"TRISH!!!!" I yelled down the hall. I dropped my bags and started
running towards her.
"CASE!!!" She ran towards me and we collided. We fell to the ground laughing hysterically. We helped each other up and hugged. "Oh my God! I'm so happy to see you! It's weird not sharing a room with you."
"I know. I missed you too! And I'll be sharing with you tonite," I put my around her shoulders and she did the same to me. We walked to the Diva's locker room and were followed by Amy and Jeff, who was carrying my bags. Jeff dropped off my bags and walked out.
"So, how is everything?" Trish asked.
"Good. I've got my debut tonite as Mystic Angel. I'm so excited."
"That's great! Any new hotties?"
"Well, now that you mention it," I said slyly. Amy and Trish looked at me curiously. "Guess who I have a date with on Wednesday nite."
"Jeff Hardy?!" Trish said excitedly. I shook my head. She looked kind of disappointed.
"No, Shane Helms," Amy said casually.
"How'd you know?" I asked. Her eyes got wide and she turned away. "What did you do?!"
"I umm..Shannon and I..umm...well, we kind of set you two up," she said.
"Excuse me?! You set us up?" I said roughly.
"Yeah, you're not mad, are you?"
"Amy! Why would you set us up?"
"Well, I knew you liked him and Shannon knew he liked you, so.."
"Wait! When did all this happen? How did Shane get into the picture?" Trish interrupted.
"I met Shane last nite and we really got to know each other. I really started to like him," I explained. "But I still don't understand the whole set up deal."
"Well, that's why Shannon rode with Jeff so you would ride with Shane. This way Shane would ask you out. And I see that our plan worked!" Amy said proudly. I stared at her coldly. "I'm sorry. I just wanted to speed up the process with you a little. He was going to do it eventually."
"Really? Alright, I guess I can't be mad at you!" I said.
"I really missed out on a lot, didn't I?" Trish asked.
"Oh yeah. And you should be glad you missed out on most of it," I said taking the hat off and moving my hair to show her the bruise.
"Who the hell did that?!" she asked.
"Jeff's ex-girlfriend's friend, Lee." I said putting the hat back on.
"Oh wow. Why?" she asked. Amy and I sat there explaining everything and Trish took it all in. "That was so awesome of you to stand up for Jeff. I guess I did miss a lot."
"Hey, I hate to interrupt, but Case do you want to get some training time in?" Matt asked peeking his head in the room.
"Yeah, let me just get changed. Do you think we could set the boom box out there? I think I work better with music," I said pulling Jeff's athletic pants out and a Hardy Boyz tank top out of one of my bags.
"Sure, not a problem. Any requests for music?"
"Anything rock!" I smiled. He nodded and left me to change. I walked in the back of the locker room and changed. I walked back out and Trish was dressed to work with me. The three of us walked to the ring where we could hear Linkin Park blaring from a small radio set up on the ramp. In the ring ready to work were Jeff, Matt, Shane, and Shannon. Amy took a seat on the ramp while Trish and I climbed into the ring. She took the steps and I flipped over the ropes. "So, why are you guys in here?"
"We thought we'd help you out today," Shannon answered. "Jeff told us he wanted to work on flying. So, who's better to help out then me and Shane?"
"You got a point. So, what first?" I asked. We started on moonsaults, then went on to swantons, then onto the shooting star press (which happens to be my favorite). I learned how to do a frankensteiner and a phoenix splash. After about 3 hours of training people started forming around the ring to get some time in there to practice.
"I guess we're done for today. You did really good for today. You're really a fast learner. I'm surprised at how far you've come since we started," Matt said.
"She must be a natural like myself," Shane said. Matt and Jeff looked at each other than rolled their eyes at him.
"We forgot that you are the almighty Shane Helms who didn't need to do training because you were too good," Jeff joked.
"You got that right! I am that damn good!" Shane said.
"What is it with guys in this business? Does the ego just come with the job or what?" I asked Trish. She shrugged and we climbed out of the ring and joined Amy on the ramp. We watched the guys fight it out in the ring to see who was the better wrestler. Eventually most of the other guys joined in, including a few new people to the roster. After looking at them closely I recognized them as Christian, Test, Lance Storm, and Chris Jericho. "Okay, what are they doing here?"
"They're the new people to come over to RAW from Smackdown," Trish said.
"Seriously? That's so awesome!" I exclaimed as Jeff, Matt, Shane, and Shannon walked up to us with the Canadians following.
"Case, I want you to meet Jason Reso, Andrew Martin, Lance Evers, and Chris Irvine. Everyone, this is Casey Piniarski," Matt said as I shook everyone's hands.
"It's nice to meet you all," I said.
"Nice to meet you too. We were watching you in the ring. You've got some skills. I hope you're planning to pursue a career in wrestling," Chris said.
"Yeah, actually I am. I'm doing pictures full time for the moment and I'm valeting for the Hardyz as well," I said.
"Oh, so you're the one that's goin to help them next week for the tag titles. After we nail them in the head with the belt that is," Jay said laughing.
"Yeah, that would be me. But don't forget, the Undertaker comes out and chases your asses out of here."
"Yeah, very true," Lance said.
"Did you get Vince's message?" Jeff asked me.
