" This cannot be happening!"
I had like, 10 minutes to get a shower in, get dressed, find out whom I was going to fight tonight and get ready for an interview. Sounds easy? Try it in a predominately male setting with like 15 other females and 5 showers.
I had had a bad day from the get-go. My alarm clock went off 20 minutes after it should have, which is why I yet had no shower. I had to rush to get to my plane on time. I was bumped back to couch and I sat right next to the engine. I learned I cannot sleep so peacefully with that noise in my ear and I don't necessarily want it to stop because that would be bad. And another thing, plane engines freak me out. Think about it, it's a big fan that sucks air in through its blades and like 12x your size! Is that not intimidating? Alright, so I'm the only one. Big deal……
And to top things off, they lost my luggage!!
" What do you mean you can't find it?!!" I had yelled.
" I am so sorry Miss Carlene. But it was not on the plane." An attendant said.
" Then WHERE IS IT?!" I yelled again.
" We don't know. Sorry." She said shrugging.
I calmed a little and rubbed my aching temples. I placed one hand on my hip and another snatched up the woman.
" Listen, there's people and security cameras here so I can't kill you, but if you don't find my luggage-"
" I'm sorry Miss Carlene, there is nothing I can do." She said totally carelessly.
That did it. She could care less where my luggage went while the possibility of me having a job to get to tomorrow was in that bag!! I swear I would have hit that woman if someone hadn't taken hold of my wrist.
" Hey, easy there Jazz."
I didn't know who that was, but who did they think they were grabbing me. I started to hit them instead. But when I whirled around I was faced with a pair of mischievous green eyes.
" Hardy boy?" I had said; using the name I had invented for him.
" Leave it to me." He said winking.
This had caused me to blush. So I was too embarrassed to stop him from doing anything. He walked right up to the woman and made such a scene in front of her.
" Hey you! Where do you get off telling my girl she can't have her luggage?!" He yelled.
" Excuse me sir, I'll have to ask you to calm down." The attendant said.
" Calm down?! Calm down?!! You lost my girlfriend's luggage and you want me to calm down?!! No! I will not calm down!! I will have a frickin' aneurysm if I want too!! I will not calm down until she gets her luggage!!!" He had yelled.
By now there were a lot of people looking at him. He had made such a scene. The attendant was far too shocked to say anything. She couldn't call security because he had done nothing wrong but raise his voice. She shakily reached over and hit a button on her panel.
" Um, Flight 317, please halt on the runway. You are carrying someone's luggage." She said.
I got my luggage back! ^_^ Thanks to the Hardy Boy. But don't tell him that. I was perfectly capable of getting it back myself. But, I was having a bad day after all. He even went over to the luggage claim with me.
" The extreme always makes an impression. Here you go Carlene. These places can be a pain sometimes." He had said; handing me my luggage at the same time.
Unfortunately, the bag was very heavy. And it made me falter. I almost fell over from the unexpected burden of my warm-up weights. He caught me from falling over. I couldn't begin to fight the blush that spread across my cheeks as he held me against his chest and his arms wrapped around me.
" Jetlag?" He had said.
" Uh, yeah. That's it. Jetlag. Bad thing about planes." I said still hot in the cheeks.
" No kidding. Here, let me get that," He took my heavy duffle bag and placed it on his own shoulder like it was nothing," Now where are you staying?"
I had almost missed his question. He was stronger than I was. He had taken the load like nothing. While I almost fell over from it. This was not fair. Of course, I forgot that men naturally had more muscle mass than women. I had only begun to get into this while he had been training for the WWE all his life.
" Uh, I think it's the 'La Luna Llena.'" I had said.
" I've been there before. That's where we're staying. You'll really like it. A word of advice, never try to go down the stairs on a skateboard without wheels. It hurts when you land." He had said absentmindedly rubbing his forearm.
I couldn't help but laugh at that. It is no surprise that he would try something like that. He was the young daredevil of our big family after all. This kid would do anything for a thrill and cheer of a crowd. I guess he noticed me chuckle at his advice because he shot me a smile.
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The hotel really was something to be seen. It was so pretty with its fancy furniture and red carpet. It was adorned with gold chandeliers that dripped with diamond-like glass. It even had that clean hotel smell. I probably would have stood there gaping if the Hardy Boy didn't prompt me to go sign in.
When we did sign in, the female attendant thought we were together. She gushed about how cute we were together. It seemed I was doomed to have pink cheeks for the rest of forever. Jeff finally set her straight and got our room numbers.
He carried our bags as we rode in the elevator. I only had time to put my things up and then go get to the arena. The whole situation at my door was awkward. He was staying right next to me. I hoped the fangirls that followed him around were quiet.
" Look, I'm not good at this 'thanking' thing so-"
" You're welcome. Look I'll catch ya later. Good luck tonight Carlene!" He said going into his room.
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Now here I stand. In front of the mirror. I'm going to go out and face that crazy girl, Victoria. She doesn't scare me. If she wants fear, she should go to one of those little prissy girls and get it from them. 'Cause I am not the one.
" Jazz. Could I get your thoughts on your match with Victoria tonight? She has vowed to break you in two and mess up your face." Terri said.
" Please. It's one thing to talk and another thing to do. She's a bag of silicon and hot air. Nothing she's done has impressed me much. Anybody can sneak up on somebody-Ah!!"
Should have seen that one coming. Heifer came up behind me and attacked me. She beat me with a leather strap. It hurt some badly, but I didn't let her see me cry. She wouldn't get fear from me.
But one of us was gonna get it before the night was over.