Hi peoples :) Just want to (again) say thanks so much for the positive reviews, alerts, and what not. Makes me feel good that someone out there acutally likes my writing :) Sorry for the long update again, I get writer's block like crazy, so expect that to happen a bit. So here's the fourth chapter of Misunderstood!
Chapter 4
"1,2,3!" counted the referee while the final bell rung loudly on the tv screen.
"HERE IS YOUR WINNER AND NEWW WWE WOMENS CHAMPION, BETH PHOENIX!" shouted Lillian over the cheering crowd and the claps of Melina's hands as she watched the tv with excitement watching her friend trying to hold back tears and being crowned the new champion.
More importantly to her, Candice was no longer on top. As she watched Beth's interview with King with her new title and heard her choking up, she knew exactly how she felt as she thought back to the moment she won the title. She remembered how she wanted to cry the moment she heard the three count and the final bell, but had to keep her character's cocky persona up. That smile that she had on her face that night wasn't fake in the slightest bit like someone else she knew, it was real, damn real. She was smiling because she knew that she'd finally made it to where she dreamed, desired, and more importantly deserved to be..on top in the WWE. Her thoughts were interupted when she heard the door bang open with a loud boom which scared her out of her seat. She was now standing up and realized that Maria was right next to her with a square shaped box in her hand.
Her curiosity took control as she walked over to the make-up table that Maria was standing over to see a cake with "Congratulations Beth" on it. She should've known that that's what it was, Maria was always the type to celebrate these types of moments. She chuckled as she thought back to the time that she'd walked into the locker room after she'd won the title. Almost right when she twisted the doorknob, the lights turned on and every single diva on the RAW roster was right in front of her shouting her name in celebration. She chuckled even louder thinking of Maria spraying silly string all over her hair, which had her pissed off at first, but then realized that Maria never really meant any true harm. Speaking of Maria, Melina was so lost in her thoughts (yet again) that she didn't even notice that she was laughing with her as if she'd known what she had been thinking about.
" So, what's got you in such a good mood?" Maria asked still chuckling a tiny bit.
" Oh, nothing, just thinking back at that surprise that you and Vic planned for me after I won the title." Melina said with a smile on her face.
" Oh yeah, and all the silly string all over the place afterwards." Maria said making Melina laugh at the sight of all the divas covered in silly string laughing their asses off with and not at each other for once.
" So, did you get the string this time?"
" Nope, something even better." Maria said grabbing a plastic Farmer Jack's bag off the floor and pulling out multiple cans of whipped cream with a sort of devious smile on her face that made Melina start laughing yet again.
" Haha, nice. Hope that Vince doesn't walk in, he'll probably end up having a stroke or something," Melina joked making Maria laugh yet again. She started to notice that Maria is easily ammused. "So what are you gonna do? Have one of these everytime the title changes?" Melina asked, not meaning for it to sound as mean as it ended up sounding.
" Well, yeah, why not? I was thinking that we all work with each other, so these small things can bring us closer together. Without all the drama, ya know?"
" Uh..yeah." Melina said realizing just now how this drama between her and Candice must've been affecting Maria.
Maria was like the peace maker of all the divas in the WWE so she always tried her best to make sure that everyone was cool with one another. So with all the drama going on with Melina and Candice , she must've been quite frustrated with the whole thing...everyobody must've been. Melina was gonna try to comfort Maria a little noticing that she looked a little sad, but she heard the door open yet again and saw Jillian run into the locker room as sneaky as possible and shut the door behind her as quietly as possible.
" Okay guys, Beth is near the back right now." said Jillian as lightly as she could, which confused Melina because she knew that most likely Beth had no clue of what was going on (especially since she didn't even know herself.)
" Okay, well is Candice coming?" Maria asked in the same quiet voice as Jillian.
" I don't know, if so, I told her about it and she said she'd try her best to come."
