Brooklyn came through the curtain and smiled. God that felt good, she thought. She was met with a host of familiar faces greeting her with smiles, hugs and kisses. Randy was the first she saw.

"You haven't lost your touch, B," he smirked.

"Thanks…" she replied. "Where's Mollie and John?"

"Probably off getting a quickie," Randy joked. Brooklyn's jaw hit the floor. Randy laughed, "I'm joking…I'm joking. Vince has her running ragged, so I'm sure she's off saving the world."

"Oh…ha ha," Brooklyn laughed.

Melina then came up and hugged her. "Girl…that was fun."

"You know it!" Brooklyn smiled. "Good job out there."

"Thanks doll. I'll catch up with you later," she said as she darted off with Morrison.

Mollie and John returned from catering and let the crowd die down around Brooklyn. Then they came in.

John picked her and with a huge hug and said, "Good job…"

"Thanks," Brooklyn replied with a huge grin.

"You looked great out there," Mollie added with a hug of her own.

"Thank you…" she said again.

Mollie said, "I say this day calls for a huge celebration. Let's all go out…just like the good old days after the show."

"I'm game," Brooklyn answered. "First…shower." Brooklyn headed off to shower and change while John prepped for his match.

Before she was able to jet to the shower, she was stopped by Mr. McMahon who was on his way to the ring. "Good job Brooklyn," he said with a smile.

"Thank you, sir," she nodded.

Vince left her and headed to the ring for his promo thanking the fans and promoting the "Stand Up for WWE" campaign. After Vince's promo, Sheamus and John Morrison had their match with Sheamus picking up the win.

Then the Raw GM emailed in and announced that since the Big Show won the Battle Royal that Kane would have a new mystery opponent, which was John.

Mollie and John stayed in the gorilla to watch the show as Brooklyn came back after finishing her shower. Brooklyn asked, "What's next?"

"Randy and Stu," Mollie told her.

"Oh…" Brooklyn replied, her heart beating a million miles a minute. He'd walk right past her at any second.

Stu came up to the gorilla to see the brunette Brooklyn standing with John and Mollie. Now or never… he thought. He walked up to her and gently pulled her over away from Mollie and John.

"Can we talk later?" he said softly.

"Yeah." Brooklyn said quietly.

With a sad smile and quick nod, Stu accepted her answer and walked away. Randy approached and gave a friendly kiss on the forehead. "Hang in there." He softly smiled before stepping through the gorilla after Stu had.

"You good?" John asked. Brooklyn nodded.

From there, the three watched as Randy handed it to Stu, retaining the WWE Championship. Brooklyn congratulated the Legend Killer as he came through the curtain once again as did Mollie and John while Stu headed off to the showers. Intermission was in full swing and it wouldn't be long until John was in the squared circle against Glen.

After intermission, Big Show and Ziggler battled with Dolph getting the win. Then Triple H made his much-publicized one day return to the ring to beat up on Alberto Del Rio. After the hoopla of that match subsided, it was time for Kane and John's match. Glenn came up to the gorilla, nodded to John, Mollie, and Brooklyn and walked out to his organ music and fiery pyro.

Mollie looked over at John who had gotten into the zone. He stood with his eyes closed for a moment and took a deep breath. Mollie whispered, "Good luck," in his ear and kissed him on the cheek. He only nodded as the trumpets of "My Time is Now" signaled his arrival. He walked out to the crowd leaving Mollie and Brooklyn to watch.

"I get goose bumps every time I see him come out," Mollie smiled.

Brooklyn shook her head at her friend. Maybe one day she'd feel those goose bumps again. Then she felt Stu's presence behind her.

"You want to come with me?" Stu asked.

Brooklyn nodded. She looked to Mollie who was watching John and Glen from the curtain. "I'll be back."

Mollie looked at her with a sad smile and nodded before turning her attention back to her boyfriend.

The brunette let Stu lead her away from the staging area and to the nearby Nexus locker room. It had long since been unoccupied by the rest of the group. He pulled a chair away from the corner for Brooklyn and one for himself. The two sat across from one another.

"You wanted to talk." Brooklyn said. Her voice was just as soft as Stu's but held much more sadness to her tone.

"Yeah." Stu nodded. "I miss you."

"Please don't." She whispered. This was actually harder than she imagined it would be. "Don't do that."

"I can't help it." He said. "I've been a complete fool. And I've spent months trying to figure out why I was so foolish."

Brooklyn took a deep breath. "We talked about this already. You don't know and I accepted that. We ended things."

"But I didn't want to. I should have done what I could to earn your trust, to make things work out." He argued. "I know why now."

"Okay. And you want to tell me because…."

"Because I still love you, more than I could ever imagine." Stu sighed.

"I'm listening…" Brooklyn sniffled. She still loved him but she couldn't trust him. At least now he had the answer she'd been looking for, for months.

