"April honey? April!" was all that could be heard throughout the hospital halls as Jessica and Jorge stood there watching their daughter be wheeled away to the ICU as they could do nothing about it with the situation being so severe and Jessica's emotional state being at a point where it could appose stress on the doctors tending to AJ. They felt as though it was best that she stay with Jorge in the waiting room who was clearly handling this situation in a more mature way.
Twenty minutes later….
As Jessica and George waited there; wondering whether or not their baby; their sweet little April was going to be okay. Jessica felt her eyes start to water as the thoughts at what had happened earlier in the night began to replay in her mind.
"This is all my fault! I'm the reason our daughter is in the ICU." Jessica said shakily
"Honey no, stop it you can't blame yourself for what happened." Jorge said trying to reason with his wife
"If I hadn't brought up the whole relationship thing she wouldn't have left and got into a car accident. Do not! Sit here and try to tell me differently. Jessica said in a tone that made chills run down Jorge's back...
A few minutes passed as the intensity started to settle and they were still waiting for the doctor to come and update them on the status of April. They were losing more and more patience as time rolled by. Luckily for them they saw the doctor coming down the hall as Jessica began to quickly pace herself to meet the doctor and finally find out what's going to happen.
"Well Mr. and Mrs. Mendez, I'm happy to inform you that although the crash itself was bad, her injuries weren't as severe" He chuckled lightly at the little joke he made to lighten the mood but to no prevail they're gazes remained hard as stone.
"Alright well follow me if you would like to go see her. We have her hooked to an IV to monitor her levels just to be extra precautious." the doctor said as she montioned for them to follow him.
"Oh and I should mention that she has a stress fracture in the right side of her neck and by looking at her file it states here that she works in the WWE as a wrestler right?" he asked; puzzled
"Yes she does. Are you telling me she can't wrestle anymore?" Jessica asked showing no emotion.
As much as Jessica didn't approve of her daughter's decision to become a professional wrestler, she still supported her because she knew her daughter's passion for it went way deeper than just a I want to do that. Wrestling was what kept AJ going during the hard times that their family had to go through when she was little. It gave her a sense of confidence and a reason to have motivation and it taught her that with hard work and dedication you can achieve whatever you put your mind to do.
"No, her stress fracture is a minor one meaning she can still wrestle if she chooses but we would advise she doesn't and gives it some time to heal." The doctor said as he stopped in front of AJ's room.
"So how long are we talking?" Jorge asked.
"I'd say with treatment 2 weeks." The doctor said
"Alright well let me just unlock this." The doctor said as he unlocked the door.
"AJ smiled as she saw her parents walk in with sadness and worry clearly in their eyes.
"Oh April! we're so glad you're alright." Jessica said as she moved the stands of AJ's dark brown locks from her face.
"Honey you had us so worried. We thought something terrible happened or that we lost you.." Jorge said trying to fight back the tears in his eyes. He didn't know what he would do if he lost his princess; his big eyed baby girl.
"Well i'm fine. The doctor said I can go home first thing tomorrow which is good because I have a flight at 11 to go to Kentucky for RAW." AJ said
"Oh about that honey..." Jorge said as he saw his daughter's facial expression change in an instant
"Oh no. Please don't tell me I can't wrestle anymore.I'm fine! I feel fine." AJ said hysterically
"Well you have a minor stress fracture and the doctor said that with treatment you can be back in the ring within 2 weeks." Jorge said
AJ started to calm down from getting all emotional. Two weeks of vacation time and then back to doing what she loves? sounds great. She started to smile which caused her parents to smile. But that smile quickly went away as she began to yawn signaling to her parents that she was tired.
"Alright honey we're gonna let you get some rest. I'll call Vince and tell him everything in the morning. You just relax okay?" Jessica said calmy as both she and Jorge kissed their baby on the forehead.
As Jorge and Jessica began to gather their stuff to leave AJ stopped them.
"Mom? Dad? Thank you for all this. Being there for me I really appreciated it."
