Disclaimer: I do not own Christian/Jay Reso (although I really wish I did) and the WWE rightfully belongs to Vincent Kennedy McMahon. I only own Dawn Iris Ricard/Scarlet, Pearl Armstrong, any other original characters and this story's plot. I'll hit the switch on you if you steal my story.
June 27, 2011, Monday
Monday Night Raw live from the Savage Arena in Toledo, Ohio.
"Welcome back to Monday Night Raw! We are live from the Savage Arena in Toledo, Ohio. The Bella Twins are in the ring right now. Brie Bella is getting ready with the assistance of her twin sister Nikki to face the WWE Divas Champion, Scarlet, in this non-title match." Michael Cole said as they got back from the commercial break.
"Speaking of the Scarlet, here she comes!" Jerry 'The King' Lawler said on commentary as Scarlet went out, holding up the Divas title.
The instrumental version of Dangerous And Moving by t.a.T.u. blared loudly through the speakers and the cheers of her fans competed with the music's loudness. Scarlet had a proud, confident grin on her face as she held up the Divas title. She brought the belt down and placed it on her left shoulder. She walked down the ramp with ease and confidence. When she got in the ring, she climbed the bottom left turnbuckle and acknowledged the crowd. The Bella Twins eyed her and Brie tried to get to her, but the referee prevented her from doing so by blocking her. Scarlet got off the turnbuckle and gave the belt to the referee. The bell rang and Brie slapped Scarlet. Scarlet held her left cheek and glared furiously at Brie before pushing her away. Brie pushed her in return, and then Scarlet moved back from her. She walked backwards until her back touched the ropes. Brie walked towards her to give her a clothesline, but Scarlet gripped the top rope and used it to lift herself off the ring canvas. Her feet met Brie's chin, and she fell down.
Scarlet stared at Brie with amusement. Brie was now lying on the mat as she held her chin, rolling back and forth from the pain. Scarlet took Brie's arm and dragged her near the top left turnbuckle. Scarlet then climbed the ropes and gave Brie a split-legged moonsault. She lifted up Brie's leg and the referee started the count, but then Nikki grabbed Scarlet's left foot and dragged her out of the ring forcefully. Scarlet's back hit the barricade and she winced in pain. The referee saw it, and told Nikki to stop interfering. Nikki held her arms up in defense and smirked with satisfaction as Scarlet held her aching back.
The match went on for five minutes, with Scarlet dominating Brie the whole time despite numerous interference by Nikki. Just as Scarlet was about to give Brie a clothesline, she rolled out of the ring. The Bella Twins used their Twin Magic and Nikki switched places with Brie. Scarlet didn't know that it was now Nikki that she was facing, since the twins wore the same in-ring gear and didn't give any clues to anyone how to tell them apart. Nikki kicked Scarlet in the gut, but Scarlet managed to punch her in the jaw and execute her new finishing move – a swinging neckbreaker, which is called the 'Scarlet Fever' – perfectly. Scarlet went for the cover and the bell immediately rang when the referee made it to three. Brie Bella watched in horror as the referee held up Scarlet's arm. Brie then hurriedly got inside the ring and tried to hit Scarlet, but Scarlet gave her the Whip Of Fire. Brie immediately fell down on the ring canvas, landing beside Nikki. The referee gave Scarlet her title, and he raised her arm for the second time. As she was about to raise her belt, The Miz came out running towards the ring. Scarlet attempted to get out of the ring, but The Miz was swift; he grabbed her by the hair and pulled her back in the ring. The Miz set her up for the Skull-Crushing Finale, but then Say It To My Face by Downstait started playing, and Alex Riley, his former protégé, came out.
The Miz dropped Scarlet on the ring canvas as he stared at Alex Riley. Scarlet rolled out of the ring and tried to stand up. Once she was completely on her feet, she put the Divas title on her right shoulder as she watched Alex Riley run towards the ring. He speared The Miz and started punching him in the head.
A few seconds later, the anonymous Raw general manager decided to chime in.
Michael Cole stood up from his chair and got on the podium. He opened the laptop and cleared his throat. Alex Riley got off The Miz and looked at Cole while The Miz tried to get up. When he was up, The Miz focused his attention on Cole.
