( CHAPTER NINE - MONEY IN THE BANK )

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MAY THE BEST ONE WIN

       It was all about those five little words that meant so much with the paper-view that would be taking place in two hours. And for Logan, that was exactly what it meant for her; she couldn't say for the other ladies that were participating in the ladder match tonight for the contract - but for her.. it was all about establishing that she was the best, the Queen of Monday Night Raw.

Logan walked in to the local Starbucks that she could find that wasn't swarming with people, because people meant that she had to stop to take pictures. Not that she hated being stopped when she had been recognized, it just got a bit annoying when she was rushing around for a big event.

Maneuvering through the line with her tray of drinks in her left hand, she grabbed three straws for the two that were waiting inside the vehicle. She was dressed in one of Becky's graphic T-shirts and some dark wash skinny jeans, along with a blue denim jacket and thigh high boots.

At this moment, she glanced up through her sunglasses to look at the three individuals that had been whispering, but her name had come up in the conversation. She offered a smile as the man stared back at her with a questionable look on his face, as he tried to pinpoint if the wrestler was actually standing in front of him or not.

"Aren't you Logan Perris?" It was only until the woman beside him had opened her mouth and everyone in the coffee shop snapped their heads towards the former champion, and Logan blinked back behind her glasses. If she wasn't in a room full of fans - her facial expression would be showing how annoyed she was in the moment.

"Yeah I am." She managed to put a smile on her face as she saw the woman grabbing her phone from her sweater pocket, "can we get a picture, we're all big fans." she smiled sheepishly while her eyes glanced around at the people around them, their own phones in their hands, taking pictures.

It had only took ten minutes before Logan had taken pictures with everyone in the shop, turning around to put a ten and a five dollar bill in the tip jar before turning for the door after she thanked everyone for their sweet comments.

Her legs picked up the pace of her walking speed as her eyes glanced upon AJ in the driver's seat, his head leaning against the window in annoyance that she had been taking forever to order their drinks. If it wasn't for Becky asking for coffee, they would've been already at the arena by now.

If there was one thing that Logan caught on from the day she spent with AJ -- was that the man had horrible patience.

"What took you so long!" AJ questioned while his voice raised to show how annoyed he was feeling which caused the raven haired woman to roll her eyes in response. He grabbed hold of the tray as she made her way into the vehicle, turning towards the annoyed Georgia native.

"The fans noticed me, would've you of rather me deny their request of pictures?" Logan rolled her eyes once again while grabbing Becky's coffee from the tray, and handing it back to her with a smile.

The ginger smiled back at her and wiggled her eyebrows back at her, putting her lips on the lid as the steam came out from the hole. "I doubt taking pictures took fifteen minutes." AJ answered back while his eyes studied the rear-view mirror while he put the vehicle in reverse.

"I'm seriously over your constant complaining, Allen."

Becky snickered from behind them, "don't worry, ya get use to it." her accent was thicker as she swallowed the hot liquid while she propped her knees to sit her drink between her legs.

"Why aren't you in a good mood, it's Money In The Bank." Logan brought her straw to her lips after she questioned him. "You should be in a chirpy mood."

"He had to get on an early mornin' flight, tat's why he's crabby." Becky mentioned from the back seat, earning an eye roll from the older man in the front seat. Which had been true, AJ didn't like taking the early morning flights and lucky for her, Becky had to hear all of it for the flight since she had her seat next to him.

"To be very fair, there was this kid behind me who kept kicking my seat." AJ countered as they got onto the main street that the GPS told them too. Becky shook her head as a smirk came onto her features.

"So, I have something to tell the both of you - well more so Becky - but your here to hear it anyways." Logan turned to face her best-friend who was sitting in the back, her eyebrow raising while a questionable look swept over her features.

AJ snorted while they stopped at a red light and turned his face towards her, "Thanks."

"Finn gave me the key to his apartment and asked me to move in with him and I don't know what to say to him, isn't that moving a bit too fast?"

