Chapter 8

The rest of the week was spent in house shows, autograph sessions and press conferences for the Night of Champions Pay-Per-View on Sunday.

She awoke Sunday morning around 10:30 and pulled her phone out of her purse to check the time. She sighed out loud and then put her phone back into her purse. She got out of bed and went over to her purple and black bag, unzipped it, flipped the top open and pulled out a Gothic pinstripe bustier with patent detailing, buckles and spikes, Pinstripe girls skirt with cat patch, satin loop and rivet detail, Striped Sugar skull knee high socks and XTREME- 840 Spike Heel Platform Sandals, her shampoo, conditioner and body wash and went into the bathroom to take a shower. She closed the lid of the toilet and then set her clothes on top and her boots on the floor next to it. She turned the water on getting it to the desired temperature and then locked the bathroom door. She undressed laying her pajamas on the back of the toilet and stepped into the shower. She stepped under the spray of water and let it soak her hair and body. She put shampoo into her hand and then worked it into her hair scrubbing behind her ears as well. Then she put her head under the water and rinsed all the shampoo out. She put conditioner into her hand and then worked it into her hair. She let it soak into her hair as she scrubbed her body clean with her body wash. She washed all the body wash off her body and then rinsed the conditioner out of her hair. Then she shut the water off, grabbed a big towel from the towel rack and dried herself off. Then she wrapped the towel around herself and stepped out of the shower. She got dressed and then placed the towel back on the towel rack to dry. She grabbed a smaller towel and wrapped her hair up in it. She grabbed her pajamas, unlocked the door and stepped out of the bathroom. She went over to her bags and put her pajamas into her red one. Then she opened her purple and black bag, located her hair accessories bag and pulled out a black hair tie and bobby pins and brush. She brushed her hair back and up into a ponytail and secured it with the hair tie. She took the rest of her hair in the ponytail and wrapped it into a bun layed flat on her head securing it with the bobby pins and put the brush back in it's bag zipping it closed. Then she pulled out her Cyber Hair- long (red/black) and put it on adjusting it to where it fit right. Then she grabbed a pair of Gothic cyber goggles with spikes and skull & crossbones sign and put them on top of the Cyber Hair. She pulled out a Romantic vampire necklace, large crystal heart with fang marks, by Alchemy Gothic and put it on. Finally she pulled out her Genuine leather belt with three rows of small killer-stud rivets with a Alchemy Gothic belt buckle, scroll shaped with "Bite Me" lettering & red Swarovski crystal Vampire puncture holes on it and put it on. She closed her big bag and then looked towards the second bed and saw that Stephen was still sleeping. She decided to wake him the same way she woke him last Tuesday. She walked over to the left side of the second bed and ripped the covers off of him. He shivered suddenly and gropped for the covers. He opened sleepy eyes when he was unsuccessful. He looked up to see her standing above him.

"Oh holy crap, what did you do with Ari?" he asked.

"I am Ari idiot." She retorted clearly upset.

"Sorry the hair threw me for a loop." He replied.

"Well now that you're back to your senses, get dressed. I wanna go to the hotel retaurant. If I go alone then they might think I snuck away from you and expect you to come looking for me. I don't want to give them that impression." She said.

"Alright." He replied.

He got out of the bed and rummaged around in his bag until he found something comfortable to wear, pulled it out as well as his shampoo, conditioner and body wash combo bottle and went into the bathroom to take a shower. She heard the shower start and went into the living room of the hotel room and took a seat on the couch. Two seconds after her bottom touched the cushion there was a knock at the door. She got up to answer it. She opened it to see Jack Hagger better known as Jack Swagger standing there with a stupid smile on his face.

"Stephen here?" Jack asked.

"In the shower. What do you want?" she asked hostilely.

"Just wanted to see if Stephen wanted to hang out today before the Pay-Per-View." He responded with the stupid grin still on his face.

Just then the bathroom door opened and Stephen walked into the bedroom fully dressed.

"Hey Stephen." She called.

"Yeah." Stephen replied walking into the living room drying his hair.

"You got a visitor." She said with a frown.

She turned back to Jack and replied, "Hold on one minute."

