Hi all, I am re-editing this chapter again so please re-read the story as I want to make more changes.
Anna xx
The next week flies by and it's the start of another week and I'm travelling to Dallas. My next match is against the Bella's in a tag match with Nattie.
Arriving at the arena April, Celeste and myself make our way to the locker room and change into some workout clothes. After some practice we get given match the card for tonight.
After our meeting we head for the locker room and more ladies have arrived. I see the Bellas are unpacking in their cubicles. "Hey lovelies." I greet.
"Hey, Serena you ready for our match?" Nikki asks.
"I am so let the best team win, fyi that's us."
"Keep dreaming." Brie teases.
"My dreams have come true thus far so I will."
"Save some of that sass for the ring girl." Nicole laughs.
"Any plans for the week?" I wonder.
"We're actually doing a life swap. Brie and Brian are coming to stay with John and I to see where we live then we are going to Aberdeen where Brian (Daniel Brian) grew up."
"Sounds like an interesting weekend."
"I'm a little worried about the bugs and stuff though."
"I hear you. Anything with bugs and rain I keep my distance." I respond.
Nattie walks into the locker room. "Morning ladies." She greets.
I hug her. "Hey Nattie, you look great as always."
"Thanks, ready to kick some Bella butt?" She asks me.
"Born ready." I grin.
The twins send us playful glares. "So what is your ring gear tonight?"
"I'm not sure, Sandra is making me some more options, but I cannot wait to find out."
"Good, because your gear is hot, have you seen the men in the crowd drooling?" Brie asks.
"I haven't really been paying attention but I guess I'm flattered." I respond as the girls laugh and we make our way to hair and make up.
At hair and make-up, Trinity and Ariane come over to me followed by JoJo. "Hey JoJo." I greet.
"Did you know that Eva is auditioning today?" She asks.
I nod. "I heard she was auditioning and when I ran into you guys the other night she cut me off real quick. I'm a bit surprised that she didn't say anything before about being a dancer, seems that girl is keeping a lot of secrets."
"That's true but there is something you should no."
I raise an eyebrow. "What?"
"Eva told me that she can't dance." She announces.
I sit up. "What! Then why is she auditioning?"
"She wants to get noticed and is jealous of you, that's why she's being a bitch towards you the other day."
"Well what is she going to do? She is auditioning as a dancer soon, what did she think she was going to do just stand around and twirl? God that red dye must have leaked into her brain because she could lose her job." I grumble.
"I know that but she seems to think that just being pretty will be enough." JoJo continues.
I scoff laughing. "When is her audition?"
"Now."
"Well I warned the girl about doing things like this, this is all on her." I respond.
Ariane joing us. "Hey ladies, do you want to see Eva's audition?" she asks.
"I do." Nikki answers as she overheard JoJo and me talking.
"Let's see how she gets out of this one." I grin and we walk off.
We arrive just beside the stage near the stands and watch as Jane and Mark walk out. Fandango's music starts and he comes out fandangoing. Eva comes out dressed in a black and silver dress and she is horrible. She looks like a dear caught in headlights.
I turn to see Jane and she doesn't look happy. I try not to laugh and have to cover my mouth. "Omg." Nattie gasps aloud.
"She can't dance." Ariane mentions.
"You don't say." I laugh.
"Then why is she auditioning?" Trinity asks.
"Jealousy." I answer. "She wanted to get noticed and got jealous of me."
"This is the wrong way to get noticed, Jane is pissed." Ariane notices.
"This is not good." Nattie adds.
"I warned the girl not to do anything stupid but she's on her own now." I comment.
"I guess she's used to being in the spotlight." Nikki assumes.
I shrug. "It's not our problem she can get herself out of this one."
After the joke of an audition Eva put on we make our way backstage and head to hair and make-up. Amy does an amazing job and I go to get my gear. I walk up to Sandra rubbing my hands together. "Hi Sandra, what amazing outfit do you have for me?" I ask.
"Here." she answers handing me my gear that she's just finished sewing. It's green wrestling pants and a green crop top with rose gold embellishments that stops above my ribs. "I love it." I exclaim.
"Go try it on."
I walk into the change rooms and quickly put the gear on. "What do you think?" I ask coming out of the change room minutes later.
"It's perfect." Sandra responds smiling. "Let me tape you in."
