I know, I know, you're probably all like 'What the hell is she doing?' but don't worry, I was sitting there reading this and realized that I have much better ideas for it but to incorperate them, I had to re-write this from the beginning so that it works. Plus, I felt like the previous one was moving WAYYY to fast and was really sloppy.
So, here we go.
Watching as everyone around her walked by, dressed in their best, Barbie couldn't help but feel underdressed. Compared to the people around her, she felt like she was dressed more for a high school prom than the Hall of Fame. She looked down at the silky red dress and smiled lightly, while it might have looked like it was for a prom, it hugged her in all of the right places and made her feel sexy. After someone stopped her and told her how beautiful she looked she decided that she wasn't going to worry about it any more and just focus on what it was that she was suppose to be doing.
"You look beautiful, Kelly." A fan said as they walked by and she thanked them with a smile, wondering how it was that they'd gotten in the part of the building.
"He's right you know, you do look pretty damn good." A voice said from behind her, making her turn around with a large smile.
"Thanks John. You look pretty damn good too. It's kind of weird seeing you in a suit though." She said with a smile, scrunching her nose up at the last part.
"I feel weird, I think it may be a little to small though." He said pulling at his tie.
"Or maybe you just tightened it too much, dork." She laughed before stepping in front of him to loosen it up.
"Oh, thank you so much." He sighed rubbing at his throat.
"Your welcome. Ah, Stephanie's beckoning you." She smiled tilting her head in the chairman's daughter's direction.
"Damn, I was hoping to get a five minute break." He sighed shaking his head.
"You're the face of the business, who just got back from 'being fired', you know that isn't something that's going to happen." She said with a small frown, knowing exactly how much it was that he wished he could just take a break from it, despite the fact that he loved it so much.
"Well, if I'm going, you're coming with me." He smiled grabbing her hand and intertwining their fingers.
"Aw, I like my 'corner'." She pouted, raising their hands to make air quotes around the last word before shooting a dramatic look at where they had just been with a sigh.
He shook his head and chuckled but didn't say anything as they continued walking towards Stephanie and a man that looked to be around Vince's age. Barbie couldn't help but let out a sigh, knowing that the conversation was going to be awkward. The man wanted to talk to John, not her, and the three trying to include her in the conversation was just going to make the whole situation uncomfortable for all of them. When the three of them had seem to forgotten that she was their she quickly walked away and headed towards the bar.
As much as she loved John, and was happy that he got as much recognition and did as much as he did, she wished that she would get some too. Half of the time that he did something for Make-A-Wish, she was right there with him. She was well aware that she would probably never get as much as him, but that wasn't what she wanted. She just wanted a little, maybe her name mentioned next to his on the Internet instead of being referred to as 'a co-worker'. She wasn't naive though, she knew that she still had a long way to go before that happened.
She also knew that she was only hired because she had 'the right look'. As the fans liked to point out so often, she knew perfectly well that she got her start as a stripper. When that storyline had been put up on a self and she got the chance to actually wrestle, she worked her ass of at it. She wasn't the best that there was, she wasn't oblivious to that, but if she got the chance, she knew that she could be alot better than people expected her to be.
When she was in the ring, she put her heart and soul into her matches as well as putting her body on the line. Even if she wasn't able to show her potential, she still busted her ass so that when she got the chance, she'd be good. She was in the gym at least once a day, training and working out. If she wasn't doing that she was more than likely out promoting the company in some way.
"Barbie!" She heard Michelle call from behind her, she turned just in time to see the tall blonde rushing towards her before she was suddenly being pulled into the bathroom.
"Whoa, what is going on?" She questioned with a frown.
"Marks going to ask me to marry him!" The Palatka beauty said pacing back and forth.
"Isn't that a good thing?"
"Yeah! Of course it is but my career. If we get married everyone's going to think that I slept my way to the top." She said turning to her friend.
"Who cares? You love him, he loves you. Everyone at the company knows that you've worked your way to the top. So, get out there and go get engaged." Barbie laughed pushing her friend out the door, hearing a thank you before Michelle sped off to find her boyfriend.
She stepped out of the bathroom and looked around, for a place to hide. She knew perfectly well that no one was interested in asking her questions at the moment and she really didn't feel like answering them. When she spotted the bar she smiled lightly before heading over and quickly ordering a drink. She didn't notice the person sitting on the stool next to where they were standing until they spoke.
