Chapter Two: Reconnection

Elizabeth left Vince McMahon's office in a daze. She sat slowly down in the chair she had been waiting in prior to the meeting, and forced herself to take a breath. "I'm the new RAW Diva," she said quietly to herself. "I'm a Diva. A Diva."

"And if you say it enough, eventually you'll actually start to believe it." Elizabeth looked up at that and saw one Amy Dumas standing over her. "Don't worry, I was just like that when I first signed my contract," she said with a kind smile, "Sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt your conversation with, well you. I'm Amy." She offered Elizabeth her hand, which she took and shook gently.

"Elizabeth," she replied.

"I know," Amy said, "The whole locker room's been buzzing about you."

"Are you serious?" Elizabeth asked, tucking a loose strand of hair behind her ear. Amy nodded. "Why?" she asked.

"Because, not only has Mr. McMahon been talking you up, so has Dave Batista," Amy said, motioning for Elizabeth to stand and walk with her.

"Dave's been talking about me?" Elizabeth asked, walking shoulder to shoulder with Amy.

"Yep, and so now everyone is excited to meet you, myself included. We've heard a lot of great things," she answered.

"Wow, I feel like I have a lot to live up to," Elizabeth marveled. They rounded a corner, and she was instantly struck by the many smells of different kinds of food. Amy had led her to catering.

"Oh, you do," Amy replied with a smile, "now, I don't know about you, but I'm starving."

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Dave Batista looked up from his tray of food just as Elizabeth Winslow walked into catering with Amy Dumas. He smiled to himself, she hadn't changed much since he last saw her. Her dark brown hair was slightly shorter, and had shimmer of blonde through it, but other than that, she was exactly as he remembered. He watched as she filled up a tray with all the many foods. He stood up and made his way over to her. "I see you're appetite is still as big as ever," he said into her ear, making her jump.

"Oh my God, Dave," she gasped, setting the tray down, and giving him a hug. "You scared me."

"Always so jumpy, that too, hasn't changed," Dave said with a smile, returning the hug. "How've you been?"

"Good," she answered, "Great actually. What about you, Mr. Heavy Weight Champion? Congratulations by the way"

"Thanks. I'm doing okay, can't complain," Dave replied nonchalantly, then grinned widely at her.

"How's Angie? Your girls?" Elizabeth asked.

"Good, good. Everyone is healthy, happy, things couldn't be better," he answered.

"That's awesome, I'm glad to hear it," Elizabeth replied.

"Listen, why don't you join me at my table, I could introduce you to some of the guys," Dave suggested, gesturing back at where he had been sitting.

"Yeah, okay. That sounds fine," Elizabeth said, looking over at Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho, and Shelton Benjamin. They all smiled and waved to her.

"You're welcome to join us, too, Amy," Dave said.

"Thanks, but Adam's waiting for me," Amy answered, "But it was great to get to meet you, Elizabeth. We'll have to get together after the show and you can tell me all about your first day." Elizabeth nodded in agreement, and Amy left.

"Alright, come on," Dave said, "Everyone is pretty excited to meet you."

"So I've heard."

A/N: This is going to get better, I promise. And longer. I'm just having a hard time writing it. Anyways, let me know what you think. I hope you've enjoyed it so far.

Tanfalath