Thanks for the comments! Hope you love this chapter! It's sizzlin' hot! lol!
Chapter 12 - Viva la Salsa!
The Raw Divas spent nearly three hours at the hair salon, getting their hair and nails done. Fortunately the place was quiet when they got there, so the service of beautification went through quick. It was about ten minutes past seven when they got out of there and went to the boutique located on the same floor as the hair salon and Maria bought a hobo handbag that Mickie mention about and a pair of shoes.
They were back in her double room, where the Divas were getting ready to go out.
"So what do you think?" Candice asked after she had finished with her lip gloss. She had on a black cocktail that has a low cut neckline and black high heel sandals.
"Hmm, let's us have a look," said Torrie.
Candice did her usual Go Daddy dance which was her signature move that was known for in the ring. She twirled her arm around her body as she made a slow turn in a seductive manner.
"Well?" Candice said. "What do you think?"
The blonde Boise native and the former Women's Champion exchanged looks at one another before they came to their conclusion.
"Candylicious!" they said in unison.
Candice grinned. "Thank you!"
Mickie made a glance in the mirror. She wore a brown empire waist V-neck top and a cream stretch flares with a glitter band around it. Her shoes would be a pair of brown leather ankle boots with a silver buckle on each side.
"You look great, Mickie!" said Candice.
"Yeah, you do!" Torrie agreed.
"Thanks, you guys!" said Mickie. She went to try on her Gucci wraparound sunglasses. "I think this gives me more of a sophisticated look, don't you?"
Candice grinned. "Oh yeah absolutely, it brings out the attitude in you."
"Exactly!" said Mickie. "That's what I'm talking about!"
"Too bad Andrew couldn't see you in the outfit," said Torrie.
Mickie made a pout and sighed while thinking of the handsome guy she met during their stay at a hotel in Cleveland.
"Yeah well he had a conference to go to," she said. "I think today is his last stay at the hotel before he flies back to his home in Boston. Oh well, at least I have his number so I can call him tomorrow."
The reflection of the energetic brunette made a pose as Mickie took a last glance at herself in the mirror.
"Alright, I'm ready to roll!" said Mickie. "You ready, Tor?"
Torrie was almost done applying her lip gloss to her lips. She had on a pink strapless shirred mesh dress with a three tier skirt with the frill overlapping the other with each frill lengthen gradually from the waist. Her hair was up in a flirty ponytail and a thick bang was over her forehead, almost covering her left eye. Her shoes would be a trendy pair of pink wedge sandals.
"Yep, I'm ready!" the blonde Diva announced and made a pose.
"You look stunning!" said Candice.
"Couldn't say it more myself," said Mickie.
"Thanks!" Torrie grinned. "Alright, so we're good to go! Now we have to wait for Maria."
"I can't wait to see what she looks like!" Candice gushed.
"Me too!" said Torrie. "I wonder what's taking her. She's been in there for quite a while now."
"Maria!" Mickie shouted. "Come on, we don't have all night!"
"I'm coming!" said a voice from the bathroom.
"You have about ten minutes to come out," said Candice.
"Don't keep us waiting!" said Torrie. "We want to see you in your dress!"
"I said I'm coming!" said Maria. "Hold on!"
Mickie rolled her eyes playfully and shook her head. "If you're worrying about its eye-popping quality, then you're too late to return it."
"Mickie!"
Torrie and Candice tried not to laugh while Mickie bit her lip as if she was trying to stop herself from laughing.
"Come on, come on!" said Candice. "Let us see! Let us see!"
"You're getting us anticipated here!" said Torrie.
The Divas could hear the sound of a deep sigh and then the door of the bathroom clicked open. A woman came out in an emerald handkerchief hem halter dress with a gold studded band at the empire and wore high heel sandals matching the color of the dress. Her hair was in twisted plaits before it is made and pinned into a bun. Her presence was stunning and awe-inspiring.
"Wow, look at you!"
"Maria, you're so gorgeous!"
"That dress looks so hot on you!"
Maria managed a grin. "Thank you. Can one of you tie the back straps into a ribbon for me?"
