Bittersweet

Chapter 38

The weekend flew by and now it was Monday morning. Chris had spent most of Sunday 'catching up' with Melina. Trish and the rest of the girls went shopping and last night the group, minus Jeff and Beth went out for dinner.

No-one had any idea that Candice Michelle was planning on making sure that the upcoming episode of RAW was going to be one no-one would forget.

"So, what time did you say you would pick up Beth's sister?" Trish asked Amy as the two made their way down to the hotel's restaurant for breakfast.

"I texted Rosaline and told her I would get her at 2.30, that way she would have plenty of time to meet you guys." Amy replied with a smile.

"I can't wait to meet her, she sounds really nice." Trish said as they turned left and made their way into the restaurant where the rest of their girlfriends were sitting at a table near the window that overlooked the hotel pool.

"To think she's from the same gene pool as Beth and her mom." Amy shook her head as she poured herself a cup of coffee.

Trish just smiled as she decided on getting waffles for breakfast.

"Ooooh someone's gonna get fat." Amy teased as they wandered over to their friends.

"As long as I don't end up with your thighs then I'll be happy." Trish sweetly countered as she sat beside Maria.

Amy playfully glared at her as she took a seat beside Alana.

"Trish, leave Ames thighs alone. What have they ever done to you?" Maria scolded her friend but couldn't stop grinning at the blonde woman who was trying her best to look the picture of innocence.

"I take it the guys have already eaten then?" Amy said as she reached across and took some of Trish's breakfast from her plate.

"Yeah they left not too long ago before heading to the gym. They said they'd catch us at the arena later." Melina replied.

"Hey!" Trish's eyes widened. "You could have gotten your own you know!"

Amy simply grinned as she popped the waffle into her mouth. "I could…" She said with a mouthful of food then swallowed before continuing. "but, one, you insulted my thighs and two, I can't be bothered to move. You might wanna pour some syrup or something on them cause they're a tad dry."

Trish shot her a look as the others giggled. "I'll let you off this time. Next time you'll face the wrath of my fork." Trish picked up her fork threateningly.

"Wow, to think guys all over the world fantasise about us..." Melina dryly commented causing them to laugh again.

Candice Michelle came in along with Mickie. As she caught sight of the girls, particularly Melina she shot her a knowing look. Melina frowned as did the other girls as the two smirking women passed.

"What was that about?" Alana asked what they were all thinking.

Melina felt slightly uneasy as the girls all looked stunned.

Did she see us on Saturday? No, she couldn't have…that hallway was deserted. I'm just being stupid.

"It's probably nothing." Maria concluded snapping the Latina back to reality.

"You know what they're like. Candice is trying to get a rise out of us like always." The bubbly Diva said as she sipped some of her coffee.

"Ria's right." Trish added as Candice and Mickie were now long gone, and heading for the pool.

"I can't wait to face that bitch tonight and wipe that look off her face." She was referring to the 6 Diva tag match, she, Alana and Amy were in against the team of Kelly, Candice and Mickie.

"I don't know about you guys but I'm excited about the new guys recruiting tonight!" Alana's eyes glistened with excitement

. "I cannot believe that Vince has managed to keep their identities a secret for so long." The young Scot added.

"I know! Usually their identities are over the net within hours after they've been signed." Amy replied her eyes wide with excitement.

With that the girls fell back into a comfortable chat about things in general. Melina smiled and joined in but she couldn't help but shake off the uneasiness she had ever since Candice and Mickie stared in their direction.

The crew and stagehands were busy making sure everything was getting set up properly and that nothing was going wrong. Vince was in his office along with Stephanie and Shane and the three new, slightly nervous, Superstars.

"It's okay, you can breathe you know!" Stephanie teased and flashed the three men a warm smile as she saw how nervous they all were.

The three smiled and seemed to relax a little. Tonight they wouldn't be appearing on RAW but Vince McMahon would announce to the world that he had signed 3 new wrestlers and after RAW was over their identities would be on the website within a matter of hours.

"Basically, tonight we just want to introduce you to the rest of the RAW roster, get creative meetings set up and basically work on your entrances and work schedules." Vince began with a slight smile.

"So are we all gonna be on RAW?" Matt asked puzzled as he assumed they would be put on all of the shows.

Shane looked at his father before facing the three wrestlers. "We haven't decided on that yet, we aren't sure if the three of you will be on the same show or if you will be separated it just depends on the fans reaction and what creative come up with."

"Sounds good to me." Steven said in this thick Irish accent.

The other two nodded in agreement. "So I guess that's us then?" Drew said with a glint in his eye. He had been looking forward to this day for a long time, he particularly been looking forward to reacquainting himself with an old friend.

Vince couldn't help but grin at the young Scot's eagerness, he'd heard from Russell how he trained Drew and Alana at the same time when they were younger.

"I think we're good to go." Vince looked at his two children who nodded in agreement. "Shane has agreed to introduce you to the roster. Stephanie will meet with you around 4pm to discuss potential storylines." Vince added as the three men rose to their feet.

"Well if you guys would like to follow me, please do not use any flash photography or video recorders while this tour is in session." Shane joked as they made their way out.

What amazed the three, apart from being part of the WWE, was how different the three McMahon's were from their on-screen personalities. They only hoped the majority of the roster was the same.

