𝐀𝐍𝐘𝐎𝐍𝐄 | harrison bader

chapter twelve

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I'm back in the ring tonight with my new partner, Raquel. She's so sweet and fun to work with.

We are in Albany, New York, and Harrison has a game in Seattle tonight.

I sat on the bench in the locker room with a few women on the roster as they were gossiping.

I put on my gear for my shoes as I heard, "Are you ready for your first night back?" It was Bianca Belair. She had her title lying next to her suitcase while she wore gear ready for tonight's show that was in an hour.

"Better than ready," I smiled in reply sitting up.

"So should I mention it first or you?" she asked as I looked confused,"Your boyfriend?"

"Oh, Harrison!" I giggled, "Yeah, we became official the day after I got injured."

"Aw, how did he ask?" she looked intrigued.

"He asked after he won his game on the field."

She placed her hand on her heart dramatically saying, "That's so cute, I wish I were there."

"Yeah, it felt so unreal."

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I just won my tag match with Raquel. We went against Bayley and Iyo Sky.

"Hey, Arianna!" Michelle, a producer for WWE came up to me with a big smile.

"Hey, what's up?" I asked running my hand through my hair. I had my gear still in and my makeup smudged from the match.

"So we are planning to set you up in a chance to reclaim the smackdown title," she said.

"Oh my god! Really?"

She nodded and I quickly hugged her tightly.

I said my farewells heading back to the locker room now done with all my promos.

I looked up tonight's game looking for Harrison anywhere on the field.

I didn't see him anywhere so I texted but no reply since they don't have their phones.

My phone buzzed seeing it was Willow. She sent me a Twitter link.

It was an article titled Yankees' Harrison Bader exits with an apparent injury.

My head was all over the place trying to look for a clip. I saw him running to first base and then seeing him call over management. He walked into the dugout not looking injured.

I left messages for him saying to call me after the game.

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I felt my phone buzzed as I heard my ringtone blast. I reached out for it on the hotel bedside table. The light shined bright in my eyes as I was still half asleep.

Incoming call from.... my loverrrrrr

I quickly picked up the call placed on my ear as I yawned.

"Oh I'm sorry, I didn't know you were sleeping. I'll call you tomorrow," he sounded aggravated.

"No, stop I answered the call," I said calmly walking up more, "I saw what happened, are you okay?"

It went silent.

"H? Are you there?" I asked.

I heard him sigh through the phone, "Um, yeah I'm fine. I was running and I felt a cramp in my hamstring."

"Oh, shit," I mumbled, "So, what now?"

"We are scheduling an MRI for tomorrow."

I can hear in his voice the irritation.

"First day back, anything good happen?" he changed the subject.

"They are letting me go for the title again."

"That's great, Ari!"

"Yeah it's crazy," I smiled thinking about it.

A few seconds later he said, "I'm going to head to bed."

"Oh, okay," I hummed in response.

"Love you, good night."

"I love you, goo-" he hung up. I shut my phone throwing it across the bed. I turned trying to get comfortable, I twisted and tossed around. This was the first he's ever hung up like that. I missed him next to me and I knew it was going to be a while as I'm on the east coast while he's on the West for their series.

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