CHAPTER 14: Let me blow ya mind
A/N: I am back as I've mentioned I had to wait until my medical condition cleared. I was given strict orders not to use my arm for 2-3 weeks until the inflammation cleared.
Another 2 days had passed and it was now March 31rst when Enzo stood outside by the hotel pool directing orders to the staff. "Hey bozo. I said put all of the ice in that silver tray shit thing to keep all of the champagne nice and fuckin' cold alright?" "Sorry Mr. Arndt" said a man. Enzo rolled his eyes as Cass and Carmella approached.
"We see you've been up for a while" said Carmella. "Well you know me" said Enzo. "Everything's gotta be perfect." "Dude it's only 1PM" said Cass. "What time does it start again?"
"In an hour" said Enzo. "And it don't matta. You know how much I like to ensure that my parties are the best ones." "I'm just glad you didn't invite Mandy and Alexa" said Carmella. "It would have been a massive catfight or something."
"Ain't no catfights happening here unless I give the ok" said Enzo. "I just hope that you didn't invite any strippers" said Cass. "Eh they'll always be time for that" said Enzo. "You're such a guy" Carmella said as she rolled her eyes. "Anyways while you two chat, Ima go sun tan."
"Where's Mojo by the way?" Enzo asked. "Oh he's still passed out drunk in his room after that wild night you two had at the strip club" Carmella said from afar. "Seriously that man's a lightweight" said Enzo. "And it's such a shame. I'm known him for 9 years and he still can't hold his liquor…or that much of it anyway…"
"Just take it easy on the drinking this weekend bro" said Cass. "We need to conserve as much energy as possible for Sunday's match. Not to mention, we'll be spending all day tomorrow doing press events." "Of course bro" said Enzo. "What could possibly go wrong?..."
That evening, the pool party was still going strong as Enzo stood at the poolside eyeing Sasha from afar. "I swear you're the only one who could pull off that bikini" he lustfully thought.
"You've been staring at her for hours man" Cass said as he rested in his pool donut. "Go up to her and talk to her already." "Yeah if you keep drooling, you'd could full up another pool" Carmella said.
"I dunno man…" Enzo said. "You're making this a lot harder than it has to be" said Carmella. "Just start the conversation off smoothly. When we said to tone it down, we didn't mean for you to turn all the way off."
"I don't know what's wrong with me" Enzo said. "You're in love" said Carmella. "Or something like that." Enzo sighed as he walked up towards Sasha as she was standing with Bayley.
"Well what do we have over here?" he said as touched Sasha's shoulder as he walked by. "Hi Eric" said Bayley. "I would say thanks for the invite but…." "Invite?" Enzo said. "At my party everybody's allowed to come." "Not exactly true" said Sasha. "I saw your post on your exclusive guest list."
"Eh I was just sayin' that for esthetic purposes" said Enzo. "Everyone's allowed." "Even Alexis?" asked Bayley. "Yeah even her" said Enzo. "Besides I gotta present a certain image of myself at all times."
"Really?" Sasha said. "Yeah really" said Enzo. As he continued his gaze onto Sasha, he suddenly found himself enamored by her. "You have no idea how amazin' you're lookin' right now" he thought. "I just wish it could be me and you girl…"
"But uh…yeah seriously" Enzo said as he continued. "You must like my micro-kini" Sasha teased. "Uh-um why?" Enzo stammered. "Because you keep staring mighty hart at me" said Sasha. "Too hard." "That's probably not the only thing that's hard" Bayley snickered. "PAMELA!? Sasha shrieked as she turned around. "Whoa why is she checkin' me out down there?" Enzo thought.
Sasha shook her head in disbelief as she turned around to face Enzo. The two began to staring at each other causing Sasha's embarrassment to begin to quickly brew.
