America's Princess (Random Updates)

Chapter 38

"I'll be right back, Peanut," Nathan smiled as he wiped her face with the towel in his hand. "You're doing great but let's work on your martial arts for a minute. I'm going to go get you some gloves. Be right back, work on your breathing."

"Yes Sir," she gasped as she put her hands on the top of her head.

She inhaled through her nose and slowly let it out her mouth a couple of times as she walked around the boxing ring.

"You need to work on your form," a voice said from behind her. "You're not doing it correctly."

"Excuse me?" She turned and saw Niko leaning against the entrance doorway watching her.

He scoffed and pushed off the frame, walking towards her with some kind of look in his eyes. He got into the ring and stood before her, "you need a better instructor. I can show you."

"You need to back off," she glared at him. "Nathan is one of the best. I'll stick with him."

"If he's so good then why did he leave you all alone?" He took a step closer.

"She nyet alone," a deep voice full of anger said from behind him. "She have me."

A smirk formed on Olivia's face as Niko spun around, eyes wide in shock. "Egor," she smiled, "I'm ready for my lessons."

"You show early," He nodded as he walked over. "Good."

"Thanks," she beamed as he got into the rink.

He stood in front of her and smirked when he heard her shuffle over so she was directly behind him, blocking Niko's view of her. "Her form great, nyet tell lies."

"You're in America, speak proper English," he glared at the Russian.

"He speaks perfectly well," Olivia fumed as she took a step to the side. Egor held his arm out and shook his head. "Fine," she pouted, "but I'm still telling Raven and Vlad," she muttered under her breath.

"Everything okay here?" Nathan asked as he walked into the room.

"Yeah, everything's fine," Olivia smiled brightly at him. "Niko was just offering his help in bettering my stance but Egor was just informing him that I have you and him so I'm perfectly fine and I was preparing for my martial arts lessons with him. Did you find those gloves for me?"

"Yep," Nathan said as he raised the gloves. "Thanks for the offer, Niko, but we got it under control. We're both black belts in multiple things."

"Just offering," Niko shrugged as he moved to step out of the ring.

Olivia heard him muttering under his breath about not always being alone but when she looked at Egor then back at Niko he was already near the door so maybe she just heard wrong. Egor raised his eyebrow in question but she just shrugged and took a drink from her water bottle.

"Sure you're okay?" Nathan asked as he stood in front of her.

"Yeah, I'm fine," She nodded as she watched him slip the gloves over her hands.

"Don't trust him," Egor admitted as he watched the door. "Something nyet right."

"Corey and Vic are doing a check on him," Nathan told him. "Maybe he just doesn't like that he can't work with her since he's the latest trainer for the stars."

"Too bad," Egor shook his head. "Still...nyet leave her alone. Something off."

"Wasn't planning on it," Nathan shook his head. "But I'll tell the guys just to be safe. Same with Ava."

Olivia hugged Nathan then Egor, chuckling at his rigid stance before he awkwardly patted her back, "Thank you," she giggled before bouncing on her feet. "Alright let's train so I can fake whopping your asses realistically for the cameras."

They burst out laughing as they put their gloves on. Finally when she couldn't do anymore, she flopped onto the mat and groaned, "Done. No more."

"Alright, Peanut," Nathan smirked as he sat beside her. "You did good, proud of you."

"Da," Egor said as he grabbed them water bottles. "Did good."

"Thanks," She gasped. "Just sleep here. Nyet move, too tired."

"I got you, Peanut," Nathan chuckled. "Just work on your breathing right now."

"There you guys are," Brandon said as he walked into the gym. "Dude you were supposed to be back almost an hour ago. You've been here for two and half hours now."

"What?" Nathan asked, shocked. "Sorry, Man, we lost track of time training. Peanut was doing excellent and didn't want to stop. I should have kept track of time."

"Eh, it's fine," Brandon waved his hand in the air like he was brushing it off. "We figured when neither you or Egor checked your phones you were still training. We know how your mind gets when you're training or practicing. Thought I would just come see in person to make sure. Anyway, time to stop for tonight, dinner is almost ready and I really do not want to deal with an angry North about missing dinner. So," he leaned on the ropes and chuckled, "how was training, Pebbles? Did you whoop their butts or need me to tap in?"

"She get good jabs in," Egor nodded. "Did good."

"Too tired," she said as she yawned. "Nyet move."

Brandon chuckled as he climbed into the ring, "Alright, little miss honorary Russian, I got you. Up we go," he grabbed her hands and pulled her up into a sitting position. "They really wore you out, didn't they?" He asked as she melted into his hold.

"Yep," she yawned. "Sleep, nyet food."

"How about food then a nice relaxing bubble bath and then sleep?" Brandon asked as Nathan held the ropes open for him to get through safely while holding her. "Come on, Pebbles, need to stay awake at least long enough to get food in your tummy so Grumpy Bear doesn't have a temper tantrum."

"What's going on?" Luke asked as Nathan walked into the house and held the door open.

"Nyet food," Olivia whined tiredly. "Sleepy, nyet food, nyet bubble bath, bed."

"Olivia," Owen said in a tone that had her opening her eyes. "You barely ate lunch, you need to eat dinner. Then you can take a quick shower while talking to us so you don't fall asleep and then you can go to bed.

"Kay, Owen," she yawned while rubbing her eyes. "But sleepy."

"Holy shit, did we finally figure out a way for her to get a good amount of sleep?" Luke whispered to Gabe. "Should we have her train with Nathan every night now?"

"Probably will be anyway with the way this goddamn movie is going," Gabe grumbled as he dropped to his seat. "There's a fucking rumor of making a series after this and of course if it's fucking true, they want her to fucking star in it."

"Enough," Owen said, sending them glares. "Let's sit and eat then bed for everyone."

Halfway through dinner, Sean took her to her room and had her get a shower since she could hardly stay awake any longer. Ava left to go help. Nathan and Egor took the opportunity to tell them about Niko, smirking when Raven let out a low growl.

"He say something as walk off but nyet hear," Egor admitted. "Say something make her tense. Want us with both all time."

"Da," Raven and Vlad said at the same time.

"Agreed," Owen and Axel nodded.

Sean came down the stairs while chuckling. "Something funny, Doc?" Luke asked with curiosity.

"She was asleep by the time she laid down in bed," Sean admitted. "Today plus that extra training with Nathan and Egor really wiped her out. Ava is with her while we finish eating. I must agree with Luke and implement working out before dinner if she does manage to sleep through the night without any problems. Although I do suggest two of us still staying with her since we already know it helps with her nightmares but this may help as well. Did she show any signs of having triggers while working out?"

"No," Nathan shook his head, "but then again we were working through the scenes she has coming up. I can start throwing in more moves and see how she does in the next couple of days."

"Alright," Owen nodded, "let's finish eating then get ready for bed. We have an early morning tomorrow and need as much sleep as possible so we can be alert for anything."