La Arquitecta

Chapter 4

Making her way to the arena's parking garage after the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view, the first thing Zelina had in mind was to thank Seth for making things a lot easier for her than they might otherwise have been. Probably the kindest thing he had done was offer her the chance to travel with him. In a job that required so much traveling, having to do so alone until she became friendly enough with someone to join them, assuming they didn't have existing arrangements, would not have been the most pleasant experience in the world. But Seth had taken those worries away from her with his kind invite.

That was not all, either. In the brief meeting they had been called to before the event, Seth had taken the lead in describing the potential finish they had put together on Monday night, and had made a point of attributing most of the work to her. It had been clear that both Hunter and Vince had liked hearing that, and she had the impression that Seth had bought her even more credit with the bosses. So far, he was proving to be a very good partner, and that had her feeling very optimistic about their future as a team, which was what they essentially were.

Getting off to a good start in relation to work was one thing, but they had only made initial progress in the quest to get to know each other on a personal level. She hoped that the journey back to the hotel would allow them to make further inroads in that regard.

As she approached the parking garage, she saw Seth waiting just inside the building with his travel case. "I was worried it might be a longer wait than that," he said jovially while she approached him.

"Nope. I'm a good timekeeper," she grinned as she stopped in front of him.

"I'll hold you to that," he said more seriously. "I have to admit, I'm not patient when it comes to waiting."

"Okay," she said in a very serious manner. "I'll try and keep my morning makeup sessions down to a couple of hours."

"Good job I know you're joking," Seth said dryly, leading the way out into the parking lot. "So, what are we doing about splitting the driving?"

"I'm easy," she shrugged. "Just say when you want me to do it."

"Fair enough. We're just over here." He walked over to a black Ford and pressed the button on the key fob to pop the trunk.

"Thank you," she said when he picked up her case without being asked and put it in the trunk. Apparently good manners came naturally to him; another positive sign. In her experience, the same certainly could not be said for all wrestlers.

"No worries," he replied as he loaded his own case into the car. With that, he slammed the lid closed and went around to the driver's door. "The hotel isn't far away. I've stayed there before."

Zelina got in the passenger seat and let out a small sigh. Positive experience or not, it was still nice in a way to be able to put her first night on the main roster behind her. The previous few days had been all about nervous anticipation for her. Now that was over with, she could try and feel more at ease about the coming shows.

"You okay?" Seth asked as he started the car.

"Yeah, I'm good. I was just thinking that I spent a lot of time this week feeling nervous about tonight. Now it's over, and it went off exactly how we planned. Plus you really put me over in front of Vince and Hunter, telling them the finish was my idea. I have to thank you for that."

Seth concentrated on looking for a gap in traffic so that he could pull out of the garage, but he carried on the conversation. "It was your idea. You said you could use your hurracanrana to set me up for the Curb Stomp. It worked perfectly in the ring. Honestly, I think that's a combo we can use again."