A new girl in town

Chapter 54

Kane/Kayla

Kane sat in the locker room waiting for the next meeting to start. He was talking on and off with J.J. and Taker while Sammy typed away on her laptop.

The he nearly jumped when his phone went off.

I'll never get used to this thing. He thought.

Kayla to Kane:

Hey. I was hoping no to catch you earlier but you were talking to Taker so I didn't want to interrupt. Sending this now so you can read it whenever. Get at me when you can... if you want.

Kane to Kayla:

What did you want to talk about?

Kayla to Kane:

Please just call me an idiot once. I've been doing so to myself all fucking day but it isn't helping. Can I know you're way too fucking nice to call me as out on my bullshit but I'm giving you all of the permission to do so.

Kane to Kayla:

Why would I call you an idiot you're not making sense again.

Never mind I'm coming to you.

Why is he coming down here? Texting would have been so much easier. Kayla thought.

Talking to him in-person will just give me yet another chance to say things I shouldn't. Fuck.

Kane walked down to Kayla's office.

"Now what are you talking about." Kane asked.

"I fucking know better. I should never have joked about that. It was fucking thoughtless and stupid and I'm a fucking idiot who shouldn't be allowed near technology when I'm high. I think the fucking world of you and I really hope you know that. My life here would be 1000% shittier if you weren't a part of it." Kayla said in a rush.

"Are you talking about calling me dumb?" Kane asked.

Why would that bother her? Kane thought. Everyone calls me dumb

"I keep fucking up and I'm sorry. I seem to open my mouth around you and stupid comes out. So... Yeah... I don't really know what else to say other than I'm really fucking sorry and it won't happen again. It was a really shitty way to reward you for trusting me and I'm the one who's dumb around here." Kala said her words once again in a rush of thought.

What is she getting on about it's nothing. Kane thought.

"It's fine." Kane said.

No, it's not fucking fine! Kayla thought in frustration. He's being way too forgiving about this, just like me and J.J. figured he would be.

"I knew you'd say that. No it's not! Stop being nice! Or like... Thinking that it's what you deserve because it isn't. Just get mad at me or something, okay? Please?"

Why would I be mad. Kane thought.

"If I got mad every time someone called me dumb I'd be mad all the time. I don't care that people think I'm dumb." Kane said seriously.

"BUT I DON'T THINK YOU'RE DUMB!"

That really doesn't matter to me. Kane thought. This whole conversation doesn't make any difference. I don't care that she called me dumb.

"It's fine Kayla relax… we're still friends." Kane said.

"Ug. Fine. But I don't deserve it for the record." Kayla said.

"So anyway, can you guess where Al keeps Head? No, Can I mean his shit? Fuck! No, I really mean can you guess where he keeps his pot?"

"In head of course. Where else would you keep something you don't want anyone to find? Everyone thinks head is a joke so they wouldn't think of it" Kane laughed.

How the hell did he figure it out so quickly? Kayla wondered.

"See? You guessed right away! Me and Cena were both like what the fuck? When he opened it and took that shit out." Kayla laughed.

"It's the logical thing to do. You don't want someone to notice something you put it right in their face constantly" Kane laughed. "Then they forget it's there."

Damn guys and their logic-based brains. His explanation makes perfect sense. I am so fucking dumb. Kayla thought

It's so simple. Kane thought. I never thought he was a pot smoker though. But I guess that makes sense with how weird he is.

"That's why you're a guy and I'm not. I'm all about being bat shit crazy. If there was a test to measure logic, I'd fail." Kayla laughed.

"Oh yeah, I pissed Cena off too. Fuck my life. I called him a douche. But that was only cause he fucking ranted about not wanting Al as a partner and shit and something about sending him psychology videos every time Al sent him team names. And dude, Al is good people. He's just lonely. He said he never gets visitors and it made me sad so Cena's a douche." Kayla said sounding serious.

"Are you stoned again? You're starting to not make sense. If you think Al is lonely visit him. But don't blame Cena for not doing it." Kane said.

What the fuck? He's defending Cena now? Why do guys always fucking do this? Kayla thought.

And why the fuck would I be stoned now? I'm at fucking work!

"I have to go to the meeting now." Kane said turning to go.

"Ug, fine. No, I'm not stoned what the fuck." Kayla said as Kane left the office.

Kane turned off the phone and headed to the meeting with J.J. and Taker.

Meeting

Once there they had to as usual wait on Vince.

When he arrived he started yelling that people weren't pulling their weight that matches were sloppy and not very entertaining. Once he was finished he made matches. Taker and Kane were to face Edge and Christian because they had lost the titles and had to earn a shot again.

Hunter was going up Randy Orton with his world title on the line.

The rest were typical matches mostly grudge matches because of the things happening back stage.

Finally Vince dismissed them and they all headed off in different directions.

Taker/Kane/J.J./Sammy

"That should be an interesting match." J.J. said. "After all you did teach them yourself."

"Yeah, I know how to handle those Edge and Christian." Taker said.

"It shouldn't be too bad." Kane said. "I've fought them before."

"Still." Sammy said "Those two fly around like they have wings."

"They are not as bad to deal with as the Hardys those two are just nuts." Taker said.

"Yes." Kane said. "You never know what to expect out of Jeff and Matt."

Kayla

After Kane had left for his meeting, Kayla went out for a smoke. She was still feeling the effects of her pot hangover and thought that some fresh air might help clear her head.

She smoked three cigarettes, and then came back in and searched for catering. She needed water and she needed it right now. She hadn't had any the night before and she felt it.

She wandered around for a while and finally smelled food. Her stomach growled, reminding her that she'd skipped breakfast and lunch, so she put a plate together and added a couple bottles of water. Then she found a seat and set everything down.

