A/N: Thank you all for the favorites, follows, and reviews so far.

Also if you're wondering about face claims: Ashley Greene is the face model for Makenna and Grace Phipps is the face model for Delilah.

Just Keep Breathing
Chapter 3: NXT, Bay-Bay

Makenna parked the rental car in the driveway. She switched off the engine and stepped out into the warm afternoon sun. A gentle breeze from the water rustled her soft blonde curls.

"This place looks cute." Delilah shut the passenger door as she appraised the small blue beach house.

"I really like the style and the curb appeal." Makenna led the way up the sidewalk. The real estate agent was waiting for them on the porch.

"Good morning, you must be Makenna and Delilah, nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you too," Makenna shook the woman's hand. Delilah followed Makenna's lead and shook the woman's hand. "This looks like a beautiful property."

"Oh it is and just wait until you see the view." The agent replied as she unlocked the door. She pushed it open and motioned for the girls to go inside. Makenna led the way in. They walked into a small entryway beside the kitchen. The kitchen was open to the living room. From the kitchen you could see right through the large french doors that led to the patio. A beautiful view of the beach and the ocean was easily visible through the french doors and windows along the wall.

"Wow, this is absolutely gorgeous." Delilah ran her hand over the counter tops. "We wouldn't have to change anything except maybe paint some walls."

"I agree, can we see the bedrooms."

"Feel free to walk around. I will wait for you here." The girls walked around the house, viewing the bedrooms and bathrooms, as well as closets and other storage spaces. After viewing the entire house they walked out onto the patio. The patio led onto the beach. The view was beautiful and Delilah knew how much Makenna wanted to be right on the beach.

"This place is pretty much perfect." Delilah looked at her best friend.

"I agree. Do you think this is the one?"

Delilah nodded, "I doubt we will find anything as beautiful as this, with these views and the access to the beach. I think it is a good choice."

Makenna clapped her hands excitedly, grinning from ear to ear. "Then let's go tell her we are interested in making an offer."

Adam sat in the back of the restaurant, waiting for Britt to arrive. He had been rehearsing what he was going to say, replaying it over and over in his head. He had left his home feeling guilty but confident that he would be able to go through with what he knew he had to do.

Then he had been left waiting and insecurity was creeping back up. Britt was a nice woman; he hated the idea of hurting her.

He forced a smile and stood up and pulled out her chair when she approached the table. She was dressed in a simple black dress and her hair was down and straight. Even if it wasn't an elaborate outfit, she still looked beautiful.

"You look gorgeous, Britt." He said as she took her seat.

"Thank you, you don't look too bad yourself." She kidded as he returned to his seat.

He smirked, "Thanks. So how is everything?"

"Great - I have a few bookings coming up."

"That is great. Have you thought at all about setting up your own practice?"

"I plan to eventually - Just not right away. How about yourself? How is everything in NXT?"

"It's great. We have some house shows coming up later this month and then there will be more in December."

The waiter approached the table and took their orders. After he left, promising to return quickly with their drinks, Britt smiled and folded her hands in her lap.

"I was kind of surprised you sprung this date on me. I thought you were going to be busy at the Performance Center this weekend."

Adam rubbed his hands anxiously against his pants. "I wanted to see you."

"Well I can't complain about that."

You are going to when you find you out why I wanted to see you.

Adam frowned at the thought. Was he really making the right decision? What if Delilah wouldn't forgive him? What if she wouldn't even speak to him?

The waiter returned with their drinks and Adam thanked him before he walked toward another couple who had just been seated.

"Maybe I can come to one of the house shows and watch your match." Britt suggested. She took a sip of her iced tea.

Adam sighed. He couldn't keep her hanging like this. It wasn't fair… It wasn't right. "Britt, listen…. We need to talk about something…"

She frowned, "Is everything okay?"

"Honestly Britt, not really."

"What happened? Is there anything I can do?" The brunette leaned closer, her eyes wide with concern.

"No… no. It's me. I am sorry. " He looked down. He brought a hand up to rub the back of his neck as he stared down at the floor. "I think you are an amazing, wonderful, talented, beautiful woman, but - I think it is for the best that we end things."

