Chapter 1: Work hard

I could feel the sweat rolling off my back as I walked backstage after a match on Raw, I'd just faced Natalya in a filler match which was a match basically to kill time in the three-hour show. It sadly was the spot most Diva matches were designated to nowadays which made me sad because I wasn't just a Diva like some of the others girls I was a real female wrestler with years of experience but I'd learned hard and fast here to keep my mouth shut about stuff like this.

I'd been signed to the WWE at the tender age of 18 and was only in developmental for 3 months before they moved me up here onto the main roster as they consider me the new star of the Diva division and that had rubbed a lot of the other women the wrong way at first but thankfully many of them soon warmed to me and I've made some really close friends including Nikki, Brie and Natalya. They've helped me guide my way from naïve teenager to a woman, although they still consider me a loose cannon and a bit of a wild child that's just who I am and who I will always be.

I felt arms squeeze me from behind and "Boo!" whispered in my ear I quickly flipped round to see Brie had been the culprit, "You riding up to Sacramento with us Jess?".

"Yeah sure let me just shower or something because I am dripping in sweat" I replied as I demonstrated this by rubbing my hand down my back and onto Brie's arm and began laughing as she squealed.

"Ew gross bitch" she laughed back and swatted me away. "I'm going to find Nicole and we'll meet you back at the car". She sauntered off in the other direction but not before shouting over her shoulder "Don't take forever I'd like some sleep tonight!". I couldn't agree with her more this schedule is killing me too, we have a 6-hour drive tonight from Los Angeles to Sacramento for Smackdown tomorrow and then finally after tomorrow we will get two days off until house shows this weekend. It's rare we even get the two days with no shows off because we are either booked for media or meet and greets or some other crazy thing the WWE wants from us. I run off towards the locker room quickly shower and change into leggings and a t-shirt, grab my suitcase and run to the parking lot.

"Hey guys, hope I wasn't too long" I said as I hopped into the rental SUV, it was big and sleek and curtesy of the WWE. With long drives between towns they make sure we are as comfortable as possible and not crammed into a tiny car.

"No your good we were just having a little gossip about Eva apparently- "Nikki began to tell me her gossip when my phone began to ring loudly and a familiar name flashed up on the screen which put a smile on my face.

"Urijah!" I exclaimed into the phone as soon as I answered "What's up? I haven't heard from you in forever!". I'd met Urijah years before through one of my best friends Rhonda, he is so sweet and kind he's always acting like a big brother to me.

"Oh I know I'm sorry I've been crazy busy with everything at Team Alpha Male but I heard you'll be up here in Sac tomorrow and I wanted to see if you and some friends wanted to come to a small party in my place after Smackdown? Seeing as your 21 now you can finally have a drink with me!" he added with a laugh. It was my 21st birthday last week and I'd had a massive blowout in Vegas but sadly Urijah couldn't make it.

"Yes for sure I'll be there and I'll see who is available to come with me".

"Make sure you bring some hot girls! I need to find a woman" he laughed, I honestly don't know how he was still single he is super handsome and charming. "Okay I'll see you tomorrow Jess, bye".

"Bye" I hung up the line and looked up to see Brie and Nicole looking at me with knowing looks, they always think I'm secretly dating Urijah but I honestly don't see him that way and he definitely doesn't look at me like that. "Before you say it girls I'm going to stop you's right there" I raised my hand up "I am not dating him I swear it to you guys! I never have dated him and I never will"

They glanced at each other slyly before Brie started the car and the subject was officially dropped for the whole ride up, we chatted about boys, the other girls in the locker room and storylines the whole way up along until we eventually arrived at the hotel where we checked in and went to our separate rooms.

I ran into my room and collapsed on my bed, all I wanted to do was sleep but I knew if I didn't facetime Paige she would kill me so I pulled out my phone and facetimed her.

"Hey nugget what took you so long?" She appeared on the screen with an exaggerated frown on her face. We facetimed every single night I wasn't at home in Orlando so we knew the other was safe, it was hard with her not being on the road with me because she was still in developmental but she along with the other NXT talent will soon start travelling with the main roster so they can get a feel of the schedule before they debut up here.

"We had a six-hour drive tonight P, sorry". We chatted for about twenty minutes before I began yawning so we said our goodbyes and I got some sleep so I'd be well rested for tomorrow.

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