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Just Keep Breathing
Chapter 1: All In
Makenna Davis nervously paced backstage around the Sears Centre for the All In Pay-Per-View. Her and her best friend plus current tag team partner, Delilah Rayburn would be participating in the event. The two were known on the indies as the Santa Monica Sweethearts. Makenna and Delilah were set on the card to face Angelina Love and Velvet Sky; also known as The Beautiful People. It was a dream match for not only the fans, but for Makenna too.
There'd been many people who wanted to see The Beautiful People and Santa Monica Sweethearts face off. Like Angelina and Velvet, Makenna and Delilah were often cited as being better when together and not apart. The Beautiful People oozed confidence and charisma, which helped them become the female faces of Impact Wrestling during their prime in the organization. The Santa Monica Sweethearts were charismatic, but it was their talent and ability that launched their popularity. Makenna and Delilah were arguably the most popular act in RISE due to their ability in-between the ropes. It also helped that were super nice to the fans outside of the ring.
Makenna and Delilah also compete in Women's Superstars Uncensored where they held the WSU tag team titles two separate times until in 2017, they were defeated by Ruthless Ambition, which is the team of Maria Manic and Penelope Ford.
Currently, The Santa Monica Sweethearts were the current holders of the Guardians of RISE tag team championships.
Since the fans were itching at seeing the two female teams face off; the perfect opportunity came up whenever the announcement of All In was made. Makenna and Delilah called out Angelina and Velvet on Twitter, thus causing a response from The Beautiful People. There was a feud between the two teams with worked shoot jabs traded on social media.
Makenna and Delilah questioned the fortitude of Angelina and Velvet, wondering if the legendary women's tag team could hang with them in the ring and if they were past their prime. Angelina and Velvet stated that they were the greatest female tag team of all time and that Makenna and Delilah were only bootleg versions of The Beautiful People. Makenna and Delilah reciprocated that statement by stating that unlike The Beautiful People, they actually had talent. Angelina and Velvet said that they would fight The Santa Monica Sweethearts, anytime, any place to prove why they are indeed the greatest female tag team of all time. And, that's when Makenna and Delilah laid out the challenge to The Beautiful People for a Falls Count Anywhere Chicago Street Fight tag team match. In an instant, the challenge was accepted.
Not only were the fans eating up the social media exchanges, this was the first time in four years that The Beautiful People would be teaming up together, making this tag team match one of the most highly anticipated bouts on the card.
"Pretty pretty, Makenna, do you happen to know where that best friend of yours is at?" The Villian, Marty Scurll wondered.
Makenna rolled her eyes and chuckled. "She's in the locker room getting ready for the evening, Marty. I do thank you for the flattery though."
Makenna was too wrapped up in her thoughts of her anticipated match that she didn't even pay attention to her surroundings, running into a solid figure. "Sorry," she apologized. She didn't even realize who she ran into until she saw the crystal blue eyes of the IWGP Heavyweight Champion, Kenny Omega.
"You okay? You look perplexed." The Cleaner held a steady gaze on Makenna, his crystal blue eyes showing some concern.
Of all the people that Makenna could run into, she had to run into the man that was arguably the biggest wrestling star outside of the WWE. She respected the hell out of Kenny Omega and his accomplishments, but his presence intimidated her. She honestly felt like she was in the presence of wrestling royalty. "I'm fine, I'm fine," Makenna whispered, pretending to straighten out her attire. "Thank you."
"Yeah, no problem." There was an awkward silence between them that followed.
One half of The Santa Monica Sweethearts felt embarrassed about her behavior. "I'm sorry, I'm usually good with interaction. But, I'm apprehensive about this Pay-Per-View and honestly, you intimidate the hell out of me."
Kenny laughed. "You're intimidated by me?"
"Uh yeah!" Makenna exclaimed. "You're Kenny freaking Omega."
"I suppose I don't need to introduce myself then."
"I don't come off as a creeper at all," Makenna nervously chuckled. "I'm Makenna Davis." She extended her hand out to Kenny.
