Chapter 54
"You know, I had an idea to maybe spice this up a little bit more." Chacia announced after everyone was done eating, famished herself and saw a curious eyebrow quirk from both Stephanie and Paul. "I noticed in the script last night with Colby you used my Indy wrestling name, Chasity. Now, I don't know how much footage they had of me and Jon at HWA, but I could make some calls and find out. Maybe you can get their permission to use that to tie Chasity and Dean together for the feud?"
Stephanie was pleasantly surprised by that suggestion, taking a sip of her coffee and looked over at her husband, who had a curious expression on his face as well. "You and Dean did things together in that company?"
"Oh god yeah, back in – what was it? 2005 – 2006? I think it was 2005, but I had my first wrestling match for them and so did he. I valeted for him a couple of times too, just to get a feel for doing it since that was all women could do back then." Chacia explained, seeing Cody's eyes light up because he'd also been there to oversee everything and had helped out with HWA a time or two.
"I could make a few phone calls too." Cody offered, taking a bite of his eggs and pointed his fork at his cousin. "That is brilliant, Chacey."
"I just don't want Chasity to come in on a whim without any background between her and Dean. It wouldn't feel right, you know?" Wrestling was all about storytelling, not just putting on matches for people with fancy and barbaric moves. She looked over at Colby, who had stayed relatively quiet throughout this. "What do you think, Colby? Is that a good idea?" Never once did she look at Jon because she assumed he would approve, due to her character being new in the WWE.
"I think it's a brilliant idea."
Colby had been busy just listening and he felt a tad bit awkward at her asking him and not Jon, wondering if Jon was going to lose his temper or something. Jon had never been the most stable of people, hence the nickname Lunatic Fringe. With the new, colder and more dangerous attitude he had adopted after returning from his rehabilitation, he was worse.
"I'm sure they'll be able to add a lot of backstory for you two."
"What about you, Jon?" Now she directed her attention to him, refusing to leave him out in the cold and grabbed his hand under the table to rest on his jean covered thigh. "Do you feel comfortable using some of our HWA footage or not?" They had to be a team, united for the greater good or else this storyline wouldn't work and would fall apart. "I mean, you get where I'm coming from, right? They're gonna use my Indy name and since our fight happened at the wrestling school, the fans are going expect some kind of backstory." A backstory she didn't trust WWE to tell correctly, not without actual proof, where the footage would come into play.
Jon was grinning because he could practically read Chacia's mind and it was like she was baby-stepping Stephanie through what was going to happen, only Stephanie didn't realize it.
"We could use a different name." Paul offered, already figuring they might if they couldn't obtain rights to even more footage.
"No, use the old stuff,"
Jon squeezed Chacia's hand to let her know he was fine with everything. If they were telling this story, it would be done right and to THEIR satisfaction. Not that the company needed to know about their motives or Colby for that matter. As long as Jon understood where she was coming from, that was all that mattered to her.
"When I get back to the office, I'll make some phone calls and look through the video collection we have. We might even have it." The wrestlers had license over their content with the wrestling organization.
HWA was no longer around, not how it used to be, anyway.
"Thanks, Cody, we appreciate that. And we'll pass it over to the WWE to use."
"Sounds great." Stephanie was excited about this new twist they were about to toss in Dean and Seth's feud, clasping her hands together. "And all three of you are okay with this going forward, correct? No animosity or hard feelings?" She pointed her fork at each of them, watching them simultaneously shake their heads in response. "Good, we'll start doing some backstage segments at the house shows this weekend and air one or two of them on Monday to introduce Chasity to the world."
She beamed, looking from Jon to Colby and then back again, winking over at her cousin to acknowledge him.
"Just so we are clear, there will be NO bullshit." RAW was Stephanie's baby, but Paul had no problem stepping in since he knew he could actually knock sense into heads. "Dean, no more of your crap, got me?"
