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A couple days later I was back in Tampa and Dave was out working for Smackdown. Since I was put on bed rest Dave and me decided it would probably be a good idea to send Max back to his mom since there wasn't anyone to help me out with him while Dave was away. I was home all alone and I was pretty bored. I didn't have anyone to talk to or anything to do really. I pretty much watched talk shows and soap operas all day. I never watched a soap opera in my life until I was on bed rest. There wasn't really anything else for me to do since I went through my movie collection with no problem. I had read through all my magazines. The only thing left for me to do was read my books. I started off with Something Borrowed got through it in a day and moved on to Something Blue. It was book after book. I had just finished the last of my favorite author's books so I started with my classic literature reading. I couldn't decide between Wuthering Heights or To Kill a Mockingbird. Then I saw The Scarlet Letter and decided to read that. What book would be better for me to read during this time. I could definitely relate to Hester Prynne. I felt like an outcast for what I had done and I was being punished because of being unfaithful but the difference was Dave was being punished too and my baby wasn't considered evil. It was just banned from my grandmother's life. I could definitely understand her feelings and how she felt and not only that but she too was a good girl gone bad just like I was. I was going through the same thing. I began reading when the phone rang. "Hello?" I said as I answered it.
"May I please speak to Tessa Montgomery?" asked the woman on the phone.
"This is she," I said. I had no idea who it was or what they wanted.
"Hello, Tessa, this is Samantha calling from Cosmopolitan Magazine. I was going over applications and came across yours. I see you have a lot of experience in this field your credentials are amazing would you like to interview for the magazine editor position?"
"Absolutely," I said. I couldn't believe I had actually gotten a call. It had been a couple months since I handed in my application and when I hadn't heard anything I started to give up. At least I didn't give up completely. "That would be great."
"Okay, Tessa," she said, "we would like to get you in here in the next couple weeks so we are looking at mid-December. How about December 14th? Does that work for you?"
I pulled out my calendar and saw that it was a Wednesday and I didn't have anything planned, "that would be great."
"You are able to come to New York for the interview?"
"Yes I am," I said. "That is fine,"
"All right, Tessa, December 14th at 2:00 at our headquarters you will just come in and tell the receptionist you are here for an interview and she will send you to where you need to go. Is that okay with you?"
"That's fine," I said trying to contain my excitement. "Thank-you."
"No thank-you. I look forward to seeing you. Have a good day."
"You too," I said, "bye."
"Bye," she said hanging up the phone.
As soon as I was off the phone I let out a squeal of joy. I was finally going back to work well hopefully as long as everything at the interview went well. I just hoped my pregnancy wouldn't be a problem. I was pretty close to having the baby. I was at least 16 ½ weeks away from having her. I couldn't wait to tell Dave so I picked up the phone and called him. "Tessa, are you okay?" he asked when he answered the phone.
"I am great!" I said.
"You sound happy," he said. "What's up?"
"Cosmo called I have a job interview in New York in a couple weeks."
"Tess, that's great! I am so happy for you. I wish I could be there to celebrate with you. That is awesome. I'm so happy."
"Thanks," I said, "I wish you were here too. Dave, I am so excited. You think I'll get it?"
"I'm sure you will. You're so talented and if you can work for WWE and do what you did for creative I'm sure you can be a magazine editor for one of the most popular magazines in the world. Tess, I am so happy for you."
"Thanks," I said. "So how is Smackdown going?"
"Same old shit," he said. "Jobbing as usual. This week on Smackdown they have me losing to Zack Ryder again."
"Again? That's terrible."
"Tell me about it," he said. "It sucks but I guess that's what happens when you get John Cena's girlfriend pregnant."
"Yeah but I'm not John Cena's girlfriend anymore," I said with a smile, "I'm yours."
"Yes you are," he said. "And my baby momma."
"Shut up," I said with a smile. "You're an idiot."
"I know but I'm an idiot that's in love with the most beautiful woman in the world."
"Aw, I'm touched," I said.
"That's what she said," he said with a laugh, "but you will be when I get home. We are having a celebration when I get home."
"Nice," I said, "and that sounds like a plan."
"Well, Tess, I have to get going. I have to go job to Ryder. Hey, Ryder. How about that for a boy's name?" he asked.
