Here's a little something for the road. It took so long for me to write this chapter because, I admit, I had a mini-writers block. Unfortunately my whole story got deleted off of my laptop when I had to repair it, and I became completely discouraged. I was moments away from deleting this whole damn thing, or at least putting it on temporary hiatus. But, something inside of me told me not to give up. Since I had to redo this chapter all over again, I don't really like it. But that's just me. Please enjoy it, while I figure out how the next chapter is gonna be! :)
Chapter Seven
The following week was the beginning of both Raw and Smackdowns nationwide tour. Since the entire company (mainly the Superstars and Divas) were going to be together the whole time, the company had even traveling by tour buses. Kaisel didn't want to be lonely in her car by herself, nor did she want to take those long ass drives to different states every week, so she decided to travel with the rest of the superstars anyway. The first stop on the tour was in North Providence, Rhode Island. It was a pretty small state, but both of the Raw and Smackdown shows that took place there were packed to the rafters. Kaisel had to attend both shows, because some of the superstars on Smackdown had gotten injured that week also. She always kind of wished that she could be in the ring too, but as she got older, she realized that working behind the scenes was more for her. After the Providence shows, the Superstars made their way towards Richmond, Virginia, where the next live Monday Night Raw was taking place. The bus ride was a little bit longer than the first, but sitting in between Punk and Kofi made the ride much more bearable, and more fun. When they arrived in Richmond, there was plenty of time left before the live event, so Kaisel decided to go visit her friend who lived there. After parking her rental car in her friends driveway, she knocked on the door, which was opened seconds later.
"Kaisel?" Her friend Maya said, surprised.
"Heyy girl!" Kaisel said.
"Oh my gawd, I can't believe it's you!"
The two girls hugged for what it seemed like forever, and Maya had let Kaisel inside. Once they were in, Kaisel had gotten a good look at her and smiled.
"You got a little bun in the oven?" Kaisel asked, pointing to Maya's pregnant belly.
"Yeeah...two buns actually." Maya admitted.
"Really? That's great! Why am I just finding this out?"
"Bitch I tried to get in contact with you, but I think I have your old number." Maya joked.
"Hmmm...oh yeah, I had to change my number. I'm sorry I forgot to tell you, I'll give you my new number now."
Kaisel gave Maya her number and they both walked into her kitchen. One of Maya's dogs, Barker, immediately recognized Kaisel and happily began barking and jumping on her. While she was petting him, Kaisel demanded that Maya gave her all of the information about her pregnancy.
"Soo, where's Xavier?" She asked.
"At work. Do you know these bastards at my job just put me on maternity leave? Like last week?"
"You serious? How many months are you?"
"8 months. I was so pissed, but I walked my happy ass right out of that office when they said I could go."
"Ha, I would've done the same exact thing."
"Speaking of kids, how come your not settled down yet?"
"Well you know what happened between..."
"Between you and Darrell? I know, he's a fucking ass for that. I mean, there's no way your gorgeous ass is still walking around single. Especially since your working with the WWE now. Almost all of those guys are hot."
"Yeah, your right." Kaisel couldn't help but to agree with her.
"So you don't have your eye on anybody?"
"Well, I kinda do.."
"Oh my god, who? Wait! Don't tell me. But I'd know him right?"
"Yeah, he's pretty well known."
"Cool! Why aren't you with him then?"
"I don't know if I should...I mean, I don't wanna be hurt again. Not physically, not mentally...not at all."
"Girl, your guard has to come down sooner or later. You might wanna put it down before this guy finds someone else."
"Yeah...so, I'm going to be your twins' godmother, right?"Kaisel said, wanting to change the subject.
"Ha, of course! I wouldn't have chose anybody else, girl."
Kaisel stayed with Maya for about two hours, before leaving back out. It was still 3 hours before showtime, so Kaisel wanted to go back to the hotel to rest before it was time for her to go to the arena. At around 5 o'clock, everyone made their way to the Richmond Coliseum in downtown Richmond, where the live Monday Night Raw was taking place. While they were there, Kaisel had sat in one of the front seats in the arena, as she watched Punk and Kofi practice their move sets in the ring. The arena was still completely empty, and it wouldn't start filling up until 7:30 at least. They practiced in the ring for about an hour, while Kaisel was trying to mess with them, pretending to be a crazed fan in the crowd, cheering both of them on. Kofi finally stopped, saying that he was done practicing, and that he felt ready for his match later on that night. While he had ran back up the ramp to go backstage, Punk had sat Indian-style in the middle of the ring, something that he was known for doing. Kaisel walked up to the ring and stood on the apron.
"You're not ready to go backstage yet?" She asked him.
"Huh?" Punk said, looking at her, and then continuing. "Uh, I'll go back in a minute. I'm just thinking."
"About what?"
"How much shit has changed-" He stopped. "Come here."
Kaisel entered the ring and sat next to him on the mat, instead of sitting Indian-style like him, she sat with her long legs stretched out.
"What were you saying?" She asked.
"Oh yeah, how much shit has changed for me this past year."
"How's it changed?"
"A couple of years ago, better yet, last year I've never would've imagined main eventing Raw, let alone be the WWE champion. It seemed like this company didn't want to listen to anything I had to say."
"Aww, really?"
"Yeah, they just worried about John. Everything was John Cena this, and John Cena that...for awhile, I actually hated the man."
"You, hated John Cena?" Kaisel said, surprised. "I don't believe it."
"Believe it. But I realized it wasn't all his fault. If I was in the same position as him, having things just handed to me easily, I probably would've done the same thing."