"You guys basically live in a hotel together, what's so wrong about sharing an apartment together?" Becky told her while she leaned back in her seat, her hand coming up to push her orange hair out of her face.

"I don't think it's rushing. You guys were together for almost two years, so it isn't like the both of you are rushing into this." AJ added to the conversation, to which made sense to Logan.

They were both right. It wasn't like they had just met a few weeks back and he had asked her to move in. She basically lived in his apartment when they were together five months ago and with her living there, they were just going to get closer.

"You need to get rid of that sexual tension that's surrounding the two of you, it's exhausting."

"Becky!"

"What?" Becky shrugged her shoulders as Logan turned around in her seat to hit the girl's knee with her fist. "I'm just telling the truth. Everyone can see it."

Logan shook her head dramatically while a half smile was adoring her lips, a breath of a laugh coming from her before she turned around due to AJ slamming on the breaks. Logan screamed out as she was shoved forward from the impact of AJ's foot on the break, and her not wearing a seat-belt had her heart slamming against her rib cage.

"Jesus Christ, Allen!" she cursed under her breath as her hand came out to catch herself from flying forwards and slamming into the windshield. "can your foot get any heavier?" she snapped between breaths as she tried to compose herself from her racing heart.

"Watch your tongue and put a seat belt on." AJ huffed back at her as his hands rested on the steering wheel, his knuckles going white from the frustration of the traffic on the roads of Chicago now that WWE was in town. His blue eyes were growing into slits as he glared at the vehicle that was merging into his lane without having their signal light on, cutting them off and having AJ throwing a fit in the driver's seat. "Do you know how to drive!?" he huffed out at the person in front of him, making a certain ginger who was sitting in the backseat let out a chuckle.

"Ya two are perfect for each other, you know that?" Becky shook her head. "Ya two hot heads." she added with a snicker.

AJ shook his head dramatically, "Well, you would think that by almost knocking her head off the windshield would give her the hint to put her seat belt on, but she's just as stupid." his fingers tapped off the steering wheel as they stopped at another red light, turning his head to look back at Becky for a mere second before Logan told him to press on the gas.

"You are so not invited to ride with us again, we'll replace you with Finn-"

"And while I'm in the back listening to your mushy shit?" Becky snorted and shook her head. "Yeah, not happening." Logan rolled her eyes at her best friend's reply, her eyes turning towards the window to stare out of the passing trees and people walking the sidewalks while her straw was between her lips.

Once AJ had pulled into the arena parking lot, Logan turned her attention towards the front doors where a lot of fans were lined up, and waiting to get their ticket scanned before continuing into the building. The line was massive and it reminded her that fifteen thousand people were going to be watching her tonight, and if that wasn't enough to get your heart racing just thinking about all the things that could go wrong to embarrass herself.

Logan took a heavy inhale before unbuckling her seat belt once AJ parked the vehicle and she swung her legs to leave, grabbing her small duffel bag from the floor on her way out. "bloody hell, that's a lot of people." Becky exclaimed, making AJ chuckle back at her as he waited for the automatic trunk to open fully.

"I was just thinking that." the Spanish woman answered her back with her own breathy laugh as she stood next to the Irish lad, who put her arm around the small of her back.

"I'm so happy to finally compete with you." Becky cooed excitedly, which Logan turned her head to look over at her with a grin on her face. Excitement was clear for the two girls since Becky had wanted to kick her ass since meeting her back in NXT.

And Logan couldn't lie to herself, she wanted to kick her ass too.

"I know.. I'm so excited to throw you off a ladder." Logan bumped the side of her hip along Becky's hip bone, which earned an excited giggle from the girl.

"Don't throw me off my game." Becky snickered back at her. "You know I'm walking out with the contract. Smack down is in need of a new champ." she reminded her while passing out her own luggage after taking it from AJ, which earned an eyebrow raise from the latina.

"And you don't think RAW does? Have you seen the way Sasha's matches are going? A one legged donkey could put on a better performance than she could."