"I don't know. It sounds a little Kate Hudson to me. Her son's name is Ryder. I don't know. Let me think about it," I said.
"All right," he said, "I love you and I will talk to you later."
"Okay. Bye, Baby, I love you."
"Bye," he said before hanging up the phone.
Once I was off the phone with Dave I went back to reading The Scarlet Letter. I spent a couple hours reading it and was half way through it when the doorbell rang. I had no idea who it could be since I wasn't expecting anyone and lately I hadn't been getting a lot of visitors. I laid the book down on the coffee table and got up to answer the door. I opened the door to see Nattie standing there. I hadn't spoken to Nattie in months not since the whole truth came out to everyone in the back about Dave and me. I wasn't sure why she had come to visit me but I figured I might as well enjoy the company. It was better than being alone. "Hey, Nattie."
"Hey, Tess," she said, "Dave mentioned that you may need some company so I came to visit. May I come in?"
"Sure," I said. "Come on in."
She walked in and I shut the door behind her. We made our way to the living room and she said, "you look beautiful. Pregnancy is really working well with your body."
"Thanks," I said as we sat down on the couch.
"How have you been?" she asked.
"All right. Living life," I said. "What about you?"
"I've been good. Working a lot but I have the week off. I decided to come visit my best friend and see how she's doing. You look like you're doing well. How much longer?"
"About 16 ½ weeks," I said. "I can't wait. I am ready to see my baby."
"I bet," she said. "So do you know what it is?"
"No. Dave and me want it to be a surprise," I said. "I think it's a girl though. I just feel like it's a girl."
"That's cool. Any names picked out?" she asked.
"Just for a girl. We decided on Cecelia Isabel for a girl. We can't agree on a boy's name though."
"Cecelia is pretty. I like it."
"Thanks. That was Dave's suggestion. I think it's beautiful."
"It is," she said. "You don't hear it too much these days."
"I know."
"Tess, look. I'm sorry for not being around lately. I feel like such a bad friend because I haven't been here."
"It's fine. What happened?"
"I just didn't think it was a good idea to hang around you after everything came out."
"Why? I am your best friend," I said.
"Because you got a lot of heat backstage. A lot of people were talking about you and what you did."
"So that means you just walk away and not talk to me. I needed my best friend more than anything. You are the only friend I have right now. At least I think you're my friend."
"Tess, I am your friend. It was just a bad time to call you and side with you. I could have lost my job."
"I get it," I said, "I'm bad news so if you're caught hanging out with me you lose your job. No wonder you were so glad to get me out of your house."
"Tess, it's not like that."
"Then what's it like, Nattie? Because to me it sounds like you were embarrassed to be my friend. I'm sorry if I embarrassed you."
"You didn't embarrass me," she said. "It's just I couldn't risk losing my job."
"Whatever, Nattie. Let's just forget about it."
"All right. I'm really sorry, Tess. I should have been a better friend and I'm sorry. I should have been there more."
"It's fine. I'm used to having people turn their back on me and be embarrassed by me. It's cool."
"What are you talking about?"
"Ever since I did what I did I have lost all my friends, Nattie. NO one wants to be friends with the girl that cheats on John Cena. No one wants to be friends with the girl that goes out with Batista or is pregnant with his baby. No one wants to be friends with that girl. My own mother doesn't want that girl for a daughter and my own grandmother doesn't want that girl for her granddaughter," I said with tears in my eyes, "I'm an outcast and I understand that. It's whatever at this point. Everyone has their opinions of me. I guess in times like this you realize who your true friends are and who they aren't. I guess it's safe to say none of my friends were true."
"I was true to you," she said.
"No, Nattie, you weren't. You were just as embarrassed to be seen with me as everyone else. It's okay. You don't have to lie to me."
"Tess, I'm not lying to you. I am your friend. I'm sorry if you think differently."
"Nattie, honestly what am I supposed to think? You haven't talked to me since I moved out of your house."
"Tessa, honestly I was upset with you. I was upset because you cheated on John and you handled things distastefully. You should have never done what you did. You were told to work with Dave NOT sleep with him but you did."
"I may have slept with him but you covered for me. Didn't you?"
"Yeah but I shouldn't have. You and John had a good thing going but you ruined that with your promiscuity. That baby should be John's and you know it. You did it on purpose and I'm mad at you for that."
