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Callie

Chapter 10

Callie picked up her script right after she arrived at the arena that night. She dropped her things off in her locker room before sitting down and looking through it, going straight to her part. She read and she lifted an eyebrow in surprise.

"Hey girl," Melina said as she walked into the room. She stopped when she saw her friends reaction to the script. "Oh, I see you've already read about our match."

Cal nodded. "This is the final decision?" She asked almost hoping creative would switch it up last minute.

Melina nodded. "As far as I know. It's kinda weird isn't it? JoMo and me against you and Mike?"

More weird than you know, Cal thought to herself. "Definitely unexpected."

Callie walked out to the ring later than night with a wide smile on her face as she slapped hands with fans that were booing her. She'd decided to save her ring gear for later and instead wore blue skinny jeans, nude pumps and a black boyfriend tee. After stepping in the ring, she motioned for a microphone. Once she had the mic in hand, she looked out at the crowd and widened her smile. "Hey guys, miss me?" She asked even though it had only been a week since she'd been out there. They booed loudly and she put her hand up in the air in a stop motion. "I know you did, you don't even have to say it. Now, normally this is where I would play a clip of me kicking Kelly Kelly's ass last week but even I won't do that. The poor girl has faced enough embarrassment at my hands." The louder the boo's, the wider her smile grew. She loved pretending the fans actually liked her. "No, that's not why I'm out here tonight. I'm out here tonight because I've got a question for you guys to ponder. What is wrong with the Diva's championship today?" She turned around as she surveyed the loud crowd thoughtfully. "The problem is that it's not wrapped around my waist. I mean, come on, do you guys even like Melina?" The crowd exploded in cheers. Callie shook her head and put one hand on her hip. "I didn't think so. Not that I can blame you guys, I felt so bad for her lack of wrestling ability a couple weeks ago I let her beat me. So sad." She said and shook her head. She brought the microphone to her lips a couple seconds later but wasn't able to say anything as Melina's entrance music echoed through the arena.

Melina walked down to the ring smiling and waving at the fans. She wore an amused smile as she entered the ring and accepted the microphone offered to her. She turned to Callie and put a hand on her hip. "I'm sorry I must be hard of hearing. Did you say you let me win two weeks ago?"

Cal held her microphone in two hands and looked at Melina with pity. "Aw, Melina, it's okay. I know the truth hurts, but it's time you face facts."

She laughed a little. "You really are a piece of work. Do I need to ask for a replay of two weeks ago when I kicked your ass all over this ring?" Callie glared at the woman and Mel faced the crowds. "What do you guys think? You think I kicked her butt?" The crowd cheered loudly. She turned back to face Cal and shrugged her shoulders. "The verdicts out. You are the one that sucks. But it's okay, with time and energy you can be as a good as me."

Callie narrowed her eyes. "You know Melina, if you could have waited five minutes before interrupting me, you would know the real reason I came out here wasn't to expose you as the second-rate wrestler that you are."

Mel raised an eyebrow. "Please enlighten me."

"I was going to challenge you to a match. I figure obviously the GM needs a little convincing that I should be next in line for that title. And what better way to prove it than to beat you tonight." Melina was about to say something but Cal held up a hand. "Hold on. But then I got to thinking and I figured why make it another boring match? How about we make things a little interesting? I say you pick a superstar of your choice to team up with and I'll pick a superstar to team up with and we have ourselves an intergender tag match."

The crowd went wild at the suggestion. Melina smiled. "Alright, you've got yourself a match. Good luck finding a partner though, I'm sure you'll need it."

Callie gave a little chuckle of amusement. "You know, it's funny you say that because I've already found myself a partner." She said before lifting her shirt up over her head, revealing another shirt under it. It was tied around her waist so it showed off a good portion of midsection. It was bright blue and it had a pair of eyes on top of "Be Miz" written clearly across the chest. Melina was just as surprised as the fans who booed loudly at the thought of their most hated superstar teaming up with their most hated diva. Callie smiled cockily as she slipped out of the ring and up the ramp, blowing one last kiss to the crowd before walking backstage.

Once in the back, Callie leaned down to grab a water bottle from the cooler before walking down the hall to go change into her ring gear. Her match wasn't until the second hour of the show but she liked to be in her gear, ready to go. "I've gotta say, you look good in my merch."

She turned around and smiled when she saw Mike. "Thanks,"

"I watched your bit," He said nodding his head in the direction she'd just come from. "You're really great."

"Thank you. It's not easy being a heel but someone's gotta do it." She joked lamely.

He nodded. "I'm looking forward to teaming up with you tonight."

"Me too, I'm surprised we haven't been teamed up until now. I feel like our characters would logically work well together."

He grinned. "Same. Listen, I was hoping if you're not doing anything tonight, I could take you out, kind of a follow up to our date last week."

She cringed. "I would but I've got plans to go out to the club with Ted and some of the guys. You can come if you want."

Mike deflated with rejection. "Ok, yeah, sounds fun."

She shot him a look of sympathy. The poor guy looked like she'd just run over his cat. She never had been good with rejecting guys. "But hey, how about tomorrow?" She blurted out before she had a chance to think about it.

He instantly lit up. "Great, I can't wait."

She smiled, resisting the urge to ask if she could take back the offer but she knew she couldn't. "Well, I better get going, I'll see you out there tonight."

She walked away and ran a hand over her face. What was she thinking asking him out like that? After reaching her locker room, she grabbed her ring gear and changed into it. It was the same as she always wore with the short booty shorts and a sports bra like top but instead of silver and purple, she put on a silver and blue combo. She had a set in every color of the rainbow with silver just in case she wanted to switch things up. The purple was her trademark but she figured she should try to match Mike out there tonight. After she was all changed, she slid on her wrestling boots before heading out of the room and into catering.

She grabbed a small bowl of salad and walked over to where some of the other divas were sitting. "Hey girls." She said to Jillian, Gail Kim and Maryse. Kelly Kelly and Tiffany were there as well but they'd never really gotten along so she just ignored them most of the time. She didn't ignore them in a silly, immature way, it was more of a you don't like me, I don't like you so let's not pretend we're best friends.

"Hey you," Jillian said with a grin. "You rocked it out there."

Cal smiled. "Thanks. It's actually kinda scary how in character I get out there."

Maryse laughed. "Cal, I know exactly what you're saying. The louder they boo, the more annoying I want to be." Everyone at the table laughed.

As the girls continued to chat with each other, Callie's eyes darted to the door like they were magnets. John walked in and his eyes too automatically found hers. His eyes darkened slightly and he offered her a sly little grin. She lifted the side of her lips to acknowledge that she saw him but not too much that the girls at the table got suspicious. She looked away from the man she couldn't get enough of when she heard her name being yelled. She smiled when she saw Ted waving her over. She excused herself from the girls and walked over to where he was sitting with Cody.

"Hi Teddy," She said, leaning down to hug her best friend. "Cody," She said, hugging him too. "What's up?" She asked sitting down next to Cody.

"Heard about your match tonight, you ready?" Ted asked. The way he was looking at her obviously told her he knew how awkward it was to be in a match with all three of those people.

She nodded to ease his worry. "I am ready. Hey, are we still on tonight?"

Ted nodded. "Yeah, I've told the guys, most of them are coming."

"Cody you coming?" She asked the man next to her.

He turned to her and grinned. "Of course I am."

"You let the divas know yet?"

She shook her head. "Not yet but I'll mention it."

"Alright, well I'll come by the divas locker room tonight when I'm done and we can head over together." Ted suggested.

She nodded. "Sounds perfect, I'll see you guys later."