CHAPTER 16:

That night, everyone was all ready and set to perform on Monday night Raw. Roman was still trying to grasp at the reality of him having to have an on-screen relationship with AJ, the girl he had just left broken hearted. But at that moment he had to focus on his upcoming match with the rest of his teammates. After all they were getting ready to go back on live.

He entered into the locker room where Seth was waiting for him. "Hey Seth" he said. "Have you seen Dean?" "Yeah, he's still in hair and makeup" said Seth. "Oh that's good" said Roman. "Listen Joe, I think we need to talk" said Seth. "Yeah I think so too" said Roman. "I would like to go first". "Ok" said Seth. "Do you know that Stephanie has some sort of a plan…a love triangle storyline between us and April?" said Roman.

"No…I didn't" said Seth. "But that's not what I wanted to talk about". "Ok" said Roman. "Speaking about April, I wanted to talk to you about her" said Seth. "What about her?" Roman asked. "Joe, I know that you two were together a few weeks ago" said Seth. "Wait, what?" asked Roman. "Why'd you hurt her like that dude?" asked Seth. "That was not cool at all man. I didn't think that you'd do that to her". "Why do you care so much?" asked Roman. "That's none of your business. What do you like her or something?" "No, but you do" said Seth.

Roman paused. "Dude, I don't even know what you're talking about" he said. "Oh come on man!" said Seth. "You don't do the things you do if you don't like a person. Not to mention you've been grilling me lately about our on-screen relationship like it's real or something". Roman sighed. "I don't like her man" he said. Seth sighed as he began walking away. "Whenever you're ready to man up to your feelings about AJ Joe, I'm sure she'll be there but in the meantime I think you should owe her an apology. After all, you still owe her".

"How much has she told you?" Roman asked. "A lot" said Seth. "I'll see you in 20". Roman remained standing in the locker room as he sighed. "Even if I did like April, it wouldn't be a good idea for us to be together" he thought.

Meanwhile, Nikki appeared backstage while still using her crutches. She was still on camera for the "Total Divas" show. "Hey girl, how are you've been doing?" asked Trinity. "So far, fair" said Nikki. "Any word yet on your condition or anything?" asked Jojo. "Yeah" said Nikki. "The doctor says I need to be on these crutches for at least another 6 weeks". Trinity and Jojo sucked their teeth in the hearing of Nikki's response.

"Hey guys I'm not beating myself up about it" said Nikki. "So how come you're here?" asked Jojo. "John has a match tonight" said Nikki. "Oh ok" said Jojo. "I'll see you guys around" said Nikki as she turned around and went on her way.

Meanwhile, AJ stood in her dressing room. She was choosing an outfit when she received a knock at the door. It was Roman. "What are you doing here?" she asked rudely. "We need to talk" said Roman. "Please, its very important". AJ sighed while rolling her eyes as she made her way to her couch to sit. "What is it?" "Look April I do owe you an apology" said Roman. "How I treated you earlier today was very shitty of me". "Yes it was" said AJ. "I'm sorry" said Roman. "I'm sorry about how I came off earlier and even though we…well you know, I just wanted to let you know that I hope that we can still be friends".

AJ sighed. "I don't know" she said. "I really don't. Now if you'll excuse me, I have 34 minutes to get myself ready". Roman nodded as he left the room wondering if he had made a mistake.