Chapter 45
Gemma walked into her appartment at 8:30am wearing one of Adam's t-shirts (which totally swamped her!!) , her skirt from the night before & her sunglasses.
"Wow you look like you had a good night last night!!" Amy was in the kitchen still in her pj's making coffee. Gemma grunted & flopped on the couch.
"Want a coffee?"
"mmm thanks!"
"So, Adam's place last night huh?"
"No actually I was screwing Shane all night on his office floor!" Gemma said sarcastiacally.
"HA! If that were true then you'd have the day off today & I know you haven't...unlike moi!"
"Aw man go on! Rub it in why dont ya?!"
"Would I?" Amy smiled & handed Gemma her coffee. "How long ya got?"
"Oh about an hour! Im gonna drink about 20 cups of this stuff & have a shower!"
"Did you get any sleep at all last night?!"
"About 2 or 3 hours! Now I look like shit, feel like a zombie & I have to go photograph Triple H while he's working out this morning!"
"Triple H? No way!!"
"Yes way!!" Gemma laughed & drank some more coffee. "Hey did Matt call you last night?"
"Yep!" Amy beamed. "They'll be here about 5:30!"
"Oh...Im not sure if I'll be finished by then!"
"Gem you gotta face him sometime hun!"
"What? Look Amy dont start! Besides we spoke on the phone last night & everything's cool!"
"Everything's cool? Yeah right!"
"Well it is!" Gemma protested. "Aw man there's no talking to you when you're in this sort of mood! Im gonna take a shower!"
"So prove me wrong!" Amy called after her, "Be here at 5:30!"
"WHATEVER!" Gemma shouted from behind the bathroom door!
*******
Gemma's day didnt get any better! She was stuck in traffic & 20 minutes late for her photo session with Hunter. Needless to say he was pissed at having to wait & so decided to be a complete asshole for the rest of the morning! Gemma was pretty sure her photographs were going to suck!!"
When she came out of the gym she discovered she had a flat tyre! At the same time she was standing in the parking lot exclaiming "SHIT!" rather loudly at the car, Shane called to say her interview with Dwayne had been rejected!!
She was searching in her purse for her keys & dropped her cell phone, smashing it to pieces! Now she couldnt even call anyone to come & resue her! Gemma gave up! She threw her purse across the ground & sat down on the kerb with her head in her hands. She was so tired & so confused & she just wanted to go to bed for a week! She was pissed & she'd had enough!
"Miss? Everything alright?"
She looked up to see a tall blonde guy in old sweats with a sports bag thrown over his shoulder. She suddenly felt ridiculous! What must she look like? A grown woman having a nervous breakdown on the kerbside!! She felt very embarrassed!
"Oh....yes. Thankyou! Im just erm..." She bent down & started to scoop up the contents of her purse.
"Sitting on the kerb with a flat tyre right?" The guy smiled!
"Yeah erm...something like that! Man do I feel like an ididot!!"
"What's say I give you a hand? I dont think I can do much for this.." He said picking up some of the pieces of her cell phone "But I can sure as hell change a tyre!"
Gemma looked at him with her head on one side.
"Canadian?"
"Every bit of me! Why?"
"Oh just my bo...my erm friend is from Canada! Maybe you know him!"
He coughed.
"Well erm its kind of a big place..!!"
Gemma slapped a hand to her forehead!
"Ok do you happen to carry a gun that I could put in my mouth right now before this day gets any worse!!"
He laughed!
"That's the first time that's happened to me!"
"What?"
"A woman I just met asking me to put my loaded weapon in her mouth!!"
Gemma stared at him......then she laughed.
"Chris!"He said holding out his hand.
"Gemma! And if you can change that fucking thing Id be eternally greatful!" She kicked the car wheel! "Im just gonna sit here & keep my mouth shut before I say anything else that could cause me embarrassment!!"
She sat back down on the kerb & Chris laughed.
"Dont worry! We all have days like this!" He started to change the tyre. "So what brings you here?"
"I Work for the WWF!" She grinned! "Im sorry its just I haven't been with them long & it still seems unreal when I say it out loud!"
"Yeah I know that feeling!"
"You're a wrestler then?"
"Yeah! Ive only been here a week myself! Its crazy!! You?"
"Journo!"
"Aussie!"
"What?"
"You're Australian?"
"Well kinda! I havent lived there since I Was eight years old! How did you figure that out!!?"
"I can hear it...the accent.." He strained & lifted the wheel off, "Its still there ever so slightly in certain things you say!"
"Wow! I didnt even realise!" She smiled. 'Nice guy!' she thought to herself & as he wiped the sweat from his forhead she thought 'nice ass!!' and then quickly looked away!
"So you going anywhere in particular?"
"Nope not really! you?"
"Nah....just to lunch....on my own!" He winked at her & she just smiled.
"You're gonna make me ask you out loud?!" He laughed.
"Ask me what?" She said smiling.
"OK........Gemma........who Ive only known for five minutes, but I think is a nice girl....would you come to lunch with the guy who just rode in on his white horse?!"
She laughed. This was crazy! 'What is wrong with me?' she thought to herself. But she said yes anyway!
