Arriving in Atlanta I'm excited to introduce April to my friends. We get up and start to get ready for the day. Once we are dressed and ready I check my outfit, I'm potentially meeting my celebrity crush, today so I want to look good.
I'm wearing a black long sleeved tank top with light denim high waisted jeans and black ankle boots. My hair is in loose curls and my make up is light.
"You're dressing up for Joe aren't you?" April teases.
"Shut up, if you were meeting your celeb crush you'd be doing the same thing." I retort.
She chuckles. "Come on it's time to go."
April and I arrive at the studio where The Vampire Diaries and The Originals film. "You know I'm jumping up and down on the inside like crazy." I say to April as we walk arm in arm to security.
"Same here. So what have you told these people about us WWE folk?"
"I've told them that WWE is my life and that you ladies are my extended family."
"Good to know, are the guys hotter is person?"
I slap her playfully. "April"
She grins. "Sorry."
"To answer your question yes they are."
We walk up to the security desk and a big beefy guy opens the window. "Can I help you?" He asks.
"I'm on the list, Serena Smith and plus one." I respond.
He flicks through the computer and nods. "You're right to go through. Take these passes with you and wear them at all times."
"Thanks."
As we walk onto set it's chaotic. There are hundreds of people running around. "When did you become a fan of the show?"
"Since it came out, and don't tell anyone but Phil loves it too."
I laugh a little loudly. "You're kidding?"
She laughs and shakes her head. "Nope."
Making our way further into set I finally see Paul Wesley and Candice Accola walking in our direction. He does a double take. "Have my eyes deceived me or is Serena Smith on our set?" He asks smiling.
"Hi." I greet hugging him. "We have the rest of the week off and there's a show here on Monday, so I thought why not surprise you guys."
"I'm sure Phoebe's going to love that." He responds. "She's been talking about flying down to see you."
"Well fret no further, I'm here and she's in for a big suprise, I brought an extra."
"Who's this?" Candice asks.
"Paul, Candice, this is April one of my best friends, she's also a fellow wrestler."
"Nice to meet you. You're the divas champion right?" Paul asks.
"I am." April confirms.
Paul and Candice guide us further on set and we walk onto the set of the Mystic Grill and see Kat Graham, Nina Dobrev, Ian and Steven McQueen filming. We sneak in behind them as they are rehearsing. Nina sees me first and winks. Ian sees this and turns around and waves.
We watch as they finish up the scene and they both walk over. "Hey guys." I greet hugging them both.
"What are you doing here?" Nina asks.
"WWE is in town next week so I decided to travel down early and surprise you guys, I also brought some luggage." I joke pointing to April.
She playfully hits me. "I'm April, and it's lovely to meet you, Serena has told us so much about you guys."
"It's lovely to meet you too, you're AJ in the ring right?" Nina asks.
"I am, and the current divas champion."
"Not for long."
"Keep dreaming girl."
"I do and they always come true." I retort playfully.
"We still have a few more scenes to shoot, but tonight all of us are going to hit up a bar, would you two like to join us?" Nina invites us.
"We'd love too. April?"
"Definitely." She accepts.
We leave Nina and Ian to film, so April and I walk around and investigate more of the lot. As we walk down the street I see cast members of The Vampire Diaries and The Originals together. I see Claire Holt, Phoebe, Daniel Gillies and when I see Joseph Morgan my inner fan girl erupts. "OMG." I whisper to April.
She looks up and laughs. "He's even hotter in person." she whispers.
"All of them are, I don't think I've been around this many good looking guys in ages." I whisper as we walk towards them.
She laughs. "Are you blind? We are around men in their underwear about 40 weeks of the year."
"I know that, but come on these men are so easy on the eyes."
She laughs placing an arm around my waist and we walk towards them. Phoebe is the first to see me and she squeals and bolts from her spot and they watch in amusement as she runs in my direction. "Oh no, prepare for the tackle." I alert as she launches herself at me and hugs me. April cracks up as she watches on. "I've missed you too."
"I've missed you; you look great." She compliments.
