Sorry it's taken me so long to update...but here is the next chapter...the aftermath of what happened at Over the Limit. What's going to happen to Natalya and Gail?
Chapter 12: Blackout
I was awoken the next morning by very distinct South African and British accents. Wade and Justin were talking rather loudly, which I found rather rude considering I was trying to sleep.
"I tried to call her and there was no answer. Then the hotel said they checked out last night before they went to the arena. So they had obviously been planning this for some time."
"Cool down Wade. I'm sure they just headed to Tacoma for Raw. They probably didn't want to deal with the repercussions of their actions."
"How could Natty do that to someone she supposedly cared about? I can't believe she was planning on using me. I mean was our whole relationship based on a lie?"
"Wade man please calm down. We will get the answers we need soon enough."
"Wade I doubt you whole relationship was based on a lie" I said, sitting up in bed, and alarming both of the guys.
"Ryse I didn't realize that you were awake" Justin said walking over to me.
"I've only been awake a few minutes. Someone couldn't keep their voices down."
"Sorry about that Maryse. I'm just really frustrated about everything. I know that everything happened to you, but I can't believe she was going to have me drugged."
"I don't know either Wade. I'll get the truth out of them, even if I have to beat them both down" I said sadly. I still couldn't wrap my head around my friend's betrayal. What had I done to make them act that way?
"Hey why don't you get ready and the three of us can go get breakfast before we have to leave?" Justin asked.
"Food sounds good. My head hurts like a bitch though" I said, rubbing the back of my head softly. I could feel a small bump and suddenly realized where it had come from. I felt a tear run down my cheek, which Justin quickly brushed away with his thumb.
"Do you want some Tylenol or something?"
"I don't think that's going to help with the bump" I said softly.
"It's probably when they hit her across the head" Wade said sounding rather angry.
I dropped my hand from my head and stared crying even more. Justin wrapped me in his arms and told me everything was going to be fine. My phone started ringing suddenly and Justin grabbed it off the nightstand and handed it to me.
"It's Stephanie" I said looking at the name flashing on the screen.
"You might want to answer that" Justin said.
That's exactly what I did. "Hello" I said, trying to hide that I had been crying.
"Maryse, I just wanted to check on you. I saw that blow you took to the head last night. I can assure you that we had no idea the girls were going to do that. And they will be reprimanded for their actions."
"My head does hurt Steph, but I'm going to get it checked out. And as for the girls, I think you should let them stay, give me a go at them."
"Maryse, I know how upset you must be, but I don't want this to get out of control."
"Steph, Natty announced on live television last night that she wanted the title back. The WWE Universe thinks it's part of a storyline. I say roll with it."
"Fine Maryse, meet me at the arena an hour and half before show time. I'm going to call Gail and Natalya right now."
"Do you mind if I bring the guys with me?"
"Not at all, you are part of the Corre and I'm sure we could work them into the storyline."
"Thanks Steph. See you soon"
I hung up the phone and looked at the expression on Justin's face. "What was that all about?" he asked. He could hardly contain the curiosity in his voice.
"We have to get going soon. Stephanie just said she wants to have a meeting with all of us" I said getting up and grabbing my things. "I'm going to take a shower. Call Heath and let him know that he has to be there too" I said before heading into the bathroom.
Once I was finished, I got all my things packed and, we headed to Wade's room so he could grab his things. We headed down to the lobby and waited for the car, which the valet brought around rather quickly.
Justin packed our suitcases into the trunk. I let Wade sit up front with Justin, while I stretched out in the back.
"So I talked to Heath. He and Kaitlyn are already in Tacoma. Apparently they got an early start and wanted to sight see" Wade said.
"Yeah I know what sight Heath wanted to see" Justin said making all three of us laugh.
"Justin that's not funny" I said in between giggles. "She's my friend and I'm going to tell her you said that."
"You better not" he said.
We were on the road for no more then ten minutes, when we pulled to a stop.
"Yes McDonald's! I love this place" I said, getting out of the car.
"Gosh you need to calm down Maryse, it's just McDonald's" Wade said, laughing.
