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One week later
It seemed ridiculous, but Amy scowled and felt... strange everytime she watched SmackDown these days. She had been friends with Vickie Guerrero and her late husband, Eddy. It felt very weird to be watching the woman kissing Adam, and so wrong. She knew it was only a storyline, and the blond man barely ever mentioned it to her, but it just rubbed her the wrong way - completely.
She hadn't seen or even spoken to Adam in little more than a week. The truth was, Amy was a bit scared of some of the self-awareness that had hit her so recently, and she wasn't exactly sure what she would do about it. As far as she was concerned, she had fucked up in a big way more than a year earlier. It sucked, but it was her own fault.
However, one thing rang very clear as she continued to watch SmackDown. She bit her lip as the feeling overtook her, and slowly, she reached over to the coffee table for her cell phone.
With her gaze still trained on the TV, she dialed a number. A few seconds later, she felt MacKenzie at her feet as it rang on the other end and reached down to pet her.
"Hello, Stephanie? It's Amy. I've made my decision."
*
Adam was working a houseshow, as he did every weekend with the blue roster. However, he rose an eyebrow when a stagehand approached him in the arena hallway, telling him Shane McMahon needed to speak to him.
The blond man wracked his brain, trying to think of any reason he could possibly be in trouble. There was nothing that sprang to mind, so he shrugged it off. He was a model employee, for the most part.
Although Shane was currently only working behind the scenes, he'd been traveling with the shows over the last year or so. The elder McMahon offspring rotated between them, spending a few weeks with RAW, then a few with SmackDown and ECW. Normally, Stephanie would have been traveling with the latter rosters, but being pregnant, her schedule was now reduced.
Finally, he reached the room Shane was using as his office for the night. The door was several inches ajar, and he rapped on it, getting the dark-haired man's attention as he looked up from his laptop.
"Hi, Shane. You wanted to see me?"
"Hey there, Adam... Come on in," the other man replied with a small smile.
The tall blond man took a seat near Shane's desk and wondered again what this was all about. He decided to ask.
"So, what's up? I'm not in any trouble, am I?"
The dark-haired man laughed and shook his head.
"No, of course not," he said. "This concerns your storyline, nothing more."
"Oh, good," came the reply. Adam found himself even more curious. What exactly did the McMahons have in mind for his storyline? He had some amount of fun with it, but at the same time, he felt it was getting a bit odd.
"I've already spoken to Vickie," Shane said, "but I wanted to get each of you separately. See, my sister had the idea of bringing a diva into the mix... Edge will be found out to be cheating on Vickie with her."
The Canadian arched a brow, definitely interested in this bit of news. He liked the idea of that. It would certainly get his character more over with the whole Rated R Superstar schtick.
"Yeah?" he asked, a tiny smile touching his lips. At the same time, it probably wouldn't work that great, since he knew there could never be another Rated R Couple if Amy wasn't involved. "Who's the diva she has in mind?"
Upon posing that question, the blond man cast through his mind for a list of possible candidates. The SmackDown roster had a few divas, most of them pretty hot, but not all of them were playing heels. There was Victoria, who was cool, but she tended to work alone. There was Cherry, who was cute but had a sort of innocent gimmick, which canceled her out. There was Maryse, who would definitely fit the role to a T, as she was sultry and sexy. Then, on ECW, there were Lena Yada and Layla, whom he figured could also play the role decently. But when considering all of those women, he knew who would most fit. He was convinced it was Maryse.
"Why, it's Lita, of course," Shane said.
Adam's head instantly snapped up at that statement. He felt as though his heart skipped a beat but then began beating faster - much faster.
"What? Lita? Really?" All of a sudden, his mouth was dry.
"Yes. Amy is switching rosters next week."