Chapter 34 Lucky luck man

While Jamie was down one end of the building, Raven made her way down the other side, she only had one objective today and thankfully it wouldn't take that long. Raven felt better about being here today, usually she hated it but today she didn't mind. She knew the exact reason, there was a high chance that she would run into Randy Orton, he still hadn't called or made contact, not that she blamed him, being busy was one the territories when it came to being a wrestler, there were times when she wouldn't here from her father or uncle for months on end, it wasn't just wrestling that kept you busy, it was the promotional stuff and the fans and guest appearances, she understood that being busy was his only excuse, well it was the number one excuse he could use. Raven wasn't actually looking for Randy, if she ran into him that would be a bonus, no today she was looking for someone else. With any luck the fame hadn't gone to his head and he hadn't forgotten the little person, at least thats what he called her, little person. Not that she could argue with that, she was tiny. She was actually smaller than AJ Lee, who she passed without a word, Raven reconized her, she knew most wrestlers, after all she was a fan. A huge fan. When she finally made it to the gym she flicked the door open and there he was. Standing with two of his friends, his back to her. Raven put her finger to her lips so his friends wouldn't give the show away. Raven pushed her two index fingers into the flesh between his rib cage and hips, a pressure point that would make anyone jump, he turned around and swung his massive arm, only catching air and then a nice little boot to his chest. He swayed but stayed on his feet, his face relaxed into a grin when he saw her.

"Raven Venom! This is a shocker"

"I'm sure it is Barrett," Raven shook her head at the big englishman, "Still aiming for a six foot man when you know theres only one person that would dare jab you like that, and she's only five-three"

Wade bent down and gave the small girl a hug, when he let her go he still couldn't believe that she was even here. They had tried to keep in touch but neither of them tried very hard, the odd text and once a month email, but that was perfect for both of them, they could still be friends without having to talk to each other every six seconds.

"So what brings you here Raven?"

"You. Wondering if we could talk?"

"Sure"

"Dude, introductions"

"Sorry, Kofi, Miz this is my old friend Raven, Raven you already know who they are"

"Indeed I do" She shook their hands and gave them a friendly smile, "So Stu, I was wondering if you could do me a favour"

Wade rolled his eyes, "Man you get drunk, mistake a girl for a lamp post, feel her up for two minutes and you pay for it the rest of your life"

"You mistook her a lamp post?" Miz asked looking at him, Wade grinned,

"I was that drunk"

"You felt her up?"

"I was that drunk"

"Being flat out drunk aside, Stu I need a favour, and it would really help if you paid attention"

"Fine, I'm paying attention, what is it you need"

"I need you to stay away from Jamie, new blonde girl working with CM Douche-bag, she's my sister and you need to stay away from her"

His eyes narrowed and his grin vanished, Kofi and Miz backed away slightly, they weren't sure if they wanted to get involved with this or not, it looked as though it was going to end badly mainly for the small girl he still hadn't flinched at Wade's evil glare.

"You say that like I'm trying something with her that I shouldn't"

"I say it like your kind scares her"

"My kind?" Wade took a step forward, true to her ways she didn't step back, she only tilted her head upwards so she still had eye contact,

"Yeah, British people, they scare the crap out of her, and Jamie is still touch and go when it comes to some things, fear is one of those things, last thing I want is Jamie back in hospital because you said hello to her"

"Why do I scare her? I ain't even met her, at least not properly" Wade was confused now, so confused that he forgot to be angry.

"Not you personally, just British people in general, I think its the lingo, I'm not sure but ever since she watched Austin Powers, she's been deeply afraid of British people."

"Thats weird,"

Raven let out a laugh, "Yeah it is, but thats what scares her, and I wanna prevent another trip to the hospital, so please just stay away from her"

"Alright fine, I'll keep my distance, its still weird though, and a little racist"

"Jam ain't racist, I didn't say she didn't like you people, I said you scare her, if you didn't speak the way you did she wouldn't be so scared"

"Still sounds racist"

"Yeah I know, but trust me its not. I don't think Jamie has it in her to be racist, she don't even know what it means"

"Can I ask" Miz piped up, "How you mistook her for a lamp post and how you managed to feel her up for two minutes?"

