Hello there! I'm so sorry I haven't updated earlier! My high school grad is in 2 days, and I leave for my trip to London & Paris on July 2nd, so I've had a lot going on. I'm hoping I'll be able to update this fanfiction and my other unfinished fanfictions in the very near future! :)
To avoid any confusion, the large part written in italics is the segment that appears on Raw. I even used their ring names to make it feel even more real! I thought it was a smart idea. ;D
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Anyways, please read & enjoy! :D
Starting Over
Chapter Five
Natalie knocked on the hotel door louder than she normally did. She took a step back and lightly tapped her foot on the brown carpeted floor. She soon heard a person walking up towards the door, pause for a moment, and open the door.
"Hey, Ellie."
"Hey, Nattie. Come on in," replied Ellie with a smile.
Natalie entered the other woman's hotel room before Ellie shut the door behind her. Natalie took a seat on the white unmade queen sized bed, while Ellie sat on a black office chair.
"So," said Natalie after a moment of silence, "I heard you hung out with Oscar last night."
Ellie nodded. "It's true," she replied. "We got to know each other a little bit, then we watched an old episode of NCIS 'cause there was nothing else to do." She laughed a little bit in an attempt to cut the tension that was slowly building in the room.
"Look," said Natalie point blank, "I'm just gonna cut to the chase. I talked to Oscar a while ago. I don't know what the hell you two talk about, but he's seriously taken quite a liking to you."
"I'm telling you, we haven't talked about the divorce," said Ellie kindly.
"Well then what the hell is going on?" asked Natalie. She was getting frustrated because she felt that this conversation was getting nowhere.
Ellie sighed. "We just have long conversations about… anything. Life, politics, wrestling; nothing's off limits… well, except for the divorce. I have nothing to hide," she said, knowing full well that she wasn't telling Natalie the whole truth. The last thing Ellie wanted to do was tell her friend the Yale horror story; it was too early in the morning.
Natalie nodded in response. "Listen," she said, "I just wanted to tell you to not lead him on. If you don't want a relationship with him, tell him. I just don't want him to have his heart broken again."
"I understand you guys are trying to protect Oscar, but I'm not really crazy about all of you guys treating me like a bad person. I understand why it's happening, but still… it's actually quite rude," said Ellie. It took everything in her to not sound rude herself.
Natalie stared at the new Diva for a moment. She felt bad for treating Ellie like a criminal, but she was truly concerned about Oscar.
"I'm sorry," she replied quietly before leaving Ellie's room.
Ellie sighed in annoyance before changing from her sweats into a grey-and-black horizontal striped asymmetrical top, black jeans, and black pumps with shimmer on them. She straightened her hair and applied some make-up before grabbing her black-and-cream tote and leaving her hotel room to explore Chicago, where WWE was this week. She was in the lobby about to leave before running into Oscar, who was talking to John. He was wearing dark blue jeans, a blue plaid shirt, and blue-and-black sneakers. The sound of high heels clicking on the lobby's light brown hardwood floor got the men's attention, and they soon both spotted Ellie.
She's beautiful, thought Oscar as an involuntary smile grew on his face.
"Hey, Ellie!" called out Celeste near the hotel's buffet.
Ellie spotted the fellow Diva and gave her a hug, which Celeste returned. Oscar frowned ever so slightly, wishing that he was talking to Ellie instead.
"You alright, man?" asked John.
Oscar snapped out of his thoughts and looked at his long-time friend and chuckled.
"I'm fine, man," he replied after collecting himself, "I was just thinking about what to do today."
"Liar," said John confidently. "C'mon, what's wrong?"
"Dude, what are you sayin'? I'm fine," replied Oscar.
John furrowed his brows until he saw Ellie and Celeste standing near the hotel's buffet, deep in conversation. He relaxed and smiled wide as the light bulb finally went off in his head.
"It has something to do with Ellie, doesn't it?" he asked while continuing to smile.
