Sitting in the production meeting before Raw was stressful, to say the least. Hunter listed the matches and called out the finishes. A.J and I were going to be set in segment eleven of thirteen, which put on added stress of the night. We were right before John Cena's "shoot" on The Authority, so we had to pull out all the stops.
My only worry was how my reaction to Dean was going to affect our in ring future. Stephanie told me to be surprised and confused, but I was terrified that I would be too angry or too emotional. I didn't have a say in what was going too happened and the more I thought about that, the more my blood boiled.
"Calm down girl," I muttered to myself. After the meeting ended, I hurried to the locker room to change into my gear. Knee high combat boots complimented my jean short shorts and blue corset. I cautiously applied my make up to make sure I looked a fierce as could be. Winged eyeliner and bright red lipstick completed the look.
After an hour of stretching and mediation, I approached the gorilla position and waited for my music to hit. A.J. was warming up behind me, staring down at her belt. She looked worried about what was going to come next for her. I rubbed her back and we shared a smile. "Ladies," Hunter said from behind the producer's desk, "Tear that shit up." We both chuckled and stood next to the curtain.
"Never Again" by Nickelback sounded through the arena as I threw myself out from behind the curtains. The crowd was giving me a surprisingly loud pop, as I ran down to the ring. They were even louder for A.J. Lee. We stared each other down until that bell was rung.
The match was not even close to being a normal wrestling match. We had to end this year long rivalry, so every stop had to be pulled. She suplexed me off the top rope; I wrapped her around the ring post. Six minutes into the match, a little bit of blood was trickling from A.J's forehead when she power bombed me for the pin. She wrapped me up right next to the ropes, and that's where her hand was, giving her leverage over me. …1…2…3 Ring Ring Ring! Lillian got up to announce that A.J had won when Dean ran down to the ring and alerted the ref to what happened. The ref looked at A.J who was already outside the ring with her title told her to get back in.
"The referee has order this match to be restarted," Lillian explained to the audience. The bell rang once A.J slid back into the ring. I forced myself to get up and I gave her a wicked smile before I grabbed her by the hair and threw her outside the ring. I followed her out, and watched her get up right by the barricade. "She just speared A.J right through that barricade! Oh my God, what they are doing to each other is barbaric!" Michael Cole called, loud enough for us girls to hear.
As the ten count started, I pulled myself off my best friend. I threw A.J over my shoulder tossed her back into the ring by the count of seven. She jumped on my back when I entered through the ropes, trying to get me into the Black Widow. Instead, I reversed the maneuver and made her tap out to the same move. I was now the Diva's Champion.
However, I couldn't celebrate yet; Dean came into the ring and approached me. I asked him why he was out here, and he kissed me. I pushed him away and quickly rolled out of the ring. As I made my way to the back, I kept looking over my shoulder, hoping he wasn't following me.