Becky chuckled. "Yeah, but you also get your automatic rematch - that you haven't used yet. You don't need the contract, ditch Hunter's plans for ya and act hurt while I climb to glory."

AJ shut the door after the two girls grabbed the remainder of their bags. Logan turned around sharply which made her hair sway in the Chicago wind while her brown eyes focused on the back door that had a security guard standing outside of it, his hands clasped together in front of him.

"You know I cannot do that, Becks. Don't take it personal, you deserve it so much but I can't just go against my boss." She blinked while her head shook slightly. "I'll get fired."

"You'd get suspended, not fired." Becky shrugged her shoulders while a frown came onto her lips. She wanted things to change on her end, and she knew that WWE was working on her own push which would come in later in the year but.. she wanted it now.

AJ grabbed the door open for the two ladies to enter before he did his own self, and then joined in on the conversation the two friends were having. "I suggest you don't listen to Becky here, unless you want a call from Vince."

Logan glanced over and chuckled at him before her eyes returned to the front, and to her surprise Finn was down the hallway waiting for her with his phone clutched in his hand. She grinned and picked up the pace towards him, her luggage trailing behind her until she let go half way. Her body collided with his, legs wrapping around his clothed torso while he spun her around in the air.

"I hear the wedding bells." Becky whispered over towards AJ, who smiled back at her in response as his eyes focused back on the two in a lip lock.

He could confidently say that Finn had been more happier since he got back together with Logan. He could really see the love that the two shared, and whenever they were together both of their smiles shined brighter. He truly believed that these two were meant to be together, and he didn't understand why the couple had to make it so complicated.

"I missed you." Logan whispered after she pulled away but her lips brushed on top of his with every word she spoke.

She had left a few days earlier due to the fact that she wanted to spend time with Becky since the time they did get to spend together was rare and besides it was quite convenient that they were performing in the same town.

"I missed you too, love." He replied back and kissed her lips one more time before she unclasped her legs from around his waist, standing back on her own two feet. She turned her head to see Becky struggling with the four luggage cases, two of which were her own.

The pair of four continued their walk down the hallway. Finn grabbed her luggage and tugged it along with him, making Becky look over with a look in her eye. "Hey, you wanna take mine too?" she smirked over at him.

Finn turned his head to look over at her with a grin on his face. "I'd love to, but she take's her whole closet with her." He answered her, gesturing towards the two suitcases and then towards the duffel bag she was still holding which made Logan turn her hands up in defense.

"I can't help it. What if I don't want to wear what I pack, I need several outfits to choose from."

Finn snickered and pulled the suitcase with the medium bag laying on top of it, which was actually pretty heavy but by the heaviness - he knew exactly what it contained. "Do ya really need a bag for all ya shoes?"

Logan shrugged her shoulders while a sheepish grin came onto her lips. "Yeah, I do." She turned towards Becky who was smiling next to her. "Becky has bag full of cases that hold her sunglasses." she raised her eyebrow back at Finn who shook his head with a look of disbelief on his face, but he wasn't surprised.

"Yeah, and one of my cases is missing."

"You're not going to miss one case out of twenty four!" Logan countered back, her nose scrunching up.

          Becky sat down across from Logan as Lindy was taking down the hair rollers from her black hair, making them swoop down and frame her face with luscious volume. Logan's left leg was tucked into the side of Becky's arm, while her own two were on top of the latina's lap as she closed her eye, getting the last lash applied to her eye.

"-and Logan needs her own gimmick!" Charlotte shouted from the left of her which made Logan turn her head towards the blonde haired woman with a look on her face as she finished up her conversation with Paige.

"I do your own, 'WOOO!' better than you, Char." Logan fired back with her own challenging smirk on her face as Charlotte looked back at her with disgust, all the while Becky was cracking up in-front of her.

"I think she just dug ya grave, Flair." Becky shouted out while her eyes remained on her phone, her fingers typing out a message to her boyfriend.

"Queen of Thorns, what even is that?" Charlotte wiggled her eyebrows back at the other 'Queen' of the RAW division. "- thorns? My submission.. cause I do it better than Aleister Black."