Without word, she instantly pushed an unsuspecting Enzo into the pool. "Oh my Gosh!" Bayley said. "What you do that for?" "I needed a laugh" said Sasha. Enzo swam up to the top and took a deep inhale. "What you do that for?" he asked. Sasha chuckled. "Come find out." She suddenly took off running with Bayley as she laughed, leaving Enzo even further bewildered.
Enzo turned to Cass and Carmella who were much too busy in the corner making out to even notice his embarrassing yet confusing plight. "Okay that was weird as fuck" he thought. He got out of the pool and went to search for Sasha. Luckily he found her nearby ordering at the bar.
"Hey Mercedes?" he asked. "Damn girl you've got a mean hook. What'd I do that got ya so keyed up?" Sasha couldn't help but chuckled at his words. "But seriously" said Enzo. "Do you mind tellin' me why you just shoved me into a pool?"
"Eric, don't take it so seriously" Sasha said. "You didn't do anything wrong-you look like you could have used a little fun. You're all dry at a pool party for goodness sakes." Enzo used his fingers and flipped back his drenched blond hair. "Well if you wanted to see me get wet…" he stepped closer to her. "You should've told me."
"Easy there cynical" Sasha said as she poked his chest. "As the party thrower, it's your job to entertain me." "Oh I can definitely do that for you if want me to" Enzo said. Sasha chuckled. "You know Eric, you can be pretty cool. I like that." "So I've been told" said Enzo. "Don't let it get to your head" said Sasha as she turned to the bartender. "She'll have something strawberry flavored Bruce" Enzo said.
"You remembered?" Sasha asked. "I must admit that I'm quite surprised." "Yeah well of course I do" said Enzo. The bartender handed Sasha a strawberry daiquiri. "Thank you" Sasha said. "So uh…who'd you come with anyway besides Pam?" Enzo asked. "Fergal" said Sasha. "You know Lexie isn't trying to be within the same breathing space as you unless it's absolutely necessary."
"Her loss" said Enzo. "No, her gain" Sasha said as she sipped her drink. "Besides she didn't appreciate you inviting her boyfriend and not her." "Who's her boyfriend?" Enzo asked. "Taylor" said Sasha. "Ah jeez" said Enzo. "I legitimately didn't know. Had I known, I wouldn't have."
"Well based on being here for the past 3 hours, it's a pretty safe assumption to say that he's chosen to stay behind with her at the room" said Sasha. "I really didn't mean to Mercedes" said Enzo. "Eric…" Sasha said as she sat her drink down. "Don't worry about it. Alexis isn't. Therefore you shouldn't."
"Thanks" said Enzo. "Hey Eric" said Sasha. "Thanks for inviting me and really everyone. We definitely needed this to break some of our nerves and tension surrounding our big matches."
"You're welcome Mercedes" said Enzo. "And for the future, you're always gonna be invited to my stuff." Sasha smiled. "So speaking of Devitt, where is he?" Enzo asked. "Passed out from drinking on a lounge chair" said Sasha. "Wanna hit the Jacuzzi with me?" Enzo asked. "I'm going to have to decline" said Sasha. "But hey, see you Sunday." "See ya Sunday Sash" Enzo said as he was left with hope. "Perhaps it'll work out after all" he thought.
2 more days passed and it was now the night of WrestleMania 33. Enzo stood backstage of the arena as he was having his hair touched up when Cass and Mojo approached him.
"Ready big guy for our match?" Cass asked. "I was born ready" Enzo said. "Still asking Mercedes out tonight?" Mojo asked. "Fuck yeah" Enzo said. "Somebody's filled with a lot of energy" said Cass as he chuckled. "Fatal 4-ways are never a joke" said Mojo. "Ya tellin' me?" Enzo said. "Thanks Barbara, I'm Gucci." Enzo hopped off of his chair as he glanced at the time. "Okay we're on in 30. Ima go find Sash."
"Don't take long" said Cass. "I'll be by the watercooler waiting." Enzo nodded as he pulled out his iPhone and dialed Sasha. "Hey Mercedes, how are ya?" "I'm good" said Sasha. "But I'm kind of a bit busy at the moment. I'm having my laces tied and my makeup touched. What's up?"
