** I don't own any characters of AEw and WWE only my OC's
Chapter 2: unexpected encounters
"Hey baby!" Eliza said with excitement as the wooden door opened from a modern size house that looked like it was newly built less than 13 years ago but wholesome at the same time. Eliza had parked on the street because she knew they were taking her sister's car that was parked in her driveway. The garage was attached next to the house and looked like the same style as the other houses down the street but they all had something different about them. This neighborhood was in the suburban area , just down the street from where she and Eliza used to stay as young kids through their teenage lives. On the other side of the doorway was a teen boy that was almost the same height as Eliza. He looked no more than 13 years old with busy coily black hair and freckles running across his face over his nose. His eyes were dark blue and his complexion was of light skin tone, the melanin that his mama gave him. " By the end of next year he will be towing over me." Eliza said in her head. It was her nephew who was 13 years old from her only sibling, her older sister Lisa. They was 8 years apart from her and her sister. Lisa was when she had Jospeh and married when she was 7 months along. Eliza was only 14 at the time, so sometimes she looked at her nephew as her baby brother.
"Aunti, I'm not a baby no more." that same young boy said. He stood there looking annoyed wearing a graphic T-Shirt that said "Cowboyshit '' in cursive bold white letters. She raised her eyes knowing her sister would probably yell at him for having this on. Last year she had gotten him an old school graphic Generation DX with the letter of their infamous phrase "suck it" for Christmas and her sister totally chewed her out on it.
To her sister it was worth it. Being the cool Aunt, but she would never do anything to her her nephew. It was her that told him to punch the bully that was making fun of him. He wouldn't talk to his mom about it so he told his close Aunti. That next day she received a call from her sister stating that Jospeh and another student had an alteration which led to the other child fill with bloody bruises. IT was his bully, Lisa was frustrated that he uses violence but thanked her sister for looking out for him.
" You know your mother is going to have a fit if she sees you with this. Who gave you this shirt?"
"Mom did," he said with a big smirk across his face. Eliza's face was in disbelief.
¨Ain't no way your mom let you wear that shirt." she said
" Don't worry Ezzy, I did buy it." Her sister said as she came down the steps that were only feet away from the entrance of the house. "But you made me give back that DX shirt for Christmas last year?!"
"It's okay Aunti, mom and I made a deal.¨ he simply said
"Mom never breaks a promise, I said that if I can do well the first half of the school year and get straight A's I can get whatever I want within the bounds of reason. So, I gave her my report card and told her I wanted this T -shirt" her nephew said. She knew her nephew was smart but making negotiations and deals with his mother, he is his father's child. A top young lawyer on the rise, now established as a big money lawyer who only does top clients. 1 year ago his mother and father was going through a divorce when she found him and his assistant going at it in his apartment when she had lil Joseph holding his hand. She might have wanted to save the marriage, but since Joseph saw. She didn't want to set the example for her son, which she told me in confidence, I agreed. It was one of the few things we did. ¨
You use what I told her, you little sn..¨ ELiza whispers to her nephew but was stopped by her sister
"What are you gossiping about?" His mother said coming down from the steps
"Well and started to ramble on and on about his favorite wrestler". Eliza said
He then blurted out and said "He just doesn't give a shit and it's awesome!"
"Watch your tongue young man!" Eliza's sister looked at her son with a stern look, making Joseph's eyes move to the wooden floors and apologize.
"Sorry mom." Joseph said as he put his head down.
"You don't have to be harsh, sometimes cuss words slipped out. Remember we use to sneak using them sometimes when we were his age. You know how kids are.
" And you do?" Lisa snap back art her sister as she was putting on her light jacket that had a quilted pattern that was all over blue on.
"Please don't argue again. You guys promise to be peaceful at the event." James said as his face pouted so his mom and aunt won't go through their argument again. He hoped he would be like before his grandparents passed 7 years ago. James' mother and aunt had a 10 year difference. His aunt was 24 years old and his mother was 31 years old.
"Can we go now?" James' face expresses a hint of sadness and irritation of the situation.
"You heard my nephew, let go." Eliza said with a smirk on her face as her and James headed to the car before Lisa could get the last word in.