"No, what message?"
"Well, I'm goin to Ozzfest on Friday and he wants you to take pictures there instead of going to the house show."
"Nice!! Jessy was goin to Ozzfest in New Jeresy. I was so jealous. This is awesome."
"Ah, a rocker chick. Gotta love em," Andrew said walking going back to the ring. I gave him a weird look and shook my head.
"Can one of you wonderful drivers take me to the mall?" I asked. At this point, Chris, Lance, and Jay walked back to the ring.
"Why?" Jeff asked.
"Well, I need a pair of black jeans for my debut tonite. I have to go to hot topic or something."
"I can take you, if someone will let me borrow their car. Jeff?" Trish asked.
"Oh no!! You know my rule. No one and I mean no one drives my car," he said.
"You can take my car," Matt said as Amy handed Trish the keys. I stood up and we walked to the back to get changed and take a quick shower. Then we drove to the mall.
"I haven't been shopping for a while!" Trish said starting to drool over all the stores that the mall had. "Oh, we so should go in here."
Trish dragged me into Wet Seal as I groaned. "Trish, we don't have much time. We have like 2 hours to get back to the arena and who knows how long it's gonna take me to get pants."
"What else are you wearing? Maybe we can get you a top in here," she said pulling down a sandy colored top and holding it against me.
"My character is mysterious. So, I'm gonna wear black pants, black sneakers, and a long sleeved black shirt."
"Oh, come on. You need some color." She pulled a pink t-shirt off a shelve and held it up to me. "You should try wearing pink. It looks really good on you."
"No way Trish. I don't do pink. I hate pink!" I pushed the shirt away and walked away. "I'm wearing black and that's that."
"Fine, fine. Whatever you want!" she said as walked out of the store in search of a Hot Topic. "I can't believe you painted your nails black and streaked your hair blue. You had such a pretty hair color."
"Trish, it wasn't my original color. And I happen to like the streaks." I pulled her into Hot Topic and searched for the jeans.
"I know it wasn't, but it still looked good. But I have to admit the blue streaks look good too." She smiled as I picked up a pair of pants that looked just like the ones the Hardyz wear. I paid for them and we walked out. We went into an Old Navy and I went on a search for a black long sleeved shirt.
"They have to have a plain black shirt," I said looking through the racks. I looked over at Trish. She had a few guys standing around her and was signing autographs. I sighed and decided to go off on my own and walked over to the men's section. I finally found one and went back to where I left Trish and it seemed like the crowd of guys had grown. "Trish, I got the shirt."
"Just a sec Case. I'm just handing out some Stratusfaction to these guys." She smiled that smile of hers and I stood there waiting. After about 10 minutes I went to look at jeans. I knew I was doing a bad thing because when I went back to Trish I had 5 pairs of different styled jeans in my hands. She was signing one last autograph and gave out one last hug. She walked over to me and looked at the pile of jeans I had made. "I see someone just had to go looking at jeans."
"You know they're my weakness!" I laughed as we went through the line and left the store. Trish dragged me into one last store and we were on our way back to the arena by 6:00. I walked inside and left Trish outside to sign some autographs. I walked into the Diva's looker room and changed into my Mystic Angel outfit and got my camera ready. I left my hair down and my make-up was dark and smoky. I tried to cover up the bruise, but nothing worked. I just gave up and put my WWE shirt over my long sleeved one. It would be quicker to change that way. I was lacing my sneakers when Nora came in in her lacy white tank top and black pants smiling.
"I was just talking to Shane and he told me you two are going on a date on Wednesday nite. That's so cool!" She sat on a bench and I looked at her.
"Why is everyone so excited about me going out with Shane? I almost think ya'll want me to go out with him more than he or I want to," I said laughing.
"Ya know, I thought it would be you and Jeff going on a date. Matt told me how he caught you two on the looker room floor a little while ago," Trish said sitting next to Nora.
"We weren't doing anything. We were wrestling and he was trying to find my ticklish spot," I explained.
"Yeah, that's what Matt said," Trish smiled. "He said you were 'horsing' around." She even did the little quote thing with her fingers around horsing.
"We weren't 'horsing' around. We were horsing around." It had made more sense in my head then it did when I said it out loud. She and Nora started laughing at me when Matt barged in.
"Gees Matt, we could have been half naked or something," Trish yelled.
"Yeah, so," he said like a normal guy would. He said it like he was hoping for that.
"What'd you want?" I asked. He threw a brand new Nokia cell phone at me. Its faceplate was black with blue fire and it had a light blue keypad. It wasn't his phone. His was a flip phone. "What's this?"
"It's your very own cell phone. It's a present from Jeff, Shane, Amy, and I. We're paying for the first year of service. Then you'll pay us for it. It's not as nice as mine or Jeff's, but we thought you'd like this one better cause you can change the faceplates and stuff. We knew you liked the blue flames so we got you that one. We were goin to give it to you tonite at Dennys, but I just got a call from Jessy and like normal you weren't around. You never seem to be around when she calls. Anyways, now you can call her on your very own phone and give her the number."
"You didn't have to do this," I said examining it.
