Rachel woke up to a rainy morning, and touched the side of the bed where Adam usually slept.. It was cold. Adam was in Chicago for that nights Raw. She laid there and stared at his side of the bed wishing he was there to keep her warm. It was Tampa, and yet it still grew cold at night.
They had moved to Tampa recently, moving from their house on the Islands. It was easier for them, since their jobs always carried them to the mainland. They met in Canada, where Rachel had moved to a few years before they met. She, a free lance writer met Adam a little over a year ago when she interviewed him. Of course having her brothers in the Federation made it easy to get to meet him.
The phone rang as she moved out of bed. She stared at the old fashioned phone hoping it wasn't some marketing person calling this early in the morning.
"Hello." She said with only a small hint of annoyance.
"Rach...did I wake you?" Matt asked, as he laid in his motel room.
"No, I was just waking up." She said as she walked into the kitchen.
"Rach...weren't you supposed to be here to interview Steph?? You made the appointment days ago..."Matt says, as Rachel lets out a yelp..
"Oh my.. I completely forgot!!" Rachel looked at the clock on the microwave and then noticed the note and the ticket on the fridge from Adam." I leave in an hour.. OH Matt how will I ever make it.!! I gotta run!!" She hangs up the phone, and leaves Matt laughing on the other end.
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"Shawn, leave me alone!!" Michelle says, as she pushes his hand away from her.
"Get up... or else I will pour this ice cold water on your head." He said, as he tilted the glass over her head.
"You wouldn't!!" She said, as she pulled the blankets up further over her head.
Shawn titled the cup just enough for a few drops to escape the cup.. Michelle felt the pitter of the icy cold come through her blanket.
"Shawn!! YOU bastard!!" She yelled, and jumped out of the bed. The cup flew out of his hand as she pushed passed him, making a wet mark on the wall. Shawn starts to laugh, but stops short as her hand meets his face in a slap.
"DAMN..what was that for?" Shawn says, as he holds his cheek. She starts to slap him again, but he catches her arm. He lifts his hand into a fist ready to strike back at her.
"Go ahead, it's nothing you haven't done before." Michelle says as she pulls herself away from him. She runs into the bathroom and locks herself in. She didn't want him to see her cry, see her weak.
"Are you in there crying?? You are, you baby." He says and then leaves the room. "I'm leaving." He yells back to her.
Michelle leaves the bathroom only when she hears his car leave the driveway. They used to be so in love she though. Where had she gone wrong? What had she done to cause this? She wipped the tears from her face with her sleeve and looked out the window.
Last month she had had to cover up bruises he had made in a fight with her. She had to tell people she fell down the front porch steps.. If people knew her and her house, they would know there weren't any steps. She had to get away from him, but she didn't know how. They had been together too long.
The highlight of her day today would be when they went to her see her favorite sport. What used to be Hockey, she now likes Wrestling. Too bad her friend Beth wasn't here. She loved the drama of the WWF. Michelle had to take Shawn with her, and she knew he would complain the whole time. That was the only down side of things. Shawn had made sure she hadn't any friends in Chicago.
Michelle sat on the couch with her camera and took out a pen and paper to map out a schedule for the day. She looked in her camera bag to make sure she had enough film for the night. With her new camera, she planned to take the most excellent pictures that night.
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Rachel made it to Chicago in almost record time. A Lincoln Towncar stood waiting for her with a man in uniform holding a sign that read "Rachel Hardy, booty call here." She started laughing and grabbed the sign to hide it.
"Who told you to write the sign." She said as she pulled herself into the car.
"Your brother ma'am." he said laughing.
"Jeff's butt is mine!" Rachel said, knowing only he would do something like that.
Rachel settled herself for the ride to the arena. She called Adam's cell phone, hoping he wasn't too busy to answer it.
"Adam's playhouse, Jay at your service." Jay said as he answered the phone.
"Ah ok, I don't need anything from the play house. I just need to talk to one awesome blond." Rachel said laughing.
"You're talking to one babe." Jay said laughing. "No, really, he's out on the mat practicing for tonight. Big Boss Man. Where are you anyway? I thought you'd already be here."
