CHAPTER 65:
A few hours had passed and it was now a little after 5:30 when AJ and Roman arrived at the ballroom. "Hey you two" said Tamina as she walked up to the two. "Girl you're looking nice". "Thank you" said AJ. She was wearing a Kelly Green colored dress. "You too". "Come on ladies, let's get going" said Roman. "Actually baby, why don't you go in and find our seats?" asked AJ. Roman nodded as he went on inside.
"So he seems to be taking everything well" said Tamina. "Yeah that's because I didn't tell him" said AJ. "What do you mean you didn't tell him?" asked Tamina. "You're two months pregnant already, when do you think you should tell him?"
"I haven't even told John yet" AJ said as she began digging through her purse. "Ok girl you have lost your damn" said Tamina. "You need to tell him soon".
AJ began to hold onto one of her wrists. "There's more to this isn't there?" asked Tamina. "Yeah there is" said AJ. "What is it!?" asked Tamina. "What did you do?" "I got married to Leati" AJ said calmly. "Wait so that who proposal thing wasn't like a secret storyline?" asked Tamina. "No it wasn't" said AJ. "Leati and I eloped on the 16th". Tamina sighed. "And you didn't tell me? We've been friends for a long time and I thought that you felt the same way".
AJ gently touched Tamina's shoulder. "We wanted to keep things a secret" she said. "I suppose you're right" said Tamina. "I respect your decision but don't you think that you should tell John someplace privately?" "No I gotta get it off my chest" said AJ. "The stress has been eating away at me and I know that it can't be good for the baby, regardless of who their father is". "You're right it isn't" said Tamina. "Just be careful of where you tell him". With that the two girls entered.
Meanwhile Nikki and John had finally taken their seats. They were to be sharing a table with Brie, Bryan, Tamina, and Roman who had already arrived. "Yay we get to share a table with AJ" Nikki said sarcastically. "Nicole be nice please?" asked John. "Perhaps I can" said Nikki as John pushed in her chair for her.
"What's up Joe?" asked John. "I'm great, everything's great" said Roman. With that John's phone beeped again. "John who is that?" asked Nikki. "Excuse me for a moment" he said as he abruptly got up, causing Nikki to annoyingly sigh. "It's probably just a business indenture or something" said Roman. "Just relax". "Trust me Joe, John isn't booked with anything but WWE until September" said Nikki. "It'll be ok" said Roman. "He'll be right back". "No offense Joe but I'm gonna go see what he's up to" said Nikki as she got up to after John.
John walked down a long corridor before reaching outside. "AJ?" he called out. "John" said AJ as she turned around to walk up to him. "AJ, what's wrong?" asked John. "I mean you texted me like 6 times already saying that we need to talk so what's going on?" AJ took a deep breath. "Look John I haven't been completely honest with you lately" she said.
"What do you mean that you haven't been completely honest with me lately?" asked John. AJ paused. "Look AJ either you tell me what you wanna talk to me about or I'm going back inside to join everyone else in there". AJ paused again.
"Ok bye AJ" John said irritably as he began to walk away. "Wait!" AJ called out. "Ok John I'll tell you". John turned back around to face AJ. "Ok spill". At this time Nikki had found the two talking outside on the front steps but because she didn't want to be seen, she hid behind a pillar to listen in on the conversation.
"John remember when you came over to my house, you know back on March 1rst?" AJ continued. "Yeah….I unfortunately do" said John. AJ sighed again as she held on tightly to her wrist. "John….I am so sorry but the news I'm about to share with you isn't so good" she said. "What is it?" asked John. "Are you sick?" "No, no John" said AJ. "I'm…fine". "Ok then so what's the problem?" asked John.
AJ paused again. "I'm…pregnant" she said. "And there's a strong possibility that you could be the father. With this John's eyes widened as Nikki's heart sank. "What!?" he shouted. "What the fuck are you talking about!?" "John, please lower your voice" said AJ. "No AJ, damn it I demand you stop telling me this ridiculous bullshit right now!" said John. "Well I'm sorry I can't!" shouted AJ. "We slept together, now I know things might be hazy because we were drinking but I know that we slept together".
John put his hands on his head in utter disbelief. "This…this can't be happening" he said. "It can't be". "It is" said AJ. John began to pace. "The one time that I didn't use protection I get somebody pregnant" he said. "You don't know that" said AJ. "But you said it could be mine" said John. "Or Leati's" said AJ. "AJ are you sure?" asked John. "Yeah" said AJ. "I slept with Roman earlier that morning before he left and I've done some research".
"Fuck it AJ this isn't some sort of a damn science project. Its real life!" said John. "John there is a way of finding out who the baby's father is" said AJ. "Then so fucking do it!" shouted John. "No I can't" said AJ. "It's risky and I won't risk hurting my baby". "So then what the hell do you suppose we do then huh!?" shouted John. "Wait until it's born" said AJ. "That's the safest option".
John resumed his pacing. "This is so fucking insane!" he shouted. "John please…your voice" said AJ. His face was now completely red from his anger. "Do you realize that I have been with Nicole for nearly 2 years?" he said. "And I've always told her that I never wanted to get married or to have kids and because I've been feeling so motherfucking guilty about this that I had to go out and buy her a new dress for tonight?"
"No I didn't" said AJ. "Now how do you suppose we explain this to the loves of our lives?" "I dunno" AJ said tearfully. "So what now I gotta wait until what like December!? Fucking December to find out if I'm going to be a father!?" shouted John. "I…" AJ trailed off. John glanced down at his watch. "Look this event is about to start in 5 minutes. I gotta go. We'll talk about this later" he said.
By then Nikki had enough as the pain in her heart quickly filled with rage. She decided to quickly head back to her seat before John had seen she was even out there.
"John?" AJ asked. "What is it?" he asked. "I'm so sorry" said AJ. "Yeah AJ, well I'm sorry too" said John. With that he walked back inside, leaving AJ outside alone.