The match I was watching turned out to be a great one. The guys who called themselves 'The Motorcity Machine Guns' as well as Madison Rayne were super athletic and amazing in the ring. The guys had some great moves that they could do together. Madison Rayne also worked very well with them. I could tell they had experience working together before. I still watched the guy with the longer brown hair. He was very familiar looking but I couldn't put my finger on it. The way he looked, the way he moved, the way he smiled. I knew those. Who was he though?I played it over and over in my head as I headed backstage. Who could this man be? That face. Those eyes. That demeanor. It was so damn familiar.
Once I got backstage, I searched around to see if I could find him. I saw him nowhere. Next thing I did was go up to a staff member and ask him.
"Um, excuse me sir, do you know where I can find, ummmm, uh Chris Sabin?" I asked.
"You're going to have to wait, ma'am. No fan interactions at this time." He said shutting me out.
"No, I'm not a fan. I'm TNA's newest knockout. My name is Jamie Szantyr." I replied to him showing him my license.
"Oh, of course Ms. Szantyr. I remember Mr. Jarrett saying something about you. Welcome to the TNA roster." He said with a smile.
"Thank you." I smiled back.
"And yes, I saw Mr. Harter around the corner with Mr. Martin and Ms. Simmons just a few minutes ago." He replied. It clicked when he said that name. Joshua Harter! This was my high school sweetheart. This was the guy who broke up with me to go into the airforce. But wait, how did he end up in wrestling? Hmmm?
"Thanks honey" I smiled as I walked around the corner and saw Josh alone reading a magazine.
He hadn't changed his looks much. He'd just grown his hair longer and grew some facial hair. He was always so damn handsome to me. Those eyes. That face. That body. The fact that he now had facial hair made his looks even more rugged and gorgeous. I went up behind him and tapped on his shoulder causing him to turn to me.
"May I help you?" He asked.
"What's the matter Joshy Poo? You don't remember me?" I asked with a smile. I was the only person who ever called him that. He must have realized that too because his eyes widened.
"J-J-Jamie?" He asked. I just smiled and nodded. "Ummm. Wow. I can't believe it's really you." He said with a slight smile and pulled me into a hug. I always loved his muscular arms.
"Yep it's me Joshy" I said smiling.
"Well, uh what are you doing here?" He asked.
"I'm the newest knockout." I replied. He looked really surprised.
"Oh wow. That's awesome." He smiled.
"How about you? I thought you'd be somewhere in the world on an aircraft carrier." I replied.
"I got discharged after two years for an injury which led to knee problems." He replied kind of sad.
"I'm sorry. But wait, if you have knee problems, why are you here?" I asked.
"They're not severe enough to keep me out of here and you know I was always a wrestling fan. The military discharges you for just about any problems." He replied.
"I'm sorry sweetie. I know airforce was always what you wanted." I replied.
"Hey, I at least got two good years out of it." He smiled.
"True, I-" I was about to start when I was interrupted.
"Who is this?" I heard her screech of a voice say. I turned and saw that Madison Rayne girl.
"Hey baby, This is the newest knockout and an old friend of mine. Ashley, this is Jamie Szantyr. Jamie, this is my girlfriend Ashley Simmons."
"He means fiancee!" She said smugly. Josh's face looked like it had a bit of annoyance.
"Sweetie, we're not actually engaged yet and you know it." He said.
"Yes, well we've talked about it." She said kissing his cheek.
"Hey Ashley. May I have a word?" Jeff said coming up.
"Sure Bossman." She smiled and walked off.
"Sorry about her." He said looking at me.
"It's fine" I smiled.
Soon as he said that, a little blonde haired, blue eyed boy came running up and jumped into Josh's arms. The boy couldn't have been more than five years old. He was handsome too. He had the most beautiful eyes I'd ever seen besides Josh's.
"Hey there buddy." Josh smiled.
"Hey big J man." The boy smiled and looked at me then back at Josh. "Who's she?" He asked him. Josh smirked and looked over at me.
"This is my good friend, Ms. Jamie Szantyr. Jamie this is my little buddy Benjamin." He said. Benjamin smiled at me and put out his hand. I smiled and shook it.
"It's nice to meet you." He said smiling and then kissed my hand. This boy was adorable.
"The pleasure is all mine." I smiled.
"I'm going to go see my mommy now." He said getting down and running to Ashley's side. I thought for a second and I turned to Josh.
"So, you're a daddy now too?" I asked him. He shook his head.
"No, Benjamin's not mine. He was Ashley's from a previous relationship. She used to date Johnathan Good aka Dean Ambrose from WWE." Josh said.
"Oh." was all I could say.
"Sorry piece of shit dad he is." He said.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"He's a goody two shoes for his parents and does whatever they say so when Ashley got pregnant he knew all along it was his but his parents tried convincing him it wasn't. After a while he believed them and on the day Benjamin was born, Johnathan showed up at the hospital with his parents and signed over all of his rights not caring to get a DNA test even though he knew he was the only person she'd slept with. I just wanna ring his damn neck. I swear, we already have it planned. When Ashley and I get married one day, I'm adopting Benjamin. He's already like my son already." He said.
"Dang. That's harsh. I'm glad he has someone like you in his life to be like a dad though." I replied.
"I love that little boy more than anything and his mom follows suit." He smiled looking over at them.
"That's great, Josh." I said smiling. Inside I was saddened. This is the life I imagined with him. By this age I imagined us being married with a few children. I imagined the house with the white picket fence and the dog. I never imagined it would be like this. I never imagined that my heart and soul would be stolen by someone else.