On her way to the store where her first ever meet and greet event was going to take place, Clementine took a selfie in the back of the car and posted it to her Instagram with a caption telling the fans that she was on her way.
With little else to pass the time, Clem sat and watched her list of notifications go wild as people started liking and commenting on the picture she had posted.
'I'm already shaking. I'm in line to meet you,' someone wrote.
'Been wanting to meet you forever,' someone else put.
Those comments came along with the usual ones about how cute she looked. It made her smile that cute was the word people chose. She had never considered herself to be attractive, but cute she could possibly admit to. She had that kind of face, and people seemed to like her trademark hairstyle with the two pig tails. Fans were already starting to copy that.
Before long, the driver announced that he was turning onto the street where the Cricket Wireless store was situated. As soon as the car rounded the corner, Clem saw through the windshield a long line of people standing on the sidewalk.
"Oh wow," she gasped in surprise. Despite Alexa's assurances that plenty of people would show up, Clem hadn't really believed it. Now, though, it looked like all of the available wristbands might have been claimed.
The car drove around to the back of the building, and Clem was escorted into the store by an employee. She already knew how the appearance would work. It actually couldn't have been simpler for her. All she had to do was stand in front of the Cricket Wireless/WWE background board, greet each fan as they came forward, and get a picture with them. There wasn't even the need to sign anything, since this was a photo only opportunity.
Walking out into the main part of the store, Clem heard a cheer go up from outside. The fans had seen her through the windows.
Clementine quickly introduced herself to the employees who would be helping with crowd control and with taking pictures for the fans. There was also a security guard lurking nearby, just in case anyone got out of line. As far as Clem knew, that never happened at a WWE signing. Better to be safe than sorry though, she thought.
"All set?" the woman who was going to be taking the pictures asked.
Clem took a drink from the cup of coffee she had brought with her, then set the empty cup aside out of the way. "Yeah. Let's go."
A male employee unlocked the store's front entrance doors, and the fans began to file in. Clem saw a couple of Clementine caps the same as the one she was wearing among the first twenty or so people who were admitted to form a line inside the store.
The first people in line were a group of three African American guys in their twenties. As one of the few black stars on WWE's main roster, Clem was very popular with that demographic.
The three friends all came forward together. One of them was carrying a cardboard sign with a drawing of Clem on it and the words 'Future Women's Champion.' Seeing it put a big smile on her face as she raised her right hand for a high five with the first of the fans. "Guys, I love the sign!" she announced.
"Nothing but truth, Clem," the first fan said as they slapped hands.
"Hopefully sooner rather than later," the second one added. He received a high five.
"You guys are the first fans I've ever got to meet at one of these things," Clem reported, as excited about the fact as they were. She gave the last of the trio a high five.
"That makes us extra special, huh?" he chuckled.
Clem giggled. "Yeah, it definitely does."
The fan with the sign offered it to Clementine and said, "I was hoping you would hold it for the picture?"
"Why not?" Clem said happily. She took the sign and held it at chest height while the three guys gathered around her for the picture.
They all smiled, and the first ever official fan photograph with Clementine was taken.
After thanking Clem, the three fans took their sign and left. Clementine continued working her way through her fans, loving every experience and trying to make them all unique for the fans.
After an hour or so, a girl in her late teens or early twenties came forward. She had a Clementine cap on and tears in her eyes.
"Oh, Clem. I planned out what I wanted to say, but now I can't," the girl said, on the verge of full-on crying.
Rather than a high five, Clem gave the girl a hug. "It's okay, honey," she said gently. "You don't have to be shy. Tell me what you wanted to say."
"The thing is," the girl floundered. Still she couldn't get it out.
Clem knew she wasn't supposed to take a lot of time with each person, but she didn't have the heart to rush the girl she was embracing. "Whatever it is, you can tell me," she said gently.
