Braniel Bus/On Bries Bad Side
WWE was on their yearly 5 day show loop where it was constant travel and jumping from next place to the next. It was exhausting with the constant travel but also fulfilling at the same time because you do what you love.
Due to the five day occasion Brie and Bryan had thought it was a good idea to rent a bus that way they were able to get to sleep while also getting to the next city. Whilst in highsight it was a good idea with good intentions, inviting fellow superstars and divas was a recipe for disaster.
Harley had opted to not ride along in the bus as she traveled with her dad who had joined the road once again. But also because she wanted to see her boyfriend more so than anyone else.
Harley had made her way through the backstage area where she was meeting Joe at his request. His hair was pulled back in a bun as he stretched his arms in front of him. "When do you go on?" She questioned as she approached him.
"I got like 5 minutes before I have to meet them." He told her, pulling her in for a kiss before setting her on one of the large backstage equipment boxes.
The two talked for a while killing time before they both had to get ready for their respective matches, or rather get warmed up for them as they were already in their gear. The hallways they were in became less lonely as it filled with people passing by and stopping to say hi every once in a while.
One person that had stopped to say hi was Fandango, he greeted them both giving Joe a friendly handshake before turning to Harley, "Have you talked to Eva lately?"
She shook her head, "No, not since yesterday before the show?"
A small smirk played on his lips, "You haven't seen the photos yet?"
Sharking a look with Joe she shook her head, "What are you walking about? Like promo pictures or-"
"Definitely not." He cut her off before pulling up his phone.
Taking in what she was being shown on the screen, she was taken aback by the photos. It looked like a totally different person than the one she knows today. But she was more taken back by the fact that he had access to these pictures and he had no shame in it.
"Why the hell do you even have those?" She questioned with a slight tone.
The dancing wrestler shrugged, "Ariane showed me."
"Ariane?" He nodded.
"I'm sure everyones seen them by now. It's been all over the locker room."
Harley turned to look at Joe who threw his hands up, "I don't know anything about that."
A frown made its way to her lips, "Fuck, man. That's bad."
"Yeah." He scoffed out. "Well I gotta go, nice talking."
Harley rolled her eyes watching him leave, "What was nice about it?" She questioned Joe. "I need to find Ariane, or Trin- hell I need to find Eva."
Noticing her getting antsy, Joe took her hands in his, "You gotta calm down." He told her, his eyes looking into hers, "Worry about that later, you gotta docs on your match."
Her shoulders deflated, "I know. You're right, I'll find them later." Her eyes soon were caught up in his.
"What are you looking at?" He questioned noticing her eyes drawn in on his face.
A grin spread on her lips as she looked into the piercing gray eyes, "Your eyes." She blushed as she couldn't help but think he looked so hot. It was the first time she's seen them up close as he usually pops them out after his math or puts them in right before.
"Look good?" He smirked.
"Mhmm." She hummed in agreement.
His hands went to grip her thighs, inching closer to her, "You happen to see an empty room around here?" He licked his lips seductively.
"Don't be nasty." Harley deadpanned as she pushed him off playfully.
"I'm just reading the signals you were sending me." He said in defense.
She shook her head with a laugh, "I'm leaving." She hopped off, starting to walk away, leaving Joe to watch her leave.
"Hate to see you go but I love to watch you leave." He called out, making her turn with a shocked expression. His eyebrows bounced up and down before sending her a wink.
Harley scoffed with laughter, "He's going to be the death of me."
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Unfortunately after the show, Harley was unable to find Eva or any of the girls as she had become preoccupied with her champ business.
She hadn't really been able to see the girls all that much because they rode together and because they were just on different times.
When she finally caught up to Trinity, she had gotten full details on the drama with Ariane and Eva, along with the small drama with Summer and Nattie.
They were getting ready for their 14-diva tag team match where it would be the original girls from their Total Divas vs. the True divas Aj, Tamina, Aksana, Vivkie, Alicia, Summer, Kaitlyn and Layla.
It was highly exciting as thi was one of the first times they would all be out there together and on top of that they were dressed festively which made them look cute. The two made their way to gorilla where the rest of the divas were waiting for them.
"Of course the champ is late." Ariane jokes.
Harley smiled, "I have to make us look good." She was handed her belt from one of the backstage officials, she thanked them before putting ip on her shoulder, "I do have to represent."
Turning to Eva who looked a little closed off, Halrey gave a friendly nudge, "You excited."
The redhead nodded, "Super."
"Alright ladies, your cue is on."
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Monday Night Raw
The girls all filed out one by one hitting their signature pose at the top of the rant, waiting till they were all there to walk to the ring. Harley was the last to come out raising her belt of her head earning cheers before they all collectively walked down to the ring.
Harlow walked up the steps along with Eva before entering the ring through the second rope. She and her fellow Total Divas cheered in the ring before she handed her belt to the official to hold while the match went on.
Starting off the match was Nikki and Tamina, a little rematch if you will for the previous fight they had in the ring. The match had continued, with each diva from both sides getting a shot on either side of the ring.
