Blessed with a couple of days off, Charlotte had invited Sonya back to her house so that they could spend the time together. After a morning workout at a local gym, they had returned home for what Charlotte had described as a seriously lazy day. "We'll curl up together on the couch, eat Ben and Jerrys ice cream like there's no tomorrow, and we can binge watch a series on Netflix," she had said before they left for the gym.
"Sounds amazing," Sonya had replied. "There's nothing like a lazy day every now and then to recharge the batteries. The company will also help."
Charlotte had smiled. "You say the sweetest things, for a devil."
Sonya had laughed. "That's how I lure you in, so I can have my way with you."
"Sounds perfectly fine to me."
Both women had laughed, then Sonya had asked what series they could binge watch.
"I'm thinking we could start Breaking Bad," Charlotte had said. "Believe it or not, I've never seen it yet. People keep recommending it to me, but I've never gotten around to it. I've been meaning to get to it for ages now."
"I've been wanting to watch it too," Sonya had revealed. "We're probably the only two people in the world not to have seen it at this point."
Charlotte had laughed before saying, "We can watch it together, then."
And so it had been decided. Now, a couple of hours later, Sonya and Charlotte were indeed curled up on the couch together, each with a big pot of ice cream and a spoon in hand. It hadn't been long ago that they had been on the same couch, filming a segment for Smackdown. It had been that day that feelings had really started to kick into high gear between them, and Sonya remember it fondly. "It's a funny old world, isn't it?" she said to Charlotte, stopping her before she hit play on episode one of Breaking Bad.
"Who said that?" Charlotte asked, picking up on what she found to be rather strange, yet familiar wording.
"Me," Sonya grinned.
"Yeah, but I'm sure I've heard or read it somewhere before. Maybe not, though," Charlotte shrugged. "Anyway, what did you mean?"
"I was just thinking about how it wasn't long ago you and I were colleagues and nothing more. Even though I had a crush on you, I feel like I never would have said or done anything about it. But then Vince decided to go with this angle of his, and chose the two of us to work together. Without that, there's likely no way we would have gotten together."
"Yet now here we are," Charlotte said. "You kissed me, and it stole my heart. You're right, it is crazy how things work out. Not that I'm complaining in anyway."
"Oh, neither am I," Sonya assured her. "I'm sitting on a couch with a big tub of ice cream, and I've got a beautiful Queen next to me. There's no way I could be happier right now."
Charlotte's heart melted, like it did every time Sonya called her Queen. It had been a very long time since she had been in love with someone, and even then she hadn't fallen this quickly. The depth of feeling she had for Sonya already was quite remarkable, even more so because it was her first relationship with a woman. That, of course, brought its own problems. In recent days, Charlotte had found herself worrying more and more about how she was going to handle what looked like being the inevitable moment she had to break the news to her family.
"Char? You look troubled all of a sudden," Sonya commented, with a look of concern on her face.
For a moment, Charlotte said nothing. She focused her attention on scooping out a large spoonful of ice cream from her pot.
"Did I say something wrong?" Sonya asked, worry coming through clearly in her tone.
"No, not at all," Charlotte said reassuringly. "I've been thinking for a few days now about the fact that I'm going to have to tell my family about us. I don't know how that's going to go, and it makes me nervous every time I find myself thinking about it."
"Yeah," Sonya sighed, a grimace forming on her face. "Coming out is the hardest part about being gay. I was very lucky that my family were very understanding. A lot of people don't have it that easy. I made up for it when I had to come out to Triple H in front of a room full of people, on TV no less."
"I remember that!" Charlotte exclaimed, her eyes widening. "It was on Tough Enough, wasn't it?"
"Yeah," Sonya chuckled. "Hunter asked me if I was in a relationship. I hadn't expected that question at all, but I knew I had to tell the truth. I said I had a girlfriend, but we weren't married yet. For a moment, everyone went silent while they took in what I'd said. I remember worrying in that moment about what reaction I was going to get. I was embarrassed. I'm sure I must have gone red. But then everyone started applauding. It was such a lovely moment, and it will always stay with me. It told me so much about how accepting WWE are of the LGBT community."
"What a great story," Charlotte said warmly. She leaned over for a quick kiss, tasting the mint flavoured ice cream on Sonya's lips as they touched.
