TRY HARD

Chapter 29

"Hey how was MMA?" Harlow asks as Luke and I come in the door.
"Look at this!" Luke takes off his shirt and shows them the bruises.
"Did you puke?" Calum asks.
"Almost when she punched me in the stomach" 
"Oh it wasn't that hard!" I say putting my bag down.
"Crystal and Michael take Shay?" I ask. Harlow nods.
"Why don't you go pro with MMA?" Calum asks.
"It's just, I don't know, not really what I thought of doing"
"You could definitely beat the shit out of the guys" Luke says.
"I don't know....."

"And the winner of the women's straw weight championship is....DELIA!"
"Holy shit!" I say bolting up right from my deep sleep. I look at luke next to me asleep. I shake it off and drift off to sleep.
"Breaking news: MMA rookie Delia North wins championship in first year, beating Rose Namajunas and Joanna Jedrzejczyk."
"She's the definition of a beast"
"And she's a mom!"

"Hey baby good morning how did you sleep?" Luke says as I walk in the kitchen.
"Uhm pretty good, I had a weird dream last night." I walk over to him and he kisses my temple.
"Eat your breakfast and tell me." He places a plate of bacon and toast in front of me.
"Least it's not eggs" he gives a death glare.
"Well I was the women's Straw weight champion"
"See I think you should do it"
"But I have you, I have Shay, I model!"
"You don't even like the company. You'll always have me and you have all..." he thinks for a second
"7 of us to help you with Shay."
"Luke I don't know"
"Cmon what's holding you back besides Shay?"
"Luke.....the best trainer for UFC is in New Mexico"
"So we move to New Mexico" he says.
"Luke I can't just move to New Mexico!"
"Yes we can"
"Luke.."
"Delia. Baby."
"Luke I don't know..."
"How did that dream make you feel?"
"It was amazing but it's not practical, I have a bikini photo shoot tomorrow, that's practical"
"You're in shape, you're good at MMA, we can move to New Mexico"
"You're moving to New Mexico?" Calum asks coming in the kitchen.
"Ya you're moving to New Mexico?" Harlow echos.
"No" I answer.
"Yes" Luke says.
"Ok what the hell is going on?" Harlow says. I sigh.
"Look I'm thinking of going pro"
"With MMA? That'd be amazing!" Calum says.
"Ya except Greg Jackson is in New Mexico"
"Who's that?"
"He's one of the top trainers for MMA" I explain.
"Ok ok, I'm gonna talk to my gym, I'll see what Elvis says." I say.
Everyone nods.
"I'm quite sore from yesterday so I'm gonna take Shay for a drive" I go down the hall and into my bedroom. I put on some clothes and get Shay up from her room.
"Ok I'll be back soon"

I walk into the gym doors with Shay on my hip.
"Elvis just the man I wanted to see"
"Hey, you brought Shay, I guess you're not here to fight."
"No I'm here to talk to you"
"Please tell me you Want to go pro"
"I do."
"That's amazing!! I'll make the arrangements to have you in a few local fights and I'll make sure the UFC guys are aware of you. One maybe two fights you'll be in."
"You think it'll be that easy?"
"I've seen guys get in with three fights who were way worse then you"
"I can't believe I'm doing this"
"It's gonna be hard I'm not gonna lie"
"Well I'll be back tonight to train"
"I'll be here, I'll get you into some fights too, and mark my words you will be a UFC fighter in no time, I'm training you myself."
"Thank you Elvis"
"And this monkey will be cheering for you from where your team will be"
"Who the heck is gonna be on my team?" I ask.
"I'll put together my guys, you don't have to worry about a thing, I'll see you later tonight" he says. I say bye and walk back to the car. I can't believe I'm going pro, this is insane. I'm actually gonna do it. My stats are better then anyone in the straw weight category. Holy shit
I'm going pro.