California Friends

Season 2, Episode 9: The Road To Walking

November 7, 2014

Previously On 'California Friends'; Eve get's in a car accident, which ends up putting her in a hospital bed for weeks, where she loses her ability to walk. And Nikki's personal career continues to put a dent on her relationship with John and the rest of her family. All while Melina's two rivalries join forces, to pretty much ruin her.

Starring~ Melina Perez, Brie Bella, Nikki Bella, Eve Torres, and Layla El.

Heartbeat by The Fray plays in the background.

Eve sits there on her wheelchair with a genuine smile on her face, she's finally out of the old hospital room. She's excited because she will finally start therapy, she will finally begin to walk again.

"It's good to see a smile on your face," Randy says crouching down to give her a hug.

Eve hugs him, but the awkwardness she's feeling makes her stay silent, "Look I'm sorry about my moody behavior a couple of weeks ago, I was just going through a lot, I didn't mean to take it out on you," Eve says to Randy.

Randy pats her on the back, "It's all cool, I totally understood why you were feeling that way, Cherry even let me know," Randy says, while they shake hands for peace.

Eve gives him a smile, "Yeah, Well, I'm Eve, Nice to meet you," Eve says as they continue to shake hands.

Randy stares into her eyes for a second, "Nice to meet you too, I'm Randy, A firefighter, I've saved a couple of lives, No big deal," Randy says laughing.

Eve laughs along, "Nice, It's good to know you're not the arrogant type," Eve says with sarcasm in her tone as they continue to laugh.

"Hey I'm not arrogant, I'm just confident," Randy says, mocking those stereotypical arrogant guys.

They both laugh and finally after a long time, Eve is feeling great, "Ahh the joy these jokes bring, making fun of guys is always pretty funny, no offense," Eve says as the laughter finally calms down.

Randy shrugs, "Hey, That's just how I roll," Randy says with a little pun in him.

"You little bastard, That was going to be my pun, I'm in this wheelchair for a few minutes and I already have people stealing my puns," Eve says laughing as she puts her hands on the wheels.

Randy sits on the floor next to her, "Yeah I do that, I'm a fast thinker, And what I'm thinking right now is that I should sit right next to you and just talk," Randy says.

"So cool girl, how have you been," Randy asks Eve.

"You know I've been doing okay, but truthfully this right here is the best I've felt in a long time," Eve says as she feels the genuine positive radiance light her up.

Randy smiles, "That's good to hear, it's good that you haven't given up," Randy says as he puts his hand on the side of her wheelchair.

"Some people might think I'm crazy- sitting in this wheelchair all silly happy, but the only reason I'm happy is because I know I'm one step closer to walking again," Eve says, holding the tears back.

Randy puts his hand on her's, "Hey, I don't think you're crazy, I think you're a strong trooper that's able to look over the dark grey clouds, where the rainbow is just about ready to show," Randy says with his hand remaining on her's.

Eve fights the tears, with a simple smile, "Thanks," Eve says as she feels the warmness radiating from him towards her.

The two continue to talk, they laugh and share stories, it's like Eve has found her sunshine.

"Hey Stephanie, How are you today," Nikki says as she steps into the building.

Stephanie shakes her head, "Nicole, what are you doing, have you lost track of time or something," Stephanie says, stopping Nikki from taking another step.

Nikki laughs and puts her hand on Stephanie's shoulder, "I'm so sorry, I know I'm running a little late, but my match is still 10 minutes away, I'll make it in time," Nikki says taking her sunglasses off.

Stephanie grabs Nikki's hand and takes it off, "Nicole, Do you see me laughing, I don't find it funny that you knew you had a scheduled match in front of a live audience, yet you chose to come 10 minutes before the match took place, I find it pathetic and Unprofessional that you even had to stop for your little cup of coffee," Stephanie says mocking Nikki, as she too puts her hand on Nikki's shoulder.

