Today was Brie and Nikki's birthday. Everyone was at the hotel getting ready to go to the arena. Brie bought Nikki a birthday card. She went to go give it to her. She knocked on the door of Nikki's room. John answered it.
"Hi." He said.
"Hi." "Is Nikki here?"
"Yeah." John stepped away from the door. Nikki appeared in the doorway a few seconds later.
"What?" Nikki said rudely.
"Happy birthday." Brie said.
"It would be if I didn't have to share it with you."
"I bought you a card." Nikki took it and opened it. Glued inside was a picture of Brie and Nikki when they were babies. Nikki looked at it for a few seconds then tore it up and through it back at Brie.
"Bye." She shut the door and sat on the couch.
"Why did you do that?" John asked.
"I don't want anything from that bitch."
"Nikki she's obviously reaching out to you."
"Well she can keep reaching I won't be there." "You're still taking me out to dinner tonight right?"
"Yeah."
"Good." "I can't wait." "I'm gonna hop in the shower."
"Alright."
Later that night at the arena John went and found Brie. He found her in an abandoned hallway sitting on a crate with her head down.
"Brie." He said. She looked up.
"Hi." She said sadly.
"Cheer up."
"That's hard to do."
"I know." "Happy birthday." He said taking a card out of his back pocket.
"What's this?"
"I know you and Nikki are having problems but we're still friends." She took it and opened it up. She smiled sat it down next to her and started to cry. "Come here." John hugged her. "It's ok."
"How can Nikki just rip the card I gave her?" She said through her tears.
"I know." "That was wrong."
"I'm sorry." "Whatever I did I'm sorry."
"I know."
"And." She said sniffling. "I think Daniel forgot my birthday."
"What?"
"I talked to him earlier and he didn't say a thing about it."
"I'm sure he'll call you."
"I'm sorry." She said wiping her eyes. "I must look pathetic." "Anyway thank you." She kissed him on the cheek. "At least someone remembered."
"You're welcome." "You're not pathetic you're just going through a rough time."
"I'm glad I have you to talk to."
"It's no problem."
"I figured you would be on Nikki's side."
"You know I love her but she's being ridiculous with this." "I have a match." "Will you be alright if I go?"
"Yeah."
"You're sure?"
"Yeah."
"Ok."
"I'll talk to you later."
"Alright bye."
"Bye."
Brie kept her cell phone with her all night. When she went back to the hotel she fell asleep with it in her hand.
The next morning she woke up and started getting ready for the day. She was just getting out the shower when her cell phone started to ring. She wrapped a towel around herself, came out and answered her phone.
"Hello?" She said.
"Happy birthday." Daniel said.
"That was yesterday Daniel." She said angrily. "Today's the twenty-second."
"Really?"
"Yeah."
"Oh shit, it is." "I'm sorry."
"How could you forget something like my birthday?"
"I didn't forget I just got the days mixed up."
"So even after talking to me yesterday nothing clicked?" "I don't feel like talking to you right now." "Bye." She hung up put her hands to her face and started to cry. Everything was overwhelming her.
