A/N: Thanks to everyone who reviewed!!! Ashley- I think we get out in 2 weeks, and I say y'all all the time and I live in Ohio. (And I did it in front of Matt Hardy once- I was so embarrassed!)
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Sam groaned when she heard her cell phone ringing. She reached over Shane to grab it from the nightstand. "What?"
Amy laughed. "Good morning to you too Sam."
"Amy, it is 4:30. I have only been sleeping for two hours. What could you possibly want?"
"Damn, someone woke up on the wrong side of Shane this morning."
"Haha."
"I couldn't sleep, so I thought I would see if you wanted to go down to the gym with me."
Sam looked over at a still sleeping Shane. "Sure. Shane's still asleep though, so I'll cancel the wake up call and just come back up by 5:30."
"Sounds good. See ya in a few then?"
"Sure Amy." She shut her phone and gently climbed out of the bed. She threw on some socks and sneakers and went down to the gym. Amy was already on a bike.
"Couldn't even change, huh?"
She shook her head. "Nope. All I'm doing is running though."
Sam started walking on the treadmill and Amy kept pace on her bike. "So what did you guys end up doing last night...or should I say this morning?"
"Not too much." She turned up the speed on the dial. "Had ice cream, talked to mom, and went down to the pool for a little bit."
"Did he say anything about Ronnie?"
"He's just worried about having to be with her. We talked a little bit about what went wrong between them, that's about it." They were interrupted by the door opening. Shane came over to stand beside Sam.
"Like I wouldn't know you left," he said with a smile.
"I just tried to let you sleep, so excuse me." She stuck her tongue out at him.
Amy groaned at him. "Geez, Shane, can't let us have any girl talk time."
"Well of course not Amy, then you might talk about me." They both started giggling. "Which I'm sure you were doing." Amy nodded.
"Of course we were Shane, but don't feel bad. We would have started talking about Matt in a second." She laughed again. "It really isn't a big deal though, I'm sure he'll be down here in a few minutes anyway." And he was, about five minutes later.
Sam was getting off the treadmill when he came in. He walked over and gave her a huge hug. "Hey there, Sammie." He looked at her face. "How's the eye?"
She shrugged. "It feels better than it looks." Matt got on her recently abandoned treadmill. "Good thing I Was finished."
He smirked at her through the mirror. "You were."
"I was. I'm going to go take a shower and we'll meet back down here at 6, right?"
Amy nodded. "That works. Who's driving today?"
Shane answered. "I'll drive, if someone can navigate."
Matt said he would, and Sam and Shane went back up to their room. Once inside, she turned to Shane. "You want the shower first?"
"Sure, then I can pack while you're in there."
"OK." Sam heard the door slam and the water turn on. She started packing her stuff, which only took a couple minutes, and then sat down on the couch. Shane came out about 15 minutes later to find her fast asleep.
"Sam?" No response. "Sammie, you have to get up." She mumbled something. He tried again. "Sam, you have to get up so we can go to Dallas."
"Ugh." He just laughed.
"Do I have to drag you in there?"
She grumbled and stood up. "No, I'm up." Sam turned when she heard him snap his fingers. "What?"
"I should have done something...even if it was just cold water in YOUR lap."
She laughed. "Not quick enough Shane-O" She went in the bathroom and closed the door. Shane started packing and was dressed and ready to go when Sam emerged from the bathroom 20 minutes later.
"All ready?"
Shane nodded. "Yep, let's get out of here."
Amy and Matt were in the lobby when they got down there. They checked out and loaded up the car. Amy and Sam climbed in the back, while Matt and Shane took the front.
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Amy and Sam were giggling uncontrollably. "Matt and Shane are...dirrty!" Sam said, and they erupted in another fit of laughter. They had just finished listening to Christina Aguilera's "Dirrty".
"Thanks Sam."
"Your welcome Shane." She reached in her bag. "I know what you want to listen to" She handed Matt her Avril Lavigne cd. Shane saw it and groaned.
"Hell no Sam." She grabbed it back.
"Fine, Shane. You just have no taste."
"YOU have no taste."
She smirked. "Whatever, just drive, ok?"
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They had just walked into the hotel when Matt grabbed Shane and pulled him away, leaving the girls to check in. "We'll be right back!" They gave him a weird look and went up to the desk. Shane was confused.