"You're probably a thorn in his side, 'cause you do his move better than he does." Becky smiled back at her while Logan shook her head with a grin on her face. "The puns, stop." she chuckled out and stood from the chair after Lindy took out the last roller.

Looking at herself in the mirror, Logan scanned her reflection and her gaze stopped on the small black crown that adored her pointer finger. Another tattoo that she had gotten on her injury leave to remind her of her wrestling career.

She smiled and pulled back from the mirror, resting on her heels as she turned to look over at the blonde woman. "It looks lovely, Lindy." she complimented her finished look and then turned to pinch Becky on the thigh which made the woman look up at her. "I'll see you in a bit- gonna go find Finn." she said while pointing back towards the exit of the glam team's little room, pulling Finn's huge merch sweater down her thighs as it ridden up from sitting.

She walked down the hallway's of the crowded backstage area, the thumbing of a Seth Rollins' theme song vibrated the walls and ground she was walking on. She presumed that he was now going down to the ring to compete against Elias to retain his title. She was about to turn a corner until she saw Finn sitting down on one of the benches, his leg proped up onto the other one as he taped up one of his wrists with blue tape to match the gear he was wearing, which was godly.

That man could come out wearing a garbage bag and he would still manage to make it look good.

"Nervous?" she called out as she began walking down the hallway, his head perked up at the sound of her voice and his lips turned up into a smile. "A bit." he simply said while his eyes went back down to the tape.

Logan smiled down at him and knelled down between his legs, grabbing his hand and doing the tape herself. "You look really hot in that sparkly gear of yours." she said as she licked her lips, focusing on the tape between her fingers.

He chuckled and dipped his head a bit low while a slight blush came onto his features. They were matching - well sort of. She wanted to go with her old gimmick of Poison Ivy tonight, and he went for Spider Man. Villan Vs Hero, he remembered her telling him her idea and he went along with it.

"Are you even wearing anything under that sweater?" he questioned her with a seductive look in his eye as she looked up at him, a smirk coming onto her features.

"Un-zip and find out."

He snorted at that and one of his hands went out to grab hold of the white colored zipper, letting the sweater come open with each tug, revealing a sparkly green material underneath. "Would've been nice if ya were naked under there."

She tapped his wrist after she finished taping the two of them and looked up into his blue eyes, "I'll keep that in mind." she replied earning Finn to lick his lips and lean back on the bench. Putting her whole weight onto the palms of her hands, Logan lifted herself off the floor using Finn's knees and sat next to him on the bench, putting her kick pads over his thighs.

"I don't think the fact that I have a match coming up next has entered my brain, because I don't feel nervous about it." She told him as silence overcame the two rather quickly, but it was a comfortable silence that was welcomed.

Finn turned his head, "Ya will once you're standin' in the ring next to all the others." he told her.

"I just wanna go out there, I'm getting bored." She added while picking at the end of her sweater that rested against her legs, her mind starting to get occupied with the feeling of Finn's finger's playing with her tights.

The sound of Seth's music that blasted throughout the arena reminded her that her match was the next one, and she was the first going out. "You're not gonna be bored now." Finn grinned over at her, leaning towards her to capture her lips while she slipped her legs off his lap.

 "Remember when I told you I would give you my answer during Money in the Bank?" she asked him while Finn's hand combed through his beard, and then he turned his gaze towards her. "I'll move in with you."

 Finn's straight face had quickly turned brighter and he smiled. "We'll start moving your stuff in next week then." He leaned over again to press his lips to hers. She pulled away from him to see him raising his hand in the air to form what looked to be rabbit ears, the tips of his middle, thumb, and ring finger resting together to make his signature gesture. She smiled back as he raised his eyebrow back at her. "Too sweet, baby."

She smirked back at him and copied his gesture, pressing her fingers to his and then leaning in for another peck on the lips. "Too sweet."

