Author's notes: Pleasedeveryone liked that chapter, hope the following goes down just as well. Thanks for all the great reviews.
Jen105, glad you like it, I'll update as soon as I can so please keep reading
Disco Inferno1glad you picked up on 'Poochie' acting oddly, he's going to prove very useful in the coming chapters. As to me poking fun at Orton fangirls, I haven't really got anything against Orton or his fans, I just enjoy annoying my friend, Polythenegirl21. Glad you liked the skybox, was a little worried it may have been a little O.T.T. Pleased Mikhile proved to be good comic relief, sadly the following chapter will probably be the last we see of him. Hope that it doesn't disappoint.
huntersgirlfirst a question. Are you a fan of the Disney show 'American Dragon: Jake Long' ? I thought because of your name you might be. If so, don't you think it's a totally wicked show? I hope in the following chapter, when they do met Randy, you'll enjoy the results.
coors1977Nice to see so many people enjoyed the interpretation of 'Raw', as I've only seen a dark 'Smackdown' show in the U.K, I didn't have much to go on. Thanks for over looking the fact Wanda is dumb enough to believe Triple H's attack was real, but when she does meet the superstars it'll make for some interesting convocation.
shady-angel821I know, the lack of Batista is terrible, it's killing me too. So this chapter will hopefully please all the Batista fans.
Polythenegirl21laughing my ass off. You liking Orton makes him such an easy target, I'm sorry, I'll try to stop. Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for you're comment about my over use of the word 'then', I never really picked up on it, but I'll be sure to use it less now. You'll be glad to know Randy will be back for a lot more, I'll try to cut out the piss- taking!
Bar Phoenix is not a real bar in New Orleans, I was going to use a real one but as I've never actually been to New Orleans it would have been inaccurate.
By the way, I'm so unbelievably jealous that 'Raw' was from my hometown of Birmingham U.K, this past week. Dam lack of money and baby sitters!
Chapter four: Backstage
Vince McMahon escorted them out of the room and down another corridor to where the backstage area was. There were a few people hanging around, but they were mostly security staff and crew members. He led them to a door, the sign on the front read 'Triple H', he knocked and entered, beaconing them to follow. Upon entering the room Wanda spotted Ric Flair, Triple H and a tall woman, wearing a smart dress suit, her brown hair tied up in a bun, all sitting round a large coffee table. Mikhile seemed star struck, Wanda felt nervous and Emily seemed totally uninterested, as though she had a million better places to be. Vince spoke.
"Hunter, Stephanie, Ric, I'd like to introduce you to Mr Rodriguez's son Mikhile, his assistant Ms Ravenmoon and her guest Emily."
The group gathered around the table all said hello, Wanda too greeted them, Mikhile remained silent and Emily whispered a small hi.
"Hunter, I think Mikhile has some thing to say to you," continued Vince.
Mikhile turned bright red with embarrassment whilst Wanda wondered who Stephanie was. Emily was staring blankly around the room, not really looking at anyone. Then Triple H spoke.
"So, what was it you wanted to say to me, Mikhile? I bet you were going to tell me that I should be champ," Hunter said with a cheeky grin.
Ric Flair, obviously still in character let out a 'Woooo!' to which Hunter let out a laugh. Stephanie remained silent, her icy blue eyes staring from Wanda to Emily. Mikhile spoke, nervously.
"I, I, I can't believe you cost Batista the title," he muttered.
Vince, Hunter and Ric all laughed. Then Ric spoke.
"Well, Mikhile, you know I'm the dirtiest player in the game and Trip here learnt from the best."
Mikhile seemed to relax because of Ric's last comment and soon enough he was chatting with Hunter and Ric. Wanda started to feel very nervous, especially as Stephanie kept watching her. Vince interrupted the conversation.
"Ric, I was wondering, perhaps you'd like to take Mikhile and Emily to meet some of the other guys, to give us a chance to talk business."
Ric agreed and led Mikhile and Emily out of the room. Then Vince made a more formal introduction.
"Ms Ravenmoon, this is as you know is my son-in-law, Hunter and my daughter, Stephanie. Hunter, Stephanie, this is executive assistant Wanda Ravenmoon."
They all shook hands. Wanda felt relieved to know who Stephanie was, although the introduction hadn't stopped her staring. Wanda then worried that Stephanie might think she fancied Hunter or something.
"Anyway, ladies and gentlemen, I have other business to attend to. I'll leave you to get acquainted."
Then Vince left. Wanda felt very uneasy being left alone with Hunter and Stephanie, part of her wished she'd gone with Ric, Mikhile and Emily, especially as they may run into Batista. Wanda was now even more intrigued by him and the mere thought of him sent her heart racing. Then, for the first time Stephanie spoke.
"Ms Ravenmoon, please take a seat, I have been very keen to speak with you."