"I did not get pregnant by Dave on purpose. It just happened and as for John and me it wasn't as great as everyone thinks it was. John has his low points too but no one wants to see him as the bad person."
"Tessa, you should have used protection with Dave. That was your downfall. Sleeping with him was your downfall. I don't even know you anymore. You have changed. The old Tessa would have never done that and the old Tessa would realize what she did was wrong instead of blaming everyone else for her mistakes. Did you ever stop to think that maybe it was YOU that caused the demise of your relationship? Maybe you are the bad person and I know this is hard for you to admit but you were the one that cheated while John waited so patiently for you. He was waiting to have romantic dinners with you but you were out sleeping with Dave. John loved you and you spit all over his love because you thought about what you wanted and did what you wanted to do. The least you could have done was been honest with him. You were going to push that baby off as his until Dave had enough and told John the truth. You should have been honest with John instead of hiding things behind his back. I don't know you, Tessa. I really don't."
"I'm not the old Tessa, Nattie. The old Tessa did things to please everyone. The old Tessa lived her life for everyone else. I didn't say what I did was right because it wasn't. You're right maybe I should have been honest with John but I wasn't. Oh well. That was wrong of me but right now I am living for me and for my baby. I am happy with my life. And I didn't destroy my relationship with John by myself. He had a part in it too. I'm not blaming anyone for the mistakes I made. And don't you dare say I spit on John's love for me because I didn't."
"Yes you did, Tessa, you cheated on him. You obviously didn't love him."
"I did love him and I still do. It's just people grow apart. For 16 years it was John and Tessa or Tessa and John. I have been with him for 16 years. I needed something new. I needed to see what else was out there."
"You should have gone about it a different way like breaking up with him but you took the cowardly way out and cheated on him."
"Get out," I said. I had had enough. I wasn't going to sit there and let someone that was supposed to be my best friend tell me how bad of a person I was. It wasn't worth it. This was exactly what I was talking about. Everyone was turning their backs on me. Even my best friend or someone I thought was my best friend. Like I said to Nattie in times like these you find out who your true friends are and who they aren't. Nattie proved to me which she was. Just another person added to the list of people I cared about that I lost. I wasn't doing too good since I had lost pretty much everyone I cared about.
"Tessa, what?"
"I'm not going to sit here and have you tell me how bad of a person I am. I'm not a bad person. I am still a good person. Good people are capable of doing bad things. I am not a bad person. You are supposed to be my best friend but you're obviously not. Just leave."
"Fine, Tessa, I'm sorry. You're right good people can do bad things. You're still a good person. I guess I'm just disappointed in what you did. I'm sorry. I still want to be friends with you. Can we be friends?"
"I guess," I said. "Maybe not best friends but we can be friends."
"All right," she said. "I really am sorry."
"It's okay. And I'm sorry too. I know what I did was wrong but I wouldn't change it for anything. I'm happy. This is the happiest I have ever been. I don't want you to leave my life too. My baby does need a godmother."
"You want to make me godmother?"
"Of course," I said. "And Tyson to be the godfather."
"All right," she said with a smile.
"Sure you can handle that even though Batista is her father?"
"I can handle that," she said. "Thanks. And I am sorry again."
"It's okay. Let's just forget about it and move on."
"All right. It's forgotten," she said, "so do you want to watch a movie or something."
"I guess," I said. We spent the rest of the afternoon watching movies. I know I was a little too forgiving but the truth is she was right on a few things and she was still my friend. I didn't have many of them lately so of course I wasn't going to push her out of my life. I needed her the most during my pregnancy. There were some things I could tell her that I couldn't tell Dave plus I needed my girl time. If I had no girl friends I would have no girl time. Plus there was no way I could lose my best friend and there was no need in pushing her out of my life because she expressed her feelings to me. Friendship is about honesty if you can't be honest with your friends how can you be friends? You can't it's just not done that way.
*A/N: So what did you think? Please review and thank-you for taking the time to read. You guys are awesome!
*Just a note: The next chapter of Forbidden will not be posted until Thursday afternoon. I will be away Monday-Wednesday with no computer spending time with my little girl. I hope my readers have a good weekend and I will have the update for you on Thursday afternoon/evening at the latest.