Jon rolled his eyes, now returning to his food. "It's character development." He wasn't feeling like a total icy prick anymore, thanks to the woman beside him, but that hadn't stopped him from adhering to it at work. He had the good grace to look sheepish when Stephanie and Paul both gave him 'oh really?' looks, swallowing his bite of scrambled eggs. "All right, I'll behave, bosses."
"Chacia, we have something else to run by you and Cody." It was Paul's turn to smirk, the attention on him and held his wife's hand under the table, squeezing it gently. "For the first segment, we want to use the wrestling school where the fight with Dean took place. Chasity could be training in the ring and Colby walks in and they meet for the first time. It'll be one of the two segments we air on Raw this week and possibly the week after that, we'll actually have Chasity make her television debut."
That meant Colby would have to come to Cincinnati on his days off to film the segment with Chacia.
"We'll compensate you, of course, Cody."
Chacia, Colby and even Jon all looked floored by the offer.
"You would have to wear the same exact outfit, but I'm sure that'll be no problem." Stephanie added thoughtfully, ignoring the dropped jaws around the table. Dean and Seth should have been used to this by now. If they weren't, tough luck for them. "So, what do you think?"
"I uh, yeah, sure, that's cool," Colby said finally, nodding and looked at Chacia and then Cody. "I mean if it's okay with you guys."
"Hellfire, I'm already giving away rights to the fight between you and the kid here. Might as well make a couple extra bucks and lend the E my school for a couple hours, or however long it takes." Cody didn't see a problem with it since they'd be doing it over the weekend. "I take it they'll miss the house shows then?"
"Live events." Stephanie corrected with a grin, nodding. "And Seth and Chacia won't be at the live events, but we need the IC champion." She eyeballed Dean, letting him know he was NOT getting out of this.
That meant Chacia would be working with Colby alone, one-on-one, and her stomach bubbled nervously. She didn't show it, knowing they would probably do a lot better if they were alone – real reactions and whatnot. Half the battle in wrestling was acting and there would be other people there such as the camera crew and whatnot.
Now THAT was annoying and Jon snorted into his now empty plate, ignoring Paul kicking him beneath the table. "You sure I don't need to be there?" He asked calmly, though the ice was in his eyes.
"Pretty positive, we have you booked all weekend." Stephanie said sweetly, not missing the ice nor had she missed the way her husband's leg had moved. Men and their violence, that was why she ran the business. Women used words. "We'll put you up for the night there, Seth." She added, dismissing Dean by looking away and addressing the other man.
"No need for that, unless he's not comfortable at my place." Cody offered with a smile, glancing down at Colby and would make sure to be present for the upcoming segments since it WAS his building and his school.
"Umm…"
"Cody, let him get a hotel room, it's fine." Chacia still didn't trust Colby and made a mental note to watch herself since Jon wouldn't be around for the weekend. "It'll be fine. Everything will be fine." She flashed Colby a smile. "And fun. I'm looking forward to this."
Colby smiled back. "Me too, Angel."
"Angel?" Stephanie inquired, arching a brow.
"Yeah…" Colby cleared his throat. "I started calling her that when she fixed up my knee one night…"
"You have to call her that on-screen."
Chacia wasn't sure how she felt about that and shrugged when Colby looked down at her. "Whatever the boss wants, she gets." She raised her coffee cup at Stephanie, who did the same and both women sipped theirs simultaneously.
"It'll just show how deep your bond is since you'll be partners going forward."
Chacia suddenly wished Jon and Colby could swap places, foreseeing some issues in the future with this.
That was what he had called her throughout their relationship too and Jon was seeing some issues with this, wondering how close exactly Stephanie was going to try pushing this. Of course, if Chacia and Colby had chemistry out there and tension, it was going to show on the screen, regardless of what they did. They just couldn't hide that kind of thing. It made him wonder how he and Chacia would be on-screen.
"I think we're done." Stephanie announced, now just enjoying her coffee. "Any questions?"