Wanda took a seat opposite them. Stephanie continued.
"Vince and my brother, Shane, have told me a lot about you and the proposal you presented on Friday. I've been very impressed by what I've heard and am glad to see a woman in such a good position."
Wanda relaxed a little, feeling thrilled by Stephanie's last comment, although half of her mind was still thinking of Batista. The three of them talked about the film deal and Wanda's previous work and experience for about half an hour. Both Hunter and Stephanie seemed very impressed. Then, suddenly, the door burst open and someone came in. Wanda turned, expecting to see Ric Flair, Mikhile and Emily had returned, but to her surprise and delight, it was Batista. He spoke, without realizing who else was in the room, he seemed quite excited.
"Trip, Trip, tonight was awesome!"
He trailed off realizing Stephanie and Wanda were in the room. He suddenly seemed shy and slightly embarrassed.
"Dave, allow me to introduce you to Ms Ravenmoon. We were just discussing a deal for the company she works with to produce the WWE movies," Hunter pointed out, making it obvious who Wanda was and why she was there.
Batista seemed impressed. Stephanie continued to speak.
"Why don't you take a seat? We're almost done here and I'm sure Wanda doesn't bite."
She tapped Wanda's foot, with her own and gave a coy grin. From out of nowhere Wanda said,
"Only if you ask me to."
Hunter winked at Dave and laughed out loud. Stephanie and Dave shot sly looks between each other. Wanda felt totally embarrassed and slightly confused. Why the heck had she said that and what was going on between Dave and Stephanie. The silence was broken by Stephanie.
"Oh, Wanda be gentle with him, he's just lost the world heavyweight championship," she said with a giggle.
Hunter was laughing again, but Dave seemed slightly embarrassed. Then Stephanie continued to speak, the conversation reverting back to work.
"Wanda, there was something else I wanted to discuss with you. A few of us are going for drinks later and you're welcome to join us."
Hunter smirked as Dave's eyes lit up.
"Errm, O-K, but I need to make sure Mikhile gets home safely and there's Emily to think about too."
All of a sudden Ric, Mikhile and Emily returned, accompanied by Randy Orton. None of them looked surprised to see the little group that had gathered. For once, Emily didn't look totally bored out of her brains, in-fact she seemed slightly pleased with herself.
"Guess what? Guess what? I've met Kane and Eugene and Stacy and Trish and Edge……."
Mikhile noticed Batista was in the room and he screamed with delight and went rushing over to him.
"Oh my god, it's you! Oh, Batista you're the best ever, I love you and you should have retained the title tonight," Mikhile gushed.
Batista laughed, seeming genuinely flattered by Mikhile's attention. They chatted for a while, and Batista signed some stuff for him. Emily and Randy Orton sat whispering in the corner. Ric Flair had randomly decided to chat to Wanda even though he didn't really say much, just general chit chat like what she did for a living, but she was distracted by Hunter and Stephanie. They were whispering whilst looking between Wanda and Batista, which unnerved her a little. After about half an hour, Vince returned.
"Hello again, I hope you've all had a good night. It has been my pleasure entertaining you and I hope you enjoyed this little treat."
Vince turned his attention directly to Wanda and Flair faded over to Mikhile and Batista.
"Ms Ravenmoon, it's been a pleasure doing business with you. I'll fax you more details about post production tomorrow and I'll be sure to mention all your hard work to Mr Rodriguez."
At this, Wanda turned bright red. Vince then turned his attention to the whole group.
"Hunter, Stephanie, I'll see you on Sunday. Ric, call me about dinner. Randy, take it easy and remember what I told you. Dave, I'll speak to you tomorrow, enjoy your break. Emily, Mikhile it has been a pleasure meeting both of you.
Good night everyone." And with this he left, assumingly to go home.
With the departure of Vince, Ric too decided it was time to leave. He made his good byes before turning to speak directly with Mikhile.
"Nice to have met you, Mikhile, and remember what I told you, to be the man, you have to beat the man." Then he was gone.
There was a few minutes of silence before Mikhile spoke. He looked very tired, the days events had obviously taken it out of him.
"Wanda, I'm tired, can we go home soon?"
Wanda agreed that it was very late and they too should be leaving, so the three of them went to make their good byes. Emily barely uttered 'bye' to everyone before returning to the corner where she and Randy said goodbye.
At this point the group split up, Mikhile was saying good bye to Hunter and Batista and Stephanie pulled Wanda aside out of ear shot of the rest.
"Wanda, I'd really like it if you could join us later. There's something I wanted to ask you. There's only a few of us going, but it'll be fun and, after all your hard work, you deserve to let your hair down a little."
