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Talks
"Wow. Now that I'm out the bathroom maybe you could tell me what that was all about on the plane." Wow Candice you're just straight to point." Bella just laughed at how straightforward Candice was being. "It was nothing really. T-Dibiase and I were just talking about last night. He was just making sure I was ok. And you know some little things like that." Candice just stared in disbelief. "Gee Bells, it seems like you're having a change of heart." Bella's head quickly snapped towards Candice. "No Candy. This does not mean I'm having a change of heart. I still hate the guy. Just because he helped me, it doesn't mean I'm gonna like owe my life to him now." Candice could only nod. But then another thought came to mind.
"Uh Bella you said you and Dibiase talked about other things. What other things were there?" Bella contemplated telling Candice on what else they really talked about. Bella was about to speak when her cell phone rang.
"Hello Bella here." "Oh hello Bella. Its Vince I was just calling you about the house show tonight." Bella just nodded. "Ah yes, the house show tonight? What is on the agenda?" Vince laughed. "Actually not much. There's not much that you have to do. All you have to do is accompany Team Priceless down to the ring for their match." Bella nodded. "Simple enough. Anything else?" She could almost see Vince smiling over the phone. "Actually yes there is. Tonight I want you and Ted to start teasing the crowd. You know? Like there's something going on but then there's not." Bella's heart dropped. "Wait Vince, I thought you said the teasing wasn't going to start until a little further into the angle." Vince laughed. "Well that's what I thought. But myself and the writers watched last night's show and you Ted have a chemistry. One that I would like to shake up starting tonight. Sound good?" "Yes Vince. Sounds good. So just teasing?" "Yes that's about it. I've already informed Ted and he knows what to do. Also don't forget to throw in a little interfering during the match." Bella nodded yet again. "Ok Vince. Sounds like a plan." Before she could hang up she heard. "Oh by the way Bella, have you talked to Randy today?" Oh fuck. He heard. "The last time I talked to him was when I was in New York. Is there something wrong?" "No nothing at all. I just couldn't get a hold of him. I needed to talk to him about a push." Oh thank God. "Oh well if I talk to him or see him I'll be sure to tell him that yo u need to talk to him." "Thank you Bella. Have a good day." "You too Vince. Bye" "Bye." And with that Bella hung up the phone. She momentarily forgot about the impending conversation she was having with Candice.
"Oh great you're off the phone. I'm assuming it had something to do with tonight? What kind of teasing are we talking about here?" Bella laughed. "I don't know yet. I guess I'm gonna have to go talk to the jackass later and see what we're gonna do tonight. "Uh ok. So before the phone call interrupted us, what else did you and Dibiase talk about?" Bella knew she couldn't avoid this.
"Not much really. I asked him about why him and Randy hate each other. But he refused to say anything and told me that I needed to ask Randy. Oh thank God, otherwise Randy would have killed him if he told Bella. And then I asked why his wife wasn't there. He asked where Randy was. Why did I call him Ted? You know? Little stuff. Well with the exception of why him and Randy hate each other." Candice nodded. "Oh. I guess you were right it was nothing big." Bella nodded.
"Well I'm hungry Candice, should we head out somewhere for lunch?" Candice laughed, only Bella would think about food. Sometimes I wonder how she stays so skinny. "Yea sure. Should we call and see if anyone else wants to go with us?" Bella shrugged. "Call anyone that we usually hang out with and see if they're here. If they are we'll go eat with them." Candice nodded. "Ok. I'll call right now. Are you going like that?" Bella laughed. "No I'm just gonna change my top." Candice smiled. "Ok." With that Bella turned and walked into the bathroom.
In the time that Bella was in the bathroom Candice was contemplating on whether or not she should call anyone to lunch with them. But she decide against it. I need to talk to her about what I saw last night. Its better that no one else is there with us. This whole Ted thing is going to blow up. Better we talk about it.
"Candy? Hello? Earth to Candice." Candice shook her head. "You ready?" Bella nodded. "Yea. Are you ok? You spaced out for a second." Candice nodded. "I was just thinking. Lets go." Candice is up to something. She rarely ever spaces out.
"Where are we gonna eat?" Bella thought for a second. "How about the hotel restaurant? I'm to lazy to actually walk somewhere." Candice laughed. "I was thinking the same thing."
"So Candice. What's on your mind? You seemed kind of distracted upstairs." "Trust me Bells there's a lot on my mind. But it has a lot do with you." Bella looked confused. "About me? Why?" Candice glanced down at the table. "It's just this whole storyline with Dibiase and you, it's worrying me. I get that it started yesterday, but I could already sense what's going on. You see, there's only so long that all the hate and the insults and arguments are going to last. I mean Bells you're gonna be around Dibiase a lot for who knows how long. In that time who knows what could happen? And if something were to happen how would you feel? How would Randy feel?" Candice stopped for a second to see that Bella was contemplating this. "I get what you're saying Candy. I've thought of this. But there is no way anything is going to happen between T- Dibiase and myself. It just wouldn't work for many reasons. He is only a coworker to me and that is it. Nothing less. Nothing more." Candice could only nod.