"Jon, please say something." Chacia begged, walking into the hotel room an hour later, after dropping Cody off at the airport.
He had a flight to catch back to Cincinnati and she promised to meet up with him on Friday. Their two days off started tomorrow, which was Wednesday and Thursday, then Jon would have to head back on the road Friday for house shows while she went to Cincinnati for her segments with Colby. The ride back from the airport was tense and made in silence…Chacia was honestly scared her boyfriend was going to blow his stack at any second.
"Look, I know it's not an ideal scenario, but Cody will be there and won't let anything happen to me. You know that. And I already told you I don't trust Colby…"
"That's just it, darlin', neither of us trust that sack of shit, yet, you're going to be with him."
Without him there to protect her and since when did Jon think like that? Since all those 'gifts' and messages, he supposed. Chacia could take care of herself, he knew that in the rational part of his mind. The other part was not all right with any of this, but he also knew it wasn't her fault. Jon sighed, pulling her into his arms and kissed the crown of her head.
"You make sure you're never alone with him, not if you can help it, darlin'."
"I won't." She slid her hands up his chest to cup his bearded face and softly kissed him, feeling him lift her against his body to deepen it a little. "Mmm, easy baby, I'm still recovering from this morning." She murmured against his lips, pinching his side when he began chuckling at her. Chacia dug her nails into his chest a little, knowing where the gouges were and heard him growl out, a smirk curving her mouth. "Turnabout." Kissing him quickly, she stepped away and went to lay down on the bed, crooking her finger at him. "We're taking a nap before the house show tonight."
So they weren't completely sleep-deprived doing their jobs. Stephanie and Paul still wanted her to work with the medical team for tonight, already informing Larry the changes that were coming. They had been up pretty late last night. Jon chuckled as he joined her in the bed, watching as this time she was the one to set the alarms on their cells.
"It was so worth it," He rumbled, pulling her into his arms and buried his face in the crook of her neck. Jon wasn't all right with her spending time without him with Colby and it wasn't a trust issue regarding cheating or jealous. It was a trust issue in that Colby wasn't a trustworthy person.
"Mmm, yes it was…I love you." Chacia let out a loud yawn, not bothering with the light since it was raining outside, and the sound of Jon's heartbeat mixed with the tapping rain on the window lulled her sleep.
Since she would be spending the weekend in Cincinnati, Chacia and Jon went back to Vegas together for their days off. She had surprised him with tickets after the show later that night, making arrangements during her lunch break at the arena. Jon beamed and lifted her, twirling her in circles to before passionately kissing her. They hadn't been back to Vegas together since his return and it was long overdue. She missed Vegas and since it was freezing in the Midwest, in Cincinnati, warm weather would be inviting. Jon carefully and slowly made love to her to show her how much he appreciated her surprise, not wanting to cause her further discomfort.
Vegas was as beautiful as Chacia remembered, but they didn't see much of it because Jon was too busy sexing her up in his bed, in his hot tub, in his pool…every room in the house had been christened with their lovemaking. It was almost as if Jon was a man possessed, trying to get as much sex in as he could before they had to part ways for the weekend. He let them break long enough to eat and replenish their energy, along with taking naps, but other than that, his face was either buried between her thighs, her face was in his junk sucking him off, they were orally pleasuring each other at the same time, or he was balls deep inside of her. Some of the bouts were hard and rough and some were slow and loving, the perfect mixture of pain and pleasure.
The night before they had to pack to leave and go their separate ways, Chacia had just finished packing his bags when Jon came in, soaked in sweat. He had gone mountain biking on some of the trails while she stayed behind to recuperate from being ravaged by him. His words, not hers. Chacia had giggled at his reasoning for going and told him not to worry about it, she could fend for herself and wound up taking a 3-hour nap. It felt great, surprisingly, and once she got up, Chacia had eaten and then packed both of their bags for the road.
