I apologize if any part of this chapter doesn't make sense, i'm feeling a little sick again. I think it makes sense but..I feel a little funky right now so who knows what state my mind is in..Read, Enjoy, & Review at will!

By the way, has anyone been to the WWE's website recently? There's a sweepstakes to win...well, here's the exact wording:

Need something sweet? How about Randy Orton's lollipop? Enter now to win the Legend Killer's signed candy stick!

So, like, is that kind of wrong or am I just a perv? Or maybe it's both...I think it's both. Regardless, I'd enter to win...I think I'm sharing too much again..I should go to sleep.

Chapter 17...

Brianna watched the first match, feeling a tiny bit of anxiety. From what she'd been told, Raquel and Andrew were supposed to come out during the beginning of the show and though she knew her sister was going to do a good job, she couldn't help but be a little nervous for her. She tried to focus on the action in the ring. Johnny Nitro and Carlito's match for the number 1 contender spot for the Intercontinental Championship had been going on for a few minutes. In the short time she'd been watching, she'd become a bit of a Carlito fan but both men were impressive. They could probably teach a few dancers she'd worked with a thing or two about agility. Unfamiliar music started to play and quite a few people in the crowd looked toward the stage. Brianna stood along with everyone else, a giddy squeak escaping her throat.

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RAW

"Who is this?" JR asked confused as the music played. Then, to everyone's surprise, Test came out onto the ramp, a gorgeous brunette at his side. "That's Test! It's been quite a while since we saw him."

"Who is that?" King asked, a little distracted by the young woman.

"I think that better question is what are they doing out here?" JR asked as they walked down the ramp. "There's a damn match going on."

"I think we're about to find out JR," King said as Test stepped up onto the ring apron. He stopped, looking back at the brunette who gave him an encouraging smile. At that, he entered the ring, the referee came toward him to admonish him and ended up catching a boot to the face.

"What the hell?" JR asked confused. Johnny Nitro ran toward him and Test delivered yet another boot, knocking the smaller man flat on his back. Carlito came up behind him, clubbing him in the back. Test turned, seemingly unaffected and the two traded blows until Test floored Carlito with a clothesline.

"My God!" JR exclaimed. "What is he doing?"

"Looks like he's cleanin' house," King said.

The brunette walked up the ring steps, smiling and clapping. Test leaned down, grabbing Johnny Nitro's hair and pulling him up. He set him up for the pump handle slam and executed the move perfectly, slamming him down onto the canvas.

"Cleaning house indeed," JR said as Test pulled Carlito up, giving him the same treatment as Nitro.

"What the hell did he do that for?" JR asked.

The brunette quickly got into the ring, smiling. Test grabbed her hand and raised it along with his own, the a strangely vicious, yet triumphant look on his face.

"I don't know," King said as the young woman hugged Test quickly before walking toward the ropes. "But she sure looks happy about it."

Test stepped over the ropes and then lifted her over, placing her down the ring apron. He jumped down and then scooped her into his arms, setting her down again. She took his hand again as they walked up the ramp. She was smiling mischievously and Test just looked..intense.

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Raquel felt like her smile was stretching from ear to ear as she and Andrew walked through the curtain. Torrie Wilson, who was waiting to go out and do the t-shirt gun wrapped her arms around her, jumping up and down. Raquel felt silly but she couldn't help but jump with her friend. She hadn't even done all that much, Andrew did all of the work, but just the fact that she was just in front of all of those people and on TV airing in millions of homes was quite a rush.

"You looked great!" Torrie exclaimed. "I got yelled at for peeking through the curtains."

Raquel laughed, not surprised.

Torrie's music began and she hugged her one last time before rushing out.

"Good job," Andrew put his arm around her. She hugged him lightly. He could get on her nerves at times but, even after their tense start, they had become pretty good friends. And they had both been looking forward to this for weeks.

They walked out through the production area into the more open backstage area where the other wrestlers and divas were milling around, having their own little conversations. Some watching the monitors, the rest engaged in various other activities. She noticed Matt, Jeff, John, and Randy standing around, talking. Randy spotted her first, waving her over. She pulled Andrew with her, joining her friends.

"Good job Rocky," John smiled.

"Rocky?" Andrew asked. "I did all the work?"