"What's going on?"
"Do you think you can get away from Sam sometime tomorrow?"
Shane nodded. "I'm sure. Since her plans got changed, I think she said something about going shopping with Amy. Why?"
"I want to go ring shopping, and I want your opinion."
Shane's jaw dropped. "Finally? That's great. Of course I'll go. We just can't go to the same mall they are, or Sam will find out for sure and tell Amy."
"She would." They looked over at the girls.
Amy looked at Sam. "Do you have any idea what they're up to?"
Sam shook her head. "Not a clue, but I'm sure it involves us somehow." She took the keycards from the clerk. "Thanks." She and Amy picked up their bags and walked over to the guys. "We're heading up, and then over to the arena, ok?" Matt nodded.
"OK. We can meet in say, 15?"
"Works for me." Shane replied, and they headed for the elevator.
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Walking through the door Shane smiled. "Did we start a trend here?" Sam had gotten another King size.
"I believe you said it wasn't a big deal Shane?"
He smiled before answering. "It's not Sam." He set his bags down. "Ready?"
She nodded. "Yeah." They met Amy and Matt back in the lobby and rode quietly to the arena. As soon as she walked in, Sam was approached by Vince McMahon.
"Sam, could you come over to Stephanie's office for a sec?"
"Sure Vince." She followed him down the hall into the office. "Hey Steph."
Stephanie smiled. "Hey Sam. Have a seat." She did. "Dad and I were talking, and we decided to change your angle a little bit."
Vince interrupted. "We decided to drop the Superman thing, but we still want you to have a romantic angle with both Randy and Shane. Sound good?" They both stared at her, waiting for a response.
"Um, sure, but could you explain how?"
Steph laughed. "Might help, huh?" Sam nodded. "We were thinking that Eric would come to you begging to let the superstars continue to wrestle. He would offer you a no-holds-barred street fight with Ronnie if you agree to leave things the way they are. You can say some stuff to stall, and to let the audience in on some of the past between you two, but eventually agree. Details about that and the match can be figured out later."
Sam nodded again. "Sounds alright so far." Vince continued.
"Long term right now, which is always subject to change of course, will have you in an array of storylines. Two weeks from now, Randy will run down to the ring and 'rescue' you when Jazz comes down and starts beating on you, thus aligning herself with Ronnie. Then, in about a month and after various matches and encounters, Randy will do something to break you guys up, probably cheat on you with Ronnie, and you will turn to Shane, who Ronnie will be with by then, and that should set up your angle with Shane."
She nodded, slowly absorbing everything. "And that angle is...?"
Vince grinned sheepishly. "We don't exactly know that yet."
"Arighty. This week I am just escorting Randy to the ring for his match, and then he's supposed to kiss me, right?"
"Pretty much." He stood. "If you ladies will excuse me, I have to go check some things for tonight."
"Bye Vince."
"Bye Dad."
Sam sighed when she heard the door close behind her. "Pretty much, huh? Steph, who came up with this?"
"I think Brian and Dad did."
She shook her head. "It is way too reminiscent, Steph. Shane is going to hate it."
"Maybe you can talk to him."
"Maybe."
"I notice you aren't too worried about being with Shane." Steph said, with a gleam in her eye.
Sam smiled. "No, we're cool. We talked last night."
"Uhuh. You guys are closer than some couples I know, Sam."
"We're best friends Stephanie. Of course we're close."
"Are you sure thats all it is?" Stephanie left her to ponder that while she answered her ringing phone. Hanging up, she looked at Sam. "Well?"
"I cannot believe you said that." They both stood and walked to the door.
"Yes you can."
"OK, I can, but I refuse to answer." Spotting Torrie Wilson, she said, "I need to go talk to Tor. I'll see you later."
"Bye Sam." Sam walked over to Torrie and gave her a hug.
"Hey Torrie."
She returned the hug. "Hey Sam, about time you got here."
"It's early, and I got stuck talking to Vince."
She grimaced as they started walking down the hall. "I feel your pain." They both laughed. "So, New York in a month. Did you pencil in your fitting?"
"Of course." Sam and Torrie had been close friends for the last few years, and Sam was going to be one of Torrie's bridesmaids when she married fellow Superstar Billy Kidman in the summer. "Like I would forget."
