Not that bad // Rhea Ripley

18- Ingest

"I don't need to ingest poison, just to know that I'm alive."

xbishopx

He parked in front of a building, which I assume were the headquarters of ROH.

"Hey, ready to discover where you're going to work for a year at least." Scott asked.

" Fucking ready!"

We made small talk on the car and learned a little about each other. He's a great guy, he resembles Phil a bit, well on a psychic plan, because physically, they're completely apart. He led me through the building, and gave me a little tour. He showed me the training room, the lockers, and told me we'd be training here at least three days a week, and going to shows on the week ends. Well I don't have shows for the moment, but I'm still going with them to learn. And the manager told me about a feud I could have with them, during my training period, so they could introduce me to the crowd and the fans. I followed him to the managers office, who he said hello to and I shook his hand. He then told us Phil was at the infirmary, and we walked there. I was already a little lost in the building, and Scott reassured me, saying I would get used to it easily, since I'll be there a lot.

"Hey Punk!" Scott yelled. "I got a little someone for you."

" Yay, Rox!" He came to hug me, and winced a little.

" What's happening to you?" I asked worried.

" Well, during my last match with Colt Cabana here " he said while glaring at Scott. "He got a little bit too caught up in the moment and completely ruined my rib cage. But the doctors say it's okay, I just need to rest a week or two, nothing is broken or anything. So I'll be completely available to train Roxy, for those two weeks. Oh and while I'm thinking of it, Happy birthday!"

" Hey you should have told me it's her birthday!" Scott groaned. "Happy birthday Roxanne."

" Thanks, both of you." I smiled, kind of embarrassed.

" Did you show her around?" Phil asked Scott.

" Yes, before we went searching for you." He said. "Can we go home now? I'm kind of hungry."

" Yep, I'm done here anyways."

We all went back to the car and I sat on the backseat, since well, it's Phil and Scott's car. They drove to their flat, which is a 30 minutes drive from the ROH Headquarters. They parked in the private parking and I proceeded to get my suitcases out of the trunk.

" Here, let me help you." Phil said while taking one of my luggage.

" No don't worry, I'll take them!" I protested.

" Roxy, we live on the third floor, I'm not letting you carry everything."

He winked at me and took the suitcase. I carried the other one and threw my backpack on my shoulder. We climbed the three floors to their apartment, and Scott opened it. Phil led me to the room I'll stay in. It was a small study room with a convertible couch.

"I'm sorry, this isn't much but I can't offer you more for the moment. " He said, embarrassed.

" It's perfect Phil, don't worry !" I reassured him. "I don't need anything more. And thanks a lot for taking me with you. You're letting me live my dream, and that's amazing."

" Hey, it's nothing !" He assured. "I know how much you love wrestling, and I saw how heartbroken you were when he told you that you were underage."

" You're the best Phil!"

I hugged him, careful not to hurt his ribs more than before, and then he let m unpack my things. I called my Mom to tell her I had arrived, and I was safe and sound in my new temporary home. I then did a group call with the guys to tell them the same, as I was unpacking and putting my stuff on their new place.

" Hey Roxanne !" I heard Michael yell. " How was your flight?"

" Well I slept for like 10 hours, which I had never done before." I chuckled. "And then I watched Star Wars for the 9 remaining hours, so you could say it was a pretty easy flight."

" And how is your new place?" Ashton asked.

" I'm sharing an apartment with Phil and his friend, Scott." I explained. " I think I'm gonna have a hard time adjusting to the new time zone, and it feels like I've gone back in time, it's weird. Like I left on the 31st, and here, we still are the 31st." I laughed. "And it's so fucking cold here! I forgot that here it's like fall, and when I left it was Spring."

I ended the call some minutes later, and went back in the living room with the others. It was a bit weird since I wasn't at my home, like, I didn't want to break any house rules if there were some, and I don't know, I guess I'm just scared of being a burden.

" Ah, I hope you don't have anything against Vegan food. "Scott sighed. "Phil is the one cooking tonight."

" No I don't. But I didn't know you were vegan Phil?" I asked him.

" I actually started right when I came back here after my trip in Australia." He explained. "I realized I had put on a lot of weight, so I decided I'd try veganism, and well that suits me."

" Oh, okay." I finally decided to ask some questions about the house. "Erm, I wanted to know guys, if there were any rules here?"

" Well, there is one really important, but it's easy to apply." Scott said. "You clean up your own mess. Phil and I aren't really messy people, but according to him, you are not either." He smiled at me. "But at least you know, and the other 'rule' kind of is that we take turns to cook. Like One day it's Phil, the other it's me, and well now we'll exchange turns between the three of us."

" That's alright with me."

" Other than that, you're completely free to do whatever you want." He made a pause. "Oh right, I have to give the keys!" He got up and went to the door, taking a spare key from a little bowl. "So here is the key to the apartment door, and that's the key to the building. You also have the keys to your locker in ROH, which we'll show you later. We don't have spare keys to the training room for you, but Phil and I have them, and you're probably going to train with us anyways right?" I nodded. "So, problem solved."

" Dinner's ready !"

We ate together. My first ever dinner away from my home. I felt a little weird, but the guys are really friendly, and I think I might be able to feel at home here in a few weeks.