"Everyone, may I please have your attention." Michael Cole started. The crowd booed him. "I have just received an e-mail from the anonymous Raw general manager."
The crowd booed him once more, but he kept his face straight. He stared at the laptop's screen for a second, before looking at the two men standing inside the ring.
"Miz – it seems to me that you just couldn't get your hands off Scarlet, or Alex Riley. So I've decided that tonight's main event would be you against Alex Riley, with Scarlet as the special guest referee. In that way, you can get your hands on A-Ry, without laying a finger on Scarlet."
When Michael Cole was done reading the e-mail, the crowd gave mixed feedback about the decision. Alex Riley got out of the ring and joined Scarlet, who was now standing on top of the ramp. Alex Riley smirked at Scarlet and she took his arm and held it up. The two of them looked at an exasperated Miz, who was still in the ring. He mouthed a few words to Riley, in which Riley just responded with a smirk.
Dawn was sitting on a red steel chair beside the coffee dispenser just across the buffet table. She frowned; she felt alone in a room full of people. Even though she loved being on the flagship show, she preferred to be on SmackDown. She missed bonding with her friends there and spending time with Jay. Their late-night phone calls or direct messages on Twitter just never satisfied her. She found it unfair how most of the couples in the company were traveling together and are on the same show. Dawn wanted to be back on SmackDown, but she knew she isn't going to be on the show anytime soon – now that her angle with Alex Riley and The Miz started.
Scarlet's storyline is going to be about her being involved in the feud between The Miz and Alex Riley, in which she becomes romantically involved with Alex Riley, which gives more reason for The Miz to hate on A-Ry.
Sometimes, Dawn just didn't get the ideas of the creative team. She thought that maybe they just put all of the Superstars and Divas' names in two top hats, pick a name from each hat, and throw the chosen Superstars or Divas into a random storyline.
Dawn nibbled on her glossy bottom lip as she watched Matt Cardona Jr. and Maryse Ouellet flirt with each other. Beside them were Eve Torres and Kofi Kingston, who were talking quite animatedly. She sighed.
The WWE Champion John Cena sat on the empty, red steel chair beside her and wrapped his left arm around her shoulder. She looked up and found him smirking at her. She smirked back at him, but he immediately saw that her smirk didn't reach her eyes.
"Something's wrong, I can see it in your eyes." John told her as he narrowed his eyes.
Dawn tried to look busy by playing with her manicured nails. John already saw her eyes, so she couldn't lie and tell him that she was fine. She hated how he was able to detect if something's wrong with her or not. She felt John's arm bringing her closer to him.
Dawn sighed as she put her forehead on top of his shoulder. "We're in Ohio, and you know what they say-"
"Ohio is for lovers." John interrupted her.
"Exactly. Everyone here is pairing up and I'm loveless and feeling lonely." Dawn frowned as she looked up at John.
"You're not exactly alone and loveless, Dee." John replied with a wink.
Dawn felt her cheeks warming up. "What's that supposed to mean?"
"Well," John said, taking his cap off as he ran a hand through his scalp. He put his cap back on. "You're not alone anymore since I'm here."
She chuckled and stared into his baby blue eyes. They seem to twinkle under the fluorescent lights.
"I have a proposition for you," John's smirk disappeared. "Sleep with me."
Dawn saw lust clouding his baby blue eyes. She swallowed the lump in her throat. It sounded tempting, but she couldn't sleep with him again.
"John, I don't think that's a good idea." Dawn replied, sighing.
"We can do it; but if you don't want to, then that's fine with me." John told her as he looked fiercely into her eyes. "You can still stay the night in my hotel room."
Dawn was speechless. She can't remember the last time she had actually been in the sheets with someone. Dawn had been feeling a void in her chest for a few weeks now – could sex fill that void? Even though John already told her that they wouldn't do it if she didn't want to, she knew that he'll eventually get bored and probably do it with her anyway.
Dawn stood up from the steel chair and looked at John. He was waiting for her answer, and he hoped that she would give in to his proposition. When Dawn was back on Raw, he couldn't get her image out of his head; he wanted nothing but to ravish her. Sure, he was a married man, but being on the road every day gets lonely.
"I'll think about it." She told him.
John stood up and stood in front of her. His fingers ran over her right arm. As she felt his fingertips sliding down her arm, she took a deep breath and exhaled sharply.
