Not that bad // Rhea Ripley

26- If You Don"t Know

"And I need you to need me to stay."

5 Seconds Of Summer

It was Wednesday and the day of the match was getting closer and closer. We went for training yesterday, and searched for the bookers, but no one was here except for athletes. We hoped to see someone today, to at least know who's is going to be on the match, since Phil decided to let the bookers decide. I got into training gear and hopped on the ring. We were early so there were only a few wrestlers that were training on the machines. Phil asked one of the wrestlers to do the match with us, so we could really get into conditions, since it's my first match, and so my first tag-team match too. I was on Scott's corner and Phil was with Chris Spradlin, also known as Chris Hero, a guy he had a feud with in the past. I was a bit afraid, but I'm supposed to wrestle Punk, who has my gabarit, and Chris will be against Scott. Scott started the match and I watched him closely, waiting for him to tag. Once he did, I expected Chris to tag Punk, but he didn't, and actually ran to me. I dodged his first attack, trying to collect my thoughts as fast as possible, and went for a dropkick to his face to stop him. I ran to the ropes, and dropped the knee. I looked at Phil and defied him, letting time for Chris to get up. He went for me, and I turned around to get close to Scott's corner. He tagged with Phil, and I had a great smile on my face. We have the same combat type, it'll be interesting. He directly ran to me and hit me like a truck. I didn't have time to prepare my fall, and landed flat on my upper back and neck. I rolled over, and out of the ring to get some time. I shook my head, I felt a little dizzy but not too bad. My back was still aching a little, but far less than Monday. I went back to the ring and performed a backstabber on Punk. The match went on like that for I think 7 or 8 minutes, before he got me with a GTS and pinned me to the mat. I didn't mind losing to him, he's a great wrestler, and I think I performed a good match. I climbed down the ring and drank a little. Chris told me I did well and reacted quickly, so I thanked him, and told him he had been a great opponent. I stretched a little, and the booker arrived in the room.

" Hey, you're all here!" He cheered. "That's great. Remember Phil you told us to chose the female wrestler who'd fight on the match on Sunday, and judging by what happened last Sunday, and was unpredicted, we booked Mickie for the match, and she was overjoyed." I felt a lump in my throat, how could it get any worse than this. "You'll be main eventing, and it's a no disqualification match. The ending is not predicted, you can do whatever you want, and we'll decide storylines depending on the end." He said really quickly, okay it could get worse just like that."I have to go now, and uh, Roxanne, the lady that decides on costumes wants to see you."

" I'm going now, thank you for telling me, and for the match. "I smiled. I'm so going to get destroyed. But I also want to make her pay, and put her back where she belongs. "Where can I find her ?"

" Next to the girls' locker room." He informed. "Bye, and have a good training."

We all thanked him, and I went to see the woman. They were probably going to ask for my ring gear. There was a little door that said 'seamstress' so I knocked. A warm voice told me to enter, and then to take a seat.

" Hello young lady!" She cheered. "Finally someone that comes straight when I ask, I already like you, you're making my life a hell of a lot easier." She chuckled. "So you probably figured out, but I asked you to come to work on your ring gear. First I need to know your name, and ring name."

" My name's Roxanne, and I'm going to go by that name as well." I smiled at her. "Is that a problem?"

" Not at all !" She reassured me. "Have you got any passions or anything ? You know what tell me more about your life and how you arrived in ROH."

" OKay, I'll try and make it short." I giggled. "I'm from Sydney, where I played in a band with my close friends. I've done JiuJitsu for years, and started wrestling at the beginning of the year. I trained with CM Punk, I'm straight edge like him. One of the ROH directors came to see me, since Punk recommended me. So he came, and I signed, the only problem is I'm underage here, so Phil decided to tutor me, and now I live with him and Scott Colton, as they perfect my training." I said almost without breathing. "That's about it I think, sorry for rambling."

" That's a great story!" She exclaimed. "Oh gosh, and I knew you had a little accent."

" I'm happy I still have it." I chuckled.

" Oh, and I see you have tattoos !" She pointed out. "Can you show me all of them ?"

I got up, and presented to her my knees, my big octopus, and my arm, as well as my thighs.

"Okay, do you want them to be seeable through your gear ?" She asked.

" It'd be amazing, but if you can't, it's okay !" I reassured.

" No no, I can." She smiled. "But I can't guarantee all of the octopus will be visible though. So I thought about kind of a sports bra, like you have now, for the upper body, and basketball shorts. You kind of look more boyish, you have more developped muscles than the other girls, so you could get a less feminine outfit." I nodded, I liked that idea, a lot. "With boots, and a knee brace, since they told me you'll probably need one. It isn't a problem though." She seemed to search through her papers for a moment. "That is a prototype I actually did for CM Punk a while ago. He changed like a year ago, and that's actually what I thought of. You have the Straight Edge X's on the side, and I would match your bra with your pants. For the hair and makeup, probably braided hair on the side, by the way your hair is really gorgeous."

" Thanks a lot, but you're going to make me blush." I looked down. "And I like your idea so much !"

" Thank you darling." She smiled. "Can you come back by friday ? Most of the work will be done by then, and you would still be able to add details if you think of some."

" I'll do! Friday in the beginning of the afternoon ?"

" Sounds great! See you then."

She smiled at me and I returner her smile. On my way out, I almost fell on someone. Mickie, oh joy. Surprisingly, she just laughed and walked past me. She must already know about the match, I think she's planning something, and I don't like that. Well, we'll see on Sunday.

I went back to the training room, only to find Chris telling me that the other two went back to the locker room to change. I went to do the same, and got a text from Phil saying they would be waiting for me at the door. I changed as quickly as I could and went to meet up with them. They smiled at me and were on our way to the car when Mickie showed up. She took Phil's arm and asked if she could talk to him. He sighed heavily and followed her.

" He's so whipped for that girl." Scott sighed. "I hope he will open his eyes one day, he's never been like that before."

"What do you mean?" I asked.

" He forgives her for everything, whether it's big or just small things." He explained. "One night at a party, she kissed another guy, and he didn't even yell at her or anything, he just shrugged and told her he was upset about it. Every time he has a girl, if something like that happens, he'll just leave her in the day, but he seems really in love with Mickie."

I felt my heart sink more and more with his words. It seems like winning him back is just a hopeless and foolish idea now. I was looking down when I head the sound of a slap. When I figured out that Mickie just hit him, my blood started boiling, and I wanted to go and hit that bitch as hard as I could, but Scott was holding me.

" Don't." He said quietly. "You'll just get into trouble with him, and well, we'll see if he's really willing to forgive anything to her."

I sighed, took a step back, and waited for Phil's answer.