"This calls for a toast!"

My ears perked up at Gail's words. She and I along with Beth, Tiffany, Kelly, the Bellas, Eve and Serena, were all in her hotel room, having been gathered up to celebrate Beth beating Michelle for the title in the Extreme Makeover match. It wasn't an exaggeration to say that Michelle and Layla were the most hated women in the divas locker room. In a lot of ways they were just like the way they were on television but in a lot of other ways, they were actually even worse and it was great to see them get knocked down a peg or two whenever it could be done.

"Fuck yes it does!" Tiffany said enthusiastically. She had already had a few drinks in her and one of us should have probably snatched her glass out of her hand before she got stupid but none of us did. We were too busy raising our own glasses for the toast.

Gail waited until all the glasses were up before speaking. "Beth, you are amazing," she said with a huge smile on her face. "Here's to you shutting bitches up via major ass kickings and may you continue to do so for a very long time."

"I think I can manage that," Beth said, downing her drink in one big gulp. The rest of us followed suit and Kelly let out a whoop and clapped her hands together.

"Why don't we GO somewhere?" she asked. "I wanna dance. Dancing is a part of celebrating."

"But watching you make an ass out of yourself is not Beth's idea of a good time," Nikki reminded her. "So sit back and relax Kell. We'll go out and dance some other time."

I shook my head at the disappointed look on her face before glancing over at Beth from the corner of my eye. She didn't look very comfortable being here, which wasn't really surprising to me at all. This whole slumber party thing just didn't fit her at all. I was surprised this was actually happening. At first maybe I thought she just agreed to it because she got caught up in the excitement of her win but given the way Gail was acting, I had become convinced that she had talked Beth into it. It was a little known fact, but Gail was very VERY persuasive. It was amazing the things she could make people do. Among her list of accomplishments, she had once convinced Rey and Evan to streak through a crowded shopping mall while wearing Richard Nixon masks, getting Shane Helms to give an unsuspecting Maryse a lap dance and somehow making me chug an entire gallon of Gatorade while holding my breath. Sure that had ended in me puking my brains out and also completely unable to ever drink Gatorade of any kind ever again but she had gotten me to do it. That sure as hell counted for something.

"So how much do you want to bet Michelle will be trying to cash in her rematch clause right away?" Eve asked as she poured herself another drink.

"I don't know if she'll be able to," Beth said with a shrug. "Kelly is debuting on the next Smackdown taping and I already heard Vickie and Vince going at it before we left the arena. Vickie wants Michelle to get another chance right away but Vince wants a tag match with me and Kelly versus LayCool."

"Really?" Kelly said, perking up and looking at Beth eagerly. "That's the plan?"

"I guess," Beth said with a shrug. "Unless Vickie somehow gets things to change so she and LayCool can try to screw me out of my title."

I shook my head. "She won't be able to. It's Kelly's debut on the blue brand. There's not going to be any change." I kept my voice as matter of fact as possible but in my head the words weren't so neutral. Kelly was a sweet girl despite being a total ditz and an annoying drunk but she didn't have the talent to be Beth's second. She would have been better off playing the role of valet; she would be okay at the whole damsel in distress that a two guys could feud over. But no, Vince threw her in the ring and left the managing to the likes of me and Serena…it wasn't really fair. Yeah Kelly was better than she used to be but someone like me or Serena or Gail (who really wasn't being used to her full potential at all and it was a shame) deserved a chance to shine in the ring.

Tiffany raised her eyebrows, seemingly sensing what I was actually thinking. That made me a tad bit uncomfortable because I didn't really know her. I quickly poured myself another drink and downed it as discussions about what to do now got under way. Brie and Eve had both brought movies with them but since they were all either stuff I had already seen or ones that I had absolutely no desire to see I wasn't really all for that plan. Nikki had actually brought Monopoly with her but nobody really wanted to play because she was notorious for cheating. Kelly wanted to gossip and Serena, Beth and I exchanged one look before simultaneously making the decision for the entire group.

"Movie," I said quickly.

"Yes," Beth agreed while Serena nodded. "I like the movie idea."

"Which one though?" Eve asked.

"I've got all the Saw movies in my bag," Serena announced. "I can go back to my room and get them."

Beth perked up at that and that pretty much sealed that deal. Kelly didn't look thrilled at all because she was a wimp when it came to scary movies but everyone else overruled her so she didn't say anything about it. "I need snacks," I declared, rolling off the bed and grabbing my wallet so I could get some money out of it.

"Snacks?" Tiffany said incredulously. "You're going to watch those movies while eating snacks?"

"Yeah," I replied with a nod. I didn't see what the big deal was. I had a strong stomach, I could take eating while watching utter grossness on the television. "So what? It's not a movie without snacks."

"I agree." Beth got up and grabbed her own wallet. "Come on. I need snacks too." She linked arms with me and we left the room as Nikki said something about how we better not barf on her when things got too gross.

