Becky

The drive from the arena to the hotel had been awful. Eve had started off by lecturing me about the whole thing with Miz which triggered a Torres sister argument, which under normal circumstances was never-ending, but of course Barbie was in the car with us and after a telling off from her we rode in silence.

As soon as Eve parked the car my seat belt was off and before I knew it I was walking through the double doors of the hotel. I headed for reception when a hand closed around my wrist.

I turned to see a cautious looking Barbie. She knew she had to tread carefully around me after the whole affair with Eve; it was still bugging me now.

"Please don't be as difficult as your sister." She pleaded and I gave her a look. "Ok stupid thing to say." Barbie muttered running her free hand through her hair.

"What do you want me to do Barbie?" I asked and she looked up at me, she looked scared.

"I want you to apologize." I snorted and shook her off turning back to reception.

"Oh c'mon Becks!" Barbie said as she struggled to keep up with me. "Will you hear me out?" she asked and I stopped and turned to look at her. "Thank you." she breathed before taking the final steps towards me and pulling me to the side.

"You and Eve share a room and I know that once you're both inside that room the argument will kick off again, or you'll both be there in silence wondering whether to say sorry first and look weak. So just end it now. It's much quicker."

I shook my head, there was no way I was going to apologize first. Barbie let out a frustrated sigh.

"Damn Torres sisters!" she tried to say quietly but failed.

"I have an idea." I said and she looked at me expectantly. "Why don't you share the room with Eve tonight and I'll-"

"Hell no!" Barbie said shaking her head.

"Then why don't we share and Eve-"

"No I am not sharing a room with either of you!" Barbie said, folding her arms, it was her turn to back down.

"Oh c'mon Barbie, it'll be better than your idea."

"My idea is a good one!" she protested. "You two are just too stubborn to use it!" I rolled my eyes and she glared at me. "You know it's true!"

"Of course it's true." I said. "At least my idea we'll actually agree to! That's what you want, you want us to agree on something and I'm sure Eve will agree to that." I said and Barbie gave in.

"Fine," she growled. "But if either of you start moaning or complaining about the other the deal is off!"

"Ok, you can share with me, I promise I won't say anything."

Barbie frowned at me. "Whatever." She muttered and turned to try and find Eve.


I came out of the bathroom to find Barbie sprawled across the sofa shovelling piles of ice cream down her throat and watching some crime show.

"And you wonder why you're single." I said, closing the door behind me.

"Hey I have to travel around with you and your sister, you cause this!" she said gesturing to herself and the tub with her spoon.

"Yeah, keep telling yourself that." I said and she glared at me.

"Oh by the way your phone went off, I think it may be Zachary." She said, putting on a sing song voice when she said Zachary.

I walked over to my bed and picked up my phone, sure enough I had a message but it wasn't from any of my contacts. I headed over to Barbie.

"Do you know who this is?" I asked shoving my phone in her face.

She took it and looked at the number for a few seconds.

"Nope." She said handing me my phone and gesturing for me to move out of the way. "What did they want?" she asked as I headed back over to my bed.

Ignoring her I grabbed my suitcase and hunted for something to wear.

"Torres!" she yelled and I sighed.

"They told me we needed to talk."

"Maybe it's Mike?" she suggested and I snorted. "What you said he had your number, and you said you deleted his so maybe it's him!"

"What could I possibly want to talk to him about?" I asked and I saw Barbie shrug, her eyes still glued to the TV.

"You could ask him to stop trying to rape you?" she tried and I grabbed a pair of socks and threw them at her. Sadly I missed prompting her to turn round and poke her tongue out at me.

My phone went off just as I managed to find something decent. Deciding the clothes could wait I grabbed it.

It was from the mystery person. I opened it and shook my head.

By the way it's Alex

I let out a sigh. Did I really want to talk to him? Yes. A voice in my head whispered and I gave in.

Tossing my phone aside I hunted for another suitable outfit.

"Was that Zachary?" Barbie asked as I tried to find something casual but not the stay in your hotel room all night watching movies casual.

"No." I called pulling out a top with Minnie Mouse on it; I shrugged and tossed it onto the bed.

"Then why are you hunting for a new outfit?" Barbie asked then I heard a shuffle that meant she had sat up. "It's not!" she said, turning to face me a look of shock on her face.

"Yes, it is." I said, grabbing the rest of my clothes and running for the bathroom before Barbie could start screaming 'OH MY GOD!'