"Why thank you." I thank fluffing my hair and she laughs. "Phoebe this is one of my best friends April, she and I work together."
"AJ Lee the Divas Champ." Phoebe greets.
"That is true." April confirms.
"I'm a huge fan of WWE and you ladies are great inspirations for everyone."
"We try." I joke.
She laughs. "Are you two coming tonight?"
I nod. "We are."
"Great we have lots to talk about."
Eventually the others catch up. "Did you survive Phoebes tackle?" Paul asks me.
I laugh. "Barely."
"You looked like you were in hell." Claire adds.
"We haven't officially met, I'm Serena and this is April." I introduce.
"I know who you are; I've been a huge fan of WWE ever since I was little."
"Good to hear."
"You're Sarah in the ring and you're AJ Lee the divas champion, you two have fought each other."
We both glance at one another. "We have." April confirms.
"I saw the championship match in your hometown Serena, the three of you ladies killed it." Claire praises.
"We aim to please." April jokes.
Around 8pm we leave for the bar. I'm wearing denim jeans, a white tank with a brown leather jacket and ankle boots and my hair is in a pony.
We walk into the bar and I notice Phoebe is sitting at a table in the back. April and I make our way over. "Hey." I greet waving.
"Hey." Phoebe greets. "You ladies look lovely."
"Awe shucks." April says fluffing her hair.
They all laugh as we slide into the booth and look around the table. Phoebe is sitting in front of me and she's next to Claire and Leah Pipes. "I'm Leah." Leah introduces herself.
"Serena." I greet.
"April." April introduces.
"So you're the girl that's made Phoebe so crazy?" she jokes.
"What can I say, I bring out the crazy in everyone." I retort. "So what are we drinking?"
"I knew there was a reason we kept you around." Paul jokes.
"Oh don't you worry Paul there's a whole other side of Serena you haven't seen yet." April alerts.
"And what is that?" He wonders.
"Sarah." April grins.
"Sarah's your character right?" Leah asks.
"Yes, Sarah is my in ring character and I have some moments." I confirm.
"Sometimes we nearly break character because she's so good at her promos." April mentions.
"So WWE does storylines?" Claire asks.
April nods. "Yes, it's scripted, every month we have paperviews and to build up those paperviews, we have segments to get people interested in the match."
"And you two have feuded in the past?" Leah asks.
"We've had some pretty cool storylines, and when I get back, there will most likely be more." I respond.
"When will you be back?" Paul asks.
"Soon."
"And in the meantime you're just on the road?" Ian wonders.
"That, training and doing appearances."
"So it must be getting busy now with Wrestlemania around the corner do you think you will be apart of it?" Leah asks.
"That has always been the goal." I reply. "I won't know anything for a little while, but I'm feeling great, so hopefully it shows in my training and they can clear me."
"How long have you been with WWE?" Claire asks.
"Since Wrestlemania last year." I answer.
"And you April?"
"Since 2010." April answers.
"And you're the champ right?" Leah asks.
"Yes."
"But it's coming back to mumma." I say playfully.
"Bring it on."
"So there's a show on Monday?" Ian asks.
"Yes." I confirm.
"Have you been told what you are doing April?" Phoebe asks.
"I haven't been given any details yet. We usually find out when we arrive Monday and get our schedule for the week."
"April and I were thinking that you should come to the show and check it out." I invite. "Live shows are always so much fun."
"You also get to see me." April jokes.
We all laugh. "We would love to go." They all accept.
We get back to the hotel and crash on our beds. "Tonight was fun." I admit.
"It was, everyone is so nice and Nina is lovely." April agrees.
"Nina is lovely, she's also driven, so the fame she has, she's earned."
"I noticed Ian couldn't stop looking at you." April mentions.
"I ignore it."
"Have you even considered going on maybe one date."
"I did when I wasn't so involved with work, but now that I'm working and only really getting back into wrestling, I'm focusing on that, and only that."
"Have you spoken to Colby at all."
"Uhm maybe a little bit."
"You have it bad." She teases.
"Maybe I do, but as I said, I'm enjoying myself now, nothing will change that."
"Good to hear." She smiles.
