I apologise in advance for the poor quality of this chapter, its rushed and kinda messy but i just had to post something seeing as i haven't updated this story in what feels like years! Hopefully i'll be updating more seeing as there's no interference from school, if i don't i'm really sorry! :(
Zack
"Hey Zack!" a voice called out and I turned, my blood instantly boiling when I laid eyes on Alex Riley. "I've been looking all over for you man, where've you been the past few days?" he asked as he reached me, referring to all the times I'd managed to avoid him. I'd been successful so far, I guess I was easier to track in an arena though; there were only so many places you could go.
"I've been around." I said bluntly, hoping he would leave but at the same time knowing he wouldn't.
"Everything ok man?" he asked, putting a hand on my arm and I clenched a fist, which caused Alex to frown. "Dude, what's up?" he asked stepping back slightly and I chuckled darkly.
"You really wanna know?" I asked and he nodded.
"Of course man, am I not your main Broski or whatever you call me these days?"
"Actually Alex, no you're not my main Broski, so why don't you run along and go out on another one of those secret dates you've been having behind my back." I said coldly and Alex's mouth dropped in shock. "Yeah that's right." I said and he shook his head.
"Look you don't understand w-"
"No I understand it perfectly: You like her, she likes you. Just tell me one thing Alex, how could you? You're my best friend; best friends tell each other these things." I said bitterly before turning to leave, I'd had enough of him.
"Zack listen!" he cried, grabbing my wrist, anger boiled inside of me and I turned, sending one of my clenched fists into his face. Alex stumbled back, a hand clutching his nose and his mouth wide open in shock. I sent him a shrug before heading down the hall as quickly as I could, when I looked back I saw Riley with a bloody nose standing with Alicia Fox. I smiled at the damage I'd caused and turned my attention back to the empty corridor I was headed down.
Alex
"Ohmygoshareyouok?" Alicia asked, her words mixing into one as she tipped my head back to examine my nose.
"Yeah I'm fine." I said bitterly, thinking of how Zack didn't even take the time to think, just threw the punch and walked off. I couldn't believe he'd found out, I thought Becky and I had been careful. I pushed Alicia off me and sighed, I guess we hadn't been as careful as we'd thought.
"What the hell was that about?" Alicia asked, pulling me back into the real world.
"He knows." I muttered and Alicia's mouth dropped.
"How?"
"Beats me." I said with a shrug although I had a feeling it had something to do with a blonde, it made sense to me. Becky told me Barbie was going to see Zack and tell him to back off and now this happens. "I think somebody blabbed." I said and Alicia frowned before shaking her head, instantly knowing who I was accusing.
"Oh hell no!" Alicia said and I folded my arms across my chest.
"It makes sense Leesh, she went to talk to him and now he knows."
"Barbie wouldn't do that Alex, I know her." Alicia argued shaking her head again.
"Then how do you explain this?" I asked, gesturing to my nose and she shrugged.
"Maybe he saw you together, did you even consider that?" she asked and I shook my head sheepishly. "Exactly, so instead of jumping to conclusions think of the other possibilities." She said sharply before turning to leave.
"Hey, where are you going?" I asked grabbing her wrist and she turned to look at me.
"I'm going to talk to Becky and you're going to see the medics, don't you have a match tonight?" she asked before ripping her wrist from my grip and heading off. I sighed and followed her order, my mind still pondering Barbie's innocence.
Becky
"What?" I asked, I couldn't believe the words that had just poured out of Alicia's mouth. "But, how did he find out?" I asked and Alicia shrugged before biting her lip.
"Alex thinks Barbie told." I shook my head; Barbie wouldn't do that to me. Would she?
"Barbie wouldn't do that right?" I asked and Alicia gave me a sad smile.
"That's what I said but I think Alex is convinced its her." She said. "Apparently it all fits in, she went to talk to Zack and now he knows." She said with a small shrug and I nodded, that did make sense but it couldn't be Barbie, she was my friend! I sighed, why was this all happening now? Alicia wrapped an arm around me and gave me a small squeeze. "I doubt Barbie would do this, she knows how happy you are with him."
"But it makes sense Leesh." I said, praying it wasn't true.
"I know it does." Alicia said softly. "But everyone is innocent until proven guilty, maybe he saw you together." She suggested and I shrugged.
"We were so careful." I said and Alicia gave me a small smile.
"Maybe you weren't careful enough." She said and I nodded, that was the story I wanted to believe, I refused to believe that Barbie would do this to me even if it made sense. I nodded and Alicia gave me another squeeze. "Want me to find her?" she asked softly and I nodded.
"Sure, that'd be great." I said and she nodded before heading off.
"Hey Becky, you ready to shoot that interview with Punk?" a crew member asked me and I plastered a fake smile on my face.
"Sure, let's do this." I hoped doing this interview would take my mind off Barbie for a few minutes, just hoped I didn't screw up.
