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Chapter Three - The Austin Date

My scream was muffled into Daniel Bryans arm as I taped out to the 'Yes' lock. "2 to 1, you owe me breakfast." He said releasing me from his patent submissive move, "One day I'll win." I swore to him between breaths. We sat down on the edge of the ring cooling down after our work out. Daniel Bryan and I formed a friendship after he was watching a practice match between myself and another young wrestler going under the name Ben Benson when I was wrestling in Australia, I had done a reckless move which luckily didn't cause damage to Ben and Daniel had called me out and chewed me up for my recklessness, after that we training together during his short tour with the company, he had knowledge and a lot of experience that he was more then willing to share and he was happy to have a training partner that could take and give out tough hits. We sat sipping on our waters in silence before he asked, "Did you leave the bar with Barrett last night or was I seeing things?" I knew I had to answer this in a particular way without it coming of as something more, even though I did want something more, very much so. "Yeah we were both leaving at the same time so we thought it was easier going since we were going to the same place. He is a nice guy." I added in the last part hoping it didn't sound too suss, "It's good you had someone to leave with," he held up his hand before I could start to protest, "I know you're a big girl that can handle yourself, for a fact I've experienced it first hand but you know there are weird people out there. Just give me a text or Scott even Phil, I saw you guys were talking too." Phil, I doubt it. Depending on the mood maybe. "I will next time, I pinky promise." I held out my right pinky to show him my seriousness, which he accepted with a smile, "I will sleep better tonight knowing that." My phone buzzed on the other side of the gym, I called over my shoulder to Daniel as I rummaged through my bag "How did you night end up going?" 1 new text message; Wade Barrett 'Hey this is Wade are you free for lunch today, around 1pm before we head back on the road?' 2 hours to get ready and pick an outfit, seems acceptable. I texted back 'Sure thing, I will meet you in the lobby at 1, B.' stuffing my things back in my bag and throwing it over my shoulder with my phone in hand preparing to leave I finally got a response to my question, "We had a lovely time Australia, thanks for asking." I span around on the spot in time to see Punk taking off his grey t-shirt and climb into the ring to join Daniel, my blood started pumping, Keep your hormones in check girl! You just accepted a date from one guy and your drooling after another. "That's lovely to know Punk but I wasn't asking you." I flirted with a small pang of guilt in my stomach, "Daniel I will buy you breakfast tomorrow, I've just had something come up!" I threw my hand up and gave a small wave to the men "You make her called you Punk, seriously?" Daniel asked as they entered a lock up, "No way man, I gave her the option. We just tease each other." Punk replied as he pushes Daniel towards the corner. I smiled to myself as I exited the gym before finding out how the rest of the conversation went. I had a date to prepare for.

I called my parents on the way back to the hotel; I was ambushed with the usually questions 'Are you eating properly?', 'Have you been getting enough sleep?' and 'Are people being nice?' That last question was difficult to answer; I didn't think explaining that I'm about to date someone who was a little bit older then I was and not to mention another guy who I seemed to have a hot and cold romantic entanglement. I was a stereotype of a Hollywood romance movie.

"Calm down Bethany!" said Layla has she sat crossed legged on my bed, surrounded by the majority of my clothes, I was kneeling in front of my suitcase frantically searching for the perfect outfit for my date with Wade, there was a knock on the door, I quickly checked my watch to calm my nerves it couldn't be him I had an hour to spare. "Calm down Beth, your starting to make me worried." Said Layla while stepping over the bomb site that my clothes had made, Layla had opened the door to Mike 'The Miz' Mizanin, "Hey Beth…" he trailed off, cautiously making his way towards me, tip toeing over the various clothing items, "You said I could borrow your iPod so we could swap some music." He perched on the end of my bed, observing the chaos around him. I grabbed my iPod off the desk and chucked it over my head "If you don't mind me asking what's going on?" he asked as he folded the nearest t-shirt, "I don't know what to wear," I sighed dramatically "I have a lunch I have to go to." Mike raised his eyebrow in interest "Why is this lunch so important?" Layla and I looked at each other, I gave her the 'Don't tell him anything look.' But I knew she was dying to tell someone, before I could leap up and cover her mouth with my hand she blurted out "Beth is going on a date with Wade." I put my hands on my hips in protest, "Seriously! You couldn't keep your mouth shut." I laughed as I picked up the nearest shoe and threw it playfully at Layla, she dodged it "I couldn't help it, it's really adorable." A shot Mike a death stare "Don't you even say anything." But we both knew he couldn't help but burst into laughter, I started throwing the closest things to me; shoes, wallets, pieces of makeup. "Hey! I think its adorable, I'm laughing that you hid it from me." He was dodging my throws "I think I know what you should wear though." He picked me up from the floor and threw my on the clothes covered bed, "If this ends up being the most awkward and awful date, it never leaves this room." I threated, they both looked at each and laughed it off while starting to prepare me for my date.