"Sure," said Candice and offered a hand in tying the straps into ribbons around Maria's neck and then the back. While Candice was doing that, Maria looked at her own reflection. She loved the dress when she first saw it at the mall. But she didn't think she would actually wear it on the same day she bought it.
"And now for the finishing touch!" said Mickie. She took a white amaryllis and placed on the side of Maria's bun.
Maria groaned. "I don't see why you have to get that from the floral shop."
"To make you more dazzling!" said Mickie. "Besides a natural flower is way better than those artificial ones at the boutique. You know, those hairclips."
"Yeah they do, don't they?" Candice said.
"It gives her a unique look," said Torrie.
"That's what I've been trying to tell her!" Mickie sighed and shook her head. "She just doesn't understand my sense of creativity."
Maria was annoyed but at the same time she couldn't help but to grin.
"Oh, shut up!"
The Divas laughed.
Candice made her last ribbon around Maria's back. "Okay I'm done."
"Thanks Candice," said the young Diva.
"Oh, it's my pleasure," said the brunette and made a wink.
"Alright!" said Mickie as she made a clap with satisfaction. "Let's have another look at you!"
Maria turned to face the Divas.
"No pose?"
"Mickie!"
"It won't take long."
Maria rolled her eyes and placed her hands on her hips.
"Better?
Mickie nodded and made a satisfying smile. "Much."
"Oh, you look beautiful Maria!" said Candice.
"Definitely!" Torrie agreed. "So is everyone ready?"
"I know I am!" said Candice.
"Me too!" said Mickie.
"Me three!" said Torrie.
The three Divas turned to the young Diva for her answer.
"Of course I'm ready!" she said. "Let's go!"
Maria had to admit that she looked stunning for the night. She couldn't wait to get to the club and to have a great time with her friends.
"And Randy would be there too," said Maria.
The idea sounded weird to her; the fact that she and Randy would be going on a social outing together instead of training.
The Divas took their rightful handbags and headed out of the room and Torrie closed and then locked the room door behind them.
"Are you sure she'll like me in this?"
"I'm positive man,"
John and Randy were at the Divas' hotel waiting in the lobby. Randy wore a red western strip shirt, black pants and black boat shoes while the WWE Champion wore a sky blue shirt, khaki pants and a pair of brown leather loafers.
"Are you absolutely sure?" John asked again.
Randy laughed. "Will you quit asking me questions?"
John sighed. "I'm a bit nervous here. I know I went out with her once and everything but…I just want to look my best, you know."
"You look just fine man," said Randy. "Stop worrying, okay?"
John managed to get a grin out of his chest. "Okay. Oh, there they come now."
Randy turned to see the four women making their way down to meet them. He had his eyes on the one in green. She was the most beautiful women he has ever seen. Out of the four Divas, she was the only one he would see.
"Well good evening ladies," said John. "You all look mighty good tonight."
"Thank you!" the Divas said altogether.
"Torrie," John breathed. "Wow, you look lovely."
"Thank you John," Torrie beamed. "You look great, yourself."
Maria noticed that Randy seemed a bit dumbfounded and walked slowly up to him.
"Hi Randy," she said.
"Hey Maria,"
"Nice shirt,"
Randy grinned. "Thanks."
Those eyes…it goes so well with her eyes…
"You look beautiful,"
Maria smiled. "Thank you."
She could feel something soft and tender as she glanced down to see his hand holding hers. Randy held it up to him and kissed it. Maria's cheeks turned rosy pink in an instant. She wished he hasn't done it, despite liking the sweet gesture.
"Does he have to do that in front of everyone?" she thought.
"Hey John," Mickie began. "I'm glad you're wearing a khaki pants for a change after all those times you were wearing those jean shorts to the ring!"
John laughed. "Yeah I know. May I ask why the hell you're wearing sunglasses? It's not even day light."
Mickie lowered her sunglasses down a bit to reveal her brown eyes.
"It's part of my look, okay? And two, people wear them these days when they're going out. It's part of the fashion."
