Chapter 1
"No! No! That's not what I said I wanted! I said TWO yards of the purple glitter fabric, and SIX yards of the black leather. Not the other way around! Can't you people do anything right? You'd better have someone come pick this stuff up and then have the RIGHT materials sent to me tomorrow morning at 6 AM sharp! Do you hear me? Goodbye!" Madison slammed the phone down and sighed. She was in the small store that her friend and she owned. She looked around and her eyes landed on the fabric lying on a table. Why was nothing going right today? She had called in a simple order, and they messed it up. Maybe she should just order from a different company…
"Geez Maddy, did you want to give that poor guy a heart attack?" Madison heard a voice ask right behind her. She jumped, only to find her best friend, Alexis, standing there. Madison slapped Alexis playfully on the arm.
"Oh my God, you scared the hell out of me!" Madison said to her friend.
"Well? Answer my question!" Alexis responded smiling, anticipating her friend's answer.
"Argh…they just piss me off so much. They couldn't even get the simplest order right! Look what they sent me." Madison said, gesturing to the yards of fabric on the table. "They completely switched around the lengths of fabric I needed. I mean, come on! How hard could it be?" Madison sat down dejectedly at the table. Alexis moved some of the fabric over and sat down. She put her hand on Madison's shoulder.
"Girl, you really need to relax. You stress about this job too much. How about we close the store early and go home to get ready." Alexis suggested with a sly smirk on her face.
"Uh oh…I don't like that look. Get ready for what?"
"To go out tonight of course! There's a new club that just opened down the street. It's called…um…it's called, Club One Nine or something like that. So you up for it?" Alexis asked, standing up.
"I don't know Alex…I have so much work to still do around here…" Madison said, trailing off as she looked around the room and then back to her friend. "But so do you, so if you're going to go out, I'll go to." She decided, grinning at her friend. They cleaned up quickly, grabbed their bags, and then locked up the store. They went through the back door, since their car was parked out there. Madison got into the driver side, and Alexis got into the other side. Before driving off, Madison put in their favorite CD, Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park.
"Why does it feel like night today, something in here's not right today. Why am I so uptight today?" Madison sang to Alexis before peeling out of the parking lot on the way to their house.
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"Alexis! Are you ready yet?" Madison yelled up the stairs as she stood at the bottom of them glancing at her watch.
"Yeah, here I come!" Madison heard Alexis reply. She looked up and saw Alexis's outfit. She was wearing a tight midnight blue miniskirt, with a bell sleeved, V-neck black top. She had on black high heeled strappy shoes. Her dark blonde hair was all curled and piled on top of her head.
"Good lord, woman! Do you want some attention tonight or what?" Madison asked her with a smile on her face.
"Well, obviously I want more attention than you." Alexis said, turning her green eyes upon Madison's outfit. Madison looked at her clothes self-consciously. She looked back up at Alexis with a puzzled look on her face.
"What's wrong with what I'm wearing?" Madison questioned. Alexis sighed.
"The better question would be what's right about your clothes. Let's go," Alexis said, grabbing Madison's hand and dragging her up the stairs. "We're going to get you into some real party clothes.
"No! No way in hell am I wearing that! I'll look like a whore!" Madison yelled, moving away from her friend who was advancing on her with an extremely short, red, minidress.
"Come on Maddy! It'll look great with your auburn hair!" Alexis said, laughing.
"No WAY!" Madison said as she knocked the dress out of Alexis's hand and onto the floor. Alexis just laughed.
"That's OK, I didn't really like that dress anyway. Here's something I know you'll love." Alexis turned around and reached into her closet. She rummaged through it and then found what she was looking for. "Aha!" she exclaimed. She turned around with a triumphant look on her face and handed Madison the clothes. Madison took the clothes from her and looked at them. She had to admit to herself that it looked pretty good. Alexis had dug out a pair of black pants with light purple glitter dusted all over them, a light purple shirt that had been dyed to match the glitter and some knee high black leather boots.
"You made these pants didn't you?" Madison said suspiciously.
"Yeah…why?" Alexis said, with a somewhat knowing look on her face.
"Because you used the last of my glitter whore!" Madison exclaimed, half-joking.
