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Chapter Twenty-five: Amy Chase.
The next few days passed quickly for everyone within the WWE. Preparations for 'Summerslam' were now under way and everyone was working extra hard to be ready for their part in the pay per view. Moreover, that wasn't to mention the company now being one diva down.
Even though Rebecca wasn't a main event wrestler, her departure had still left a hole in the women's division, especially with the two main females feuding with each other.
To combat this, the WWE creative team decided to bring up a new female from OVW. The latest addition to the 'Raw' roster was a perky twenty-year-old with jet-black hair, which was cut very short in a funky style.
The raven-haired woman was known as Amy Chase, both in and out of the ring.
Amy started working just house shows to get her ready for moving up into the main branch of the WWE. The plan was to introduce her on 'Raw' after 'Summerslam' as a rival for Sam when Cheryl departed.
As the two women would soon be working closely together, and as a sign at how far she'd progressed in the company, Sam was assigned Amy to show her around and act as a mentor of sorts.
The diva quickly warmed to the new arrival, she was high-spirited and eager to learn. In-ring, Amy worked well with Sam, following every little pointer the blonde gave her.
Socially, the black-haired woman was the life and soul of the party and kept Sam, Mike, Alison and Cheryl very amused with her off the wall antics.
The group of friends soon adopted the younger woman, loving her quirky personality and inviting her to travel and hang out with them on the road.
"Oh, all y'all are, like, so kinds," Amy exclaimed one evening in the bar. "I've never had friends like you guys before. Y'all feel like family to me."
The group of people laughed, amused by the diva's eagerness and warmth.
"Isn't she great?" Sam asked Cheryl one afternoon, as they were getting changed.
"Yeah, she's cute," replied the red head. "She sure looks up to you, she virtually hangs off your every word."
Apart from working, and making a new friend, life was ticking over well for Sam. Since Rebecca's departure, the blonde had been a lot more relaxed and her attitude and wrestling showed this.
Even though the diva had contemplated the conversation she'd overheard between Cena and the brunette, Sam hadn't really processed it and taken everything in.
The blonde was very confused by the situation. She was still pissed at the WWE Champion for what he had said to Nitro and annoyed that he'd date her rival just to hurt her. However, that didn't change the fact that she still cared for him and he cared for her too. If he didn't, he wouldn't have felt the need to kiss Rebecca in revenge.
The comments from her friends were growing tiresome too. Mike, despite what he'd said the night the two wrestlers had hung out, was adamant that Sam shouldn't get involved with Cena again.
"No matter what he's done since Monday, that doesn't change how much he hurt you," reminded the black-haired man.
Alison, however, had taken a different approach. She insisted the diva should give the wrestler another chance, claiming they belong together.
Even Amy felt she had to add her two cents, claiming that it wasn't wise to live in the past and that Sam should just go for it.
The only persona who remained impartial was Cheryl. The older woman agreed that what Cena had done recently was wrong, but she also felt that everyone deserved a second chance. In the end, the red head told Sam to follow her heart and do what was best for her.
Finally, after being told a million different opinions a hundred times a day, ranging from Alison quoting the show 'Friends' by saying, "He's your lobster', to Mike warning the diva to be careful, Sam decided to make her own mind up and take action.
On Friday night in the bar, she found Cena sitting alone again – he seemed to be doing that a lot recently- and approached him.
"Hey John," the woman said, taking a seat opposite him.
"Oh hi," replied the wrestler, looking up.
"How come you're all on your own?" the diva asked with a small smile.
"I just need some time by myself," replied the brown haired man, returning the smile.
"Mind if I join you? Amy is getting a little too much," asked Sam.
"No, go for it," answered Cena. "I noticed she's taken quite a shine to you, she's a cute kid."
"Yeah, she's lovely. Although sometimes I need to just get away from her," mused the blonde.
As if knowing what the diva was thinking, the raven-haired woman's howling laughter filled the room.
"Wanna head outside? She's giving me a head ache," suggested the woman with a roll of her eyes.