"Yeah but she looked better," Randy laughed.

"Much better," Matt added.

Raquel didn't know why but she was looking at Jeff expectantly. Waiting for him to say something..anything. Well, maybe not anything. His expression was pretty neutral at first but then the corners of his mouth turned up a little, "You looked good out there.

She was surprised. She'd been expecting, well, something else.

She smiled a little, "Thanks."

"Come on," Andrew took her hand. "We still have to go over what to say in that interview with Maria."

"Right," Raquel nodded. This was the part she really needed to be nervous about.

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½ Hour Later…

John looked up at the monitor as he pulled on his shoes. Maria had just finished the Kiss Cam and the show was coming back from commercial. The cameras were scanning the cheering crowd and then stopped on Rodrigo, Brianna, and Gia.

"Ladies and gentlemen we have a few special guests taking in the show this evening," JR said as the monitor closed up on Brianna and Rodrigo. "First we have, a very good friend of mine, somewhat of a legend in our business, Rodrigo 'Tornado' Tavares."

Rodrigo waved, smiling at the camera. He always seemed to get a kick of being announced on the show.

"And his beautiful granddaughter next to him is a star in her own right King," JR said.

Brianna smiled, blowing a kiss at the camera and waving. She made a dorky face, then put bunny ears up behind Rodrigo and John laughed, shaking his head.

"That's Brianna Kavner," King explained. "She's a choreographer and judge on Fox's So You Think You Can Dance?"

"She's a very talented young lady," JR said.

"She could teach me to dance anytime," King said.

"I don't know King," JR said. "From the looks of her attire, I think she's a pretty big John Cena fan."

John smiled proudly, even though she was only wearing the items because he'd practically put them on her.

"I'm a big fan of her," King laughed.

"Down boy," JR teased.

Trish's music began and the camera shot went to the stage. John stood up, taking his t-shirt out of his bag and pulling it on over his head.

"Hey man," Jeff walked in, a towel around his shoulders. His match was the second one of the night so he was already done.

John nodded to his friend.

"So I heard Paula and Brianna got a little tense earlier," Jeff said.

"How did you hear about that?" John laughed.

"She told Trish and Maria and you know Maria cant hold on to gossip for too long," Jeff said. "Why'd you break it up? I bet Brianna could take her."

"That's why I broke it up," John laughed. "Didn't want her getting in trouble. That girl has a temper on her."

"She does?"

"Oh yeah," John confirmed. "Hell, she got mad and stole my car once."

"She stole your car?"

John smiled, nodding.

"How did that happen?"

"We went to this party and I had to leave early because I had football practice the next morning," John began. "Bri stayed and said she'd get a ride home. And a few days later, one of the guys from the team tells me that Bri got a ride with this guy and that the rumor was that she made out with him when they got to her house."

"Nice," Jeff laughed.

"Yeah," John nodded. "So of course, genius that I was, I believed my friend. I didn't confront her right away though..A couple days later my buddy Luke, the one who told me about the rumor, was throwing a party up at his parent's lake house and me, him, Bri, and his girlfriend drove up early to get everything set up…"

Brianna parked John's car and took the keys out of the ignition, slipping the key ring over one of her fingers as she and Joanie got out of the car. John better be glad she loved him because his little puppy dog face was the only thing that could force her to go anywhere with Joanie Keller. Joanie had to be one of her least favorite people in the world and the feeling was very mutual. But the guys had asked the girls to go to the store to pick up provisions for the party so they could get some things done at the house.

"That was fun," Joanie said dryly as Brianna unlocked the trunk.

Bri rolled her eyes, taking a couple of bags and walking up the walkway toward the house. Luke was standing on the front porch.

"Hey John!" He called over his shoulder. "The girls are back!"

John walked through the doorway, taking Bri's bags as she reached the top of the stairs. He had obviously been outside working on something because he had taken his shirt off, the sweaty garment was resting over his shoulder.

"Why are you half naked?" she smirked, walking into the house behind him. "You and Luke were getting friendly while we were gone were you?"

"Nope," he shook his head, setting the bags down on the kitchen table.

"Good, 'cause if you two go off for some alone time, the only company I have is Joanie," she said, reaching up and opening one of the cabinets, pulling out a few large bowls and setting them on the table. "And you know I don't like that bitch."