He slowly glanced at the brunette, who looked sad. She tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear. She turned her gaze toward her hands, "I thought things were going well this time."

"It was. It's just….

Recognition dawned on the face of the Brunette. She pursed her lips in annoyance, "Delilah."

Adam sighed, "How did you know?"

"I saw that she and her tag team partner recently signed with WWE... It really is because of her, isn't it?"

Adam nodded, "I saw her at the Performance Center the other day. . . and as soon as I saw her all of the old feelings came flooding back."

"What did she say to you?"

He furrowed his brow, "Well… I didn't get much of a chance to talk to her."

"Is she seeing anyone?"

That thought hadn't occurred to him… although, he had the feeling that if she was seeing someone, he would have heard about it. "Not that I know of."

"Do you think she is interested in being with you again?" Britt inquired. She took a sip of her drink.

"That is why I want to talk to her. I have a lot of things I need to talk to her about, including what happened between us before."

"It sounds like you are leaving a lot to chance… what if she isn't interested?"

"I can't think about that right now." Adam sighed. "We shouldn't be having this conversation. I can't believe I am sitting here talking about this with you."

"Some part of me knew, deep down, I was never going to be enough compared to Delilah Rayburn." Britt tried not to sound bitter. She wasn't that kind of person. It was just hard having such strong feelings for someone who couldn't get over their past.

"Britt - It's not that . . . you are amazing . .. It's just -"

"No, Adam. You don't have to explain. I get it. We can't change our feelings."

Adam rubbed nervously at the back of his neck, "Yeah, you're right about that. It wasn't easy - doing this. I do care about you Britt and I hope we can be friends - even if it takes a while. I just knew what I had to do the second I saw her."

"It sounds like you are walking into this situation with no idea how it is going to turn out. You don't even know if she still has feelings for you."

Adam frowned. He didn't want to think about that possibility. Delilah had reacted strongly toward his presence at the Performance Center. It was hard to imagine she didn't feel something for him - he just hoped she would talk to him.

"I need to find out. Either I need to work things out or I need the closure that we never got." Adam just hoped it wasn't the latter.

Britt sighed and gave a sad smile. "I think maybe I should go. Thank you for everything, Adam." She stood up. "I wish things could have been different but, I understand. Delilah must be a really special girl."

"She is." Adam stood up too. He gave the brunette a quick hug. "I really am sorry."

She nodded, "See you around." She gave him a half-hearted smile before walking away.

November 22, 2018

Makenna had just brought the last box out of the closet. She sat it down on the couch. She had expected Delilah to be back already. The brunette had left to go to one of the Thanksgiving days sales. Makenna had been surprised when her friend had said she wanted to go, seeing she didn't like being in crowds.

Makenna opened up the box to one of the two Christmas trees that the girls owned. She began to pull out the pieces when the front door swung open. Delilah appeared, two large cloth shopping bags slung over her elbow, dragging a large box.

"What did you buy?"

"They had these beautiful trees on sale. I couldn't resist. Wait until you see it."

"We already have two trees!" Makenna laughed as she rushed forward to help her friend with the box.

"Oh, what's one more? It is always good to be festive."

"We are probably the only people in the world that have more Christmas trees than The North Pole." Makenna joked, but Delilah rolled her eyes.

"I figured maybe we could put this one on the deck. Wouldn't it look beautiful when we sit out at night?"

"Are we going to have enough ornaments?"

"I bought some beautiful plastic ones for the one on the deck - just to be safe."

"Good idea." Makenna peeked in one of the bags. She pulled out packages of beautiful sparkling blue, teal, white and gold ornaments.

"I thought they would match the house."

"I think they will." Makenna looked at the pile of boxes and totes in the living room. "We have a lot of work to do - we better get going." She said as she pulled the lid of one of the totes filled with decorations.

December 25, 2018

Delilah mixed the eggs, milk and vanilla with a whisk. She had woken up early so she had decided to make breakfast before Makenna woke up. She knew how much her friend valued her sleep, so she didn't want to wake her friend up, even if it was Christmas morning.

