Chapter 13
"You're out of your mind."
In all the years they'd been friends, Keyla and Lennox had come up with a few plans and schemes together, but NOTHING compared to this. Lennox didn't like this plan one bit and wondered if her best friend had officially gone off the deep-end. The fangirl whores had crossed several lines and, instead of staying away from them, Keyla wanted to pose as their FRIENDS?! Even after hearing the plan laid out in detail, Lennox still didn't want to do it. How could she pretend to be Heidi's friend, especially after the whore had stalked her man for the past month? She wondered how Keyla could do the same thing with April without ripping the fake extensions out of the bleach blonde's head.
After leaving Walmart, the girls stopped at a coffee shop that wasn't far from the arena. It was going on 3 PM and they would have to be at the arena by 4 at the latest. The boys had already texted they would meet them there and to have fun in whatever they were doing. If only they did know…Keyla thought with a devious smirk, sipping her coffee and stared across the table at a nervous uneasy Lennox. Maybe this plan would backfire on them, but Keyla was steadfast to make it happen regardless. Their men refused to make a fuss about the fangirls stalking them and, even if they did, the company would more than likely brush it off. Keyla had to do what she could to protect Jon and the only way to do it was to keep the enemy close.
"Keep your friends close and your enemies closer." Keyla held her coffee mug up and clinked it with Lennox's, trying to ease her friend's mind somehow. "This will work. We don't have to hang out with them. We just have to make it seem like we're friends and flake on them every time while keeping an eye on them from a distance."
Deep down, Lennox agreed with Keyla, but she still had major reservations about this plan. So much could go wrong and the worst part was they had to keep it from their men. That meant lying to Roman, which Lennox vowed to never do again. Keyla was asking a lot to make this plan happen. The more she heard the plan, however, the more Lennox wanted to go through with it since she was protecting Roman by doing it.
"Think about it, Len. We'll know every signing, appearance and show they attend and we'll be able to cut them off at the knees. We'll be able to keep them away from Jon and Roman…" Keyla could tell her convincing wasn't falling on deaf ears, but Lennox still had hesitance in her eyes. So she decided to pull out an incentive to make Lennox fully commit to this plan. "I didn't want to show you this, but…you leave me no choice, woman."
"What are you-?" The question cut off as Keyla handed over her cell phone for Lennox to watch, the volume down to where only she could hear. "What the fuck?"
It was the same sexual video Jon and Roman had watched the previous night, unbeknownst to the girls. Keyla had found it while investigating April's Instagram account and wasn't surprised to find Heidi had done one about Roman as well. It was atrocious, disgusting and wreaked of desperation from the whores. Softcore porn gone wrong – if these women thought doing videos like this would gain them attention from Jon and Roman, they were sadly mistaken. The last thing the boys wanted were softcore porn stars on their arms, flashing parts of their body that should've stayed behind closed doors in the privacy of the bedroom. Keyla's breasts and pussy were only for Jon's eyes, nobody else and certainly not for the social media world to see. Same went for Lennox. This wasn't classy, it was pure trash and Keyla snatched her phone away from Lennox once the video ended, not in the mood to replace it since she recently upgraded.
"Now that you've seen that, do you still think this plan is stupid?"
It took Lennox 3 seconds to answer. "What happens if this blows up in our faces and the guys find out?"
Sometimes being cruel was the only way to open someone's eyes and that video of Heidi talking sexually about Roman, to Roman, did the trick. Declaring all of her desires and fantasies about Roman made Lennox feel the overwhelming urge to kill Heidi. It was all the motivation Lennox needed to go along with Keyla's plan. Was it a huge risk? Yes. Would they get in trouble with the boys if they ever found out? Of course. That didn't stop Lennox from wanting to protect Roman though, especially after watching that nauseating video. She felt like she wanted to lose her lunch, pushing the coffee mug away along with the pastry she ordered, no longer hungry.
"If we're caught, we'll deal with it and move on. I know you're feeling murderous right now and trust me, after I watched April's video about Jon, I felt the same way. But you've gotta control your temper if we're gonna do this. You have to be her friend, Lennox. And nobody can know about this either. Not Naomi or any of the Divas in the back because they will all run their mouths." Keyla elucidated, taking another sip of her coffee and bumped her fist against Lennox's when she held it up.