She pulled a bag of chips out of one of the bags and opened it, then looked up at John. Usually he laughed when she made a comment about Joanie. He didn't like her much either. This time though, he was quiet. And he was looking at her funny…

She poured the chips into the bowl in front of her, "What's wrong?"

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John looked over his shoulder to make sure that Luke and Joanie were busy unloading the car. He didn't want them to interrupt.

"We need to talk," he said.

She looked confused, "Okay..talk about what?"

"You and Colin," John said, trying to keep his temper in control until he knew the facts. It was hard though, he trusted Bri but he trusted Luke too and he had no reason to lie.

"Colin who? " she asked, eating half of a chip.

John rolled his eyes, he hated when she played innocent when she knew he was mad.

"Colin Baker," he said.

"Who's that?" she said, looking genuinely confused.

"You let him drive you home and you didn't even know his name?" John asked, growing angrier.

"Oh that's who you're talking about?" she laughed. "I didn't think it was a big deal, Tessa and Shante both knew him and he lives in me and Shante's neighborhood. He dropped us both off."

John didn't say anything. He was waiting, giving her a chance to just tell him the truth.

"So…" she was obviously waiting for him to continue. "What about Colin?"

"I heard you two had a little fun when he dropped you off," John said.

"You better mean you think we got along well and said a polite goodbye," she crossed her arms over her chest. "Because if you think anything else happened you've clearly lost your damn mind."

"If by polite goodbye you mean you let him shove his tongue down your throat, then yeah, that's what I heard," he said, his voice getting loud.

"Excuse me?" she stared.

"How could you do that Brianna?" he asked.

"I didn't do anything," she insisted, her brow furrowed. "Where did you even hear that?"

"Luke told me," John answered.

"Luke told you," she shook her head. "And you believe him? After all the years I've known you, you believe Luke over me."

"I've known him even longer than I've known you," he pointed out.

"I don't care how long you've known him," Brianna said. "He's a fucking liar..Not to mention his girlfriend hates me with a passion..do you really think she would hesitate to make up something about me and tell her little lap dog?"

"Don't call my friend a lap dog," he pointed.

"Then maybe you should tell him not to be one," she said. "And while you're at it..maybe you should try not to be such an asshole."

As she spoke, she picked up the bowl of chips, walking toward him and pouring them over his head, dropping it on him as she walked out. John fumed, turning to follow her. She ran out the door and down the stairs.

"Brianna, where are you going?" he asked angrily.

"Home!" she turned just before she reached his car.

"You cant go home, I drove," he reminded her.

"I can do whatever I want," she argued.

She held up her hand, and the sun reflected off of something silver, hanging from her finger.

"And it's a lot easier to get home when I have these," she smiled.

John put a hand up to block the sun, his eyes going wide when he saw his keys dangling from her index finger.

"You wouldn't dare," he shook his head.

"Why not?" she smiled. "If I'm enough of a skank to cheat on you..why wouldn't I be enough of a bitch to leave you stranded?"

"Brianna, get back here and give me my keys," he ordered.

"Relax John," she said, opening the car door and getting in. She leaned out the window, "If Colin's coming..maybe he'll give you a ride home!"

"So she just left you guys there?" Jeff laughed.

John nodded, "Yup."

"So did you ever find out what happened?"

John nodded, "A friend of Joanie's told me she made the whole thing up. Then when I confronted Joanie about it at the party, she admitted it…I spent the rest of the night upstairs trying to call Bri. She wanted nothin' to do with me. Me, Luke, and Joanie ended up having to catch a ride home with the only person that had enough room in their car."

"Then what happened?" Jeff asked, intrigued.

"I borrowed my dad's car and went to see her. Her family had just moved into this new gated community in a different part of town and I was kinda scared that she'd warned the security guys not to let me in. When Brianna doesn't want to talk to you, she covers all her bases."

Jeff laughed.

"Fortunately, one of them was a friend of my dad's and let me in. But there was another gate around their house.

John pressed the button for the intercom at the gate to the Kavner mansion. He'd lucked out with the security guard at the main gate but this was going to be much harder. He pressed the button again.

"Who is it?"