"True, Miss Anally Organized."
"Yeah, well, at least I'm known for something." Torrie giggled.
"What a thing to be recognized for." They continued walking until they got to the ring area. "So are you here all day?"
Sam nodded. "I'm sure I'll set up an office somewhere. I've got a lot of phone calls and such to make, and I want to catch Ryan if she ever shows up."
"Well, I'll catch you sometime before the show then."
"Ok, see ya later." Torrie walked back up the ramp and disappeared behind the curtain. Sam looked up into the seats and saw John Cena sitting there writing. She yelled up to him. "Hey, Cena!" He looked up and saw her.
"Hey Sam!" He came down and gave her a hug. "What's going on?"
"Not too much. I'm just trying to find your girlfriend." John's long-time girlfriend, Ryan Hafner was basically Sam's Smackdown counterpart, as she was also an agent of several superstars.
He chuckled. "I think Ryan was headed to catering with Kurt and Karen."
"Thanks John."
"No prob." He turned and went back into the stands, while Sam went to catering. Walking in, she saw Ryan sitting with Karen Angle.
She hugged both Karen and Ryan before sitting down. "Good morning."
"Hey Sam."
She looked at Karen. "Is Kurt around?"
She nodded. "He's around here somewhere showing Kyra off, I'm sure."
Sam giggled. "She's adorable Karen, why wouldn't he show her off?"
Shrugging, she answered. "I think he really just wants a reason to bother people." They all laughed.
Ryan spoke up. "Did you set up your office yet?"
"No, I thought if we shared we could get a bigger, nicer one. You should have seen Stephanie's last night."
Ryan's lip wrinkled. "That bad?"
"Oh yeah." Karen decided to go find Kurt, so Sam and Ryan went to claim a room. Luckily, since it was early, they were able to find one.
Sam surveyed the room. "Nice." She turned to Ryan. "It'll do."
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A/N: I didn't really want to end the chapter here, but it would have been too long if I would have started the next part. There isn't much waiting left to find out who breaks first, Sam or Shane :)...but of course it isn't all going to be easy! What would be the fun in that?
And 'Princess Abby': If I'm a brat, then so are you! lol
As always, please R&R! Thanks!
Lisa
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Sam groaned when she heard her cell phone ringing. She reached over Shane to grab it from the nightstand. "What?"
Amy laughed. "Good morning to you too Sam."
"Amy, it is 4:30. I have only been sleeping for two hours. What could you possibly want?"
"Damn, someone woke up on the wrong side of Shane this morning."
"Haha."
"I couldn't sleep, so I thought I would see if you wanted to go down to the gym with me."
Sam looked over at a still sleeping Shane. "Sure. Shane's still asleep though, so I'll cancel the wake up call and just come back up by 5:30."
"Sounds good. See ya in a few then?"
"Sure Amy." She shut her phone and gently climbed out of the bed. She threw on some socks and sneakers and went down to the gym. Amy was already on a bike.
"Couldn't even change, huh?"
She shook her head. "Nope. All I'm doing is running though."
Sam started walking on the treadmill and Amy kept pace on her bike. "So what did you guys end up doing last night...or should I say this morning?"
"Not too much." She turned up the speed on the dial. "Had ice cream, talked to mom, and went down to the pool for a little bit."
"Did he say anything about Ronnie?"
"He's just worried about having to be with her. We talked a little bit about what went wrong between them, that's about it." They were interrupted by the door opening. Shane came over to stand beside Sam.
"Like I wouldn't know you left," he said with a smile.
"I just tried to let you sleep, so excuse me." She stuck her tongue out at him.
Amy groaned at him. "Geez, Shane, can't let us have any girl talk time."
"Well of course not Amy, then you might talk about me." They both started giggling. "Which I'm sure you were doing." Amy nodded.
"Of course we were Shane, but don't feel bad. We would have started talking about Matt in a second." She laughed again. "It really isn't a big deal though, I'm sure he'll be down here in a few minutes anyway." And he was, about five minutes later.
Sam was getting off the treadmill when he came in. He walked over and gave her a huge hug. "Hey there, Sammie." He looked at her face. "How's the eye?"
She shrugged. "It feels better than it looks." Matt got on her recently abandoned treadmill. "Good thing I Was finished."