"Yeah, ok," said the wrestler, standing up and taking his drink.
The blonde followed suit, collected her rum and coke, and then followed Cena out onto the balcony.
The man took a seat on the bench and smiled sheepishly. Sam joined him, sitting a little closer than she meant to but enjoying it none the less.
"So, how have you been?" she asked.
"Busy. Brittany has set a date for her wedding, so it's a mad house at mine now," the brown haired man informed. "How about you?"
"Brittany has set a date for her wedding? Oh, that's wonderful. Send her my congratulations," said the diva, relaxing into the conversation. "I've been pretty busy too. I'm buying a new house."
"Really? That's wicked, you've gotta tell me everything," insisted Cena.
Sam laughed as even after just five minutes together, it was starting to feel like old times. "Well, my mom and Steve had a huge fight and the bastard kicked us out. I decided there and then that I might as well put my savings to good use and buy me and Mama somewhere of our own."
"Steve kicked you out?" questioned the WWE Champion. "The son of a bitch. You should have called me; I'd have knocked him out."
The diva grinned. "Thanks for the gesture, I'll keep it in mind the next time my mom shacks up with a loser," she joked.
The brown haired man smiled. "So, tell me, what's your new house like?"
"Oh, it's just beautiful," cooed Sam. "It's got a quaint country feel to it and is all overgrown with ivy on the outside. There's even a guesthouse too, that's where Mama is going to live. The inside is just perfect. It's got two bedrooms, a big sitting room, fabulous kitchen and even a dining room- I'm gonna have to start throwing dinner parties," she joked.
Cena chuckled. "It sounds fantastic. You're very lucky, congratulations."
"Thanks, you'll have to come and see it when I'm all moved in," suggested the blonde.
"I'll hold you to that," teased the brown haired man. "How long is it until you can move?"
"Just over a week, I'm so excited," she replied.
"I'll give you a hand moving, if you want?" inquired the wrestler.
"Thanks for the offer, but I think I'm all sorted. We're having all new furniture delivered and the place decorated as well as Mike, Alison, Cheryl, Dave and Amy all offering to help me move," she replied with a smile, which was slightly crestfallen.
"Ok, but you better have a huge ass party when you're settled and invite me," insisted Cena.
Sam giggled. "Of course I will. When I throw a house warming party, you'll be the first one to know," she replied facetiously.
"You better, or you know what will happen," the wrestler warned with a mischievous grin, going to tickle the woman.
"Nooo! Don't," the blonde begged.
The brown haired man stopped and the diva let her head fall back to rest against his shoulder.
"God, you don't know how much I've missed this," he sighed, playing with her hair.
"Me too," murmured Sam, her heart starting to beat fastly and her breathing becoming heavy.
"You know I'm real sorry about everything that happened..." John began, but then they were interrupted.
Amy bounded over to the couple, making the two wrestlers jump apart.
"There you are, Pickle!" she exclaimed, using the nickname she had bestowed upon the blonde. "I've been, like, looking all over for you."
The diva gave the younger woman a murderous look, but the raven-haired woman's cuteness stopped Sam being angry with her for too long.
"Yeah, I just came outside to get some air," she replied with a deep sigh.
Feeling uncomfortable now that they'd been interrupted, Cena stood up to leave.
"I'll catch you on Monday, Sam, have a good weekend," he called as he walked off. "You too Amy," he added as an after thought.
"See ya John," the younger diva called loudly.
"Yeah, see you on Monday. You have a good weekend too," added the blonde.
Once the wrestler had gone, Amy began to speak again. Her sentences were rushed and sporadic as they fell from her red painted lips.
"So, like, are y'all dating again? Have you, like, sorted everything out? I hope so, you'd be, like, totally awesome together. Oh, when are you gonna tell everyone the big news?" she gushed.
The older woman had to sepress a half-amused half-annoyed laugh. "Whoa! Slow down there, Amy, we're just friends. Nothing happened, we were just chatting and catching up," she informed.
