About a half hour later my buzzer goes off. The first to arrive is Ariane, Trinity and her fiancé Jon. "Hi." I greet smiling. "Come on in."
"We didn't realise how close you are to the beach, this place is so cool." Ariane compliments stepping inside.
"Thank you, I love it here." I respond guiding them inside. "There are some drinks on the counter and outside. The BBQ has just been turned on, and food is everywhere, so please make yourselves comfortable." I direct them. "Everyone, I would like you to meet some of my work colleagues, this is Ariane, Trinity and her fiancé Jon."
Anna hops up. "Hi, I'm Anna." She greets.
"Anna." I scold playfully.
"I'm Trinity." Trinity laughs shaking her hand.
"This is Ellie." I introduce pointing to my raven haired friend. "Anna you just met." I point out. "Lisa the over by the window, and lastly Angela."
"You have a great place." Trinity compliments.
"Thank you."
"How long have you lived here?" Jon asks.
"Nearly two years." I answer. "Are you guys hungry?"
"Starving."
"Follow me."
15 minutes later the buzzer goes off again and it's Nicole, Brie and Brian. "Hi guys." I greet.
"Hi, we brought you some wine." Nicole greets handing me a bottle.
"Oh, thank you. Come in."
"You have a beautiful place." Brian compliments.
"Thank you. Please make yourself comfortable. Trinity, Jon and Ariane are outside in the balcony." I inform them. "Would anyone like a drink?"
"Yes please." Nicole accepts.
"Come with me.
"Your place is lovely."
"Thank you."
"Cheers." she says and we clink glasses. "So who are your friends?"
"Come, I'll introduce you." I respond. "Ladies, this is Nicole, Nicole this is Anna, Ellie, Angela and Lisa." I introduce pointing each of them out.
"Nice to meet you. I'm a huge fan." Anna greets excitedly.
"It's nice to meet you too." Nikki replies.
I'm currently out on the balcony cooking the meat. "So how long have you lived here?" Brie asks.
"Almost two years." I answer.
"It suits you." Nikki says looking around.
"Thanks I love it here, I had to work hard to get this place."
"Serena, did you hear that we have a match on Monday?" Trinity asks.
"I got the message from Jane earlier, I look forward to it."
"Likewise."
"Okay, sausages are ready." I yell out to everyone. I lay them on a serving platter and we gather round the kitchen bench and grab a plat. Once everyone has a plate of food and they find a seat. "Does everyone have a drink?" I ask the group. "I just want to thank everyone for coming tonight, I hope you all have a fun night, now eat and drink up.
After dinner we relax in the lounge room and slowly people start to leave. Eventually everyone leaves apart from Anna who is spending the night. We crash on the couch drinking the rest of the wine. "I've never seen you this happy." Anna observes.
"I'm living my dream job and I'm in a great place right now." I smile.
"I'm proud of you babe."
I smile. "Thanks, we should get to bed, I have a feeling a hangover is around the corner in the morning."
Monday comes around and I arrive at the arena for Raw. I walk into the locker room and place my stuff down and head to hair and make up to get ready.
My hair tonight is in long curls and for my makeup I've gone for a bronzed smokey eye. I then put on my gear: tonight I have a matching pink and black set: a haltered crop top with see-through mesh with a black outline and matching pants.
An hour later Trinity, Ariane and myself are called to the gorilla. "Funkadactles first, followed by Sarah." A worker directs us.
The Funks head out first to a positive reaction. They enter the ring and once there music dies my music blasts and the crowd erupts.
I walk out and stand at the top of the ramp and take in the reaction from the crowd. "And her opponent, from Seattle Washington, Sarah." Justin announces.
I make my way down the ramp and to the ring and jump up on the apron. I stand up in the corner and blow a kiss to the crowd.
Once in the ring Naomi and I start to jump up and down to get pumped up. "This is going to be a hell of a match." Jerry says excitedly.
"They are both athletic and powerful; let's see who will come out on top." Cole adds as the referee rings the bell and we circle one another.
Naomi breaks first and kicks me in the gut causing me to hunch over. She grabs me and whips me into the corner but before she can squish me I quickly move out of the way and roll her up. "A quick roll up by Sarah." Jerry announces.
"Followed by a quick kick out by Naomi." JBL follows up.
We circle one another and lock up. I kick her in the gut and start to work on her arm and twist it behind her back. Naomi attempts to fight out of it, but I don't allow her to so I kick her again and she collapses to the mat. I quickly run the ropes and deliver a close line but she gets back up. I deliver a drop kick to try and keep her down some more. I cover "1, 2." but Naomi kicks out and Cameron cheers her on. "Sarah with another near fall." Cole exclaims.
I stand to my feet and pull her with me. I deliver a quick neck break and cover her again but she kicks out. "Another kick out by Naomi. Sarah is really dominating the first half of this match." JBL expresses.
I stand up again and make my way to the corner just as Naomi gets to her feet following me. We both start to climb the corner and the crowd begin to stir. We stand on the middle rope and Naomi punches me and we both start to sway. "Both divas on the middle rope this isn't good." Jerry watches on worried.
