Dean wasn't sure if this was drink 4 or 5. Maybe it's 10. Either way Dean didn't care. The number of alcohol filled cups he managed to consume in a span of 2 hours didn't worry him at all. In fact the only thing he was worrying about tonight was the red hot piece of ass in front of him, Eva Marie. The girl had gone up to him one day with the utmost confidence that Dean could only deem as sexy and courageous. Usually, Dean would have to go up to a girl, which wasn't ever much of a hassle but it was a nice change of pace to what he was usually into. He liked how Eva carried herself. Sure she had done some dumbass stuff in the past but she was really holding her own and that's something Dean liked.
She wanted redemption like everyone who's ever did anything degrading wants. And Dean could relate to that. Granted, he was deemed the psycho in the group, the lunatic, and it's a title the man wore high and proud. He knew he wasn't all there and he was sure he'd never be all there, not fully at least. But he did feel bad sometimes…so maybe he wasn't too much of a lunatic as they say. Either way, Eva was someone Dean could surprisingly find himself in. Or what he wanted to be at least; someone on a mission to better themselves.
"Dean?" She asked with a hint of a grin on her face. "Were you listening to me at all?"
"No." He answered shortly with a smooth smirk on his face. He could see her eyes slit slightly in annoyance and that all but amused him even more.
"Then what the hell were you doing?" Eva demanded to know. Her calm position changing into one more tense.
"I was thinking about you." Dean shrugged.
The red-haired Diva only looked at him with confusion on her face. "I'm right here though…"
"Yeah. You being right there made me think of you…good things." He said, leaning forward on the bar so his face was closer to hers. "I can't believe I'm going to fucking say this but, I really like you. You're something else, Red."
He watched a smile grace her exotic features. She brushed her red hair to the side, as she did often, and leaned herself closer to him. "I like you too, Dean." Eva said. The smell of alcohol on her breath hit Dean's nostrils, causing a smile to grow on his face.
"So…why not make this official?" Dean asked; his own words surprising himself. When the hell was the last time Dean wanted anything official? Maybe in middle school or something? He thought some other pair of words would escape his mouth, 'hooking up' was the words he was expecting to hear. Either way the words were out and surprisingly enough he meant them.
"Dean…" Eva leaned back causing the Ohio breed man to arch an eyebrow at her.
"Come on! We've been seeing each other for weeks. I don't usually ask for shit like this so you know I'm being serious!" He told her.
"I know. I hear you." She let out a sigh that made Dean actually worry. "I don't know…I'm trying to focus on my job. It's hard to get anywhere here and I don't want to get distracted…" She explained. Dean watched a frown work on her face and in that moment he realized he didn't like seeing her disappointed.
"Come on, you know you're going to be big." Dean rolled his eyes. "It's no big secret. You've got the look for it."
"I know all that but…I think I should be big now." Eva stressed. "I just wish there was a way…"
Dean shrugged. "More training and promo work. I also heard talking to the authority can help too but I doubt that. Hunter and Stephanie are hard asses."
"Exactly, they'll never listen to me." Eva down casted her eyes before looking back up at him, as if an amazing idea just popped into her head. "What if you talk to them for me?"
"Me?" Dean asked, pointing a thumb to himself as he raised his eyebrows.
Eva nodded. "You're part of The Shield…they'll listen to you." She tried to convince him.
He merely made a face before downing the rest of his drink. The liquor burned down his throat. He scrunched his face as he let out a noise at the feeling. He went to comment on it to Eva when he noticed she didn't seem to want to let their conversation go. Dean sighed as he ran a hand through his hair.
"I don't think they'll listen to me." Dean breathed out. "We've helped them before…or they think we helped them but that doesn't mean I have some special treatment or nothin'. Besides getting our own locker room the only thing luxurious I get from the company is those cupcakes. They're fucking delicious."
Eva rolled her eyes at him and for a split second Dean could've sworn Eva looked angry with him, but she quickly took his hands in hers and clutched them to her. "Please? I need all the help I can get."