"Hey, Becky is it?" Punk said as he arrived, the WWE Championship thrown over his shoulder and friendly smile on his face as he extended a hand towards me.
"It's nice to finally meet you in the flesh." I said and his smile grew.
"Same to you, I heard you kicked up quite a fuss a few weeks back." He said, and I nodded.
"Don't remind me." I said and he chuckled lightly.
"Ok guys you ready to do this?" the cameraman asked and we both nodded.
"Hey Alicia told me to come see you." a voice said behind me after we'd finished and I turned, biting my lip. "What's up?" Barbie asked, instantly knowing that something was wrong.
"Zack knows." I whispered and Barbie gasped.
"Ohmygosh! How did he find out?" she asked and I shook my head.
"You tell me!" I said and she frowned at me.
"What's that supposed to mean?" she asked and I sighed, running a hand through my hair.
"Don't you think this is a little too coincidental Barbie? You go to talk with him and then he magically knows about us?" she took a step back, a mixture of shock and hurt written across her face.
"I did what I said I would! I told him to leave you alone! You know I wouldn't do this to you Becks!" she said, sounding extremely upset and I bit my lip, this wasn't exactly how I wanted things to go.
"Look me in the eye and tell me you didn't tell him."
"What?" she shrieked. "You don't believe me?" she asked and I sighed.
"Barbie, I just wanna know."
"Fine!" she said with a huff before looking into my eyes. "I didn't tell Zack about you and Alex." She said rather bitterly and I nodded. "Happy now?" she asked coldly before heading off the corridor.
"Barbie!" I called, I wanted to apologise, I'd come across really harsh and that what not what I'd wanted. Barbie turned to look at me but shook her head, I sighed, I'd upset her.
Instead of meeting Barbie and Eve at the women's locker room after the show I went looking for Alex, I wanted to tell him that Barbie hadn't done anything and that we probably hadn't been as careful as we'd thought. As I headed into catering to look for him I heard Barbie.
"What is with you two?" she yelled and I saw she was talking to Alex, I closed my eyes, I'd got here too late. "I didn't do it ok! I would never do something like that!"
"How can I trust you Barbie?" Alex asked and I slapped a hand to my forehead, why did he have to ask that of all questions?
"You can't trust one of your own friends?" she cried and I opened my eyes to see Alex sigh. "Fine, I see how it is. You know I thought you and Becky were my friends and by that I mean people who would stick by me no matter what. Guess I was wrong huh?" she said before heading my way, she shot me a glare and barged past me.
"Barbie!" I called but she just ignored me, continuing to head down the corridor, I sighed and wondered how I could make it up to her. Arms wrapped themselves around my waist and a gentle kiss was placed on my temple.
"You ok?" Alex whispered in my ear and I nodded.
"I guess." I said resting my hands on top of his.
"I'm sorry for ruining things with you and Barbie." He said softly and I shook my head.
"You didn't, I did that. I spoke to her earlier and upset her."
"So I gave her that final push?" he asked and I shrugged.
"Maybe."
"So why exactly are you here?" he asked turning me around. "I thought you had to meet Eve after the shows?"
"I do but I came to tell you that Barbie's innocent."
"Oh." He said before looking down at the floor. "If I'd have known."
"That's exactly the point, you didn't know. Don't beat yourself up about this." I said, patting his cheek with my hand. "I should've got here sooner."
"Its fine Becky, I'm sure you two will be able to work it out." Alex said softly, tucking a loose curl behind my ear.
"I hope so." I said before he pulled me into a hug.
Zack
"I'm sorry but what do I have to do with all of this?" Eve asked and the head of creative smiled.
"We don't want to totally recreate what happened between your sister, Alex and Zack we just want to turn a situation that happened into a storyline." He said and Eve folded her arms across her chest.
"So where do I come into this?" Eve asked and I sighed, it was perfectly simple to me. In this storyline Eve would be Becky, John Cena would be Alex the only thing that hadn't actually happened was Kane pestering the two of us.
"You'll be my Becky." I said, I just wanted to go back to the hotel and sleep; I wasn't in the mood for this.
"So where does Kane come into this?" she asked and the members of creative gave her tired smiles.
"Just give us the damn scripts and she'll work it out herself." I said, slamming my palms on the table and taking everyone by surprise.
"Yeah." Eve said pursing her lips. "What he said." she said curtly and creative nodded.
"We'll talk to you more about the arrangements next week." Creative said and I stood, wanting to run out of the doors but I knew I couldn't.
"What's up with you?" Eve asked as we left the conference room.
"Oh you know what's up with me." I snapped and she rolled her eyes. "How would you feel if this happened to you huh? Not only have I just found out my best friend is dating the girl I like but now they've decided to make a storyline with it?" I yelled and she frowned at me.
"Ok I get it." She said. "But there's no need to shout about it, be thankful you're actually getting any storylines at all." She said before speeding off. I was glad she was gone, she'd been irritating me through the whole meeting and obviously she looked a lot like Becky.