"Yes we did. Jeff and I didn't mind you using our phones at first. But then when Jessy kept calling when you weren't around it started to get on my nerves. Plus we were going to get you one anyways. Shane and Amy wanted to pitch in cause you only talk to them on our phones. They can't ever call you without calling us. So, call Jessy back!! I'm goin back to the my locker room." I watched him leave then turned to Trish and Nora.
"Wow, I barely understood that. Do you think he even took a breath?" I joked. They chuckled and I called Jessy on my new phone.
"Hello?"
"Jessy, I got a cell phone!"
"That's awesome! So, I don't have to call, Matt, anymore?" She asked.
"Nope! You can call my own phone. But don't call me between 7:30 and 11:30 on Monday nites." I gave her the number and realized she had no idea why she couldn't call me during that time frame. "You have no idea why, do you?
"No, should I?"
"I would have thought. You didn't watch TNN when I told you to?"
"I did, but I don't understand why you told me to watch wrestling. I expected to see Edge on there or something." She wasn't a wrestling fan, but was in love with Edge anyways. Thank God for that picture I put in my locker at school of him.
"No, Edge is on Thursday nites at 8:00 on UPN. So you didn't recognize anyone on there?"
"Just the Hardy Boyz only because you liked them so much."
"Okay, watch tonite. 9:00 to 11:00 on TNN. I promise you will see someone on there that you know. You may not know the name, but you'll know the face."
"Who am I going to see?"
"Just wait until tonite. Call me around 11:30 tonite if you can. This way I know if you saw the person."
"Alright. I'll make sure I'll call you. So, who's phone was I calling?"
"I'll tell ya tonite if you see the person I want you to see."
"You are acting very weird, even for you."
"Jessy, when have you known me to not act weird?"
"True."
"Hell, when have you never acted weird?"
"Okay, so we're not weird, we're just different." I laughed.
"Well, I have some interesting news for you."
"Really? What?"
"I got into a fight last night at a club and now I have a huge bruise on my cheek."
"Oh my God. How did that happen?"
"I interfered in a fight I probably shouldn't have. I was sticking up for my friend when his ex-girlfriend started a fight with him and her new guy came up and well, I punched the girl, the guy slapped me, and I punched him. Then we all got thrown out of the club."
"Holy cow. I can't believe you got in a fight. Okay, so maybe I can. But wow!"
"I have some more interesting news."
"Oh gees. What now?"
"I have a date on Wednesday nite."
"Oh my God! With who? Where are you?"
"Jessy, all your questions will be answered tonite. Trust me. I'll tell you tonite when you call, who I'm going out with."
"Come on. At least tell me where you are."
"Alright. I'm in Charlotte, North Carolina."
"What the hell are you doing there!!!?" she yelled surprised. I laughed.
"I'll tell you tonite! Gees, you'll know everything tonite. I promise!"
"I better! I hate not knowing what's going on."
"I know. You'll soon find out." Shane walked into the locker room and sat next to me. I smiled at him and he smiled back. "Thanks for the phone."
"What?!" Jess asked.
"Oh sorry. I was talking to Shaaaahhhhhh..a friend." I almost blow my cover.
"What?! Case, what's goin on?"
"Nothing. I gotta go. Don't forget to watch TNN tonite."
"I won't and I better find out what's goin on. You are starting to worry me again." We hung up and I looked at Shane. He had a confused look on his face.
"Okay, when did my name become Shaaaahhhhhh?" he asked.
"I was talking to my friend and I never told her what I'm doing, who my friends are, or any of that. She's, hopefully, gonna find out tonite. If her blondness doesn't override her brain." He laughed.
"And what's wrong with blonds?" Trish asked slightly offended.
"Nothing Trish. It was a joke. In fact, my friend who's a blond is a lot smarter than me. It was funny in school cause we would compete sometimes. She would always get the better grade. Plus, if you notice, I'm also blond. I'm stupid in a bottle as Jessy's boyfriend would tell me." Shane and Nora began laughing hysterically. "I don't think it's all that funny."
"Sorry. I wish I had thought of that one though. That's a good one. He's pretty quick," Shane said.
"He's not that good. He's got sandy blond hair," I smiled.
"Well, he's obviously better than you and your friend. He was the one to think of it," Shane said. I decided I would ignore him. He continued to talk to me, but I have no clue what he was talking about. That's my special talent. I can tune out anyone and everyone. "Case, are you listening to me?"
"Huh?!"
"Okay, fine then. I don't have to take this. I'm leaving." Shane stood up and walked out the door.
I looked at my watch and jumped when I saw the time. I grabbed my camera and film and ran down to the ring. I stood on one of the sides and waited for the show to start.
"Casey, Jeff's up next," one of the other photographers said. I raced off backstage and stood next to Jeff and John.
"Good luck tonite. And stay out of the way of the match. I wouldn't want to have to post pone our date because you got hit in the head with a trash can," Shane said. I smiled at him when Jeff pulled on my shirt and pointed at my face.
"Shane, be a dear and hold these for me until after the match?" I threw my WWE shirt at him and gave him my glasses, camera, and film. He nodded and John's music went off. He walked out and I stood nervously next to Jeff as I pulled my hair as best as I could over my bruise. Then the Hardyz entrance music started. Jeff and I walked out. Jeff banged his head to the music and stood there straight faced and nodded my slightly to the music.