The IWGP Heavyweight champion took her hand and shook it. "Nice to meet you, Makenna. I'm Kenny Omega, but you obviously know that."
Makenna blushed. "It's an honor to finally meet you in person."
"Same here," The Winnipeg native smiled. "I've actually seen your work before with Delilah Rayburn. Marty and Hangman hang out with Delilah, so they showed me some of your stuff with her. You've got some great work going on." He didn't really travel to the United States unless it was for an event much like All In where he felt it was worth the trip. This was a big deal for his Elite gang, so he was eager to be apart of history. One day, Marty Scurll and Adam Page mentioned Delilah and Makenna, stating that they'd make great additions to the Bullet Club; hypothetically. Kenny was intrigued by that statement, so he had Marty and Page pull up one of The Santa Monica Sweethearts' matches in RISE and he had to say that he was indeed impressed by the two ladies with their agility and technical sound ability.
"Thanks." She was absolutely awestruck at the fact that Kenny Omega actually watched her work; but it amazed her more that he was impressed with her work.
"You're welcome."
"So..." Another silence came between the two, although this time it wasn't awkward.
There was; however, another feeling in the air: tension. "I really should get going. I need to finish getting ready for the evening. There's plenty more left to do before the show starts."
"Of course."
"Nice to meet you in person, Makenna. Good luck in your match tonight. You and Delilah are going to do amazing."
"Thank you," Makenna smiled, her hazel eyes shining with delight. "Good luck in your match too. You and Penta are going to tear the house down."
Kenny nodded and smiled before walking away. He did turn to look at Makenna one last time. "By the way, cool zip-up." He was referencing to the Umbrella Corporation logo on her zip up. Umbrealla Corporation was associated within the Resident Evil universe. Makenna was donning the zip-up to keep her attire covered since it was chilly in the arena.
Makenna watched him walk away, letting out a huge breath and running a hand through her long brown hair. At first, she felt intimidated by the mere presence of the IWGP Heavyweight Champion, but all those feelings were quickly dissipated. She was left with a fluttering heart at the sight of The Cleaner walking away, which was certainly a new feeling she experienced.
Delilah sat in the Santa Monica Sweethearts' locker room backstage at All In. she was seated in front of a full length mirror in the corner of the room.
She had already changed into her ring attire for the night. Her bright purple doc martens were sitting on the bench beside her and her legs, covered with black sparking tights, were crossed. She had straightened her black hair to perfection and added layers of dark purple extensions to create a rather pretty ombre effect. Her open makeup bag was setting on her lap.
She dug through the contents of the bag until she found her package of brushes and foundation. She applied an even amount to her pale skin before putting away the supplies. She had just grabbed her eyeliner when the locker room door swung open.
"Don't you two idiots know how to knock?" Delilah glanced in the mirror as Adam Page and Marty Scurll sauntered into the room, Marty closing the door behind them.
"Saw Makenna in the hallway, she said you were doing your makeup." Marty dropped down on the bench beside her, shoving her boots onto the floor.
"Yea we figured you could use some help." Adam snatched the makeup bag off of her lap and started rummaging through it.
"Give that back!" Delilah reached for the bag but, he held it up in the air high above her reach. "Jerkface."
He ignored her comment as he pulled out another stick of eyeliner. "Let's start with this." He yanked the cap off.
He frowned when she grabbed it out of his hand and put the cap back on. "You're not coming anywhere near me with an eyeliner pencil. The last thing I need is to be blind in my match tonight because you jabbed me in the eye."
"Who said anything about your eyes? I was going to give you a nice noose picture on the side of your face." Adam was once again digging through the bag. Undoubtedly looking for another eyeliner pencil to torture her with. "You need to support your best friend when you go out there."
"Excuse me. Who says you are her best friend? I am definitely a better best friend than you are." Marty feigned a look of disgust that made Delilah laugh.
"I'm going to kick both of your asses off of my friends list if you don't knock it off and give me back makeup bag."
"To be fair, I never took your makeup bag." Marty pointed out.
"No you just barged into my locker room and threw my stuff on the floor." She motioned to her boots that he had shoved off the bench. She stood up and grabbed the bag out of Adam's hands, earning an annoyed look, and flopped back down in her spot.
