Tag Team Championship Ladder Match

[Thomas Valentine]

OOC: No promo in this one for various reasons, a lot of the match relevance is in the last scene as its heavily based on said match. Good luck all!

Halloween had been a more than enjoyable experience spending it alone with Kandis. We’d gone from scaring unsuspecting kids thanks to her artistic flair then finished off with an evening and then late night watching movies and then of course going more towards our own brand of entertainment which was a little more X Rated as you could imagine. In the days following it though, I figured it needed to get back to business as usual and so I got the ball rolling on a very special project that I’d had in the works forever, and took my newest protege along for the ride…



"So where we goin' today, boss?" Ashley asked from the passenger seat as we made our way to the property I'd acquired thanks to the realtor that Blake Mason had directed my way.


I stop at a set of lights before I cast a sideways glance at him. "We're going to check out a little project I've got going on" I replied cryptically as he smirked a little.


"Ooo, am intrigued!" he exclaimed as I chuckled slightly at his enthusiasm that was quite clear in his voice.


Smiling I shake my head. "Its not strictly to do with your training, but I figured I'd kill two birds with one stone…" I said, once again deliberately adding to the cryptic air my words were creating.


"Yeah? Can I ask fer a few more details?" he pressed as i smiled.


Pausing for effect as well as to think about the next turn off I needed to make, I then shrugged. "You can ask…" I finally replied with a slight smirk.


Ashley sighed before shaking his head, it was fun keeping him guessing and knowing there was little else he could do. "Alreight… What ya got in mind? Am not goin' through some weird initiation shit after all am a? A wanna succeed, but there's a line even fer me" he exclaimed as I actually laughed at the thought.


"If it makes you feel better, then i promise this isn't going to be 'some weird initiation shit'" I replied, once again not putting him out of his proverbial misery.


The guy was clearly squirming but probably didn't want to push too far in case it backfired on him. "Well that puts me a bit more at ease a guess… So any clues then?" Ashley asked, once again attempting to get the information he now desperately wanted.


Enjoying this little back and forth I chose to go the long way round in getting the information to him. "How's your training going?" I asked, answering his question with another question and getting satisfaction from seeing his jaw clench when I turned to look at him momentarily. 


Whether he was wise to what I was doing or whether he had resigned himself to not finding out what he wanted to know, Ashley surprisingly didn't push the subject with his next response. "Its going alreight a think, no one's said owt bad up to this point" he declared as i nodded. 


"Good… How are the sessions with Kandis going? Is she looking after you?" I then asked, more from curiosity for his take on it seeing as I knew her thoughts on the matter. 


Ashley seemed to think about something before he answered. "Erm yeah a guess, she's a tough bird fer sure!" he finally said as he wasn't telling me anything I didn't already know. 


"Yeah she is, one of the toughest women I know" i replied, knowing it was true in more ways than one. 


Once again Ashley seemed to consider something and then the hesitation was clear from each of the next words he spoke. "She seems like she's shittin' bricks at times though… Excuse mi French" he added as i frowned slightly.


Spending time with someone usually helped you get used to their little quirks but the same couldn't be said for the accent and expressions that all the Brits I interacted with seemed to come out with. "I'm not quite sure how to translate that particular expression" I admitted as Ashley actually smirked at my admission. 


"A bit nervous mate… Only at times, like" he explained as i nodded, wondering why he didn't just say that instead of confusing me with that terrible lingo. 


Deciding not to go ahead and say that, I chose to just nod my comprehension. "Ah right, I get you… Well that's because she is nervous about it. She puts on a good front at the best of times but in this case, Kandis didn't feel confident about training someone at all. I convinced her to give it a shot though" I told him, knowing it wouldn't make a difference now that she was actively training the guy, as to whether he knew about Kandis' reluctance or not. 


He nodded slowly. "Makes sense a guess. She dunt 'ave owt to be nervous abaht, like… She almost knocked me out a few times an' that wa' jus' durin' demonstrations!" Ashley said with more than a little admiration in his voice despite it being to his detriment. 


I smile to myself, imagining the sight that would be. "Yeah… I think she'll get a little more confident with time… But there's a reason I brought up your training" I declared as I see him perk up ever so slightly. 


