a few months ago you received an email confirming your place for a tryout at WWE, which shoots you toward your dream of becoming a professional wrestler.
however nothing could prepare you for the bombshell of a ride into the wrestling universe, exc...
It was hot. Scorching even. The summer heat was really catching up with 8us, and I couldn't slow down, not for a moment. I had done everything to keep the house going, there was at least one fan in every room, cool mats scattered all over the house for the dogs, and I had been wiping cold water over Naila to keep her cold. Nothing that gave off heat was in the house, we were trying our hardest to keep the oven off, and refrained from cooking too much. I was kind of worrying about Ben, he couldn't start his hormone blockers until his twelfth birthday, and that wasn't until the end of November, and he was already developing in his chest, so we bought him a binder, but it was too hot for him to be wearing it right now.
Demi was in the pool out back with Maya and I took it upon myself to check in on my son, to make sure he was holding up alright. I sat down on the floor next to him, he was sat by the fan with Luna curled up next to him. He was wearing shorts, and although I advised against it, his binder. "how're you holding up?" I asked him, nudging his shoulder. I knew he was struggling when he only responded with a slow nod. "take it off Ben" I said pulling at his binder. "no.." He replied, looking away from me. "I know Its hard, believe me but there's another way- a safer way." I said, standing up with him following. He shot me a confused glance and I laughed "c'mon, get this off put a shirt on and we'll go" he was confused but did as I said and when he was ready, I drove us to the mall and went to the nearest pharmacy. We looked around for a while until we finally found the binding tape that we needed "see. now you can bind without all that compression and without dying from overheating." I said, paying for the tape. We then headed to a few different stores to grab some snacks, some lighter fluid and some food for barbequing later. When we got home demi was sat in the living room, a towel resting on her shoulders and her hair still wet. "where's our daughter?" I asked placing the food in the kitchen "I put her down for a nap, she's fast asleep" My wife shouted back to me. I handed Ben his binding tape and said "go look up some videos about it, if you need help, don't be afraid to ask" He wrapped his arms around me for a brief moment with a quiet reply of "thank you" before running upstairs. I joined Demi on the couch and sat really close to her, after a few moments however she spoke up, "Y/N I love you, but it is wayyy too hot to be sat this close to each other. Unless of course..." she looked at me with a smile, a confused look processed on my face, I barely had time to process before- "Demi! No!" she lifted me up and took me to our backyard. My begging and pleading didn't stop her from throwing me into the pool, jumping in after me.
"there, much better" she said, holding onto my waist, my hands wrapped around her neck and our faces were inches apart from each other. "you're a dick" I laughed, kissing her softly. Her arms locked around my waist and she held onto me for what felt like forever, but I didn't mind. It didn't take long, a few minutes maybe for ben to come sprinting downstairs and diving into the pool, shaking like a dog as he resurfaced himself. "dude!" I shouted wiping my face. We all paused for a moment before bursting into laughter, splashing and dunking each other under the water. Eventually my kids began to show hunger, and Maya didn't just get hungry, no no, she'd get hangry, so it was time to leave the pool and start up the grill. I handed demi a towel and Ben grabbed Maya, keeping her away from the grill, he always made sure she was at a safe distance for us. While Demi was cooking I got changed and braided my hair so it was out of the way.
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By the time I got downstairs a lot of the food had been set out and the kids had already began to make a dent. "mom! I texted Venus they're on their way over for food." Ben said, chowing down on the food. "oh, are they?" I smiled, joking about it. It took less than five minutes for Venus to arrive, I waited out front for them, and I was surprised to see their dad drop them off. "bye dad!" they shouted but their dad didn't leave right away, he came up to me. "hey, we never got to talk, my name's Marcus. I- I wanna thank you for taking care of my son while I wasn't there. I appreciate it. and so did he." He said, holding his hand out to me. I took his hand "no problem...he gets on well with my boy, it was the least I could do." he nodded and left. I felt kinda bad, leaving him alone, but I knew there would be a lot of tension if he stayed, and it wasn't my place.
I returned to find music blaring, Demi had gotten changed, Ben and Venus were dancing with Maya. Deni was finishing up the food on the grill and I was doing absolutely nothing. I sat down with my wife after plating up some food. My head rested on her shoulder, she had her arm wrapped around me and a smile on her face. "you think they're together yet" I sighed, pointing at Ben and Venus. she looked me in the eyes "definitely." she laughed, pulling my face closer to hers.
I didn't get it. I didn't understand why I was gifted with this life, fate, maybe. But this was the calm before the storm, and clash at the castle only reminded me of one thing. My family. I loved them all, dearly, but sometimes, it was difficult to see the house, it had a lot of heavy memories, and I had to see E/N's brother thanks to Espie and her wonderful taste in men...
