were becoming more frequent as of late. She didn’t speak to her parents anymore, Ronnie had cost Mandy her friends long ago, and her she could probably get a waitressing job anywhere. What was stopping her? Ronnie was what stopped her, he always did. He would do something sweet and she would forgive everything and stick around. It was so predictable that she had to laugh at herself as she trailed behind the group of guys she’d arrived with. People had started going into the stadium and Ronnie wanted to make sure they found their seats before anyone took them. Mandy had never really cared for wrestling, even though Ronnie loved it. When she’d talked about cutting her cable to save some money he’d screamed at her that she had to keep it so he could watch wrestling at her place. He was pretty obsessed, but Mandy had never seen the draw in watching grown men beat each other up. She got enough of that at home. Their seats didn’t turn out to be seats at all. They were standing right at the edge of the barriers closest to the squared wrestling ring and Mandy quickly found herself pushed behind the men she was with, but she didn’t mind. The only thing that kept her from leaving all together and waiting in the lobby was that Ronnie kept shooting her looks to make sure she stayed put. The houselights started to lower and the crowd screamed so loud that Mandy feared she might go deaf. She watched on tiptoes as two men entered the ring and started calling each other out while the crowd around her chanted for them. The whole place was electric and when the first match began, she couldn’t help but start to get into it. Maybe that’s the draw of it , she thought to herself as she watched. It was so much different than watching at home with Ronnie. Having other people around made the event come to life and by the third match, Mandy couldn’t stop herself from trying to shove between the guys so she could get a better view of what was going on. She didn’t get to watch for long. Bill and Craig easily pushed her back out of their way and she found herself almost falling backward, but thankfully someone behind her caught her before she landed on her ass. Her face had gone a hot red as she stared at the backs of their heads and she thought of a million ways to push them right back, but she politely thanked the person who’d helped her and went back to only seeing a bit of the ring from behind the taller men. At least Ronnie hadn’t noticed what had happened and started a fight over it. It was the final match of the night that Ronnie was really pumped about. His new favorite wrestler, or so he’d said in the car, was a guy by the name Jay Viper who was fighting the current champion. Mandy watched as Jay strut towards the ring, his muscles and long hair gleaming in the bright lights of the arena, his black trunks leaving little to her imagination, and his tattoos lit a fire within her. She’d never seen a man who looked like him before and she was unable to take her eyes off him as he ignited the crowd. His opponent was a huge man by the name of Red Stark and the crowd went absolutely wild as the two of them began to spar. Mandy watched through her tiny eyehole while the bigger man tossed Jay Viper out of the ring and towards where they were standing. “Get up!” she found herself screaming at the muscular man on the ground. “He’s coming! Get up!” The only thing her scream managed to do was get the attention of her boyfriend and he shot her a look to shut up. The match had filled her with so much adrenaline that she almost told him to screw himself, but she forced herself silent or risk another bruise. Like an explosion, everything changed at once. Right in front of her face, Red Stark threw Jay Viper over the cushioned barrier and like a true gentleman, Ronnie shoved himself behind Mandy so he didn’t get hit when the muscular man came flying into the crowd. Around her, people were screaming with passion