It was the eve of Slammiversary and Nessa sat in Joe's locker room with Kevin Nash and Alex Shelley as her bodyguards because of Brandon and Monty being there for matches while Joe was doing an interview with Jeremy Borash. "I hate this shit." She mumbled and Kevin turned to look at her.
"What was that Nessa?"
"I said I hate this shit! I hate being holed up in this locker room because of those two assholes, I want to get out of here and go take a walk."
"Well, when your hubby gets back I'll talk to him and see if the four of us can go to catering." Kevin stated, smiling over at her.
"You'd do that?"
"Yeah. You need to get out of here before you go insane."
"At least she won't have far to go." Alex spoke up, laughing when Nessa stuck her tongue out at him. "Thanks for the offer but I don't think Joe would like it too much if I took you up on it."
"It wasn't an offer Shelley, if I was offering you wouldn't be the one in this room I'd be offering to." Nessa said, giggling at the shocked expression on his face.
"You mean Nash?"
"No, him." She replied, pointing to the door and he turned to see Joe standing in the doorway with a smile on his face.
"That was low V.C."
"Hey, what can I say? I learned from the best."
"Joe your wife's going stir crazy...think the four of us can head to catering for a while?" Kevin asked him.
"I don't have a problem with it, we just need to be careful."
"We will." Nessa told him and he nodded. The four of them left the locker room and walked to catering, immediately spotting Chris and Allen sitting at a table together.
"You go sit with them babe, I'll get your food." Joe instructed her after kissing her quickly and Nessa went over to sit with Chris and Allen.
"Hey Nessa, how's it going?" Chris questioned.
"Better now that I'm not holed up in that damn locker room."
"It's good that you stay out of view as much as possible though because of Brown and Silvestry being here tonight." Allen said.
"I know but you guys know how I hate having to stay in one place for a long time like that."
"Yeah we do but Joe's doing it for your safety and for the baby's as well." Chris stated just as Joe, Alex and Kevin walked over to the table and sat down. The six of them ate and made small talk until a voice spoke up and made all five men quickly stand up and surround Nessa.
"Well, well if it isn't my slut of an ex-wife. Tell me Nessa, how many of these guys are you fucking behind Joe's back?"
"None of them Monty. Joe's more than enough man to satisfy me which is a hell of a lot more than I could say for you." Nessa responded, smiling when she heard Alex chuckle. Monty mumbled something none of them could understand then turned and walked away. "He gone?" She asked as the guys started to sit back down.
"Yeah, I think you kind of pissed him off there." Kevin laughed.
"Good, he needed to hear the truth anyway."
"And you wondered why I call her V.C." Alex said to Nash, chuckling.
"What the hell is that anyway?" Joe questioned causing Nessa and Alex to laugh.
"Vindictive Chick. It's what I called her the night we set Silvestry up and it just stuck."
"Speaking of that other asshole, you're in that match tonight aren't you?" Nessa asked him and he nodded. "I was afraid of that...promise me you'll be careful Alex? You helped us set him up and you're part of the family now which means he may be gunning for you tonight."
"I'll be careful don't worry. If he starts anything I'll be sure to finish it." After they finished eating they walked with Nessa and Joe back to his locker room then went their separate ways to get ready for the pay-per-view.
"I'm nervous Joe." Nessa whispered once they got inside his locker room.
"How come babe?"
"What if you get hurt out there tonight? I'll have to sit back here and watch, knowing I can't go out there and be by your side."
"Ness I'll be fine, you gotta trust me." He said, pulling her into his arms.
"I do...I'm just scared."
"Don't be. It's not good for the baby or for you...if anything should happen which I doubt it will but if it does you can meet me as soon as I get backstage." Joe stated and she sighed, knowing there was no use in arguing with him.
They sit down and watch the pay-per-view together as much as they can, both getting upset when Brandon won the X Division match to become the number one contender for Joe's title. "Fuck! That sucks, I wanted to see Alex win it."
"Wanna see him beat me for my title?" Joe teased her and she slapped his arm.