He smirked at her through the mirror. "You were."
"I was. I'm going to go take a shower and we'll meet back down here at 6, right?"
Amy nodded. "That works. Who's driving today?"
Shane answered. "I'll drive, if someone can navigate."
Matt said he would, and Sam and Shane went back up to their room. Once inside, she turned to Shane. "You want the shower first?"
"Sure, then I can pack while you're in there."
"OK." Sam heard the door slam and the water turn on. She started packing her stuff, which only took a couple minutes, and then sat down on the couch. Shane came out about 15 minutes later to find her fast asleep.
"Sam?" No response. "Sammie, you have to get up." She mumbled something. He tried again. "Sam, you have to get up so we can go to Dallas."
"Ugh." He just laughed.
"Do I have to drag you in there?"
She grumbled and stood up. "No, I'm up." Sam turned when she heard him snap his fingers. "What?"
"I should have done something...even if it was just cold water in YOUR lap."
She laughed. "Not quick enough Shane-O" She went in the bathroom and closed the door. Shane started packing and was dressed and ready to go when Sam emerged from the bathroom 20 minutes later.
"All ready?"
Shane nodded. "Yep, let's get out of here."
Amy and Matt were in the lobby when they got down there. They checked out and loaded up the car. Amy and Sam climbed in the back, while Matt and Shane took the front.
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Amy and Sam were giggling uncontrollably. "Matt and Shane are...dirrty!" Sam said, and they erupted in another fit of laughter. They had just finished listening to Christina Aguilera's "Dirrty".
"Thanks Sam."
"Your welcome Shane." She reached in her bag. "I know what you want to listen to" She handed Matt her Avril Lavigne cd. Shane saw it and groaned.
"Hell no Sam." She grabbed it back.
"Fine, Shane. You just have no taste."
"YOU have no taste."
She smirked. "Whatever, just drive, ok?"
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They had just walked into the hotel when Matt grabbed Shane and pulled him away, leaving the girls to check in. "We'll be right back!" They gave him a weird look and went up to the desk. Shane was confused.
"What's going on?"
"Do you think you can get away from Sam sometime tomorrow?"
Shane nodded. "I'm sure. Since her plans got changed, I think she said something about going shopping with Amy. Why?"
"I want to go ring shopping, and I want your opinion."
Shane's jaw dropped. "Finally? That's great. Of course I'll go. We just can't go to the same mall they are, or Sam will find out for sure and tell Amy."
"She would." They looked over at the girls.
Amy looked at Sam. "Do you have any idea what they're up to?"
Sam shook her head. "Not a clue, but I'm sure it involves us somehow." She took the keycards from the clerk. "Thanks." She and Amy picked up their bags and walked over to the guys. "We're heading up, and then over to the arena, ok?" Matt nodded.
"OK. We can meet in say, 15?"
"Works for me." Shane replied, and they headed for the elevator.
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Walking through the door Shane smiled. "Did we start a trend here?" Sam had gotten another King size.
"I believe you said it wasn't a big deal Shane?"
He smiled before answering. "It's not Sam." He set his bags down. "Ready?"
She nodded. "Yeah." They met Amy and Matt back in the lobby and rode quietly to the arena. As soon as she walked in, Sam was approached by Vince McMahon.
"Sam, could you come over to Stephanie's office for a sec?"
"Sure Vince." She followed him down the hall into the office. "Hey Steph."
Stephanie smiled. "Hey Sam. Have a seat." She did. "Dad and I were talking, and we decided to change your angle a little bit."
Vince interrupted. "We decided to drop the Superman thing, but we still want you to have a romantic angle with both Randy and Shane. Sound good?" They both stared at her, waiting for a response.
"Um, sure, but could you explain how?"
Steph laughed. "Might help, huh?" Sam nodded. "We were thinking that Eric would come to you begging to let the superstars continue to wrestle. He would offer you a no-holds-barred street fight with Ronnie if you agree to leave things the way they are. You can say some stuff to stall, and to let the audience in on some of the past between you two, but eventually agree. Details about that and the match can be figured out later."
Sam nodded again. "Sounds alright so far." Vince continued.