"This is on us and I want nobody else involved just in case we do get caught." Lennox added softly, taking a deep shaky breath and raised a brow at Keyla's phone vibrating on the table. "What do those Neanderthals want now?"
Chuckling, Keyla picked her phone up to read the text message and shook her head, holding it up for Lennox to read. "These bitches have balls made of steel, I'll give them that."
Got tickets for Pittsburgh show on Monday. You gonna be there? If so, we should meet up.
"It makes me wonder how the hell they afford to go to all these shows." Lennox frowned, trying to wrack her brain on potential jobs that paid well and required traveling besides working for the WWE. "It's weird…"
"Maybe one of them got a huge settlement from a dead family member and they're blowing it on the wrestling shows." Keyla surmised with a shrug, not worried about the fangirls anymore because now she could keep a closer eye on the situation. "Whatever the case or whose dick they're sucking to get tickets doesn't matter to me. As long as I can keep April away from Jon, that's all I care about."
Lennox stood up from the table with Keyla, tossing a couple bills on top of hers and suddenly had a thought. "You don't think they're fucking someone in the company, do you? It would explain how they're getting to all the shows…"
"Doubt it. If they were, why would they sit ringside at every show to catch a glimpse of the boys? They would be backstage and shit causing even more problems." Keyla squeezed Lennox's shoulder gently, trying to assure her everything would be fine and hoped they weren't in over their heads with this plan.
Smackdown! started on time with Keyla at ringside, standing opposite of where April and Heidi were. It worked well because she could keep a close eye on them instead of having them at her back. Granted, she couldn't hear what they were saying, but that didn't bother Keyla much. The barricade separated them from the boys and it would stay that way because both Jon and Roman were taken. They were in relationships with women they truly loved and women who would do anything for them in return, including kill. Keyla hadn't gotten her hands dirty in a long time, not feeling the need to, but April brought the overprotective animal out in her. However, she did have to keep her dark blue hair hidden along with her face from the fangirls or else her cover would be blown and the plan would go up in smoke. So Keyla had the hair stylist in the back put her hair up in a braid bun on top of her head, making it as tight as possible. Some hairspray helped with the wisps because she didn't want any part of her hair showing if possible, not elaborating why. The stylist didn't question her and did as requested, placing the WWE ball cap on top of her head just to make sure it worked. Jon hadn't seen it yet and Keyla could only imagine his reaction since she rarely did anything with her hair.
April was on her phone texting and Keyla's vibrating in her back pocket told her exactly who the blonde was trying to get a hold of. What a ditz, Keyla thought, shaking her head behind the camera while filming the current match going on between Rusev and Jack Swagger. Next up was Jon teaming up with Dolph Ziggler against Luke Harper and Bad News Barrett in the main event. He looked more ripped than ever, making Keyla's insides melt into putty. Jon was ready for WrestleMania, showing it in his skills and killing it on the microphone whenever he had a promo. Whether it was backstage or in front of the huge crowd, there was never a moment he hesitated when speaking. She loved the jeans and beater look he sported ever since splitting off from the Shield.
His single's career was skyrocketing in the company and his merchandise was the top seller, more so than John Cena. That made one hell of a statement in itself and Keyla couldn't have been prouder, though out of the corner of her eye she could see April fawning over him. That was fine; April could drool over him all she wanted, but he would never want a whore like her. Once Jon got the victory a little over 9 minutes later, he slipped out of the ring to cater to the crowd a bit and was suddenly attacked from behind by Baron Corbin. Ziggler had been decimated on the outside by Luke Harper and Bad News Barrett, so he couldn't help his partner from the attack. She cringed as Jon's body slammed into the barricade, hearing the impact from where she stood while filming the attack. Sometimes Baron could get a little overzealous whenever in character, but Jon did the same thing and Keyla couldn't fault him for it.
Snatching a microphone from the ring announcer, Baron slid into the ring under the bottom rope and smirked while the fans booed him, standing tall. "There's been a travesty, a mistake made, that I'm about to rectify. Dean Ambrose is in the Intercontinental Championship ladder match at WrestleMania and I'm not done with him yet! Not by a long shot! So either I get him at WrestleMania one-on-one or put me in the mix for a shot at the Intercontinental championship! Either way, WWE's Lone Wolf WILL be waiting for the Lunatic Fringe and I'll make him my bitch!" Dropping the microphone, dark eyes stared into the camera for a few seconds, the intensity and fire ignited, before he looked away to exit the ring so the next segment could transpire.