Then she closed the door and turned her attention to Stephen.

"Get rid of him." She whispered.

"Get rid of who?" Stephen asked quietly.

"Jack." She hissed below a whisper.

"Um… okay." He replied quietly.

He walked up to the door and opened it.

"Hey Jack, what's up?" Stephen asked.

"Just wondering if you wanted to hang out today before the Pay-Per-View." Jack answered.

"Actually, I won't be available to hang out until after this whole hostage thing is over with, sorry Jack." Stephen replied.

"Hey man, that's alright, I understand." Jack said. "I'll see you later."

"Okay." Stephen replied.

Jack left and Stephen closed the door. He turned to her.

"Is that better?" he asked.

"Much better." She answered.

"You ready?" he asked.

"Let me grab my purse." She replied.

She walked back into the bedroom, grabbed her purse off the nightstand, slung it over her shoulder and returned to the front room. He opened the door to let her go out first. She exited followed by him. He let the door click shut behind him. They walked to the elevator. He pushed the 'down' button on the wall beside it and they waited. Five minutes later it dinged and the doors opened. They stepped inside and he pushed the button for the lobby. A minute later the doors closed and the elevator made its descent to the lobby. Five minutes later the elevator dinged, stopped and then the doors opened. They exited the elevator and made their way to the hotel restaurant. They entered and found a booth in the back and took their seats across from each other. A waitress came over to see if they were ready to order.

"What can I get you to drink?" the waitress asked.

Ari looked at her to see if she had a name tag. It read 'Amber'.

"Well Amber, I would like a glass of vanilla soy milk, please." Ari replied.

"And you sir?" Amber asked.

"Water, please." He answered.

"Alright, I'll be right back with your drinks." Amber replied.

She left their table to the kitchen to get their drinks. Five minutes later she returned with their drinks. She placed the glass of vanilla soy milk in front of Ari and the glass of water in front of Stephen. Then she pulled out her order pad and a pen.

"What can I get you to eat?" Amber asked.

"A bowl of cream of wheat with plenty of butter and brown sugar please and four slices of toast." Ari answered.

"And you sir?" Amber asked him.

"Ham and cheese omelet and hashbrowns please." Stephen replied.

"Alright I'll be right back with your orders." Amber said.

She returned to the kitchen to give the cook their order. Fifteen minutes later Amber returned with their food. She placed the bowl of cream of wheat and toast in front of Ari and the plate of ham and cheese omelet and hashbrowns in front of Stephen.

"Enjoy your food." Amber said.

"Thank you." Ari replied.

Amber left to take other orders. Ari and Stephen ate their food in silence. Amber came back to their table when they were almost done and left the check. Ari finished a minute later and grabbed the check. She took a look first and then put it face down on the table. She pulled out her wallet and grabbed a five dollar bill. Stephen finished just then. He grabbed the check and looked at it. He pulled his wallet out of his back pocket and grabbed a ten dollar bill. She handed him the five as he stood up grabbing the check in the process. She replaced her wallet in her purse zipping it closed and then got up and followed him to the register. He handed the check and money to Amber. Amber rang up the purchase and gave him back the change which he in turn handed to Ari. Ari accepted the money very reluctantly. They left the restaurant and headed back up to the room they were occupying. As soon as they entered the room she pulled her phone out of her purse to look at the time. It read 12:45pm.

"Looks like we have a few hours until we have to be at the arena." She said replacing her phone in her purse.

"What do you wanna do?" he asked.

"Well I think I need to check and see when all my bills need to be paid." She answered.

She pulled her phone out of her purse and dialed her sister's cell phone number. She waited as it rang three times.

"Hello." Julia said.

"It's me." Ari replied.

"Yeah sis, whatcha need?" Julia asked.

"Are you still at my place or not?" Ari asked.

"I'm at your place, I just brought in your mail." Julia answered.

"Do I have any bills yet?" Ari asked.

"You have a bill for PG&E, DirecTV, AT&T and dad say's your rent is due soon." Julia replied.

"How much for PG&E, DirecTV and AT&T?" Ari asked.

"Hold on let me check." Julia answered.

Ari could hear paper ripping on the other end three times.

