It's only a few minutes or so until Raw starts. We're all at the arena and have been for a while now. We all were ready for the night since we wore the same clothes we had on for the whole day. Ted and I are in our locker room, not really paying attention to what was going on for the Superstars tapings, because he as usual was being touchy.
"Touchy..." You giggle.
"I can't help it."
"You never can."
"Not with your clothes."
"I swear you wear half of them just to torture me." He adds with a chuckle.
"It's possible."
"It so is." He laughs. "And this shirt..." He kisses my shoulder. "...is definitely one of them."
"Good to know."
"I'd just like to know where you've been hiding this."
"Oh...you'll never know where I hide the best stuff."
"Awww." He pouts. "That's no fun." He says in a baby voice.
"If I tell you, then you'll raid everything."
"You're right, I will." He grins.
"Then you will never find out."
"That's fine. I like the surprise of not knowing what you're going to wear."
"Good. Because it's going to be a surprise every time."
"Looking forward to it like always."
"So I have the night off. Except for maybe an interview or promo or something."
"Good. More time to cuddle."
"And then once the show is over, we have the party to go to."
"I can't wait for that. Seeing you in that costume again..." He bites his lip.
"Yes yes I know." I laugh.
"Of course I did. It's easier to get ready here and then head right to where the party is."
"And when's your promo?"
"Whenever they come and get me I suppose. I wasn't told a specific time or anything."
"Darn."
"I know why you asked that though."
"Will you?"
"You want to leave early if we can."
"Actually, I just wanted you to change early, but that works too."
"Of course it does."
"Or did you want to wait for Vi and Justin?"
"They're probably gonna leave after his match. We'll see."
"Alright."
"But I know I'm definitely going to talk about how I want a new opponent to face for the title in my promo."
"I think it's about time you got a new one. This whole thing is getting old."
"It really is. I think I proved that last night."
"You did and it's time for you to have a new feud."
"I couldn't agree more."
"Hopefully Booker will give you a new one."
"I hope so."
"We'll find out soon."
"Tomorrow, I know."
"Never know, he could call you before then."
"True."
"We'll give him to the end of the show, if not then tomorrow we'll know."
"Right." I nod. His arms go around me, pulling me closer to him while he lightly kisses my shoulder.
"And there you go again."
"There's so much skin and it's right there wanting to be kissed."
"I can tell."
"It's going to be a long night."
"Depending on what's planned, yes."
"Right."
"Heard Justin is going up against Del Rio though tonight."
"Oh boy."
"That's gonna be a good match."
"Oh yeah. Justin's high flying and Del Rio's in ring approach. Definitely going to be good."
"Can't really stand Del Rio myself though."
"I really can't either, but he's someone we have to put up with when here."
"Unfortunately."
"Luckily we haven't had to encounter him much though."
"Thank god."
"He doesn't even want to go there with me."
"No, but he would."
"We've been lucky. No one has bothered us much."
"No. Probably because they know what we can do to them."
"Exactly."
"They're all scared of us."
"Just like they should be."
"Although Eve shows no fear...physically."
"She's scared. We can all see it in her eyes."
"Because I can really hurt her if I wanted to."
"You can and she knows that."
"I wanted to last night, but that's too easy."
"You'll get her when the time's right. I know you will."
"Of course I will."
"That's my girl." He grins giving you a kiss.
"I really don't think anyone realizes what I can do."
"They don't and they'll be very surprised when they see what you can actually do."
"They will be...unless they go back and watch my stuff."
"Right."
"You've already seen everything, so you know. And yes I know some of the stuff is hard to watch for you. What can I say, I wanted to be different."
"It is hard to watch, but I'm glad you did thing different. That's what got my attention the most."
"So you tell me all the time."
"I just love that you're like that."
"Of course you do."
"My perfect girl."
"Always."
"Love you."
"Love you too."
"Wonder what Vickie is gonna try and come up with for evidence on this supposed scandal of AJ and John's. Scandal my ass, Vickie is just jealous because AJ was made GM back then and she wasn't."
"I heard she has some evidence to show. Not sure what though."
"It's all lies, I'm telling you. And she really should talk about scandals. She had relationships with her talent. Just to get them what they wanted. Abuse of power."
"It really is. She doing right now too. Isn't her 'client' Dolph her boyfriend too? Like, come on."
"I know right?"
"She's a real piece of work." He shakes his head.
"Which is why I dread coming to this show now."
"Hopefully she won't be in charge anymore."
"She sucks up to Vince, he'll keep her around."
"If only he could see it's all an act."
"We can only hope he does someday."
"That will be a great day."
"Yes it will be."
"Can't wait for that day." He kisses across my shoulder to my neck, pressing light kisses as he moves to my cheek. I turn, which causes his lips to move and I press my lips against his, because I knew that was where he was going anyway. He moves my legs so I'm sitting across his lap now, his one hand on my back, the other on my head while he kisses back. I can't help but to pull myself closer as my arms wrap around his neck, one hand going to his hair like always. He makes sure to hold me so that I can't move until he's ready to pull away. He keeps the kiss going for as long as he can until we both need air.
"You always go until we need air...never fails."
"I want to kiss you as much a possible."
"You have forever to do that."
"I know and I love taking advantage of it too."
"Of course you do."
"Every chance I get."
"Which is a lot."
"Exactly."
"Now I believe the show is starting...I think we should pay some attention."
"Right."
I give him one quick kiss before turning to look at the TV, and they start the show off with a highlight video of how Ryback got screwed out of winning the title last night, when the ref of the match would get involved, and hitting him with a low blow, and counting fast to declare Punk the winner.
"That was just wrong. I can't wait to hear why he did that."
Out first to start the show officially, was Punk, as he comes walking out with Paul Heyman in tow and he's limping, and also has his ribs taped up.
"Deserves it." Vi scoffs.
"He does."
"You all thought that he was unbeatable. You all said it couldn't be done. You all thought...no you all knew that I was gonna be just another victim in this trail of bodies left behind by the monster Ryback. Well I proved you all wrong. Hey..hey bucket head. You were wrong. You were wrong. You were wrong. You were wrong. You..wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. You were wrong, you were all wrong, and you were proven wrong by me. The 344 days I have proved you all wrong. Hell, since day one, I have been proving you all wrong."
