"Wow!" I say as we walk through the door. Dean laughs and kisses my head. "See what you missed out on" he whispers. "You were too good for this from the start." I laugh and slap him playfully. He sees someone he knows and kisses me before walking off to talk to them. I look for Randy and see that he's talking too. So I'm alone. Great. I walk off and make a show of examining everything, checking out the rings. "Hey" a voice says. I look up and smile. "Hi" I say. "Wow" he says. "You're pretty. You'd fit well with my gimmick. Wanna be a wrestler?" I laugh. "I'm kinda pregnant" I say gesturing down at my bump. "So why are you here?" he asks. "You do know you can't get in a ring don't you? Not without one of the bosses here. You can't just walk in off the street." "I know" I said getting between the ropes and stepping into the ring with him. "I also know that even though I'm six months pregnant I can still take you down. What's your name?" He frowns. "You don't know who I am?" he asks in disbelief. I shake my head. "Been out of the loop for a while" I say. "So, name?" "Tyler" he says. "Tyler Breeze. And you are?" I smirk. "What?" I ask, smirking. "You don't know who I am?" He shakes his head, looking behind me. I feel the ring move and I know that Dean and Randy have joined me. "This" Dean growls. "Is Torrie Ambrose. Technically, your boss." Tyler's face drops. "Shit" he says walking across and shaking my hand. "I'm so sorry. I heard that Hunter put you in charge last night. It's just, I've never seen you here, and I know you were the divas champ at one point." I nod. "It's ok" I say. "It's been a few months since I wrestled..." "And it's gonna be a few more yet" Dean growls. "Relax" I say. "I'm just here to watch today. Nice meeting you Tyler." He nods and I get out of the ring.
"Torrie!" a voice calls from across the room. I look and grin. "Carrano!" I yell and run to him. "Wow! I've missed you!" He smiles and hugs me. "Looking swell girl" he says kissing my cheek. I smile. "It's the latest fashion accessory" I say laughing as I twirl. "So do we know what we're having?" he asks putting his hand on the bump. I shake my head. "Papa over there is naming him already though" I groan. "Him?" Mark asks. I laugh. "Causing me problems, must be a boy" I say. He nods. "True" he says looking over at Dean. "You two ok now?" I look at him and shrug. "No idea" I say. "He's playing the attentive father at the moment. I just don't know where it's going, or if it's going anywhere at all." He nods. "If it means anything" he says after a while. "That guy loves you so much Tor. He was in bits when you left. Proper hell raiser. Didn't care who we put him against as long as it was a physical match where he was gonna get beat up and busted open. I can see from here he's mellowed again already. You need each other girl." I nod. "What I don't need" I say smiling as Dean walks over. "Is to call my son Olaf!" "What?" Mark splutters. I nod. "Ask papa" I say. "Olaf?" Mark says as Dean joins us. "It's freakishly cool!" Dean says, eyes sparkling. I shake my head and rub my bump. "Please be a girl" I beg. Everyone laughs. "Elsa" Dean says decisively. Mark looks at him. "That one is nice" he says. I groan. "I am not naming my baby after Disney characters!" I say laughing. "Come on, we've got work to do." Mark nods and leads me to a ring. There are chairs set up around it already. He hands me a stack of papers and I groan. "More paperwork" I say. He nods. "Gotta be done" he says. I nod and sit down, taking a pen from Dean.
"First up" Mark tells me. "Tyler Breeze and Bo Dallas. Both are fairly fresh. New meat." I shake my head as Tyler makes his entrance. Dean looks at me straight away. "No?" he asks. "You haven't seen him wrestle and already you're saying no?" "Spit it out Tor" Mark says, eyeing me curiously. "Well" I say. "I'm really sorry, I don't even want to see him wrestle. He's not there yet for me. Blonde, full of himself, only room for one person with that description in any company, and we've got ours. Ziggler is the only one that works on." Carrano nods. "Point noted" he says. "But don't write him off just yet." I nod and watch as Bo approaches the ring. He smiles and shakes my hand before getting in the ring, earning him a smile from me and a growl from Dean. "I like him" I say. "Ok, so he needs some work, needs to bulk out a little, but I like him. We could do a lot with him." I write notes on my sheets as Dean looks on. "Thanks guys" Carrano says. They nod and get out of the ring. "Next up we have Adam Rose, and Aiden English." I look through the bios on the sheets and groan. "They're too similar" I complain. "It's like I'm choosing one gimmick over another with these." Carrano and Dean laugh. "Think Hunter sent the right person for this job" Mark says to Dean. He nods. "She's picking up things really fast" he says looking at me. "I'm super proud of you." I smile and watch as the two guys make their way to the ring. Adam has me laughing in no time, walking down with his lollipop. He offers it to Aiden who looks at him in disgust, spouting off a load of verbal abuse. I shake my head. "Already?" Carrano asks, and I nod, writing on the sheets again. I watch them wrestle for a while, just to make sure my decision is right, then nod at Mark. "Thanks guys" he says. Adam jumps out of the ring and shakes my hand before offering me his lollipop. I smile and shake my head, laughing when he produces a fresh one out of a pocket. I take it and thank him. "No bribes, Rose" Aiden says getting out of the ring. I laugh. "Thanks guys" I say. "We'll be in touch, hope to see you on the main roster. Good luck." They smile and wave as they make their way to the changing rooms.
"That was actually fun" I say standing up. "I know I shouldn't find it fun, I mean, it's peoples careers, but it was good to see the up and coming talent." Dean nods. "I agree" he says standing with me. "So" I say. "I'll take these back to Hunter, and I guess he'll be in touch with you?" Carrano shakes his head. "I have to liaise with you" he says. "This is your call now, your project if you like. Nobody said being a GM was easy!" I laugh. "True" I say hugging him. "I'll call you soon." He nods and Dean and I head out to where Randy is waiting. I stop dead when I see who he's talking to. Dean frowns. "What's wrong?" he asks. Then he sees. "Shit" he curses under his breath. "Nothing happened Tor, I swear." I nod. "Hey Randal" I say. "Hey JoJo. We're about done in there." Randy nods and says bye to JoJo before getting in the car. I open the passenger door and get in next. Dean groans and opens the back door. "Guess I'll be the loner in the back" he says. "With a boner in his slacks?" Randy throws back at him, looking in the mirror. Dean groans. "Now I remember why I don't travel with you" he says laughing. I frown. "Somebody wanna tell me what's going on?" I ask. Randy laughs. "I rode with the guys once when you left" he says. "Seth and I pissed Dean and Ro off, making everything rhyme. Ended up with me being told I can't ride with them again. I'm heartbroken Tor." He pretended to sob into his hands and I put my arm around him. "Oh my poor ass hat" I say soothingly. "Those nasty Shield boys. Want me to fire them? I have the power..." He laughed. "I'm good" he says. "Just gotta prove I'm better than them." I smile as he backs the car out of the parking space and drives back to the apartment.