Chapter 3

RAW TAPING...

As John walked through the backstage area he held tightly to Tyra's hand. He knew this was all new to her and she was nervous. He wanted her to know he would not leave her hanging.

"Hey John, what's going on man?" A deep voice called from behind them.

When John and Tyra turned they saw Randy Orton headed their way.

Of course Tyra had never seen the man before but she was impressed by his size and immediate charm. He looked exactly like what she assumed a professional wrestler would look like: Big, intimidating and athletic.

"Hey Randy, what's up? I'd like you to meet Tyra Jackson. She's my guest for tonight." John told him, being careful with the words he chose.

Randy raised an eyebrow. He thought it funny the way John used the word 'guest'. In most cases, when a wrestler brought a new woman with them to a show, it generally meant they had picked up a ring rat for a little fun afterward. Randy looked Tyra over with his eyes. She was no ring rat. John had actually managed to find a woman that appeared to be more than just about sleeping with someone famous.

"Nice to meet you Miss Jackson." Randy said as he grabbed Tyra's hand and kissed it.

Tyra couldn't help but to blush. Randy was quite the looker and she was not used to getting that kind of attention, especially from someone who could probably get any woman he wanted.

"Yo bro, take it easy." John warned Randy jokingly. Then he turned to Tyra. "Randy's a real ladies man in his own mind. Don't let him fool you." John said winking at Tyra as his smile beamed in her direction.

Randy smiled. He loved giving John a hard time.

"Hey, if Mr. Innocent here doesn't treat you right, look me up." Randy replied nudging Tyra slightly to make sure she knew he was only kidding around.

"See you guys later. Tyra have fun and nice to meet you." Randy called out as he started to leave.

John couldn't help but to notice the smile on Tyra's face as she watched Randy go. It seemed Randy had managed to make Tyra feel a little more at ease and John appreciated it.

"That was Randy Orton, he loves the ladies but he's a cool guy. Harmless." John told Tyra.

Tyra nodded. So far she was quite proud of the way she was handling herself. Thirty minutes into their "date" and she had managed not to trip over her words or her feet. A new personal best for her. It was only a matter of time though before she would end up doing something stupid, she convinced herself. John was just too damn good looking and sexy for her not to feel an endless supply of nervousness. She only hoped that as the night wore on the butterflies in her stomach would take a chill pill, and she could relax.

As John and Tyra continued on, they ran into another superstar. This time it was the WWE's current top diva, Lita.

"Hey Lita?" John called out. Lita was a nice girl and when it was time for John to cut his promo, he wanted to be sure he left Tyra with someone cool, someone he could trust. Lita was the warmest diva backstage and a lot like Tyra. She was laid back and easy going. Just the kind of person Tyra needed to meet right now.

"Hey John." Lita responded.

"This is Tyra Jackson. I'm kind of showing her around tonight." John said.

Lita extended her hand to Tyra.

"Hi, I'm Lita. Nice to meet you." She said as the two women shook hands. "This your first time to a show?" Lita asked.

Tyra was quite embarrassed. Thus far she had met two of the biggest superstars in the WWE and she had never seen or heard of either one of them. In a way she felt guilty now for giving her friend Anthony such a hard time for watching wrestling. They weren't all just a bunch of stupid meatheads lathered up in baby oil. Based on John, Randy and Lita alone, wrestlers were actually pretty cool.

"I'm afraid so. I don't watch much TV." Tyra responded. Truth be told, she really didn't have a TV to watch, but that was something she would never discuss. There was no sense in anyone knowing she didn't exactly come from a wealthy family. "But I'm very excited to be here." She admitted.

John smiled over at her. He was trying desperately to be cool right now, but he had to admit, that he was also just a little nervous. Even though this was their first date, and technically it really couldn't even be considered a date, he wanted things to go smoothly. Not only was his intention to get to know Tyra better, but also to get her to meet his friends and realize he was just a normal guy.

