(Present)

"She fucking cheated on me," He states. My jaw hangs open. She cheated on him? I have no idea how to respond to that. I stay silent as Heath's eyes bore right into mine.

"Heath, I'm so sorry. I didn't--"

"It's fine," He says cutting me off from finishing my sentence.

"Does your mom know?" I ask softly. He shakes his head in response. I did feel sorry for him. His mother basically arranged his relationship with Sasha, much to his disapproval. And then she had the audacity to cheat on him and use his money? That's just low. "Um--" I start but am cut off by the announcer.

Nash is going up first against his opponent. Throughout the whole fight, I wasn't even paying attention to the guys. My whole thought is traced back to when Heath told me that he and Sasha aren't together anymore.

I have no idea how to react to this. Am I happy? Yes. Wait that sounds mean. Am I sad for him? Yes.

So many emotions and thoughts swarm my head it almost gives me a headache. I glance up at Heath to see he's deep in observing the fight that's going on. When he told me about it, he didn't seem that sad. He more felt like he was, relieved? I guess I can see why.

Soon the match comes to an end. Heath and I head to the back where the rest of the guys are. Jed won against his opponent and so did Nash. I guess my good luck kiss really did work.

"You think there's gonna be double the amount of people who normally come to watch these fights at the fundraiser?" I ask no one in particular.

"I guess. Normally there would be triple the size. The more money we make the better so we can donate," Jed says, wiping the sweat off his forehead with a towel. He's got some cuts and bruises but he should be fine.

"Oh, this might be a bit shocking and bad timing for this but uh, the fundraiser is being pushed back a bit. I heard some people talking about another promotion for it. This time it'll be the girls going against each other. It's so that the audience can get a taste of both genders going head to head," Kade says casually.

My eyes almost bulge out of my head. What? Why didn't anyone tell me sooner? "What? When is it?" I ask panicking. I am nowhere near ready to face off against another person.

"Um, one week," Kade replies shrugging.

"What?! Do I have to go up against them? I'm not ready yet," I say panicked.

"Yeah, the fighters who are participating in the fundraiser are required to do the promotion,"

"Wha---okay, um then when is the actual fundraiser?" I ask slowly.

"They're pushing it back for another month or so. I heard that this will be one of the greatest and biggest ones they've held. More fighters are willing to join."

"Who am I going up against?" I ask, my heartbeat starting to race ten times faster now that I can almost hear it.

"I'm not sure, but you can go ahead and check for yourself on the signup sheet. Your name should be right next to your opponent's name."

"Thanks," I say and head outside, Heath following close behind me. We squeeze through the crowd of people. Once we reach the signup sheet, I scan for my name.

Maya Edwards vs Lara Carson

Jennifer Stark vs Kassie Louise

Primrose Hendricks vs Victoria Pierce

Victoria? Who is this Victoria girl? Looking at her name, it seems a bit familiar but I can't place my finger on where I've heard it from. I turn to look back at Heath to see his reaction. I'm guessing Heath knows exactly who she is by the look on his face. His eyes are wide and his lips are set in a thin line.

"Do you know who she is?" I ask breaking his trance. His eyes go back and forth between the name on the paper, and me.

He sighs, taking a deep breath in. Nodding his head, he replies. "Yeah, she's probably one of the best fighters we've got on the girl's team," He says softly.

Oh my gosh. Wait, we're fighting with girls on the same team as us? Why would they put me with her? I'm probably nowhere near as good as she is. My palms start to sweat at the thought of this Victoria girl beating me up. "Do you know her?" I ask him.

He hesitates for a moment before nodding his head slowly. "She's my sister."

What? He has a sister? Since when? He never mentioned to me about his family before, well besides his mother and how his father owns a business. Oh, so that's probably why her name seems so familiar. Heath and Victoria have the same last name, Pierce. That's why it sounded familiar to me.

"You have a sister?" I ask shocked. I guess that's better than her being his ex-girlfriend, right?

"Yeah, we don't talk to each other anymore though," He says. Ouch. I wouldn't know how to feel about not talking to my sibling anymore. I mean I'm an only child so of course, I wouldn't know how to feel.

I have no idea what to say yet again. This whole entire night was him telling me these shocking things. First, it was about how he broke up with Sasha. Then it was about how Sasha had cheated on him. And now this, he has a sister? What next is he secretly God this whole time and this was just a test? No way.

"Why, why not?" I ask softly. I know I've probably been way too nosey tonight. Don't blame me but I'm just a curious girl.

"We got into this fight a while ago. It was about our parents. The fight was stupid really and we just never talked since I guess," He says casually.

Oh. I've gotten into fights with Jed before too. Not to the point where both of us refuse to talk to one another, but to the point where we could just laugh it off at the end.

"Can you help me train harder?" I ask him. I don't want to harm his sister, even though they are not exactly on speaking terms, but I want to make sure that this is a good fight. I want to get a taste of what the fundraiser will feel like.

He hesitates for a moment before nodding. I smile and squeeze his torso. "I will, but only if you promise me that you'll knock Vic out. She's been a real pain in the ass lately," He says which causes me to pull back.

"Heath, I would never hurt anyone, unless I have to. I'll go up against your sister, use the techniques that you teach me, but I will not beat her to the point where she'll end up in the hospital because of me, and then I'll have to pay her bills," I reply, putting my hands on my hips.

"Don't worry, you won't have to pay the bills, Underground XO will," He says. I slap his shoulder playfully, I know he was just kidding. Actually, I hope.

"Wait, what's Underground XO?" I ask.

"It's the name of this company," He shrugs. "Anyway, if you want to be nearly as good as my butthead of a sister, you'll have to stop by more," He says with a wink.

"You're just saying that because you miss this face," I say, gesturing to my looks.

"Maybe. Or I just want to show off how great I am compared to you."

I roll my eyes at him before we make our way back to the back room where the guys still hang. Heath and I enter the room. "So, who is my little fighter going up against?" Jed asks as he leans back on the couch, his hands going behind his head as his legs prop themselves up on the small coffee table in front of him.

"Ew, don't call me that. And I'm going up against Victoria Pierce," I say as the guys' jaw hangs open. "What now?" I ask.

"You do realize she's Heath's badass sister right?" Nash asks, looking worried for me.

"I know, they have the same last name? Anyway, I want you guys to train me harder. I want to be just as good as she is," I beg them. "Heath already said he'd do it," I add.

They all sigh before nodding their heads. "Just don't get on Vic's bad side. She gets even scarier," Jed says, shivering at the thought of getting on her bad side.

"Noted," I say.

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