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Chapter 2
When Nadine and Torrie had done their streching, she was going back to lockerroom, when she saw Rey coming towards her and stood for a moment to talk with him. After a moment Rey looked behind her and smile came to his face.
"Nadine, you should turn around to look who is coming."
Dave Batista entered the arena with Matt Hardy. It was his first night on Smackdown and he couldn't wait that he could show JBL his own place. He glanced Matt, who had been on the same flight with him and came to see the show. He hadn't told exactly why he had come, but Dave knew that one of the reasons was the beautiful Smackdown diva, Nadine Shelley. Dave knew that both Hardy brothers were her and her husbands good friends. When they walked towards lockerrooms, Dave saw Rey saying something to a tall woman, who then turned, and after the first surprise a big smile came to her face.
"Matt!" Nadine yelled and ran to hug him.
She noticed the handsome man next to Matt, but she was so surprised about the fact that her good friend was there, that she didn't pay attention to him.
"Oh my gosh, Mattie. What are you doing here?" She asked when she let Matt go.
"I came to see you. I have few days off and I thought to come see you and Daves first appearing in Smackdown." He laughed glancing to man next to him.
"Mattie?" Dave looked at them both amused.
"Yes, that's the nickname I have given him. No one else is allowed to use it." She smiled and Dave noticed that she had very beautiful smile.
"Ah, I think I have to introduce you two, though I suspect you have seen each others on telly." Matt stated. "Dave, this beautiful redhead is Nadine Shelley. Nadine, David Bautista."
"Just call me Dave. I have seen you on telly, that's true. But nice to finally meet you, Nadine." Dave gave his hand to her.
"You too." She answered taking his hand. "It is so nice to have the World Heavyweight Champion with us."
Rey came to say hello to Matt and Dave and then Dave stated.
"I think I should go to see Mr. Long."
"Ah, yes indeed. Teddy said that I should come with you to his office, he has something to tell to both of us. " When Nadine saw Daves questioning look, she added. "I don't know why he wants to meet us at the same time."
"Maybe you two should go already." Matt rushed them, though he wondered as well, that what was going on.
One thought popped to his mind, but he pushed it away. Nadine wouldn't agree with it, not because she didn't like Dave, on the contrary, Matt knew that she admired him. But Nadine would think about Alex and his reaction, she didn't want to make her husband even more pissed. Matt knew everything about her and Alex's fights and had began to agree with Rey about their marriage, it was a mistake.
"Yeah, we are going." Nadine laughed and turned yet to Matt. "Don't disappear anywhere. We have a lot to talk about."
Matt waved his hand to her and turned to Rey.
"Nadine seems happy."
"Well, today she is again on good mood. After the last show she had a fight with Alex again and I had to talk her out of the lockerroom." Rey said with a worried tone of voice.
"I guess Nadine isn't happy in her marriage." Matt sighed.
"No, she isn't."
Dave and Nadine entered Teddy Longs office and when he had welcomed Dave, he sat on his chair and looked a bit smiling at confused looking Nadine.
"I know, that you have match tonight and you have to get ready for it, so I'll tell the short version." He kept a short pause and continued. "We have decided to do some changes in your story lines. You have this story line for a week still, but then it changes. Specially yours, Nadine."
Teddy looked at the redhead, who looked now a little worried.
"What do you mean?"
"We have decided that, you will start valeting Batista." Teddy answered and watched how expressions changed on both of their faces, then he looked to Dave.
"I believe, that Mr McMahon hinted you about this already."
"Yes he did, but I didn't know that it will happen so soon." Dave answered.
"Writers decided to do it now." Teddy answered.
"But why me?" Nadine was very surprised. "And I want to wrestle."
"You are one of the dominant divas is business and everyone thinks, that you would look great in the ring with Batista." Teddy explained patiently. "And it doesn't effect on your wrestling, you will have your own matches like before."
"Well, good. But I don't know..." She said doubtfully.
"Let's try it for a while, and if you are not satisfied, writers will change the scripts."
She was thinking about it in silence and Teddy continued looking to Dave. "Your character won't change so much. JBL will still have the change to win the title from you, and everything goes like it is planned before. Only, Nadine will be on the ring side."
Dave nodded thoughtfully when Nadine said. .
"I guess we can try it. If it is alright with Dave." She looked at him. She knew that she wanted to be his valet, but somewhere on the back of her mind was thought about that, what her husband would say, when he would heard about this.
" We can try it. Actually I think we have no other choices." He answered smiling a little.
"You are right, you don't have other choises." Teddy stated. "Nadine, you have a match against Torrie tonight, and Dave does his first appearance, so you can go and get ready. We will tape your first promo tonight, where you meet for the first time and Dave 'sets his eyes' for you, Nadine. That is short and simple scene."