While Maria and Jillian kept whispering, Melina got lost in her own thoughts again thinking that this little surprise was probably gonna be more akward than the last, when Candice won the title. By the time Melina had gotten to the locker room on that one, everyone had already started the congratulations, and everything else. But knowing what had really happened, Melina didn't stay, which kind of upset Maria, and another diva that she'd also not really gotten along with...Mickie James. She never really knew what it was, but she never really clicked with Mickie, even when they were fueding for the womens title, which caused everyone to believe that the fued was beyond just a storyline, but Mickie never really got under her skin like Candice did. She actually had a few cool moments with Mickie, but like she'd previously though, they just never really had that friendly, buddy-buddy relationship that Mickie had with the other divas.
Melina actually didn't have a clue what it was about her that the other divas never really liked about her. Sure, she knew that she had an attitude that turned people off, but it was never like she intentionally went around just being mean to people 24/7. She started to think back at the time when she first came to the WWE and all she really wanted to do was improve her in-ring skills and make cool with everyone, big mistake on her part. It seemed like whenever she tried to be nice, people would just blow her off, so she just tried ignoring the people who obviously didn't want to be bothered with her, which somehow got interperated into bitchiness to some people. She also couldn't help but think of some of the looks that some of the executives, superstars, and backstage workers gave her, like they were disgusted with her or something, and in her mind, she hadn't even done anything but try to be nice. But Melina tried not to think about or even care about it that much, all she wanted to do was get back the womens title and have the best career possible, it even made her smile sometimes thinking about that day that she gets inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as one of the greatest and hardworking divas of all time.
So lost in thought (yet again), Melina hadn't even realized that Mickie James had just walked into the door with a cup of coffee in her hand and with her sight toward the ground. Good thing she hadn't been in thought that much longer because her and Mickie would've definently had some sort of collison considering that when Mickie was walking past Melina, she was paying no attention. But when she had realized that she almost bumped into Melina, she turned around and looked up from her phone that Melina guessed she was texting Kenny (her fiance) on.
"Oh, my bad, I wasn't paying attention for a sec there." Mickie apologized to Melina while Melina just smiled.
"I see...and it's not problem." Melina said with her sweetest smile on.
It seemed like Mickie was gonna say something else to her, but on that note, they heard the door knob open slightly and with gold being the first thing the divas saw, everyone silently crept into position. Beth clicked on the lights, opened the door all the way and jumped a tiny bit when she heard all of the divas shout "Congratulations" at the top of their lungs.
"Oh my god, thanks you guys!" Beth said laughing as Maria came out of the back with the cake in her hands.
Beth started to laugh happily now while hugging everyone down the row. "Thank you guys so much..I honestly wasn't expecting this."
"No problem, we love you Beth." said Maria with a cheerful smile.
"Aww, thanks Ria." Beth said opening her arms for a group hug with all of the divas, which weirdly to everyone, felt quite good to be close for once.
Twenty minutes later, while everyone else was socializing and all that, Melina was in the corner with her iPod listening to "Just a Dream" by Carrie Underwood thinking of John at the same time, which made her grip on the WWE magazine that she had been reading tighten. While listening to the song, she felt the couch sink in a little bit, looked over, and noticed that Beth was right next to her (oddly with one of her headphones in her ear.)
"Good song choice, love this girl," Beth said smiling at Melina, who didn't return the favor. "okay, what's wrong now?" Beth asked with a serious but concerned look on her face.
"Nothing, nothing, just thinking about something." Melina said going back to her magazine, which was ripped out of her hands almost the instant that she started reading again. She looked at Beth who now had an even more serious, but playful look on her face.
"Elaborate for me...please." Beth said putting on a fake smile that made Melina laugh on the inside.
Melina sighed knowing that she definently wasn't going to get out of this one. "Okay, okay, fine. I was thinking of John."
"CENA?!" Beth asked surprised and not realizing how loud she was until she saw Jillian look back at her with a weird look.
"No num nuts, the other one." Melina said jokingly smacking Beth on the head.
