A/N: Here's another chappie. I'm sorry for the long wait in between updates…especially when I should be updating Blinded By Him…I know. But I will soon! Anyways…enjoy this and review please!
(In case you're wondering…John is 27 at around this time and Shana is 18)
Chapter Five- Big Things To Come
John waited a few minutes before leaving the spot where he and Shana were. He poked his head out then began walking toward his locker room. As he was walking, he ended up running into Randy.
"Hey, man," Randy said.
"Guess what?" John said excitedly.
"What?"
"I asked Shana out and she said yes! I told you I'd get her."
Randy just rolled his eyes. "Just because she agreed to one date with you doesn't mean you "got" her. She still has to see how you really are, then lemme know if you have her."
"How I really am?" John asked Randy with a confused look as they started walking.
"Yeah…you know…not being one to commit to ANY girl?" Randy said.
John just laughed. "Can we not talk about the "C" word yet?"
Randy just laughed along with John as they headed in separate directions to get ready for the show.
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RAW had already started and Shana's match was the third one of the night. It was a tag team match with Trish and they were going against Mickie James and Victoria. Shana was very excited because she was already getting to team up with her favorite Diva in Trish Stratus. Plus she was happy because Torrie was supposed to run in and get Shana disqualified, which was going to lead to Shana beating the crap out of her. Shana had been told to go "easy" on Torrie as she wasn't exactly the most technically trained Diva on the roster. She wasn't going to hurt her but she was going to make sure her chops on Torrie were extremely stiff, to say the least.
Shana was waiting in the backstage area watching one of the monitors. John was on the screen and she was completely captivated by him. He delivered his promo flawlessly as he talked about how no one, not even Kurt Angle, who he was feuding with at the time, was going to take the WWE title from him. She smiled softly as she continued to watch him when someone came up to her.
"Yeah…if you're not smitten I can't tell." Shana turned around and saw it was Trish. She rolled her eyes.
"Shut up! I was just watching intently…you know…trying to get some pointers on how to deliver a perfect promo," Shana said trying to sound nonchalant.
"Sure you were…" Trish said as they both sat down on the floor to get one last stretch in before the match.
"So guess what?" Shana said.
"What?"
"John asked me out!"
"Are you serious? Oh my gosh Shay, that's wonderful…wait…you said yes right?"
"Of course I said yes! We're going out tomorrow night after the house show. We're going to dinner."
"Aww…that's so exciting!"
"I know, right? But don't tell anyone ok? I don't want Shelton to find out about it," Shana said as they stood up to walk to the Gorilla position.
"I take it he didn't enjoy you're makeout session with John the other night?"
"Not at all. Today he tried to tell me that I was forbidden to date John. I swear if Shelton had it his way, I would be sent to a convent for the rest of my days."
Trish laughed lightly. "No, he's just trying to look out for his little sister, that's all. I mean, he probably can't be too keen on the idea that a guy that's the same age as him trying to date his kid sis. And he doesn't want you to end up heartbroken," Trish said with concern for her young friend.
"I know, but it's not like I'm getting married to John. So what? We kissed and we're going out on a date. That does not necessarily lead to heartbreak."
"I know that, but I also know John and…" Trish didn't have a chance to finish her statement because Mickie and Victoria came up…with Torrie in tow. Shana just rolled her eyes and tried to get focused for the match.
Torrie rolled her eyes right back at Shana and then turned her attention toward Victoria.
"You know…I feel so…refreshed after last night…since John came over and well…he pretty much f-," Torrie didn't have a chance to finish when Mickie interrupted her.
"Ew Torrie! Please do not finish that sentence," Mickie said with a look of disgust on her face.
"What? Just because I'm the only one getting some around here does not mean you need to be jealous." Torrie looked at Shana when she said the last part and at that point she didn't want to hear another word.
"Please, no one is jealous. I mean, why would anyone be jealous of a slut like you?" Shana said. Torrie stepped closer to her so their faces were inches apart. She spoke softly just so the two of them could hear.
"Well obviously you are because John was with me last night. Trust me, he doesn't want you, little girl," she hissed.
Shana sent Torrie flying backwards with a hard push then got in her face again and started screaming at her. Just then, Trish and one of the trainers pulled the two women apart. Shana was fuming and stormed closer to the curtain to wait for her cue. Trish quickly went and stood next to her.
