A/N: Let me know how you guys think the story is going. I'll try to update
my other stories as soon as I get over the writer's block I get when I try
to work on them. This story just seems to flow pretty easily. R & R!!!
Chapter 9.
"Did you finish going over the contracts before you went to talk to Raven?"
"Just about, I only had a couple more, but none of the ones I found were expiring anytime soon, so we're good there."
"Alright. So, girlfriend huh?"
"Yeah, apparently." Gaby said with a big grin on her face. "I can't believe that he just yelled it out down the hall, or the fact that I'll need my energy for later. That's very unlike him, you know, to let everyone in on his personal business."
"I have never known Raven to do that, but he seems to enjoy your company."
"Well, I like being with him too. He's sweet."
"Raven is sweet?"
"You just get on his bad side all the time, so you don't see it, but I do. You know when you came to the door to get me he didn't want me to say anything in hopes that you would just go away. I told him that I wished I could, but I had to answer you. What did you think of my interview with Fairplay?"
"Well, you still didn't let anyone know anymore about yourself than before, but they sure know a lot more about your love life. It was pretty good. Nice sneak attack by the way; the look on his face when the chair hit him was a look of sheer surprise."
"It's so nice to hear that phrase- love life. I actually have one now. It's nice- I have a love life! I have a love life. In the immortal words of Ric Flair- WOOOOO!" Russo and Gaby shared a laugh before they got around to arranging the card for the house show.
"Who should we put on the card tonight?"
"How about we out Abyss in a match. Why don't we put him in a match against the Fallen Angel Chris Daniels? Just a regular match, one fall. Maybe 3 Live Crew can come out and do a little trash talking spot. I know that they used to have a feud with America's Most Wanted a while back. Maybe BG James can go out there and talk crap about Storm's injury."
"That's an idea, but AMW and 3 Live Crew really don't have a feud going right now, so we shouldn't do that. What else?"
"What if we have Styles go out there and talk about how it's not fair that Raven has this #1 contenders match, about how the title shot should be his because he is the Phenomenal AJ Styles, blah, blah, blah. Then Raven comes out and does his speech about how he has deserved this title shot for a while, blah, blah, blah. That will take up about 5 – 10 minutes of the show."
"I don't know. Raven and AJ have had a lot of confrontations already, I don't know if I want them to have another go at it. What else you got?"
"Uh, let me think for a second." Gaby said. *Why is he second-guessing me? He hasn't done that before. * Russo hadn't turned down her ideas before, not even before when she told him about the match between Sandman and Chris Harris, or the tag match with America's Most Wanted and Sandman and Raven; why was he doing this now?
"Well, Vince, what about CM Punk vs. Ron "The Truth" Killings?"
"Nah, I don't like it. What else?"
"Uh, well, um, what about, um, Raven vs. Glenn Gilberti?"
"Raven vs. Disco? I don't know."
"What the fuck Vince? Why are you even asking for my opinion if you are just going to dismiss my suggestions? Earlier you had no problem with the decisions that I was making, and now all of a sudden you're saying no to everything that I suggest. What the hell is going on?"
"I just don't think those are good matches. You have such good ideas; those just aren't them."
"I took over Raven for you. I'm the one that deals with him, his moods, and his problems with you. I deal with Punk, and his problems. You would make me deal with Sandman if he came in here. So what, I'm just your problem solver? I'm not good enough to make matches, but by God I can take over your problem wrestlers for you. You know what? That's fine. I think I'm gonna go talk to your problem child Raven for a while. He's always up for listening to my ideas." She said angrily as she stormed out of the office and headed towards Raven's room.
As she passed through the common area in the Asylum, she saw that most of the wrestlers were congregated in there and it gave her an idea. "Ladies and Gentleman of TNA can I have your attention." Everyone turned around to look at her. "I have an announcement. I will still be Russo's assistant, but for the next two weeks, if you have a problem, you WILL NOT come to me, you will go to Vince. And I don't care how small the problem is, no matter how insignificant you think the problem may be; go bug the shit out of him with it."
"Can we ask why?" Konnan asked.
"Russo has decided that I am useful only when it comes to going over paperwork and as he puts it, 'Dealing with the problem wrestlers and the meaningless crap they try to lay off on me'. So therefore, I am taking a break. If you guys need to talk to me, I am always here for you, and I'll be happy to help, but be sure you take all of your wrestling problems to Vince, ok?"
"He said that about us?" Gaby heard from behind her as Raven came out of the shadows.
"On several occasions. That's why whenever you wanted a match you talked to me. When you were pissed off, you talked to me. Fairplay, when you came into the office, who did Russo end up making you talk to?"
"You." Fairplay responded.
"Punk, when Amazing Red was talking shit to you, who was the one that took over the negotiations so that Vince wouldn't screw you over?"
"You." He said back.
"Ok, and as much as I enjoy helping you, I am taking a break to show Russo that he needs to treat me better. So let the fun begin." Gaby turned around and grabbed Raven's hand as they headed back to his dressing room.
The next night the pay per view went off as planned. Raven unfortunately lost his number one contender's match to Chris Harris. Storm lost to Jeff Jarrett. Gaby was at least thankful for that, Harris and Storm had rubbed her he wrong way ever since the first night when they had said that they weren't scared of her because she had no power. She didn't want them to have any gold. However, there was now a wrench in her plans; Chris Harris was now the number one contender. It should have been Raven. Raven deserves that shot, and now he would have to work his way back up the ladder. She would just have to make sure that happened.
