Chapter 1
I can't believe this is finally happening! I thought, trying to calm the butterflies in my stomach. I was walking into Crown Center Arena in Fayetteville, North Carolina. It was basically a stone's throw from my hometown of Cameron. Tonight was my debut in the WWF. I probably would have been 100 times more nervous, if I hadn't been walking in with Jeff and Matt on either side of me, providing me with my usual comfort zone. Jeff put his arm around my waist.
"You scared, Kitten?" I'd always loved his pet name for me, though I couldn't for the life of me remember why he started calling me that.
"Scared? No. Nervous? Hell yes." I replied, glancing up at him.
"Don't worry, Delia. Jeff and I will be with you the whole time." Matt said, putting an arm around my shoulders. The butterflies were immediately forgotten. The three of us had always been close. Jeff had graduated with my older brother, Jimi, who was his best friend. Jeff had always been one of the few constants in my life, as well as Matt. Of course, Jeff and I had also dated on and off for a while. "And the few minutes you're not with us, you'll be with Adam and Jay who love you almost as much as we do."
"I know." I smiled up at him. One of the perks of this arrangement was that I already knew most of the guys since Jeff and Matt had been working for the WWF for nearly five years now. I was going to be working with some of the biggest names in the company, which would have made most people so nervous they'd be throwing up. I, on the other hand, was only nervous about tripping over my own two feet in front of millions of people.
Adam Copeland, AKA Edge, and Jay Reso, AKA Christian, had immediately taken up a friendship with Jeff and Matt when they started, which meant by default, they became my friends too. Jay and Adam were about four years older than Jeff, six years older than me.
"Hey! What's up, guys?" I looked ahead to see Jay walking towards us with a huge smile on his face. I couldn't help but smile back. He has one of those smiles that make everyone around him smile too, whether they felt like it or not.
"Hey Jay." I said. Holy gorgeous, batman. Jay was wearing blue jeans and a plain black t-shirt that fit him so you could make out the muscles under his shirt. His hair was pulled back into a low ponytail.
"Hey Delia." He stopped when he reached us. "Can I steal you for a minute? I wanted to talk about tonight."
I felt Jeff tighten his grip around my waist, but when Matt took his arm from around my shoulders, Jeff reluctantly let go, too. Jay must have noticed because he said, "I won't have her for too long. I just wanted to run something by her."
I looked at Jeff. "I'll see you guys in a few minutes." I smiled at him as I moved towards Jay.
Jeff smiled back, and he and Matt continued on their way to the locker rooms. Jay and I hung back and sat on a nearby table.
"So how's it going, Delia? I haven't seen you in almost two weeks. You avoiding me or something?" Jay said, nudging me with his elbow.
"Oh, yeah, Jay. I'm totally avoiding you. You know I can't stand you." I replied, my voice heavy with playful sarcasm. I looked up at him to finding him giving me his crooked smile. Good GODS, I love that smile.
"Oh, I know. Trust me." His face got serious. "But really, I did want to run an idea by you."
"What's up?"
And Jay began to tell me the idea that would probably change my life forever.