A New Judgment

Chapter 18: A Picnic and a Declaration

Nessa starts to wake up to someone playing with her hair. She keeps her eyes closed and snuggles closer taking in the warm spicy scent of his fading cologne, his hand in hers resting by her head on his chest. "Mmm Good morning, Mariposa." Damian grumbles, feeling the shifting in her breathing showing him she is waking up. Nessa just groans and squeezes her hand. A tender arm wraps around her waist, and lips press against her shoulder, tracing her skin with warm pressure.

"Good morning Bunny." Rhea mutters and continues to kiss up her opposite shoulder, Damian still playing with her hair.

"Noooo I'm so tiiired!" She whines and hears laughter from the other bed where Finn and Dominik were cuddling, the pair are both snorting at her antics.

"Baby we gave you an extra hour but now we need to get up if we are going to eat before getting to the arena. You still have to train with Asuka, Indi and Zelina and you can't do that on an empty stomach." Dominik tries to convince her while snuggling closer to Finn, not proving his point when she finally picks up her head to see no one making moves to get out of bed.

"You first!" Nessa whines trying to snuggle back onto Damian and Rhea, but pouts when they slide out of bed and take the covers off so she can't get comfortable again. Nessa sits up and crosses her arms, staring at the tan of the hotel wall, pointedly not looking at any of her partners.

"Come on Bunny get dressed so we can go eat and get to the arena." Rhea gently grabs Nessa's arm and pulls her off the bed and nudges her towards the bathroom. Nessa instead swerves and goes to her bag, digging out her sports bra, Black Veil Brides tank top and a pair of jeans. She stands there and takes off her night shirt, leaving her breasts exposed.

Nessa pauses as she feels the air in the room shift. She glances around the room to the shocked faces of the boys and Rhea sitting on the edge of the bed, resting her chin on her clasped hands, her smile from ear to ear, a spark of joy in her eyes. Nessa blushes at the attention but continues, sliding her shorts down and stepping out of them, a whistle of appreciation coming from Damian.

She ignores it and shimmies into her pants first, turning her back to them, trying to keep the confidence she had a moment before. The others watch as she continues to get dressed, Domain bites his lip and eyes her up and down before meeting the looks of the others who look touched at how comfortable Nessa is with them and the effort she is putting out for them. "Mariposa, you don't have to change in front of us. We know how you feel you don't have anything to prove." Damian tells her, keeping his distance not wanting to seem imposing on her.

Nessa turns around a shy smile on her face. "Nothing to prove to you, but more so something to prove to myself. I'm comfortable around you all and can do the bing bing." She starts to explain, and the room breaks out in laughter except for Dominik who only smiles, just happy she isn't cutting him out anymore. He will gladly take whatever she is willing to give and if she is trying to return to how they were he won't argue that.

"Bing bing?" Finn giggles, as they move to grab their gear, and head toward the hotel door. "I love it." He promises as Nessa turns a bit red. They head as a group to the breakfast provided to them by the WWE and the hotel's partnership, before they make their way to the arena - the group is right, Nessa does have three very important female Superstars to meet.
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Nessa finishes changing into workout gear in the shared locker room as there is a knock at the door. Damian answers it to see Hunter standing there with Pearce. "We want to walk to the ring with Nessa and watch her training, to see how she is progressing. Between us I am hoping to have her ready for a match by Money in the Bank." Hunter smiles, trying to pass it off as a joke.