Saturday 31st March
"'They made me get a twitter... Fine... Enjoy.'" Alexa read out from her phone, doing her best imitation of Jon's husky drawl.
He shook his head with a small smirk. ''I do not sound like that.''
''Yes, you do.'' She replied. ''I thought you wanted nothing to do with social media?''
''Didn't get much of a choice.'' Jon shrugged. ''I mean, I get why people use it and the power it has but it's not for me. I don't want people knowing everything about me, you know?''
She nodded. ''I see where you're coming from, it's not for everyone. I, however, love it.''
''Tell me about it.'' He leaned back on the sofa with an eye roll. ''I think they want me to use it to heat up 'feud' with Foley.''
Alexa nodded, knowing that there was a plan in place to set up an angle between the two. They had already filmed their 'confrontation' that afternoon, everything else would be decided when, or if, Mick passed his impact tests.
''Shouldn't you start getting ready soon?''
She glanced over at the clock and found she had a little over two hours to prepare for the Hall of Fame ceremony. ''Yeah, I guess... are you sure you and Colby don't mind me using your room?''
Although Phil had told her she was welcome to use his bus, he had forgotten to mention that Amy, who he was dating, would be there too. What with Kofi being there too, it kind of made things a little cramped so she had pretty much been sharing with Colby and Jon. They both insisted they didn't mind, but she still felt really guilty that she'd practically taken over their room.
''Of course not.'' He told her. ''Look, I'm going to head over to Claudio and Taylor's room, give you some space to get ready.''
''Don't you need to get ready?''
Pushing himself off the bed, he moved over to where she sat on the couch, leaning forward to press a brief kiss to her lips. ''I don't think we'll make it to the ceremony if I'm here while you're half-naked.''
''Lex, seriously, we're going to be late!''
''Two minutes!''
''You said that ten minutes ago!''
Colby heaved out a sigh before sharing a look with Jon. Alexa had taken her time getting ready in the bathroom, both men had waited for almost forty minutes after getting themselves ready. They couldn't exactly leave without her because they were all sharing a ride to the venue.
Jon stepped forward, knocking impatiently on the wooden door. ''Lex, hurry the fuck up or I'm going to-''
Alexa suddenly flung the door open and crossed her arms over her chest, looking rather defiant. ''You're going to what?"
''Uh... wait longer.'' Jon replied, thrusting his fists in his pockets and looking at his shoes.
Colby burst out laughing, pushing him lightly. ''Whipped, dude.''
Jon's response died in his throat as she uncrossed her arms and started nervously fidgeting with the sleeves of her dress. He couldn't even find the words to describe how beautiful she looked. All he knew was that she was his, and that thought brought a happy smile to his face.
''You look amazing.'' He told her softly.
Colby nodded in agreement. ''Seconded. You look great. Who knew there was a girl under there, huh?''
Alexa flipped him the bird and glanced down at herself, biting her lip nervously. On her feet were a pair of simple, black heels and the floor-length dress she had picked was black, a split going up the left hand side all the way up to her thigh. The main body of the dress was strapless but had a thin layer of lace material sweeping up from the bust to her shoulders; covering all the way down to her wrists. Tiny diamante specks were sewed all around the bodice and the lace layer, with some also running down either edge of the slit. She had tied her hair back in a simple bun and her make-up was simple, save for the smoky black eyes.
''You sure it looks okay?''
Jon moved over to place a kiss on her cheek, whispering in her ear before he pulled away. ''You look so fucking gorgeous that I'm tempted to keep you all to myself in this hotel room.''
''You wouldn't get any complaints from me.''
Colby coughed awkwardly. ''Still here, guys...''
Sunday 1st April
''This is a very bad idea.''
''Agreed... Jay, seriously, take the fucking thing off before he comes back!"
''Wait, take a picture first!"
Alexa rolled her eyes and whipped out her phone, quickly snapping a few photos of the posing Canadian. ''There, now take it off.''
The other guys in the locker room laughed as Jason carefully removed the jacket, holding it out to her on one finger, wiggling his eyebrows. ''Come on, Lex, you know you want to...''
Since his return, Chris had worn a specially made, light-up leather jackets and the one Jason was holding had been made specifically for Wrestlemania.
She bit her lip as she eyed it; she knew he would kill them both if anything were to happen to it, but it was too good an opportunity to pass up. Handing Jason her iPhone with a grin, she slowly slid her arms into the leather and shrugged it over her shoulders. She did her best gangster pose, the man snorting out a laugh as he took some photos.
Phil shook his head in amusement as he watched the pair. ''You're a bad influence on her, Reso.''
''Do you know how much this thing cost? Fifteen grand! You're just lucky I like you. And that this thing still works.''
Alexa kept her eyes downcast as he friend continued his rant.