The place was almost deserted. Vince was probably yelling his head off at the roster and Kayla thanked god that she was only required to attend one meeting.

She ate slowly; she wasn't in a working mood even though she knew that the work wouldn't do itself. The smokes hadn't cleared the fuzziness from her brain and everything felt disjointed and slow.

You better not fucking zone out. She thought as she drank half a bottle of water in one.

Kane/J.J./Sammy/Taker

J.J. left for her final meeting then down to ringside.

After a while Kane and Taker began to warm up because they were the second match of the evening.

Taker made sure Sammy locked the door when they left.

"It didn't do any good against Hunter." She remarked.

"I know but I doubt he'll try that again." Taker said.

"I hope not." Sammy said trying to smile.

They guys headed out for their match and though it was back and forth at times they won.

Then they went back to the locker room showered and watched the rest of the show.

They watched Hunter and crew carefully knowing eventually they'd face them again. The Road Doggs were not competing tonight but Hunter had them all out there anyway. All of them being only the Road Doggs, and Chyna. But it was still enough to help him win the match.

Kayla

Kayla finally left it the catering area when she ran out of excuses to stay. She went reluctantly back to her office and turned on the computer. While it booted, she rummaged through her bag for one of her speaker docks and connected it to her phone, then she set her music to random and sat back in her chair.

Soon, she was singing along as Kelly Clarkson sang about not hooking up and not being willing to share her guy with anyone else. Kayla laughed silently as she improvised the harmony. It was catchy as hell but definitely didn't apply to her life.

She edited more video throughout the night and coded even more webpages but she was pleased with her progress even if Vince didn't agree. She was one fucking person and she could only do so much.

When the alarm went signaling the end of the show and cut through Kendric Lemar rapping about a swimming pool full of liquor, she sighed in relief and quickly saved everything before shutting it down. Then she turned off the music and grabbed the rest of her things.

She was heading down the hall when she realized that she hadn't picked up her bike. She sighed and shrugged. She didn't feel like riding tonight. Then she wondered who to bum a ride from: Cena or Kane.

She stood in the middle of the hall indecisively. Both options came with downsides.

Cena would probably spend the drive ranting about never using drugs which was singularly unappealing. If he didn't rant about that, he'd probably rant some more about Al. He was a decent guy but she had her limits.

Her conversation from earlier with Kane had ended abruptly. She felt unfamiliar hesitation at the prospect of spending another car ride in his company but she couldn't quite figure out why. She had told him a lot more than she'd intended in an attempt to... Do what? Make him yell at her, she supposed. Unburden her crazy on to someone else, maybe. That made her feel terrible. She had a fucking therapist who was being paid to do that; why did she keep going to her friends with her shit?

She sighed and began walking again.

Six of this, half a dozen of the other. She thought. I'll let fate and my fucking dumb luck decide who I go with back to the hotel.

Cena/Kayla

Cena packed his bag quickly and headed back to the parking area. He wanted to be gone before Al saw him.

Walking into the parking area he saw Kayla standing around.

"Hey girl." He said walking up to her. "You waiting on me or Kane and J.J.?"

"Nah, I was waiting for you," Kayla said without missing a beat.

Decision made I guess. She thought with a mental shrug.

Kane/J.J./Taker/Sammy

They left the locker room together but Kane and J.J. stopped at Kayla's office to get her moving. They knocked but no one answered.

"She's probably out having a smoke." Kane said as they continued down the hall.

Getting to the parking area they didn't see her there either. Kane walked out the doors and she wasn't there either.

"Do we wait for her?" Kane asked.

"I don't know." J.J. replied. "Maybe we wait in the SUV for her to show up. At least for a little while."

"Ok," Kane said.

They waited about half an hour. Then Kane thought to check his phone.

"No message." Kane said surprised. "You'd think if she went with someone else or took the bike she'd let us know."

"Well we can't wait her forever." J.J. said.

"No let's take off. If she's still here she can catch a cab." Kane said as he started the SUV.

Kayla/Cena

Kayla sat in Cena's car without saying much. He didn't seem in the mood to converse either so she didn't feel bad for once.

They got back to the hotel much faster than they'd gotten to the arena. Kayla said a quick good night, then she picked up her stuff and got out of the car.

She wandered out of the parking area and found a place to smoke. She chain smoked three more cigarettes, lighting each of them off the other, then she headed inside and up to her room.

She took a long, hot shower, relishing it for as long as she could. Then she got dressed and wandered back in to the room.

She was just wondering if she should say fuck it and go to bed when she realized that she hadn't told Kane or J.J. that she had left.

Yay, just another Kayla Jacobs fuck up to add to the shit show that's my life. She thought as she picked up her phone and called Kane.

Kane/J.J./Kayla

Getting back to the hotel they had dinner and then headed upstairs.

"I hope Hunter didn't do something to her." J.J. said.

"If he did he's going to be sorry." Kane said as they went up in the elevator.

"We'll just check her room." J.J. said as they headed down the hall.

Kane was about to knock when his phone rang. He looked at the phone and realized it was Kayla. So he answered.

Before he could say anything.

"Hey. I'm so, so sorry for not letting you know I was leaving. Cena showed up and it's been a fucking day so I left without thinking," Kayla said.

Hunter could be making her call. Kane thought deciding to knock anyway.

Kayla heard a knock on the door.

Who the hell? She wondered as she walked over and pulled it open.

As she opened the door Kane hung up the phone.

"Just wanted to see you make sure you were alright." Kane said.

"Yeah, I'm good. It's just been a day of fuck ups but what else is new?" Kayla said.

"While you're here, I may as well tell you what went down with Hunter earlier," she added managing to keep a straight face.

"Oh what now?" J.J. asked as they walked into the room.