"This one is a real slobber knocker folks," Good Ol' Jr said, as he sat at the announce table talking with his broadcast partners, "You're right about that Jim. These two women are really going at it."

Jasmine Scott and Kelani Williams. Now from this angle, it may seem like they hate each other...

"YOU'LL NEVER BE BETTER THAN ME." Kelani yelled, before delivering a hard slap to Jasmine, getting an echo through the arena. Jasmine held her cheek, beginning to taste blood from the side of her mouth. She rolled out the ring, taunting the fans behind the barricade as they delivered their reactions. She raised a middle finger to them, earning an even louder chorus of boos.

"I hope she trips down the stairs." Jim insulted. "Get your business done in the ring, Kelani." He said with an annoyed tone.

As if she could hear him, Kelani turned her attention back to the her opponent only to be hit by Jasmine's extremely impactful, suicide dive. She held her ribs, trying her best to get the upper hand in this match again.

Jasmine wobbled around a bit, trying to find anything to use for her advantage. She lifted the ring skirt, smirking to the camera, as she pulled out a table. The crowd erupted, as she slid it into the ring, with Kelani right after. Jasmine picked up a half bent kendo stick, targeting Kelani. Her eyes went wide, and she put her hands up in a prayer, "DON'T HIT ME. PLEASE. I'M SORRY. TRUCE? TRUCE? TRUCE—"

Jasmine cracked the side of her arm, sending a shock of pain through her. She screeched, before attempting to get up and only getting another crack in return.

"It must be Jasmine's birthday, cause she's hitting Kelani like she's a piñata." Excalibur snarked. Tony laughed, "Good one."

After more shots, Kelani laid in the middle of the ring, welts already beginning to form. Jasmine sat the table up, feeding into the crowd's energy. She quickly laid Kelani on top, before climbing to the top rope, then delivering a beautiful 450° splash.

1...2...3.

Now, if you took off the wrestling gear, and got rid of the bigger than life personas Jasmine and Kelani had...you would know they've been inseparable since they met.

Kelani waited until Jasmine got through the curtain, pulling her in for a bone crushing hug. "You. Were. Incredible." Jasmine whispered over and over, out of breath.

"No, you. Next best thing." Kelani winced, as she began to feel her adrenaline return back to normal. "You may have cracked every single one of my ribs though..." Jasmine gasped, before stepping back, "I am so sorry." She took her finger and poked her side with a bit of pressure.

"WHAT THE HELL JASMINE-"

"THAT'S FOR SLAPPING ME!"

"Wasn't you abolishing me with that kendo stick ENOUGH?" Kelani rubbed her side, "I'm not driving anywhere tonight. Someone else better take the wheel."

Jasmine laughed at her best friends' reaction, "I think Ang, or Matt are in charge tonight, so neither of us have to worry about—Oh!"

Daniel Garcia had crept behind the two, pulling Jasmine into a hug from behind. "I could watch you wrestle for hours." He told her, as she tried her best to turn around. He loosened his grip, before turning her around to deliver a kiss.

Kelani rolled her eyes before looking away. Don't get her wrong, she loved Garcia and Jasmine to death, and she was nothing, but happy for them, but Kelani Williams did not do relationships.

"Hello! Earth to Kelani!" Garcia snapped his fingers, making her turn her head, "I'm sorry? What?"

"I said, you did great out there, punk" He lightly punched her shoulder. "Thanks, that means a lot coming from you." She winced.

"You alright Kelani...you zoned out on us." Jasmine asked worriedly, "Daniel, and I were about to get something to eat...you could come if you like."

"No, I got to talk to Tony Khan about something... I'll see you guys after the show." She gave both of them a tight lip smile, not wanting to make them feel bad. Garcia shrugged, before taking Jasmine's hand and pulling her through the crowd and out of the room.

Kelani watched as they walked away, hand in hand. She sighed to herself, "I wish I was in a relationship...it sucks that Griff had to ruin them for me." She looked around the room, trying desperately to find one of her few friends to get away from the awkwardness of being alone. She scanned the room, locking eyes with someone she was definitely not expecting.

Hangman Adam Page. The AEW World champion. Looking at Kelani. She was a bit taken aback, she thought it was cause she had scars from the kendo stick, maybe pity for her awkwardness, but this look was definitely not that.

Hangman smiled, shifting his eyes around, making sure no one was coming, before he pushed himself off the wall he was leaning on, walking slowly towards Kelani.

She panicked, she quickly scanned the room again, before spotting one of her best friends, Wheeler Yuta. "Yuta!" She shouted, speed walking towards him to make her escape.

"Hey, Lani! Great match out there. You ki- OH- we're walking the other way," Yuta gasped as she dragged him the opposite direction, away from Hangman.