Wanda was a little unsure. What did Stephanie want to ask her and what would she do about Emily, who hadn't been invited? Also she felt a little uneasy at the idea of spending time with so many wrestlers, especially Batista. But her attention was overtaken by Randy--he'd just asked Hunter if it was ok if Emily joined them tonight. So that settled it in Wanda's mind. She wasn't about to stay at home, whilst Emily hung out with a group of wrestlers including Batista. Smiling, Stephanie handed Wanda a card. The card said: 'Bar Phoenix. Charles Avenue.' The bar wasn't far from the hotel where Wanda had first met Shane or from her own apartment. They then moved to join the rest of the group where Wanda said goodbye to everyone before plucking up the courage to speak to Batista.
"Dave, it was nice to have met you," she said extending her hand.
He took hold of it and agreed that it was nice to have met, holding her hand just longer than normal. Just like last time their hands had touched, Wanda thought how soft they were. Then they left, Stephanie calling to Wanda the name of the bar again and to meet in an hour and a half . As the trio headed for the car, the conversation in Hunter's room continued.
"What's happening tonight then? How come Wanda and Emily are coming?" questioned Dave looking slightly flustered.
"Oh well, I have something to ask Wanda and I though her joining us tonight would be the perfect opportunity to get to know some of the people she might be working with," replied Stephanie.
Randy added that it was only fair that he invited Emily too. Hunter made a comment that Dave shouldn't mind anyway as he'd mentioned her enough since he'd seen her on Friday. Dave admitted he found Wanda attractive, but warned everyone not to interfere as he really didn't want to get into a relationship.
"Oh Dave, stop being so silly, I know how you feel but you can't go avoiding relationships forever. Wanda seems really nice. Why don't you just see what happens?" Stephanie told him.
Dave gave her a look as if to say 'stop meddling' and the conversation of Wanda ceased. Randy Orton, however, was more than willing to make his feelings clear.
"Well I'm not gonna sit back and be a wallflower tonight. Emily is damn hot."
During the whole drive back to Mr Rodriguez's house, Wanda's head was spinning. What did Stephanie want to ask her? What was going on with Batista? From the second she'd seen him, Wanda had been attracted to him and was starting to think the feeling was mutual. She didn't really know why, but she got this feeling from the little things that had happened. The way he looked at her, him taking her hand for those few extra seconds and how he seemed to act like a shy school boy whenever she looked over. But she thought maybe it was all in her head because she wanted it to be true. Soon enough, Wanda pulled up in Mr Rodriguez's drive. Emily stayed in the car as Wanda took Mikhile inside. Mikhile went straight to bed as he'd already fallen asleep in the car and could barely make it up the stairs. Mr Rodriguez was delighted to hear his son had such a good night and, when Wanda told him about the details of her conversation with Vince, he was ecstatic.
"Wanda, you've really done me proud tonight . I couldn't be happier than if it had been Mikhile. You're an asset to the company and part of the family. I have a lot to discus with you, but that can wait until tomorrow. I'm sure you're eager to get home."
Wanda was delighted in how the day had gone and was thrilled by what Mr Rodriguez had just said. She was sure she was on her way to something big. Realizing she was meant to be meeting Stephanie in less than an hour, Wanda sped home. Although Emily spoke of nothing but Randy Orton, Wanda's mind was on Batista and she managed to work herself into a frenzy over what to wear. She didn't want to turn up in the same clothes she'd worn earlier and give off the wrong impression, but the card Stephanie had given her gave no dress code. On arriving home, Wanda jumped straight into the shower. Emily proudly hung her Orton poster on her bedroom wall, giving no concern to the time. Emily then took a shower as Wanda tried to figure out what to wear. In her bedroom, Wanda heard the answer phone bleeping, letting her know she had a new message. She hit play to hear the caller.
"Wanda, are you home? It's……"
She didn't need to hear the rest of the message to know who it was and deleted it straight away. This was the last person she wanted to hear from, never the less the message had left her shaken. Her mind was no longer on tonight but the caller and what they could have wanted. On opening her closet, Wanda was surprised not to find 'Poochie' asleep and wondered where he'd got to. Sifting through the closet, Wanda noticed the new leather skirt she'd brought on Saturday. It was cut to just above the knee and had slits on either side that went up to the thighs. She decided to wear it, teaming it with a purple lace top with its arms flared at the end. She put on a pair of fishnets and her knee high boots, and took out her opal and onyx cross and ring to wear. She styled her hair down and straight, showing off the platinum blonde streaks at the front that contrasted with the rest of her jet black hair. Wanda applied a thick layer of eye liner and plum lipgloss. She looked almost as gothic as she had in her university days. Emily entered the room, announcing she was ready. Emily was wearing the new 'Punky Fish' mini dress that she'd brought at the weekend, teamed with a lot of pink punk jewelry. Her hair was also styled down and straight, but she'd braided the pink streaks and added little silver stars at the end. They headed outside to wait for the cab to take them to Bar Phoenix, ready for the night ahead.
To be continued…