"Hey Maria!" Candice greeted laced with a friendly smile.
"Erm… hey Candice." Maria returned the greeting with a skeptical smile.
"How's your pregnancy going?" Candice asked with what seemed a truly caring tone.
"Very good. Nothing's wrong that I know of." Maria answered the truth.
"How far along are you?"
"About 14 weeks." Maria told her, silently wondering what she was up to.
"That's like three months right?"
"3 months and two weeks, yeah." Maria said, feeling uncomfortable about telling this to the father of her baby's ex-girlfriend's who helped attack her and is trying to steal her current boyfriend.
"That's good. Do you know if it's a boy or a girl yet?"
"No. I think I'd like to be surprised." Maria told her while another part of her mind drifted off thinking about her baby and their future.
"Any preferences?" Candice asked stepping closer to her.
"No, I can – Whoa!" Maria exclaimed placing a hand on her stomach.
"What? What happened?" Candice asked, worried.
"I… I think the baby just kicked." Maria said as her eyes glazed over and a small smile flushed onto her lips.
"Ooh! Can I feel?" Candice asked hopefully.
"Sure," Maria replied, swiftly grabbing Candice hand and placed it where the baby kicked.
"That's so cool!" The candy-coated diva said with a smile. "It's unbelievable!"
"I know—Ow!"
"What?" Both divas looked down to the end of the hallway to see John storming towards them. "Maria is she hurting you? I swear, if—"
"John, no. Calm down. Candice wasn't hurting me. The baby just kicked kinda hard and I'm not used to it." Maria told him annoyed that he jumped to conclusions.
Oh, well. That's fine. I—Wait! What?" John asked confused. "The baby can kick?! Since when? Why didn't you tell me?"
"Because it first kicked five seconds ago." Maria snipped at him. Her angry feelings were swept away as John pulled her into a hug and spun her around. "Maria, I am so happy for you—for us." John said putting her down. Déjà vu, much? Maria though to herself. John had said the same thing to her yesterday when she felt the baby moving. Now John? For some reason, it seemed more real when John said it. Like he was supposed to.
"I'll just leave…" Candice said walking away, leaving the two to themselves.
When she was out of earshot, she called Mickie.
"What?" Mickie greeted.
"Well, hello to you, too, sunshine." Candice's words were coated in batter and deep fried in sarcasm.
"What do you want?" Mickie asked, wanting her to get to the point.
"I was wondering what the plan was again. I forgot it."
Mickie rolled her eyes as she repeated herself again from that morning. "You befriend Maria, Shawn, and John. Then you seduce Shawn and tell him Maria doesn't want him. Then Maria is sad and isn't herself and will want Shawn back. John will realize what a bitch she is and come crawling back to me."
"And can I get Shawn?" Candice asked her 'friend' hopefully.
"Sure, whatever floats your boat."
"Okay, bye." Candice hung up, eager to get this party started. She walked down the rest of the hallway and turned left where she saw Shawn toweling off after training.
"HBK is SO mine." She whispered to herself before going up to talk to him.
"Hey Shawn." Candice greeted sweetly while batting her eyes.
"Hi Candice." Shawn complied with a skeptical smile.
"How's Maria?" Candice asked as if she didn't already know.
"Good. She has an appointment in two days."
"So John's taking good care of her?" Candice asked.
"What? No." Shawn said incredulous.
"Well, that's not what I saw in the hallway." Candice told the Heart Break Kid.
"What did you see in the hallway?" Shawn asked nervously.
"I'll just show you." Candice said turning around and walking down the hallway. Shawn obediently followed.
They got there to see John's hands on Maria's stomach, with her hands on top of his. Their foreheads were touching and they and smiles on their faces.
"Told you." Candice whispered.
John was leaning down about to kiss Maria when—
"Maria, what's going on?" Shawn asked. Maria turned to her boyfriend, shrugging John off in the process.
"The baby's kicking, Shawn!" Maria told him happily. Shawn's anger subsided and Maria took his hands and placed them on her stomach. The Heart Break Kid's smiled as he felt little thumps. His eyes glazed over in awe as he felt his girlfriend's child kick. Shawn slip his arms around her waist and pulled her in for a kiss.
John's excitement and dimpled smile vanished as he watched their embrace. He turned dejectedly and slunk down the hallway.
This was supposed to be his moment, his time with Maria and their child. Shawn was intruding on what was supposed to be one of the happiest times in his life. Shawn didn't belong there. This was supposed to be John and Maria. Not John, Maria, and Shawn.
John missed Maria. He wanted to see her smile when she saw him and hear her laugh when he said something funny, and feel her touches and kisses when she just wanted to be with him. He couldn't wait until they roomed together. John wasn't giving up on her. He will not stop until she is his again.
A/N: And you forgot about Mickie, Candice, and Victoria! Haha! Silly, naïve people!
Sorry for the super short chapter! But I wrote it this way and I like the little cliffhanger I left so you'll have to deal. I'm trying to get a lot of chapters in for this for a Holiday present for all you readers!! Now leave me a present! That's right! Reviews! Love ya! Happy Holidays!