Dean Ambrose couldn't help, but stare at the newest Diva on the roster. There was something about Paige Knight that intrigued him to her. Sure, he has seen her all over FCW, (now known as NXT), but he was never able to have the courage to go up and start a conversation. Paige was talking to a fellow British Superstar, Wade Barrett, who had returned just a few weeks back. Wade was not a bad guy, but Dean couldn't help, but dislike him. Wade was able to talk to Paige without a problem at all, while Dean had a difficult time talking to women that he really liked. When it came to random women that he could pick up at a bar, he could sweet talk them all he wanted too. However, with someone as beautiful and badass as Paige, she took that confidence that Dean Ambrose was all about and stomped it on the floor with the sound of her voice. This was it; he was going to talk to Paige. This was the day. Dean started to walk forward to Paige, but stopped - his confidence has been robbed again.
"Ambrose, quit drooling, and pay attention." his fellow Shield member and best friend, Seth Rollins, snapped his fingers.
Dean wasn't meant to get caught. No one must know about his interest in the badass British Diva. "I wasn't drooling." he was quick to decline. He felt a drip of saliva on the corner of his mouth, and quickly wiped it off with his finger.
The Shield were talking about their agenda for tonight backstage. They were facing the Rhodes brothers, and a returning Rey Mysterio.
"Ambrose, don't tell me that you're getting soft on us. You're our leader. We need your head in the game. That means, don't stare at her." Roman Reigns was riding on the momentum from last night at Survivor Series, where he was the sole survivor for his team.
"Let's face it Rome, Dean has a crush on a British badass by the name of Paige." Seth sounded smug, but he wanted Dean to be open about what he was thinking about. Dean was not the guy that would pour his heart out to them; he liked to keep secrets within himself, letting them rot away.
Dean felt irritated by the other two members of The Shield. One minute, he loves being around them, and the next minute, he wants to strangle them. Let's just say that Dean was in the minute, where he wanted to murder Seth and Roman.
"For the last time, I don't have a crush on Paige Knight." Dean hated to repeat himself; he shouldn't be repeating himself, but felt like he had to issue the big elephant in the room and that was his interest in Paige.
"Oh, what is Ambrose railing about this time?"
The Divas Champion, AJ Lee has graced The Shield with her presence. In their lives, they needed a little AJ Lee every now and then. AJ decided to put on a pink 'AJ Lee' T-shirt and some black skinny jeans, paired with her black up to her knee, Chuck Taylors. Whenever AJ wasn't dealing with the Total Divas, she was bugging The Shield or spiting her crush of over three years, Seth Rollins. That two-toned guy would make any Diva's heart flutter, but Seth just melts AJ's heart; giving her butterflies inside her stomach.
Seth was caught speechless; AJ looked gorgeous this evening - hell, AJ always looked gorgeous to Seth, but tonight, (just like every night) AJ had a sparkle to her, and it wasn't coming out of the Divas Championship that placed perfectly on her right shoulder.
"Dean likes Paige Knight." Seth blurted out, covering his mouth after the huge secret was let out. Dean smacked Seth upon the forehead and then looked to see if Paige had overheard the conversation that was going on within the four of them. AJ couldn't help, but laugh at Dean. Superstars and Divas backstage would assume that Dean Ambrose was cold, heartless and eccentric, but he was only eccentric. Heartless and cold were two things that Dean Ambrose is not - he is goofy, dorky and a little bit of a goofball sometimes. If you get to know Dean, just like Seth, Roman and AJ have, you can see Dean for those qualities as well.
AJ looked at Dean and dropped her jaw, taking a peek of Paige from behind. She looked back at Dean with a playfully smirk on her face. "You like the newbie? My Dean has a little crush? How freaking cute! How long has it been? Tell your bestie AJ all about it!" she nudged at Dean, trying to get him to spill all the information. AJ was never a fan of the girl talk, but with Dean, who was never an open guy, she couldn't resist making him tell her about what he has been hiding.
Dean didn't know what irritated him more - AJ, Seth, Roman or all three? "You three are so irritating right now. I'm just going to do what Roman says and that is not focus on Paige. He is right; we have good momentum and we don't want to ruin it. Come, Rome." Dean patted Roman on the back, preparing to leave with the former Tag Team Champions, but stopped, when he heard the sound of a female's voice.
