April 6th

Juliet arrived at Raw along with Morrison, Melina and Mickie. Wrestlemania was last night and everyone was looking forward to some down time after such a hectic schedule running up to Wrestlemania. The European tour would start in two weeks and Juliet was looking forward to it, it would be the first time she'd be going to Europe. "Can I catch up with you guys later, John and I are gonna go grab some coffee before we go in."

"Yeah sure, we'll catch you later." Mickie said linking Juliet's arm as the headed into the arena.

"Let's go grab something to eat, I'm starved." Juliet stated as they walked down the corridor saying hi to the likes of Shelton and Charlie before being stopped by Matt.

"Where did you disappear to last night?" He asked giving them both hugs.

"Oh I went to get some food, with Phil." Juliet smiled, she had had the best time with him last night, they talked for hours last night and were probably last to get home even though they left the club first. They ended up taking a walk through a park and messing around on a basketball court, which if she was honest neither of them were very good at.

"Phil huh? At least you had a good time." Matt smiled. "We still on for Wednesday?"

"Yeah, Mickie's gonna tag along too if that's cool." Matt nodded, they were going to pack up her things at her old house and spend the next few days' house hunting. Juliet had always fancied Monterey, California. It was quiet, on the beach and a great place for surfing, it also had a ton of wildlife, which really sold Juliet as she was a big animal lover. "You want to join us we're gonna grab a bite to eat?"

"Nah, I need to catch up with the magazine guys for an interview." Matt kissed Juliet quickly on the forehead before heading off.

"Juliet?" Mickie and Juliet turned to see Stephanie standing there with a smile on her face. "You looking forward to your Monday night raw debut?"

Juliet stepped forward quickly before Mickie could stop her and hugged Stephanie tightly. "I'm making my debut tonight!" She yelped happily and turned to hug Mickie as well.

"You're going to be great!" Mickie said happily, knowing how excited she was.

"It will be you Mickie, Kelly Kelly and Melina against Gwen, Beth, Rosa and Jillian." Stephanie smiled, "Let your cousin know, we'll have a meeting nearer show time to go over the details."

"Oh my god," Juliet laughed. "Did I just hug Stephanie McMahon?"

"You did, but I don't think she minded." Mickie laughed. "You've made a good impression on her, so far."

They entered the catering hall to grab some lunch. It was pretty empty, it was only eleven o'clock after all. They spotted Adam and Jay sitting with Phil, who in turn waved them over.

"Hey guys." Mickie said sitting down at the table.

"How are you?" Phil asked Juliet leaning over the table to give her a quick peck on the lips.

"Great thanks." She smiled as they kept their faces close together.

"I had a great time last night, fancy grabbing some dinner after the show?"

"Definitely." Juliet smiled, Phil was just so sweet and easy to be around, he had this quality that made you relax around him. "Where do you want to go?"

"There's a little steak house on the corner, I thought we could check it out." Phil whispered.

"Steak huh? You've been doing your research." Juliet winked and looked over to Mickie.

"What? I may have let some information slip." Mickie laughed as Phil and Juliet sat back in their seats.

"So Juliet, heard you use the spear." Adam smiled, "You still wanting it?"

"If that's cool with you." Juliet smiled, you never took anyone's moves without asking, especially a main eventer like Adam.

"Of course, I saw your tapes, you're talented. You can do it justice." Adam winked as Juliet looked on happily. She was getting a compliment from Adam Copeland, one of her dreams had just come true.

Juliet's happiness was interrupted by a phone call, she excused herself and headed out into the corridor and couldn't help but groan when she saw it was Nate calling her. "What is it?"

"I was on a "dirtsheets" today, found something interesting."

"This is what you called me for Nate? To tell me you were on a dirtsheet checking up on me?" Juliet said unhappily.

"Actually I was interested to see some photo's of myself." Juliet raised an eyebrow. "It seems there was a fan taking photo's of our little confrontation, and what happened after it."

"Shit." Juliet mumbled in panic.

"Seems I was right about you and Cena, wonder what his fiancé will think when she sees these." Nate said happily, knowing he was able to screw with her once again.

"Thanks Nate, I'm sure you're enjoying this."

"Oh I am-" Juliet shut the phone not wanting to listen to him anymore, she now needed to see if John knew, or at least his fiancé. She wandered back into catering and waved over Phil and Mickie, who were the only people she had told. "There's photo's of me on the dirtsheets from the other night."

"Photo's of?" Mickie asked, then it clicked. "Of you and John?"

"Yeah, what the hell am I gonna do!" Juliet yelped, beginning to panic as Phil pulled her in closely.