20 minutes later…
They finally had made it to the arena where the wrestling show was being held. Eliza faintly smiled as she saw almost everyone wearing some kind of wrestling shirt and somewhere holding signs of phrases to possibly catch their favorite wrestler's attention. Her mind went when she was only 5 years old going to a wrestling event with her father. She had always been a wrestling fan and wanted to be one when she got older but these dreams never happened…
"This brings back memories, who ever knew WWE would have competition?" Eliza said to her sister with glee in her eyes as they were standing in line outside waiting for the doors to open in the area in downtown. The weather had a light wind but still warm enough that you could wear a dress without feeling cold. It was still in transition into fall so the greeny trees hadn't turn into their beautiful warmth colors of the reds, yellow, and orange.
"I know right? Father would have a kick with that before he passed."
Lisa said with a warm smile. All three were all in line waiting for the doors to be opened. There was a huge crown ready in line to get in to see the show. Luckily they had left on time so they could beat the traffic coming here since the arena was in their downtown center.
"Im more of a WCW but WWE was golden in the 90ś, especially with Austin and DX!." Joseph interrupted them
"What do you know about WCW? You weren't even born when the Monday Night wars started." his aunt said to him.
"I know more than the regular 13 year old fan. Didn't you want to be a wrestler, Aunt Eliza once?" he asked her and Eliza froze as she saw her sister tense up from the question. That statement really brought up old memories that she wanted to push in back of her mind.
"I would have but your sister stopped me." she said, trying to not sound like a woman with a grudge.
"That's because they treated women like shit in that company and you know it, because you wanted to not go to college and mama and daddy already had a trust fund for you to go." Lisa said in trying to rebut what her sister said.
"But daddy supported me into going into wrestling school. Then after he pass.. you sure made that happen" Eliza said, getting irritated.
"Can we not do this now guys?" Joseph said, both Eliza and Lisa looked at each other in shame knowing that they didn't want to spoil Joseph's first wrestling event.
Eliza POV
My little nephew grew up so fast that I couldn't believe he had more mature behavior than his mother and I sometimes. The doors opened and I was going in and out of thought. I am so happy to spend time with my nephew, I won't let my sister spoil our fun, besides I am the cool aunti for a reason. I was walking past a blonde man that was tall and I immediately thought of him… It's been months since that night with the handsome blonde stranger. I couldn't stop thinking about his lips on mine, the way he made my body feel. His hands made an impression on my body and also his other assets. Those blue eyes appeared everytime I close my eyes. Even though I had only a few experiences before him, those couldn't compare to the experience he gave me. It's really unfortunate that I never got to know his name. I left before he could wait because I honestly panic about me having feelings. Could I be dumb? How could I have feelings for a man I just met and fucked.
"Eliza!" my sister snapped me out of thoughts.
"Are you okay? You've been dazing out since we got into the car." Lisa said to me, looking concerned.
"Yeah.." I said while she looked at me knowing I was. I had to think of something quick. I never told my sister about my one night stand with my handsome stranger. I mean she is kind of a prude.
"I'm fine just thinking about the job I applied for the other day." I finally thought of a little white lie, but she stayed with me a little bit longer. It seemed like she asked another question and I was preparing to make another white lie.
"It's starting!" My nephew saved the day for me but the look on my sister face looked 'we are going to talk about this later'
I really hope I enjoyed this.
"I can't believe that I'm at a pay per view and it's in AEW!" James said with his eyes light up. He sure loves wrestling like I did growing up. I remember watching old tapped WWF with my dad and us having fun and me thinking of what my name was going to be. We played wrestle as Lisa helped mom with the cooking.
"THIS CONTEST IS SCHEDULED FOR ONE-FALL WITH A 30 TIME LIMIT…" the ring announcer said
"Wait, they have time limits?" I said to James in some interest
"Yeah! It's cool because the match can end with a draw! Their booking is soo good!" he said looking at the man coming down the ring. I smiled seeing so much of myself in my nephew.
"You really know you're wrestling huh?" I said to him. The man entered the ring with disdain in his eyes and many people were booing. Well he was the heel of this match.
" Well, you were the one who made me watch it with you. Also Pac is soo cool! Hangman is even better though!" Joseph said as he looked onto the ramp waiting. All of sudden almost everyone was chanting "COWBOY SHIT, COWBOYSHIT."
Joseph looked at his mother for approval to say it.
