Chapter 1 – The Club

[ Maryse's Point of View]

We had just ended our tour here in NY and I couldn't wait to taste the nightlife here. So, I got to my hotel room and quickly showered before getting dolled up and looking like The Sexiest of Sexy in my short mini black dress and jimmy choo heels. I rounded up some of the other divas and we headed into town.

It wasn't long before we found a club we all liked and there was no waiting in queues for us. When we got inside, Melina dragged me to the bar and ordered a couple of Mojitos.

All the other divas scattered all over the place, it was hard to tell who was who as the place was fairly packed. The Bartender came over with our drinks. Melina grabbed her glass ready for a toast.

"Cheers to us, just having fun!" she yelled

I raised my glass and laughed taking a sip.

Suddenly a club banger song came on and in a flash Melina was on the dance floor. It didn't take long before Brie and Nikki found me.

"Ooh…he's cute" Brie said nudging me with her elbow.

"What! I ca- I can't hear you?"

"That guy has been checking you out.. ALL NIGHT!" Nikki yelled

"Which one?" I laughed raising an eyebrow

They tilted their head and gestured over to the back. I looked over my shoulder and that's when I saw him. He was… o-okay, kind of cute and had this smirk on his face, which intrigued me. He caught me glancing over and quickly averted his eyes away from mine.

No matter, I flicked my hair back over my shoulder and turned back to my drink.

[Alex's Point of View]

I could see her turning over her shoulder, oh shit, she sees me and I quickly avoided my attention elsewhere. She was stunning, I couldn't help but feel like I've seen her somewhere before? I mean I am surrounded by beautiful girls in the Impact Zone but no one as beautiful and damn sexy as her. This girl was in a category of her own.

Chris Sabin was nowhere to be seen. Dumbass. I only came to be his wingman and if he didn't show up soon I was going to go out hunting for myself. Chris finally arrived and I was going into what was about my third beer? I slammed the bottle down and decided that this was it. I was going to make my move. I moved up out of my seat and looked at the poor confused look that came across Chris's face.

"Don't worry man… There's plenty of fish in the sea but don't settle until you find a f*ckin mermaid yeah? Yeah. Wish me luck, I'm out," I said making my way over to her.

I could feel my heart racing each time I got close to this girl. I tried to ignore it but it kept getting worse. The two girls either side of her whispered in her ear before they walked away… Yess! Perfect timing or what? Playing it cool, I sat in the empty seat next to her and ordered a beer; she just quietly sat and sipped what looked to be wine? Must be a classy girl… nice.

"Having a great night?" I asked

She looked at me with a raised eyebrow and just smiled… her hazel eyes blew me away

"I see, so tell me... What's a beautiful girl like you sitting alone by herself?" – what the hell was I thinking? She probably thinks I'm a stupid cheese head!

She looked up and pouted her lips – it looked sooo hot

Then she spoke….

" Maybe, because everybody here is crazy? Why do you sit alone by yourself? " she laughed in her hot frenchy accent...

Even better she was actually looking at me with those amazing hazel eyes and I could see that she was scanning me trying to get into my head.

[Maryse POV]

I waited for his reply, I found him funny with his silly questions.

"Me? Alone? Hah…I'm sitting with a blonde barbie" he said

I shot him a look

"Excusez-moi?"

He laughed " I'm just kidding, barbies don't have brains and I think that all the guys here are either crazy or stupid because they didn't want to keep you company"

"Hmmm... Nice save" I half smiled and looked away and took another sip of wine.

"Was that- was that a smile I saw there?" he said as he tilted his head and laughed a little to himself, I found it cute.

"Don't get to comfortable…?" I looked at him

"My name is Patrick but I'm mostly referred to as my stage name Alex. Alex Shelley" – I've never heard of him or seen him before.

"Interesting.. Patrick or Alex? Whatever… I'm just going to call you Alex because it's easier but what brings you here to the Big Apple?" I asked and took a sip of my wine.

"Work, I get to travel all over the state and sometimes around the world" he said.

"Oh really? What do you do-" I was rudely interrupted by some random guy

"Alex, we need to go… Like Now Man!" he rushed in pulling on Alex's arm to get up and go.

"Nooo man, what are you doing? Can't you see-" he was cut off as Melina came running up and slapped the random guy across the face so hard that his gum fell out!

"You Disgusting! T.N.A Scumbag! Go to hell!" she yelled and stormed off…

I almost chocked…. Putting two and two together in my head.. Alex was a professional wrestler! He put his hand on my back to check if I was alright..

"I'm f-ff fine." I got up.. *cough* "Excuse Me"

"Of course"

He tended to his friend who was cradling his face with his hand. Getting slapped by Melina is not something that you want to get or necessarily would like either… it hurts like a b!tch.

I snuck away, what are the chances? I run into another freaking Professional Wrestler! Not only that! He works for TNA! T! N! A!. My head was spinning and I didn't know if it was because I had too much to drink or if it was because I was flirting with a TNA… a TNA! Superstar!.. but it was all too much.

[Alex POV]

I didn't know what happened but I hope she's all right. Sabin cradles his hand to his face.

"That looked like it hurt man" I said trying to hold back a laugh. He deserved it, I was just getting somewhere with…damn. I didn't even get her name OR her number.

"arrrgh! Divas!" he said. They've polluted the place!"

"Huh? What?" Confused I handed him a cold beer to put to his face

"WWE Divas… they're all over the place.. There's one there…. There and there.. and look! There's two over there! " he pointed most of them out.

"How do you even know that man?"

"I watch the show? Duh?"

I shot him a look and then I patted the side of his face, which made him cringe in agony. He was asking for it.

I spotted the mysterious blonde hiding amongst the crowds of people and I wondered… Could she be?

"Hey! What about that one hiding over there?" I nodded in her direction hoping she wouldn't see me.

" Oh yeah man… she's the best.. Maryse Ouellet. The Divas Champ and boy isn't she the just fine… not! ugh! WWE and their prissy division! Yaaaouch!"

That time I hit him in the face gently just for the sake of it. I felt a knot in my stomach. I don't know if it was the beer or that I tried to get with a WWE Diva either way... it didn't sit with me well.