Split

You're Disgusting

It's supershow day and Emma and Demi arrived together. They smiled at each other before Demi walked away to get ready. She's not going to have a match, but she's still getting in gear to be ringside for the rest of the JD members. Probably wrecking havoc as usual.

Emma grabs her clipboard and immediately checks off Rhea's name, knowing she's here already. She walks around and checks on the others, asking if they need anything before checking them off. She goes to the viewing area and smiles when she sees Demi standing at the table with a bottle of water in hand, watching the beginning match on screen.

She walks over and plants a kiss on her cheek but is caught off guard by the look she receives in return. Right, she's not Demi right now. She's Rhea.

"Don't ever do that again." She says and rubs her cheek as if she's trying to get something disgusting off it.

Emma rolls her eyes, "How long are you going to pretend not to like me?"

"Who's pretending? You're disgusting. I mean in an elevator? Really?" She remarks.

Smirking, Emma says, "as if that wasn't hot and you didn't get any enjoyment out of it too."

Rhea shakes her head, cringes and shakes out her shoulders.

"God no. You're awful at it." She says and looks back at the screen.

Emma frowns a little, her heart starting to hurt.

"That's not what Demi said when she was screaming." Emma says, her voice lowered hoping nobody else would hear.

"Ever heard of faking it? She didn't want to upset you. For some reason. I told her to make you stop. She hated it." Rhea says and sips her water.

Tears well up in Emma's eyes. Partially in embarrassment, partially from wondering how true the allegations are. Without thinking, she reaches up and slaps Rhea as hard as she can. The bottle falls to the floor and Rhea looks stunned before slowly turning her head back to Emma.

She opens her mouth to say something but Dom rushes over and grabs her gently by the waist. Damian walks up and places a hand on Emma's back.

"Let's take a walk." He says softly.

Emma shrugs him off and walks away, feeling Rhea's piercing glare on her back. She walks outside and sinks down the wall, puts her head on her knees, and cries. She doesn't stop crying when she hears the door open and Damian kneels down in front of her.

"Shh princesa..it's okay." He tries to soothe.

"It is not okay! She's not complicated she's a bitch!" Emma shouts between cries.

"You don't mean that. You know that wasn't Demi." He says.

"No but apparently she's just a fucking liar."

Damian sighs and shakes his head.

"Rhea will say anything to keep people she doesn't like from Demi. She's trying to protect her. Protect herself."

Emma lifts her head, tears still flowing down her face.

"From what? I've been nothing but nice to both of them!"

"From heartache. Talk to Demi after the show. Don't shut her out based on what Rhea says. Or you'll become the very thing Rhea is trying to protect her from." He says before standing and going back inside.

Emma sighs and shakes her head, wondering how this got turned around on her. She wipes the tears from her face and goes back inside. She has a job to finish after all.

As wrestlers come back from their matches, Emma checks them over. Asking if they need anything. She also makes sure others go out on time.

When it's time for Dom's match she gives him a heads up that it's time to go out without any kind of warmth or her usual jittery kindness. Rhea looks at her with a raised eyebrow. She has a look that almost seems...sorry? No. Not possible. Rhea is never sorry for anything.

Emma walks away and sits on the couch in the viewing area. She watches as Rhea enters with Dom, holding up the belt on her shoulder. The smirk on her face annoys Emma tonight. It's like she can shut everything out so easily. So effortlessly. With a flip of a switch she's got nothing but the match on her mind. Then again, is there anything else Rhea is capable of caring about? Probably not.

The match concludes with Dom being pinned by his opponent and Rhea screaming at the ref, asking if any of it was actually legal. Emma rolls her eyes and stands, going to meet them as they come back.

"All good Dom?" She asks.

"Yep all good." He smiles.

"Rhea your knee?" She asks, her voice flat.

"It's fine I didn't do anything." Rhea replies.

Emma turns on her heel and walks away. Rhea scoffs and goes to her dressing room. Emma looks at Damian, who is looking at her with a raised eyebrow as if to say go talk. She sighs and goes to Rhea's dressing room.

Instead of knocking, Emma storms in as Rhea is taking off the minimal makeup she had on. The person who looks back at her through the mirror isn't Rhea, though, it's Demi. She opens her mouth to say something but Emma holds up a hand to stop her.

"I fucking hate how you treat me when you're Rhea!" She shouts.

Demi looks visibly pained by the statement. She turns in her chair and Emma kicks the door shut behind her. She folds her arms.

"I'm not..she's not me.." Demi stumbles on her words.

"But she is a part of you! So tell me Demi. Tell me right now. How much of this has been fake?" She asks.

Demi stands and crosses the room, reaching for Emma's hands but she backs away and shakes her head.

"None of it Emma! None of this has been fake. I...Rhea is upset. She doesn't like what I'm doing. She's trying to turn you against me. Please don't let her Emma." She pleads.

Emma thinks for a minute then shakes her head again.

"I can't get what she said out of my head Demi. Is it true? Were you faking it in the elevator? Am I really disgusting to you?" She asks.

Demi shakes her head but doesn't speak. She doesn't know what to say.

"I guess that's my answer." Emma says, tears falling down her face again. "Goodbye Demi."

She turns for the door but stops when she hears sobs coming from behind her. Emma turns her head and sees Demi breaking down.

"It wasn't fake. I loved it. You're far from disgusting. But Rhea...she won again. Mami always gets what she fucking wants."

Emma sighs and turns. She walks over to Demi and rubs her back gently. Demi folds and she catches her, holding her up as she cries. How did this go from Emma being heartbroken to Emma consoling a heartbroken Demi?

"Then don't let her win. Fight for what you want Demi. Don't let her treat me like this. Just..fight.." Emma says.

Demi looks at her eyes.

"I'm sorry."