Enemy of my Enemy

Aurora waited impatiently as the barista made her drink. Her body was sore all over from training and something that so dehydrating probably wasn't the smartest. But she didn't care. She looked up and noticed the television was showing highlights of something. She watched it for a little bit before her drink was ready. By then she thought she might as well finish watching and sat down. She wished she hadn't. Eventually, it showed the pre-SS interview of Taylor Parker and Adrian Kytes. The blonde shook her head and sighed loudly.

"Fuckin-ey," she stated rather loudly at the big mouthed brat more commonly known as Taylor. She was so sick of that woman. She had such a big head, it drove her nuts. Even though she didn't know much about Adrian, she hoped she destroyed Taylor at Summer Splash. Maybe if her foot was physically jammed into her own mouth, that ass would actually show humility for once. "What a bitch..." she muttered as she took another sip of her coffee. Despite her verbal complaints, she didn't stop watching the broadcast.

Natasha had gone into the interview for Taylor and Adrian only wanting to wish her former team captain well, and get a shot in on Adrian who she still nothing but ill feelings towards, but she had come out of it furious with both women after they insulted her and hentai wrestlers in general repeatedly. It had been a day since then but her anger hadn't subsided, even with Heather having tired to talk her down all night, but instead of pacing around her home the entire day she figured a bit of fresh air and some good coffee might relax her. Walking into the small but always busy shop Natasha was dressed simply, wearing black jeans and a blue silk top that clung to the curves of her body, walking over to the counter and waving at the clerk behind it, flashing her a bright smile before placing her drink order.

She had been in here before and the girl knew what she wanted before she even did, Natasha slipping a ten into the woman's tip jar to which the clerk replied by blowing her a kiss. Natasha walked over to the end of the counter to await her drink, leaning her lower back against the counter and looking up to the television screen. Her smile immediately vanished when she saw Taylor's smug face soon followed by Adrian's, her eyes narrowing as she was forced to relive the interview. She had been about to say something herself when she overheard another woman in the shop express her thoughts about Taylor, Natasha's drink arriving just as her eyes fell upon a woman she swore she had seen somewhere before, or at least someone who resembled her.

Grabbing the drink from the clerk with a "thank you as always" and a smile Natasha then walked over to the table where the woman in question was sitting and stopped just in front of her. "What a bitch indeed. Sorry I couldn't help but overhear, seems we share a mutual dislike for the former entropy champion am I right?" Natasha said before taking a long drink from her iced coffee.

The blonde took another sip of coffee just as Natasha approached. It took her a moment to realize who exactly it was. Even though they hadn't met before, she'd seen Natasha around and in many clips on television and online. "Well, yea, but everyone should hate her." She wasn't entirely sure why so many people cheered for Taylor. Regardless, she leaned back in her chair and tried to smile politely. "My name is Aurora Wilson." She tilted her head, "You're...Mrs. Loclear, right?"

While Natasha wouldn't go so far as to claim she hated Taylor, she did have some fond memories of the blonde woman after all, at the moment she certainly didn't harbor much love for her either. Whatever Taylor had done to this woman however had left nothing but resentment, a feeling that Taylor seemed to instill in just about everyone she ran across from what Natasha had seen. "From what I hear most in the AFW do, the only ones who like her are the fans who cheer for her, and they only do that because they don't know her." Natasha replied plainly as if she was merely recounting a well known fact.

Her eyebrows raised when she heard the woman give her name as Aurora Wilson, her mind suddenly realize that it was Talia Wilson who the woman reminded her of. She couldn't remember if Talia had mentioned a sister or not, she had been a bit drunk herself at the time of their meeting, but the matching last names couldn't be a coincidence. "Yes I am but more importantly are you related to Talia?""

Aurora smiled and nodded as Natasha spoke, making sure to sip her coffee when she could. The whole punk rock chick thing was so 90s anyway. Eventually Japan would pick up on it and Taylor was going to drift into obscurity like she deserved. "Yea...I'm her sister actually...you know Tal?" she asked with hesitation. The way her sister described things, she always assumed Talia never had any friends. Just enemies. Aurora bit her lip and wasn't sure what to add to that. "I actually haven't seen her in quite awhile...something about moving to Canada or whatever..."

