I DO NOT OWN ANYONE OR ANYTHING IN THIS STORY BESIDES THE OC'S.
A/N: AS I REREAD THIS I REALIZED HOW STUPID THE CONVERSATIONS THEY HAVE ARE, BUT WHAT CONVERSATIONS DO FRIENDS NOT STUPID? I KNOW THE CONVERSATIONS I HAVE WITH MY BFF CAN BE A LOT CRAZIER THAN THESE SO I FIGURED LEAVE IT IN HERE FOR A GOOD LAUGH.
Brittney's Point of View-
We walked in and a hostess sat us at a booth, Justin let me slide in first letting me sit next to the half wall that separated the booths and Wade slid in across from me and Heath sat next to him and Justin sat next to me seeing the hostess set the menu's and special's down onto the table.
"What type of shots you ordering?" Heath asked as Wade and I opened the menu to look at it.
"Vodka okay with everyone?" Justin asked.
"Sounds good with me." Heath said as I nodded in agreement looking to Wade.
"Strong enough for me." Wade said as the waitress came over and we ordered our drinks along with a round of vodka shots for the table.
"Hey, they have the 2 for $20 deal." I said seeing it in the menu looking over what it had on that specific menu.
"You want to share?" Justin asked as he leant forward onto the table, his menu was closed as he reached over the table reaching for the alcohol menu flipping through it.
"You getting more alcohol tonight?" I asked looking over at him.
"If anyone needs to get drunk, it should be you." Heath said.
"I am never getting drunk again after last time I got drunk around you guys." I said as the shots got put onto the table along with the soda's we had ordered.
"I don't blame you, I truly apologize for that night." Wade said as I looked across the table at him smiling not wanting to remember what had happened that night and I was just grateful that I didn't admit my crush that I had on him that night.
"That night is in the past, here is to the future, and to the present…" Heath said as he held up the one shot and Wade put his up to put next to Heath's as Justin reached for his shot lifting it up to put with theirs.
"And for the newest, most deserving woman's champion…" Justin said as I blushed a tad as I finally joined in at putting my shot up next to theirs hearing the clanks of the glasses.
"Cheers." I said smiling as we all downed our shots and the unison sounds of our glasses hitting the table, I immediately took a drink of my soda to chase it down and it was good to have a celebratory shot.
"Shall we get another?" Heath asked.
"I think one is enough for this type of celebration." I said.
"Come on party pooper, just one more." Wade said.
"Yeah, if you want to make it with the big boys you have to do more than one shot." Justin said as he shoulder bumped me.
"One more that's it." I said smirking as Heath stopped the waitress asking for one more round as we looked over the menu to decide what we wanted.
"I don't want the Con Queso." Justin said as we were trying to decide on what appetizer we wanted to share.
"But I don't want the cheese fries." I said, 'why were we even arguing about this?' I wondered to myself as he looked at the other stuff on the list hearing Wade and Heath on the other side of the booth having the same argument.
"Here is a solution to our problem, you and Wade want the Con Queso and Heath and I want the cheese fries, why don't we just order one of each then that way you and Wade can share the Con Queso and Heath and I can share the fries?" Justin asked as I looked across the table at Wade smiling as we made eye contact and he let out a small smirk, the first meal or food that we will share together, it'll be a memory for sure.
"I'm okay with that." I said shrugging.
"Sounds fine with me, I at least get my fries." Heath said shrugging as he took a sip at his soda when we finally got our second round of shots and ordered our meals that consisted of the fries and Con Queso that Wade and I wanted.
"Can you do a shot without a chaser?" Wade asked not knowing who he was asking so I just ignored the question. "You ignoring me now?" Wade asked.
"Oh, you were talking to me?" I asked slightly embarrassed now that I did that.
"Yeah, why would I ask them? They don't drink their soda after each shot." Wade said.
"Oh, sorry, didn't know what I was thinking…yeah I can do a shot without a chaser." I lied as Justin let out a few chuckles knowing that I was blatantly lying to the man.
"Really? I'm assuming that is a lie because he's laughing…"
"When doesn't he laugh?" I asked.
"He does laugh quite a bit." Heath added.
"Fine, if you can do a shot without a chaser, do it now." He said.
"Okay." I said.
"Wait, how can you know it's not a chaser? I mean, what if she 'claims' she is just thirsty and takes a drink? There has to be a time limit on this." Heath said.
