AJ sat in his dressing room alone, thinking about what he had just witnessed between Samaire and Austin. It hadn't occurred to him that maybe Austin still cared about Samaire - it certainly hadn't occurred to him that he may be trying to win her back. He sat there playing around with his knee pads until Petey came bounding into the room.
"Hey smile dude" he grinned as he messed AJ's hair up.
"Hey, cut out on the caffine dude" AJ mimicked sarcastically. Petey frowned at him.
"I really don't get you sometimes dude. I know if I just hooked up with a beautiful girl like Samaire I wouldn't be sitting in here depressed all by myself"
AJ glared at him.
"That beautiful girl was just with Austin in the catering area looking pretty friendly"
"What! You sure?"
"I was there Petey, Austin was hitting on her" AJ said, standing up to streach his back. Petey watched him with concern.
"What did Sam do?" AJ sighed.
"Not alot, she walked away"
"Well doesn't that tell you something? Look, I saw Sam after you took off to Australia and she was pretty broken up about the idea of losing you. There is no way she is going to throw it away to go back to that ass"
"Even if she's having his baby?" AJ said, looking directly into Petey's eyes.
"What?"
"Sam's pregnant - but we don't know if the baby is his or mine - it's about eight weeks, which was when she dumped him and we hooked up"
"Oh god, you think she'd go back to him if the baby is his?"
"I don't know"
As AJ said that he looked up to the door where Samaire was standing, a hurt look on her face.
"You'd think I'd ever go back to him?" she said, her tone wavering as if she was about to cry.
"Sam..."
"No! I thought you'd trust me more than to think that! Obviously not" she said as she walked out of the room and down the hall. She walked into the womens lockerroom and shut the door before bursting into tears. Trish looked up from her conversation with Jeff before walking over and putting her arm around Samaire's shoulders and guiding her to a nearby seat.
"What's wrong honey" she asked gently.
"My life is in ruins - again" she cried. She was getting tired of crying all the time, and she was sure her friends were getting tired of listening to her cry.
"What's happened now" Trish said, looking over at Jeff who was watching Samaire with concern.
"I'm pregnant Trish - and I don't know who the father is" she cried, her head in her hands. Just like Austin, Trish's jaw dropped in surprise.
"You mean you don't know if it's AJ's or Austin's?" Jeff questioned. Samaire nodded.
"Can't you just get a paternity test done?" he continued.
"Yeah, but I don't know if I can deal with the results" Samaire replied "Plus AJ now thinks that if it's Austin's, then I'm gonna go back to him"
"Are you?" Trish questioned.
Samaire looked at her in disgust "God no, never. Austin had his chance and ruined it. I love AJ and have no plans to leave him - no matter what!"
"Okay, okay Sam, calm down" Jeff said "No one is suggesting anything different"
There was a knock on the door.
"Sam, please Sam can we talk" AJ said on the other side.
Trish looked over at Jeff, motioning for them to leave the room.They walked out of the room, letting AJ in.
"Sam, I'm sorry I doubted you, its just after what that asshole did to you I get very protective, I'm sorry"
Samaire wiped her eyes and looked up at him "You never have to worry about me going back to him - ever"
AJ nodded and pulled her close to him, never wanting to let her go.
Samaire hugged him back.
"But what are we going to do if the baby is Austin's?"
AJ hung onto her "We'll deal with that when we come to it, now you need to get ready cause were on soon" he said, giving her a kiss on the forehead.
"Suppose" she murmured, savouring the feeling of being in AJ's arms.
"Okay, wellI gotta go get ready as well, so I'll see ya at the tunnel okay" he said as he reluctantlylet her go and left the room.
Samaire walked over and selected her outfit for the night - little tartan print mini skirt, black tank and black knee high boots. As she was getting changed she began to feel short of breath. She clutched her chest as she tried to regulate her breathing. The feeling passed after a minute or so, but the panic remained. 'Oh god, what is wrong now' she thought as she sat down, a little dizzy. She thought back to her dreams, to the psychic's reading - both predicted she would need to be strong and that the surprise would come with struggle.
"Oh god, something is wrong with my baby" she said to herself as she looked in the mirror. She felt the panic well up again. A knock at the door inturrupted her thoughts.
"Sam, come on your up" It was the voice of her assigned talent agent for the match.
She looked at the clock on the opposite wall. 'Oh shit' she thought as she rushed out of the room. She ran up to the tunnel in time to hear AJ's music start. She grabbed AJ's hand as they made their way through the entrance way and down to the ring.
Samaire, Austin and AJ sat in the waiting room of the hospital. It was two days later and they were nervously awaiting the results of the paternity test that had been conducted the previous morning. Both AJ and Austin kept stealing glares at each other and it was beginning to get on Samaire's nerve.
She got up and began pacing around the waiting room, desperatly trying to settle the butterflies that were taking flight in her stomach.
"Sam, please sit down, your making everyone nervous by doing that" AJ pleaded as he grabbed Samaire's hand as she walked past. She pulled it away.
"I'm gonna go, I can't do this" she said as she went to walk away. It was just her luck that at the exact moment the doctor came out.
"Samaire Davis, Austin Aries and AJ Styles please" the young lady called as she looked around the room.
"Over here" AJ called as he grabbed Samaire around the waist and guided her over to the doctor.
"Hello" she said as she extended her hand "I'm Dr Wilson, come with me" she said as she directed them to a small office.
AJ and Austin took a seat while Samaire continued to pace around the room.
"Sam, please sit down" AJ said as he pulled a seat out for Samaire. She reluctantly sat down in front of the doctor.
"Okay, well as you may know these tests are pretty conclusive - and around 99 accurate. We were able to get a positive result on the samples we took" she said, pausing to make sure all three of them were following what she was saying.
"And, who is the father" Samaire piped up.
"Well, from the results, the father is..."