Chapter 20: My Big Debut

~Paul's POV~

I sat watching Sam getting ready for her big debut. The past two weeks she was really calm and continuing to train. It amazed me to see how calm and how much training that she had received in the past two weeks. It was incredible to see her drive and passion. She really started to panic when we arrived to the arena a few hours ago. She had a meeting with Vince because he wanted to discuss last minute issues with her character and her storyline. Now she was just getting ready for her debut that is happening in an hour. "I can't find my necklace!!!" Sam said as she started to become paranoid.

"Baby girl, what's the matter?"

"I can't find my lucky necklace. Dad gave it to me on my 13th birthday. I can't remember where I put it," Sam was looking through her bag after a millionth time. I could tell that she was getting stressed.

"Baby girl, where did you put it when you took it off before you slept last night?"

"I put it on the dresser last night, then I put it on top of my clothes that I planned to wear today. I remember seeing it there this morning, but now."

I walked over to where she was standing and stopped her. "Baby girl, stop. You're stressing out. Relax, I'm sure that you'll find it."

"You don't understand. I always wear it whenever I feel stressed or whatever. It always helps me calm down. It makes me feel that dad is always there for me, no matter what," Sam said, as her eyes became watery.

I pulled her into a hug, "Sssshhh, baby girl, you'll find it. I'm here and I'm going to help you find it, ok?" Then I saw something shine on the belt hook of her blue jeans.

"Ok, daddy," she whispered, as she held onto me.

I reached down hoping that she wouldn't feel what I was doing. I slowly drew my hand closer to the necklace and got it out of the belt loop. She didn't move at all, the only thing that I felt was her shaking. I was lucky that she was shaking so that I could get the necklace out. "Are you feeling any better, baby girl?"

"Just a little. I just want my necklace," Sam said as she leaned back.

"I have a little something that I have for you, but you have to close your eyes," I said.

"What is it?"

"I can't tell you because it would ruin the surprise," I smirked.

"Daddy, tell me what it is. You know I don't like being surprised."

"Nope, I can't give it to you. You have to close your eyes."

She whined like a puppy dog, "Pllllllleeeeeeaaaaassssseeeee!"

"Nope, not going to work, because the more you whine, the longer I will take to give it to you," I replied.

"Oh, all right," she said, as she closed her eyes.

I pulled out of the embrace and took her hand and put the necklace in her hand. "All right, baby girl, open your eyes," I said as I stepped back.

She opened her eyes and saw the necklace, and became wide-eyed. She squealed, "Where did you find this!" She ran up to me and hugged me.

"I found it in the belt hook on your jeans. It was there the whole time. I'm surprised that it didn't fall off or anything."

"Oh, my gosh. Now I can finish getting ready. I better go to makeup. Mark wants to meet me at the curtain like 5 minutes before my debut. So I'll talk with you later, daddy," she said as she put her necklace on.

"All right, good luck on your debut, baby girl. The fans will love you," I said as I kissed her on the top of her head.

"Thanks, daddy," she said as she walked to the door, and waved. "Bye."

"Bye, baby girl."



~Sam's POV~

I left Paul's locker room and went to makeup. I was wearing my red spaghetti strapped tank top and black mesh shirt with black loose fitted Capri pants. "Mary, are you free now to do my makeup?" I asked her as I walked up. Mary and I met before and became fast friends.

"Yeah, sit down and I'll do my magic," Mary said as she got the makeup for my debut.

"So, how's your baby boy?"

"He's doing real good. He's trying to crawl right now. He's a big boy," she replied as she started doing my makeup.

"I really want to see your son soon. I miss him already. He's so cute!!!" I gushed.

"You will, soon. We're going to be heading down near my home in two weeks. You'll see him then."

"Good, that way I can steal him away from you and take care of him," I said, stifling my laughter.

"Oh, no you're not. That's my boy!!! No one is taking my boy away from me, especially you, Samantha Copeland," Mary said as she laughed.

"Aaawww! Why not? I know that I'll be a good mommy to him," I said, grinning.

"I'm sure that you'll be a good mommy to your own children, but you're not taking mine. Samantha, close your eyes, so that I can put some eye shadow on."

"All right, all right, I won't take your son, but you better be careful, because you never know when the Extreme Angel will strike," I said, giggling.

"Look, Matt, she's already calling herself the 'Extreme Angel.' I told you that she would say something like that," Jeff said as he walked up to me and kissed me on my cheek, and Matt laughed. They both had a gift for me in their locker room. It was a women's tee that said 'Extreme Angel' on the front and had wings on the back with a small picture of an angel with a halo underneath the wings. They had it made for me as a gift for my big debut. Jeff had designed the picture and Matt had helped with the decision of how it should be made. They talked to Vince and had it made.

"Hey, baby, I'm already an Extreme Angel, whether you like it or not," I replied back and kissed him on the lips, he deepened the kiss instantly.

"Stop kissing her, Jeffery. You're ruining the make up on her," Mary jokingly said.