"No, I just think he deserves a shot at it." The next match was between Kevin and Chris Sabin which he would've probably won had Alex not interfered numerous times. "Of course Kevin couldn't win the match on his own." Nessa giggled. Joe got up off the couch and changed his clothes before the next match started. The match after that was Chris and Allen going after Storm and Harris' tag titles with Chris and Allen winning. "Oh my god! They won!" She exclaimed, truly happy for her two best friends. Jim Cornette was introduced as the new face of TNA and made a long speech, about halfway through there was a knock on the door and Joe got up to answer it.
"Your match is up next man, you want us to stay with her?" Nessa heard Kevin ask.
"Yeah I'd appreciate that and make sure you keep her back here no matter what happens out there."
"Not a problem." Kevin said, walking into the room along with Alex.
"Babe I've got to go now. Promise me you'll stay back here with Kevin and Alex...please?"
"I don't like it Joe but I promise."
"Good, just remember that I love you." He stated, leaning down to kiss her passionately.
"I love you too." Nessa watched him walked out of the room and felt as though her heart was being tore from her chest.
"Nessa?" Alex whispered and she turned to him suddenly realizing tears were falling from her eyes. "Oh sis, he'll be okay don't cry." He walked over to her, sat down on the couch and pulled her into a hug. "He's a tough guy you know that yourself. He handled Sabu so he can handle Steiner with no problem."
"I hope so Alex, I really do." She replied just as his music started up and he made his way to the ring. The first couple of minutes in the match were all Steiner and Nessa was getting a sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach until Joe stood up from being Hip Tossed by Steiner and spit in his face making her laugh. "Well hell, that's the first time I've ever seen him do something like that." The match continued to go back and forth until they went outside the ring and Steiner hits Joe in the face with a steel chair. "Oh god!" Nessa jumped up and started for the door but Kevin blocked her. "Move Kev, please!"
"No Nessa. You need to stay here." He said and she growled. The announcer saying the referee was giving them both to a count of ten to get back in the ring brought her attention back to the monitor and she watched in horror as Joe laid outside the ring, the referee getting all the way up to nine before he finally got up and raced back in the ring.
"Oh thank god!" Joe finally got the Choke Sleeper on Steiner but he managed to get out of it. "Dammit." Steiner then low blowed Joe and Nessa groaned. "Well, there just went my plans for tonight...thanks a lot asshole." She grumbled causing Alex and Kevin to laugh. Steiner is able to get the Steiner Recliner on Joe but he gets out of it and hits him with a Powerslam, picking up the win. "Yes!" Nessa yelled and jumped up, heading for the door. "You two are walking me to the tunnel NOW!" Both men chuckle and lead her out of the locker room, barely able to keep up with her as she ran to the tunnel where Joe was just stepping in the back. He spotted her coming, dropped the belt to the floor and held his arms out to her. Nessa smiled and went into his arms, wrapping her own arms around his waist and kissing him fiercly.
"I told you I'd be fine." Joe stated once the kiss ended.
"She only tried to take off once." Kevin laughed and Joe looked down at her accusingly causing her to drop her head in shame.
"He hit you in the face with a fucking steel chair, what else was I supposed to do?"
"Stay back here like you promised me."
"Technically I did."
"Only because I blocked the door and wouldn't let you out." Kevin spoke up, still laughing.
"Shut up Kev!" Nessa grumbled.
"Nessa!" Chris Daniels called out and she turned to see him and Allen standing a few feet away, their newly won tag team titles slung over their shoulders and big smiles on both their faces.
"You two Champs come over here and give your best friend a hug." She said and they both laughed as they walked over to her, hugging her. "I'm so happy for you guys and so proud of you too."
"We want the family to come out and celebrate with us."
"We'd love to." Joe spoke up and Nessa smiled.
"Chris already talked to Andy, he's waiting for us by Joe's locker room." Allen informed them.
"Alex you going?" Nessa asked him.
"Yeah, I gotta shower first."
"So does my husband. He's not allowed in my truck unless he does."
"See how much she loves me?" Joe laughed and Nessa elbowed him in the stomach. The six of them walked to Joe's locker room where they found Andy leaning against the wall, waiting. "All right Alex, meet us back here in about fifteen minutes and we'll head out."
"You got it!" Alex walked off with Kevin while the rest of them went in Joe's locker room.
Fifteen minutes later Alex, Andy, Chris, Allen, Joe and Nessa were all walking out of the arena and heading to find some place to celebrate Chris and Allen winning the tag titles.
