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Chapter 3

Tegan

The following afternoon Natalya and myself decided to make the most of our few spare hours before the house show, so instead of lounging around in the hotel, we arrived at the arena early and made our way to the ring, deciding on a quick training session before we had to leave ready for the fans entering the building.

"So..."

"So what?" I asked, brushing away my hair that had fallen around my face, and wiping the back of my hand across my brow. I had to admit, this girl was tough. We'd been wrestling each other for barely half an hour, yet I was already exhausted... but that still didn't hide the smile that was constantly playing on my lips.

"Why are you smiling like that?" She rose an eyebrow and rested her hands against her hips, "And why are you in such a good mood?"

"Can't I be happy?" I asked with a grin, knowing what she was going to say already. I was never happy... not unless something was going to go my way... and that was exactly what was happening.

"No," She eyed me suspiciously, "What's going on?"

"Oh, nothing really," I grinned innocently as I backed up and leaned against the turnbuckle, guessing that our training session was over with for now, "I guess you could just say that the next twenty seven days are going to be much easier than I had first thought."

"What do you mean? Did something happen with Nic?" She rose an eyebrow, leaning against the corner opposite me.

"You could say that. We went out to the bar together last night."

"Boy," She whistled, "You do work fast... and everything went well?" She sounded far too disappointed, and I couldn't help but laugh in response.

"Didn't think I'd be able to handle it, huh Nattie?" I grinned back, before I shook my head, "No, everything didn't go well... it went great."

I couldn't hide yet another smile as I thought back to the previous night. In fact, when I had first been walking down to the hotel bar I had been a little worried that the real Nic was going to appear after a few drinks, the one I had always expected him to be... but that never happened. The entire night we spent getting to know each other a little more, and somehow, he had been the perfect gentleman throughout all of it.

And when it started to get late and I stood to leave, he even walked me back to my hotel room. I had never in a million years imagined my bet to have been easy... I mean, Nic wasn't exactly someone I would have chosen myself for this. Who would have thought that someone with his reputation could have been so easy to get along with?

But, I still wasn't allowing myself to let down my guard yet. Of course, I was going to play along with this act of his, if that was what it was, for now... but I didn't expect it to last for long.

"Yeah well, you still have a long way to go yet," My blonde friend interrupted my thoughts, glaring at me from across the ring.

My smile quickly disappeared and I screwed up my mouth, wondering why she had to burst my happy bubble. I hated that she was always right. I had twenty seven days, which didn't sound too bad when I thought of the progress I'd already gotten... but when I thought of what I still have to do to make him fall in love with me...

"Well, that might be true, but I'm gonna do it," I shrugged, returning the smirk to my lips, "He'll be in love with me before you know it, so you better shine up that belt real nice and kiss it goodbye, because when the time is up, I'm gonna be taking it from you."

"Uh-huh, I think we'll wait and see about that," Nattie laughed back, before she pulled herself back up into a standing position, "So, you wanna have another quick match before we're done?"

"Sure," I nodded, before the two of us ran into a grapple, all thoughts of the bet disappearing as I concentrated on our training session.

Nic

I couldn't help myself, how could I not look smug as I took in John's wide eyed expression as I told him about the night Tegan and I had had previously? It was pretty obvious by the way he was looking at me now that he didn't think I'd get anywhere near her, never mind get a date with her.

"Wait... so she actually said she had fun, at the end of the night?"

I sighed to myself as I pushed open the backstage doors to the arena, wondering why it was so hard for him to accept what I was saying. Surely it wasn't that big a shock? After all, I had told him I could win over absolutely any girl, even the crazy ones...

Not that Tegan was crazy, though. From the time I had spent with her, she was anything but. She was actually a pretty decent chick... just greatly misunderstood.

"Yeah, man," I nodded with a smirk, "And that she'd like to do it again sometime. We swapped numbers so I can give her a call for our next date."

"Nah, no way, I don't believe you," John shook his head, folding his arms across his chest, "You stretched it pretty far with the whole date thing, but to say that she actually enjoyed herself... either you've got the wrong girl, or you're lying."

"Do you think that little of me?" I laughed lightly, shaking my head, "Well man, whatever you say, it doesn't matter because it happened. We're actually getting on pretty well, believe it or not. She's not that bad."

"Now I know you're lying. That chick is crazy and everyone here knows it."

It was strange that as I listened to John talking about Tegan like that, anger began to bubble inside of me. Who was he to call her crazy? He didn't even know her. I had to admit that I was the same when I had first heard she was the girl I had to get to sleep with... but I wasn't going to make that mistake again. I knew better than anyone that reputations weren't always the truth.

"Dude, just shut up," I slapped him upside the head as I dropped my things down on the bench, "And fine, you don't believe me... we'll go see her now," I shrugged, knowing that I had been planning to do so anyway.

"Right, so she can brush you off again like last time?"

"No... so we can ask if she wants to go out again later," I glared back, ready to hit him around the head again, "And you and Zack can tag along as well, if you want. We'll get a bunch of us to go out so you can see just how truthful I'm being."

"Alright then, let's go find her," He shrugged my way, and I nodded, running a hand through my blonde hair before I led the way back out the locker room.

