Vanquish my doubts...

Cecilia Northman was getting herself ready in the locker room, along with Heather, they were both scheduled for a tag match together against KamiKaze, Akashi Tanikaze and Taylor Parker's team, while Cecilia and Heather were good friends and even rivals, Cecilia had been acting odd to say the least towards Heather as of late, she had not said more than two words to her at a time, speaking little and even keeping her usually happy and fun attitude away from their conversations, not even her usual teasing was present, Cecilia had just been acting odd one could say and it probably didn't do well for Heather.

Cecilia just put on her new top, and pull her hair through the halter, and straighten the top out a bit over her breasts, she began to pull up her stockings on her legs, all the way up, as she didn't seem to show as much as a care for Heather, she didn't glance over, she didn't tease her or even try to do anything special at all, nothing that she usually would do, she didn't call Heather any or her nick names and hadn't for the past few days, not calling her Heats, or Flower...like she used to do.

After pulling up her stocking Cecilia put on her boots and began lacing them up, letting out a sigh of annoyance as she did, she shook her head a little, she wanted to do something about all this, but she really didn't know what to say or do without getting pissed and trying to knock Heather out, so she figured that she would just keep quite and bite through it all until she stopped caring about this or something.

" Almost Done Heather ?" Cecilia said in a dull tone to her friend, without glancing over to her, or even caring, not even enough to listen to any answer.

With everything seemingly settled, the big Pay Per View event finally coming to a close, Heather figured things would go slowly back to normal, starting off with a big match with her friend Cecilia, taking on quite the well known tag team. It was the chance to really put herself and her friend over as a team, showing their relationship and how well they worked together. Heather was quite excited for the whole thing, toppled off with a confrontation with one of her opponents, Taylor, who didn't seem to take much of a liking to her the last time they met.

When Heather heard that her and Cecilia would be sharing the same locker room, she was quite hesitant about it. She knew how Cecilia was, and figured it would open up a whole avenue for teasing from the girl, and she certainly wasn't excited about that. However, it seemed that that wasn't the case as Cecilia had been acting quite odd recently. The silence between them was something that made Heather quite uneasy as she got herself ready for the match.

She would steal a few glances at Cecilia, wanting to see her expression, though averting her look as she noticed she was still dressing each time, before finally the girl had gotten on all her attire. Heather would let out a sigh, the silence still getting to her before she would jump slightly as Cecilia spoke to her. No nicknames, no friendly expressions, just bluntly asking her a question.

"Ah..yeah..almost." Heather would say, noticing the fact that that was quite far from the truth. She had gotten her bikini top on, but just had her pants in her hands, jumping slightly as she would finally slip them on her legs, over her long black socks and black panties. "Hey..you mind telling me if there's something wrong? You're..acting strange." Heather would say, zipping up and buttoning her pants.

Cecilia kept her mental distance from Heather, not getting close to her at the moment, and not acting friendly or trying to be kind to the girl, or even be much of a friend to Heather, she wouldn't even be doing this match unless she didn't have to, she had agreed to it and she would do it, and do her best like always and attempt to continue the way she treated Heather, but at least she hoped that it wouldn't be questioned, cause she already wanted to lash out at Heather, questioned and she might actually do it.

Of course Heather wasn't the kind of girl things could just be simple with, when she asked her question, Cecilia gritted her teeth and shook her head, she didn't want to say anything, she didn't want to talk about it, she didn't want to even be in the same room as Heather, she knew very well that she was childish and this was probably not how friends should act, but she didn't like it at all, she didn't really know how to feel, but betrayed was a good word for the way she felt, she felt like Heather maybe didn't have any faith in her and that she might have just been a hopeless useless husk that would be used for her money...just like when she was a kid, friends....she really couldn't have any it seemed, Cat was the only one that didn't ask for money, Adrian and Rebecca she became friends with before they knew that she was rich...they didn't bother her for that kinda stuff..yet.

Heather hadn't done so either, but probably would, Cecilia sat down on the bench, now that she was finished lacing up her boots and done putting on her attire, Cecilia looked over at Heather as she was barley done, and sighed, shaking her head again as she started mumbling under her breath and throwing out a few curses in Swedish...she then was quite for a few second, " Yeah there is " Cecilia said finally as she let out a sigh.

The longer the silence went on between the two, the more uncomfortable Heather would get. It wasn't usual that she would act this way, if it were anyone else she would probably just forget about it and just go out there and do the match, but with Cecilia it was different. She was talking to a good friend and the fact that she was hardly even acknowledging her was definitely worrying Heather and making her uneasy.