"A little early for the hard stuff, isn't it?" Randy asked looking over at her.
"Probably but no one's paying attention to me anyway's." She shrugged looking at the people that were standing around.
"I am." He smirked at her, making her shiver lightly.
Her mind automatically jumped back two years, when they'd just started dating. Him simply saying her name use to make her heart beat faster and butterflies erupt in her stomach. She was reminded of how good everything had been and how happy it was that they had been. She wanted to wrap her arms around him until she firmly reminded herself about what had happened to end the relationship.
"Yeah, well maybe you shouldn't." Barbie said before finishing her drink and walking away, feeling her eyes on him the whole time.
Randy watched as the blonde walked away and looked down at the beer in his hands with a sigh. He easily realized that sometimes his characters life mimicked his real life. On screen it was known that his character had cheated on Kelly with one of her friends, Maryse, and she quickly ended the relationship before completely ignoring him. Off screen the exact situation had played out, though it had been Mickie, before she'd been released, and not Maryse.
The fact that he had to see Barbie, who he still loved just as much now as he did a year ago, was harder than he'd thought it be. He was sure that he could simply ignore her and act as if nothing had happened, the way he'd done so easily before. That seemed to be impossible, however, every time he saw her he wanted nothing more than to tell her how sorry he was and how much he loved her. Of course, he'd tried the few times she agreed to talk to him but he was always interrupted by something or someone.
Seeing her so often with their mutual best friend did nothing but piss him off, mainly at himself. While he knew that they weren't dating, at least not yet, he was well aware of John's feelings for Barbie. In fact his friend had already asked him once before about his feeling about him asking her out. Although it killed him, he said that it was fine, in all honest he just wanted her to be happy and he knew she could be, very much so, with John Cena.
"Hey, I've been looking for you." Ted Dibiase Jr. said walking up and clapping his hand on Randy's back.
"What's up?"
"Mary's suffocating me."
"I told you not to ask her to this." Randy chuckled his eyes watching the newest diva, Mary Stone, talking to Barbie.
"Yeah well, I didn't realize to get her in bed I'd have to endure her talking my ear off. Seriously, is it bleeding?" The younger man asked touching his ear dramatically.
"Should have just asked Maryse like I told you to." Randy laughed shaking his head.
"Probably." Ted sighed watching the French Canadian beauty laugh at something Eve told her.
Randy looked in the two's direction, but past them at his ex girlfriend. She smiled largely before hugging Michelle and Mark and telling them something. John walked up to them and draped his arm around the petite blonde's shoulders for a second before taking it off and repeating Barbie's actions. Watching them he couldn't help but wonder what they all seemed so happy about. Cena looked around, caught his eye and told the three something before walking towards his best friend.
"Man, have you been here all night?" John asked with a large dimpled smile.
"Pretty much, I talked to a few reporters and Stephanie about a possible up coming storyline and then decided to hide out over here." Randy shrugged.
"Damn, you and Barbie seem to be all about hiding out."
Randy smirked, memories flashing through his mind of the many times that the had hidden out together. He quickly realized that they were currently in the same building that they had decided to sneak off together the first time. Shaking his head to clear himself of the memories he focused back on the conversation and smiled gratefully when Ted quickly changed the subject.
"What's going on with Chelle and Mark?"
"Ah, he finally proposed." John smiled glancing back at the two of them. "Well, we should go congratulate them while we have the chance." Ted said before quickly finishing his beer and walking towards the couple and Barbie.
Barbie noticed the three of them walking away and stayed still, not talking until the five were in a conversation. When it seemed that no one noticed that she was there she quickly backed away and made her escape. Before she could get to far Eve and Maryse stopped her and pulled her into a conversation that she could actually contribute to, even though it was only about the Hall Of Fame that they would be attending in an hours time.
Though she thought she got away unnoticed, she hadn't. Both Randy and John had instantly noticed her presence was gone and each frowned slightly, for different reasons. Randy knew it was because of him and that alone made him sigh and frown because honestly, he wanted in the very least to be friends with her. John, on the other hand, knew why it was that she left but had hoped that his being there would outweigh Randy's presence, the fact that it hadn't slightly hurt.
Also, another thing to remember...nothing in the past, or that's currently going on has happened unless I say so. Okay?
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