The raven-haired woman hung her head in disappointment. "Aww shucks, that's, like, a real shame. Y'all make, like, such a totally great couple. Well, you've still got me," she reassured.
"Thanks," replied Sam, not quite sure what else to say. If she was honest with herself, it was no consolation for the younger woman interrupting what Cena had been about to say.
The two women headed back inside, Amy linking her arm through Sam's.
They rejoined the table Mike, Alison and Cheryl were sitting at. The raven-haired woman sitting so close to the blonde that she was virtually on her lap.
As Sam relayed her conversation with Cena to her friends, Amy hung on her every word, adding 'oohhs' or 'ahhs' every time the older diva so much as paused for breath.
"Don't you, like, think they're just totally made for each other?" the raven-haired woman squealed as Sam finished speaking. She didn't wait for the others to respond and went on talking in a rush. "It was, like, so totally cute. They were all, like, cuddley and stuff. I thought my heart was gonna melt, like, there and then."
Sam couldn't help but roll her eyes. Despite how sweet Amy was, at times she was very annoying.
Feeling that she couldn't face any more of the diva's non-stop chatter, the blonde announced that she was going to bed.
"Ohh, I'll, like, totally come up with you. Make sure no one, like, attacks you," suggested Amy as Sam stood to leave.
The blonde could do nothing to stop her, apart from looking rude; the raven-haired woman was already racing to the doors.
The others gave Sam an apologetic look and she departed.
As the blonde reached the other diva, Amy grabbed her hand.
"You know, you're, like, totally my best friend ever," announced the raven-haired woman.
The older diva was lost for what to say, so she just mumbled "Thanks", as they stepped into the elevator.
Amy grinned at the blonde and began tap her feet rapidly to the music coming out of the speakers in the lift.
When they reached the older diva's floor, the younger woman bounded out.
As they reached Sam's hotel room door, Amy embraced her.
"Sleep well, Pickle," she said.
"You too, Amy," replied the blonde. "See you in the morning for breakfast?"
"Yeah! Bright and early?" she asked, even thought it was more of a statement than a question.
The blonde nodded and entered her room.
Thankfully, over the weekend, Sam didn't have too much time to get annoyed with Amy.
After a rushed breakfast, the four wrestlers and the P.A were on their way to the airport and heading home.
Mike and Alison were going to the mousey haired woman's home state of Kentucky for the weekend. Cheryl was heading to D.C to be reunited with her husband. Amy was going home to her parents and older brother in Mississippi and Sam was flying back to North Carolina to stop with her mom and aunt.
The blonde had a hell of a weekend ahead of her. Over the next forty-eight hours, she had to call her financial advisor to make sure the transfer of her investments was going through as planned, contact Hector Grace to get an update on the situation of the property, as well as arranging a time that the diva could go over to the house to take some measurements. In addition, that wasn't to mention sitting down with her mom to decide how they wanted each room decorated and furnished.
Sam would be lucky if she had everything completed by Monday morning.
Thankfully, the journey to the airport passed quickly and the blonde was soon saying good-bye to her four friends before boarding the plane to North Carolina.
The flight passed uneventfully, Sam reading and napping, as she was alone before the diva touched down in her home state.
As the woman was waiting for a cab to take her to Patty's, she called Hector to arrange an appointment to go and make measurements of the house for the decorators.
The agent informed the blonde that he was available in two hours time, also adding that the selling process was coming along smoothly. Sam's cashier's check had cleared on Wednesday and the man had heard from the woman's financial consultant. The advisor had informed Hector that the funds requested by Sam should be transferred by the end of business on Monday. The estate agent told the diva that if all went according to plan, she and Marlie would be able to move in as soon as the following Monday.
This posed a little problem for the diva, as the date of completion was also the last addition of 'Raw' before 'Summerslam'. Therefore meaning that the blonde would be busy the following weekend and would be unable to move on the Saturday.
After making a few phone calls to her friends, the group of people decided it would be best if the diva moved when they had the Thursday and Friday just before the pay per view off. However, that would be cutting it very close.
