Disclaimer: I do not own Christian/Jay Reso (although I really wish I did) or any of the Superstars and the Divas mentioned in this story – they own themselves and Vincent Kennedy McMahon owns the WWE. I only own this story and its original characters. I'll hit the switch on you if ever try to steal this story.
It's been three weeks since Jay broke-up with Dawn. The two of them didn't have time to cry about it or feel depressed, because they have their respective careers to keep them busy. But no matter what they did, they always remembered one another and they're starting find out that moving on ain't so easy because they see each other all the time.
July 16, 2012 - Monday
Raw SuperShow
Live at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada
Raw's Mr. Money In The Bank Chris Jericho made his way to the ring, accompanied by the World Heavyweight Champion Wade Barrett, the new Divas champion Scarlet and the returning Miz, who won the United States Championship from Daniel Bryan last night at Money In The Bank. All four of them were obviously triumphant last night at the pay-per-view.
When all four of them got in the ring, Chris Jericho's theme stopped playing and was replaced by the sound of the WWE Universe booing them. The four of them stared at the crowd. Barrett looked nonchalant, while Scarlet was emotionless. Jericho and Miz were both sporting a sly smirk. Jericho brought the microphone up to his lips.
"Welcome to Raw is Jericho!"
After Jericho said that, he received a mixed reaction from the crowd.
"Whether you like it or not, I'm going to be the General Manager of both Raw and SmackDown this week. If anyone's got a problem with that - which I'm sure a lot of people in the back do -"
Jericho was cut off by CM Punk's entrance music. The WWE Champion came out, along with the former United States Champion Daniel Bryan, the Intercontinental Champion and SmackDown's Mr. Money In The Bank Christian and the former Divas Champion Layla. Jericho, Miz, Wade, and Scarlet felt intimidated, but they tried their best not to look that way by putting on unimpressed expressions on their faces. The Miz rolled his eyes and mouthed "Really?" at CM Punk.
"Yes Miz, really," CM Punk said. "And we got a problem with you being in-charge of both shows this week, Jericho. How do we know you're not going to abuse your power?"
"Simple - I'm going to set up matches for tonight that I know will blow these people away and make this Raw the best one ever," Jericho answered, receiving more mixed response. "Speaking of matches, I'm going to set up two right now - Christian, Layla, and Daniel Bryan, you're going to be facing Wade, Scarlet, and The Miz in a six-person mixed tag team match later tonight and you Punk - you're going to be facing The Big Show and it will be tonight's main event."
Break The Walls Down started playing and CM Punk was clapping his hands for Jericho. The two teams stared at each other and the show went on a commercial break.
Dawn was at catering, holding a styrofoam plate. She was standing in front of the long white buffet table, watching the caterers fill up her plate with delicious warm food. She was hungry and she wanted to have dinner before the mixed tag team match later that night.
"Missed me?"
Mike whispered into Dawn's left ear. She looked over her shoulder and smiled at him.
"Of course I did."
Mike winked at her. "I knew you would."
Dawn thanked the caterer and spun around to face Mike. "Your hair looks great."
"I know, I know - my hair looks sexy pushed back." Mike said with a grin as he ran his hand through his hair.
Dawn chuckled. "I was just going to say that."
Jay was watching Dawn and Mike talk from across the room. He wanted to look away, but he couldn't and it frustrated him.
"Are they dating again?" Chris asked Jay, who suddenly appeared on his side. They looked at the two, who were talking animatedly. Mike was holding Dawn's hand as she laughed at whatever he was telling her.
"Even if they are, why should I care?" Jay said bitterly.
"I didn't say you should. Seems to me like you still care about Dee." Chris told Jay with a smirk on his lips.
"Watch me not care about her then." Jay smirked and winked at Chris, before approaching Milena or Rosa, who was on her way to the Divas locker room. Jay wrapped an arm around her shoulder and started talking to her. Chris rolled his eyes.
