"So I guess I need a bathing suit then?" I asked as we walked into the hotel. It was on the way, and we needed some stuff, so it was convenient.
"Yeah," Matt answered. "Unless you want to go topless"
"Nast ass" I laughed as I walked into the bathroom and changed into a bathing suit. I covered it with a black tank top with a single skull in the middle and a pair of the matching shorts. As I walked out, my eyes drifted to one of the greatest images ever. Jeff was pulling off hit shirt, replacing it with another one. I tired to distract myself but couldn't. I stared out of the corner of my eye, pretending to do something else, as he pulled on the jersey.
"That looks familiar" I smiled as I pulled out my matching jersey of the NBA team, Boston Celtics.
"I guess we have great taste" he smiled, his lip ring shining in the sunlight coming through the window. I got a tingling feeling down my spine. I cleared my throat and walked out of the room. I grabbed my own monogrammed towels of Randy's new line that he gave me for an early birthday present. Cheep ass. I walked out of the room and waited out in the hall way. I turned my head and saw Edge smiling at me and coming down the hallway. I screamed when something suddenly grabbed me. I quickly turned around saw the person.
"Shh! Hey!? Hey" Jeff said pulling me into his arms as I started to shake. "What's wrong Valerie?"
"N…nothing, just got scared a bit"
"By what?" he asked pulling back from me.
"A… a bug?" I said as I saw Matt give me a look.
"A bug? OK, right" he said laughing. Matt sent me an apologetic look as the three of us made our way downstairs. The Sun's heat was blocked out by clouds, so it was nice. When we got to Fantasy Lake, I looked ahead to a short blond haired guy with tattoos running down his arms standing next to a black Hummer. A couple was standing next to him.
"Hi Reject" I laughed as climbed out of the car with Jeff's assistance.
"Aw damn! She knows too?" he whined as we walked up. He smiled and greeted me with a kiss to the hand. "Nice to meet you young lady. I'm Shannon"
"Like wise Shannon" I said smiling, ignoring the jealous stare that came from the face from the younger Hardy brother. The couple smile and greeted us.
"Hey, what's up Sugar Shane Helms" Jeff laughed as I smiled at the petite girl, whom met my height.
"Hi, I'm Valerie" I said smiling as I shook her hand with a big smile, which she returned.
"I'm Jamie" she said, causing Shane to turn towards me.
"Ham-burglar?" I said laughing. Back in 2004, I and The Rock would hang around during the shows. We were tight as can be. He would watch my back, and I would watch his from all the lady fans. I even gave him the name once when we were having McDonalds during one of the shows. I was working on one of the maze games, trying to capture the Hamburglar. Don't ask why. We laughed slightly at the guys whom had run out to the shore line of the water.
"So, are you with one of the guys or something?" Jamie asked as we lay on some chairs.
"Nah, I'm just a friend" I said smiling putting on my shades. We talked for a few moments, getting to know each other a bit more. In the middle of our conversation, somebody stood over me. I looked up and saw Jeff standing with his hair wet, sending droplets of water down to his chest, falling down into his… STOP! Girl what the hell is you thinking? I smiled and waved as he smiled brightly.
"Want to come in the water with me?" he asked holding his hand out for me. I pondered it for a minute, and smiled. I nodded and he helped me up. I slowly pulled down my shorts to reveal the bottom of my bathing suit. It was a black bathing suit with bright purple skulls on it. I smiled as I saw the guy's faces as I walked to the body. I was proud; I worked hard to earn my hard toned body. My tan legs shivered as the water slapped against them. I breathed deeply before I dove into the water. Soon, I heard another splash and soon after, I saw Jeff pull next to me. We both swam out to one of the three huge wooden towers. "Ladies first" he said slyly.
"No funny thoughts" I laughed before he gave me a boost up the ladder. When we finally got to the top, I saw how high we were. I grabbed the rope that I was supposed to hang by. I smiled at Jeff and jumped off. In mid swing, I let go and did a back flip. I made a huge mistake and landed on my back, my body getting the air knocked out of it by the water. I tried to swim to the top but couldn't. I started to sink. After a few seconds, a pair of hands grabbed my torso and pulled me to the top. I then gasped for breath as the person pulled me to the dock. I held on securely to the person and looked up at them. "Thanks Jeff" I said as he smiled and kissed the top of my head.
"You ok?" he asked as he sat next to me.
