Chapter 24

The atmosphere around Raw was greatly subdued, Mel’s mood grumpy along with it. It was her last match and her last time with the Superstars, and she hated every second of it. Ryann and Randy had disappeared so she had no distractions from her surly mood.

“Mel, will please smile for me,” John begged for the tenth time. He was sitting in the corner of the room with Matt, his title draped across the bench behind him.

Mel groaned and forced an unenthusiastic grin, her lips quickly reforming the frown. She leaned her head in her hands and stared at the blank monitor in front of her, her long hair falling over her face. Before John could complain about her lack of enthusiasm the locker room door burst open to reveal a crying Ryann, her hand held out in front of her like it was deformed.

“Mel! Oh my god, Mel!” she sobbed rushing into the room.

She jumped to her feet, looking worried and took Ryann by the shoulders, “What is it, Ry? What’s wrong, calm down,” she soothed, her face filled with concern.

Ryann took a deep shuddering breath and tilted her hand down so her knuckles where in Mel’s face. There was silence for split second before the two screamed happily, hugging each other and jumping up and down.

“He finally did it!” Mel cheered, her mood obviously much brighter. “Randy finally proposed!”

John narrowed his eyes at the two women and moved over to them. Ryann thrust her hand in his face happily, wiping the tears away with her free hand. The ring was simple, a silver band with three diamonds, the two on the sides slightly smaller than the diamond in the middle.

“Congrats,” John smiled, hugging Ryann quickly as she calmed down.

“I can’t believe I’m engaged,” she sighed dreamily. “Its so hard to get used to.”

Mel laughed and placed her hand on her hip, “Ry, it’s only been ten minutes.”

“True.”

“Where is my fiancé? She just disappeared!” Randy’s voice called form the hallway before he poked his head around the open door.

“I’m right here, hun,” Ryann grinned, wrapping her arms around his bare middle lovingly.

Mel cleared her throat when they started kissing and the broke apart quickly, “There are rooms for that. The celebrations don’t start until after SummerSlam.”

“Okay, okay, fine,” Randy sighed, flicking on the monitor. “When’s your match Mel?”

“Third.”

“You’re gonna kick Lita’s ass, I know it.”

Mel laughed and pointed to her script, “So do I.”

The group shared a light hearted laugh, watching the first two matches with enthusiasm. When it came time for Mel’s match she stood up gracefully and adjusted her top. She was wearing a simple black bikini top and jeans, her hair curled and loose down her back.

“Show time,” she smiled and bowed. John pulled her into a kiss as the group watched Lita make her way to the ring, her title held high.

“This match is a No Holds Barred Match, where there are no count outs, no submissions and no disqualifications. Introducing first from Atlanta Georgia, she is the WWE Women’s Champion, Lita!” Lillian announced just as Mel arrived at the curtain.

She waited patiently as Lita’s music cut off and hers began. The roar of the crowd was deafening when Mel stepped out onto the ramp. She signaled rock on to the fans, her smile wide as Lillian spoke again.

“And the challenger, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Melanie!”

The crowd erupted once again as Mel slid into the ring. The ref held the Women’s title up and the two eyed it longingly before the bell sounded and the match began. Mel rushed forward and smacked Lita across the face angrily. In retaliation Lita grabbed a handful of Mel’s hair and swung her across the ring. Mel lay there for a moment before getting up with an evil grin. She flipped her hair out of her face and waited for Lita to get close enough before tackling her to the mat and punching her furiously.

Lita cried out for her to stop but Mel persisted, pulling her to her feet by her hair and hitting a DDT. Mel went for a cover but Lita kicked out at one and a half. Instead of protesting Mel dragged Lita to her feet and hit her with another DDT. This time Lita kicked out at two and slid away before Mel could go on the attack. She huddled in the corner as Mel moved to the opposite side, running and baseball sliding right into her.

“Come on, this is shit!” Mel growled, pulling her to her feet again. “Give me a challenge!”

“You want a challenge, I’ll give you a challenge,” Lita breathed. She Irish whipped Mel into the ropes and drop kicked her.