"Aw, come on! I said the worst with dad when he took me to wrestling events." I said to her and gave up quickly and gave the nod of approval. My nephew smiled and began chanting with the rest of the crowd.
"Wow he must be popular, huh?" I said to my sister
"Yeah, Joseph loves him. Especially have that promo he did a couple weeks ago on Pac." she said.
I looked at her confused and she caught me staring at her.
"What?" she said in confusion
"You know what a promo is?" I said and she laughed.
"Well, I did pay attention to you and dad." She smiled at me.
Music came from the titantron and everyone got up and started cheering cowboy shit even louder.
"AND HIS OPPONENT FROM ALUM CREEK, VIRGINIA. WEIGHING 219LB HANGMAN ADAM PAGE!" Pyro came off and it startled my sister.
I laughed at her reaction as I saw my nephew's eyes widen. I turned to the ring and the man was wearing a black bandana and for some reason it was though I felt something familiar about him. His body structure was broad and toned and it was also familiar. He took his black and white bandana off as he turned to our way of the crowd.
"Oh my fucking god…"
3rd POV
Eliza's face dropped and her heart started to race. The arena started to feel a bit fuzzy as her eyes was focusing on him. Show couldn't believe her one night stand was right in front of as her nephew cheered like a full fan girl in front of her.
"Apparently this is one of Joseph's favorite wrestlers." She came closer to her sister's ear as her son didn't pay them no mind to his mother and Aunt. He was chanting his favorite wrestlers names.
" I'm planning to get him another one of his shirts for his birthday coming up, if he keeps it up with his grade. Or even have you get it for him, since I made you take the one you got him for last Christmas back. I know I wasn't feeling it last year about this but wrestling has been a real cheer up when you know… it keeps him mind off of his dad not being here sometimes." Her sister shook her head as she felt her voice sounder. She changed her expression on her face and said with a smile. " He will love it!" Eliza shook her head and gave a faint smiled
"I...I gotta go to the restroom." Eliza stuttering and completely ignore what her sister was saying and was about to get up until her sister stopped her
"But you just went before we took our seats,...omg god are you pregnant?" she said with worried eyes.
"Of course not! I just drank too much water." Eliza responded " You always have to go to the extreme" she added on.
"You know you don't drink water, all you do is drink your Daniels." her sister rebutted and Eliza froze for a moment as she was about to say something back but quickly remembered the urgent situation she was in. She began the process of getting up from her seat.
"I'm going to continue on to use the restroom" Eliza said with an irritated tone and walked up quickly up the stands. Their seats were front row and she didn't want him to notice her. She finally got upstairs and went straight into the bathroom area. It was like it was forever, but she needed to be alone at least. There was one woman that was finishing washing her hands heading out of the Women's bathroom. Eliza waited to express her emotions in her face as the lady dried off her hands and left the half pink bathroom.
She quickly looked underneath all the stalls and was thankful no one was in it and finally lead out "WHAT THE FUCK!" said in a low scream so no one could hear from the outside
She quickly took a deep breath and began to inhale and exhale like she was trying to keep calm and not may it seems what she is making it out to be. "Why am I hiding?" She said to herself as she looked into the mirror "It's fine, it's fine. You are making it bigger than it actually is Eliza!" she continued
" I have to talk to Angie about this because I can not make this shit up." Eliza said as she pulled out her phone from her brown Fanny pack that she loved carrying around. It was so convenient since she didn't like carrying purses on such occasions, especially having them on the floor . Purses don't belong on the floor, not how she was raised.
She quickly went to her messages and it was a number at the top of her messages that seemed to have. ¨The contact name was 5 Lifetimes¨. Since they both agreed that they have met each other in their past lives. They met when she was the same age as her when she went to the same college. The reason why she picked the college she did was because she was forced to go to college and it was the same one her best friend attended. A long thread of messages already more than others.
It ranged on the other line a few rings until a soft female voice came through answering.
"Hey girl, aren't you supposed to be with your sister and nephew? Oh ok don't tell me you and your sister got into another fight again" a female sassy voice came through ready for what comes next.
"No we didn't " Eliza said, rolling her notice knowing that she was only half right about her and her sister having a few disagreements in 3 hours.
