ASHLEY POV
"Where were you?" I asked as I burst through the hotel door and saw Mia lounging across the bed giving herself a pedicure.
"Didn't you get a lift here?" she asked with a knowing smile.
"Y-yes but that- ...You. What did you do?" I dropped my gym bag on the floor beside the TV and walked across the room to her as I heard the shower start.
"It was mine and Randy's plan. Clever, huh? He called me after you and him had your little chat." She said giving her last toenail a stroke of nail polish.
"You made me not have a lift home?" I dropped myself down on the double bed next to her.
"No, John gave you lift!" she exclaimed. "So what happened? You guys kiss and make up?" she asked, eager to know details.
"Yes, except the kiss part." I leaned on the pillows and turned to face her. "Mia, I don't wanna be drafted to somewhere else." I pouted as I thought about the upcoming draft that could potentially move me to a different brand. As Vince McMahon said 'It's time to shake things up again.' Well I have to object, I'm personally fine with things not shaken up. I'm not good with major change and the draft always includes major changes to the roster, I just hoped that Mia, Randy or I didn't move brands. I was secretly hoping John wouldn't either.
"Me neither." Mia said as the shower stopped and minutes later Trish appeared in pink shorts and a tank top. I walked over to my suitcase and pulled out my laptop and then went and sat on the couch while Trish and Mia went to bed. 30 minutes later, I had narrowed down my choice of cars down to 2, checked my MySpace and found videos of my past wrestling matches on YouTube. I plugged in my iPod earphones in the socket of the laptop and watched one of my matches from FCW, where I was teaming up with Johnny. He got the chance to debut on SmackDown, he was there for a couple of weeks then got found out for using drugs, got suspended. When he came back, he got an offer from TNA, got released from his WWE contract and is now the newest addition to the TNA roster. I couldn't imagine being anywhere else than WWE right now, TNA is a great company but WWE is home. My phone buzzed in my combat pants, I pulled it out sliding it open to see: 1 missed call. It was from James. I'll call him tomorrow. I thought as I shut down my laptop, placed it back in my suitcase. Tomorrow, we had a show in the evening and then Wednesday I had a flight to Miami, while Mia went up to North Carolina with Jeff to meet his parents. But now all I wanted was sleep, I changed quickly and then snuggled down into my bed.
"Morning, Sunshine." I smiled over the phone as James picked up. It was 9am on a Wednesday and all Raw Superstars were trying to be low key in LAX airport, as everyone went their separate ways home for the rest of the week. Since we had no house shows for the rest of the week, I was considering it an extra long weekend.
"Morning to you too. What you doing up so early?" James asked me groggily down the phone line.
"Flight. Boarding in about 10 minutes, one way flight to Miami." I replied with a grin, even though he couldn't see me.
"That's…nice. Care to explain why I'm getting a wake up call then?"
"Wanted to check in to see if you saw those two cars for me?" I asked eager to find out which one was best.
"Range is more you, and it's got everything you will ever need. Ford Escape, in my opinion, is a bit big for you. More suited for guys my size." He responded as I heard shuffling in the background.
"So the Range is better?"
"Yes." He answered simply. "I'm surprised you wouldn't want a truck like mine, since you love it so much."
"I did think about that but I don't have stuff to move about unlike you so it would be a bit odd. A Range is the most practical out of the ones I gave you I guess even though it's pretty big."
"So you'll fit in it." He chuckled, gesturing to my height.
"Okay, I'll let you get back to...whatever. Thanks, James." I hung up and turned back to where Trish was stood. "He says Range."
"I told you." She said as she searched through her hand luggage. She let out a 'aha' as she found her plane ticket, that was hiding in her bag. "Wanna go find John and Randy now?"
"Yeah."
"Thanks for coming with me." I said as I took a left. John had heard about me getting my new car and offered to come with me and it was now midday on Thursday. I drove up to Tampa that morning to pick him up in the car I was going to trade in and now we were driving to a dealership nearby.
"No problem." John tried to get comfortable in the tiny red Nissan Sentra. I was eager to get rid of this car, that I had had for about 5 years and it had taken a beating those 5 years. "I can see why you wanted an upgrade now." He chuckled glancing around the car.
"Yeah...It's too small for me now. The guys at the dealership said I could trade it in, if I brought the original documents with me and it will bring the price down a little bit."