She quickly made a pot of coffee and filled the tea kettle with water. She was still dressed in the outfit she had slept in, a pair of white lounge pants and her white harry potter sweatshirt that read mischief managed. Her dark hair was up in a messy bun and she had slipped her white and black cat slippers on her feet as soon as she woke up.

She grabbed freshly sliced french bread and dipped it in the egg mixture. She put in in a pan and dusted it with cinnamon. While the first batch of french toast was cooking she cut up some fresh fruit and whipped up some homemade whipped cream.

She repeated the pattern with the bread until she had used up the egg mixture. She grabbed two mugs out of the cabinet and made a cup of coffee for Makenna and a cup of tea for herself. She had just pulled the last batch out of the pan when Makenna entered the kitchen wearing a Kenny Omega t-shirt and a pair of black and white plaid pajama pants.

"Merry Christmas!" Delilah greeted her best friend enthusiastically. She handed Makenna the cup of coffee she had made her. "Awe, aren't you cute repping one of Kenny's shirts?"

The blonde rolled her eyes but smiled gratefully and took a sip of the warm liquid. She slid onto one of the stools at the breakfast nook, "Merry Christmas. Wow, the food smells amazing."

"I made french toast and fruit." Delilah handed her friend a plat of french toast and a bowl of fresh fruit. She grabbed the syrup and set it down on the counter. "Hopefully it is okay."

"Your cooking is always okay." Makenna rolled her eyes as she put some syrup on her french toast.

"Glad you think so." Delilah grabbed her own french toast and fruit and sat down beside her friend to eat.

The duo ate in comfortable silence. After they had finished eating Makenna put the dishes in the sink while Delilah made Makenna another cup of coffee and herself a second cup of tea.

"I think we have waited long enough." Makenna said once she sat the last dish in the sink. "It is time to open our presents."

Delilah laughed at her friend's enthusiasm. "You are right, we have waited long enough. Let's go." They walked over to the tree and sat down. Delilah sat their drinks on the coffee table. She grabbed the first present and handed it to Makenna before getting one for herself.

The girls opened their presents while laughing and chatting. Delilah had gotten up to get a garbage bag while Makenna got out the last present under the tree.

"Hey Del, there's another one here for you." Makenna sat it on the table beside her friend's empty tea cup.

Delilah returned with a garbage bag in her hand for all of the wrapping paper. She frowned and picked up the box. The name tag wasn't in her best friend's hand writing and there was no name listed beside 'from' on the tag. It was a small, light box. She ripped the paper off and tossed it into the garbage bag. It was a black velvet case, she opened it up and removed a folded piece of paper, to expose a beautiful gold necklace with an opal cat pendant.

She sat the box on her lap and unfolded the note. She read it over and crumpled it up, tears welling in her eyes. She snapped the lid to the box shut and grabbed her cup of tea. She took another sip, trying to fight the lump forming in her throat.

"Del, what's wrong? What was it?"

Delilah cleared her throat and handed her friend the box. The blonde flipped it open and looked at it.

"It's beautiful. It suits you perfectly too…"

"It's from Adam." Delilah took another sip of her tea. She didn't want to let him ruin her day. She loved Christmas and she had been having a great morning with her best friend.

"I'm sorry, Delilah. I am sure he meant well. I don't blame you for not wanting it though."

"I just want to forget about it and enjoy the rest of the day."

Makenna nodded, "I understand." She got up with the box and crossed the room. She put it in a drawer and closed it. "We can watch some Christmas movies and maybe later we can go skating at the rink?" Makenna suggested.

"That sounds like fun." Delilah smiled slightly.

"Then you are making hot chocolate."

"It would be my pleasure."

Makenna sighed when her phone rang. She grabbed it off of the coffee and instantly smiled.

Delilah looked at her knowingly and stood up. "I am going to go get dressed." She left the room, giving Makenna privacy to talk on the phone.

Makenna answered the phone, "Hey there. . . Merry Christmas."