After I am ready we wait about an hour before we are given the 15 minute heads up to head for the gorilla. "Bella Twins, Natalya and Sarah you're up in 15." a crew member announces in catering.
We walk to the gorilla and I pump into Randy again. "Hey." he greets.
"Hi." I reply casually.
"Good luck out there." he wishes and winks walking off.
"Flirt." I mumble under my breath.
The other girls seem to be smiling. Nattie who is shocked turns to me. "When have you and Randy started talking?" She asks concerned.
I shrug. "We don't talk. I've met him twice and somehow he got my number." I answer.
"How did he get your number?"
"From hunter. I think he purposely tries to bump into me."
"Well look out for him."
"I will." I assure just as Jon (Dean) and Colby (Seth) walk by.
"Nattie, Serena." Jon greets.
I glance at Colby and can feel my stomach flutter. Damit, stop it, he has a girlfriend. "Hey." Nattie greets.
"Gentlemen." I follow casually.
"You ladies on soon?" Colby asks looking at me.
"Sure are, tag team against the Bellas."
"Well then you better go and kill it out there."
I grin. "Don't I always?"
Nattie sees this shocked. "Good luck out there." he wishes and walks off not without sending me a smile.
"Hey, hey, what was that?" Nattie asks curiously.
"What was what?" I question.
"That with Colby?"
"Nothing, he just wished us luck."
"No when he came by your whole attitude, it was like you were flirting?"
"Lower your voice." I shush.
"So you were."
"I wasn't flirting."
"Sure you weren't."
"Just stop, Nattie, yes he's hot, but he has a girlfriend." I remind her.
She pulls me back to stop me from walking. "I know that, but I just don't want you to get hurt."
"I won't because nothing is happening or will happen."
"Alright. Now let's focus on our match."
"Brilliant idea."
We arrive at the gorilla and are given the signal to head out. "Let the best team win." Brie wishes.
"You're looking at it." I joke.
"We'll see." Nicole replies before their music starts and they head out to a mixed reaction.
"Natalya you're up next then Sarah." a worker informs us.
Nattie walks out and she stops at the top of the ramp with a smile. My music starts up and the crowd cheers and I walk out.
I walk out onto the ramp and the crowd roars. "What a reaction." Cole exclaims.
"And her partner from Seattle Washington, Sarah." Justin announces as I make my way down the ramp.
I meet up with Natalya and we pump fists and make our way into the ring. "This is Sarah's second match, she won her first match last week on Mainevent, let's take a look." King suggests as my match from Mainevent plays and I smile up at the screen.
"She's not just a beauty King she can fight too, she has some killer moves." JBL responds after viewing the match.
I make my way for Natalya's corner and we come up with a game plan. "You start." I suggest and climb back through the ropes and stand on the outside.
"To start off the match it will be Brie Bella and Natalya two former divas champions." Cole announces.
The two grapple and it turns into a back and forth bout. Suddenly Brie gets the upper hand and manoeuvres Natalya in the corner where Nikki is. Nikki gets tagged in and they trade positions.
Nikki manhandles Natalya by kicking her in the stomach making Natalya hunch over giving Nikki the opportunity to put her into an arm lock. "Arm lock by Nikki Bella." JBL announces.
"Come on Natalya." I cheer and start a clap to get the crowd moving to give her some momentum. With my help Natalya gets out of the hold but gets knocked down again.
Nikki runs the ropes and is about to close line her but Natalya ducks and runs the rope again and hits Nikki down to the mat, going for a cover. "1, 2." but Nikki kicks out.
They both get back up run the ropes but they both meet back in the middle colliding with each other which makes them both fall down hard onto the mat. "That must of hurt, now is the time to tag someone in." King expresses.
I stretch my hand out for Natalya keeping my other hand on the tag rope. "Come on Natalya." I egg on as the crowd cheers her.
Nikki tags Brie in first but Natalya tags me in seconds later. I pounce into the ring with all my power and duck Brie's close line. As she turns around I deliver a drop kick, and follow it by two more. "Three big dropkicks by Sarah." King announces. I then go for the cover. "1, 2." and Brie kicks out.
"A kick out by Brie Bella." Cole announces.
"She's good." JBL praises.
I focus on Brie getting up and grab her head and deliver a running bulldog and cover her "1, 2." but Brie kicks out. "Another kick out by Brie." Jerry adds.
I then make my way for the top rope and I wait for her to get up and deliver a missile drop kick off the rope. "What a missile drop kick." JBL exclaims.