"Well you're the weirdo running around in your bare feet." Adam turned his attention to looking around the locker room.
"I am not in my bare feet. I have tights on and these." She held up one of her feet to show off a pair of black and white slipper socks adorned with black cats.
He shoved her foot away and shrugged in indifference.
"Leave my stuff alone, Page." She warned. "And I am perfectly capable of putting on my own makeup and a noose doesn't match my attire." She motioned toward her bodysuit.
"It would be an improvement." He smirked and she rolled her eyes.
"You're lucky you're my friend and I know you are joking or I would punch you in the face." She turned her attention back to her mirror. She began to apply her black winged eyeliner.
"Well if we can't help with your makeup, we could help with your hair." Marty grabbed the brush she had left lying on the bench when she did the extensions.
"She probably has more hair stuff in that bag." Page grabbed one of her smaller travel bags and flopped it on the bench.
"No way in hell you are going through my stuff." She put the cap back on her eyeliner pencil and grabbed the bag before Page could unzip it.
"What? Are you hiding something in there you don't want us to know about?"
"Don't be a pervert. Don't you monsters have someone else you can bug?"
"Well that's rude. See if we offer to help you again." Marty glowered and stood up from his spot on the bench. "I was being a complete gentleman."
"Sure. You are the consummate gentleman." Delilah rolled her eyes. "And I am the Queen of England."
"How dare you!" Marty managed to look both shocked and angry.
"Your acting skills are definitely top notch though." She smiled as she finished up her last bit of eyeliner and grabbed one of her eyeshadow pallets. "You know I am going to go out there looking like a trainwreck if you two don't leave me alone so I can get ready. I'll be wrestling with no makeup wearing my slipper socks."
"Fine. We can tell when we aren't wanted." Hangman grabbed the door handle and pulled it open. "Come on Marty… let's go find someone NICE to talk to."
"For knowing when you're not wanted you two certainly overstayed your welcome." She joked as she grabbed the necessary brushes to apply her eyeshadow.
Marty made a snarky comment as he pushed Page out the door.
"Finally, I can get my makeup done!" She commented as he slammed the door shut behind him as he left. She chuckled and shook her head at their antics before beginning to apply her eyeshadow.
Makenna sat in the catering area with Angelina Love, Velvet Sky, Britt Baker, and Chelsea Green, watching the Hangman Page vs Joey Janela Chicago street fight. Chelsea and Britt were involved in a fatal four way survival match that also consisted of Madison Rayne and Tessa Blanchard. Tessa Blanchard emerged victorious, but there was no doubt that the four participants put on an instant classic. Of course, Angelina and Velvet were competing against Makenna and Delilah, who was currently doing her hair and makeup for the evening.
"You ladies did amazing in your match," Makenna praised, referring to Chelsea and Britt. "That was probably the greatest ladies' fatal four way match I've ever seen."
"Thanks," Britt responded.
"Yeah, thanks," Chelsea replied.
"Makenna, you ready for your match against us tonight?" Angelina wondered, motioning between her and Velvet.
"Of course, I am very honored."
"Honey, you should be honored to be in the same ring at The Beautiful People," Velvet teased.
"That sounds like the old Velvet that I watched on TNA," Makenna laughed. "But, we're going to put on an awesome match."
"We are going to put on an awesome match." A new voice came into the conversation and it was none other than Delilah. Delilah saw through the corner of her eye that Britt was glaring at her. Britt and her ever hardly interacted, so she wasn't sure why she was getting a glare.
"Hey, Delilah," Makenna greeted.
"Chelsea, Britt," Delilah turned her attention to the two ladies who participated in the ladies fatal four way match. "You ladies did incredible in your match. You're a part of the reasons why women's wrestling is so cool."
"Thank you," Chelsea smiled.
"Yeah, thanks," Britt deadpanned.
Delilah ignored the impassiveness from the DMD. "You're welcome."
"It looks like Kenny vs Penta is fixing to happen, so we better go and get our last minute thoughts together before our match," Velvet decided.