"Psh. Only because you been...oh I don't know...CHEATING!"
"I've defeated every single one of your heroes. I've survived everything they've had to offer. I remember when Rey Mysterio thought he could fly at my expense and I snatched him out of the sky and I put him to sleep. I remember the so called Apex Predator of Monday Night Raw, Randy Orton, saying that he was gonna send me to the hospital. And I proved that the Anaconda Vice is stronger than any Viper didn't I? And then there was a time when the resident superman of the WWE was John Cena."
"Don't even compare yourself to him. You're no where close to him."
"No, no he's not."
"He just needs to shut up and sit down...now."
"And as far as Ryback is concerned, he's not even in the conversation. I do want to take this time right now to talk about my monumental victory last night. Which should be applauded, but ever since that victory, it's been marred in controversy and people have the audacity to point a finger at me and accuse me of somehow, I don't know, convincing an official..to get physical with Ryback, to put his hands on Ryback."
"You so know you did." Vi rolls her eyes.
"This will be a hard pill for all of you to swallow, but I had nothing to do with it. I was on Ryback's shoulders last night, and I knew Shell Shocked was about to be delivered and well I was half right, because I was shocked at what happened next. And I will tell you all the same thing that I told general manger Vickie Guerrero earlier today. That the only thing I'm guilty of, is taking advantage of a situation, produced by the actions of a rogue official. That official's name is Brad Maddox. Now just to show you exactly how incompetent Brad Maddox is, he was hired by former general manager AJ Lee. That should tell you something right there.
"Oh no he did not just go there."
"I think he did."
"If anything, the only mistake she made was liking him."
"And his incompetence rears it's ugly head once again. You know a couple months ago, he cost me a match on Monday Night Raw. So I don't know if last night, he was trying to return the favor or something ridiculous, but trust me when I tell you that I had nothing to do with it."
"Lies. All lies. I know a lie when I hear it and you sir are lying." Vi points at the TV.
"You can not believe me, you can hate on me all you want, but the list goes on and on of your heroes that I've defeated. Triple H, hell Mr. McMahon, the entire titantower machine who's has tried to inexplicably erase me from their little history books. But I am in-erasable, I'm the best in the world."
"Psh. You're not the best. You stole that from Chris anyway."
"And I can stand here in this ring, on day 344 as your WWE Champion and proudly say that now I look at Ryback in a completely different way. And I look at him and he's in my rearview mirror, because it's behind me. I beat him, it is done, there will not be a rematch. I will move onto bigger and better things, I will give other competitors a shot, I will not be interrupted...no!" Punk stops when Mick Foley comes out.
"Haha. You got interrupted." Vi laughs.
"That's right everybody, hey look it's Foley..Foley. It's the homeless man who's clearly displaced by the storms in the northeast. Congratulations. We all recognize him."
"That's good, the way you make light of a situation affecting millions of Americans. Stay classy Punk. It's nice to know you've still got your sense of humor, seeing as less than 24 hours ago, you were left splattered on top of the hell in a cell. After a Shell Shock by Ryback."
"And he says he's not afraid of Ryback. Yeah right."
"What's your point Mick? Why are you even here? You know, the last time I saw you...the last time the world saw you, you were on the ground because I kicked your ass. Because I'll let you know, I don't like to be disrespected. And I got a feeling you came out here just to embarrass me."
"No no. I didn't come out here, right here in Charlotte, North Carolina...to embarrass you Punk. The way I see it, you did an excellent job of embarrassing yourself inside the cell."
"Oooohhhh...burn."
"Oh...so...what're you...you come here to judge me? Is that what you do? You come here to judge me?"
"No Punk, I'm not here to judge you. I'm here to tell you that a month ago I gave you a choice! I said, you wanna be a legend? Or do you want to be a statistic? I gave you a chance! To live up to a legacy and a tradition to Hell in a Cell and you blew it!"
"Tradition? You're gonna bark at me about tradition? Look at me. Look at me! Look at me Mick. This is your tradition. And this is the tradition the same legends would yell at you about, because you are the one who jump off roofs and you're the one who would throw yourself into barbed wire if it meant winning a match. And this is what your tradition does to superstars so don't yell at me about tradition."
"Someone needs to."
"No, I don't suck, I'm not from Charlotte, North Carolina. Oh here we go, yeah come on, give me all you got, I have an idea. You want to bark to me tradition? This...for 344 days and we're approaching Survivor Series, the pay-per-view which I won this title. You keep popping up like a bad penny. Seems to me...like you want to do something about it, so I say with Survivor Series coming up, let's have a traditional Survivor Series match. Yeah, yeah. Team Foley against Team Punk."
"I don't think that's a good idea Punk..."
"Your team against my team. Team Foley vs Team Punk. You're on."
"I'll tell you right now, whoever you pick, we're gonna get rid-" Punk gets cut off by Ryback coming out.
"Oh boy. Someone's not in a good mood."
Punk and Heyman retreat through the crowd, leaving Mick and Ryback in the ring. The show goes to the first commercial break from there.
"Well looks like someone is scared."
"If that's not scared, then I don't know what is."
"In Punk's words, that would be casually leaving."
"You've got a point." He chuckles.
"We've heard the same thing from him for months, he's getting that predictable."
"Tell me about it."
"Anyway, you got anything tonight?" She turns on his lap to face him.
"I've got a match."
"Oh? Against who?"
"Del Rio."
"Oh..." She bites her lip. "...at least you're in action tonight."
"And it's non-title. Thankfully."
"That makes me feel a lot better. I was worried for a second."
"What about you? What do you have?"
"Nothing much. Just a promo."
"Oh good, you get an easy night."
"I just wish we both did."
"I know."
"When is your match?"
"It's actually the last match."
"Awww. That means you'll have no time to relax before the party."
"Unfortunately."
"If you're to sore, we can just go back to the hotel. It'll be fine with me."
"We'll see."
"Alright." She nods. "You're my main concern. Always will be."
"Right, I know."
"Good thing, we have most of the night alone."
"I know right?"
"I know you love that thought."
"You're already starting too and the show just came on." She giggles since his hands have been wandering.
"Oops."
"You know I never mind. I can do the same to you too." She runs her one hand down his chest and the other to the back of his neck.
"How well...I know..."