The girl looked up, biting her lip in a sure sign of nerves. "I'm gay, Clem," she blurted out. "I've never told anyone. Well, I guess I have now," she added with a nervous laugh.
Clementine felt overwhelmed that a fan would choose her of all people to come out to. She knew all too well how hard a thing it was to do. "That was so brave of you," she said earnestly. "It's the hardest thing to come out..."
"I'm going to tell my parents tonight," the girl interrupted. "I promised myself that I would meet you and tell you first, and that would give me the confidence to tell them."
"That means the world to me," Clem said. "I really hope it goes well. I'll be thinking about you. Please tweet me and let me know."
"I will. Thanks so much, Clem. I love you."
"No, thank you," Clem said emphatically. "You've really made my day. Heck, I'll probably never forget this. Shall we get a picture?"
The girl didn't seem to know what to say to that. She just stood next to Clem and put an arm around her for the picture.
"Let me know how it goes, and send me that picture," Clem said as the girl's phone was handed back.
"I will," she promised. "Thanks so much, Clem."
"I still can't believe that she came out to me," Clementine said to Alexa. They were cosying up to each other on the bed in their hotel room, at the end of the day on which Clem had visited the Cricket Wireless store.
"Oh, honey, that's one of the best parts of the job we do," Alexa said, affectionately stroking her girlfriend's cheek. "What an amazing story. I hope she does let you know what happens, and that it all goes well."
"Me too. I just love the thought that I could give someone the confidence to open up and talk about something so difficult."
Her words triggered a response from Alexa, but Clem couldn't put her finger on what that response was. "Honey?" she asked softly. "What is it?"
"Uh, what you just said about having confidence to talk about things," Alexa said nervously.
Clem's eyes widened a little and she sat up, with Alexa following suit. "You can tell me anything, Lexi, you know that."
"The thing is, you're very shy, Clem. You know I love that about you, buy when it comes to things..."
"Tell me," Clem cut in, taking one of Alexa's hands and squeezing it.
"Alright, well, do you remember that picture of Ronda that leaked last year?"
Clementine remembered it immediately. Dean had taken a picture of Ronda with her wrists tied to the frame of a bed and a T-shirt tied over her mouth to make a gag, in what had clearly been a very intimate situation. Alexa and Clem had made jokes about it to Ronda on many occasions since, and Ronda had good-naturedly helped them out in that regard by revealing that a pair of panties had also been stuffed in her mouth at the time, making the gag even more effective. There was only one reason Alexa could be bringing that up in this situation, and being hesitant about it, Clem realised. "You want us to try that?" she guessed.
"Yeah," Alexa said hopefully. "I want you to do that to me. But only if you're comfortable with it, of course."
"I'm comfortable doing anything with you, honey," Clem assured her. "If you want me to tie you up, I will."
"The only thing is, I don't really want anything stuffed in my mouth. I'd be afraid of choking on it."
"I could tie a shirt over your mouth. Maybe that might work by itself?" Clem wondered.
Alexa seemed a little reluctant again. Even so, she pushed ahead with what she was thinking. "I saw a Target just around the corner when we drove in. We could go buy some duct tape?"
"Very kinky," Clem said, feeling her cheeks warming up. By nature she was a shy person, which made her feel reluctant to try something like this, but she forced the reluctance from her mind as best she could and surprised Alexa by hopping up off the bed. "Okay, let's go," she said eagerly.
"Really?" Alexa asked, not trying to hide her happiness.
"The quicker we go, the sooner I can tape you up," Clem said in a sultry tone. If the prospect turned her girl on, Clem wasn't going to second guess it. And who knew, maybe she would find it a turn on herself once they got into it?
They left the hotel as quick as they could and made the short walk to the Target store. The whole way, Clem felt more excited by the prospect of what they were going to do than she had expected to.
"What if they don't sell duct tape in here?" Clementine asked as they walked into the store.
"Honey, it's Target," Alexa grinned. "They'll definitely have some. It's just a question of where it is."