"Okay…" he said warily, obviously not getting his hopes up but the expression on his face did have a tinge of hope in it. 


I briefly look at him before my eyes go back to the road. "I'm going to be meeting up with someone that might hopefully make you that much more… Adaptable" I said, trying to get across what I wanted to say without it sounding stupid.


He frowned a bit before choosing to speak. "Oh yeah? Dunt take this the wrong way pal, but am beginnin' to feel like the village bicycle… Everyone's 'avin' a go…" the British native said, knowing a certain person would have had something smutty to say about his chosen expression if she was with us.


"Well as long as you don't say anything to Kandis along those lines…" I said, leaving the words hanging in the air between us.


The frown that had just disappeared from Ashley's face immediately returned as I didn't give any more in way of explanation. "Huh?" he asked, his brows knitted together through confusion.


Shaking my head, I chuckle again. "Never mind… But yeah, the reason I'm doing what I'm doing is because I want you to stand a chance in any situation once you decide where you want to wrestle" I stated, hoping it was now a bit clearer.


The look on his face told me it WASN'T any clearer and his words confirmed it. "Am not followin' mate" he said, the confusion still clear as day on his face.


Driving in silence for a few moments, I try to put it as plainly as possible and hoped he would be enlightened. "I'm not just saddling you with any random person at any one time… I'm selecting the people deliberately to counter the gaps in my own and the Academy's trainers expertise" I finally said as realisation started to show on his face.


Ashley nodded as he turned from the window he was half looking out of. "Hmmm that makes sense… A won't flounder as much if a go up against an unfamiliar style?" he queried. 


I nod, happy he was finally understanding what I was getting at. "Exactly. Now I know you have your own style which in itself is pretty damn impressive, but add to that a sprinkling of kick-boxing and you're already in a better position after I've done my best to teach you a few flashy moves and counters" I ventured as he then nodded. 


"A never thought o' it that way until nah… So who are we goin' to meet today then?" he asked as I figured it was as good a time as any to give him his answer since we were almost at the site of my newest acquisition. 


I thought about how to explain the whole thing that I hadn't even told Kandis yet, then decided because of that, I'd keep it simple. "He's a… Friend, let's say" I answered as this time Ashley saw through my vague response. 


"Awww come on, Tommy! Ya gotta gi' mi more than that!" he exclaimed as i shook my head. The place was just round the corner now. 


As we slowed down in a quiet little area that I hadn't even known about until the realtor, had shown me the paperwork. "No I don't… Because you're going to find out in a couple of minutes, we're here!" I gave in way of response as we then came to a complete stop. 


Ashley squinted in the early morning light at the all but derelict building and then gazed in disbelief. "Here? Nah mate, this is just some old building'" he stated as i shook my head and opened the door of the car. 


With a brief visual sweep of the area, I could tell there was no sign of him, only a few vehicles that probably belonged to the team that had been brought in for the special project. "For now it is… Let's go. He's running a bit late it seems though I hope he won't be long" I simply replied as I then got out of the car as I heard Ashley's voice before the sound of the passenger door open. 


"Okay…" he murmured as we both then stood there looking around. Me for the other guy I needed for this equation and Ashley was just probably trying to figure out what we were doing there. 


Finally I saw him walk round the corner, casually as can be with no sense of urgency whatsoever "Ah, here he is!" i exclaimed as he got closer. Ashley turned and a smile rose to his face that threatened to split his face in two it was that big. 


If I had been in Ash's shoes I'd have probably tried to be a little cooler… But obviously he didn't care for such things. "Yer bloody kiddin' mi!" he all but yelled as my brother, half brother to be exact; Thomas Watson was stood looking at me with his cold yet slightly less hostile than normal gaze. 


Hands in his jeans pockets, Watson nodded to me. "Alreight Tommy" he drawled as I couldn't help but notice the look in Ashley's eyes… It was almost like complete adoration. I guess it was inevitable. This was almost literally like him meeting a home-town hero. 


I nod and smile slightly. "How are you doing Thomas?" i asked him as he was glancing at Ashley now. 


"Oh am smashin' mate… Who's yer friend?" he asked, pointedly looking at the starstruck guy next to me. 


