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"So this is it honey" Sable announces over her shoulder as she pushes the door open "what do you think?"
I step out from behind her and take in the room. Its plush, I'll give Stephanie that. The desk is this really beautiful wood and well made too. There's a large sofa and some chairs, potted plants and a couple of filing cabinets. They do look intriguing. I wonder if she keeps files on all the Smackdown superstars, I bet I know what mine says.
Dawn Marie: Heinous bitch who hit on my Daddy. Married Torrie Wilson's father and deserves to be fired. Good for T&A matches and nothing else. A pain in the ass.
I smile at the thought and sit down heavily on the sofa. God it's comfortable, really deep and thick. I forget how much money Stephanie has at her disposal. It figures she'd use it like this. For her own comfort and nothing else. Having said that, would I do any different? Probably not. Sable smiles as she turns around and seductively slips the door key into her ample cleavage. I smile at her. Everything she does, has a flirtatious ring to it. Sable is walking talking sex. People get a little weird when she acts like that towards them, regardless of gender but I don't care. I talked to Marc about it recently; I've talked on the phone to him a lot recently. Whenever Sable's talking to him on her cell, she always gives me a chance to chat to him. He's very cool; working in the Indies at the moment. He laughed when I told him about Sable's flirting
"Dawn, as long as she doesn't go home with any of them, I don't care" he replied
And she doesn't. She's too in love with him to do that. It's a beautiful thing. I'm very jealous. Sean and I haven't spoken for a week now. He's been sending me messages via my phone or production assistants but I've ignored them all. If he's going to behave like that, then I want no part of him.
"Dawn honey, you in there? I asked what you think of the office" Sable says again
"Oh, it's pretty sweet Sable" I answer "I can't believe the amount of money she probably spent on it"
"Believe it, Mcmahons have money to burn" Sable replies, sitting down behind the desk "which is why I'm working for one"
"I don't know if any amount of money would persuade me to work for Stephanie"
"I wasn't talking about Stephanie"
I look at Sable puzzled. She's Stephanie's assistant, she works for her. I arch a confused eyebrow at her
"C'mon Dawn, who fixed me up with the job?" she laughs
Then it clicks. Big time
"Vince?! You're working for Vince, how?" I ask excitedly
Sable laughs at my enthusiasm. She knows that I've worked for Vince before too. She understands, like Dia does, and doesn't call me a dirty slut like so many do.
"I gave him a few favours" she licks her lips "and then offered my services as long as I got paid and believe me I am"
"So what do you do?"
"Keep an eye on Stephanie's activities as General Manager, make sure the contracts are good, how her business decisions are, and make sure I can help him out in anyway I can, like tonight"
She begins sifting through the paperwork on Stephanie's desk for something. She mutters something about contracts as she does and begins tapping at Steph's booted-up laptop. I try to stay on the subject.
"How are you helping him out tonight?"
Before Sable can answer, the door opens and Stephanie marches in. She's got the whole business woman thing going on again, in an attempt to look professional. She just looks old before her time. She scowls at the sight of me and turns her attention to Sable who turns and smiles at her boss.
"So Sable, have you found Zach Gowen's contract?" Stephanie asks with her hands on her hips and a really unimpressed look on her face
"I wasn't looking for that Stephanie" counters Sable smoothly "but I did happen to see that you're going to be bringing back the United States Title"
I try not to look surprised but this is big news. Raw recently brought back the Intercontinental belt at Judgement Day, Lance competed in a Battle Royal to declare a new winner so I guess this is Stephanie's counter. Stephanie looks enraged.
"Well thank you very much for ruining the surprise Sable" she snaps eyes flashing "but may I remind you that although you're my assistant, your help is not wanted or needed and if you think you can out manipulate me, you've got another thing coming"
Sable smiles innocently back at her before turning and continuing to tap away on the laptop. Stephanie turns her fierce gaze on me.
"What the hell are you doing in here Dawn Marie, I don't recall asking for your presence" she raves "you are so lucky the cameras didn't pick you up"
"I invited her in to see the office" interjects Sable "Dawn and I are friends"
She walks out from behind the desk and sits down beside me, making her sure we're real close before sliding a hand down my leg. I raise my eyebrows at Stephanie. I know that this whole flirting thing really gets to her. I slip my arm around Sable.
"Just get out, now!" she shrieks finally, gesturing wildly at the door.
"Why she just got here Stephanie...." began Sable
"I said now!"
