Raw: March 11, 2013

"I have news." I say to Randy as I walk in our locker-room.

Randy raises an eyebrow. "What is this news?"

"Nikki and Brie are back."

"They are? You re-signed them?"

"I actually didn't."

"Who did it then?"

"I'm not sure of who exactly. I'm assuming it was Stephanie though, but I know why they were."

"Why's that?"

"That reality show that we're doing with E!"

"They're in it?"

"They are. I mean I think it's a good way to give us exposure to a wider female audience, but I'm not thrilled that Brie is back at work here. I'm excited about Nikki though. I'll probably try to track her down."

"That's fair. Did they ever ask you to do that show?"

"I'm pretty sure I was one of the first asked. I said no without a thought. They start filming around the time of WrestleMania. I'm on maternity leave right after WrestleMania anyway, and I think it would just be unneeded stress at the moment."

"It probably would be. Just out of curiosity, would you ever do it?"

"I mean I wouldn't rule it out, but I couldn't even imagine it any time soon. I don't think I would want to be filmed while pregnant or while having a young baby in the house. That's the thing with reality TV, you open up your entire life. I don't think I'll be okay with that any time soon. Plus, if I did it, they would want you on camera too, and I know you would hate having our daily life filmed."

"It's definitely not my kind of thing."

"I'm aware."

"Anyway, Sheamus and I are facing Team Rhodes Scholars tonight."

"So you're kicking Cody's ass tonight?"

"I am. It shouldn't be that hard."

I laugh. "Fair enough."

"Rude." Cody says as he stands in the doorway.

"I'm not sorry about laughing."

"I'm not sorry about saying it would be easy." Randy comments.

"Whatever. I was gonna stay and chat, but I'll go. I told Nikki I'd help her find your locker-room. I did that. I'll be in Catering."

"Actually, I'll join you if Rissa doesn't mind."

"I don't." I tell him.

"Okay. I'll be back in a little bit. Bye, babe. Hi, Nikki."

Nikki enters after Randy exits. "Hi, Randy."

I hug Nikki. "Hey, how are you?"

"Good. How are you?"

I laugh. "Tired."

"It's so weird seeing you pregnant. Not a bad weird, a good weird, but it's weird."

"Sometimes I still think it's weird. Welcome back by the way."

"Thanks. How far along are you now?"

"Twenty-three weeks now. I'm on maternity leave after WrestleMania."

"So I only get to see you for three weeks."

"Unfortunately. You can come visit sometime though. I won't mind. Plus, I'll probably be back backstage in some capacity by like October."

"Hopefully I'll still be around."

"They want you on that show. You'll probably be safe."

"Yeah, I heard you declined the offer."

"I have no issue with the show. I honestly think it's a great opportunity to expose wrestling to more women, but it's not a good time for me. Even if it was, if I did it, Randy would have to be on camera too. He's not the type to have his personal life exposed like that."

"That's fair. I honestly still feel weird about it myself."

"That's reasonable. At least you'll have your sister with you."

"I'm honestly surprised Daniel is cool with having his personal life on camera like that. He'll be on with Brie."

I shrug. "Honestly, it surprises me too. I didn't think he'd be cool with that. It's a good opportunity though. I honestly hope it'll help our division in the long run."

"I would like to have a more equal representation for our division."

"You and me both. I'm going to fight so hard to make sure we get there. I've won a bunch of championships. My goals now are more aligned with making things better for the future of the Divas division. I want to see more opportunities for us, equal opportunity with the guys, maybe less Battle Royal matches. Things could be a lot better."

"I think we'll get there. I know you're very passionate about getting it done."

"If I don't push for it, I can't imagine anyone else will. I want to make it happen."


I watched as Sheamus hits Damien Sandow with the Brogue Kick before pinning him.

1…2…3!

"Here are your winners, Randy Orton and Sheamus!"

I smile as I watch from the screen in guerilla as Randy and Sheamus are celebrating in the ring. Randy seemed in a great mood after this match. I grinned as Randy and Sheamus arrived backstage.

"Congratulations." I say as I walk up to them.

Randy wrapped an arm around me. "Of course. How'd I get so lucky to have someone this beautiful tell me congratulations?"

"Because you're very handsome and a great husband."

Randy kisses my forehead. "Let's head to our locker-room. See ya around, Sheamus."

Sheamus nods at us as we split from him.

Randy kept his grip on me. "Seen Brie yet?"

I shook my head. "Nope, maybe I'll get lucky and not see her before my maternity leave. With Brie, drama comes."

Randy laughs. "Fair enough. At least Nikki is cool."

"Yeah, I do like having her back around. With Eve gone, Nikki is the closest female friend I have around."

"So you have a benefit to them coming back. Do you want to go out to eat after we leave? We've been eating on the bus or in our hotel room lately. You're going on maternity leave soon, so I want to go have a nice dinner."

"I'd actually really like that. Let's do it."

Randy opens our locker-room door and lets me in. "Where do you want to go?"

"Red Lobster sounds good right now."

"I could actually go for that."

"Wait, scratch that. I know there's a Cheesecake Factory close to here. Let's go there."

Randy laughs as he's changing back into normal clothes. "Are you certain?"

"I'm certain. I think the baby wants cheesecake."

Randy laughs. "He doesn't even know what cheesecake is."

I nod as the baby kicks. "He just kicked. I think he's telling you that he wants cheesecake."

"You two are going to be ganging up on me after he's born."

I shrug. "I'm not sorry about that. I know you're all excited about getting a son, but it's gonna be hilarious when he turns out to be a momma's boy."

"We'll see about that, Marissa. We'll see."