Gemma walked into her appartment at 8:30am wearing one of Adam's t-shirts (which totally swamped her!!) , her skirt from the night before & her sunglasses.
"Wow you look like you had a good night last night!!" Amy was in the kitchen still in her pj's making coffee. Gemma grunted & flopped on the couch.
"Want a coffee?"
"mmm thanks!"
"So, Adam's place last night huh?"
"No actually I was screwing Shane all night on his office floor!" Gemma said sarcastiacally.
"HA! If that were true then you'd have the day off today & I know you haven't...unlike moi!"
"Aw man go on! Rub it in why dont ya?!"
"Would I?" Amy smiled & handed Gemma her coffee. "How long ya got?"
"Oh about an hour! Im gonna drink about 20 cups of this stuff & have a shower!"
"Did you get any sleep at all last night?!"
"About 2 or 3 hours! Now I look like shit, feel like a zombie & I have to go photograph Triple H while he's working out this morning!"
"Triple H? No way!!"
"Yes way!!" Gemma laughed & drank some more coffee. "Hey did Matt call you last night?"
"Yep!" Amy beamed. "They'll be here about 5:30!"
"Oh...Im not sure if I'll be finished by then!"
"Gem you gotta face him sometime hun!"
"What? Look Amy dont start! Besides we spoke on the phone last night & everything's cool!"
"Everything's cool? Yeah right!"
"Well it is!" Gemma protested. "Aw man there's no talking to you when you're in this sort of mood! Im gonna take a shower!"
"So prove me wrong!" Amy called after her, "Be here at 5:30!"
"WHATEVER!" Gemma shouted from behind the bathroom door!
*******
Gemma's day didnt get any better! She was stuck in traffic & 20 minutes late for her photo session with Hunter. Needless to say he was pissed at having to wait & so decided to be a complete asshole for the rest of the morning! Gemma was pretty sure her photographs were going to suck!!"
When she came out of the gym she discovered she had a flat tyre! At the same time she was standing in the parking lot exclaiming "SHIT!" rather loudly at the car, Shane called to say her interview with Dwayne had been rejected!!
She was searching in her purse for her keys & dropped her cell phone, smashing it to pieces! Now she couldnt even call anyone to come & resue her! Gemma gave up! She threw her purse across the ground & sat down on the kerb with her head in her hands. She was so tired & so confused & she just wanted to go to bed for a week! She was pissed & she'd had enough!
"Miss? Everything alright?"
She looked up to see a tall blonde guy in old sweats with a sports bag thrown over his shoulder. She suddenly felt ridiculous! What must she look like? A grown woman having a nervous breakdown on the kerbside!! She felt very embarrassed!
"Oh....yes. Thankyou! Im just erm..." She bent down & started to scoop up the contents of her purse.
"Sitting on the kerb with a flat tyre right?" The guy smiled!
"Yeah erm...something like that! Man do I feel like an ididot!!"
"What's say I give you a hand? I dont think I can do much for this.." He said picking up some of the pieces of her cell phone "But I can sure as hell change a tyre!"
Gemma looked at him with her head on one side.
"Canadian?"
"Every bit of me! Why?"
"Oh just my bo...my erm friend is from Canada! Maybe you know him!"
He coughed.
"Well erm its kind of a big place..!!"
Gemma slapped a hand to her forehead!
"Ok do you happen to carry a gun that I could put in my mouth right now before this day gets any worse!!"
He laughed!
"That's the first time that's happened to me!"
"What?"
"A woman I just met asking me to put my loaded weapon in her mouth!!"
Gemma stared at him......then she laughed.
"Chris!"He said holding out his hand.
"Gemma! And if you can change that fucking thing Id be eternally greatful!" She kicked the car wheel! "Im just gonna sit here & keep my mouth shut before I say anything else that could cause me embarrassment!!"
She sat back down on the kerb & Chris laughed.
"Dont worry! We all have days like this!" He started to change the tyre. "So what brings you here?"
"I Work for the WWF!" She grinned! "Im sorry its just I haven't been with them long & it still seems unreal when I say it out loud!"
"Yeah I know that feeling!"
"You're a wrestler then?"
"Yeah! Ive only been here a week myself! Its crazy!! You?"
"Journo!"
"Aussie!"
"What?"
"You're Australian?"
"Well kinda! I havent lived there since I Was eight years old! How did you figure that out!!?"
"I can hear it...the accent.." He strained & lifted the wheel off, "Its still there ever so slightly in certain things you say!"
"Wow! I didnt even realise!" She smiled. 'Nice guy!' she thought to herself & as he wiped the sweat from his forhead she thought 'nice ass!!' and then quickly looked away!
"So you going anywhere in particular?"
"Nope not really! you?"
"Nah....just to lunch....on my own!" He winked at her & she just smiled.
"You're gonna make me ask you out loud?!" He laughed.
"Ask me what?" She said smiling.
"OK........Gemma........who Ive only known for five minutes, but I think is a nice girl....would you come to lunch with the guy who just rode in on his white horse?!"
She laughed. This was crazy! 'What is wrong with me?' she thought to herself. But she said yes anyway!