Chapter 9.
"Did you finish going over the contracts before you went to talk to Raven?"
"Just about, I only had a couple more, but none of the ones I found were expiring anytime soon, so we're good there."
"Alright. So, girlfriend huh?"
"Yeah, apparently." Gaby said with a big grin on her face. "I can't believe that he just yelled it out down the hall, or the fact that I'll need my energy for later. That's very unlike him, you know, to let everyone in on his personal business."
"I have never known Raven to do that, but he seems to enjoy your company."
"Well, I like being with him too. He's sweet."
"Raven is sweet?"
"You just get on his bad side all the time, so you don't see it, but I do. You know when you came to the door to get me he didn't want me to say anything in hopes that you would just go away. I told him that I wished I could, but I had to answer you. What did you think of my interview with Fairplay?"
"Well, you still didn't let anyone know anymore about yourself than before, but they sure know a lot more about your love life. It was pretty good. Nice sneak attack by the way; the look on his face when the chair hit him was a look of sheer surprise."
"It's so nice to hear that phrase- love life. I actually have one now. It's nice- I have a love life! I have a love life. In the immortal words of Ric Flair- WOOOOO!" Russo and Gaby shared a laugh before they got around to arranging the card for the house show.
"Who should we put on the card tonight?"
"How about we out Abyss in a match. Why don't we put him in a match against the Fallen Angel Chris Daniels? Just a regular match, one fall. Maybe 3 Live Crew can come out and do a little trash talking spot. I know that they used to have a feud with America's Most Wanted a while back. Maybe BG James can go out there and talk crap about Storm's injury."
"That's an idea, but AMW and 3 Live Crew really don't have a feud going right now, so we shouldn't do that. What else?"
"What if we have Styles go out there and talk about how it's not fair that Raven has this #1 contenders match, about how the title shot should be his because he is the Phenomenal AJ Styles, blah, blah, blah. Then Raven comes out and does his speech about how he has deserved this title shot for a while, blah, blah, blah. That will take up about 5 – 10 minutes of the show."
"I don't know. Raven and AJ have had a lot of confrontations already, I don't know if I want them to have another go at it. What else you got?"
"Uh, let me think for a second." Gaby said. *Why is he second-guessing me? He hasn't done that before. * Russo hadn't turned down her ideas before, not even before when she told him about the match between Sandman and Chris Harris, or the tag match with America's Most Wanted and Sandman and Raven; why was he doing this now?
"Well, Vince, what about CM Punk vs. Ron "The Truth" Killings?"
"Nah, I don't like it. What else?"
"Uh, well, um, what about, um, Raven vs. Glenn Gilberti?"
"Raven vs. Disco? I don't know."
"What the fuck Vince? Why are you even asking for my opinion if you are just going to dismiss my suggestions? Earlier you had no problem with the decisions that I was making, and now all of a sudden you're saying no to everything that I suggest. What the hell is going on?"
"I just don't think those are good matches. You have such good ideas; those just aren't them."
"I took over Raven for you. I'm the one that deals with him, his moods, and his problems with you. I deal with Punk, and his problems. You would make me deal with Sandman if he came in here. So what, I'm just your problem solver? I'm not good enough to make matches, but by God I can take over your problem wrestlers for you. You know what? That's fine. I think I'm gonna go talk to your problem child Raven for a while. He's always up for listening to my ideas." She said angrily as she stormed out of the office and headed towards Raven's room.
As she passed through the common area in the Asylum, she saw that most of the wrestlers were congregated in there and it gave her an idea. "Ladies and Gentleman of TNA can I have your attention." Everyone turned around to look at her. "I have an announcement. I will still be Russo's assistant, but for the next two weeks, if you have a problem, you WILL NOT come to me, you will go to Vince. And I don't care how small the problem is, no matter how insignificant you think the problem may be; go bug the shit out of him with it."
"Can we ask why?" Konnan asked.
"Russo has decided that I am useful only when it comes to going over paperwork and as he puts it, 'Dealing with the problem wrestlers and the meaningless crap they try to lay off on me'. So therefore, I am taking a break. If you guys need to talk to me, I am always here for you, and I'll be happy to help, but be sure you take all of your wrestling problems to Vince, ok?"
"He said that about us?" Gaby heard from behind her as Raven came out of the shadows.
"On several occasions. That's why whenever you wanted a match you talked to me. When you were pissed off, you talked to me. Fairplay, when you came into the office, who did Russo end up making you talk to?"
"You." Fairplay responded.
"Punk, when Amazing Red was talking shit to you, who was the one that took over the negotiations so that Vince wouldn't screw you over?"
"You." He said back.
"Ok, and as much as I enjoy helping you, I am taking a break to show Russo that he needs to treat me better. So let the fun begin." Gaby turned around and grabbed Raven's hand as they headed back to his dressing room.
The next night the pay per view went off as planned. Raven unfortunately lost his number one contender's match to Chris Harris. Storm lost to Jeff Jarrett. Gaby was at least thankful for that, Harris and Storm had rubbed her he wrong way ever since the first night when they had said that they weren't scared of her because she had no power. She didn't want them to have any gold. However, there was now a wrench in her plans; Chris Harris was now the number one contender. It should have been Raven. Raven deserves that shot, and now he would have to work his way back up the ladder. She would just have to make sure that happened.