"One…Two…Three" The referee counted, gesturing to ring the bell. Tressa won her first match. As she stood over her opponent Jillian, the referee held her hand high. She jumped up on the turnbuckle and saluted the fans. They made her feel so welcome, and that's when she knew she was going to love it here.
"Here is your winner, Tressa Berman." Lilian announced, smiling at her before exiting the ring.
Winning her first match was the best feeling in the world. She's won matches before when she was training, but it was nothing like this. The only thing that was missing was seeing her mom in the crowd, clapping and smiling at her like she was so proud. But she knew that her dad and sister were watching at home, so that made her feel better.
After celebrating in the ring for a few more minutes Tressa made her way backstage. Standing there she saw, Maria, Kelly and Victoria. Kelly and Maria were dressed up like they were going out. Maria had her hair pulled back into a ponytail and was wearing a strapless red dress. Kelly was wearing a white shirt and blue jeans. She also wore sunglasses and a long necklace with a cross. She wasn't really into wearing fancy dresses like Maria.
"Oh my god, that was awesome, Tress" Maria squealed, hugging her.
"You did a really good job out there, girlie" Victoria said, giving her a high five. This was the first time they got a chance to talk. Tressa was always a fan of hers; she had a lot of skills in the ring. She thought it would be nice to spend some time with her before she moves over to Smackdown.
"This is worth celebrating, I hope you're prepared to get good and drunk" Kelly smiled.
"Wow, do you girls celebrate after every victorious match?"
"Just the important ones, but come on Tress, this was your first match, and you won! Kelly added, excitedly "Now go get ready, we won't take no for an answer"
"Well since you put it that way, it doesn't look like I have a choice" She smiled "I'll meet you outside"
"Wait up for me, Tressa" Victoria shouted after her, leaving the other girls talking to CM Punk and Dave.
"Whats up?" Tressa asked when Victoria caught up to her, continuing to make her way to the dressing room.
"I'm sometimes a little hard on the new girls here" She paused, "But that's only because some of them only come here to be on television, you know what I mean?"
"I totally know what you mean; I don't like people like that. I'm like you, I love this business, and that is exactly why I'm here. I could care less about being on TV. I just want to be a part of the business that I grew up watching, and helped me through a lot." Tressa explained.
"That speech you just made makes me like you even more. I could tell when you were out there that you respect this business. Now you totally have my respect. I hope we can be great friends." She said, hugging her as they stopped outside of her room.
"I would love that; we can start by having fun tonight"
"That sounds great, I'll go get ready" She smiled, wandering down the hall.
After showering and getting dressed, Tressa was now working on her makeup. Putting a dab of this and a dab of that, she didn't feel like overdoing it tonight. Tonight was a great night, minus of course the fight with Randy. But she wasn't going to let him ruin her fun, She won her match and now she's going to celebrate with the girls. She could care less if she saw him at all tonight.
"You have to get a few more drinks into me before I'll dance" Victoria explained to Kelly and Maria before giving up and dancing by themselves.
"Not a fan of dancing?" Tressa asked, taking a sip of her beer.
"No, it's not that, I just don't feel like dancing tonight; don't feel like doing much, actually."She said a hint of sadness in her voice. Looking around the room before taking a chug of her drink. "But hey, you're the life of the party tonight, don't let me ruin your celebrating" she added, a small grin on her face.
"Are you okay?" she asked, getting her attention.
"Yeah, I think so; you don't want to hear my problems, girlie. Especially tonight when you're supposed to be having fun" She pointed to the dance floor where Maria and Kelly were now dancing with Punk and Dave.
"Look Victoria, I'm not going to have fun tonight until you tell me what is wrong."
"Okay, I'm thinking about retiring soon." She managed to get out, staring down at the table.
"Is that what you really want?"
"I really don't know." She paused, finally looking back up at Tressa. "I've had a great career and I love this business so much. I just get the feeling that theres nothing left for me here. There are so many other things I want to do with my life"
"Vic, it is your decision, if this is what you wanna do then go for it. You could always come back. Even come back for a match every now and then and save us from the awful sound coming out of Jillian's mouth" Tressa chuckled, trying to get a smile out of her.
She laughed "I know, I'm going to smackdown soon so who knows? Maybe I'll stay a little bit longer"
"You know you can always talk to me about it, right?"
"Absolutely, thanks girlie" She smiled. "Gee you are giving me advice when I should be passing my wisdom to you"
"It's not too late for that, you could always retrain me, you know?"
"Well with what I saw tonight I don't think you'll need my help, but I'm always up for helping you"
Tressa went to get another beer; she cheered Victoria up so now she was happy. Victoria was now dancing with Kenny Dykstra. Maria and Kelly now sitting with Punk and Dave, that's when Tressa noticed Ken and Randy sitting with them.
'Oh great' she thought 'I was hoping I didn't have to see him tonight'
She noticed him glancing her way, realizing it was her he started walking over. He looked really good which would not help her any. What am I thinking? Am I starting to have feelings for him? She thought 'I can't have feelings for him, after what happened to me in the past, I don't want any more relationships'
"Hey, mind if I join you?" he asked, putting his hand on her shoulder.