"Then what's up girl?" the female caller said
"I saw him! Out of ALL the places he could have been he's here in the ring, while my nephew is chanting his name and has his fucking shirt on. Oh! And did I forget to mention hes his favorite wrestler!" Eliza fastly said.
"Girl who are you talking abo...oohh him...Well did you say hi?" Angie said with a smile and a small laugh and she couldn't contain her laughter knowing this was a golden moment but also a crucial moment for her best friend.
"This is not funny! This is embarrassing." Eliza said as she rubbed her free hand to her temples because of the situation.
"You know you are happy to see that man again, plus that was always your type. Wrestling." She said as Eliza could hear her smirk after that sentence.
"Don't you mean wrestlers." She rebutted
"Nope, I said what I said" Angie replied
"Angie! I don't need this right now… Wait, why am I so worried? He probably doesn't even remember me. He's a wrestler, so he probably had plenty some good good on the roads before. So that means he doesn't even remember so I'm good right?" Eliza was reassuring herself but that thought alone made her upset..
"Or not, and you gave him the best "good, good" he had and remembered you from the deep sea of the crowd and finally found his Cinderella." Angie said and made it sound like an Adult Rated R, Disney movie.
"I hate you." Eliza said as she looked at the phone as she saw a text from her sister saying
" Are You okay?" - Annoying Sibling, the contact name said on her phone.
She quickly texted her back saying "Yes, I'm fine. Maybe it's something I ate earlier." She put her phone phone back to her ear and continued her conversation back to Angie
" Where are you anyway in the building?" Angie said, confused
"I'm in the bathroom, I kinda ran when I saw him in the ring." Eliza said
"You didn't see him down the ramp?"
"Yes I did, he had a black bandana on her face. It wasn't until he went inside the ring and took it off until I realized who he was. We also had floor seats on the floor so I dipped. His match should still be going on…." Eliza said as she was waiting for Angie respond but it was silenced
" Angie?" Eliza paused because Angie was unsettlingly quiet.
"That's him!?" Angie yelled through the phone as Eliza had to pull it away from her ear of how loud she came through the phone.
"Wait, are you watching the show?" Eliza said confuse
"Yeah, I wanted to see what he looked like since you didn't bother to tell him what he looked like."
"Because, it wasn't a big deal. The sex was nice though.¨
¨Hell, it should´ve been because the next day I saw you and you didn't stop glowing for a month straight.¨Angie said with a spoonful of cookies and cream flavored ice cream in her mouth. Enjoying the taste.
¨No I wasnt¨
¨Sure you was,¨ Angie said in a playful tone. ¨The things thats normally pissed you off, was little matters. RARE¨
¨Whatever, anyways, I also thought I would ever see him again…He is fine, huh?" Eliza said as her face turn a bit red in her rich cheeks .
"I can literally hear you smile through the phone. Plus you know my type and yours are different. Why did you leave the hotel room without leaving your phone number?" Angie said as she was watching the match unfold on her tv screen in her bedroom, that had memories of family and friends, especially with Eliza, she wasn't a friend she was family.
"Because it was a one night stand sort of thing, plus I didn't want to come off as… I don't know. I really wasn't looking for anything serious you know! Just a nice fuck, that what is , thats how it says, and thats how going to stay." Eliza said
"Then why are you in the bathroom?." Angie said with a quick comeback
"No, I wasn't ...I mean.." Eliza couldn't help but smiled thinking about that night.
"Shut up Angie!" Eliza said as she was trying to lower her own voice just in case some people entered the bathroom she didn't know about.
"Plus I don't know why you didn't know his name, but now you do!" Angie said happily
"This does not mean anything. Is his match over with yet? I know he won't remember me but it would be awkward for me."
"Ughh, ….uhhhh yes it seems like it went to a draw." Angie annoyingly saying
"Thank you, I'll call you later and I might stop by because I need a couple drinks and some greens after this." Eliza said
"Alright I'll be up hun. Text me when you comin´. Also try to have fun for the remaining time of the show and enjoy yourself with your family. You can un stress when you get here." Angie said and reassured her friend. She always comes in clutch in times like this and the same with Eliza.
It wasn't a one way friendship. If one needed something the other goat. If one got a promotion the both celebrated. If one had a bad day the other would listen so the other could vent. That is why Eliza valued Angie so much it was like they were supposed to be sisters unlike her and Lisa she thinks sometimes. Eliza sometimes felt that they weren't sisters at all with having almost nothing in common.