Oscar put his head down to hide the fact that he was blushing. John laughed when he realized that he was right.
"Shut up," said Oscar. "Why do you care?"
"Sorry, man," said John, "I couldn't help myself."
Oscar scowled, but he couldn't blame John- it seemed as if everyone thought that there was something going on between him and the Colombian. There clearly wasn't, but it wasn't as if anyone was going to listen to him.
Ellie entered her now clean hotel room and shut the door before kicking off her heels and laying on her bed, which was now all made. She and Celeste had spent the day shopping in Chicago and having lunch out. Celeste had bought some new CDs and movies, along with a pair of red patent leather heels. Ellie only bought a black Herve Léger bandage mini dress that stopped right above her knees. It was quite tight and sexy, but Ellie knew that she could easily turn down the sex appeal with the right clothes or accessories. Besides, she always wanted a Herve Léger dress, so it was definitely a smart purchase. She had tweeted a picture of the dress on the hanger in the dressing room, excited about her new purchase. She carefully put the dress away in the closet before sitting on the office chair to check her Twitter. She saw that many people had retweeted and favourite her tweet, along with the many replies she had received. But one reply in particular got her attention- and she recognized who it was from.
LegitEllie u look beautiful! can't w wear it on RAW!
That tweet greatly surprised Ellie. A smile slowly crept on her face as an idea formed in her head.
Sorry Nattie, but he asked for it, she thought as an idea formed in her head. She immediately grabbed her cell phone to call Stephanie McMahon.
This is gonna be fun, thought Ellie after the phone call had ended.
Raw in Chicago approached fast, which excited Ellie greatly. She didn't have a match tonight, but she had a backstage segment with Oscar and Victoria. Ellie somehow managed to contain her excitement around her co-workers and friends.
Ellie stood in a bathroom stall in the Divas' locker room, changing into the tight black dress, a white blazer, and the same heels she had worn the day she had bought the dress. She exited the stall to curl her hair and touch up her make-up before heading off to where the segment was being filmed. Oscar was all geared up for his match against Jake Hager, and he was just stretching when Ellie received her cue to appear.
"Hey, Rey!" greeted Ellie happily.
Rey looked over and saw Ellie walking towards him.
"Hey, Ellie! What's up?" he asked.
"I heard you have a match tonight against Jack Swagger, and I just wanted to wish you good luck tonight," replied Ellie.
"Thanks," was all that Rey was able to get out before the two were interrupted.
"Rey, what are you doing with this loser?" sneered a familiar voice.
Ellie rolled her eyes before turning to look at the person she had grown to loath.
"Hello, Alicia," said Ellie sharply. "Can I help you?"
"Not really," replied Alicia "but I just wanted to tell you that your win last week was nothing but a fluke. Furthermore, you pinned me with the same move that you used a while ago. Face it, Ellie- you're a boring, pathetic wannabe who'll never amount to anything!"
Ellie snickered, completely unfazed by the taller Diva.
"Well then," replied Ellie, "if you want something different, how 'bout this: next week, on Raw, it'll be you and me, in a submission match!"
Alicia glared at the smaller woman before saying anything.
"You're on," she replied stiffly.
"Good," said Ellie. "By the way, I should let you know something- I never tap, period."
Alicia shot a look before storming off in a huff. Ellie smiled in victory before turning back to Rey, who looked rather amused.
"Is something wrong?"
"You've never tapped?" he asked in disbelief.
Ellie nodded as a smirk formed on her face.
"I'm dead serious. I've never tapped, and I never will," she said. "Good luck again tonight."
"Thanks, Ellie," replied Oscar before Ellie left.
"Cut!" shouted the director. "That's perfect. Thanks, guys."
"You're welcome," replied Oscar. Nearby, Victoria and Ellie exchanged their goodbyes before Victoria left to get ready for her match tonight against Sarona Reiher. Ellie quickly went back to Oscar's side after all the cameramen and producers had left.
