"Welcome to Thursday night Smackdown!" Matt Striker says on the tv.
It's been a good two or three days that Denny and I haven't said a word to each other. I haven't been my self much. But business is business. I need to focus on my story line and trying to perform at the top of my game.
As I tie my right black wrestling boot I hear a knock on the locker room door.
"Tesa your match is second after Hunter and The authority come out and talk." I hear.
I let out a short quiet breath and pull myself up.
"Alright. I'll be ready." I say.
Then I grab hold of my title and lay it on the bench. My eyes admire it's beauty knowing the history of how I ended up with such a piece of art work.
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As I walk down the hall I see paige and the Bella's along with the other girls hanging out around a forklift. Paige is sitting on the lift wearing a yellow construction hat goofing off like she usually does. Young people. I think in my head and shake my head almost laughing.
"Dakota come here girl!" Paige yells from the forklift.
I grin and walk over. Both Nikki and Brie hug me followed by fox and Rosa.
"What are you doing Paige?" I ask jokingly.
She smiles and puts her arms up as she slumps in the chair.
"Having fun." She says.
I laugh and then sit myself on the step later that's on the side of the forklift.
"What are you girls up to?" We all hear.
I look up to see Mark Carrano walking up to us.
"Oh no it's Mark." Brie says jokingly.
"What's the bad news now." Nikki then says poking fun at him.
He smiles and shifts the paper in his hand to the other.
"Just came by to see what the divas are all up to." He says.
He looks at me and then at Paige.
"Attires all look colorful and bright tonight with the exception of our two dark divas." Mark says pointing Paige and I out.
I roll my eyes and then stand up.
"It's better to be dark. You get to have a lot of fun that most don't." I say.
Mark nods and then looks at Alicia.
"You have a match tonight. They just wrote it in since dakota needs to focus on her story line. It will be a tag match. You and rosa against Paige and Dakota." He says to us.
"Sounds good to me!"Paige says in her British accent.
I chuckle and nod.
"I'm in on this. But what do you mean by story? Seth is only on Raw." I say to Mark.
Mark shakes his head, Then answers back.
" Not anymore. You and Seth are enemies now. Which also means the authority is on both shows now as well. Your rivals which means when you f up his matches he's going to come and f up yours etc. It will be a great storyline that will lead into the next paper view." Mark says.
I growl. And because of my growl Paige laughs.
"Did the Tesa Orton just growl? Where's that apex predator?" She asks me.
I let out a breath and look at her.
" Beaten and battered because her father is out for the most part...." I say.
Paige looks at me worried since my answer I guess seemed like it had venom in it.
"Sorry I didn't mean to upset you." She says in a caring tone.
I smile lightly and then look at Mark.
"I suppose I should ready myself for tonight then right?" I ask him hinting at the whole Seth Rollins thing.
He nods his head and then looks around at everyone.
"Good luck girls. Iv got to go and talk to Hunter." Mark says.
We all say bye to him as he walks away passing by Bray Wyatt.
I let out a shallow breath and play with the sleeve of my leather jacket.
"What's up Dakota?" Nikki asks me.
Iv been trying to hold back the emotions all day. It's unprofessional to cry at work. It's not right for anyone to show that kind of emotion at work. That and it's not right to date the people you work with. But that rule is always broken, just ask Alice fox. Her and Wayde Barett had a thing for almost two years. Nikki and Brie also don't listen very well to Jane or Mark. I wipe away a tear and look up at her finally after a minute of day dreaming almost.
"Boy problems....Denny dumped me....I guess I wasn't good enough." I say as I look at the ground now.
"He's not worth it if he can't deal with your flaws Dakota. Maybe moving on is a good thing. Now you can focus on the story line with Seth Rollins. I know that's going to be huge." She says.
I think for a moment and then nod.
"I can live with that. Even if it hurts like a bitch. Seth Rollins better be ready because my anger is raging." I say to them.
Nikki gets up as she sees John walking down the hall with Brian.
"Come on Brie. See yah guys later." She says as she walks towards the guys.
Brie gets up and hugs me. Then she walks over to her sister and the guys leaving me with Paige, Rosa, and fox.