"Okay, PG&E is $30.50, DirecTV is $85.87 and AT&T is $20.50." Julia said.

"Alright, thanks sis." Ari replied writing the totals down for each bill.

"No problem, I'll see you later this week." Julia said.

"Okay." Ari replied.

They hung up at the same time.

"Into the night You fled Betrayed me Your hollow heart And luring stare My blood Ran cold Then I heard him – From far away A lullaby…"

"Hi baby." She said.

"What are doing right now?" Randy asked.

"I was just about to pay some bills." She answered.

"You want me to call back?" he asked.

"No, please stay on the line." She pleaded as she walked into the bedroom of the hotel room for some privacy.

"Let me guess, Stephen's company is not the company you want right now." He guessed.

"Exactly." She answered.

"I just got off the phone with my mom." He replied.

"What did she want to talk to you about?" she asked.

"She wanted to know if I was coming for Thanksgiving and bringing you." He answered.

"And you told her what?" she asked.

"That I would be there only if it was okay with you and you were coming." He replied.

"I would love to go to your parent's for Thanksgiving." She said. "I'll call my dad and let him know that that is what I'm doing."

"Alright, I'll call my mom back and let her know we'll be there." He replied.

"Okay." She said.

"Bye bye baby." He replied.

"Bye." She said.

They hung up at the same time. Then she dialed her father's number and waited while it rang.

"Hello." James said.

"Hi dad, it's me." She replied.

"Hi Caterpillar." He said. "So whatcha up to?"

"Well I just got off the phone with Randy." She answered.

"What did you two talk about?" he asked.

"Well he told me that his mom asked him if he was going to be there for Thanksgiving and wanted to know if I would be with him as well." She replied.

"What did he say?" he asked.

"He told her that he would be there if it was okay with me and if I came too." She answered.

"So are you gonna go?" he asked. "I won't be mad if you wanna go."

"I told him that I would go." She replied. "You sure you're not gonna be mad?"

"No baby girl of course not, Randy's a part of your life now and if his parents want to spend some time getting to know you then I say go for it." He answered.

"Thanks dad." She replied.

"Is that why you called?" he asked.

"One reason." She answered.

"What's the other?" he asked.

"To let you know that you should be receiving rent from me soon." She replied.

"Alright, thanks Caterpillar." He said.

"No problem. I'll talk to you later okay." She replied.

"Okay." He said.

"Bye dad." She replied.

"Bye Caterpillar." He said.

They hung up at the same time.

"Into the night You fled Betrayed me Your hollow heart And luring stare My blood Ran cold Then I heard him – From far away A lullaby…"

She pushed the 'accept' button and put the phone to her ear.

"Yes baby." She said.

"I let mom and dad know that you would be with me for Thanksgiving." Randy replied.

"So their okay with it?" she asked.

"Yes. Mom is really looking forward to meeting you and dad says he's looking forward to seeing you again. But I don't remember you ever meeting him." He answered.

"I met him while you were in surgery. We sat and talked for a little while. I asked him not to mention it to you after you woke from the anesthetic. I didn't want you to be upset that you missed seeing me." She replied.

"Oh okay sounds fair enough." He said. "Mom knows what you look like since she's seen you on RAW."

"Well that's good." She replied.

"She said that you looked pretty tall. I told her that your 6' but you look taller on TV because of the shoes you wear." He said.

"Well I'm glad you know my height." She replied.

"It's not hard to not know. I'm guessing you got your height from your dad." He said.

"Yeah, he's 6'9'." She replied. "Jewls took after mom. Mom was 5'8", Jewls is 5'7"."

"And her husband?" he asked.

"He's 6'2". Sam's gonna take after him. She's almost seven and she stands at 4'11" already." She replied.

"Oh wow." He said.

"Tell me about it." She replied.

"I'll see you at the arena, okay, it's already 1:30." He said.

"Alright I'll see you there." She replied.

"Hey guess what." He said.

"What?" she asked.

"I love you." He answered.

"Love you too." She replied.

"Bye baby." He said.

"Bye." She answered.

They hung up at the same time. She put her phone back into her purse, zipped it closed and then slung it over her shoulder. She returned to the living area of the hotel room.