"It's getting to you already." She smirks, lightly moving her hands over the back of his neck, her fingers slipping under his shirt.
"Everything you do gets to me."
"Trust me, I know."
"Of course you do."
"You love it." She whispers in his ear just as she runs her fingers over the waist of his pants.
"...so much..."
"I know what my guy likes..." She nips at his ear.
"I know what you like too."
"You do." She mumbles, moving from his ear to his neck, lightly nipping at his skin as she goes.
"Well...at least I haven't changed yet..." He chuckles.
"No, but I think you should start..." I tug at his shirt.
"...not here though..."
"I just want your shirt off."
"May have to work to get that off."
"Challenge accepted." She grins, moving to the spot on his neck, hover her lips over it while her hands runs over his abs under his shirt.
"You're killing me."
"..that's the point..." She mumbles, dragging her tongue over the spot on his neck. His hold on her ends up getting tighter as he holds her close to him and she feels him tense. She does it one more time before making her way to his lips. Once she gets there, he tries to kiss her, but she stops him. "Can it come off?"
"I suppose."
She moves her hand from under his shirt, then moves her other hand down so she's able to pull it off. Once it's off, it gets tossed to the side and her hands start to wander. "Now you can kiss me."
"That's what I've been waiting for the whole time." He grins, not wasting any time and presses his lips to hers. Her hands rest on his chest for now while she tries to keep up with the intensity of the kiss. His one hand that was resting on her knee moved to her thigh causing her to tense. he waits for the right moment then squeezes down on it just enough to get a slight reaction out of her. She makes small noises into the kiss, matching his intensity. In retaliation, her hands move to his hips and to his indents, and she waits until he's not paying attention to press into them. A slight growl comes from him as he tenses up even more. She smirks, pressing her fingers into them again. It gets to the point where he can't take anymore, and his hands move from her thighs, grabbing her hands and lacing his fingers with hers. She whines into the kiss at not being able to touch him, but keeps the kiss going at the same time.
"That was...enough torture..." He mumbles.
"...for now..." She mumbles.
"Yes...for now..." He focuses back on the kiss for a bit longer, before starting to slow it down even though she protests.
"More later, I promise."
"Holding you to that."
"You always do."
"Yes I do."
"But you know I always stick to my promises."
"You haven't let me down yet."
"Never will."
"Good." She rests her head on his shoulder, nuzzling his neck. "Love you."
"Love you too." He kisses the top of her head, making sure to hold her securely in place. She peeks her head from his neck to see what was going on with the show.
Ryback was in the ring only now and his music was playing. Heading to the ring however was JTG, Vickie had him face him. It wasn't very long as usual, Ryback in the end hitting Shell shocked and picking up the win.
"I guess it's too hard to ask for a decent match."
"It would seem that way."
"Excuse me Ryback? Ryback, after the events that happened last night, you must have an appetite for revenge."
"Revenge is a confession of pain. I am not hurt, I'm hungry. And when I feast again, it will be on CM Punk! Feed me Punk! Feed me Punk! Feed me Punk!"
"Uh...that's a bit...disturbing."
"Just a bit."
Once he was gone, they advertise the next match which would be Randy vs Wade.
"This should be good, with all their history and bad blood with each other."
"I know right?"
"I just hope Randy doesn't get hurt like last time. I don't feel like hearing Wade gloat again."
"No, that just gets annoying."
"Tell me about it."
"How did you deal with him when you first started out?" She adds.
"It was hard, but I mostly tuned him out unless it was something I needed to know."
"Which seemed like a lot back then."
"That was the only bad thing."
"But we don't have to worry about that anymore."
"Thank god for that. That would mean, you know who, would still be around."
"Oh, I know."
"I would go completely and totally crazy."
"I think we both would."
"But, as long as you are here with me, none of that matters."
"Exactly."
They turn their attention back to the TV just as the match was underway. In the end, after a hard fought match, it was Randy catching Wade with the RKO en route to picking up the win in the match.
"Always with the RKO. Never fails."
"Haven't seen a time where it did fail."
"Nope. It's lethal."
Then going backstage, AJ was in Vickie's office.
"Excuse me. Ms. Lee. I have asked you to be here tonight, you can explain away your affair with John Cena."
"I did not have an affair with John Cena. Okay, we are just friends."
"I for one believe AJ. We can be friends with other guys without it being an affair."
"Don't raise your voice at me, you know, the board of directors did fire you based on your actions. And since they've asked me to consider hiring you as an in-ring performer, a WWE Diva, I mean as managing supervisor of Raw, the board of directors has entrusted me to determine whether you have the physical character and the...let's just say the potential to succeed under my administration. Um...is there a problem Ms. Lee? You know, it's alright. I have all the information I need. Good day."
"Oh...if I was AJ, I'd slap her right now."
"Okay wait. I'm sorry. Okay? I just want to compete, I want be a performer again."
"Great. Then we'll start with our first question. What do you consider your biggest weakness?"
"I don't know, I...I guess I can...become too emotionally attached...to my job."
"Are you telling me that you're crazy?"
"Oh she did not just go there."
"Nevermind. When I come back to my office, I want you to give me one good reason why I should issue you a contract."
"That was down right mean."
"Well she's as mean as they come so.."
"I know, but getting her hopes up like that...that's just wrong."
"It really is."
Then that cut to backstage and the interview area where Josh was, and he introduced me.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome my guest at this time, the Women's Champion Scarlet. Now Scarlet, we saw you defend last night against Eve. There's word going around that she wants another match. What are your thoughts on that?"
"Honestly Josh, I feel she's gotten enough chances, and she's blown them all."
"It would seem like she did, but that's not how she see it. I heard she went to Vickie about this."
"Really? What is Vickie going to do? She's not the GM of SmackDown is she? Last time I checked, I'm on SmackDown, not Raw. Yeah sure I come here from time to time, but that's because I hold this title right here and I can be on both shows. Vickie can't do anything, Eve knows very well she has to go to Booker T regarding the situation."
"Maybe she did and then went to Vickie. This is Raw and if she wants a match here, Vickie is the one to go to for that."
"We'll see about that. Looks like I have to go have a little talk with Eve and Vickie now won't I?"
"It would seem that way."