The girls ordered their food. And as they were waiting for their food, the conversation continued.
"Yea but still Bells anything could still happen. I mean I saw the way he looked at you last night. I that's another reason why Randy snapped at him last night." Bella could only stare. "What look? Because I didn't notice any looks." Candice nodded. "Look last night, the first time you went up to the bar. You know where it took you a long time to get your drink. Bella nodded. I was on my way up to the bar to look for you, when I saw you with Dibiase. And trust me I saw everything. Judging by your body language I can tell that you were telling him off. But this is where I got thrown off completely. Where you cupped his face with your hand. Now rather than moving your hand right away, you let it linger. That's when I started to worry." Bella nodded. Damn. She saw. "About that. It was nothing. And as far as looks go, I didn't notice anything." Candice nodded. "Look Bells, just because your brother hates him, it doesn't mean everybody else does."
Bella nodded. "I know that. I just don't like him. Like at all." Candice nodded. "I know. But I just want to let you know that I'm always here." Bella smiled. "I know that. Thank you. And the same goes for you."
That was the end of that conversation. Well for the time being at least. After lunch Bella decided she wanted to be alone, while Candice went to the pool with Mickie. "Are you sure you don't want to go to the pool with us?" Bella nodded. "Yea I'm sure." "Ok well if you change your mind, you know where we are." "Ok sounds good."
After Candice left it was only Bella. Bella alone with her thoughts. What am I going to do? I can't get out of this storyline. Its obvious there is hate from both ends here. But today on the plane, I felt somewhat at ease. Or maybe that was because he was being nice for once. Its literally only one day into the damn storyline yet I'm already contemplating every move that's made. There's no doubt that things could only get worse the more time goes on. Same fucking thoughts. Different fucking day. I-
A sudden knock at the door brought Bella out of her thoughts. Bella opened the door to see John standing there. Bella was confused. He's still injured. He doesn't come back for like two more weeks. And it only took me day to realize it. Great job Bella. "Hey Bells!!! How are you doing after last night?" Bella could only laugh. Only John could do this. "I'm doing fine. A lot better than I thought I would be. I'm gonna guess that Randy told you everything. Right?" John could only nod. "Figures. So you know about the whole bathroom situation?" Again John nodded. "If you're anything like Randy you don't believe me. Do you?" John looked at Bella. "No I believe you. Because I know you better than that. And I know you wouldn't lie about something that serious." Bella nodded. "So what brings you here? Randy?" The look on John's face confirmed it. "Look he's sorry. He didn't mean to insinuate that you were lying. Come on Bells you know Randy." Bella smirked. "I know I know Randy. After all he is my older brother. But still he should know I wouldn't lie about something like that. And what makes me mad now is that he sent you to talk to me." John shook his head. "Randy has no idea that I'm here. I figure I'd come and talk to you before I head back home."
Bella nodded. "Yea I was gonna ask you about that. Why are you here, if you're not supposed to be back for like two more weeks?" John laughed. "I only came because Bella you only make your WWE debut once." Bella laughed. "Thanks John." "No problem. Just when Randy gets here, please talk to him. He's worried." Bella nodded. "Sure thing John. Hey John before you go, can you tell me something?" John just stared not knowing what she was going to ask. "Do you know why Randy and Dibiase hate each other so much?" John nodded. "I do. But that's not for me to tell. That's something Randy has to tell you." Bella shook her head in frustration. "Look John this is something I need to know. I've been walking around clueless as to what happened between them for the longest time. I need to know why. Otherwise if I don't I'm not gonna be able to get through this angle." John took a deep breath. "Bells, I wish I could tell you. But I can't. You're gonna have to talk to Randy. Ok?" Bella nodded. "Ok." "I gotta go now Bells. But I'll talk to you later. Good luck with everything." Bella nodded and hugged John. "Thanks John. I'll see you later." "Bye Bells."
Once again Bells was left alone with her thoughts. Soon she got bored and decided to change into her bikini and go down to the pool. Before she left she sent Candice a text asking if they were still there. And of course Candice texted saying they still were.
With that Bella began to head down to the pool. She grabbed her towel, phone and keycard, and headed down to the pool. Not paying attention to where she was going Bella bumped into something hard. But before she could fall to the ground she felt two strong arms wrap around her waist. "Hey you ok?" Bella nodded and looked up. "Yea I'm fine." Ted smiled. "Good to know. I guess you're lucky that I was here to save you again." Bella laughed. Damn it Bella! Push him off of you. You hate him remember? Or do I?
"Yea I'm very lucky. What would I do without you?" God he smells good. "Who knows?" Ted replied. Wow she looks good. I'm guessing she's going to the pool. Ted suddenly remembering he had his arms around her, let Bella go. "I have to go now. But I'll see you at the arena later. We'll talk about we're gonna do and what kind of teasing we can pull off." Bella laughed. "Sure thing. I'll see you then."
I can't believe that happened. Bella thought as she was making her way down to the pool, what is going on with me? There is no way I can be changing my mind about him. But I'm still confused. What the hell is going on.
Little did Bella and Ted know, but somebody saw everything. And that person sure as hell didn't like what just happened.