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IRL!

(Saturday, July 30th, 2022)

SummerSlam!

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Not enough coffee in the world can subside my anxiety and nerves for today. My chest is in such a frenzy of pain and every part of me is sweating or won't stop moving.

Fucking breathe, Crimson! This isn't your first match, this isn't your first paper-per-view, just relax.

The day is too busy to be worried about tonight. The list of things to do is long.

Normally, I like to get to the area as early as possible. Everyone has their own routine, arriving anywhere from 2-4 hours early. I prefer arriving before everyone else. If it's a new arena, I like to take a walk, scope it out, become familiar with it. Picture the crowd, breathe in, and out, taking it all in. Then of course hair and makeup, change, stretch... all the things.

I would love to have time to breathe today, but that is just not in the cards.

And I have to get my makeup and hair done here in my hotel room today since my appearance is a surprise. Hunter and I have went through such extremes to make sure this has stayed as sealed as possible.

Thankfully I met with the girl who will be doing my hair and makeup from now on for Smackdown earlier this week and I love her already. She does many of the other WWE ladies makeup and hair, but what really sold me on her was Rhe of course.

Jet was so kind when we FaceTimed to discuss ideas for today and she was so open to doing whatever I wanted to try, telling me she's been so eager to work with me.

I start stress tidying the living room as my phone dings, multiple times.

Text Message!

denny's 😚🧇

happy ss day <3

send me ur hotel and room # asap so I can send u muffins

lemon pop seed and double choc. ur favs

bitch ??

oh fuck it, life 360 told me, I'll just send to front desk & have them send it to u

crimskaebae 🩸💋

u have got to my the most impatient person on the planet...

but thank u <3

denny's 😚🧇

mauh !!

CAN'T WAIT 4 2NIGHTTT

if u wanna tell me, there's still timeee

😔🫶🏼

please help the needy

I snort, shaking my head at the phone screen. I check the time, 8:45am. I crack open my coconut red bull, the BEST flavor, I don't care what Rhea says, and head to the shower, needing the relief and kick start from both. Jet will be here at 11.

I run through the plan in my head for the millionth time this morning alone, wishing I could process things normally.

Denni's muffins arrive shortly after my shower, which I happily devour as I rewatch last nights matches. To say I have no life outside of wrestling would be the largest understatement of the century.

Text Message!

Makeup Fairy Godmother 🧚🏻💄

Hey girl! I'm here and on the way up!

I like her message, trying to ignore the tense feeling in my spine. It's getting closer...

It's starting to feel real.

The knock on the door makes me jump slightly before I move to answer it.

"Hey! Morning." Jet greets with a smile already easing my nerves.

"Morning. Come on in." I open the door wider moving to the side for her and she wheels in a suitcase while carrying three other bags. Wow.

"How are we feeling this morning?" She asks, moving to the living room space to set up.

I breathe in through my nose, clicking my tongue. "Ah..."

She glances at me with a chuckle. "Say no more." She holds up a hand, giving me an understanding look. "Well, my job is to make you look a gorgerous badass, which will be quite difficult because look at you," She waves up and down my figure. "And put your mind at ease for a couple hours. Sound good?"

A calm smile washes over me. "Sounds great."

"Awesome. Ok, I'll just set up in here and we can get started." She nods, going to work opening all her things and pulling out a million makeup brushes, hair accessories.

"I saved you a couple muffins by the way if you want any." I offer her. Denni ordered me four so I ate one of each and saved the other two for Jet. "And help yourself to any drinks in the fridge, totally on me."

"Ah, you're so lovely, than you." She glances back at me. "It's so nice to finally meet you in person, by the way!"

I chuckle. "Yes! I think we're gonna have the best time on Smackdown."

"Agree! Ok, I was thinking hair first so we can get that out of the way of your face, how's that sound?"

I have no complaints so far. "Great." Hair was one thing I struggled to find inspo for, but finally found the coolest braid design for the top of my hair and she loved it immediately.