"Merry Christmas to you too. Are you having a good day so far?"

"Yeah, it has been nice. Delilah made a great breakfast and we opened our presents. How has your day been?"

"Mostly uneventful, but peaceful. Speaking of presents, I was calling to tell you your present would be there in a few days."

"You didn't have to get me anything." Makenna was surprised.

"I wanted to. So what other plans do you have for the day."

"Well D just went to get ready since we just had breakfast and opened our presents. We are going to watch some Christmas movies, then we are going to go ice skating at the rink, and after that Delilah is going to make hot chocolate."

"That sounds like a really fun Christmas Day." Kenny couldn't help but think it would be more fun to be hanging out with Makenna than spending his Holiday by himself. "I take it Delilah likes to cook."

"Very much. . . and she is very good. You will have to have dinner here sometime when you are in the states."

"That sounds like fun."

"What did you do today?"

"I went and did some volunteer work, saw a few friends, had a quiet dinner and now I am playing some video games."

"Sounds like you had a nice holiday too." Makenna couldn't help but think that a night in playing games was probably an idea night for Kenny.

"It should be enjoyable. I better let you go. It is getting late here and I don't want to keep you from your day. Merry Christmas Makenna."

"Merry Christmas Kenny." She hung up the phone, a beautiful smile appearing on her face as she headed upstairs to get ready too.

January 3, 2019

Delilah grabbed her rolling suitcase out of the back of Makenna's car. They had just arrived at Full Sail for their first set of tapings. To say she was nervous would be an understatement.

She waited by the car while Makenna grabbed her own suitcase, closed the trunk, and locked the car. Once her friend had her bag, Delilah laced her arm through Makenna's free one and smiled, "Are we ready for this?"

"You know we are."

"It doesn't make me any less nervous."

"I know. I am nervous too but, we just have to go out there and put on a great show and do what we do best."

Delilah smiled appreciatively at her friend as they walked toward the front doors. Delilah held the door open for her friend then followed her inside. They walked into the backstage area. They made it down one hallway before running into their first NXT superstar.

Johnny Gargano was already dressed in his ring attire. He smiled at the two girls, "Hey! Welcome to NXT."

"Thanks." It was obvious Triple H had informed the talent about their debut. Makenna smiled appreciatively. Delilah smiled too, but remained silent.

"You two are going to kill it here in WWE. You will be fantastic additions to the women's locker room."

Delilah felt her cheeks grow hot at the complement. "Why thank you."

He nodded, "Here let me show you to the locker rooms then I can introduce you to everybody."

"That's very nice of you."

He shrugged it off and led the way down the hallway. After a few quick turns they were at the women's locker room. "Here we are. How about you drop off your stuff and then I can introduce you to some of the other talent?"

"That would be really nice, thank you." Makenna opened the door and took her suitcase inside, Delilah followed behind her friend, giving her a skeptical look.

"Come on Del, we are going to work around these people all the time, it is important to meet them and interact. Let's go."

Delilah left her bag with Makenna's and reluctantly followed her friend out of the locker room. Johnny was leaning against the wall waiting for them. He smiled when they come out of the locker room, shutting the door behind them.

"We appreciate the tour." Delilah said quietly.

"My pleasure." Johnny began to walk down the hallway. "Regal's office is down that hall. Catering is this way." He led the way toward catering. "If you keep going you will end up at gorilla."

"Luckily it isn't too complicated or I would get lost." Delilah murmured.

Johnny chuckled and led the way into catering. "You get used to it." He motioned toward the furthest table, "That's Shayna, Marina and Jessamin. Over there is Io, Kiari and my wife Candice. And over there is all of the Undisputed Era."

Delilah fought the urge to run when she noticed Adam's eyes on her. She had to be professional no matter how hard it was.

"I'll take you over to meet Candice. I think you will get along wonderfully." He led the way over to one of the tables surrounded by women.

"Candice , this is Makenna and Delilah, the newest members of the women's locker room."

"Nice to meet you, please join us." Candice motioned for them to sit down and both Delilah and Makenna occupied the seats.

