She's in my face as soon as Jon and I walk into the bar after the show. Renee. Propping up the bar. Clearly she's been there for a while. She smirks at me as Jon and I walk to the bar. "Ignore her" he whispers in my ear. "I love you, and I married you. We're here to have a good time..." "The good time happens later" I whisper back. He grins. "I was hoping you'd say that" he says. I smile. "Jack?" he asks. I shake my head. "Just a juice for me" I say. He nearly drops his wallet in shock. "Juice?" he finally splutters. I nod. He shrugs and gives the order to the barman while I watch Renee flirt in front of us. She's obviously trying hard to rile us and it's not working. Jon nudges me and hands me my drink. "Come on" he says. "The guys are all over here." I nod and follow him to the other side of the bar, where my view isn't blighted by the blonde Canadian who would look so much better with two black eyes. But that's just my personal opinion, of course.
"Good to see you made it Lora" Hunter says, hugging me and kissing my cheek. I smile. "Was never in doubt Hunter" I say, putting my drink on the table and sitting in a spare seat. "Your bonding parties are notorious. I'm just glad I get to experience one before my contract runs out." He winces but nods. "Still not willing to change your mind on that?" he asks. "I mean, you're having a great run as champ. You really wanna throw it away?" "I don't class it as throwing it away Hunter" I say, catching the Bella's staring at me out of the corner of my eye. "I'm just proud to be able to say I've been champ, I've wrestled with some of the best female talent in the business and it's been an honour. But when my contract is up, I fully intend to retire and settle down into married life with my husband, properly, being the good stay at home wife with the kids." Hunter nods. "I respect your decision Lora" he says quietly. "Doesn't mean I won't try and change your mind in the next few months though!" Nikki laughs. "If anyone can change her mind it's you Hunter" she says. "Good luck though, she's one stubborn diva!" Hunter nods, smiling at me. "That she is, Nikki" he says, winking.
A few hours later, and Jon is at the bar. He's finally convinced me to drink with him, and I'm now impatiently awaiting the arrival of my fourth jack and coke. Big E is droning on on the karaoke, making it impossible to hear anything. I glance across and see Renee sidling closer to my husband. My hands ball into fists immediately. "Oh no you don't" Denise says softly, holding my hands and unclenching my fists. "You still have a job here. She doesn't. Don't ruin it because of her." I groan and put my hands in my lap, knowing full well she's right as usual. Denise is my personal voice of reason. Dolph walks up and kisses her on the head. "How's my favourite girl?" he asks, winking at her. "Great thanks Nicholas" I say quickly. "I'd be even better if that Canadian whore stopped sliding across the bar to get to my husband." Dolph looks over and grins. "So do something about it" he says simply. I frown. "I tried" I say. "Denise won't let me hit her." He laughs loudly as I pout. "So improvise" he says, looking slyly at the karaoke book. I smirk. "Nicholas, you're a genius" I say, picking it up quickly and flicking through it. "Perfect!" I find the song I want and run to the DJ with the book. "Oh boy" Denise groans. "What have you done now Dolph?" He shrugs. "Won the bet with Hunter" he says smirking. "He bet that Lora wouldn't sing tonight. Guess I just blew that out of the water."
I get back to the table at the same time as Jon. "Where did you disappear to?" he asks, handing me my drink and kissing me. "Putting my name down for karaoke" I say, smiling at him. He sits down quickly. "Uh, run that by me again" he says, holding on to the table. I smile, sitting on his lap and kissing him softly. "I put my name down for karaoke" I say slowly. "I'm gonna put that blonde whore in her place. I'm sick of all of her 'everyone loves me, you can't do anything about it' shit all the time Jon." He nods, kissing me. "If it stops you hitting her and losing your job then I'm all for it" he says. "Besides, I love it when you sing. You don't do it enough lately." I smile, resting my head on his shoulder. "I'll sing for you every day if it keeps you happy" I say, kissing his neck. "Oh baby" he moans. "Just being with you keeps me happy." I smile. "Glad to hear it" I whisper, kissing him.
"Ok guys and gals" the DJ says a few songs later as Lilian hands him the microphone back after giving us all a rendition of Simply The Best. "Next up, we have a little surprise for you. We have the delightful, Mrs Lora Good." I kiss Jon and stand up, glancing across at the bar and smirking when I see the scowl on Renee's face. Good. This is going to be the most fun I think I've ever had with my clothes on. I nearly trip up the steps in my hurry to get there, but I manage it in one piece and take the microphone from the DJ. He starts the music and the old butterflies come back.