CHAPTER 62:
Another week had passed and it was now April 15th. Nikki had just finished up a phone call with Brie wishing her well on her Honeymoon when John walked in. "Hey what's up?" he asked. "Nothing much" said Nikki as she turned off her phone. "The camera crew will be here in an hour or so".
"They're still filming?" asked John. "Yeah, didn't they tell you that we've got picked up for a 3rd season?" said Nikki. "And they said it's gonna premiere sometime in August or September". "That's cool" said John. "You wanna go out tonight?" "What's gotten into you lately?" asked Nikki. John smiled. "I was just wondering if you'd like to go shopping, you know for the upcoming banquet?" "When is that again?" asked Nikki. "On the first" said John. "At 6PM". "John I'd love to but I have to catch a flight tomorrow morning to show homes in up in San Diego and Verona" said Nikki.
"I kind of sucks that you only have a real estate license in Cali" said John. "Yeah well I'm working on one for here too" said Nikki. "I only need to take one more test, and that's not until June". "Well I'm sure you're gonna pass it" said John. "You're a pretty smart girl". "Thank you baby" said Nikki. "Well I'm off to go packing and I should be back within 3 days, after all we're on live next Monday".
"Yeah speaking of Monday, did you see what happened last week?" asked John. "Oh Joe's little proposal to AJ? Yeah I saw it and I'm pretty much sure the whole world did. In fact they can't seem to shut up about it" said Nikki. "You sound jealous" said John. "I'm not" said Nikki. "I'm just hella pissed that AJ-"
"Gets to be just as happy as you?" asked John. Nikki sighed as she walked into her closet. "John, I don't give a damn if AJ gets married or not" she said. "But I just think that I find it pretty damn weird for her to one week not perform in Wrestlemania and then later on become engaged?" "What if it's just a heel?" asked John. "John, please ok?" said Nikki. "Joe used her real name so it must be real".
"But Stephanie would never let something like that happen" said John. "She just wouldn't". "Yeah well she did and who the fuck cares ok?" said Nikki. "I'm tired and I don't wanna talk about it anymore". John sighed as he continued to watch Nikki pack. "Now as for that banquet, I'll just find one of my red dresses to wear or something". "Suit yourself" said John. Nikki stood up.
"But thanks anyway baby" she said as she kissed his cheek. "I'll be write back". "Where…are you going?" asked John. "I need to go book a flight" said Nikki. "Right, I forgot about that" said John. "I tell you what" said Nikki. "Give me 15 minutes and I'll go ahead and start dinner". John nodded as Nikki exited their closet.
Meanwhile in Tampa, AJ came out of the bathroom and got into the bed to join Roman. "It's so nice of your mom to watch Bullet for us" she said as she got under the covers. "Yeah it is" said Roman. "How's that morning sickness of yours coming along?" "Pretty much the same" said AJ as she readjusted the pillows. "So what do you wanna watch?" asked Roman.
"Actually baby, I was kind of hoping that I could talk to you about something" said AJ. "Sure" said Roman. "What's up?" AJ played with her engagement ring as Roman watched. "Oh I see" he said. "That". "Yeah that" said AJ. "I know that we hadn't really had a proper chance to talk about it, given your schedule is still heavy and everything but I was really hoping that we actually could talk about it now". "Is there something wrong?" asked Roman. "No of course not" said AJ. "I love you with all my heart and you know that it's just that I'm starting to believe that you only wanna marry me because I'm pregnant".
Roman sighed. "You're right April" he said. "You are pregnant and I wanna do the right thing but I also love you". AJ stopped playing with her ring. "So what are we gonna do about it?" she asked. Roman put his hand on AJ's stomach. "Well Ima do the right thing and marry you because I love you baby and it doesn't have to be now. It could be a long engagement".
"No" said AJ. She took a long pause. "We can do it tomorrow". "Tomorrow?" asked Roman. "Yeah, it could be just the two of us" said AJ. "Now cameras, no reporters no guests, just us". "But don't you want all of our friends and family to be there?" asked Roman. AJ gently caressed his face. "Why should we wait a million months?" she asked. "We should do it now".
"Now?" asked Roman. "Yes, right now" said AJ. "We can go to a chapel now and-" Roman cut her off. "And what, like just get eloped?" he asked. "For now" said AJ. "We can explain everything we want to later to our families". "AJ I don't know about this" said Roman. AJ took hold of Roman's hands. "I'm sure that this is what I want" she said. "That way it's something we can both share alone before…the whole world does". Roman looked back at AJ.
"If that's what you want" he said. "Yeah it is" said AJ. "I mean why should we have to wait? And we can always do it over later". "It's your parent's isn't it?" asked Roman. AJ paused. "How'd you know?" she asked. "Trust me I have a feeling" said Roman. "I have a feeling that you wanna be telling them soon about this and you want things to be official when you do".
"Leati…I'm sorry" said AJ. "No, don't be" said Roman. "I love you very much just like I love the baby that you're carrying, the baby that we're gonna get to meet in December and I am just blessed by God to the fact that I get to be with the girl of my dreams". "Wow Leati that was really deep" said AJ. "I know" said Roman. "I love you so…you're right why should we wait? After all social media is still trying to dig its way to an answer and we might as well keep as much as possible under wraps until we're ready to tell the world why".
"So when do you wanna do this?" asked Roman. "I…dunno" said AJ. "How about, tomorrow?" asked Roman. "April 16th, 2014?" asked AJ. "Who knew that'd be my wedding day?" Roman chuckled as the two began to kiss. "Come, we better go pick out an outfit" he said. With that the two got up.