Dean let his hands grow limp in hers as he looked between her and their hands. He knew he had to help her…she deserved it. Sure maybe she'd get crap if he helped her out but if it would move her forward then where was the harm? It also guaranteed that he'd finally get Eva the way he wanted her. He couldn't screw this thing up with Eva now; especially with what he was feeling towards the Diva. She molded well with him and he wanted to keep molding with her.
"…I'll see what I can do alright?" Dean finally spoke. Eva's face lit up as she swung her arms around him. Never good with hugs, he awkwardly hugged her back.
"I knew I could count on you, babe." She whispered in his ear before pulling back from the hug far enough where their faces were merely inches apart.
Dean smirked. "I like to get shit done, doll face." He spoke gruffly. Eva smirked herself before leaning in forward and capturing Dean's lips on hers. If helping her get more screen time means he can do more awesome shit like this? Well then call him her fucking manager!
Kaitlyn let out a soft moan as Roman's mouth grazed down her neck, leaving soft kisses and nibbles. Her hands worked their way up his SWAT vest. Fingers fumbled with the zipper as he chuckled on her neck, his breath hitting her neck and causing a shiver to go up her spine.
"Babe, we're at work." Roman said, putting his hands on her cheeks and placing his face inches away from hers.
"Never stopped us before." She spoke, lust clear in her eyes as she closed the distance and kissed him. Roman grinned in the kiss, causing Kaitlyn to do so as well. Her hands went back to the zipper, finally getting the damn thing to go down, when the locker room door swung open.
"He- Oh shit!" Seth's raspy voice filled the room.
Kaitlyn and Roman quickly pulled apart before looking over at Seth who had his eyes closed. "Crap, now I'm blinded!"
"Shut up." Kaitlyn rolled her eyes. "What do you want?" She asked with her voice snarky. Roman let out another chuckle at her anger.
"I was bored so I went looking for you guys. I should've known leaving you two alone for 5 minutes would lead to…to…this!" Seth slowly opened his eyes. "It's like walking into your parents making out."
"Well now you've ruined it." Kaitlyn crossed her arms. "So what do you want to do?"
"I was hoping you'd decide…" Seth said.
"Well, I know what I wanna do." Roman started. "But I can't really do Kaitlyn right now."
"Holy shit, okay I'm leaving!" Seth exclaimed. "I need to go bleach my brain."
"Don't leave just yet." A new voice spoke, all three pairs of eyes met the door to see Dean walk in. "I gotta talk to you guys about some stuff."
Dean closed the door behind him and walked into the middle of the room. He slowly paced around and if Kaitlyn didn't know any better she'd say he actually looked nervous about what he was going to ask. Her hazel eyes shifted to Roman who simply shrugged. A sound of Dean clearing his throat caught everyone's attention again.
"Alright, shit…okay." Dean started, standing up straighter now as he rubbed his hands together. "I'm not going to beat around the bush or some shit. How do you guys feel about adding another Diva?"
"I thought Seth and Kaitlyn were enough?" Roman asked, getting a glare from Seth.
Kaitlyn's eyebrows simply scrunched together. Who could he possibly be…oh no. Please god no. "Are you talking about Eva?" She asked.
Dean nodded. "She'll be a cool addition. Something different."
"Absolutely not!" Kaitlyn spoke sternly. "No, we don't need another girl here."
"Why? You think you won't be important anymore?" Dean asked, a smirk on his face as he tried to excuse her annoyance with jealousy.
Kaitlyn rolled her eyes as she crossed her arms. "She's bad news, Dean. I mean, she's such a high school bitch. Didn't you say you wouldn't ever work with a Bella? She's like a Bella!" Kaitlyn exclaimed, mentally apologizing to Nikki and Brie as she said this. But she knew that would get Dean to change his mind.
"She's nothing like a Bella. She's smart, for one thing." Dean pointed a finger at her.
