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This one isn't great in my opinion but just a filler, I wasn't gonna put it in then decided to and it's just a short one. Sorry it's been a while but some good stuff is coming up real soon like Emma's return to RAW.
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Chapter 4 - Overwhelmed
Emma
I shook my head laughing as I closed the locker room door behind me, it clicked into place and I began to stroll down the hallway, my heels clicking as I walked. I pulled out my phone from my pocket and decided to call a certain someone to give him a piece of my mind. I tapped the screen a few times and held the phone my ear as it began to ring.
After a few rings he finally answered..
"Hello" his raspy voice said down the receiver.
"I hate you" I simply said causing him to chuckle.
"Well I love you too, kiddo" he replied laughing still at my tone "what's with the hostility?"
"You know exactly what I'm talking about so don't play all innocent with me Steve" I said not too pleased.
I heard him sigh "Look, I didn't tell you cause he asked me not too, Vince asked my advice and I gave it to him. He wanted to know whether he was wasting his and your time by dragging your ass to Houston to ask you" he explained knowing exactly what I was talking about.
"You could of at least given a heads up" I said in a softer voice.
"And ruin the surprise" I could tell he was grinning down the phone.
"I thought blood was suppose thicker than water" I came back with.
"Nothing to do with family kid, just business" he told me causing me to silently roll my eyes "you should be flattered"
"Why the hell would I be flattered?" I asked annoyed again.
"Vince told me your name was the first on his list" he said causing me to take a deep breathe to calm down.
"He had back up in case I said no" I then asked.
"Yeah, he thinks you can do this Em and do I. It wouldn't hurt those girls to have someone like you guide them" he said genuinely.
"I guess you're right" I said "Sorry I blew up on ya"
"You're forgiven" he replied "Where are ya?"
"I'm at RAW now" I said as I turned a corner.
"Oh yeah seen John yet?" he said grinning probably.
"Yes, not like that's any of your business"
"Come on Em"
"Fine" I huffed "We talked and put all the shit behind us"
"And..."
"And he told me...he ermm..loved me" I said softly.
"Ha ha well done kid. I knew the boy had it in him" he laughed.
"Well don't start picking out china patterns yet, I still got a lot to talk to him about" I said a little serious.
"I'm happy for ya Ems."
"Thanks" I smiled even though he couldn't see "What's up with you anyway, how's Tough Enough going?" I asked now nearing my destination.
"Good. Just taking a short break after working these kids hard"
"Well if you are as hard on them as you were on me they'll be the best in a few years time" I joked yet having some truth to the statement.
"That was for your own good remember"
"Yeah" I said huffed "Look, bro I gotta go" I then said as I arrived at my destination.
"Ok, I'll see you soon when I come out for the Finale" he said causing me to smile, by then I should be comfortably in this new role.
"Great, take care and I do actually love you not hate you" I then said reassuring him.
"I know" he replied "And Emma?"
"Yeah?"
"Use protection"
"Steveo!" I yelled horrified he said that.
"Just kidding, bye kid"
"Bye ass" I said laughing and hung up.
I slide my phone back into my pocket still horrified by my brother's words, I knocked lightly on the door. I heard a familiar voice yell 'come in' and pushed the handle down and slowly opened the door popping my head round it.
"Got room for one more" I said coming into the room. I saw Michelle, Layla, Natalie aka Natalya and Barbie aka Kelly Kelly all chatting away and what I recognised to be April Jeanette Mendez aka AJ Lee and Celeste Bonin aka Kaitlyn from NXT sitting on bench talking to each other.
"Oh my god!" Nattie squealed before running over to me and scooping me up for a huge hug.
"Hey" I chuckled as the rest came over.
"What are doing here?" she asked as he pulled away to look at me.
"Just some business to take care of which I'm sure you'll find out about later" I winked.
I hugged Michelle, Layla and Barbie before turning my attention to the rookies.
"Hi guys I'm..." I started to say holding out my hand.
"Emma Austin, I know so know who you are you are a total legend around here" AJ said excited grabbing my hand and shaking it vigorously.
"Thanks nice to meet you" I smiled politely at her eagerness.
"The honour is all mine Emma.. do you mind if I call you Emma?" she blabbered.
"Don't mind her, nice to meet you I'm Celeste but please call me Kaitlyn" Kaitlyn said gently shaking my hand.
"Nice to meet you both, I saw you on NXT and congratulations on winning I can see something in both of you" I told them honestly, with the right guidance they could go far.
"Thanks"
"Where is everybody?" I asked looking around.
"Not all arrived yet, problems with their luggage or something" Michelle said in her southern accent rolling her eyes.
"Oh yeah Randy said something about that" I said just as I heard the door open and close again.
I suddenly felt two arms wrap around my neck and I smelt a familiar smell of her spicy perfume.
"Look who decided to show her face around here again" she said behind me.
"Hey to you too Mel" I said turning round and hugging Melina properly.
"It is so nice to see you, I missed your sorry red neck ass" I laughed as I pulled away "What are doing here anyway? I mean I know you're from this neck of the woods.."
"Just business" I simply said not giving anything away yet, yeah I had told Randy and John but that was it for now, everyone else would find out later.
"Yeah right" she rolled her eyes.
"I'll tell you later" I mouthed.
She winked and mouthed back "Ok"
"So you didn't come back just to see me?" she then asked giving me puppy dog eyes.
"Sorry but nope"
"Take notes ladies this girl right here has kicked more ass mostly in this room than any other Diva in history, you are in the presence of pure greatness" Mel announced to the rookies.
