"Today, Nattie is dragging me along with her to go eat lunch with Trinity and Ariane." Brooke rolled her eyes. "If I didn't like her, I would have killed her by now." She laughed.

"Come on, Nattie!" Brooke exclaimed. "You're the one who's making me come, and you're going to be the reason we're late!"

"I'm almost done!" Nattie shouted from the bathroom. "Just give me a few more minutes."

Brooke rolled her eyes and sighed. She plopped down on the bed, crossed her arms, and waited for Nattie.

Zack had spent the night with her, and he had managed to leave before Nattie came back. He had texted her a couple of times, making sure she was okay, but they hadn't seen each other since.

After Brooke scrolled through Instagram for a few minutes, Nattie finally emerged from the bathroom.

"Okay, I'm ready," She said.

"Finally!" Brooke exclaimed, standing up.

"Oh, wait, I – "

"Natalie Neidhart, we are leaving right now!" Brooke told her, grabbing her arm and dragging her out of the room.

Nattie laughed. "All right! You can let go of me."

Brooke released Nattie's arm, and the two Divas began walking to their lunch date.

Nattie and Brooke made it to the restaurant. Once they got there, they quickly spotted Trinity and Ariane, who were joined by Nikki and Brie. They walked over to the table.

"I didn't know you two were coming!" Nattie exclaimed, smiling at the twins.

"Well, when we heard Trin and Ariane were going to be eating with you two, we knew we had to come so we could hear about Brooke's date!" Nikki explained.

"Ooh, you went on a date?" Trinity asked.

"I knew this was a mistake." Brooke sighed.

"Yes, I did," Brooke replied, rolling her eyes. "I don't know why it's any of your business."

"Who was it with?" Ariane asked.

"Zack Ryder," Nikki replied for her.

"Ooh, girl," Ariane said, looking at Brooke.

"Can we not talk about me?" Brooke pleaded.

"Was it bad?" Brie asked, frowning.

"No!" Brooke sighed. "Do you really want to hear about the date?"

"Yes!" Nikki said.

"Well, here goes nothing."

"Okay, fine," She said. "Zack took me to this really nice restaurant, and then we had ice cream afterward. That's all."

"I'm definitely not telling them about Jace," Brooke said. "What they don't know won't hurt them."

"Aw, that's sweet," Trinity said, smiling.

"What about that guy?" Nattie asked.

"What guy?" Ariane asked.

"The one who showed up while she was out," Nattie said. "He said he wanted to talk to her, so I let him in and he waited in the room."

"Oh, that guy!" Brie exclaimed.

"Looks like I'm telling them about Jace."

"That...was my ex-boyfriend," Brooke explained.

"Oh, I'm sorry," Nattie apologized, frowning.

Brooke shook her head. "It's fine. You didn't know."

"Is he single?" Nikki asked, smirking.

"Nicole, you have a boyfriend," Brie reminded her twin.

"Trust me, you don't want to date him," Brooke said. "He and Zack almost got in a fight. He sucks."

"Is everything okay?" Trinity asked, her voice full of concern.

Brooke shrugged. She tried not to make a face. Her shoulder still hurt from last night, but she wasn't about to let them know that.

"I'm not telling them anything else about Jace," She confessed. "It's honestly none of their business. What goes on between Jace and I is our business..." She paused. "And I guess Zack's."

"Everything's fine," She lied. "He left, and I didn't see him after that."

"If I told them about Jace, they'd feel bad for me," She explained. "And I hate it when people feel bad for me. There are much worse things in the world than my shitty ex-boyfriend."

The WWE was in Green Bay, filming Friday Night SmackDown. While Zack didn't have a match, Brooke did, so he was just hanging out with her until then.

Brooke had just finished putting on her ring gear, and she had told Zack she'd meet him in Catering. She picked up her title, left the locker room, and found him at a table. She set the Divas Championship on the table and took a seat.

"I have a question," She said, before he could say anything.

"All right." He was confused.

"Do you feel bad for me?" She asked.

"I feel bad for the people who don't know you," He replied, smirking.

"That was cheesy." Brooke grinned. "But it was also really cute."

She didn't try hiding her smile. "That's not what I asked. We're talking about me. Do you feel bad for me?"

Zack looked at the time on his phone. "Your match is in a few minutes. We'll talk after, okay?"

Brooke stood up, grabbing her title. "We're not done with this conversation."

He just smiled as she walked away.

She made it to Gorilla, as the guys from the previous match were walking backstage. The camera was now on the commentators, and once they finished talking, it was time for the Divas match.

"The following is a Divas match scheduled for one fall!" Lillian Garcia announced. "First, making her way to the ring, from Detroit, Michigan: the Divas Champion, Brooklyn!"

A Day to Remember played as Brooklyn walked to the ring. She held her title in the air, walked to her corner, and waited.

"And her opponent, accompanied by Naomi, from Planet Funk: Cameron!"

The Funkadactyls made their way to the ring. Cameron got in the ring, while Naomi stood outside it.

"Naomi is out here with Cameron after facing Brooklyn for the Divas Championship Monday night on Raw," Michael Cole said.

"Which ended in disqualification after AJ interfered," JBL added. "And now Brooklyn is facing Naomi's friend, Cameron. And with Naomi ringside, this can't be good."

The bell rang.

Cameron and Brooklyn locked up, with Brooklyn quickly gaining the upper hand. She Irish whipped Cameron into the ropes, and when she came running back, hit her with a boot to the face. The Funkadactyl crashed to the ground.

Brooklyn went for the pin, but Cameron kicked out at 2. She grabbed Cameron by the hair, standing her up. She began hitting her with punches. Cameron managed to block one, grabbing Brooklyn's arm. She threw her into a corner. When she went to hit her with a knee, Brooklyn moved out of the way.

Cameron fell, and when she stood back up, Brooklyn clotheslined her. After doing this a few more times, Cameron stayed down. Brooklyn walked over to the corner and climbed to the top turnbuckle. The crowd cheered.

She hit Cameron with a moonsault. She went for the pin.

"1...2 – "

Naomi quickly slid in the ring, attacking Brooklyn, who rolled off of Cameron. The bell rang.

"The winner of this match, as a result of a disqualification: Brooklyn!"

Naomi continued her assault on Brooklyn, as Cameron slid out of the ring.

Suddenly, AJ came running out. When Naomi saw her, she quickly stopped, sliding out of the ring. AJ slid into the ring, glaring at Naomi, who had begun yelling at her. She and Cameron began leaving.

AJ looked down at Brooklyn. She helped the Divas Champion up, slid out of the ring, and left. Brooklyn was handed her title, and she held it in the air. The crowd cheered. Once AJ was backstage, she slid out of the ring and left, too.

"AJ Lee just helped the woman she attacked Monday night on Raw," Cole observed. "What does this mean?"

When Brooke got backstage, Zack was there waiting for her. She smiled, but before she could say anything, he had closed the distance between them, his lips crashing into hers.

The kiss was longer than the one from the night before, but Brooke was still a little sad when it ended.

"I meant what I said earlier," Zack said, looking at her. "I feel bad for people who don't know you. They don't know a strong, beautiful, amazing woman. Someone who's been through hell and back, but still goes out of her way to be nice to people. Someone who wants to be with me, for some crazy reason I haven't figured out yet." She laughed.

"So, no, I don't feel bad for you. I feel bad for the people who haven't gotten to meet you yet."

Brooke grabbed his face and kissed him again.

"I like this one. I think I'm going to keep him around."