The low thrum of voices talking are muted by the sounds of music as Sam Marlowe directs her eyes at a book lying flat on the table in front of her. With her hair pulled back into a long ponytail that hangs over her shoulder, she plays with one curl as her lips move slightly mouthing the words of what she is reading. Not paying attention, she is joined by Montgomery Christopher who just sits back in the seat nearby and watches her.
“I can see you,” she says without even looking up at her study partner.
Shooting her a half guilty smile, Monte shrugs and nods before he replies with a “I was sure you did but you looked so intent on what you were reading that I figured I would let you get it out of your system before I made my move,” he teased. “I wouldn’t want to compete with the Bard and all.”
Sam raises her eyes from the book to look at Monte who has leaned back slightly in his seat as he grabs a menu from the table nearby and begins to look through it. “Ummm so did you bring your books?” she asks as she looks for the telltale messenger bag that she usually saw Monte with.
“Nope, figured that we needed to get to know each other better,” he jokes. “After all, it ain’t every day I get to work with someone like you.”
Sam leans back herself as she eyes a nonchalant Monte who is looking over the menu. “But y’all said this was a study date Monte,” she says slowly as her head tilts slightly confused at the way Monte is acting. “And what do you mean work with someone like me?” she asks suspiciously.
Monte turns his blue eyes upward and offers Sam a bit of a smirk. “Someone as sweet as you that can kick butt like you do,” he begins. “I have done some studying and I’ve learned some things that intrigued me. And when something intrigues me, I need to find out more. And how better to do it than over dinner so are you ready to order?” he asks as a waitress moves closer to take their order.
Sam looks at the waitress then holds her hand out for the menu as Monte gives the waitress a smile before handing the menu to Sam. “We’ll need another few minutes,” he offers before ordering a drink. The waitress smiles back as she sticks the pen she had hovering over her notepad into the messy bun at the top of her head.
Sam ducks behind the menu for a moment and studies the food listed there as she fights to stop a blush from creeping across her face. Monte pretends not to see it as he reaches across the table to pull the menu down slightly. “Sam, are you blushing?” he teases softly.
“I am not blushing,” retorts Sam whose reddening cheeks give lie to the fact. “This is just so surprising is all,” she adds. “I get that we are study partners for class but I never thought…I mean I never suspected…”
Monte chuckles as Sam fumbles with trying to explain what it is she is trying to say. Finally he leans forward once more and offers Sam a smile as he lays a hand on hers. “Like I said Sam, you intrigue me. So tell me something, what the hell is a woman who wrestles doing going for her Masters in English lit? I saw some of your matches and you are pretty good so why split your focus?”
Taking a slow breath, Sam shrugs. “I guess I do it because I like the things I am able to do in the ring. Oh don’t get me wrong, I know it isn’t a thing that I see myself doing forever but for the here and now, I like the attention and the athleticism of it. As for the masters, well it is because I eventually want to move into teaching once I am not able to wrestle anymore. And with me being in Vegas, just gives me a great opportunity to study between shows.”
The waitress approaches with Monte’s drink and sets it in front of him. Both look up as she pulls the pen free. Sam orders then lets Monte order before she turns to look at him once more. “So Mr. Christopher, are you the only one allowed to ask questions because I have a few of my own,” says Sam as she laces her fingers together and sets her chin on her clasped hands.
The scene fades out on Monte smiling at Sam as the pair continues their discussion.
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Sam Marlowe is Live:
Hi all, Sam Marlowe here and this week I have an amazing match that will be something to see.
As you all have probably heard, I have a match at Summer XXXtreme for the Bombshell title, a chance to wear it for the third time. In a six pack challenge against five other bombshells I am going to get my shot at the title.
But first I have this week and a lethal lottery tag match that was thrown together with three of the five bombshells in the world bombshell title match. It has me teaming with Jessie Salco to face Mercedes Vargas and Keira Fisher-Johnson. Now I know that when it comes down to it you got two former Bombshell champions teaming with two former roulette and bombshell tag champions. The amount of titles in that ring is epic and the match itself will be one for the books.
Take for instance Keira Fisher-Johnson. She beat her wife Roxi to get into the six pack challenge and is definitely a challenge for sure but she is a challenge that I have beaten before. Not to discount her or anything because she is one hell of a competitor and not one to be taken lightly. She has held the Bombshell Roulette title and the Bombshell tag titles. She is also definitely one of the best tag team wrestlers out there…but this isn’t her wife she is teaming with, this is a woman that she is going to have to face at the supercard.
Speaking of the woman she has to face, Mercedes is the one that ended my first title reign and is a newly minted grand slam champion that can’t be taken lightly either. She can pull out a win from the jaws of defeat and that is something I take very seriously. I have been in the ring with Mercedes and she does hold a pinfall win over me. And like I said, she beat me for my title. But then again, I beat her to win it back but I did it by pinning Crystal Millar and not her so there is a question there on whether or not I have what it takes to beat her. Maybe this will be answered this week in the tag match or maybe I might have to wait until Summer XXXtreme to find out if it is doable but one way or the other I will find out and I will prove to her and myself that I can stand toe to toe and pull out the win,
Then there is my tag partner Jessie Salco, another person that is on the cusp of winning the grand slam in the company. I don’t knock her abilities either and this week when we are teaming I want you to know Jessie that I am going to do my damnedest to make sure that it is our hands raised in victory. But once the match is over I hope you know that I still respect you but I will be looking to beat you and the others for the Bombshell title. So no hard feelings a’ight?
Climax Control 153 is going to see four of the six in action and we are not going to disappoint the fans when we step in the ring. But I do want to tell my partner and my opponents one thing. I respect the hell out of all of you and know that in this match, anyone can win and anyone can lose. But not only is this match going to be a warm up for the supercard, it is going to give me the chance to feel you out and get an idea of what I am going to need to do to beat you for the belt at Summer XXXTreme. So good luck ladies, I think we are all going to need it.
