Finally got this update up :)
I was the first one to wake up the following morning. Lastnight the guys and I had gone out to eat and have a drink or two, which kept my mind busy. This morning, however, the thoughts of David and my whole situation with him was at the forefront of my mind. I looked over at Jon who was still asleep in his bed. I got up as quietly as I could, retrieved my toiletry bag, and made my into the bathroom, closing the door behind me. I didn't shower since we were all going to go do the gym this morning anyways, so I just washed my faced, brushed my teeth and combed my hair.
I heard a knock on the bathroom door and knew Jon was awake.
"Come in," I said. Sure enough, in came Jon, looking extremely cute with his hair all over the place and shirtless.
He had his toothbrush with him and I moved alittle to the side so he could have the sink to himself. He grabbed the toothpaste and started to brush while looking at me through the mirror. He spit and then asked me, "Have you heard anything from Stephanie or David?"
I guess I wasn't the only one who had their mind preoccupied. I shook my head no and started to walk out of the bathroom but was stopped when Jon grabbed onto my arm.
"Try not to worry about it. If they can't take care of it, we will," he said with a wink.
I gave him a small smile. "I'm just really worried about what everyone is going to say. I've gone years in this business without anyone questioning me about what my intentions are which has always been pure wrestling. Now, if the pictures get out and especially that video, I feel like my entire reputation is going ot go down the drain. I can't even think about how Oso will react. Fuck." I could feel the tears stinging my eyes and breathing starts to become difficult. I try taking deep breaths but it just seems to make it worst.
"Are you ok?" Asks Jon.
I try to tell him no, that I think I'm having a panic attack but I can't get any words out. I just shake my head no and leave the bathroom. I walk to my bed where I close my eyes and try to calm myself down. That was a bad idea because now the room is going in and out of focus. Jon appears infront of me saying something. I can see his lips moving but I can't hear what he is saying. I push him out of my way and make my way back into the bathroom where I shut and lock the door. I run the shower with pure cold water and strip my clothes before climbing in. I stand under the shower head, the cold water id helping me breathe and my vision has cleared.
I stood under the freezing water until I was sure that I was shaking from the cold and not from my nerves. I shut the water off, climbed out, and dried myself off. I put back on the clothes I had stripped off. Before opening the door, I tried to listen carefully. I couldn't hear anything and for a second I thought that Jon must have left to the gym with the guys. I unlocked the door and stepped out. I stopped in my tracks when I saw Jon sitting quietly on my bed, holding my phone in his hands.
I felt my heart beat start to accelerate again. "Did Stephanie call?"
"No, Sara called. She said all of your bed and everything showed up this morning. She told me you were going to text Paige to send your clothes and the rest of the things you had left in your apartment, which I did. I didn't say it was me or anything, just that she could send your things now and a thank you for doing it."
I know what he did was nice but it made me alittle angry. "So, what? Now you think I can't handle to do something as simple as texting someone to send me my things?"
What are you talking about?" Asked Jon. He looked around the room, "Are you seriously getting mad at me for doing you a simple favor?" He was starting to get alittle angry too.
"Exactly, a simple favor. Meaning I could have easily done it, you should have told Sara to hold on. Unless you were trying to pull off your charm on her. Moving on to the best friend? So classy."
His eyes went wide for a second before returning to normal size. When he spoke, there was a type of coldness behind his blue eyes. "You can always watch if you really want the whole show. You can even join, crowd participation is always encouraged."
Jon knew exactly what to do and what to say to feed whatever mood I was in. In this case, he was taking me from being a tad bit angry to declaring nuclear war on his ass. I bit my tongue until I tasted blood and that calmed me down a bit. I closed my eyes and took deep breaths until I felt he wasn't in harm's way. When I opened them, Jon had a shirt on and was pulling on his gym shoes. He grabbed his gym bag and before walking out the door, he turned and threw my cell phone on the bed.
He opened the door and turned to look at me with a gaze that was still cold. "Stephanie didn't call, but she did text. She said for us to meet her down at the arena right away. I'm going to the gym with the guys, and since you don't want me doing you any favors, I'm sure you can handle going down there all by yourself. Cause you're a big girl, right sweetheart?" He gave me his cocky grin before slamming the door shut.