John was surprised, usually there was a much more official voice on the other side of the intercom.

"Gia?" he smiled.

"Is that you John?" the young girl asked.

"Yeah, it's me," John said, looking up at the sky. Somebody up there liked him.

"Bri said you were gonna come over today," Gia said.

"Oh yeah?"'

"Yeah," came the high pitch reply. "But she said not to let you in. She's mad at you."

"I know she is," John said. "But I wanna tell her I'm sorry..You think you could let me in?"

"Wouldn't she be mad at me then?" Gia asked.

"You know she cant be mad at you," John said. It was true. No matter what her little sister did, Brianna couldn't get mad at her. "And I promise, when Bri and I make up, we'll take you out to a movie as a thank you."

"A movie?"

Gia loved when she got to hang out with them. It made her feel grown up. And since she had only been living with them for a few years, Brianna felt like she'd missed too much of her younger sister's life and always made sure to make Gia feel included. That was one of the things he loved about her. She never wanted anyone to feel like they weren't important.

"Any movie you want," John offered.

He smiled as the gates began to open. That was a promise he was gonna have to make good on ASAP. He drove around the circle drive, parking the car in front and running up to the door. Dr. Kavner had the house specially built for the family. It was probably the biggest in the neighborhood. The architecture was more modern and there were tons of windows. The house looked like it was made completely of wood and glass. It was just the kind of sophisticated, cold, uninviting feeling that Dr. Kavner liked. He rang the bell and Gia opened it, having to pull hard to open the heavy door.

"Hey kid," he mussed the younger girl's hair. "Where's your sister?"

"I don't know," Gia shrugged. "She was supposed to help me pick out an outfit. Tomorrow's my first day of school."

"That's pretty cool," John said. "I'll see if I can find her. Why don't you go watch some TV and we'll come get ya."

"Okay," Gia shrugged, walking away. John walked through the house, looking into the rooms. He stopped when he got near her father's office. The walls were all made of glass, as was his desk. Brianna was standing in front of his bookshelves, taking out books, flipping through them quickly, and then putting them back. He slowly opened the door.

"Hey," he said quietly.

She didn't respond, simply pulling out another book and shaking it out before putting it back. John sighed. She was really mad. Sure, they'd had disagreements but even before they were in a relationship, she couldn't stay angry for very long. It was strange coming into a room and not seeing her smile or having her run up and jump into his arms. He didn't like it at all.

"Gia's lookin' for you," he said, walking further into the room.

"I know," she said, pulling out another book. "I'm going up there once I'm done here."

"What exactly are you doing?" he asked, confused.

"Frank took away one of Raquel's credit cards and she asked me to steal it back…Last time he did it, he hid it in a book."

"Why isn't she doing it?" he asked.

"Because she doesn't want to get on his bad side," Brianna shrugged. "I don't really care."

John nodded. That was usually the case.

She pulled out another book and he stepped up behind her, gently taking it out of her hand and putting it back. She finally turned to face him and he could see that her eyes were red. She'd been crying. Because of him. If he could beat himself up he probably would…Well..maybe not but he felt horrible nonetheless.

She walked away, going to stand behind the desk.

"Okay I'm gonna talk," he sighed, running a hand over his hair. "And I don't want you to say anything-"

She picked up a paperweight, looking down at it and then up at him with menacing green eyes.

"Or throw anything," he added. "Until I'm done."

Her eyebrow arched, a sure sign that she was willing to listen but that he was on paper-thin ice. She turned, opening the sliding glass door. There was a pathway from the office that led through a garden and to the pool. He followed her as she walked, not once looking back at him. At one point on the path, there was a bench on either side. She sat on one, nodding for him to take the other. He sat across from her, watching as she pulled her knees up to her chest, resting her chin on them and wrapping her arms around her legs.

"You were right," he said. "Joanie made everything up and got Luke to help her spread the rumor."

He could tell she wanted to say something but she stayed quiet.

"I don't know why I believed him over you but it will never, ever happen again," he looked into her eyes. "I'm sorry Brianna."

She closed her eyes, not saying anything and he moved to sit next to her, putting his arm around her and pulling her close to him. "I was stupid..Call it temporary insanity but you have my word that it will never happen again…I trust you."

