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Anna x
Annalise POV
I arrive in LA the next morning and get dropped off at the hotel. I quickly shower and wash off the dirt from the flight.
I decide to get my daily workout in first. I change into some exercise shorts and a crop top and stick my hair into a wet bun and put my shoes on. I walk through the lobby and signal for a taxi.
I arrive at LA CrossFit a few minutes before my session. I organise my payment and take in my surroundings and notice two blondes that are the epitomy of LA girls.
I start to stretch when I hear two loud squeals. I look up a little startled and quite frankly annoyed and see that they are pointing at the reception desk where two good looking guys walk in. I immediately take notice of the guy has black hair. Wow he's hot!
The two guys look up after hearing the screaming and look in the girls direction and they squeal even louder. The guy with black hair looks in my direction and his gaze lands on me and for a few seconds and he gasps. I look away a little flustered and the two girls look at me in shock and walk over.
I cringe knowing that this is going to be awful. "Do you know who that is?" they ask me loudly.
I shake my head. "No am I supposed to?"
They glare at me. "That is Seth Rollins."
I look at them even more confused. "Am I supposed to know that name?"
The girls gasp. "OMG, she doesn't know who he is."
I don't even want to deal with this right now. "Seriously, do you think I care?" I ask loudly and they gasp. "Good for you to know who that is, but I don't, and since when was it a crime to not know someone." I rant and they are still speechless. "Now if you excuse me, I'm going to begin my workout, so you go ahead and squeal, whilst I work off a sweat and actually achieve something." I finish and walk off leaving everyone speechless.
Colby POV
Landing in LA this morning I'm tired. I've had Renee and Jon talking my ear off the whole flight and all I want to do is hit the gym and get these interviews done.
Once settled into the hotel, I drag Jon to LA CrossFit. We arrive and the session before ours is about to finish. I glance around the gym and see the other crossfiters waiting too
I'm talking to Jon when I hear two high pitched screams. Jon and I turn our heads towards the noise and see two girls pointing in our direction. "Looks like you've been noticed." Jon teases.
"Shut up." I groan. There's always someone that spots me, why can't people just go to the gym and work out?
I then notice another girl on the floor stretching and she looks to be bothered by the noise and she glances at them and cringes, I laugh subtly.
The brunette then turns glances at me and I'm left speechless. Jon nudges me. "She's hot." He whispers.
I glare. "Aren't you with Renee?"
He laughs. "I can still look."
The brunette quickly looks away and the two annoying blondes notice the exchange and walk over to her. "Do you even know who that is?" they ask.
She shakes her head. "Am I supposed to?"
They glare at her and I can tell she's getting annoyed. "That is Seth Rollins." They announce.
"They do realize that Seth is your character?" Jon questions.
"Am I supposed to know that name?" she asks confused and I can hear her Australian accent.
"Damn she doesn't know you." Jon teases.
"OMG, she doesn't know who he is." they scoff loudly.
She looks at them like they have lost their heads and stands up and I finally get a good look at her, and damn she's beautiful. She's 5'6, has shoulder length brown hair, a body that the ladies on the roster would be jealous of and natural features, no fake hair, no fake boobs, she's beautiful.
"Do you think I bloody care?" she asks loudly and I can hear aussie accent in full effect. "Good for you to know who someone is, but I don't, since when was it a crime to not know someone." she rants as Jon and I try not to laugh. "Now if you excuse me, I'm going to begin my workout, so you go ahead and squeal whilst I work off a sweat and actually achieve something." she finishes and walks off.
"Now that is a girl who knows her priorities." Jon admires.
Annalise POV
After my little spat with the two blondes I get my circuit set up and notice Seth Rollins and his friend are looking in my direction. I smile shyly and grab my water bottle and take a sip. They are very good looking, but the guy with black hair is hot. I mean really hot. I slyly observe him some more and notice he has his knee strapped up pretty tight.
I place my bottle down and get ready for the buzzer, it goes off and we begin our workout.
Once we've finished the first round we have a quick breather and get ready for the second round. "How long have you been doing this?" someone asks from behind me.
I turn around and see the blonde guy from reception. "A little while now, it's all I ever do now." I respond.
"We saw your little spat with the two blondes, good for you."
I laugh. "Thanks, I can't stand it when people do that, I'm all for people knowing someone and getting excited but don't make it awkward."
"Jon." he greets introducing himself. "And Seth Rollins over there is Colby."
I laugh. "I'm really sorry but I don't know who he is." I apologise.
"That's probably a good thing." he chuckles.
After my workout, I'm stretching on the floor when Seth, no, Colby walks by. He turns to face me and smiles. "Good stuff out there." he praises.
