Chapter Five
For the next few days Nikki and Sam did the same thing, ordering room service, sleeping in late, enjoying cool warm showers, and watching TV. Not once had they heard from Alyssa since their fight at the store. It didn't worry the girls too much, Alyssa was born into the street life, and wasn't used to shopping, or getting hand outs. Alyssa knew she had to take what she needed in order to survive in life, so Sam, and Nikki continued living in the hotel room, enjoying their temporary holiday. It was getting easier to deal with living, but Nikki knew that soon their money would run out, and she had no idea when or if her brother had any intention of returning to her, it was a hard pill to swallow. There was nothing she could do except wait until they absolutely had to leave.
Sam was sitting laying on the bed, flipping through the TV channels. "This is great, don't you think?" Sam asked, nodding her head towards the screen. Nikki briefly looked in the direction of the TV, and smiled slightly, "Your easily amused these days." Nikki said. "You would be too if you've gone as long as I have with no TV. People don't realize how good they got it, until they have nothing." Sam said, before turning back to the TV. It was true on their part. How many times had all three of them heard groups of people walking through the streets, talking on their phones about how bad their day at work was, or kids complaining about their parents not letting them watch their favorite show. They had no idea how life was on the other side of the fence. Was it really as bad as they said it was? Could it be as bad or worse then living on the streets, picking up pennies in the gutter, or making out with your best friend so the boys would slip you a dollar? If only an opportunity would present itself, anyone of them would take it.
Nikki stared at the TV at whatever show Sam was watching, she wasn't sure if it was funny or not, despite the laughter spilling from Sam's mouth. Nikki was too focused on other things, her brother for one. She missed him, and part of her didn't want to think that this whole thing was real. The fact that he bailed her out of jail, and brought her back to his hotel room, gave her a place to stay, a warm bed to sleep in, and food in her stomach was beyond anything she ever thought could happen. In all honesty she didn't expect to ever see her brother again.
Sam got up at the sound of a knock on the door. It was then that Nikki shook her thoughts away, and followed Sam to the door. To their amusement Alyssa and Alex were on the other side, Alex had a big brown bag, filled with drinks. "Hey ladies!" Alex said in his usual voice, "Looks like someone has been living it up without me." Alex said, wrapping an arm around Nikki's waist as soon as he put down the bag. "You wish." Nikki said, removing his arm from around her. Nikki went straight for the bag, pulling out several bottles containing alcohol. Not caring what she drank, Nikki opened a bottle, and quickly to a drink, closing her eyes to savor the flavor of the hard liquor. She wanted nothing more than to drown her thoughts in the alcohol, and forget about everything that had been troubling her lately. "Alex, you are the best!" She said, as she gave him a sloppy kiss on his cheek. "You only love me for my contacts."
"And what lovely contacts you have." Nikki said with a smile, holding on the bottle of Vodka. Alex laughed, and shook his head. Sam, and Alyssa were drinking as well. Alex on the other hand, took a seat on the couch watching the girls get trashed in front of him. "Well ladies, unless you are going to invite me to stay, or have something else in mind, I'm going to leave." That was the last thing Nikki remembered that night. The alcohol consumed her, just as she wanted it to.
It had been a long week, and all I wanted to do was sleep. My body was exhausted, and in pain from wrestling and traveling. I would have a two day weekend. I was excited to see my sister again, however part of me knew she might not be there when I got back. If she wasn't I would hire someone to find her. I was prepared for the worst, and I wanted to prove to her that even though I wasn't there for her back then, I was here for her now.
"Hey man, you haven't heard anything I just said, did you?" Roman asked. In all honesty I hadn't heard anything he said, I was too busy with my own thoughts to pay attention. "Sorry man, guess I'm just a little tired from the week." I said, trying to play it off. "What did you say?" I asked, giving Roman my full attention this time. "Valarie's birthday is tomorrow so I can't stay long. I have to catch a plane early in the morning to get back home." Val and Roman have been together for three years, he loved her, and she loved him. It was a matter of time before they would eventually get married. She supported him in his decision to sign with WWE. Val was a sweet girl, and I couldn't be happier for Roman. "Yeah man, whatever you need to do."
During the rest of the flight back to Cincinnati, we all slept. It wasn't until the flight attendant woke us all up to give us a heads up we would be landing in an hour. To my surprise it was a fairly quick flight. As soon as we landed, and got off the plane Seth took out his phone, and started texting. "Don't be sexting in public." I joked around with him. "Whatever dude." Seth said, nudging me. I laughed, and continued to walk to the exit. Seth's girlfriend was going to meet us at the hotel later. She had a flight that was due to arrive a few hours later then ours. Katy was a nice girl, however there was something about her that Roman, or I liked. Valarie wouldn't even talk to her, but she was Seth's girl, and if he liked her that's all that matters.