"Well, sorry if I'm not…" John held up his hands and made a gesture with his index and middle fingers, bending them twice to make an air quote. "Updated."
Everyone burst out laughing.
"Anyway, let's get out of here!" said Randy.
"You don't have to tell us twice!" said Maria, grinning as the group of Raw Superstars head out of the glass doors to the limo awaiting them.
The driver dropped the group of Raw Superstars off in front of the nightclub.
"See ya later Parker!" said Randy.
"Hope you'll have a good time!" said the driver.
"We will!" said Torrie.
The limo then drove off from the walkway and everyone turned to the building. There was a flashing sign on the wall that read Sizzlin' Pepper illuminating in white along with a chili pepper glowing in red and the stem in green alongside the writing.
"Well, here we are!" said Candice.
"Cool," said Maria.
"Let's go in," said Randy.
"Yeah, what are we waiting for?" said John.
They head in along with Candice as the lead. When they got inside, there was a huge crowd dancing to Latin music. There were light beams used for visual effects to entertain the audience. The colours of red, gold and white were hovering over them as they seemed to be enjoying themselves.
"Wow, this place looks great!" said Torrie.
"Yeah it does," John agreed.
"Tonight's Latin night," said Candice. "It's getting very popular when I was here."
"Oh that's awesome," said Mickie.
"There's a restaurant here like you said right?" John asked.
"Yes there is," said Candice. "Follow me."
They followed her to the next floor where the dining room was.
"Good evening," greeted the waiter. "Here, to make reservations?"
"Yes, for six please," said Candice.
"Alright, follow me," said the waiter and lead them to their table.
An hour and a half had passed. The group of Raw Superstars were back in the club sitting by the bar chatting, laughing and drinking their cocktails.
"So Torrie, you want to dance?" John asked.
"I don't know," said Torrie. "I'm not really a fan of the cha cha."
"Hey, I can't dance either so we'll go silly together."
Torrie laughed. "Alright, you're on!"
John and Torrie got off from their stools and went to the crowded dancefloor.
"Hey Mickie!" said Candice. "Let's show everyone what we made of!"
Mickie drank her last bit of her cocktail in one gulp and slammed her martini glass on the counter.
"I'm right behind ya!" she said and turned to the young Diva and the brunette man.
"Well, hasta la vista babies!" Mickie grinned. She quickly jumped off her bar stool and went away with Candice.
Maria and Randy laughed and made a wave to them.
"See ya ladies!"
"Have fun!"
Then half an hour had past and the people would be still dancing, or arriving or departing the club. Maria watched John with Torrie and Candice with Mickie having a good time as they danced to a new song playing called Cha-Cha by Chelo. Randy was quiet for a while and his mind seemed to be somewhere in space and Maria looked at him with concern.
"Randy?"
Randy jumped a bit when he heard his name and turned to her. "Yes?"
"Are you okay? You seemed a bit quiet."
"Oh yeah, I'm fine," he said.
She wasn't sure if he was lying or not but she simply nodded.
"Okay."
Randy took a sip of his cocktail and turned to watch his best friend who seemed to be imitating the cha cha with Torrie and laughed. "He has no idea what he's doing, is he?"
Maria laughed. "I don't think so. But who cares? He's having so much fun with Torrie."
"Yeah," Randy agreed. "He likes her a lot."
"I know. Torrie likes him too."
Randy nodded. He smiled and made a deep sigh. "I remember those days."
"Remember what?"
"The time I did the salsa," said Randy. "Back in high school."
Maria was astonished. "You could do the salsa?"
Randy laughed. "Yeah, I do. I took Latin classes when I was sixteen."
"That's cool!"
"Oh yeah, it was so much fun. There's this dance contest that took place every year and my classmate Jane and I would go always take part together just for the fun of it. Can you believe that we won that one time?"
"You did?"
"Yep."
"You're kidding?"
"No joke, I was surprised to tell you the truth from the first time ever that I 've won. But to me, Jane is the most talented one, she could dance really good. Me? I have to go out there to be the lead and let the music do the rest." Randy shrugged and grinned. "I guess I've shocked myself."
