"Hello" I said trying to put on my shoes and balance my cell at the same time. I finally got my shoe on and focused on the voice on the other line.
"Hey Aaron your going to go pick up your friend today aren't you?" I heard Mark's voice come over the phone. He had become very interested in Elise since I told him about her being the new stylist. I thought maybe he wanted to be hooked up with her but John told me he was with a former Nitro girl. I wondered what was up with his curiosity.
"Um yeah Mark I am, and I ask again why do you want to know about her so much?" I was kind of annoyed by his attitude but I kept it in check.
"Well see, I have this friend, on RAW, and see he's single, he's a great guy and I thought maybe we could hook them up" he said kinda slowly as if he was afraid of what I would say.
"Oh no Mark no way I tried to set her up once and it turned out bad and she had her rottweiler tear the shit out of my room, no I want no part in this". I was looking at the phone as if it were posessed.
"But if I did it would you mind?" he asked, I could hear the gears turning as we spoke.
"Nope" I said "but its your funeral if it fucks up" and I was serious too, Elise had had so many bad dates that she tended to get violent after them. I had no doubt in my mind that if it turned out badly and she found out that Mark was behind it then she would tear his balls off and use them as meat balls in a pot of spaghetti.
I hung up with Mark as John came out of the bathroom dressed in a white pair of jean shorts and a white basketball jersey. He looked so good I could have jumped him then and there. But I refrained because we didn't have the time. He sat beside me and put on his shoes as I stole kisses on his shoulder, neck, and cheek. Everytime I kissed his cheek he would get a little grin and his dimple would come out and it made him look so cute. We split up then, him going to the arena me catching a cab to the airport.
I sat at the airport bored out of my mind. Elise's flight was 20 minutes late and I had gotten there a half hour before it was supposed to be in. I flipped through a magazine I had bought and sipped on my coke. All of a sudden a pair of hands came over my eyes. I threw my magazine and coke and let out a yell. The hands slid off me and I whipped around. Elise was standing there. The coke had sprayed her and the magazine had landed on top of her head. I took in the sight and laughed hard and loud at her. I got a few stares but I didn't care, it was too funny. Elise hit me and took off the magazine, picked up her bag and walked toward the door. I followed still laughing.
When we got to the cab I told her we'd go to the hotel so she could check in and take a shower before we went to the arena. We got to the hotel and she checked in and changed and showered in record time. We were in and out in less than half an hour. We took a cab to the arena and I noticed that she became really quiet and nervous looking. I just let her be, knowing how I was on my first day.
We got inside and she stayed close to me. I lead her to John's locker room thinking that she might calm down once it was just me, her and John. I opened the door and immediately 'oh shit' went through my mind. John was in there, but so was Mark, Randy Orton, Maven, Kurt, and Luther. I cursed to myself knowing that Elise would be very uncomfortable. I quickly made up an excuse "John, baby I'm going to go show Elise around a bit I'll be back in a while" I threw my and her bags down and shot John a pointed look before I took Elise to show her where she would be working.
"Sorry about that" I said "I didn't know all of them would be in there, I thought it would just be John". I smiled at her in apology and she smiled back at me.
"It's ok, I mean I'm going to be working here I need to get used to seeing them". She kind of shocked me with these words, Randy had been in there and knowing her huge crush on him I knew that she would be uncomfortable around him like I was with John at first. Then also Mark was in there, he was wanting to set her up with that guy on RAW. Was it one of the guys in there? The only two it could have been were Randy and Maven. Hmm. I was brought out of my thoughts by Stephanie coming up to us and introducing herself to Elise.
"Hi I'm Stephanie McMahon you must be Elise" she said sticking out her hand and shaking Elise's.
"Hi Mrs. McMahon, yes I'm Elise, thank you for letting me come work here" Elise really knew how to churn out the charm when she needed to. She always had that ability. I envied it at times. Stephanie decided to show Elise around and told me to go back and spend some time with my man. She'd bring her back there when they were finished.
I rolled my chair back to John's locker room and rolled in, everyone was still in there. John introduced me to Maven and Randy and we sat around talking. They were really nice guys. Very down to earth and both had nice heads on their shoulders. I enjoyed listening to the stories from OVW that Mark, Randy and John told. They had some wild times when they were there. After a few minutes Elise came back and I introduced her to everyone. She shook their hands and smiled at them. I noticed that her hand lingered on Randy's and smiled to myself. Mark's plan must either be working or a wrench was thrown into it. The rest of the day went by as usual and John and I fell into bed that night like most always.