"Look, you said it yourself it was a mistake. Let John sort it out, he kissed you." Phil whispered pulling Juliet into his chest to calm her slightly and so she couldn't see the look passed between himself and Mickie. This could get ugly. "Maybe you should go tell Chris what happened, incase there's some fall-out from this." Juliet nodded and wandered along the corridor, walking quickly as she passed the guys lockeroom until she came to Stephanie's office. She just hoped when she said she could talk to her about anything, she meant anything.

Juliet stood outside Stephanie's office. Repeatedly raising her hand to knock, then when her fist was about to come in contact with the wood she chickened out. Mickie wandered along the corridor looking for Jen, she had wandered off in quite a daze. Mickie stopped as she spotted Juliet raising her hand to knock and pulling it away again. She was just standing there, conflicted. "You alright there?" Mickie asked as she approached Juliet.

"Yeah," Juliet smiled. "I just wanted to tell Steph about those photographs, see if there's anything legal can do to get rid of them."

Mickie nodded thoughtfully. "What are you waiting for then?"

Juliet hesitated. "Well, I mean... I dunno if I can just walk in there and tell her y'know? He is taken after all and well... the whole thing with Nate and it's just a lot of stuff going on in my life and I dunno if I want her knowing about it all. She's my boss, she could fire me if she thinks I'm that much trouble."

Mickie rolled her eyes. "Don't be silly, she wouldn't fire you this soon after hiring you. She knows what you're capable of, just go in and tell her what you're worried about and she'll take care of it. Trust me, Stephanie gets a bad rap and it's totally unjustified. She's a great person to work for, especially if you're a female in a mans world."

"Thanks Mickie, you just made me feel a whole lot better." Juliet hugged her before she turned and knocked on the door. "I'll come catch up with you once I'm done here-"

"Juliet, can I help you?" Stephanie asked waving her into her makeshift office of the night. "Grab a seat."

"Well I was wondering if your offer still stood, you know talking to you, about anything." This caught Steph's attention from her paperwork and she came round to the other side of her desk taking the seat next to Juliet. "Of course it does, I wouldn't have said it otherwise. Has something happened?"

"Well, it's just.... the other night at the club." Stephanie let her take her time, she could tell Juliet was nervous and she didn't want her to think she couldn't talk to her, she was young still and this business could be very intimidating. "Nathan called me to tell me he was on a dirtsheet, and there was photos of us on there, from the Wrestlemania party... more specificaly of when John kissed me." Juliet kept her head down, as she was talking too nervous to even look her in the eye. "I thought I should tell you, considering there could be some fallout if anyone else sees them."

"Juliet look at me." Stephanie said softly, needing to know the whole story. Juliet looked up slowly and was surprised to see Steph's understanding expression, expecting one of anger. "I'll need to know what happened."

Juliet nodded. "Well we went out and he got into a fight with Nate, then he kissed me, it was really unexpected. I had been drinking and didn't stop it."

"Well if he kissed you this is John's problem. I'll get someone in legal to check it out, have them removed from the website." Stephanie said softly. "When I said you can talk to me about anything I meant it. You're still young you'll make mistakes, and in a business like this us women need to stick together." Juliet laughed, as did Stephanie. "You and your cousin are hot prospects for the future and we want to keep you on track. I was unsure whether signing you both so young was the best idea, but I've seen you two and you're both strong. I may not have had as much interaction with Gwen but I know you will both thrive here. Remember, you can talk to me or Chris anytime." Stephanie smiled standing up and walking Juliet over to the door, "Anytime." She winked as Juliet walked out her office, suddenly feeling like a weight had been lifted from her shoulders.

Gwen walked aimlessly along a seemingly empty corridor. She didn't really know where to go, or what to do, she'd rather just walk and not be disturbed. She enjoyed her own company, as weird as that sounded. Sure, it was fun to be the center of attention and constantly be surrounded by people having fun, but sometimes she enjoyed nothing more than just hanging out on her own, reading or writing or just going for aimless walks around New York City. It was something she liked to do to relieve whatever stress she had building up. Seeing as she obviously had no City parks to wander round, the empty corridors would just have to do, because she had a lot of stress that needed relieved.

She didn't know why she'd taken Jeff's comments to heart the way she did the previous night. But as usual, she'd let her temper get the better of her and had made a dramatic exit in such a fashion that she knew Jeff and his friends had probably laughed behind her back and made snide comments about how much of a drama queen she was. She really had to think before she acted next time. It wasn't so much what Jeff had said, it was just the fact that everyone was treating her like such a child that it was all starting to slowly build till it got on her nerves. There was so many do's and don'ts with this company. Don't bother Vince McMahon. Don't try talk to the top guys. Don't speak your mind to Undertaker's girlfriend. Don't speak your mind unless you've been here longer than a year. Don't make out with a married man. It was all so stupid. Just because she was new in this company, didn't mean she didn't know how to wrestle. She had been wrestling for three years almost, and could outperform most of the bimbos on the roster. She knew that was a terrible attitude to have, especially considering almost everyone had been so nice to her, but she just hated that people saw her age before anything else. She wasn't a typical seventeen year old, that was for sure.

