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It had been a little over a week since Bret had left. And Nicole wasn't any better. Chyna, Hunter and Shawn all seen Nicole's sudden sadness. Numerous times Chyna asked her what was wrong but all she would say was guy troubles. "Tell me who the guy is and I'll kick their ass," Shawn said trying to make his baby sister laugh. But it didn't work. It actually looked like she was going to start crying. "Awh sweetheart, don't let some loser get you down. You're stronger than that." Hunter said rubbing her back. 'If only they understood' she thought. The brunette knew for a fact, that she was going to take this relationship to the grave. No one, especially not her brother, were going to find out about it.
5 in the morning, Nicole was sneaking out of Bret Hart's room. 'I'm going too hell,' she thought. She had just cheated on her husband. She felt low. No scratch that, she felt lower than low. She should have been six feet under at that point. That's where she felt like she should be at that point. Nicole turned the corner and ran into Michelle McCool or soon to be Callaway. Being with Mark, aka The Undertaker, the Florida native got whatever she wanted. Which even meant being the poster girl of the Divas. She always put on the act of being a nice girl, but whenever Mark wasn't around, she was a total bitch. Nicole didn't like her too much, but she tolerated her. One wrong word and Nicole would knock that pretty blonde right out.
"Hey Nicole, didn't expect for you to be up this early. Where were you headed to?" Michelle asked, trying to strike up a conversation. "I was actually headed back to my room if you don't mind." Nicole answered. She didn't feel like hearing McCool's whiney voice that early in the morning. "Oh why are you up so early?" Would she ever shut up? "I couldn't sleep, so I decided to walk around, instead of being on my laptop all night, chatting on twitter." the brunette lied. "That's understandable. I get carried away on there too. It's just so much fan interacting with the fans." the blonde smiled. Nicole nodded, "Yeah it is. Well if you don't mind, I'm going to get at least a couple of hours of sleep now. So see ya later." she said walking away. "Oh okay, bye."
Damn that girl could talk your ear off, if you'd let her. Nicole slipped into her room and walked into the bedroom. She looked over and saw Hunter laying there peacefully, like a angel. The veteran diva busted into tears. How could she let something like that happen? Didn't she learn years ago? She quietly got into the bed and pulled the covers close. Hunter turned over and wrapped his arm tightly around her. "I was getting lonely in here." he said in a raspy voice. "I'm sorry," she whispered. "Looks like I'm going to have to take your laptop away. You spend way too much time on it and not enough time with me," he joked. Nicole held back tears. "I promise it won't happen anymore," Hunter kissed her neck. "I love you," Nicole brought his hand up to her lips and kissed it, "I love you too." Nicole ended up silently crying herself to sleep.
'Why?' Hunter thought. 'Why are you crying babe?' But he knew she wouldn't tell him why. 'What on earth are you hiding?' Hunter was getting more worried by the minute. There was something wrong with his wife and he knew it.
Bret heard Nicole leave but decided not to say anything. It was best not to. Bret knew it was wrong, but he couldn't help it. She was just so beautiful and he wanted her back for years. When they made love that night, it was like 1996 all over again. He felt like his old self. Before Montreal, before his stroke, before everything changed. It was like '96, only this time, Nicole was the one married. But once again he cheated too. This time on his soon-to-be-wife, Stephanie. God how was he going to make it til WrestleMania? He would have to face her every single week. Luckily he wasn't going to be on Raw for at least two weeks. But after that…
Bret squeezed his eyes shut. This wasn't going to go well. Hopefully Nicole wouldn't have a guilt trip and tell Hunter what happened. That was the last thing he needed.
10 o'clock rolled around and Nicole got no sleep. Thank god it was Tuesday and they could go home. All Nicole wanted to do was see her kids. That would cheer her up.
"Ready to go?" Hunter asked in the doorway with his bags ready. "Yep," she answered zipping her last bag. "All ready," The couple was getting ready to head to the airport and get on a flight straight to Connecticut.
Hunter held the door for his wife. The brunette walked out into the hallway, but stopped dead in her tracks. There was Bret, talking to Natalie, TJ and Harry, right down the hall. Nicole tried to put her game face on. Her poker face if you will. In her mind though, she was freaking out.
Bret seen Nicole step out of her room, with Hunter close behind. The Hitman kept a straight face. "So where are you going after this?" his niece Natalie asked. "I got a meeting with Vince and creative in about 2 hours. Then I'm going home." "Will we see you next week?" Harry asked? "I'm not sure yet, maybe." Bret answered. "Okay, we'll see you later," Nattie said giving her uncle a hug. "Okay, bye guys."