Adam stopped in his tracks, staring at Kelani as she speed walked away, he arched his brow, "I wonder what her deal is? ...Did I have crazy eyes or something?"

He stared at her a second longer, before putting his championship over his shoulder, getting ready for his segment.

******

Daniel, Jasmine and Kelani all walked in a line, Jasmine in the middle, luggage in hand. "I'm sooo glad that Matt and Angelo offered to drive, I could not handle being behind the wheel again." Kelani said, stopping at the curb, waiting for 2.0 to pull around with the rental.

"Yeah, lord knows you'll almost kill us again." Daniel said, rolling his eyes. "Well SOME COUPLE didn't wanna take turns cause they were cuddling in the backseat!" "OKAY LISTEN HERE KELANI-" Jasmine put a hand on each of their chests, separating them, just in time as 2.0 pulled up in the minivan.

Angelo Parker rolled down the window for the passenger side, "Did someone order a cool dude mobile?" Kelani laughed before walking towards the trunk, "I hate you."

Matt Menard turned around to look at Kelani from the driver's seat, "Watch that mouth young lady or you're grounded!" "Ha! Who's the trouble sibling now!" Daniel laughed, putting his and Jasmine's luggage into the trunk. "You do know y'all aren't actually related right?" Jasmine asked, climbing into the van after Kelani. "Hey," Angelo pointed a finger at Jasmine, "Kelani is our child cause we said so! Not that NERD Christian Cage, as he claims." Kelani squinted her eyes, "You guys are NOT gonna be in a custody battle for me!"

Matt Menard pulled off from the curb, to the street and onto the interstate to get to the hotel. Matt and Angelo were singing along, poorly, to the song on the radio, while Jasmine and Kelani scrolled through their social media, Daniel dozing off on Jasmine's shoulder.

Jasmine let out a cackle to a fan tweet, causing Daniel to shoot up, startled. "Jesus Jasmine! I thought you were bleeding." Jasmine blushed, "Sorry, this fan on twitter is just hilarious."

Jasmine frowned, embarrassed that she had woken up her boyfriend. That was the difference between her and Kelani. Jasmine wasn't shy and was definitely loud. "You're okay, angel. You just scared me, that's all," Daniel reassured Jasmine, putting his arm around her shoulders...but not without accidentally hitting Kelani in the face. "Ow Daniel! Watch where you're going!" Kelani whined, rubbing her right eye.

Daniel rolled his eyes, "You are so over dramatic! I barely hit you!" "Say that to my soon to be black eye, string bean," Kelani looked in her iPhone camera at her irritated eye, "Jeez! Cut the PDA out for 5 minutes WE ARE IN THE CAR!"

"Shut up Kelani! You're just mad that you'll never be like me and Jasmine! Yo ass stay single! You're like that one tortoise that could never find a ma-"

"Daniel! Cut it out! Stop making fun of your sister, it's her choice!" Angelo said, turning around in the passenger seat to yell at his fake son.

Kelani sank into her seat, Daniel was right, she was always single. It wasn't a choice, she was completely terrified of relationships entirely.

The other four engaged in a conversation after Angelo and Daniel were done going back and forth. Kelani popped in her airpods, she wasn't confrontational, so she decided to do what she always did, listen to Kendrick Lamar, sleep it off and just...let it go.

They pulled into the hotel, Angelo turned around in his seat to lightly shake Kelani's knee, who was leaning on the cold window, lightly snoring. "Lani, we're here. Wake up." Kelani groaned, putting her airpods back in the case.

They stopped at the curb. "I'm gonna go get a luggage cart, you go park." Angelo said, hopping out the passenger seat. Matt pulled into a parking lot, the three in the backseat getting out to get their luggage.

Angelo came back with the cart, him and Matt putting all the luggage on it, walking to the entrance of the hotel, Daniel walked ahead with them, while Jasmine and Kelani stayed back.

Jasmine leaned down to whisper in Kelani's ear, "Do you think I can stay with you tonight?" Kelani kept whispering, "Yeah, what happened to rooming with Daniel? Did something happen?"

"I'll tell you later." Jasmine said, getting a nod from Kelani in return. When the girls reached inside, Angelo was handing out the room keys. He handed Kelani her's when Jasmine kissed Daniel on the cheek, "I'll see you tomorrow."

Daniel looked at her, confused, "I thought you were rooming with me tonight?" Jasmine put on her best fake laugh, "You know I sleep best when Lani is big spoon."

The girls grabbed their luggage, walking to the elevator, Daniel's frown implanted into Jasmine's brain.

After settling in, changing into their pajamas and turning on a movie, Kelani and Jasmine sat on their shared bed.

"Thanks for letting me room with you. I know you didn't expect it but..." Jasmine pursed her lips, trying to find the words to say. "It's no problem! We share a bed all the time...can I know why the sudden change? You've been rooming with Daniel a lot recently." Kelani questioned, putting her legs under the covers.