Maria was really impressed to discover a side of Randy she didn't know was there.
"Wow, I had no idea you were a dancer."
"Well it's not something that I should talk about," said Randy. "But yeah I danced and I had fun doing it. Though it has been years since I would claim the dancefloor, if you know what I mean."
Maria nodded. She was about to say something but was interrupted by a voice of a DJ named Carlos erupting from the speakers.
"Alright you chili peppers!" said DJ Carlos. 'Chili peppers' was his nickname for the audience. "Are you having a good time?"
The crowed shouted. "Yes!"
"I can't hear you!" he continued. "I said are you having a good time?!"
The shouts were even louder than the first one. "Yes!"
"That's more like it!" said DJ Carlos. "Let me hear you make some noise!"
The crowd cheered and then claps were made.
"Well it's eleven o' clock now and you know what that means? It's time for the salsa lovers to pep up the dancefloor!"
DJ Carlos was famous for his trademark saying 'pep up would mean to bring out the liveliness and the energy. He would use it to go along with the Sizzlin' Pepper's theme Come feel the heat.
"Oh my god!" said Maria. "They're doing the salsa right now!"
"You like it?" Randy asked.
"Like it? I love it! It's my favorite Latin dance!"
Randy grinned. "That's cool."
Maria smirked. "I have an idea though."
"What?"
"Why not you come and dance with me?" Maria asked.
Randy chuckled and shook his head. "Nah, I'm cool."
"Aw come on! It'll be fun and besides, you said you were a dance champion, right?"
"Yeah but…"
"But what?"
"I'm just not into that kind of thing anymore," said Randy.
Maria blew a raspberry. "You could just tell me you are a chicken and leave it at that."
"Whoa, wait a minute. I'm not a chicken, okay?"
Maria placed her hand under her chin and sneered playfully at him. "Every heard of the saying actions speak louder than words?"
Randy grinned. "Why do I have a feeling that you don't believe me?"
"Well I don't, unless I see it with my own eyes."
"Alright," said the brunette man and took another sip of his cocktail before placing it back down on the counter. "But everyone would be shock to find out that I'm a far better dancer than you."
Maria made a scoff and laughed. "Yeah right, don't try to fool me!"
"Hey, you're talking to the Legend Killer," said Randy, bringing out his cocky side that Maria knew. "If I'm known to be the best wrestler in the WWE, then I guarantee that I'm the best dancer as well."
"Okay then," said Maria. "Prove it. I'm giving you a challenge you can't refuse."
"A challenge, huh?"
"You said it!" said the young Diva. "It'll be title versus title."
Randy raised his eyebrow. "I don't get it."
"Okay, hear this. I was a former dance teacher and you were a former dance champion and we both know the salsa, right?
"Yeah, that's right," said Randy, who was curious about her idea.
"Let's say we'll see who the better dancer is…" the young Diva smirked and tapped her finger twice on the counter. "Right here, right now."
Randy's eyebrow rose even higher. "Are you serious about this?"
"If I'm not, then I wouldn't be asking you this in the first place."
Randy laughed. "That's true." He could see that her green eyes were filled with determination. Randy already knew how serious she was.
"Alright Maria," said Randy. He extended his hand to her. "I accept!"
Maria smiled broadly and shook his hand in return.
"Good! Now come on, it's about to start!"
"Then let's go!" said Randy. He took her hand as they got off their bar stools and went to the dancefloor. DJ Carlos was still entertaining the crowd before he tuned to a new song.
"Alright, let's get the music on here!" he said. "All salsa lovers come over here, now! It's your time to shine your light. It's time to dance like you're never danced before. It's time folks; it's time for the salsa!"
The crowd cheered jubilantly and thunderous claps were made in the room.
In an instant, a new song was playing from the speakers. It was Rhythm Divine by Enrique Iglesias. Maria placed her hand on his left shoulder while Randy had his hand on Maria's side and their right hands would clasp together.
The young Diva turned to her challenger. "You ready?"