I anger that I felt quickly drained out of me. My blood felt as if it had turned to ice and my body ached all over. I shook my head as if the nerves would fall out of me. ofcourse, they didn't. I grabbed my phone and went to my texts. Sure enough, there was the text from Stephanie. I texted back telling her I would need just a few minutes to get all my bags together. We would be heading out to San Antonio after RAW tonight so I would need to take all of my things to the arena. She texted back that was fine but to hurry it along.
I quickly went to my main suitcase and pulled on a pair of skinny jeans, a plain black shirt and grey sweater to go over it. I went into the bathroom to retrieve my toiletry bag and shoved that into my suitcase, along with the clothes I was wearing and zipped it shut. I then made sure that I had my laptop and chargers in my carry-on bag, or some would say a large backpack, that I always took onboard with me when I flew. It also had my wallet, passport, and ring gear shoved into it.
I had to grab a taxi to the area since the guys had taken the rental car. I shoved some money at the driver, not bothering to wait for my change, got my bags out of the car, and head inside. I asked a random guy wearing a head set where I could find Stephanie McMahon and after checking my WWE clearance I.D., pointed me in the direction. I knocked on a door that had a sign that read Stephanie McMahon. I knocked and opened it once I heard her say come in.
Ofcourse, Stephanie was already dressed and in full hair and makeup, while I had my hair thrown into a messy bun and no makeup. I put my bags down and took a seat where she had motioned with her hand for me to take. It was just her and I in the room. My nerves were all over the place and I just tried to not let them take over me. If I let that happen then I would most likely throw myself on the floor, curl up into a ball and cry for days.
"Jon isn't going to join us this time?" she asked.
"No, he's at the gym with the guys," I tell her.
She nods her head before continuing. "Well, alot has taken place this morning. My father was able to notify our lawyers in time and they contacted some of their affiliates in Philadelphia where they drew up the cease and desist documents. They put a rush on it and a judge signed off on it first thing this morning.
Philly PD went to his place of residence where they confiscated all his laptops, phones, ipads and any other recording devices, including those of his live-in girlfriend. The police had to restrain him and David was then arrested for trying to assault a police officer. I just got off the phone with my dad who had just gotten off the phone with the lawyers. He told me to tell you that all pictures and video, even those that were more on the innocent side, had been erased and burned. You have his word on that."
"Does this mean it's over?" I asked.
"Unless you have some other skeletons in your closet," said Stephanie playfully. "You don't do you?" She asked. This time in a much more serious tone.
"No, I swear," I told her while shaking my head and holding up my hands in a surrendering gesture.
"Alright." She paused before her face changed into one that was more understanding. "Honestly, I'm really glad this situation was contained. You did the right thing in coming to us. We all hear nothing but great feed back from everyone who has gotten to work with you. Add on top of that how well you are meshing with the guys in the shield, you will go far this company, I can almost promise you."
I let our a shaky breath. I felt as if the world had been lifted off my chest and I could breathe for the first time in days. "Thank you, so much. I don't know what would have happened had it not been for you and your father and this company. Thank you."
"Well, you are on probation now, don't forget about that," she said.
"Ofcourse," I say. She then gets up and I do the same. I gather my bags and she walks me to the door, holding it open for me.
"Now, go get ready for RAW," she says.
I gave her a small smile and headed out. I made my way around the arena to where I found a door with a sign reading The Shield. I went in and put my stuff down, changing into my workout clothes. Since I obviously didn't hit the gym with the guys today, I had to improvise here at the arena.
After I was dressed I did my usual stretching. I then walked out to the where the crew was finishing setting up for the live show tonight. I ran the stairs for thirty minutes, the same stairs that the guys and I would probably walk down as we made our entrance through the crowd. I then did fifteen minutes jumping squats, followed by another fifteen minutes of different sit-up exercises. I then made my way to catering where a grabbed a bottle of water and a bottle of Gatorade. By the time I made it outside of the arena, I had already finished both bottles.
I stretched for a few minutes and then took off running. As I ran my way around the outside of the arena, I saw CM Punk running ahead of me. When I caught up to him I gave him a nod and he did the same to me. He had his headphones on so I hadn't bothered on actually saying anything. We kept up with eachother at a pretty brisk pace. As I approached the area of the where the superstars parked with the buses and trucks that carried everything for the show, I spotted the guys walking towards the private entrance of the arena with all of their luggage with them. Seth was the one to spot me first.
"Hey, you. Don't want to work out with us anymore or what?" He asked teasingly.
I stopped infront of them, drenched in sweat and completely out of breath from running for over a half an hour.
