Welcome . . . Sort of
"Oh my," Lauren sighed. She had to look up to meet the eyes of HHH, Batista, and Ric Flair.
"All right Bischoff, what the hell is this about?" HHH bellowed. Lauren kept from covering her ears from HHH's loud and demanding voice.
"Well H, Ms. Lauren here is going to be your newest member of Team Evolution. She'll be starting off as your valet. Now please go on and show her the locker room you all will be sharing," Bischoff stated and went back to work. Before HHH could protest, Bischoff shooed them out of his office. Once the door was slammed in their faces, Lauren was hesitant to face her new 'family'.
"Uh, it's a pleasure to meet all of you. Like he said, I'm Lauren." Lauren held out her hand for HHH to accept, only to have it hanging in the air for what seemed like forever. Before she took back her hand, someone else held it and shook it. Lauren looked over to see it was none other then Batista.
"It's nice to meet you, Lauren," he said with a smile. Lauren could only smile back until she heard HHH's protest.
"Listen uh–Lauren is it? We really don't need a new member, or a valet. So perhaps you should go back into Bischoff's office and say you'd rather valet for someone else. Besides, when you hang with Evolution, you tend to have a lot of enemies. We wouldn't want a pretty little thing like you getting hurt," he said. Lauren looked up into HHH's eyes to see he wasn't playing around. But she would be damned before she gave up so easily. Besides, she knew if HHH was anything like he was on tv, she knew his weakness.
"Well, why would I have to worry about getting hurt, when I've got the three greatest wrestlers in the business on my side?" Lauren smiled. HHH's weren't glaring anymore, and his frown turned into a smirk. "I'll make a deal with you, Champ," she smirked looking at his title. "How about if I valet for you for about a month. If you still don't want me, I'll gladly go to Bischoff to have him put me with someone else. What do you say, Champ?" Lauren once again held out her hand for HHH to take. HHH just smirked back at her.
"I don't think that will be necessary. Come on, we've got a show to do," he said and walked off to their locker room, followed by Flair. Lauren bent down to pick up her heavy duffel bag and put it once again on her sore shoulder. As soon as she took a step, her duffel bag hurt her shoulder and fell to the floor.
"Ow. Damn shoulder," she groaned and bent down to pick up the bag. However, someone beat her to it. Lauren looked up to see Batista lifting her bag up like it was as light as air.
"I'll get that for you," he said and flung it over his shoulder.
"Thanks," Lauren said. Batista even offered her hand to get up. Surprisingly, his hand wasn't as rough as Lauren thought it would've been. He was actually quite gentle with her small hand. "Thanks again. I really appreciate it," she smiled nervously. They walked side by side towards Evolution's locker room.
"Well, you actually impressed me with how you changed H's mind like that," he smirked. Lauren just blushed and looked all around for something to keep her from having to face him. In fact, she didn't even notice him calling after her. "Lauren. Lauren, Lauren!" Batista just had to laugh as she kept walking. He walked up to her and put a hand on her shoulder. He was surprised when he heard her wince. "Oh sorry. I forgot about your shoulder," he said.
Lauren turned around rubbing her shoulder. "That's okay. Was there something you wanted?" she asked with a smile. Batista simply kept from laughing as he pointed back at the door a few feet down the hall from them. Lauren blushed madly as she saw that it read "EVOLUTION" on it. She smacked her head as it hung down in embarrassment. "Oh god. Not even two minutes I this business and already I've made an idiot out of myself," she thought to herself. Lauren walked with Batista into the locker room, and gasped. "This is Evolution's locker room?" she asked.
"Yep. Not bad huh?" Batista smirked. "We've got-" but as soon as he turned around, he found Lauren running all around the place like a child in a candy store.
"Oh my god! You've got a mini fridge? Look at these leather couches! These have got to be expensive. Don't tell me that's a big screen tv with cable!" she screamed. Before Batista could even say anything, Lauren found the game systems. "X-box? Gamecube? Playstation 2? Oh man! You guys have it made!" Lauren laughed. Batista just had to laugh as she began to hug one of the X-box controllers.
"Guess she's not all that nervous anymore," Batista thought and set her duffel bag down. By the time he looked over at her again, she was already playing Halo 2. "Wow" he thought and walked over to her. "Mind if I play?" he asked.
"I don't know, can you keep up with me?" Lauren asked without even looking at him.
"I don't know. I promise I'll try," Batista replied with a laugh. Lauren handed him a controller and watched as they both kicked butt.
"Come on you two, we've got a show to do!" Flair said as he stood in the way of the tv.
"Awwww!" Lauren whined and turned off the game system. As soon as it was turned off, she realized that she would be going out in front of an audience for the first time. In less than an hour! "Oh my god! I've got to get ready!" Lauren grabbed her bag and ran into the bathroom. Batista and Flair just looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders while they got ready themselves for the show.
About twenty-minutes later, HHH, Flair and Batista were waiting for Lauren to come out of the bathroom. As soon as the door opened, everyone gasped. Lauren stood there wondering what they were looking at. "Everything okay guys?" she asked. None of them answered her. She was wearing a red corset top, with a black skirt that had a slit down the right side. Her black boots reached up to her knees, making her look a bit taller. "Should I change?" Lauren asked.
"No!" they all called out.
"Okay, okay!" Lauren laughed. The one really looking at her was Batista. Lauren noticed and blushed. "Well, we better get out there," she laughed nervously. HHH and Flair just nodded and made their way out into the hallway. Lauren, took a minute to calm herself and stay together. "Come on, Lauren. You can do this, just don't trip, throw up or-"
"You coming?" Batista asked. Lauren looked up and simply nodded. "Let's get going then," he said and held the door for her. Lauren fell behind the others as they made their way toward the curtain. The rest of Evolution was already waiting while she caught up to them. Lauren didn't realize how badly she was shaking until a hand landed on her shoulder. "You all right?" Batista whispered in her ear. Lauren just nodded and looked ahead. "You're gonna be fine, don't worry," he said. Lauren smiled up at him and mouthed a 'thank you'. As soon as the curtain opened, Lauren took a deep breath, and put on the best smile she could muster. Of course, she didn't even have to try when she heard the cheers coming from the audience. Plus she couldn't help but overhear the King's comment when he said 'Wow, J.R.! Look at that lovely girl walking with Evolution! It's about time they got someone good looking on that team!' Lauren even blew the two announcers a kiss, and a wink.
"This isn't going to be so bad after all," Lauren thought with a smile.
A/N: Come on gimme some love! At least a review or something, lol. Whatcha guys think? Still taking suggestions for Lauren's stage name. I need that before the next chapter goes up. Please? Once again, I do not own any of the wrestlers, except Lauren. :)