"Bye girly!5 " Angie
"Byyyyyyeee." Eliza said and ended the call shaking her head as she put back her phone in her Fanny that was around her waist.
"Alright lizzie get your shit together." Eliza said, trying to pump herself up so she got back to her seat. Then suddenly her mind raced back to him.
'He looked so good though...No Eliza it was a one time thing! ..okay?...okay I got this.." She finally had the stomach to go back to the stand where her sister and nephew.
She reached the tunnel and was about to go down until a security guard stopped her in her tracks. He was a tall man that was built and he looked like he was one of the wrestlers.
"Um, I'm trying to get to my seat sir." Eliza looked confused.
"You've been requested from the back to come with me." a deep voice came from his mouth
"Umm, I don't understand?" Eliza said as she was eyeing a big tall man that was in front of her, blocking her way. He had long brown hair that was pulled up into a bun and his best was a soft brown with reddish undertones. He was wearing all black with black slacks with black combat shoes. His top was a black polo that had the gold lettering that spelled "AEW"
"One of the wrestlers said they knew you and wanted to bring you to the back." the tall buff man said to her as his arms were still folded.
"Follow me." the tall man said and she followed nervously.
" um sir, I don't know anyone who works here," Eliza said with anxiety
The tall bearded man turned around making Eliza pause in her steps and face the man.
" Listen Miss, I don't make the rules around here, I'm just taking orders for my boss, he says he knows you and you two go way back. Follow me if you will, Miss" he said and began to walk away and Eliza decided to follow suit.
"Know me? Go way back?" Eliza said to herself. "Unless …." She paused her thoughts for a minute trying to solve the mystery. " Unless he remembers me.. oh god. This can't be happening! Wait no Eliza this might be a good thing.." Eliza smiled at the fuzzy feeling, her face flush and warm. She shook her head to get it together "Let's see where this goes" . Eliza's eyes wandered as they were headed to the area of the arena where only people with clear verification could access. It was a big curtain that had noises coming from it and seemed like people behind it. You could tell it was wrestlers and the production team by the way you can see the drinks and snacks on the table that you could see peeping on the side of the curtain by the wall. Another big tell man with short black hair was standing at what seemed to be the entrance. He saw the man and looked at me and the man that was with Eliza said "She was requested per the boss orders" he said plainly
He nodded to him and let them pass through. .
3 minutes 34 secs later…..
It seems though they have been waiting forever towards the backstages but she knew it wasn't that long since she hadn't heard a call from her sister or a buzz of a text from her sister. She must be really enjoying her time up with her son. She remembers the time where her sister loved wrestling with her but she grew out of it. Eliza never did, she often ditch class to sneak in to attend class at the nearest wrestling school. Eliza had a fake ID and lied about her age to get a bit of advance training during regular school hours, until her dad caught her but instead of telling her mother he kept quiet and when im 15 I could start some wrestling training after class or even a summer program.
She meet what felt like a brick wall as she bumped into the tall security man that seemed to be Riles M. that what she read on his badge seemed to be.
" oops sorry" Eliza said with a timid voice
He said nothing and she looked around and noticed they were a door that had a silver plated on it that says " The Elite" . At the point Eliza was confused, wasn't his name named Adam? She did get to thinking that this pay has actually been a mix up. Riles M ,the security man, knocked on the door and opened it a bit but only where he could see what was going on inside. He turned back around, opened the door for her and signaled her to come inside. She slowly walked into the room and her eyes wandered in the locker room that was painted in red and white for the state basketball team colors. There were a few royal blue and black Nike duffel bags on the benches with fresh white forces. Then her eyes stopped on two men. One that had darker long hair was standing up and the other had long light brown with a growing beard. He was sitting down on his phone. She couldn't believe what she was seeing. Two old familiar faces that she thought she wouldn't see again.
"Matt?!Nick?!…oh my goodness it's been forever" Eliza said, disbelieving her eyes.
"Wow you still recognize us after all these years?" Mat with the darker black hair of the two brothers said as he walked to her with arms opened.
