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For just one second Kayley imagined she hallucinated what he was saying.
"I'm sorry. I think my brain just, literally, stopped for a second. You want to repeat that, Chris."
"People aren't suppose to know. I only do because I heard Steph and Vince talking. Paul doesn't even know yet, but you had to know." Naomi's music stopped.
"I have to go out there, but you are going to be right here when I'm done." Kayley ordered. "We need to talk." Chris nodded and Kayley went to the gorilla position. It was here she found her home. The anticipation of her music starting, but today something was different. Something else was on her mind.
"Tell me who you are
I am spellbound
You can not have this control on me
Everywhere I go
I am spellbound
I will break the spell you put on me!"
"And from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania... Alexis!" Nicole's voice filled the arena and the crowd was on their feet. Normally walking to the ring, Alexis sprinted and slid under the bottom rope. Immediately she went to the turn-buckle, all the way to the top, and put her pointer finger in the air.
"Look at that, JBL. This is new!" Michael Cole called. As she jumped down the bell rung and Trinity was on her in and instant. Alexis got her in a headlock and Trinity reversed, sending Alexis into the ropes and then hard to the mat with a clothesline. Grabbing Alexis' ankle the former funk-a-dactal tried a submission move.
"Will Alexis tap out?" Cole asked.
"This is amazing by Trinity, a good way to utilize the injury Alexis had earlier this year in her ankle." Flipping from her stomach to her back Alexis kicked Trinity off of her and into the ropes, getting a small reprieve she tried to stand, but Trinity was back on her quickly pulling her up by her hair. Throwing Alexis in the ropes she jumped in the air hitting the rear view. Kayley lay in the ring, motionless. The ref went for the cover.
"1...2..." Alexis kicked out. As Trinity tried to pull her up again Alexis began to hit her with elbows until Trinity was off of her. Using the momentum of the ropes Alexis delivered her own clothesline then climbed to the top of the turn-buckle.
"She's going for it!" Cole called out. Alexis flipped off the top adding a twist she landed perfectly on Trinity. The ref went for the count.
"1...2..." His leg was grabbed by a waiting Tamina. The crowd was booing wildly. Alexis stood began arguing with Tamina before delivering a kick to her abdomen making her fall off the ring. As she turned back around Trinity was waiting with a hard superkick. Again the ref counted.
"1...2...3!" The bell rang and Tamina climbed in the ring to hold up Trinity's hand and they laughed at the girl on the mat.
"Get her up!" Trinity called and Tamina grabbed Alexis, pulling her up.
"This isn't right!" Cole was screaming.
"They're just making a statement." JBL argued.
"A statement?!" As Trinity went to hit Alexis, the diva ducked out of the way and Trinity's forearm connected with Tamina, sending her out of the ring. Alexis crouched in the corner and as Trinity turned around she speared her hard. Going to the middle of the ropes and facing the camera she held up her pointer finger again.
"THIS IS MY RING!" She screamed and the crowd cheered. As she made her way up the ramp she could hear the crowd chanting her name and she couldn't help but smile.
Backstage Chris was still standing exactly where she told him too.
"Subtle." He announced as she walked toward him.
"What?"
"Finger in the air? Looking at the camera and saying it was your ring? Why didn't you just scream 'It's clobbering time!' when you walked out?"
"I don't know what you mean." Kayley tried to walk passed him but he grabbed her arm.
"Kayley..."
"He shouldn't be coming back here Chris." Her voice was quiet but angry. "All the shit he said about the WWE?"
"Yeah, and he'll probably have to eat that a lot from the locker room." Kayley was shaking her head.
"What else did you hear?" Chris led her back to the locker rooms and finally into a small empty office where they wouldn't be overheard. He didn't even turn on the light.
"Careful Chris, people will talk." Kayley teased.
"People always talk." Was his answer.
"So, let's have it. What's going on, everything you know."
"Well, he called today saying he wanted back in. Vince was skeptical, of course." Chris explained. "But I guess they negotiated something. I heard them say January."
"The rumble." Kayley guessed.
"Probably." Chris agreed. "That's not all."
"Great." Kayley replied sarcastically.
"They said something about him and problems with AJ." Kayley just shook her head. She suddenly felt tired and a headache coming on. "You can't tell anyone."
"I'm going to tell Nicole."
"You can't tell anyone else." Chris pleaded. "They know I know and my ass will be on the line if this gets out."
"Okay." Kayley reluctantly agreed. "Just let me know if you hear anything else."
"You'll be the first one I come to."
"Kayley!" Nicole caught up to the Diva after the show was over.
"Hey, Nicole."
"What was that?" Kayley looked at her confused. "You know what I mean."
"I was just in a mood, I guess."
"Uh huh. Well, there is something you're not telling me. So spill." Nicole accused.
"I can't here." Kayley answered honestly. "I'm not even suppose to know. I'll tell you later at the hotel."
"Ooh, about that. Can Rami come over?" The girls were sharing a suite.
"Sure, Finn was going to anyway." They opened the back door to where the cars were. Most of the fans were gone. "Want to drive?"
"You can." They put their bags in the back of Kayley blue Suberu Impreza then headed to the hotel. "So... What's going on." Kayley gripped the steering wheel tight and her eyes didn't leave the road.
"Phil is coming back."
