Disclaimer: I do not own any of the WWE superstars I may mention. I also do not own the towns of Fair Grove or Springfield which really are in Missouri. They simply provide the setting of my story. I only own the characters and situations I create and the particular contest I have created. Please enjoy!

Chapter 2 – Anticipation Growing

The following month

It had been a month since Cameran had signed her friend Alexandra up for the WWE's new contest. Cameran was a very impatient person so it was becoming increasingly difficult for her to wait to see if Alex's name would be drawn. It was also becoming increasingly difficult for Cameran to not tell Alex about the contest but she knew that it would be best if Alex didn't know. That way she would be completely shocked when she found out. It was especially going to be difficult this particular week because Cameran was staying for a week in Fair Grove with Alex. She was actually on a plane at the moment flying to Missouri.

Once the plane landed in Missouri, Cameran hopped in a rental car and drove to Fair Grove. She couldn't wait to get to Alex's house and see her because they hadn't seen each other in over a year. They talked on the phone almost constantly but they hadn't visited each other in a long time. It had been too long in Cameran's view but they were both very busy most of the time. When Cameran pulled up to Alex's house she was confused because there was a lot of cars parked in front of the house. Then she realized that it was Sunday so Alex must have been hosting one of her family dinners. Cameran didn't really care though because the Roberts family treated her like one of their own so she was pretty sure they wouldn't mind her intrusion. Plus, Alex knew that she was arriving tonight sometime.

Cameran got her stuff out of her car and went up to the house and rang the doorbell. Alex came to the door and as soon as she realized who it was, a huge smile spread across her face.

"Cami? Oh my god, its so good to see you." Alex said pulling Cami into a hug.

"Hey Alex, good to see you too. It has been far too long." Cami replied.

"Yes it has. Gosh Cami, you look amazing." Alex couldn't help but say. She meant it too because Cameran had always been beautiful with long wavy blonde hair and big brown eyes but she had always been a little bit bigger. Definitely not huge but by Hollywood standards she was a little chunky. Now though she had completely slimmed down and had really toned up.

"Sure, after traveling all day I'm sure I look great." Cami replied very sarcastically.

"No, Cami I mean it you have really slimmed down so you look even more beautiful than you already were."

"Thank you, but not too skinny right? Because then I could get major criticism for being too skinny." She said with a laugh.

"No, you look just right."

"Okay, thank you, I can never be too sure though because its Hollywood. I mean I love acting but I can get some major pressure pushed on me about the way I look."

"Don't worry so much you're beautiful."

"Okay, well enough about me can I come in now?" Cami asked with a feigned expression of annoyance.

"Oh yeah of course, come on in. You probably noticed I have my family over but don't worry they're excited to see you again too."

Alex led Cameran into the house taking one of her bags from her so she wouldn't have to carry as much. They set Cameran's bags in the entry hall and then they went to join Alex's family in the dining room. Of course everyone was there. Alex's parents, her brother Jack and his wife Annie, their two children Nicole and Aiden, her younger sister Natalie, and Natalie's boyfriend of two years Andrew. Cameran couldn't believe how big Nicole and Aiden were. Nicole was a very adorable 4 year old and Aiden was about to begin his terrible twos. This was also the first time that Cameran had met Andrew but he seemed like a very nice young man. Cameran couldn't help being a little protective of Natalie though because she was like a little sister to her.

The group had a very nice evening catching up, laughing, and just hanging out. Then around eight o'clock everyone decided it would probably be a good time to get everyone home and in bed especially the young ones. Alex said her good-byes to her family then joined Cameran as they both cleaned up the dinner. They were off course having way too much fun cleaning because the two of them together again could make anything they did fun. They had been friends for so long and they always seemed to cause mischief when they were together. They were laughing, playing around, and joking about things that had happened throughout their lives together. All of the sudden out the blue Alex mentioned something that Cami really didn't want to talk about because she was afraid she would let something slip.

"Oh my gosh, Cami you would not believe what I read today on the internet. I haven't been to the WWE website in a while but I went there today. Apparently they are having this contest where one fan would get the chance to travel with the WWE for a week. Can you believe that?" Alex asked Cami with excitement present in her voice.

"Yeah, I think I read something like that but I didn't really pay attention to it." Cami replied trying to play it off as nothing.

"And you didn't tell me about it. You know that is something I would love to do." Alex said while slapping Cami playfully.

"Sorry, I didn't really think you'd be into it." Cami lied. She really, really wanted to just tell Alex now but she knew that she wanted to surprise her if she won and not disappoint her if she didn't win.

"Are you kidding! Of course I would be into it. I would love to meet all my favorite wrestlers and to spend the week with my favorite."

"Which one is your favorite?"

"Oh, that's a tough one but I think I would definitely have to go with my Missouri boy, Randy Orton."

"Really? Yeah, he's the hot one right?" Cami asked. She was so excited that she had been right about Alex's favorite but she had to try and conceal her excitement. She knew exactly who Randy Orton was even if she didn't watch wrestling but she was trying to make Alex feel special.

"Uhh, yeah! He is absolutely gorgeous. The cocky character he plays just completely turns me on. It is just so god damn sexy."

"See Alex that is why you always end up with the jerks because they are the ones that you are attracted to."

"Yeah, I know. That's my problem." She said sounding very defeated.

"Alex its okay I'm sure you'll find someone who is nice someday." Cami said wrapping her arm around her friend to comfort her.

"Thanks Cami."

"So if you would love to do the contest, why didn't you sign yourself up?" Cami knew it was because they weren't taking anyone anymore but she was still kind of feeling Alex out about this contest.

"They are picking the name soon so it was too late." Alex said with disappointment in her voice.

"Oh, I'm sorry."

"That's okay. I think I'm going to bed. Its been a long day."

"Okay, I hope you have sweet dreams." Cami said with a smile.

"Trust me with Randy in them, they are always sweet." Alex replied with an even bigger smile.

With Alex heading to bed, Cami didn't know what to do with herself. It was only nine o'clock and she definitely wasn't used to going to bed this early so she wouldn't be able to sleep. This was especially due to the fact that she was full of so much anticipation about this whole contest thing. This anticipation was even greater now that she knew Alex wouldn't mind doing it. Thankfully she would only have to have a few more hours of anticipation.

That same day in a conference room in Connecticut at WWE headquarters a computer was randomly selecting the name of the winner of the contest. The computer popped up with the name Alexandra Roberts. The guy working on this project wrote down her name, found her questionnaire, and went to find the boss. He entered Vince McMahon's office to show him the winner of his new promotional contest. Vince read the paper then looked up with an excited grin on his face.

"So the winner doesn't even know she was entered into the contest? This could be very interesting. Get me in touch with this Cameran Spencer woman who sent in the questionnaire for her."

The guy went off to do what was asked of him while Vince got up and went to stare out the window. A plan was slowly formulating in his brain to make this contest even better.

A/N – Well everyone here is the second installment of The Contest. I hope you all still like it and thank you so much for all the reviews. You can't even imagine how excited I was to come home the day after I posted it and find seven reviews for it. I hope you enjoyed and please review. Also if you like this one and haven't read my other fic, Finding Somebody, you should read that one too. Thanks a lot.
Kim