"Well, I'll leave you with one thing before I go. Last night was the last match I had against Eve for my title for a while. And I'll make sure it stays that way, if it's the last thing I do." I state, before walking off camera.
"What are you going to do?" Ted asks.
"First I'm gonna confront Eve, see if it's true. If it is, I'm going to Vickie. I'm tired of Eve crying to authority figures when she can't get her way."
"This I'm going to love watching." He grins.
"Of course you are." I laugh, as we reach the Divas locker room, because that's most likely where Eve is. "You stay here because obviously you can't go in. I'll go bring her out instead. Even if I have to drag her out by the hair."
"I'll be here." He kisses me quick.
I nod and head in, looking around for Eve, and then I spot her. "Eve!" I exclaim, storming over to her.
"Scar..." She looks shocked. "...uh...what do you want?" She tries to act tough.
"Don't you 'Scar' me. And you're not even allowed to call me that. You say my full first name. And don't try to act so tough. You went to Vickie didn't you?"
"I-I...no. Why would I?" She starts to back away.
"Uh uh, don't you back away." I growl, reaching out and grabbing her by the hair and almost dragging her to the door, throwing her out into the hallway.
"What is the matter with you?! Watch the hair!"
"What's the matter with me? What's the matter with you? Crying to Vickie about a rematch for the title? After you blew all your chances?"
"So what if I did! I deserve a fair chance at that title. You've cheated in every match we've had. I want a fair match and I want to pick what kind of match it is!"
"Cheated? How? Please enlighten me."
"Your moves were all wrong, you were so off on some of them, some of them were illegal. The list goes on honey."
"Oh don't be jealous because you can't hold a flame to the talent I have."
"Talent? You call what you have talent? Don't make me laugh. You won that title by fluke. I have more talent in my split ends then you have in your whole body...oh wait, I have no split ends so you have no talent." She smirks.
"You want split ends, because I can give you split ends."
"Honey please...you don't even deserve to be speaking to me right now." She puts her hand in my face. I scoff and grab her by the wrist and twist her hand. "Do that again and I break this hand. I'm warning you...don't mess with me. I wasn't signed to the Divas Division just for my looks you know."
"Really? I thought that's the reason you and that talentless Violet were brought here."
"Seriously Ted, what do see in her?" She adds, looking over at him. "Out of everyone in the division, and she's the one you pick?"
"You leave him out of this." I grit my teeth.
She manages to get her hand free and shoves me away, then proceeds to walk away, most likely to go tattle to Vickie about what I did to her. I grumble to myself and go after her, grabbing her by the hair again. This time I find an equipment crate and throw her into it. She slides down to the floor as she leans against it. I get down to her level and get right in her face. "I'm not telling you again. You don't know what I'm capable of. I've done things that you wouldn't even imagine doing. I'm dangerous. Now excuse me while I go talk to Vickie."
Eve doesn't move, she just stays there holding her head. "That's what I thought." I smirk, before standing, Ted and I heading to find Vickie next. It doesn't take too long until we find where she was. We walk up to her and get her attention. "Vickie, can I talk to you for a minute?"
"Excuse me? Don't you see that I'm busy here? I have something big planned for tonight that I need to handle."
"This won't take long I promise. It's just concerning Eve. Did she actually come to you and ask for a rematch? A rematch where she picks what match it is?"
"Eve? Oh yeah. She did. I told her to talk to Booker about it."
"So you're not considering a rematch for an episode of Raw then? Not that I want one, but I was led to believe that you would be making that happen."
"It would have to be approved by Booker first. You're on Smackdown no matter if you're a title holder or not. You're his talent so he has to make that decision. If Eve was the title holder, I could make that decision, but no I did not."
"Alright, that's all I needed to know, thank you." I nod, walking away.
"You feel better after that?"
"Much better. Beating Eve up was a plus."
"Good. And, if I do say so...that was really hot." He grins.
"She just infuriates me...to the point where I snap."
"Well, you don't have to worry about her on Raw anymore. We'll talk to Booker tomorrow about Smackdown too."
"Right." I nod.
"Now back to the room."
"Good, because I need to relax. Eve had no right trying to bring you into all this."
"No she didn't and I'll help you relax."
"I know you will."
"Always do." He kisses the top of my head as we head back to the locker room. Because of everything, we ended up missing the match that went on after the whole thing with Vickie and AJ. As we got back to the room, Vickie had gone out to the ring, clearly to present evidence of the scandal between John and AJ. "I bet it's going to be something lame and not even real."
"I know right? Can't wait to see this trainwreck."
"We're about to find out too."
She says that she's out there to assure everyone that it's the start of a new era of Raw, and era of credibility and integrity. She continues that she had promised indisputable evidence of the relationship between John and AJ, and then brings John out himself.
"I smell something fishy and it's not John either."
"The reason I'm out here with you tonight, is to clear all this up. Please show the world your proof."
"Well John, I'd be happy to. Shall we start with the footage from three weeks ago in this very ring. When you asked AJ out on a date."
"Are you serious? He was not for real."
"Everyone knows that besides her."
"Obviously."
"Yup, that's right. In this very ring, I asked AJ out to In and Out Burger. And in this very ring I've also referred to myself as The Fighting Fruity Pebble, The One Armed Man, and I've referenced the ill-forgotten TV show Manimal, it was a joke. Everyone here understood it, everyone at home understood it."
"Hahahaha, this is so funny but, about the footage from last week?" She motions to the tron and the backstage footage of John comforting AJ after losing her job was shown, when he hugged her.
"I see nothing wrong with him trying to console her."
"Yeah. That one's easy. Aj just lost her job, because of you. It was a job she'd never thought she'd had, a job she wanted her whole entire life, and she lost it. Not because she made bad decisions, but because of your allegations. I was being a good friend, I was giving her a shoulder to cry on, I was consoling her."
"So are you trying to say that good friends meet for romantic dinners?" She motions again and a picture pops up of John and AJ at dinner.
"Oh my god. He's in a t-shirt for crying out loud. His t-shirt. If that was a romantic dinner, he would be more appropriately dressed."
"Right? She is off her nut with this."
"That...was the dinner I told the world about last week. I had dinner with AJ, a business dinner to discuss my condition and when I would return to Monday Night Raw. That was a picture from that dinner."