"And his opponent. Weighing in at 210 from Cameron, North Carolina, being accompanied to the ring by Mystic Angel. JEFF HARDY!!!" Lilian Garcia announced. Jeff grabbed my hand and walked down to the ring. The match started and I stood to the side yelling encourage meant to Jeff.
"Who's the new girl with Jeff Hardy?" J.R. said.
"I don't know J.R. but she's hot! Puppies!!" King yelled.
"King, calm down. She could be your granddaughter!" J.R. said.
"Come on Jeff!!! Nail him with the lid!!" I yelled.
After many trash can lids to the head, Bradshaw was pinned for the 1, 2, 3. Then all of a sudden Jeff was pinned by Johnny Stramboilli. Then before the belt could even be thought to be given to him, Tommy Dreamer ran out and pinned Johnny to be the Hardcore champion. As Tommy ran into the audience I slid into the ring and helped Jeff up. We got out of the ring and walked backstage. I quickly grabbed my stuff from Shane and ran back out to the ring to continue taking pictures.
"Hey J.R., isn't that Jeff Hardy's new valet Mystic Angel? She's a photographer?" King said.
"Looks that way king," J.R. replied.
"I like a girl with many talents! I wonder what other talents she's hiding!" King said.
The show ended and I was still on a rush from hearing the screams made by the crowd on Jeff and my entrance. As I took a shower I thought of all the wonderful things that were sure to happen to me in the weeks to come. Next week I was going out again with Jeff and Matt for the tag team title match against Lance and Christian. I was actually going to try and stop Test from entering the ring. Then who knows what will happen. Maybe sometime soon, I'll actually get my first match!
After everyone had showered we gathered into cars and went to Dennys like normal. Shane, Jeff, Matt, Amy, Trish, Shannon, and I sat in a large booth in the corner. We ordered our food after fighting about who was going to be on who's check. I was forced to be on Shane's, Jeff was paying for Trish, and of course Matt paid for Amy. Poor Shannon had to pay for himself. We were in deep conversation when a cell phone rang to the music of the Hardyz entrance. Everyone looked around and Matt pointed at me. I looked at my phone and Jessy's number showed up on the face.
"Hello?"
"What the hell is going on!!???" Jessy exclaimed. I could hear Jesse in the background yelling at me as well.
"I'm guessing you saw the show?"
"Yeah! Oh my God!! You're working for the WWE!!?? Oh my God!! I can't believe it. So are you a wrestler now?" I started laughing. She was so excited, I could tell she was smiling. I bet her parents were gonna be yelling at her anytime now.
"Casey, what the hell are you doing?!" Jesse popped in. "Okay, I'm working for the WWE. Right now, I'm a full time photographer. The Hardy Boyz are training me and I'm getting really good. I'm going to be the boyz valet and then hopefully a wrestling champion. I guess you wanna know the story of how this all happened, huh?" I said as our food came.
"Well yeah!" Jessy and Jesse said together. I laughed and began to explain everything to them. When I was done, they never said anything.
"You two still there?"
"Case, I don't know what to say. I'm really happy for you. So I've been talking to Matt Hardy this whole time?" Jessy asked.
"Yep, you sure have been."
"Wow. This is amazing. I guess I can't make fun of wrestling anymore, huh?" Jesse asked.
"You can, but I just may have to come back just to kick your ass!"
"You've been training. And I'm not that stupid," he said.
"Blue hair?" Jessy asked.
"Yeah, you don't like it?"
"No, it's just different. So I guess I'll have to continue watching just so I can see you."
"Yep."
"I guess I could do that. As long as you get me a picture of Edge." I heard her giggle as Jesse growled a little.
"I'll see what I can do."
"So who are you goin out with? Are you dating Jeff Hardy?"
"No. I'm not. Shane Helms. That's who I thanked for the phone earlier."
"That's so cool. But who's he?" she asked curiously.
"The Hurricane? You've never seen him have you?"
"Nope. He wasn't on tonite."
"He wouldn't be. He's on Smackdown. Hmmm...ya know what, I'll send you a picture of him. If I can borrow his laptop. I'll try to do it tonite." Shane looked at me and smiled. He nodded his head telling me that I could use his laptop when we got to the hotel. "I'm gonna let you go. We're eating right now at our favorite place."
"Dennys."
"Yeah, Dennys. A lot of good memories here. For me with you guys and for me with my new friends."
"Casey, when can I see you again?"
"Correction, when can WE see you again?" Jesse asked.
"I don't know. I really don't." I paused and thought for a second. I smiled brightly and continued my thought. "I have an idea, but I don't know if I can do it. I have to check with a bunch of people first. If I can do my idea, we'll be seeing each other soon. Now, I have to go. I call you soon."
"Later killer!" Jesse said as I heard a click.
"What is up with that?" I asked chuckling.
"I don't know, but it kinda fits now doesn't it?" Jessy said.
"Yeah, I guess your right. Lata!" We hung up and I began eating my chicken sandwich.
After we checked into the hotel, I went to Shane and Shannon's room to use Shane's laptop. I sent her a picture of Shane and went back to my room where Trish was already asleep. I changed and plugged in my cell to charge it. I shortly fell asleep into a wonderful dream world.