"I am so ready to get some food!" Seth said, rubbing his stomach as we all got in the rental car and headed for the hotel. In the morning we would all catch a flight to our own homes until the wrestling week started again. Within the hour we all made it to the hotel, thankfully. Seth was starving, and I was tired of hearing his stomach emphasizing his hunger. "We'll get delivery or something." Roman said, forgetting exactly how early in the morning it was, and that the hotel had a complimentary breakfast waiting for them.
As soon as they walked in, they sat down and ate a quick breakfast before going up to the room Jon had rented the week before. Seth, and Roman knew Jon's sister was staying there, it was all he kept talking about, however they also knew he was anxious just in case she had left. Jon, Seth and Roman walked up to the door, Jon held the card key tightly in his hand as he slid it through the little card reader. The light turned from red, to green, letting them know the door was unlocked, and they could go in. Jon twisted the handle, and walked in.
Jon's jaw dropped at the sight in front of him, his sister laid in bed with two other girls. The room stunk of alcohol. "Dude, I don't think my girl would like the threesome that's going on here." Seth said putting his hands up in defense. Jon elbowed him in the gut hard enough to make him double over. "That was fucked up, Seth." Roman said. "That's my sister you asshole!" Jon hissed.
Jon made his way over to the bed the girls were sharing. He knew this would classify him as the biggest asshole ever, but he didn't care. He had a knack for being loud and obnoxious that's what made Jon Moxley into Dean Ambrose. "Good Morning ladies," Jon yelled, "I hope you partied hard on my dime, but it's time to wake up!" Jon said, shaking the bed with knees."
"What the fuck!" Nikki whined, as she sat up in bed. Her face flushed when she saw her brother standing there. "Jon…." Nikki started, but stopped, as she felt her stomach twist. She jumped out of bed, and ran for the bathroom. After Nikki returned from the bathroom the other girls followed her in there.
"Everyone meet my little sister, Nikki. Nikki meet my tag team partners, and travel buddies, and best friends, Seth Rollins, and Roman Reigns." Jon said their introductions, but Nikki couldn't seem to focus on names. She was so ecstatic that her brother returned she felt warm tears sting her face, and she couldn't help but let them fall. She felt like she was a little girl again, instead of watching her brother leave her behind, he was coming back into her life, just like that. "Jon… I didn't think you…." Jon looked down at his purpled haired little sister. He didn't need to hear what she was going to say, and it killed him to know she didn't have faith in his return. He wrapped his arms around her, allowing her to cry into his chest. "I did come back for you the first time Nikki. I always keep my word, you need to trust me." Jon said, "Now, do you mind telling me who these two are?" Jon asked pointing to the other girls in the room. "This is Alyssa, and Sam, my street stalkers." Nikki said. After all the introductions were out of the way the guys left to allow the girls to get dressed.
Jon couldn't deny how awkward the meeting was, finding his sister and her street friends fucked up like that was beyond pleasant, and it only added to his guilt of not being there for his sister. Jon wanted nothing more than to go back in time and be able to make things different for Nikki, but it just wasn't possible. Jon's mind drifted to his sister, and what he had seen this morning. What else was she doing to herself? He knew how bad he got when he was on the streets, the drugs, and alcohol was easy to get a hold of if you knew the right people. It wasn't so easy for the women; he recalled several of them having the same addictions as he had when he was on the streets, and what those women had to do to get their fix. It made his blood boil thinking that his sister was doing those same exact things.
The door opened, pulling Jon from his thoughts. The guys walked into the room, Jon was the last one to enter slowly, with his arms folded across his chest. Seth and Roman knew something was up, and they could only guess what it was. They knew how much Nikki meant to Jon, whenever they ended up in his hometown he would always get super amped up in hopes of seeing his sister again. Now here she was in front of him, all grown up with no future. It was almost creepy for Seth and Roman to watch, knowing how Jon was when he was found on the streets.
"Nikki do you mind taking a walk with me?" Jon asked. Nikki looked at him, confused but shrugged her shoulders, "Sure." She said, following her brother out of the room. Nervous couldn't even begin to describe how I was feeling. I didn't want to push her too much, but on the other hand she needed to know that I was here for her, and she didn't need the alcohol, if that was even what it was. Once we were outside I took a deep breath in, trying to sort my thoughts, and the questions I wanted to ask. Either way one of us needed to start talking and it needed to be me.
