The Plan

Chapter 24: Glee

Raquel loved traveling. It was one of her favorite things about the job, being able to travel the world doing what she loved. Her time away was uneventful and left her feeling stuck. She didn't know what her purpose was, she wasn't even sure if returning was worth it.

There was no way she could just throw herself back into the title picture right away, plus Liv was her friend and champion, she didn't want to intrude on that. So she stayed home, she watched from the sidelines, she kept her head down and trained and watched what she ate and took the time to rediscover herself and what she really wanted. The problem was, she had absolutely no idea what she really wanted.

But when she got the call from Finn with an offer, she jumped on it in an instant.

Help Liv, take out Rhea, and join the judgment day and have a family of her own.

The decision practically made itself.

Sure her new family was dysfunctional to say the least; Finn was always going on a power trip, JD was a slob, Carlito was always trying to flirt with her, and Dominik—well she just couldn't stand him.

The thought made her roll her eyes as she stood by the bag carousel in the airport waiting for her luggage.

They had finally made it to Saudi Arabia after a long and grueling flight but Raquel was in good spirits. The rest of the week would be filled with light media appearances, a whole lot of sightseeing and new foods, and all she had to do was be ringside for Liv's match on Saturday to ensure her victory. She was practically on a paid holiday.

Raquel was in such a good mood as she thought about going to the beach or the chance to ride a camel—maybe she would even invite Carlito to join her. He was annoying but, eh he was kinda cute.

The peace and serenity she was feeling was instantly and very rudely interrupted by the sound of the one voice that had been working her nerves since she had been back.

Dominik.

"Raquel! There you are." He said with a smug grin as he approached her. "Airports, am I right?"

Raquel let out a deep sigh and just shook her head.

"What do you want Dominik?"

Dominik's grin widened as he leaned casually against the baggage carousel, clearly unfazed by Raquel's annoyance. "Relax, Raquel. Is that any way to greet your hermano?"

Raquel rolled her eyes, grabbing the handle of her suitcase as it came around. "I was just on a plane with you for 13 hours, forgive me for not being chipper to see you, again."

He was always around, it was suffocating. She could barely ever have a moment with Liv to herself and it was starting to get to the point where she didn't want to be around either one of them. They were insufferable when they were together. 

"Me and Liv have to go straight to a media appearance from here so I just wanted to touch base with you about something before you head to the hotel."

She turned slightly to actually look at him. "Yeah?"

"Liv wants you to challenge Rhea to a match at Crown Jewel." Dominik stated simply like it was a basic request. He wanted to put off telling her until Friday at Smackdown, the day before just so she could be even more flustered and unprepared, but Liv had been asking him constantly if he talked to Raquel yet.

So here was in the middle of a loud and crowded airport, springing the news on a clearly, very tired and very jet lagged Raquel who was now staring at him in disbelief.

"Liv wants me to fight Rhea....on Saturday?" She reiterated just to make sure she hadn't misheard him because there was no way in hell that's what he just said to her for real.