"Can we talk?" Enzo asked. "Right at this moment?" Sasha asked. "I gotta go through the curtain in a few." "It won't take long" said Enzo. "Trust me." "Okay just stay wherever you're at. I'll be making my way towards the curtain" said Sasha. "Thanks" Enzo said. After the two ended their phone call, Sasha looked up and smiled as she saw Finn approaching her.
"I know you're extremely busy" he said. "But I just thought I caught you and wished you good luck with your match." "Thank you Fergal" Sasha said. "I'm still really sorry that you couldn't compete this year because of your shoulder."
"Don't worry about it darling" said Finn. "There's always next year and besides the doctor says that I'm almost completely finished with rehab." He leaned down to kiss her. "Go get 'em Mercedes." Sasha smiled as she got out of her chair and raced towards the ring entrance.
"Shit! Shit! Shit!" she said. "I'm gonna miss my cue!" As she ran towards the curtains, she stopped when she saw Enzo standing there and remembered that he wanted to talk. "Hey Eric" she said hastily. "Mercedes Benz, just the lady I was lookin' for" Enzo said. "Eric what time is it? Is K.O and Jericho still having their match?" Sasha asked.
"Yeah it's wrapping up in 2 minutes" said Enzo. "Okay good" Sasha said. As Sasha stood catching her breath, Enzo took a few moments to reflect. "Okay…here goes nothin' Arndt" he thought. "Here goes nothin'…." "Mercedes?" Enzo said. "Yeah Eric what's up?" Sasha said. "There's somethin' that I've been meaning to talk to ya about" said Enzo.
"What?" Sasha asked. "There's somethin' that I…I've wanted to tell ya" said Enzo. "Ya know how much we've been gettin' along lately? Well….I was sorta wonderin' if ya wanna go out with me or somethin'?"
Sasha's eyes widened in shock and as they did, silence soon followed. "Mercedes…your silence is killin' me ova here" Enzo said. "Er-Eric…" Sasha said. "I'm touched, really I am but…"
"I think you're really beautiful Mercedes" said Enzo. "Call me crazy…but I dunno I just do. I can't explain it but I just do." Enzo placed his hands into hers. "Say somethin' Mercedes."
"Why are you telling me this?" Sasha heatedly asked. "Right before I have what may be my biggest match of the year...you're dropping a bombshell on me." "Mercedes? What are ya talkin' about?" Enzo asked. "This ain't a bombshell. This ain't no joke. It's how I really feel about ya." Sasha removed her hands from his and took a step back.
"This isn't the right time to talk about this" said Sasha. "Mercedes, there never is a perfect time when it comes to stuff like this" said Enzo. "Stuff like this?" Sasha scoffed. "Eric…I thought we were just friends." "What?" Enzo asked. "You can't honestly expect me to believe that…not after everything we've been through."
"Been through what?" Sasha harshly whispered. "You make it seem like we got married or something. How many times do I have to tell you that it didn't mean anything?" She turned her back towards him as she ran her fingers through her purple hair as she let out panicked sigh.
"We still have to talk about this" said Enzo. Sasha shook her head in disagreement as she walked through the curtain, leaving Enzo worried. Cass and Mojo approached him. "We saw the whole thing bro" Cass said. "Are you alright?" Enzo gave no response.
"Listen buddy…" Cass said. "I know that you're upset and everything, but I'm gonna need you to keep it all in and put it aside so that we can have our match." Unfortunately, all Enzo could do is remain frozen in shock. He couldn't believe what had just happened between him and Sasha. "Eric!?" Cass and Mojo called out to him. "Eric are you alright man?" But Enzo continued to ignore his friends.
Sometime later, Sasha stepped back through the curtains and as the two exchanged glances, she maintained her silenced as she walked away, leaving Enzo not only sad but confused. A tear shed down his cheek as Cass wrapped an arm around him in support.
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