"Good idea, Vel," Angelina agreed.
"Let's do it then," Makenna stated. "We don't have much time left."
"Good luck in your match, ladies," Chelsea said. "It's going to be fun to watch."
"We're looking forward to seeing what spots you ladies have planned," Britt agreed. "Good luck and most of all, don't break any teeth."
Angelina, Velvet, Makenna, and Delilah laughed before walking away to get ready for their highly anticipated tag team match.
The cool autumn air blew leaves around his feet as he walked toward the bus stop where he was supposed to meet his girlfriend of 18 months. It was still early in the morning and the sun was just beginning to rise. His duffel bag and backpack were heavy on his back as he walked along the quiet street.
A beat up white van was parked beside the bus stop. He dropped his backpack and duffel bag on the bench and checked his watch. He was 20 minutes early. He knew she wouldn't be early. She wouldn't chance leaving her house too early in case her parents noticed she was missing.
The front door to the van opened. One of his best friends got out of the front seat. His dark hair was pulled back and he work a black fleece jacket and blue jeans.
"Adam, we need to talk." he said as he approached him.
"What's up?"
His friend looked guilty as he handed Adam a white envelope. "I could only get one ticket. I'm sorry Adam. I now bringing her means a lot to you but, there weren't any other seats left."
Adam fought the urge to punch something, namely his friend's face or the glass walls surrounding the bench at the bus stop. How could he leave without his girlfriend? She was counting on this just as much as he was.
"I can't just leave her behind."
"That's up to you man. I know you love her… but, I'll be honest. I don't know when you'll get another opportunity like this."
Adam sighed and raked his fingers through his hair. This couldn't be happening. He couldn't possibly make this decision.
He had dreamed of becoming a professional wrestler his entire life. He had worked hard for this chance to try-out.
How could he do it without her though? She had been there for him through everything, first as a friend, then as his girlfriend.
"Maybe you can go and send a ticket for her to come out in the next week or two…" His friend suggested.
Adam felt the hot prick of tears at his eyes and turned away from his friend until he could gain his composure. Without turning around he grabbed a notepad and pencil from his backpack. He sprawled a quick note across a piece of paper. He ripped it off the pad and folded it up. He wrote her name in big letters and tucked it between the metal frame and glass of the surround.
Then he grabbed his bags and followed his friend toward the white van where he climbed in the backseat and slammed the door shut.
Adam Cole was sitting on the couch next to his black lab mix, Indy. The dog was laying on his back with his feet up in the air and his head rested comfortably against Adam's hip. He absently petted Indy's chest while watching the match between Kenny and Penta on All In. To say that the match was amazing would be an understatement.
He begrudgingly picked up his phone when it chimed from it's spot on the coffee table. He glanced at the name on the screen and opened the message.
She is doing fine. Make sure you watch the next match. I think you're going to enjoy it.
Adam glanced at the message from his friend and former bullet club member. Indy let out an indigent huff when he stopped rubbing his chest so he could reply.
Thanks for the update. I am watching.
He sat his phone back down on the table and continued to pet Indy as he watched the finishing sequence of the match. The fans had loved the match and he couldn't blame them.
The Santa Monica Sweethearts and The Beautiful People were now waiting by the curtain for their cue for their entrances.
"Are you ready for your match?" Marty asked, looking at Delilah.
"Of course, I'm ready," Delilah answered with confidence.
"You're going to kill it out there."
"Much like how I wanted to kill you and Hangman earlier for your childish antics?" The dark haired woman teased.
"Damn, Delilah, I'm being genuinely nice to you now and you're acting like a brat."
Hangman came around and put his arms around Delilah and Makenna. "Tear the house down, ladies."
"No worries, we'll do just that," Velvet Sky answered. "Whenever the Beautiful People are out there, we are always the prime focus."
"Yep," Angelina Love agreed. "And tonight will be no different."
Penta El Zero came backstage and not too far behind was Kenny Omega, who'd previously ate a Codebreaker from Chris Jericho after he was victorious in his match.
"Great job in your match," Makenna praised. "I knew you two would steal the show."