Jasmine took a deep breath, "Daniel wanted to have sex the other night. And I freaked out! It was just kissing and then he touched my thighs, then he started touching-" "Okay okay! Not that I don't love listening to your problems, but I'd rather not have the image of that." Kelani said.

Jasmine playfully slapped Kelani's arm, before continuing, "Well, I was about to find some excuse, when thankfully, Eddie Kingston called me about a prank I pulled on him."

"So, is that why you're rooming with me? Cause you don't want to have sex with him?" Kelani asked, grabbing Jasmine's hand. "No, that's not it. I do, but I'm just scared? I just don't want it to end up like Cash. What if we have sex and things end?"

Kelani sighed, "Jasmine, your feelings are valid. But I've seen the way Daniel looks at you, and you should hear how he talks about you when you're not around. I think if you talk to him, he'll understand. Don't let some one night stand with Cash Wheeler think otherwise."

Jasmine smiled, pulling Kelani into a hug, "Thanks, Lani. I love you so much."

"I love you too. NOW, am I big spoon?" Jasmine giggled, "Yes, always."

The Next Morning

Kelani scanned the hotel breakfast bar, none of it really catching her eye this early. She rubbed her eye a bit, before her eyes landed on the fruit. She grabbed an orange, then a bottle of juice from the mini fridge on the counter. She grabbed her phone out of the pocket of her shorts, turning up the music in her airpods.

She looked up at the last second, before running full on into a chest. She looked around the floor, and at the person's chest, "No food anywhere, cool."

She looked at the person, just her luck, she had run into Hangman Page. "I- I am sooo sorry! I was just trying to change the volume and I wasn't looking where I was going." She stammered. Hangman put his hand up to stop her, "Don't apologize, things happen." He smiled, looking down at the floor, before crouching down to grab her phone that she dropped.

Coming back up, the home screen lit up, he read the song name, before looking up at her, "Tyler, The Creator? I love him too! Is Yonkers your favorite song?"

She blushed, before her eyes lit up, "No, actually my favorite song is actually Where This Flower Blooms. Erm- what's yours?" She spoke lightly, he almost didn't even wanna speak too loudly, she seemed...fragile.

"I'm actually more of an Igor fan myself, I'd probably go with Running Out of Time." He laughed, stepping a bit closer to her. "Oh, that's a good one. Who knew a cowboy liked Tyler, the Creator?" Kelani laughed, her teeth biting her bottom lip.

"Yeah. I think it was actually one of your stories from like...a year ago that made me wanna listen to him. You've got good taste!" He commented, smiling. She opened her mouth to say another thing, when she was interrupted by her daily nuisance.

"WHAT is so important that you're stopping me from eating the most important meal of the day?!" Max Caster groaned, "You guys can get nasty somewhere else, I'm tryna put some syrup on my damn waffles!" He annoyingly cut in between them, stepping on Kelani's slipper. She pulled her foot back, "Ouch, you didn't have to-"

"SKEDADDLE, WILLIAMS." He spat close to her face, laughing as she flinched slightly. He tried to walk past them, before Hangman stuck his hand out, almost making him drop his plate. "You got some nerve talking to her like that, in front of me." He bit the inside of his mouth, "Plus, we were having an EXTREMELY important discussion, that you just interrupted. Which means, we must have a problem."

Max stood in terror, as Hangman grabbed the collar of his shirt. "The waffles here aren't even that good." Caster swallowed his fear, looking back at Kelani, "I'm so sorry-"

"Don't look at her. Get outta here!" He pushed him back, as he clutched his plate, and scurried out of the line. He sighed, before beginning to speak again, "As I was saying...you're really-" He stopped mid sentence, realizing she wasn't there anymore, making him wonder if she was even real anymore.

"EDDIE. EDDIE. EDDIE." Jasmine poked at her close friend, "Why aren't you looking at me!"

"Damn girl, what the fuck do you want!" Kingston said with a mouthful. She grinned, "Look what I can do!" She stood back, making sure there was enough room around her, and perfected a cart wheel.

Eddie looked back at her with disapointment. "Is...that all Jasmine?" He cracked his neck to the side, and stabbed his plate with the fork. She looked at him with innocent eyes, "Yes. I have been practicing for a couple weeks."  He creepily smiled at her response, "That's great sweetie! I know somewhere else you can practice at!" He clapped his hands together, "In the middle of New York traffic, you damn pesty mosquito. SHOO before I shove my timberland boot up your ass."

Jasmine gasped, trying her best to hide her laughter, "You sir, need a loved one.."

"I heard, your mom was interested in me..."

"GOODBYE EDWARD." Jasmine groaned, beginning to leave, before quickly snatching a piece of bacon off his plate. "GOD DAMN IT SCOTT-"

She chuckled, as she ran out the room stopping seeing Kelani walking back into it.

