Chapter One
I shook my head to rid the fogginess of that suplex, "Jesus Christ." I muttered under my breath as I reached for the middle rope to help myself up. Alicia Foxx danced around the ring trying to get the crowd involved, Layla rang around to the side of the ring as I tried to get up "Your not seriously hurt are you?" she asked in a frantic whisper so they crowd couldn't hear, I gave a curt nod but I knew it was a lie, I hadn't tucked my head with the impact of that last suplex, she smiled and snapped back into character as she pounded the edge of the mat with her fist in encouragement triggering the crowd to follow her league. Alicia looked up preparing herself for the next attack, she ran towards me aiming to knock me through the ropes but I was quicker. I dodged to the right and caught her up in a schoolboy roll up as the ref called for a 3 count, my music hit as Layla and Kaitlyn joined me in the ring "And your winner, Sydney!" called the voice of Justin Roberts from ringside, they raised my hands in a small celebration before we were cut off by Beth Pheonix, she had one hand with a microphone and the other supporting Alicia as her and Natalya backed up ramp "This is just a small win for you guys! Don't get use to it, Survivor Series will be nothing like this." She yelled as she dropped the microphone to the ground. Kaitlyn and Layla started their taunts as the three larger divas left the arena, I managed to get a small part in the 5 man elimination tag at Survivor Series in the upcoming pay-per-view, eventhough I wasn't playing the preferred role of the heel, I couldn't of asked for more. I was getting TV time, most of it was on Superstars but that allowed me to have a longer match and it exposed me to a live crowd and television audience which was nothing like I was use to.
After we cut to commercial break we gave the crowd sitting in the front row a few handshakes and smiles before exiting to the back which was buzzing as they prepared for the next segment, I dodged the various workers trying to make it back to my hoodie, "Nice job." Spoke a deep English accent, "Thanks, had a few mistakes but always room for improvement." I replied back with a polite smile, he stuck his hand out for a handshake which I repayed lightly "My name is Wade, Wade Barrett. I don't think we have had a proper introduction before." He gave me a small smile but his head lingered a little too long for it to be friendly, "Pleased to meet you, I'm Sydney to the WWE Universe but I guess you can call me Bethany," I gave a small joke as I let go of his hand "I saw you have a match with Tyson, it will be interesting to see what you guys will get up to. Anyways I should get out of your way, see you around." I waved as I grabbed the nearest hoodie and quickly walked out of there, my heart was racing and lucky it was dark in there and I had just finished a match because my face was light pink, I hugged my hoodie to my chest as I power walked towards the Divas locker room, "Bethany! Bethany! Bethany Jane Jenkins!" called out the voice of Scott Coltman from behind me "Oh shit, hey Scott I didn't hear you, I guess I'm in another world tonight," I laughed shakily There could only be one reason for that I added silently "What are you doing on Superstars? The majority of the roster won't be here for another hour." He smiled and wrapped an arm around my shoulder, "I wouldn't want to miss your match and I convinced my old man I come here earlier so I could give you your eighteenth birthday present since the gods of fate couldn't let us be together." CM Punk walked out of the locker room holding a medium sized box wrapped in pink plastic and finished with a oversized bow "Scott knew what he wanted to get you, he just didn't know how. I managed to contact some friends in Japan to get the right size, I hope you like them." Punk passed me the package without eye contact, "Oh wow thanks, you didn't have to go through all that trouble." I carefully ripped open the plastic and opened the box to a new pair of shin pads and boots, the look on my face must have given away my excitement "You didn't have to go through that much trouble." I looked up to the two men, "C'mon Australia, you have a lot of talent but that's only half of it, you need to look it as well." Smirked Punk, Oh wow, that smile. I squealed mentally, trying not to give my inner monologue away I retorted "What? Are you serious? Whats wrong with my look?" I threw out my hands to emphasis my blue and black shiny v cut shorts with a matching low cut crop top with a cut out back, Scott gave a large cackle as he pointed to my old wrestling boots which were close to falling apart by the stitches which had been ducked tapped one to many times back together "Ok I see your point." I pouted looked up beneath my mid length brown hair, Scott ruffled my hair before heading off behind Punk and called out "Catch you later alligator, you better be coming out with everyone tonight!" I stood in the middle of the hallway watching the men disappear as I turned to walk to the locker room CM Punk turned his head slightly to give me a small smirk, my heart nearly burst out my chest.
I shoved my black hoodie into my bag but carefully placed my new boots on top. I had a quick shower to shake my nerves and wash away the stink of the ring, for once I had managed to tame my mid length brown hair to a soft curl and attempted a decent imitation of a dark smoky eye like the makeup artist did every night before a show. I threw on a pair of black skinny jeans, black flats and my comfy light blue jean shirt, I gave my makeup and jewelry bag a quick look over, What the hell I thought as a grabbed the dark gold and black beaded choker necklace, I had to at least wear it once since it was a birthday present from Layla. I gave myself one quick look over before leaving, as I put my hand on the door to exit I realized I had forgotten to put on shoes, I slapped my hand over my forehead Pull yourself together girl! You're a bundle of nerves tonight I silently cursed at myself as I backtracked to the spot I left my black ballet flats before reattempting my exit.
I flopped onto a chair next to Layla in the viewing room to watch Raw with many of the other superstars on the rooster, I scanned the room to see if anyone else I knew was around when I caught the smiled of Wade Barrett post match, his body glistering with sweat, muscles rippling… Seriously! I cursed at myself again for letting my mind wander away. I turned around quickly ducking my head and biting my lip "What's wrong B?" Layla asked as she popped another piece of dried fruit in her mouth, "Nothing… just nothing." I stammered while trying my best to keep focused on the show ahead.
The show went by quickly with the development of new story lines with Survivor Series coming up they needed to draw in buyers, Layla and I chatted about nothing important, just a mix of wrestling and girly stuff. We were joined at many points during the show but other superstars like Cody Rhodes and Santino before they had to go off and do there various segments, even John Cena a long time friend of Layla stopped to chat, I had always had this gut feeling when I was watching him in the ring that he could never be that nice in real life, boy was I wrong. He watched the matches and gave feedback, he even helped with the writing of our storylines, he was just as determined to create a better Divas division as we were.
A large bunch of the roster left the arena together planning on going to one of the large bars in down town Austin, I silently followed Layla and Kaitlyn and slipped into the back seat of the rental Range Rover, "I can wait to get my groove on." Layla joked, she started to do some type of dance with her hands while Kaitlyn started the car, "I remember that last time you got your 'groove' on, it ended with me cleaning up your sick." I joked, the back doors of the car opened as Cody Rhodes and Damien Sandow jumped in sandwiching me in the middle "I swear a Range Rover had more room than this." I said sarcastically while wiggling my bum to create more room, "Don't fight it, you enjoy it admit it!" Damien replied as he moved his legs onto of mine and Cody's, I raised my eyebrow at Cody "Layla wants to get her groove on tonight." I imitated her little dance, as she turned around and gave me a light slap on the leg, "Well all know its going to be a good night then." Replied Cody giving Layla's chair a kick with his foot. Of course Cody's comment was right.