""Thank you." Delilah said.

"So the Santa Monica Sweethearts are finally in WWE? "

Makenna nodded, "And looking forward to showcasing when we can do."

"Maybe sometime we will get the Sky Pirates vs the Sweethearts.

"That sounds like it would be a lot of fun." Makenna said.

"So who was your inspiration to wrestle?"

"NO way I can pick only one." Makenna answered with a laugh.

Johnny pulled up a chair as well and sat by his wife. The group fell into a comfortable conversation.

Delilah was sitting at one of the vanities set up for the superstars. She had her makeup bag setting on the table. She and Makenna had decided on their black and pink attire, so she was applying some black eyeshadow for a smokey eye. She finished applying her eye shadow and began to dig through her bag for her mascara. When she picked her head up to apply her mascara she found the reflection of someone standing behind her. She screamed and dropped her mascara.

"Hey, Delilah." He said. "I didn't mean to scare you - I just wanted to talk."

Delilah fought the urge to snap at the man standing behind her. She hadn't been in the mood to talk to him but, now she was even more irritable after he scared her in the mirror. "Adam, you fucking asshole, what are you doing?"

The man behind her had the grace to look abashed, "Sorry I didn't mean to scare you. I just wanted to talk." He repeated.

"Don't you think if I wanted to talk I would have talked to you at catering?"

"Come on Del. Please."

Delilah growled under her breath as she applied her mascara.

"Did you get your necklace?"

"I did - "

"Did you like it?"

"It was. . . .beautiful. Thank you for thinking of me." Delilah grabbed her lipsticks out of their bag. She blended pink and black lipstick on her lips and added a layer of glitter.

"Do you have a minute - maybe we could step outside and talk."

Delilah frowned and spun around on the chair. "I am sorry . . . there isn't anything for us to talk about, Adam."

He frowned, "Please, Delilah. I have been trying really hard to be patient but, there are so many things I need to discuss with you. All I want is a chance to explain."

Delilah sighed and stood up. She stared into his bright blue eyes, the bright blue eyes that - at one time - she had thought she would stare into for the rest of her life. It felt like she had swallowed a ton of lead. "Fine, but not right now. Soon. I will let you know."

Adam smiled appreciatively. "Thank you Delilah." He reached out to touch her shoulder but she shrugged away. He frowned in disappointment.

"I'll text you." She said, with an air of finality in her voice. She watched as he walked away down the hall. She sighed and went back to completing her hair and makeup.

Makenna and Delilah made their way down the NXT for the first time with "Venom" by Icon For Hire blaring throughout the Full Sail Speakers.. "The following women's division tag match is scheduled for one fall…" Kayla Braxton announced. "Introducing first - from Santa Monica, California… Makenna and Delilah, they are the Santa Monica Sweethearts!"

The NXT crowd cheered for the tag team and the duo high fived the fans' hands as they made their way down the ramp. Makenna was wearing a black bejewelled busiter with metallic pink shorts and Delilah was wearing a pink bejewelled bralette with black leather tie up shorts.

They entered the ring and waited on the arrival of their opponents - Vanessa Borne and Aliyah.

The sassy duo made their entrances with the NXT universe jeering the two ladies. As confident and poised as ever, the two entered the ring and stared at Makenna and Delilah as if they were inferior to them.

The bell rang and Makenna and Aliyah started the match. Makenna immediately took town Aliyah with a headscissors takedown. She then grabbed Aliyah and pushed her to the turnbuckle and reigned down with elbow forearms to the face.

Makenna boasted to the crowd and they cheered her on. As she came dodging towards Aliyah, she was met with a thumb to the eye. Aliyah had some downtime to tag in her partner, so she tagged in Vanessa.

Makenna, who was still dealing with getting thumbed in the eye was kicked in the back with stomps - courtesy of Vanessa. The curly ravened haired woman grabbed a handful of Makenna's hair and yanked her back down to the mat. She then put her feet on Makenna's hair and raised Makenna as Makenna yelped in pain. Vanessa let go at the count of four. The sassy woman tagged back in Aliyah and Aliyah excitedly got into the match.

