Ari slipped onto a bench and put her head in her hands. Shannon had two matches tonight, she had one. Not that she really knew how to wrestle. She went to her bag and pulled out a pair of sweats and a tee shirt that said "Do something other than bother me." She slid into the bathroom and pulled on the clothes. She slid on her sneakers and made her way to the practice ring. As she walked in, she saw Mark, Monty (Billy Gunn), Shannon, Chris and Shane Helms working in the ring. Torrie and Rena Mero-Lesnar talking and watching the men work. Ari walked over and smiled at the girls.
"Hey. Can you two help me? I just realized I haven't practiced my moves in weeks!" Torrie and Rena grabbed her hand and pulled her to the ring. Shane began to whistle when Ari and the girls got in the ring.
"Gentlemen, I must ask you to leave the ring. My friend Arianna needs to practice. Get out!" Torrie yelled, as the men sat there staring. Slowly, they slid out, until only the girls remained.
Torrie and Rena began showing Ari moves. Ari worked hard, only stopping when Shannon came in to show her aerial moves. She sat on the top rope and took a sip of water from the bottle Mark had tossed her. She wiped sweat of her brow and slid off the ropes.
"Maybe you should sit down, Ari. I'll teach you some moves later." Shannon tried to get her to sit. She did, reluctantly.
"I just need a few minutes. Come on, I want to do a corkscrew moonsault in my match tonight. And I want to test a submission move." She stood up and looked from Shannon to Shane. "Which one of you Carolina High Flyers are gonna teach me how to do a corkscrew moonsault?" Shannon stood up and made his way to the turn buckle. Shane sighed and positioned himself on the mat near the middle. Once on top, Shannon told Ari how to twist her body, and then showed her. He flipped off of the turnbuckle onto a waiting Shane who got up. Ari clapped and climbed up onto the turnbuckle. Mark got into the ring and stood behind her. When she flipped, he caught her. She hadn't twisted enough. He set her down gently, and turned her towards Shannon, who explained in greater detail how to twist. She climbed back up and tried again. This time, she flipped right into Mark's chest. He stumbled back a bit. Ari fell to the mat and stood up slowly. Shannon, Torrie, Rena, and Chris began clapping. Shane was running away from the ring, Mark was stalking him playfully. He stopped suddenly and turned and laughed. Shane reappeared moments later laughing. Shannon smiled and turned towards Arianna, who was now trying to talk Chris into teaching her how to apply the Walls of Jericho. Chris was shaking his head, laughing. Ari growled and tackled him down, locking in her own version of the Walls. She twisted his legs and bent back into a bridge, locking his legs in hers. Chris was squirming on the mat, trying to wiggle out of the hold. She bent her head back and tapped Chris' head. He looked up to see Ari smiling at him.
"Having fun?" She asked raising an eyebrow. He stuck his tongue out and reached a hand up to tickle her. She unlocked her legs and rolled off of him, clutching her sides. Chris locked her into the Walls and was now laughing at his captive. Ari grabbed his legs and flipped him onto his face. She sat on his back and pulled his head back, clasping her hands beneath his jaw. Chris struggled a bit and tapped out. She stood up, stepped on Chris's ass, and walked over to where Shannon and Mark were laughing uncontrollably. Chris stood up and walked over to Ari.
"You're move is awesome. If someone were to sell it, it would be very convincing." Chris bumped knuckles with Arianna. When she turned back to Shannon, he slapped her ass and ran. She took off after him and tackled him. She slapped him in the face and stood up.
"If you value your manhood, you won't touch me." She walked back towards the ring, leaving a bewildered Chris behind. Shannon laughed.
"Remind me not to touch her." Mark said, giving Monty a high five. Shannon came over and smiled at Arianna.
"Chris is right. That looked really cool. You should use it. Your corkscrew moonsault is really good too." Ari began to blush. At that moment, a technician came down to tell the superstars that they had half an hour till show time. Ari said goodbye to the guys and made her way to the Divas locker room to change. Shannon ran after her.
"Arianna, you want to go to dinner after the show tonight?" Shannon looked at the floor. She took his hand.
"I would love to go to dinner with you. Have you seen Liz? Last I saw her she was with Mark." Arianna and Shannon looked around, not seeing her. Shannon shouted to Mark.
"Hey Mark, where'd you leave that fan girl who came with Arianna? We need her." Arianna laughed at Shannon's nickname for Liz.
"Umm, I think she ran off with Eddie Guerrero and Yoshishiro Tajiri. Eddie said something about red paint and Kurt Angle. I don't want to know." Shannon and Arianna took off, looking for any signs of Kurt, Eddie, or red paint. A sudden shout, followed by a crash and more shouts. Suddenly, Eddie and Liz came running down the hallway, an angry Kurt running after them. Shannon and Ari took off after him.
"Kurt, Chavo has your medals!" Ari yelled, seeing Chavo talking to Terry Gerin. Kurt stopped, saw Chavo and took off after him. Ari caught up with Shannon, Eddie and Liz and ran into a locker room. She looked around and saw Matt Hardy, John Cena, Paul Levesque, Jay Reso, Adam Copeland, Oscar Guiterrez, Chris Benoit, Rob Szatkowski, and Randy Orton sitting around a table. John, Paul, Oscar, Chris, Rob and Randy were playing poker. The others were watching, at least until Eddie slammed the door behind Ari.
"Alright," Chris said. "What the hell did you do, Eddie?" All the four troublemakers just laughed. Chris shook his head and went back to his game. Ari took Liz by the crook of her elbow and led her towards the Diva locker room. Liz helped her dress and did her make up. A technician told her that she had five minutes before her debut. She turned, said a prayer with Liz, and walked out the door.