Natasha was drinking from her iced coffee when Aurora asked if she knew her sister, nodding her head while remembering back to the night she had run into Talia at the bar where, ironically, Taylor had been holding her coming back party. The girl had obviously been drinking too much that night and by the time she ran into Natasha it was obvious she was in no shape to even walk home on her own. Natasha had thought about calling a cab for her but in the end she had taken the girl home with her and Heather, checking up on her through the night before driving her home the next morning. Their meeting had been a short one, with both women drunk, but Natasha saw Talia as a friend, albeit one she hadn't seen in quite some time.

A questioning look came to Natasha's eyes when she heard that Aurora hadn't heard from Talia in some time either, her eyes widening even further when she mentioned Canada. "Wait are you serious, she really moved to Canada? I know when she lost that match with Cassie it meant leaving Friction...but why move so far away so suddenly?"" Natasha suddenly realized she was speaking far too quickly, taking a deep breathe before reaching for the chair across from Aurora. "Sorry that just took me by surprise, ugh I really wish I could have been in the front row cheering her on, but my match that night took everything out of me. Mind if I take a seat?"

Aurora shrugged at Natasha's question regarding where Talia went. She remembered getting that text from Talia months back, along with the assurance that everything was just fine. Despite Aurora's occasional text and Talia's occasional reply, she hadn't learned much of what happened since then. "Yea, help yourself," she answered and gestured to the seat across from her. "I probably should have been there too..." she followed up while looking off into the distance. She wasn't sure how much support that would've been for her sister. Probably a lot, actually. She remembered seeing her fight with those fans, and all the cheers seemed to revolve around Cassie and not Talia.

Aurora sipped her coffee and sighed. "I'll be honest, I didn't watch your match that night. How'd that work out for you?"

Natasha had told herself before Tali's match with Cassie that no matter what she was going to be there to cheer the girl on, even if she did have her own match at Avalanche to worry about, but she hadn't been able to keep that promise to herself and even now months later she still felt terrible about it. It seemed something had kept Aurora away as well and judging from the sour look on her face she felt just as badly about it as she did.

"Thanks." She said before pulling out the chair and dropping down into it, crossing her left leg over her right and taking another sip from her drink, enjoying the sensation of the caffeine running through her body as it brought with it a surge of energy. "It likely wouldn't have been your type of thing anyway, it was a triple threat hentai match against a couple friends of mine. Somehow I managed to win, despite the other two being a couple, and with the win came a contract for a match for the hentai title anytime I want. So in short yes, it went well." Natasha happily answered, a smile return to her lips after the rather depressing discussion about Talia.

"I don't remember Talia mentioning a sister, I take it from your thoughts on Taylor you're a wrestler as well, am I right?"

The blonde crossed her arms and nodded unintentionally showing discomfort in her body language regarding what Natasha's match had been. She had known beforehand it was her specialty but it really didn't click until the woman brought it up. It wasn't her style of wrestling, and the thought of action like it made her a little bit anxious. But it wasn't like she looked down on Natasha at all for it. "Yea, I wrestle with Friction. Just eh...normal matches I suppose." There seemed to be a moment of hesitation.

"Although, I haven't wrestled in quite awhile. My last match was against Cassie Elliot a long time ago." It didn't mean she hadn't been training hard, though. "Are you going to be cashing that title shot on this upcoming pay per view?"

Natasha was from a family of means, her father acting as owner and CEO of a shipping company that operated in too many countries for her to remember off the top of her head, and growing up she had been brought on numerous business trips to learn the art of business first hand. One of those tricks of the trade she had learned was reading people and from the rather obvious discomfort Aurora displayed upon hearing the nature of her match she could see her feelings on hentai matches weren't much different from those of Taylor and Adrian, but at least she wasn't openly insulting her about it either.

Hearing Cassie's name again caused Natasha to visibly shake for a moment, the french woman taking another drink from her iced coffee while Aurora continued talking. She hadn't ever met Cassie but she knew she was a friend of Taylor's and formerly Talia's friend as well. "I haven't ever fought Cassie but it seems to be the trend to do so as of late. I would like to get her back for what she put Talia through, though to be honest I think they both took things further than they ever needed to go. I just wish Talia hadn't lost her job over it." Natasha replied solemnly, pausing for a moment to take another sip from her drink before moving onto another subject.

"No I don't think so. From what I hear a title match is already booked, and I don't want to be one of those who chases in a contract on an already weakened champion. When I use it I want them to know its coming, giving them time to prepare and then we have our title match, with both of us at our best. If I can't win the title that way I honestly don't deserve to have it."