"Well John, you're pathetic. You seem to have an answer for everything. So let's try this footage." She motions to the tron again and it's video of AJ getting onto the elevator with him.
"So they left at the same time. There's nothing wrong with that at all."
"AJ's giving you googly eyes, she's giving you this sweet little...what's this, body language. You're looking at her and all of a sudden, would you be in the elevator saying maybe 'come here'? Just coaxing her right into the elevator?"
"What you saw was two people getting into an elevator, that's it."
"That's highly unlikely."
"No...no. I've been honest this whole time, and I'll continue to do so. We got in the elevator, I walked AJ to her door. And that was it."
"If only she'd believe that."
"I know right?"
"You know what? It's a good thing I'm in charge on Monday Night Raw. Because I would not even have my faith in that disgusting, psychotic, unstable..."
"..enough. Whoa whoa whoa. You can call me all the names you want, but when it comes to AJ, first of all she's more resilient, she's stronger, and she's certainly more attractive than you would ever be."
"Oooohhhh buuurrrn."
"Once again, from John Cena's mouth, you think that AJ's resilient? And wait, you think that she's attractive? Oh John that is so sweet."
"I said she was attractive but not attract...I mean more attractive than you'll ever-" He gets cut off my Dolph coming out.
"He always has to put his two sense in." I roll my eyes.
"Because of you inability...to control your sophomoric urges, myself and the entire WWE Universe see you and AJ for what you really ar-" He gets stopped, when John grabs the mic, and stares him down.
"Listen real good. You like to talk? Just make sure you never mention mine and AJ's name in the same sentence again." He shoves Dolph down and exits the ring, Dolph just sitting there like he's upset or something.
"Aw, poor baby got pushed."
"Go cry everyone a river."
"Knowing him, he will." I laugh.
It was a quick break before the next match of the night, Kofi would go one on one with Cesaro in a non-title match, with Mike on commentary.
"This should be interesting. Mike has really made this whole feud comical."
"He has. Ever since losing the title to Kofi."
"While traveling this country..." Cesaro stops when a USA chant breaks out. "While traveling this country, as YOUR United States Champion, I discovered something. America has the fattest children in the world!"
"Now that can't be true."
"And to make things even worse, Halloween is coming up. That silly, American holiday where obese kids go door to door begging for more sweets from irresponsible, idiotic adults who don't see a crisis even if it's standing right in front of them dressed up as a fat Power Ranger."
"Hey! Halloween is not all about that. Most parents watch what their kids eat so just shut up!"
"Now more than ever, America needs Antonio Cesaro as their United States Champion."
"No we don't. You don't deserve to hold that title."
"No he does not and that's why Justin had it."
"If he thinks he's going to get it back from Justin, he can think again."
"That's for sure."
During the match, Kofi gets into an argument with Mike at ringside and shortly after this, Kofi tosses Cesaro into Mike. This results in Mike attacking Kofi, ending the match in a DQ. After the match, Cesaro and Mike work together and try to beat down Kofi, but Truth would come running out and make the save, clearing the ring of both Cesaro and Mike.
"Not him. Anyone but him. And not cool at all."
"Honestly does anyone really care about him anymore?" I add. "I sure as hell don't."
"I don't think anyone really does."
"I just want it to be your match already so we can go to the party." Vi sighs.
"Me too, but it's coming up soon. Time will fly right by."
"I hope so."
"Just try not to think about all that. It'll go slower. Just focus on this..." He kisses her shoulder making his way to her neck slowly.
"If you're going to do what I think you're going to do, then don't leave marks. Can't be marked up when I go out there with you."
He groans against her skin, continuing his way up her neck.
"I know, I know." He then moves his one hand to her stomach, lightly running her fingers over her shirt. She tilts her head to the side, her eyes falling shut as she relaxes into him.
"Relaxed?" He asks.
"Good."
He kisses along her neck a bit longer, not leaving any marks this time. He moves from her neck to her jaw then her lips, giving her a quick kiss.
"Love you."
"Love you too...so so much."
"I love you more."
"We love each other just the same, which is a whole lot."
"This right here proves it." She holds up her hand with the ring he gave her. "I still can't believe you got this for me."
"You deserved it."
"So you tell me all day every day." She smiles, looking at the ring.
"And I'll keep telling you every day."
"I know you will too." I kiss his cheek.
"I mean you have to admit you care a little bit about him." Vickie starts as the show comes back on the air, fading into her and AJ in her office.
"Oh god Vickie. Nothing's going on and you know that okay?"
"Wait, just tell me a little thing. How was the pillow talk and did he give you a good...good night kiss? I mean was he romantic and sweet and did you all say sweet nothings to each other? Look, just to admit that you care for John Cena, I'll put you on my roster, I'll make you a WWE Diva, I mean your problems will be solved."
"No. I'm not going to do that, because nothing happened. Okay, I don't know who gave you those pictures or the video or who's starting these rumors, but I refuse. Look Vickie, the WWE means everything to me. But you are not worth lying for. Or hurting John, or shredding my dignity. This interview is over."
"Amen AJ. I couldn't have said it better myself."
"Wait. You're hired. But under one condition. If you ever ever lay a hand on me, you will never ever be allowed around this company again. So, welcome back to work, and for tonight your first match will be against Beth Phoenix."
"Thanks Vickie." AJ says, her attitude changing and she walks out of the room.
"Uh...what was that? It was like she just did a 180 on Vickie."
"Either that or she doesn't want to lose her job again."
"I don't know, but that was kinda scary."
"She's a strange girl."
"Very strange, but sweet as can been off camera."
"Yes."
That then cuts to Cole and JR ringside and they cut to an interview that Heath, Jinder and Drew did.
"So gentlemen, tell me, what is 3MB?"
"What is 3MB? 3MB is more than just any three man band." Heath answers first.
"We are transcendent." Jinder adds.
"We connect with the people because they love us. And we love them."
"We each are very talented musicians and we take our craft very seriously. But I can admit, I'm kind of the class clown. I have the reputation of being the fun one."
"When people think Rockstars, they think pathetic, scrawny toothpicks. Let's take Bono. If his life was on the line, I'd guarantee you he could not do one dead lift." Drew adds.
"That's beautiful man. Man I would say life in 3MB going great for us. Am I right?"
"Does this mean we're finally going to hear you perform?"