She stood up from the bench after him and started walking towards the gorilla position along with him, since he wanted to go greet Seth. Which was surprising to her since they both had gotten over their differences in the past year now that Seth had a girlfriend.

It was an improvement from knocking him in the hospital.

Logan slid the black sweater off her body once she saw Becky looking up at the monitor, saying a quick hello to Seth as he came through the curtain with the belt on his shoulder. His eyes met her own brown ones and he smiled back, and then his gaze flickered up towards the Irish man and held out his hand to shake and pull him into a half hug.

"Cool gear." Becky turned around upon hearing her voice when she greeted Seth. She was wearing her new gear that was created for her heel character. It was all glittery green, along with the black tights and the vines that wrapped into her tights. It was obvious to her since - of course - she had told her that she was dressing as Poison Ivy for Money In The Bank.

"Thank you." Logan smiled back at her while her shoulder wrapped around the ginger as they walked towards up the stairs and towards the mirror. "We'd be a hell of a tag-team if you came to RAW." Logan smirked back at their reflections in the mirror as Becky turned her eyes on her friend's frame.

"Slaying the peasants with the Lass Kicker." Becky joked back as the crew member told her they were ending commercial in ten seconds, which gave Logan the time to fix her hair.

"I'll meet you out there." Becky rose her chin towards Logan as she stopped in front of the curtain that separated them from the universe. "Don't trip on your way out." she added which made the girl turn back around.

"Fuck you, Becks."

As soon as her song had started up with the beat, she started making her way onto the stage as the lights started flickering.

"The following contest is for the Women's Money In The Bank's Ladder Match! Introducing first, from New Cuidad, Mexico Logan Perris!"

She did her signature pose on the top of the stage, and then she looked out into the crowd with a confident look in her eye as the crowd let out a loud pop in response. Her eyes focused on the ladders that were sitting on the ramp and she maneuvered around them, giving one a glance and her hand rested on it before she continued down towards the ring, sliding in on her stomach.

Propping herself onto one leg, she looked out into the crowd as she lifted herself off the matt. Walking towards the middle of the ring and then looking up at the pale gold colored briefcase with a smile on her face.

Her eyes scanned the crowd as she looked on for the two familiar faces, and once she saw them - her eyes softened. Her mother was wearing her nasal cannula which only meant she had her oxygen tank with her. Despite her mother's pain, she still managed to shoot her a weak smile and wave while her father's hands rested on her mother's shoulders, but a proud smile was placed on his face.

They came. That's all that mattered to her.

It was only until her best-friend's song started going off next that she had turned around to look at the stage, seeing the ginger flip her hair so her goggles could rest on top of her head. She couldn't smile due to her character's persona but she wanted too.

The chants of the spectators were so thunderous they could be heard well from the backstage area. Those that were not apart of the big ladder match gathered around the large monitor set up for talent to watch the action. Finn had taken a seat at the front next to Rollins and Bayley.

The start of the match had everyone throwing out every moving person out of the ring, since the most damage was done by throwing people in the barricades, and it wasn't a surprise that Charlotte had went for Logan like a battering Ram, throwing her over the top rope like she was a rag doll. The poor girl didn't even realize what happened until Charlotte's shoulder hit her hard, sending all the air out of her lungs on the way down to the floor.

Bayley's eyes were glued to the monitor in wonder, her hands holding her two lips together in anticipation as Logan was standing in the ring with the ladder in her hands, standing face to face with the Orange haired Lass Kicker, which had everyone out of their seats cheering when the two were grasping onto the ladder.

"Put it down, Becky!" Logan screamed over the voices, but thanks to the improved audio on their end, they could be heard rather quickly.

"You let it go, this is my time!" Becky fired back and pushed the woman back with the ladder, which made something snap inside the Queen of Thorns, and she shoved her right back.

Everyone was screaming and no-one knew who to cheer for, but all they knew is that they wanted them to beat the hell out of one another.

"The crowd is eating them up right now." Seth commented and leaned forward in his chair in anticipation for the Women's match, which was going pretty good. The crowd were out of their seats almost the entire time, and the response they were getting would make Vince happy.