I sigh deeply and draw my arm out from behind Sable
"I suppose I'd better go, see you later on Sable" I say
Sable smiles and kisses me on the cheek. I get up, brushing my clothes down as I do and begin to walk past the seething Stephanie. I pause by her and raise my eyebrows again before rapidly walking out so that she can't say anything
That was fun. I walk down the corridor, humming something under my breath as I do. I want to talk to someone I know, I get on with. I'm sick of dirty looks. Then I see the FBI, talking quietly together. I walk up behind them and gently tap Nunzio on the shoulder. He whirls round and smiles when he sees me
"Dawn! How you been? You're lookin' gorgeous, ain't she boys?" he says, before kissing my hands
"Sure does" confirms Johnny, looking me up and down
"What can we do for you today?" asks Nunzio "we've already got people wanting our help"
"Oh yeah who?"
"You remember" Nunzio looks about before speaking "a certain Japanese wrestler, ex-ECW, one of ours, kinda throws up a green liquid?"
I nod. He means Tajiri of course. He was amazing in ECW, raw and cutting edge. His kicks can be heard throughout the arena. I wonder what's wrong
"Well and his Latino friend were just on Piper's Pit" Nunzio continues in the same riddling tone "and there was an upset"
"Oh yeah? C'mon Nunzio, enough with the drama, tell me" I urge
"Easy girl, I'll get there" he says "Piper wanted O'Haire to hold one of the belts, you know just to get used to the gold so our Japanese friend did but then O'Haire wouldn't give it back so he spat some tequila in Piper's face, he and his Latino friend tipped a table onto Piper, smashed a belt into O'Haire's face and ran off with their belts"
I laugh out loud, trying to cover my mouth with my hands as I do. It's such a funny image. I can imagine it all happening. Piper thinking he has the upper hand but Tajiri and Eddie are way too quick; hey they lie, cheat and steal. Just as Nunzio's about to speak, I hear some angry voices. There's no prizes for guessing who they are. Sure enough Piper strides angrily away from the curtain with Sean by his side. Sean's got a hand to his head and a pained expression on his face while Piper's furiously still trying to wipe tequila out of his eyes.
"Its an outrage, I've never been disrespected like that before in my life" he rants "Oh mark my words Sean, they are going to pay for that, they are going to pay because everyone pays the Piper"
I keep laughing because he looks so ridiculous. That kilt still wrapped around his waist, his flabby belly stretching the white tee he wears. Sean spots me and I think I see a scowl on his face. He steps so that he's near me. Quickly, the FBI stands between the two of us. I'm very grateful for that, I don't know what Sean's planning to do considering he's just had a hard knock to the head.
"Anything we can help you with O'Haire?" asks Palumbo
"I need to speak to Dawn" he replies
"That ok by you?" Nunzio asks
"Sure" I answer
They step aside and back but not totally out of the way, allowing Sean to speak to me face to face. I cross my arms over my chest and look at him expectantly. He speaks to me in that low thick silk voice so that I can barely hear him.
"How can you stand there and laugh? I was hit in the head with a belt that is rightly mine"
"I guess because Tajiri is an old friend of mine and it was his belt you took, I would have hit you in the head if you did that to me" I retort
Sean's eyes glower at me. For a few seconds I am afraid. I know he's powerful, I know he could hurt me
"You will see later on what happens when Mr America falls, you will how magnificent our plans are" he says at last
"I don't care Hogan, I care about Zach" I say "he should be given a chance"
Sean snorts as he draws away from me and gives a parting shot
"I know you only care about yourself Dawn" he says "the only reason you want Zach Gowen to have a contract is so that you can get him into your bed, like a black widow spider"
Before I can reply, he moves away. I try to ignore the stinging pain in my head. A black widow spider? How dare he call me that! He wasn't complaining when I took him into my bed was he? Nunzio is at my side, a fierce look on his face
"What did he say to ya Dawn?" he asks
"Just some unfinished business" I reply, not looking at him
"Want us to take care of him?" Palumbo asks from my other side
"No, its ok, thanks guys really and I can handle it" I reassure them
"Whatever you think Dawn" Nunzio says "guess we'll see you around then, when you want anything taken care of then just say the word"
"Got it, thanks" I reply
I walk away before they can decide to do anything. I try to smile as I think about them. Always willing to help me out any way that they can. They're the sort of people you want to be friends with and not enemies. That's what my career is all about. Keeping in with the right people.
I walk into the locker room and find Dia sat by herself, painting her toenails. Its something she does at almost every show. I wait until she's finished before speaking to her
"How've you been since last week?"