"Okay, how long do I have to go without drinking my drink?" I asked.
"Five minutes, you got to go five minutes without taking a drink of your soda." Wade said.
"I can do that." I said manning up to this challenge, in this industry as a woman you always got to prove yourself to be included in these man games and considered as one of the guys, that is why I love hanging with these three cause they challenge me and it kind of helps to have an in of sorts, because I know that the other guys at FCW will treat me like one of the guys and have seen me put a match on with Justin at the facility (I needed practice somehow) and they know that I can be one of the guys, which is good but bad. I do have my days where I want to be treated like the girl I am, Lord knows I wish that I can be the girly girl and have the dream relationship with Wade but you got to take the good with the bad.
"My timer is set." Wade said playing with his big watch ready to push start when I took this shot.
"Alright, let's do this." I said as I grabbed the one shot glass taking the shot swallowing it quickly before it could burn my throat on its way down. I was about to reach for my drink stopping myself knowing that I couldn't take a drink and Wade had already pushed the button on his watch to start the five minute wait until I could take a drink. I looked over seeing Heath and Justin pulling the glasses up to the lips sipping on their straws.
"Aw, this is refreshing…what about yours Justin?" Heath asked in a teasing way.
"Quite cold…" Justin said as Wade was letting out chuckles and I let out a small one too knowing that those two were tools. I sat there watching those three take their shots that were ordered setting our shot glasses in the middle to be cleared.
"Why didn't you guys want to go to the Waffle House?" I asked looking around the semi-busy restaurant that was and probably will be busier than any Waffle House at this time.
"God, on tour it's like we go to Waffle House after Waffle House, I swear all they eat is at a Waffle House…if I see another waffle I think I'm going to have to throw it in someone's face." Heath said.
"Well, that's some threat right there…getting bitch slapped by a waffle…don't know about you but that is a scary image." Justin said.
"It can be if it's syrupy already, I mean can you drown from that shit? Syrup is thicker than water and that being shoved in your face." I said.
"I doubt you can drown or choke on that, you can at least swallow that and it'll taste a whole lot better than water." Wade said.
"But will you remember to swallow though?" Justin asked.
"It's a slap, it's not like I am suffocating them with the waffle like I would with a pillow guys." Heath said.
"We're not talking about that anymore, we are talking about if you can choke or drown by syrup." I said when our appetizers were set down to start eating at.
"I think you could, I mean can't that happen with any liquid? I mean, it doesn't matter what the liquid is, I think you can drown on it if there is enough." Justin said.
"But there has to be a lot of it in order for you to drown." Wade said.
"I don't see a waffle having that much, and much less would the waffle that I am throwing going to have that much syrup." Heath said as I picked up one of the chips dipping it into the Con Queso dip to scoop some up to eat forgetting that I couldn't drink anything and I continued on eating the chip. I went to reach for the cup, I brought it closer to my lips to take a drink before Justin stopped it from getting any closer to me.
"You still got a few minutes left." Justin said smiling.
"Oh yeah, I totally forgot." I said as I put the glass down realizing it was a bad idea eating that dip when I couldn't take a drink. "How much longer do I have?" I asked looking to Wade who twisted his wrist looking at the time left on it.
"You have 2 minutes left." He said as he took another chip from the bowl dipping it into the dip, I was hungry and watching them eat their fries and Wade eating the dip with chips I wanted my fair share so I shrugged it off realizing that it didn't burn as much anymore from the dip so I grabbed another chip digging in with Wade mentally reminding myself that I couldn't drink anymore until Wade's watch sounded, it was hard not to drink when the dip was still smoking from how hot it was when they brought it out but on the other hand I could eat the chips without the dip but I HAD to eat the dip. His watch sounded symbolizing that I could now drink and I took a much needed drink of my soda when it sounded. "Congratulations, you were able to do it." Wade said smirking.
"And to eat those damn nacho's when it's obviously hot…you should have went with the fries." Heath said as he dropped the cheesy fry into his mouth, it was kind of disgusting to see but that is Heath for you and how he eats.
"How are the fries? I never had them." I said looking to Justin trusting him the most.