"CASE!!!" She ran towards me and we collided. We fell to the ground laughing hysterically. We helped each other up and hugged. "Oh my God! I'm so happy to see you! It's weird not sharing a room with you."
"I know. I missed you too! And I'll be sharing with you tonite," I put my around her shoulders and she did the same to me. We walked to the Diva's locker room and were followed by Amy and Jeff, who was carrying my bags. Jeff dropped off my bags and walked out.
"So, how is everything?" Trish asked.
"Good. I've got my debut tonite as Mystic Angel. I'm so excited."
"That's great! Any new hotties?"
"Well, now that you mention it," I said slyly. Amy and Trish looked at me curiously. "Guess who I have a date with on Wednesday nite."
"Jeff Hardy?!" Trish said excitedly. I shook my head. She looked kind of disappointed.
"No, Shane Helms," Amy said casually.
"How'd you know?" I asked. Her eyes got wide and she turned away. "What did you do?!"
"I umm..Shannon and I..umm...well, we kind of set you two up," she said.
"Excuse me?! You set us up?" I said roughly.
"Yeah, you're not mad, are you?"
"Amy! Why would you set us up?"
"Well, I knew you liked him and Shannon knew he liked you, so.."
"Wait! When did all this happen? How did Shane get into the picture?" Trish interrupted.
"I met Shane last nite and we really got to know each other. I really started to like him," I explained. "But I still don't understand the whole set up deal."
"Well, that's why Shannon rode with Jeff so you would ride with Shane. This way Shane would ask you out. And I see that our plan worked!" Amy said proudly. I stared at her coldly. "I'm sorry. I just wanted to speed up the process with you a little. He was going to do it eventually."
"Really? Alright, I guess I can't be mad at you!" I said.
"I really missed out on a lot, didn't I?" Trish asked.
"Oh yeah. And you should be glad you missed out on most of it," I said taking the hat off and moving my hair to show her the bruise.
"Who the hell did that?!" she asked.
"Jeff's ex-girlfriend's friend, Lee." I said putting the hat back on.
"Oh wow. Why?" she asked. Amy and I sat there explaining everything and Trish took it all in. "That was so awesome of you to stand up for Jeff. I guess I did miss a lot."
"Hey, I hate to interrupt, but Case do you want to get some training time in?" Matt asked peeking his head in the room.
"Yeah, let me just get changed. Do you think we could set the boom box out there? I think I work better with music," I said pulling Jeff's athletic pants out and a Hardy Boyz tank top out of one of my bags.
"Sure, not a problem. Any requests for music?"
"Anything rock!" I smiled. He nodded and left me to change. I walked in the back of the locker room and changed. I walked back out and Trish was dressed to work with me. The three of us walked to the ring where we could hear Linkin Park blaring from a small radio set up on the ramp. In the ring ready to work were Jeff, Matt, Shane, and Shannon. Amy took a seat on the ramp while Trish and I climbed into the ring. She took the steps and I flipped over the ropes. "So, why are you guys in here?"
"We thought we'd help you out today," Shannon answered. "Jeff told us he wanted to work on flying. So, who's better to help out then me and Shane?"
"You got a point. So, what first?" I asked. We started on moonsaults, then went on to swantons, then onto the shooting star press (which happens to be my favorite). I learned how to do a frankensteiner and a phoenix splash. After about 3 hours of training people started forming around the ring to get some time in there to practice.
"I guess we're done for today. You did really good for today. You're really a fast learner. I'm surprised at how far you've come since we started," Matt said.
"She must be a natural like myself," Shane said. Matt and Jeff looked at each other than rolled their eyes at him.
"We forgot that you are the almighty Shane Helms who didn't need to do training because you were too good," Jeff joked.
"You got that right! I am that damn good!" Shane said.
"What is it with guys in this business? Does the ego just come with the job or what?" I asked Trish. She shrugged and we climbed out of the ring and joined Amy on the ramp. We watched the guys fight it out in the ring to see who was the better wrestler. Eventually most of the other guys joined in, including a few new people to the roster. After looking at them closely I recognized them as Christian, Test, Lance Storm, and Chris Jericho. "Okay, what are they doing here?"
"They're the new people to come over to RAW from Smackdown," Trish said.
"Seriously? That's so awesome!" I exclaimed as Jeff, Matt, Shane, and Shannon walked up to us with the Canadians following.
"Case, I want you to meet Jason Reso, Andrew Martin, Lance Evers, and Chris Irvine. Everyone, this is Casey Piniarski," Matt said as I shook everyone's hands.
"It's nice to meet you all," I said.
"Nice to meet you too. We were watching you in the ring. You've got some skills. I hope you're planning to pursue a career in wrestling," Chris said.
"Yeah, actually I am. I'm doing pictures full time for the moment and I'm valeting for the Hardyz as well," I said.
"Oh, so you're the one that's goin to help them next week for the tag titles. After we nail them in the head with the belt that is," Jay said laughing.
"Yeah, that would be me. But don't forget, the Undertaker comes out and chases your asses out of here."
"Yeah, very true," Lance said.
"Did you get Vince's message?" Jeff asked me.
"No, what message?"