"Oh better, I washed a lot and the smell's finally gone" Dia says "I cannot believe he did that to me, Jamie was sooo mad, it was kinda sexy actually, he wanted to rip Rikishi apart"
"So where's Jamie?"
"Oh I think he's gone to eat, he always gets hungry when he's bored"
Dia looks at me then. Properly looks at me.
"What happened? You look like something happened" she says
"Just ran into Sean and he said some stuff"
"What stuff?"
"That I only care about myself and the only reason I care about Zach Gowen is so I can sleep with him"
"There is nothing wrong with caring about yourself, I do that all the time and as for Zach, he's sweet and you like him, so what?"
Dia always has a way of making things seem better. Her enthusiasm always seems infectious. I smile at her, my spirits seem lifted
"Besides I never liked Sean" adds Dia "he didn't like how I looked in a bikini"
"Are we going out this evening?"
"Sure, why not? I'll go find Jamie"
Before I can say anything,. Dia hops off the bench and rushes out of the room. I shake my head; she seems to rush through life without a care. I wonder how Zach's arm wrestling went? I quickly go out of the room and find a monitor. Mr America is just leaving the ring along with Stephanie and Sable. I watch as Vince and Zach step up. I'm holding my breath in and I don't realise it. I watch as they begin the arm wrestling. Then it happens. Under the table, Vince kicks at Zach's prosthetic leg and Zach immediately crumples to one side, allowing Vince to easily win. Zach lies on the canvas subdued. I cannot believe it! I've heard of despicable acts but that really takes it all!! I watch on as Vince berates and mocks Zach, throwing his cane at him as he walks up the aisle.
Sometimes I cannot believe the things that happen here. As I turn to go back into the locker room, Dia rushes up and grabs my arm, dragging me in anyway.
"Have you heard? Sable flashed Mr America to get him to lose"
"Wait Mr America arm wrestled?"
"Yeah against Vince and then Sable flashed to get Mr America's attention"
I smile. I guess Sable is more than prepared to use her 'assets' to do what Vince wants. Aren't we all? I try to push the images of Zach sprawled on the floor and Sean's angry mocking face out of my head and turn to Dia with a determined smile
"So, where are we going tonight?"
"So this is it honey" Sable announces over her shoulder as she pushes the door open "what do you think?"
I step out from behind her and take in the room. Its plush, I'll give Stephanie that. The desk is this really beautiful wood and well made too. There's a large sofa and some chairs, potted plants and a couple of filing cabinets. They do look intriguing. I wonder if she keeps files on all the Smackdown superstars, I bet I know what mine says.
Dawn Marie: Heinous bitch who hit on my Daddy. Married Torrie Wilson's father and deserves to be fired. Good for T&A matches and nothing else. A pain in the ass.
I smile at the thought and sit down heavily on the sofa. God it's comfortable, really deep and thick. I forget how much money Stephanie has at her disposal. It figures she'd use it like this. For her own comfort and nothing else. Having said that, would I do any different? Probably not. Sable smiles as she turns around and seductively slips the door key into her ample cleavage. I smile at her. Everything she does, has a flirtatious ring to it. Sable is walking talking sex. People get a little weird when she acts like that towards them, regardless of gender but I don't care. I talked to Marc about it recently; I've talked on the phone to him a lot recently. Whenever Sable's talking to him on her cell, she always gives me a chance to chat to him. He's very cool; working in the Indies at the moment. He laughed when I told him about Sable's flirting
"Dawn, as long as she doesn't go home with any of them, I don't care" he replied
And she doesn't. She's too in love with him to do that. It's a beautiful thing. I'm very jealous. Sean and I haven't spoken for a week now. He's been sending me messages via my phone or production assistants but I've ignored them all. If he's going to behave like that, then I want no part of him.
"Dawn honey, you in there? I asked what you think of the office" Sable says again
"Oh, it's pretty sweet Sable" I answer "I can't believe the amount of money she probably spent on it"
"Believe it, Mcmahons have money to burn" Sable replies, sitting down behind the desk "which is why I'm working for one"
"I don't know if any amount of money would persuade me to work for Stephanie"
"I wasn't talking about Stephanie"
I look at Sable puzzled. She's Stephanie's assistant, she works for her. I arch a confused eyebrow at her
"C'mon Dawn, who fixed me up with the job?" she laughs
Then it clicks. Big time
"Vince?! You're working for Vince, how?" I ask excitedly
Sable laughs at my enthusiasm. She knows that I've worked for Vince before too. She understands, like Dia does, and doesn't call me a dirty slut like so many do.