"I want to head to the arena now." She said.

"Okay." He replied.

She walked back into the bedroom followed by him. She grabbed her laptop and slipped it over her shoulder. Then she grabbed her purple and black bag as well as her red bag and headed for the door. He grabbed his green bag and followed her. They exited the hotel room and made their way to the elevator. He pushed the 'down' button on the wall next to the elevator and waited for it to arrive. Five minutes later it dinged to let them know it was stopping on their floor. A minute later the doors opened and they stepped inside. He pushed the button for the lobby and a minute later the doors slid closed. The elevator made its descent to the lobby and five minutes later it dinged, stopped and the doors opened to reveal the lobby before them. They stepped out and headed to the front desk. They handed the clerk their room keys as soon as they were at the front desk and checked out. Then they headed to the car. He opened the trunk and let her put her bags in. He put his bag on the backseat. They opened the front doors and she took off her laptop and placed it on the floor. They climbed in and buckled their seatbelts. He started the car and took off for the arena.

He pulled the car into the back of the Reliant Astrodome Arena in Houston for the Night of Champions Pay-Per-View. He pulled into a parking space, put the car in park and turned off the engine. They unbuckled their seatbelts and got out of the car. She retrieved her laptop from the floor and slung it over her shoulder. Then she walked to the trunk and waited for him to open it. He grabbed his bag from the backseat, closed the back door then opened the trunk. She pulled out her bags one at a time and then closed the trunk. They headed inside the arena through the back entrance. They headed down the halls to his locker room. They arrived and went inside. She put her bags and laptop in the right corner of the room by the door and he put his bags in the left corner by the door as well. She walked over to the couch and took a seat. She pulled her phone out of her purse to check the time. It read 2:15pm. She put her phone back into her purse and then pulled out The Pillars of Creation by Terry Goodkind and started reading where she left off last. She paused when she got to a good quote and then walked over to her bags. She opened the red one and pulled out a medium-large travel journal and returned to the couch retaking her seat. She opened the journal to a page that had writing in it on half of the page, pulled a pen out of her purse, picked the book back up and then jotted down the quote in the journal making sure to write down who said it. She put the pen down on the journal and continued to read. Every time she came to a good quote she liked she jotted it down in her journal book. She read four about three hours. She pulled her phone out of her purse again to check the time. It read 5:00pm. She replaced her phone, pen and book into her purse and zipped it closed. Then she put her journal back into her red bag zipping that closed. She returned to the couch once again. He got his ring gear out of his bag and went into the bathroom to change. Ten minutes later he emerged fully dressed in his ring gear. He put his street clothes into his bag and then came and sat down on the couch. His match against Cena wasn't until the second to last match of the evening. They watched as friends won or lost their matches.

There was a knock on the door followed by a, "Your match is in ten minutes Sheamus."

She stood up from the couch and he followed her lead. They walked to the door and then stepped into the hallway. They walked down the hall towards the entrance. They arrived at the entrance five minutes later.

"It's a shame they lost their heads A careless man could wind up dead…"

Justin Roberts: This next match is scheduled for one fall and it is for the WWE Championship. Making his way to the ring accompanied by Black Rose Ariwa, weighing in at 225lbs, he is the WWE Champion; Sheamus.

Sheamus made his way to the stage followed by her. The entire audience booed him. He made his way down to the outside of the ring. She followed reluctantly. He grabbed her by the wrist and started dragging her around the outside of the ring towards the announcer's booth. As soon as he got to the side of the booth he grabbed a chair and set it up next to the booth and then demanded that she sit in the chair. She hesitated a little but finally sat down. He walked back to the ring and entered waiting for his opponent.

"You can't see me my time is now…"

Justin Roberts: And the challenger, making his way to the ring, weighing in at 240lbs, from West Newbury, Massachusetts, John Cena.

