"You're kidding me! Don't play with me, dude."

"I'm for real, Jeff. Listen to me. Can't you tell I'm excited?"

"Yeah, you know better than to lie to me anyway. Congratulations."

"Congratulations about what?" Amy asked.

"Another North Carolinaian WWF Superstar has been born." Jeff replied.

"Shannon got signed?! Awesome!"

Jeff handed Amy the phone, knowing she was going to grab it anyway to congratulate him. That led to a fifteen minute conversation between the two. Everyone else congratulated Shannon and offered their comments to him. They knew how he felt because they all had been there at some point in time. The day you sign that contract is a very indescribeable one and they all were very happy for him. Jeff got his cell phone back and resumed his talk with his best friend.

"So did you tell Crystal?"

"Yeah, she's calling everyone on her cell phone spreading the word."

"Well, we're happy for you, man. It's been a long road, hasn't it?"

"Yeah, for me to get where I am now, but I wouldn't have it any other way. All this hard work and sacrifice is gonna pay off finally. Even though it has been a long road, it's just beginning."

"I agree wtih you. I can remember your first wrestling match so well. Man, you sucked. Have they told you what your storyline is gonna be?

"Well, they signed Jamie Knoble too. Hopefully, we'll have a feud because the two of us were so over with the fans at HWA...kind of like Amy's feud with Trish. I don't know what I'm gonna do. I'd love to join the infamous Team Xtreme."

"Hey, the more, the merrier. We would definitely be a lethal combination...hell, a high-flying combination. Do you know when you're gonna start traveling?"

"JR wants me to come Raw and Smackdown to do two dark matches, one with Jamie and one with Broke Lensar."

"Now, that dude can wrestle. Every match he has that I've seen has been awesome. He's a real nice guy backstage."

"There is one thing that scares me though."

"What might that be?"

"Leaving Crystal. We haven't been married that long and I'm already leaving. I'm afraid that me being on the road so much will hurt her."

"No doubt about that, it's gonna hurt her but it's just a matter of if she can get used to your schedule or not. You know, one part of her wants to support you but the other part wants you to stay home. I've been through that with Beth but we got over that situation. Thank God. But you'll be fine, man."

"I hope you're right. Tell everyone I said thank you again. I'm gonna go home and tell mom & dad."

"Alright, Shannon. Congratulations again. Take care."

**Later, At The Arena**

Finding an empty locker room secluded away from the endless maze of crates, cables, telvision screens and people, Trish & Matt placed their bags on the floor, sat in a corner of the room and cuddled with each other. They always did their best to cherrish the time they had together. For a majority of the time, someone was around, preventing them from being alone. Therefore, they always took advantage of days like this.

"So do you have a match tonight? Perhaps, I can give you some tips." Matt suggested, smelling Trish's hair.

"No, not tonight. They're giving me a break since everyone seems to like the feud I got going with Jazz."

"Yeah, I'm one of them. You two work extremely well together."

"Thank you, sweetie. I think the only bad match I've had as the champion is the one I had with Amy after Survivor Seires. You remember that match?"

"Yes, you two looked real bad. A majority of the time, Amy will put on a good match but ocassionally, she looks kind of sloopy on television. Yet, everyone still puts her over and loves her to death. It's amazing to see, all this success she has now."

"I know, I would love to be in the position she's in. She is definitely the top female. I remember the first day we met, neither of us had debuted yet. She hasn't changed at all, she hasn't let all this get to her head. She definitely influences me. But tell me about this Shannon Moore guy. I've heard of him a lot."

"Jeff and I grew up with him. He's younger than both of us, but he really looks up to the two of us, especially Jeff. They're best friends and they talk like all the time, tell each other everything. But as far as wrestling is concerned, he started at the same time we did. He's the perfect definition of the word, high-flying. He's a great light heavyweight and you'll definitely fall in love with him when you see him wrestle or if you meet him. He has a bunch of southern charm."

"Yeah, he's hot, alright. Amy has shown me a picture of him. I'd love to run my hands across his chest." Trish smiled, looking up at Matt, smiling at his reaction.

Matt wrestled her to the ground and pinned her arms to the ground while Trish giggled and Matt looked at her body. She had always been an enigma to him and he was getting to know her by the moment. It had been an interesting ride thus far and he was looking forward to knowing everything about her.

"Oh, really? What does he have that I don't got?" Matt said as he took off his shirt, revealing his buff chest.

Trish bit her lip and ran her hand up Matt's abs, scraping her nails purposely before she reached her hands in the air for Matt's lips that had her anticipating for a kiss. She cupped the back of Matt's hand and forced his lips back down to meet hers, her mouth opening with a groan of satisfaction. Matt was definitely more cooler than what Trish thought and more mature than what she gave him credit for. She loved being with him. She was very happy with him as her boyfriend and didn't see any sign of something bad happening to come between their relationship but she was very wrong. What was about to happen to the two of them would be something that they never saw coming.

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