The evening show seemed fuelled with anger from all sides. Unable to hack the awkward silence, Mia rushed off to find Stephanie to help with her vacation plans. She found her alone in the office she shared with Mia's father on the phone, she seemed to be struggling to fight her corner in whatever debate she was having. She shifted awkwardly as Mia entered the room and seemed desperate to hang up before Mia caught grip of the conversation. She seemed unusually flushed and out of breath which concerned Mia.
"Are you ok steph?"
Stephanie nodded and sighed.
"You may as well know. That was your mam. I wanted to speak to her about you receiving your place in the nxt roster for training and moving you to Florida on a semi permanent basis. She doesn't think you can handle it and doesn't want us to offer you the position. I however believe you could become one of the great female wrestlers. Your father and grandfather agree with me too. What is you opinion?"
Mia flopped on to the sofa surprised, she was convinced her father wouldn't allow her to become a wrestler let alone be fully supportive of the training.
"When would I be starting? I was actually coming to you for help organising a short trip back to newcastle to see a few friends."
There was silence as Stephanie flicked through her organiser, obviously looking for a suitable start date.
"Ok.. So how long were you planning on being in the uk for? I'm not sure I can have Jon wrote out for more than maybe a week at the max."
Mia shrugged not knowing quite how to explain things.
"Yeah we figured that but it's fine. We weren't expecting Jon to be able to come with me. I was thinking maybe two weeks maximum."
Steph nodded all the while rummaging through her organiser until she stopped at a day with a sigh.
"Hmmm...well how about starting you the beginning of next month. That will give you 10 days in Newcastle and another 10 days for us to get you settled and adjusted in your new apartment we've bought you in Florida before your training starts. If you stick to your training by the end of the year you'll be a part of the main roster and maybe even challenging for the divas title by next wrestle mania! I'll see what we can do about giving Jon a few days to be with you in the uk but I can't promise anything. Fair enough for you?"
Mia almost jumped on Stephanie to hug her, beaming with joy. It seemed her life was finally coming together. She was going to prove her mam wrong! After all she was the daughter of triple h - it was in her blood to own that ring and she was going to do it. Right now though - she had to tell Jon! As she bounced from the room, she paused a moment.
"Steph...where is my dad tonight?"
"Oh.. He's away dealing with Renee's resignation. Seems she's had an altercation with another employee and doesn't want to work with them anymore. Your fathers furious and is trying to prevent her but she seems adamant. She says we'd never get rid of them... What is that look on your face for? What have you done?"
The smile on Mia's face seemed too obvious to hide. Mia laughed off the accusation.
" well it wasn't another employee she had a bust up with, it was me but she shouldn't be such a skank rat and sleep with other peoples boyfriends so she deserves exactly what she gets and no less!"
Stephanie was shaking her head, yet she clearly seemed amused by the tale.
"Ok, I'll just inform your dad of her...let's say...activities..I won't say it was Jon.. You know how sceptical he is of him. If she is going on like that I'd rather her not be in my business!"
Mia smiled a sigh of relief.
"Thank you steph..I'm going to how find Jon. See you later "
Mia waved goodbye as she rushed out of the office only to fall into Jon and the other guys doing their warm ups In the corridor preparing for their repeat match against the wyatts. The tension between Jon and joe was still obvious. Jumping up from the floor at the sight of Mia, Jon picked her up and swung her round as he kissed her only missing joe with her feet by a fraction . As she prised herself from his lips, she slapped his hands signalling to put her down.
"Steph is organising my trip to newcastle for me but after that I have to stop travelling with you!"
Jon looked confused, he was obviously missing something otherwise why was Mia so happy?
"What!? Why have you got to stop travelling with us? If it's down to our fighting then I promise I'll drop it with joe if he's prepared to do the same?"
He shot joe a pleading look at joe. Taking a deep breath, joe sighed and nodded.
"You guys will?! Serious?! Is that a promise?!"
They both nodded and waited for her to speak.
" that's fantastic...however I still can't travel with you...when I come back I'll be moving to Florida and starting my training in developmental!"
Before she knew it jon had picked her up again, planting his lips on top of hers.
"Baby that's fantastic!"
Although he sounded enthusiastic, Jon didn't seem to look to thrilled.
"Well you could look a bit happier about it!"
Brushing off her comment, Jon snorted a response.
"Don't be silly, of course I'm happy for you!"
With a wide eyed grin, Mia kissed Jon good bye before hugging colby and joe and headed down the corridor to the canteen to watch the match. A few steps away she paused.
"Oh...by the way, that skank has took my advice and resigned. There's no way now steph will ever allow her in our company. Nice to know you two are going to get on better whether I'm here or not though."
Colby burst into laughter as Mia walked away. Turning towards him, Jon and joe glared at him with a questionable look. Through his laughter he struggled to put together a sentence.
"You both got played...by a girl...haha!"
Jon didn't look impressed. Turning away from the other two he brayed his fists against the wall so hard they shook with the vibration. Joe put a hand on his shoulder.
"It's not that bad, you can just jump on the plane straight from Vegas to Florida when you're home and missing her."
Jon sighed and as he turned round the boys were pretty sure his eyes were glistening, almost as though he were fighting back tears.
"It's not the distance. I may sound like a total dick for this but I wanted her here so I can propose on her birthday in two months time...it'll mean if she starts wrestling then I'll never persuade her to have my kids and I'll never get to provoke fully that I'm a changed man "
He sounded truly defeated. Joe and colby didn't have a clue what to say. The three stood in silence for a moment before Jon spoke again.
"...I guess I'll have to talk to her tonight...for now though...let's go kick some wyatt shit!"
Before either of the other two could respond, Jon had jogged off down the corridor. Shrugging to each other they followed suite ready to vent some anger in the best way they knew how.