"How can I forget my wrestling sensi?" She replied with a fist into her hand and turned her elbow up into a respectful playful Boeing posture . She couldn't believe the men that taught her the ropes while she was 15 years old are here! She still remembered as young men in their early 20 hungers for the competition and was risk takers and arrogant flyers the old cars would say about them.
" I don't remember this type of courtesy when we were training you." Nick said as he was getting up from the wooden bench to give her a brotherly hug.
" Where is my hug?" Matt frivolously said with a hint of compassion. He was standing there right next to Nick.
"Here here, Mr. Winny '' Eliza said had she opened her arms to Matt and he gave her a big smile and embraced her as the little sister she was to him. They were like her other little family. When she was getting started they stopped by a nearby training school to train at 's. She had the sassy mouth but the skills to back it up in the ring to be impressed with the duo that took her under their wing sort of speak.
" Where the hell have you been? When we came back to a few years back, old man Verd said you stop coming and left for college." Nick said with a hint of sadness and Matt's expression seemed to have the same vibe.
"Yeah, my mom and sister wanted to go especially after and my dad passed away…" Her voice cracked a bit
"Woah, Mr. F gone? We didn't even hear anything. We're sorry to hear that. We wish we were there for the funeral. Mr.F and Dale Verde were really close friends, I ev heard they were a tag team in the indies" Eliza looked at Matt with confusion , "wait he was a wrestler?" Their faces were also in confusion as well with her expression.
"Wait he never told him he was a wrestler…I knew he was a big fan, like I was but I never knew he pursued it has a career. He was always daddy who worked as a financial analyst for Chase bank to me who loved wrestling."
"We always thought you knew,especially with you being so naturally good you were in between those ropes." Mat said
"I guess there was a reason why I loved wrestling ... .but I don't know why he never told me," she lowered her voice at the end.
"Which company are you in now? We have been trying to search for you." Nick said to Eliza, Eliza looked at both of them and looked towards the ground
"I stopped…" she said in a very low voice so they wouldn't hear
"What?" they both said in unison
"I stopped wrestling a long time ago. I don't think I even remember how to take a bump." she said openly and playfully
"What? You? Stop wrestling? Eliza you use to be the biggest nerd I know when it comes to wrestling besides us. Also when you were in the ring we couldn't tell that you were as green as grass." Matt said
"That's because she wasn't" Nick added on to Matt's statement.
"A natural like you can't just lose their skills and passion like that…" Matt said
"Well enough about me, how about you guys? I see that you guys are still going strong, especially with this new place. I always said there will be another mainstream wrestling company that could be up to par with WWE." Eliza said
"Yeah, and we're the ones who help make it possible." Nick said with a smile on his face.
Eliza's face was shocked when she heard those words coming from his mouth.
"You're looking at the EVP's. , along with Kenny Omega, another wrestler we met along the way in Japan. Also, the son of Dusty Rhodes ,Cody Rhodes as the people called him the shining Prince of the Indies. We have a couple few close friends with us but us four hold power. We started this." Nick said with a smile in his face
"With of course the financial help of Tony Khan, his family owns several teams in different sports. One including the jaguars. He is the majority owner however. He signs the bills and the final say on the books" Matt said interrupting his brother
"All Elite Wrestling… I remember you guys always called yourself elite wrestlers but I didn knew I expected those words to have a bigger meaning altogether. How long has this been a thing?" Eliza said
"About a year now. We have been on television for 2 years now. It has been a process for almost 4 years now in the making ." Matt responded
"How is your sister?" Nick said with glee in his face. Eliza always remembers Nick having a crush on my sister and her sister liking him back even though she never admitted it. Eliza always thought that had at least had a chance, but if that was the case her nephew wouldn't be here. Life has its way on us.
"My sister is doing well , after the divorce she moved back home here." Eliza said as Nick's eyes lit up when she said the word divorce but a wave aof sadness hit him but I didn't comment on the topic. Matt looked at his brother as though he knew what he was feeling.
"Ahh, I see well, if her kid likes the show. He can come backstage to one of our shows and see what its like. Tonight is not a good night, there are some things that need to be handled in the back." Matt said
"Yeah a touch of drama, but that's the workplace." Nick added as he was putting his neon green and orange Jordan sneakers on. It matches their attire with their outlandish 80's influence ring gear with their macho man cut edges on their shoes and jacket.