"Y…yeah" I stuttered as a cold breeze swooped down. Jeff noticed and wrapped his arms around me as I leaned into his shoulder and looked blankly at the water. I smiled at the water, and suddenly got the urge. I couldn't resist. I shoved him into the water playfully and dove quickly into the water and swam to the bottom of the tower. I hid myself in the wavy water as I saw Jeff looking around for me.
"Matt!! Man did you see where Valerie went?"
"She's behind the tower bro!" Matt yelled back. Damn it Matt! I quickly climbed the ladder once again with Jeff hot on my trail. I laughed as he walked towards me with a smirk on his face. I screamed as he grabbed me, and jumped off. In mid fall I felt his lips crash onto mine. A spark went through my body as we hit the water. I kissed back once, and let go from him. I swam back to the surface, and swam to the shore, ignoring his calls for me. When I got to the shore, I lay back on the chair across Jamie's and wrapped my towel around me. Why is he doing this… why am I feeling this way? I breathed in deeply as I rubbed the towel around me. I can't do this to him; keep leading him on this chase… for me? No… I can't… not with him back home… Jamie's laugh brought me out of my thoughts. I looked up at the scene. Matt and Shane, God knows why, where building a sand castle. As I started a conversation with Jamie, Jeff and Shannon started to wrestle. After a while, they got too close and trampled the guys sand castle. Matt and Shane gasped out, and then started to team up against the others
"Come on guys, save it for the show!" I laughed.
"He did what?!" Randy yelled as we grabbed his things for tonight.
"He kissed me" I said blankly, running my hands through my hair. We walked out of the room and headed to the lobby.
"Valerie, please. Don't hang out with Hardy anymore! He's no good!" he pleaded as we walked outside.
"Why?" I asked as we got into his car.
"WHY?! He has a series of problems. Everybody knows that! Why cant you!?" he said suddenly stopping the car in the arena parking lot.
"You really don't like him, do you?" I sighed. "Nobody knows him"
"Valerie please… Dad told me to take care of you… I don't want you getting hurt" he said, suddenly sounding like he was babysitting me.
"Well tell him I'm not 10 anymore" I said before I got out of the car and walked quickly into the arena. Edge's voice stopped me in my tracks. I looked around for the voice, and heard it behind a door.
"… yeah, yeah, she already freaked out about you coming back…Sure you can, she wont know what happened…this Friday…you'll see.. Bye"
I ran away from the door and into an empty locker room. I let out a loud scream of anger, and ran my hands through my hair. I breathed deeply, getting a tad bit hysterical. When I calmed down, I opened the door, then snapping it shut when I heard a few voices outside the door.
"Really? OHMYGOD!! Yeah!" I heard Maria's voice squeal.
"OK then… I'll pick you up then?" I shockingly heard Jeff's voice answer. I gasped as my eye vision blurred. I silently opened the door once again, and the coast was clear. I ran quickly down to the pit and wiped my eyes again. I cleared my mind of everything that had happened when the announcer's voices disturbed me.
"…That's got to be big!" King started. "And a new match tonight J.R! A Fatal Four Way for the WWE Women's championship between Candice Michelle, Maria, Melina and the Women's Champ, the Viper-ette, Valerie Orton!" he finished. "Puppies J.R!"
Great… because of all of this, I now have a title defense… GREAT…
I walked up the stairs, preparing during the commercial break.
"Hey, Valerie, guess what?" Melina's voice perked up. I looked down and saw Maria and Candice walk up behind her.
"You have herpes?" I said pointing to Melina. "You have finally, found a brain?" I added pointing to Maria. "And you…" I said to Candice "You… I just don't care about"
"SHUT UP!!" Melina screamed which made me smirk. "Actually, Maria has a date tonight…can you guess with who?" she finished basically rubbing it in my face.
"Umm… I don't know…who?" I said rolling my eyes.
"Jeff Hardy!!!" Maria squealed jumping.
"Oh my God!!" I rasped out, toning my voice a bit higher, pretending to be excited. "Good for you" I said, giving her a thumbs up before her music started. Candice followed after before Melina.
"I bet your just dying inside" she said smirking.
"Keep it up and you're going to be dying… on the outside" I said smirking as she walked out, with a worried look. I smiled as Lillian announced my name. I walked out to deafening cheers with my title around my shoulders. When I got into the ring, the tree tried to corner me, I didn't even care… My head was still swirling with emotions. Sadness, confusion, disappointment, anger…I could go on. The referee backed them off when I didn't respond to their advances. I tried to concentrate on the match as I handed the title to the ref.