Moving on their days off would give the decorators just three days to complete all their work, as well as delivering all the furniture to the property. In addition, it would mean the blonde and her friends would have just two days to get settled in before the event.
The added bonus, however, was that 'Summerslam' would be held in Lexington this year. If Sam managed to get her property ready in the space of a week, that would mean she could go to her brand new house on the day she was crowned Women's Champion for the first time.
As the diva rode in a cab to her aunt's, she could hardly contain her excitement. In just over a week, her dream house would be hers, and then another seven days after that, she would be living there as Women's Champion.
Sam suddenly realized that everything in her life was falling perfectly into place, with one exception -- John Cena.
The couple hadn't had the chance to see each other- let alone speak- since their 'moment' on Friday night.
Unless the diva called the wrestler over the weekend, she wouldn't see him again now until Monday afternoon at the earliest.
However, when the blonde arrived at Patty's, she had no time to dwell over thoughts of the WWE Champion.
After putting her case away in her aunt's second guest room, freshening up and having a quick bite to eat, Sam and Marlie were in Patty's car driving over to the property that would soon be theirs.
Hector Grace greeted them on the front porch and showed the two women inside.
For the next two hours, the diva and her mom went from room to room, measuring up and taking note of the lighting and other aesthetic qualities of the house.
Finally, at five O'clock Sam and Marlie finished making their notes of the property.
Both feeling worn out, the two women drove back to Patty's. They were delighted when they discovered the woman had already prepared dinner for them.
After the three ladies had enjoyed a delicious meal of crawfish stew, Sam headed upstairs to take a bath and have an early night.
The blonde was totally wiped out, which wasn't surprising considering everything that had happened that week. From buying a new house, the drug test, Rebecca getting fired, over hearing what Cena had said about her, looking after a hyper-active new diva, measuring up her property for the decorators to her and John's moment on Friday night.
It was a lot to take in and Sam fell soundly asleep as soon as her head had hit the pillow.
Sunday was just as hectic as the previous day.
After a relaxed breakfast, Sam was once again rushed off her feet.
Marlie and the blonde sat down in the garden and, taking out a note pad, began to plan all the details for the decoration and furnishing of their new home.
They started with the guesthouse, as it was smaller.
Everything panned out well as they listed all the furniture they would need for Marlie's new dwellings, from a sofa, to a double bed, small dining table and chairs to a power shower for the washroom.
They then looked at the notes they'd made the previous day, reading their details on the aesthetic feel of each room to decide how best to instruct the decorators.
The two women decided to keep the plush cream carpet as it added warmth to the property.
Marlie and Sam also felt it would be best to go with rich warm colours to add to the cosiness of the guesthouse. They even picked out luxurious material for the blinds, curtains and bedspread.
The main house was a little harder however; both ladies had conflicting opinions on how the property should be decorated. In the end, Marlie conceded, saying that Sam would be the one living there so she should have the final say so.
When they were all done, the two women had a huge list to give to the interior designers, which Marlie promised she'd give to them first thing on Monday morning.
After completing the plans for the decoration of the house, Sam thought she'd be in for an easy afternoon. However, the diva was mistaken.
As repayment for Patty's hospitality, the woman had the blonde doing chores.
Sam didn't mind, though, as it kept her busy and her mind off John.
The woman was still at a loss as to what to make of the situation, so she chose to ignore it at least until she saw him again on Monday.
The diva was kept busy by cleaning out her aunt's yard, washing the car and cooking dinner for the three of them.
Again, on Sunday night, Sam fell into a worn out sleep.
On Monday, the blonde was glad to be back on the road again in a way. Despite the fact that 'Summerslam' and her first reign as Women's Champion was just under two weeks away, Sam felt that wrestling would be easy compared to the hectic weekend she'd just had.
In addition, there was the added bonus that Amy wouldn't be around today, as she only wrestled on the house shows and not the live television appearances. Sam felt a little guilty about thinking like that about her new friend. However, the raven-haired woman was a little too much some times and the blonde was glad of the break, even if it was for only one day.