Chapter 13

The next day, Alex, AJ, Chris, Mickie, and Velvet all arrived to the nearest gym for the Guns' latest workout session. Now after everything that occurred the previous night, Mickie still wasn't talking to either Velvet or Chris, Chris was too guilty to even face Mickie, and Velvet was just still worried about the explicit tape that was hiding in her purse, hoping that nobody in that room would find out about it. As for Alex and AJ, they just wanted to know what the hell was going on with everyone.

"So...this situation couldn't get any more awkward." AJ whispered to her boyfriend.

"Heh, you're telling me." Alex agreed, looking around the room. On one side of the room, Chris was busy hitting the weights, on the other side, Velvet blankly gazed towards Chris, and Mickie was in her own corner, not facing anyone and was texting to someone.

"Ever since what almost happened to Velvet last night, those three haven't spoken a word to one another." Shelley continued. "Did things come to blows at the hotel or something?"

"I have no idea." AJ shook her head. "I mean, what happened to Vel is terrible and I'm glad that she's all right, but my guess is that Mickie was jealous seeing Chris taking care of Vel, and y'know, Mickie couldn't take it anymore."

"Ouch. I had a bad feeling something like this would happen. You think we should split up and talk to em? Things have to be patched up somehow." he said.

"Good idea. You have a man-to-man talk with Chris, while I try and chat with Mickie and Vel." she smiled, lightly squeezing his arm.

"Done deal. Try not to let either of em rip your head off." he chuckled, giving her a kiss.

Soon enough, AJ approached Velvet first and sat across from her. "Hi."

The blonde took her eyes off of her crush before turning to her. "Oh, hey, AJ. What's up?" she smiled.

"Nothing much. I was just wondering what was up with you guys since everyone's so..."

"Distant?"

"Yeah. You know, anything that's on your mind, you can tell me." the tiny Diva said.

"You're so sweet. But really, it's nothing. I'm basically ruining Mickie's life and her relationship with Chris, so it's pretty much all my fault. Guess you could call me the Homewrecking bitch from Hell, huh?" she chuckled.

AJ shook her head. "Of course not. Look, I still remember what you told me that night - that you had a crush on Chris. But tell me the truth, Vel. The way you're looking at him, it's more than a crush, isn't it?" she asked. "Are you in love with him?"

The blonde nervously looked around, not sure on whether to not to reveal her secret. "AJ, swear that you can't tell anyone this."

"I swear."

"Yes, I'm in love with him." she announced. "He's my first love and even when we were broken up and hating one another, my feelings never changed. Everytime I see him kissing Mickie, I feel like my heart's ripping in two. I'm just afraid that he'll never love me in the same way that I love him."

"Wow, Vel...I don't know what to say except, what about your relationship with Mickie? Are you ever going to be friends again?" she asked.

"I want to! I mean, she's been really cool to me and really nice before she started accusing me at the time of trying to steal Chris away from her. I just don't know if I can face her again."

"You can't avoid her forever, plus, she's sitting right over there. The sooner you two talk things out, I'm sure you'll be friends again in no time!" the brunette exclaimed.

"Well...could you bring her over here? I'm not ready yet."

"Sure. Hold on a sec." she said, heading across the room to approach her best friend. Meanwhile, Chris was still busy doing a few curls with the weights, but could barely focus as he had the night of passion with Velvet still flooding his mind. Plus, the fact that his girl-EX-girlfriend was sitting just a few feet away from him, the guilt tore him away even more since he was still in love with her. His thoughts were interrupted once Alex approached him, saying, "All right, Sabin. Spill."

"What? Aw dude, you made me lose count! I was on my 199th curl!" he cried.

"The hell you were, the most you ever did was 59 and that was after you had to start over. Now I know that something's bugging you, so I want you to tell me before I slap it outta you." announced Shelley.

Knowing all too well that Alex really would slap him, he had to tell him. "All right. After the show, Velvet and I headed back to the hotel cause she needed to relax after what went down in the locker room last night. About 20 minutes later, Mickie comes in and then she sees Velvet coming out with nothing but a towel on, and automatically assumes that Vel and I were messing around." he explained.

"Ooh, then what?"

"Long story short, she totally tore into Velvet, I had to defend her, Mickie got pissed, she and I had a fight out in the hall, and she broke up with me right then and there." finished Chris.

"You two split over this?" Alex asked, raising his eyebrows. "Damn, this is worse than I thought."

"Yeah."

"So, was that all that happened?"

He definitely couldn't tell his best friend about he and Velvet having sex, so he lied and said, "Yep, that was it. Mickie went to sleep in one of her friend's hotel rooms, Velvet had the bedroom, and I felt that it was best to sleep on the couch."

"Wow. So what's gonna happen now?" asked Shelley.

"To be honest, I don't know." he said, looking towards Mickie. "Either way, I just don't want to lose her."

Meanwhile...

"...So I talked to Velvet, she told me everything that happened, and she's sorry about what happened with you and Chris. She really wants to talk to you and to try and make things right again." AJ told Mickie.

"I dunno, AJ. I just can't seem to trust her anymore, and she's just ruining things with Chris and I."

"Well, now could be your chance to fix things. And if you make up with her, you could make up with Sabin. You want that, don't you?" she asked.

She turned to look at her ex-boyfriend. "Yeah. I was thinking, and I was pretty harsh to him and he didn't even deserve it. I miss him like crazy." the Country Diva nodded.

"Ok then. Now let's have a little chat with Velvet first, and we'll deal with Chris later on." AJ said, leading Mickie towards the blonde on the other side of the room.

The two stared each other down for a few moments before AJ called, "C'mon, girls, talk! Before I get bored and leave." she smirked a little.