Kenny smiled, leaning down so his mouth was near Makenna's ear. "Good luck in your match. I'll be watching very closely." A satisfied smirk appeared on his lips as he brushed past the startled woman.
Makenna felt her skin go hot at Kenny's hot breath on her ear. She needed to lose focus on what just happened because she had a very important match to tend to. The Beautiful People's entrance music started and Makenna got back into focus.
"Angel On My Shoulder" blared through the arena speakers to a huge pop. Out came The Beautiful People and the crowd went berserk at the duo of Angelina Love and Velvet Sky.
Angelina and Velvet were matching, per usual, when they teamed together. Angelina was wearing a blue shiny leather bra with a black miniskirt over black fishnets and blue furry boots. Velvet was wearing a pink shiny leather bra with a silver miniskirt over white fishnets and pink furry boots.
"The following contest is a tornado tag team falls count anywhere Chicago Street Fight set for one fall and introducing first, the team of Angelina Love and Velvet Sky: they are, The Beautiful People!" Justin Roberts announced.
They did their usual strut down the ramp, shaking some fans' hands along the way. When they got on the apron, they waved for the cameraman to appear closer to them so the cameraman could get a close up of them shaking their booties in between the ropes.
Angelina and Velvet took their respective turnbuckles and raised their hands in the air, soaking in the adulation of the crowd, who were obviously feeling nostalgic at seeing The Beautiful People teamed together once again.
The Beautiful People waited in the ring, awaiting on the arrival of their adversaries.
"Survive" by Sick Puppies blared through the speakers and out came The Santa Monica Sweethearts. The crowd reception for them was strong.
"And introducing their opponents: from Santa Monica, California, they are the team of Delilah Rayburn and Makenna Davis; The Santa Monica Sweethearts!" Justin Roberts exclaimed, announcing the team.
Makenna was dressed in a white bralette with two x's on it and a smiley face. Her bralette had some silver jewels hanging from it. Her lower half was covered with purple leather spandex shorts over black sheer tights and silver sparkly doc martens were clad on her feet. She had silver eyeshadow on her top lid with black winged eyeliner and purple eyeshadow and eyeliner on her bottom eyelid. Her lips were covered in glittering purple lipstick. Her auburn hair was up in a high half up ponytail while the rest of her hair was down in curls.
Delilah was dressed in a white bodysuit with the same design as what was on Makenna's bralette. She was wearing a purple choker around her neck. She wore sparkling tights under her bodysuit and purple metallic doc martens were clad on her feet. She had silver and purple tinted eyeshadow on her top lid with black winged eyeliner and purple sparkles along with purple eyeliner covering her bottom lid. Purple liquid lipstick were covered on her lips. Her straight black and purple ombre hair was flowing nicely down her back.
The duo slapped the hands of fans down the aisle and they slid into the ring. Makenna and Delilah each got on a turnbuckle and did the 'bring it' gesture, making the crowd cheer louder. They got down from the turnbuckles and came eye to eye with The Beautiful People.
The audience soaked in the moment, chanting "Holy shit" as the two teams stared at each other for a few moments. The referee instructed for the bell to ring and just like that, the action started.
Angelina and Delilah exchanged blows as did Velvet and Makenna. Velvet and Makenna fought to the corner. Velvet slapped Makenna across the face and shouted, "you're never going to be as good as The Beautiful People."
Makenna retaliated with a spear and some blows to Velvet's face.
Meanwhile, Delilah and Angelina brawled outside. Angelina attempted a suplex, but Delilah countered and Angelina ended up being suplexed onto the floor.
In the ring, Velvet kicked Makenna in the face while Makenna was trying to pick her up off the mat. Velvet then irish whipped Makenna to the ropes and attempted for a clothesline, but Makenna ducked and ran to the other ropes across the ring and trapped Velvet with a headscissor takedown.
Back to the outside, Delilah picked Angelina up by her hair and tried to throw her into the barricade, but Angelina reversed and Delilah ran back first into the barricade. Delilah clutched at her back.
