Punk couldn't help but smile at Mia and how happy she was. With a Raw show in California that night her brother, who lived there with his family, was going to be visiting. Mia had been excited ever since it had all been arranged. Apart from Adam, the rest of her family was back in Dartford, England, and so she rarely saw them. She didn't get to see Adam and his family often either but it was nice being on the same continent as at least one member of her family.
Mia laughed as she stood in the ring with Punk, her niece Zoe and nephew Oliver. After introducing her brother and his family to her friends and all hanging out in the cantering area for a while, Mia and Punk had taken Oliver and Zoe down to the ring. Oliver had asked incessantly if Mia would show him some moves. Zoe, though she had gone, was reluctant at first; not wanting to leave her favourite wrestler Dolph.
Mia had been amused at how Zoe was rendered speechless when Dolph first joined them in the canteen; Dolph however had been adorable with Zoe, taking photos with her. Now Mia laughed as she took pictures on her phone, as Punk showed Oliver how to do the GTS. She laughed even more as Punk and Oliver started pulling funny faces.
Charlie grinned up at Punk after Punk put him back on the ground, "That was so cool!"
Punk smiled down at Oliver before looking over to Mia, "Your turn now, Tinks."
"No chance," Mia put her phone down slowly backing away as Punk started walking over to her.
Oliver and Zoe stood there laughing as Punk finally caught Mia and chucked her over his shoulder like he did to his opponents in the ring. Mia squealed as he dropped her in front of him like he did in matches however, unlike he did with opponents, he caught her in his arms.
"I'm going to get you back for that later."
"I caught you, didn't I?" he continued to grin down at her.
"I'm still going to get you back," she told him as he placed her back on her feet.
"Oh really? Well in that case, this calls for boys vs. girls."
Mia smirked at him before attempting to spear him and failing.
"That was cute," he smirked down at her before turning to Oliver, "I say we go for the little one first."
Zoe, realising Punk meant her, started running around the ring laughing before Punk caught her, lifting her above his head and spinning around. At the same time, Oliver went for Mia; Mia letting him tackle her to the mat.
Charlie turned to look at Punk, "I got her, Punk. Let's tickle her."
Punk placed Zoe back on the mat before going over to where Mia was lying in one of the corners, squirming around as Oliver tickled her. However as he walked over to her, Mia grabbed his leg pulling him to the ground next to her. She turned to where Zoe was.
"Pin him." Mia told her niece as she moved on to her knees, Oliver having stopped tickling her momentarily, ready to be the ref.
Mia counted as Punk let Zoe pin him.
"1, 2, 3! And your winner, Zoe Walker!"
The four of them continued having fun in the ring a while longer until AJ came in informing Mia they wanted her in hair and make-up.
Later that night Punk opened Raw. The pop he got when the fans heard his music was amazing.
Look into my eyes what do you see…
The cult of personality…
Punk steeped into the ring and asked for a mic, which he was quickly given.
"Last week my impromptu match against Dolph took a turn for the unexpected and I'm intrigued. So Mia, will you come out and explain last week to me?"
There was silence in the arena as everyone waited for Mia to come out but nothing happened, Punk waited a minute before talking again.
"Come on Mia, don't be shy. You certainly weren't last week."
A few seconds later, her music played and the fans went crazy as she walked out to the ring wearing her custom green shorts and a three quarter length black top. She climbed into the ring, an assistant handing her a mic too.
"Punk, this has nothing to do with you."
She turned to walk away
"Wait, don't leave yet. You see, that's where you're wrong. What you did last week, coming out and interfering in my match, made it my business."
She turned back round to face him.
"No Punk, it doesn't. You just happened to be there, a bystander. Your …" She never finished what she got to say as he cut in.
"I liked it, you impressed me." He said smirking at her. The crowd loved it.
"I don't really care what you thought. I didn't do it to get your attention, Punk. I did it because.."
Once again she was cut off as Brad Maddox and Dolph Ziggler entered the ring.
"No Mia, you did it to because you knew I'd be watching your little message for me. You disappointed me. Now I'm warning you, do anything like that ever again and you'll regret it." Brad sneered at her.
"Now apologise to Dolph and get out of here like a good little girl."
Mia walked up to Dolph, "Dolph…I'm not sorry one bit." she said before slapping him. He went to grab her but Punk quickly got in front of her before he could.
