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New in Town

Chapter 2

"So sis, when is your stuff going to get here?" Johnny asked a couple hours later after the brother-sister pair and Derrick went to a local Mexican restaurant after cleaning up the apartment.

"Well, I kept most of my stuff in storage. But I do have some boxes coming here with some essentials I'll need until I make a decision on if I'm moving here permanently. The movers said they should get here tomorrow or the day after." Sydney explained as she popped a chip dipped in salsa into her mouth.

"That's good, let me know if you need anything though, we can always make a quick trip to the mall or something." Johnny said just before their waiter came to give them their drinks they'd ordered just a few minutes before. A margarita on the rocks for Sydney and beers for both Derrick and Johnny.

"So when's your next elimination for NXT?" She questioned before taking a sip of her drink. She'd never been much of a wrestling fan before but once her brother got signed on a developmental deal with the WWE, she committed her social life every Monday, Thursday, Friday, sometimes Sunday and now Tuesday to the TV set.

"Next Tuesday," Derrick answered, swallowing his beer. "You better watch it too cause it might be the last time you see your brother on WWE TV." He joked, slapping Johnny's shoulder in fake comfort.

Johnny and Sydney both rolled their eyes. "I'm sure he'll be just fine." She said to Derrick then turned her attention to her brother. "Not only is everyone at home voting for you but I've told all my college friends to and told them to spread the word. Plus, the last time I voted, I was in the library so I got onto every computer and voted for you,"

Johnny laughed his thanks and Derrick sent her a mock glare. "Hey little missy, that's cheating."

"What is? I'm just voting for my brother to ensure he wins." She said with a smile. "Besides, he probably doesn't even need my votes, I'm more than sure he's already captured the hearts of almost every teenage girl watching."

"You hear that Bateman?" Johnny asked, returning the slap he received with one of his own. "I capture hearts,"

Derrick took a swig of his beer before shaking his head. "I'm pretty sure it is I who has captured hearts. Have you seen my twitter? It's blowing up with marriage proposals!"

"Just because they want to marry you, doesn't mean they're loyal to you," Syd said pointing a tortilla chip at him before popping it in her mouth.

Johnny laughed. "Anyways man, how's Tabatha?" Tabatha, Sydney assumed, is Derrick's girlfriend.

"My girlfriend," Derrick confirmed to her. Tabatha? Really? The name just sounded so cold, so harsh, so…not someone who would be with this fun-loving guy sitting across from her. "She's good, got a photoshoot tonight." Syd resisted rolling her eyes. A model? Oh please! "I was actually looking for an anniversary gift earlier when I ran into Sydney."

"Oh so it's your anniversary?" She asked curiously.

He nodded as he scooped salsa onto his chip. "Yeah, but please don't ask me which anniversary. All I know is I have this little wall calendar in my apartment and on the eleventh she wrote "Anniversary" with little hearts and smiley faces. I took the hint,"

She laughed, as did her brother. "Did she dot her I's with hearts too?" Johnny asked, to which Derrick scowled at his friend.

"Yes, as a matter of fact, she did."

The siblings both threw their head back and burst into laughter. "Man, I can't wait to meet her," She said through her laughter. Though she didn't really want to meet his girlfriend, she knew she would eventually so she might as well act as if she did.

Johnny shook his head at his sister. "I don't even want to think how that's going to go down."

She furrowed her brow. "What do you mean?"

"Yeah, what's that supposed to mean?" Derrick asked.

Johnny let out a breath and turned to his friend. "Well, I mean, don't get me wrong here, but Tabs's is a bit…well…I mean she's got a bit of a jealousy streak in her. You spend most of your free time at my place and she's not going to like knowing that Syd's living there now." Oh great, Syd thought, just what she needed, a suspicious girlfriend breathing down her neck.

"Man, she doesn't have a jealous streak; it was just that one time!" Derrick defended his girlfriend.

"That hasn't been the only time, that's just the only time you remember because it was so bad!" Johnny shot back. "Do you not remember her challenging that bartender to a fight because she thought she was flirting with you too much?"

"I remember," Derrick confirmed. "But she was drunk and she apologized,"

Johnny rolled his eyes and turned his attention to his sister. "She's gonna give you a hard time, just be prepared." Syd's eyes widened slightly in surprise; this woman sounded crazy!

Derrick shook his head after he drank some of his beer. "No she's not. Besides, I'm not even interested in Sydney," He said gesturing to her. "No offense," He added.

"None taken," She lied. Ouch, that had hurt. Not like she expected him to profess his love for her but she definitely felt an attraction toward him and it was never nice to get denied like that in public.

Johnny just shook his head at his friend as he took a swig of his drink. "Whatever, I'm just warning her."

"I think I have an extra set of sheets and a pillow around here somewhere," Johnny said later that night after Derrick had gone home and Sydney was ready to get to bed. She watched him as he walked to the closet that was near the front door. He came back with a couple sheets and an old comforter as well as a pillow.

"Thanks," She said as she grabbed the bundle from him and began spreading it out on the couch. "You're place is actually really nice, you know, now that it's clean." She said sending him a pointed look.

He laughed as he sat down on his recliner and watched his sister make her bed. "So cleaning isn't really a priority," He defended with a shrug. "I'm glad you finally decided to come here, I've only been trying to get you to come visit for over a year now."

She sighed. "I know, but whenever I planned to come down here, something came up. Plus Garrett didn't really like me going anywhere without him." She said of her ex-boyfriend.

Johnny let out a heavy breath at the mention of his former friend. "I wish you would have told me about him earlier. I could have protected you better."

She shook her head as she fluffed the pillow. "But I needed to go through it on my own; I needed to get out of the relationship on my own." She explained as she pulled her suitcase over to pick out pajamas.

He shook his head. "Syd, he was hitting you." He said reminded her seriously. Just thinking about it made him want to bash the bastard's head in. "You needed my help,"

"No, I didn't. It's over now anyway, I'd rather not talk about it." She said and looked at him with pleading eyes. He pressed his lips together and nodded, knowing they'd approach the subject again another time.

"Alright well, I'll let you get some sleep," He said standing up. He walked over to her and bent down, pressing his lips to the top of her head. "I love you kid," He said softly, happy his sister was going to be living with him for a while.

She smiled at him. "Love you too J,"

A/N: Hey guys, so sorry I haven't been able to update until now. Ahhh, so glad you guys like this story so far; it kind of just popped into my head a few weeks ago and I had to write it. Well, that and plus I absolutely love Derrick Bateman and haven't seen any stories for him up here so I figured there has to be someone else who likes him like me lol Anyways, thanks so much for reading and reviewing, let me know what you thought of this chapter! :)