"Do I have a choice?"
Obviously she didn't, he sat down anyways, and asking the bartender for two beers since hers was almost empty. They sat there in silence until their drinks came. He handed her a drink and took a chug of his.
"Wow, Randy! Now I forgive you" She said sarcastically.
"Forgive me for what? I have nothing to apologize for"
"You're right, you don't have to apologize for yelling at me for no reason or"
Cutting her off Randy said "No reason? I had one perfect reason for getting angry at you. You think because we're friends you have to know everything about me?"
"I never said that!" she yelled "I just wanted to know what happened between you and Edge since you guys fight around me all the time"
"So why didn't you ask me?" He snarled
"Because you always seemed upset, what is the big deal? I don't see you differently; I still wanted to be your friend"
"Wanted?"
"Randy, I still want to be your friend" She paused, putting her hand on his. "We just have to put this behind us"
"Fine, I'm willing to do that" He said, placing his free hand on Tressa's. Gently rubbing her hand for a few minutes, he let go and held out his hand, continuing "If you dance with me"
She looked into his eyes, seeing the Randy she met on her first day. When she saw his temper that night he seemed like a different person. Looking at the dance floor, seeing Kelly with Punk, Victoria with Kenny, Maria with Dave, and now Ken with Mickie, she took his hand.
He led her to the dance floor, putting his hands around her waist, they danced to November Rain by Guns N Roses. 'Of course he had to pick a long song to dance with me' she thought, rolling her eyes. They danced in silence for the first part of the song, as did the other couples. But that didn't last long.
"So, are you going to tell me what happened?" Randy asked, breaking the silence between them.
"What happened? What are you talking about?" She knew exactly what he was talking about; she just didn't want to talk about it.
"You know exactly what I'm talking about, Tress. You know about my past relationship, now tell me about yours" He said, gently stroking her hair away from her face.
"Randy, please, I really don't wanna talk about it"
"Did he hurt you?"
"Randy, I don't wanna talk about it" she whispered, pulling away.
He pulled her back towards him, putting his hands around her waist. "Okay, we don't have to talk about it."
"Thank you" she sighed. Looking up at his concerned face, she could tell that he was disappointed that she wouldn't talk about it. But she just wasn't ready to. "I'm sorry"
He looked down at her and smiled, "Don't be sorry, I shouldn't bug you about it. I really care about you, Tress. I can't stand the thought of you getting hurt, you don't deserve it."
She melted at his words. He was being so sweet, which was making her feel bad for not telling him. She knew when the time was right, she would. She looked up at him and smiled appreciatively, they locked eyes until the song came to an end.
"Thank you for the dance" He smiled, slowly letting her go.
"Your very welcome " She smiled, heading towards the other girls.
"He asked me out" Maria whispered to Tressa in the backseat of the car. Everyone left the bar, since it was getting late. Maria and Tressa were in the backseat while Dave was talking to the driver, Randy.
"I'm so happy for you" Tressa whispered. Glancing at Randy in the rearview mirror.
Dave and Maria exchanged looks and smiled at each other. "All thanks to you! I love you" She squealed, hugging Tressa.
"Everything okay back there?" Dave asked, smiling at Maria, who was still hugging Tressa.
"Yeah everything is fine" She said, looking innocently at Dave, and then smiled at Tressa. "I wasn't supposed to tell anyone yet" She whispered.
"Okay, your secret is safe with me"
After saying goodbye to Dave and Maria, Randy walked Tressa to her hotel room. He felt much better now that everything is good between them. He felt really bad for yelling at her, but he was also curious about what happened to her. She would tell him when she was ready.
"This is my room" She said, stopping and unlocking the door.
"Well, again, thanks for the dance"
She laughed "You're welcome"
He leaned in for a hug, wrapping his arms tightly around her waist. Taking in the scent of her hair, pulling away and gently placing a kiss on her forehead.
"So, I'll see you later"
"Yeah, Goodnight, Randy"
"Sweet dreams, Tress" He said, before walking back towards the elevator.
Once Tressa walked into her room, she took off her coat and sat on the edge of her bed. She realized she forgot her cell phone in the room while she was gone. Flipping it open it said 'new voicemail' assuming it was her sister she decided to listen to it.
But it wasn't her sister; it was someone she never wanted to hear from again, her ex fiance, Brian. "Hey, it's Brian; I hear you're a wwe diva now. That's pretty cool, I was just wondering if you wanted to get together for coffee. I know I have some explaining to do after what I did, so give me a call, bye"
She sat there in shock. 'Was he serious' she thought 'After what he did to me 3 years ago, he wants to explain NOW?'
She turned her phone off, shoved the message out of her mind. After showering she changed into her pajamas and got into bed. That was a very interesting day…
A/N dun dun dunnnn hope you liked it! Up next we find out what Brian did to Tressa, But who is she going to tell? Randy or Kennedy? Review and find out :)