"You better." John replied.
And with that, John walked away from her. Dawn stood there for a moment. She felt goosebumps, and she tried to brush off John's touch with her left hand. She took another deep breath, and straightened herself up. She looked around, before heading to the Divas locker room to change into her referee attire.
After that moment with John, Dawn wasn't sure if she would be able to concentrate on the match. Nervousness and excitement were trying to overpower each other in her chest, and she felt sick.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome your special guest referee for this next match, the WWE Divas Champion… Scarlet!"
Scarlet came out, looking gorgeous and powerful as the special guest referee. She wore the usual referee shirt, but it was small and fitted her tightly. She wore very short, black denim shorts, and underneath it, she wore fishnet stockings. On her feet, she wore white tube socks with two black lines on top of it, and black, high-cut Chuck Taylors. Her red hair was tied into two pigtails. She walked down the ramp with a smirk on her face, and gave some of the fans a high five. She got inside the ring, and stared at the titantron.
I Came To Play by Downstait blared through the speakers and The Miz came out. Some people cheered for him, while most of them booed him. He did his signature hand gesture and walked towards the ring. The Miz fixed his gaze on Scarlet, and he didn't take his eyes off her as he entered the ring. His intense stare sent shivers down her spine.
A few seconds later, Alex Riley came out as Say It To My Face by Downstait started playing. The crowd cheered him on, and a smile appeared on his face. Scarlet clapped as she looked at A-Ry approaching the ring. From the corner of his eye, The Miz saw Scarlet clapping for his opponent, and it annoyed him and damaged his ego a bit.
When Alex Riley was inside the ring, The Miz stood in front of him and pushed him. Scarlet quickly stepped into the middle of the two men and told The Miz to back off. At first, The Miz refused to step away from A-Ry, but after Scarlet screamed at him, he moved backwards. When he was a few feet away from A-Ry, Scarlet sent a signal to ring the bell.
Alex Riley and The Miz locked up in the middle of the ring, and The Miz quickly got the upper hand by taking Alex's arm and twisting it. As The Miz prepared A-Ry for a submission hold, A-Ry used his elbow to hit The Miz's chin. When he was out of The Miz's hold, A-Ry pushed The Miz to the upper right turnbuckle and starting punching him. When he made it to three, Scarlet asked him to get off The Miz. The Miz then got on the top rope and jumped on A-Ry. Two of The Miz's fists hit A-Ry hard on the head, sending him tumbling down the ring canvas.
The match went on for fifteen minutes, with The Miz getting the upper hand for the first ten minutes, until Alex Riley was able to get back at him in the next ten minutes.
Right now, both men were lying face down on the mat, feeling pain and exhaustion. A minute later, The Miz slowly crawled on top of A-Ry and put his arm over him. Scarlet started the count, but when she was about to make it to three, Scarlet got up and held her right wrist. The Miz stood up and started yelling at her. She protested and told him that her wrist was hurting. The Miz cornered her to the top left turnbuckle. As they argued, Alex Riley punched The Miz in the back of his head, and rolled him up. Scarlet immediately started the three count, and successfully made it to three. She rang the bell, and raised Alex Riley's hand, declaring him as the winner.
The Miz rolled out of the ring, staring at Scarlet and Alex Riley. He was absolutely mad, and couldn't believe what just happened. He was aware that somehow, Scarlet abused her power as the referee by helping A-Ry win the match, since her right wrist was fine a few moments ago. As he stared at the two, he felt jealousy and rage rushing in his veins. Alex Riley hugged Scarlet and she hugged him back. The two then waved at him, which made him more mad. It took all of his strength not to rush back inside the ring and beat the living daylight out of Alex Riley. He was upset with Scarlet and he wanted to hurt her so much, but he knew he couldn't hit a woman. He mouthed a few inaudible insults to A-Ry, in which A-Ry just responded with an eye roll. The show ended with Scarlet and Alex Riley celebrating in the ring, as The Miz looked at them from the top of the ramp.
The show was over, but a lot of people were still outside the Savage Arena. It was a cold night, but none of them seem to mind, just as long as they could catch a glimpse of their favorite Superstar and Diva.
