A/N: I only own Iris. Thank you Morwen12 for the review. I think you may be the only person reading the story. J I am only continuing on reviews now. I hope you enjoy the story. Enjoy!
We arrived at the arena. John went in and began to limber up. I sat down and was talking to Ric, Vince, and Stephanie. Randy and Dave were in the ring sparring. All wrestlers were doing this. The public could come in and watch after buying tickets. I was staying away from the guys. The guys kept sparring. Paul had asked Vince to spar with me and I was unaware of it. Paul was in the ring. I was waiting to see who he would choose. The arena was filling up.
"Iris!" he yelled. I looked at him.
"Son of a bitch!" I said.
"Come on!" he said. He took the mic and told the people who I was. I was a new and upcoming wrestler. The rest of the guys were telling me to get up there.
"Iris!" I heard someone say. It was Stacy and Lita.
"You don't have to do this." Lita said.
"Lemme give it a try. Just tell John to come to the ring, please." I told them.
"Ok, be careful." Stacy said. I walked up to the ring and got in. John came down the ramp with Randy and Dave. They were all in shock. I stood there.
"Ready?" he asked me.
"Only in the traditional way." I said. He nodded. I am a black belt in karate, took kickboxing, and Paul and Stephanie had trained me in their free time. He smiled and nodded. We began to spar. I was doing fine. Paul caught me across the chest and then once where I already had a slight black eye. I caught him in the mouth and the nose. We were going at it when I caught him in a sleeper hold. I held it. I looked at the apron and saw Stephanie standing there with the salts. Paul passed out. I grabbed the salts and put them under the nose. He shot up and looked at me pissed. He got up and smiled at me.
"You will do good." he said. I laughed and he gave me a hug. I hugged him back. Everyone was cheering. John was standing on the floor next to the steps. I came down them and he pulled me into a hug. I was laughing. Vince came up.
"You are our news diva!" he said. I shot him a look.
"Come on, lets talk about it." he said. We sat on the ramp and we talked. He told me that if I accepted the diva position in two months I could be gm and not wrestle. I agreed if I got to pick my outfits and storylines. He agreed. I was sitting there waiting for the contract when I saw John get in the ring. He blew me a kiss and got ready to spar with Y2J. I was sitting there when the intern gave me the contract. I was sitting with Vince looking over it. I came to the relationship clause.
"What is this?" I asked him.
"Oh, that just states if the company thinks that if your relationship with another wrestler is causing problems in the locker room, with other wrestlers, or with the shows you will be asked to cut your relationship with them and keep it as a work relationship only." he said.
"You want me to sign this?" I asked a little unsure.
"Yes and the relationship clause doesn't usually come into play. You and John are not going to be asked to break up as soon as you sign it. I don't always listen to Paul." he said laughing. I smiled and signed it. I went and sat in between Dave and Paul. I felt so small.
"Good practice." Paul said.
"Where'd you learn that?" Dave asked.
"Him. I am also a black belt." I told Dave. Shawn walked by.
"Iris, you know if you want to get anywhere in the business you need better looking bodyguards." he said laughing. I laughed.
"I don't see anyone better looking around here." Paul said.
"Whatever, just remember you got beat by a girl." Shawn said laughing harder. Dave was laughing. I wasn't paying attention. John was still sparing and he didn't look right. Chris was really beating on him. I saw that he was holding his back and a large bruise had formed. Chris hit him with a drop kick and John fell to the mat. He was knocked out. Chris froze. I jumped in the ring followed by Randy.
"John?" I asked. He was non-responsive.
"Medics!" Randy yelled. They came running. Dave pulled me out of the way. I was worried about John. Dave was holding me back. The medics took John immediately to the hospital.
"Come on." Dave said.
Dave, Randy, Paul, Stephanie, and I all got in the Suburban. Dave drove us to the hospital. Stephanie was calling people. Paul was helping to navigate and Randy was comforting me. We arrived at the hospital and checked with the nurse. We had to wait. I couldn't sit still. I got up and walked outside. Dave got up and walked out after me.
"Iris?" he asked me. I just looked at him. He pulled me into a hug. I was on the very of crying, but my nerves would not let me.
"He will be fine. Do not worry about it." Dave said comforting me.
"I know, but last night wasn't a good night and not this." I told him.
"What happened last night?" Dave asked me.
"Paul and he got into it. I was getting John off Paul before they got in trouble for fighting. I went to pull John off and he accidentally hit me." I told him.
"Oh… Well, now you have some good bruises to match." Dave said smiling at me.
"Do I?" I asked.
"Yeah, you have a nice black eye and busted lip." he said. I shrugged.
"Are you a diva now?" he asked me. I nodded.
"Congrats. I will talk you out for a drink when we get a chance." he said. I smiled and gave him a hug. Stephanie came running out.
"Come on, Iris, he is asking for you." she said. I went in and went into his room. He was sitting on the side of the bed.
"Baby?" I asked. He looked at me. He had a busted lip.
"Hey, I didn't know where you were." he said.
"Outside. I didn't want to sit and wait. What is going on?" I asked him.
"I have a concussion. I can leave after they give me some pain killers to take." he told me. I waited with him until the nurse had him sign something.
We left and went back to the hotel. Randy and I helped John to his room. I stayed with John. We were watching a movie when I noticed he was asleep. I smiled and moved some of his hair. I felt a slight knot on his head. I felt bad for him. I was watching him when I heard a knock on the door. I answered it. Stephanie was on the other side.
"Hey." she said and gave me a hug. She had Stacy and Christy with her.
"Is he ok?" Christy asked.
"Yeah, he is asleep." I told them.
"Do you want to go shopping with us tomorrow before we have the show?" Stacy asked me.
"Yeah, what time?" I asked them.
"At 10 am." Stephanie said.
"Sure." I said yawning.
"Alright, we will see ya tomorrow. Call if you need help with him." Christy said.
"Thanks see ya." I said as I walked in the room. John was sprawled out on the bed. I laid down next to him. He immediately wrapped him arms around me. I slept peacefully until the next morning.