I quickly cover Brie again but it's another kick out. "Come on." I scream in anger.
I get back up and wait for Brie to get up having the perfect opportunity for my back stabber and run and I hit it. "Sarah hits SarahStabber." Cole shouts.
"This match has to be over." Jerry adds. I cover Brie "1, 2 and." Nikki breaks it up by stopping the pinfall.
Natalya runs in making the save with a spinning close line. I then pull Brie up into the kiss of death stance. "This is called The Kiss of Death." Cole reminds everyone.
I lift Brie up over my right shoulder and fling her face first into the mat. "Ouch." King groans.
"This has got to be over." JBL exclaims. I cover Brie. "1, 2 and 3."
I jump up in excitement and am greeted with a hug from Natalya. "Here are your winners the team of Natalya and Sarah." Justin announces as the crowd applauses and cheers.
Natalya and I get up on each corner and point to the crowd and wave in appreciation.
Walking backstage I am congratulated on my win by several Superstars. I then suddenly run into a face I never thought I'd see yet, Vince McMahon. "Serena right?" He questions.
I nod my head. "Yes sir." I stutter.
"You were great out there, you have a lot of talent and skill, you are going to make our divas division just a whole lot better."
"Thank you, that means so much, thank you." I thank shaking his hand.
"Keep up the good work." he encourages and walks off leaving me speechless.
I stand there in shock. "Did that just happen?"
"Yes, and get used to it." Brie says from behind me.
"Just wait until your fans learn more about you and from what we heard they like you already, did you hear your pop?" Nattie asks.
"I did but I didn't think they would cheer for me that quickly." I respond.
"It was amazing out there, great stuff girly." Nicole praises.
"Thank you, it was fun, I feel a little bit of rivalry coming on."
"You never know what happens here in WWE." Brie responds smiling.
We walk into the locker room and I am greeted by the ladies. "Great match ladies." Ariane praises.
"Thanks girl." I thank.
"You've got some attitude out there too, I love it."
"Why thank you." I respond flipping my hair and they all laugh as we hear a knock at the door.
"Come in." we all say.
Jane then comes in. "Hey ladies. Great match out there ladies, everyone loved it." Jane says to us four. Jane then faces me. "Serena, Stephanie wants to see you."
"Right now?" I ask.
"Yes." Jane says and I stand up and follow her out. "Great job out there, you are really doing well."
"Thank you Jane." I thank smiling. "I just have so much fun out there."
We eventually reach Steph's office and Jane knocks at the door. "Come in." Steph's voice shouts. Jane opens the door and I see Stephanie sitting on a lounge with paper work and on her phone. "Hi Serena, nice to see you again."
"Nice to see you too." I retort.
"Please sit. You are probably wondering why I asked you here, so I'm just going to get right to the point." she begins as I sit down. "In a few weeks you will eventually begin to do some promo's and segments that will be a part of a storyline coming up. This will be involving, The Shield, Randy Orton and some other superstars and yourself."
"Wow. That sounds amazing."
"I'm glad you are happy. We usually don't use new divas in their first few months but we feel that you are perfect for this role."
"I'm honoured that you have selected me to do this."
"I love the passion and attitude keep that up." She encourages.
I smile in thanks. "When will this be starting?" I wonder.
"Soon we will have a meeting with everyone involved and give you all the details of what the storyline will involve."
"Well I accept and I won't let you down." I assure.
"That's great. That's all I needed to tell you for now, but it was great speaking to you again, and great match tonight Serena, you will make a great Diva's champion one day."
I smile widely. "Thank you that means so much."
Walking back into the locker room it's only the Total Diva's cast inside doing some more filming. "Hey girl." Trinity greets.
"Hey." I greet.
"What did Stephanie want to talk to you about?" Nattie asks.
"She told me that they want me for a storyline involving The Shield."
"Wow, that's huge news." Nicole says hugging me.
"Thanks. I'm still a little shocked but I am so happy right now."
"This will be a huge boost for you, you are going to kill it, we've done some stuff with the guys before and it's different you'll enjoy it."
"I hope so."
"It will be, the crowds are more involved, more tv time, lots more action, you'll love it." Brie adds as Eva and JoJo walk inside the locker room.
"Hey." JoJo greets me.
"Hi." I greet.
"Great match."
"Thanks." I respond with a smile. "How'd it go with Stephanie?" I ask Eva.