"Well, I'm goin to Ozzfest on Friday and he wants you to take pictures there instead of going to the house show."
"Nice!! Jessy was goin to Ozzfest in New Jeresy. I was so jealous. This is awesome."
"Ah, a rocker chick. Gotta love em," Andrew said walking going back to the ring. I gave him a weird look and shook my head.
"Can one of you wonderful drivers take me to the mall?" I asked. At this point, Chris, Lance, and Jay walked back to the ring.
"Why?" Jeff asked.
"Well, I need a pair of black jeans for my debut tonite. I have to go to hot topic or something."
"I can take you, if someone will let me borrow their car. Jeff?" Trish asked.
"Oh no!! You know my rule. No one and I mean no one drives my car," he said.
"You can take my car," Matt said as Amy handed Trish the keys. I stood up and we walked to the back to get changed and take a quick shower. Then we drove to the mall.
"I haven't been shopping for a while!" Trish said starting to drool over all the stores that the mall had. "Oh, we so should go in here."
Trish dragged me into Wet Seal as I groaned. "Trish, we don't have much time. We have like 2 hours to get back to the arena and who knows how long it's gonna take me to get pants."
"What else are you wearing? Maybe we can get you a top in here," she said pulling down a sandy colored top and holding it against me.
"My character is mysterious. So, I'm gonna wear black pants, black sneakers, and a long sleeved black shirt."
"Oh, come on. You need some color." She pulled a pink t-shirt off a shelve and held it up to me. "You should try wearing pink. It looks really good on you."
"No way Trish. I don't do pink. I hate pink!" I pushed the shirt away and walked away. "I'm wearing black and that's that."
"Fine, fine. Whatever you want!" she said as walked out of the store in search of a Hot Topic. "I can't believe you painted your nails black and streaked your hair blue. You had such a pretty hair color."
"Trish, it wasn't my original color. And I happen to like the streaks." I pulled her into Hot Topic and searched for the jeans.
"I know it wasn't, but it still looked good. But I have to admit the blue streaks look good too." She smiled as I picked up a pair of pants that looked just like the ones the Hardyz wear. I paid for them and we walked out. We went into an Old Navy and I went on a search for a black long sleeved shirt.
"They have to have a plain black shirt," I said looking through the racks. I looked over at Trish. She had a few guys standing around her and was signing autographs. I sighed and decided to go off on my own and walked over to the men's section. I finally found one and went back to where I left Trish and it seemed like the crowd of guys had grown. "Trish, I got the shirt."
"Just a sec Case. I'm just handing out some Stratusfaction to these guys." She smiled that smile of hers and I stood there waiting. After about 10 minutes I went to look at jeans. I knew I was doing a bad thing because when I went back to Trish I had 5 pairs of different styled jeans in my hands. She was signing one last autograph and gave out one last hug. She walked over to me and looked at the pile of jeans I had made. "I see someone just had to go looking at jeans."
"You know they're my weakness!" I laughed as we went through the line and left the store. Trish dragged me into one last store and we were on our way back to the arena by 6:00. I walked inside and left Trish outside to sign some autographs. I walked into the Diva's looker room and changed into my Mystic Angel outfit and got my camera ready. I left my hair down and my make-up was dark and smoky. I tried to cover up the bruise, but nothing worked. I just gave up and put my WWE shirt over my long sleeved one. It would be quicker to change that way. I was lacing my sneakers when Nora came in in her lacy white tank top and black pants smiling.
"I was just talking to Shane and he told me you two are going on a date on Wednesday nite. That's so cool!" She sat on a bench and I looked at her.
"Why is everyone so excited about me going out with Shane? I almost think ya'll want me to go out with him more than he or I want to," I said laughing.
"Ya know, I thought it would be you and Jeff going on a date. Matt told me how he caught you two on the looker room floor a little while ago," Trish said sitting next to Nora.
"We weren't doing anything. We were wrestling and he was trying to find my ticklish spot," I explained.
"Yeah, that's what Matt said," Trish smiled. "He said you were 'horsing' around." She even did the little quote thing with her fingers around horsing.
"We weren't 'horsing' around. We were horsing around." It had made more sense in my head then it did when I said it out loud. She and Nora started laughing at me when Matt barged in.
"Gees Matt, we could have been half naked or something," Trish yelled.
"Yeah, so," he said like a normal guy would. He said it like he was hoping for that.
"What'd you want?" I asked. He threw a brand new Nokia cell phone at me. Its faceplate was black with blue fire and it had a light blue keypad. It wasn't his phone. His was a flip phone. "What's this?"
"It's your very own cell phone. It's a present from Jeff, Shane, Amy, and I. We're paying for the first year of service. Then you'll pay us for it. It's not as nice as mine or Jeff's, but we thought you'd like this one better cause you can change the faceplates and stuff. We knew you liked the blue flames so we got you that one. We were goin to give it to you tonite at Dennys, but I just got a call from Jessy and like normal you weren't around. You never seem to be around when she calls. Anyways, now you can call her on your very own phone and give her the number."
"You didn't have to do this," I said examining it.