She looked up at him, a smartass look on her face, "Oh now you trust me?"

"I trust you," he kissed the tip of her nose then rested his forehead against hers. "I'm sorry for not believing you."

She kissed his lips softly, "I guess I'm sorry for stealing your car."

"You guess?" he laughed, pulling away.

"Whatever, that's the best you're gonna get," she shrugged.

"Fine," he laughed. "Can you at least tell me where it is?"

"Well," she winced, looking up at him with innocent eyes. "I'm not really sure."

"What!" he stood up, frantic.

She looked scared and apologetic for a few seconds then burst into laughter, pointing at him, "That was the best look ever..I wish I had my camera."

"You are not funny Bri-Bri," he glared.

She got up, walking back toward the house, "Call me Bri-Bri again and I wont tell you where your car is."

"You know, I already knew I liked her," Jeff laughed. "But now I'm sure we're gonna be friends. Dude..what are you still doing with Paula?"

John laughed a little but the truth was…he didn't really know the answer to that question.

Jeff was looking at him, waiting for an answer.

John sighed, sitting down and shrugging, "I'm sure there's a reason…I just..cant think of it right now."

"I'm no relationship expert but I think that's a bad sign," Jeff laughed.

"It's crazy, J," John shook his head. "Brianna's been on my mind constantly since the day I saw her at her party. And when we were talking on the phone it was like, I looked forward to her calls, I'd answer even if I was crazy busy and talk to her as long as I could. And we don't dwell on the past. In the beginning I kind of thought that was gonna happen. I thought maybe we'd spend all of our time reminiscing until we both got sick of it but we don't. We don't even really talk about old stuff. It's like, getting to know a whole new, interesting person but at the same time, she's the same girl I knew..she's still really sensitive and she's a dork, she's a workaholic just like me, and she can be such a brat but she's got this huge heart and just…I don't know. I sound like I'm writing a romance novel. Shut me up."

"I've gotta say..I've never heard you tall about Big Red like that."

John laughed a little. Paula hated when people called her that and both Jeff and Raquel did it all the time.

"You know, Paula went to kiss me today," John said. "And I turned my head. It just..didn't feel right."

"Probably because you're hung up on someone else," Jeff suggested. "Should you really be with her when you obviously want Brianna?"

"Probably not," John admitted. "But..she's with Nick. She's engaged…Why am I even thinking about it? It's not like I have a chance."

"You don't have to be with Paula just because Brianna's with somebody else," Jeff said. "And, the way I see it, you've technically got a chance until she's actually married."

John gave his friend a look.

Jeff put his hands up, "I'm just sayin'."

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Maria smiled, leaning against the wall outside the men's locker room. She happened to be walking by when she heard John talking and she'd been compelled to listen. Was John actually considering breaking up with Paula? Maria couldn't think of many things that she'd like more. She couldn't stand Paula and he wasn't right for her friend and from what she'd just heard, he was starting to see that. She should probably keep this to herself until she knew for sure that John was going to dump Paula.

Oh who am I kidding? I'm probably gonna tell the next person I see.

She heard one of the men coming toward the door and quickly started to walk away, hoping they didn't know she was there.

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Brianna sat down, her throat a little sore after cheering feverishly for Trish during her match. The blonde was now backstage and the show was in a commercial break. She was having way more fun than she thought she would. Not that she didn't think she'd enjoy it, she just didn't know how much. She looked over at Gia who seemed to be having almost as good a time.

"Having fun Gigi?" she laughed, putting an arm around her sister's shoulders.

"Yeah," Gia smiled enthusiastically. "Do you know if Brian Kendrick has a match tonight?"

Brianna raised a brow at her, "Why do you ask?"

"No reason," Gia said, looking down into her bag of popcorn.

"You're an even worse liar than me," Brianna laughed. "You have a little crush don't you?"

"I don't have a crush," Gia insisted. "I barely know him."

"Then you're attracted to him," Bri suggested.

"Kind of," Gia smiled. "He's cute."

"He does have a boyish cuteness thing happening," Brianna shrugged. "I say go for it."

"Really?" Gia asked.

"Why not?" Brianna said, stealing one of her grandfather's nachos. "What do you think papa?"

