You're Either Nexus or Against Us
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Inspired by a side story I'm working with on amplified ecstasy. Check out her WWE stories too! :)
Summary: Torrie Wilson left the company in 2008, afraid she would never be able to wrestle again. Now after two years of training and hard work, she is finally ready to make her comeback. John Cena, her former boyfriend and close friend is thrilled, but Raw's new GM has plans for the Cover Girl involving the newly formed heel stable, Nexus. When Torrie becomes close with the leader, Wade Barrett, will John stand by and watch her slip away or make a stand for the Boise babe?
Chapter Three: Someone Needs An Attitude Adjustment
Torrie had been playing her heel role well for the past few weeks. It was a bit of a milestone to be the first and so far only diva of Nexus. It took a little while for her to adjust to trying to get the fans to boo rather than cheer, but she sort of liked playing the bad girl. She even tweaked her normal ring attire to represent Nexus, wearing a black halter top and black shorts with the "N" on the back. Not like Nexus really fought alone, but whenever Wade or someone within Nexus had a match, she would help with the distractions and low blows needed for the win.
She was also making an impact among the Divas. With Wade training her, Torrie was becoming much more aggressive in the ring. She was even getting LayCool's attention, which was perfect. She might even get a title shot in the near future.
However it wasn't all good. It was a little awkward when Shane wanted to use her real life drama in the storyline. Wade had to humiliate John on a weekly basis and things would get personal. The last segment between John and Wade was the worst.
Wade smirked before verbally laying into John. "I bet you'd love to drop me right here, right now. I bet you'd love to stick one right on my jaw. I bet you'd love to do it for the WWE Universe, for the CeNation. But you're not gonna do a thing, are you Cena?"
Wade moved closer to John, coming face to face with the man. "You're not gonna do a thing because you're scared. No wonder Torrie left you. She could see what you really are. You're a coward, Cena. Yellow-bellied, spineless. You know, I always thought you were a real man, Cena. Looks like we were all wrong about that."
The emotions Cena put on display during that dialogue were real. He was still upset about the uncertainty of his relationship with Torrie. There were brief moments when John was close to breaking down, but he held it together long enough to make it backstage.
Torrie could barely watch that segment. She had to keep reminding herself it was just a storyline and Wade was not that cruel outside of the WWE.
Well the second part was easy to remember. Torrie and Wade had spent loads of time together and she was starting to fall for the guy. Things between the two were going great until last night... but Torrie tried to push that out of her mind. Today was Saturday and she promised John they would spend some time together.
She was currently walking toward his hotel room, wearing white pajama pants and a pink tank top with an unzipped black jacket draped over her. She felt her phone go off and pulled it out of her pocket, seeing a text from Wade.
We have to talk about last night.
Torrie rolled her eyes and replied.
What's there to talk about? I'm the slut of Nexus now...
She turned off her phone and knocked on John's door.
John opened the door with a mouthful of McNuggets. Torrie just laughed. It was just like old times. John motioned for her to come in while he swallowed. "You're just in time. I just got back from a McDonalds run."
"Oh perfect. I could use some junk food right now," Torrie replied, grabbing a few McNuggets before sitting down on the bed. She leaned against the pillows and John moved next to her.
"So what's up, girl?" John asked before grabbing a few french fries.
Torrie chewed thoughtfully for a moment. "I've been thinking about the good old days of WWE. I miss some of those old school matches... and you being a rapper," she giggled.
John nearly choked on his food from laughter. "Oh yeah...that was pretty fun, I can't lie. I remember rapping to you on a few occasions," he winked. "You know I could always bust out a few verses if I had to," he teased.
"I'm sure you could," Torrie giggled, reaching for one of the sodas John bought. "I'll never forget those little raps. Just like I won't forget you helping me with Renee Dupree..."
John grinned. The storyline that started it all. "Well he shouldn't have been beating up on a girl. I still wonder what we could've done in the WWE if McMahon didn't drop our storyline."
"Who knows? Maybe we would've been this amazing face couple who ruled SmackDown," Torrie giggled, resting her head against him. "But it doesn't matter, we got a chance to be together off screen, which is probably a lot better."
John wrapped his arms around the girl and kissed her cheek. "I'm still wondering why we can't be together now..." he trailed off, dropping some major hints.
Torrie pouted and sat up. "John... I've thought about us being together again too, but..." she sniffled as tears began to form in her eyes.
"Babe, what is it?" John asked with a frown. He hated seeing Torrie upset.
"I..I slept with Wade last night," Torrie admitted.
John felt his heart snap in two before becoming extremely angry. "You what? Torrie! How could you? Can't you see it? Can't you tell he's just using you?"
"Well I know that now!" Torrie screamed, sobbing uncontrollably.