When I came out of the bathroom fully clothed I saw that Barbie had got changed too and the TV was off.

"Where are you off to?" I asked and she gave me a 'duh' look.

"I'm coming with you silly."

"I'm pretty sure Alex only wants to talk to me." I said, narrowly avoiding a pillow that came flying my way.

"And I'm pretty sure that slamming Miz through a table isn't going to put him off." She said cocking her head to the side, challenging me to argue.

"Oh yeah cause he's gonna be scared of you Barbie." She laughed and I knew I'd lost.

"You're clearly forgetting what I did to Beth Phoenix." She said and I shook my head.

"I don't think anyone's forgotten that Barbie, that was insane!" she smiled and nodded.

"So you're letting me come?" she asked and I nodded.

"Fine."

"Yay!"

I grabbed my phone and sent a text to Alex before turning to Barbie.

"Ready?" I asked and she nodded.

"Of course."


Barbie and I waited patiently for Alex to show.

I looked around trying to see him but it was clear he wasn't here yet.

"So what do you think he's gonna wanna talk about?" Barbie asked putting on an innocent voice.

"I don't think he's gonna get the chance to talk cause I'm planning on killing him for telling you."

There was a ping and I watched Alex exit the elevator, he saw us and gave me a small smile before coming over to us.

"Hi Becky, Barbie." He said smiling, someone coming out of the restaurant caught my eye and I grinned.

Barbie had clearly seen him too because she laughed nervously and made an excuse to leave.

"Barbie." I said grabbing hold of her wrist, she turned to give me a pleading look. "No you've had enough thinking time, now do it." I ordered and she sighed.

"Never argue with a Torres." She muttered as she headed towards Randy.

"Am I missing something?" Alex asked frowning at me and pointing towards Barbie and Randy.

"She has a grudge against him, but he wants to be friends." I said and Alex nodded.

"And you want them to be friends too, right?" he asked and I nodded.

"Yes, you learn fast." I said and he smiled.

The elevator pinged again and Alex flinched. "What's up?" I asked and he sighed.

"It's Zack, he can't see us."

"Well then let's get out of here." I said and he grinned and took my hand.

I watched as Barbie turned away from her conversation with Randy to flash me a small smile.


Alex

"So what do you want to talk about?" Becky asked, starting to play with a stray curl of her hair. I sighed and glanced around the restaurant trying to look for inspiration of how to put what I needed to say.

Nothing gave me inspiration.

"Listen Becky about, earlier…" I took a deep breath and went to continue but she got there first.

"You're talking about the kiss right?" she asked and I nodded, glad she had said it first. "Don't worry I've only told Alicia and she won't tell anyone and Barbie won't spill either." I frowned.

"She told you?" I asked and Becky nodded.

"She was making conversation, since I accused you both of being a couple we haven't exactly spoken much." I smiled and started again.

"Listen, I like you, a lot…" I started and watched as a small blush graced her cheeks. "And well after the kiss I'm not exactly sure if you feel the same way." She bit her lip and sighed.

"Yeah, I like you too but…" I winced, buts were never good. "What about your past? I mean after the whole Stacey thing it looks like your past is coming back to haunt you and I don't wanna-" I reached over the table and took her hands, holding them in mine.

"Becky, the thing was Stacey was a stupid act of jealousy, I thought I'd lost you to Ryder and that I wouldn't have any chance with you." she gave me a small smile. "But I promise you I would never intentionally hurt you like that."

She bit on her lip, clearly deciding where she wanted to go with this. She sighed and took her hands from mine and ran one through her hair.

"I don't know what to say." She muttered.

"You don't have to say or do anything if you don't want to." I said and she smiled.

"I've waited for this moment but I don't know if I can trust you." I looked down at the table.

I should've known this would be coming. Barbie did tell her about my past, I'd warned her about it too and after the whole thing with Stacey everyone was cautious. It still hurt though.

"But, I'm not gonna waste this opportunity because I'll never get one like this again." She said and I looked up and her, she blushed slightly when I met her gaze and I gave her a grin.

"So does that mean we're a couple?" she gave me a small grin and shook her head.

"I wanna know what I'm getting myself into!"

"And how will you know what you're getting yourself into?"

"I'll give you a trial of three dates, if I like that then I'm all yours." I grinned at her, glad to finally be getting this chance.

"Let the games begin!"