About two weeks later.
The results of their exams came out pretty good, and clean for both of them and Frank was happy about it. Dieting was strict for both of them but everything was going pretty smooth.
"I don't like broccoli." Camila said trying to discuss her diet with Frank.
"Well, you're gonna like it now."
"But-"
"Eat your veggies."
"Okay, obi-wan."
Tommy didn't discuss a lot of things, he is still getting acclimated to this new way of training, thinking before punching kind of style, it was hard because he was the kind of punching and not think about it style. He was getting classes of muay thai and Bjj, and all those years of being a wrestler were going pretty well.
Camila old habits of training were going away too, she likes Frank's style, it matched her in some weird way the only thing that was getting her a little bit frustrated was, Beethoven; and there was another thing that was a little bit frustrated too:
Guys at the gym, three of them had already asked her out and now she was feeling all kinds of awkward because she had to said no to them, you know... Frank's rules.
No dating & no fucking.
She didn't understand why such primitive rules but Frank's rules came first and her career too.
And speaking of dating & fucking, Brendan Conlon had a lady friend that wanted to introduced to his little baby brother, Susan Rossi.
"You want to set up Tommy with Susan?" Tess said with a frown, she didn't know if Tommy was actually ready to date.
"Yeah, she's great... kind of girl that I see Tommy with." Brendan said thinking that it was a good idea, Tess look at him and think about it...
Susan Rossi, she was a woman with a big Italian family and she was a very easy going and there were little to none people that actually didn't like Susan, she was really sweet and caring but love hasn't been treating her very nice and she was ready to change that. And there's were Brendan and -now- Tess came in and they arranged a family diner at home and invited Susan over so Tommy could meet her.
Susan Rossi was over the moon, because she think that Tommy was very good looking men and just about the range of age that she was, Susan just turned 30 a couple of months ago, but she was great and very gorgeous woman.
"Hey Tommy, we had a friend over to eat dinner today. I hope you don't mind..." Brendan said to his brother with a smug smile on his face.
"No, it's your house." Tommy said as a matter of fact. "What's with the smile?"
"I think you will like her."
"Her?, it's a girl?"
"A woman," Brendan corrected him. "Don't said this to Tess, but she's really and I mean, really hot and sexy with that Italian girl thing going on-"
"Wait," He said raising a hand and frown looking at his brother. "You're setting me up with a chick?"
"Not a chick, a woman." He corrected him, again and Tommy rolled his eyes.
"I can get my own woman, Brendan. I don't need you steeping up in that too." He said a little bit frustrated and Brendan shake his head.
"I'm not setting you up with her, I'm setting her up with you. Helping a friend out, she likes your sorry ass for some reason."
"What?"
"You heard, she's really great Tommy. I think she will be good for you, everybody need a woman like her on your side." Brendan said and Tommy just stay quiet for a while, thinking that maybe it was a good idea and besides he haven't been close to a woman in over two years,
It was good damn time now and the thing was that this girl-eer woman was pretty cute.
"So, you're a fighter?" Susan asked and Tommy nod a few times.
"Yeah, I just started training again... about two weeks ago." He said digging into the broccoli on his plate.
"Oh, that's great and... how is everything going?" She asked putting her blonde hair behind her ears, flirting she was flirting.
"Good, a little hard because I was... uhm, unable to train properly for a while" He said choosing his words carefully. "But i'm getting there."
"You do that thing that Brendan used to do? The MMA stuff?" She asked, and man... she was trying to get Tommy to talk, but he was very difficult.
"MMA stuff?," Tommy asked witn a little smile on his lips.
"Yeah, you know... trow them in the ground and punch them unconscious." She said and laugh and Tommy just look at her because she didn't have IDEA what MMA was, apparently.
"Something like that, yeah." He just said and gave her a look trying not to laugh, thinking that she was trying and it was kind of cute.
Yeah, she was cute.
"Fuck. my. Life." Tommy heard this girl said while lying on the floor with her legs up after going up for a full 200 hundred kicks each leg in the heavy bag.
"You okay?" He asked her offering a hand for her to stand up.
"I'm dying, my legs are on fucking fire." She said accepting Tommy's hand and Camila felt the fire and couldn't get up, "Ugh, fuck this."
"First fight is in two weeks, get over yourself." Campana said to her and kick her (gently) on the butt. "Get up and stretch a little bit." He said and Tommy laugh. "You start cooling down, were done for today Tommy."
