To Catch A Star

Chapter Seven

A month had come and gone. Andi had found that parts had gone by quite quickly but the times where she got home sick or anxious, those times went very slowly. Her main coping mechanism at first had been the gym and loosing herself in watching wrestling but it appeared that she now had the previously impossible – friends!

AJ had gone from being her idol to her closest friend. They had bonded over similar interests and AJ had the ability to calm the most stressful situations.

Surprisingly, Jon (Dean) had become a close friend too, his sometimes child-like behaviour completely endearing, a big heart and a great listener.

Alexa and Liv were refreshing to be around, their view on the world was so pure and carefree. Andi looked forward to their chatting with Vanessa and Ashley at meals.

Andi had continued to strike up a friendship with the two men she met on the first day. Tony and Ronan were calm and insightful, friendly and sweet.

She had also become quite friendly with Joe (Roman) and would sometimes seek out his quiet, calmness.

Seth was a different story. Andi still him incredibly intimidating and he appeared to be a lone wolf so to speak. She felt like if she spoke to him, he would see straight through her, would see the silly teen-like crush she had on him and with that thought, she avoided him like the plague. (Not that he'd notice).

Today was the one-month weigh in. Andi was still a little nervous about being weighed but the stress was significantly less since the first time. When they entered, they all noticed the white board. Written at the top in big, bold letters were the words 'WWE Draft', with six columns underneath. A trainer's name was written at the top of each one, curious...

"Good morning! Welcome to the monthly weigh in! Now, I don't want you all to be nervous or disappointed with any of your results today. Understand that losses will be significantly less than your first weigh in, you haven't done anything wrong, that's just how it works. Six to eight pounds at this stage is ideal, if you lose any more than that, that's great! But we don't want you to make yourselves poorly. We'll go in alphabetical order as usual, Andi, you're up!"

AJ said with a smile. Jon smiled as Andi handed him over her record book. She went across to AJ and got straight onto the scales. AJ beamed at her as she announced,

"14.4, Jon"

Jon wrote in her book before saying,

"That's a ten-pound loss! Amazing effort!"

"Great job"
AJ said quietly, squeezing Andi's hand as she passed. Everyone clapped as Andi made her way back to the group and AJ called up the next person.

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"Right, now that part is out of the way it's time to make an announcement!"

Jon said, bouncing on the balls of his feet, big grin on his face as her rubbed his hands together. All the trainers moved to the front, Joe sitting at the desk typing on the laptop. AJ moved to the whiteboard picking up a pen.

"So, the bosses have come up with an idea to keep this interesting for all of us. A WWE Draft."

Jon continued,

"So, this laptop is going to pick your names at random somehow to be drafted into one of our teams. At the end of the month, the team with most collective pounds lost get a prize. Let's hope for your sakes that you're on Team Jon!"

The other trainers rolled their eyes whilst the room broke out into chuckles and excited chatter. This was an interesting concept!

"All right, all right, calm down everyone".

AJ said as Joe turned the laptop around so that the screen was facing the trainees, a wheel with names appearing before them.

"Ok, Team AJ first. Joe, spin the wheel!"

Team AJ consisted of Keaton, Hazel, Ellen, Samuel and Zakaria.

Team Alexa – Louisa, Fergus, Ryan, Daniella and Sienna

Team Liv – Nathaniel, Fletcher, Tilly, Ebony and Charlotte

Andi was a little disappointed that she wasn't with one of the girls. Team Joe was next – Isaiah, Vanessa, Monica, Elmer and Elle

Damn, maybe she got Jon...? Team Jon – Zahra, Victor, Rosa, Liam and Lee

Oh no! This was the last trainer she wanted! Seth barely spoke but when he did, he was stern and strict.

"And last but not least, Team Seth – Tony, Ashley, Carlos, Andi and Ronan. Good luck teams!"

The nutrition class was buzzing with talk of the new competitive aspect of the programme. Tony had greeted Andi as 'teammate' as he took his seat next to her. Well, that actually made her feel a little better about the whole situation, knowing that Tony, Ashley and Ronan were all on the same team as herself.

An interesting concept indeed...