John made his way to the stage as the crowd went wild. He stopped at the top of the ramp and did his salute to the crowd then raced down the ramp and slid into the ring. He popped up and ran the ropes a couple of times. He stopped after the secind run off the ropes, took off his hat and tossed it to the crowd and then took off his shirt and tossed it to the crowd as well. Justin Roberts stepped outside of the ring. Charles Robinson signaled for the bell and it rang to announce the start of the match. John and Sheamus locked up. Sheamus over powered John and started to beat him down for about ten minutes. Then John turned the tables for about ten minutes and beat down Sheamus. When there was only five minutes left to the match Sheamus leveled John with a boot to the face and covered only getting a two count. He was furious and raced out of the ring and grabbed a chair and brought it in the ring. He was about to hit John with it when Charles grabbed one end and tried to take it away from him. He struggled with the referee and ended up throwing Charles out of the ring. Charles signaled for the bell to ring.

Justin Roberts: The winner of the match by disqualification, John Cena. But still the WWE Champion, Sheamus.

Sheamus celebrated in the ring for about a minute. Then he turned his attention to her and yelled at her to get in the ring. She reluctantly walked around the outside of the ring. Then she climbed the steps and entered the ring. She stood against the ropes watching him closely. He looked at her and demanded that she raise his hand in victory. She shook her head no defiantly and stood her ground. He got into her face and started screaming at her to raise his hand. She reached back and leveled him hard across the face with her hand in the form of a slap. The crowd cheered when she did that. He grabbed her by the wrist and started dragging her towards the corner of the ring. He made her exit the ring and he followed. They climbed down the steps. When they were at the bottom he grabbed her by the wrist and started dragging her towards the back. She tried with all of her strength to break free and get away from him but was unsucessful because he used his weight to over power her. Randy raced out and made a beeline for Sheamus. Sheamus let go of her wrist and met Randy head on. They threw punches at each other. Randy threw a punch so hard that it dazed Sheamus spinning him around. He turned around and Randy started to set him up to take an 'RKO' but Sheamus pushed him away from him and when Randy turned around he was nailed with a boot to the head. Then Sheamus grabbed her by the wrist again and started dragging her to the back once again. She screamed for Randy to get up and help her but he didn't respond. The camera showed their progress backstage to his locker room on the Titontron. The camera cut back to the ring as soon as they were in his locker room. As soon as they were inside his locker room he let go of her wrist and went over to his bag and got his street clothes out. Then he went into the bathroom to change. Ten minutes later he emerged fully dressed. He put his ring gear back into his bag and zipped it closed. She grabbed her laptop and slung it over her shoulder, grabbed her purse and slung that over her shoulder and then grabbed her bags. He grabbed his bag and opened the door. She stepped out into the hall and he followed. The camera showed him making her leave the arena in a hurry. Once outside they walked to the car and put their bags in the trunk and backseat. They climbed into the front seats and buckled their seatbelts. Then he took off for the airport like a bat out of hell.

They arrived at the airport thirty minutes later and parked the car. They got their bags out and headed inside. They walked up to the United counter and ordered their tickets for their flight to Anaheim, California. They left their bags to be picked up and then went and sat down to wait until their flight was called.

~An Hour Later~

"Flight 515 to Anaheim." Someone called over the loudspeaker.

They walked up to the terminal and handed their tickets to the lady there. She let them pass. They followed the terminal to the plane and boarded. They showed their tickets to the stewardess and she showed them to first class like their tickets said. They took their seats and waited for the plane to take off. As soon as everyone was boarded a stewardess closed and locked the plane door. The seatbelt light flashed on and everyone buckled their seatbelts. Five minutes later the plane took off.

The plane docked into gate 19 at 11:30pm. Her and Sheamus exited the plane and went inside the airport. They retrieved their bags and headed to the rental car. They loaded their bags into the car and then climbed in and buckled their seatbelts. They took off for the hotel and arrived half an hour later. They retrieved their bags and headed inside the hotel. They walked up to the front desk and checked in getting a room with two beds. They took the elevator up to the fourth floor. They entered the second door on the right and put their bags by the beds. She got her pajamas out of her bag and went into the bathroom to change. She emerged ten minutes later, put her clothes, boots, accessories, hair accessories and cyber hair back into her purple and black bag and then climbed into bed and laid her head down on the pillow. She fell asleep as he was in the bathroom changing. He came out of the bathroom, put his clothes and shoes into his bag, climbed into bed and laid his head down on the pillow. He was asleep five minutes later.