"Harlow is dying to get into the match." Michael Cole commented as he watched Aj go after Brie Bella. "Aj Lee seems to be having her fun tormenting the Bellas tonight."
"Of course Aj and Harlow have had quite the rivalry since even before Harlow beat Aj for the divas championship."
Aj had dragged Brie close enough to the Total Divas side toying with her arm, making it reach to where Harlow was before she yanked it away tauntingly. She grabbed the twins haid before pushing it down to the mat.
As she cheered for herself Brie had been able to come to and get up and Aj went to attack her once more, Brie kicked her back before throwing herself to tag in Harlow.
"And here comes the divas champ..."
Aj ran towards Harlow only to be met with a close line, and as she got up once again, she was met with yet another close line.
"Come on Aj!" Harloe taunted earning cheers of support from her fellow tag mates.
As he hit the ax kick on the former champ, Aj dropped letting Harlow make the cover.
"1...2..."
Before the ref could his three she was struck in the back, "And Tamina breaks the count..."
Harlow rolled off of Aj, out of the ring as the rest of the girls came in fighting off one by one. Taking and throwing each other out of the ring.
When Harlow got back she was met with the divas using themselves essentially as slingshots which she found strange but as the last one she joined in, giving a hard kick to Tamina who happened to come in.
As she was the last of the opposite team to come in, the total divas cheered before leaving Harlow with Aj. The two girls went back and forth, before Aj was backed into a corner by Harlow. As the crazed diva ran towards Harlow she was met by the infamous spear.
"And here's the cover...!"
The crowd contented along with the ref, "1...2...3...!"
"The winners of this match, the team of the Bella Twins, The Funkadactyls, Eva Marie, Natyal and the divas champion, Harlow!"
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After their match Harley had been too lazy to change out, opting to just put a giant hoodie over her head. She was able to catch Joe very briefly before he made his way out to the find.
"You look good." He licked his lips as he eyes her Christmas inspired outfit.
"Thank you." She blushed, "You're not very festive."
He smirked, "Maybe you can keep that and show me how festive I should be later."
Pushing him back, her face scrunched up, "You're just as bad as your cousin." She laughed having recalled the conversation she had with Trin about John's sex drive.
He shrugged, "For good reason."
Shaking her head she giggled, "I gotta go, I want to talk with Eva before she goes. Good luck." She gave him a short peck before retreating to find the Redhead.
The drama with Eva and Ariane had quickly escalated and made Harley feel uncomfortable from the get go. While she understood where Ariane was coming from with her feelings that Eva was intentionally trying to overshadow her, she knew a line was crossed. Going back and beginning someone's past- especially the way that Ariane did, she found not only incredibly unprofessional but extremely disgusting. She was majorly disappointed.
And just after one day/night on the bus she found it better to remove herself and just travel with her boyfriend.
In the midst of all this drama it had actually brought Harley to think about her own past that she was pretty ashamed of. Though she was a teen,s he couldn't help but sympathize with Eva about such a dark and sad time being brought up for no absolute reason.
She kept to herself gathering her thoughts but ultimately decided that she wanted to go and find the girl and rally around her. Show her that just because it feels like the world is against you, there are people in her corner.
After asking around a bit she had found the girl backstage in one of the rooms with amonitr where she was watching the matches, "Hey." She knocked on the door alerting the redhead.
"Hi.." Eva perked up, noticing the girl's outfit, "I love your outfit."
"Oh thank you." She flattened out the shirt, "I'll let you borrow it sometime."
She took a seat on the same couch she was on, "So what's up?"
"I was wondering if we could talk for a minute." Harley said, "Just you and me."
Eva knew what it was about and though she didn't want to talk about it, she agreed, "Yeah." Turning her body in the direction of Halrey she gave her full focus.
"First of all, I don't want to know what the pictures mean, it's not my business and I just want to apologize for the fact that the whole situation happened."
Her genuine tone made Eva share a small smile, "Thank you, you don't know how much I appreciate that sentence alone."
"Of course." She did before releasing a sigh, "I kind of just want to tell you that you're not alone. There are so many people that have gone and still go through their crazy shit. You know I've gone through my own personal problems that I'm ashamed of and that I've hidden. That to this day haunts me and just remains a reminder that I was in a bad place." She expressed this to Eva who nodded as she hung on to every word she said, "I'm not telling you this to say 'oh everyone goes through something suck it up'."
Harley shook her head, "No, I'm telling you this because it 100% does not define what you make of yourself in the future. I at one point fell off the edge, but you know what I got better, I got help, I overcame those hard times. And now I'm here doing what I love and I'm the freaking divas champion." The two girls laughed at her last sentence through the tears they had built up.
"This industry is hard and people get jealous, it's not anything new. But I want you to know that just because there are people who will bring you down like that." She pointed, "There will always always be people who will lift you up." The words struck Eva hard, it was like it was something she needed to hear. And although Harley was younger than her, she looked to her as someone to admire. Not only in the ring but outside of it.
"I also find it so weird when you're wise." Her eyes were a bit watery, "You're twenty years old, at twenty I was you know..."
