Chapter 3

It was another beautiful day, so Luciana and Lorena went to an outdoor swap meet. Lorena looked for jewelry while Luciana searched for clothes.

Lorena was admiring a collection of gold bangles when she happened to bump into someone.

"Oh, I'm sorry. Are you OK?" She asked.

"Yeah, I'm cool. I've been through worse." The man replied.

"Haven't we all? Wait, you look familiar...aren't you Edge's brother, Christian?"

"That's me. I take it you're a fan?"

"I am! I've been watching you ever since you were World Heavyweight Champion. You were a jerk, but you were one of my favorites."

"Thanks. What's your name?"

"Lorena." She said as she held out her hand.

"Beautiful name." He shook her hand. "Pleasure to meet you."

"Same here."

Christian looked down at her wrist and noticed something.

"That's a lovely bracelet. Can I take a look at it?"

"Yeah." He inspected the bracelet closely. Hanging from it was a black stone with a Japanese symbol etched in gold.

"Very beautiful."

"Thanks. It was a gift from my grandmother. I got it for my 18th birthday."

"Looks like your grandmother had exquisite taste."

"That and she loved spoiling us rotten." Lorena joked.

"I bet she did. Well, I have to go and look around some more, but it was nice to meet you."

"Same here."

They said their goodbyes and went their separate ways.

'I don't know why, but I've got a strong feeling about her.' Christian thought. 'I felt some weird vibes coming from that bracelet. But that's impossible. She can't possibly have the Karma Stone.'

Meanwhile, Luciana was sifting through a rack of jeans when she heard someone singing along with a radio playing nearby.

"Who is that?" She asked herself. She looked around to see a young woman with blond hair in black jeans, a black lace blouse, and matching cowboy boots.

"Larisa? Is that you?"

The girl looked up. "Luciana?"

"It is! Oh, my God! I thought I'd never see you again after graduation!" Luciana went to hug her friend.

"Same here! You look great!"

"Thanks! As do you!"

"So what brings you to this part of town?"

"Well, this WWE company wants me to audition for a ring announcing position."

"What?! You'll be working for WWE?!"

"I take it you've heard of them?"

"Heard of them? I'm training to be a WWE Diva!"

"No way! I didn't think you were into wrestling."

"I wasn't, but my sister got me hooked on it several years ago."

"I remember she was always a huge fan. But you in the WWE? I never thought of it!"

"I know. I've only been training for 3 years and it isn't easy, but it's so awesome. I have a tryout match in a few weeks. If they like what they see, who knows? They might sign me to a contract."

"Oh, my God, that would be so awesome! Just imagine, I could be introducing you in the future!"

They both squealed happily.

"That's a nice bracelet. Can I take a look at it?"

"Sure!"

Larisa observed the bracelet. It had a black stone with a gold Japanese character engraved in the center hanging from it.

"Oh, my God. Where did you get this?"

"My grandmother gave it to me when I turned 18."

"It's so beautiful!"

"Thanks!" Suddenly, Larisa's cell phone buzzed. She took it out of her pocket and loooked at it. "Oh, that's my cousin. He's ready to go, so I guess I need to get going."

"Aw. Here, let me give you my phone number and e-mail. We have to get together some time and catch up."

"Definitely." The two ladies exchanged their personal information and hugged once more. "It was so good to see you."

"You too! Call me!"

"I will!"

Larisa ran off, leaving Luciana standing there, grinning happily.

A few minutes later, Luciana met up with Lorena near the entrance.

"You'll never believe who I ran into!" They both said simultaneously, then laughed.

"You first." Said Luciana.

"I actually met Christian." Lorena said.

"No way! Christian as in THE Christian?"

"Yep!"

"Oh, my God! Was he mean to you?"

"On the contrary. He was very nice. I told him I was a huge fan of his."

"That's awesome! Now guess who I saw?"

"Who?"

"Our old friend, Larisa!"

"Larisa from high school? No way!"

"Yes!"

"I take it you were excited to see her."

"I sure was, and guess what? She might soon have a job in WWE!"

"No! Did you tell her you were trying out?"

"Yep, and she was impressed and wished me well."

"That's great! We all need to get together soon. Think she'll be jealous of me dating Dean Ambrose?"

"Of course she will. Who isn't?"

Meanwhile, Larisa had reached her cousin's car and gotten inside.

"Hey, sorry I took so long."

Shane McMahon turned to face his cousin. "No problem. I wasn't waiting that long."

"Oh, good. I just ran into an old friend of mine and we got caught up in a conversation."

"Really?"

"Yep."

"I'm glad. I need to take you home so I can get back to work."

"OK."

Shane started the car and drove off.