I stopped walking as soon as I heard we were clear. I turned and jogged back into the trainer's room, Elias following me in.
"You were asking me if my neck was bothering me?" The trainer nods. "It is a bit and it started close to the end of the match."
"Around when Mandy speared you off the apron into the barricade?"
"That sounds about right."
Elias is leaning beside the door as I sit down as instructed. The trainer does a few things, testing my range of mobility I guess. She nods before she steps back.
"What it seems like is a grade one strain. I'm going to mark you off of the live events and I want you to come see me before the show on Monday to see if I can clear you for that."
I blink before looking at the trainer. "That's it? I'm off of the live events this week? I could be off for Monday? Are you serious?" Out of the corner of my eye I see Elias poke his head out the door a bit before stepping out all the way. "Do you know how long I've been in this company? Quite some time. I've never been out at all for injury and I've only been out once on sickness."
Out of the corner of my eye I see Elias come back in with Renee and Dean with him. The trainer put her clipboard down. "Jasmine, I understand that, I do. But, now that you do have an injury you need to take care of it."
"It's a grade one strain! Like I can't do anything with that, please." I stand back up and see Dean push in beside Elias and Renee and step closer. "This is ridiculous. You can't do this."
"Jasmine, if the trainer-"
"I know my own limits! I've had more pain than this and still went out there and put on one hell of a match. You can't take me off, no." I'm practically glaring at the trainer at this point and Dean has stepped back because he knows better. But, Elias doesn't. He puts a hand on my arm and I face him now to be met with hard-set face.
"You need to rest."
I do a set of neck rolls before jerking my arm away. I walk, more like stomp, to the door. I look back at Elias who is right behind me and the trainer who looks relieved. "This isn't over."
I walk out the room. I walk down the hall ignoring Elias' attempts to stop me. I walk to the women's locker room and change back into my workout clothes. I jerk the door back open as I go to leave and am met with Elias.
"I've never been out on injury. I'm not starting now." I walk past him just enough to shut the door and then look up at him. "I've been through worse and still wrestled." He's just looking down at me, not like he was earlier. "What?"
He smirks, still looking down at me. "You are insanely stubborn."
I couldn't help the little chuckle that came out before I jokingly shoved him. "You know what? Fuck off." We both just start laughing as we walk towards the gorilla position. "Thank you for trying back there by the way. But, I'm still fighting." I shake my head a bit.
Elias stops walking and pulls me to a stop as well as we're only a few feet away from the curtain. "No."
I look up at him, and I can't get a read on him which causes me to squint my eyes. "I am."
He shakes his head before tilting it to just one side. "You don't listen."
"I don't, you're right."
"Do me a favor, and listen this one time."
My eyes meet his, and I finally can get a read on him.
"This is the first time I can get a read on you. You're... worried?"
He starts looking around before he looks back down at me and nods. "Yeah. Because a neck injury can turn into something career ending." He puts a hand on my cheek, letting his thumb run over the skin. "And while you've never been out on injury, being out a job would be worse princess."
I walked back a step, laughing. "Had me till the princess comment." He starts to laugh. "But this one time, I'll listen. I won't wrestle till cleared."
"Good."
He's given his cue and walks out.
But, I can still feel his hand on my face. Dear God, Elias what are you doing to me?
I sit down in the grass, groaning. The guys, their girlfriends, and I decided to go to the park since we're off on this amazing Wednesday.
"I'm just alone is all." I laugh as the girls sit down with me. "No, you all have your boyfriends and then I'm just... me."
"What about Elias?" Renee looks at me smirking. I raise an eyebrow. "I saw you guys before he went out on Monday."
I look away from the group, blushing slightly. "That was nothing. He was just trying to get me to listen to the trainer."
"By looking down at you and all that cute shit?" The other girls laugh.
"Renee!"
"I mean it. Coming at you and putting his hand all gentle on your face and shit."
"Renee!" I was louder that time and the boys just so happened to be walking back to us after doing a couple laps around the park.
"We come back, and I hear someone screaming Renee's name like it's their job when it's mine. What's up?"
"Jasmine is just-"
"No, oh my lord. Nothing is going on. Renee is just being silly." All eyes cut to me as I'm getting up, dusting off my black cuffed jeans. "I think it's my turn for a run."
"In that outfit? You'll sweat to death." I turn and look at the new voice, who just happened to be the topic of a previous conversation.
"Good thing I have a sports bra on under this then." I strip out of my white sweater with black stripes along the sleeves and the midsection to reveal a black sports bra. I throw the sweater to Galina who catches it before handing it to Roman to put it on the table. I pull my laces tighter on my black converse before pulling my hair into a ponytail as I see Elias walk up to me. "Can I help you?" I smirk up at him.
He's pulling his hair up with a grin. "Who said you have to run alone?"
We both take off, just running and laughing. He stops suddenly which makes me stop and walk back to him. We're both out of breath, panting but I look up at him.
"What? Why stop?"
"I want to show you something."
I raise an eyebrow in question before following after him. He leads me a little out of the park, onto an unmarked trail.
"Elias, where are-"
"Just keep following me, okay?" He look back and reaches a hand out. "Do you trust me?" I look at his hand for a moment before nodding and taking it.
He leads me further down the trail and then jerks us off the trail and past the trees. I'm met with the sight of a beautiful pond with high grass and patches of flowers surrounding before more trees cover it. It's.. beautiful. I look to Elias at a complete loss for words.
"Found it a few years back." He walks forwards, taking a seat at the edge of the pond. "Never showed this to anyone else."
I feel my own legs carry me to beside him before I sit as well. I look up and over to Elias. "Why me, then?"
He looks back at me and the look in his eyes made me almost melt. "You're special." My mouth slowly opens before my eyes blink rapidly and I shut my mouth again. He looks down laughing a bit. "I've rendered you silent. That's an accomplishment."
"Special how?" I need him to say it. For my sanity, I need him to say it.
"You're not like the others. They can't keep up with my wild swings. You said they give you whiplash, but you're keeping up."
I'm still looking right at him and my mind flashes to a conversation I had yesterday with Seth. A conversation where Seth basically told me that I like Elias, which I denied to no end. A conversation to where Seth told me to go for it because it's obvious Elias likes me back.
I take in a breath of the air. "It's because I like you."
Elias' gaze snaps up and back to me, his eyes meeting mine.
But, once again our moment was ruined when Roman and Galina came crashing through the same area we did drawing both Elias' and my attention.
Roman runs back out. "Told you I saw them run in here!"
Elias and I look back at each other before he stands up and walks the group. I slowly bring myself to do the same thing.
What the hell did I just do?
A/N: I am so sorry that I missed a week. Like I was typing, and I was really into where I was going and then... a bunch of my long distance friends pulled me into a voice chat. I've been doing some seriously long voice chats too! Had one that went 24 hours. My throat hates me.
I might do another update on Thursday depending on some things.
Much love as always!