"Yes we did. Jeff and I didn't mind you using our phones at first. But then when Jessy kept calling when you weren't around it started to get on my nerves. Plus we were going to get you one anyways. Shane and Amy wanted to pitch in cause you only talk to them on our phones. They can't ever call you without calling us. So, call Jessy back!! I'm goin back to the my locker room." I watched him leave then turned to Trish and Nora.
"Wow, I barely understood that. Do you think he even took a breath?" I joked. They chuckled and I called Jessy on my new phone.
"Hello?"
"Jessy, I got a cell phone!"
"That's awesome! So, I don't have to call, Matt, anymore?" She asked.
"Nope! You can call my own phone. But don't call me between 7:30 and 11:30 on Monday nites." I gave her the number and realized she had no idea why she couldn't call me during that time frame. "You have no idea why, do you?
"No, should I?"
"I would have thought. You didn't watch TNN when I told you to?"
"I did, but I don't understand why you told me to watch wrestling. I expected to see Edge on there or something." She wasn't a wrestling fan, but was in love with Edge anyways. Thank God for that picture I put in my locker at school of him.
"No, Edge is on Thursday nites at 8:00 on UPN. So you didn't recognize anyone on there?"
"Just the Hardy Boyz only because you liked them so much."
"Okay, watch tonite. 9:00 to 11:00 on TNN. I promise you will see someone on there that you know. You may not know the name, but you'll know the face."
"Who am I going to see?"
"Just wait until tonite. Call me around 11:30 tonite if you can. This way I know if you saw the person."
"Alright. I'll make sure I'll call you. So, who's phone was I calling?"
"I'll tell ya tonite if you see the person I want you to see."
"You are acting very weird, even for you."
"Jessy, when have you known me to not act weird?"
"True."
"Hell, when have you never acted weird?"
"Okay, so we're not weird, we're just different." I laughed.
"Well, I have some interesting news for you."
"Really? What?"
"I got into a fight last night at a club and now I have a huge bruise on my cheek."
"Oh my God. How did that happen?"
"I interfered in a fight I probably shouldn't have. I was sticking up for my friend when his ex-girlfriend started a fight with him and her new guy came up and well, I punched the girl, the guy slapped me, and I punched him. Then we all got thrown out of the club."
"Holy cow. I can't believe you got in a fight. Okay, so maybe I can. But wow!"
"I have some more interesting news."
"Oh gees. What now?"
"I have a date on Wednesday nite."
"Oh my God! With who? Where are you?"
"Jessy, all your questions will be answered tonite. Trust me. I'll tell you tonite when you call, who I'm going out with."
"Come on. At least tell me where you are."
"Alright. I'm in Charlotte, North Carolina."
"What the hell are you doing there!!!?" she yelled surprised. I laughed.
"I'll tell you tonite! Gees, you'll know everything tonite. I promise!"
"I better! I hate not knowing what's going on."
"I know. You'll soon find out." Shane walked into the locker room and sat next to me. I smiled at him and he smiled back. "Thanks for the phone."
"What?!" Jess asked.
"Oh sorry. I was talking to Shaaaahhhhhh..a friend." I almost blow my cover.
"What?! Case, what's goin on?"
"Nothing. I gotta go. Don't forget to watch TNN tonite."
"I won't and I better find out what's goin on. You are starting to worry me again." We hung up and I looked at Shane. He had a confused look on his face.
"Okay, when did my name become Shaaaahhhhhh?" he asked.
"I was talking to my friend and I never told her what I'm doing, who my friends are, or any of that. She's, hopefully, gonna find out tonite. If her blondness doesn't override her brain." He laughed.
"And what's wrong with blonds?" Trish asked slightly offended.
"Nothing Trish. It was a joke. In fact, my friend who's a blond is a lot smarter than me. It was funny in school cause we would compete sometimes. She would always get the better grade. Plus, if you notice, I'm also blond. I'm stupid in a bottle as Jessy's boyfriend would tell me." Shane and Nora began laughing hysterically. "I don't think it's all that funny."
"Sorry. I wish I had thought of that one though. That's a good one. He's pretty quick," Shane said.
"He's not that good. He's got sandy blond hair," I smiled.
"Well, he's obviously better than you and your friend. He was the one to think of it," Shane said. I decided I would ignore him. He continued to talk to me, but I have no clue what he was talking about. That's my special talent. I can tune out anyone and everyone. "Case, are you listening to me?"
"Huh?!"
"Okay, fine then. I don't have to take this. I'm leaving." Shane stood up and walked out the door.
I looked at my watch and jumped when I saw the time. I grabbed my camera and film and ran down to the ring. I stood on one of the sides and waited for the show to start.
"Casey, Jeff's up next," one of the other photographers said. I raced off backstage and stood next to Jeff and John.
"Good luck tonite. And stay out of the way of the match. I wouldn't want to have to post pone our date because you got hit in the head with a trash can," Shane said. I smiled at him when Jeff pulled on my shirt and pointed at my face.
"Shane, be a dear and hold these for me until after the match?" I threw my WWE shirt at him and gave him my glasses, camera, and film. He nodded and John's music went off. He walked out and I stood nervously next to Jeff as I pulled my hair as best as I could over my bruise. Then the Hardyz entrance music started. Jeff and I walked out. Jeff banged his head to the music and stood there straight faced and nodded my slightly to the music.
