Chapter 9
Madison leaned up against the wall separating the lounge room she was currently in and the hall leading to the front door. She heard the door slam shut and cringed, before silently cursing herself. She wiped the tears from her eyes and sank down to the floor. She sat there with her legs pulled up to her chest and her chin resting on her knees. This was so typical of her - people try to get close to her and she throws everything back in their face.
She sat against the wall mulling in her own self pity until she heard the door bell ring. Looking at her watch Madison realised she had been there for over an hour. As she stood up she cringed at the pulling sensation in her calves and knees. Pushing it aside she hobbled over to the door.
"Maddy!" came the excited greeting from the pretty brunette standing at the door.
"Hey Allie" Madison replied, trying to sound as excited as her best friend, but honestly, she really wasn't in the mood for company right now.
Allison Danger, or Allie as Madison called her, had been her best friend for close to two years. The two had first met at one of D'Amore's Border City Wrestling shows. It wasn't some instant connection or anything like that, they had actually been facing each other in a match, and it had been awful. It was Madison's very first match out of the Can-Am school and she had completely messed everything up. Her timing had been way off; she had been as nervous as hell and was still learning that fine art of selling opponents moves.
However, after the match - and even though she wasn't the best of the female wrestlers out there, Allison had made the effort to talk to her about the match. It had been Allison who had suggested maybe she would be interested in a tour of Japan with her. It had been during that tour that Madison had come to trust Allison and a strong friendship had grown from there. It had also been during that first tour that she had begun to develop her skills, so much so that when Allison had decided to return to America, Madison decided to stay on in Japan.
Allison looked carefully at Madison's face. She could tell something was up, but she wasn't going to bother asking. For all the time she had known Madison she had learned that the little blonde was never going to reveal something unless she wanted to. The girl had a knack for evading questions she didn't want to answer, especially if it concerned either her private life or her past.
"So what's been happening girl? Excited about Sunday's match?" Allison questioned as Madison lead her into the lounge room. She threw her brown suede jacket over the arm of the couch.
Madison broke out in a huge smile.
"Are you kidding? A chance to kick Traci Brooks cheap skanky ass? Hell yeah I'm excited!" Madison replied as she sat down on the black leather couch.
"Yeah I saw what that bitch did last week - that was so low, even for her. To go to D'Amore for help is about as low as you can go" Allison replied as she moved one of the red fur pillows out of the way and sat down next to Madison.
Madison just smiled without saying a word. Allison had no idea what Madison's past with D'Amore involved, apart from him being her trainer at Can-Am, nor was she planning on sharing it with her.
"So, found any hot guys in TNA yet?" Allison questioned with a sly grin on her face. She was quietly wishing that Madison would find someone special, instead of always pushing them away. True, she had many male friends in the wrestling business, but always kept them at an arms length. She always said that she will never mix business and pleasure ever again.
"Don't know - if you haven't noticed I really haven't had much time to look, seeing as I'm usually getting beat up on and all" Madison replied breezily. She wasn't going to bite to the bait Allison was hanging out there for her. But Allison wasn't about to let it go unhooked.
"What about those spunky looking guys with you in Gen Next? I think Alex is pretty hot"
Madison looked at her in disgust.
"Alex? You have got to be joking! Well, I suppose if you're into the one night stand kinda guy..." Madison smirked.
"Really? Wow, I wouldn't have guessed" Allison mused.
"And before you ask Rodrick is attached so don't even go there"
"Nah, I've actually met him at a ROH show before Generation Next formed, and he was a total asshole then too" Allison muttered "What about that other guy, um what's his name...Austin...Aries, that's it Austin Aries"
Madison just went quiet and looked at the fireplace in front of her. She really did not want to discuss him.
"Ohhhhh, your avoiding, which means you like him, don't ya" Allison grinned.
"Don't know him well enough, now tell me about Japan - god I miss that place" Madison replied with a smile on her face.
Allison laughed. Classic Madison evasion - just change the subject to talking about the other person. Most people didn't really pick up on it, they were usually too wrapped up in talking about themselves. Madison had a knack for making whatever the person was talking about seem the most important topic in the world. Allison had been around her long enough to pick up on it. It was really frustrating sometimes that you could spill out just about everything in your life to this girl and she gave barely anything back to you about herself. For once she would just like to hear about Madison's life.
"No, I want to hear about you and Austin. Japan was the same as always, now spill" she instructed.
"Seriously there is nothing to talk about Allie. I go to the show, do what I have to do for us to win, and then I come home. That's it"
"My god girl, seriously you have problems. You have a hot guy right in front of you and you do nothing? What is wrong with you?"
"Nothing is wrong with me, I just don't feel it's right to mix business with pleasure – god, Allie you should know this better then anyone. Need I remind you about your little relationship with Low Ki? You were forced to leave ROH at one stage because you couldn't work with him after you broke up! I don't need that, not now"
Allison bit her lip, knowing full well the conversation had gone far enough.
"You know what, how many times do I need to ask you not to bring him up?"
"Well, I made my point didn't I?" Madison remarked "Besides, I keep telling you I don't want to discuss my private life and you keep on bringing it up every time I debut in a new promotion"
Both women sat on the sofa in silence, neither one wanting to argue with the other, but fearing whatever they might say could break into an argument. After a few minutes Allison stood up.
"Listen, I have a long drive to Philly, so I'm going to go. Good luck with your match on Sunday, and I'll call you later" Allison said as she grabbed her coat from the edge of the couch.
"Yeah, thanks for stopping by and good luck to you too" Madison replied, showing her to the front door.
Madison stood outside the door of the Generation Next locker room. She was nervous about whether or not she wanted to go in, especially whether or not she wanted to face Austin after their argument. She heavily debated whether she would be better off going to the women's locker room – even if Traci was in there.
"Maddy, darling, how are you tonight?"
Great, just what she needed to deal with right now. Madison turned around to face D'Amore who had his usual cocky smirk on his face, and behind him he had Petey and Eric.
"Well, the night was going great until about ten seconds ago" she muttered before turning back to the door.
"Well, that's great to hear. Listen, my boys and I, well we just wanted to wish you the best of luck tonight against Traci. See, there is nothing we would like more than to see you whip her butt around the ring, actually we'd be happy to watch you beat anyone up – have I told you how hot your outfits are? Much better then the old ones you use to wear." D'Amore said, eyeing her up and down "and besides, your team is going to need at least one victory tonight – because they ain't getting anywhere near the tag title belts" he laughed.
Madison's eyes narrowed as she glared at him, not saying a word.
"Awww, come on honey, no need to look like that. You don't want that pretty little face of yours to get wrinkles now do you" Eric snickered as he attempted to touch her face. He never had the chance however as his face was met by the flying fist of Austin Aries.
Madison turned around in surprise to see Austin standing slightly to the left of her, glaring at the members of Team Canada.
"Try and touch her again and I swear your face will resemble that of Mr Potato head, understood!" Austin warned, glaring at each of the three men in front of him.
D'Amore looked down at the fallen Eric, who was now holding his jaw and giving death looks to both Madison and Austin. He looked back at the two members of Generation Next and smiled.
"Well, I think this is going to be a very interesting night" he stated, before turning and walking away with his team.
A/N: Okay, I know I've drawn this out a little so I promise next chapter is going to be the long awaited Traci vs Madison match :) This chapter was designed to let you in on a little more of Madison's personality. So let me know what you think!
