Alex
I paced up and down the locker room.
I was facing Drew McIntyre. He was a tough competitor which was making me nervous.
And seeing as we both want a title shot this match was a pretty important one.
One I needed to win if I wanted to make a name for myself here.
I started to jump up and down; I couldn't let the nerves get the better of me.
I needed to be focused. I needed to win this one.
I sat down on the nearest bench and began to think about Drew's methods.
He used the ring as a weapon. A lot. The longer the match goes on for the more frustrated Drew gets.
Great.
Almost no chance in hell of me winning.
I began to think of tactics when the door was thrown open and Zack Ryder came running in.
"Man oh man!" he cried sitting down opposite me and sighing.
"What's up with you? Normally guys aren't too happy when they lose a match." I said frowning at him.
"Yeah I know!" He said looking at me like I was stupid. "But man she was hot!"
"What are you talking about Ryder? You never normally make sense but today it's like you're fluent in another language!"
Zack frowned at me and shook his head.
"You didn't watch what happened after my match?" he asked, sounding a little hurt.
"No." I said, to be honest I hadn't really been paying attention to his match; I only knew he lost because his music didn't play at the end of the match.
"Well any way," he said shaking the hurt off. "There's this really hot new chick who's a backstage interviewer!" he said sighing and staring into space dreamily.
"Looks like you've fallen for her Ryder!" I said chuckling.
Ryder opened his mouth in shock.
"Are you serious bro? I'm Zack Ryder! I do the talkin and the chicks do the fallin! Woo Woo Woo, you know it!" he said starting to fist pump.
Suddenly something Ryder said came back to me.
"Wait, you said this chick was new?"
Ryder nodded, pausing the fist pumping for the moment.
"I didn't know we were getting a new interviewer!"
"Neither did I bro until she grabbed me and started asking me about my match. I personally think it was just an excuse to talk to me."
I rolled my eyes. Of course he would think that.
"Huh," I said frowning. "Who could this new girl be?" I said more to myself than Ryder, who had continued to fist pump.
I thought about it for a good few minutes before it clicked.
Becky?
If it was Becky then that meant we'd be seeing a lot more of each other.
I smiled and stood up.
"Where you going bro?" Ryder asked, mid fist pump.
"I'm gonna find out who this new chick is, see if she's real or just part of your imagination."
"Oh she was real alright." Ryder said and I left before he started to drool.
I headed for the curtains that lead to the ring, and sure enough I saw a small brunette standing with her back to me, holding a microphone.
I went over to her and put my hands over her eyes.
"Who is it?" she asked sounding slightly annoyed.
"Guess." I said, smiling as she tried to free herself.
"I'm not good at guessing games." She said, grabbing at my hands and trying to remove them. "Jeez," she said. "Your hands are huge!"
I laughed. "Wow! You must be related to Eve, she always manages to insult me!"
"Aha!" Becky cried. "You're Alex aren't you?"
I removed my hands from her eyes and she turned to face me.
"What gave it away?" I asked, putting on a confused face.
"Oh I don't know," she said. "Maybe the big paws?" She grinned at me, her hazel eyes twinkling.
"Hey!" I said pointing at her. "Leave my big paws out of this!" She giggled.
Officially the cutest sound ever.
"How did you know where to find me?" she asked and I smiled.
"Mr Woo Woo Woo couldn't keep his mouth shut, he was bragging about some new chick who was extremely hot!" Becky smiled.
"You think I'm extremely hot?" she asked cocking her head and struggling to hide a smile.
I felt my cheeks flush.
"Um," I said, scratching at the back of my neck. She smiled smugly at me.
"Um?" she asked. "Is that your final answer?"
I laughed and shook my head. "Don't flatter yourself." I said and she gasped.
"Harsh!" she said slapping my arm.
"Hey you asked for it!"
"Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think I asked you to insult me!"
"You're a Torres; it's my natural instinct to insult you!" I said shrugging. She nodded.
"I'll let you off this time! But if you try and use that excuse again this," she said tapping the plastic part of the mic. "Meets your head."
"Is that a threat?" I asked trying not to laugh at her bravado.
"You bet it is!" she said.
"I'd love to see you try and hit me round the head with that!" I said putting emphasis on the word try.
"Oh you asked for it!" she said, swinging the mic at my head.
I caught it mid swing.
"No fair!" she said pouting.
"No fair?" I asked chuckling. "You expected me to just let you hit me with your microphone?"
"Yeah." she said, shrugging.
"Nice," I said, trying to sound hurt. "I thought we were friends."
"Well you thought wrong!" she said, yanking the mic from my hands.
I opened my mouth in mock shock and put a hand on my heart.
"Ouch! That one hurt!" I said.
"Good!" she said grinning.
"You really are Eve Torre's sister." I said shaking my head.
"Is that good or bad?" she asked.
"Hmm," I said, stroking an imaginary beard. "A bit of both." I said shrugging.
"Why's that?" she asked frowning.
"Well it's good cause it means conversations with you won't be boring, but it's bad because let's be honest there is no way in hell your sister is gonna let us be friends!"
"Why?"
"Well you're her little sister correct?"
"Yeah," she said frowning.
"And I'm not exactly the type of guy your sister would like you hanging out with."
"Why do you think that?"
"There's a reason The Miz and I were put together, trust me you don't wanna find out." I said sighing.
She reached out and put a hand on my arm. "I've see what he does Alex, you're not like that, I know it."
"How do you know?" I asked, looking into her eyes. She held my gaze.
"There's something about you Alex Riley, I may have only just met you but I can tell that somewhere inside of you right about here," she said prodding the area where my heart would be located.
"Is a guy who maybe doesn't think about the consequences of his actions but regrets them afterwards and that's what makes you a good person!"
There was a cough behind us and Becky jumped away, her cheeks were scarlet and she bit her lip.
I turned to see Eve, her arms folded and an eyebrow raised.
"Can I have a word Alex?" she asked, I nodded and followed her down the corridor.