It took them a couple of minutes to find the right aisle. It was Clem who spotted what they were looking for. "There," she said, pointing at a section at the end of an aisle. Right away, her eyes picked out the roll they had to choose out of the surprisingly large selection of different coloured tapes available. "They have a pink one, Lexi. That's got to be the one. Pink is your colour."
Alexa laughed as they approached the display. "I like pink, but I also like black. There are a couple of different black ones."
"Or we could get grey, which is what you might call traditional," Clementine grinned.
"Traditional," Alexa laughed. "You can pick, honey."
"Pink, then," Clem decided.
"Might be a good choice. I might even have matching pink underwear on," Alexa said, teasing Clem with her tone.
The image that brought to mind started to get Clementine fired up. "Oh my," she breathed as she took one of the pink rolls from the display. "Let's go out of here quick."
Laughing loudly, Alexa followed Clem towards the front of the store. Within minutes, they were back in the hotel room with their new purchase. Clementine worked on removing the packing while Alexa began to undress down to the aforementioned pink underwear.
"There's my goddess," Clem said, her breath almost taken away by the beautiful sight of her girlfriend's body. "You're so beautiful, honey. It always takes my breath away."
"Thank you, baby," Alexa said sweetly. She gave Clem a peck on the lips, then sat down on the bed. "I was thinking you could tape my hands to the bed?" she suggested.
"Like Ronda's picture," Clem recalled. "Okay, I'll do that. Lie down."
Alexa did as she had been asked, resting her head on the pillows. She put her hands between the bars at the top of the bed. "Maybe tape my wrists together like that?" she suggested. "I wouldn't be able to get free of that."
"Okay, if you're sure." Clementine crawled up the bed, roll of pink tape in hand. She stretched out a long length from the roll and stuck it to Alexa's right wrist, proceeding to wrap it around both wrists several times to secure them together. She didn't do it very tightly, feeling tentative about causing Alexa pain. "How's that?" she asked cautiously when she was done.
Alexa smiled up at her. "I like that tape sound. I'm sure that sounds weird, but it turns me on. And it's okay how you tied me. Could have been a bit tighter, but it's fine."
"I'll do it tighter next time then," Clem promised. "Now you want me to tape your mouth?"
"Tape my mouth up, then have your way with me."
Clem's heart was beating hard and fast, such was the amount her girl's words were turning her on. She had to admit that having her in a vulnerable situation was also quite a rush, more so than she had expected. Keeping in mind what Alexa had said about liking the tape sound, Clem made sure to stretch out the next strip from the roll slowly. Once it was about five inches long, she tore it from the roll and lowered it towards her girl's mouth. "Last chance to change your mind, Lexi."
"I'm not going to change my mind. You might need more than one strip to make it effective," Alexa advised. It was clear in her eyes that she was loving every second of the experience already.
"Okay, I'll make sure I get the job done," Clem promised. She pressed the tape down onto Alexa lips and smoothed it down with her fingers to make sure it stuck properly. She followed up with another strip, and then a third. By the time she was done, Alexa's mouth was well and truly covered and sealed up.
"Mmmpph," she moaned, looking up at Clem with a deliberately vulnerable look on her face.
"Are you okay? Can you breathe?"
Alexa nodded her head. "Mmm hmm."
"Good. Then you're all mine," Clem said, licking her bottom lip seductively.
A/N: Thank you to everyone who reviewed last time. I decided to go with the fan coming out to Clem rather than choosing one of the questions from you guys. Thank you, though, to everyone who left one.
I'm looking for some feedback from you. I had to end the bedroom scene there because of the T rating I've given to this story. I'm wondering if you would like me to change the rating to M next time Lexi and Clem get it on, and include it in the story? Let me know what you think, please.
And next time it's Clem's debut on pay-per-view at Survivor Series, on Team Smackdown. But will she be on the winning side or the losing one?