"What is that supposed to mean man? Are you pressuring us?"
"Does it look like we work at Lenscrafters? We can't put out smash hits in one hour or less. We are artists."
"Do you think any reporters walked up to Michelangelo and said, hey Mike are you nearly finished with that naked statue about now?"
"No I don't think they did. And you know what, this interview is over. And the only thing you need to remember is..."
"3." Jinder starts.
"M." Heath adds.
"B." Drew finishes.
"Ugh. Will you all just up!" Vi rolls her eyes.
"I think they listened to you." Justin chuckles as that led to the next match of the night.
"Good. The less I see and hear of him, the better."
"Well I don't think that's an option right now." Justin says as Santino and Zack would team up to face Heath and Jinder.
"Ugh. I hope they get their asses kicked...and good."
In the end, it was a distraction by Drew that would allow Heath to hit the Drum Solo on Santino to win the match.
"Oh my god. Are you kidding me?! That was totally not fair!"
"I think we know who they're pushing as a group now."
"I don't like it. Not one bit."
"I don't think anyone likes it."
"No. Now this means we're going to be seeing more of him. He just better not even think of challenging you for the title."
Just then there was a knock on the door and they could hear a backstage attendant calling for Vi, telling them that her promo/interview was coming up next.
"Alright. It's time to go."
"What're you gonna talk about?" Justin asks as he lets her go so she can get up.
"Probably about Rosa and how she 'thinks' she has a chance at the title since she took out Layla and about that too."
"Ah." He nods, getting up as well.
Once he's up, they lace their fingers together, grabbing their titles. They then head out to where the interview will be. When they get there, all they have to wait is for the commercial break to be over. Once it was over, the camera panned to Josh as he introduced her then it made it's way over to her.
"Violet, last night at Hell in a Cell, you were set to go one on one with Layla in her rematch for the Divas Championship. But as what was revealed before you went out for said match, Layla was attacked from behind. You then proceeded to head out to the ring and call out Rosa, who we all saw attacked Layla, preventing her from getting her title rematch. Your thoughts?"
"My thoughts? Hmm...that was such a cowardly thing to do on Rosa's part. Then to come out and deny that she did anything when we all saw her. That just shows how low she will go to get something. Let me tell you this. That does not work with me. If you want a match with me for this title then you have to EARN it not take out the competition and expect to get the match. Sorry, but I proved last night that Rosa is not ready to face me, let alone have this title."
"Many people are saying though, with you being the title holder on SmackDown, that she's going to go to Booker T about a possible title match."
"I highly doubt that will happen. She has not proved that she can beat me. I'll face her in a non-title match and then and only then if she beats me, I'll give her a title match. Until then, I'll just have to take that up with Booker."
"So, you'll just have to wait and see until Friday to see what happens." She adds.
"Right. Anything else you want to add?"
"Actually there is. If she even thinks about doing that to me, then she's got another thing coming. I'm way smarter than she is and I've proved that since day one and I'm still proving it. She just needs to stay out of my way." And with that she walks off camera and Justin follows. She grumbles to herself at the thought of her wanting a title match already. "She picked the wrong person to mess with." She grumbles under her breath.
"So much for being relaxed..."
"We'll just talk to Booker about this."
"We can, but this is not how I wanted this night to go. Now I'm all...grrrrr." She lowly yells.
"Hey hey hey...relax...please..." He says, wrapping his arms around her, and making her stop.
"It's just her...she makes me this way."
"I know...I know."
"It's just...ugh." She sighs, taking a deep breath.
"Let's just get back to the room, we can relax there until my match, okay?"
"Alright...we can try."
"As long as we do that."
She nods, leaning into him as he starts to walk again. Once they get to the room, Justin sits and has her sit on his lap and he wraps his arms around her tight.
"If only we could stay like this for the rest of the night."
"I know. Because I know how much it helps you calm down."
"It really does." I lean back into him more.
"We'll use this time wisely then."
"I know you're good at that."
"Yes I am."
"You always are. You know exactly what to do too."
"Wouldn't be a good boyfriend if I didn't know what to do."
"That's why you're the best boyfriend."
"I try."
"You don't even have to."
"But you know I still do."
"I know and that makes me love you even more."
"I know it does."
"Of course you do."
"And the things you do, make me love you even more."
"Oh how well I know."
"Every day."
"Forever and ever too."
"Yes, forever and ever." He repeats.
"I love you soooo much." She gives him a kiss.
"I love you soooo much too." He grins. She leans into him getting more relaxed the more he holds her. He starts talking to her in his language and that helps her calm down a lot quicker. It now came time for AJ's match against Beth. In the end, AJ caught Beth with a roll up out of nowhere, scoring an upset over Beth. "Did I just see that? AJ actually beat Beth?" Vi states in shock.
"It seems like she did."
"That...that...just...wow. I'm speechless."
"AJ. AJ." Vickie says as she comes walking out. "You know for a girl who wants to be a superstar more than anything in the world, I expect...no...I demand a lot more from you."
"She beat Beth. That is a lot for a girl to do."
And that's when Beth attacks AJ from behind.
"Oh AJ, you really need to pay a lot more attention out there. So look, I'm gonna give you one more chance to do better. Referee, restart the match. I SAID RESTART THE MATCH!" She demands and the bell rings.
"Wrong. She won the first time. You not liking her is no reason to do this to her." Vi rolls her eyes.
In the restarted match, Beth drops AJ with the Glam Slam to pick up the win over her.
"I knew that was going to happen."
"Because Vickie has a personal vendetta against AJ now."
"It's going to come back to bite her and I'm going to laugh when it does."
"Well we can all hope it does come back to bite her."
"Hopefully it does."
"At least we don't have to appear very often on Raw. The less we have to deal with her the better."
"Thank god for that."
"Only show up when we're needed. But we really belong on SmackDown."
"Right."
Shortly after that, Sheamus had come out to the ring, but not for a match as he had grabbed a mic.
"Last night, Big Show was the better man. I mean...I mean he knocked me out. It took two knockout punches to do it, but he knocked me out. I mean...but look here's the thing. I didn't come to WWE to always win. I came here to fight! And last night, last night was the greatest fight of my entire life. I mean, I stood toe to toe with a 7 foot, 500 pound giant and I pushed him to the limit fella. That's why I came to the WWE. And what a match it was. Big Show kicking out of a Brogue Kick, me kicking out of a knockout punch, the crowd were on their feet! But ultimately, Big Show scored with a sized blow and won the match."