"I'll trade you a fry for a chip." Justin said as I nodded in agreement, I scooped some dip onto a chip handing it to Justin as he handed me a fry to eat. It was quite good, we ate our food making small talk about the travelling and what the good along with the bad parts of the touring, the good outweighed the bad for them but I guess they just got a lot of getting used to but there were a lot of laughs hearing the stories of the antics that had occurred backstage or between them and their pro's. I could seriously see them getting along well with Chris, Christian and Matt, they were all mellow just like Wade, Heath and Justin, Justin alone is like a morphing personality cause he can seriously be friends with anyone and adjust his personality to accommodate to that of who he is with, Wade and Heath can do it too but I haven't hung out with them solely in so long and I get to see Wade more than Heath when doing FCW which has come to an end because I don't know if he is going to be as committed to come now that I have the belt. Knowing that this should be one of my happiest and proudest nights as a wrestler, at least with the career I have had thus far, I should be happy and proud that I have the belt for the first time but yet I can't help but to feel sadden at the fact that moments like this will become limited now that they will be gone numerous times a week, I guess I just miss the old times knowing that we can go out like this whenever and we never had a reason to go, we just went because we could.
"What do you think Brit?" Justin asked bringing me out of my thoughts.
"Of what?" I asked.
"Way to pay attention." Heath said.
"What do you expect when you're involved?" I asked sarcastically back.
"We were talking about John Cena." Wade said.
"His character or him?" I asked.
"There's a difference?" Justin asked.
"Yeah, there is a difference. John Cena the character is Super Cena, he can't be beat and he comes back from everything. He gets beaten down to a bloody pulp then he comes back to win that gets tiring to see. John Cena the person is much like he is presented, the loyal, hustle, respect and I love how he does the salute and pays tribute to the military, including down to the dog tags but I could be bias because I am a military brat." I said taking a sip of my drink not remembering that I haven't told any of them about it.
"You're a military brat?" Justin asked shocked.
"You got secrets that you haven't even told him?" Wade asked smirking as he put the straw in his mouth sipping his drink before I ate another chip when our waitress put our meals in front of us.
"Yes, I'm a military brat…my dad…" I said trying to swallow tears because I didn't want them to see that I'm soft, "He served for 24 plus years." I said as I hoped that was the end of the conversation.
"Did he ever go to war?" Wade asked intrigued, it shocked me that he was that interested into my family but yet he was a man and of course he was into the whole war thing with guns and explosives.
"Yeah, he served in Desert Storm and got called to serve in Afghanistan." I answered.
"Did he ever see WWE? I know you said you watched it with your dad when you were a kid and I know WWE does the Tribute to the Troops." Justin said.
"Unfortunately no." I said honestly as I couldn't make eye contact with any of them and just stared at the food in front of me.
"How did he not?" Heath asked sarcastically.
"Because he got killed by an explosion, that's why...excuse me Justin." I said blatantly as tears were threatening the most to come out now at any second hoping I can leave in time before any of them saw the tears escape. Justin obliged by getting out and stepped aside sticking his hand out to help me to my feet which I didn't take, I headed towards the single stall bathroom. I was trying not to think of all the memories of my dad that was flooding my mind and trying not to be too emotional. I wiped my eyes looking up from the sink that I leant against looking into the mirror in front of me seeing the eye liner stains down my face realizing I had to clean up the mess and suck up more tears. "Why must I be such a girl?" I asked myself when a knock came to the door. "I'll be out in a minute." I exclaimed from where I stood.
"Brittney, it's me…you okay?" Justin asked.
"I'm fine…I'll be out in a minute." I said grabbing some tissues wetting them to wipe the black stains that were all down my cheeks and it came off with a little scrubbing with the towels, I tossed them away before I pulled the door open seeing Justin leaning back against the wall with his arms crossed over his chest.
"You okay?" Justin asked.
"Yeah, I just get a little emotional." I explained embarrassed having to admit that, in this type of business you can't be emotional because the guys will tease you relentlessly and it's a boy type company so you got to be tough and be like one of the guys.
"As you should, you know you don't have to be strong around us." Justin said.
"I want to be treated like one of the guys and I can't be treated like a guy if I'm crying my eyes out." I said.
"We all cry, we just don't admit it." Justin said as he wrapped his arm around my shoulders leading me back to the table, Wade and Heath were slowly snacking at the meals in front of them waiting on us to get back to fully be able to eat their meals.
