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Randy walked into the kitchen and found his mom and dad in the kitchen. "Good morning mom, good morning dad." Randy said giving them each a hug. "Mom, this is John, John this is my mom Elaine, and John you've met my dad Bob."
John smiled and shook their hands, "Good morning, thanks for letting me stay here with Randy."
"No problem, you have to make sure that you have a good place to sleep the night leading up to Wrestlemania." Bob said with a smile.
"Happy birthday Randy." Elaine said giving Randy another hug. "Your dad and I thought you boys would like to go to your favorite café for your birthday breakfast."
Randy smiled, "That sounds great."
"Good, let's go." Elaine said grabbing her purse.
Bob ushered the boys out to the car and they headed off.
Nikki and Juliana headed to their favorite café for breakfast. They went to their favorite table and sat down. There they enjoyed their favorite breakfast treat, Belgian waffles with strawberries and whip cream and they had a few cups of coffee.
"Ok, from here we are going to head to the Mall and do a little shopping." Nikki said happily.
"Before we do anything, I have to go to the bathroom." Juliana said with a giggle. "The coffee is already kicking in." And she got up and headed to the restroom while Nikki paid the bill.
Nikki turned to leave when she seen her friend, and Juliana's ex-boyfriend Randy walk in with his parents and a very hot guy. Nikki smiled, "Well, welcome home and happy birthday!"
Randy smiled and gave her a hug, "Thanks Nikki. What are you doing here?"
"Just got done having breakfast, on the way to a girls day out. Then headed to the spa to be ready for a girls night out." She replied with a smile. She loved having him as a friend, so she avoided any mention of Juliana at all costs. She remembered how horrible it was on both of them when they broke up. "Good morning Bob and Elaine. And Randy, who's your friend?"
Randy turned, "Nikki, this is John. John, this is Nikki. You'll meet her again tonight at the show."
Nikki smiled and shook John's hand, "It's nice to meet you."
John smiled back, "You too."
"Boys, they're ready to seat us." Bob said grabbing their attention.
"Hey, I'll see you guys tonight." Nikki replied with a smile and a wave. "See ya. Happy birthday!"
"Thanks! See ya later." Randy replied. His parents waved and John waved as Nikki walked out to the car and they were seated.
A couple minutes later, Juliana came out to the car. "Alright girl, let's go."
"Did you see anyone in the café you recognized?" Nikki asked cautiously.
Juliana shook her head, "Nope, but I really didn't look. Why who was there?"
"Oh, uh just Elaine and Bob." Nikki replied.
"Damn, I haven't talked to them in awhile. Oh well, I'll see them later." Juliana replied putting her sunglasses on. "Let's do some shopping!"
"Now you're talking!" Nikki replied.
The girls hit the mall. They bought some new clothes, they had lunch out there, and then they headed for the spa. "Nikki, you're spoiling me. Now what are we doing tonight?"
"Um, let me see if I've changed my mind….nope, I'm still not telling you. It's a surprise! You only turn 25 once, and you spoiled me on my birthday, now it's my turn to spoil you. What do you want for your birthday?" Nikki asked.
"Honestly at this point nothing. I'm settled in my apartment, Nana passed away, there's not a whole lot more that can go "wrong" so maybe this year things could go right. That's what I want for my birthday a year of things going right." Juliana replied with a smile.
Nikki laughed, "Now you know, life can't always go right, but maybe we can kick off a bunch of things going right tonight."
"Why, what's going on tonight?" Juliana asked curiously.
"Well, we're headed to the spa for a full-body massage, facial, and a manicure/pedicure. Then we're going to use the VIP tickets I have to a special event and we're going to have a blast. Then if you still have energy left, maybe we'll go out for a few drinks and then call it a night since tomorrow you have the funeral and I have a plane to catch tomorrow morning." Nikki replied.
"What kind of VIP tickets did you get? I don't know of any special events going on in town." Juliana replied.
Nikki laughed, "Your loss!"
They pulled into the parking lot of the spa and headed in.
LATER THAT DAYThe girls finished with their pampering at the spa, and there they changed into their "going out on the town clothes" and hopped into Nikki's car. "We're going to eat there, it'll be part of the fun!"
Juliana laughed, "Ok, you have to tell me, where are we going?"
"You'll see when we get there." Nikki replied with a laugh.
Before they knew it, they were pulling in to the parking lot for the arena where the WWE house show leading up to Wrestlemania was taking place. "What are we doing here?" Juliana asked cautiously. She knew that her ex Randy was a professional wrestler with the WWE and that being a hometown boy, he would be wrestling or at least appearing at tonight's show.
Nikki parked the car and dug in her purse and pulled out two VIP passes. She handed one to Juliana "Wear this around your neck. This will get us everywhere we want to go."
"Good, because I don't want to go in there." Juliana replied. "What are you trying to do? I don't want to see him."
"Juliana, we're going to be in a huge crowd of people, I highly doubt you're going to have any personal interaction with him." Nikki replied. "Besides, you haven't been to a wrestling show since the last time you and Randy went to one. I know you still read up on the WWE, I've seen it on your computer. You've checked out Randy's profile, maybe now you can at least become acquaintances, I mean you have been practically adopted by his family."
"I know Nikki, it's just…it's him. I don't know if you fully understand…"Juliana began explaining when Nikki cut her off.
"No sweetie, I understand completely, the love of your life turned into an asshole, fucked up your relationship, you walked out and you not only lost the one man you've ever loved, the one who taught you what love was, but also your best friend. Now you don't trust anyone after Steve, and you can't help but wonder what life would be like now. And you miss having him as a friend because above all, he was your big brother, he was there to save you when no one else was. So yes, I totally understand. And now you guys are 25 years old, why not try to see if you can't at least salvage a friendship out of it?"
Juliana sat there, no one had ever thrown that in her face. She sighed, "Alright, fine. It would be kind of fun."
Nikki smiled, "Now that's more like it!"
Juliana faked a smile as she got her purse together. She hadn't felt this nervous in a long, long time.
They got out of the car and headed towards the arena.
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