Nikki's face turns red, she's left embarrassed, "Stephanie, I know, I'm so sorry, It's just that I had this meeting for a modeling thing I'm about to be a part of, I hope you understand," Nikki says as she begins to walk away to the locker room.

Stephanie laughs and shakes her head, "Nicole, where are you going, You're already too late, I think you should instead go home for today," Stephanie says with her arms crossed.

Nikki turns around again, "Yeah, I'm sure glad you understood," Nikki says sarcastically, putting her white sunglasses back on, to walk out of the building.

"I sure hope you enjoy that coffee, Hopefully the next time that modeling and that coffee won't make you late again," Stephanie says mocking Nikki.

Nikki rolls her eyes as she opens the door, but before she walks out, she throws her cup of coffee in the trash.

Vince, Layla, and Aj walk in the room laughing.

Melina turns around and raises her eyebrows, confused at the odd Triple friendship.

"Oh hey Melina, how are you doing," Vince says, the two girls break out in laughter and Vince joins them.

Melina shakes her head, she can't help but to laugh at how silly they look, "What, what's so funny," Melina says feeling defensive.

"Oh nothing," Aj says as she continues to laugh with them.

Vince finally stops laughing, "So Melina are you ready for Aj to become Diva's Champion," Vince says as he picks up Melina's belt and puts it around Aj's waist for an imagery effect.

Melina looks away, feeling akward, not knowing what to say, she feels ganged up on, she feels attacked. It's not a good feeling, she feels like just melting down and punching all 3 of them.

"Well it's nice to see you Melina and don't forget that the championship match is less than one month away," Vince says as he walks away with Aj and Layla.

"Ugh, She's such a freak, I have her for my Acting class and she's so weird," Layla says to them as they all laugh and walk away.

Melina crosses her arms, she grabs her title and puts it around her arm. She now knows that they really are out to get her, she needs to keep an eye out for them, she also needs to prove them wrong. She feels like such a joke, like if everybody thinks they can just step on her and get away with it.

Randy and Eve look across the room, where they see Cherry walking in.

Randy get's up from the floor, "Cherry, You look stunning, Look I brought you these," Randy says handing Cherry the bouquet of flowers.

"Wow, Thank you, And by the way you look pretty good yourself," Cherry says as she gives him a hug.

Cherry turns to Eve, who is sitting in her wheel chair with a bright smile, "Eve it's wonderful to see you in such a good mood, You know I don't think I've ever seen you smile before," Cherry says as she goes over for a hug.

"It must be my magical touch," Randy says, joking around.

Cherry and Eve hug each other, "Gosh, I'm so excited to start working with you, Don't worry you'll be walking in no time, trust me on that," Cherry says.

"I believe you, Now where are you guys going, you both are so well-dressed, I feel like such a third wheel," Eve says, with another pun shot.

Cherry and Randy laugh, "I got that, that was a good one, and to answer your question, me and Randy are going on a date," Cherry says as she puts her arm around his waist.

Randy notices the small awkward tension coming from Eve, "Oh and I totally forgot, this if for you Eve, I got two set's of flower bouquets," Randy says as he places the flowers on her lap and then gives her a smile.

Eve smiles back at Randy, their eyes both meet for a short second, until Randy walks back to Cherry, "Thanks Randy, You two have fun," Eve says as the delightful smell of the flowers bring her bittersweet joy.

Randy waves good-bye to Eve as he walks out, "See you tomorrow Eve," Cherry says as she finally closes the door to walk out.

Eve lays her head back, she can't help but to admit to herself, that she might actually have a small crush on Randy. But having a crush on him would be so wrong, him and Cherry have a thing going on, Eve can't take that away from her dear friend Cherry.

Eve shakes it off, she keeps the memories and feelings in her mind, but she keeps them away from her heart.

Special Guest Stars~ Randy Orton, Stephanie McMahon, Vince McMahon, Aj Lee, and Cherry.

Music Credit~

'Heartbeat' by The Fray (Shown In Scene 1)

Created by~ Jonathan N.