Holding his side, Ambrose was slow to get to his feet and the camera zoomed in on his angry contorted face, nodding his head in affirmation. Baron wanted him that badly, he wouldn't know what hit him at WrestleMania. The Lunatic Fringe would skin the Lone Wolf alive and make a fur coat out of him. The crowd was electric, booming and thundering from the news of the newest addition to the Intercontinental championship ladder match at WrestleMania. April screamed as loud as she could when her favorite bypassed her, keeping his distance and not paying attention to who was bellowing like a banshee at him. He was more focused on getting to the back and having his ribs looked at after that collision with the barricade.
However, that wasn't the end of the show at all. A lot of times, Raw and Smackdown! had dark matches to send the fans home happy, just in case the main event wasn't enough. Jon was once again in the ring with Daniel Bryan and Roman Reigns against Bray Wyatt and the Authority goons Seth Rollins and The Big Show. Keyla didn't have to film this, so she made her way backstage to join Lennox at gorilla position to watch the match.
"What the hell was that about with Baron? Don't you think he was a little rough with Moxley?" Lennox asked quietly, handing over a bottled water while sipping her own.
"I don't know. You know Jon doesn't tell me anything when it comes to his job. Just like I don't tell him anything because it's none of his business. Obviously, they want Baron in the match for the IC strap and that's why he went out there to attack Jon. Let's face it, out of all the competitors, Jon is the shoe-in to win, especially since he stole the title from Barrett in the first place to make the title relevant again." Keyla wasn't bothered by what Baron did because he was doing his job and nothing more, she was sure of it. "Don't try stirring the pot with them, woman."
Lennox blinked at the accusation and nudged Keyla, violet eyes wide. "I'm not! I'm just saying it looked a little too rough and I just hope he wasn't trying to hurt Moxley on purpose…" Maybe it was paranoia, but Lennox didn't trust the friendship with Baron and thought the man had ulterior motives with Keyla.
Rolling her amber eyes, Keyla shook her head and took a seat in front of the small monitor to watch their men in action. Every time Jon and Roman tagged together was a beautiful nostalgic moment. In spite of everything they'd been through, they remained friends both on and off camera, though Keyla knew it wouldn't last forever. Both wanted the brass ring known as the WWE World Heavyweight championship and only one could hold it. Eventually, they would fight for it to claim the richest prize in all of professional wrestling and Keyla hoped it was Jon sooner rather than later. Roman deserved it too and had his opportunity against Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania, so at least he was getting his shot now. There would come a time down the road, however, when Jon would come for it, which would probably be the best feud WWE had seen in ages since both Roman and Jon were so competitive and passionate about the business.
"Look, I didn't mean to…"
"Yes you did." Keyla cut her off, ignoring her cell phone vibrating and kept her eyes on the monitor. "You think Baron still wants to be with me and he's hurting Jon out there on purpose. I've known you a long time, Lennox. And you might be right, but as of now he hasn't given me any reason not to trust him. I'm basically his only friend on the roster and I'm returning the favor for what he did for me when I came to NXT. Granted, I had Sami and Drake down there to hang out with, but Baron went out of his way to make me feel welcome without trying to get in my panties. You forget, we were friends first before the fling started. I trust him and you should too."
Sighing, Lennox leaned her head on Keyla's shoulder and nodded, knowing she would have to trust her best friend's judgment when it came to others. "Okay fine, I'll try to trust him too." She mumbled, both girls chuckling at each other before watching the end of the match and cheered as their men along with Daniel Bryan got the victory. "Ugh I can't wait to get home tomorrow and sleep in our own bed for a change."
"You and me both, sister."
Their days off would be full of rest and relaxation, nothing more, at least in Lennox and Roman's home. As far as Keyla went, she still didn't know if now was the time to tell Jon about her and Baron. With them feuding for the Intercontinental championship and WrestleMania on the horizon, Keyla felt selfish to bring up the past between her and Baron to her boyfriend. She didn't want to cause any friction between them while they were on the road working together. Maybe waiting until after WrestleMania was the best option after all, no matter how much the secret ate away at her. Keyla stood up when Jon came through the curtain with Roman, giving him a soft kiss and headed down the hallway to the dressing room so they could pack up and leave.
A few more weeks left in the dark wouldn't kill anyone.