''It actually looked pretty good on you in the photos... but Jason, he's so skinny, he looked like a broom with a jacket on!''
Alexa glanced over to the mirror, letting her eyes skim over her reflection. She was wearing her wrestling boots, some black shorts and a customized referee shirt that had been cut so it reached just above her navel. Her hair was tied back in a loose ponytail on the top of her head and the make-up woman had gone with the natural look for that night, which was a welcome change.
They were waiting at the gorilla position along with Phil, patiently waiting for their match to start. Despite the fact that she wasn't actually wrestling, she still had a nervous feeling in the put of her stomach. This would be her first appearance at Wrestlemania since 2007, where she beat Melina to win her fourth Women's Championship. It had also been her first ever Wrestlemania match, the previous two she had either been valeting or doing a brief run-in.
Phil suddenly appeared; jogging over to them with his headphones blasting music through his ears to get him pumped up. ''Hey.'' He greeted, slipping them off the top of his head as his eyes flicked up to the monitor.
''Hey.'' Alexa followed his gaze, finding Eve fully cementing her heel turn by kicking Zack Ryder between the legs. ''You all set?''
''Sure am.'' Phil placed his iPod and headphones in a neat pile on a nearby table before starting to do some warm-up stretching.
Chris grinned over at him. ''We're going to blow the roof off... metaphorically speaking, of course.''
''Lex!"
She glanced over to the corner, where Paul and Vince were sat at the control desk, the former waving her over. Leaving the two men behind to go over the match one last time, she moved over to the table. ''What's up?''
''Just wanted to give you this.'' Paul handed her the small ear-piece that all the referees used to communicate things to the wrestlers in the ring. ''You know how to use it, right?''
She nodded, taking it from his hand and slipping it into her right ear. ''Yeah, Mike gave me a quick tutorial this afternoon.''
''We've given the match just under one hour.'' Vince told her, looking up from the small monitor in front of him. ''Any changes and we'll let you know through that.''
''Got it.''
''Nervous?'' Paul asked, still slightly sweaty from his match earlier in the night.
Chuckling, she nodded. ''A little... more a nervous excitement.''
Vince smiled across at her. ''Just think, this time next year we'll have you in an actual match.''
''Let's hope so.''
''No doubt about it.'' Paul told her, looking over her shoulder to where people were just starting to head back through the curtain. ''You better get ready, you're heading out right after we've aired the promo Phil and Johnny Ace filmed earlier... Five minutes.''
''Calm down, nobody noticed.''
''I noticed! Oh my God, I am going to destroy Jay when I see him.''
Alexa bit her lip to keep a laugh from slipping out as she glanced over at Phil, the tattooed man doing the same. After she had made her entrance, Chris had decided to test his jacket one more time before he made his way to the ring; only to discover that the lights on the entire right-hand side weren't working. He ended up having to walk down to the ring at an angle, so that the camera could only see the side that was completely lit up.
''It was my fault too.'' She said softly. ''I'm sorry.''
He waved off her apology with a shake of his head. ''It could've been worse, at least Vince didn't notice like last time...''
She couldn't help it, the laugh escaped and the blonde instantly shot her a dirty look. The memory of the phone call she had received several weeks ago was still vivid in her mind. The first jacket he had worn had been faulty and stopped working half-way through his promo; Paul and Vince had ripped it out of him as soon as he got backstage and he had been absolutely livid.
''Sorry.'' She mumbled again.
''I'll catch up with you later, I need to go shower.''
''I told you it was a bad idea.'' Phil shot her a look after the other man had wandered off.
Alexa just shrugged and the pair starting walking, trying to find a vacant buggy to take them back to their locker rooms. ''He'll get over it. I'll just buy him a new one.''
Phil laughed, wiping the sweat off his face with the back of his hand. ''Oh, hey, I have a favour to ask you?''
''Okay, shoot.''
''You know they're filming a DVD about me, right? Well, I just wondered if you'd be alright with being interviewed? I mean, you're one of the people who I've been friends with and known the longest... it makes sense that you should be in it.''
She caught his eye and smiled, nodding. ''Of course I will. Does this mean I get to tell some embarrassing stories about you?''
''No.''
''Not even the lap dancing one?''
''Definitely not.'' He replied with a snort. ''So, are you staying to watch the show or heading back to the hotel?''
''Probably heading back to the hotel, I'm pretty beat.''
He raised an eyebrow. ''Yeah? That new boyfriend of yours keeping you up all night?''
Alexa gaped at him for a few seconds before responding. ''What- How did-''
''I saw you mount him in the hotel cafeteria this morning.'' He shrugged, chuckling at the faint red blush that rose to her face. ''It was kind of a giveaway.''
Link to Alexa's dress is in my profile, if anyone's interested.
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