"Well, I…umm…just get dressed, I'll be downstairs getting your stuff together." Alexis said hurriedly, going out the door and closing it behind her. Madison looked at the door and shook her head, chuckling to herself. That girl, Madison thought, can't live with her, can't live without her. Alexis took off what she had been wearing, which a pair of tight, khaki colored pants and a light blue scoop neck spaghetti strap shirt. She slipped those off, and then put on what Alexis had picked out for her. After she finally got on the boots, Madison stood up from the bed, where she had been struggling to put on the boots. She opened the door and then walked into the bathroom to put on some make up. I need more make up to go with this outfit! Once Madison was done with that, she went downstairs and saw Alexis sitting on the couch with their purses on either side of her. Madison cleared her throat to get Alexis to look at her. Alexis turned around to look at Madison.
"Maddy, girl, you look great! You're going to just leave your hair down right?" Alexis asked as she tilted her head to the side a little, as Madison knew she did when she was critiquing something.
"Yup, I think it looks better down." Madison replied, running her hand absentmindedly over her natural curls. Alexis nodded her head in agreement.
"Well, let's get going. There are lots of men waiting for us!" Alexis said with a smile as she stood up and handed Madison her purse. Alexis clicked off the TV and they walked out of the house with Madison locking the door behind them. They got into their car, and drove off to the club. Once they got there, they were amazed at the enormously long line.
"Omigod, we're going to take forever to get in!" Alexis said, with some disappointment.
"Nah, we'll find our way in. Don't worry." Madison said with a mischievous glint in her dark brown eyes. They found a parking space in the parking lot of a restaurant next to the club. They walked around to the front and looked at the long line again.
"So what's your plan Einstein?" Alexis asked, looking at her friend. Madison just grabbed Alexis's hand and they walked toward the front of the line.
"Where do they think they're going?" Alexis heard a girl say, with a catty tone. Alexis just gave her a death glare, and the girl shut her mouth. Madison went to the bouncer at the door, who looked about 350 lbs. and 6 feet tall. Madison just walked right up to him and gave him a kiss on the cheek.
"Hey Benny! What's up?" Madison said, pulling away from the man.
"Nothing Mads, what are you doing here?" Benny asked, as he looked her up and down. Madison playfully slapped him on one of his huge arms.
"Benny! Stop looking at me like that!" Madison said laughing. "What do you think we're here for? We want to get into the club; do you think you could get us in?" Madison said, her tone turning softer.
"Well, I don't know…some of these people have been waiting in line for over an hour…" Benny said as he rubbed his goatee.
"Benny! Come on! Who got your wife that beautiful wedding dress for $300 less than what she was going to pay, which I might add, let you have more money for your bachelor party?" Madison said, with a playful look in her eyes. "I know you appreciated those extra strippers you got didn't you Benny?"
"Ugh…I hate it when you blackmail me Mads! Well, I guess you and your friend can go ahead in. but no more favors after this!" Benny called after them as he opened the door to the club. Madison just gave him the thumbs up, and continued in with Alexis.
"Hey Maddy! I didn't know you knew the bouncer here!" Alexis yelled over the loud music.
"Neither did I until we drove by and I glanced over at him. I figured it was him because his wife, Natasha, told me she made him get a new job at some 'trendy club here in town'. So I just hoped it was him because I really didn't want to wait in the cold!" Madison yelled back. They both laughed and walked over to the bar. They both ordered a pink cosmopolitan, their favorite drink. As they sipped their drinks, they scanned the crowd that night. Madison's eyes almost popped out of her head as her gaze fell onto a finely muscled man sitting by himself at a table. He had on leather pants which he looked poured into, and from what she could tell a black sleeveless shirt. His blond hair went a little past his shoulders, and he swung it around his face as he danced. Madison elbowed Alexis in excitement.
"Alex! Look at that guy over there! He's hot!" Madison yelled. Alexis looked around and then rolled her eyes.
"Maddy, there are a million guys in here! Which one are you talking about?" Alexis asked her. Madison pointed at the blond in the corner.
"Him!" Alexis glanced over at the man, and nodded in agreement.
"Yes! I have to admit, that guy is definitely hot! He just sat down, so go talk to him!" Alexis replied giggling.
"I'm feeling particularly bold tonight, watch this." Madison got up from the stool she was sitting on and walked over to the mystery man. She pulled out the empty chair next to him and sat down. He looked up at her with a grin on his face.
"What are you a fan? Do you want an autograph? Or do you want 'more than that'?" he asked Madison with an arrogant tone.