"I never thought that I could love someone, let alone so fast. When everything started falling into place with us after me practically chasing you with continual flirting for months, I didn't really know what I felt. I knew it was love, but I almost wanted to test myself and really wonder if that's what it feels like. In Japan, I missed you so much. It was near obsession like. And then a few drinks later, I made a mistake and just let it happen. I let her take control, I let Maryse get too close and mix that with poor decisions and more alcohol and we ended up in bed together." Stu began story telling. He noticed Brooklyn cringe when he mentioned being in bed with Maryse. He reached for her hand and much to his surprise she let him take it in his. "The moment I woke up, I was just filled with regret. I saw her there and I felt ill. And it wasn't because I had been terribly drunk. I was a real wanker. I felt so guilty and so terrible. I immediately realized that I lost one of the most important things that have happened to me since coming to the states."

"So you had to test your feelings for me? That's why you slept with Maryse?" Brooklyn was even more confused.

"No, yes. Damn it." Stu sighed and dropped Brooklyn's hand as he stood and walked away from her. He ran his hands through his curly hair, for he hadn't done anything with it since his shower. "I was scared of what I was feeling and how fast I started feeling this. I was a fool. I love you more than anything in this world and I realize that I fucked up. I'm just asking for forgiveness and a second chance. Hell, I'll take friends at this point. Especially now that I know you'll be around when I'm home."

"How'd you…"

"You just have to ask the right people, Brooklyn." Stu stated.

Brooklyn sat quietly, with her eyes fixed to the floor. Stu stood and watched her. He could see her lip quivering and her eyes blinking hard. She was trying to be strong, but he knew she still cared for him; otherwise she wouldn't be this way. Finally, she looked up at him. Her eyes were red and filled with unshed tears.

"You're going to have to give me some time." She said. "I just can't right now."

Stu stepped forward and knelt down to her level. "But are you willing to try?"

Brooklyn blinked and let a tear fall down each side of her cheek. "Friends. I can try friends. That's all I can do right now." She whispered.

Stu took Brooklyn by the hand and raised her chin with his thumb. It may have been a little too fast for such a close amount of contact, but Brooklyn allowed herself to be touched as she sobbed. Stu felt his heart break more at what he'd done to her and allowed himself to tear up as well.

After a good cry between the two, Brooklyn left Stu in the Nexus locker room to find Mollie who was now waiting in John's locker room as he showered.

Mollie saw Brooklyn's red, swollen eyes and asked, "Honey, what's wrong?"

"I think we're going to try to be friends," Brooklyn told her, sniffling. "We had a good talk."

Mollie didn't say anything but she wrapped her best friend in a comforting hug and rubbed her back. "Are you sure?"

"Yeah…" Brooklyn whispered. John exited the shower and stopped.

He said, "Whoa, I'm sorry."

Brooklyn wiped her eyes and replied, "No, its ok. I promise. I'm sorry I missed your match."

"It's ok," John replied. Changing the subject, he said, "How about we go celebrate as my beautiful girlfriend suggested earlier?"

"I think that's an amazingly splendid idea!" Brooklyn smiled.

With that said, Brooklyn, Mollie and John headed out of the arena.

Mollie called ahead and got a private room at the Italian restaurant inside the hotel. She also called several other superstars and divas including Ted and Randy and gave them the details. They were waiting on them when they arrived.

"SURPRISE!" the room yelled as Brooklyn walked in.

"Aww…thank you!" she smiled as she went around hugging everyone.

After the hellos were exchanged, everyone sat down and began ordering food and drinks.

"So, how long are you staying?" Randy asked.

"I'll leave Tuesday morning after Raw. Then it's back home to pack and move. Stamford has set me up with an apartment near the training center so I'll be unpacking for a couple of weeks then I promised Mollie I'd be around for Survivor Series and the following Raw. Then I'll start work over at FCW." Brooklyn replied.

"Well, at least we'll get to see you some," Mollie noted.

"Yeah, I couldn't stay away from you guys that long," Brooklyn admitted.

The rest of the night was spent catching up, drinking and laughing. Mollie and John were so glad to see a familiar spark come back to their friend, and they were also thankful for a memorable night together before he'd leave for Europe.

It was a quick trip to Montreal for a house show on Halloween and while some of the roster had a little trick or treat costume party in the hotel bar, Mollie, Brooklyn and John traveled back to New York for the next night's Raw.

Brooklyn shadowed Mollie throughout the day as she rallied up her usual tasks before showtime. It wasn't until the creative meeting that the two women met up with John, Randy and Stu.

"Hey honey…" Mollie greeted John with a quick kiss on the cheek.

"Hello," Stu greeted Brooklyn in his thick accent.

"Hi…" Brooklyn nodded.

The meeting began and ran through what would happen that night during the show. The main event would be a tag match between Ron Killings, aka R-Truth, and Randy verses Stu and David Otunga with John as the special guest referee.

When the meeting was over, John's phone rang. It was his brother Matt. He walked outside the meeting room to take the call.