"Thanks, what happened to your leg?" I ask right out.
He looks down. "I tore my ACL, NCL and meniscus."
"Ouch." I wince. "How on earth did you do that?"
"I'm a wrestler."
"That explains the blondes calling you a different name."
"I've been out since July, so I got the go ahead to get in the gym but to go slow." he explains further.
"And CrossFit is slow?"
He chuckles. "I love it to much."
"So if you're a wrestler, do you wrestle for a company?"
"WWE."
"Holy shit! That's wild. I used to watch that years ago." I express.
"Well I'm in it now so you should start watching again." he flirts and extends his hand. "Colby, Colby Lopez, and what the two blondes know me as is my ring name."
I shake his hand. "Annalise Smith, but everyone calls me Anna or Leece."
"Nice to meet you."
"Likewise. What has you in LA?" I ask.
"Work, I have a new project coming up." he answers. "You?"
I grin. "What makes you think I don't live here?"
He laughs. "You don't seem like a Cali girl and your accent gave it away."
I chuckle. "It does give it away."
"Do you live in LA?"
"No, I live in Gainesville, I'm a coach."
"You are an athlete in some description?" he assumes as he looks me over.
I try not to blush. "I was, but that ended a few years ago."
"What sport?"
"Gymnastics."
"Nice, that takes incredible effort."
"It does." I agree. "I better cool down, nice meeting you Colby, and look out for those two blondes, they might just attack you."
"I think I should be warning you."
Colby POV
"You like her." Jon alerts from next to me.
"No, I don't, it's just nice talking to someone that doesn't know me." I deny.
"Well that was probably the last time you'll get to talk to someone in public single, you're the Bachelor now, you better start acting like it." he says and pats me on the back. I turn to look at Annalise who is stretching and I smile and head into the showers.
Once showered I walk out of the change rooms and see the two blondes still waiting around. They see me walk out of the change room with Jon and jump up. Just as they are about to walk over to us I hear. "OMG it's Seth Rollins." I turn to see Annalise in denim shorts and a singlet. "I know you now." she expresses and the girls glare at her. "Could I get a photo please?"
I laugh. "Anything for a fan."
"My best friend is going to be so jealous." she lies and Jon takes a photo as the two girls storm off and leave.
"I thought you didn't know him?" Jon asks.
"I don't, but it seemed like they were about to pounce so I thought why not save the day, do a good deed." She jokes.
"Thanks." I chuckle.
"Don't mention it. Well I'm off, watch out for crazy fans boys." she warns and leaves the gym.
Annalise POV
Five o'clock comes around and it's time to meet with Robyn. I have no idea what to expect, but hopefully I just be my normal self and they like me, or maybe I should take a shot before I go?
I leave the hotel and head to the studio where the sit down interviews are. I'm wearing a lace maroon skater dress, paired with nude wedges. My hair is in loose curls and for my make-up I have gone for a natural look.
I arrive at the studio and am escorted into a room where a young woman who looks to be in her mid to late 20s is on a couch and a camera is set up behind her. "Hi, Annalise, I'm Robyn." She introduces herself.
I walk over and shake her hand. "Hi." I greet.
"Please take a seat and ignore the camera." She encourages.
I look around the room a little intimidated. "Is this being recorded?"
"Yes." she answers and holds her hand to her ear and I see a headpiece attached to it. "Alright Annalise, first of all thank you for flying down."
"No problem." I respond crossing my legs.
"I'm just going to ask you some simple questions to start off and we will go from there."
"Cool."
"Good. So Annalise, I hear the accent, where from Australia are you from?"
"I'm from Sydney."
"Nice." She smiles. "What were you like as a kid?"
"I was trouble." I laugh and she grins. "Not trouble, like rebellious or locked up, I was just always on the go, I had so much energy to burn, my parents had trouble because they couldn't calm me down."
"Your parents still live in Australia?" She asks.
"Yes. Most of my family still does."
"What made you want to come to the US?"
"Sport." I answer.
"So you're an athlete?"
"I was. I got a sports scholarship at the University of Florida."
"What sport?"
"Gymnastics." I answer smiling. "I got to compete all around the US, for four years straight, I met friends for life there, I had a great time. Something I would have never gotten in Australia."
"You seem very passionate about your sport."
"It's my passion, it's the thing I'm good at, what I am known for."
"I take it you're not competing anymore."
"No, the one downside about gymnastics is that you can only do it for so long. But unfortunately my career finished earlier than I wanted it to."
She looks at me confused. "What do you mean?"
"I'll show you." I respond turning around and move my hair out of the way and unzip the top of my dress and show her my scar on the back of my neck.
"OMG." she gasps.
