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Chapter 2 – Let the Date Hunting Begin
"You what?!"
The four divas said this in unison. The eight eyes were looking down at the young brunette woman, who was sinking down low on the couch, trying her best to get her face to appear as innocent as possible after telling them the truth.
Why didn't I just keep my mouth shut?
"Yeah, you heard me." Maria said out loud as a nervous laugh was made, hoping that they would take it as a joke. "It's kinda funny, right?"
They didn't laugh. They simply shot glares at her. Maria made a light swallow by the situation that she was now in.
"Hehe?"
"Maria!" said Torrie. "You lied to us?!"
"I can't believe you!" Ashley imploded.
"So you're telling us," Mickie began. "That you made us think that you were dating someone when you're not?!"
"How could you?!" said Candice.
"Well you were all boy crazy!" Maria snapped. "What do you expect me to do?"
"That's part of a girl's nature!" Torrie shouted. "It's part of who we are!"
"Exactly!" Mickie joined in for support.
"Well I have to think of some way to keep you guys quiet. It annoys me!"
"So live with it!" Torrie yelled. Then her cell phone rang. She pulled out the device of the pocket and smiled. "Hold on a sec, let me just take this."
Torrie answered it with a sweet smile. "Hey babe, got my pretzels?" She listened for a few moments to the person that Maria knew perfectly well that it was her boyfriend that was on the other line.
"Chocolate coated right?" Torrie continued. "Aw, that's great! Thanks babe. I'll see you later."
Torrie hang up and slid her small device back into her pocket. "Right, so where was I?"
"You were just about to yell Maria's head off," Mickie reminded her.
"I think she has done enough of that," said Maria with a nervous laugh. Before she could stand out, she ended up sitting back down on the couch again. She was sinking even lower now as Torrie stood over her.
"YOU STAY RIGHT THERE!" Torrie roared. "WHERE YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING?!"
Maria had to think fast to make an easy escape.
"I'm…going to get a bottle of water?"
"BOTTLE OF WATER MY FOOT!" Torrie said hotly.
"Here you go," said Candice, handing Maria a bottle of chilled water.
"Candice what are you doing?" Ashley asked with perplexity.
"What does it look like? She wanted water so I got one for her from the cooler."
"SHE'S LYING AGAIN!" Torrie bellowed.
Candice opened her mouth in disbelief and shook her head. "Shame on you Maria."
Maria sighed. How could she get out of this?
"Look guys," she began, trying to find the words to say to get herself out of the trouble she got her herself into. "I'm going to find someone okay?"
"And then what?" Mickie asked. "You want us to congratulate you for turning your perfect little lie into reality?"
"I'm telling the truth this time! I feel really bad about this."
Ashley scoffed and folded her arms across her chest. "Oh do you now? This is Trish we're talking about here. You totally convince her that you're going to bring some 'mystery guy' to her wedding. So tell me, how are you going to pull this off?"
"I don't know." Maria said weakly. She sighed again as she cupped her chin into her hands. It wasn't intended on coming out this way but her lie kept on going and going until it went too far from the actual truth.
"You don't know?" Ashley repeated. "Well you should know because you have little time in your hands if you haven't notice."
"I do know that Ashley. I just don't know how to get myself out of this mess."
Mickie sighed. "That's just great." The sarcasm was pretty clear in her voice. "So now what?"
Maria wished she knew the answer to that. But she couldn't think of a brilliant idea. The wedding would be coming up in two weeks and she had to do something fast or she would find herself being a big fat liar to the bride's eyes.
"I'll tell you what," Torrie interjected. "We're going to clean up her mess!"
"Huh?" Ashley turned to the blonde Boise native. "We?"
"Yes Ash, we. We, as in us. We as in Girl Power. You get the idea."
"But what can we do?" Candice asked. The three divas were wondering the same thing, especially the young brunette. A smirk appeared on Torrie's face.
"I'm suggesting that we'll go and find a date for her."
"You mean…" Mickie paused for a moment as if she was trying to read Torrie's mind before she could finish her sentence. "We're going to be her date hunters or something?"
"Precisely."
"That's a great idea!" said Candice.
"I like the thought of it," Mickie added in. "Sounds like fun though!"
Ashley smirked a little and then said, "Okay I'll agree on that."
Maria sighed in relief and made a small smile. Torrie was truly a genius! At least she didn't have to worry about the date after all. They would just have to agree on one person and everything should be going smoothly. Right?
"Okay so everything's settle now right? You guys pick who I'll go with and we'll just leave it at that."
"Hold on there Ria. So says what we have to pick?"
"Well you said you guys will be, didn't you?"
"Yes but this isn't the game of eni-meeni-myni-mo. Well actually, it's something like that..."
"What are you trying to say, Tor?" Ashley asked. She had gotten even more confused. So were the three other divas who shared the same expression on their faces. Maria wondered what could be the point that Torrie was trying to get at.
"All I'm saying is that…" said Torrie, trying to speak as slowly as possible. She was the usual diva and the only one of the group who could talk fast when excitement hits. You could ask any of her friends, they would tell you. She could make her sentence in about three or four words per second. Maria thought that could earn Torrie a name in the Guinness Book of Records for being a fast talker (could only happen when excited, nervous and pissed. She could be like pepper sauce when cursing, so if anyone thought of pissing Torrie off, be warned.)
"Each of us will find someone we think will be the perfect date for Maria based on his personality."
"So wait, I can choose who will be her date?" Candice asked.
"Yes. And Micks can take her pick. And Ash can take her pick and I of course can take my pick."
"But Tor, that makes it four guys," said Ashley. "She can't go with four guys to the wedding!"
