Cuts Heal In Time (CM Punk)

Chapter 6: Royal Rumble

Royal Rumble 2012

Jade linked arms with Bella as they walked down the stairs of the arena to their seats, "This is so cool!" The place was ginormous, and there were tens of thousands of people surrounding them.

"I know," Bella responded with a smile on her face.
"It was so nice of your boyfriend to invite us."
"Jade, you know he's not my boyfriend." Jade had this absurd idea that Bella and Punk had a thing for each other. Sadly for her, their relationship was strictly platonic.
"Whatever you say- Oh look there's Colt!" Jade waved at Colt who had saved their seats for them in the front row. Neither of the girls had ever been this close to a real WWE match before. They were literally right in front of the action.
Colt pulled them in for a hug, and they engaged in a little small talk before the show started. The event was incredible. The girls got to see Eve compete in an eight-woman tag match, and she put on a decent showing even though her team lost.

Jade was living for the different outfits the divas sported, "Kelly Kelly's outfit is my favorite."

"Of course it is," Bella chuckled.

The second to last match featured Punk who was defending his championship against Dolph Ziggler. He came out to a huge pop, like he usually does, while Dolph waited in the ring.
He looked focused as ever, but he briefly scanned the crowd looking for his friends. Once he spotted them, his eyes landed on Bella and a small smile crept its way onto his face. He sent her a quick wink, and she winked back causing Jade to elbow her in the side, "I saw that!"
Colt was oblivious to what just happened, but he was eager to see his best friend fight. The match lasted about fifteen minutes, and Punk came out on top. The three friends did a little celebration dance as Punk Celebrated in the ring.
As soon as he got backstage, Colt got a phone call from him.
"Hey man, do you guys want to watch the Battle Royale from backstage?"
"Hold on." Colt said, turning to face the girls next to him, "You guys want to watch from backstage?"
They nodded their heads so he simply said, "Yup."
"Alright. I'll have security come get you," then he hung up the phone.
Not five minutes later, a couple security guards came and got the three friends, guiding them backstage. Punk was right there waiting for them.
Colt immediately pulled him in for a hug saying, "Man. You killed that."
"Thanks," he smiled, happy to hear that from his friend.
Jade was next. She ran up to Punk and gave him a hug, "That was awesome!"
He chuckled before looking at her and asking her, "Thoughts?"
"Incredible as always."
"Oh, you think?" He asked with a smirk forming on his sweaty face, while pulling her in for a suffocating hug, "I'm glad you could make it."
"Wouldn't miss it," she shrugged, wrapping an arm around the waist of her talented friend.
"So," he said taking a step back, "Now that you're backstage. Would you like to have a meeting with Vince now?"
Her eyes widened, "Um. I don't know."
"Come on!" He said grabbing her hand and practically dragging her down the hall, giving her no chance to protest.
"Punk. Isn't he watching the Battle Royale right now? I don't think he has time for a meeting."
"It's a casual meeting Bells, and I'll be with you in the room."
She bit her lip and began to tap her foot on the ground anxiously as they waited outside his office.
Punk knocked three times before Vince yelled, muffled through the door, "Come in!"
"I can't do this!" She whisper yelled at her friend.
"I'll be with you the whole time." He assured her, as he opened the door.
"Ms. Lavigne," Vince greeted her, as his eyes widened, "You're even more beautiful in person!"
Punk rolled his eyes at his boss. He couldn't be more creepy if he tried. He sent Bella an encouraging smile, as they approached Vince's desk. The Battle Royale was displayed on a large tv behind them.
"Nice to meet you Mr. McMahon," she said, nodding her head. To say she was nervous would be an understatement.
Noticing this, Punk mouthed the words, "Relax," to his friend.
"Now Phil here has told me so much about you. But I want to hear a bit about yourself from you."
"Well, my name is Arabella. I'm 22 years old. I've been wrestling for as long as I can remember."
"Why would you want to work for the WWE?" Vince asked. She didn't really know what to respond because she honestly didn't want to wrestle in the WWE that badly. She was fine where she was. It was all Punk's idea.
Punk cut off her thoughts by saying, "She has offers from everywhere Vince. She's just seeing how she likes the place first."
Bella narrowed her eyes at Punk. Although she was fairly sought after, he was exaggerating.
"Does she really?"
"She does. She's the real deal."
"Okay, Ms. Lavigne, tell me about your character," Vince said, looking a little too intrigued.
"Well. Usually I've just acted like myself, confident in my abilities, quick witted, and opinionated. Also, I've competed under a few different names. Bella Fury. Bella Vigne. Arabella, to name a few, but I'd be willing to rework any aspect of my character or ring name, if you felt it was necessary."
Punk smiled to himself as his friend got more confident. Though she was shy, she was always a professional especially when it came to wrestling. He had no idea why he was ever nervous for her.
"You're easy to work with." Vince nodded his head.
"So I've been told." Bella was super low maintenance in general, so the type of character she portrayed did not matter to her, "I'm willing to negotiate virtually anything but my moveset."
"Fair," Vince said, taking a sip of whatever drink was on his desk, "I've been told of your unique moveset."
"It's a combination of moves I picked up in Japan, Mexico, and a little bit from France."

"France," Vince thought out loud, "that not a common country to go wrestle in."

"I just trained there briefly."
"Oh, are you French?"
"Well my family," she stumbled on her words, "yeah. I am."
Punk knew she didn't like to talk about her biological family. He did know that they were French, hence the last name Lavigne.
"You know we could work with that," Vince smirked.
"Whatever you want." She nodded.
"Well, let me give you my card. I want to have you come down to our facility in Stamford. We can start to figure out your character there."
"Are you offering me a job?" Bella asked.
"Do you want one?"
Before Bella could answer, Punk said, "Yes she does!"
"Wonderful," Vince mumbled.
"Thank you sir," Bella said as she stood up, shaking Vince's hand.
"Please call me Vince."
"Okay sir," she smiled innocently. Punk nodded at Vince before guiding his friend out the door. He had his hand on her back, and he could literally feel her exhale when they got out the room.
She didn't say anything as they walked back to their friends who were waiting for them in the same backstage area.
"You're looking at the newest WWE diva," Punk proudly stated.
Jade jumped on her and gave her a huge hug, "This is incredible! I'm so happy for you!"
After Jade let go, Colt pulled her in for a hug, kissing the top of her head, "Congratulations Vigne!" (Pronounced Veen-ye)
Bella still didn't know how she felt about everything. It was all happening so fast.
"Thanks guys."
But she kept a smile on her face because she knew how excited her friends were for her.