It Was Never Supposed To Happen

chapter 4- stitch by stitch

Marnie's POV: 

A week went by and Natia and Dom had gotten a lot closer, me and Dom were flirting a lot and the designs were finalised, patterns were chosen and fabrics were picked out now I was going to put things together stitch by stitch. If I was being honest with myself I had been dressing just to wind Dom up and it was working. I had my music coming through my speaker as I sat at my sewing machine working on his ring gear. I was so in the zone that I didn't hear him enter the room and then he was close enough that I could feel his body heat and it sent a shiver down my spine. Shaking it off, I quipped at him "You really should make your presence known when entering a room with just one woman in it, I could scream and get you in so much trouble." I swivelled around in my chair to face him and send him a wink.

Dom let out a chuckle and leaned forward, I watched his hands as they came to rest on the arms of my chair. I felt my cheeks burn as I changed my gaze to look up at him. "I just had a question for you little one" I had to swallow the noise that tried to escape me, sending him a nod in response. "I have a match and I was wondering if you and Natia could be my cheerleaders?" I placed my hands on his chest letting them linger for a moment before pushing him away. "I suppose I could I have a break coming up anyway but I'll need to go get Natia she is currently with my brother" My confidence reappeared after seeing the look on his face from my actions. I licked my lips and slipped my jacket over my low-waisted jeans and red crop top. I could have sworn I heard him let out an annoyed huff... could it be? Am I sexually frustrating Dominik Mysterio? I went to my brother's locker room, Dom following me, and knocked on the door. I watched as Roman opened the door, Natia in his arms. When Natias eyes landed on Dom she flung herself from Roman to Dom, Dom catching him. "Dom!" She squealed happily. My heart warmed at how close they were. Dom looked at Natia "Would you and Mama like to watch my match?" Natia had the biggest grin on her face as she looked at me. "Yeah!" I nodded "alright let's go."

After following him for a short time I took Natia off him and we separated from him and took our place up in the front row. only when I heard his opponent's entrance music did I realise the gravity of the match. He was fighting his dad, now I know why he wanted us here. He wanted to have at least two people cheering him on. The fight ensued with his dad, I even watched his mother slap him but to be fair he did provoke it. During the match his top got torn then he proceeded to climb out of the ring and walk over to us. I watched wide-eyed as he pulled his top off and handed it to me "You'll fix this for me won't you little one?" He winked at me and the whole stadium went quiet all you could hear were little speculating mutters. I took a deep breath and nodded "Sure thing" I smiled at him. Just before the match ended I felt so overwhelmed that I fled back to my little repair room with Natia on my hip. 

It wasn't long before a sweaty Dom came into the room. I was curled up in the corner still clutching his torn top while I was very overwhelmed and having a panic attack. By no means was I comfortable being the centre of attention, but there he was concern on his face. meanwhile, Natia was sitting eating leftover chicken tenders and colouring, she wasn't paying attention.

Dom's POV:

It was scary seeing the sheer panic written all over her face. Even though she was panicking it was adorable seeing her hold my shirt so close. Maybe physical contact could help? moving next to her I gently pulled her into my lap "I'm sorry little one I never meant to make you panic, you need to calm before Natia realises and gets scared" I watched her panicking, it wasn't working. Distressing...that was the one word I could think of when seeing her in this state.  I started stroking her hair, unfortunately, the comforting wasn't working so I decided to take a risk. I placed my hand softly on her cheek so that if she wanted to move away she could. I gently made her look at me then brought my face down our lips connected...

Marnie's POV:

Softness, that's what I felt on my lips. It took me a moment to realise what he had done my eyes widening in shock, but that quickly changed as I melted into the kiss. The panic fled my body. Releasing the top I was clutching I placed my hands on his bare chest. Disappointingly the kiss came to an abrupt end when the door slammed open. For a moment I ignored the door and just stared into Dom's eyes and then my brother's voice rang out behind me. "what the hell is going on!?" before I had time to process my brother's words I was suspended in the air. Did he just put me in air jail?

"Roman what the hell put me down!" I wiggled about to try and release myself from his grip which was a futile attempt. he was much stronger than me. "why the hell are you kissing the enemy!?" He wasn't just mad he was mad mad. I sighed and crossed my arms and legs still suspended in air jail by my brother "I hate to break it to you its none of your business who I kiss!" Then started yelling at him "IF YOU HAD ACTUALLY APPROACHED CALMLY I WOULD HAVE EXPLAINED I WAS HAVING A PANIC ATTACK AND DOM WAS HELPING ME!" I had completely lost my shit with my brother. Then I heard crying. The yelling had terrified Natia. I instantly felt so ashamed.

Roman finally set me down and walked up to Dom. "Stay away from my sister" he stormed out of the room. dom immediately went to Natia and lifted her. "It's okay sweetheart mama is okay"  I let out a breath that I didn't know I was holding "Dom I am so sorry about my brother's behaviour" Completely avoiding the fact I just threw a tantrum at my brother. Dom just started laughing "Don't worry little one he won't change my mind" I watched him in awe as he winked, how could he be so calm? As my eyes were looking up at him they slowly trailed to his bare chest. I then looked to Natia "I'm sorry for scaring you baby I was just upset, I promise it won't happen again." Dom wrapped an arm around me and pulled me close, so we were both hugging Natia. "I should head back to the hotel we have an early flight" Dom nodded "I'll give you both a lift. 

[Time skip]

I had just boarded my flight to Texas, I was in first class courtesy of my brother. There were three seats on my side, for me, Natia and someone else. I hoped I wasn't next to some snotty businessman that would irritate me. I took my seat and got my sketchbook and pencils out placed them on the mini desk starting to do a design for Rhea, I didn't want Natia sitting next to a stranger so she sat in the window seat and I was in the middle seat. I hadn't noticed the presence in the seat behind me. A man sat next to me and I instantly had a bad feeling. I tried to focus on my sketches as we took off. "what's a pretty thing like you doing travelling all alone" he moved way too close and I just tried to ignore him. "hey don't ignore me sweetheart I know you can hear me." disgust ran through me as I felt his hand creep up my thigh "What the hell get off me!" I was panicking but he cornered me and moved closer. I squeezed my eyes shut then all of a sudden he was gone.

My eyes shot open and that's when I saw my knight with shining judgement... Dom, hit the guy a few times then explained the situation to a flight attendant who escorted the man down to another class. Dom moved to sit next to me placing his hand on my shoulder. "are you okay little one?" I hesitated for a moment then threw my arms around him. "I am now thank you Dom" I felt him rub my back. a little hand was pulling my sleeve. I looked at Natia and I knew what she wanted. I switched seats with her so she was next to Dom. Natia fell asleep and snuggled up to Dom.

We arrived at the Airport and Dom was practically escorting us around he didn't want to risk that man coming back around again. He even insisted on sharing a ride to the hotel. we were room neighbours so the next couple of weeks was going to be...interesting...