Thursday night. T-minus twenty minutes. God, I hate being nervous. Everything's ready, I made sure of that myself. Everybody is here, well; everyone who could be here. God I miss John. I wish he could've come back with me, but no; stupid Vince has him doing house shows all week long.
Okay, I was pissy. I'll admit it. But my show was only; yikes! Eighteen minutes away from starting. I could feel my hands starting to shake and clenched them into fists at my sides as I closed my eyes and took a couple deep breaths.
"Miss Reeves?"
"What?" I snapped out as I turned around.
One of my crew was standing behind me with a gorgeous bouquet.
"These arrived for you a couple minutes ago," she said, a little sad.
My crazy mood almost instantly vanished as I took the flowers from her.
"Thank you Jeanne," I put a hand on her arm, "I'm sorry I snapped at you. I'm just nervous I guess."
She nodded, a small smile now gracing her face, "It's alright Miss Reeves. But you got nothing to be nervous about. Except the crew in the front row anyway."
"Crew in the front row?" I asked.
"Sure, four women, six men; all look like they could take down a couple of tanks between 'em."
My smile was bright and I scurried over to the curtain to peek out at the crowd. Sure enough, there in the front row of seats were my wrestlers and divas signing autographs. I shook my head and saw Jeanne next to me out of the corner of my eye, I motioned her closer.
"You know who they are?" I asked her.
She nodded, "A couple, I know they're all wrestlers though. On account of the new line."
One by one, I pointed them out to her; "The first woman you see is Kelly, the brunette next to her is Katie. The two kind of snuggled up together are Melina and Jeff Hardy. Next to them are Stephanie McMahon-Levesque and her husband Paul; also known at Triple H, they're talking to Matt Hardy; Jeff's brother. Then, next to them; and flirting with Shawna, is Cody Rhodes. And finally, the two signing autographs are Randy Orton and John Cena."
Just then, John saw me through the curtain and shot me a grin. Smiling back, I blew him a kiss before ducking back through the partition. Jeanne looked a bit shell shocked before shaking herself out of it and looking back at me.
"I don't know whether to laugh or cry Miss Reeves. Seeing all them here? It's great."
"Hi Auntie Ser!" Tyler exclaimed as he raced up to me.
I bent down to pick him up and hug him tightly, "Hey bud! You ready to see all this stuff in action?"
"Yea!"
"Well, there's a special seat for you out front. In fact, there's someone out front I know who would love to see you," I said as I brought him over to the partition.
I set him down, one hand on his shoulder, and opened the curtain slightly.
"John's here!" he gasped happily.
I laughed, "Yes, he is. Go say hi."
Tyler raced away and as soon as John saw him; he picked him up. I watched them talk for a couple of seconds before Tyler pointed in my direction and John looked my way with a smile on his face.
My smile faded when I looked down at my watch, ten minutes. I began hurrying around, making last minute adjustments to some wardrobes. I was kneeling on the floor, re-pinning one of the day gowns I'd designed and the model had put on without putting on her heels yet so it ripped when she tried to walk and the small train snagged on a piece of metal.
"Serene?" I heard a voice ask.
I craned my head up and turned slightly to see Kelly looking down at me.
"One sec," I answered and turned back to the girl in front of me.
I finished pinning the hem and glowered up at her, "Go put your damn shoes on and this time, for Goddess sake, LIFT the hem off the floor before you start walking!"
I groaned as I stood, Kelly offering me a hand to help me up and I grinned, albeit tiredly.
"Thanks," I said, standing and hugging her tightly.
"Rumor has it you're down a girl," Kelly said as we broke apart.
I made a face, "Don't remind me."
"I'll do it."
My smile came slowly, and Kelly looked a little scared.
