Mija Priestess

Part 4

He waved his phone at me. "I sent Rhea a message letting her know that I had bumped into you and I was in your room making you a coffee while you showered. I did have to tell her that it was after having a blackout at the gym before she jumped to conclusions." I rolled my eyes and he continued. "She said thank you, isn't impressed with you for going to gym on only half a breakfast and told me I am to continue keeping an eye on you as you don't really know anyone. She said as well that due to personal issues which she will tell you about later she isn't flying in until Friday now. Also she knows I have a bit of a rep with the ladies so I have been warned."

"Thank you and I will advise you that I work backstage and I am practically invisible so I hear everything that goes on. So I can assure you that your reputation with the ladies definitely precedes you." Damian looked a little uncomfortable and shifted in his seat before I gave him a cheeky smile to let him know I was aware but winding him up.

"Anyway, enough about me. Sounds to me as though you could do with a friend, why don't you tell me a little bit about why you aren't sleeping? Maybe if you get it off of your chest then you will sleep. That is if you want to tell me, I have been told by a few of the ladies that I am normally really good at listening until they take their clothes off." Damian picked up his coffee and started to drink, I don't know what it was about him but something just made me relax and feel safe.

"Are you sure that you want me to bore you with my man issues knowing full well that it isn't going to lead to me removing my sexy sweats for you? I will remove the towel though." I chuckled a little as I unwrapped the towel from around my head and allowed my shoulder length black hair free. Damian smiled and nodded for me to continue. "Brace yourself then because I would like to say it's a short story but not so much. I have been over here working for the WWE for about 5 years now and still hardly anyone knows me. I started by working on NXT ring gear and like you Superstars I worked my way up to the premier league shall we say by getting my designs onto main roster shows. Dylan was working for them too but was dealing with the tech side of things, we met and got along great. Things were good as they should be in a relationship, as Miley says things were right until they weren't." I paused and took a deep breath.

"Do you want to carry on or do you want to leave it? Either way I won't force you to tell me more but if you think it will help then I am all ears." Damian reassured me, leaning forward slightly in his seat and locking eyes with me yet again.

"Basically I got called up to help on main roster the rumble when you debuted. There was an issue and they were short so I offered a hand and when they saw my work they kept me and didn't let me go back to NXT. I actually had a hand in some of Rhea's ring gear around that time. Dylan wasn't happy, he came with me in the hopes that he would be needed but he wasn't and a few of the Superstars even asked who he was. Over the next few months when the releases happened like they always do, he was one of the budget cut releases of 2021. But instead of getting off of his fat arse and finding another job he turned to drink. I would come home for a few days here and there, you know what our schedules are like but I don't think you realise we are always backstage should there be any emergency malfunctions so we are on the road just as much as you are. That puts a lot of pressure on a relationship when you aren't travelling together anymore. But I would get home and the house would stink and be disgusting with beer bottles and pizza boxes everywhere. I then started to find syringes and notice that money would go missing. Of course he would lie but one day I came home and my house was full of people I didn't know, none of them knew who I was either. Dylan was in our bed with someone, wasn't the first time either, paraphernalia everywhere as well as rubbish. I packed what I could and left, went to stay with Rhea. A few days later her and Buddy came with me to get the last of my stuff and take them to a storage locker."

Damian had been listening intently to what I had told him. "I am so sorry that that happened to you Mija. Is that what you meant when you said last night that flying home isn't an option for you?"

I scoffed a little in shock. "You remembered a silly little throw away comment like that?" Damian smiled the kindest smile I had seen from him and his eyes glistened as he did so. "Yeah, that is what I meant. I don't have a home right now so I am just making the most of travelling and seeing the sights. I know Rhea would let me stay there but I don't like imposing. Also it may have been around 6 months but I still don't feel mentally ready to bump into him again. Last time I did he gave me a black eye for my troubles because I wouldn't give him cash and got him kicked out of the apartment as I refused to pay the rent."

I saw Damian tense and clench his fists at this last statement. "He gave you those? I remember seeing you a few times and Rhea would always say it was where you and she had been sparring. Was she lying to me? Why?"

DAMIAN'S POV

Why the hell would Rhea lie to me about something like this? Rhea was one of my best friends so why would she not tell me the truth? She knows I have been watching Sophie from afar and always had a thing for her. If they had just said I could have protected her, I could have helped get her away from that situation.

I calmed myself back down before Sophie continued. Of course she wasn't going to tell me, I have never had an issue with the ladies but for some reason with her it has just always felt different. I don't know her, I haven't been able to talk to her, get to know her. Maybe now should be my chance to get to know her as a friend and just be there for her.