"I got very lucky, I just can't do it again." Eva answers.
"I'd hope not. This is my dream job and I wouldn't want to do anything to ruin that, so maybe next time just wait until it's your time, you'll get there Eva, you don't have to lie and sneak around to get noticed." I tell her. She nods but doesn't reply. "Well I better jet see you later."
Arriving at the hotel I decide to head to the bar to let off a little steam. I take a seat and order a strawberry mojito. The bartender makes it and places it in front me and I eagerly sip it down. "You know at the rate you're downing that drink people might think you have a drinking problem." says a familiar voice next to me.
I roll my eyes and turn to face Randy. "Really, well maybe I was just thirsty, or maybe I like to have a drink now and then." I retort.
He smirks and takes a seat next to me. "Good match tonight."
"Thanks." I respond sipping my drink.
"I hear we are going to be working together."
"Thats sort of true but it wont be just you, others will be involved too."
"Yeah." he grumbles bitterly.
"I'm just confused as to why they would choose me."
"I was the one that put your name out there." He announces.
I swallow my last bit of drink. "You what?"
"I was the one that suggested you."
"Why?"
"Because you're talented and I think you could make it work."
"How would you know that? I've only been here a couple weeks, I could be be an epic failer. I just don't get how you would know that and you don't even know me."
"I see it in you. I've heard about you, seen some of the matches you've done, you have what it takes." He explains.
"You could have suggested someone else with more experience." I argue.
"I know, but maybe I wanted to see you succeed quicker."
"I don't want people to think I haven't earned my way here. That's not me, I want to earn the respect from others before I am given chances."
"I still think that if I didn't suggest you they still would have asked you. Don't take this as a easy way to get notice, use this as a source to get started."
I sigh. "I just wish you didn't do that, I want to do things on my own. However, I would never turn down an opportunity like this, so thanks I guess."
"You'll be fine." he reassures me. I finish my drink and place it back down. "Another one?"
I shake my head. "No sorry I have to get back to my room."
"I can walk you?"
"I know where it is." I respond dismissing him further as I stand up taking my bag. "Randy next time please don't suggest me, I want to urn my way here, I appreciate you thinking of me for this storyline, but next time ask me."
"Yes mam."
"See ya round."
I arrive back in my hotel room when I enter I hear a quiet voice call out my name. "Serena, is that you?" April asks.
"Yeah it is." I confirm.
"Where were you?" Celeste asks.
"Just at the bar, I needed a drink."
"We heard you met with Stephanie." April mentions.
"I did, I'm going to be in a storyline with The Shield."
"That's great news this will be great for your career." Celeste responds.
"Were you with anyone at the bar?" April asks.
"I was alone then Randy appeared again." I answer.
"He seems to be popping up around you all the time." Celeste mentions.
"I know and I don't know why either and get this he was the one that suggested my name for the story line."
"No way." They gasp.
I nod. "I was a little angry to be honest, why would he do that he doesn't know me, he doesn't know how I work, I've only spoken to him several times, I'm just confused."
"Don't decline it you'd be stupid if you did." Celeste advises.
"I'm doing it, this will be good for me, but I just don't want to work with him." I admit.
"Don't fret you will have others working with you as well and you never know maybe something good will come out of it." April assures.
"I guess it will be good to work with Joe, Jon and Colby and whoever else, it will be fun."
"Colby ey?" Celeste teases.
"Oh stop it."
"Alright, alright, but I don't blame you."
"Would you stop it please?" I plead.
"Fine."
"I'm showering, I'll be out soon." I announce walking into the bathroom.
April POV
"How long has Randy been appearing around Serena?" I ask Celeste once she's in the bathroom.
"From what the other ladies have mentioned, since Mania, but every time she's just walked away or shrugged it off, she doesn't really care for him, and we've all warned her and it seems she's not falling for it either." Celeste responds.
"So she likes Colby?"
She nods. "She hasn't actually said it but her whole face lights up when he is near her, it's rather cute."
"I like her she's different." I admit.
"She's fresh blood, she's young, she will do a lot here and it will be great for us."
"I've heard about some of the stuff she's done, we might have to step up our game."
"That's what this company is about changes, and she's apart of that."
"I'm glad she's here, she's seems to have a strong head and loves this like us." I comment.
"She does and I can tell she's been hurt in life and she keeps it in, we just need to look out for her." She agrees.