"Smart?!" Kaitlyn laughed out. "I know you like to keep away from media or whatever, but obviously you haven't researched on your little girlfriend. She does a lot of stupid things; she might trip on the barricade or something." Kaitlyn placed a hand on Roman's arm. "No offense."
"Don't worry, babe. None taken."
"You've got some nerve." Dean said with anger in his voice. "You're no genius either, Kaitlyn."
"Hey!" Roman barked out, startling both Kaitlyn and Dean. "Choose your next words wisely, Ambrose." Roman warned.
"What? She can talk shit about my girl but the moment I say anything about yours it's a problem?" Dean yelled out, his anger getting the best of him as it usually did.
"Nah, it ain't cool for either of you to do." Roman said. "But you're calling her out like she hasn't been with us for months now. You're going to talk to her like that for some girl that wants some screen time? In fact, it sounds like she's using you man."
Dean's face instantly reddened at that, his "psycho eyes" as Seth called them, showing through as he pointed a finger at Roman. "She's not using me. No one uses Dean Ambrose."
Roman raised his arms up at Dean's harsh tone. He moved forward, cautiously choosing his next words. "All I'm saying is just keep any eye on her. You're a big shot here now and people will find any way to get to the top, now-a-days."
"Well that's not her." Dean spat out.
Seth stepped forward. He always stepped in when things got intense. He always seemed to know how to calm the two boys down, much better than Kaitlyn ever could. Maybe because, despite being immature from time to time, he really knew what he was doing. He wasn't called the architect of the Shield for nothing.
"Alright, alright, alright." He repeated, placing his arm on a wild Dean. "Listen, Dean. We get you wanting her to be her best or whatever, but we can't bring her in like this. Maybe you can, I don't know, talk to Hunter or Stephanie about it."
Dean let out a groan at that as he shook his head. "They won't listen….I tried"
"Try again." Kaitlyn shrugged.
"You're just encouraging me because you don't want her around." Dean snapped at Kaitlyn, his anger clearly not subduing anytime soon. Kaitlyn was about to snap herself, but she figured two angry people wouldn't be best.
"You're right." She nodded. "I don't want her here. Doesn't mean I don't want her to succeed. Go talk to them and try again."
Dean stared at her, his blue eyes looking much colder, as he had a little tick on his head. Something Dean picked up on was the weird ticks the more he spent in the WWE. It worried her fromm time to time but the boys seemed to be used to it. The Cincinnati native turned around slowly, lifting his hand as he made slow fists with it before exiting the room.
"…He's fucking crazy." Seth shook his head before making it over to his sports bag.
Kaitlyn simply shook her head before leaning back on the wall. "Whatever, at least we dodged that bullet…will he be mad for long?" She asked, looking between the two guys.
Roman shrugged. "You never know with Dean. We just let him get over it himself."
"So when you stop hearing the sound of shit being flipped over, that means he's over it." Seth gloved up his hands, making quick fists as he examined his gloves.
"Don't worry about it." Roman assured her. "He's not all there."
"That's why I'm worried." She muttered, looking back at the locker room door.
Eva examined her nails as she leaned one of those crates the WWE tend to have around all the time. Her nail beds were starting to look horrendous; the little mission she was on was really starting to take over her life and now her nail beds suffered from it.
A sigh escaped her lips as she let her hands fall to the side before turning around and laying her elbows on the crate. She leaned her head on the palms of her hand as she counted each tile on the wall. She hated all this waiting. She wanted to know what the hell Dean had in mind for her so she could finally start strategizing how she'd make herself the best Diva out there. She figured probably calling out the Diva's Champion would get her on top, but she couldn't for the simple fact that Katey…fuck that's not it…was a friend of Dean. So she had to play nice. She hated playing nice.
"Eva!" Dean's voice called out to her down the hall. She turned to see his angry figure nearly stomp over to her. Fuck, this can't mean good news.