"I know there is years that we have missed between us, but I am going to try my hardest to make that up to you now." I started. I had never felt more nervous about anything, not even wrestling. This was going to be one of the hardest conversations of my life, I knew it.
"I knew why you left, and I didn't blame you then. Why didn't you come around once in a while? During the night, while I was at school, something just so I knew you were ok, and you didn't forget about me? Where were you?" Nikki asked. She looked up at me. I didn't know what I saw when I looked at her. She was still my little sister, that would never change, but in that moment I saw something else. Something I didn't recognize in her, and with that same exact look in her eyes I knew I was to blame. "Before I left I had a plan, and I was going to get a job get an apartment, and maybe even go to college, I don't know. Somewhere along the line I fell into the wrong crowed and I got messed up on drugs. I lost my job, and got evicted from my apartment." I went silent for just a moment, as we stumbled upon a park. Young children running around playing tag as parents talked to one another. Laughter filled the park, along with playful screams, and the sounds of birds chirping. I had never known that kind of happiness as a child, and I knew Nikki didn't either. Nikki walked a few steps toward a dark green colored bench. I took out a cigarette, and lit it up taking a drag before speaking again. "After I reached my lowest point, I don't know what it was, maybe fate… " I stopped again to breathe in the chemicals, "Remember Sami Callihan?" I asked without looking at my sister. "Well we ended up bumping into each other, and he told me about this small time wrestling company that he was working at. He offered for me to go with him and check it out. He said they helped him with his drug problems, so I took up his offer. I quit, and I started getting into shape, and gaining muscle. I was good too. I started earning money, not much, sometimes none at all." I laughed at the memories of the long days, and countless hours of traveling for unknown pay. "I wouldn't have traded that moment for anything. I owe Sami, and that company so much for helping me, and putting up with my crap. Time seemed to have flown by then, never once did I ever forget about you. After I got clean, and started wrestling more shows, and earning money I was able to rent an apartment. A month later I showed up at the house, I went to get you first thing in the morning on your eighteenth birthday."
"But I wasn't there." Nikki finished.
"No, you weren't there."
"I couldn't take it anymore Jon. The day after you left, mom and Harper asked where you were, so I told them you left, and you weren't coming back." Nikki paused, I saw tears in her eyes, and my heart broke. "What happened Nick?" I asked.
"He beat me. Everyday it was the same. It got to the point where he would find things to blame on me so he could beat me, and mom wouldn't even try to stop him. She was so high all the time. I tried to stay, and I kept telling myself that you would come for me, and that it wasn't that bad. I thought I could handle it, and I really tried to wait it out, but I couldn't do it anymore. I thought I if I left I could find you. I left when I was sixteen, and I never looked back. I tried to get a job, but no one wanted to hire me because of my age. I slept in parks, and abandon warehouses, that's when I met Alyssa and Sam. We all stuck together. We met a few others as well. Sam and I started performing for guys, and women just to get a little bit of money." Nikki broke down crying, and sobbing. I couldn't believe what she had just told me. I cringed at the image of my sister struggling though life like that. I wanted to Kill Harper and my mom for being the way they were. I wanted to hurt the people that bribed my sister into doing things for money. I should have been there for her, but I wasn't. I was too fucked up on drugs and shit to do anything for her even if I wanted too. I felt so disgusted with myself for my past. I silently vowed in that moment that I would do whatever it takes to protect Nikki. She would never know life on the streets again, she wouldn't have to worry about her next meal, or where she was going to sleep at night, or performing, whatever the hell that even means, for people again. I was going to be the big brother she always deserved, and I was going to protect her, and provide for her. I would do whatever it takes to make her life worth living again.
YAY Alyssa is back! Jon is back. Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns are offically in the story now. Jon and Nikki having a heart to heart talk and just catching up is the best part of this chapter in my opinion. And Sami Callihan will be introduced into the story soon enough. For those of you who dont know who Sami Callihan is I suggest you to look him up. He is currently wrestling for NXT as Salomon Crowe. Sami is an AMAZING and gifted wrestler, very fun to watch in the ring! Him and Jon Moxley teamed up as The Switch Blade Conspiracy. Anyways look him up if you dont know who he is! So I hope you enjoyed this?! I love hearing your thoughts on this story, so let me know. The more Reviews you give the quicker I update!