Disclaimer: I have returned with yet something new instead of working on finishing up some other fics. I do plan on finishing this one otherwise bad ass bitch will haunt me. She has helped give me some ideas with this so I give her some co-author credit. Ok for the real deal I own nothing but Star and the plot idea. So now on with the fic...
Star had no choice she had to run, but to where? She didn't know all she knew was she had to run. Meanwhile Raven was pulling out of the arena parking lot for the night. He had a bad day and didn't know it at the time but it was about to get worse. Raven was just pulling out when out of nowhere a woman with medium length dark brown hair, wearing a pair of jeans, red shirt, jacket and Vans, came running up to his window. "Can you help me? Please, I really some help." Star said a little winded from the running while glancing over her shoulder. He looked at her and shook his head. "No, I'm not signing anything right now."
"What?" Star gave him a look like he was crazy, "No I need help they're after me." "Who is?" asked Raven, sounding concerned now. "Um just let me go with you and I will explain everything later," replied Star while glancing over her shoulder again to make sure no one was behind her. Hoping he would just let her go with him for a little bit. "Uhhh oh ok hop in." He unlocked the passenger side, seeming skeptical that someone really had no clue who he was. "Thank you, thank you." She said, going around and getting in. He then pulled out onto the street and headed away from the arena with Pearl Jam playing on the stereo.
"So what's your name?" Raven asked, breaking the silence between them. "Uh oh," Star snapped out of the recollection of what happened over the past hour. Kind of forgetting that she was with someone at the moment. "My name's Star. Star Lopez." She answered his question while glancing out the window, not making eye contact with him. So far this young woman was pretty strange to him even though he just met her. Curiosity getting the better of him, he asked while stopping at a red light, "what're running from?" Star tensed up a little at the question, a cold shiver running down her spine before she even answered in a slight quivering tone. "My ex... he tried to rape me."
Raven cooed at her sadly and then said, "Oh I'm sorry so you really don't know who I'm?" The light turned green and they were off again. "No I don't I'm sorry but I don't get out much I had a really controlling boyfriend," replied Star as she messed with the radio to find something she wanted to hear. "Oh the name's Raven." He raised a brow when she stopped at a rap station with Twista playing. "Raven?" Star said laughing, "is that your real name?" "No my real name is Scott Levy but I like Raven better." She nodded in agreement about liking Raven better.
After a couple of more rap songs Raven changed the station to a rock station. "You hungry? Seeing as we can stop to get a bite to eat before I drop you off at home." Raven suggested, knowing he'd have to find out where she lives sometime. If her possible ex-boyfriend is there when he drops her off then he'll tell him off for her. Not seeing how much worse this day can get but needs to learn to stop doubting that. "Sure free food sounds good and I don't care where we go." Star said with a smile.
"How about we just go back to my hotel?" Raven suggested, not feel like paying. At least they get to order room service and all the food they want. "WHAT!" Star shouted, ready to deck him in the jaw for saying such a thing. Knowing full well that she just got over a huge situation with her boyfriend and was not going to go sleep with another guy. "No I mean to eat ok?" He said, giving her an apologetic expression.
"I'm not like that anymore." "What do you mean anymore?" Star asked confused with an arched brow. "I mean when I first started my career I would sleep with every ring rat that would take me... you sure your not a ring rat?" He asks while pulling into the parking lot of Comfort Inn. "Yes I don't even know what that is," replied Star with an annoyed tone. Seeing as she knew nothing about wrestling or the WWE for that matter. So how was she suppose to know these terms?
"It's not a what it's a who." "Oh ok no not a ring rat." They both then walked into the hotel and up to Raven's room. Passing a few superstars along the way but most were busy getting ready to go have some fun. Once Raven opened the door and stepped in, dropping his gym bag at the foot of the bed he's taking. Star raised a brow after hearing the shower running as she went and sat down on the other bed.
"Don't worry it's only my room mate," Raven said as he turned on the TV. Giving her the remote to find something to watch as he went and called room service. After Star found a movie on TV Raven's room mate, Tommy Dreamer, walked out of the bathroom wearing blue silk boxers. "Well you could have warned me that you were going to bring company." Tommy said, going over and digging his his bag for some pajama bottoms, which consisted of faded sweat pants.
"I'm not one of those ring rats as you people like to call them if that's what you're thinking." Star stated, proving a point to him that she knew nothing about wrestling. The shorter man held up his hands in defense. "No need to get moody." He walked over and held out his hand, which she gladly accepted in a hand shake. "Name's Tom Laughlin or Tommy Dreamer in the wrestling business and you are?"
