know was that she had caught his attention as she was leaving. He started talking to Samoa Joe as he watched her leave.
"Hey Joe... who is that leaving with Alexa?"
"Some new makeup girl. She's been here for about three weeks. Seems like she's become good friends with Alexa... I think her name is Samantha."
"Samantha?... She probably goes by Sam... Do you think she's single?"
"Maybe... but don't you think she's a bit young for you?"
"What... are you trying to say I'm old Joe? I'm not even in my forties yet. She's probably mid twenties, early thirties maybe. I don't know how old she is... but she's hot, maybe I should go get to know her sometime."
Randy watched entranced as his prey escaped for the night.
(To be continued. Seems like just as Samantha and Braun started getting close again Randy had to slither his way in... because he's a Viper. Lol. Anyway, this is the end of the chapter. Thanks for reading, send me a review. I'll try not to keep everyone waiting so long for the next update.)