"Oh baby, it's no problem at all. You're our daughter. We'll do anything to make sure you're okay." Jessica said
"Alright, well I love you both. So much" AJ said as she waved her parents goodbye
As AJ sat in the hospital bed replaying all the things that happened today she decided to let her fans know what happened and tell them that she'll be alright.
Got in a car accident tonight. I blame it on the French fry I was trying to scavenge out my clearly empty Wendy's bag. I promise I'll be back soon.
After AJ sent that Tweet she decided to get some rest but that was clearly not going to happen as she let out an exasperated sigh and opened her eyes due to her phone going off and what she saw surprised her to no ends.
Hey AJ, it's Phil. Wishing you a get better oh and we need to talk.
AJ didn't know what to do at first. She had so many questions raising in her mind like what in the world could Punk want to talk about and how he knew she was in a car accident so fast. Well then again word travel fast in the WWE.
"Might as well scratch that off the list I guess" she said quietly to herself
As AJ continued to think of why Punk would want to talk to her she just decided to text him back to say thank you. Although she was slightly confused considering how she was pretty sure Punk hated her for some reason. Then again he hated pretty much everyone in the WWE who crossed him and since she kind of cost him the title a few times she was positive she was on his shit list.
"Eh couldn't hurt to say thanks" AJ said as she shrugged her shoulders and proceeded to text Punk;
Hey Punk, thanks by the way. I'm going to be fine and able to come back to the ring in 2 weeks top. I was pretty sure you hated me though.
AJ felt kind of special after getting that text. She wasn't sure why though; it was only a get better text but that needing to talk part. What could possibly want to talk about with her? She was brought out of her thoughts as her phone went off again with another text from Punk and one from the person she's been trying to avoid for years.
I never hated you. I just had to act like I did for the sake of the storyline. I actually liked you surprisingly. I don't like anyone to be quite honest with you but you I made the exception and about that talk I needed to discuss some plans I had for another possible storyline that should set both your and my career off for a very long time so I was thinking lunch Wednesday?
Okay at this point AJ's 12 year old side was showing big time. A guy, an actual guy that she knew and not some creep from Twitter was asking her out to lunch? She mentally slapped herself as she reminded herself that this was a business meeting not a date.
"Right, get it together AJ." She said as she returned to her professional side and responded to Punk's text.
Alrighty, that sounds great. I get out the hospital tomorrow and am probably going to need time to shower and get myself together again. I kind of smell like hospital and metal. Haha…. "Wait no don't put that AJ that sounds so fucking stupid. Hmm maybe" lol. "No that's even worse. Fuck I'm rusty at this… Okay fine I'm gonna just put this" Hehehe.
"Alrighty, yeah! I'm great at this" AJ said as she smiled at the text and pressed send although her smile quickly faded as she read the preview to her next text.
Hey baby, how are you feeling after that crash? I told you that your past would slowly catch up sooner or later. Karmas coming for you bitch. This is only the beginning sweetheart. Everything you ever loved, cared about, and wanted; your hopes and dreams and aspirations are going to burn in fucking hell. I'm going make sure of it baby girl. –A friend
AJ started to cry as she just couldn't believe that this was happening to her. After all those years ago the mistakes she made and the terrible things she did was going to catch up to her? At this point in her career? It couldn't… it was just one of them trying to scare her so they can manipulate her again and she wasn't going to let it happen. She couldn't figure out who it was I mean the person was a guy from her past that knew about her dark deeds but there was multiple guys I mean he clearly wanted something big. I mean why else would he come out of the blue like this anyways. But then again if it was something like money he could've just asked- no scratch that, demanded and she would've gave it to him if that means he would leave her alone but this… this had to be something big and she couldn't put her finger on who it was tormenting her like this and that's when it hit her like a ton of bricks.
"Tony"
Sorry for the long wait. Writers block is such a pain in the ass. Oh and I promise the story will start to pick up as the story moves along. Character development is such a pain in the ass. Anyways hope you enjoyed! :) ~xoxo Avery