The smile on Dawn's face disappeared when she saw Jay and Milena. Mike noticed the sudden change of her facial expression when the two walked by.
"Forget about him, Dee - he's obviously forgotten about you." Mike told her as he squeezed her hand.
Dawn sighed as she took her hand away from Mike's. "It's hard to forget someone you see all the time."
"I'm the same with you." Mike told her, looking into her eyes.
"Oh." Dawn looked down, breaking the eye contact.
"I'm cool with being friends with you than being nothing at all Dee, but... I've been dying to ask you for a second chance. Would you give me that chance?" Mike said. He used his hand to cup her chin and lift her head. "Would you give us a second chance?"
"I-I have to eat and ge-get ready for my match."
Dawn took Mike's hand off her chin and sped-walked away from him with her food.
"So... how's your heart?"
Eve asked Dawn as she sat beside her on the peach suede sofa in the Divas locker room. Dawn was having dinner and before answering Eve, she took a chicken finger from her plate and ate it. After she swallowed, she smirked at Eve.
"What's that? I don't have one."
Eve rolled her eyes. "Drop the tough badass chick act, Dee."
Dawn put her plate down on the glass coffee table in front of the couch and looked at Eve. "What am I supposed to do, Eve? Wear my heart on my sleeve and suck the fun out of every room I walk into? It's better to be a cold-hearted bitch than a downer."
"But you're not either of those, Dee - you're you." Eve sighed. "Look, if you want me to go away, just say so. But I'm just really concerned about you, Dee - everyone is. Us Divas are sisters. We're here for you."
"I know you ladies are here for me, but I don't want to be a burden," Dawn said in reply. "Besides, I'm a woman whose heart has been broken for far too many times now. I'll get through this."
"Alright, if you say so." Eve smirked at her. "If you need me, I'm here for you."
"I won't forget that." Dawn smirked at Eve in return.
Eve stood up from the couch and Dawn started eating again. She still has a few pieces of chicken fingers on her plate and a handful of fries. She finished her meal in a matter of minutes and she was feeling thirsty. She stood up from the couch but after a second, she sat back down. She wasn't sure if she wanted to go back to catering. After her conversation with Mike, Dawn wanted to be anywhere but at catering. If Jay and Milena were there, then that just makes her want to stay away from catering completely. But her throat was dry and she can't afford to be dehydrated.
"Fuck it."
Dawn said and picked herself up from the couch. She stepped out of the Divas locker room and went back to catering. She took in a sigh of relief when she didn't see Mike, Jay, or Milena. She walked towards the beverage table and was about to grab the last can of Pepsi until someone else took it. She looked to her right and groaned when she found Nick opening the can.
"You're such a gentleman." Dawn narrowed her eyes at Nick as she watch him drink the can of Pepsi.
"Thank you." Nick grinned at Dawn as he brought the can down and stared at her.
"Don't flatter yourself."
Dawn was about to walk away from Nick to try and search for the water dispenser, but Nick grabbed her arm. Dawn turned around to face him.
"What do you want?" Dawn asked furiously.
"You. I've always wanted you, and knowing that you hate me only fuels my desire for you," Nick said. Dawn's eyes widened as she watched Nick close the space between them. She swallowed hard. "And now that Jay's out of your life, there's no one standing in my way. Give me a chance, Dee - I could be so good to you. For you."
Nick was about to place a kiss on her lips but Dawn slapped him hard, causing him to stumble backwards. When Nick was able to recompose himself, Dawn was gone.
"The following is a six-person intergender tag team match scheduled for one fall. Introducing first, from Phoenix, Arizona, she is the current Divas Champion - Scarlet!"
Scarlet came out and she struts gracefully to the ring. The crowd didn't know whether to praise her or to vilify her and it was very hard to tell if they were supporting her or hating her. She was wearing her edgy in-ring attire and the Divas championship was wrapped around her waist.
"And her tag team partners. First, from Cleveland, Ohio, he is the current United States Champion - The Miz!"