"Will you shut up" I said to her and she looked at me innocently.
"Come on don't be shy, you really are"
I shook my head embarrassed.
"We should totally go out tonight. Both rosters are here so why not have a night out, paint Houston red diva style" Barbie spoke up.
"Oh I can't... sorry girls I'm gonna have to take a rain check on that" I said guiltily.
"Oh yeah and why not" Barb raised an eyebrow suspiciously.
"I ermm have a date" I said slowly.
"With who?" Mel eyed me and I looked at her silently telling her.
"I can't say just yet there's some things to iron out first, it's a little up in the air"
"That's cool. Go get 'em honey" Mel winked at me nudging me with her elbow knowing fine well who I was talking about.
I chatted to them some more just catching as the other Diva's arrived, hugs and pleasantries were exchanged while I caught up with them all. Every single of them of them from both rosters were here so it was the perfect opportunity to catch up.
I looked at the time to see 30 minutes had passed and John would be wondering where I was so I made my excuses and left heading back down the hallway to the locker room I was previously in. As I walked I finally had time to reflect on that kiss, it was everything I imagined it would be and more, I kept thinking and probably was smiling to myself like and idiot and I reached the door. I stood for a second and thought about his hands on my body, his lips touching mine and how we fit so perfectly together...I even thought about...
"There you are" my thoughts were interrupted as the door opened and John stuck his head out the door grinning like an idiot.
I just smiled and he held the door open so I could enter, I walked in and saw the room was still empty, I burrowed my eyebrows wondering where the other guys were, I wouldn't of minded catching up with Randy more.
I heard the door click behind me and I spun round to come face to face with a very gorgeous man. My heart was racing at the site of him, he's perfect in every way to me.
"Hey" he whispered huskily sending a tingle down my spine, he inched closer to me and placed those large hands on my hips. I looked up into his eyes and saw they were sparkling, the shade of the blue had turned from bright blue to a darker shade. Did I do that to him?
"Hey" I answered pretending not to be totally captivated by him. I placed my hands on his bugling biceps before he closed the gap and pulled me closer to him.
"So did you catch up with the girls?" he asked softly our faces dangerously close.
"Hhhmmmm" I mumbled as he inched his face even closer.
"Good, now I got you all to myself" he said before closing the gap completely and brushing his lips against mine gently. He pulled away and let go of my waist to hold my hands in his. "Come on" he urged me to go.
"Where we going?" I asked as began to walk backwards pulling me with him.
"Now you've caught up with the girls I have some other guys I want you to meet" he said, I raised an eyebrow, I know everyone who could he want me to meet.
"Talk about having me to yourself" I laughed before he pulled me out the door and down the hall.
We walked hand in hand down the hallway while receiving some looks. We started chatting about work mostly and about Sunday at Extreme Rules where John would be in Triple Threat Steel Cage match for the gold.
"Do you know if you're going over yet?" I asked him as we walked.
"Not yet. They haven't told me" he answered honestly.
"Ahh the old waiting till the last second thing" I giggled.
"Yeah" he sighed "I really wish you could be there" he said looking at me.
"Me too but I got some things at home I gotta take care of" I said and he nodded in understanding.
"I know babe. You could of come home with me" he said. Extreme Rules was in Tampa, Florida where John's home was.
"I'm very sorry" I said giving him my puppy dog eyes.
"I forgive you" he pinched my cheek gently with his free hand. Things seemed to be back to normal they way we were before but ...better.
We arrived at another locker room door and John knocked with his free hand before we heard a come in on the other side. He opened the door and gently pulled me into the room with him.
"Hey guys, there's someone I want you to meet" John said as I was pulled in further. There I saw what I recognised as Wade Barrett, Justin Gabriel and Sheamus their real names of Stu, Paul and Stephen respectively. I knew Stephen but never meet the other two as NXT started as I left the company.
They came into view and Ste automatically smiled at me.
"My God, look who the cat dragged in" he joked in his thick Irish accent which I think is adorable before coming over to me and scooping me up in a huge hug, my hand being pulled away from John's.
"Jee Nice to see you too Ste" I giggled as he let me go and placed me back on the floor.
"Great to see yeh Emma"
"You too" I straightened up and looked at the other two men in the room, John stood beside me and wrapped an arm around my waist.
"Stu, Paul I'd like you to meet a very special person to em and a lot of other folks around here; Emma Austin" he introduced me to the guys.
"Hey guys nice to finally meet you" I shook both of there hands.
"Pleasure is all mine Emma" Stu said charmingly in that bold British accent.
"Nice to finally meet you too" Paul said politely in to which I smiled.
"Where's Zeek and Heath?" John asked referring to the other members of their group 'The Corre'.
"No idea" Stu shrugged.
We chatted for a while and Stu and Paul told me about their experience of meeting my brother a couple of weeks back at Wrestlemania 27. We laughed and joked before John and I left to find Randall and tell him the good news as I know he'll be dying to know what happened. On the way I caught up with some more of the guys like Mike aka The Miz, Adam and Jay aka Edge and Christian, Rey and Phil aka CM Punk.
I was actually really overwhelmed that everyone was so pleased to see me.
"You ok?" I heard John ask me softly as we walked back to his locker room. I had my head down and was pretty quiet as we walked, my hand firmly gripping on to his. He could always tell when something was bothering me.
"Yeah... I am now" I smiled up at him as we reached the door. I finally had everything I ever wanted.