Smirking with amusement, I gesture at Ashley. "Thomas, this is Ashley… One of my newer students at the Academy… Ashley, this is Thomas Watson" i said in way of introduction. 


He nodded slightly at Ashley who I thought might faint with the sheer joy of what was happening. "Alreight -" he said to my student before looking back at me. "What am a doin' 'ere Tommy? A wa' gonna hit the gym wi' ah lass to see if a could finally press more than 'er" Thomas said with a wry grin as i couldn't figure out whether he was joking or not. 


"Erm… Okay, how is Tory?" I asked, even now still trying to get my head round the fact that the man in front of me was practically a member of the Street clan with the relationship he had with Tory having lasted quite a long time now. 


Thomas frowned a little as he shrugged. "Doin' good, a bit more intense than usual wi' what's goin' off in GCW, but yeah she's alreight now I'll ask again, what am a doin' 'ere?" he all but demanded as instead of giving him an answer, l looked between them both. 


"Both of you follow me" I requested as i turned to walk away. 


Both Ashley and Thomas fell into step beside me as i fished in my pocket for the key that fit the padlock to the doors leading into the building we were in front of. "Not gonna lie, am a big fan" I heard Ashley say to Thomas who just looked at him with a slight smile on his face. 


"Cheers" was all Thomas said in response as i finally found the key, unfastened the padlock and led us inside. 


Both of the men were looking around as i led them out into the main area of the derelict theatre I'd found and once we were almost in the middle of the vast hall, I made a wide sweeping gesture. "So… What do you think?" I asked as they were both at a loss for words. 


It didn't take long before Thomas found his voice. "Wa' this some kinda theatre?" he asked, a tinge of curiosity in his voice. 


I smiled before nodding, figuring it'd be cool to finally tell someone about the history of the place. "Yeah, it was a theatre that was-" I started to say before being cut off mid-sentence.


"It's a shit hole mate, next question?" Thomas interrupted as i rolled my eyes right before Ashley burst out laughing and then spluttered into silence as he caught himself and looked at me sheepishly.


Sighing, I shook my head and looked at Ashley briefly. "Don't encourage him" I murmured as Thomas smirked to himself. I then looked at Watson, needing to at least try and win him over before hitting him with why he was there in the first place. "I know it's a bit shabby now, but this is going to be the newest addition to my legacy" I explained as Ashley was now frowning.


"Am a bit confused" he stated as he was still looking around at the slightly dishevelled interior.


Watson nodded in agreement. "Am wi' the kid.." he said as Ashley looked at him with a big smile on his face.


Sighing, I figured I might as well go for broke and explain everything to them both do there wasn't a lack of understanding any longer. "Okay well, with the success that David has had with Lucas and their rum… It inspired me to branch out a little. I had Blake put me in touch with a shit hot realtor and-" I started to say as Thomas then held his hand up.


"Woah, backtrack 'ere boyscout… Blake as in Mason?" he exclaimed with disbelief as i frowned, wondering what the issue was.


"Yeah?" I ventured to say as Watson shook his head.


The frown on his face deepened as he continued to shake his head. "Nar am all fer branchin' out an' that… But yer gotta be desperate to get help from that pissant" he replied as it suddenly came to me that Watson had had more than a few issues with Blake when they both worked for SCW.


Realising I needed to try and get him to look past that, I took a deep breath. "Look… That's irrelevant either way, what's done is done. The work has already started in the back. I'm going to turn this place into Santa Barbara's hottest new nightclub!" I finally exclaim as there was an ominous silence before Thomas burst out laughing, startling both me and Ashley if the look on his face was anything to go by.


"Yer kiddin'! That's hilarious!" Watson said between bouts of laughter as it was my turn to frown. This wasn't a laughing matter, was it?


Ashley rubbed his chin in the meantime and looked all around him again. "A nightclub? Well a dint see that comin'..." he murmured more to himself than to anyone else.


Sighing once again I look at Watson. "I'm not quite sure what you find so funny, Thomas… But now this is where you come in" I continued as if there hadn't been an interruption.


His laughing fit now bubbling to a halt, he looked at me curiously. "Go on…" he said as both of them looked at me expectantly.


