Falling for the Perfect 10

Chapter 1: A Birthday Party

My alarm rang at 6 AM and I turned it off quickly, sliding out of bed and forcing myself out of my comfortable oversized shirt and into the workout clothes I'd laid out the night before. It was Friday and now pretty much everyone from both the main roster and NXT was back in Florida. I was thrilled because, even though I'd wished her a happy birthday on Monday, Becky was back in Florida and tonight, after training, we'd all be going out to celebrate properly.

Grabbing my bag and gear I left my small apartment and jumped in my car, heading to the performance center to train with a few of the NXT girls. When I got there I spotted Liv and Ember in my rearview mirror, pulling in right behind me. Aside from our cars there were only a few other cars in the lot. The big truck I recognized as Matt Blooms' and the rest were unknown to me.

"What's up girly?" Liv said as she walked over and looped arms with me.

"Nothing, you're bright and chipper this morning," I commented.

"That's cause she's ready to go out tonight and blow off some steam," Ember said, laughing and she joined us. The three of us walked in together and immediately headed for the machines.

We all stared on cardio, we always did. Liv and Ember always said they liked to get it out of the way, I always felt that it warmed me up properly. As I ran on the treadmill with music blaring from my headphones, drowning out the sound of my feet on the treadmill and the machines around me I just kept running.

Ember and Liv, though in great shape, finished their cardio portion sooner than me and moved on to strength training. I ran for maybe thirty minutes longer than them before stopping the treadmill and taking a long drink from my water bottle.

By now more and more wrestlers were showing up, the guys starting on their strength training first. I smiled as the guys filed in and saw the three of us there already. "What, do you girls get up with the sun?" Johnny Gargano asked as he walked by. I laughed and tossed a towel at him.

"We like to finish our workouts early and move on with our day," I responded. He rolled his eyes and with Tommaso Ciampa, they went to one of the leg press stations.

I joined Ember and Liv at the hanging leg raise. I jumped up, ignoring the laughter from the other two as I was shorter than both of them, and neither were tall. As I did my workout I watched the door occasionally and nearly lost my grip when Tye Dillinger walked in.

Scolding myself internally I averted my eyes and kept moving. Liv and Ember both looked and then rolled their eyes, both of them knowing all too well about my crush on Tye.

When my set was done I forfeited the space to Liv and took my earbuds out. Ember came to stand next to me, making sure her back was to the rest of the room. "Are you ever going to make a move on the man?" she asked.

I laughed. "You've known me long enough to know that answer," I responded.

Ember sighed and shook her head. "I don't get," she said. "He's sweet to you, all the time. What makes you think you don't have a chance?"

I shrugged. "He's gonna be up on the main roster soon anyway, even if it was possible...why start something when he'll be gone so soon?"

"You know the Rumble entry wasn't his call up, right?" Ember said, raising an eyebrow at me.

"Yes, I know that," I said.

"So what makes you so sure he'll be called up?"

"What makes you so sure that if he isn't I have a chance? You've seen the girls that flock around him, Tye and I are friends and I'm okay with that. It's just a crush, it'll fade."