We deliver punch after punch and the crowd gets louder. Naomi delivers a few quick jabs which allows me to lose my hold and gives her the upper hand and she lifts me up into a suplex and we fall hard onto the mat and the crowd go crazy. "OMG!" The announcers shout.
"Suplex from the middle rope." Cole shouts loudly.
"Wow, incredible move by Naomi, but did that hurt her more than Sarah?" JBL questions as Naomi crawls towards me and covers "1, 2." but I kick out.
"And a huge kick out Sarah." Jerry exclaims as the crowd cheer us ll udly.
I slowly stagger to my feet and see Naomi has her back to me. I get a boost of energy and jump onto her back and deliver The SarahStabber. "SarahStabber!" JBL shouts.
I cover "1, 2, and" Naomi kicks out. "Omg, a kick out by Naomi, I thought this match was over." Jerry assumed.
I sit up in frustration. "What!" I shriek and look to the referee in shock and he signals two.
I pull Naomi to the centre of the ring and put her into my submission. I roll her on her stomach and twist both of her arms around her neck like a straight jacket. I press my knee into her spine and pull back tightly. She instantly starts screaming in pain. "My god that looks painful." Cole says loudly.
"She calls this The Agoniser and now we know why." Jerry informs everyone.
"The pressure on the spine and her arms wrapped behind her like a straight jacket, that's got to hurt." JBL winces.
Naomi is in the centre of the ring and she isn't moving. I pull backwards some more and she starts to tap. "And Naomi taps out." Cole announces.
"Here is your winner by submission, Sarah." Justin announces and I jump up in excitement as the referee raises my hand.
"Great match ladies." Brie congratulates us as Trintiy and I walk into the locker room.
"Thanks girls." We thank.
Jane arrives. "Great match ladies you two did an amazing job." She congratulates.
"Thank you." We respond.
"Serena can I speak to you outside?"
"Of course." I accept and follow her out.
"I didn't want to tell you this in front of everyone, but we've been so impressed with you lately, that if you keep this up, you may be in for a chance at the title soon." She announces.
"Omg! Really?"
"Yes."
"You don't think this is to soon?"
"It's never to soon to go after a title." She assures. "The rate that you're going, you are in for a very good chance."
"When?"
"We want to see how you go in the upcoming storyline first, but if higher ups are still impressed with you, possibly Payback."
"Omg. That soon?"
Jane nods. "We will keep you updated but just keep doing what you are doing."
"I will."
"I'll let you get back to the girls."
"Thanks Jane." I thank and head back inside.
"What did she want?" Nicole asks as I walk back in.
"I might be getting a title shot at Payback." I answer excitedly.
"That's great." Brie expresses.
"It is, they will tell me at a later date, but right now they are happy with everything that I'm doing."
"We're happy for you." Ariane responds.
"I feel bad, you guys have been here for like forever and I feel like I'm taking your spotlight."
"If anything you are bringing us more spotlight." Nattie reassures me.
"You aren't mad?" I question.
"We're a little upset." Nikki admits. "But you've worked hard, you deserve it."
"Thanks."
After the show I meet up with my friends and show them around backstage. "Here is catering a mutual hangout area." I point out as we walk on through.
"Wow, this place is huge, there are so many people." Anna says looking around.
"You get used to it."
"You killed it out there tonight." Ellie praises.
"Thanks. I wanted to put on a good match for you." I respond.
"You did, and those Shield boys omg." Anna says a little loudly.
I turn to face her. "Anna." I scold.
"What?" she questions. "Everyone knows it. Come on, have you seen them?" she expresses. "Of course you have, you're around these gorgeous men all the time, aren't you horny?"
"Anna." I scold again. "I'll not be answering that question, you should have kept her in the car." I joke.
They all laugh and Anna playfully hits me. "So where are you headed to next?" Lisa asks.
"Philly." I answer as we walk outside.
"OMG!" Anna shrieks. I turn my head and see that Joe, Jon and Colby are loading their luggage into the car.
Ellie clamps a hand over Anna's mouth and we all laugh at her amused. The guys hear Anna's outburst and look in our direction. "Look what you did." Lisa chides.
"Do you want to meet them?" I ask. Anna nods urgently. "You owe me for this." I grumble and we make our way over to them. "Hey guys, great segment tonight."
"Thank you." Jon thanks glancing over my shoulder.
"Who are these pretty ladies?" Joe asks.
Anna tenses up and I laugh a little. "Gentleman, this is Anna, Ellie, Lisa and Angela, these are my best friends. " I introduce pointing to each one. "Ladies, this is Joe better known as Roman Reigns, flirty over there is Jon also known as Dean Ambrose and lastly Colby better known as Seth Rollins, or The Shield." I finish and they all mumble hellos. I notice that Anna is frozen in place. "Yo Anna, are you alive?"
She blinks unfreezing. "Sorry, don't mind me, I'm a huge fan and I'm trying not to make a fool of myself."
We all laugh. "Too late." Lisa says aloud.
"The girls just wanted to meet you guys." I mention.
"It's great to meet some of Serena's close friends." Colby responds.
"We should get going, thanks for your time."
"Don't mention it, nice meeting you all." Joe farewells.
