It was a couple weeks after Paige started, and she was currently walking around the arena. Everyone seemed to be in a rush to get things ready since today's show was the start of guest hosts. The first one was Dave Batista, who was coming back.
Paige was getting more at ease with her story line. She would shoot what she had to, then leave to either go see Hunter, Jeff, or Steph. Maria would make sure to be around at all times so Randy wouldn't be able to talk to her. Though, last week, 'Lexi' had surprised everyone by running out between Randy and Hunters match, and helping Randy. So this week, 'Lexi' was supposed to make it known that she was now part of Legacy, and she would interrupted by Candice. Though, Paige wasn't worried about Candice, since she had beat her before. It was just the things Candice could say that worried her.
John had asked some questions about the fight, but Lexi simply said, Paige and Trish were her idols, and she had no right to bad mouth them, and oddly, John bought it. Though, her and Steph would still argue every once in awhile, she was sure her secret was safe, for now.
"Lexi! Hey, Aren't you excited?" Mickie asked, as she walked over to her.
Paige smiled, "Oh of course, this is a huge step for the company."
Mickie nodded in agreement, "That's for sure! I can't wait to see we all get to meet every week. Who knows, maybe people we haven't seen in a long time will come back!" Mickie said, grinning.
Paige froze and looked at Mickie, but then quickly recovered and nodded in agreement, "Yeah. That's amazing. I'll be right back Mickie." She said while quickly walking away, and thinking of everything bad that could possibly happen. She made her way down the hall, looking for Jeff, but was stopped by John and Dave.
"Hey Lex, What are up to?" John asked her.
Paige shrugged, while trying her best not to turn around, and run away. "Hey John, Dave. Nothing really, Searching for Jeff. Have you seen him?" Paige asked them.
"He said something about going with Kenzie and Matt for ice cream." Dave told her, making Paige groan.
"Great, Now she'll by completely hyper, and I'll never get to sleep." She muttered.
John laughed, "I'm sure she's not that bad."
Paige shook her head, "You have no idea. That girl and sugar is like.. Mickie normally." Paige explained, making both the guys laugh. "I'll yell at him later then. So, What were you two talking about?" Paige asked them.
John shrugged, "Just talking about the party that's coming up, you going?" He asked, making Paige confused.
"Party? What party?" She asked him.
"It's Jeannie's birthday, which mean there's a huge birthday bash." John explained, but Dave added more, seeing Paige's still confused face.
"Jeannie, was a wrestler back in the day. She's like Paige Williams mother. Sort of. She was married to Paige's dad, and pretty much adopted her. Even when they divorced, Paige still called her mom, and yeah, you get the idea, right?" Dave said, and Paige nodded, shocked.
She couldn't believe she forgot her own mothers birthday. "Uh, yeah. I know exactly what you mean. Oh crap, I forgot I was supposed to go see Mickie. I'll talk to you two later!" Paige said, while running off.
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Paige continued running until she got to the locker room that her and Jeff shared. She quickly went inside, and over to her bag/purse, and grabbing out her old cellphone, and getting to the calender. She sighed as she saw that they were right, Jeannie's birthday was coming up. She sat down on the bench, and ran her hand through her hair.
She had no idea what she was going to do. Paige knew this meant she was going to get swarmed with phone calls and messages, with people telling her she better show up. Usually, when birthdays came around, Paige just sent a card, with no return address.
This year, she had no idea what to do. She figured everyone would be suspicious if she didn't go. Plus, she'd been using excuses like crazy to get out of everything, that she doubted anyone would believe her anymore. But Paige knew, if anyone were to be able to tell who she was, It'd be her mother. Even the different style, the hair colour, the contacts, and everything else that was changed, wouldn't fool a mothers instinct.
Paige then jumped as her phone starting going off. She quickly picked it up, and pressed the answer button as she put the phone up to ear. "Hello?" She answered.
"Paige?" The person on the either line asked, making Paige freeze. She quickly took the phone away from her ear, staring at it.
"Paige? Answer me Paige. NOW!" The voice yelled.
Paige took a deep breath as she realized she answered her old phone, and who was now on the other end. "Dave?" Paige questioned, her voice quiet. She could hear Dave as he took a breath.
"Yes. Yes it's me. You finally answered!" He said, excitement in his voice.
"No.. I'm sorry. I can't do this." She told him, her voice shaky.
"No! Don't hang up. Listen. You have no idea what you're putting your parents through. You've done enough Paige. Cut the crap, and come back." Dave ordered her.
Paige sniffled, trying to stop herself from crying. Not being able to respond, Paige hung up the phone, letting it drop to floor. She wiped some of the tears from her face, then looked up to see Steph standing in the door way, looking just as shocked as Paige.
Stephanie ran over to Paige, wrapping her arms around her, and hugging her. "Are you okay?" Steph asked her, and in return, Paige shook her head. "You were told to be careful Paige.." Steph reminded her.
Paige pulled away from the hug, and wiped her face with her hand. "I usually do, but.. I forgot Mom's birthday. I never forget Mom's birthday!" Paige exclaimed.
Steph frowned, "Please don't tell me you're planning on going..." She pleaded.
Paige shook her head. "No way. Mom would figure me out in seconds." She told her, while picking up her phone, and placing it back in her bag.
Steph sighed, "So, You going to explain what happened on the phone?" She asked. "
Well, I came in, all upset about Moms birthday, and I wasn't paying attention.." Paige started, then continued by explaining how she didn't realize what phone she answered, and all about her conversation with Dave. "And then I just hung up on him." Paige finished. She got up, and headed to the bathroom with her make up bag.
"You realize this has probably gotten back to everyone by now. Including your father." Steph told her, making Paige groan.
"What am I going to do Steph?" Paige asked as she touched up her make up, then came out of the bathroom.
"The only thing I can think of, is that you keep that phone off. Just until most of this dies down and use your other phone to check your messages." Steph told her, while walking over to the couch, and sitting down.
Paige sighed, "I just, don't know how much longer I can keep this up. John's trying to make me open up to him, Dave swears I'm hiding something, and Mickie is always clinging to me." Paige was about to continue when the door busted open, and two very angry wrestlers made their way over to the girls.
Paige and Steph exchanged a worried a look. "Told you it'd get around fast." Steph told Paige.
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"Do you know what it's like, sitting at an ice cream store, and your brother gets a phone call, with someone screaming that Dave had talked to you?" Jeff asked Paige, as he paced around the room.
Paige sighed, not even bothering with responding, since she had heard the speech a thousand times already from him, and Hunter. She glanced over to Steph, who was trying to explain things to Hunter. "For the last time, I didn't mean to! My mind was occupied about Jeannie's birthday. Usually I look!" Paige, once again, defended herself.
Hunter turned to her, "And what if it happens again? And again? What will you do then?" He asked her.
Paige took a deep breath, "What do you want me to tell you? That I'm sorry? That it won't happen again! Well I am, and it wont!"
Jeff scoffed, "You know Paige, you're just so careless! I knew this was a horrible idea! You might as well just run around telling people who you really are." Jeff practically snapped at her.
Stephanie rolled her eyes. "Great solution Jeff. Just get her running around yelling, I'm Paige! Smart." Steph commented.
Everyone was then pulled out of their argument as they heard a gasp coming from the door. "You're Paige?"
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