Hunter closed the door behind him and picked up his bag. "Oh hey there's Bret, let's say hi." Nicole looked up at her husband with a weird look. "What?" he asked. "Why are you being all nice towards him? I thought you despised him." she said. "I do, but I'll at least and be civil towards him. Until he somehow pisses me off." Hunter said walking up to Bret. "Hey Bret, how are you?"
Bret looked up from his phone and saw Hunter and Nicole. But she wasn't looking at him. Hopefully she didn't tell her husband about they're night. If she had, he was pretty sure Hunter would have punched him by now. "I'm good Hunter, what about yourself?"
'Should I even say anything to her?' Bret thought to himself. If he didn't, it would look like he's being rude.
"Pretty good," Hunter answered.
"How are you Nicole?" Bret asked. The brunette gave him a look that could kill, but Hunter didn't see it. "I'm fine, just can't wait to get outta here and back home." Yeah Bret knew what she meant by that. "Yeah I know what you mean."
'No you don't.' Nicole thought to herself. 'I cheated on my husband, who I actually love. You didn't love Julie anymore, that's why the affair took place. Apparently you didn't love me either when you slept with all those other girls.' That's what she wanted to say to him, but couldn't. "I guess we'll see you around," Hunter said, grabbing Nicole's hand and walking towards to elevator.
Tragedy struck two years after Bret left the WWF. Bret's younger brother and youngest child of Stu and Helen Hart, Owen was doing his Blue Blazer gimmick and was going to "fly" to the ring, when he unexpectedly fell 78 feet onto the top rope of the ring and died. The entire world was mourning.
How could something like this happen? Nicole asked herself. She felt like everyone she loved was almost gone. No Kevin or Scott or Kid. Even her own brother was gone. He had injured his back a year ago during a casket match with The Undertaker. He wanted to make it to WrestleMania 14, so he suffered through it til then. And lost to Steve Austin that night. Although Shawn was making appearances here and there, it just wasn't the same.
A little after Bret left, Nicole and Owen grew closer. She talked to him about anything. Every single person in the locker room loved Owen. He was an amazing guy. Always pulling pranks on people. Anytime he pulled a prank on Nicole, he seemed to get hurt. Like when he tried to put her wrestling gear in the toilet, they started having a tug-o-war and Nicole let go and Owen ended up banging his head on the toilet. For about thirty seconds no one was laughing until he started. After that he never pulled a prank on her again. Instead they pulled them together.
What was she going to do now, without her partner in crime? The brunette sat on a bench in the men's locker room, trying to hold back her tears. That's what everyone was "trying" to do unsuccessfully. It was real quiet in there, with the occasional sniffs and coughs. Oh god, Bret was probably miserable. No one there to comfort him either. Nicole would have killed to know what Bret was doing at the moment.
The locker room door opened and Hunter walked in. His eyes were red, she knew he had been crying, he just wouldn't show it. "How are you holding up?" he asked when he took a seat next to her. "I don't know," she simply answered. "I…I just can't believe he's gone. He can't be…" and with that Nicole busted into tears. Hunter pulled her towards him and stroked her hair, whispering words of comfort in her ear. After awhile the blonde hair man couldn't hold back his tears either. Some guys in the locker room started crying again too. This was going to be a long day.
Throughout the show, almost all of the wrestlers paid tribute to Owen. Mostly everyone said the same thing. That Owen was an amazing person. He loved his family, he didn't take wrestling that seriously, like Bret would. He wad just having fun. At the end of the show, Stone Cold Steve Austin opened a can of his beer and held it up to the Titan Tron with Owen's picture on it. That was his way of saying thanks to Owen.
That night seemed to go on forever for Nicole. She just wanted to get out of there and go home. Probably so did everyone else.
It felt so good to be home. Away from all the drama, storylines and more importantly Bret. She just needed to clear her mind of everything. Like how the hell she ended up sleeping with Bret? How could she do that to Hunter and her kids? How was she going to tell her husband she cheated on him? With a man he hasn't liked in years. A lot of questions ran through her head. What was he going to do? Would he leave her? Take the kids? There was no way she could tell him.
Nicole watched her son Jason, play on the living room floor, while her daughter, Carmen took a nap on the couch nearby. The mother of two decided to call her best friend. She needed to talk to someone about this. It was eating her up inside. She just didn't want Amy to judge her. "Jason, honey don't put that in your mouth." Jason looked up at his mom with his big blue eyes, like his mom, with a block in his mouth. He seen the stern look on her face and spat it out. Nicole just shook her head and laughed. The brunette decided to call Amy right then while Hunter was out.
