A week had passed, Over The Edge was a day away. Everyone was at the hotel, it was night, but everyone was so bustled with energy that nobody had the desire to sleep. As to not disturb any of the other guests, everyone decided to go down to the lobby room to converse. Jeff Hardy and Christian were joking and throwing playful punches until finally Jeff landed one and caused Christian to topple behind the sofa. Chris Jericho, sitting on the sofa, looked over his shoulder and laughed as Jeff rubbed the back of his head, embarrassed. Chris Benoit was talking to Dan about his title rematch with Kurt Angle, who was trying to talk on his cell phone. Rey Mysterio was watching RVD play with Puar with a catnip cat toy. On the group of chairs were Trish Stratus, Victoria and Steven Richards, talking and laughing amongst themselves until party crasher Hulk Hogan decided to jump into their conversation, causing Trish to blush with humiliation. Nidia was standing by the fireplace, Crash walked off to go get her a glass of water. She sighed and stared at the jumping flames beside her. Lita noticed that something was wrong, so she decided as Women's Champion that she should help her fellow diva.
"Hey."
"Hu?" Nidia turned around to see the approaching Lita now beside her. "Oh hey."
"You know, that was very nice of you to give your title shot to Victoria, I know she was thrilled."
"Hm, I'm glad."
"But it's every diva's dream to hold the Women's Title, why forgo it?"
Nidia bit her lip, "It's not my place to say."
"What?"
Nidia sighed, she realized there was no getting out of this one, "Hell, I already told Flair, I might as well tell you." She whispered into Lita's ear.
Lita gasped and smiled, "Oh my god that is so great, oh wow!"
"I'm glad I'm not the only one thrilled."
Lita's smile faded, "What do you mean by that?"
"See, ah, there's something else I should've probably mentioned."
"Oh, and what's that?"
"Ah, Crash!" Nidia turned once she realized it wasn't Lita who'd proposed the question. "I was, just having some girl talk with Lita, eh heh." Lita frowned.
Crash smiled, "Well here's your water, I got you a big one like you asked."
"Thanks." She drank it cautiously. Now Lita understood Nidia's tense hostility.
She cleared her throat, "Well I don't want to intrude, so I'll be on my way."
"Alright then." Crash waved. "Have a good night!"
Lita sat down on the sofa and sighed. Chris turned to her, "Hey."
"Hey Chris, how are you?"
"I'm great! How are you?"
Lita looked over at him, it was rare to see Chris's beaming smile, so she didn't want to spoil the moment, she wore a convincing smile, "I'm doing wonderfully. After all, Edge is coming back tomorrow."
"I know, I can't wait! I know Edge will defeat Eddie at their next match, then we'll have our fight. This is gonna be amazing." He looked up at the ceiling. Lita looked at him and wore a real smile this time, in Edge's absence she hadn't come to realize it until now, how so much like Edge Jericho had become, it was almost as if he was never gone at all.
Just then Ric Flair entered the room, "And what, pray tell, are you all doing up at this hour?"
"We aren't tired." Kurt replied, no longer on his phone. "We're too excited to go to bed."
"Well then you'll never get to sleep now…" He shook his head and stepped aside.
Edge jumped out, "Surprise, surprise!"
"Edge!" Everyone raced over and surrounded him and a bustling energetic crowd starting a dozen conversations.
Edge laughed, "Come on now guys, I gotta breathe now don't I?"
Mick Foley shook his head and sighed over at Flair, "The older they get, the younger they act."
Flair looked him up and down, "Then you must be a toddler."
Foley smirked, "And I take it you're back now in the womb?"
Flair gasped jokingly, "How immature!" Foley laughed.
"Edge!" Lita rushed over and they hugged each other tightly.
"Oh Lita, I missed you so much." When they ended their embrace, Edge looked over at the crowd and noticed something he hadn't seen in over a year. "Christian."
His younger brother looked up, "Hey bro."
Edge sighed, they'd had their troubles in the past and ever since Edge won the title things hadn't gone better. Now with the world knowing about his super powers, he realized this might not be the best icebreaker in the world to reunite with his brother.
Lita looked over at him, "Aw isn't this nice? Two brothers finally reunited after so long."
"I'm sorry it had to be so long." Edge looked down at him.
Christian tried not to smile, "I'm sorry too, bro." After a pause, they both hugged, causing everyone to clap. Christian smiled back at him, "You know, Jericho was great while you were away, he was mentoring me in the ways of the champion, heh, he said that you taught him the same way."
Edge smiled, "Jericho…" He looked up and saw Jericho standing in the back of the crowd. Edge's smile faded as he stepped through the group, they parted as if he was Moses and they were the red sea. Finally Jericho and Edge stood face to face. He looked Chris up and down. Had it really been a year? He looked the same and yet so different. Upon completing his physical inspection, his eyes fell upon what was once his. Edge smirked back up at Jericho, who blank back at him. "You know, Chris, come the next Pay Per View, I'm gonna get my belt back."
Jericho smirked back proudly, "I wouldn't have it any other way." They stared at each other for a moment, both of them reading each others gaze, and it spoke more words than any mouth could ever speak or any amount of text a person could write. Finally, they hugged.
Everyone clapped and Edge patted Jericho's back, "You have no idea how proud of you I am, Champ." Jericho opened his eyes as Edge continued. "You're the boss now, I can take it."
Jericho smirked, "You mean like how I'll be taking the victory in that match with you and me?"
"Oh, you wish!" They began to playfully punch each other.
"Wow." Crash smiled. "My best friend has finally come back, can this day get any better?"
"Well it can or it can't, depending on how you look at this…." Nidia sighed.
"Look at what?" Crash looked at her strangely, something seemed different. "What is it honey?"
"Crash? I…" Nidia gulped. "I'm pregnant."
"You're what!?" Everyone turned at Crash's yell. They were all confused, except for Lita and Flair that was.
"What happened?" Jeff asked but Christian just shrugged.
"Crash, what's the matter?" Kurt spoke up.
"She, ah, I, uh, we, um, told me, tell…" Crash's stuttering made no sense, Jericho cocked his head to the side.
"Crash." Edge stepped forward. "Nidia?" He looked down and noticed something small and gold wrapped around her ring finger. He beamed, "Wow, so you finally tied the knot? With who?"
Crash slumped, "It just so happened to be me who's her husband."
Edge laughed loudly, "You and Nidia got married? Woohoo! Man, that's great! I always suspected you two were perfect. So hey, what was it you got all upset about?"
Nidia sighed, realizing it would be easier for her to just admit it without Crash having an aneurysm again, "Well, we're married, like you all know, and, well, now… I'm pregnant." Everyone's jaw hit the floor. Nidia blushed, "Surprise, surprise…?"
Wow, yes, surprise, surprise indeed. But the biggest shocker is yet to come.