"I want to offer you a job… Well actually, two jobs in a way" I stated as Watson just looked at me with undisguised confusion.


He then frowned as he probably tried to fathom just what was happening right then. "Am lost…" He finally said when it was clear he couldn’t make heads nor tails of it.


I smiled and then held my hand out before making an exaggerated sweeping motion with it. "First, I want to offer you a job in this place when it's done… As the manager" I said, leaving the last bit for a bit of drama and to my delight it worked a treat.


"Fuckin' 'ell…" Watson whispered as I smirked at the fact I’d finally managed a way to render a self professed Gobshite silent, even for a moment.


Striking whilst the iron was hot, I smiled. "And secondly, a more immediate and short term job… I want you to train Ashley" I stated as I pointed to my student whose jaw almost hit the floor once I’d spoken.


Watson was in a state of shock as he looked at Ashley "Wha?" he exclaimed.


"Huh?"Ashley said at the same time as I chuckled at the unintentional double act they’d performed unwittingly.


I smiled as I nodded at Watson. "Thomas… You were… Are one of the best submission artists I've ever been in the ring with… And I want my boy here to be the best one day, which requires the best training" I finished as I gestured pointedly to Ashley.


There was a strange look on Thomas Watson’s face as he looked between me and Ashley a few times and then his gaze once again settled on me. "I'm not a teacher, mate. Am lovin' that you took a Brit under yer wing especially wi' the jip that me an' our Ry gi' ya back in the day, an that ah kid is still givin' ya nah… But a can't be bothered wi' the hassle" he explained as I couldn’t help but feel a little disappointed that he hadn’t gone for it as I’d imagined.


Playing the last card I had in my deck before I’d have to relent and concede defeat within my idea "I know you almost entered the God Of Wrestling Tournament, so don't give me that crap" I said, smug when I saw the look of shock on his face. He’d been cryptic about it on Twitter but I wasn’t the idiot that many thought I was.


Looking at me with an annoyed expression on his face at the fact he had been outdone on this turn in this game of chess we had turned this into."Who said that?" he demanded as I managed to stop myself from grinning in a situation that hinged on my plans going forward so much.


Taking a step towards him, I dare to get into his personal space and put a hand on his shoulder. For a second I thought I’d made a big mistake as his eyes flickered to my hand on his shoulder and then back to my face again. He didn’t say anything though, so I figured I’d press on with the negotiating. "Never mind who said what, I know you still have that itch. Training Ashley would go towards scratching it" I said, stepping back now and folding my arms, not wanting to be too optimistic but with the look on his face I thought I’d done it.


Just as I thought I’d managed it, he shook his head and I felt the cold grip of defeat in my stomach. "Nah, am flattered but -" he started to say as I was lost as to what to do next. I’d had everything planned out so perfectly and it STILL had fallen through.


Out of sheer desperation, I said the first thing I thought might work that popped into my head. "Unlimited free alcohol on my dime once this place is finished if you take both jobs, right now" I exclaimed as Watson’s eyebrow quirked. Was that all it took?


I didn’t dare to believe I’d just said something so casually and managed to do it when my carefully planned idea had fallen flat on it’s face! "Bloody hell…" he murmured as I saw his jaw clench and unclench several times. Finally he turned to Ashley and then smiled before shrugging "Guess ya got yerself a top drawer teacher then mate" He declared as Ash looked on the verge of fainting.


Smiling with relief I saw Ashley turn to me and with the occasionally look over at Watson, was grinning from ear to ear."Jus' when a think mi life can't get any better!" he said as I looked between the two of them and hoped that this was going to be the hardest part of the whole process!

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A FEW DAYS AFTER THE TAG  TITLE ANNOUNCEMENT

"So what is this surprise?" Kandis said as we approached the Ante Up Academy a few evenings after the Ladder match had been announced and both Kandis and I had managed to get the fallout from said announcement out of our systems.





Hoping that I wasn’t about to make things worse for trying to make them better, I manage to smile. "It wouldn't be a surprise if I told you, would it?" I said with a chuckle.





Kandis shook her head. "Haha, always a comedian" she said as I put on my best deadpan face.