"Alright," He said and started to cool down his muscles with Camila at his side.
"He's going to the dark side, jesus Christ." She mumble and stretch her leg and felt some relief.
"You're gonna fight in two weeks?" Tommy asked her.
"Yeap, with some Ukrainian chick. She's pretty good, eh... I don't know her name but she's a kick boxing world champion or something like that." Camila said and sat down singing deeply and clean some of the sweat on her forehead.
"And how you think is going?"
"I'm gonna kick her ass back to Ukraine, that's how's going." She said and Tommy laugh again, making her laugh.
"You have an idea of how?"
"I'm going to send her back?," She ask and Tommy nod. "Don't know, wanna bet or something?"
"Okay, yeah," Tommy said crossing his arms across his chest. "what you said?, submission?"
"Yeah, I can do that." She said and clap her hands getting exited. "Alright!, yeah. How much are you willing to loose, buddy?"
"Five hundred bucks?" He asked.
"Hell yeah. And to make it interesting for you, because I know I will win. I mean it's a fact." She said and Tommy laugh. "Take a hundred for each round I don't submit her ass."
"Alright, alright. I like that, yeah." He said laughing too and shook hands with Camila.
"I'm not going to take your money, Brendan." Tommy said for the last time while talking with his brother after dinner, they were on the deck outside of his house looking at the girls playing in the swing.
"You need it, Tommy. I had enough I don't need it."
"Good for you, I'll make my own money and besides you're helping me out letting me stay here and feed me. I can't possibly take your money too." Tommy explain, again, and Brendan wasn't about to let it go that easy.
"You can paid me back later."
"I don't want a loan, I don't want it." Tommy said getting a little bit agitated, so he turn around and got inside of the house and his big brother follow close, but stay on the door for the girls outside.
"Tommy-"
"Drop it, Brendan." Tommy said and grabbed his jacket and muttering that he was going to take a walk.
"I got a call this morning," Frank said to Tommy while he was taping his hands to start sparring with some of the guys. "TAP OUT wants to sponsor you; but I knew you didn't use a lot of their stuff, so I talked with them about clothes." He said and Tommy looked at him waiting to keep talking about it. "So, I'll said to them to swing by tomorrow and talk to you. You alright with that?"
"Yeah, yeah... I'll talk to them, Thanks men." Tommy said and think about the money that he desperately need, and also that means free clothes that he will welcome it very much.
"What? Why will they want to sponsor me?, I haven't even got a first fight." Camila asked with a frown while she took a bite of the banana she was eating.
"They know you're good, Cami. They seem you fight in the ring with muay thai and bjj, you're good and obviously your looks actually help a lot."
"I don't use TAP OUT stuff, Frank."
"Yeah, I know... Conlon said the same to me."
"Tommy had the same offer?"
"Yeah, probably wanted to do something with you two."
"Oh, like... modeling stuff, you know, pictures and all that?"
"Yeah. And that's good money Cami."
"Yeah I know, get me some recognition too." She said and sigh thinking about it, she need money. "Okay, I'll talk to them."
Tommy was now lifting some weighs until he saw a pair bare, tanned, toned and soft looking legs on his side almost making him drop the weighs.
"Tommy, I heard the dudes from tapout contacted you." Camila said now crouching at his side, Tommy sigh and fasten up his exorcise.
"Yeah, why you ask?"
"They contacted me too. Frank said something about posing with their stuff, lot's off free shit and money." She said and Tommy gave her a quick glance at her face, he sigh and started to see the bruised almost gone and if he think before that she was beautiful with half of her face was bruised, he can't now understand such beauty in this girl. "And I really don't want to be there standing like an idiot while people take pictures of me, you know alone. If you considered it, I will too."
"I still don't know how much cash is on it, but I guess so."
"Cool, you know be sure to ask them more than five hundred because you have to paid me the bet." She said joking around and Tommy let out a chuckle.
"Right, right." He said. "I'll said they rise yours a little bit more, you're gonna be tight for the rest of the month."
"I will win, dude. You already lost."
"Next week, will see." He said and started lifting his weights again and laugh.
"Will see my ass."
"That I look everyday." Tommy said being a little of a tease, and of course she will tease back.
"If you have to paid me every time you look at my ass, I'll be already retired living in a masion. Good luck for you I don't charge." She said and started walking away, and Tommy did look at her ass and she was flipping him off while walking, making him bark with laughter.
"This girl."