"Dean! What's up?" She asked, trying to sound chipper even though she was nervous as hell.
"What's up? My teammates are dickheads, that's what's up!" Dean explained, his hands doing that weird thing Eva hated. God, how she hated it.
"What happened?" Eva asked trying to sound concerned but the only thing she cared about was whether or not he spoke to the Authority.
He let out a sigh as he ran his hand through his hair. "I asked them about adding you to the Shield and I thought they'd have my back but apparently they fucking don't."
"Wait…what?" Eva shook her head. "You were planning on putting me with you guys?"
Dean nodded. "Yeah, it'd give you the screen time you wanted and it'd put you closer to me…can't believe I fuckin' said that." Dean muttered before looking over at her. "But they got all pissy about it. Especially Kaitlyn."
Eva rolled her eyes at the mention of Kaitlyn's name. Of course. Of course she'd want to ruin Eva's chance of anything. She knew Kaitlyn didn't like her and frankly she didn't like Kaitlyn either. She was another girl Eva really couldn't understand how the hell she made it big. It's probably her big ass muscles. Eva thought to herself. Someone who looked like man and had a weird personality shouldn't be on the top of the Diva's division. Someone who was sexy and athletic should be on top and that someone was Eva.
"That bitch…" Eva said out loud by mistake, her eyes widen a bit in fear but when she didn't see Dean react a smile slowly crept on her face. For a second she actually thought Dean was useless but he hadn't reacted to her clear insult of the "Lady of The Shield" which meant only one thing.
Eva had Dean wrapped around her finger.
"I'm sorry I couldn't get it done for you." Dean apologized.
"It's okay…" Eva said, looking over at him. Despite now realizing that she had Dean wrapped tight, she still didn't have a sure way to get on top. Fuck, if it weren't for Kaitlyn. Kaitlyn and that stupid ass butterfly belt….butterfly belt. Dean didn't care for Kaitlyn anymore which meant….
"I know what to do." Eva declared with a smile, catching Dean off guard. "I'll see you around, okay? I uh, I have to get some stuff done." She leaned up and placed a kiss on a confused Dean.
She offered him one last smile before quickly walking her way to the women's locker room. The red haired Diva zoomed past wrestlers and producers as she tried to hurriedly walk past them. Eva knew exactly what she had to do, her plan crystal clear in her mind. Her plan was a bit lengthier then her original but it'd be worth it. She was hungry for the top, of course, but she wasn't going to get to the top sloppily. People often disregarded Eva as being stupid for the mistakes she's made and she had to admit that she dumbed herself down often, but she was actually much smarter than people liked to think. How else would she be here? You don't get here without being the best and for some people it was athletics but Eva got through with her brain and of course her looks but now wasn't the time to be vain.
Her hands slammed on the door as she pushed it open, and just like she thought, JoJo was sitting down on the bench as she tied up her wrestling boots. They were in Florida, where NXT is filmed, and JoJo often liked to change with the girls. The noise of the door had startled JoJo, causing the Mexican-Dominican to let out a squeaky noise of fear.
"Jesus, Eva! Warn a girl!" JoJo stressed out as she clutched her chest.
"JoJo, I have a proposition." Eva told her, looking back to make sure that the door was closed.
"A proposition?" JoJo asked as she looked behind Eva to the door as well. Eva walked closer and sat next to the younger girl, leaning in and changing her voice to a hushed tone.
"You're my friend right? Maybe even my best friend here?" Eva asked, causing JoJo to nod. "Then you'll help me with anything, right?" JoJo once again nodded.
"Good because I need you here." Eva said, checking behind her again at the door.
"Why do you keep looking over there?" JoJo asked.
Eva quickly turned her head back. "No one else can know about this."
"Okay. Now please get to it, I'm getting nervous."
"I need you to help me take down Kaitlyn and get that Divas Belt."
A/N: New chapter and new drama, yay! Hope you enjoyed this! Please review? ^.^