Her and Ted were nothing serious. After they had left the party, Ted had taken her for noodles at a local noodle place and then taken her back to the hotel, where they'd left each other with a kiss and a goodnight. She knew he was married, and strangely, didn't feel bad at all. He was the one with a wife, if he didn't want to stay faithful, who was she to deny him? They'd kissed, nothing more. It was no big deal. Things wouldn't be going any further than that. Right now was all about her career and nothing more, she couldn't let pretty boys get in the way of making something of herself. Now was no time for distractions, all she cared about was making a name for herself in the WWE.

She thought about her cousin and how her life seemed crazy complicated already, and they'd barely been in the company a month. She had never liked Nate. Hated him, actually. But up until recently, he'd made Juliet happy. And that was all that mattered to Gwen. But now, Nate was gone, and Juliet was back on the dating scene again. She seemed to be getting cozy with Punk, and there was still something weird going on with Cena, despite Cena's fiancé always buzzing around him. She just hoped Juliet knew what she was getting herself into.

"Penny for your thoughts?" Gwen jumped about a foot in the air as she stuttered to a halt, glancing up at the tall figure blocking her path. "You seem rather troubled."

Gwen averted her gaze. "I'm okay, nothing for you to be bothered about."

Mark Calloway gazed down at her, a curious expression on his face. "Now, from what I've heard, the little spitfire from New York is anything but shy."
Gwen couldn't help but smirk. "Maybe you shouldn't believe everything you hear then."

Mark chuckled. "That sounds more like it. Now, I can tell there's something bothering you. Now why don't you wanna talk about it? I'm a good listener."

"I'm not worth your trouble." Gwen saw him frown and inwardly winced. "I don't mean anything by it I just... I know you must have stuff to do, I don't wanna bother you so I'll just.. be going now." She slid past him and turned to shoot him a warm smile. "Thanks for the offer. Try not to land on your head next time you have a great match by the way."

Mark just laughed. "This isn't over Kensit." He called after her retreating figure.

Once Gwen left Mark, she decided to head outside, maybe there she'd be able to get some peace and quiet. She found a quiet spot in the corner of the parking lot and hopped up onto the rail, inhaling the humid air and exhaling deeply, trying to get her feelings under control.

She'd barely been in the company a month and already she was feeling way in over her head. With everyone referring to her as a kid, and commenting on her youth, it was really starting to get to her. So much so that she was beginning to seriously doubt her ability to perform. Maybe she wasn't cut out to be a WWE Diva. Maybe seventeen was just too young to be able to make a proper impact on professional wrestling. She didn't like to think of it as choking, she was just a bit nervous about her ability to cope. She didn't want to let anyone down. Especially her cousin. They had a huge eight Diva tag match tonight, and Gwen knew how easily they could be lost in the shuffle. That was a lot of Divas to do something to stand out in three minutes airtime. Gwen wished now she hadn't jumped right into her decision to join WWE. TNA had been offering her a great deal for weeks, and that deal was starting to look better and better. WWE was the ultimate company, but they didn't think much of the Divas. TNA however, put great pride in their Knockouts, and Gwen was starting to think maybe being a Diva wasn't the thing for her after all. It would be hard leading a double life, but she had to get used to it before she blew all her chances and ended up without a career at all. No matter what, she just had to suck it up and get on with it.

"Hey there little lady," Gwen immediately smiled as the Tennessee drawl carried over across the parking lot. "You're looking a little lost."

Gwen watched as Ted made his way over and hopped up onto the railing beside her. "Just thinking about things, no big deal."

Ted leaned over and kissed her gently. "You sure about that?"

Gwen sighed and looked down. "Ted, why are you cheating on your wife?"

She glanced up and Ted was looking at her in a mixture of surprise and amusement. "What makes you ask that?"

"It's just, everyone keeps mentioning it. And I know they hate the fact that we're well... whatever... and not caring that you're married and I just wanted to know if you actually had a reason or not."

"I'm not married." Ted cut in gently. She gave him a look which caused him to chuckle. "Well, I am, but the divorce is pending. Let's just say we went into a marriage for all the wrong reasons and we're both paying for it now."

"I'm sorry to hear that." Gwen said, rightly rebuffed. "I didn't mean to accuse or anything like that... I just-" He silenced her with a long, passionate kiss, that left her breathless when he eventually pulled away.

"It's okay." He whispered. "I like you, and I think you like me. We don't need to discuss it. Let's just live life day by day, what do you say to that?"

Gwen smiled, she loved that idea. "I'd like that."