"Told you, I was drunk, really really drunk"

"Well you tell them about that, I just saw something far more interestin" Raven let a devious grin come to her face as Randy entered the gym, the surprise on his face wasn't hidden well, not that she expected it to be, she was the last person he expected to see.

The three men watched as Raven made her way up to the Viper, "This ain't gonna end well" Wade muttered, knowing how both parties reacted to company they didn't want.

"Hey Raven" Randy managed to get out while his heart had a mini heart attack, he just knew that this wasn't gonna end well, but of course knowing that went out the window because her silver orbs didn't reflect sadness or anger over his lost communication. He wanted to ring or text, he really did, but work got in the way and when he wasn't working he was stuck on what to say, he had his usual lines but he didn't want to use those on her and knowing his luck, she would see right through it. Sadly Randy spent his nights looking at her number and wondering whether or not to call, he always chickened out, now he couldn't bail, he would have to talk to her.

"Hey yourself, don't worry I'm not stalkin you"

Randy found the smirk slip to his face almost naturally, talking to her was easier than he thought or remembered. "That could've been fun"

"Well perhaps when I'm done with work tonight, I'll start stalkin you"

"Really? Cause that would be super" Randy laughed before cringing inwardly to himself, Super? When the hell did he ever say that?

"I'll get on that" Raven touched his arm ever so gently, a gentle squeeze told him all he needed to know. She was still interested, he wasn't in any dog box for not calling, and she still was waiting patiently for his contact, Randy gave her back a smile before making his mind up, one way or another, tonight he would ring her. Even if he spouted off more stupid words like 'super' He would ring her.

When she was gone, Wade looked to Randy, that smirk on his face, "Can I just say one thing Randy?"

"What?"

"Goddam! You lucky lucky bastard!"

"What are you talking about Barrett?"

Wade let out a laugh, "I saw the way you two looked at each other, you want her and clearly she wants you, which is odd, Raven doesn't usually play well with the opposite sex, well she don't play well with others in general, but the way she was lookin at you, I thought she was going to pounce,"

"Alright you got me Wade, I like the girl"

"Must be weird though Rand" Miz spoke up, "Havin Wade's sloppy seconds"

"What?" Both Randy and Wade asked at the same time, Miz wasn't an enemy to either of them but he did love stirring up trouble, it was something he got from his friend Iziah, she loved stirring up trouble too. She was the master at it.

Wade let out a chuckle, pinching Miz's cheeks as though he was a child, "Oh you Americans are so cute! Just because a gal and guy are friends you think that something sexual went down, you are too much sometimes!"

"You and Raven were together?" Randy asked out of nothing but mild interest, he just couldn't picture Wade and Raven as an item.

"Nah, we're friends, thats all we'll ever be, not that I wouldn't mind a little bit more, but she has made it very clear that that would never happen,"

"So how do you two know each other?" Kofi asked, he too was having trouble picturing Wade and Raven as a couple, it was just an odd odd match.

"We're old friends, we met on the circuit"

"Circuit?"

"Bare knuckle fighting, she was the only woman"

Randy, Miz and Kofi couldn't hide the stun on their faces, it was another thing that was hard to picture, Raven and bare knuckle fighting? If that was true, it was truely a miracle that she survived at all.

"Wait, was she the sexy girl holding the signs, telling which round it was?" Kofi asked, it was the only thing he could think of to explain what Wade had just said.

"No, she used to fight. Pretty good at it too, last I heard she only had one loss on her record, the rest were wins."

"Still can't believe that she was a bare knuckle fighter, she's so tiny"

Wade let out a gentle cackle, "Yeah that was mistake we all made, so tiny that you felt bad for hitting her so you wouldn't go as hard and by the time you realised that she could take a hit, you were already defeated,"

"Girl must know how to fight well" Randy remarked, he wasn't sure why but now he liked her even more. He didn't know any woman, even the Divas here, that would volunteer to fight in a bare knuckle fight, they would be too scared, but Raven seemed fearless and indifferent to the fact that she could get hurt.

