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It was the day before Wrestlemania, I was sitting in my room, all dressed and ready for the day. I just couldn't bring myself to move and leave my room. Even my breakfast I 'd ordered from room service. My mind felt fried. I sat and thought about what do about my love life predicament and came up short. I laid on top of my bed, when all of a sudden…it hit me. I knew what I needed to do. I dialed my cell phone. I took a deep breath.
"Hello?"
"Hey Zack…can you come up to my room to talk?"
"Uh yeah…sure. I'll be up in a few minutes."
Those few minutes felt like for-fucking-ever. Finally, I heard a knock on my door. I got up and opened it.
"Hi Zack."
"Hey Kelsey," he said giving me a big hug.
"Come on in," I said gesturing to my bed. He walked in and took a seat.
"So what did you want to talk to me about?" He asked slowly.
"I've made up my mind…"
"And?" He asked hopefully. I grabbed his hand.
"Look, I have loved you for so long, Zack. You were the most important person in my life. We made such a beautiful and wonderful life together. Some of the best times in my life happened with you by my side." I felt tears falling down my cheeks. Zack's face was covered in tears as well. "We are older and wiser now than we were back then. We wouldn't make the same mistakes we made before. All of this would have been enough to make me stay. It would make the perfect ending for what would have been our love story. I just can't love you with only half of my heart. It's not fair to you. You deserve to be loved fully and completely…."
"So you want me to sign the papers?" He asked sadly.
"I…I think so. I just want to be fair to you…to both of us."
"I get it…I hate it but I get it. I never should have left you in the first place. If I would have stuck it out, we wouldn't be in this position…"
"If you'd have stayed, you would have resented me for it…you wouldn't have achieved your dream of becoming a WWE superstar. I don't think I could have lived with myself with that either," I said sniffling.
"You are probably right," he admitted. "It's just that in my dreams, when I made it big…you were by my side… I just didn't know that one dream would kill the other. I thought I could have both." I gave him a big hug. We just stayed like this, crying for a few minutes.
"I'm so sorry Zack…"
"It's okay. I sort of saw this coming," He said calmly. Where are the papers?" I got up and grabbed the papers and handed them to him.
"Right here." He signed them first, before sliding the papers over to me.
"Can you do me a favor Kelsey?" He asked softly.
"Yeah, what is it?"
"Can you wait to file them until after Wrestlemania. I just want the media storm to not effect or over shadow it…"
"I can do that. We have stayed married through almost four years of being separated…what's another 36 hours or so?" We both laughed a little.
"Will you go with me to the Hall of fame ceremony tonight? It can be our last hurrah as Mr. and Mrs. Ryder." I smiled.
"I'd love to." His face brightened. He gave me a kiss on the forehead.
"Okay, I'll swing by and pick you up."
"Sounds good Zack."
I watched him leave. My heart still felt heavy. I stared at those signed divorce papers. I spent so many nights imagining the moment I'd see them signed, I never thought it would be so bittersweet. I snapped out of my thoughts. I had to get to the salon for my hair appointment. I grabbed my purse and headed out the door.
I plopped down in the stylist's chair. I asked her to give me Victoria's Secret Angel's hair. She laughed and got right down to work.
"Big night tonight?" She asked curiously.
"Yes actually. I'm a wrestler for the WWE, our Hall of Fame ceremony is tonight. It is quite the red carpet affair."
"Wow, sounds exciting. Do you have a hot date?" she pried.
"Well…yes…but it's my husband who is also a wrestler."
"How cute! A couple's night out! If my ex-husband and I would have had more of those, I'm sure we wouldn't be divorced!" She chuckled. I laughed politely. She had no idea that this was more of a send off. A part of me wondered if I was doing the right thing by divorcing Zack Ryder.
"How do I look?" I asked her playfully.
"Amazing! You'll knock 'em dead."
"Thank you!" I waved as I left the salon.
I hurried back to the hotel to finish up. I gave myself a nice sultry makeup look. Dark smoky eyes and a fuchsia colored lip. I slid on my purple dress that hung on all the right places. My curves looked impeccable. I slid on a sky high pair of stilettos and looked in the mirror. Damn I looked good. I reached into my bag, two sparkly objects fell out. I picked them up. It was my engagement ring and wedding band. I sighed. I slid them onto my finger. Tonight was as good as ever to slide them on one last time. A knock on my door, snapped me from taking a trip down memory lane. I answered it.
