a/n thank you to ItsSimplyNatalie for being the cat's meow and reviewing! Here is Sunday's birthday, the end certainly does throw a spanner in the works!

Following The Main Event;

By AliceJericho

Chapter 17: Nightmare Birthday

"I wish I had known early what I had to learn late." – Richie Ashburn

Thursday, March 19

Arizona. I have nothing bad at all to say about Arizona. It doesn't hold any bad memories. So that doesn't explain why I felt sick when I got off of the plane in Phoenix.

It might have been because it was the first birthday in years that I wasn't going to spend with Cody. Even before we were officially together I'd celebrated with him.

The girls had promised me a night out and I wasn't going to pass that up. Drown my sorrows and forget that it's actually my birthday. Perfect.

Travelling by myself was terrible, I always felt so lonely. If I hadn't flown to Arizona early I wouldn't have had to worry about it, but the family wasn't flying out until Friday.

I arrived at the hotel by taxi and Victoria was waiting for me downstairs. I was pulled into an instant hug. One thing to be said about the WWE is that all of your friends may as well be family.

"Happy birthday!" she said as she pulled away and helped me with my bags. "We've got tonight all sorted."

"That makes it sound less than easy," I laughed at her. Nikki had told me that the night would be easy and fun, I should have known better.

"Easy? That's not how we do it around here. It's going to be the most fun you've ever had, okay?"

"I'll take your word for it."

After Barbie carelessly revealed that I slept with Kofi I'd been worried about showing my face again but most of the Divas were surprisingly sympathetic. They all acknowledged that it was a dumb thing to do; that I could have handled it any other way, but there was a sense of understanding in my sadness, my desperation.

I wasn't surprised when the other girls were waiting for me in Victoria's room, with their happy birthdays and big smiles.

Unwritten Diva rule #1 states that on your birthday you don't have to lift a finger. Meaning, your hair and makeup will be done and your outfit sorted for you. It felt good, like you had your own personal crew. The best part was it felt just as good to be treated like royalty as it did to treat someone else the same. It was just a whole lot of fun between friends.

"Thanks for this," I smiled at my reflection in the mirror, twisting my body to look at the back of my dress. I hadn't worn it in a long time. "Just wish I could get rid of this." I held up my left arm and Victoria pouted at me.

"You make it look hot. Promise." She winked at me and pulled me into another hug. "We're heading out in about an hour. So that means it's time to pop the champagne!"

Unwritten Diva rule #2? Champagne is the mandatory first stop for a night out. #3 is dinner must be eaten beforehand. #4 states that everything be left at the dinner table, there can't be any bitchiness or whining going on after the bill has been paid.

We were on step #5 (only the best nightclub will do) and I was already wishing I could go to bed. The girls had gone out of their way to make sure I was never bored but I wasn't interested. The night had started out perfect and I was excited for everything to come but my expectations must have been too high.

"Come on, Sun." Barbie sat down beside me and dropped a phone onto the table. I glanced at it quickly before double taking.

"Is that Cody's?" I asked, watching her snatch it up just as I reached out to touch it.

"Yeah, I took it from him," she unlocked it, getting past the password.

"You know the password?" I asked her in disbelief. She nodded as though it wasn't an uncommon thing to have. "No one knows his password. B, you can tell me if you're with him."

"I'm not!" she laughed at me, flicking her hair over her shoulder. "I promise you. I've had his password for ages, anyway."

I stared at her in confusion, watching her go through his phone as if it wasn't a big deal. I looked over my shoulder and saw Cody glaring holes in her back.

She opened up his messages without hesitation and began to read through them. I bit my lip.

"It was you."

"What was me?" Barbie looked at me with an innocent expression but it crumbled as soon as she saw mine. I could get pretty scary when it was necessary. "Oh! Sunday!"

"No, don't act like you don't know," I said through gritted teeth. "You're supposed to be my friend! What would possess you to do something like that?"

"Cody," she told me after a second of thought. "You're not the only one who thinks he's perfect."

"You've got to be kidding me. You did this because you were jealous? You ruined a relationship because you were jealous?" I asked her. I was practically foaming at the mouth.

"You didn't even love him!" she shouted at me, slamming the phone onto the table. I quickly grabbed it before she could pick it up again.

"No! Don't tell me how I feel!" I yelled at her, following her in standing up. She tried to grab for the phone but I kept it out of her reach. "You are a disgusting excuse for a human!"

"All I wanted to do was break you up. You were supposed to accuse him of sending the photos and I was going to be his shoulder to lean on," she revealed. I hated that we had gathered an audience but I was far too intrigued by her excuses to make then leave. "I had no idea that you were going to fuck his best friend. That was an added bonus."

"But it didn't work! You aren't with him."

"He still loves you, doesn't he?" She said incredulously, throwing her hands in the air. She took a few steps towards me so we were almost nose to nose. Well, chest to chest at least. I still had a good four inches on her. "After you fucked him over he's still in love with your whore ass."

She was goading me. I knew what it was like to be riled up on purpose; she wasn't the first person to try me.

"You think I'm going to hit you so you can run to him and cry wolf? I'm not stupid, B. You aren't the first person to try and tear us apart."

"But I'm the first to succeed, aren't I?"

I glared at her, breathing through my nose as I tried to control my temper. I stepped backwards and walked past a few people before I did something stupid. The last thing I needed to do was injure myself again.

I all but stomped up to Cody who had been watching the confrontation intently; probably ready to stop it if someone threw a punch. I handed him his phone silently and went to turn away but his hand on my wrist wouldn't let me. I still felt the familiar fire from his touch.

"What was that about?" He asked quietly. At least he was concerned.

"You need to change your password and not let her near your phone," I said in one breath. "She sent out the pictures."

"I didn't know, Sun, I'm sorry," he apologised with sad eyes.

I shrugged at him, "What's done is done, right?"