Mija Priestess

Part 28

One thing was certain, Damian was helping to prove Rhea's point that she had pointed out to me when sharing a room previously. I was definitely a heavy sleeper. After our passionate yet loving session we had cuddled and fallen asleep. When I awoke, yet again I was alone. Why did he have a habit of doing this? "Damian, where are you this time?" I shouted sleepily.

Damian popped his head out of the bathroom door wearing nothing but a towel around his waist and a toothbrush in hand. "Good morning Mija. How did you sleep?"

"Obviously very well if yet again I woke up alone without hearing you get up. How did you sleep?"

"Best sleep I have had in a while. I had some great cardio before falling sleep and then woke up next the prettiest woman I know. Very good night." At that point the door knocked. "I'll grab that, you grab a shower and then we can see where the day takes us before work."

I did as I was told and went to the bathroom, making sure to give Damian a flash and a kiss on the way past him. I heard him talking before turning on the shower but didn't pay much attention and chucked myself under the red hot jets, feeling the sheer bliss of the water washing over me. I was falling for this guy, felt safe with him and now after tonight he is going home and I won't see him for a week. Fight or flight kicked in and I started feeling the walls come back up around me.

After what felt like the world's best shower, I dried off and changed into the last clean set of gym kit I had as I promised to meet Rhea for a work out in a couple of hours. Upon entering the living area, I was rendered speechless. Damian was sat at the dining table by the window and there was a gorgeous breakfast and a small bunch of flowers. "Did you arrange this?"

"Yes I did, is that ok with you? I saw that your flowers you left in Texas had seen better days as we were leaving so I got you a few small ones to brighten the room up. A continental breakfast for 2 and also the 2 bags of laundry have gone and they will be returned later this evening so that you don't need to worry about that."

"You did all of that for me? Why though?" I panicked a little, there was a reason I didn't use hotel launderettes. "How do I pay for the laundry? And when?"

Damian got up and walked over to me, placing a hand tenderly on my cheek before speaking and brushing my hair behind my ears. "Sit down, stop stressing and let me take care of it. Let me take care of you. Will you allow me that?" I nodded slightly before taking the seat he had pulled out for me at the table.

"If you keep doing this for me though." I pulled a grin. "I may get used too it and then you may find that I won't let you out of my sight." I started eating before negative thoughts flooded my mind once again and I had to ask. "Why are you being so nice to me?"

Damian stopped eating and placed his fork down as though I had annoyed him. "Do I really need a reason to be nice? Can it not just be that I am a nice person?" Damian sounded almost offended by my question.

I took a deep breath before talking. "Growing up my Stepdad was an alcoholic abusive bastard, my Dad and his wife didn't give 2 shits about me and my Mum was so busy working away that she had no idea what was going on back home. I only ever had myself, I was the only one ever looking out for me. I left home at 16 and then when the opportunity came up to move to the US I literally ran to the airport. As far as my family are aware I am still in the UK. As I said before I have been with the WWE for over 5 years and in the US longer so that shows you how much they actually care. People other than Rhea normally only look out for me and are nice to me because they want something or they need something. So if you are feeling as though you need to be nice to me because of last night. Don't."

Damian sighed before reaching across to take my hands in his. "Sophie, I am not doing this because we had sex or because I want to get you into bed again. Trust me, I do but not just for the sake of it. When are you going to realise you can trust me and I want to look out for you because I want you. The something that I want is you." Damian was almost shouting as he got to the last part of what he was saying to me. I could tell Damian was getting frustrated with me and that was not my intention. I stayed quiet not really knowing what to say. Damian threw his napkin down on the table. "I need some air. Don't follow me." With that Damian left the room slamming the door behind him.

Why did I keep doing this? What was so wrong with me that I couldn't allow him to love me?

DAMIAN'S POV

"I need some air. Don't follow me." I slammed the door behind me as I left not really knowing where to go. I had just eaten so the gym wasn't an option yet. I decided to jog up the stairs to the next floor to see whether or not Rhea was in her room if anyone could help me win Sophie round it would be her. I knocked the door not knowing if she would even be awake or what it was that I was going to say.

Rhea opened the door. "Hey, what's up big guy? You and Soph had a fight already?" She burst out laughing while I stood there sucking my teeth. "Oh crap, I was joking. Come on in." Rhea opened the door and motioned for me to come in. I did and went and sat by the window, her room was half the size of ours but had a bed and a little armchair by the window. "Talk then D, what's going on?"

"I am trying so freaking hard to love her and to show her that I care and want to take care of her but she just won't let me. As soon as she starts letting me in she closes the door on me. What the hell is that all about?" It felt good to just let it out. "We were enjoying breakfast together and then she started questioning why I was being nice to her and I just told her that the something I want is her. She said nothing back and so I left."

"You just left her? You were discussing things and you left? Were you arguing or just chatting? I know she has a lot of baggage and by that I don't just mean Dylan. I can't tell you what she has been through as it isn't my place but trust me when I say that she is trying. All I will say is every relationship she has had both familial and sexual has turned to shit. When she says she has no one she means it. She makes the Lone Ranger look like a social bloody butterfly. She literally has me and half the time she wants to be alone because that is all she knows. By walking away you are doing to her what everyone else has, giving up on her isn't going to help her."

Rhea was right, I had screwed up big time and there was only one thing I could do. I had to talk to Sophie and put things right. Had things really been that bad for her that she was scared of having someone care for her? Sounded as though she was scared of me leaving her and here I was, that was exactly what I had done to her. "We were talking and I got frustrated. I care about her and she told me something about her family not knowing she was here, abusive past and stuff. I just want to take care of her and show her I want to be there and stick around for her."

"So go and be there for her then?" Rhea pointed back at the door and gestured for me to leave. I looked at her shocked. "You want to be there for her then go and be there. Let her talk to you, let her tell you why she is so scared. Listen to her. I love you D but you need to push through your frustrations and hear hers if either of you are willing to try and make this work."

"Sophie is 31, I am 40 and you are 26, how the hell are you the relationship expert?" I laughed as I got up and made my way to the door. I took the stairs back down to our room and braced myself for whatever was about to be unleashed at me.