"No Wade! It's the best" I said.
The guys started laughing once again. We went inside and ordered our food to go and headed back on the road.
"How's your head feeling Ryse?" Justin asked.
"It's better now that I have food" I said excitedly in between bites.
"You should get that checked out before the meeting though. Don't want something to happen during your match tonight" Wade said.
"Yeah I was planning on that" I said, finishing my food.
We sat in silence the rest of the way to the arena. It took us about 45 minutes to get there. We grabbed all of our things out of the car and headed into the arena and to the locker room we would be assigned for the evening.
Wade wasn't scheduled for the evening because his newly won Intercontinental title was mainly a Smackdown belt. Justin and Heath were tag champs, and I was the Divas champion, which meant that we could be on either show. Wade was just there for backup.
As soon as we had our things situated, Justin and I headed over to the room the EMTs were in.
"We wondered when we would be seeing you" David, one of the EMTs, said.
"Yeah well I did take a blow to the back of my head last night" I said, smiling at him.
"Well take a seat and let's check it out" he said. I went and sat in one of the chairs they had and Justin stood next to me.
David did an exam that seemed to take forever. "Well you do have a bump on the back of your head, but I don't see any signs that you should be worried. How is your pain right now?"
"It's better than it was earlier. Feels like just a headache now."
"Well that's nothing some Tylenol won't take care of" he said, handing me two pills and a bottle of water. I took them quickly. "And you are all good to wrestle tonight. If you feel any pain though please let me know."
"Sure thing David. Thanks for the checkup." Once I was okay to go, Justin and I headed down to catering. I regretted that decision as soon as we arrived because everyone was bombarding me with questions. Justin decided to walk off to get us something to drink, leaving me all alone.
It was no secret in the locker room that Natalya, Gail, and I were best friends. That's why the entire locker room was in shock at what happened the night before.
"Hey everyone back off and let her breath" I heard the voice of Drew McIntyre say loudly above all the chatter.
After telling all the girls that I would chat with them later, I made my way to my best friend and gave him a massive hug. "Thanks Drewbie."
"Anytime princess. Come have a seat with me and Kelly" he said, ushering me over to the table the blonde Diva was sitting at. I sat down and saw Justin looking for me because I wasn't at the door. I waved over at him and he made his way to the table.
"Wasn't sure what you wanted so I got you a few different ones" he said, taking the seat next to me.
"Thanks Jus" I said before I opened a water.
"So how are you Maryse" Kelly asked concerned from across the table.
"Well I've been better. I just want to get some answers you know. I have a meeting with Stephanie soon, and they will be there."
"I hope she suspends them indefinitely" Drew said angrily.
"That's what I wanted to, but Maryse was adamant about Steph not suspending them" Justin piped up next to me.
"WHAT?" Drew said rather loudly. When he realized that caught several people's attention he lowered his voice, "how could you not want them suspended? They attacked you for no good reason."
"Drew, you've known me long enough to know that I always have a plan" I said, smirking at the Scotsman.
"Oh goodness."
"You'll find out soon enough, so just calm down."
"I just don't want you to get hurt again."
"Drew, I'm not going to get hurt. Besides I have to Corre by my side remember?"
"Yeah but I doubt that they are going to lay a finger on the girls. This isn't the attitude era anymore" Kelly said, sounding rather disappointed at that fact.
We changed the subject and talked about their matches for the evening. When Justin and I were finished with our drinks, we headed back to the locker room where Wade and Heath were waiting.
"Are you guys ready?" I asked them.
"Ready as we'll ever be" Wade said. I knew this would be hard on me, but it would be difficult for Wade too.
We walked through the arena to the office area where Stephanie told us to meet her. We heard voices coming from inside, talking rather loudly. Justin knocked on the door and Stephanie opened it moments later.
"Hey guys come on in" she said, stepping aside to let us through. Natalya and Gail were in there with scowls on their faces.
We took our seats across from my two former best friends, and Stephanie took a seat at the head of the table.
"Well you all know why we're here. Natalya, Gail, I am very disappointed in your actions last night. You went against company policy because of your own personal reasons. And out of the kindness of her heart, Maryse does not want me suspending either of you."
