a/n: Happy to see you back! In this chapter our two main characters will meet! How do you think it'll go?

Enjoy!

Chapter Two
Watch Yourself

"Hey stranger!"

"Nattie Pattie!" getting up from his table, he enveloped the Canadian before motioning for her to sit down, "How are you? How's TJ?"

"I'm good! TJ, well you know how it is when all you want is to be back on the road again."

"All too well. But he'll be back soon, I'm sure."

To many their friendship didn't quite make sense. In fact, they bonded so quickly that a lot of their co-workers believed that they were screwing around. It even caused a rift between her and TJ for a couple months. But for them, not being friends didn't make sense. They were both 3rd Generation Superstars, they understood each other, they basically lived the same life of waiting weeks for their dads to come home. Also, she was one of the few Divas that was in this business for the wrestling, and not the fame that came with it.

"So what are you up to today? I'm headed to the Performance Center, Total Divas stuff. You should come!"

"Oh yeah, you're a big reality star now!" he joked, "Well, I was actually headed that way too. I have a new tag team partner, we have to somehow mesh together."

"Oooh, who?"

"You might now her, her name is Mara Blair."

"Oh… yeah. Her name has been making its way around, she's the new girl from Shimmer."

He nodded, "Please try to contain your excitement."

The blonde shrugged and took a sip of her coffee, "It's not that. She's an amazing wrestler, I've sparred with her a couple times, the girl's good."

"So… what is it then?"

"Word around town is that it wasn't her wrestling abilities that got her here," she sighed, "in fact, I heard that screwing a certain two-toned, long haired wrestler was why she got the gig."

"Stop it!" he leaned back in his seat, "you should know better than to listen to that crap."

"I never said that I believed it! I just don't want that to derail your new storyline."

"It won't, I'm sure that she knows how this works, and so what if she screwed her way here? All I'm worried about is getting through this little phase as quickly as possible."

The blonde smiled, "Fair enough… just be careful."

"I always am."

After paying their tab, the duo walked out of the coffee shop, "I guess that I'll see you at the gym later."

"Of course."

Leaning down, he gave her a quick hug, then he turned to make his way to his rental down the street. Truth be told, he expected to hear something like that about Mara. Nowadays it usually wasn't the skill that got the girls to the main stage, their in-ring skills anyway. If they were beautiful, had a nice body and weren't afraid to get in bed with someone of power, they had a contract. That's just how things worked now. If that was how she wanted to be, that was her decision, he just couldn't have that hinder what they needed to get done.

Once he got to his vehicle, he heard his text tone go off in the middle console.

Hey, it's Mara. I'm headed to the PC in a few minutes.

Sending a quick response, he then backed out of the parking lot. He figured that he'd be there within the next ten minutes, that would give him enough time to stretch and get himself geared up for whatever personality walked through those double doors.

About 25 minutes into his warmup, he heard the main doors open and the room fall silent. Turning around, he saw the petite frame of his new tag partner walk in. Everyone's eyes were locked on her as she made her way towards him. Once she got up the stairs, he opened up the ropes for her.

"You can throw your bag over by mine, if you'd like."

Doing so, she then went back to meet him in the center of the ring. Her chocolate brown eyes were locked on his blue ones, he could tell that she was just as determined to get this over with as he was. At least they were on the same page.

"I watched some of your videos last night, both your in-ring stuff and the relationship storylines you've done." She shrugged, "At least you'll be good at faking us."

He shook his head, "I've only had one relationship storyline, and Stacy and I were actually dating. That's how we got the gig in the first place."

"Details." She smiled, "but anyway we're both very aggressive in the ring, that'll work in our favor."

"Depending on who else we work with."

"It's pretty much all the same."

He sighed, "Yeah, maybe that Indy BS you did was all the same, but this is the WWE, we have some of the best athletes in the world on our roster. Everyone is constantly evolving, working to become better than they were the day before. Look at me for example, I'm nowhere near who I was 10 years ago… or even 5 years ago for that matter."

She gave him a look of annoyance, "Fine, whatever. Do you know who all is going to be a part of this?"

"Nope… but then again, I did only find out about this yesterday."

For a while, the two didn't say anything. Frankly, Randy was already getting pretty annoyed at this point. If this thing didn't work out, it was his career that was going to suffer. He wanted that title shot. Unfortunately, getting through this was the only way for him to guarantee that opportunity.

"Look, it's obvious that neither of us wants to be here. But I need this to work, a world title shot is on the line here; and you need the WWE Universe to like you, so you need this to work too."

She sighed, "Fine." For a moment she looked past him, no doubt at the girls who were more than likely still staring at her. "Now that you're working with me, I'm sure that you're going to hear the rumors about…"

"You and Seth? Yeah, I've heard, look I don't care about that. What you do outside the ring is none of my business. Just be careful, stuff like that can ruin a career, no matter how good you are."

"That not wh—wait, do you think I'm good?"

By this time, Randy was already headed towards the ropes. He turned to face her once he was on the apron. "Well, I've heard from a very reliable source that you are. But like I said, extracurricular activities can derail a career if you're not careful. So watch who you mess with around here."

With that, he went down the stairs and retrieved his bag, "Let's meet up later, I'm sure that we could both do without the audience." He motioned towards the cameras around the Divas, "I have to meet with Stephanie in half an hour anyway."

He walked away whenever she nodded, she still wasn't quite sure how to feel about this situation. He could see the determination in her eyes, the girl definitely had a passion for the business. A part of him knew that he was going to have to worry about what she did behind-the-scenes though, fooling around with anyone in the business would put one in hot water if things ever went south. But messing with one of the biggest stars, especially when he was dating another woman at the time, which could definitely end up being bad for her. Some of the best women wrestlers got the boot when they slept with the wrong one.

Nonetheless, he knew that he had to focus on just making this "relationship" work for the sake of the ratings, and his championship future. What she did with her life was her business, besides, he was sure that she could easily be replaced if things ever got too out of hand.

a/n: What was Mara really trying to warn Randy about? Do you think that they'll be able to mesh well enough to make their storyline work? Let me know in a review!