"Your going to suffer you little bitch!" Melina snapped at me. I was caught off guard and speared to the ground by Candice. I kicked her off of me and jumped up. I tackled Melina out of the ring, leaving Maria all, by, herself… making me smirk. I dropkicked her to one of the turnbuckles and kicked her repeatedly. I was then pulled from her by my hair and slammed to the ground. I looked up to see Candice helping her up. I tackled her out of the ring, hitting the announcers table. While I heard the crowd's gasps and screams, I was pulled into the ring. I heard a scream and was then slammed into the mat. I kicked out around two of Melina's pin. I slowly got up, and was tackled by her. When she positioned me into the corner, I reacted and moved out of the way at the last moment. I threw her out of the ring and onto the floor. I caught Candice off guard and did the same to her. I turned around slowly, and eyed Maria, who was backing up into one of the corners. I walked over to her and slapped her and whispered in her ear.
"You hurt him, I will hurt you…just a warning…" I flipped her over me and climbed the turnbuckle. I then leg dropped her, landing on her neck and started kicking her in her midsection. I saw Melina getting in the ring so I headed for her. I ran and hit a hurri-curanna. I taunted the crowd which made them cheer loudly. I walked back to Maria and hit my VMO. I dragged her to the corner of the ring. When I saw Candice try to sneak up on me, I quickly hit my VMO on her as well. I did the same with her body in the corner opposite Maria's motionless body. I turned around and saw Melina running towards me. I ducked her clothes-line and hit my VMO on her. I quickly went to Maria and climbed the turnbuckle. I motioned to the crowd and hit my moonsault. I rolled over to Candice and did the same. When it came to Melina, I added another flip to it. After crashing into her, along with the crowds cheers, I covered her for the pin. I rolled out of the ring, and hit the ground, laying there, catching my breath. As Lillian announced my win, she was suddenly interrupted. Melina's voice screeched out of the microphone.
"Valerie, you bitch! I will win that title from you…just you wait. I'm going to make you pay!" she started. "But for now… you had this coming to you!" she finished. I looked up, brushing the hair out my face, and looked up the ramp. Lined up, were all of her diva friends. From Mickie James to the Bella Twins. I slowly got up, looking at them straight on. I motioned to them to get closer, earning cheers from the crowd. As they got closer, I was hit in the back of the head with a hard object. I was then carried to the ring, and placed against the ropes. I felt my arms being entwined through the ropes. I was still responsive, so I kicked at any of them that got close enough. When one of the Bella (God knows which one) tried to dropkick me, I leaned back, making her crash into the ground. I was tackled then after. I fended a few of them off but they overpowered me quickly. I fell to the floor finally as blood covered my eyes. I heard the crowd suddenly cheer loudly. The ring shook as pairs of hands held me.
"We're here for ya baby" Beth's voice said as she threw Kelly Kelly away. I felt hands brush hair out of my face as medics helped me up.
"Valerie, you ok?" Randy's voice cry
"Me? Drive? Aww hell naw officer! I'm fucked up!" I slurred as a few chuckles followed
"She has a large amount of blood loss" a medic stated.
"She's in bad shape" another one added.
"Lets get her to the back"
As they carried me to the back, the crowd cheered for me, clapping their hands. I threw up my hands in the rock sign.
"I DID NOT SAY THAT!!" I laughed as the medic wrapped a bandage across my forehead. The injuries weren't as bad as people thought. Just a slight concussion, few staples in my head…nothing major.
"Yes you did!" Beth laughed. "Everyone heard you. Cant imagine what you would be like when your drunk!"
"You're good to go Miss. Orton" the medic spoke up. He added a few regulations to my injuries and I thanked him as we walked out of the room.
"So got anything planned for tonight?" she asked as we walked into the locker rooms.
"No, you?" I asked as we packed our bags to head for the hotel.
"We're going out for drinks…you should come…unless those staples are going to hold ya back" she assumed as we walked out into the semi crowded arena. The show had already ended, and I hadn't seen the guys since this afternoon.
"Hell no! I'm good…see you there!" I yelled over the sound of cars and screaming fans as we reached the exit of the arena. I signed autographs and took pictures with the fans. I even posed with Legacy in a few of them. I walked over to my bike, but as I got on, I heard a women's laugh. It sounded so familiar… I shook it out of my head and revved up my engine. I slowly pulled into the line of cars, waiting to leave the arena. I signed a few last second autographs before I sped off on the road.