Seth handed me his bottle of water that he was holding and I willingly took it, gulping the whole thing down. I was able to speak alittle after that. "Had to talk to Stephanie," I told him in-between breaths.
"About what?" Asked Joe who was standing infront Jon.
"She wanted to know how we were all working out," I lied. I hadn't looked at Jon but could feel his eyes on me.
"And are we all good?" Asked Joe. He looked at Jon and I this time since he was the only other person in our little group that knew about Jon and me hooking up.
"Yeah, we're good," I said. Plastering a smile that wasn't too hard to fake. I was extremely happy that the David situation was taken care of and I did love my friendships with Colby and Joe. The only dent in my armory was Jon.
"Cool. We're all gonna shower and get ready for the show," said Seth.
"I'll walk in with you guys. I've already done almost three hours of workout anyways. I'll get my bag and shower in the divas locker room," I told them.
I walked besides Seth as Joe and Jon walked behind us. Seth talked about his workout and I listened, smiling at his enthusiasm. Once we entered our locker room, I grabbed my bag and headed over to the divas locker room that was located at the end of the hall and had a security guard infront of the door. I gave him a small smile and he gave me a nod. I wasn't close to any of the Divas since I hadn't really talke dto any of them, aside from Alicia Fox. I was planning on confronting her about her saying Jon and I were together when she went down to NXT before the situation with David happened. Now, I had no intentions of it.
I walked over to the towels that were for the girls and grabbed two. The Bella twins and Natalya were the only girls there. I made my way to the showers and placed my bag just outside of the curtain. When I was done washing every part of my body and was sure the conditioner was completely out of my hair, I grabbed one of towels and wrapped it around my hair. I then got the second one and wrapped it around my body. I stepped out, grabbed my bag and walked over to the dressing section of the room. As I dried myself off, not caring who saw me since it was just the girls, I heard someone clear their throat. I pulled on my bra and underwear before turning around and seeing Nikki Bella standing against the wall.
"What's up?" I asked.
"Are you and Dean Ambrose together?" She asked.
I pulled on some sweats and a plain black shirt. "Straight shooter I see," I said as I sat down the bench to pull on my socks and shoes.
"I know it's none of my business but speaking from personal experience, it just takes one guy to ruin your reputation in the locker room."
I was alittle surprised. I thought she was asking so she was able to get some details for the rumor mill. "Well, no, we aren't together. I'm not with anyone here or at home. I know it's Alicia Fox who had said some things down in NXT, I'm not mad about it. I'm also business when I was fourteen. You can pass that along to her for me, if you don't mind," I said while grabbing my bags and heading out of the locker room.
Before I could leave, Nikki placed her hand on my arm stopping me. "Becareful who you let your guard down with. I know you've wrestled for a lot longer than all the divas in here combined, aside from Nattie, but I have been here for a long time. Some girls can be plain disrespectful and vicious."
"Girls down in the indies are ruthless and cunts," I said.
Nikki laughed and dropped her hand from my arm. "Ok, just giving you a heads up."
"Thanks, I mean it and appreciate," I told her. She gave me a small smile that I returned before heading back to the guys.
Before I entered the room I made sure to knock. "Is everyone decent in there?" I asked.
"Yeah." I knew it was Jon. I sighed before opening the door and walked in. I didn't look around, I just headed to where the rest of my bags were and put everything back. I took out my ring gear and layed them out next to my things. When I turned around, I saw Jon standing just a few feet away from me. He was already dressed for the ring.
"You're not gonna change?" He asked.
"Um, yeah. After I head over to hair and make-up," I told him.
He nodded his head and I started to make my way to the door when he stepped infront of me. I glanced up at him but then quickly looked down. "What did Stephanie say about the David thing?" He asked.
I looked around the room. "Where are Joe and Colby?" I asked, not wanting them to know about this.
"Don't worry, they went to catering to get something to eat. They're not here," said Jon.
"It's taken care of. They got the video and pictures and Vince said they've been taken care of," I said, still not looking at him.
"And David?" He asked.
"He got arrested for trying to fight with one of the cops that were there."
"You should call Sara and tell her what happened. She's really worried but doesn't want to bother you about it."
I snapped my eyes to his. How did he know anything about how Sara was. "How would you know?" I asked.
"Because I talked to her," he said as if it were that obvious.
"How? I haven't talked to her."
"Don't get mad. Well, more mad than you are already, but I got her number off your phone. She's been texting you this whole time so I picked up your phone and called her from mine. She was crying and shit and I just told her what little I knew."