"How are you?" she asked genuinely.
"I'm fine," replied Oscar in a somewhat breathless fashion.
Ellie giggled. "What's wrong?"
"N-nothing," said Oscar. "You look beautiful by the way."
"Thank you, Oscar," said Ellie as that smile graced her face. That smile was something that Oscar loved to see. It was a genuine smile, laced with happiness and kindness. It always caused Oscar to smile even in his most miserable state.
"No problem, Ellie," said Oscar. "I'll see you later, alright?"
"Sure. Good luck tonight!" said Ellie.
Oscar smiled as Ellie left towards the direction of the locker rooms. He tore his eyes away, forcing his mind to curse him. His heart kept telling him that there was a connection between him and Ellie, but his head kept screaming that it was all a waste of time and that a girl like her would never be interested in someone like him- a divorced father of two. He shook his head to get all those negative thoughts out of his head so that he could focus on his match tonight.
"Ugh, you look perfect in that dress!" whined Brianna "Bri" Garcia.
Ellie laughed at the fellow Diva's comment. The two Divas- along with Nicole "Nikki" Garcia, Bri's twin- were sitting in catering, talking about the segment. The twins were more fascinated by Ellie's dress than the actual segment itself, much to Ellie's amusement.
"You're funny, Bri," said Ellie casually.
"Seriously, Ellie! You look gorgeous!" said Nikki, shocked at Ellie's humble attitude.
"What made you wear it?" asked Bri.
"Well," said Ellie, "I was on Twitter, looking at the reactions to the tweet I sent out about the dress. I scrolled through them and saw that Oscar had replied." She paused to grab her phone and showed the Divas his tweet.
"Oh my God!" gasped Nikki.
"So you decided to do what he said," added Bri.
"Yep," said Ellie, "I didn't think he would mind. Besides, he asked for it."
"True," said Bri as the twins began to laugh.
"Well, he did say afterwards that I look beautiful. So I like to think that my 'mission' was a success," said Ellie, using air quotations when necessary.
The twins laughed harder, both enjoying hanging out with the Colombian Diva.
"I think so, too," said Nikki once she and her sister finally managed to calm down.
"So what are you two gonna do?" asked Bri in all seriousness.
Ellie shrugged. "I don't know. My guess is that we'll end up hanging out in either one of our hotel rooms… something very low-key."
The twins nodded in understanding before they saw Oscar enter catering, wearing regular clothes.
"Oh, hey Oscar! We were just leaving, so she's all yours!" said an enthusiastic Nikki.
"Yep!" chimed in Bri. "See you later, Ellie!"
"Bye, twins!" called out Ellie as she tried her best to contain her laughter while the twins left catering in a rush. Oscar laughed as he took a seat across Ellie.
"They left in quite the rush," said Oscar with a chuckle.
Ellie shrugged in an exaggerate manner. "They must've gotten tired of listening to me, I guess."
Oscar laughed. "If it makes you feel better, I never get tired of listening to you."
"Well, thanks," said Ellie. "The feeling's definitely mutual."
Oscar smiled. In that moment, he realized how open he was with Ellie. He could trust her with anything, no matter what. That was the kind of person he needed to talk to about his divorce- all the feelings he had, his angers… anything. He wanted to talk about it with Ellie, but he didn't know if that would be a good idea. It would take a lot of courage, but he knew he had to do it sooner rather than later.
"Do you wanna go back to my room tonight?" he asked suddenly.
Ellie blinked in surprise, but she managed to quickly hide it. She couldn't understand why she was surprised, but that didn't matter.
"Sure," she replied.
With that, the two Latin Superstars got into Oscar's rental car- a silver Mercury Marquis- and began the drive back to the hotel.
Well, there ya go! I hope you all enjoyed it a lot.
Please review, and don't forget to stay tuned for chapter 6! :D
- Elizabeth