"Star Lopez and I take it that you don't care if you're called Tom or Tommy." "Pretty much." He goes and sits on the bed next to her. "What are we watching?" Tommy asked with a raised brow. Raven shrugged and Star looked like she didn't know. "It looked good at the time I turned it on," replied Star. It happened to be the movie Intensity that was on.
It was at the part of the movie where the main character Chyna had escaped the serial killer's house, got past the vicious dogs, stole the RV and is currently figuring out which way to go before the killer came back. Knowing that this house was basically out of the middle of nowhere. Suddenly there was a knock on the door, which made Star jump and almost fall off the bed. Raven and Tommy chuckled at Star's reaction as they heard someone on the other side say room service.
"Go get the door." Raven stated to Tommy as he was laying down on his bed. "Why do I have to?" Tommy asked with a raised brow. Obviously, he thought that since Scott ordered room service that he'd be the one to go get the door. "Because you're closer," replied Raven with a smile. Taking a glance at the door then back to how they were set-up, Tommy was indeed closer.
He got up and walked over to the door. Opening it so the two guys could bring in two cart fulls of food. Tommy shook his head and just sat back down. All three of them just sat there enjoying the suspenseful movie while eating. Not much was said between the three except that Star answered Tommy's question on why she got here if she didn't know a thing about wrestling.
Both of them felt bad for her and also felt like beating the hell out of her ex-boyfriend. "Don't worry just come by the arena tomorrow, since we have another show to do, if you feel like you need to be with a group of people. We're like one huge family with this business so it will be safe." Tommy reassured her. "It's ok I'll be fine." Star said with a smile. Raven got up out of bed and stretched.
"I should take you home now since we need to get some sleep." He yawned after he said that. Seeing as this night has been just full of surprises for him. She nodded in agreement and said goodbye to Tommy as they left.
In thirty minutes he reached her house. Star sighed a relief when she didn't see any other cars in her driveway instead of her own. "Well goodnight Raven." She said getting out of the car. "Night Star." He replied back and watched her walk into her house just encase anything happened. Feeling that it was safe for her and took notice she locked the door behind her; he drove back to the Comfort Inn.
The next afternoon, Star decided to go see Raven and Tommy after she got off work to thank them. Since she forgot to do that last night but at least her ex hasn't appeared. Luckily taking the hint that she was over him and wanted nothing to with him after what he tried to do to her.
The cloudy sky above prove threatening to bring rain as Star trekked to the arena from the small coffee shop she worked at a couple of blocks away. She looked at the watch on her wrist to see that it was almost four o'clock in the afternoon. She hoped that they will be at the arena now instead of back at the hotel or out doing something. Walking umpteen miles just to find them was not her way of fun.
Finding no cars parked out in the front she decided to head around back of the massive building. Seeing the big trucks that the WWE crew used to transport the ring and other equipment there was a good sign. It was not a good sign seeing nobody around. Star sighed and made her way towards the back parking lot.
As she was about to walk in a backstage worker, or what she thought was a backstage worker stopped her. "You can't be here." The guy said. "I'm just here to see Tommy Dreamer and Raven for just a few seconds." The guy didn't look like he believed her. "Seriously I'll just be in and out." Star pleaded with the tall brunette. He still didn't budge nor look like he would let her pass. Sighing, she knew this would be hard to convince him until a familiar voice was heard from behind the stage worker.
"Max leave the poor woman alone," said Tommy with a teasing smile. "Don't want me to go telling your wife you're cheating on her now?" He added as he walked over. Star gave him a glare before smacking him hard on the arm. Max smacked him on the back of the head. "I was kidding... sheesh you two are no fun." Tommy said while rubbing the back of his head.
"Well I'm not finding that funny." Star crossed her arms over her chest to prove a point. "Tommy don't be doing anything funny with her. Otherwise I'll have to tell your wife that you've been cheating on her." Max said with a chuckle as he walked off to go make sure things were ready for tonight. Tommy only shook his head at his own saying being turned on him.
"So what did you want Star?" He asked, kind of wondering if it had anything to do with her ex. "Just to thank you for not kicking me out last night when Scott brought me to your guy's hotel room. I want to thank him as well." Star said, looking around to see if she could spot him. Only seeing other backstage workers and wrestlers walking around. Raising a brow as she saw someone with green hair walk by talking to another that seems like he could be a hippie.
Tommy followed her gaze to them. "The one in the green is Shane Helms a.k.a The Hurricane and the other guy is Rob Szatkowski. He's also known as Rob Van Dam or RVD." Star nodded as he introduced them to her. Taking notice that they were having a debate over if the Flash is faster than Quicksilver. Comic book geeks she noted. "Is Raven here?" She asked.
Tommy let out a sigh. "He took off to the nearest bar I think. I would take you but I have to talk to Shane McMahon about what's going to happen tonight. Hey Sean." A guy with medium length brown hair with a slight goatee walks over from being called. "Think you can take her to go find Raven?"
