to hear the roar of the crowds again everytime you stepped through that curtain was a feeling that you couldn’t describe with words. you had to experience to understand how amazing of a feeling it was. but being back on the road wasn’t always sunshine and rainbows. sometimes you had multi-hour long drives from city-to-city. sometimes you were stuck doing media before a show which could take anywhere between an hour to three hours to get through. often times you struggled to maintain a dating life because you were always on the road. typically, you had three options; fall in love with someone who you’d see anywhere from two to three times a week, pursue a relationship with a co-worker, or accept that now might not be the best time for a relationship. mercedes has chosen the third option… with a slight twist of her own to satisfy some needs that needed taken care of.
despite being a smackdown superstar, she was backstage at monday night raw since she wasn’t quite ready to go home yet after two successful live events where she had two successful matches against bianca in preparation for their championship bout at summerslam. she spent some time hanging out with a couple of the ladies and some of the guys before the show began but as the show drew closer, a lot of the people went into more of a panic to get ready. mercedes didn’t have to get ready so she used this as a distraction so that she could sneak away from everyone. there was a certain superstar who she was looking for. he wasn’t really her friend but there were some nights where he’d listen to the drama in her life. or she at least liked to pretend he was listening. sometimes she couldn’t tell if he really was. they were in it more for the sex. they were damn good at it and there was no changing her mind.
mercedes walked briskly through the hall where crew members were making sure things were correct, scripts were delivered, and everything was ready to go. when she approached the locker room of the former world champion, there was a crew member there about to deliver randy orton his bullet points for tonight’s promo. of course, he was someone who didn’t get a word-for-word script. he was a veteran backstage and was let off the leash a lot more than some of the others. mercedes stopped the man and told him that she’d make sure he got it which led to her acquiring the paper and the crew member leaving. mercedes glanced at the points herself out of curiosity before she knocked on the door and waited for him to answer, hoping deep down he was here and not somewhere else.