"I gave him a few favours" she licks her lips "and then offered my services as long as I got paid and believe me I am"
"So what do you do?"
"Keep an eye on Stephanie's activities as General Manager, make sure the contracts are good, how her business decisions are, and make sure I can help him out in anyway I can, like tonight"
She begins sifting through the paperwork on Stephanie's desk for something. She mutters something about contracts as she does and begins tapping at Steph's booted-up laptop. I try to stay on the subject.
"How are you helping him out tonight?"
Before Sable can answer, the door opens and Stephanie marches in. She's got the whole business woman thing going on again, in an attempt to look professional. She just looks old before her time. She scowls at the sight of me and turns her attention to Sable who turns and smiles at her boss.
"So Sable, have you found Zach Gowen's contract?" Stephanie asks with her hands on her hips and a really unimpressed look on her face
"I wasn't looking for that Stephanie" counters Sable smoothly "but I did happen to see that you're going to be bringing back the United States Title"
I try not to look surprised but this is big news. Raw recently brought back the Intercontinental belt at Judgement Day, Lance competed in a Battle Royal to declare a new winner so I guess this is Stephanie's counter. Stephanie looks enraged.
"Well thank you very much for ruining the surprise Sable" she snaps eyes flashing "but may I remind you that although you're my assistant, your help is not wanted or needed and if you think you can out manipulate me, you've got another thing coming"
Sable smiles innocently back at her before turning and continuing to tap away on the laptop. Stephanie turns her fierce gaze on me.
"What the hell are you doing in here Dawn Marie, I don't recall asking for your presence" she raves "you are so lucky the cameras didn't pick you up"
"I invited her in to see the office" interjects Sable "Dawn and I are friends"
She walks out from behind the desk and sits down beside me, making her sure we're real close before sliding a hand down my leg. I raise my eyebrows at Stephanie. I know that this whole flirting thing really gets to her. I slip my arm around Sable.
"Just get out, now!" she shrieks finally, gesturing wildly at the door.
"Why she just got here Stephanie...." began Sable
"I said now!"
I sigh deeply and draw my arm out from behind Sable
"I suppose I'd better go, see you later on Sable" I say
Sable smiles and kisses me on the cheek. I get up, brushing my clothes down as I do and begin to walk past the seething Stephanie. I pause by her and raise my eyebrows again before rapidly walking out so that she can't say anything
That was fun. I walk down the corridor, humming something under my breath as I do. I want to talk to someone I know, I get on with. I'm sick of dirty looks. Then I see the FBI, talking quietly together. I walk up behind them and gently tap Nunzio on the shoulder. He whirls round and smiles when he sees me
"Dawn! How you been? You're lookin' gorgeous, ain't she boys?" he says, before kissing my hands
"Sure does" confirms Johnny, looking me up and down
"What can we do for you today?" asks Nunzio "we've already got people wanting our help"
"Oh yeah who?"
"You remember" Nunzio looks about before speaking "a certain Japanese wrestler, ex-ECW, one of ours, kinda throws up a green liquid?"
I nod. He means Tajiri of course. He was amazing in ECW, raw and cutting edge. His kicks can be heard throughout the arena. I wonder what's wrong
"Well and his Latino friend were just on Piper's Pit" Nunzio continues in the same riddling tone "and there was an upset"
"Oh yeah? C'mon Nunzio, enough with the drama, tell me" I urge
"Easy girl, I'll get there" he says "Piper wanted O'Haire to hold one of the belts, you know just to get used to the gold so our Japanese friend did but then O'Haire wouldn't give it back so he spat some tequila in Piper's face, he and his Latino friend tipped a table onto Piper, smashed a belt into O'Haire's face and ran off with their belts"
I laugh out loud, trying to cover my mouth with my hands as I do. It's such a funny image. I can imagine it all happening. Piper thinking he has the upper hand but Tajiri and Eddie are way too quick; hey they lie, cheat and steal. Just as Nunzio's about to speak, I hear some angry voices. There's no prizes for guessing who they are. Sure enough Piper strides angrily away from the curtain with Sean by his side. Sean's got a hand to his head and a pained expression on his face while Piper's furiously still trying to wipe tequila out of his eyes.
