Fighting Liliana

Chapter Ten

I'm dressed and ready for this fight. I know that it's going to be a hard fight and that I could possibly get my ass kicked, but I know it's worth it. I walk into the small arena where my match is and I see Parker holding my gloves. I walk over to him and take them from his hands without looking at him once. I start walking away from him and he grabs my hand.

"Liliana, I'm sorry. I just don't want you to get hurt.", he says. "You worry too much.", I laugh and drag him to my locker room. "So does this mean I'm forgiven?", he asked me. "Whatever, just don't do it again.", I laugh and punch his shoulder. "Great, now get dressed Lil!", he says and pushes me into a stall. I put my gear on and I exit the stall quickly. "Ready?", Parker asks standing behind me. "Ready Freddie", I say. "Freddie?", he asked while lifting his eyebrow.

"Yeah, Freddie. Haven't we been over this before?", I laugh. He starts laughing and drags me out to the ring. "It's a lot more people here today Lil", Parker says staring at me. I look around and feel myself start to panic inside. "Oh hell no.", I say and start leaving. "Stop Lil.", Parker grabs my arm. "Go ahead and leave Johnson.", I hear Mya from behind me. "Mya, fuck off.", Parker says sternly.

"Parker I got it. I'll see you in the ring Mya. " , I say and start to walk off with Parker. "Bye Parker", I hear Mya say in a flirty tone. I quickly look at Parker, but before I could address that, my phone starts to ring and I see that it's Charlie. I hear Parker take a sigh of relief and say "Whoa, I guess he's not mad at you anymore." "We'll see", I say, eyeing Parker weirdly and answering the phone. "Lil, I'm proud of you for not flipping and beating that girls tail again.", Charlie says laughing.

"Wait, how did you know?", I ask him. "Turn around.", he replied. I turn around to see my older brother with his boyfriend staring at me. I run over to my brother and give him the biggest hug ever. "Hey little sis, cute gloves.", he says laughing. "What are you guys doing here?", I ask Scott, giving him a hug "We came to see you box silly.", he says. I feel someone walk up to us and suddenly I feel so rude.

"Charlie, Scott this is Parker, my boyfriend. Parker this is Charlie, my brother and Scott his boyfriend.", I say smiling. Parker goes to shake my brother's hand and my brother goes in for a hug instead. I start laughing at Parker's shocked expression. Parker looks at me and starts laughing too. "So where's Cierra? She told me she was coming today.", Charlie asked me. "She did?", I ask shocked. "Yes-", Charlie starts to say before we all turn around to see what everyone else is looking at.

"Oh my gosh", I laugh seeing Gigi, Cierra and Angel in shirts with my face on them. "We look badass don't we?", Angel says. "You guys are something else.", Parker says laughing. "Charlie!", Gigi screams and they all run over to my brother. Parker and Scott join the group hug, making me laugh even harder. I grab my phone and take a selfie of me and their group hug. I go on Instagram and post the picture saying "Squad is back" as the caption.

We all talk for a while until Parker and I are informed that my match starts in 10 minutes. We all get quiet and all of my attention goes to my boyfriend. "Remember to block those shots to your head Liliana. Last time you definitely didn't block enough.", he reminds me. "Okay. Block, I got it.", I repeat back. "You ready Leddie?", Parker asked me. "It's Leddie now?", I ask laughing. "It's Freddie dumb asses.", Charlie says sassily. We all laugh again and I turn to hug everyone. "Thank you all for being here.", I say. "We love you Lil. You're a pain in the ass, but we love you.", Gigi says.

I smile at them and Parker grabs me, so we can get to the place where I make my entrance. I hear Loco by Machine Gun Kelly playing and I start to get in the zone. "Good luck Lil, I'll always be in your corner", Parker says. I smile and stand on my tippy toes to kiss him. "Thank you for everything. This win tonight is for you.", I say to him and wait to be introduced. I hear the announcer and my mind goes blank. "Introducing first, weighing 129 pounds, standing at 5 feet, 3 inches. From Clearwater Rapids, VA Liliana Johnson", he says.

As soon as I get in the ring, I start pacing back and forth while waiting for Mya's named to be called. "And in this corner weighing 145 pounds, standing at 5 feet, 5 inches, from Pensacola, Florida Mya Bridges." I watch her run out being her usual arrogant and cocky self. She gets in the ring and gets right in my face, I don't even budge. She looks at Parker and says "this one is for you", I look at him confused once again and he doesn't look me in the eyes. I look back at Mya and I suddenly get pissed off.

There has to be something that Parker isn't telling me. I forget about it for now and I get my head in the game. We listen to all of the rules from the announcer and then it's finally time. The fight begins and I'm out for blood. Mya throws a punch straight for my head, but misses and I take this as my opportunity to connect. When my glove connects with Mya's face I start laughing and it makes her really mad, which makes me laugh even harder. For the first six rounds we were basically dodging each other's punches except for when we connected a few times.

We both have won three rounds each and it was time for round seven. I have to admit I'm extremely tired and Mya notices quickly. This is one thing I know Parker is going to make me work on after this fight, but right now I'm hoping it isn't the reason that I lose. Round seven starts and Mya comes straight to me and punches me in my nose. I look down to see blood everywhere, but I keep fighting. I'm a little dizzy, but it's nothing that I can't handle.

I hear my friends and family cheering me on. I connect with Mya's cheek, but she hits me in the nose again and I fall back a little bit. I go to box her into the corner to keep her from moving around, but I hear the bell ring and I take my headgear off confused. "Liliana Johnson's team has thrown in the towel. I feel my blood start to boil and I look at Parker immediately. He has his head down like he's ashamed of himself, but that's not okay.I take my headgear off and run out the ring towards Parker. "Are you insane?", I yell in his face.

"Liliana please calm down.", he says. I push him and I see my brother, cousin and friends running towards us. "Lil stop.", Charlie says."Why would you throw the fucking towel in Parker?", I yell again. "Liliana you're bleeding everywhere I-", I cut him off "It's a boxing match Parker! Not fucking hopscotch.", I yell. My brother grabs my arm and pulls me out of the arena. "Liliana! You need to calm down.", Charlie says. "I refuse to calm down, I could've won that match. Parker knows it too.", I say. "Liliana why would Parker throw the towel in unless he's worried about you?", Scott says.

"He's been acting weird all day, you two just got here. You don't even know him.", I say looking them in the eyes. I see Parker walking out with some man and they walk over to us. "Hi Liliana, I'm Nathaniel, Parker's roommate, and old boxing coach.", the man says. "Hi.", I wave. Parker looks me in the eyes and I smile at him without even thinking because he's just so cute. Then I remember that I was mad at him, "Oh come on!", I groan standing up. Everyone looks at me weirdly and I grab Parker's hand, pulling him towards his car. "Why did you do that?", I ask him. "Do what?", he asks back.

I give him a crazy look and he quickly continues. "Oh, throw the towel in. Liliana, I already told you that you were bleeding too much.", he says. "I was fine Parker. While we're talking about things that annoyed me today though, why is Mya so flirty with you all of a sudden?", I ask him. "Lil, I have to tell you something.", he says. Before I could ask him what it is, Mya walks up to him and grabs his hand. "Hey boyfriend, are you ready to go?", she asked him, smirking at me. "Oh dear.", I hear Scott from behind me.

"Parker, what the hell. You said you liked Liliana.", Cierra says. "You're better off without him, Lil", Charlie says. While everyone is talking, all I can do is look at Parker. "Liliana, please let me explain.", Parker says. "No need. Everyone leaves eventually.", I say and start walking to my car.