2nd chapter! :)
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'I knew you two would do great tonight,' complimented Estelle, grinning at Ted and Cody. 'MNM didn't know what was coming when you-' She cut off once she saw Orton - the man she'd called disgusting – approaching the three of them. Cody followed Estelle's gaze to find Orton looking straight at him.
'What do you want, Randy?' Rhodes asked harshly. There wasn't any piece of the man in front of him he liked. His ability in the ring was good, Cody thought, but he couldn't help but think the Legend Killer was somewhat a coward and all over disrespectful.
Orton licked his lips before giving a small smile. 'You see… I talked to Stelle here before your match tonight and I have to say I wasn't disappointed.'
Ted gave Estelle a confused look, but the women's attention was on Cody, and Cody was glaring at the Legend Killer.
'You see I've watched the three of you in the ring the past few weeks…' Orton began, 'You all have potential to become champions... Stelle, you were close to becoming champion on Sunday and Ted, Cody you could have the potential to become Tag Team Champions from how you performed in the ring tonight…'
'What are you saying, Orton?' questioned Cody.
Orton's eyes flickered over to Estelle, 'I'm saying we're all capable of impressive things… capable of being impressive… I want you three to consider the opportunity of teaming with the next WWE Champion.' Orton gestured to himself self-approvingly.
Cody stepped forward in front of the Legend Killer, bored of Orton's self-righteous attitude. 'Why would we want to team with you?'
Orton's head rose complacently. 'Cody, I get it… I get it, Cody… I know we haven't seen eye to eye since you arrived to Raw and I know I and your father haven't seen eye to eye, either… but I think that when opportunity arises, you'd be foolish to not take it.'
'So you think, if we helped each other out, we'd all be champions?' said Ted, his arms folded and brows rose.
'That's exactly what I think,' said Randy, his tongue pressed against his cheek before he looked directly at Estelle and said, 'unless I'm too disgusting for you,' and smiled. 'I'll see you next week,' was the last thing he said before walking off, duffel bag slung over his shoulder.
Ted watched Orton go, but Cody turned to face Estelle and gave her a questionable look. 'What happened with you and Randy?'
Estelle hesitated at first, for a reason she wasn't quite sure why, and then looked into Cody's eyes, seeing only concern.
'I'll catch you two later, okay?' said Ted, his palm on Cody's shoulder. Cody smiled briefly then Ted left to shower then return eventually to his hotel room.
'We should go, too,' said Estelle. So she and Cody made their way to his locker room, where Estelle would wait outside the door, texting Eve Torres about their tag match against Maryse and Divas Champion, Melina, next week. They had decided they would meet up an hour earlier to talk strategy. She and Eve had soon become close friends after both Melina and Maryse had begun to victimise them both, taunting them in and outside the ring. Around the time her and Eve had stopped texting, Cody came out his locker room carrying two bags and his keys. Estelle took one of the bags, her own, then they both walked to the car, in which they said bye to several people they passed along the way.
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'And then I told him he was disgusting before I left to come and meet you and Ted before your match,' Estelle finished her story about her talking with Randy earlier that night.
Estelle's mouth opened once Cody grinned, then gave a small chuckle. 'What?' the diva asked, 'he was being so rude and ugh, the way he kept looking at me!' She slumped in her seat, frustrated, looking out the window of the car they'd borrowed as they arrived at the airport earlier that morning, and she saw The Miz leaving in his own car. She turned back around, 'I mean, he was always so disrespectful to you and your father, and I just don't understand…'
'You called him disgusting?' Cody chuckled.
'Cody!'
He stopped laughing. 'No, I know he was always disrespectful to my father.'
'What then?' asked Estelle, turning in the passenger's seat toward Cody.
'You're really not afraid of him?'
'No, the guy's a total asshole!'
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Does anyone want me to write out the matches as well? I don't feel all that confident with them, but I'm willing to try!