a/n hello =] In this chapter we see that Claire does socialise with people other than Ted, Cody and Randy, they're just on Smackdown. We also meet Cody's Girl! Thanks to LindseyRedfield for the OC! Thanks to everyone who gave me their ideas!
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Sunday, January 31 – The Royal Rumble
The Royal Rumble. My favourite Pay Per View. It always has been. It's the most entertaining, and it's good to see so many people involved in one show. Tonight's main event, the Royal Rumble match, would be the first time in ten years that a female would participate in the match. Care to take a guess? Who is the strongest Diva in the company? Beth Phoenix, of course. Not that she'll be lasting long, but that's not the point.
I spotted said female walking down the hallway and I walked quickly to greet her."
"Beth!" I called when she was getting too far ahead of me,
"Hey Claire." She smiled, "How are you?"
"I'm pretty good, thanks." I said with a nod, telling what could be considered a lie because of my argument with Michael. "How about you? The Glamazon's making an appearance in the Rumble match!"
"I'm actually pretty nervous!" she told me honestly, "This is a big match! I have to fill Chyna's shoes!"
"Beth, you're going to be great! The WWE Universe loves you."
"Thanks, Claire. But this is my stop," she pointed to the Diva's locker room, something I had never actually used.
"Okay, break a leg out there."
On my way to Legacy's locker room, I wondered if I probably should have used the Diva's locker room at least once. Then I smirked to myself, when you have friends in higher places, why should you? Ever since my first day in the company, I had been using Legacy's locker room. Well, seeing as I had debuted on the Smackdown brand, neither Randy nor Cody were on the brand, and Ted hadn't even been pulled up to the main roster yet, I shared with Michael.
"Claire!" Michelle McCool greeted me happily and gave me a hug, "It's been so long! You died your hair brown!" she said with a shocked voice, "Why? You know blondes are a dying breed in this company!"
"That's not true!"
"You know it is! There is me, Barbie, Maryse and Tiffany!"
"Beth and Natalya!" I added and she just laughed, "Jillian too!"
"Out of 19 Divas!"
"7 out of 19, get over it, Elle!"
"I see you finally succumbed to the pressures of WWE Management!" she giggled, and I looked at her confused, "You got boob implants!"
"Oh, yeah, right." I laughed awkwardly.
"You look so hot! How do you do that?"
"I don't know!"
"You're so lucky! What else have you changed?" we had to catch up on nearly 8 months of not speaking to each other. We were really good friends, and I felt bad that it had been so long. I told her that I bought a house in Pointe-Claire, Quebec to be closer to my parents, but I still owned my house in Los Angeles, I told her that I had also had a nose job. Fixing the crooked nose I had received at the hands of a girl at high school. As well as the wardrobe change. That didn't really have a reason; I just thought that maybe I should act more like a lady.
"That's amazing! I can't believe it's been so long! We'll hang out tonight after the show, yeah? We'll have a girl's night!"
"Yeah, that sounds good! Just, no Maryse." I laughed and she nodded, no one really got along with Maryse anymore.
McCool and Layla sat in the ring, covered in cake. I ran out as fast as I could, dressed in a short blue dress and six inch silver heels, as well as holding my belt in my hand. I abandoned the heels halfway down the ramp. Despite wearing a dress, I slid into the ring under the bottom rope. I ran straight for Gail Kim, aiming to hit her with the belt. She ducked out of the way and ran from the ring, closely followed by the other six divas, after I threatened to hit them as well. I looked at Michelle and Layla, both rolling around in the cake, cringing in disgust. Michelle put her hand out so I would help her up,
"Eww." I said. I held my belt above my head when I looked back at the seven celebrating divas, "This is mine, no one else's!" I shouted as Mickie walked forward, showing off her newly won strap, "I'm more of a champion than you were or ever will be!" I shouted and turned back to Lay-Cool who were crying pathetically, both held out a hand to me, but I just walked away.
"Miss Bonnet, Stephanie wants to see you in her office." Someone told me as soon as I walked through the curtain.
I entered her office, and let out a squeal. "Gwen!" I pulled her from her seat and squeezed her. Gweneth Brentwood. One of my best friends when I was in FCW. "What the hell are you doing here?"
"I got a call from John Laurinaitis last week, and he told me I was coming up to the main roster!" she said excitedly, and I couldn't help but smile, "So I've been training like mad with Peter, and Stephanie called me here tonight!"
"That's great! Stephanie, I love you!" I hugged her, "So, can I steal her? You're all done here, right?"
"Yes, Claire. She's all yours." I pulled Gwen on the hand, escorting her from the little room that they called an office.
-Cody's Point of View-
The door to the locker room opened quickly, and the unmistakable voice of Claire came into the room. She was loud and sounded more excited than usual.
"Introducing!" she shouted, as she stood in the doorway with open arms, "The lovely Gwen Brentwood!" as she stepped out of the way, a new person entered. She had long brown hair, and wore short, long sleeved, grey dress, with black leggings and knee high boots. She was taller than Claire, who was wearing a pair of slippers (her shoes had been lost on the way to the ring), but without the boots she would have been shorter.
"Hi!" she said with a nice smile, and I smiled back, giving her a small wave.
"Gwen, of course you know Theodore!" Claire moved to Randy, and put her hands on his shoulders, "This stud is Randy!"She then moved to me, and wrapped her arms around my neck. "And this cute little boy is Cody!" I felt my cheeks go red,
"Stop it," I grumbled, she was embarrassing me in front of the chick.
"Boys," she spoke, without removing her arms, "This is Gwen! She's just been called up to the main roster!" Claire said with an excited tone.
"That's great!" Ted said with the same tone of voice, Randy clapped in appreciation, but I just sat there.
-Claire's Point of View-
I took Cody's silence as a good sign. Maybe Gwen was the girl. I smirked at Randy, and he seemed to catch my drift.
Operation 'Get Cody A Girl'? It was coming along nicely, after a rough start.
