Hi! Thanks to anyone who read/reviewed/added this your favorites! Especially thanks to JJ-Jefferu for making me smile with her review and her 'puppy dog eyes'. I hope you guys like this chapter even though it's pretty short and kind of filler. Also if any of you guys read my Randy Orton story, I will be updating that tomorrow. And if you don't read my Orton story the question is, why not? HAHAHA just kidding, but you know I had to get a little self promotion in here!
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Paxton sat in the hotel bar feeling more awkward than ever. She wasn't much of a drinker, but Janelle had all but begged her to join her for a drink before going to bed so she had agreed. She now regretted her decision since Janelle was too busy giggling over Cody's text messages to even say a word to her. Paxton stared at her drink, she'd kept it simple, a glass of red wine, and sighed heavily hoping it would get Janelle's attention.
After a few more minutes of silence and a look of pity from the bartender Paxton was ready to go. She tossed her cell phone in her purse and took one long gulp of her drink (she didn't want to waste it she'd spent twelve dollars on the damn drink) and hopped off her bar stool. She looked up at Janelle, who looked gigantic comparatively even while sitting down.
"Where are you going?"
"To my room, I'm tired." Paxton said spinning around. She was shocked to see Scott standing on the other side of her.
"Did you not see the sign that says bar? Or did you forget that you are only 18?" Paxton said using a tone she thought was Motherly and poking him on the chest. Scott's face turned a million shades of red and she knew she'd pissed him off. She smiled at herself, sure they were grown up now but what was the fun in having a little brother if you couldn't torture him?
"Oh, don't worry about him. I just ran into him in the lobby and invited him in here to keep me company. I'll take care of him." came a voice from behind Scott.
Paxton nearly fainted when she matched the voice with a face. Scott moved over to reveal none other than Ted Dibiase. He was smiling slightly but also looked a little embarrassed.
"Where are you going?" Scott asked snapping Paxton back into reality. She looked at her brother who had his eyebrows raised.
"To my room, I'm tired."
"Don't abandon me!" Janelle said looking up from her phone for a brief second.
"I'm not, you have Scott and Ted here now. Goodnight." Paxton said walking past them. She spun around after a few steps, feeling a little courageous, she said
"Hey, Dibiase. I'm trusting you with my brother. Take care of him."
Ted smiled and gave a little nod while Scott glared at her. Paxton went to her room, smiling to herself the whole way.
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The next morning Paxton woke up and took a shower. She allowed her hair to dry into it's natural waviness and opted against make-up. She debated over her outfit for a few minutes before deciding on purple t shirt dress with black tights on underneath and silver flats. It was Monday, and the day of the taping was always her busiest so she needed to be comfortable. She stuck her sunglasses on the top of her head and grabbed her bags before running out of the room to meet Janelle in the lobby. She was late, but she figured after being ignored last night she deserved to make her best friend wait a little longer.
Janelle was waiting by the doors holding a very large blueberry muffin. She held it out to Paxton as she approached.
"Aww thanks Elle." Paxton said reaching for the baked goodie. Janelle lifted it up just out of reach.
"I don't know if I should give it to you, you did make me wait. And I'm a Diva, I should never have to wait."
"Oh shut up and give me the muffin." Paxton said elbowing Janelle in the ribs as they walked outside towards their waiting car. Janelle giggled loudly and handed Paxton the muffin.
A few hours later Paxton walked to catering to grab lunch. She'd already worked on several superstars and her hands needed the break. She hummed lightly to herself as she got in line with a plate. Catering was, as usual, busy and it took her a few minutes to get through the line. She stopped at the end and scoped out a place to sit. She hated this part, it felt so high school to her and high school wasn't her favorite memory. Her eyes stopped on Ted who was sitting at the end of one of the tables reading a book and holding a carrot in one hand.
Paxton had watched him before, not 'watched' him in the stalker sense of the word but she had noticed him. If Cody and/or Randy wasn't with him Ted somehow managed to fade into the scenery. She'd seen him eat by himself more than once and in all those times she'd never noticed anyone so much as say hello to him. She almost gathered up the courage to go sit with him before Janelle called her over to the table she was sitting at with Mickie James and Gail Kim.
"Hey." Paxton said sitting her plate down. The three girls eyes bulged at the sight of the food she'd chosen.
"You are so lucky that you can eat all that and NEVER gain wait. If I even look at that too long I'm going to gain 5 pounds." Gail said poking her bottom lip out in a mock pout.
"So sorry." Paxton said popping a French fry in her mouth. Paxton had never weighed over 105llbs and she ate like a pig. "What time did you leave the bar last night?"
"A few minutes after you did, Ted and Scott started talking about football and I knew it was my time to leave then."
"Oh yeah, I got a very lengthy text message from Scott this morning telling me he was mad at me for embarrassing him last night. He's such a moody teenager sometimes."
"What happened?" Mickie asked sipping from her water bottle.
"Ted invited him into the bar last night and I basically told him he was too young to be in there." Paxton said shrugging slightly.
"Yeah he was pretty mad last night. He was complaining about how you treated him like a baby." Janelle said rolling her eyes.
"What did you say?"
"I told him to shut the fuck up. But Ted told him to calm down because you only did it because you loved him and all that shit."
Paxton glanced over at Ted, who still had a carrot suspended in mid air.
"Whatever, he'll get over it in an hour or so." Paxton said taking a bite out of her turkey club sandwich.
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After the show Paxton hung around for an hour making sure that no one else needed her services before heading back to the hotel. She stopped by Janelle's room to tell her good job on her match and then went to her own room. She pulled her long hair up in a messy bun and changed into her favorite pajama pants (purple and blue plaid) and a lime green tank top. She'd just collapsed onto her bed and turned on the tv when her phone vibrated signaling a new text message. She opened the text from Scott and read:
*pax, randy just called and asked me to ask u if u could call him. he wants u to work on his knee he banged it up during his match. he tried to catch u while u were still the arena but he missed you. Call him.*
Paxton laughed to herself and got off the bed. She grabbed her room key and walked out into the hallway. As she walked to the vending machine she dialed Randy's number.
"Hello?"
"So you have my brother doing your dirty work now? You couldn't just call me yourself?"
Randy laughed on the other end of the phone.
"I figured since I was asking you a favor it would sound better coming from Scott. Since he's family and all."
"Oh he didn't tell you he hated me? Apparently I treat him like a baby." Paxton said as she deposited her coins in exchange for a Sprite.
"My brother hates me one million times a year for the same thing."
"The trials and tribulations of being an older sibling. What room are you in?"
"So you'll do it?"
"No, I just want to come to your room so I can laugh in your face." Paxton said re entering her own room.
"Room 603, smartass."
"I'll be there in a minute." Paxton said hanging up and grabbing her massage bag.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter and please review!! Also in the next chapter I promise there will be more Teddy/Paxton interaction and not just three seconds in a bar but I had to write this chapter to set up for the next one!
