Late Night Musings [vs. Braydon Knox II]

[Raven MacDemare]

It’s movie night for Raven MacDemare and her beloved boyfriend, Lord Blake. Unfortunately, the latter has already fallen asleep ten minutes into ‘Titanic’. It was typical Lord and Raven smiled as she covered him with a fuzzy pink blanket that had been resting on the back of their couch. Removing the red solo cup from his hand, she quietly padded into the kitchen as to not disturb him and placed the cup into the plastics bin so Maid could take it to the recycling center on Tuesday.

Raven liked to recycle things on Tuesdays.

Motioning for the cameras to follow her, she led them down the hallway towards the master bedroom she was sharing with her beau and took a seat on the bed. The sweet brunette was dressed in a pair of pink and black plaid pajama bottoms, a black spaghetti strap tank top, and her dark hair was pulled into a high ponytail. Despite the late hour, she was still wearing full makeup because Raven believed in always having a flawless face. She smiled at the RSW camera crew that had been allowed inside her home. “We have to do this quietly,” she whispered, placing a finger to her glossy pink lips. “Lord has an important match coming up against Prince’s dead father, King, and we can’t wake him up.”

Typical Raven. She was always worried about Lord’s well-being. It’s why they were so perfect together. For all the time she spent making sure his needs were taken care of, Lord devoted the same amount of time to hers. The two of them only had eyes for one another.

“I’ll be honest with you guys. As Vendetta gets closer, I find myself getting more and more nervous about getting inside the ring. My biggest fear is letting down my boyfriend, my family, and the fans. I may not have to worry about spending money, but I know the fans do. They work hard for the money they’re going to spend to see me wrestle and that truly terrifies me. Lord told me that the amount of fans inside The Arena on Thursday night will be the equivalent to the amount that pack inside Jordan-Hare Stadium during all Auburn home games. Just thinking about competing in front of almost 87,000 people gives me goosebumps.”

Raven looked at her bare arms and then hugged herself.

“It’s so intimidating. Braydon Knox is intimidating. I know who he is associated with and I really don’t know what to say. Lord and I have known Mondae and Arianny since we were little kids. Our parents would hang out with their parents at wrestling reunion shows. I can’t say that either of those girls were ever the nicest people. I am just hoping that Braydon comes to the ring and will fight fair. His size advantage is enough. He doesn’t need two extra pairs of hands helping him out.”

Raven curled her legs up underneath her and sat up straighter. The 20-year old, who was on the cusp of making her professional wrestling debut, seemed to be taking this match with the massive Braydon Knox more seriously than people would have previously thought.

“I know that whatever is meant to be will be. I’m not worried about anything bad happening to me. Lord would never allow it..."

At that moment, a sleepy Lord Blake entered the bedroom. "What won't I allow?"

Raven held out her arms and Lord sat down on the bed, pulling her into his lap. Snuggling against his chest, Raven made herself comfortable and sighed happily. "You would never let anything happen to me."

Lord nodded. "You're exactly right. No one will ever harm a perfect hair on your beautiful head." He kissed the top of her head as he said this and Raven felt all of her nerves just float away. Lord had a way of making her feel safe and secure, and his strong arms tightened around her tiny body. "You will be the most amazing wrestler come Thursday night, Ravey. You could never do anything wrong. Braydon's size, strength, and overall ability to brawl might be disadvantages to you, but your heart, passion, and energy makes up for whatever you will lack. I believe in you and soon everyone know just how special you are."

Raven smiled at the praise. "I love you, babe."

"I love you too."

The scene fades on the couple kissing.