John remained silent for a moment. Something wasn't right. Something else must have happened between the two. "Torrie, baby, what happened with you guys last night?" he asked gently.
Torrie took a few deep breaths before explaining the whole incident. "It all started when we went out for dinner and drinks. It was only supposed to be a few drinks, but I guess we both had one too many," Torrie sighed. "We went back to his hotel room and one thing led to another..."
The blond sniffled before continuing. "I don't normally do one night stands. I'm sick of being labeled the slut, but I really felt something for Wade..." she admitted. "But then I realized the truth when Gabriel, Heath, and Dave barged in the next morning. They congratulated Wade on getting it in so fast, asking when they would get a turn. They even made bets on how long it would take before Wade convinced me to sleep with him," she sobbed.
John pulled Torrie into his arms, attempting to comfort her. He wasn't about to stand by and let someone treat her like that.
"I can't believe I was so dumb. Do you know how humiliating that was?" Torrie cried, burying her face into John's chest.
"Baby, don't blame yourself. No man should treat a woman like that," John said, already figuring out what he could do about this. "Don't worry about it, okay? We both know the truth. I know you're not like that at all. I'll take care of it..."
Torrie calmed down in Cena's arms. He always knew how to comfort her and she loved him for it. She hugged him tightly and quietly thanked him for being an amazing friend.
A friend. That's all John was in Torrie's eyes...at least for now. But no matter how Torrie felt about him or Wade, John was not gonna let her go back to the leader of Nexus.
A few days later, Torrie was sitting in a window seat on the flight to RAW. She still refused to talk to Wade. She wasn't ready to deal with this, it still hurt. Torrie raised a brow when Justin Gabriel sat down next to her, one of the last people she wanted to see. "You couldn't find another seat?"
"Hello to you too, Torrie," Gabriel replied. "I just wanted to talk...and maybe say sorry about last weekend. We're always busting each others balls, you know? I mean do you think John came up with the Wendy joke for Heath? That was us. You're one of the guys now," he chuckled. "Maybe we went a bit too far, but we were only teasing. We know how much Wade likes you."
Torrie grinned slightly. "He likes me?"
"Oh yeah, he's crazy over you," Gabriel said. "He was pretty mad at us because you weren't talking to him. He blamed us for ruining his chances with you. So I'm over here trying to make it right...is it working?" he chuckled.
"A little," Torrie replied. "Thanks...but don't think you're getting off that easy."
"Of course not, ma'am," Justin said as Torrie laughed. She would definitely have to talk to Wade, but she still wasn't sure she was ready to give him another chance. It was nice to know that the feelings between them were mutual...
Monday Night RAW
John waited until the next RAW show to get his point across.
"I said go get me a glass of water," Wade repeated, growing irritated with John. Cena left and came back with the water. He threw it in Wade's face. Wade was shocked and grabbed Cena by his shirt. "Do you want to get fired, Cena?"
"I didn't hit you, can't fire me," John replied sternly. Wade groaned with frustration in response.
"Well next time you don't follow a direct order from me, you will be fired. Got it, Cena?" Wade asked.
John nodded as Wade shoved him away and smirked as RAW went to commercial. As soon as they weren't airing anymore, John got up and punched Wade right in the jaw. Wade wasted no time in retaliating and it turned into a huge brawl.
By the time Torrie made her way over to the two, security broke up the fight. "Oh my God...are you okay?" she asked Wade, who was the only one left in the room at the time.
"I'll be fine. Someone needs to remind Cena this is just a storyline," Wade replied, rubbing his jaw. "Look, Torrie, I'm sorry about last weekend. It wasn't what it sounded like. I-"
John approached the two and pulled Torrie away, blood oozing from a cut on his face.
Torrie pouted at the sight of the wound. "Oh, John...lemme help you get cleaned up," she offered as they started to walk off. "We'll talk later, Wade," she added, turning back to the man briefly.
Wade frowned before punching a locker near him. He couldn't stand Cena being with Torrie and had to stop it. He smirked for a moment and went to go find Shane.
It was announced that the main event would involve Cena fighting for his chance to leave Nexus. Wade was standing in the ring as John came out. "So John, I can tell you've been frustrated with me and all of Nexus. You want out? Fine. You fight for it. You beat one member of Nexus in a no disqualification match and I'll let you leave without being fired."
"Fine. I don't care who you pick, I'm destroying him!" Cena yelled, taking off his shirt and throwing it into the crowd. He was ready.
"Good because you cannot just lay down for your opponent. You need to fight, Cena. Are you ready to meet your opponent?" Wade smirked.
Nexus' theme played and out walked a very scared looking Torrie Wilson...
Thanks so much for the reviews! I tried to put more Jorrie moments in this chapter. It's hard balancing the two couples haha.