Angelina went to discover what she could find under the ring, but her face met with a pair of doc martens thanks to Makenna's baseball slide.
Velvet retaliated with a low dropkick to Makenna's lower back and Makenna found herself outside of the ring. Velvet then lifted Makenna off the ground and rammed Makenna's face into the ring apron ten times with the crowd chanting each number of the time Makenna's face was being rammed into the apron.
Velvet didn't have much time to celebrate because the recovering Delilah landed a crossbody off the apron onto her. Delilah attempted to go for the quick pin, but Velvet was saved by her tag team partner as Angelina hit Delilah in the back with a kendo stick. Delilah once again clutched at her back.
Makenna knew this was getting serious, so she went and grabbed some weapons from under the ring. She grabbed a couple of trash cans and trash can lids but the crowd erupted as a table appeared from under the ring. Makenna tried to set up the table but got elbowed in the head by Angelina.
Makenna grabbed the nearest trash can lid and hit Angelina in the head with it. Makenna saw this as recovering time, and she got back into the ring to get away from her opponents. Makenna rolled one of the closest trash cans her way and put it in the ring. She set it up in the corner between the first and second turnbuckle.
Velvet came into the ring and landed a bulldog on Makenna. She then pointed to the trashcan and the crowd cheered at the motion. Velvet grabbed Makenna's leg and dragged her to the corner where the trashcan was set up. Makenna had an 'oh shit' look on her face before she was she lifted feet first and her face smashed into the trash can. The crowd cheered at the spot. Makenna covered her face as Velvet went for the pin. Makenna kicked out after a long two count.
Frustrated, Velvet went under the ring to find another weapon. The crowd came unglued as a ladder appeared from under the ring.
Delilah recovered and clotheslined Velvet, the ladder landing on the side of Velvet on the ground. Delilah saw that Angelina was still down, so Delilah wanted to add insult to injury after the kendo stick to her back. She grabbed a nearby trash can, putting it on Angelina's face and kicking it.
A bloodied Makenna stood up and the crowd chanted "Holy shit," as they saw blood coming from Makenna's nose, lip, and chin after taking that face bump under the trashcan. Seeing Velvet get up, Makenna ran through the ropes, landing a beautiful suicide dive on Velvet Sky, both of the ladies landing against the barricade.
Delilah tried to go after Angelina again, clutching at her wrist to get her up. Delilah tried making Angelina go against the stair steps but Angelina reversed and Delilah was the one who went back first into the steps. Angelina smiled and wiped the little blood at the corner of her mouth from when Delilah kicked the trashcan off her face.
Angelina was enjoying her moment that she didn't pay attention to her partner being put on a table by Makenna. Makenna was climbing the ladder and raised her arms in the air, exciting the crowd. Makenna jumped off the ladder, performing a senton bomb; however, she missed Velvet completely as Angelina came to her aid and lifted her off the table. So, Makenna ate nothing but table and the crowd went completely berserk.
Delilah saw what just happened and her face was in complete shock. She knew she would have to fight The Beautiful People alone now. She ran back into the ring and went over to the top rope, landing a beautiful somersault plancha onto Angelina and Velvet. She looked into the audience and they gave her an ovation.
She picked up Angelina and hit her with another suplex onto the floor. Delilah then jumped onto the top rope and landed a spiral leg drop which she calls the Santa Monica Spiral onto Angelina. She went for the cover but Velvet saved Angelina before the three count existed.
Delilah, frustrated by Velvet's actions, attempted to go after Velvet but Velvet ran away. Delilah chased Velvet up the ramp, but Delilah got blindsided by Angelina. Velvet grabbed a hold of Delilah's feet and Angelina nailed a Botox Injection to Delilah's face and Delilah's back of her head bounced against the steps of the ramp.
Angelina and Velvet both pinned Delilah and they got the three count. The crowd cheered as The Beautiful People got the win.
The Beautiful People were very impressed with the fight their opponents brought them tonight, so they picked up Delilah and hugged her, raising her hands in victory. All three of them saw that Makenna was still laid out, Angelina, Velvet, and Delilah came to her aid and all had an assist in picking up Makenna off the ground.