Both girls just shot daggers at me with their stares. Stephanie continued with her lecture, "and this is going to be worked into a storyline. Natalya, you made it clear you wanted the title back, so you are going to be the new number one contender."
"Thank you so much Stephanie. You don't know how much this means to me" Natalya said with a huge smile on her face.
"You better wipe that smile off your face you stupid bitch" Wade said, out of nowhere. Natalya did wipe that look off her face. It was replaced with a mixture of sadness and anger.
"Don't talk to me like that Wade! I'm your girlfriend!"
"No you were my girlfriend. I don't want to date someone who would turn on their friend like that. Not to mention the fact that you wanted those girls to drug me. How could you?"
"Wade I never meant to hurt you" she said sadly. She turned to me next. "This is all your fault you know? If you could have just stopped being an annoying bitch, everything would be fine. Your life was fucking perfect with Randy, but all you ever did was complain."
"Shut the hell up Natalya. You could have just told me how you felt. You didn't have to go behind my back and hire two sluts to do your dirty work. And you" I turned my attention to Gail, who had remained silent the whole time, "I know the only reason you're doing this is because you're her lap dog."
"No Maryse, I was tired of your shit too. You were always complaining about something. You had the perfect life, the perfect boyfriend, and yet you still weren't happy. Someone needed to shut you up."
"Sounds like you two are jealous, naw mean" Heath said.
"Shut the fuck up you dumb red headed hick. This has nothing to do with you" Gail snapped at him.
"No Gail, you shut the fuck up." We were so concentrated on our conversation that none of us realized Daniel had come into the room.
"Daniel how nice of you to join us" Stephanie said, motioning for him to take a seat.
"Daniel what are you doing here?" Gail asked softly.
"Well that's not really any of your business now is it?"
"Daniel, baby, don't be like that" Gail cooed, trying to reach for his hand across the table. He snatched it away as soon as she touched it.
"I hope your fucking happy you stupid whore. Now our boyfriends hate us" Natalya spat out.
"NO! You two brought this on yourself. You are so jealous of her that you had to go and fuck up her life. Well karma is a bitch, and she bit you both in the ass." Justin hadn't spoken since we entered the room, but he wasn't holding back anymore. "Nobody has a fucking perfect life. She talked to you about things because she thought you were her best friends. You just stabbed her in the back because you two are jealous and insecure with yourselves."
Both girls just stared at Justin in disbelief, while I had the biggest smile on my face.
"Okay everyone needs to calm down" Stephanie spoke up finally. "I let you all speak your peace, now let's get down to business. Tonight we are going to have an eight person tag match, Justin, Heath, Maryse, and Melina vs. Natalya, Gail, Evan Borune and John Morisson. I've already contacted the rest of the guys. Wade you can hang out at ringside and do what you do. Oh and Natalya, you and your team are going to lose" Stephanie said, smirking at the third generation blonde.
"What that's ridiculous, how are you going to have those guys lose a match because of something I did? Just give me the title shot!"
"You better be lucky they even agreed to it. After what you two did last night, they were adamant at first. But when I told them it was the main event they changed their minds. Maryse you will have a singles match tomorrow instead. It will be against Tamina." Stephanie said.
"Got it, thanks Steph."
"Okay so you are all free to go. Please do not do anything unprofessional or there will be consequences."
We said our goodbyes to the former Women's champion, and Daniel, and the four of us made our way back to the locker room. We got ready for our upcoming match, and I was fortunate enough to have one of the hair and makeup girls come to the locker room to get me ready.
Our match wasn't until the end of the show, so we just hung out in the locker room. I was sitting on the couch listening to music until someone pulled one of my ear buds out. I was going to say something, but Justin jumped over the back of the couch and sat next to me.
"You ready for this match?"
"I'm as ready as I'll ever be. I never thought that our friendship would come to this. I mean we've been inseparable for the longest time, and now everything has suddenly changed."
"Don't worry babe, everything is going to be fine. It's their loss."