"Speaking of work… Do you ever think about getting back into the ring? If so, you got a job here and the women could use some help as well. When we first listed our names me and Nick suggested you, but we didn't even know where you were located. We even tried researching some ring names that you mention but no promotion nevered booked you." Matt said
Eliza's heart began beating fast at the thought of being a wrestler
Ÿeah, we're still in town for a few more days and planning to head to the gym together tomorrow. Kenny said its a huge wrestling gym he was to see in this city. Come train with us¨
Eliza's heart began beating fast at the thought of being a wrestler…that's what she always dream of doing, the only reason she got this degree was because of her mother and sister. But her sister will have a mouth full if she decides to take a leap of faith…Do I still have it? She thought to herself. "This was my first love…something I always wanted to do. Plus there is a guaranteed job with my teacher being the boss here… but I don't want to be here if I didn't earn it…"
"I—" Mat and nick and Eliza Dialogue
The door opened and Eliza turned to see who it was…
Eliza POV
It's him…. the man I've been trying to dodge . It's him…
" Well, I have to get back to the seats. You know my sister, guys she can be overbearing sometimes. Even if I'm still an adult. It was nice seeing you guys again." I said and went my way towards the door. Just Pretend like you don't know him because of course he doesn't remember you. Just walked past him and out the door. My eyes went to his face and I decided to smile like a friendly stranger and tried to leave the room. As I was getting closer to the doorway I could smell his aura… damn even when he is sweating he smells so good. Snap put out! I passed him and for a minute I felt eyes on me.
" Wait, wait Eliza!" Matt said and it stopped… oh no… I regretfully turned around towards him as Adam was still standing in the doorway like he was paused for a moment. " Eliza, I would like you to meet one of our good friends, Adam, Eliza. Eliza Adam. We used to train her when she was a teenager and now look at her now all grown up. Is she about your age? You're 28 right? She is only a few years younger than you."
"So he is around my age." I knew he was 21 because of the bar but never asked his age.
¨I sometimes forget you are younger than us bro." Matt to Adam. I gave a warm smile to him and extended my hand out to him saying
¨Hi, it's nice to meet you¨ It was as though we had never met him before. He seemed confused. Does he remember?
"Nice to meet you too " he said with his rough voice and a warm smile that nearly took me out as he extended to me for a handshake. Our hands touched and I instantly felt a chill down my spine that went straight to my you know what.. His grip was firm and felt like it was getting a bit tight as I remembered those same big hands gripping my thighs tightly that night. I felt tension, yet I didn't look at his eyes. I let go first.
" So how about the trip tomorrow? So we can see if you can still run the ropes again." Nick said as he was stretching seemingly getting ready for their match.
" I don't think so, I haven't been in the ring since a teenager," I sweetly remembered
" Ah come on! You were always the smoothest out of everyone we taught" Nick insisted. I do miss being in the ring and now that I finally got my degree then…But my sister….What would she think?
" I'll see if I can make it. I gotta have a busy day tomorrow." I said as I wanted to slowly back away . I didn't make any contact with the man I had the one night stand with. I wanted to be gone. I was about 3 steps out the door when I heard someone run behind
"Hey Eliza, .." it was Nick we were trying to catch up with me "can you tell your sister I said hey. I would love to.. I mean we and Matt would love to see her again." It seems that Nick might still have some feelings for my sister. Even after all these years.
My sister was always to blind to see when she used to pick me up at the Mr. Mack wrestling school on Toru St off of 14 Ave. "I'm sure she want to see you guys too." I said in reassurance, which seemed to confirm his eyes gleamed with brightness, I turned around and continued not evingbdaring what was in back of me. It felt like eternity looking for the exit sign. It was then I finally saw some familiarity with the area and I saw those same dark heavy curtains. I was about 4 feet away until I heard running behind me and turned around. It was him… my one night stand. Oh no this was bad
"Hey!.." he sprinted down his way to me and I felt my heart pounding outside my chest.
He was right in front of me, trying to catch his breath. It was a awkward few seconds of silence until he spoke first "I'm Sorry to bother you.., but I ran out here to tell you, that,"
I was waiting on every word that man was saying.
"Yes?" I said wanting to know
He paused and looked into me intensely with those beautiful sea greenish blue eyes.
It seemed as if minutes were passing by until he spoke again.
