CHAPTER 42:

Another week had now passed and it was now January 16th. Everyone who was scheduled for a match on Raw the following day were now in a training gym in San Diego, California. Despite having a week off, Nikki decided to make her way down to see Seth. For the past several days she was hoping that the images she'd seen of them sleeping together was just another one of her crazy hallucinations and after today she would settle it once and for all.

"Hey Nicole" said Roman as he held the door open for her. "What are you doing here? I thought the girls will be off tomorrow". "They are" said Nikki. "But just because we are doesn't mean I'm gonna pass off a perfectly good opportunity to exercise".

"So you drove all the way from LA to be here?" asked Roman. "They're in the neighborhood" said Nikki. "They're 3 hours apart" said Roman. "No offense Joe but I'm not in the mood for geography" said Nikki. "Now where's Colby?" "I dunno, he should be somewhere out on the floor" said Roman. "I just got here too like you did". "Thank you anyway" said Nikki as she hurried off. Once she entered the gym area, she saw Seth jogging away on his treadmill.

Taking a breath, she walked up to him. Seth was heavily into his music and into his running so Nikki decided that it was best for her not to rudely interrupt him in order to get an affinitive answer. So Nikki stood there for the next 15 minutes while Seth's running slowed down and eventually he stopped.

"Oh my God Nicole!" he gasped. "You totally freaking me out you know?" "What do you mean?" asked Nikki. "Actually Colby, before you answer that, I need to talk to you". "Yeah well me too" said Seth as he wiped the sweat from of off his face and took a sip of water. The two walked over to the benches to begin their conversation.

"Look Colby, there's something that I need to know" said Nikki. "Yeah what?" asked Seth. Nikki cleared her throat. "Did…did we have sex?" Seth's eyes widened. "Um Nicole…I don't think that this is the place you wanna talk about this at" he said. "Well trust me Colby, I do" said Nikki. "So tell me, did we or did we not have sex?" Seth remained quiet for a while before he decided to speak.

"Yes Nicole, we did" he said. "2 weeks ago". Nikki's heart began pounding. "What…you're not pregnant are you?" asked Seth. "No, I got my period on the first" said Nikki. "A few days early. I'm sorry but did you say that we had sex?" "Come on Nikki" said Seth. "Don't tell me that you were that drunk because you kept saying over and over that you weren't and that you wanted it, damn it Nikki you practically begged me for it! How could you not remember?"

"Colby…I…forgot ok?" Nikki said. "Nicole, how in the fuck did you forget that we had sex!? It was only 2 weeks ago" said Seth. "Don't worry about anyone finding out, believe me you made me swore not to tell anyone and considering that we're both in relationships and very public figures I'd think that be best now don't you think?" Nikki began to panic. Instead of having another hallucination, she had now had a blackout. The question is was it because of the alcohol or something more sinister. No it couldn't have been the alcohol, she had only 2 or 3 drinks and it had always taken her more before that would happen.

"What was it that you wanted to talk to me about?" asked Nikki. "This" said Seth as he reached into his pocket to pull out his phone. After opening up his messages, he showed Nikki what he's been sending her. "You see?" asked Seth. "This is has been going on every night". Nikki looked horrified at the nude photos she had sent of herself to Seth.

"I…" she trailed off. Her head was starting to hurt her now. "How am I supposed to keep hiding this from my girlfriend?" asked Seth. "I would always keep texting you to stop or I'll have to block you but you just keep sending me more and more explicit messages as well as texts". "Colby…I don't' know what to say" said Nikki. "Just say that you'll stop" said Seth. "What we had was a one nightstand. Nothing more, nothing less". Nikki sighed as she sat back up against the wall.

"How long have I've been doing this?" asked Nikki. "Nicole, stop fucking kidding around! This is not funny!" said Seth. "No Colby I'm serious" said Nikki. "How long have I been doing this?" "All year" said Seth. "You know Nikki, I dunno what's going on with that head of yours but I'd think you may be needing it to get checked out or something". "Come with me" said Nikki. "No…no I'm not doing this again. I'm not going to hurt Leighla" said Seth. "Wait does she know?" asked Nikki.

"You know Nikki, sometimes you have me thinking that there's something wrong with you up there you know?" said Seth. Nikki grabbed Seth's arm. "Just come with me!" she said. "Now!" And before Seth could further protest, Nikki lead them around the corner where they were now truly alone.

"What do you want from me?" asked Seth. "Look Colby, I'm sorry…" Nikki trailed off before pausing. Something from deep within her heart began to change, much to her surprise. "I'm sorry Seth" she continued. "But there's something that I need to do". "What!?" asked Seth. He was now infuriated. Nikki wrapped her arms around Seth's neck and leaned in for a kiss. This time Seth didn't fight it off as his arms began to wrap around Nikki's waist.

Their kisses became heavier and heavier and after a few minutes, they broke apart. "Why are you doing this to me?" asked Seth. "I dunno" said Nikki. "It's just something I needed to do". As Nikki began to walk away, Seth pulled Nikki began into another heavy kiss. "Now" he whispered into Nikki's ear. "I want you now". Nikki gave a devilish smiled. "I knew that there was something more" she whispered. "Otherwise you would have deleted my number by now". Nikki pulled away from Seth.

"So what that was just a test?" he asked. He was clearly annoyed. "What I'm not a tease" said Nikki. "I never was nor will I ever be". Seth walked to Nikki. "What is this?" he asked. "What is this between us?" "Haven't you ever heard of friends with benefits?" asked Nikki as she wrapped her arms around him, pulling herself closer to him. "Besides now isn't the time. You're all sweaty and besides…I already have a date tonight with John. He's coming back from filming".

"Come over to my hotel room anyway tonight" said Seth. "Come over at 10". "Colby Lopez you're loco" said Nikki. Seth walked up to Nikki to begin kissing her again, his hands trailing down her but Nikki stopped him. "No, not now" she teased. "But tonight…maybe" she said. "I'll text you later. My sister is expecting me for lunch and I'm already 20 minutes late". Seth sighed as his eyes traveled down to Nikki's rear as she walked away.

What the two of them didn't know was that someone was watching the whole thing. And that someone was Roman.