******

Garcia walked in after Jasmine. She sprawled herself on his bed, "I could lay here forever." She mumbled. Daniel laughed before taking a seat at the edge. "It was kind of weird not sharing a bed with you. I usually have the blanket pulled off me a couple times a night and—"

She shot her head back up, "Daniel..." He held his hands up to stop her, "Did I do something wrong last night? I didn't mean to make you upset, or angry with me." It was her turn to cut him off, as she put her hands on his shoulders. "Babe, no! You did nothing wrong. It's just...nevermind, it's dumb." Her voice trailed, making Garcia's brows furrow with worry. "No. Tell me."

She began to pick at her nails, "I just," she began to look around, avoiding his glare, "I didn't want to sleep with you." Her face cringed at her words. Daniel stared at her with no expression, "...Do I smell— wait a minute if you don't wanna sleep with me, then WHO are you trying to fuck!?" Daniel furiously stood, making Jasmine's eyes widened. "NO ONE! THAT IS NOT WHAT I MEAN." She began to nervously laugh, "The last night we were together...you started touching me, and I thought you wanted to do more. I got nervous, and freaked out...I'm not ready right now."

Daniel let out a breath, "Oh baby... why didn't you just say so? I feel so stupid. I am so sorry," He pulled her in for a hug, and began to rub circles on her back, "Thank you for letting me know." A couple tears ran down her cheek, "You're not gonna leave me?" She sobbed. A small laugh left him, "Of course not Jasmine," He wiped her face with his thumb, "You're too pretty to let go. I'll wait for you." He kissed her forehead, and grabbed both of her hands, "We'll go slow. Just tell me if it's too much." Daniel kissed her hand, as she slowly nodded. Her shoulders untensed, and her breathing went back to normal as they both laid back in the bed, and let sleep take over them together.

"No way, Flower Boy is his best album." Kelani said, taking a sip from the now warm bottle of apple juice. "C'mon, Igor was legendary." Hangman argued, widening his eyes at her surprising statement.

"I think Wolf is better than Igor." Kelani commented, pursing her lips as the champion looked at her, wide-eyed. "You better watch it, Williams. Stuff like that can get you hurt." Adam joked, putting on a "scary face".

Kelani fake gasped, "Shiver me timbers! So terrifying!"

Hangman couldn't keep up the act, when he started laughing. "I mean, don't get me wrong, I love Igor, but I just think that..." Kelani's voice faded as he let his mind wander. "She's really pretty...I wonder why she ran away last night. Is she that shy?" He let his eyes look at her lips, as she looked around the room during her rant. "Why have I never talked to her before? I could talk, hell, even look at her for hours."

He was so glad Kelani came back after the Caster incident. He knew she was shy...but not that shy. She apologized for running away, looking at her feet the whole time when she did so. "I wonder why she apologizes a lot...she does seem really cool though."

His moment in space was broken as she turned his attention back to him, "I don't know. Maybe I'm just biased." Kelani said, shrugging her shoulders.

Hangman thought for a second, before deciding, "Yeah, biased. But, I wanted to ask...you're really, really cool. I was wondering, could we exchange numbers and hangout sometime? Maybe go in depth on Tyler again?"

Kelani's heart dropped, "Fuck. Fuck no. This cannot be happening. Don't give him your number. Don't give him a chance. You will get hurt...but his eyes. They're so pretty...and his curls in that ponytail...damn. NO! Stop it! You will NOT-" "Are you okay?" Hangman interrupted her thoughts, worried look on his face.

"Uh, I actually can't give you my number...my phone...it um, won't let me add new contacts, follow people, anything like that. Which, look at the time! I gotta go get my run in! All those carbs this morning!" She rambled, getting up from the table, not without running into a chair.

"But, all you had was an orange and juice..?" Adam questioned, actually hurt that Kelani was suddenly acting strange. "Oh, well, it never hurts to run! Bye!" Kelani sprinted out of the hotel, hoping maybe she could run a block or two and back, and he would be gone.

Hangman watched and she ran, in slippers, stumbling halfway through. He frowned, he hoped he didn't upset her too much. Hangman stood from the table they sat at, making his way to the elevator, he passed the table where Private Party sat, drinking their not so discreet vodka cranberries.

"Nice job HANGMAN PUSSYPANTS PAGE! You fumbled the bag with Kelani! Now you're an even bigger L." Isiah said, smacking his lips, drinking his drink with his pinky up.

Hangman rolled his eyes, going to the elevator, he stared at the front door, which was right across from it. Kelani was already back from her run, or sprint. He looked at her with confused, and sad eyes. She ran to try and catch the elevator, but it shut before she got the chance.

Hangman sighed, letting his back hit the elevator wall, "Fuck. She's going to be the death of me."