"I can NOT believe I let Gail convince me a slumber party was a good idea," Beth said as we walked down the hallway. The look on her face was so annoyed that I couldn't help but chuckle. "It's not funny," she informed me. "I haven't been to a slumber party since I was ten and I didn't like them then."

I shook my head and forced myself to stop laughing. "Look on the bright side though; you did it again this once tonight and now Gail can't give you crap about not doing another one any time soon."

She snorted a bit and shook her head. "Some bright side…" We walked for about thirty seconds in silence. "So what inspired you to come along to this thing? You didn't strike me as the slumber party type either."

"I'm not," I confirmed. "But I figured that you could use someone to help you not go insane."

Her lips twitched and she nodded gratefully. "Thanks."

We stopped in front of the vending machine and looked at all the choices inside of it. "What are you going to get?" Beth asked.

I shrugged. "I have no idea. I didn't actually think that part through." I tapped my fingers against the glass, looking at all the choices carefully and still unable to make up my mind. "Fuck this is harder than I thought it would be."

"We could just buy like one of everything," Beth suggested, trying to make that idea come out as casually as possible. "I mean it couldn't hurt could it?"

"No, of course not! As long as you're looking to look like Piggie James that is."

Beth and I both bit back groans as we turned around to face Michelle and Layla, who were walking by and laughing at what constituted as joke to them. The fact that they weren't even brave enough to stand their ground and actually say stuff like that to our face was what really got me. "Fuck this," I muttered under my breath. I handed Beth my money and went to the ice machine, pressing the little button to it to get as many ice cubes in my hand as I could hold. My hand began to go numb almost immediately but I ignored that problem in order to run up a bit to catch up with Michelle and Layla. "Hey! HEY!"

"What?" Michelle said nastily as she and Layla turned around. "What do you-" She yelped as I literally chucked the handful of ice at them, hitting both of them in the face. Was that the most mature course of action? Of course not. But hey, they were the masters of being immature so why not give them a taste of their own medicine?

"What in the HELL is your problem?" Layla asked as Michelle seethed at me.

I shrugged. "I don't know. But why don't you step up and do something about it?" I wanted an excuse to get them. Like really really get them. I'd shut them up once and for all.

They almost looked tempted to do that but then they changed their minds and retreated. I shook my head and looked back to see that Beth had come up behind me (which HAD to have helped scare Dumb and Dumber off). "Nice," she complimented me. "But it would have been hotter if you had punched them."

"Yeah well I didn't want to get in-wait, hotter?" It did take a bit for her wording to sink into my brain but once it did I felt a blush rise up in my cheeks.

She froze, also realizing the way she had just said that. "I um…I meant better. It would have been better if you had punched them."

She was lying. It was so blatantly obvious that it made both of us shift around uncomfortably. The tension that had been felt on the night we kissed was rearing its head once again and we both laughed nervously to try to break it.

"We should um…we should get the snacks," I said, knowing that Serena probably had already gotten back with the movies and everyone was just waiting on us.

"Yeah," she said. "We can't keep them waiting."

"Right." We went back to the vending machine and I once again went back to trying to decide what the hell to get myself. I couldn't really make up my mind for whatever reason and was about to just settle on a bag of Doritos when my arm was grabbed and I was turned around and pushed up against the machine. "Wha-" I couldn't even get a whole word out before Beth's lips covered mine. My eyes widened in shock but I made absolutely no move to push her away. No, once the shock wore off I kissed her back and pulled her closer, shivering lightly as her tongue slipped into my mouth. Her mouth tasted so sweet; she had on this strawberry banana lipgloss that, with combined with the way she naturally tasted was just fucking unbelievable.

When we broke apart we were both panting for breath and staring at each other with wide eyes. "Why?" I asked when I was able to regain my ability to speak.

"I wanted to," was her reply. "Did you wish I hadn't?"

I shook my head. I certainly did not wish that. "Of course not. It just gives me reason to do this." I initiated the kiss this time, pushing her back so she was up against the wall and at my mercy. She didn't try to fight me off at all; no, now it was her turn to pull me closer and let me explore her mouth with my tongue. I would have gladly kept it up all night but the need to breathe did present itself and once we broke apart for the second time, we saw that Serena was staring at us with quite the wide eye expression.

"I was um…gonna see what was taking so long," she said sheepishly. "But um…I think I'm just going to leave you two alone now."

"Sorry," I said sheepishly. "We'll be there soon." I winced and looked at Beth who looked like she was fighting off the urge to laugh. "We should uh…finally get the snacks."

"Yeah," she agreed. "Right. Of course."

I nodded and we broke away from each other so we could finally get a move on. My lips were still tingling from our kisses and I couldn't stop stealing glances at her every chance I got.

Yeah, this sleepover turned out to be a great idea after all.