Venus couldn't believe it as they approached the arena and she saw the big banners with the faces of different wrestlers.
"Oh my god, you're taking me to a wrestling show?" She asked while jumping in her car seat.
"Yes," he said as he parked the car.
She smiled as she saw Roman Reigns' face on one of the banners. His eyes followed hers towards her favourite wrestler.
"He's gonna be here tonight," he said.
"I can't wait," she said, then turned around to look at him with tears in her eyes.
"Don't cry, sweetheart," he said.
"I'm just so happy that you did this. Thank you," she said and leaned over to kiss him.
Only 24 hours earlier her husband Tommy had told her to pack a bag for the weekend and refused to tell her where they were going. It was a surprise, and boy, she sure was surprised. She knew that he wanted to keep her happy for the small amount of time they had left. The doctors said she probably only had one more year left to live in. Therefore he wanted to surprise her with a wrestling show. Something she had always wanted to experience.
"Front row tickets?" She asked exited as they went to their seats.
"Anything for you," he said and kissed her cheek.
"They must have cost a fortune," she said.
"Don't worry about that," he said.
The show started and she was all fired up. Everything was amazing. She screamed as loud as she could as Roman Reigns entered the arena for the main event. Shortly after Seth Rollins entered and the match took off. It was amazing. Roman won. She cheered as loud as she could and he winked at her as he rolled out of the ring and walked past her. She felt herself blush.
Tommy took her hand and they walked out of the arena together. They were standing outside just talking when a little woman approached them.
"Excuse me, I work for WWE. We're currently doing a documentary about couples who watches wrestling together. Would you like to be a part of that?" The woman asked.
"Sure," Venus asked.
"Will you please follow me inside for a fast private interview?" The woman asked.
"Yeah, of course," Venus answered.
They followed the woman inside. She led them to a room where a cameraguy was waiting. They were placed on two chairs facing the camera and with their backs against the door. The woman started out with simple questions about who they were and where they were from.
Venus didn't notice the door behind them open and the man sneaking up behind her. She nearly jumped in her seat when she felt someone grab both her shoulders and put his cheek next to hers. She turned her head to see Roman Reigns stand there.
"Surprise," he said.
"Oh my god," she blurted out.
"God? Nah, that's okay. You can just call me Roman," he said and winked.
"How the... what... why..." She couldn't form a full sentence.
"Your husband set it up," he said.
She turned to look at Tommy.
"You did this for me?" She asked.
"Yes," Tommy answered.
"But how?" She asked.
"I contacted WWE and told them about your condition and they agreed to give you this surprise," he answered.
Her eyes filled with tears. Roman hugged her.
"Don't cry. This is supposed to be a happy event for you," he said.
"I'm sorry," she said.
"Now you're going to dinner with me and some of the others. Let's go," Roman said and started walking towards the door.
Venus and Tommy got up from the chairs and followed him. A security guard was waiting in a car for them to get in. He drove them to a restaurant. As they entered the restaurant, she was surprised to see who was already there waiting for them. Seth, Dean and Renee.
"Hey, you must be the woman of the hour," Renee said.
She got out of her chair to hug Venus. It was all so overwhelming and she felt tears in her eyes again.
"Look at me. I'm such a cry baby," she said apologizing.
"It's okay," Renee said as they sat down.
She sat between Roman and Tommy. On Tommy's other side Seth was sitting and the two men were quickly involved in a conversation, leaving Venus to talk to Roman.
"I have a present for you," he said.
"Oh really?" She asked.
He handed her a bag. She opened it and pulled out one of his vests. It was the one with the yellow symbol.
"Oh my... are you sure you wanna give me this?" She asked.
"Yes. You should have it," he said.
He opened it and put it on her.
"Way too big but I love it. Thank you," she said and hugged him.
"You're welcome. Let it remind you to keep fighting no matter what the doctors say," he said.
"If only it was that simple," she said and sighed.
"If I understand correctly, you have a tumour in your head, right?" He asked, not sure if she was okay with him touching the subject.
"Yes, and it's placed where no doctors dare to operate. They are afraid they'll do more damage than good. I've tried asking them what on earth can do more damage than me actually dying from it but they can't give me any reason," she said.
She took off the vest and looked at it.
"Thank you for this. I love it. I really mean it," she said as she put it back in the bag.
"We need more wine," he said and called the waiter over.
More hours passed and it was getting late but everyone was having so much fun that no one wanted to break up the party. She really enjoyed being in Roman's company and it was clear he liked being around her too. Tommy and Seth were still deep into their conversation so he didn't pay much attention towards her and Roman.
She and Roman started talking about wrestling moves and somehow it got turned into flirting.
"Would you please spear me?" She asked.
"Do you have any idea how much that hurts?" He asked back.
"Don't deny a dying girl her last wish," she said and stuck out her tongue.
"You can't use that on everything," he said.
"I can and I will," she said and winked as he laughed at her for using one of his catchphrases.
"I will only spear you right into my bed but that wouldn't be fair towards your husband," he said.
"Can't you just give him a superman punch first and knock him out cold?" She asked and laughed.
He laughed with her and placed his hand on her thigh under the table. They both knew he was crossing the line but she put her hand on top of his, gently carressing it as she looked at him. It was clear to both of them in that moment that they wanted more but they couldn't have it. He gave her thigh a little squeeze and moved his hand.
"Time to get going. It's late," Renee said and yawned.
"Thank you so much for this, guys. You have no idea what it has meant to me," Venus said.
Roman handed her a piece of paper and a pen.
"Write down your e-mail address and I'll keep in contact with you to hear how things are going with you," he said.
She wrote it down and handed him the paper.
One by one they all came over to hug her goodbye and wish her the best of luck in the future. Roman was the last one to hug her. He held on to her a few seconds too long.
"If only you were single..." He whispered in her ear before letting go off her.
Tommy and Venus walked hand in hand to their hotel.
"I'm so lucky to have you. I can't believe you did this for me," she said.
"I just want you to be happy," he said.
"I am. Today I'm happy," she said.