"Long term right now, which is always subject to change of course, will have you in an array of storylines. Two weeks from now, Randy will run down to the ring and 'rescue' you when Jazz comes down and starts beating on you, thus aligning herself with Ronnie. Then, in about a month and after various matches and encounters, Randy will do something to break you guys up, probably cheat on you with Ronnie, and you will turn to Shane, who Ronnie will be with by then, and that should set up your angle with Shane."
She nodded, slowly absorbing everything. "And that angle is...?"
Vince grinned sheepishly. "We don't exactly know that yet."
"Arighty. This week I am just escorting Randy to the ring for his match, and then he's supposed to kiss me, right?"
"Pretty much." He stood. "If you ladies will excuse me, I have to go check some things for tonight."
"Bye Vince."
"Bye Dad."
Sam sighed when she heard the door close behind her. "Pretty much, huh? Steph, who came up with this?"
"I think Brian and Dad did."
She shook her head. "It is way too reminiscent, Steph. Shane is going to hate it."
"Maybe you can talk to him."
"Maybe."
"I notice you aren't too worried about being with Shane." Steph said, with a gleam in her eye.
Sam smiled. "No, we're cool. We talked last night."
"Uhuh. You guys are closer than some couples I know, Sam."
"We're best friends Stephanie. Of course we're close."
"Are you sure thats all it is?" Stephanie left her to ponder that while she answered her ringing phone. Hanging up, she looked at Sam. "Well?"
"I cannot believe you said that." They both stood and walked to the door.
"Yes you can."
"OK, I can, but I refuse to answer." Spotting Torrie Wilson, she said, "I need to go talk to Tor. I'll see you later."
"Bye Sam." Sam walked over to Torrie and gave her a hug.
"Hey Torrie."
She returned the hug. "Hey Sam, about time you got here."
"It's early, and I got stuck talking to Vince."
She grimaced as they started walking down the hall. "I feel your pain." They both laughed. "So, New York in a month. Did you pencil in your fitting?"
"Of course." Sam and Torrie had been close friends for the last few years, and Sam was going to be one of Torrie's bridesmaids when she married fellow Superstar Billy Kidman in the summer. "Like I would forget."
"True, Miss Anally Organized."
"Yeah, well, at least I'm known for something." Torrie giggled.
"What a thing to be recognized for." They continued walking until they got to the ring area. "So are you here all day?"
Sam nodded. "I'm sure I'll set up an office somewhere. I've got a lot of phone calls and such to make, and I want to catch Ryan if she ever shows up."
"Well, I'll catch you sometime before the show then."
"Ok, see ya later." Torrie walked back up the ramp and disappeared behind the curtain. Sam looked up into the seats and saw John Cena sitting there writing. She yelled up to him. "Hey, Cena!" He looked up and saw her.
"Hey Sam!" He came down and gave her a hug. "What's going on?"
"Not too much. I'm just trying to find your girlfriend." John's long-time girlfriend, Ryan Hafner was basically Sam's Smackdown counterpart, as she was also an agent of several superstars.
He chuckled. "I think Ryan was headed to catering with Kurt and Karen."
"Thanks John."
"No prob." He turned and went back into the stands, while Sam went to catering. Walking in, she saw Ryan sitting with Karen Angle.
She hugged both Karen and Ryan before sitting down. "Good morning."
"Hey Sam."
She looked at Karen. "Is Kurt around?"
She nodded. "He's around here somewhere showing Kyra off, I'm sure."
Sam giggled. "She's adorable Karen, why wouldn't he show her off?"
Shrugging, she answered. "I think he really just wants a reason to bother people." They all laughed.
Ryan spoke up. "Did you set up your office yet?"
"No, I thought if we shared we could get a bigger, nicer one. You should have seen Stephanie's last night."
Ryan's lip wrinkled. "That bad?"
"Oh yeah." Karen decided to go find Kurt, so Sam and Ryan went to claim a room. Luckily, since it was early, they were able to find one.
Sam surveyed the room. "Nice." She turned to Ryan. "It'll do."
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A/N: I didn't really want to end the chapter here, but it would have been too long if I would have started the next part. There isn't much waiting left to find out who breaks first, Sam or Shane :)...but of course it isn't all going to be easy! What would be the fun in that?
And 'Princess Abby': If I'm a brat, then so are you! lol
As always, please R&R! Thanks!
Lisa