"Really?"
"No."
They both laughed, and Kaisel stretched her arms out. "You know what I think?"
"What?" Punk answered.
"You're not an arrogant loveable asshole like everyone thinks."
"Oh no, please don't tell me that."
"You're not. You have your sweet moments."
"Ugh, don't see that dirty word around me." Punk said, making a sour face.
"What dirty word? Sweet?" Kaisel said again.
"Ugh, my heart. I can't take it." Punk touched where his heart was located, and Kaisel playfully pushed him.
"There's nothing wrong with being nice." She said.
"Yeah yeah, that's easy for you to say...actually, there something I've been meaning to ask you Kaisel."
Kaisel held her breath, anticipating what the question was that he wanted to ask. "What's that?"
"Why'd you chose to work backstage here? Why not get in the ring?"
"Oh," Kaisel said, finding herself slightly disappointed by his question, but she didn't know why. "Um, I actually thought about training to becoming a sports entertainer for the longest...I even started doing MMA training while I was still in school."
"Really?" Punk said, genuinely impressed. "How come you never told me this?"
"I didn't really think it was important."
"So you could probably have a good fight with me if you wanted to."
"Uh...yeah I guess I could hold my own against you."
"You wanna place a bet on that?"
"Huh?"
"The doors won't start opening until 8 o'clock, so we still have time. Let's spar a little bit, I wanna see what you got."
"Mmmm I dunno...I haven't done it in awhile.."
"Come on, pleaseee?" Punk pleaded her.
Kaisel hated when people pleaded to her, because she almost never turned them down when they did.
"Ugh, fineee. We can spar real quick." She finally said.
"Good, and let's make this interesting. If you win. I won't bother you about why you aren't wrestling in this ring anymore. But if I win...you let me take you out to dinner." Punk said.
"Phil-" Kaisel objected.
"Uh uh. You've been denying me taking you to dinner for the longest." He said.
"Because I don't want you spending your hard earned money on little old me." She said.
"Kaisel, who else am I gonna spend it on?" He said.
Kaisel looked at him, trying to telepathically tell him that she didn't want him to do that, and he gave her the same look in return. She finally sighed and said, "Okay okay."
"Deal?"
"Deal."
Punk stood up and grabbed Kaisel's hand, pulling her up too. "Ready?" He asked, getting in his stance.
Kaisel reluctantly got into her stance also and nodded. "Ready."
The two grappled up, and Punk almost immediately put her in a head lock, and flipped her on the mat.
"Come on, is that all you got?" He panted.
She didn't say anything, just stood back up and grappled with him again. She had him in an effective headlock for a few seconds, but he managed to once again reverse out of it, and slam her on the mat again.
"Hmm, did you really do MMA training?"Punk teased, trying to get Kaisel to actually start showing him what she was made of.
His teasing actually began to work, because Kaisel found herself getting upset. She stood up again, almost charging at Punk this time, putting him in an armlock and slamming him on the mat hard. He grunted lowly and she climbed on top of him, still holding his arm.
"Do you believe me now?" She said in a playfully seductive tone.
"Hmm, you're good..." Punk started.
He suddenly was able to pick her up, while she still had his arm locked in.
"But I'm better." He finished, before dropping her back on the mat again.
Once she was on the mat, Punk grabbed one of Kaisel's arms and put it between his legs. He then put his arm around her head and wretched it back.
"You give up yet?" He asked her.
"Uh uh." Kaisel grunted.
"Say it." Punk said, bending it back more. He made sure he did it well enough so that she felt it, but it didn't hurt her.
"Auughhhh..." Kaisel said again. "Uh uh."
"You're not making this any easier for yourself Kaisel." Punk joked, bending her back even more. "Give up!"
"Ughhh, okay okay!" Kaisel finally said, giving in.
"Okay what?"
"I give up!"
Punk finally let her go, and helped her up again.
"What the hell Phil!" She said, hitting his arm. "Were you trying to break my back?"
Punk laughed and shook his head. "If I wanted to break your back, I would've done it."
She was holding her back, and couldn't help but laugh along with him. "Damn, I can't even stay mad at you."
Then they heard a noise, and realized that it was the arena doors opening. Punk took his iPhone out of his pocket and realized that it was almost 8 o'clock.
"Wow, time went by quick." Kaisel said.
"Yeah, come on." Punk said, grabbing her hand.
They quickly ran up the ramp, and made their way backstage. The first person they ran into was Santino Marella, who immediately stopped them. He looked down at them, noticed that they were holding hands.
"Oh! You guys are finally together huh?" He asked in his thick Italian accent.
Kaisel realized that she still holding his hands, and blushed severely, letting his hand go. "Uh..." She said.
"We're just friends." Punk said, trying to assuring Santino.
"Yeah, sure. Have fun believing that." Santino said, walking away.
Once he was gone, Kaisel looked at Punk and laughed nervously. "Wow. That was..."
"Uh yeah, I know." He said. "Look I gotta go get ready for the show. I think I gotta do an opening promo."
"Okay. I'll talk to you later?" She said.
Punk nodded and began walking away, but stopped and turned back around to her.
"Don't think I forgot about our bet either." He said.
"Damn! I was hoping you did." Kaisel joked.
"Aww, really? That hurts." He said.
"I'm just joking, I know you didn't forget. When are we doing this?"
"That, is a surprise my friend. See you later."
He walked away and Kaisel couldn't take the smile off of her face. As she walked towards the trainers room, she thought about what Santino said. If he thought that she and Punk were together, what did everybody else think?