"Oh, I am not. She still looks beautiful with or without makeup, Mary."

"Whatever, but aren't you so sweet for saying that to your girlfriend! You can either stay here and chat with her while I finish the makeup or I will kick your ass to make you leave," Mary said.

"No one is going to kick my Jeffie's ass," I replied, looking at Mary.

"Yeah," Jeff chipped in.

"I am going to kick his ass," I said, Matt, Mary and I were stifling our laughter as Jeff looked at me in shock. "Mary, would you please finish my makeup? I need to meet Mark soon to discuss important issues regarding the match," I said, trying not to laugh.

"Of course, Samantha," she replied, trying to be serious. She went on to finish the makeup.

"I can't believe that my own girlfriend would say something like that!"

"Believe it, Jeffie boy," I smirked. Jeff smirked back at me. "Are you going to stay here with me or what?"

"I'll stay with you, but I'm not sure about Matt, though."

"I'm going to go. I'll meet you guys at the gorilla position for the meeting."

"All right, bye, Mattie," I replied, as Jeff held me as Mary finished my makeup.

5 minutes later, "Samantha, you're all done. You are free to go."

"Thanks, Mary. I'll talk with you later," I said as I got off the chair. "Jeff, let's go meet Mark and Matt at the gorilla position."

"All right, it's about time that Mary finished," Jeff said jokingly.

"Ha, ha, very funny, rainbow," Mary said as she put the makeup away.

Jeff and I walked to the gorilla position hand in hand. When we arrived there, Amy was standing next to Matt and Mark was standing across from them. I went over to stand by Mark, and ignored Amy. She wasn't going to ruin my debut; no one was going to ruin it. "Hey, Mark what's the meeting for?" I asked.

"Vince and I discussed that maybe you could do something big like doing your signature move or something on Amy that will distract Jeff and the referee while I give Matt the low blow," Mark replied.

"Yeah, that's fine. I was planning to do that anyways. Vince talked to me about that, too. Did he say anything else?"

"He just wanted to make sure that the situation with you and Amy is strictly business. You know that you are going to be safe now that I am working with you right?" he said.

"Yeah, I know."

"Good, Amy, do you have any problems with me or with the situation?"

"No, I don't."

"Good. Is there anything else you want to talk about, sweetheart?"

"Yeah, could we just do a run-through one more time? I just want to make sure that I got everything down."

"All right, this is what's going to happen. I'm going to go out to the ring and talk shit about how the Rock is always stealing the spotlight and everything. Then I'm going to talk about how the team extreme interfered with my match with Rocky and that I wanted to teach them a lesson about respect. I ask them to come out or I'm going to hunt them down. Matt comes out with Amy and Jeff, then Matt talks about how it wasn't about disrespecting me, but how I disrespected the team. After that, Matt runs down the ramp and slides into the ring and we start an impromptu match, and then Jeff and Amy will get involved with the match. You will be coming down once Amy is laid down on the mat, and she's struggling to get up. The main reason that you are going after her is because you didn't approve of the fact that she was trying to make our hatred more strong instead of having a truce," Mark replied.

"Ok, how will I know when to come down?"

"You will be staying here with the stage crew and they will tell you when you need to go. Don't worry so much, sweetheart," Mark grinned.

"I can't help it, I worry!" I pouted and crossed my arms.

Mark laughed. "You'll be awesome, sweetheart!"

"Yeah, you will! You're going to be awesome!" Matt said.

"Thanks, Mattie!!!" I smiled at him.

"That's my girl!" Jeff said as he walked over and hugged me. "That's the smile that I love to see!!!" he said as he nuzzled his face in my neck.

"Mark, one minute 'til promo time," the stagehand said.

"All right, thanks," Mark nodded. "Remember what I told you, sweetheart. Do what I said, and you will be awesome!!!"

"Thanks, Mark. It means a lot to me to know that you're here with me," I said as I looked up at him.

"No problem." his music blared through the sound system. "It's show time! Amy, one word, and you'll pay dearly!" Mark warned. Amy just stood there, looking at the ground and not saying a word. Mark went out and talked about how Rocky was trying to steal the spotlight and stuff. I just watched Mark. I was always in awe of how he acted like as a**hole on national television, but acts as a teddy bear when it comes to his family and his loved ones.