"Fighting isn't what won her all those rounds, it helped of course, but if there is one thing Raven does better than anyone, its survive, when she was on that circuit, she took alot of punishment but still she didn't quit, and just when you thought you had her beat, she somehow got up and fought some more and by that time, you were frustrated, was there anything that could put her down? Nine times out of ten, no there wasn't. She kept surviving until you had lost the wind in your sails" Wade looked to Randy, "She reminds me of you actually, waiting for the right time to strike. Just like a snake in the grass"

The four men laughed, Kofi was the one to ask the other burning question, "I'm still wondering how you mistook her for a lamp post and felt her up"

"You mistook her for a lamp post? Man you must've been wasted" Randy laughed, even he hadn't done that and back in those days it seemed like he was always drunk.

"Yeah I was really wasted, it was the first time I met her and then three days later she was on the circuit and thats how we became friends, she's never let me forget it though"

Mini flashback; Wade telling the story (I hope this works!)

Raven made her way home in the darkness, she was lucky, this road was almost always deserted and when it wasn't everyone she came across knew her, they said hello and let the young girl go on her way. Raven carried her hunting knives anyway, so far in the three years that she had done this walk, she only had to use them once, and that was a misunderstanding that easily went away. Raven heard them before she saw them, and from how loud they were, she doubted they saw her. Jeering and slurred words pointed out that they were drunk. Raven merely made her way to the nearest house and hid in the shadows, she would wait for them to pass, from her spot she could see them but they couldn't see her. They kept jeering and hollering, luckily for them most of the people down this street were either away or deaf, they could be as loud as they wanted, no one would hear them. It was that reason she carried her knives, no one could hear her if she tried to call for help.

"Gotta take a leak!"

One of them shouted, a slight British twang coming out. Raven hoped to hell that he didn't piss on her, instead he was pissing into the bush, away from her luckily, when he was done he zipped himself up and stumbled out. His large hand caught her shoulder. Raven stayed perfectly still, her hand inching towards her knife. He stumbled around so she could see his face, so far it looked as though he was grabbing at something that wasn't there, he let his hand wonder to her hair, confused amusement on his face. Raven couldn't help but be fascinated, he really was at a loss as to what he was feeling, he let his hand wonder down and when his fingers grazed her chest, grazed was the wrong word, his paw landed on her chest and gave an almighty squeeze. His hand stayed where it was but his face was hit with reality, "Thats a girl ain't it?"

"Yeah"

He lept back and a single torch light illuminated what he was touching, a young girl wearing next to nothing. "Sorry love, I thought you was a lamp post"

"You must be really drunk, how many lamp posts do you know of that have breasts?"

He gave a drunken chuckle as his friends caught up to him, Raven kept both hands on her knives, ready to draw and strike.

"Oy my God! Its a girl!" One of them remarked as though he had never seen one up close and personal, as though all the women he had seen were confined to zoos. "Why are you out by yourself?" He asked softly as though she was a lost child. "Its freezin out her girl"

"I was walking home and your friend mistook me for a lamp post"

He laughed at her joke, it wasn't a joke but she wasn't gonna tell him that, "Stu does that, last time he gets hammered,"

The guy known as Stu, gently took her wrist and started to pull her down the street, she let it happen for a moment. "C'mon sweet heart, lets take you home."

Raven pulled from his grip and drew her knives, they looked at her and slowly put their hands up in defence, Stu spoke again softly, "I meant we will walk you home, young girl shouldn't be on the streets by themselves, its not safe"

"And I would be safer with drunk guys, one of whom mistakes people for lamp posts?"

They all laughed loudly, "We just wanna walk you home, nothing more than that"

Raven let it go, she didn't know why, perhaps it was how drunk they were, they could barely stand let alone put up a decent fight. Just like they had promised, they walked her home and made sure she was safe, they weren't too bad and Raven found herself glad for the company. They were just some guys that had drunk too much but still found it in them to keep a young girl safe. Stu even apologized for feeling her up, he really did think she was a lamp post.