Dawn gave in to John's proposition, and now they were going to leave the arena together. When they stepped outside, the crowd went nuts. The ladies desperately tried to touch John's biceps, while the eyes of many men were glued on Dawn. Dawn and John signed a few autographs and took several pictures, before John's rental car finally came. The car valet got out of the vehicle, and Dawn and John got inside. They quickly drove away.
As Dawn uneasily sat on the passenger seat, she could smell the sexual tension building up in the air. John's hands tightly gripped the steering wheel, and he was driving a little fast. Suddenly, she was having second thoughts about what she was going to do with him tonight.
A few minutes later, they made it to the hotel that they were staying at. It only took them a short while to make it to John's hotel room. John couldn't contain himself any longer – he grabbed Dawn and slammed her on his hotel room door. Their lips met and moved against one another. Dawn put her hands on top of John's warm chest as he tried to fish out the keycard from his right pocket. He slid the keycard easily through the door's lock without breaking the kiss.
When they were inside his hotel room, John lifted Dawn up and she instinctively wrapped her legs around his waist. He carried her over to the bed and put her down gently on top of the sheets. John got on top of her, making sure not to put all of his weight on her. Their soft, light kisses turned ferocious. John licked Dawn's bottom lip a couple of times, but she's not giving him permission. John was getting frustrated and turned on at the same time. His left hand subconsciously stroked her right thigh up and down. Dawn moaned into his mouth, and John used this as an advantage to finally get his tongue inside her mouth.
As he explored her mouth, Dawn was trying to push Jay out of her mind and concentrate on what John was doing to her. Suddenly, the feeling of guilt and disgust washed over her. She put her hands on John's chest and pushed him away with the energy she had left in her.
John collapsed beside her and turned to look at her. Dawn did the same thing, and their eyes met. John brushed a strand of red hair away from her angelic face.
"Are you sure you still want to do this?" John asked her, even though he already knew that she didn't.
Dawn sighed. "I want to, but I don't think I can."
John smirked. "I'm not forcing you to do this. Like I said a while ago, we won't do it if you don't want to - and that's fine with me."
Dawn took a deep breath and moved closer to John. She placed a kiss upon his forehead and smiled at him. "Thank you."
John smiled back at her. "You're welcome."
John turned so that his back was lying on the bed. Dawn then placed her head on top of his chest. She could hear his heart steadily beating, and she loved the sound. John ran his right hand through her slightly messy red hair, enjoying the feeling of her smooth hair on his palm.
The silence between them wasn't awkward. Having known each other for years now, Dawn and John felt comfortable with one another. As much as John wanted to rekindle their flame, he knew he wouldn't be able to, since he knew that there was someone special in her heart, and he's already married. Even though he loved his wife, John couldn't help but wish that he met Dawn when he was still single.
They talked for a few minutes. They held on to each other until they fell asleep.
"I'm telling you man, they were totally making out outside of his hotel room." Nick Nemeth told his friend, Matt Cardona Jr., as they sat on the swivel stools of the hotel's bar.
Matt rolled his eyes as he drank his cocktail. "That could've been another chick. I mean, you're so obsessed about Dawn that you're starting to think that every redhead is her. And I don't really think John's the type to hook up, you know? The guy's married."
"You're standing up for them just because they're your broskis," Nick scoffed. "What about me?"
"You know you're also my broski, man," Matt sighed. "What you saw; it seems-"
"Unbelievable, I know, but... just think about it."
Matt didn't respond. Nick was his friend, but he just couldn't believe what he was claiming that he saw: John and Dawn – hooking up? It was totally unbelievable. Matt knew that John was married, and that Dawn and Jay had a thing going on. Matt was having a hard time picturing John and Dawn together. It might be unbelievable, but after he thought about it for a few minutes, Matt knew that it wasn't impossible for the two to hook up.
As much as Nick wanted to prove to Matt what he saw, he didn't want to show the picture that he took of John and Dawn kissing on his phone. Only one person has to see that picture, and it's Jay.
Author's note: Sorry if it took so long for me to update! I have been busy with school and I got a bit sidetracked. :( So, I truly apologize if I've kept you guys waiting! Anyway, I'm not really sure if I like this chapter or not; it didn't have Jay in it, and I kinda think of it as a primer for the events that's going to transpire in the later chapters. Anyway, please don't forget to leave a review! :D Feedback is really appreciated.