"Sure I have nothing better to do right now." Sean said with a nod. "I owe you, buddy." Tommy then took off in the direction where Shane's office is. Star followed Sean out to his rental pick-up truck. "So who are you and don't tell me you're one of Scott's stalkers?" Sean asked in a joking manner as they pulled out of the parking lot.
"No I'm not one of his stalkers and my name is Star Lopez." "Oh ok Star and I'm Sean O'Haire." This would be a quiet ride until they found the objective. Taking at least twenty minutes before finding the right bar.
"'Racks and Balls', eh? What kind of name is that? Sounds like a messed up strip joint instead of a bar or something." Sean said, parking in front of the bar as it began to sprinkle. Star just gave him an odd look as they headed inside. Seeing as it was only late afternoon there was hardly anyone there besides the handful of people. It wasn't hard to spot Scott Levy in the back corner nursing a beer.
Star had an annoyed look that made Sean stand back as she went over and sat down across from him. "What are you doing here?" Raven asked, not looking up at her. "I should be asking you the same question, Levy. Other than that all I did was want to find you and say my thanks for being there for me last night." Star was beyond annoyed so there was no way anyone could get there way with her.
"Well it was my pleasure to be there at that time otherwise something terrible might have happened to you." He said and going to take a drink but the young woman snatched the bottle out of his hand. "I don't need it seeing as I don't drink anymore."
She raised a brow at what he just said. He made no sense seeing as if he didn't drink anymore then why the fuck would he be drinking now? "Ok smart ass then tell me why you began drinking again?" The sharp tone in her voice made him face her. The expression on her face told him that she was going to get an answer out of him one way or another. 'No use hiding it,' he thought then he happened to glance over and see Sean sitting on the other side of the room. But didn't need to pay much attention to him.
Raven ran his fingers through his hair. "I got fired from not wanting to go ahead with a storyline." "It couldn't have been that bad. I take it that a storyline is like how soap operas go." Star said and he nodded in reply. "Except that I had to do something like the Kane/Lita storyline with Molly Holly. Their storyline was Kane stalking Lita and them getting married."
"What's so wrong with that? What's different about your storyline that you didn't want to do?" Star asked while keeping the bottle away from him. It was just a simple sounding storyline that was fiction and not really going to happen. Scott goes to reach across the table for the beer but Star scoots back out of reach. Sean chuckled at the pathetic sight as he waited for them to get done talking.
"Fine I'll talk." Scott said as he sat back on the chair with a scornful expression. "I'm suppose to make Molly like me but none of the attempts I'm suppose to try don't work out. So in the end I fake kidnap her and take her to one of those wedding chapels in Las Vegas. Seeing as the kidnapping and fake wedding all happen in the same night. The writers wanted me to do some stupid shit like write her poems, serenade and some other weird shit for a couple of months. Molly wasn't too enthused about it either. Except I would have gone through it if I did it my own way."
Star raised a brow at what a bunch of stupid writers they have. Even she could have made that better sounding within a reasonable given amount of time to alter it. She got up, leaving the beer sit on the table and pulled Raven out of his seat. "I heard enough besides I think I get that Molly is only a friend of yours." She dragged him outside where the rain happened to pick up while they were inside talking. Sean followed them outside not wanting to be left behind where he'll probably be partying there later tonight with fellow friends.
"What are you doing?" Sean asked Star with the same quizzical look as Raven. "You can go back to the arena," Star turns to Raven, "and you are going to stay at my place for a little while until we can get your job back." "Wait don't I get a say in this to where I will be staying?" Star just dragged him over to his rental as Sean got in his and took off. "Nope I don't want to find out that you're doing nothing for a job in a few weeks."
Raven slid into the driver's side after Star got in on the passenger's side. Both soaked from the rain, which made it so his eyes unfortunately traveled to Star's wet top. She glanced at him then smacked him across the face. "I swear I could not help it." He said, starting the ignition and pulling out of the parking lot. A nice red mark had already appeared on his cheek, which he was surprised on how hard she could hit. "Damn pervert," she zipped up her jacket, "and don't you think I'll let you slack off while I'm not at work."
On the drive from the bar to Star's house was nothing but scolding from her. Giving him rules like he was a child still and saying he couldn't have any parties with any WWE buddies of his when they're off work. Seeing as this was her good side Raven surely didn't want to get on her bad side. He reluctantly agreed with her arrangements as he pulled into the gravel driveway and both of them headed inside of her two-story brick house.
A/N: The movie part I threw in was from the movie Intensity, which the main character is named Chyna. Really good and suspenseful even though I haven't seen it in a long while... I just need to read the book sometime now.