Mel got up grinning as Lita slid from the ring quickly, lifting up the apron and pulling out a table. She waited for Lita to set it up before grabbing her own weapon, a steel chair. Just as Lita climbed back into the ring Mel smacked her with it, sending Lita to the mat in pain. She smacked her with it three more times to make sure she was down before rolling her onto the table outside the ring.

“Swanton Bomb time!” Mel grinned and climbed to the top turnbuckle.

The roar of the crowd made Mel smile even more and she pumped her arms to rile them up. Her adrenaline was pumping and she looked down at Lita on the table. With one swift movement she jumped, flipping gracefully only to be met with table. Lita had rolled off just in time.

Mel groaned, feeling the splinters in her back from the impact. She slowly got up, grabbing Lita’s knee to help her to her feet. Lita slid her back into the ring and picked her up for a sidewalk slam, keeping Mel on the mat.

“Come on Mel, give me a challenge!” she mocked as Mel groaned again and rolled onto her stomach to get up.

Mel had a feeling Lita was crouching in the corner opposite her, waiting to hit a spear. She got up as slowly as possible and turned just as Lita sprang from the corner. Mel hit the ground hard, sending Lita into the turn buckles. She then charged into her stomach, lodging her shoulder in Lita’s ribs. As soon as Mel thought she had her tired enough she dragged her out into the middle of the ring. Mel winked over her shoulder at the camera and pulled Lita in for a Power Bomb.

The crowd roared when Mel hit the move and went for the cover quickly.

“One! Two! Three!” the crowd chanted in rhythm with the ref and Mel fell next to Lita happily. She closed her eyes as she felt the cold of the Women’s title on her fingers once again. She was definitely going to miss this feeling.

“Your winner and New Women’s Champion, Melanie!” Lillian announced over the roar.

Mel slowly got to her feet, placing her free hand on her back to try and ease the pain. She held her title up high and motioned for a mic.

“Thank you all so much for this! This is for you guys! I’ll miss you!” she smiled, the tears stinging her eyes. “Thank you so much.”

With that Mel slid from the ring as the ref leaned over Lita. She held her title high as she made her way up the ramp and backstage. John was waiting for her behind the curtain, his grin almost lighting up the room. He pulled her into a bear hug, kissing her happily.

“That match was breathtaking. I loved it.”

“Thanks, I’m going o miss all this,” Mel sighed, kissing the title in her hand. “I had so much fun.”

John wrapped his arm around her proudly and led her back to his locker room where Randy and Ryann were waiting. Ryann squealed happily and the two women hugged again. Randy picking Mel up and spinning her enthusiastically.

“This calls for partying tonight,” John announced, “two amazing events to celebrate calls for some beer, and a dance club.”

“You still have your match, John. Don’t forget that,” Mel reminded him.

John sighed and flipped through his script. He handed it to his wife and she laughed, flipping it shut.

“Like I said, you still have your match.”

By the end of the night Mel and Ryann had invited the entire locker room to go clubbing in celebration of Ryann’s engagement and Mel’s title win. Although John had lost his title to Shawn Michaels due to an unexpected mistake on his part, he was still in good spirits that he would get it back in the long run.

“Here’s to a short but successful career!” John grinned, kissing Mel as they made their way to the limo after the show.

“Hey, it wasn’t that short,” Ryann said defensively, her arm wrapped tightly around Randy.

“It was short for a Diva at least,” John protested.

Mel shook her head at the two, waiting for Ryann and Randy to climb in the limo. She leaned on the door and looked around the garage at all the superstars and crew getting ready to turn in for the night.

“Well, at least it had a happy ending,” she smiled and climbed in the limo.

John nodded and kissed her gently, following her in and shutting the door. The engine revved and the limo pulled out of the garage for a happy night on the town.

I know, kinda corny, but that’s it. That’s the end. Hope everyone liked it. I’ve started a new story called Lucky if anyone wants to read some new stuff from me. I appreciate the support. Thanks for stickin’ with me!

Sadie