"Good to hear. Well if you need anything let me know." Lita told her. "Uh oh John, you've got a McMahon looking for you." Lita said as she looked over John's should and saw Shane McMahon headed in their direction.

As Shane approached, Tyra was back to feeling intimidated and almost self-conscious of herself. Even though she had never met the man it was obvious the guy had money. He was dressed in a black pinstriped suit and tie. He looked the part of a typical business executive, perfect white teeth and lots of confidence. He was the complete opposite of someone like herself. Shane had spent his whole life in the lap of luxury. Tyra on the other hand had spent most of her life just trying to survive. Managing to keep the electric going at her Grams apartment was challenging enough.

"John, Vince needs you to run through your lines with Edge." Shane said as his eyes immediately took in Tyra.

"Okay. Lita can you stay with Tyra until I get back?" John asked.

"Sure, no problem." Lita said smiling at Tyra.

As John took off in the other direction, Shane remained as he folded his arms across his chest and studied the woman he had never seen before.

"Shane, this is Tyra. She's here with John tonight." Lita explained.

Tyra smiled shyly. Unlike Randy and Lita before, Tyra couldn't quite read Shane. Sure the guy stood there with a smirk on his face, but was that a good smirk, or a bad smirk? If she didn't know any better, she would have thought he was simply looking down on her.

"Interesting." Shane responded.

Shane looked Tyra over a second time. As his eyes moved around her body there were three things that caught his attention. The first and most obvious was that she was black. Not that being black was a big deal to Shane, it was more the fact that he found it "interesting" that John's female guest was black. Shane smirked to himself as he assumed that possibly John's gimmick had gotten to his head. The second thing was Tyra's body. Not only did Tyra have a beautiful face, the first thing John himself had noticed when he saw her, but she also had curves that would give Trish Stratus a run for her money. If it weren't for the fact that Tyra was probably the least pretentious person you could meet, she could have easily transitioned into a WWE diva. Regardless of color, Shane couldn't help but to take in her body with his eyes, a thousand dirty thoughts running through his brain.

And lastly, Shane noticed that the shoes Tyra wore were discolored and worn down. Although Tyra did her best to wear whatever new, up-to-date clothes she could find, she could only pull off so much. She didn't have the money to go out and buy a whole new wardrobe just for one simple date with someone she had just met. Little did she know that someone would actually take such notice of her that they would study her three year old pair of shoes.

Shane simply shook his head in pity. He wondered if John actually knew that the girl he was with was nothing more than a wannbe from the ghetto trying to be someone she wasn't.

"Nice to meet you." Tyra nervously said to Shane with a smile.

Shane smiled back at her, and although his face said one thing, his thoughts said something completely different. He was running a show and had no time to be fraternizing with someone who was so obviously below him.

"You too sweetie. Lita, shouldn't you be warming up for your match?" Shane asked as he basically disregarded Tyra's attempt to make small talk.

Lita nodded. As Shane turned to leave Lita placed an arm around Tyra. She could tell that Tyra was very uncomfortable with the whole exchange.

"Ignore him. Let's just say he's a little too protective of the business. He'll warm up to you once he realizes you're not here to distract the biggest asset this company has to offer right now." Lita explained.

Tyra was confused though.

"Biggest asset? Distract?" Tyra asked.

"You know John." Lita replied. Tyra shook her head as if to say, "oh yea, him." Lita continued. "Judging from the way John was acting around you, I'm guessing we'll be seeing a lot more of you." Lita said smiling as she led Tyra away to show her around some more.

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Off in the distance, and going unnoticed to Tyra or Lita, Shelton Benjamin watched the two girls as they walked away. A smile came across his face.

"Damn, now that's one woman I am going to have to meet." He said to himself as he rubbed his chin and grinned.

A/N: I just wanted to thank DivaDaddyGoGirl again for her awesome challenge. If you are enjoying this story, make sure to drop her a line and thank her for the idea. You also may want to read one of her stories. She's got some good ones like "The Betting Game". Anyway, let me know what you all think so far. Thank you!