"I guess you're right. I just trusted them so much, and I don't trust just anyone. People have to gain my trust; otherwise they end up hurting me."
Justin brought his hand to my cheek and I realized he was wiping away a tear that I shed.
"You don't need to worry about that anymore. I'm going to make sure no one hurts you again" he said, bringing my face closer to his. He kissed me softly, before looking into my eyes. "I will never hurt you Maryse."
"You can't say you never will. Everyone ends up hurting me eventually. Even if it unintentionally."
"Don't talk like that. Think positive. I mean not everyone you have ever cared about has hurt you have they?"
"No but" I started to say before he brought a finger to my lips.
"Don't let what a few people did ruin all of your relationships" he said. He gave me one last kiss before going back to the guys. There was a knock at the door and I went to open it, finding the Glamazon, Beth Phoenix on the other side.
"Hey Beth, come on in" I said stepping out of the way so she could enter.
"Are the boys decent?" she asked. I nodded with a smile and she came in. "Hey guys" she said to the boys.
"Hey Beth" they said in unison before going to back to their conversation.
We both sat on the couch I was previously occupying.
"So how are you doing Frenchie?"
"Oh you know considering everything that's happened, I'm okay."
"I never expected that from Nattie. I mean I've known her since before WWE."
"Trust me Beth; I've heard that from several people." I continued to tell the former Women's champion about the meeting that we had with the girls.
"They were jealous of you? What kind of friends are they. Well you have the entire Divas locker room in your corner Frenchie!"
"Thanks Beth. And tell the other girls thanks too. I would have gone in there tonight but I didn't want to see Natalya and Gail."
"You don't have to explain to me. I completely understand. A few of the girls were upset that you didn't give them details."
"Tell you what, you can tell them everything I told you about the meeting. Everything that was said in there is all I know about the situation" I said, smiling at the Glamazon.
"Sure thing Ryse. I'll talk with you later" she said, giving me a hug before she left.
A few minutes later the production assistant came in and told us our match was up.
I put my coat on and grabbed my belt, and headed to the gorilla position with the boys. Natty and Gail were talking by the corner, John was talking to Melina and Evan was sitting on one of the production boxes.
"Ya'll ready for this?" Heath asked with concern in his voice.
"I'm ready" I said seriously. "Let's just act like professionals and do our jobs."
John, Evan, and Melina walked over to us, and like everyone else, told me how sorry they were about my former friend's actions. Luckily it was time for the match to start so I didn't have to tell them not to feel sorry.
Natalya, Gail, Evan, and John all went out first to a sea of cheers, while the boys, Melina, and I entered the arena to a sea of boos. Justin and Evan started things off and Evan gained momentum early on. Justin got the tag to Heath, who beat Evan down. Then Heath tagged me in and Gail came in. I got the upper hand on Gail right away. I hit her with my finisher for the win, leaving Natty looking pissed. We raised our hands in victory and Melina gave me a hug before we headed up the ramp and into the back.
"You just think you're so fucking special don't you?" I heard Natty yelling behind me.
I turned around to face my former friend. "No, but I am a winner, which is more than I can say about you."
"You stupid bitch! The only reason you've gotten a push in this company is because you were fucking one of the top guys for a few years. No one gives a shit about you."
"Natalya you need to back to fuck up right now" Melina said, standing beside me.
"No one asked you Melina. You're just a washed up has been who fucks every guy in the locker room" Gail yelled.
"Ladies let's just calm down right now and not do something you are going to regret" John said calmly next to his girlfriend.
"Stay the fuck out of this Morrison. Why don't you and your whore just mind your own damn business" Natalya continued to shout.
"What is your problem" Wade spat at his former girlfriend.
"Guys let's just forget about it" I said. I turned around and started to walk away.
"Oh no, don't walk away when I'm talking to you" Natty said, grabbing my arm and spinning me around.
"Let go of me" I said, before she pushed me back into the wall. Once my head hit the wall, everything faded to black.
So I guess that is like a cliffhanger of sorts. Remember she did have that bump on the back of her head. The next chapter I think I'm going to try doing from different points of view. Stay tuned!
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