"I try" I exclaimed with a shrug. Reaching into the bag I’d brought specifically for the occasion, I pull out the blindfold and dangle it in front of her as we reached the front of the Academy.





Kandis smirked as she took it from my hand and looked at it. "Oooo this is new… At least it's new here at the Academy" she said with a knowing smile on her face.





I shook my head, smiling the whole time "Now who's the comedian? Put it on" I stated as her eyebrow quirked with mild surprise.





She teasingly bit at her lower lip before staring right in my eyes."Forceful too? Mmmm Tommy hehe” she said, making her voice as husky as humanly possible. I put the lust filled thoughts aside as she put the blindfold on and I held her hand before leading us into the Academy that I’d made sure was deserted for our little training session. "Damn it's tough navigating in this place not being able to see where I'm going" Kandis said as we slowly but surely made our way through the entry way and into one of the main halls in the building where I’d arranged for this to take place.





"Don't worry, I won't let you bump into anything… Too many times" I replied before chuckling.





Kandis was tilting her head from side to side as if she was trying to use some ESP shit to fathom what was happening before she spoke again. "Shouldn't we be training for the Pay Per View rather than having some kind of kinky sex game?" she asked as I couldn’t help but grin, and knew she wasn’t able to see it. If only she knew that this WAS training, a very vital training session!





"We'll get to the training soon enough babe" I promised as we made our slow but sure way into the area we wanted that was an offshoot from the normal room we used.





Kandis was starting to get a little impatient though as we entered the area she would have been familiar with if she was able to see. "Are we nearly where this surprise is going to be?" she asked as I resisted the urge to shake my head.





"Not long now, just keep that blindfold on" I settled on as Kandis surprisingly just nodded as we went through to where we needed to be. "Okay just stand here and cover your ears" I said as I could see the confused look on her beautiful features as I made the request.





It soon developed into a mischievous expression. "Cover my ears? Wow this is getting kinky! Alright sir" she said, that husky tone back as she did as I asked. Immediately I set to picking up the ladder that I’d set to the side of the room and brought it in front of us, doing my best to make as little noise as possible in the process.





She must have at least heard some of the commotion my movements had caused as I saw her frowning out of the corner of my eye every now and again. When the ladder was secure I walked over and gently took one of her hands from her ear. "Right, now take the blindfold off" I said as she immediately did that and smiled at me sexily until she saw what was towering behind me.





"Shit…" Kandis murmured as I stepped to the side and then turned to look at the ladder along with her. "No Tommy… No, no, no, no, no” she started to chant almost like a mantra as I wrapped my arm around her waist reassuringly.





"Kandis… I know you're not one for heights, or whatever it is that keeps you from going past the second rope on the turnbuckle… But we're in a LADDER match at the Pay Per View and we need to be ready and as prepared as possible" I said to her, pretty much repeating what I’d said on the last couple of occasions we’d talked about this very thing minus the reality of what she’d have to overcome being right in front of her.





"I know we need to be prepared, but shit Tommy… That things gotta be at least fifteen feet up there!" Kandis all but shrieked as I could see the panic in her eyes.





"Closer to twenty feet" I corrected her before being able to stop myself.





"Fuck… That's not exactly reassuring Tommy" she snapped at me as I smiled apologetically.





"It's not meant to be. Kandis… If we stand any chance of winning this, you need to be able to climb that ladder and take our belts back if needs be. I might not be able to get up there when the chance presents itself…" I tried to reason with her as I then ran my hand on her arm. "But YOU will" I added as her head was almost in the constant state of shaking.





"Tommy no, I can't… Look at that thing!" she almost yelled, pointing at the ladder





"I have, many times… This set of ladders and others like them" I said calmly, trying to bring her down from the hysteria that had taken over her from facing up to this.





"Tommy…" she whispered, the shaking of her head slowing but only by a little





"If you can climb these ladders, then you can climb ANY" I reasoned as she tore her eyes away and looked at me.





"Can't we get a smaller set?" Kandis all but begged as it was me shaking my head this time.





"No we can't, Kandis. I know you're scared right now but trust me, I'm here to catch you… I will always be here to catch you" I said softly as a strange look came to her face before she smiled a little. "Damn that was a lot less corny in my head…" I admitted more to myself than anything.