"I'm sorry Brit, I didn't know." Heath said and I know he probably felt the worse.
"It's fine Heath." I said scooting into the booth, "Sorry, I got and still do get emotional, it was my dad's death that was the final nail in the coffin in making me want to pursue wrestling. I was in college when he died, I was contemplating on dropping out and doing wrestling but when he died I knew I had to pursue this, it will be something my dad would want me to do." I explained.
"He got you into wrestling, he must have meant a lot to you." Wade said.
"He did, thanks to him I am where I am today." I said proudly smiling thinking about the times watching it with my dad.
"I am thankful for that…well not that he died but….you know what I mean." Justin said wrapping his arm around me pulling me into his embrace for a side hug.
"Me too." Wade said smirking.
"I'm not." Heath said as they both gave him dirty looks, "I was joking you all." Heath said.
"We all got our personal reasons why we are where we are, some are sadder than others." Wade said shrugging.
"And we all have our sad stories." Justin said.
"That we do, I try not to let it define me and that's why I don't tell a lot of people." I said.
"I see your point, no one likes sharing their sad stories." Wade said as we made eye contact smirking.
"But we all have our happy moments, like when you find a $20 bill on the ground." Heath said.
"It is an instant win." Justin said.
"Free money is always fabulous." I said.
"Fabulous?" Wade asked.
"It's a girl's word." I said shrugging.
"It could be a guy's word too." Justin said.
"When have you ever used that word?" Heath asked as I could tell Justin was trying to think of a time when Heath, Wade and I began humming the Jeopardy theme teasingly.
"I'm thinking." Justin said.
"Well, while you are thinking, I need a drink." I said.
"I'll go get us some drinks, everyone want one?" Justin asked as Heath and Wade both nodded in agreement. "I'll be back then." Justin said standing up from where he sat when Heath stood up as well.
"I'm going to the bathroom." Heath said.
"Thanks for sharing." Wade said kind of grossed out.
"You're welcome." Heath said smirking as I put down the quesadilla triangle I was nibbling on wiping crumbs from my hands off sipping my soda when I felt my free hand being grasped by another hand, I looked from the hand up to the man that sat across from me.
"I'm truly sorry about your dad…I know the pain of losing a loved one…my grandmother died when I was ten." Wade said giving me a comforting squeeze.
"You must have been close to her and it's hard losing someone that your close to." I said breaking the eye contact to look down at the table.
"I was very close to her, my parents each worked one or two jobs so I barely saw my parents so my grandparents very much raised me." Wade explained.
"I'm sorry for your loss, it's very unfortunate…what was it from?" I asked curiously.
"Old age and illnesses catching up and fortunately it wasn't like a heart attack or something." Wade said.
"Thank God for that huh?" I asked letting out a nervous chuckle and he did the same smiling.
"Yeah…" Wade said as he slowly slid his hand out of my grip patting the top of my hand lightly when Justin and Heath one after the other made it back to the table.
"If anyone asks, it's one of our birthdays because it got all of our shots from tonight free." Justin whispered setting the four shots down before he slid in the booth.
"I think it's Heath's turn to fake his birthday." I said as I grasped the shot bringing it closer to me.
"We take turns now?" Heath asked.
"Yes, we always have." Justin said as I downed the shot to help with the emotions and embarrassment from tonight.
"You know what I need, since it's my birthday and all?" Heath asked before he downed his.
"What?" I asked curiously.
"A slice of your quesadilla." Heath said.
"Just like how I need one of your ribs." I said nodding to the plate of ribs in front of him.
"You're crazy." Heath said.
"I can say the same for you." I said smirking.
"I'll give you one of my sliders for a slice of your quesadilla." Wade offered as I looked across the table at him smirking.
"Deal." I said as I gave him one of mine for one of his when Justin volunteered to do the same leading to swapping a slice of a quesadilla for one of his spicy chicken wings.
"This is really good." Justin said in a teasing manner knowing Heath hasn't given in yet.
"It truly is, good choice Brittney." Wade said adding to it.
"Fine, let's switch." Heath said as we switched with each other, then it led to the guys swapping food as well and I think that is why I enjoyed going out with the guys because we always swapped food so we tried more than one item on the menu. We finished what we had purchased and paid for the check, of course I didn't have to pay anything because it was on Justin's tab from our bet earlier.