I opened the door to the room I was going to train in with the rest of the rookies (including my best friend, Georgia), their pros and The Miz. My pro. Nobody else was here, which made me even more nervous than I already was. (If that was even possible.) I stepped further in and saw the self proclaimed 'Chick Magnet' sat with his back to the door, in the middle of the ring. I hesitated, wondering if he noticed me, then decided to speak just in case.
"Um, hi. I'm Sarah Hall. I'm supposed to meet you here.."
My voice echoed throughout the enormous gym and he got up, heading towards the ropes.
"I know. I'm stuck here having to train you, a girl, because they ran out of Divas willing to train. You better pay attention, and you better work hard. I will not.." he jumped over the ropes and trailed off as he saw me.
"I'm sorry you got stuck with me.." I frowned. Ouch.
"Uh.. No. I'm sorry for being such a jerk. Bad mood." he smiled, coming out of some sort of trance. He kept looking at me. I smiled nervously.
"First, we gotta cover the basics, so things like punches, kicks and stuff." he recovered, turning back into a normal person. I nodded, paying close attention.
"Good. But when you swing your arm through, try to grunt."
I looked at him like he was a crazy man, until he explained that it gives your punches more effect. So I punched him again, this time letting out an "UGH" as I did so. I needed to work on that grunt.
"Better! Now, you punch me, I'll reverse it and you see if you can copy when I come at you for a punch." he grinned. I nodded, pulling my hair out my face before going for him. He grabbed my fist, twisted my arm and yanked it down, stomping his foot as he did so. Then he came at me. I did the same as him and he smirked, clapping, before nodding for me to try and punch him again. This time he moved and kicked me from behind. I turned and as he went to punch me I ducked and kicked him from the front.
"Oops." I giggled, realising I did it wrong.
"That was good. It shows you know how to react by yourself without my help." he grinned.
We high fived each other and then got a drink from our bottles on the bench. Just as we did, John Morrison and his rookie walked in. I stopped myself from staring and put my bottle down on the bench again. Miz walked back over to the mat we were working on while I adjusted my knee pads and hair. I noticed that John was talking to him. By the time I was over there, they were silent. John grinned and said "Hey" before Miz started talking.
"Uh, why don't you go over and practise what we were doing with John's rookie?"
"Okay." I smiled, skipping over to the tall, dark haired guy on the other side of the room. He smiled at me as I got closer and I returned it. When I reached him I introduced myself.
"Hi, I'm Sarah."
"Hey, it's nice to meet you. I'm Eli." he smiled, holding out his hand. I shook it.
"So what have you and the Miz been doing?" he asked.
"Punching and reversing punches."
"Oh, cool."
"So I would try to punch him and he would reverse it then he would try to punch me and I would reverse it. You wanna do that?"
"Sure. You wanna reverse first?"
"Okay." I grinned.
The Miz and Morrison watched Sarah walk away, then faced each other.
"Dude.. that's a girl."
"I know. But from what I've seen so far, she's a pretty good wrestler." Miz smirked.
"I'm jealous."
Then both men fell silent, watching the two rookies practise reversals and giggle at each other when they mess it up.
I felt a tap on my shoulder as I went to hit Eli and turned. John was grinning. I smiled in return.
"Mind if I take over? I think Miz wants you back." he chuckled, pointing at a bored looking miz. I giggled and made my way over after saying 'See ya' to Eli and John.
Miz perked up when I approached. I grinned and we started training again.
I picked up my bottle and had a long drink from it, followed by Miz. He sat on the bench and so I did the same. I'd learned a lot today.
"You did well today. I'm impressed."
"Thanks. I really want to be the best, and I know that the only way to get that is to work hard." I grinned. He grinned back.
"If you keep this up, you could find your way to #1 in the pro's poll."
"You really think so?"
"Yup. You've got tonnes of potential. Just gotta turn that into talent." he smirked. "I'll see you Friday." he finished, getting up and leaving. I watched him walk out and everyone else slowly filed out, too.
I just got complimented by the Miz. He never compliments anyone but himself.
Wow.
I smiled to myself and left.
"I wonder what my future holds."