For a long moment we are all silent. Then paige speaks.
"So who wants to hit the bars after the show?" She asks.
Fox, Rosa, and I all look at each other.
"I haven't drank in awhile paige. And I'm not interested in going down that road again." Rosa says shocking all three of us.
"I'll go." Alicia says in a cheery mood.
I look up at Paige trying to stay positive.
"Yah what the hell. I'll go and party. I'm a free woman now. I can do whatever the hell I want to do." I answer back causing Paige to smile.
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"This next match is scheduled for one fall. This is a divas tag team match. Making her way to the ring from Florida, Alicia Fox!"
I watch as Alicia walks down to the ring. The fans cheer for her as the commentators talk about the match. As I'm stretching Paige comes over fooling around. She runs her hand up my spine and then plays with my hair.
" what you doing crumpet?" Paige asks giggling.
I roll my eyes and stretch my left leg out.
" readying myself for the match. And by the way. That was creepy, what you just did a few moments ago." I say to her.
She frowns for a moment then goes back to her happy face.
" I'm sorry.. Just getting into character." She says.
I roll my eyes and then pull myself up as rosa walks out now and heads towards her partner.
" let's just get this match over with paige. Show the girls what we are made of." I say to her as I fix my jacket.
" I'm ready if you are." She says to me.
I nod and then start walking forward towards the gorilla, paige right behind me.
As I hear the raven scream of Paige's song I hug her.
"Good luck tonight." I say to her.
She ruins and walks by me heading out to the arena.
As I wait for the stage crew guy to give me the ok I watch the other three girls in the ring now. Then I hear my song and my heart starts pounding. My emotions are gone now. It's all anger and revenge. The guy nods and I walk towards the black silk curtain that separates me from the millions of people sitting in the seats. I glide my hand across the curtain and shift it smoothly past my bare shoulder. As it re drapes behind me I hear the crowds screams pick up. Some of our set was still in front of me and beside me to help hide the curtain. Walking out I raise both arms with the title on my right shoulder. Ahead of me stands paige, rosa, and fox.
"Ladies and gentle men, your divas champion, from Tennessee, Tesa Orton!" They announce.
I grin slightly and walk down the ramp putting my arms down. The crowd screams and cheers but for once I also hear a few booing at me. It was a shock to me as I climbed the steel steps and glided across the ring apron. After doing my split and going under the bottom rope I roll myself to my feet and walk over to Paige. The divas title glittering in the flashing lights as it lays on my shoulder. Slowly walking towards the ref, I glare at Alicia. Then I hand over my title.
Rosa and Paige start the match off. As Paige takes control early I watch both of them from the far corner of the ring. Both girls were in the center of the ring away from their partners. Paige's grapples are amazing and easily take down Rosa. All I can do is lean my arms on the top ropes and watch my partner work on Rosa.
"Come on Paige!" I shout as rosa breaks away from her choke hold.
Rosa then takes control by grabbing Paige by her black silk smooth hair. Pulling her back up onto her feet rosa pulls Paige over into her corner and tags in Alicia. Alicia climbs under the second rope and then starts throwing lefts and rights at Paige. I stretch my arm out as far as I can while I yell her name to get her to tag me in. I rest my right foot on the bottom rope as well still calling her name.
"Alicia and Rosa work very well together. Do I see a future tag team Michael?" I hear from the commentators.
Paige reverses Alicia's Irish whip and takes her down. She walks over to me and tags me in then rolls out of the ring as I pull myself over the top rope. I front flip over it and then land on my feet. Alicia slowly gets up and I walk over to her grabbing her by her arm. I pull her up to her feet and then grab hold of her neck with my right hand. I lift her up into the air and then drop her down onto the ring mat. As she rolls away from me I slowly stalk her like Randy Orton. Watching her pulling herself up gives me an idea. Fired up I run at her and close line her out of the ring. Rosa jumps off the ring apron and then runs over to Alicia. I raise my arms and the crowd cheers. Paige sneaks up on them and then attacks Rosa. After throwing her into the barrier she rolls Alicia back into the ring. I spear her into the corner and then throw lefts and rights at her until she falls to her rear end. Her arms laying limp on the second rope. That's when I back up and look around. Rosa is laying on the ground near the ring. Paige is in my corner doing her loud scream as I raise my arms letting everyone know that I'm going to end this. As Alicia slowly gets to her feet I hear the crowd cheering loudly and screaming. I look behind me seeing paige.
