~𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕟𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕞𝕒𝕣𝕖~

sparring

I went to bed quite early so I'd wake up earlier, I could not stop think about that girl. Even when I woke up, I decided that the only way I could stop thinking about her was to ask who she was. I woke up and grabbed my bag, looking at all the snacks in it once again, fuck I knew I couldn't leave it anymore. I sat it on the counter in the kitchen and emptied it, any of my protein snacks ended up back in my cupboard. "Holy shit... Sydney empties their bag!" I turned to see trav stood behind me, I tapped him on his arm "piss off.. I just forget." "Yeah right bitch you're worse than Me when it comes to hoarding" I laughed at him as he just sat there smiling. Eventually he made his breakfast and let me finish what I was doing. After that I left for the gym, jogging there.

"Nick! Sorry I need some info on someone, goes this gym" he nodded and began to look throughhis files. "Tall, short hair, big build, Aussie girl" he laughed and looked down at the files, pulling out a photo he had with her. "This your girl?" I nodded "YES!! Who is she?" He smiled and put the photo back "that is demi Bennett, she started here when she moved from Australia, that's all I can tell you, the rest is confidential" I sighed not being able to know any more about her "thank you... hey could you get me 2 of the 400mg caffeine pre-workouts I'm too short.." he stood up laughing, I handed him $5, telling him to keep the change, he grabbed me the two bottles. "Oh yeah, nearly forgot, she's waiting for you in the sparring ring" I stopped in my tracks "what do you mean?" He shrugged his shoulder "She said that you're a good fighter .." could it be... no way. I nodded to him and headed for my locker, placing my bag and a bottle of the pre-workout into it. I looked around to see if I could see anyone around before grabbing one of my protein brownies. I make my way to the ring and sure enough, she was exactly where Nick said she'd be. "Hey! It's nice to see you  again" I looked at her perched on the top turnbuckle "how did you know" she gave me a confused look "how did I know what?" "About me. How did you know that I was a fighter?" She snickered at me and jumped down from the turnbuckle "because I've seen you fighting here. With Nick and Arthur before he passed, are you okay" I was looking down atmy feet, I couldn't be mad at her, she didn't know. "Y-yeah I'm okay, Arthur was my dad... that's all" I said with a slightly shaky voice. "I'm sorry! I didn't know!" She placed her hand under my chin and wiped the tears that fell down my face.

"It's okay, you had no idea... Anyway, why did you want me here" she looke around " well, I've seen you spar with people, and watched you deadlift 100kg, very impressive by the way, and I need a sparring partner, for training" she looked at me with hope that I'd say yes "what's in it for me. And what do you do that needs a sparring partner" She laughed, "uhh, you get to learn new skill, beat people up for fun. And as for me, my career is... I mean, do you watch WWE?" She asked me rubbing the back of my neck "Yeah..." She perked up "watch it tonight, okay? NXT" I nodded but a confused expression remained on my face "So? You want to or not?" She asked, nervous for my answer. I sighed "sure why not..." She smiled at my answer "uhh great! We could start now" I nodded "Look, If I do this now, you need to drop me off at my drivers test" she smiled and nodded "Oh yeah, im-" "Demi. I know, Nick told me, im Sydney" she took my hand in hers, shaking it, her hands were rough, her touch gentle though.

We sparred for a while to the point where we were both drenched in sweat. Nick watched us for a while and smirked st me as I left for the locker room, leaving demi to catch her breath. "That's chemistry if I've ever seen it." I was stunned by his words. "What! Me and demi are... platonic.. She has a boyfriend anyway" I turned back around and headed toward the locker "a boyfriend that she has been arguing with..." I turned back around to Nick and he pointed towards a frustrated looking demi who was on the phone "It's been like that for weeks..." he said. I ran into her and asked her want was wrong as she ended the phone, "It's nothing, just boy drama" I frowned at her "he's jealous, he believes I cheated on him, which didn't happen, Im just close with a friend, a very d friend. And a very gay friend" I laughed at her "how petty. Does he know?" "Yeah. still got jealous. Anyway, someone has got their final test today, come on you don't want to miss it."

She drove me all the way to the driving centre where I met with my instructor for my final lesson where she'd determine if I get my license or not. I was extremely nervous to face the exam but once I did it, my stress was relieved. Demi waited for me to finish my lesson and drove me home. She slipped me her number before she left. I was happy to receive her number, though I wasn't sure why, she was just a friend. Trav and Izzy were excited to see a new face, izzy seemed quite excited for me but I assured her that me and demi were nothing more than friends. That nightI received a text and an email saying that I now had my license and could drive without people in the car with me. I was ecstatic to finally have my own car and I spent pretty much the entire night talking to demi. Although she ended up going offline the second NXT began with their matches. I just shrugged it off until rhea ripley entered the ring... holy shit.