"Matt?" John answered.

"Yeah," Matt replied. "Shelby's here!"

John had just missed the birth of his niece Shelby, the first child of his brother Matt and his wife Coverly. John couldn't help but let his heart fall to the floor.

"That's great man," John answered. "How is she? Cov?"

"They're great. She's beautiful. I'll send you a picture as soon as we get to go back in the nursery," Matt told him.

"I'm so happy for you, and I promise I'm coming to see her," John assured him.

"I know," Matt replied. "Hey, I've gotta go. I'll talk to you later."

"Bye…" John said as Matt hung up the phone. With the life of a WWE Superstar, you missed a lot of things with family. But he thought for sure Shelby wouldn't be born until the Thanksgiving holiday. He walked back into the room to tell the good news.

Mollie saw the change in his mood right away. He seemed upset yet happy all at once. "Baby..."

John smiled. "I'm an uncle." He said. "and I missed it. Again."

"Oh babe." Mollie knew how close Matt and John were and how much the birth meant to John. She hugged him close and whispered in his ear. "Soon enough."

He hugged her back and accepted congratulatory hugs from everyone. "Her name is Shelby. And Cov is doing great. I'm waiting on a picture once everyone is settled."

While everyone congratulated John on the newest addition to the Cena family, Brooklyn stepped away. She walked into the Divas dressing room just to clear her mind. She knew John's pain of missing family events. In her time in the business she had missed many births, deaths, weddings, and other events. She knew that feeling all too well. As she sat down on the couch, the wrong person walked through the door.

"Brooklyn," Maryse said as she eyed the former Diva. "J'ai pas pense que nous vous voir vous encore une fois." (I didn't think we'd see you again).

"Maryse, if you're going to insult me at least do it in English," Brooklyn scoffed.

"Insult?" Maryse asked in her still broken English. "I simply asked how you are doing."

"Yeah right," Brooklyn replied.

Maryse went about her business like Brooklyn wasn't even in the room. When she turned to leave, Brooklyn scoffed.

"Really?" Brooklyn snapped. "You're just going to walk out and say nothing at all?"

"What?" Maryse asked, playing innocent. "I have to go. Mike is waiting."

"Right, so after you sleep with my boyfriend you two got back together." Brooklyn shook her head in disgust. "We were pretty good friends Maryse. I can't believe you'd do that to me. Of course, I should have expected it. It's your M.O."

"Excusez-moi?" The French Canadian asked.

"You heard me. You and Mike fight and break up then once you've both had your chance to screw someone else, you're all fine and dandy and back together." Brooklyn was fuming mad. Maryse was acting she'd done nothing wrong and there wasn't a problem that she slept with Stu.

"Pardon?"

"Seriously, don't act stupid Frenchie. The next time you want to sleep with someone, make sure they aren't in love with someone else and in a serious relationship."

"He came to me. He danced with me. I said I wanted to go back to his room and he said okay. What more do you want? Maybe you should have been better in bed." Maryse insulted her former friend.

Brooklyn had heard enough. "Listen here you little French bitch," she said as she now stood in front of Maryse who was cut off from everything, her back to the wall, "you're lucky I'm not here anymore. Because if I were I'd have kicked your ass so bad you'd be pissing blood for months."

"Je t'emmerde salope (Fuck you bitch)." Maryse yelled back.

"Speak ENGLISH!" Brooklyn roared. She'd never been like this. This anger was coming from somewhere deep within her. It was highly uncharacteristic for her to be so confrontational let alone to be threatening people.

"Fuck you bitch." Maryse repeated herself.

Before Brooklyn could stop herself, she slapped the blonde across the face. "Thank you for ruining my life."

And that was it; she left Maryse in the Divas locker room rubbing the side of her face while she left to be alone. There was no doubt in her mind that she'd taken herself over the edge and she needed to calm down and hope that the former Divas Champion wouldn't rat her out to Vince. However, she was pretty sure she wouldn't.

Brooklyn was just near the exit doors leading to the parking lot when she heard Stu calling after her. "Not now." She whispered to herself.

"Where are you going?" he asked as he caught up with her.

"Just to go catch up with Mollie and John. John just found up he's an uncle again," Brooklyn composed herself.

"Really? That's great," he smiled. "Mind if I join you?"

"No…" she replied. The two of them walked together to find John and Mollie admiring the picture of John's new niece.

"She's big," John exclaimed. "She's a Cena alright."

"Look at that full head of hair!" Mollie cooed. "Beautiful."

"I wanna see," Brooklyn said as she leaned over John. "Look at her." Stu looked over John's shoulder as well at the newborn's picture.

"Yeah…it's a good thing she looks just like my sister-in-law," John laughed.

Mollie smiled as John stared at his beautiful niece. The thought crossed her mind of John holding a newborn of his own. It was a nice thought but way too soon in their relationship to think that way. Maybe one day.