I had to give them props I looked pretty good, If I don't say so myself, Mike had chosen a light weight summer dress with a black, white and yellow pattern with a cut off denim jacket with black flats and Layla had worked her girly magic on my hair and makeup making me look flawless but effortless. I pressed the button to the elevator, trying my best to calm myself down, I looked down at the floor talking You will do fine, just don't do anything stupid or embarrassing, the elevated opened and without looking up I walked in and something hard hit my head "Ouch!" I grabbed the top of my head and looked up to Punk who was holding his elbow with a amused look on his face, "Watch where your walking next time Australia, the world doesn't revolve around you." He laughed and took a step to the side as I moved to the middle of the elevator, he stood between the doors, I pouted, "Oh you would be surprised." I shot back, the elevator doors beeped in protest of Punk obstructing the way, he placed his hand on the door to prevent it from closing, he gave my a look up and down and asked "Why are you all dolled up? Do you have a date or something?" I placed my hand firmly in the middle of his chest and got up on my tip toes closing the gap between our faces and I whipered "You're a smart cookie Punk, I have a date." I gave him a small push so the doors would shut at the last second before the doors closed I swear I saw a look of disappointment.

I was 5 minutes early and to my surprise Wade was earlier. He was sitting down fiddling with his phone, I took a moment to soak in this picture. His usually slicked back hair was slightly messy and he was slouched in the leather chair wearing a casual jean shirt rolled up to the elbows, light brown cargo pants and leather sneakers. My heart began to race as I made my way over to him, "Hey there." I spoke softly not to startle him, he looked up and gave me a sweet smile "How are you?" he stood up and placed his hand on my should a bent down to give me a kiss on the cheek, Again with the lingering, I smiled as we made our way to the café.

Wade had chosen a small little café that backed into a courtyard so we could enjoy the beautiful day Austin had given us. We dinned on gourmet sandwiches and home brewed lemonade, we chatted about interests which we had many in common, we liked the same movies and loved going to live music shows. We ended up walking along a pretty street full of boutique shops, "What's your home like?" he asked looking down at me, "I'm an only child and I knew the boundaries so I had a great relationship with my parents. I grew up in the outer suburbs, my parents owed a house on a big block of land so I spent my childhood on motorbikes and playing around in the mud and if I was inside I was playing Xbox and watching wrestling. I grew up surrounded by family with most of them being boys and I haven't really had any close girlfriends, just because I never really had anything in common with the girls I went to school with. The land had a big dam where we spent our summer holidays swimming and my dad build a outdoor eating area right on the water, at Christmas we would put the tree out there and have a barbeque and spent the day in the water." I gave him a sad smile, "I miss it sometimes, just being there and around my family, if I could I would pick up the house and the land and bring it here along with my family." Wade continue looking straight ahead walking beside me, our hands touched briefly, I could feel a jolt of electricity run up my arm, he did something that I had only dreamed of, he grabbed my hand and held it softly giving me a reassuring smile, "I know how you feel, my family was very similar I had cousins around the same age and we were pretty inseparable. I went to university and studied Marine biology just because I love the ocean. My family went to Spain one year and it was the first time I saw a clear blue ocean and I fell in love with it and ever since then I've had a curiosity about it." Our hands swayed in-between us, our fingers entwined, "How did you end up fighting?" I asked curiously, he chuckled as we stopped in front of a store to look at the intricate window display, "I didn't want to burden my parents with the cost of sending me to school. I was always playing sport and I fell into it and I've always watched the wrestling, it just happened. A series of events falling into place is the only way I can describe it. Don't get me wrong it was great doing the marine biology stuff but this is the best thing in the world." He moved in front of me, looking into my eyes, I felt myself fill with warmth. It was a strange sensation, nothing I had ever felt before, he pushed a strand of my hair behind my eye, my heart stopped as he held my chin and traced along my jaw line with his thumb. I moved next, I stood on my tip toes narrowing the different between my 5'4 height to his 6'7 frame, I closed my eyes waiting for our lips to touch and when they did I felt as if I had entered a dream.