"Tommy…" she said softly as I did my best to halt another panic attack from her





"Okay so I might not always catch you, but I'll be here to break your fall at the very least" I stated as she finally gave me a genuine smile. "See, there's that gorgeous smile" I said with a grin of my own.





"I really don't think I can do it" she murmured once again.





"I'll go first then, yeah?" I asked before a confused look came to her face. "After getting the crash mat out, no guarantee that I'll not completely botch this demonstration" I said before dragging said mat into position and then climbed to the top of the ladder slowly but surely and sat on the top looking down at her. "See, its that simple" I yelled down as I could see she didn’t think it was anything of the sort.





"If you thought that was simple to think about doing, then you need your brain checked over" Kandis yelled back up at me.





"Funny, it's not the first time that someone has said that recently" I yelled, remembering an experience I wasn’t ready to face at that moment.





"What do you mean?" Kandis asked as I shook my head.





"Never mind… Just focus on how straightforward it is to get up here and stay up here" I yelled to her





"It looks about as straightforward as performing heart surgery with that blindfold on" she said, the same worried look on her face.





"Okay it might not be THAT simple but if you want us to walk out the winners then you need to do it" I tried to reason with her but it clearly wasn’t working the way I’d planned which was becoming a pattern recently.





"I know but…" she started to object as I smirked at her.





"This is the bit that's a little more complicated" I announced before leaping off with a moonsault and landing almost perfectly on the mat in front of Kandis who when I looked up at her was about ready to have a heart attack.





"Fuck!" she breathed as I got up and theatrically dusted myself off as Kandis actually smirked through the panic."Show-off!" she said as I chuckled to myself.





"Now it's your turn babe, one step at a time" I said in a calming tone before pointing to the top of the ladder.





"I can't do this Tommy" she exclaimed as she began shaking her head again.





I shake my head in disagreement. "You can" I stated as I noticed she could barely take her eyes from the ladders.





"I can't…" she repeated as I sighed and tilted her face so her eyes were once again looking into mine.





"You have to, for us" I exclaimed solemnly as it looked as if she was ready to cry from the fear that was all but crippling to her.





"It’s too much…" she finally said as I took a deep breath. I hadn’t realised just how much this would affect her when I first cooked up my idea.





"It'll not be enough if you don't do this. Just one step at a time. Think of those titles, Kandis. Think about how good it will be to hold them once again against all the odds. We're being forgotten about… After that match, they'll never forget us" I promised as I held both of her hands in mine.





She looked to the ladder and let out a sigh before she looked back at me. "Shit, I'm going to do this" she declared as I grinned like the Cheshire Cat.





She slowly walked over to the ladders and put her foot on the first rung, then grabbed hold of the nearest one to her hand. "One step at a time" I said to her as she looked over her shoulder at me and nodded, probably not trusting her voice at that moment.





"Fuck… Fuck, fuck… Fuck… Shit" Kandis was saying with every slow and steady step she made up the gargantuan ladder. Despite the seriousness of the situation I couldn’t help but look at the way her ass looked as she climbed and did my best to shake the filthy thoughts from my head…





"You're doing great… And looking great too from where I'm standing" I said, unable to stop myself from adding that last bit before it came tumbling from my mouth.





As soon as it had though, Kandis stopped her ascent though noticeably didn’t even turn her head. "Not the time Tommy!" she yelled at me as I winced.





"Sorry… You're doing great" I apologised as she then started to shake her head again when she was a quarter of the way up almost.





"I can't do this Tommy…" she once again shouted as I smiled even though she couldn’t see it.





"Could have fooled me" I yelled as even after she had said the words, her body had refused to abide by them and she was almost to the point I needed her to be at for the last bit of the training.





"Just a couple more steps babe" I encouraged her as she did exactly as I said before finally her limbs obeyed what I’d said. "Now turn around" I commanded as I braced myself for the inevitable reply.





"Are you crazy?!" she screamed as I did my best to keep my voice as calming and rational sounding as possible.





