Chapter 17

"Are you ready?" Colby asked.

"Yes, I'm ready," Mercedes laughed. "My eyes closed and cover. Show me it."

Colby laughed.

It was a month and a half later and Memorial weekend. In the last month and a half, Mercedes had moved to Davenport from Boston and settled in. But also the nursery was put together for the baby. The nursery was done with help from Colby's family and friends. And they were all happy to do it. Mercedes wanted to do a lot, but they wouldn't let her. They only took direction from her.

Now the nursery was completely done—painted, furniture put together, and everything else set up with it. Mercedes couldn't wait to see it.

"All right," Colby said. He opened the door to the nursery. He lightly grabbed onto Mercedes and guided her into the room. She laughed as he did.

"Okay, open them," He said.

Mercedes opened/uncovered her eyes and took a look at the room. She grinned. It looked great. She had seen the room when the painting had been completely done. But now everything was complete and set up. It looked…

"Beautiful," Mercedes said.

The nursery was simple. The walls were painted pink. The furniture—crib, a tall six-drawer dresser, a long four-drawer dresser, which would also be used a changing table, and two tall bookshelves all in an expresso brown color. And then everything else was mixed in. There was no major theme like most people did.

The two really couldn't come up with a theme. At least not one they really wanted to do for a baby. They had ideas for when she was older. But they said they ideas for a nursery for a boy.

"And we have the tribute to Mommy over here," Colby pointed.

Mercedes grinned. She looked over at one of the bookshelves. Two of the shelves were dedicated to Sasha Banks. One was for her in NXT and the other was for in WWE. Mercedes grinned even more when she saw a third shelf with stuff. That one was of stuff with her and Colby.

Mercedes turned to her fiancé. "This is so sweet," She smiled.

Colby smiled. "Just something for our little girl to know of Mommy and Daddy."

"I love it! You and me, Mommy and Daddy!"

"I do too," He replied.

Mercedes continued to smiled. She walked a few steps toward him and kissed him. "I love you," She said, pulling away.

"I love you too."

"And just think, a year ago you had come back from your knee injury and Sesha Ballins slowly happened," Mercedes laughed.

Colby laughed too. "Crazy, but a great year."

"Indeed. And we have many more to come."

"Oh, yes. And with it being my birthday tomorrow, there is nothing I really want, because I have what I want and she's standing in front of me. Both shes are actually."

"I'm glad," Mercedes replied with a bright smile. She kissed him again. She pulled away and said, "Which reminds me."

"What?" Colby asked.

"How are we spending your birthday?"

"Lunch at my parents and then you, me, and Mini Boss here later the rest of the day."

"Good. That's how I want it."

"Oh, and just so you know I figured out a name for Mini Boss."

"Great!" Mercedes exclaimed. She had told Colby she wanted him to name the baby. He had been working on names. "What did you come up with?"

"Well, I looked at baby names online and I was looking at the meaning of the names. Then I came up with an idea. I came up with Evelyn Sadie."

"Oh, that's beautiful. What are the meanings of those names?"

"Beautiful Princess," Colby replied with a grin.

Mercedes giggled. "I love it! Beautiful Princess – Evelyn Sadie Lopez!"

"Yes and if we want a nickname for her we can call her Evie or Eve."

"Yes, like in Evelyn—Evie in The Mummy and The Mummy Returns."

"Ooh, movie idea," Colby said.

"Yes. I have not watched those in a long time."

"All right, double feature or triple feature?"

"Quadruple feature. The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, The Scorpion King, and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor," Mercedes corrected.

"Oh, yes. Sounds good. Now I know it's my birthday tomorrow. But now I am going to take care of you. What would you like for dinner?"

"Do we have the stuff for Chicken Alfredo?"

"Of course, we do," Colby said. "My fiancée loves it."

"Yes! That's what I want for dinner, please."

"Whatever you want, baby doll." Colby gave her a quick kiss on the lips. "Come on. I'll make it. Then after dinner we can start our quadruple feature. And if we don't finish it tonight we can tomorrow."

"Yay," Mercedes said.

Colby laughed. He kissed her cheek and took her hand. The two walked out of the nursery.

While Colby cooked dinner for himself and Mercedes, Mercedes grabbed her cell phone and went back into the nursery. She recorded a video of a tour of the nursery for her family and friends to see. After recording it, she sent it out. Not too long after that, she sat down with Colby to eat dinner. Then after dinner, the two took to their bedroom to watch their quadruple movie feature.

Colby and Mercedes both loved to lounge around together. They loved doing it in their bedroom too. Mercedes found the bed more comfortable a lot lately.

"I love how Alex is not only a little bit like his parents, but also his Uncle Jonathan," Mercedes commented as they were watching The Mummy Returns.

"So Evie could be like you and me, and any of her aunts and uncles?" Colby asked.

"Maybe. She is Mini Boss after all. I know she'll be a quick mind and ninja like Daddy as an architect. A hugger like Auntie Pam. A Lass Kicker like Auntie Becky. The woman like Aunt Ashley. And something from the influence of so many others."

"Then she'll be all set when she comes to the WWE nineteen, twenty years from now," Colby said.

"Yes, because she'll go to Black and Brave Academy and learn to wrestle from Daddy and her uncles there," Mercedes added.

"Right you are. She's going to be better than Sasha Banks, Bayley, Charlotte, and Becky Lynch—the Four Horsewomen combined."

"Duh! With the qualities of all four of those women, she'll be the greatest woman superstar of her generation."

"I think she'll be the greatest superstar of her generation, period. Put her in the zone with all those male superstars too."

"Most definitely," Mercedes said.

Colby smiled.

"There's something else I want to talk about."

"What?" Colby asked.

"I know I said it would be fun for a double wedding with Becky and Fergal…"

"…I knew you weren't serious about that in all honesty," Colby laughed.

Mercedes laughed.

"I'm all ears for wedding plans," Colby said.

Mercedes grinned. "I don't want a huge wedding. Just something small."

"Sounds good."

"And maybe we could get married in October."

"A fall wedding then?" Colby asked with a bright smile.

"Yes."

"Sounds great, beautiful." He leaned over and kissed her. "We'll work out more of the details later."

"Yay," Mercedes said.

Colby chuckled.