April 17, 2012

John Laurinaitis sat in his office, going over the program for the show that night when there was a knock on the door. "Come in," he called.

The door opened and Alicia Fox appeared, shutting the door behind her. "Mr. Laurinaitis, I was thinking, since Nikki's already lost three times, maybe I could get a shot at the Women's title. After all, I haven't had a shot in a very long time."

John thought about it for a few minutes, he didn't think Alicia had a better chance of beating Penny than Nikki had, but he shrugged anyways, "If you beat Nikki tonight, you can have a shot at Penny at the next pay-per-view."

Alicia smiled and thanked John.

Unfortunately for Nikki, the referee caught her and Brie in their attempt at Twin Magic, and Alicia took advantage of the opportunity, beating Nikki and becoming the new number one contender.

April 19, 2012

"So it's time to take some action, boys. It's time to follow me!" Penny groaned and rolled onto her other side. She opened her eyes to see Gaston leading the villagers through the town towards the Beast's castle. She reached for the BluRay controller and hit 'stop' before turning the TV off. She rolled back, facing the wall and curled up under the blanket. She laid there for a few minutes before she realized she needed something to drink.

She got out of bed and left her room. As she got close to the kitchen, she could hear noise, someone was in there. She brushed aside the thoughts that came creeping into her imagination. It was just Phil, most likely getting a midnight snack. But as she got closer to the doorway, she heard muffled voices. Voices that weren't Phil's.

She quietly darted across the hall to Phil's door, hoping to not draw any attention to herself. She turned the knob, it was unlocked. She carefully shut the door, trying not to make any noise, and she locked it. "Phil," she said, in a low voice, waking her brother up.

"What?" he asked, his eyes half-closed, and his voice tired.

"Somebody's here."

That woke Phil up. He jumped out of bed, dressed only in a pair of gym shorts, and grabbed a shirt from the chair nearby. "Stay in here," he said, handing her the phone that was on the nightstand. "Call the police, and DO NOT open the door until they get here. Lock it."

He started towards his door when Penny stopped him. "What are you doing?"

"What do you think?"

"You can't go in there. They might have guns or something."

"Penny, I'll be-"

"No, Phil, you're not going in there."

He sighed and sat down in the chair.

Confident she won their little argument, Penny dialed 9-1-1 on Phil's cell and waited semi-patiently for the operator to answer. She gave the necessary information and now all they could do was wait.

She handed Phil his phone and sat down on the edge of the bed. Phil was itching to get up and go in there, but he stayed put for Penny.

The door handle jiggled, "It's locked," they heard the muffled voice.

Another voice replied, but they were too far away from the door to be understood. Penny tensed and Phil clenched his fists, getting ready to go into action. Whoever the other person was must have called them away because nothing happened.

It must have been ten minutes before they heard the sirens outside, and shouting from inside. Glass broke and they could hear cops shouting outside for the burglars to stop. Phil stood and walked out of his bedroom, Penny followed, not wanting to be left alone.

It didn't take long before there was a knock on the door and Phil answered to find a uniformed police officer standing on the doorstep. Penny relayed what had happened for the officers and he asked what was missing. Penny shrugged, and the officers waited while Phil checked the kitchen for any missing items. "Nothing in there's missing," he said when he returned.

"What about in the other rooms?" the officer asked.

Penny ran to her room, remembering she had left the door open. Her dresser drawers were pulled out and her clothes rummaged through. She walked to the bathroom and seen the door on her jewelry box ajar. Her breath caught in her throat as she opened the door.

She opened the tiny drawer under the necklaces to find it empty. The diamond encrusted tiara she wore on her wedding day was gone, along with the necklace and earrings she wore that day, and her engagement and wedding rings from Stu. She placed the jewelry in that small compartment the day after she moved in with Phil, and now it was gone.

Penny and Phil finished giving the report, and after giving the officer a picture of the stolen jewelry, they were left alone. Penny sat on the couch, quiet. She didn't even look up when Phil handed her a cup of hot chocolate. "I'm sorry about the jewelry," Phil told her.

Penny shook her head, "It doesn't matter. I don't even know why I kept any of it," she lied. She had intended to get rid of it, eventually. The rings anyways. But so much had happened after her return from Europe, that it never crossed her mind. Then, when she started to fall for Stu again, she couldn't bring herself to get rid of it.

April 23, 2012

Penny walked down the hall at the arena, she was still a bit shaken from what had happened the week before, so couldn't help but jump when Stu called out to her. She turned and put on a smile. "Are you okay?" he asked, concern evident in his voice.

She nodded, "Yeah, I'm fine. Why wouldn't I be?"

"Well, it's just...I heard about what happened last week. You know, about the burglary."

"Oh."

"So, you're okay?"

She nodded, "Yeah." She gave him that fake smile again. "They didn't get anything important," she lied again. "We got a new security system, and a neighbor watches the place for us when we're gone now, so, it's all good."

Stu smiled, "Well, I'm glad you're fine."

Penny smiled again, "I've got to go. I'm going to be joining commentary tonight for Alicia's match, so I need to get ready."

Stu had forgotten about that, "Right. I'll talk to you later then."

Penny nodded and turned to continue her way to her locker room.