I Came To Play by Downstait started playing and The Miz came out. He raised the United States championship and even though most of the audience was booing him, some were cheering him on and they looked glad to see him back in the WWE. He did his usual ring entrance and when he got in the ring, he placed the title on his right shoulder and put an arm around Scarlet's shoulders. He smirked at her. Dawn didn't know if that was The Miz or Mike, so she just smirked back at him.
"And from Manchester, England, he is the current World Heavyweight Champion - Wade Barrett!"
Wade Barrett came out, wearing his cape. The World Heavyweight championship was wrapped around his waist. He did his signature entrance pose, causing his cape to fall on top of the ramp. After he did that, he walked slowly to the ring with a scowl on his face. He joined his tag team partners in their corner and waited for their opponents.
"And their opponents. First, from Miami, Florida - Layla!"
Layla came out and everyone cheered her on. Some men even wolf-whistled at her and she walked to the ring with a huge grin on her face, waving to everyone. Instead of getting inside the ring, she stood near the steel steps. Scarlet was watching her, but Layla wasn't bothered at all.
"Introducing her tag team partners. First, from Aberdeen, Washington - Daniel Bryan!"
Daniel Bryan came out and everyone cheered him on as well. Like Layla, he too had a smile on his face. He joined Layla near the steel steps and they talked.
"And from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the Intercontinental Champion and SmackDown's Mr. Money In The Bank - Christian!"
Just Close Your Eyes started playing and a few seconds later the Intercontinental Champion came out, proudly wearing the gold around his waist and carrying the bright blue briefcase in his right hand. He acknowledged his Peeps and made his way to the ring. He joined Layla and Daniel Bryan on the side of the steel steps and all three of them went to their corner. The Divas decided to start things off. When the bell rang, Scarlet continuously punched Layla, sending her to the upper right turnbuckle. Scarlet punched Layla everywhere and only stopped when the referee asked her to. Layla retaliated by using her elbow as a weapon, hitting Scarlet in the chin with it. The girls went back and forth. As they fought, the show went on a commercial break.
When the commercial break was over, The Miz and Daniel Bryan were in the ring now. The referee was going for the three count but Wade broke the count by kicking Daniel in the back of his head. Christian and Layla went in and Scarlet did too. Christian and Wade taunted one another and ended up going at each other. The referee tried to separate the two, but ended up getting punched by Wade. Christian and Wade fell out of the ring at the same time. Scarlet then dropkicked Layla out of the ring. Just when Daniel was about to make an attack on The Miz, Scarlet gave him The Whip Of Fire and he immediately went down on the mat. The Miz then picked him up and gave him the Skull-Crushing Finale. The Miz went for the cover and Scarlet tried to bring the referee back into consciousness by dragging him beside the two men in the center of the ring. The referee managed to count to three and then the bell rang.
"Here are your winners, the team of the WWE Divas Champion Scarlet, the World Heavyweight Champion Wade Barrett, and the United States Champion, The Miz!"
I Came To Play was playing and The Miz hugged Scarlet. Dawn wanted to push Mike away from her - she wasn't expecting that at all. But she wanted to stay in-character, so she hugged him back. A few seconds later, Wade got back in the ring and congratulated his teammates. The three of them stood in the ring, with Scarlet in the middle. They held each other's wrists and raised their arms. The crowd booed them, while some still applauded them for their victory.
"So, how was your night?"
Phil asked Dawn with a wide grin. Dawn smirked and stepped out of the doorway to let him in her hotel room. He was carrying two boxes of Krispy Kreme doughnuts. When Dawn saw it, her eyes widened and her stomach grumbled. She was only kidding when she told him over the phone to buy her some doughnuts from Krispy Kreme, but he actually bought her some.
"Terrible." Dawn groaned as she closed the door.
"Why was it so terrible?" Phil asked, placing the boxes of doughnuts on her bed and sat beside it. He took his shoes off and placed them in front of the nightstand before placing his legs on her bed.