"WHAT?!" Nicole's shout was almost painful. "Sorry. Just... What?"
"Apparently he called Vince today and they negotiated a contract."
"After everything he said?"
"Yep."
"After everything he did?"
"Oh I'm sure he'll be a money maker." Kayley was bitter. As she grabbed the steering wheel harder, her knuckles were pure white.
"Calm down." Nicole begged and Kayley loosened her grip slightly. "How long?"
"Probably the Rumble."
"Oh, that's great." Nicole answered sarcastically.
"You can't tell anyone. I mean anyone. Not even Rami."
"They really want this quiet." Kayley nodded. "Then how do you know."
"By pure luck Chris heard Vince and Steph talking. I'm sure it will come out sooner or later. They aren't going to be able to keep this quiet. He'll depart from UFC and that will raise questions."
"How's miss bitch taking this?" Nicole wondered aloud and noticed Kayley stayed quiet. "She's not coming back too, is she?"
"No." Kayley answered quickly, her voice as if she had a bad taste in her mouth.
"Good, but it still begs the question-"
"They're having trouble." Kayley answered before taking a corner quickly.
"Okay, maybe I should have drove."
"I'm sorry." Kayley answered. "Let's... Let's just talk about something else."
"Okay... Rami wants to spend Christmas with me."
"Wow.." Kayley tried to pretend to be surprised, but she couldn't be. It was obvious how much they cared for each other.
"I don't know what to do."
"I think you should do it."
"Really?" Nicole was shocked.
"Yeah, why not?"
"We've only been together for three months."
"Yeah, but... I don't know. I know it's new, but it could be a lot of fun." Kayley pushed. "Rami likes you."
"John liked me."
"Rami isn't John."
"How do you know?" Nicole rarely vocalized her fears to others.
"Honestly? It's just a feeling." Kayley began. "More than that, it's time to put yourself out there. You're ready, and he's a really good guy."
"I know." Nicole really had no excuses.
"Sleep on it." Kayley finally suggested. "Sleep on it tonight and in the morning, after you hear his voice, decide then." Nicole smiled.
"Deal." They were quiet for a few moments.
"Nicole..."
"Yes Kayley..."
"You're dying to say something. I can feel it."
"Do you think that's why he's been texting you?" Nicole guessed.
"Probably." Kayley concluded. "I mean, why else?" Nicole resisted the urge to say because he missed her. She tried that after the first text. It went very poorly.
"Maybe you should text him back and see what's going on?" Kayley stayed quiet. She actually had been thinking something similar. As they pulled up to the hotel and paid the valet parking they took their bags up to the room and the whole time Kayley didn't say a word. After the door closed and Kayley turned on a light Nicole cleared her throat.
"So, we should change and then text the guys."
"Sure."
"What are you going to wear?"
"Eh, I'll find something. You?"
"I'm thinking my HBK shirt and a pair of red PJ pants."
"Sounds styling." Kayley answered with a smile before she went into her own bedroom. Grabbing her bag she was about to open it when she pulled out her phone. Looking at the number she recognized as Phil's she read his text message again, but didn't respond. Instead she sent a quick message to Finn before opening her suitcase. Pulling out a Beatles t-shirt and a pair of yoga pants, she paused. Reaching down to the bottom of the suitcase she pulled out a hoodie. A black affliction hoodie that was way too big for her. She founded it her first time back on the road after they broke up, but didn't have the heart to give it back. She still kept it on the road with her, very foolishly. Quickly putting it back she changed and headed into the living room. Nicole already had 'Friday the 13th' queued up.
"Classic." Kayley commented with a laugh.
"You love Jason."
"No, we've gone over this. You love Jason. I love Michael."
"We can't all be perfect." There was a knock at the door and Nicole ran to answer it. "Hey boys! Kayley, your Irish brogue has arrived."
"Come sit on the couch, Irish brogue, and prepare for bad 80's acting."
"So much of it." Nicole added.
"Oh, I love Friday the 13th!" Rami said with a massive grin on his face.
"You do?" Nicole inquired.
"Yeah. And not ironically or anything. I love these movies." Nicole almost let out a giggle. Rami sat in the extra large chair and opened his arms for her to cuddle into, which she did gladly. By the time the movie was over Finn and Kayley were sound asleep together on the couch.
"You tired?" Nicole asked her boyfriend.
"A little, but I could go for another one."
"I have part 2."
"Bring me some Jason." He answered and she tried to stifle her laughter.
"We could watch it in the bedroom?"
"I'd like that." He answered. After grabbing the DVD and turning off the lights they made their way into the second bedroom and closed the door.
"How much you want to bet one of them falls off the couch by morning?" Nicole offered.
"You're on." Rami agreed as he laid on her bed. She turned after putting in the DVD and just stared for a moment. He was simply wearing a white T-shirt and gray sweat-pants, but something about him. "Come here, beautiful?" He asked and she crawled onto the bed. Resting her head on his shoulder he wrapped both arms around her. They were asleep in twenty minutes.
The next morning when Nicole woke up she realized she was still in his arms. His breathing even, only looking slightly out of place when she moved.
"I'm not ready to get up." He answered, his voice tired and he pulled her closer. She had taken a night to sleep on it and was suddenly wondering why she even needed a night. She wanted to spend Christmas with Rami.
