NaNoWriMo Story Snippets

67. Excerpt from THE ARRANGEMENT

Another attempt at a sex club scene for THE ARRANGEMENT. Subject to editing, etc.

"How do you not look like a bottle of sunblock right now?" Seth wiped a daub of lotion off of Becky's nose. "You've practically bathed in it."

Becky glared at him and shook her sunblock bottle. It felt like there was a bit left in there, and she hoped it would be enough to last her the afternoon. WWE was filming commercials for various summer events and they had cordoned off a large section of beach. Naturally that garnered a lot of attention, so she, Seth, and Roman had to be careful with how much time they spent together. In that sense, Seth was the luckiest: Roman was his Shield brother and she was his girlfriend, so it made sense for him to be seen goofing around with either of them. If she and Roman seemed too close, though, it would definitely get the wrong sort of attention. "One of the few downfalls of being Irish."

Roman slung an arm around her shoulder. "The true star-crossed lovers: Becky and the sun."

"That would imply the sun actually likes me," Becky countered, rubbing some sunblock on her forearms. "It absolutely does not. And yes, I'm jealous."

Roman just laughed. "Yeah, I figured you weren't aiming for orange all those years."

"Holy shit." Seth nudged past them both to get to his bag. "Look at that sunset."

Becky and Roman both turned to admire the view. "It's always gorgeous over the ocean," Roman remarked. "Never get sick of something like that."

"Group A! Group A!" One of the photographers grabbed a megaphone and started yelling. Any of the wrestlers not involved in the active shoots were milling around, enjoying the beach. "Group A, you're done for the day. Group B, please assemble at the staging area!"

Seth was still taking pictures of the sunset. "Kinda wish we'd been in the sunset group," he admitted, "but I guess this way we at least get to enjoy it, right?"

"Yeah." Looking out at the ocean, Becky sighed. "I'm not ready to go home, though, you know?"

"Well, we can't really go back to your place with everyone in town," Roman murmured, turning his back to the crowd. Los Angeles might have been good for celebrity anonymity most of the time, but when all the WWE wrestlers were assembled there, it was too easy for someone to invite themselves over to Becky's and interrupt.

"I know, but...." Becky grabbed her beach tote and gestured off to the changing area at the side. "I have an idea. Get changed and I'll tell you in the car." Looking at the booths, separated for men and women, she sighed. "No shenanigans, you two."

Seth went over and kissed her. "No shenanigans until you can contribute too," he promised.