"I guess we can start with catering, seen as its still early most of the guys will probably still be in there getting something to eat." Shane said as they made their way to the cafeteria.

Later that day, everyone was at the arena. It was mid-afternoon and Amy had picked up a nervous Rosaline half an hour ago. The girls had made her feel most welcome and they had caught up with the guys and were all sitting talking in the catering area. Matt and Jeff made her feel at home as she sat in between her two future in laws. She couldn't stop laughing at the stories Matt was saying about how he and Jeff behaved when they were younger.

"I can't believe she's Beth's sister." Chris whispered to John who nodded in agreement.

"She's nice." John whispered back.

"Hey!" Maria slapped her boyfriend's hand. "It's rude to whisper at the table."

John smiled sweetly at his girlfriend. "I was just commenting to Chris how beautiful my little Ria pops is."

Amy snorted. "Ria pops? Seriously?"

"You're just jealous because Mattie doesn't have a brilliant nickname for you." Maria teased and stuck out her tongue at the red head as John put his arm around her.

"Oh I have plenty of nicknames for Ames…" Matt began with a smirk but Alana cut him off.

"That's plenty Matthew. I've just eaten my lunch thank you very much; I really don't want to see it again."

"Hear, hear." Jeff agreed and grinned at Alana who smiled back at him.

"Don't worry…" Amy whispered to Matt, she sat at his other side. "You can fill me in on those nicknames later." A mischievous glint appeared in her eyes.

He smiled at her and squeezed her shoulder.

"So who do you think these new signings are?" Chris started up a new conversation.

"Wait. There are new superstars debuting? I never heard anything about that?" Rosaline couldn't stop herself then blushed as they all looked at her. "Sorry, I guess I sound like such a dork, huh?"

"It's okay, you're not as dorky as some people." Melina reassured her, nodding in Chris' direction.

"Hey!" Chris protested.

"It shows you take an interest and we don't even know who they are. All we know is that the new signings whoever they are, are on their way here tonight." Jeff replied with a small smile.

"I bet you one of them is a Diva." Liam quipped. Alana narrowed her eyes at him and he grinned sheepishly.

"What? I was just gonna say that's more competition for you girls."

Alana just rolled her eyes. "Aye, right."

"Well, looks like we'll find out soon enough." John remarked as the door opened and Shane entered along with the new wrestlers.

Alana, Liam, Melina and Chris had their backs to the door.

"It's a good thing you didn't place a bet on that prediction, Liam." Jeff remarked with a grin.

"Oooh there all guys!" Maria squealed.

"Hey, settle down there." John mock scolded his girlfriend.

"Better have a wee look the now then," Alana grinned as along with the others turned to look in the same direction as their friends.

Alana's eyes widened as she caught his eye. Liam saw her reaction out the corner of his eyes.

"Are you…" He frowned but she stopped him by standing up.

"Oh. My. God." Her breath caught in her throat. A smile broke out on her face.

"Alana Murray." Drew stepped forward his voice booming. The room fell silent as they looked at each other. "You've not changed one bit."

Alana didn't say anything, she let out a squeal of delight before rushing over to her old friend.

"I can't believe you're actually here!" She squealed in delight.

"Well, I couldn't let you take all the limelight…I would have mentioned earlier but you know how it is…" He trailed off with a smile.

"I know, I know, confidentiality and all that malarkey," Alana rolled her eyes.

"Um, not that I want to interrupt but I take it, from your, reaction, you guys know each other?" John spoke up.

Alana turned to her friends and beamed at them. "Sorry guys, this is my oldest and best friends in the whole world, Drew Galloway."

Drew waved at them. "It's nice to meet you all."

As the group waved and nodded hello at them – Maria was waving in a manner that would rival a 5 year old who was on a sugar high- Alana remained rooted at his side; she couldn't help but grin up at her friend. It had been a good few years since she had last seen him.

"As much as I hate to break up this little reunion I still to show the guys around…" Shane cleared his throat as he stood behind Alana with a nervous looking Matt and a smiling Stephen.

Alana turned to her boss's son and blushed slightly. Drew looked at his friend and smiled.

"Don't worry, I'll still be here, I don't think I can fired before I've actually wrestled." Drew reassured her giving her shoulder a squeeze.

Liam frowned as he watched them from the table. You have got to be kidding me? First the Straight Edge asshole and now this Jock cunt thinks he can get in.

Alana rolled her eyes and playfully shoved her friend. "Funny guy."

He didn't reply and just ruffled her hair before walking back over to Shane.

"I'm gonna get you for that!" She yelled after him. "Thinks he can mess up my hair." She muttered to herself then frowned as all her friends looked at her.

"What?" She rolled her eyes at them as she strolled back over to the table and sat back down.

"So now you have 3 guys on the go! Wow you'd make Candice proud!" John quipped.

The table went silent as Alana went quiet and glared at John. John just stared back, a challenging smirk on his face. No-one knew where to look or what to say. The tension was unbearable until Alana broke out in a grin and high fived John.

"I hate it when you two do that!" Maria slapped her boyfriend's shoulder. "It's not funny!"

A.N. I would have posted more but I had wrote this ages ago and re-edited it while I was waiting for the Internet to come back on. I figured since I wrote a full chapter just to post it. Apologies if it was bad, hopefully it was alright. I will not be updating until after the 20th of May as I have exams coming up.

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