A dazed and confused Makenna looked around her surroundings and leaned against Delilah and Velvet, who were each flanking her. Angelina raised Delilah's hand and Delilah and Velvet raised the hands of a wobbly Makenna. The crowd cheered at the interaction between the two teams.
The audience gave them a standing ovation as Angelina, Velvet, and Delilah helped Makenna to the back.
The Lancaster Native kicked his feet up on the coffee table as the entrance he wanted to see for the highly anticipated women's match was beginning. As soon as the first riffs of 'Survive' began to play his heart skipped a beat.
He watched as the Santa Monica Sweethearts made their entrance to a solid reaction from the crowd. His eyes automatically fell on one half of the Guardians' of RISE tag team champions.
She was easily the most beautiful woman he had ever laid eyes on.
The duo made their signature entrance and he watched with avid interest as the match progressed. To say he was stunned by how talented The Santa Monica Sweethearts were would be an understatement.
He had always known she was special but, he had never expected this.
He watched as Delilah crafted a perfectly executed move against her opponent and he sat up straight, dropping his feet to the floor. The raven-haired woman moved about the ring with a style and grace that he hadn't expected.
He even let out a yell and clapped with enthusiasm when she hit a particularly breathtaking move on one half of the Beautiful People.
Indy grunted in displeasure and rolled onto his belly, staring at Adam with a mixture of disgust and horror. Adam failed to notice.
He continued to watch the match with baited breath. The four women were definitely putting on an amazing match for the crowd… much better than the fans probably expected.
He let out another excited yell after a wonderful sequence. Indy jumped up and ran from the room, his tail between his legs.
"Indy!"Adam called after the dog as it disappeared down the hallway. He sighed and turned his attention back to the match, deciding he would go check on his canine companion after the match.
When the match ended he shook his head in amazement. If he were one of the old Saturday morning cartoons he would have to pick his jaw up off the floor. The match had been a hit.
He was stunned by just how talented she was. The match hadn't been anything like what he had been expecting.
She hadn't been anything at all like what he was expecting.
And he hated the way his palms were sweaty and his heart was racing as he watched The Beautiful People celebrate their victory with her and Makenna, who appeared out of it after taking a huge table bump. Delilah nailed her part in the match and he was so proud of her.
He paused the show. He needed to check on Indy before he watched Marty's match. He stood up and walked toward his bedroom, where he was sure he would find Indy.
Sure enough the door was pushed open and Indy was curled up on the bed. He picked his head up slightly when Adam entered the room. He flopped down on the bed beside the dog and petted his ears.
"Sorry for all of the yelling buddy. I didn't mean to scare you."
Indy seemed to relax at his words and gentle strokes atop his head. The dog pulled away long enough to lick his fingertips before putting his head back down on the bed.
"I was just really excited to see her. It has been a long time, you know." He talked to the dog absently as he pet him gently. "I miss her a lot."
It was true . . . he was still very much in love with her.
"But what do you do when you love someone you know you will never have a chance with?"
The dog stared up at him with innocent eyes and suddenly he felt foolish for talking to the dog.
"Come on. Let's get you some treats then I can watch the rest of the show." He stood up and whistled as he walked out of the room. He heard the sound of padded feet and sharp claws on the hardwood as he headed toward the living room.
Hangman, Marty, The Young Bucks, Kenny, and Cody were waiting in the backstage area for the ladies who just competed in an awesome match.
Kenny offered a towel to Makenna. "Here you go, Makenna."
"Thanks," Makenna mumbled. She took the towel from Kenny and wiped at the blood on her face. At this point, she honestly didn't care if she smeared her makeup on her face and looked like Chelsea Green when she was in 'Hot Mess' mode.
"Delilah, you did amazing!" Marty praised. "I didn't know you had some aerial moves in your arsenal."
Delilah laughed. "Thanks, Marty. Since it's a big event, I had to go all out for 'All In.'"
"Seriously, you ladies' knocked it out of the park," Hangman stated. "That was straight up badass."
Makenna was still wobbly, so she took a seat nearby. Kenny went and stood beside her, his actions definitely not going unnoticed by everybody.