As she tried to ask her if there was something wrong, she would watch as Cecilia would look at her, clearly aggravated before she would spit out some words in her language that Heather immediately figured had to be some sort of curse words. When she finally answered her, it was something with no closure that left alot open. Her simple 'yeah there is' didn't really offer much to Heather or give her any clear answer.

"There is...well..you..mind telling me what it is?" Heather would say, completely turning to Cecilia as she walked over to her. "Because you know, when we go out there I'd rather us be on the same page..." Heather would add on, getting just a few steps away from Cecilia, sitting a bit away from her on the bench. "I don't remember doing anything to you, but if there is something then you can go ahead and jog my memory, it would be nice. I don't just want a partner out there, I want someone I can communicate with and trust."

It had been a few days since the PPV, but stuff that happened there was still bothering her, sure it had been an amazing win for the Avengers and it had been a great night for the both of them, as well as Adrian, Cecilia had gained the Hardcore contract and Heather had gain the main title contract, but still Heather had done something that Cecilia didn't really like, it had pissed her off quite a bit at the time she learned of it, but as of late it had caused her to doubt herself and she had come to believe that no one trusted in her, or had any faith in the Queen of Valkyries, she had just no idea of what to do.

If the person that she had called her friend and rival didn't believe in her or trust her, than no one would, she had asked Adrian about this and she seemed to trust her, but she couldn't know for sure, as it was all of them were just yes sayers....that's how it had always been for her, no one said anything...no one cared, turns out Heather might have been the same as the rest from long ago, she listened to Heather's words and shook her head a little, " It doesn't matter...there isn't hasn't been much trust between us anyways" Cecilia said as she turned her gaze away from Heather, and spoke with a somewhat solemn voice, maybe it was just Heather...maybe she was just using Cecilia, like others had before, maybe it was wrong of the Swede to think that Heather could have been her friend after all that they had been through before, and how much they had sort of hated each other before..

Cecilia decided to speak, " Don't worry...I'll do the match, and I'll win...maybe.." Cecilia paused for a moment before her voice dropped down and turned low of sound, " Maybe..there can be some trust then" Cecilia said as she brought a hand up to have it run through her hair, it had been growing quite well, back length now, not it's shoulder length it had been when Sarah Gatt cut more than half of her golden mane off.

As Heather tried to get more out of Cecilia, trying to figure out what was wrong, she realized her words may not have been the best choice, but she was fishing for what to say, not used to a situation like this. When she heard Cecilia's words about them never having much trust, she would look up at her, her mouth open slightly as she tried to let something out, but couldn't. She didn't know why, but the girl saying that certainly had an impact on her, making her feel as if she was right, hitting her hard.

"But..Cecilia that's..not what I meant." Heather would say, looking down trying to think to herself what she should say next, really wanting to lift this feeling between them, wanting to figure it out. "I'm..sorry if I did something. I don't know what I did, but I..don't think I did it on purpose." Heather would let out, really confused and trying to think of how to put her words.

"Look...Cecilia..this may sound weird but, I don't just want to go out there and win tonight..though that would be nice, but that's not the only reason. I don't team with just about anyone you know? I..want..to enjoy this team. Me and you, it's supposed to be great." Heather would say, looking back at Cecilia. "So..Whatever I did, you can just tell me what it was, so I can do something about it and we can move on."

Cecilia looked away from Heather, not letting her eyes even meet her, she knew very well that her reason for feeling this way for stupid, but she just couldn't deny how it all made her feel, it was just something that had happened, she just should have been happy was all, they all won, and Clyde was back, life was kinda okay...better than okay it was great, she had friend, but she didn't know if they trusted or cared for her...all she knew was that she cared for them, but from Heather's decision it just had seemed to her that she had lost faith and trust in Cecilia...or maybe she never had it.

Cecilia listened to what Heather said and when she was finished Cecilia stood up and pulled her necklace of her neck, and above her head, and look at the sliver chain and the silver made hammer of Thor Mjölnir pendant that she had, she opened her locker and put it in there, and then closed and locked the locker, taking a few steps back before she looked at Heather for a few seconds, before she walked up to her and moved down to sit right next to Heather.

" *sigh*...Fine I'll ....You don't trust me...you knew I was gonna be the one to challenge Gatt....and you knew that I needed that...but you went a head and challenged her anyway..." Cecilia said as she slumped down a little, placing her elbows on her thighs and holding up her head with her hands, "...It..it just...made me fell like non of you trusts me...and I doubt that you do...I mean..I'm an awful friend...and ...I just don't know anymore." Cecilia said as she just decided to lay out.