Velvet spoke up first. "Um...hi, Mickie."

"Hi."

"Look, about last night..."

"No, don't blame yourself. It was my fault for not listening." the Diva replied.

"No, please let me finish. This was all my fault for being all needy and stealing Chris away from you. He's yours, and I respect that. And to tell you the truth, my leg's getting better every day, so I can do more things on my own and I won't need his or anyone's help." she smiled a little. "So I'm sorry that things last night got a little out of control. Please don't break up with him over me. Chris really loves you, he told me himself."

"He-he told you that?" she asked with hope.

"Yep. He even slept on the couch last night because that's how much he missed you."

She turned back for a second to look at her ex. "That was so sweet of him. Oh man, I made a huge mistake by ending things with him, I gotta fix this...if he doesn't hate me now, that is."

"He doesn't hate you, Mickie, just go to him and tell him how you feel!" the blonde exclaimed.

"I think it might be a little too soon. I'll try tomorrow, maybe he'll be more cooled off by then. So about us, Vel..." began Mickie.

"Yeah?"

"I'm sorry about everything I've said or done to you. Are we still friends?" she asked.

The blonde mustered a smile. "Of course we are. Come here." she said, wrapping the Diva in a hug.

"Yay, no more awkwardness!" AJ cheered.

"And I promise, Mickie. Things are gonna change from now on. No more intruding on your love life, I promise." Velvet finished.

"I believe you. C'mon, let's grab the guys and head outta here." Mickie announced, linking arms with her.

"Ok, I'll go and tell the guys the good news!" AJ exclaimed, running off.

"So you want to head back to the mall?" asked Velvet.

"Sure, let's just-" Mickie stopped in her tracks once she looked up to find none other than Dave Batista blocking their path. A cocky smirk grew on his face as he looked them over. "Well, well, well. Look who we have here. The corporate slut, and the corporate whore."

"You...you need to stay the hell away from us." Mickie hissed.

"Wait. You were that guy who felt me up in the locker room last night. You PIG!" Velvet snapped.

"Look, if it weren't for those crutches, I totally would've had you in bed by now. And uh, Mickie, I would've brung you along for the ride, too. A threesome between us would've been hot."

Velvet backed away while Mickie looked pissed and kicked him in the shin. "AH!" he groaned.

"Get the message, you son of a bitch. Leave us the hell alone." the Diva growled.

"You think that I'm afraid of you, squirt? You think I'm afraid of you, blondie? Look, I'm stronger, meaner, and I can surely bed you both and screw the both of your brains out." the muscular Superstar announced.

"HEY!" Chris snapped, just catching the scene, along with Alex and AJ. The younger man approached him. "You think you're so tough trying to scare two women? You think that makes you a man?"

"Oh, so are they both yours?" asked Dave. "You screwing them both, aren't ya?"

Chris was getting closer and closer to beating the hell out of him.

"Congratulations, player. We should hold a contest to see how many Divas here we can screw in the next week." he continued.

"No, screw you." Sabin replied. "All right, now I'm sick and tired of you harassing me, Mickie, and now Velvet."

"Aw, come on! With a name like Velvet, she's just screaming to be drilled!" he cried, amused.

"SHUT UP! You need to find a life and stay the hell outta ours." Chris hissed. "Now after what you and your friends did last night to her, you are going to pay. I'm sure of it."

"Oh? And just what are you gonna do, you little runt?" the older man challenged.

"Like I'm telling you. But for now, just accept this." Sabin said, flashing him the finger. "Guys, c'mon, let's go."

The five of them headed out, but Velvet didn't notice when the explicit tape slipped out of her purse! Dave looked back at the group with a sneer on his lips, but then looked down to see the tape. "Huh? What's this?" he picked it up. "Hmm. I better bring this back to the group so that they can take a gander at this."

A little while later, Dave had brung the tape to the group, and eventually, they had all witnessed what Velvet and Chris were doing in the bedroom on camera.

"Damn! Was this some type of amateur porno or something cause that Velvet chick's even hotter naked." Dolph was nearly drooling.

"I dunno, but this tape just dropped out of her purse. Wonder why she wanted to record this in the first place." said Dave.

"Oh, she didn't." Eve spoke up.

They all turned to her.

"What do you mean?" asked Natalya. "You spied on them because you don't have anything better to do with your pathetic life?"

The Latina shot her a look and then gently tapped her eye, which was still a little dark from the beating that AJ had given her in the match. "No. Earlier that night, I saw Chris consoling Velvet, and then noticed how heartbroken Mickie looked and it just dawned on me: Those two were eventually going to sleep together behind Mickie's back, so why not record it on film? So before any of them got back to the hotel, I broke in, installed the camera, left, and then let things play out on it's own. We got pretty nice results, if I say so myself." she smiled.

"Wow, Eve, that's a pretty ballsy move there, but it worked!" Beth said, impressed. "Nice job!"

"Yeah, hearts are definitely going to be broken, and we will take every advantage of it." Eve smiled. "So you boys think that I've proved my worth into the group?"

"Well, I have to admit, this is some pretty concrete evidence that we could release at any time we wanted to. Good job, Eve." said Jack.

"Whatever." Natalya said, rolling her eyes.

"Impressive, but we'll judge after the damage is done." replied Dolph.

"Uh, hold on. Could I hold onto that tape?" asked Dave.

"You? Why?" asked the Latina.

"Because, I could use this tape as leverage. Blackmail. I could tell Sabin that I know his secret, have it right here on tape, and if he wants this secret not to be revealed to the whole entire roster, he'll have to keep his mouth shut and...I'll think of something else to pin him with." the Animal smiled. "But either way, he'd be under my control, and none of his little friends could help him."