"Are we still going for the 'X' shaped braid on top?" She smirks, eager to try it out.

I nod excitedly. "Absolutely. I'm still not sure about the rest of the hair though...." I honestly just couldn't make a decision. "I just need it flat for under the hood and out of my face."

Jet face lights up. "No worries, I got you. I have something cute."

"Great." I sigh in relief. One less thing for me to worry about.

"And are we still a go on the makeup?" She checks, laying out a few more things.

I smirk. "Absolutely."

"Alright, have a seat." She motions to one of the bar stools she pulled over. "Just relax and I'll do the rest."

I nod, shutting my eyes as she begins brushing the ends of my hair.

"Tender headed?"

I laugh, years of wrestling and hair-do's that Denni has tried doing the trick. "Not at all."

"Perfect!"

I shut my eyes, letting Jet work her magic.

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My leg bounces as I eagerly wait for Jet to finish my face. The wait is absolutely killing me as her brush swipes across my eye lid.

She hasn't let me look at my hair yet either, figuring out very quickly that patience is not my strong suit when it comes to the burning anticipation of waiting on something.... other than to text Denni back, of course.

The makeup look is what's killing me the most. Makeup really draws people's eyes to you, tells a story. We're going for a dramatic, glittery-warrior look, but if it's not just right—

"Ok, I'm spraying on a shit ton of setting spray so hopefully the entire day." Jet speaks up. "And then you can look."

My heart beats out of my chest.

Makeup has always been one of my favorite things, and I know myself. If something doesn't turn out how I visualized it in my head then...

"Ta-da!" Jet sings, placing her led mirror in my hand. "You can open now."

I peel my eyes open and gasp as soon as I see my reflection.

Oh my God...

It's PERFECT! It's literally perfect. This is Crimson Kae.

"I take it I did good?" Jet grins, proud of her work.

The glittery black streaks perfectly into a winged shape that exceeds my eyelid up into my brow and temple, specks of red flutter flickering through the entirety of it. Little drips of red adorn below my eyes to my cheekbones paired with a subtle hint of red highlighter.

"Um, you did fucking amazing!" I can't stop staring at it. She killed it.

We had a couple more ideas we looked at, but decided that we would save them for Wrestlemania or paper-per-view I wrestle in.

But for my first appearance, this was perfect.

"And how do we feel about the hair?" She hums, flipping it over my shoulder. She did the 'X' braid on top as planned, and then she led it into a fishtail braid she loosened it, giving it edge. "I wanted the braid to match the badass Crimson look." She admires her work. "I pulled it a bit to make it fluffier, but trust me, it's not coming out."

I shake my head in disbelief. "You outdid yourself." I look up to her, handing off the mirror as I stand, though I could continue to stare at this look for hours. "Thank you. Seriously."

"Of course." She waves me off like it was nothing. "Now do me a favor, and kick ass tonight, huh?"

"You got it."

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𝟶ʙᴜᴛᴛᴇʀʙɪsᴄᴜɪᴛ𝟽 sᴘᴇᴀᴋs!

Heyyy <333 So I know I said this was supposed to be Crimson's Summer Slam moment, but I totally forgot about her and make up, and that went on longer than originally planned lmao. MY BAD Y'ALL, NEXT FREAKIN CHAPTER I SWEARRR !!

Anyways, hope y'all enjoyed this chapter! Crimson's anxiety is kicking in, we love bestie Denni tho!! Also Jet is actually a real person & does a lot of the WWE female wrestlers hair & makeup lol, so I did not make her up for those who don't know!

Hope y'all love Crimson's lookkkk!! I generally searched on glow and Pinterest forever and I found several ones that I loved but legit like I said in the chapter I feel like those should be saved for a wrestlemania event or a big pay-per-view that she actually has a scheduled match in lol.

Pic above is the inspo picks, what I described is what I added on to the eye look in my head!!

HAPPY 2 MONTH ANNIVERSARY TO THIS BOOK!!

See you in the next chapter byeeee ;)