Heather would watch as Cecilia stood up, removing her necklace and placing it in her locker. She was hoping her actions meant something good, but in reality it was probably just because she doesn't wear it out to the ring. Heather would continue watching Cecilia, a sort of concern on her face before the girl would come back over to the bench, sitting next to her.

"What?? But that's not.." Heather would let out, shaking her head at Cecilia's words before she would wait for her to finish. Heather would bite her lip before turning herself towards Cecilia and wrapping her arms around her in a hug, something she wouldn't willingly do with most people, but have shared with Cecilia a couple times before.

"You..are not an awful friend. You helped me out more than most others did. If it wasn't for you and Bonnie, I don't even know where I'd be or if I'd have even been able to take it before Clyde woke up...now...as for the thing with Gatt..I'm...sorry..I didn't know I was challenging Gatt. I know you wanted her first, and when I found out that Gatt was the last one in that little group of people with contracts, it was too late to go back on my choice...Everyone already had their match and I just challenged whoever the last one remaining was, taking my chances on which had the AFW Title contract..but look...she got replaced by Kelly..She's still yours first, I promise." Heather would say with a smile before releasing Cecilia from the hug.

Cecilia kept her gaze forward, away from Heather and focused only one the door that lead out to the hallway, a match was soon to take place, with two people as her opponents, one she had encountered before, and she didn't have the best of relationships with, but she didn't hold any grudged or anything, and then there was the other, a very accomplished wrestler, a true champion if there were someone who deserved a title, it had to be her.

Cecilia did feel like she was alone in this fight, even though she was teaming up with her friend, it didn't seem like it when she thought her friend had no faith in her, and felt like she wasn't even good enough for her friend, maybe she wasn't such thought had plagued her for quite sometime, she didn't use to think this way, but then she had lost to Gatt...and now after she seemed to have gotten reassurance from everyone of her friends that she could fight her and win...that had been shattered quite easily, like a window that had just gotten a rock thrown at it, she had been broken down, all by Heather's decision to make it so that she would fight Sarah, the feeling of trust had been broken for Cecilia and it might have been harder to fix than one could realize.

But then something unexpected happened! Heather hugged Cecilia ? ..." W-wha?" Cecilia let out as her eyes widened...never had Heather hugged her, sure she had hugged back once in a while but she was never one to start a hug between them it seemed, and it took Cecilia by surprise, she smiled a little as she heard what Heather told her, her friends way of speaking or putting together the little speech had not been the most well thought out, but there was feelings behind her words and her care showed Cecilia that she truly was a friend, Cecilia hugged back and held Heather tight, " Thanks little Flower...It means a lot...I'm sorry, I don't know what came over me really" Cecilia said as very small traces of tears showed in the corner of Cecilia's eyes as her eyes had watered a little but the close moment with her friend.

Cecilia would quickly try and pull back a little and attempt to, and move her hands up to Heather's shoulder's and stare deeply into her eyes, with her sort of watered eyes, and smile, " Let's go out there and kick some ass then ! as the best damn team ever !" Cecilia said with a smile before she would move in to give Heather a little kiss, on her forehead, " Thanks..really"

As Heather held Cecilia in the hug, she would hear her surprise, knowing it at least did that much. The wall that seemed to be suddenly put up between the two was extremely unsettling to Heather, and to lose the one person she could call a friend in such a long time would have been ridiculous to her. She felt like she had indeed done something stupid to make Cecilia drift away like this, and was worried that it couldn't be reconciled. Much to her joy though, as she went to break the hug, she would feel Cecilia hug her back, tightly, showing that her apology was accepted.

"Ah..it's no problem Cecilia..just don't do that again. That was too much." Heather would say before letting out a little sigh. "And...do you really have to call me that?" She would add on, a bit jokingly as Cecilia called her that nickname that she seemed to like calling her so much recently. It wasn't one that she would prefer, but it wasn't all that bad.

As Cecilia released the hug, placing her hands on Heather's shoulders, she would see the slightly watered eyes of Cecilia, unable to prevent herself from matching her smile as she heard her words. Heather would go to nod her head before suddenly lean in and kiss her on her forehead. Heather would blush quite a bit before quickly standing up on the bench. "Y-you didn't have to do that!" Heather would let out, adjusting herself before she would shake her head, the smile slowly coming back. "You're welcome..now like you said, let's go do this."