"Team Extreme, your turn in 5, 4, 3, 2. now!" Matt, Jeff and Amy walked through the curtain as their music blared through the arena. The fans cheered for them as they came out and interrupted Mark's speech. I just watched what was happening as I waited for my cue to interfere. I was nervous because I wasn't sure of how the fans were going to react to me. I just watched their match and I was so involved with it that I didn't even see that the stagehand was trying to get my attention. I woke up when I heard him say, "Angel, time to go. Just wait for my signal," the stagehand said. I got up near the curtain and waited for him to tell me to go. "Go!" I ran out the curtain and went to the turnbuckle that was closest to Amy. I climbed the turnbuckle facing Amy and pointed and shouted at her. Without thinking, I leapt in the air, my arms stretched out in the air, on either side of me. I twisted my body up in the air (like doing a handstand in midair) and followed through. My body contacted with her body and she broke my fall. As soon as I landed, I rolled out of the ring, I heard the fans booing at me but I didn't care. As I walked up the ramp blindly as I saw Jeff tending to Amy after the referee let him go. The referee didn't see the low blow that Mark had given Matt and ran to do the three count when Mark had pinned Matt. Amy was able to sit up and we glared at each other. I was saying that she should have made the Undertaker and the Team Extreme unite instead of making their hatred grow. I walked through the curtain as soon as I got there.

By the time I passed through there I sat on the steps, shaking like a leaf. Paul, Lisa, Vince, Stephanie, Shane, and Linda were all there waiting for me. Other Superstars were there, but they waited until I came up to them. Everyone knew the history that I had with all of those who were standing there. I sat there wide-eyed as Paul came up to me and looked at me. He knew what was going through my mind but he wanted to see how I would react first; all of them wanted to know what my reaction was. All of a sudden, I squealed and everyone laughed. Paul pulled me into a hug, "You were awesome, baby girl!!"

"Oh, my gosh. I can't believe that I did that! That was addicting!!!" I saw Mark come through the curtain.

He smiled down at me, "That was awesome, sweetheart!"

"Thanks, Mark. I really wanted to work with you with and now I am, which is so cool!" Paul laughed, "You are going to love working here, baby girl."

"Damn right, she is going to love working here! The move that you did was awesome, babe," Jeff replied as him, Matt and Amy walked through the curtain. "What's the name of the move that you did?"

"It doesn't have one yet," I replied, "but I was thinking of calling it the 'Angel Twist.' What do you think?"

"The name's perfect! It really does look like you were twisting in the air, sorta like an Angel coming down from heaven. You have to teach me that move when you join me and Matt," Jeff exclaimed.

"That would be great! That would be cool if we did the double Angel Twist in the ring! Vince, what do you think?"

"Go for it!!" Vince smiled and nodded.

Then we all left to shower and to go out and celebrate for my big debut. I met with Matt and Jeff in their locker room. I knew it was safe because Mark was going to be with Amy. When I got there, I saw Mark knocking on Matt and Jeff's locker room. "Hey, Mark." Mark looked at me and smiled, "Hey, sweetheart. You all ready to go out and celebrate your debut?"

"Yeah, I am. That's why I'm meeting Matt and Jeff here. You picking up Amy?"

"Yeah, I am." Then Jeff opened the door and gestured us to come in. Jeff pulled me into a hug. I looked up at him; he leaned down kissed me passionately. I broke the kiss, "What was that for?" I asked him softly.

"That was my way of saying congrats on your big debut!"

I smiled, "Thank you, Jeff!" We hugged for a moment.

"All right, now it's time to give her the gift. This is something that Jeff and I made for you," replied Matt as he came and pulled me away from Jeff. I laughed at his antics; he acted like a big at times. "Here you go, sweetie," he said, as he handed me his gift. "Jeff and I were planning to give this to you tonight at the party, but Jeff and I thought it would be better to give this to you now. I'm sure that you'll be getting some more presents from the other Superstars." I eyed Matt suspiciously. "It's nothing bad. Don't worry too much!!"

I laughed and opened the gift. It was a women's tee that said Extreme Angel on the front and on the back had wings. On the bottom of the wings, it had a picture of an angel with a halo. I looked up at Matt, then at Jeff. My eyes became watery and my chin trembled; my voice was shaky, but I managed to say, "Thank you so much, guys." I put the gift aside and hugged Matt and Jeff at the same time.

"Remember that you will always be a member of the Team Extreme, regardless of the storyline," Matt said, as we broke off the group hug. "We didn't want to tell you about this until now because you are truly an angel. You went through so much in your life and you're still in your teens, even though you are legally an adult. You went through more than I did in my 23 years. You deserve this, Samantha." He always called me Samantha when he expressed his love to me.

"Matt, thank you so much. Just knowing that I have you here with me, means so much!!! This means you too, Jeff and Mark. I love you guys so much!!!"

Then there was a knock on the door. "Come in," Matt said.

Paul came in, "Hey guys, are you ready. baby girl, are you all right?" he asked as he saw me crying.

"Yeah, I'm fine, daddy. I'm just crying because Matt and Jeff gave me something," I said as I showed him the shirt.

He smiled, "You really are an angel, baby girl. Believe that!"

"I know. Are we going to go or what? I'm hungry!" I said, as everyone laughed. Then Matt, Jeff and Amy finished getting ready. Amy just sat there, bitterly because of my relationship with everyone. I didn't care about her. I totally ignored her. Mark, Paul and I chatted until Matt, Jeff and Amy finished getting ready. After they were ready, we all left to go and celebrate my debut.