"You know what guys?" Kaitlyn interjected herself into the conversation with the sound of her voice. Her voice captured the attentions of The Shield and her fellow Chickbusters tag team partner and Divas Champion, AJ Lee. Kaitlyn had her newly dyed brunette hair, which landed on her shoulders and wore a black crop top and jeans with matching high-heels. "Roman is right, Ambrose is the leader of The Shield. He doesn't need Paige being a distraction to him. Ambrose needs to focus on The Shield and that is it."
"Thank you, Kaitlyn for being the only one with a mind," Roman said, with a glare to Dean, Seth and AJ. "Now Ambrose, since you obvious didn't listen to the plan for tonight, I guess I will have to tell you it. Kaitlyn, will you join us?"
Kaitlyn didn't have to respond because she had already went with Roman and Dean, leaving Seth and AJ alone to could cut the awkward tension between the two of them. The two of them liked each other, but there was no chance in hell that they would admit it to one another. AJ has liked Seth for about three years, she liked him back when he was at NXT, where they first teamed with each other against Dean and Aksana. Seth could not stop thinking about AJ. He had felt discourage when he saw her with guys like Daniel Bryan, CM Punk, John Cena and Dolph Ziggler - he honestly lost respect for her for that brief period of time. A year after all of that, AJ had transformed herself to a lovely and independent woman, which earned Seth's respect back.
"AJ, can I ask you something?" Seth spoke up, looking at every direction to check that Dean or Roman or Paige were no where to be seen. Happily, there was no one to be seen in this hallway. AJ's heart began to beat. Was Seth about to profess her love to her? AJ was so prepared for that- that she could contain herself.
"Yes, Seth." AJ's cheeks began to get red, making it difficult for her to hide them.
"I was wondering if you could help me set up Dean with Paige? Dean really likes her and I think that if these two got to know each other, I think that he will be really grateful for it. Dean deserves to be happy, don't you think?" Seth asked, begging his friend to help him set up Dean and Paige up with each other. AJ's heart fell to the floor, not expecting to get that request from Seth.
"Are you playing the role of a matchmaker for Ambrose?" AJ snorted, thinking that Seth playing cupid was the most funniest thing ever. She tried her best to try to hide the hurt that she was feeling right now. She made it seem like it was no big deal.
"Come on, AJ," Seth pleaded. "Talk to Paige and talk Dean up. Maybe, she will have the courage to talk to him."
AJ was no good at talking to any of the Divas backstage. She has never talked to Paige. Paige has only been in the main roster for such a short period of time and the only time that they talked was when they walked past each other backstage. Maybe, it was a few hellos and goodbyes, but it was never an actual conversation. AJ did not know who Paige was as a person.
AJ sighed. "Alright Rollins, don't ever say that I've done things for you." she gave him a smirk and turned on her heel in search of Paige Knight. AJ hoped that Paige wouldn't be such a bitch to her - she already gets that from the Total Divas.
Paige Knight was backstage watching the match. Seeing the members of The Shield as individuals, she has talked to Seth and Roman, but never Dean.. Speaking of Dean, Dean Ambrose was tagged into the match. Paige thought that there was something off with the United States Champion. He was wild, daring, he possessed this bad boy vibe, which had red flag warnings all over him. When Dean fell to the floor, Paige could not help, but be worried for the guy - worry was shown on her face that she didn't want anything to see.
"You're rooting for The Shield too?"
Paige jumped a bit and turned to find AJ Lee with a huge smile on her face. AJ had something on her sleeve that she wanted to do. Paige was relieved when it was AJ standing there, she was one of the only Divas that have been nice to her in the WWE so far.
"Hi, AJ." Paige awkwardly responded, making eye contact, which formed a huge smiled on AJ.
"Hi Paige, let's talk boys." AJ grabbed Paige from her arm and pulled her away.
Yay! New Story! I'm thinking that this story can be a little longer than Total Disses, but whatever happens, happens. Wonder how this conversation between AJ and Paige is going to work out! Please, favorite, follow and review! :)