"They wanted these two since they started their twitter feud a while back." Bayley commented back at him, her brown eyes not once leaving the screen as Naomi jumped onto the ladder that was held up by the two friends, sending Natayla down with a fist to the face.

Logan looked back at Becky with a surprised look on her face and then her gaze quickly turned over towards Naomi who ducked out of their raised ladder and then drop kicked the ladder, sending the two girls down.

Logan rolled out of the ring while Alexa had grabbed the ladder from inside of the ring and started tugging it out, fighting with Naomi about it. But all Logan could focus on was setting up the ladder on the outside of the ring, and then climbing it to the top.

As her eyes focused on the people that were inside the ring, everyone was cheering and on top of their seats. Logan looked towards the crowd with a sick smile on her face as Ember, Becky and Naomi were fighting, going back and forth and not looking at the new threat that risen quickly.

As Logan pushed off the ladder and flipped in the air to perform the Swanton Bomb. Ember, Becky and Naomi turned their heads towards the body that was coming down on them and all three had caught her, sending them all falling to the floor again. Logan rolled off of Becky's body as she grabbed hold of her back and yelped out from the burning tingling sensation coming to life.

Logan rolled out of the ring for a breather while Alexa, Naomi, and Natayla were left in the ring. Finn watched as the other ladies battled it out but his main concern and thought was on Logan, who he couldn't see right now. It was only until Becky had started to climb the ladder that everyone had come off their seats, the crowd coming up like a wave.

Alexa sprang up and tipped over the ladder as soon as Becky was touching the brief case and about to unhook it when she felt the ladder tip, looking down as she panicked at the top. Logan peeked over the ring and as soon as Becky fell from the top of the ladder, Logan slid into the ring and grabbed hold of Alexa's pig tails, yanking on her scalp and throwing her face into the ladder.

Once she turned to face her, she hit her with the Kiss of Death before racing up the ladder and heading towards the gold. The excitement was contagious and Finn found himself holding his breath when she reached the top of the ladder. She had just grabbed the briefcase when her eyes left the prize, seeing a mop of orange hair enter the ring until Logan unclasped the handle from the chain.

"Holy shit she did it!" Sami shouted an instant before everyone rose in their seats and began clapping.

The look of pure excitement flooded on the features of Logan as she stood at the top of the ladder, holding the brief case up with her arm. Her eyes scanning the middle section of the crowd as she smiled victoriously back at them all as they all roared for her. She felt herself get overwhelmed, lifting the briefcase above her head as she lowered her face and bit down on her bottom lip.

"That was insane," Bayley gushed at the television as it began to show the replays of the match. She leaned back in her chair and jabbed Finn's leg. "I'm gonna go so I can be there when they get in the back." She told him and started making her way through the dispersing crowd. "Beat that match, girls." she glanced over at Asuka and Carmella who was standing in the back with a smile on their faces.

As Bayley, Finn and Sami made their way down the hallway and towards the gorilla position, they caught glance of Logan, who was holding the briefcase to her chest as Hunter was there to congratulate her.

Bayley pushed forward as soon as the higher authorities had let the girl go, and then she pulled her into a much needed hug, finally hearing the quiet sob that came out of her lips as she hung onto her tightly. Her body was shaking from the adrenaline and Bayley could only tell her how proud she was of her friend. Asuka and Carmella was quick to enter the two for the hug, and then the girls that competed in the ladder match started walking to the back, Charlotte was the first to walk over, then Becky and Ember.

"Can you leave some for us?" Sami yelled over the sobbing women and they broke away from their embrace with a chuckle, letting Logan come into his open arms. "That Swanton bomb was killer." he told her and she chuckled.

Finn laughed, "Yeah, no kiddin'."

"There's no way we'll be able to top that match." Owens sighed while walking towards the group with a smile on his face.

Logan then turned towards the man whose eyes had never left her frame since she arrived in the back, and she smiled warmly back at him. "Look at ya. Miss Money in the Bank." Finn smirked back at her as she made her way towards him, kissing his lips for a moment. "Now'll I'll have to win."