"That was a good match. I still can't believe they both kicked out as much as they did."
"He won the battle, but this war...this war is far from over. Because right now I am dying to get back into the ring with the Big Show. I am dying for another fight. And when I step into the ring with him again, I guarantee you, it's not gonna be a fight, it's not even gonna be a battle. It's gonna be an all out war! And when that war is over, I'll still be standing here with a smile on my face and the World Heavyweight Championship back where it belongs. Around my waist."
"Good luck with that. You're going to need it."
"May need more than the Brogue Kick to get it back though."
"Exactly. He needs something bigger."
That's when Big Show comes out, getting into the ring himself with a microphone.
"You gave me everything you had. Even your much talked about Brogue Kick by all your hooligan friends. And what happened? You came up short didn't you? I did exactly what I said I was gonna do. I walked in there, I knocked you out and I walked out with the World Heavyweight Championship. Sheamus, you want to talk about...battles and wars and how you're gonna rise above. Sheamus that fight...I'll be honest with you...that fight took me to levels that...I didn't know I was capable of. Of all the superstars I've competed against, no one's ever made me dig that deep, to want something that bad. But you know what happened? It was like a nice, bright light. 'Cause I realized I don't have any limits. There is no stopping me. You talk about wars and battles, Sheamus if you come at me like another war, you're gonna be like Custer's last stand, you're gonna be Custer. You understand? It'd be like...it's like bringing a glass of water to a burning building, and this building's on fire!"
"Whatever you say Show."
"You know, he is such a buzzkill right now."
"He really is. I don't want to listen to him anymore."
"I don't think anyone wants to."
"If only he had a mute button."
"I know right?"
"Whatever you bring just isn't gonna be enough. I've wiped smiles off of people's faces, and I enjoy it. And I'm gonna enjoy knocking the smile off of your face. Sheamus look at me you red-headed ginger snap. You...can't beat me. And you will never take this championship from me."
"You know what Show, that was...that was a magnificent speech. I mean, beautiful. You know, congratulations on winning the World Heavyweight Championship. But fella, I've got a question for you. Have you ever actually seen a ginger snap?" Sheamus asks, tossing the mic and getting Show on his shoulders, hitting him with White Noise.
"Oh damn! That's on pissed off ginger."
"No kidding." Justin chuckles.
"I have a feeling this is going to be one hell of a feud."
"Oh, definitely."
"Can't wait to see what they have planned for each other."
"Right? One feud that seems like it'll actually be worth paying attention to."
"It really does. Looks interesting already."
After the commercial, John was shown backstage with AJ, talking with her.
"Look at you, you're back in the ring. We're gonna get it straightened out, I promise okay? Keep your chin up." He walks away, leaving AJ there with a smile on her face and Vickie is spying on them.
"Oh boy. She's so going to use that against them."
"Obviously."
AJ walks away and Vickie comes out of her hiding spot, with a grin on her face. She then turns to see Beth.
"Vickie, Vickie, I just wanted to stop you and thank you so much for restarting the match like that. It just...it meant a lot to me."
"You're welcome Beth, but...you know if you had done your job right the first time, I wouldn't have been put in that position to restart the match. I can't and won't tolerate a performance like that."
"What're you talking about?"
"It is my unfortunate duty to inform you, effective immediately, you're fired."
"What?!" Vi exclaims. "There was no need for her to do that to her!"
"Makes you wonder how'd she treat you or Scar if you were on the Raw roster like Beth."
"Another reason I'm glad we're on Smackdown. Booker knows how to treat us. Vickie is just jealous we're all better than she is."
"That's exactly what she is. That and she abuses power too much."
"She does and it's sad that no one sees it either."
"Because she sucks up and acts like a completely different person around the boss."
"Exactly." She mumbles, rolling her eyes.
That led to the next match of the night where Cody and Damien would go against Rey and Sin Cara. At the end of a hard-fought match, it was Damien dropping Sin Cara with the Terminus to pick up the win for him and Cody.
"I saw that coming from a mile away."
"Pretty predictable." Justin nods.
"Way too predictable. They need something new." Then there was a knock on the door, and it was an attendant again. This time, he told the both of them that all the superstars and divas were needed out on the stage because there was going to be a check presented up next for how much was raised for the Susan G. Komen charity. "I've been waiting all night for this." She says as they get up.
"Can't wait to see how much was raised."
"Me either. This is kind of special to me too."
"It's special to a lot of people." He nods.
"I know."
"I'm pretty sure we raised a lot, what with the merchandise and such."
"I'm sure we did."
"After you." He lets her walk ahead of him. Once she's out the door, they lace their fingers then head to the curtain. Just as they got there, that's when Ted and I get there as well.
"Hey you."
"Heyy."
"Nice interview earlier. Love what you did to Eve too."
"Didn't even notice the cameras were following. But thank you. She really thinks she can suck up to authority to get what she wants."
"It was on the app and I know. I hate that about her."
"Ohhh on the app. Well that's better than not being shown at all. People need to know not to mess with me."
"I think after seeing that, they know now not to."
"Hopefully Eve gets the message."
"Sadly, I don't think she ever will."
"Well she'll have to learn, because I'll make sure Booker doesn't give her anymore chances."
"Right, then she'll try to come after me."
"Isn't Rosa trying to come after you? She can't come after you if Rosa's already there."
You know Eve will do anything for a title chance. She'll see that as a distraction and use that against me."
"We'll see about that."
"Exactly. Not on my watch."
"Not on mine either."
"She's got another thing coming."
"You've got that right."
"So anyway, I wonder how much money we raised."
"Oh yeah, I'm curious too." I say as we take a spot on the stage. She stands next to Justin, both their titles on their shoulders. I stand next to Ted doing the same.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to direct your attention to the ring. Joining John Cena, representing Susan G. Komen for the cure, Vice President of Marketing Dorothy Jones as well as the nephew of Susan Komen, Eric."
"Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen as you know, October is national breast cancer awareness month. Susan G. Komen is a clear leader in raising breast health awareness, and fighting for a cure. So when WWE chose to join this fight, it gave us an unbelievable honor to stand side by side with Susan G. Komen. You guys know the WWE superstars. Sometimes we don't agree with each other. Actually we never agree with each other. But when it came down to backing this cause, every WWE employee, and every single WWE superstar agreed that we should all join and help the fight."
We nod in agreement.
"But the one main ingredient that has made all this work, is you the WWE Universe. We encourage each and every one of you to get the gear and join the fight. Oh and you did, you absolutely did. And because of your generosity, on behalf of the WWE, we would like to present this check to Susan G. Komen for the Cure for the amount of...drumroll please. One million dollars!"
We all clap and cheer at the amount that was raised.
"Oh my goodness. I'm speechless, but this One Million Dollars will help continue the progress that Susan G. Komen started over 30 years ago with a promise from one sister to another. To eradicate breast cancer. And it's just amazing at what this will do for us with education, early detection, prevention, our hearts are eternally, humbly, grateful to you. Thank you John Cena, thank you CeNation, thank you Vince McMahon and thank the WWE Universe to help us rise above cancer. Thank you."
"Thank you Dorothy, thanks again all of you."
"Now that was a lot of money. I'm so happy we raised that much." Vi says as we head to the back.
"Right." Justin nods. "I think we can stay here, my match is up next." He adds.
"Alright." Vi nods. "We'll see you both at the party then?"
"I actually wanted to stay so I could see his match. I wouldn't miss that stuff for the world."
"That's fine too."
"I appreciate that." He nods.
"Hey, I'm one of your best friends. I always stick around for your matches."
"That's true. It really means a lot."
"I know it does."
As we're waiting there, Alberto walks up with Ricardo. He looks at both of us then starts to talk to Ricardo in Spanish while looking back to us a few times.
"Ugh...gag me with a spoon."
"I'm so glad I can't understand half of that, even though I know it's about us."
"I know right?"
"He better not try anything or he'll be in for it out there."
"Oh for sure."
"I wish they would hurry up. I don't like him staring."
"It's getting creepy."
"Just stay by us and you'll both be fine." Ted says, him and Justin blocking the view.
"I can't wait until he's gone out there..." I mumble.
"Looks like you got your wish." Vi says as his theme goes off.
"Thank god."
"I still don't like the way he looked on his way out."
"No..."
"He's so up to something."
"I wouldn't doubt it."
"I guess we'll find out."
"Good luck out there."
"Thanks." Justin says as they head out from behind the curtain.
"He better win."
"He will. Don't worry."
"I hope you're right."
"You'll see. Vi will make sure he wins."
"Can't help but worry though. Especially with that look Alberto gave before going out there."
"I know. Just try to relax. He'll do just fine out there."
"I'll try."
"As long as you do that."
After a bit of the match, Del Rio had Justin's arm and had him laying back on the apron, and Justin was trying to get out of the hold. Justin gets to one knee, and then gets to his feet. He elbows Del Rio in the side of the head a couple times and he releases the hold. Justin comes off the ropes, only for Del Rio to catch him and spins him, Justin getting pushed into the corner. Del Rio runs towards him, but Justin lifts his feet up and kicks him away.
"That's it! There ya go! Keep that up!" Vi cheers.
Justin then goes and kicks Del Rio in the leg, the chest and then does his spinning kick, knocking Del Rio down. Justin goes over to the ropes and goes for the springboard moonsault, and hits Del Rio, going for the cover, but Del Rio kicks out. "Damn" Vi mutters. "You've got this! Keep up the high moves and you'll get him."
Del Rio crawls into the corner and pulls himself up. Justin runs at him, only for him to move so he ends up colliding with the turnbuckle. He turns around to face Del Rio, and gets kicked in the side of the head. It doesn't take him long to go and apply the cross armbreaker and Justin really has no choice but to tap out right away to prevent any risk of of injury to his arm. "Shit!" Vi hits the mat. She looks into the ring to see the hold still intact. "Come on! Get him off!" She yells, climbing into the ring. He finally lets go as Ricardo is announcing him the winner in Spanish, and Justin started to roll out of the other side of the ring from where she was. She quickly makes her way over to him to make sure he's alright. On her way to him, she hears her name called and glances to see Del Rio do his wink and blow her a kiss. She rolls her eyes and makes her way to Justin. "You alright?" She asks concerned.
"I'd feel a lot better if we get my arm checked out."
"Then lets go do that now." She helps him up. "And I've got your title. Don't worry." She adds.
He nods, slowly getting up. She starts to help him up the ramp and to the back, heading right for the trainers. "I should've known something bad would've happened. He wouldn't leave your arm alone the whole match." She sighs.
"I just wish there was a way I could've stopped him."
"If you did, it would've ended in DQ, but I didn't want you getting hurt. I'm sure I'm fine though."
"I really hope. We can't have anything happen like what happened at Wrestlemania last year."
"No, I hated being away from you."
"I hated it just as much. I don't ever want to go through that again."
"Neither do I."
"Lets just get you checked out so we can get out of here."
"Right." He nods. they make it to the trainers and she helps him sit on one of the tables while a trainer comes over. Justin shows them which arm and the trainer goes over and grabs it, examining it. Justin winces a bit when he touches a few sore spots. "How bad is it?" She asks, nervous. "Nothing's broken, nothing feels pulled or strained. I think the most it'll be is sore for a few days."
"At least it's nothing major." She sighs in relief.
"I'll get a bag of ice together for you."
"Thank you." He nods. She sits on the table next to him, playing with her fingers.
"I should be just fine for the party."
"Are you sure? I don't want you to do to much."
"I'm sure."
"Alright." I half smile.
"If my arm hurts too bad, we can leave whenever you want."
"That sounds good."
"I know you're concerned." He nods.
"I am, but I know you'll do the right thing."
"I will." He nods. Since she sat on the side where his arm was fine, he wrapped that arm over her shoulder, pulling her to his side. She rested her head on his shoulder, closing her eyes for a moment until the trainer came back with the ice. Once he comes with the bag of ice, he hands it to Justin and then they both can be on their way. They thank them one last time before heading back to the locker room. As they head back, he holds the ice on his arm, but she keeps am arm wrapped around his waist and stays close. He kisses the top of her head and she smiles up at him.