I went from angry to irate. "What the fuck is wrong with you? You looked though my phone and got my best friends number? If you wanted it that fucking bad you should have just asked," I said sarcastically.
"It's not like that Lexi, come on," he said.
"Are you trying to fuck her to get back at me for this morning?" I asked as I stepped up against him, closing the gap that was between us.
"What?" Asked Jon with a confused look on his face.
"You heard me," I said.
"Yeah, I heard you, I just can't believe you're seriously asking me that."
"Why not? You don't exactly have a clean record. Don't you have a soft spot for strippers?"
"Damn. This whole thing was a bad idea," he said as he took a step back.
"Just answer the question. Are you trying to use her to get back at me?"
"No, damn Lex. Look, I don't know if this whole David thing as you fucked up in the head right now or if it's something else, but you and I have to cool it. Obviously me and you isn't working out to well."
"There is no me and you, Jon. That's the problem." I shut my mouth and closed my eyes in frustration. I didn't mean to say that out loud but I had.
"What?" Asked Jon in a much softer tone.
"Nothing. Look, fuck her or don't fuck her, not my business. Like you said, you and I aren't working out so it's whatever. I have to get to hair and make up."
I had finished with hair and make-up when I walked back to the locker room. No one was there and I was grateful for that. I quickly changed into my ring gear and looked at my phone. It was three o'clock which left me with two hours before RAW went live and I would need to be with the guys in the back incase we were needed for the show. I grabbed my phone and decided I should call Sara. I wanted to tell her that the whole thing with David had been taken care of. I also wanted to see what the hell her and Jon were talking about.
As I made my way outside of the arena, I was stopped by Janice who was head of creative for the divas division. "Lexi, as of right now you are billed to be on the first hour with Kaitlyn. You're going to call her out since she is the divas champion and challenge her to a non-title match which if you win, you go on to wrestle AJ. Whoever wins that gets a title match against Kaitlyn," she says.
"That's sounds really good, thank you," I said while turning to walk outside.
"Wait, there is one thing," She says before I could go. I don't say anything and just wait for her to continue. "Randy comes out and interferes in your match. He RKO's Kaitlyn which causes a DQ and the win goes to Kaitlyn."
I bite my lip and take a deep breath. I was still new here and didn't want to be stamped has a problem to work with by creative, plus I was on probation. "Ok," I say as I muster up a small smile. "Is there anything going on with the shield tonight?" I asked her.
"Yes, because Randy interferes in your match, you and the guys will interfere in his match. Which is the main event," she says.
I finally make my way outside. I look around to make sure nobody is near me and I call Sara. "Lexi, thank God. I've been freaking out all day. How did your talk with Stephanie go? Is everything ok? Are you ok?"
I didn't answer any of her questions because all that was running through my head was Jon and the conversations they had been having. "You have been talking to Jon?" I asked.
"Yeah, he called me letting me know you were in a meeting with Stephanie. I'm sorry I kind of blew up your phone, I was worried about you," she said.
"So, he called you from his phone and you didn't think about how he got your number?" I asked.
"He told me he got it from your phone. Are you mad?" She asked.
"Sara, he went through my phone and then called you from his. Why didn't he just call you from my phone? His ass was already going through it anyways. Did he flirt with you?"
"Are you serious?" Asked Sara.
"Yes. We got into a fight this morning after I kind of had a little breakdown and now I think he's trying to use you to get back at me. Tell me the truth Sara, did he say anything that would make you think he was coming on to you?" That had come out alittle to frantic but I didn't care, I wanted to know what Jon was up to.
"Lex, no. He didn't, he just kept talking about you and asked if I had ever been around you when you freaked out like that. He told me you guys had gotten into it that morning and how he felt like a dick knowing that you were in there alone," she said.
My anger and anxious lowly faded away and was quickly replaced by regret. "After the meeting I told went off on him again about going through my phone and how he was basically planning on fucking you to get back at me for our fight this morning. He said that we maybe we were a bad idea Sara. He said we aren't working out and should cool it."
"I told you, Lex. You aren't the friends with benefits kind of girl. And Jon, well, I don't know him. He seems to care about you though, maybe if you try and talk to him you can smooth things out aliitl bit."
"No, I'm not talking to him. I made myself look like a crazy bitch who has too much fucking baggage. I can't. I'm just going to act as if it's nothing when we work but I'm done."
Tell me what you think. How do you see this thing going?