"Oh, him. How's he been lately, you barely ever talk about him anymore."
"Well, would you be open to talk about a guy you thought you loved if he dumped you?" Melina said with a sort of sad tone in her voice, an almost depressed tone.
"Aw sweety, I'm sorry, what happened?" Beth asked scooting closer to Melina.
"He said I was too 'agressive and jealous' douchebag." Melina answered rolling her eyes.
"Oh that ass. He'd have to be either really stupid or gay to dump you because of that stupid ass reason. I'd personally go for both, what do you think?" Beth asked jokingly, but Melina wasn't laughing for once. Beth could tell she was really sad about the whole thing. Right when she thought she had nothing else left to say, she'd thought of something "Hey, I just thought of the perfect plan!"
"Plan? Are you serious?" Melina asked resting her head in her hand.
"Yeah, just listen. Okay, you know how my husband worked on that football movie a couple of years ago?"
"Umm, yeah, what was it...Friday Night Lights?"
"Yeah, yeah. Well, there's this guy..."
"Beth, I am not going on a blind date." Melina said before she could even finish.
"Oh come on! You need to get over John already. From what I see, he's been nothing but a douche and a cheater to you the whole relationship."
"Well, it wasn't the WHOLE relationship. Plus for, one, it just happened so I'm not about to look like a slut or that I cheated on him too, and two, I am not trying to think of men right now. My only thoughts are work and getting to be womens champion again." Melina said ready to leave, but Beth pushed her back down very easily.
"Come on, now you're starting to sound like me. Look, you're a hot girl, you just need some action, that's why this would be good for you."
"Okay damn, now it sounds like you're trying to get me to be a hooker or something." Melina said laughing a little bit.
"Well, even if I'm a retired pimp, you should still get back in the dating scene. Come on, I know this really good guy for you who played in the movie." Beth said with a sing songy voice and a sort of convincing smile on her face.
"So, he's famous?" Melina asking more interested.
"Well, you could say that, why's it important? He's interested in you, just go with it."
"It's actually not, I was just wondering considering I haven't seen the movie," said Melina while Beth still had that hoping smile on her face. "Wait, you didn't tell me that he's interested in me, how does he even know me?" asked Melina sort of freaked out.
"The same way everyone outside of WWE knows you, being a diva!" Beth said making Melina feel stupid.
"Oh yeah, and I prefer the term female wrestler by the way." Melina said trying not to think of the term 'diva' which she hated.
"Yeah, me too, but anyways, will you do it?" Beth asked anxiously.
Melina sighed and hated to say what she was about to say, but she didn't want to just diss a guy who was interested in her, even if she wasn't ready to date. "Fine, I'll do it, on one condition!" Melina said putting her finger up.
"Okay, what?"
"Just let me meet the guy and show me that he's not some fat ass who just eats and masturbates to my bikini pictures on the internet."
Beth started laughing very hard but she nodded her head agreeing to the deal. "Damn Mel, you are mean."
"Well trust me, if you've had some of the dates I've had, you'd be thinking or saying the exact same thing."
Beth laughed at that comment wondering what kind of dates Melina had been on, but got back into the conversation. "Interesting Mel, but yeah, you can meet him, no problem. Actually, I think he's gonna be around the same area as us next week."
"Really? Wow, what a small world we live in..." Melina said now regretting that she had just agreed to this thing. She was never really one to go through with this thing, so only the future could tell what was going to happen.
Well guys and gals, that's Chapter 4. I know, it's probably not that good, but hey, I gave you a hint :) BTW, sorry it takes me so long to update, I get writer's block badly. I was actually gonna put Melina with Carlito, but then I saw the cornrow's that he has now and was like "never mind" lol. And I would do Cena and Orton, but everybody's doing them, so I'm trying to go a bit out of the box. I'll try to think of more ideas for the fanfic, so don't be surprised if it changes around. Anyways (before I give away the whole fanfic, lol) review honestly, do whatever, and I appreciate all the alerts, ect, thank you :)
