The Thirst Trap (Mariah May x OC)

twenty.three

Both Mariah and Saraya were watching as Andrew spoke with Tony Kahn. The two were very animated while talking but they both could see the anger forming in the younger man as his arms crossed over his chest. Finally after nearly twenty minutes of talking Tony walked away leaving Andrew in place. The two women exchanged a glance before they watched as Andrew's fist went hard into one of productions large crates.

"Who stole-...?" Toni instantly stopped her sentence when she saw the look on his face.

"Don't even fucking start with me right now." As Mariah and Saraya approached they both were blown away by his words. He turned away from Toni before coming face to face with the two. His jaw tensed before he quickly spoke. "You both might as well twiddle your fucking thumbs. Match was moved to next week because they need god knows how long for bullshit talking." Mariah's hand on his stomach stopped him from storming away. Almost instantly Toni and Saraya backed away knowing they didn't need to hear what was said.

"Drew. Relax. It is what it is. It's happening next week." His jaw tensed as his eyes rolled. "Drew...."

"It's just fucking bullshit. Do you know how fucking long I worked to get two good women's matches on the same card. The one fucking time I've actually got more than five fucking minutes for each match and he decides that Chris and his new character bullshit are more important. Then tells me that it's alright because they'll be two women's matches next week. When we both know one's going to get turned into a fucking squash match as usual." Her hand gently ran along his side as he vented to her. Just as she went to pull him in for a hug he felt a bag of candy hit his head before he turned. "I swear...."

"They're jelly beans. So don't you start." Skye said as she grabbed the bag from the floor. "Didn't mean to throw them honestly. They slipped from my hand. Was trying to show your freakishly tall ass not yeet them." She dropped the bag into his hand only for him to hiss and instantly drop it. He shoved his hand into his hoodie pocket hiding it from them.

"You idiot...." Mariah's comment made him slightly glare at her but she knew it was still the residual anger from everything before this.

"Let us see." His hand stayed in his hoodie pocket not want either of them to see. Skye looked over at Mariah who instantly became serious.

"Drew...." His eyes met hers. "Show us your hand." His eyes narrowed slightly but she wasn't backing down. "Andrew." A huff came from him before he finally pulled his hand out. As it stuck out they both could see that it was clearly injured. Two of his knuckles looked out of place and were already starting to swell and bruise. The two women exchanged a glance before Skye knew it was time to exit the situation. She quickly picked up the bag of jelly beans once more before placing it into Andrew's pocket.

"Enjoy. I'll.... See you both later...." Quickly she left the two alone knowing Mariah was going to be the only one to get him to calm down and do something about his hand.

"Come on.... Let's go get that checked out Babes." A huff left his lips.

"I'm fine. Doesn't need to be checked out." The anger in his voice was still present. She however knew him better and wasn't backing down. She grabbed his chin forcing his eyes to meet hers.

"Yes it does. I don't give a flying fuck what you think because you're mad at what happened. Matches get rescheduled. It happens. I know you're mad because you wanted to make a point but we will make that point next week. So calm your tits and let's go see Doc. I'd like to hold your hand tonight not break it...." His eyes closed for a moment before she let his chin go. A breath was released from his lips and his eyes opened. That was when she knew she had finally gotten through to him. "Come on Babes." He nodded before her hand met his side and she gently encouraged him towards the trainers room.

Nearly an hour later Andrew walked out of the trainers room with his knuckles reset and hand wrapped. His eyes met Mariah's who had been waiting outside. No words were exchanged all she needed was his look to know what he wanted. She moved towards him before she carefully gave him a side hug.

"Tony found out. Wants me to take the night off...." She looked up at him. "So I'm going back to the hotel to chill...."

"I'm-." She was almost instantly cut off.

"You should stay." She laughed at his comment.

"Tony told me to make sure you get back and get some sleep. He also apologized about moving the match. Was able to finally have a serious chat about showcasing us more on the shows." His eyebrow raised at her words as he looked at her. "Words work better than fists...."

"Yeah.... I'll try and remember that next time." She flicked his nose when his eyes rolled during his sarcastic comment.

"Got our things in your car though.... Figured the sooner we got out of here the less attention we would draw." She could see a slight smirk appear along his lips.

"Also means more time for just us...." She tiptoed before her lips pressed to his cheek.

"That it does Babes." He chuckled.

"I'm kicking your ass at Mario again." Her head shook drawing his attention.

"Movie, snacks and a proper bloody cuddle. That's what's in store for tonight. Especially because I'm not hearing that it's not fair because you're down a hand." He laughed at her words before they walked out of the arena and towards the car.

"Fine by me. We've just gotta stop somewhere for snacks or food.... I'll pay." Mariah couldn't help her laugh before she responded to Andrew's comment.

"That fine. But I'm driving."