Harlyed chuckled, "I get that a lot. But you know everyone finds their different saviors at different times, mine was getting back to what my dream was and I'm sure whatever yours was is special to you."
"Yeah, you know it just means a lot to me that you came to talk to me."
"I just- I hate drama, especially when things are taken to a whole other personal level." Harley shook her head.
Eva pouted, "Thank you Harls." She pulled the girl in for a hug, "I love you."
"Love you too Eva."
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As the week had come to a finish, there wasn't any new drama that had risen other than now Brie and Summer. However aside from that it had subsided but there was still a lot of tension lingering amongst the girls that remained unhealthy and toxic.
Harley was walking down the hall, a smile on her face as she finished coming out from a private fan meet and greet. She was wandering the halls until showtime before her attention was called, "Smiles!" Nikki's voice from down the hall made her go her way.
"Bellas." Harley acknowledged and greeted each with a hug.
"I love that nickname." Brie said in reference to 'Smiles'. It was an ongoing joke that Harley never stopped smiling even in the most odd situations. One day someone called her that instead of Harls and it just stuck. "It's so cute."
Harley grinned, "I hear it everywhere now."
The three chuckled before Nikki said, "Brie and I were just talking, we want to get the girls all together and just chat. I think there's a lot to be cleared and said and even if there is nothing from you I think we should stand united."
The champ agreed, "Oh I am so in." She said, "I think it's literally what we need."
They pulled all the girls out to the catering tables that were empty, taking up a whole table. Harley sat beside Trinity as they watched them talk it out.
One by one they went on to settle issues between each other, Brie and Summer, Ariane and Eva, and then Nattie and Summer, however it wasn't really working out in the beginning.
"I just really want us to get along." Nikki concluded, "We don't have to be best friends but we have to be professional and make each other feel comfortable in the locker room."
Everyone agreed with her statement. "Plus we have to get along so we don't ruin Harley's party next week."
Harley blushed with embarrassment, "Oh god."
"We're all looking forward to it girl."
She smiled, "That is the only wish I want, for everyone to get along."
"Only for you smiles."
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"Are you even listening to me?"
The voice of her best friend could be heard from the open laptop that sat on Harley's bed. She was sprawled out as they went over detail for her birthday party. However Harleys attention was split between listening and texting.
She rolled her eyes, "Of course I am." She said.
"I don't really feel like you are." Kaia posted out, "You know this is a video chat? I can see you on your phone."
She pouted, "I swear I'm listening."
"Why are you so focused on your phone? I swear it's like you're glued to it."
Harley shrugged, "No reason."
"Bullshit." Kaia called out before her own phone had began to ring, "Ugh, give me a second."
When the screen went black, Harley had assumed that that the camera was off. She got up from her spot and walked over to the door where Joe was awaiting. He had brought her food from the restaurant he had come from with his SHIELD partners.
"Thank you." She took the bag of food giving him a kiss as they walked back into the room.
He nodded, "Of course." He replied, "I'm going to hit the gym in about an hour if you want to join me."
Looking at the time, she contemplated if she'd be ready in an hour. Deciding she was, she agreed, "I can meet you there, I might be a little late."
"There's no rush. Just make sure you eat before you come, I don't need you passing out on me." He teased.
She gave him a playful salute, "Yes sir."
He shook his head at her antics, "I'll see you later." He leaned down pressing his lips onto her, she met him in the middle, on the tips of her toes as he hands rested on his shoulders. Their kiss turned a bit passionate as his arms circled around her waist, lifting so her her arms wrapped around his neck.
A loud shriek however made them pull apart.
Harleys eyes widened as she let go of Joe, forgetting that her best friend had simply paused their video chat and not logged off. They both turned to see the laptop screen opened to a mixed emotion filled Kaia.
"What the-"
Harley cut her off, "Kaia!"
The girls eyebrows furrowed, "Why are you screaming at me? You were the one getting freaking with the giant beanstalk."
The couples face displayed true embarrassment realizing that there was a bit of half truth to that statement. Joe cringed as he stepped out of frame, hoping it would lessen the awkwardness; it did not.
"Just cause you try and walk away, doesn't mean anything." Kaia yelled over the screen hover it did not stop him, "What the hell guys? When did this happen?" She pouted at the end of her question.
Harley grabbed the laptop, setting it on her lap as she took a seat at the edge of her bed. "Like a few weeks ago."
"Weeks? I've been out of the loop for weeks?"
Harley shrugged, "To be fair you're only like the fourth person to know." She said as Joe came to stand in front of Harley, still hiding from the screen.
"Your parents?" Kaia questioned tow which Harley shook her head, "Your parents don't know?"
The champions sighed, "I'm going to tell them. We've just been keeping this low-key, we didn't want any outside interference."
"I guess I can understand that." Her best friend replied, "Wow I am still in so much shock."
Harley and Joe chuckled, "Yeah that's been the reaction."
"Well now that I know, I have so many questions!" She squealed making Joe and Harley cringe at how high pitched it went.
"Oh god."
"Ok so who asked who? Where was the first date? First kiss?..."
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