"Wha…excuse me? An autograph? Why in the hell would I want an autograph from you?" Madison asked, incredulously.
"Oh…I get it. You're going to try and play dumb now aren't you? Well, I'm not in the mood for a ring rat right now, but I bet you can find another guy to screw." The man said to her nastily.
"What the hell is your problem? Ring rat? What the fuck is that? And who says I want to screw you? You know what? You're a major asshole UGH!" Madison said disgustedly as she walked away. She went back over to Alexis with a scowl on her face. She slammed her drink down and ordered a shot of vodka. Alexis just looked at her friend.
"May I ask what the hell happened over there? I didn't hear what you two said, but I can tell it wasn't good." Alexis set her drink down also.
"Alex, that guy over there," she said, pointing over to him, "is a pompous asshole. I don't know what got into him! I didn't even get the chance to say hello when he started berating me and ranting about an autograph or something! And then he called me a goddamned ring rat! What is that? And he also mentioned how I could find some other guy to screw not him. I should've punched him in the face right then and there. UGH!" Madison turned around and grabbed her drink. She downed it in two gulps and then slammed it back down.
"Maddy! Slow down! You know you can't handle alcohol well!" Alexis exclaimed.
"You know what I'm going to do?" Madison asked, obviously ignoring her friend's last comment. "I'm going to go back over there and give him a piece of my mind. Here, hold my drink." Madison stalked back over to the man and forcefully sat back down in the chair. Before he could even open his mouth, Madison started going.
"OK, I don't know who you think you are, but I DEFINITELY don't want to screw you! Or anyone else in here for that matter! Ring rat? Is that what you so gently called me? Well, I don't know exactly what that I, but I know that it's not good, so I'm offended. Maybe you think you're some hot shot just because you have gorgeous blond hair and you're sitting over here in the corner, BY YOURSELF may I add. But you're not. You may think that you're just God's gift to women, but trust me; you're not that either. The way that you act, and the attitude that you have, must be your attempt to make up for your peanut sized dick. So if you could please, just take your head OUT OF your ass, and apologize to me NOW." Madison took a deep breath and waited. They just stared at each other for a minute, until suddenly the man started laughing. "What? What is so funny?" Madison asked him.
"You! You're so funny! No woman has ever talked to me like that! But then I've also never had any woman not know who I am. I'm Chris." He put his hand out and took her hand in his.
"And you're special…why?" Madison asked, still confused and a little pissed.
"You seriously don't know who I am? Oh this is great. Well, do you ever watch wrestling? Like WWE?" he asked her as he took a sip of his beer.
"No, I don't. I can't seem to find the sense in beating another man practically senseless just for the sake of some beer-swigging fans." Madison replied.
"Well, anyway, I'm in the WWE. I wrestle under the name of Chris Jericho. does it ring a bell?" he asked her. She pretended to think about it for a second.
"Nope, uh uh. I see that you didn't get my previous statement. I…don't…watch…wrestling." Madison said, slowly as if she as talking to a young child.
"Yeah, I get it. Well, that's the reason why I was so rude to you before." Chris explained to her.
"Oh, I get it! You're rude to me because you're a famous wrestler? Oh, that makes a lot of sense. Good logic there buddy." She said sarcastically. It just made Chris laugh even more.
"Well, not that's not just it. Because I AM a famous wrestler, I have women coming up to me all the time wanting to have sex with me because of whom I am. And it gets really annoying, so I guess I kind of put up a defense whenever a woman comes up to me in public. Sorry." Chris said, sounding genuinely apologetic. Madison just sat there for a minute, looking at him.
"I don't know…how do I know this isn't just your excuse for being an ass?" Madison asked, half joking. She then laughed a little. Chris laughed along with her.
"So is all forgiven? Truce?" Chris asked her.
"Sure, you said things to me and I said even worse things to you. So I guess it's forgiven." Madison agreed.
"OK, so now that you know my name, I think it's only fair for you to tell me yours." Chris said to her, smiling.
"Madison." She said, shaking his hand.
"Madison huh? I like that name." Chris said grinning.
"Well, I came here to party with my friend, and I'm not doing that by just sitting here. So either find a guy for my friend, or don't. But either way, I'm going back over to the bar." Madison got up and walked back over to the bar to Alexis with a smug grin on her face.
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