"I'm ready," Randy smirked. "Are you?"
Maria nodded and smirked back. "Yes, I am. Let's do it!"
There were a few people in the crowd who would notice something with awe and turned to watch an exciting scene. Suddenly, more and more people were curious to see what was happening and turned to their direction. The blonde woman was having fun dancing with a friend when she noticed the crowd was cheering over something they were looking at.
"I wonder what's up," Torrie asked.
"Not sure," said John. "It looks like it's a couple that is getting the attention."
"John, Torrie!"
"Get yourselves over here!"
John and Torrie exchanged brief glances before they head over by Mickie and Candice.
"Hey guys, what's going on?" Torrie asked.
Candice grinned. "See for yourselves."
John and Torrie turned to the direction they were looking and were shocked by what they saw. There on the dancefloor was a brunette man and a woman with light brown hair making a few dance steps with the light beams shone over them. They were performing the cross body lean reserve and immediately changed hands as the woman turned. The man hammerlocked her right arm behind her back and then sent her out with another twirl of her body again before changing hands again and then brought the woman back into her dancing position.
Torrie's jaw dropped with shock. "Oh my god…that's Maria and Randy!"
John blinked. "What the hell?"
The Boise native turned to the WWE Champion. "I didn't know he could do that!"
"Hey, don't look at me, I had no idea he could dance!"
The crowd continued to cheer the couple on as Randy and Maria were the dancers that were taken over the spotlight. Every move they made went perfectly and both were feeling the vibe of the music flowing through their blood. The salsa was filled with passionate energy and they have done it electrifyingly. The crowd would clap to the beat of the music while cheering the couple.
"Go! Go! Go! Go!"
The couple looked at each other and grinned.
"You notice that they're watching us now, right?"
"Oh yeah, I've notice all right," said Maria. "I think this is your way of trying to forfeit the challenge, am I right?"
"I didn't say I was backing down," Randy pointed out.
Maria made a playful smirk on her face. "Good. But if you want, we could just stop here."
Randy grinned. "And let you win? Not a chance, baby! It's not over 'till it's over!"
He gave her another twirl and then Maria was brought back to her position. The crowd liked what they saw and they continued to be clapping and cheering them on.
"Go Randy!" said John.
"Go Maria!" said Torrie.
"You're going great!" said Candice.
"Burn this place down!" said Mickie.
The echoes of the crowd constantly filled the room. The couple was grinning while dancing the dance they both enjoyed doing. As the song reached close to its end, they could feel the adrenaline running through them as the cheers of the crowd were carried on as Randy gave Maria's body one last spin. Then he moved his left arm behind her back to make a block; which caused her to stop spinning. This move brought Maria to lean on her back to perform a dip and Randy caught his partner in his arms as the music stopped in a perfect time of the capture.
The crowd went wild by the performance they have seen as the shouts and thunderous claps were in order to congratulate the electrifying duo.
Mickie cupped her hands over her mouth and shouted: "That was hot with a capital H, a double O and a triple T!"
Candice whooped. "Great job, you guys!"
"Now that was sweet!" said John.
"Absolutely beautiful!" said Torrie.
Maria and Randy were both gasping for breath while they exchanged smiles to one another as the crowd kept on clapping and cheering jubilantly.
"Wow, you really are good," said Maria almost breathlessly.
Randy nodded and smiled. "So are you."
"Let's hear it for the two hot chili peppers of the night!" announced DJ Carlos.
Randy brought Maria up to her feet. They held hands and made a bow.
"So, who's the winner?" Randy asked the young Diva and smirked.
Maria grinned. "I think it's a draw!"
Randy laughed. "Yeah, I thought so."
The duo caught a glance and made a grin as John, Torrie, Candice and Mickie were clapping and cheering for them.
The Legend Killer and the young Diva made one last bow and smiled at each other as they have received the respect and the recognition for putting on a great show before the eyes of a whooping crowd.
Whoo! Go Randy and Maria! lol. Credit goes to Youtube and Google for the research of the salsa and Google again for the outfits, lol. Thanks again for reading! Christal.