"And his opponent. Weighing in at 210 from Cameron, North Carolina, being accompanied to the ring by Mystic Angel. JEFF HARDY!!!" Lilian Garcia announced. Jeff grabbed my hand and walked down to the ring. The match started and I stood to the side yelling encourage meant to Jeff.
"Who's the new girl with Jeff Hardy?" J.R. said.
"I don't know J.R. but she's hot! Puppies!!" King yelled.
"King, calm down. She could be your granddaughter!" J.R. said.
"Come on Jeff!!! Nail him with the lid!!" I yelled.
After many trash can lids to the head, Bradshaw was pinned for the 1, 2, 3. Then all of a sudden Jeff was pinned by Johnny Stramboilli. Then before the belt could even be thought to be given to him, Tommy Dreamer ran out and pinned Johnny to be the Hardcore champion. As Tommy ran into the audience I slid into the ring and helped Jeff up. We got out of the ring and walked backstage. I quickly grabbed my stuff from Shane and ran back out to the ring to continue taking pictures.
"Hey J.R., isn't that Jeff Hardy's new valet Mystic Angel? She's a photographer?" King said.
"Looks that way king," J.R. replied.
"I like a girl with many talents! I wonder what other talents she's hiding!" King said.
The show ended and I was still on a rush from hearing the screams made by the crowd on Jeff and my entrance. As I took a shower I thought of all the wonderful things that were sure to happen to me in the weeks to come. Next week I was going out again with Jeff and Matt for the tag team title match against Lance and Christian. I was actually going to try and stop Test from entering the ring. Then who knows what will happen. Maybe sometime soon, I'll actually get my first match!
After everyone had showered we gathered into cars and went to Dennys like normal. Shane, Jeff, Matt, Amy, Trish, Shannon, and I sat in a large booth in the corner. We ordered our food after fighting about who was going to be on who's check. I was forced to be on Shane's, Jeff was paying for Trish, and of course Matt paid for Amy. Poor Shannon had to pay for himself. We were in deep conversation when a cell phone rang to the music of the Hardyz entrance. Everyone looked around and Matt pointed at me. I looked at my phone and Jessy's number showed up on the face.
"Hello?"
"What the hell is going on!!???" Jessy exclaimed. I could hear Jesse in the background yelling at me as well.
"I'm guessing you saw the show?"
"Yeah! Oh my God!! You're working for the WWE!!?? Oh my God!! I can't believe it. So are you a wrestler now?" I started laughing. She was so excited, I could tell she was smiling. I bet her parents were gonna be yelling at her anytime now.
"Casey, what the hell are you doing?!" Jesse popped in. "Okay, I'm working for the WWE. Right now, I'm a full time photographer. The Hardy Boyz are training me and I'm getting really good. I'm going to be the boyz valet and then hopefully a wrestling champion. I guess you wanna know the story of how this all happened, huh?" I said as our food came.
"Well yeah!" Jessy and Jesse said together. I laughed and began to explain everything to them. When I was done, they never said anything.
"You two still there?"
"Case, I don't know what to say. I'm really happy for you. So I've been talking to Matt Hardy this whole time?" Jessy asked.
"Yep, you sure have been."
"Wow. This is amazing. I guess I can't make fun of wrestling anymore, huh?" Jesse asked.
"You can, but I just may have to come back just to kick your ass!"
"You've been training. And I'm not that stupid," he said.
"Blue hair?" Jessy asked.
"Yeah, you don't like it?"
"No, it's just different. So I guess I'll have to continue watching just so I can see you."
"Yep."
"I guess I could do that. As long as you get me a picture of Edge." I heard her giggle as Jesse growled a little.
"I'll see what I can do."
"So who are you goin out with? Are you dating Jeff Hardy?"
"No. I'm not. Shane Helms. That's who I thanked for the phone earlier."
"That's so cool. But who's he?" she asked curiously.
"The Hurricane? You've never seen him have you?"
"Nope. He wasn't on tonite."
"He wouldn't be. He's on Smackdown. Hmmm...ya know what, I'll send you a picture of him. If I can borrow his laptop. I'll try to do it tonite." Shane looked at me and smiled. He nodded his head telling me that I could use his laptop when we got to the hotel. "I'm gonna let you go. We're eating right now at our favorite place."
"Dennys."
"Yeah, Dennys. A lot of good memories here. For me with you guys and for me with my new friends."
"Casey, when can I see you again?"
"Correction, when can WE see you again?" Jesse asked.
"I don't know. I really don't." I paused and thought for a second. I smiled brightly and continued my thought. "I have an idea, but I don't know if I can do it. I have to check with a bunch of people first. If I can do my idea, we'll be seeing each other soon. Now, I have to go. I call you soon."
"Later killer!" Jesse said as I heard a click.
"What is up with that?" I asked chuckling.
"I don't know, but it kinda fits now doesn't it?" Jessy said.
"Yeah, I guess your right. Lata!" We hung up and I began eating my chicken sandwich.
After we checked into the hotel, I went to Shane and Shannon's room to use Shane's laptop. I sent her a picture of Shane and went back to my room where Trish was already asleep. I changed and plugged in my cell to charge it. I shortly fell asleep into a wonderful dream world.