"How come you know your way around Tampa so well?" he asked me, noticing how I didn't even need directions.
"FCW. I love it up here as well, Mia and I thought about living up here but we preferred Miami at the time. Right now I kinda regret the decision. Think Mia does as well."
"So move." He said it as it was the simplest thing in the world.
"Maybe." The car filled with silence as I drove down the freeway. "I heard what you thought about Randy's 'crush' on me." I said with a giggle.
"Yeah. That was me being a jealous idiot."
"Jealous?" I glanced over at him as he laughed nervously. I had never seen him nervous. "Jealous of what?"
"You." He mumbled quietly. "You two were really close and I presumed something was going with you two."
"Nah, Randy's a good guy...a bit of a man whore. But still, a good guy. I just don't see him that way, more as an older brother." I smiled remembering Randy's conversation with me on Monday and what he said about John. "He said that you were different, you weren't like everybody else." I glanced across at John again as he caught my eye and smiled.
"I was just worried about you. Randy has a reputation of being a ladykiller and I didn't want you to become another notch to be carved in his bedpost. If only he knew about Cody. The stray thought slipped into my mind as he continued. "I didn't wanna see you get hurt."
"John Cena." I glanced at him quickly to see him turn his head at me. "Thanks for caring." I smiled.
"Your welcome." He smiled, showing his dimples again. I pulled into the dealership and saw the Range Rover immediately. "There it is." John said as he escaped the tiny vehicle. I grabbed my bag and the last little things from my car and followed John to where he was stood, holding the door open for me.
"Now this is more like it." He rolled his shoulders back on the ivory colored seats with black piping.
"I can get used to this." I responded as I reversed out of the dealership in Tampa. After nearly an hour inside of finding the car, sorting out documents, signing and then paying. I had finally got the car and I loved it. Luckily it was the last one they had in the showroom in black with ivory and black interior.
"Makes me want one now." He chuckled.
"Next car I get will be-"
"Next one?" He cut me off. "Slow down, girl. Save up a bit first. You did just spend over 80,000 dollars on a new black Range Rover." He laughed as I smiled and continued to imagine getting my next car.
"Anyway, the next one will be a 1967 red Pontiac GTO."
"Hmm...I already have that car." He said casually as I looked at him in envy. "It's more of a guy's car though. I don't think you would be able to handle it on the road." He smirked, knowing the comment would get me a bit angry.
"We'll see about that!" I removed one hand off the wheel and punched him in the arm.
"Two hands on the wheel!" He instructed me with a smile as I placed my hand back on the wheel. We got onto the quiet freeway and I pressed my foot on the gas and felt the thunderous vroom from the car's engine as it sped off down the road.
"Okay, maybe you could handle it." He said as we got onto a busier main road and I slowed the car down. "You can take mine for a test drive one day."
"I'm gonna hold you to that." I peeled my eyes away from the road for a second and smiled back at him.
"Thank you again, John. It means a lot to me." I said with a smile as I pulled up outside his Tampa house 20 minutes later.
"Don't worry about it. That's what friends are for right?" he shrugged as he jumped out the car and leant threw the window. "I'll see you in Utah." He said with a wink and walked towards the massive house.
The drive back down to Miami was surprisingly lonely. Already I missed John. I damned myself for thinking it but I couldn't help it.
A/N: So this chapter was a bit of a filler chapter to boost their 'friendship' :) Also I will now mention how beneficial Raw is being for me right now. Putting Cody Rhodes in a tag math against John last night, sparked plenty of ideas in my head that will make this fic full of drama. And Beth Phoenix's match with Santino on Raw is another reason why I love The Glamazon :) She is amazing! 2008 Draft chapter is up next and there's a special match for the Diva's :)
Kezzibezzil: I love that song too, Jimmy Eat World are awesome! Glad you liked the chapter, I do try my best :D
Jeff and Jerichos girl: Thanks :) Well, I would be freaked out if I had to fight Batista too! He's huge! Lol Batista is one of my faves :) The huracanrana I'm not even sure if that's possible for her to do either lol But she did it anyway :)
ChainGangShorty54: Thank you, and there will be more John and Ashley moments to come!
Twilight1243: Thanks! Batista and Ashley bits were fun to write, but I still prefer writing John and Ashley ;)