I turn back around. "I had an accident and I broke my neck." I announce.
She is silent and for a second I think she is just looking at me but she has her hand to her ear. "Tell me more about the accident."
"It's not the best story."
"This will be your backstory."
"I could have several." I whisper.
"So what happened to your neck?" She asks.
"I was half way through my senior year when I was at a home meet. I was on the uneven bars and preparing for my dismount and on my last giant one of the cables snapped and the force of it made me fly off the high bar and I fell upside down, landing on the back of my neck."
"Holy shit! How long ago was that?"
"Three and a half years ago, it took me a year to recover just from the injury itself."
"Did you get back in the gym?"
"Not as an athlete but I'm a coach."
"But look at you now, you must be happy with how far you've come."
"I am, I finished uni, got my degree, as well as love my job, I still get to be around the sport that I love."
"What's your degree?"
"Journalism, I write for the University, but in the future I want to branch out."
"Well, I think that is enough for now, would you mind if we take a break and come back?" She asks.
"Of course."
Colby POV
I'be been listening and watching interviews all day and some of the woman, most of the woman have been great but none have popped out at me.
Mike Fleis walks into the room with Chris and Renee. "How are you doing so far?" He asks.
"Good, it's better than I thought it would be." I admit.
He sits down next to me. "The next applicant is one that Robyn chose, and she seems really excited about this one." He expresses. "She showed me the application and I even had a laugh."
"What was so funny about it?" I wonder.
"Just the way it was put, she wasn't trying so hard but it was enough to get noticed."
The screen comes on and as soon as I see the person appear on screen my heart skips a beat, it's Annalise. "Now she is pretty." Renee notices.
Robyn begins the interview and I watch how Annalise carries herself and answers the questions, she looks comfortable and relaxed.
Robyn asks the basic questions and gets into further detail about her job. Annalise then tells us about her accident and all of us are surprised.
Robyn takes a break and joins us in the room. "What did I tell you?" Robyn says to Mike.
"You were right, she's perfect." Mike agrees.
"Why is she auditioning?" I ask aloud. "She seems to be to perfect for this show."
Renee turns to me and grins which I ignore. Robyn walks over. "I'll ask her any questions you want." Robyn replies.
I hand her a list of questions and she walks back out. "What was that about?" Renee asks nudging me.
"I'll tell you later." I whisper.
Annalise POV
Robyn walks back in a short while later. "Sorry for the wait." She apologises.
"Don't be." I wave off.
"Now that we know a little bit about you, tell me why you want to be on the bachelor."
I let out a little laugh at the faint memory. "To be truthful, it all started as a joke, and I was drunk." I admit and she cracks up. "Anyway, my friends and I saw one of the commercials asking for possible contestants and my drunk mind jokingly said that it would be cool if I were on the show and be the first Australian contestant."
"I'm assuming you didn't think this would work." She assumes.
"I completely forgot about it. I just went about my day like normal and then you called me and I had to try and remember what I put on the application."
"From what I see and what I read it makes perfect sense."
"I really hope that is a good thing."
"Trust me it is." she assures. "Other than being drunk, why be on the bachelor, what do you get out of it?"
I sigh. "I guess I want to do something for myself. All I've ever done is follow a schedule and have everything planned out, I guess I wanted to take a risk and be spontaneous for once, and it allows me to build I life for myself." I admit. "I'm nowhere near perfect, I have flaws as does anyone else, but I want to go on the show because I want to show people that you don't have to be fake, you can be real and still get something out of it, also my friends say that if anyone were to have an arugment with me, my accent will kick in and I would sound bloody brilliant."
Robyn laughs. "That would be very entertaining and you would sound even more badass."
"I agree, I was at the gym earlier and I could not stand these two girls, they thought because they had fake hair and fake boobs that guys would fall at their feet, but that is not how it works."
"True. So Annalise what are your favourite sports?"
"Do you have time?"
"Go for it."
"I love my netball."
"That isn't played here is it?"
"They are starting to bring it over here but it isn't well known." I respond. "I love Rugby, which is called NRL." I list off. "I enjoy NFL. I love baseball and softball." I continue. "What else, wrestling."
She looks at me shocked. "What?"
"Wrestling, I used to watch it when I was younger with my brother but he." I start to explain but I turn away from the camera and take a breath. "What else, I like basketball." I deflect.
"No wait go back, why don't you watch wrestling anymore?"
"I used to watch it all the time with my older brother, he actually got me into it."
"Why did you stop?"
I take a breath. "Life got in the way, I moved away."
After a asking a few more questions I bid farewell to Robyn and leave. That went better than I thought it would. I make my way back to the hotel and crash on the bed. I wonder if they will actually pick me?