As I spin my head around all I see is a blob of blackness running towards me. It makes contact with me hard nocking me to the ground. I can hear the ring bell ringing as I hit the ground. The wind knocked out of me as I roll onto my side trying to breath. As I open my eyes I see paige being thrown to the mat by Stephanie.
"You attacked me on Raw Tesa. Now you've started a war that you will wish you never started." Seth says into the microphone.
I hear the microphone hit the mat and then he walks around me. I take a deep breath as he kicks me in the stomach hard. Then he raises his arms up like my father does before a match starts.
After the attack the show ends. I roll out of the ring slowly as people file out of the arena. Grabbing hold of my title I hear Seth behind me.
"Did I get you too hard?" He asks as I lay the title on my shoulder.
Rolling my eyes I answer.
"I can handle your beatings Rollins. Don't hold back just because I'm a girl. It still needs to seem real." I say to him.
He chuckles a little and then hugs me.
"You know you like it." He says jokingly.
"We are friends. Nothing more nothing less." I say to him.
Then I walk back to the locker room and toss my stuff down onto the bench.
"Nice job Dakota." Rosa says to me as she brushes her hair straight.
I grin feeling a small pain down on my side near my ovary. I place my hand over it trying to rub it away.
"I'm taking a beating just to make a living. It starts to hurt in places it shouldn't." I say.
She grins as she places her brush down and walks over to me.
"Maybe you should get that checked out. That bruise is pretty bad." She says pointing at my right side where seth kicked me.
"It hurts slightly but nothing medicine can't handle." I say pushing her concern away quickly.
She frowns then gets up and grabs a towel. She spins around almost dancing and throws it at me.
I give her a look and smile.
"What's that for?" I ask her jokingly."
She rolls her eyes.
"Go shower! You smell!" She shouts while laughing.
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* The next day*
As I climb out of my car and take in the deep fresh air of my Tennessee home I grin.
"It's been a long time since Iv been home." I say.
Shutting the door to my dads 67' Shelby I look around. The dirt had finally settled from me doing donuts and burning rubber. In front of me is a wide open field filled with corn. The sun settling below the desert like land. The golden colored rays laying upon the corn stocks leave me feeling warm and toasty. As I sit on the hood of the Shelby I shift my cowboy boots in the dirt feeling the soft feeling hug around my feet. The wind blowing just enough to shift my hair across my face. Behind me is my moms house. Dusty and run down but still the place I call home.
" Dakota?" I hear from behind me.
His voice different now. But his personality the same.
"It's me Jamie. I'm home for now." I say as I'm taking in the amazing scenery.
He walks up to me with his worn out cowboy boots hitting the loose dirt as he walks down the center of the road. His hair spiked up like a country boy. His clothes. I can't even say. He had blue jeans on, wrangler blue jeans. And a white t shirt with a plaid shirt on over it but unbuttoned.
"It been forever since Iv seen you. How's life been?" He asks me as he walks over.
Jamie sits beside me on the front of my Shelby.
"It's been fun. Life's been brutal." I say.
I lift the right side up a little of my tank top and show him the bruise.
"Seth hurts when he kicks." I say to him.
Jamie frowns and wraps his arm around my shoulders.
"Maybe it's time you kick his as back to where he came from. Give him a good Tennesseean ass kickin." Jamie says which causes me to laugh.
"Maybe I will. How's the dirt racing going for you?" I ask him.
He grins and then talks.
"I'm the series champion. Defending champion might I add." He says.
I hug him.
"Congrats." I say to him.
I then look down at the ground and let out a slight sigh. Jamie looks at me worried.
"What's wrong Dakota?" He asks curiously.
"I once dated Denny Hamlin......but now... -"
Jamie's lips touch mine and we grow into a deep kiss.

Authors note: sorry I have not updated lately. Iv been seriously busy with life. But here's yet another chapter for you guys to read! Enjoy!