Dawn walked to the bed and sat beside Phil. She placed one box on her lap and opened it. "Mike asked me if I could give him a second chance, Nick thinks he's good for me, and Jay and Milena were talking."
Dawn took out a doughnut and sank her teeth into it. Phil smirked as he watched her eat it. "Wow."
Dawn swallowed and licked her bottom lip. "Yup."
When Dawn was done eating her first doughnut, she licked her fingers and looked at Phil. "Did anything interesting happened to you tonight?"
"Well, I got hit in the back of my head with the Money In The Bank briefcase by Chris Jericho and then received the Whip Of Fire, Wasteland, Skull-Crushing Finale, and WMD. " Phil chuckled.
Dawn chuckled as she took out her second doughnut. She was just about to take a bite out of it, but then Phil grabbed her other hand and squeezed it gently. Phil planted a kiss on top of her knuckles. She smirked before taking a bite out of her doughnut. "Are you okay now?"
Phil nodded. "Yeah."
Of course I'm okay now - I'm with you, Phil thought to himself. Dawn silently ate her second doughnut. She stared at Phil's thumb, which was stroking her knuckles. Dawn could feel Phil's eyes on her, watching her eat. Instead of chewing the normal way, she chewed slowly and carefully. When she looked up at him, she caught him staring at her. Dawn instantly felt the warm stinging sensation that was building up under her cheeks. Phil blinked, slightly blinded by how bright Dawn's blue eyes were. They were silent for a few minutes and all they could hear was their uneven breaths.
"So uh... you said you wanted to get your hair cut. When are you going to get it cut?" Dawn asked.
"Probably next week or the week after next week," Phil answered. "Why?"
Dawn put her doughnut back in the box and licked her fingers. She grinned. "So I could still do this."
Dawn tousled Phil's hair with her hands. Both of them started laughing. Phil was asking Dawn to stop, but it only encouraged her to mess up his hair some more. Phil placed his hands on her sides and started tickling her. Dawn squealed and a few minutes later, the two found themselves lying on the floor. Dawn's head was on top of Phil's hard chest. She could hear his heart steadily beating. Phil had an arm around Dawn's small shoulder, keeping her close to him. Dawn's arm was wrapped around Phil's stomach. The two of them didn't say anything. The silence between them wasn't awkward at all - it felt right and relaxing. Phil looked down at Dawn, and found her eyes closed. He smirked and placed a kiss on top of her head. Her hair smelled like strawberries, as usual. Phil closed his eyes and went to sleep.
"Jay, why are you still awake?"
Milena asked Jay as she slowly rose from the bed - Jay's hotel room bed. The ivory duvet was wrapped around her bare body.
"I'm just thinking."
Jay replied as he walked away from the balcony door. He sat on the edge of the bed. Milena narrowed her eyes at him.
"You're thinking about her, aren't you?"
Jay slowly nodded and then sighed. Milena rolled her eyes.
"You know, I can make you stop thinking about her." Milena told Jay as she went closer to him. She ran her fingertips down his arm.
Jay closed his eyes and bit his lower lip to prevent himself from hissing. Milena's touch wasn't like Dawn's at all. Sure, Milena's touch was soothing, but her touch didn't affected him the same way Dawn's would. Suddenly, Jay grabbed Milena's shoulders and pushed her down onto the matress. A few seconds later, he found himself on top of her, sucking on the skin behind her left ear. His left hand was rubbing the side of her right thigh up and down. Milena seemed to like what he was doing, because she was whispering some Spanish into his ear.
They were in Las Vegas. And what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.
Author's note: This chapter should've been up weeks ago, but unfortunately I lost all my writing mojo and I just got it back. Anyway, I want to say thank you to all of you - you are all awesome! Don't stop being awesome, okay? :) So yeah, don't forget to leave reviews or suggestions. If you have any questions or you just want somebody to talk to, feel free to send me a message. :) xx Chandra