After asking a few different people if they had seen Tegan yet, we realised we were in luck when one of the lighting guys told us he had just left the ramp and he'd seen her and Nattie having a training session in the ring. Smirking to John when we found out the news, we carried on our way in silence. I was running over a whole bunch of different things to say to her when I saw her... but when I realised what I was doing, I shook my head. I didn't need to show off around her. The reason I had got here in the first place was because I simply acted like a decent guy... so that was all I was going to do again.

As we walked through the curtain and onto the ramp, I turned to look at John, who was looking my way with an eyebrow raised and a smirk on his face. I rolled my eyes, knowing too well what he was thinking... but as we got closer to the two girls in the ring, it was pretty hard not to think that way.

When we finally reached the ring I leant against it, my eyes focused on one thing and one thing only. I could tell that John was staring at them too, but he was most likely checking out Nattie rather than Tegan. He thought she was too crazy to be hot... but I knew the real her, which made her even more damn beautiful. I was mesmerised by her short white top and matching hot pants with red flames running across them, making the colour of her hair stick out even further than it usually did.

"Would you look at that," John whistled, breaking the silence. Both the girls stopped dead and turned to look our way with wide eyes, and I yet again had the urge to slap him for interrupting.

"Urr, hey guys..." Tegan was the first to speak up, a small smile growing on her lips as she walked over and leaned against the ropes, running a hand through her locks to try and tame them.

"Hi there," John winked, and I rolled my eyes, wondering how the hell he ever managed to pick up chicks. He was so un-stealthy he was like a damn elephant.

"Shut up, man," I shook my head, a small smile growing on my own lips as I pulled myself up with the ropes, so that I was now facing Tegan, "Impressive," I rose an eyebrow, nodding towards the ring where Nattie was cleaning herself up with a towel.

"You think so?" She asked, pulling a surprised face, "It was just a little training session, nothing special," He shrugged.

"Well... if that was little, I'd love to see you guys go all out," I smirked her way.

"Really? Well you never know, you might be seeing that in the near future..."

"I hope so," I grinned back her way, "So, last night... I had fun."

"Yeah, so did I," She tilted her head to the side, and I smiled, already noticing this was a cute little habit of hers.

Wait. I frowned to myself... cute? What the hell was I doing? I couldn't find her cute. This was a business deal, and nothing more. She couldn't be anything more than five hundred dollars to me... and maybe a good time in bed... but that was all.

"Good, because me and a few of the guys were gonna go get something to eat from this pretty sick restaurant not far from here, and I was wondering if you'd like to join us? Nattie is welcome too," I smiled at the blonde as she stepped up beside Tegan and passed her a water bottle.

"I dunno, we have lots to do..." Nattie spoke up reluctantly, eyeing her friend with a sideways glance.

"Like what, sitting around?" Tegan rose an eyebrow, before she turned back to look my way and smiled, "We'd love to, Nic. Are we leaving straight after the show?"

"No, we'll go back to the hotel first so we can get changed," I turned to look at John, who scowled at not getting his way and nodded, "We'll all meet up in the lobby at around nine?"

"Okay, sounds good," She grinned at myself and John.

"Alright, we'll see you later, Nattie," I nodded towards the blonde, before I yet again turned to look at Tegan who was still smiling my way. I sighed to myself, and my well known smirk appeared as I sent her a quick wink, "Tegan," I finished, before I hopped down from the ring and turned around without a second glance.

"So..." I began, a smug smile on my face as John caught up with me.

"Don't even think about saying I told you so," He interrupted quickly, and I laughed as I turned to see him glaring at me, "Don't get so smug yet. We still have a whole night ahead of us for shit to go down between you two, and not to mention nearly a whole month after that."

As much as I wanted to put it down to John being a sore loser, I knew he was right. Although I had enjoyed joking around with him, it was time to get serious. I was going to have to work my ass off later on to impress Tegan even more, and messing around with John wasn't going to get that done.

Tegan

"So, who's your daddy?" I smirked triumphantly as I leant against the top rope and turned to look at my best friend.

"Not you, obviously," She glared, and I couldn't help but chuckle. She really didn't expect me to even speak to Nic in the next month, never mind get this far.

"Uh-huh, whatever you say," I grinned, before I picked up my phone from the corner and looked at the time, "Wow, we better get out of here, the fans are gonna be coming in soon."

"Hmm, more like you need to get all dolled up for later," She scoffed sarcastically.

"No, I have a match first," I rolled my eyes, before smiling, "But I could use your help afterwards. You know I love how you curl your hair, will you do mine for me before we go out?"

"No way, Tee," She shook her head, her own smirk growing across her lips as she picked up her things, "You're in this on your own, remember. I'm not helping you win a bet where I'll owe you a shot at my title. I'll see you later," She winked, before climbing out the ring and walking back up the ramp.

I sighed as I watched her go, shaking my head back and forth. Somehow I had to make myself presentable in the half an hour between getting back to the hotel and meeting the group. In fact, I needed to be more than that. I needed to knock Nic's socks off when he saw me... how I was going to do that, I wasn't sure... but I was definitely going to try.