California Friends

Season 3, Episode 4: The New Divas, Old Divas

Starring~ Melina Perez, Brie Bella, Nikki Bella, Eve Torres, and Nattie Neidhart.

Melina was enjoying her sleep, mostly because that was the closest she could get to not really being alive and conscious of her unemployed reality.

Jillian barged through the door without care and she quickly started shaking Melina. "Oh my god, NXT called, they called for you," Jillian exclaimed as she handed her the phone. Melina was confused, she took the phone and rubbed her eyes with no clue on what was going on.

"What are you talking about," Melina asked.

"They called for you and I was just about to run to you, but they said they could just call another time," Jillian explained to Melina.

Melina smiled, but it was faint. "I don't want to get my hopes up, it can mean anything... and 'another time' to them might mean months, they told me 'another time' when they dropped me from my contract," Melina said with a lower voice.

Jillian opened the curtains to let the sunlight illuminate Melina. "Stop being so negative, even if they do call months later, at least they still know you exist," Jillian told Melina.

"I'm unemployed, I can't wait for months to pass me," Melina said as she went back to sleep.

Jillian took the sheets off and Melina got up without the need to stop and argue about sleeping in more.

NXT calling Melina wasn't random, they were losing their female roster to their main WWE roster. It was positive news for everybody else, except for the main roster Divas, like WWE Divas Champion Nikki Bella.

A dozen of new fresh faces walked through the halls as they all cheered each other on, until they saw Nikki Bella herself. "Oh god, it's the one and only Nikki Bella," Sasha Banks exclaimed sarcastically as she gave her a halfheartedly smile.

Nikki kept her straight face on, "And you are," Nikki asked.

Sasha simply brushed it off and put her arm around Nikki, "You'll learn my name and you'll learn it quick, there's already talk about me becoming Diva's Champion or one of the other talented and more younger NXT girls you see here behind me," Sasha said confidently.

Nikki kept her arms crossed and she held onto her championship for dear life. "I wouldn't be so sure about that," Nikki responded as she walked away. "Nice seeing you girls, hope you can keep up," Nikki said to them as she walked right through them.

Another confrontation was taking place back in California, but it was more personal. Eve had feelings for Randy before Cherry even came into the picture, after all, Randy was the person who saved Eve's life on the day car accident. However, once Cherry and Randy became a thing Eve worked to drop those feelings and she successfully did drop them.

"I'm still shocked that you just walked right out of that double date, I could've had your back and that's why bathroom breaks exist," Cherry told Eve.

Eve simply shrugged, "Not every man is a 'Randy', you're lucky and you two are in love! I saw you two and then I thought to myself, 'Hmm I don't have that with this guy'... so I ran, I just didn't think you would understand," Eve replied.

Cherry sarcastically laughed as she shook her head. "I have cancer, you don't understand that, but I let you be there for me," Cherry said with a shaky voice.

"Don't use the cancer, just don't okay! I want to understand and you know I always try," Eve said, with her voice tamed.

Cherry stood up to walk out, "Well then help me understand! Let me guess, you are a woman who is looking to settle down and he wasn't the one, so you went to cry and eat ice cream," Cherry yelled to Eve, frustrated with the fact that Eve couldn't confide in her.

"It's more than that, I want a guy like Randy and I want the type of magic you have with him," Eve tried explaining to Cherry. "I did have feelings for Randy at one point by the way, just to help you understand a little more," Eve finally admitted.

Cherry couldn't believe it. "What a friend Eve, what a friend!"

"I kind of always knew, but I thought you were over it and I never had a problem with it... but I thought this was deeper, but apparently you are still very petty with your little petty feelings," Cherry snapped on Eve.

Eve was simply trying to explain her motivations to Cherry, but it backfired, like everything else she has attempted in her life. "That wasn't the point and that wasn't the reason," Eve cried out helplessly. It was too late, Cherry had already walked out of Eve's condo and Eve by then was too angry to even go chase after her for more explaining.

"That's why I didn't talk to you about it," Eve said under her breath as she slammed the door shut.

Brie also wanted to explain the deep feelings she had for Wade, but she couldn't get her words together. Wade was headed back to California and Brie was even considering leaving with him, but she couldn't leave her sister and just give up like that.