"About what?" Rodrigo asked. He had been more involved in his food than the current conversation.

"Nothing, just nod," Brianna suggested.

He nodded, then went back to the pretzel on the other side of his lap.

"Just don't tell John," Bri said.

"Why not?" Gia asked.

"Gi, I know it's been a while," Brianna smirked. "But you cant have forgotten how protective John is over you."

"That was when I was a lot younger," Gia said. "It's different now."

"I don't think he cares. You're always gonna be like a little sister to him," Brianna said. "And I don't know how kindly he'd take to one of his coworkers hitting on you."

"So then coming to dinner with him tonight would be a bad idea?" Gia winced.

"He asked you to dinner?" Brianna smiled excitedly.

"He just asked if I wanted to ride with him," Gia said. "John wouldn't make a big deal out of that, would he?"

He absolutely would," Brianna nodded.

Gia sighed, running a hand through her hair.

"But don't worry," Brianna smiled. "I'll talk to him first and make sure he doesn't."

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RAW

"Ladies and gentlemen, I'm standing here with Test and Raquel Davenport," Maria said as the show came back from commercial. The camera panned back from Maria to reveal Test and Raquel standing beside her. Test still looked a little riled but Raquel looked quite calm, a faint smirk touching her face.

"So that's her name," King said.

"Earlier tonight, the two of you interrupted our match to determine the number one contender for the Intercontinental Championship. You gave the pump handle slam to both Carlito and Johnny Nitro..That wasn't very nice."

Raquel rolled her eyes.

"Johnny and Carlito didn't do anything to you," Maria said, confused. "So..why would you do that?"

She turned the microphone toward them and Raquel swiftly took it from her.

"It's really quite simple Maria," she began to explain. "Test did what he did to make a statement."

"What kind of statement?" Maria asked.

"We want to make it clear that Test is back," she smiled. "And he's better than ever..Johnny Nitro and Carlito didn't deserve to be in that match. Test is the real number one contender. Shelton Benjamin, consider yourself warned..because this man beside me is the next Intercontinental Champion."

Test nodded, a menacing smile spreading across his face.

"Test is the future of the WWE and we are not about to let anyone stand in our way."

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"Cut," the production team member to the side gestured for the camera to stop rolling. "Great job guys."

Maria squealed, hugging her friend, "That was great!"

"Was it?" Raquel smiled anxiously.

Maria nodded, proud of her friend. She hadn't seemed nervous at all. No one would believe that was her first time on TV.

"Come on," Maria took her hand. "We gotta go find Trish."

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Trish walked into the women's dressing room, dropping her boots next to her bag. She heard a sound and looked up, immediately annoyed when she saw Paula sitting on a bench, flipping through a magazine. When she and John first started dating, Paula had claimed that she was a huge wrestling fan and yet Trish had never actually seen her pay any attention to a show. She placed her hands on her hips, unable to keep herself from glaring. Paula had never been and would never be anything close to a diva and yet whenever John wasn't around, she was camped out in the women's locker room like she belonged there. John needed to get rid of her soon before Trish did it for him. Trish walked over to the corner, turning on the monitor. Just as it came on, John's music was starting. Most of the crowd cheered, though there were definitely audible boos as John ran out onto the stage. Trish looked over at Paula, expecting a look of adoration, instead Paula just looked..bored. Trish shook her head, turning her attention back to the monitor as John walked around the ring, slapping the hands of the fans and taking his hat off, placing it on a little boy in the front row.

"Does he always do that?" Paula asked.

Trish rolled her eyes, "Not every night, no."

John stopped in front of Rodrigo and shook his hand then put an arm around him in a half hug. Then he turned to Brianna, smiling at her and taking her hand, raising it to his lips. Brianna laughed, feigning shock and fanning herself. Then, he popped the collar of her t-shirt making her laugh before sliding into the ring. Those two were entirely too cute. Trish smiled, turning to look at Paula, itching to see her reaction. Paula was now standing, her eyes practically slits as she stared at the monitor, arms folded over her chest. She turned her gaze on Trish, "What the hell are you looking at?"

Trish smiled, walking over to the other woman, "What's the matter Paula? Not enjoying the show?"

Paula rolled her eyes and walked out, brushing Trish's shoulder on her way to the door.

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