CHAPTER 40:

Nikki stood in front of the bathroom mirror, double checking herself as Seth was retying his tie. "I'll…see you out there" he said as he exited the bathroom. It was now 11:31PM and when Nikki went to check her iPhone, she had seen she had several text messages and voicemails from Brie. She had one text from John sent just 2 minutes prior:

"Hey babe I'm almost there. 2 more hours until I land. I promise that you're gonna love this new Florida house. I'll be calling you at 11:58 to video chat with you via the countdown. I love you, John".

Nikki quickly shut off her phone as she went for the door. At this point a headache was ensuing, but she wasn't all that concerned. "Oh my God Nicole where they hell have you been!?" asked Brie. "I just needed to take a walk, that's all" said Nikki. "But you've been gone for over 90 minutes already" said Brie. She paused as she looked down at her dress.

"My God Nicole what happened!?" "Some idiot spilled their wine on me. I had to clean it up and that's what took the most of my time" said Nikki. Brie gave a sigh of relief. "Look come on, it's time to have one more last dance before the countdown begins" she said. "And who should I dance with?" asked Nikki. "John left here all alone to hightail it to fucking Florida". "Me and Bryan" said Brie. Nikki sighed as she walked over towards her sister.

15 minutes passed and it was now 11:55 and everyone gathered around the center. Nikki's phone began to ring and it was John. "Hey baby, so have you settled in yet?" asked Nikki. "No" John chuckled. "I am flying over what appears to be…Virginia? Any who, I'm just gonna stay here on the line". "John…there's something I should tell you" said Nikki. "What?" John asked. "John I'm not-" said Nikki as her iPhone was knocked out of her hand.

"Oh my Fucking!" she shouted as she looked up to see that it was only Eva Marie and her boyfriend John. "Sorry Nicole" said Eva as she picked up the now cracked phone. Nikki sighed. "That's ok, I have insurance". Eva and her boyfriend walked away as Brie and Bryan walked up.

"Nicole, what the hell happened to your phone?" asked Brie. "Freaking Eva the diva made me dropped it while I was on the phone with John" said Nikki. "He was going to say Happy New Year to me and now he can't". "It's ok" said Brie. "You still have us". Nikki nodded as everyone began to countdown.

"10…9…8…7..6…5…4…3…2..1! Happy New Year!"

Everyone blew their horns as Bryan bent Brie over to give their first kiss of the New Year. Nikki stood alone as the other couples around her kissed and as other people were cheering with their friends.

Meanwhile on the other side of the room, AJ walked over to Roman. "You ready?" she asked. "Yes" he said. Stephanie McMahon alongside her husband Triple H took to the stage. "I just wanna say congratulations WWE for a New Year and happy 2014!" she said. "Is there anyone out here who would like to make the first employee speech?

AJ raised her hand as she walked up to the stage with Tripe H's help. "Thank you April" said Stephanie as she backed away to let AJ take the mike. "I just wanna say happy New Year, 2014 to all of my lovely coworkers. We may not always get along but we are still family, the kind of family away from home when we are all traveling 365 days of the year. Last year, 2013 has been extraordinary amazing for me and so will this year and now this is how I'm gonna show it. Come up here Leati!" she said.

Roman walked up to the stage and began to kiss AJ in front of everyone, causing everyone in the crowd to cheer. "Yo congratulations my boy!" shouted Big E Langston. Everyone continued cheering as the two stopped kissing. Nikki remained in shock as she looked over to see Seth smiling. She abruptly walked up to him and tapped him on the shoulder. "You knew!?" she asked. "Well, everyone kind of did based off of speculation but yea I knew. Joe's my best friend" he answered.

Nikki took a step back. "I need to go home" she said. "My first match of the year is later on at 6 in Michigan…I gotta get ready…my flight leaves at noon". Nikki walked away sadly as she watched her own mortal enemy be happy and in love while meanwhile hers is beginning to cause her some serious doubt.

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