"I wouldn't do that if I was you," he stared at Dolph.
The crowd loved it as Punk, Dolph, and Brad all started arguing.
"Shut up!" Mia screamed into the mic, shocking everyone; Punk, Dolph and Brad turned to face her.
"Will all of you just shut up?! Wow it astounds me how it takes you all two minutes to makes this all about yourselves. I mean can you hear yourself and how stupid you all sound?!"
"First, Punk I actually respect you as a wrestler and how you've paved the way for so many. But you don't need to be here now. I'm not some damsel in distress. What I did last week I did on my own for my own reasons. I don't need you to be here right now, I don't need your help, ok? I got into WWE on my own merit, my own ability in the ring, not anyone else's and I'll continue to prove how good I am. How I don't need or want the 'special' attention of people like the GM of Raw and the 'power' they have." Mia turned to face Bras at that last bit.
"As for you Brad, I don't respect you. You're a sleaze bag and you're pathetic! And don't even get me started on your ability as GM of Raw! So stay away from me! I'm not interested in you."
"And you Dolph, I don't have a single ounce of respect in my body for you! You disgust me! While other's have worked their arses of to get here, you have wormed your way in and clung to people like Vicky and Brad to try and get yourself to the top, and you're still not there! You want to know why? Because you're simply not good enough! So you know what, you three stand here and argue amongst yourself over who's the better wrestler or who is bigger or whatever idiots argue over because I honestly don't care."
With that she dropped her mic to the floor and slid out the ring, walking up the ramp to the crowd cheering her. The three of them stood there watching her, Punk with a bemused look on his face.
Backstage she was greeted by AJ, Zack and Kaitlyn who hugged her.
"Wow! That was amazing!" The Texan diva was first to speak.
"She's right, you did good Tinks," Punk told the diva announcing his and Dolph's arrival.
Mia turned around and went straight for Dolph wrapping her arms around his waist. Though it was scripted she felt bad saying everything she had to him out in the ring, she knew he was still hurting with the fact that he was being taken out of the storyline and replaced by Punk.
"I'm sorry," the petite diva whispered to him, her head against his chest.
"You have nothing to be sorry for." He looked down at the blonde hugging him. "Though do you plan on letting go anytime soon? It's getting hard to breathe," he grinned down at her and the iron tight grip she had on him.
She looked up at him sheepishly, before replying "Just spreading the love."
"If I recall correctly, your little speech out there was directed at me too. Where's my hug? No love for me?"
Mia let go of Dolph and turned to face Punk smirking, "If you recall correctly, I said nice things to you out there."
Punk pouted to the amusement of Mia.
"Hey Mia, you did really good out there."
Mia turned to find a smiling Brad had joined them.
"Thanks," she smiled before pulling him into a hug.
"Brad gets a hug and I don't?" Punk feigned shock, pointing at Brad
Mia pulled away from Brad, looking a Punk "Come here."
Punk walked over to Mia, pulling her into his arms. The two were soon distracted, however, when they heard Zack singing Christina Aguilera's Beautiful. They turned around to see he was actually serenading Dolph, who was attempting to supress his laughter, with the song.
"You are beautiful no matter what they say.
Words wont' bring you down…oh no"
"What are you doing?" Punk asked him, bewildered.
"Serenading Dolph with Aguilera, obviously," The Long Island wrestler answered as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Yep, we got that. Why are serenading him?"
"The man's had a tough night, I'm just reminding him that he is beautiful person and words really can't bring him down."
"Yeah, I don't think it's helping him to be honest."
Mia couldn't stop the grin on her face at Zack's answer, "Zack, moment's like these remind me why you're my best friend."
AJ suddenly piped up, "Hey, I thought I was your best friend?"
Mia looked over at AJ, "You're my best friend too, but the dude just serenaded Dolph with Aguilera, he's number one right now."
After Raw had finished that night and her family returned backstage, Mia stood speaking with Lisa, her sister in law. Between playing with her niece and nephew and the show, she hadn't had much time to really talk to her sister in law.
"So, now we're alone, when are you going to go for it with Punk?"
Mia stared, surprised at what Lisa had said, "What? He's just my friend."
"Honey, I've seen the way you two look at each other, the way you are around each other."
You're crazy, there's nothing there with Punk."
"Deny it all you want, but you know there is definitely something there with him. My advice, do something about it."