"Nick asked me for your number so uh he and Matt can .. uh have you're number. He forgot to ask for it before you left." He said plainly and half of me was relieved and the other disappointed a bit.
"Oh, of course." I said as he pulled out his phone.
I gave him the number and headed out until he stop me again
"You should come and join us.." he said I was confused about what he was talking about.
" hm?," I pause and "Oh! The gym. You heard,"
"Yeah," he laughed, " Just a little." Which made me chuckle. Gosh, he's adorable…
"Sure, I guess I'll come." Those words just slipped out of me with ease. What was I saying? "Tell them to send me the address." Those were my last words until I walked behind the black curtain returning to my family. There was still 35 minutes left until the show was over. I finally looked at my phone and there were only 7 missed calls and 5 unread text my sister. Wow, she really must be enjoying the show. If not it would've been 50 missed calls and 100 unread messages. I still can't believe I said I was coming tomorrow. I finally reached back to my seat and my nephew was chanting along with the rest of the crowd and my sister was just watching intensively. She was never this curious about watching me practice back then.
"I'm back" I said as if I was interrupting them.
"Aunti! you finally back!" He said but never left his eyes in the action. The wrestling seemed to be in a intense fight. One had sliver long tight that had red, white and blue stars on them on the side. He had blonde short hair when I saw him his face instantly match the same to the face. The Cody Rhodes. Former Goldust in WWE. I was a fan when I was younger when he was Dashing Rhodes back then. Until WWE turn him a into stardust. There was a melanin women who was in the corner outside of the ring was wearing the same attire as him. I insistently knew it was Brandy. When I was younger I was a it too heavy on wrestlers lives.
"Where the hell have you.." My sister said to me
"My bad, I should had text you but I was caught up with Matt and Nick" I told her and her face froze a little when I mention Nick
"You said you saw Nick…Wow it's been years…" she said with a somber voice.
I didn't want to mention anything else as it seemed she was recalling something and sat back quietly. I was very curious about her actions. Did she miss him? Was he really the one who got away from her? I didn't want to ruin her somber memories. And all enjoyed if us Enjoyed the last match of the night.
3rd POV
The ride home was fun as Eliza nephew kept going on and on about the event as if his aunt time mother wasn't there.
"I'm glad you had fun, my love" Eliza said but her sister was still silently driving. Eliza felt unease by it.
They had finally made back at Lisa house who had the grass light on that made the small house look majestic with it white stone brinks which formed the house. As they rolled up onto her parking and parked, they all got out the car but Eliza wanted a hug from her nephew before he went in. She was exhausted from today and it was already late, she doesn't even think she will hang out with Angie tonight. Joseph hugged his Aunti tightly thanking her for getting these tickets in the first place. He had ask for tickets for a wrestling event and she thought it was an indie show. Eliza ask her sister first of course, which was surprise she said yes, handed her the money. Her sister has been a bit different, but she shook her head and thought she was looking too much in it. She said her I love yous and goodbyes then drove off onto the road.
24 minutes later, she had got back to her apartment that wasn't too far from her sister. Since she graduated she came back home where her sister newly stayed at after the divorce finalize. Eliza hustled moved in 2 months ago fully. It was a apartment that was a small community bear by the city close. The apartment had a modern minimalistic style with wide windows frames that dome had entrance with balcony viewing the gorgeous downtown area. The building was gated around with a decant size park in the back. The entrance had a black frame post that could see some of the details of the crystal chandelier with golden holdings and France style design. It was the only thing that was extregabte in the whole lobby.
She lived on the 4th floor, in the left wing of the apartment.
As soon as she locked her door she took her clothes off and went for a hot shower. Ight after she was finally to her comfy king size bed.
BUZZ BUZZ.
A ringer went off her phone, and checked her phone. It was and unread message from a number she didn't recognize reading
"Tiben Ave 1445, name of the gym G&R wrestle."
It must be Nick…. Or Matt. She liked the message. sent and replied
"I guess I'm coming," sent.
Not even a minute later there was a response. She looked at her phone and the message was simply a face emoji with a smile, which drew a smile from her. She liked the message and put her phone on the charger and rolled back on her bed.
She rolled back to her bed and said right before she close her eyes
"I honestly can't wait" she blissed off with a smile…..