CHAPTER 49:
By the next night, everyone was preparing to film another episode of "Smackdown". "This is going to be crazy" said Summer Rae as she walked down the hallway while speaking to Fandango. "What do you mean?" asked AJ with a water bottle in her hand. "Girl aren't you insane?" asked Summer Rae. "Today is Valentine's Day". She used quotation marks. "So?" asked AJ. "It's not until Friday meanwhile today isn't Friday, but Wednesday". Fandango chuckled. "She'll soon find out" he said as he and Summer Rae chuckled.
"What the hell?" asked AJ confused. "What do they even mean?" "Don't mind them" said Seth as he walked up to her. "How's things between you and Joe?" "Great" said AJ. Stephanie appeared down the hall towards the two. "Hello April, Colby" she said. "Ms. M" said Seth. "Ready to go on in 30?" she asked. "Why absolutely" said Seth. "That's great" said Stephanie. "AJ I uh came over here to inform you that tonight I do have a surprise in store for you".
"What type of surprise?" AJ asked. "Ok get ready. You and Joe are going to be appearing on an episode of 'The Miz'" said Stephanie. "Ok but why?" asked AJ. "Trust me it's a surprise in which you find out when you go on first tonight" said Stephanie. "Wait, Leati and I are going on first?" asked AJ. "Yes" said Stephanie. "It's a part of the Valentine's Day special we're doing this year and seeing as that you and Joe are a couple now the people want answers and tonight they're going to get them".
"And something's telling me that I don't have a say in this right?" asked AJ. "Absolutely you don't so go out there and don't break a leg!" said Stephanie with a cheery tone. "Does Leati even know?" asked AJ. "Of course he does" said Stephanie. "I just told him a few minutes ago. You're segment is going to be the most watched part of tonight's show".
AJ sighed as Stephanie continued. "I'll see you on in about 23?" she said. AJ nodded as Stephanie walked away. "This is just great" she said sarcastically. "That's a part of the business" said Seth. "Yeah but I didn't see this in the storylines that were sent out to us" said AJ. "Well you know Stephanie, she's always one for surprises" said Seth. "Yeah but this came without warning" said AJ.
"It'll be just fine" said Seth. "So tell me about your gambling yesterday". AJ smiled. "Well I'll have you know that Trinity one the most". "How much?" asked Seth. "$1400" said AJ. "Meanwhile Leati, Jon and I had lost a combined total of $5,000 but it's nothing". "Well that's great" said Seth. "Well come on we better get you ready. You go on pretty soon.
With that AJ and Seth walked down the hallway as well.
Meanwhile back the women's locker room, Nikki furiously searched throughout all of her luggage in search for something. "Nicole you have got to calm down" said Brie. "I can't calm down!" shouted Nikki. "He's gonna kill me". "Who's gonna kill you?" asked Brie. "John!" shouted Nikki. "I lost my engagement ring". Brie stared back at her sister in horror. "Oh my God Nicole!" said Brie. "I can't believe that this is happening to me" said Nikki. "I'm sure you'll find it" said Brie. "Brianna you don't understand!" said Nikki. "That ring cost John $16 million dollars".
Brie dropped her iPhone onto the floor, shattering the screen. "I'm….I'm sorry Nicole but did you just say $16 million dollars?" "Yes Brie" said Nikki as she threw some of her clothes around the room. "Not $16,000, not $1600?" asked Brie. "Damn it Brie I said $16 million! I thought I already told you this before!" said Nikki. She was now getting upset.
"Nicole, John spent half of what he's worth on an engagement for you?" Brie asked. "Yes" said Nikki. "It's the rare heart of eternity diamond, remember?" Brie sat back down onto the bench as she continued to look at her sister in disbelief. "Yes, yes of course. Is it insured?" she asked. "I dunno" said Nikki. "I don't understand this! I took it off and put it down somewhere and now I can't fucking find it!"
Just then the phone rang and it was Nikki's.
"Who's calling you now?" asked Brie. "It's John" said Nikki. "Well what are you gonna say to him?" asked Brie. "I dunno" said Nikki. "I'll just ignore it. God I have to find this ring". "Well didn't he have it insured?" asked Brie. "Look Brie I don't even know" said Nikki. Brie reached out her arm to stop her sister. "Look Nicole, we're going to need to talk about this later" she said. "I know" said Nikki. "I know".
Brie backed away just as John entered the room. With all of her wedding planning she had completely forgotten about how valuable Nikki's engagement ring was. "Hey, I know I'm supposed to knock and everything but I uh really need to talk to Nicole about something" he said. "Sure" said Brie as she proceeded to leave the room.
"What is it?" asked Nikki. "Here you left this on our nightstand this morning" said John as he handed Nikki her engagement ring. "Oh my God John!" she exclaimed. "Good thing I found it first before the cleaning service did" said John. Nikki barely let John finished his sentenced when she hugged him. "Thank you so much" she said tearfully. "It's no problem" said John.
Nikki released her embrace as she looked around. "What happened in here?" asked John. "Nothing" said Nikki. "Nicole…" said John. "Ok, ok so I was looking for the ring alright?" she admitted. John sighed. "Well as long as Brie doesn't know…" "But that's just the thing John" said Nikki. "She does". "What do you mean she knows!?" asked John. "Nicole please tell me that you didn't tell her about how much that ring is worth!"
"I had to tell her, she's my sister and I panicked!" said Nikki. "Look Nicole we're gonna have to have a talk when we get home" said John. "No John we're not" said Nikki. "Look John I love you and I'm done hiding the fact that we've been engaged for three months from my family. It's ok for them to know". John sighed again. "Nicole I know that you told her about the engagement, I was there months ago" he said. "But...what I don't get is why tell her how much the ring was" "I had to" said Nikki. "I was panicking". John sighed again. "I go on in 20 minutes so I'll need to be get going now but we will be discussing this when we get back home". With that he left Nikki alone to collect herself.