There was a slight shudder going through Kandis’ body as she clung on for dear life. "No… Just take it nice and steady" I said as once again her body started to do as I’d sad. Very slowly but surely, she had turned herself around and was now facing towards where both I and the crash mat were. "Now open your eyes" I exclaimed as at first she shook her head. Then slowly she opened them and I could see the panic immediately return to not just her eyes, but her whole face.





"Woah… I should have kept them shut!" Kandis cried out as her eyes were close to popping from her skull as she looked all around the hall we were in and then downwards as if she had forgotten where I was. As soon as her gaze found mine, I saw her features soften ever so slightly.





"Not bad to say you couldn't do it, huh?" I said, the pride clear in my voice.





For a few seconds, there was a smile on her face before it vanished and the wave of panic returned once more as her eyes once again darted all around and everywhere other than down. "Okay I got up here, now can I get down?" she pleaded with me.





Shaking my head I smirk slightly. "Jump" I stated simply as those gorgeous eyes of hers widened once again.





"You really are crazy" she said as I chuckled.





I just give her a shrug before smiling in the most reassuring way I could manage. "I prefer to think of it as a touch of mental instability" I exclaimed as I could hear the sigh from where I was stood.





"Whatever… I'm climbing back down" Kandis said as she started to slowly descend the ladder again, still at a snails pace but noticeably quicker than she had ascended.





Before she could get down too far, I halted her with my words. "No, you're going to jump down and into my arms" I said, impressed that she had actually stopped.





"You really have lost it!" Kandis yelled as I nodded, though not for the reason she probably thought.





"Yeah you're right… You should probably go down a few rungs just to be on the safe side" I said, seriously despite the situation. I wanted to make sure that I had every chance to catch her so it was best to be on the safe side huh? And she’d managed the bit that would prove to be invaluable during the match. Once she got to the top of the ladder and grabbed those belts, I’d go up and take her hand to guide her down step by step if necessary.





"Tommy, I'm a million feet in the air… Now's not the time to make jokes!" she shrieked, bringing me out of my reverie with a start.





"Who's joking?" I asked as Kandis’ head started its familiar move from left to right.





"I'm not jumping from up here, Tommy!" she declared as I stepped onto the mat and looked up at her.





"Ryan thinks he has this figured out. He says you won't go up the ladder. I said you can do it. Who was right?" I yelled to her, not wanting to sound harsh but perhaps an edge of aggression in what I was saying would do the trick!





"You… But-" she started as I cut her off before more objections could come from her mouth. Did she not realise just how incredible she was for getting to this point? She was kicking up a fuss about something that was all but inconsequential next to the feat that had gotten her up that ladder in the first place.





I shook my head before allowing my proud smile to come through. "But nothing. You got up that ladder even though no one else, yourself included thought it wouldn't happen. Now I'm telling you that you can do this babe… So do it! I believe in you!" I yelled up to her and held my hands outward.





I could see she was terrified as she did what I had suggested earlier and went down a couple of rungs on the ladder and took more than a couple of deep breaths before she was suddenly airborne! I was almost caught by surprise as she sailed straight towards me and I managed to ACTUALLY do as I promised despite not expecting her to jump without warning me as to when she was about to do it. I’d judged it almost right as her momentum took us from an upright position to a horizontal one on the mat as Kandis was breathing heavily, a grin on her face. "FUCK! I can't believe it Tommy! I did it!" she screamed with joy as she moved in to kiss me deeply.





When she finally came up for air, I grinned at her. "I'm so proud of you!"I breathed before she was immediately on me again, pulling my shirt open and causing the buttons to fly off in all directions. Man it must have been the adrenaline or something but she was a beast!





"Mmmm we might as well make use of this mat" she purred as she took her top off and then flung it behind her before our lips were pressed together again.





As her lips then moved to my neck and started to go downwards, I chuckled in between pleasurable gasps. "Damn what's gotten into you?" I managed to ask as her kisses had reached the top of my jeans and she had now moved so she could unbuckle my belt.





"You in a minute" is all she said as the belt had soon been removed. I smiled to myself and had my last coherent thought even as I subconsciously helped her take my jeans off.




‘The other teams thought they had this in the bag… They thought they were the ones to triumph and that Kandis was our handicap… When in reality she would be the one to take it all for us… And they didn’t suspect a thing...’