Hunter was out at the WWE Headquarters. It was real easy getting to there since they already lived in Greenwich, CT. Hunter was starting to do small backstage jobs these days, alongside Vince. He was even getting his own office built. That's how you know he was the real deal.
Nicole walked into the kitchen to grab another cup of coffee, with her cellphone in hand. She pushed speed dial 2 and put it on speaker. After about three rings, Amy finally picked up. "Hey sorry I took so long. I was blasting music," Nicole rolled her eyes playfully, "As usual," "Shut up," the red head laughed. There was silence for a moment. "So what's going on?" Amy asked. She knew Nicole was going to tell her something about Bret. "Oh nothing much, just grabbed some coffee and now watching the kids play and sleep," "Sounds fun," Nicole shrugged. "Sometimes," There was some noise in the background on Amy's line. "What was that?" the brunette asked. "Me crumbling up paper. Oh by the way where's Hunter?" Nicole sighed, "He's at the Headquarters, going over some things with Vince," Amy could tell by Nicole's voice, that something wasn't right. "Are you okay hun?" she asked concerned. There was a long pause, followed by a sniff. "Not really," Nicole cried out. Oh no that couldn't be good. "What happened? What's wrong?" "I fucked up Ames. I fucked up big time," Nicole was practically sobbing. "Okay tell me what happened. Something happen between you and Hunter?" Then Amy paused before saying, "Or Bret…?" The red head squeezed her eyes shut hoping it wasn't Bret. "I slept with Bret last night," she blurted out. "Shit," Amy cursed under her breath.
"How did this all happen?" Amy asked. Nicole tried to calm herself down, before speaking. "He came to my locker room during Raw and we talked. But it ended in a argument. So he said to come to his room later so we could talk in private. So I did even though Randy said it was a bad idea. And then was talked and yelled some more. I was about to leave til he kiss me, then it all went downhill from there." The Queen of Extreme rubbed her temples on both sides of her head, with her fingers. She had a feeling this was going to happen. "I take it you haven't told Hunter yet," Amy replied. Nicole eyes grew wide. "I don't know if I can tell him. I can't bare seeing the look on his face. I don't wanna hurt him," "But you're hurting him by not telling him Nic. You have to tell him before more people get hurt. Like your kids."
"I know, I know." Nicole sobbed, then said, "Do you ever wish you would have told Matt what was going on between you and Adam, instead of him finding out like that? Do you think it would have ended differently?" the brunette asked quietly. Amy was quiet for a moment. She always had those questions on her mind, for a long time. "Yeah, I do wish I would have told him sooner. It probably would have made a huge difference." she said as a tear slid down her cheek.
The two friends stayed on the phone a little while longer. Until finally hanging up. Nicole sat on her couch in silence, for god knows how long. Jason had eventually passed out on the floor with the blocks bucket on his head. He fell asleep in the strangest positions. She picked Jason up and took his upstairs to his room. Nicole looked at the clock to see it was already almost 7pm. Where did the time go? The brunette went back to the living room and picked Carmen up to take her to her room. When Nicole was almost to the stairs, Hunter came walking through the front door. "Hey babe," Hunter said giving her a quick kiss on the lips. "Hey, how was things at the HQ?" she asked walking up the stairs to Carmen's room. "Everything went well. Going over future storylines and tag teams. The usual." he said. Nicole placed Carmen in her bed and pulled the covers over her small frame. The couple walked out of the room and down stairs into the kitchen. Hunter sat on one of the stools by the island. "So anything interesting happen while I was gone?" Hunter asked. "Not really," his wife smiled. "The kids played and Carmen fell asleep on the couch. And I talked to Amy for a bit. That's it." Hunter nodded his head. "Oh how's Amy?" "She's good, still got her radio show. She's now a teacher at a local gym in Atlanta." Nicole said. "That's great. Any new guys in her life?" "Not that I know of. But she knows how I am. If there was a new guy, I'd start questioning them in a second." Hunter laughed. Yeah that was his girl. Hunter was still on the edge. He had no idea what has been bothering his wife. And he was a little afraid to ask. In fear she would lie to him. But why? "Ya know, I was thinking we go out for dinner tonight," Hunter said out of nowhere. "What about the kids?" Nicole asked. "We could just call Gina and see if she'd babysit for a couple of hours." The brunette smiled. "Okay let's do it." "Great!"
Okay so not much going on in this chapter. Just family fun, if you wanna call it that lol. But anyway, as I said, I don't have internet at the moment. So whenever you read this, is when I find a way to post it. Sorry for the long wait.
9/28/11- I got a flash drive. So tomorrow (9/29/11) I'm going to be able to post this chapter! So excited. Hope you guys enjoyed it!
9/29/11- Uploading it as I type!