"I'm in a car. And if you see my brother, tell him his ass is grass." Rachel tells Jay what she found when she got into Chicago. Jay drops the phone laughing. "JAY??"
"Hey Girl!" Amy says to Rachel." Hurry up and get here so we can torture your brothers." She says laughing.
"I'm going as fast as I can." Rachel says as her phone starts to crackle. "Amy.. I am loosing connection for some reason.. I will see you in a few."
"What??" Amy says, as Adam takes the phone from her. He looks back at Jay and Amy.
"She hung up." Adam says with a frown.
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Michelle looked at her kitchen clock, beginning to worry that Shawn wouldn't make it back in time for the wrestling. It was only one hour before show time, and he had the tickets. He hadn't even called to say he was going to be late. She would have gone without him, but he insisted that he hold the tickets. Now she regreted that decision.
The phone rang, and she jumped as the loudness broke the silence.
"Michelle, are you coming tonight?" Her friend Nick asked her.
"Yes, I am waiting for Shawn." She said and stared out the window.
"Well, babe, I thought I saw Shawn here already. He said hello, and I asked where you were and he just shrugged. His cousin was with him." Nick said as he watched the pair buying merchandise.
Michelle stands staring out the window with her free hand in a fist. "I knew I shouldn't have let him hold on to the tickets. I'm on my way. Don't let him know I am coming." She says to him.
"No prob babe." Nick says as he watches Shawn and Keith gulp down a second beer.
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Rachel walks into the halls of the arena and is greeted by all the big burly men. All of them her friends. She found her way to a room that her brothers and a few others seemed to share that night. None of them really having their own room, that would cause big egos.
"Hey Rachel." Jeff yells as he opens the door. He smiles at her as she yanks at his hair. "OUCH.. what was that for?" he says laughing.
"That little sign I was greeted with." Rachel says as she hugs her younger brother. "And consider that getting off easy."
Jeff walks out of the room holding his head and laughing.
Adam stood just inside the door wearing only shorts and flip flops.. "Hey baby.. shut the door." he said, as Rachel made her way to him.
They start to kiss when there is a knock at the door. "Come in!" Adam says as Adam sits in a chair and pulls Rachel on top of him.
Steph walks in and smiles at the two of them. "So, where do you want to start? I don't have much time, we still have to go over stuff. Busy busy busy." Steph says laughing. She sat across from the two of them, as Adam pulled himself out from under Rachel. He had to finish getting dressed for the night.
The door opens again, as Rachel starts her interview. Matt walks in and sits next to his younger sister and hugs her. He sat quietly and listened as his sister did her work. When bored, he got up and walked over to Adam. They stood in a huddle and whispered back and forth. Rachel watched them for a moment and watched as Adam started to shake his head profusly.
Later Rachel found Matt watching Adams match on one of the many tvs in the back rooms. "So, what were you two whispering about?"Rachel asked, and noticed Matt's eyes start to buldge.
"Oh nothing really, I was just asking about a move Adam was going to try tonight. Ummm love ya sis, but I gotta go find Amy... and Jeff." Matt says and winks at her as he runs off.
"okaayyy." Rachel says as she turns and almost bumps into Albert.
"Oh hey there, hows my girl doing." he says as he walks past her. "Have you thought about that piercing anymore?"
"Which one?" Rachel says laughing.
He turns back to her and sticks out his pierced tongue.
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Michelle found her way through the crowd and found a not so sober Shawn and Keith. She tapped Shawn on the shoulder, and as he turned around gave him a good hard slap.
"You bitch, you made me drop my beer!!" Shawn yelled as he grabbed her flailing fists. "Calm down girl, your causing a scene." He holds on to her, as the three of them walk between the big semi trucks.
"YOU TOOK MY TICKETS YOU NO GOOD SON OF A BITCH!!" Michelle yells at Shawn. She drops her camera and Keith kicks it full force against the wall. It gets picked up by a small group that had formed by the trucks.
"Mich, don't you remember. You gave me the tickets the other night." Shawn said laughing.
"When?? When you were hitting me... which night was this?" Michelle said as she tried to stomp on his foot.
Shawn shoves her against the wall and she hits her head. The last thing she remembers before passing out is people yelling and a feeling of floating.