"Of course she can't, silly! Does anyone have a piece of paper and a marker by any chance? Oh Micks, you still have that art pad of yours, right?"
"Sure do," said Mickie. She would always bring her art pad if case she happened to fall under the curse of boredom so she could find something to do. Mickie was no doubt a very talented artist and did an excellent sketch of Shawn Michaels once. Maria thought if she could sell that masterpiece to a billionaire, Mickie could find herself working in her own private gallery in less than a month to do some artwork part time.
"And I have a marker in my bag," said Ashley. "Shall I get it?"
"Yes please."
Ashley and Mickie fetched the materials needed and came back mere seconds later and the blonde Boise native was given a big sheet of white paper and a black marker. Maria wondered if she had gone mad and the other three divas would be thinking the same thing when Torrie sat down on the carpeted floor in a comfortable position with her legs crossed. She laid out the sheet in front of her and took out the cover from the marker.
"Torrie, what in the world are you doing?" Maria asked.
"I'm going to draw out a plan."
"Plan?" The divas said in unison.
"Correction," Torrie said simply with a smile. "Gather around and I'll show you how it works. You too Maria."
Maria blinked at the idea but then shrugged to herself and got up, not knowing what Torrie was planning. It wasn't long before the four divas circled around Torrie who was about to give further details about the date hunting game. She leaned a bit forward and started to write at the top of the page. Maria could see the black letters forming on the paper as Torrie wrote but she couldn't quite tell what it read because the blonde curls got in the way. Torrie sat back up for everyone to get a clear view of what she wrote thus far.
How to Get a Wedding Date in 14 Days
Aim: To find a date for Maria.
"Fourteen days?" Maria asked in bewilderment. "Two weeks?"
"Well yeah," said Torrie. "Obviously it can't be three weeks because things are going to get really busy on the week before the wedding."
"True," said Ashley. "And Trish needs us to help her get things in order."
"So what's the plan?" Mickie asked.
"Yeah, I'm anticipated right now!" Candice said in a cheerful voice.
It seemed like all the divas were anticipated by Torrie's idea. Well not all the divas. Maria was starting to think over of her idea she had suggested earlier:
Find a date for herself.
Torrie giggled. "Alright. I'm thinking that…"
She continued on as if she was giving them a lecture, a short one at that. Within two minutes, the sheet of paper had scribbles and drawings all over.
"…Okay so at the fourteenth day, Maria will decide who she will go out with."
"Oh so that's the plan! We just have to find the guys of our choice but she will get to choose in the end."
"Exactly Candi."
"So we don't tell her who's she's going out with?"
"That's right Ash."
"And we're still going for my video journal idea, right?"
"Of course, Micks!"
The four divas exchanged smirks and then the eight eyes were all on the main player of the dating game, who unfortunately was by the name of Maria.
"So what are we waiting for?" Mickie asked. "Let the date hunting begin!"
Mickie rushed for the door and Ashley and Candice followed her out. Torrie laughed while Maria groaned slightly and sank back into the couch.
"Torrie, I don't like the idea of this!"
"Cheer up, it's going to be fun," Torrie beamed as she sat next to her. "Besides, it's time for you to have some fun for a change. You're always working and I mean always working."
Maria couldn't help if she was like that. She would be working hard everyday in the four sided ring. She really wanted to improve her craft and her persistence got her to do better every Monday on Raw. That was her goal in mind and she stuck with it ever since.
"So what's wrong with improving my wrestling skills?"
"There's nothing wrong with that but what I'm trying to tell you is you need to add some excitement in your life. Don't you want that?"
"Work and fun don't go well together."
"Well maybe that's because how you run your life."
"What?"
"Ria, there's something that we call choices. It's our choices that tell us how we live our lives and since you're living in a life where work is the number one thing printed on your forehead, that's how you live."
Maria hadn't thought of this one she would have guessed that Torrie was right. She hadn't remembered the last time she had done something fun and adventurous. Reading, grocery shopping, watching DVD's, watching pay per view movies and jogging seemed to fit under the 'Fun' category. Or they would probably go under 'Boring' category.
The two divas turned to the door and Torrie called the person in. The door slightly opened and someone had stretched a hand out from behind and the hand was shaking the paper bag slightly.
"Special delivery!" said a voice.
Torrie and Maria laughed. Torrie got up as she went for the door to retrieve the bag.
"Thank you, sir."
"Where's my tip, Miss?"
Torrie reached into her pocket of her jeans to pull out a dollar and slapped it into the person's hand.
"There. Happy?"
The hand disappeared and made its return a second later, handing her back the dollar.
"This isn't the kind of tip I was expecting."
"Well too bad cause you ask for it. Bye."
"Torrie!"
"I'm just kidding John!"
Maria rolled her eyes and laughed to see the head of Torrie's boyfriend John Cena popped in from behind the door and her blonde friend gave John a peck on the lips.
"The next time you ask again, state the kind of tip you want."
"Got it," John grinned. He caught a glimpse of Maria and turned to her and smiled. "Hey Ria. How's it going?"
"Good, thanks. Tor, I think I'll go now and prepare for my interview."
"Oh okay," said Torrie. "Well I'll see you later then. We'll talk about the…you know what later."
"Right," said Maria. She got up and left the women's locker room, leaving Torrie and John to their private chat. As Maria walked to the makeover compartment, she started to dread about the plan that had been set before her. Maria began to wonder what her friends had in mind when it comes to picking people of their liking. Maria had to prepare herself for anything that would come by surprise…or for the worse…
But as long as she got a date in the end for Trish's wedding, everything should be fine.
AN: Did anyone like the chapter? Just wondering lol. Thanks for reading!