If Brie couldn't get herself to tell Wade everything she felt inside, the least she could do was go on a date with him before he finally had to head back home. "I still can't believe you're leaving just like that, I want you to stay," Brie told him.

"It's what's best for me," he told her. "But let's just hang out, without letting that whole thing lay over us like a dark cloud," Wade said as he picked up his fork to eat.

Brie nodded, "I guess so, but this might be our last dinner together... but you're right, let's just try to be normal and not let that bother us," Brie agreed on as the two handled that by getting lost in each other's worlds.

Two worlds that were so close to each other, worlds that collided so smoothly and worlds where airplanes weren't even necessary. Brie wasn't sure she was ready to let her other half of the world shrink into just another state, California, but she was trying very hard to cope and comprehend.

Others were also going to have to cope and comprehend with the fact that something was going to be taken away from them, Nikki found out that she in fact was scheduled to lose her championship to one of the newer NXT girls. It was a call that left Nikki in a numbing shock that she didn't want to believe in.

At this point, Nikki was just tossing her title around... literally. She would throw it against the walls, floor, even ceiling of the hotel room.

"Whatever," she would repeat to herself as she threw the title on the floor. She opened up some whiskey and she drank away, "It's fine, I'm fine," Nikki would sing to herself as she stood near the hotel room window.

Nikki felt helpless now that the newer Divas had arrived, it was threatening and it felt horrible to see herself be at the top... to then suddenly falling back down. All she could do was watch as they pushed her and buried her into the dark cold bottom, at least that's the image she was getting in her haunted head.

She was exhausted to actually even do anything, too exhausted to even get herself emotionally involved.

Eve was also exhausted to really do anything about her lonely situation, she figured everything would eventually just backfire on her at some point anyway. NXT not only called Melina, but they also called Eve that afternoon. They were skeptical about calling Eve, mostly because they had already tried a couple of times in the past, but Eve turned them down without an explanation.

"Ugh," Eve grunted as she looked at the caller id. "No thank you," Eve said as she declined the call.

Eve walked back out of the room to her clients. "Sorry, it was a wrong number I guess," Eve told them as she continued to show them the house that was up for sale. "It's gorgeous isn't it," Eve carried on like nothing had happened or could happen.

After the date was over, Brie still felt herself wanting more and she didn't want her last night with Wade to end. She insisted on accompanying Wade to his hotel room.

Brie wanted to absorb every little second she had left with him and she wanted to see what could possibly take place in Wade's hotel room. "I hate that this is most likely it, I'll probably be on the road for the next 3 years or something with my champion sister and you'll be back in California," Brie teasingly said as she hugged Wade tight.

"Well we don't have to say goodbye right now, my plane doesn't leave until morning," Wade suggested as he held her hand softly.

Brie smiled and followed him inside. "Okay, I kind of wanted to spend the night with you, which is why I came up here" she whispered as the two tenderly began to kiss. One thing led to another and clothes were being taken off, it was their first time and Brie was loving it.

The sex itself and the company, she didn't feel so lonely now. The two went all night, it was the perfect way for a sendoff.

Melina was about to get the opposite of a sendoff, she was about to get a welcoming. Melina also took the afternoon to go on a date with John, for the first time. It was romantic and the night seemed so beautiful, with the moon giving the impression that it was there for the pure sake of romanticism.

Sparks were flying at the restaurant and Melina felt herself falling for this guy, that was until her real love swooped her in for a surprise. "Wait one second, sorry, I'm getting a call," Melina told John as she walked off to a more private corner.

"This is Stephanie McMahon, I'm calling to ask you to return with us! We want you in NXT Melina," Stephanie said through the phone as she waited for a response. It all was overwhelming for Melina and there was a rush that went through her body, "Yes, of course, I've been waiting for some time now and I would be glad to return," Melina responded within seconds.

"Okay, well I'm looking forward to see what it is you can offer now that you've been away for a while," Stephanie said, hearing every excited heavy breath Melina would take in and out. "Well, bye, see you here for some contract signing," she finally said as she hung up the phone.

"Oh my god," Melina whispered to herself as she put her hand over her chest. She looked out from the window of that small diner place located in that small little suburban area in LA and she simply felt something bigger coming her way, she smiled and then went back to John with modesty.

Written & Created By Jonathan N.

Published On January 26, 2016.