She attempted to lift Makenna off the ground, but she kicked in the face by Makenna. Makenna then nailed Aliyah again in the face with a sickening roundhouse kick.

Delilah was beating the turnbuckle to get the crowd behind Makenna and was successful. Makenna rolled to the corner and tagged in her partner.

Aliyah was ready for the offense on Delilah, but she was wrong because Delilah ducked a clothesline that was attempted by Aliyah and hit Aliyah with a clothesline of her own. She nailed two more clotheslines.

She hit a swinging neckbreaker on Aliyah, but the count was saved by Vanessa. Makenna ran into the ring and tackled Vanessa to the outside.

Delilah drug Aliyah to the middle of the ring and springboarded off the second rope with her famous Santa Monica Spiral. The referee counted to three and the crowd cheered as the Santa Monica Sweethearts got their first victory in NXT.

Makenna got in the ring and hugged Delilah. The referee then raised their hands in victory as "Venom" once again played throughout Full Sail.

"Here are your winners - Makenna and Delilah… The Santa Monica Sweethearts!"

Makenna was in the locker room by herself when she had a message from Kenny. Let me know whenever I can talk to you.

Delilah had went off to the costume area to talk new outfits with one of the designers and she wasn't sure what the rest of the women were up to.

She had just got out of the shower and was now makeup free. Her freckles were glistening. She was wearing a black and white striped sleeveless turtleneck with a black leather jacket over it, dark blue denim shorts over a pair of black sheer tights. Her wavy blonde hair was covered with a black beanie, but some wavy strands still stood out.

Instead of messaging Kenny back, she just decided to facetime him. He answered after two rings. "Hello, there. So, how was the show?"

"Amazing," Makenna smiled. It was surreal that her and Delilah had their first match in NXT.

"I bet you kicked ass out there, Davis."

"That's what I do best, Omega." She laughed.

"Everybody is being nice to you right? Because I will send some strongly worded tweets if anyone messed with you."

Makenna chuckled. "You know Johnny and Candice and Io and Kairi. Those are the people Delilah and I have aligned with."

"Has Delilah seen Cole yet?"

"Yep, but that was inevitable. I think she's done an amazing job."

"Good. So, I have a question for you."

"Alright. What's going on in that mind of yours?"

"How would like to come to Vegas in February? There's a Backstreet Boys concert and I was going to see if you wanted to come see them alongside myself, Nick and Matt and their wives?"

"It depends on when it is because we have some house shows that we're doing in February."

"How about you just message me your schedule? We'll figure out something."

"Sounds good."

"Have you beaten your Resident Evil game yet?" Kenny wondered. The Christmas present Kenny got Makenna for Christmas was the Resident Evil 2 remake video game.

"I have completed Claire A and Leon B. I am halfway done with Leon A and Claire B."

"You wasted no time," The Best Bout Machine teased.

"At least I'm putting it to use. So, thank you."

"I'm glad you like your present. I appreciate the gift you got for me.."

"I know it's not as awesome as what you got me-"

"-it was fucking awesome that you took a Street Fighter shirt and turned it into a throw pillow."

"Hey, Makenna…" Candice LeRae interrupted. She saw Makenna facetiming someone and was shocked to see Kenny Omega. "Kenny! Hey!" Candice waved.

Kenny laughed. "Hey, Candice."

"Sorry for your interrupting your conversation."

"It's okay," The Winnipeg Native assured. "I need to go anyways. I'll talk to you later, Makenna."

"Later." Makenna ended their facetime chat.

Candice's pretty face had a look of amusement and intrigue. "So, you and Kenny Omega?"

"We're just friends."

"But, you like him," Candice observed.

Makenna didn't say anything, she just blushed. Candice's observation was right.

"It's okay, I won't say anything." Candice acted like she zipped her lips. "However, I do think you and him would be good together."

Makenna smiled to herself. She sure thought so too.

A/N: Hope you all enjoy this chapter; thanks for reading.

XO, Danie and Kimberly