Caught In A Riptide

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*Demi's POV*

September 23th 2018

After a super late night and an even earlier morning gym run I keep checking my phone for another message from Dani.

"Hey Rhea, you okay?" Tegan asked from across the room.

"Yeah, fine." I lied.

"Come with me, you clearly need someone to talk to." She replied.

I didn't want to but she stood in front of me waiting so I got up and followed her out of our locker room in the venue we were taping in today out to the corridor. Several hallways and an elevator ride later we walked in an open conference room.

"Okay, tell me what's going on." She told me while taking a seat at the table.

I didn't know where to start, it was alot to unpack. From me being closeted, to Dani and our flirting to the photos last night.

"Is it about a girl?" Tegan asked out right.

"How did you know?" I questioned.

"Takes one to know one. I'm guessing you're like me, not wanting the others to know." Tegan replied.

"Yeah, I don't want it to affect my career so I haven't told anyone. And yeah, it's about a girl. The journalist I had an interview with yesterday. We flirted hard and I got some photos from her. Nothing nude but it might have well been." I explained.

"Yeah, you got it bad. How long have you been single?" She laughed.

"About 3 years now." I sighed.

"Let's see the girl." Tegan insisted.

I pulled out my phone and went to the magazine website then to the staff section. It was a short scroll to her picture.

I flipped my phone around and showed Danielle's picture to Tegan.

"She's cute, and would probably compliment you well." She told me.

"Probably but I don't know how it would work out. She's in Australia and I'm here, working." I sighed.

"Hey, if you want her, get her. Alot of people in the business makes it work. Why should you be any different?" Tegan pointed out.

"Yeah, she did ask how I make relationships work while doing this. Why not have her find out first hand?" I laughed.

"Yeah, that's the spirit. Now let's go back down to the locker room. I'm sure they'll need us soon." Tegan replied.

I got up and followed her back down and she was right, as soon as we got back to the locker room we both got called to go have our match for this week's tapings.

The switch between love struck Demi and Rhea Ripley involved some Slipknot and just a few minutes of just clearing my head, channeling my inner Vegeta.

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*Dani's POV*

After my flight and getting Marie from my parents I had a nice long nap. I hated sleeping in a hotel, no matter how nice it was, I never could get comfortable like at home.

I finally got up and got moving to get something done. I gathered up my dirty clothes and got them in the wash before I decided to change my sheets.

Somewhere in there I finally texted Demi since my nap lasted longer than I had planned.

Dani- so what did you do today?"