"I am gonna beat the hell out of that bitch," Shana thought as her music hit and she headed down the ramp.
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"And your winners, due to a disqualification, Mickie James and Victoria!" Lillian announced. This was Shana's cue to beat the hell out of Torrie. Shana slid out of the ring and grabbed Torrie by her hair, as she was trying to escape up the ramp.
Shana sent a series of chops to Torrie, each one making a loud "slap" noise. Then they were supposed to wrestle to the ground and Shana would leave to the back. But Shana took this as an opportunity to get some more shots in on Torrie. Shana speared Torrie to the ground and started to slap her. The crowd was going nuts in response to Shana's beat down of Torrie.
Trish and the ref were eventually able to separate the two and Trish lead Shana to the back who was dropping every curse word in the dictionary at Torrie.
Shana was backstage trying to catch her breath when Torrie came into view, being helped by Victoria and Mickie. As Torrie limped by, Shana walked up to her and got in her face, just like Torrie did to her earlier.
"Cross me again and I'll really beat the shit outta you, bitch," Shana whispered. Just as Shana backed away with a satisfied smirk on her face she heard her name called.
"Shana…I need to speak with you…now." Shana slowly turned around to see the angry face of John Laurinitus, the head of Talent Relations for the company. Shana gave a worried glance to Trish as she followed John over to his makeshift office for the night.
Trish watched nervously as her friend followed Johnny Ace out of sight. Then her mouth dropped when she saw Stephanie AND Vince McMahon follow them into the office.
"Oh shit," Trish thought. Just then Torrie came up to her.
"I hope that little bitch gets fired. Then I won't have to worry about her coming between me and John because she won't even be here!" she said with a bright smile then stomped off to her dressing room with Candice, who had come to make sure she was alright.
Trish rolled her eyes and started off towards her own dressing room when she saw Randy staring at a monitor. They were replaying the fight again and Jerry Lawler was yelling about how great it was that someone finally put Torrie in her place.
"Wow, Shana really took it to Torrie. That looked a little stiff," Randy said as he turned to face Trish.
"Yeah…that's an understatement. After that, Johnny Ace came and took her into his office with Vince and Steph."
"McMahon?"
"No Randy…Clinton," Trish replied sarcastically. Randy rolled his eyes and ignored her.
"Well, did they look mad?"
"Well Ace did…I couldn't get a read on the other two though. I just hope she doesn't get in trouble. She just got here and she's already trying to take out real-life situations via the ring….with girls who don't have the ability that she does," Trish said. She really cared about Shana like she was her little sister. Randy looked down at her with confusion.
"Real-life?"
"Yeah, Torrie came in the back talking some shit about her and John and how John doesn't want Shana. Shana flipped on her and then I guess she took it into her own hands when she got out there," Trish explained.
"Wow, so she beat her ass because of John? That's so crazy."
"Tell me about it. This girl is already head over heels for him. She won't admit it but I know she is."
Randy laughed. "Yeah…John talks about her… a lot. I think he might like her too."
"Well, if he likes her he needs to make up his mind. He can't just keep fucking Torrie while trying to talk to Shana. That's just disrespectful to her. Plus her brother would flip if he found out about them."
Randy just shook his head.
"Hey…it's up to her. She obviously knows what's up with them. She's a big girl. She can make her own decisions. John isn't doing anything she doesn't already know about."
Trish rolled her eyes. "You would defend him wouldn't you?" When Randy gave her his trademark smirk, she rolled her eyes again and started to walk away.
"See you later, Randy." Trish made a beeline towards the office where her friend was being held "captive" in a sense. She got to the door and tapped her foot while she waited. Finally, Shana came out with a stunned look on her face. Trish quickly walked up to her.
"Oh my gosh…what happened? Did they yell at you? Are they firing you…please tell me you didn't get fired? Are they suspending you? Dammit girl gimme answers!" Trish was so nervous she didn't stop talking until Shana stopped walking and grabbed her arm.
"Calm down! I'm not fired! They did yell at me and say that if I ever went off the script like that again I would be…but I'm not fired."
"Well that's a relief. What else did they say?"
"Well they want to make me a main-eventer…sooner than later."
"Really?"
"Yeah. They said I can't have a title shot yet because it would be too soon but they want to put me into a good, hot storyline. Maybe even with Evolution or something," Shana explained as they began to walk again.
"That's awesome Shana!"
