Maria's POV
I walked down the hallway and stopped in front of Mickie's room. Damn she's lucky to have a room all by herself. I knocked a few times. She opened it. She greeted me with a huge hug. I returned it. I really need to tell her about everything. And when I say everything, I mean every single thing that had been happening. She's my best friend and she deserves to know. I walked into her room and plopped down the couch. I lay my head on the back of the couch. I looked up the ceiling. She sat beside me and stared at me. I looked at her sideways.
"What?" I furrowed my eyebrows at her.
"Aren't you gonna tell me what happened? Between you and John?" she raised an eyebrow. Okay, here goes nothing…
I started telling her everything. Every single thing that had been happening since from the beginning. She listened attentively. Her eyes went wide by the time I finished talking.
"Wow, I never knew what you were going through." She said.
"I know, and I'm sorry. I know that you should have known."I said hoping that she'll understand.
"It's okay. It's nothing. You're my best friend and I completely understand. So tell me, " she asked now grinning.
"Tell you what?" I asked obviously confused.
"Was he good?"she asked as she raised her eyebrows.
"Who are you talking ab-" I trailed off as I realize what she was talking about. My mouth dropped open. "Mickie! How can you ask that?" I said as I hit her with the pillow.
"Because I can." She said shielding herself with both of her hands. I crossed my arms over my chest and pouted.
"No, but really." She said the moment she stopped laughing.
"Well, kinda…" I reluctantly said.
"Damn! Wish I can have a piece of him." She said…. I looked at her in disbelief.
"You do know that you have a boyfriend, right?." This woman is crazy.
"I know, that's why you're so damn lucky to have him after you." she said.
"I still love John." I said quietly. I looked down at the floor.
"Did he say that he does not love you anymore?" she asked being serious again.
"No he said he wanted me to be sure with my decisions." I shook my head and shrugged.
"I know John. He realized that you have confused feelings for Wade and he's willing to step back to let you find out what your true feelings are. You really did hurt him when he knew what happened between you and Wade. That's why. He still loves you. Was it a bad break-up?" she said reassuringly.
"I don't really think it's really a break-up...It's more like a cool-off." I've just realized that.
"Didn't Wade apologize for all the stuff that he'd done? You know, I've known Wade for about a while now and he's not the type of person who could do something like that." She asked.
"I know and he did apologize but I don't wanna fall for it. But I did accept it but it doesn't mean that we're friends or something." I pointed out. Mickie shrugged.
"Let's go. We gotta head to the arena." Mickie was out of the door before I knew it.
Minutes later we arrived at the arena. We walked in and people were busy warming up and the usual stuff that's going on backstage before the show starts. I noticed Wade and the other nexus guys were hanging out with Ezekiel Jackson. Our eyes locked but I looked away quickly. We walked in the divas locker room.
"Hey Ria, ready for your no.1 contenders match tonight?" Beth said.
"You bet."I said as I put my duffel bag on the couch. Minutes later, I went to the creative's office to see if there's anything new for me and there was.
"So as I was saying. You'll have a segment with The Corre before your match." Dave, a member of the creative team was explaining things to me as I go through the script as he continues talking.
"The what?" I asked with my brows furrowed as if I'm not sure if I heard him clearly.
"The Corre the'yre the new group on smackdown. The members are Wade Barrett, Justin Gabriel, Heath Slater, and Ezekiel Jackson." He said. Well that explains why they were hanging out with him earlier. He kept talking until he was out of breath.
"Any questions?" he asked panting.
"Yeah. Why is it spelled this way?" I asked showing him the script in my hands.
"It's really spelled that way." He said.
"Cause?" I raised an eyebrow.
"I don't know, maybe for exaggeration or something. I didn't write that." He said. I nodded and thanked him and walked away.
Moments later, I was in my ring attire warming up. Someone knocked on our door. Kelly answered it.
"Maria it's the cameraman. He said you're on in 10 mins." She called
"I'll be out in a sec."I called back.
"She's coming…" I heard Kelly say to the man. I walked out of the door. I know the cameraman. He's name's Ryan. We worked a couple of times before.
"Hey. How are you?"I said politely.
"Good. Now about your scene with The Corre, Stu will do most of the talking. You will be shot at the gorilla position stretching and stuff. Then they'll approach you. You know you're lines right?"he explained as we make our way towards the gorilla position.
When we arrived The Corre guys are already there. Wade looked up when we arrived. I didn't make any eye contact with him. I don't want to. I positioned myself in a spot.
"Okay, so you're on in 5,4,3,2, …." Then he mouthed one.
I started stretching and stuff. Then The Corre came into view. I can hear some of the fans screaming. I stopped stretching my legs and looked up. I stood up straight putting my hands on both sides of my waist. I stuck my tongue in the inside of my cheek and gave a sarcastic chuckle.
"Hey Maria," Wade started saying but I started to walk away.
"Whoa, nobody walks out on The Corre like that." Justin Gabriel said.
"Yeah." Heath Slater butted in and as usual Ezekiel said nothing. I acted like I was taken aback.
"Really? Watch me…" I said as I turn my back.
"I just wanted to introduce ourselves properly." Wade said. With that I turned around and crossed my arms over my chest. He was wearing that familiar smirk on his face.
"Cause?..." I asked acting like I was trying to figure out their point.
"Cause we will be running SmackDown. It simply means that we are here to make name." He explained.
"Well I don't really care and as a matter of fact, I have a match so I'm glad that I have to go. See ya around…" I started walking away.
"Well good luck on your match." Wade said. I looked back at them.
"Thanks but I don't really need it." I told them. Actually Wade in particular. Just then my music played and I walked out to the ring ready to win the match to be the no. 1 contender for the Divas Championship.