"Hey Zack,"
"Hey…Wow…just wow. You look phenomenal."
"Thank you, you clean up nice to," I said smiling at him. He rarely wore them but Zack looked mighty darn cute in suits and tuxes.
"Thanks. Are you ready to go?"
"Absolutely." He extended his arm to me. I grabbed it and we walked out of the room.
"Oh my god you are wearing your wedding ring too!" He said laughing. I wiggled my fingers.
"Yeah I figured the ring could use a last hurrah too."
"I thought so too, plus the press will eat that up, especially with the match at Wrestlemania having to do with us as a couple." He said thoughtfully.
"I hadn't even thought of that!"
"I'm just that damn good!" He said smiling.
Finally we'd arrived at the event. We pulled up to the entrance to walk the red carpet like media entrance. Zack stepped out of the vehicle first, he held out his hand. I grabbed it and he helped me out. The camera's flashed as we walked up to the carpet. We stopped every so often to pose for various cameras. Sometimes he held me closely, protectively. At one stop, he gave me a huge kiss on the lips. He pulled away smiling. I rubbed my lipstick off of his mouth, laughing. We finished up the red carpet and we were waved over for an interview.
We chatted with the journalist for a while. There was such a comfort, an easiness between us tonight. It really showed as we talked in interviews, there was a certain flow to our conversation. We really worked well together, I get why the WWE wanted us to work together all this time. It was a bittersweet night, knowing that the day after Wrestlemania, it'd all be over. This chapter in my life would be officially over and done with.
Soon, we were done with interviews and headed inside the building. I spotted Dolph not so far from the door. He looked absolutely amazing in his tux…just like the night of his cousin's wedding. This wasn't much of a surprise, Dolph was a very handsome man. I turned my attention back to Zack. He led me through the room, his arm around me. We stopped to talk to Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks.
"Well if it isn't the Ryder's?" Curt said sharply. It was understandable for him to be so protective of Zack, he had no idea what was happening between us.
"Be nice Curt, Kelsey is my hot date tonight," Zack said softly.
"My apologies, Kelsey. You look wonderful tonight by the way."
"Thank you," I said with a polite smile.
I began to tune out as the boys talked shop. Zack was buzzing with excitement over being able to wrestle at Wrestlemania tomorrow. Soon I felt a presence behind me.
"Hey Kelsey…can I borrow you for a minute?" I heard a voice say. I turned to find myself face to face with Dolph.
"Uh…sure," I said softly. "Zack, I'll be right back." He nodded and gave me a skeptical look. I turned away from him and I followed Dolph over to a quieter spot in the room. "Sooo…what do you want to discuss?" I asked politely. He took a deep breath.
"I just want to apologize to you…" he said softly, a sadness was in his eyes.
"Apologize for what exactly?"
"For everything. For leaving you in California, for the night I yelled at you in the lobby, for the other night at the club…I've been such an asshole. I just wanted to say that I'm sorry."
"Why now?"
"This has been weighing on me, Kelsey. I have been trying to find the nerve to talk to you, to apologize. I just couldn't muster it until now. I miss us being on good terms…I miss us hanging out and being friends. Plus, Wrestlemania is tomorrow, we have a big job ahead of us. We need to be able to interact on camera to sell this story. If we are bitter and angry at one another, we'll fuck it up. We both deserve great Wrestlemania moments."
"I accept your apology." I said simply. "We can still be friends… I've missed you," I said smiling at him.
"I'm so glad to hear you say that, I've missed my Blondie so much," He said relieved. He stepped towards me and gave me a big hug. I squeezed him tightly, taking in the comfort that Dolph's arms always brought. I could smell his cologne, I breathed it in. He let go of me and stepped back, looking at me. "I'm happy for you and Zack by the way."
"Oh…that! It's not what you think, we-" I was interrupted by Zack.
"Hey Kels, we need to take our seats," he said quietly.
"Okay, I-"
"We'll talk later," Dolph said with a small smirk.
"Okay…later."
I grabbed Zack's hand and let him lead us to our seats. We sat down, our seats were between Curt Hawkins and Evan Bourne. I let Zack sit next to Curt, since Curt hated me with a passion. The ceremony started and the everybody quieted down. I sat there smiling, because for the first time in the last few weeks, I felt like everything was going to be okay.
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