"I know. That would be so cool getting to team up with Ric Flair and Batista and…" Shana's words stopped as she spotted John. He was coming towards them with a slight smirk on his face.
When he approached them he stood right in front of Shana, who crossed her arms and looked up at him.
"That was something else…out there with Torrie. You should hear her. She's pissed," John laughed. When her realized that the two girls weren't laughing, he stopped.
"Is something about that not funny?" he asked, confused. Shana glared up at him then pushed past him and headed off to her locker room.
John looked down at Trish who was equally pissed.
"What's wrong with her?" John asked. Trish turned to look at him.
"YOU are what's wrong with her. It's your fault that she got into that fight with Torrie. Because you want to try and date the girl…who is OBVIOUSLY crazy about you…and fuck that slut Torrie at the same time," Trish sneered angrily at him. She kept pointing a finger at him as she listed every reason why John was to blame for Shana's outburst and by this time she had him backed into the wall. With that, Trish stalked away from John, heading towards Shana's locker room. John ran up to Trish and grabbed her by the arm.
"Let me go and talk to her," he said.
"Why? So you can piss her off even more?"
John rolled his eyes. "No…so I can try and make her forgive me." Trish stood there, thinking about what to do.
"Fine…but if she hits you don't blame me." John headed towards Shana's locker room and when he reached her door he knocked softly. When he didn't hear her answer, he poked his head in. He listened carefully and heard the shower running. John smirked to himself.
"This should be interesting," he thought. He was just about to sit down when Shana came out of the shower area, leaving the water running. She was digging in her bag looking for something and didn't notice he was in the room. She jumped back when she saw John.
"What the hell are you doing in here!"
"I wanted to apologize…Trish told me the reason you got into a fight with Torrie was because of me," John said as he watched Shana bend back over and dig around in her gym bag. He couldn't help but admire her body. The towel she had on was tightly wrapped around her body and stopped right under her butt, which he couldn't stop looking at.
"Yeah, it had something to do with you," she said.
"Mind telling me what it was about?"
Shana sighed heavily and sat down in a chair. She gazed at John with her brown eyes for a second.
"Why did you ask me out?" she asked.
"Because I want to get to know you better and…" Shana cut John off.
"Is that really the reason? Or are you just bored with Torrie?" John got up and walked over to Shana.
"Bored with Torrie? Why would she have anything to do with us dating Shana?" John asked. Shana looked at him like he was an idiot.
"John, you're fucking her. That has a LOT to do with us dating…which as of right now isn't gonna happen."
"Shana…I'm not sleeping with…" The look Shana gave him made John stop talking. He knew he wasn't going to be able to get anything by Shana. She was a young girl but she wasn't stupid.
"She said you were John. Plus you told me you were. Look, I don't have a problem with you sleeping with Torrie…what you do is your business, but I'm not going to date you as long as you are." Shana got up and started walking back to the shower area when John ran in front of her to block her way.
"It's done," John said quickly.
Shana looked at him, confused. "What?"
"It's done…over," he said.
"What's done?"
"Me and Torrie." Shana laughed extra hard at that.
"Okay…sure." John rolled his eyes then looked down at Shana.
"I'm serious. As of right now, I will swear off Torrie Wilson if it means we still have our date."
"So I'm supposed to just say "okay" and that's the end of it?"
John shrugged his shoulders. "I was hoping that you would."
Shana rolled her eyes and prepared to walk away again when John grabbed her arm to stop her.
"John, what?"
"Shana, I really like you. I want the opportunity to get to know you and see if we can go anywhere with this and if it means that much to you, I'll leave her alone," John said. He was almost pleading with Shana to give him a chance. He didn't know why he cared so much but something about her made him willing to drop Torrie…for the time being anyways.
Shana looked into John's eyes and could tell that he was serious. He seemed to mean what he was saying and Shana didn't want to let John out of her life just yet. Plus she really wanted to go on an actual date with him and have the chance to be alone with him. The hard look on her face slowly softened then she looked down and spoke quietly.
"Alright."
"Alright as in we still have our date tomorrow?" John asked.
"Yes…stupid," Shana said and playfully punched John in the arm. John smiled then leaned down to kiss Shana. She put a hand up to his face and smirked up at him.
"Nope…not this time. You need to go back to your locker room and wash all remnants of that slut off of you first." Shana laughed as she blew him a kiss and left to go take her shower.
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