"It was an honor working with you," Delilah said to Angelina and Velvet. "Thanks for giving me an asskicking out there."
"It was a pleasure," Velvet joked. "But, thanks for giving us a great match. You and Makenna are going to be something big."
"Yes, they are," Angelina agreed. "Maybe one day, we can do this again. It's been fun."
"I'll be waiting for the day," Delilah responded.
Angelina and Velvet hugged Delilah and then bent down to hug Makenna who was sitting down in the chair. "Hit us up sometime, it will be fun to hang out with you Sweethearts," Angelina stated.
"Yep, I love anyone who loves animals," Velvet said. "Delilah, I loved all of your kitten clothes, they're so cute."
"Thanks," Delilah giggled.
"Well, we'll see you around." The Beautiful People waved bye before heading towards the direction of the locker room.
"Seriously though, you ladies were such an awesome cohesive unit," Nick Jackson praised. "That was great storytelling you told out there in the ring."
"I agree with my brother. I can definitely see why now everyone loves you two," Matt Jackson stated. "I'm so glad we got you to be a part of the show."
"You ladies showed everyone what the women's revolution is all about," Cody Rhodes said. Delilah wanted to dry heave at hearing Cody talk. She really liked most of the Elite, but she only tolerated Cody. There was just something about him that didn't sit well with her.
"I appreciate you all so much!" Delilah exclaimed. "I am so honored to be a part of this history making moment."
"You okay, Makenna?" Kenny wondered. "That fall through the table was brutual."
Makenna responded with the 'too sweet' gesture causing everyone to laugh.
"Let me get her to the locker room," Delilah said. She helped Makenna out of the chair and put her arm around her waist, leading her best friend to the locker room.
The Elite watched them walk away and the IWGP Heavyweight champion let his eyes linger on Makenna for a little bit longer before Cody got his attention.
Delilah finished packing up her attire and beauty supplies. She was ecstatic with what a success the show had been. The fans had enjoyed all of the matches and had left on a happy note, much to the delight of all of the talented involved.
The only low point of her night had been her strange interaction with Britt Baker. She couldn't understand why Britt had been so cold toward her when she joined the ladies at the table for conversation.
Makenna was packing her wrestling boots into her bag across the room when Delilah decided to see if her friend knew what was up.
"Hey, Makenna."
Her friend glanced up from zipping her duffel bag and smiled, "Yea?"
"Did anything seem a little strange with Britt earlier when I joined the conversation at the table?"
Makenna frowned, "What do you mean?"
Delilah sighed as she zipped her bag. "It's just… did she seem a bit… cold at first?" She flopped down on the bench beside her duffel bag. She wasn't sure why it was bothering her so much. There was nothing she could do if Britt disliked her.
Her friend shrugged, "Maybe…. Yes, I guess. But, it didn't last. She seemed fine after we talked. I wouldn't worry about it D."
Delilah nodded. She knew her friend was right but, it didn't stop the interaction from nagging at her. "I just don't see what I could have done to deserve that kind of reaction. We've barely interacted with one another."
"Just let it go. Like I said she is fine now. Maybe something else was bothering her and you just got the brunt of it. You never know." Makenna grabbed her bag and slung it over her shoulder. "Now let's go. We need to go celebrate our amazing match tonight."
Delilah took a deep breath and stood up. She smiled as she grabbed her bag and nodded, "You're right. Let's get out of here."
The taller brunette smiled as she led the way out the door. Delilah followed behind, making sure to flip the lightswitch behind her.
What had happened with Britt was said and done and there was nothing she do could about it. There was no point on dwelling on it… especially seeing she didn't even know if it had anything to do with her.
Makenna looked at her phone and saw an interesting notification from twitter. KennyOmegaManX has now followed you. She showed Delilah the notification.
"Well, that's interesting," Delilah said. Makenna shrugged her shoulders and walked alongside her best friend out of the Sears Centre. Tonight was a night they would never forget.
A/N: Thanks for reading. Hoped you all enjoyed it.
~Danie and Kimberly