Nadine and Dave thanked him and both stood up. When they were on the door, Teddy called her and she turned to look her boss.
"Sort out your things with your husband. Personal problems can't be seen on the ring."
She nodded and left the room behind Dave. She understood his point of view, but thought that he didn't have to say it when Dave was present.
"I have to go get ready for my match. But we will meet after it?" Nadine asked a bit hoarse voice and forced herself to look at his eyes, though she felt that her heart was beating a bit too fast, because she was overwhelmed of his presence and Teddys words.
"Yes. I can go and ask when we will tape the promo. I will let you know." He answered and turned to men lockerroom door.
Nadine entered womens lockerroom and Torrie and Sharmell turned to look at her.
"So, what Teddy wanted from you two?"
"He told that our story line will change a bit." She answered and smiled a little, when she saw stunned expressions in face of both women.
"How?" Torrie asked.
"From the next week on I will be valeting Dave Batista."
There was a total silence in the room, when Torrie and Sharmell thought what she had said.
"Do you have your own matches anyway?" Torrie finally asked and when Nadine had nodded, she continued. "But it doesn't bother you, that you were ordered valet specifically Dave?"
"No, it doesn't bother me, but..." Nadine started.
"Alex doesn't necessary approve or understand this." Torrie ended the sentence.
"Yeah." Nadine admitted quietly.
Nadine and Torrie were waiting their match to start behind the curtains and when Torries music started, she winked to redhead and stepped out behind the curtains. Nadine waited for a moment and when her song, Before the Winter by Stratovarius started, she stepped infront of yelling audience.
"And from Detroit, Michigan. Nadine!" Tony Chimell announced at the same time when Nadine walked towards the ring.
They started their match and Nadine was in small difficulties the whole time, because her thoughts were elsewhere. Torrie noticed that her good friend wasn't present with her whole soul, like she usually was. She slowed down a little, but she won anyway, like it was planned.
After the match Matt came towards Nadine, when she was going to women lockerroom.
"Nadine, Dave told me what Teddy said to you." Matt looked at her seriously. "Are you really sure about this valeting for Dave?"
"I don't have much other choises. Even Alex has to understand that." She answered guessing what Matt was going to say next.
"Well, you are right." Matt admitted. "Oh yes, Dave asked me to tell to you, that your promo will be taped after he comes from the ring, and he asked that if you would be waiting him behind the curtains."
Nadine nodded at the same time when she opened the lockerroom door.
Nadine talked with Rey, Matt and Torrie until the main event of the evening was over and JBLs hand was raised as a victory. Then Teddy appeared on the top of Titan Tron and Nadine stood up from the bench.
"Okay, I'll go look for camera crew and ask what I should say in the promo."
Others nodded and wished her luck, though she didn't think that she needed luck, that was just a short promo shooting.
She was told what she should say and do on the promo. She was happy that there wasn't too many words and if it was needed, she could improvise.
When Dave came from the ring, he saw the redhead waiting and went to her.
"So, are you ready?" He asked and when she had nodded, he stated. "You had a good match with Torrie, despite that you lost."
"Thanks." She said , though she didn't quite agree with him.
They went to the camera crew and went quickly through the scene. Then they taped the scene.
Nadine came just from lockerroom and almost bumbed to Dave, who just passed the door. Both stopped and looked each others.
"Oh sorry, I wasn't watching where I'm going." Dave said.
"That's alright. I should been more careful." She answered.
"I'm Dave Batista." He gave his hand and she took it.
"Yes, I know." Nadine grinned. "Welcome to Smackdown. I'm Nadine."
"Thank you. I have seen you when I've watched the show. You are one of the most beautiful divas in the whole business." Dave took his sunglasses off.
Nadine felt herself blushing, it wasn't suppose to happen… And she hadn't noticed his last comment in the script….
"It's nice to get a champion with us finally. I hope that you will like it here."
After that she stepped out infront cameras and turned to watch the end of the scene, where Dave watched after her and said quietly.
"Surely I will, no doubt about that."
When the director said that the scene was wrapped, Dave looked directly to her eyes, for her surprise.
Dave came to Nadines side and smiled to her.
"That went well."
"Yes, it did." She answered and then she saw Matt and Rey coming round the corner. "I guess we'll see at hotel? Are you coming out with us tonight?"
"Yes, I am." He answered.
"Good."
Then she went to talk to her two good friends.
"That was a good scene." Matt stated. "Alex won't be happy when he heards about this, though."
"There you are right. He will be jumping on walls." Nadine answered dryly.
