March 30, 2012
Penny walked out to the hotel resort's pool where all her friends were currently lounging in what was left of the sun. They'd had a long day at WrestleMania Fan Axxess, and now everyone was relaxing on the eve of the biggest show of the year. Penny dropped her towel onto the empty chair that was next to Drew. He nodded in the direction behind her, and she turned just enough to see Stu and Alicia walking along the opposite side of the pool to two empty sun chairs.
Penny sat down to take her sandals off and Drew turned more to face her, their ruse beginning once more. "How's the water?" Penny asked.
Drew shrugged, "I haven't been in it."
They chatted idly, laughing and smiling, trying to be flirty with each other. After awhile, they seen Alicia coax Stu into getting in the pool with her. A few more minutes later, Drew stood and walked to the edge of the pool. He knelt down to feel the water. When he stood back up, Penny pushed him. He turned just enough to grab her wrist and pull her in with him.
Penny screamed at the shock of being grabbed, and the chill of the water touching her skin. When she resurfaced, treading water, Drew stood there laughing as she gasped for air. "That wasn't funny!" she shouted, splashing water at his face.
He grabbed her arm and pulled her close to him, "Of course it was." She wrapped her arms around his neck and clung to the man who was over a foot taller than her while she caught her breath. He smoothed down her hair and whispered in her ear, "We have an audience."
With her peripheral vision she seen Stu watching them. Alicia was completely oblivious to him not watching her. "Wasn't that the point of this?" she asked.
He smiled.
"Do you think he's jealous?"
"It would seem so, as much as he watches us." There was silence for a few minutes, then Drew said, "Kiss me."
"What?"
"As long as you've been clinging to me, it would make sense if you did. Besides, he's still watching."
Penny shrugged and closed the small gap between her and Drew, pressing her lips to his, they kissed. She closed her eyes, pretending it was Stu, and made the kiss as real as possible. When Drew pulled away, Stu was gone.
April 2, 2012
After two nights of successful title defenses, Penny and her friends went out to celebrate after RAW. Drew sat at a table near the dance floor while Penny, Nikki, and Brie danced to whichever Rihanna song was currently blaring over the loudspeakers He noticed Stu and Alicia walk in. Were they following him and Penny? All weekend, they had appeared pretty much everywhere he and Penny went.
He watched as Alicia turned, touching Stu's arm she said something to him and he nodded before she ran off in the direction of the restrooms. Stu spotted Drew sitting at the table, and they made eye contact. Drew smiled, and Stu started walking in his direction. "Mind if I sit?" Stu asked.
Drew shook his head, "Of course not."
Stu sat, it was a few minutes before either one said anything to the other. They had been close friends for a very long time, in fact, Drew had been the best man at Stu and Penny's wedding. But now, they rarely actually did anything together. Sure, they worked together. They seen each other almost every day. But did they say anything more than 'hi' when they'd pass each other in the halls or the locker rooms? No.
"So...you and Penny?" Stu finally asked? He'd been wanting to ask for so long, but always talked himself out of it.
"Yeah, me and Penny." Drew wasn't really sure how to reply. Of course he wanted to tell his best friend it wasn't real. He wanted to tell him Penny loved him. He wanted to tell him to go dance with her, to kiss her, to love her again. But he didn't. Stu was happy with Alicia, and he couldn't hurt and embarass Penny like that.
"How'd that happen?"
He shook his head and shrugged, "I'm not really sure. I guess..." he paused trying to figure something out, something believable, something that would go along with what Nikki and Brie had concocted. "I guess we just kind of got really close after what happened," he told him, referring to the car accident that had hospitalized Penny and killed her boyfriend. "One night she was walking back to her room, crying, I talked to her, we walked back to her room, and then she kissed me."
Stu raised an eyebrow. Drew looked away. His eyes fell on Penny who was dancing ridiculously close to Brie. Stu seen the way Drew looked at her. Maybe there really was something there. Drew turned back to his friend, and said, "So, you and Alicia make quite the couple."
"Yeah, we..."
He was interrupted by Drew smiling, "Speak of the devil."
Stu turned to see Alicia walking over to them, "Hi Drew," she said, before turning her attention to Stu.
Penny just so happened to turn to face Nikki when she seen the door to the club open and in walked Stu and Alicia. "I swear I'm starting to think he's stalking me."
"Who?" Nikki asked.
"Stu." Brie replied from over Penny's shoulder.
They watched as Alicia walked away and Stu spotted Drew. They watched Stu and Drew talk, and they watched Alicia return. "Go get him," Nikki told her.
"Get who?" Penny asked.
"Drew, duh!" Nikki replied.
"Tell him to come dance with you. We'll be fine, Daniel and Nick will be here any minute now anyways," Brie said.
Penny nodded and walked over to the table, smiling.
Drew smiled at her when she got to the table. Alicia had been going on about something but stopped when Penny got there. Penny smiled sweetly at Alicia, and said hello to Stu before grabbing Drew's hands and pulling him to his feet, "Come dance with me," she told him.
"What about-"
"They're fine, Daniel and Nick are almost here. Besides, you're more fun to dance with."
Drew turned to Stu and said, "I guess we'll talk later."
Stu nodded and waved a good-bye as Penny dragged Drew out onto the dance floor.
April 13, 2012
Nikki, Brie, and Penny all sat around the coffee table with coloring books and markers spread out on it. Drew sat on the couch close to Penny, Daniel, Nick, Heath, and Justin sat at the small table eating before the house show started. "Oh no!" Penny shouted after she finished coloring Cinderella's arm.
"What'd you do?" Brie asked.
"I just realized I used the wrong color. The shades on the caps are too similar."
Nikki laughed, "Cinderella looks like she's been sunburned."
"Shut up! At least her hair's the right color."
"In my defense, there's no black."
"So, you could have used brown instead of coloring Silvermist's hair blue."
"It's my coloring book, I'll use whatever colors I want!"
"Women complain about guys being immature, but y'all act like children."
Nikki and Penny stuck their tongues out at him, and Brie said, "Ignore him. He's just jealous that we didn't ask if he wants to color too."
"Why would I want to do that?"
Brie held up another book, "You know you want to color too."
Heath shook his head and ignored them.
Penny went back to coloring Cinderella and didn't even look up as Alicia and Stu entered the room, both of them dressed in their wrestling gear. Alicia noticed what they were doing and commented on how much Aladdin was her favorite Disney film, then asked if there was any more Jasmine pictures. "No. I just finished coloring the last princess picture."
"And this book isn't actually mine," Nikki said, referring to her Disney fairies book.
Heath looked at them as if they were some strange and unusual thing in a freak show, but didn't bother to comment. When the girls were done witht the pictures they had been working on, they gathered their things and left the room, going back to the locker room.