"Yeah. And hopefully you'll have a similar experience with your family. We need to think about the fact that it might go that way, though. I don't know your dad, and I've never met your mom or brother."
"I think they'll be okay. It's dad who might be the problem," Charlotte said warily. "The thing is, he grew up in a different era to us. He was a wrestler in a different era to us. This used to be a very homophobic business. I'm not saying I've ever heard my dad say anything against gay people, I haven't, but it wouldn't surprise me all that much if he had negative thoughts. Something tells me he might not be ecstatic when his daughter comes to visit and brings a girlfriend with her."
"I understand all of that," Sonya said, grimacing again. "It can be very tough. And I know that older people can be less open to accepting relationships like ours. What I can say is that whenever I've seen and Ric together, I've had no doubt that your relationship is close. That leads me to hope he will do his best to understand where you're coming from, and that as long as you, his daughter, are happy, then he's happy for you. That's pretty much how my dad reacted, after some initial shock."
"Initial shock I'm expecting for sure. I mean, I've been married twice, both times to men. I'm sure the very last thing anyone expects at this point is for me to get into a relationship with a woman. It would be stupid not to expect people to react with shock."
Sonya had known Charlotte had been married previously, and that she had suffered domestic violence. She hadn't known there had been two marriages. The poor girl had been through a hell of a lot in her pursuit of happiness. There would be another time to talk about all of that, though.
"That's a sensible way to approach it," Sonya said. "If your dad does react that way, try not to get upset or angry with him. He might need some time to come to terms with the news. It's possible he might even dismiss you, calling what we have a fad or something on your part. I've known that to happen to people when they come out, and it's very hurtful. I don't want to upset you, Char, but I think it's only right that I tell you everything I know."
"No, I appreciate that," Charlotte said, taking her hand. "I know you're doing your best to help me with this. I wouldn't want you to sugar coat it and tell me everything's going to be fine, when we both know it might not be."
"What I can promise you is that I'll be there for you, no matter what," Sonya said sincerely. "If you want me to, I'll go with you to see your dad. We can both sit down with him and tell him how we feel about each other, if that's how you want to play it."
"Yes, I'd like you there with me," Charlotte decided. She hadn't needed to think about it. The moral support of her girlfriend would be much-needed when the time came. "I'm not talking about doing this soon, you understand?"
"Oh, of course," Sonya nodded. "My advice is leave it a month or two before thinking seriously about coming out. Obviously I don't want anything to go wrong between us, but it's a fact of life that relationships don't work out. It would be foolish to rush in before we can say that we've been together for some time and things are going great. Does that make sense, or does it sound too negative? I really didn't intend it to."
Charlotte shook her head and looked lovingly at Sonya. "I doesn't sound negative, it sounds perfectly logical. I'm thankful to you for being so up front and honest about all this. Again, I wouldn't want it sugar coated." She took a deep breath and rubbed her face with the hand that wasn't holding her tub of ice cream. Much as the conversation with Sonya had been reassuring and helpful, it was still a tough subject, and Charlotte felt stressed. "I know it's early, but I fancy a glass of wine. What do you say?"
"Sounds good to me," Sonya replied. But before Charlotte could get up, Sonya pulled her close and kissed her.
"Mmm," Charlotte moaned happily into Sonya's mouth as the kiss got more passionate by the second. "Damn, Son, you drive me crazy, you know that?"
"I did know that, Queen," Sonya replied sloppily in between kisses. "You know what? I think I'm done eating ice cream for today. There's something else I want to eat instead."
"What's that?" Charlotte asked, feeling herself getting wet as she anticipated the answer that she knew was coming.
"Your pussy," Sonya said longingly.
"You'll get no complaint from me," Charlotte gasped.
With that, Sonya pushed her backwards, so that she was lying on her back on the couch. Charlotte was only just able to drop her ice cream pot to the floor without it tipping over.
"Do your worst, peasant," the Queen taunted as Sonya set her ice cream on a small table at the end of the couch.
Sonya put on what she hoped was her best mean-looking smile. "Trust me, I will."
A/N: Special thanks to everyone who left a review on the previous chapter. The continued support really does mean a lot to me.
Next time, we'll be finding out who wins the battle royal to determine Sonya's challenger at the February pay-per-view. Who do you think that person will be? Leave your predictions in a review!