"Its an outrage, I've never been disrespected like that before in my life" he rants "Oh mark my words Sean, they are going to pay for that, they are going to pay because everyone pays the Piper"
I keep laughing because he looks so ridiculous. That kilt still wrapped around his waist, his flabby belly stretching the white tee he wears. Sean spots me and I think I see a scowl on his face. He steps so that he's near me. Quickly, the FBI stands between the two of us. I'm very grateful for that, I don't know what Sean's planning to do considering he's just had a hard knock to the head.
"Anything we can help you with O'Haire?" asks Palumbo
"I need to speak to Dawn" he replies
"That ok by you?" Nunzio asks
"Sure" I answer
They step aside and back but not totally out of the way, allowing Sean to speak to me face to face. I cross my arms over my chest and look at him expectantly. He speaks to me in that low thick silk voice so that I can barely hear him.
"How can you stand there and laugh? I was hit in the head with a belt that is rightly mine"
"I guess because Tajiri is an old friend of mine and it was his belt you took, I would have hit you in the head if you did that to me" I retort
Sean's eyes glower at me. For a few seconds I am afraid. I know he's powerful, I know he could hurt me
"You will see later on what happens when Mr America falls, you will how magnificent our plans are" he says at last
"I don't care Hogan, I care about Zach" I say "he should be given a chance"
Sean snorts as he draws away from me and gives a parting shot
"I know you only care about yourself Dawn" he says "the only reason you want Zach Gowen to have a contract is so that you can get him into your bed, like a black widow spider"
Before I can reply, he moves away. I try to ignore the stinging pain in my head. A black widow spider? How dare he call me that! He wasn't complaining when I took him into my bed was he? Nunzio is at my side, a fierce look on his face
"What did he say to ya Dawn?" he asks
"Just some unfinished business" I reply, not looking at him
"Want us to take care of him?" Palumbo asks from my other side
"No, its ok, thanks guys really and I can handle it" I reassure them
"Whatever you think Dawn" Nunzio says "guess we'll see you around then, when you want anything taken care of then just say the word"
"Got it, thanks" I reply
I walk away before they can decide to do anything. I try to smile as I think about them. Always willing to help me out any way that they can. They're the sort of people you want to be friends with and not enemies. That's what my career is all about. Keeping in with the right people.
I walk into the locker room and find Dia sat by herself, painting her toenails. Its something she does at almost every show. I wait until she's finished before speaking to her
"How've you been since last week?"
"Oh better, I washed a lot and the smell's finally gone" Dia says "I cannot believe he did that to me, Jamie was sooo mad, it was kinda sexy actually, he wanted to rip Rikishi apart"
"So where's Jamie?"
"Oh I think he's gone to eat, he always gets hungry when he's bored"
Dia looks at me then. Properly looks at me.
"What happened? You look like something happened" she says
"Just ran into Sean and he said some stuff"
"What stuff?"
"That I only care about myself and the only reason I care about Zach Gowen is so I can sleep with him"
"There is nothing wrong with caring about yourself, I do that all the time and as for Zach, he's sweet and you like him, so what?"
Dia always has a way of making things seem better. Her enthusiasm always seems infectious. I smile at her, my spirits seem lifted
"Besides I never liked Sean" adds Dia "he didn't like how I looked in a bikini"
"Are we going out this evening?"
"Sure, why not? I'll go find Jamie"
Before I can say anything,. Dia hops off the bench and rushes out of the room. I shake my head; she seems to rush through life without a care. I wonder how Zach's arm wrestling went? I quickly go out of the room and find a monitor. Mr America is just leaving the ring along with Stephanie and Sable. I watch as Vince and Zach step up. I'm holding my breath in and I don't realise it. I watch as they begin the arm wrestling. Then it happens. Under the table, Vince kicks at Zach's prosthetic leg and Zach immediately crumples to one side, allowing Vince to easily win. Zach lies on the canvas subdued. I cannot believe it! I've heard of despicable acts but that really takes it all!! I watch on as Vince berates and mocks Zach, throwing his cane at him as he walks up the aisle.
Sometimes I cannot believe the things that happen here. As I turn to go back into the locker room, Dia rushes up and grabs my arm, dragging me in anyway.
"Have you heard? Sable flashed Mr America to get him to lose"
"Wait Mr America arm wrestled?"
"Yeah against Vince and then Sable flashed to get Mr America's attention"
I smile. I guess Sable is more than prepared to use her 'assets' to do what Vince wants. Aren't we all? I try to push the images of Zach sprawled on the floor and Sean's angry mocking face out of my head and turn to Dia with a determined smile
"So, where are we going tonight?"