"-Yeah, see how well that goes." Braun walked over towards the group and smiled down at the current winner. "Nice match, kid." he rose his hand for a high-five to which the latina slapped with a grin on her face.

     "I cannot believe you didn't cash it in tonight." Charlotte hissed out as she placed an ice pack on her shoulder.

Becky turned her head to look at the woman who entered the locker room, her black hair was everywhere but her makeup had been touched up from the pictures she had taken earlier. "Right?!" Becky exclaimed.

The match between Nia Jax and Sasha Banks had wrapped up about an hour ago and Logan had gone out there to watch the match about half-way in for the element of distraction and letting her know, that now - she had someone else to worry about in that match. But Logan didn't cash it in when she could've and walked out of Money in the Bank as the new Raw Women's Champion.

"I didn't want to cash it in tonight." Logan shrugged while her eyes focused back on the screen that was showing the Men's Ladder match. "Everyone does that and I don't want to look like someone who can cash it in and win from someone else's dirty work."

"Well, I think it's kind of clever; she went out there to establish that she's the bigger threat right now." Lana commented while slipping her shirt over her bra.

Logan turned her gaze towards the blonde and nodded. "Thank you, finally someone understands."

"How's your face?" Logan gestured over towards Becky, who had fallen from the top of the ladder from Alexa, her whole face landing on the ladder that was propped across the apron.

Becky removed the ice pack from her forehead to showcase the goose egg that was starting to grow larger. "Makes me look bad ass, not that I need help with that."

"Watch your head, Becks -- you might get stuck in here." Charlotte fired back after rolling her eyes.

"Hah hah, you're funny." Becky deadpanned while resting her chin against her knees, her ice pack was placed back on her forehead. "You came out unscathed?" Becky turned her attention towards the latina as she sat down on one of the chairs.

She laughed. "No, you should see my back." she told her while turning towards the girls in the locker room, lifting her sweater out of the way to show the welts and the reddened skin from the dive off the ladder, and Becky knocking her down with the ladder.

It turns out that Finn hadn't won the briefcase tonight but instead it was Braun. She was upset of course, but she was proud for Braun. It honestly looked like the man was going to break down in tears when he unhooked the case from the chain, but he kept this composure. She caught sight of Finn coming from catering with a carrot stick in his mouth and they met up, more than ready to leave the arena after he got checked from the trainers since it was mandatory after such a painful match.

"Mija," she turned her head at the sound of her father's voice, her eyes leaving the blues of Finn before settling upon her father's aged face. "You did amazing out there." he told her while he helped her mother along with his arm.

She saw Finn stiffen slightly when they approached her parents, but hopefully her father would act differently towards him this time. "Thanks dad."

She then turned towards her mother who smiled at her, and she opened her arms for her mother to shove her into her open arms. "That dive off the ladder frightened me, don't do such things again."

Logan let out a laugh, "Ah, mama. I'm alright." she spoke out in her language and she turned towards Finn who was still standing off to the side with an awkward smile on his lips. "You've met Finn before - or Fergal." she shook her head upon correcting herself and smiled over at her boyfriend as he extended his hand for her mother.

"How could I forget a handsome face." She smiled up at the Irish man. "Your match was good too, it's too bad you didn't win like Logan. Next year, huh?" she smiled back when he nodded his head.

"I'll definitely get it next year." Finn answered her back with a smile, and then turned towards her father who was looking at him with a questionable look.

"Mr. Rivera." Finn nodded his head towards him which made her father's lips turn up into a smirk and his hand extended towards him.

"Please call me Andres, Fergal."

A/N

 She was a long one folks, and I didn't intend to be up until 3 in the morning to write this. But yes hello, I've come out of Christmas hibernation. I hope you guys had a great holiday because I did. ONLY BECAUSE MY BECKY THE MAN SHIRT CAME ON THE 24TH. LIKE HALLELUJAH. 

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