Two days before WrestleMania:
I was sleeping good until I heard someone talking. At first I thought I was dreaming until I opened my eyes and saw Katie talking on the phone. I didn't even hear it ring.
"She's asleep, I'll let know you called." She said.
"Who is it?" I mumbled.
"Oh, never mind she's awake now." Katie told whomever was on the phone.
"Who's on the phone." I asked more clearly.
"It's your boss." Katie told me handing the phone.
"Hello?" I said still partial asleep.
"Hey, you can call me back. I just wanted to see how we're feeling. I heard what happened." Steph asked.
I tried to sit up. "Katie, help me up." I told her. "Hold on Steph." I told her as I sat the phone down.
Katie ran over to my side of the bed and helped me sit up and put pillows behind my back.
"Thanks." I told her then grabbed the phone. "Well Steph, where can I put this. It's not broke."
"That's good. But how are you feeling for mania though?" She asked me.
"I'll be fine. I'll just won't take any meds so I won't feel all high while at work."
"Are you sure? I mean I would understand."
"No, Stephanie. I've made it this far I'm not giving up now." I told her.
"That's my girl." She told me. "If it's too much, just stay in the crowd with your family."
"Okay, I will but I'm going out there. And if someone hurts me along the way, well hell is gonna be paid."
"You're the boss. Just let me know if there's anything. Do you want security with you?" She asked me.
I thought about that for a moment then looked over at Katie. She was sitting in my desk chair watching me on the phone.
"Security?" I questioned. Katie shook her head at me. Like she was telling me not to do it. "Naw, I'll be okay."
"Okay, you'll know where I'll be for anything. Hunter is also worried about you as well and the rest of the gang." She told me.
"Who all knows?" I asked her.
"Just us, evolution and authority." She told me then paused for a moment, then spoke again. "And some referees, just in case something happens."
"Oh, okay." I said at first. "Well that's good no one else knows yet. I want to keep that a secret until I get there."
"I was hoping to put you in as a secret match but I guess I can't not." She told me.
"Who was you gonna put me in with?"
"Summer Rae." She told me.
"Really?"
"Yeah, it was gonna be a last minute match for Sunday." Steph told me.
"Set it up." I said as I got up from the bed.
Katie got up when I did just in case I needed help to get up. I shook my head at her. I went to my door to go downstairs with her behind me. When I got to the kitchen.
"Aunt Heather, what do you mean set it up?" Katelyn asked me.
The Bella's looked at us when we came into the kitchen.
"Heather, talk to me." Katie said again.
"Hold on." I told her. "Did you hear me Stephanie?"
"I think I did but I heard someone talking to you."
"I said set up the match with Summer Rae." I repeated myself again.
"What?!" Katie got a little loud. "You can't even move your arm how can you even wrestle?"
"Wrestlers do it all the time. I can tape it up tight. I got this."
"What if you break it? You got lucky that it was just fractured." Katelyn spoke.
"Look, I got this okay. Go wake your sister up for breakfast so we can get your dad and them." I told her.
"But?"
"I said go." I told her.
She looked at me then the others. I know I hurt her feelings but I didn't need this from her. Bad enough I'm gonna hear it from everyone else. She turned around then walked away shaking her head.
I shook my head as well. "So yeah, set it up. Just keep it a secret. Just have them tell her that she has a surprise match with someone."
"Okay. I will. I'll see you tomorrow." Steph said then hung up.
"Just hope you know what you're doing." Bri said as I hung up the phone and put it on the counter.
"I do." I said as I went to get me a pop. I've seen you guys do it all the time."
"Yeah, but we've been doing this much longer than you." Nikki said.
"Yeah, your still new too it." Bri said then looked behind me. "Brian tell her, when you broke your neck or almost broke it. It almost took your life."
"Well yeah, but look at me now. I'm doing fine. Look Heather's arm isn't that bad. She can tape it up." Brian said.
"Thank you."
"What if you brake it or make it worse." Bri said.
"My problem then. But I'm gonna make this work. Trust me. I'm gonna go some arm exercises between now and then." I said then walked away.
As I went to go back up stairs, I turn to go to the gym. John was in there working out. When I walked in there, he stopped to look at me. I took off my sling and sat down on a bench and grabbed one of the 10 lbs weights with my leg arm.
It hurt at first but I pushed the pain away. I looked up at John as I was lifting my arm up. He sat there studying me as I was doing that. He shook his head and smiled before going back to what he was doing.
After a few hours of working on my arm, the girls came into the gym. I looked up at them when they came in.
"Brian went to go get your family to bring them over." Bri said.
"Oh, thanks. I was gonna get them after I was done with this. Which I am now." I had said.
"Well John said you were in here. We was gonna come in here and stop you but he told us to leave you alone that, you needed to do this." Nikki had said.
"He reminded Nikki when he got his elbow done and he done what you were doing." Danielle said. "I'll I'm saying you have balls."
"Have you not met you Bitty. She's a Reed. Dad would tell you that." Katie said. "Even though I think it's wrong but we get it."
I nodded at her. Then got up from the bench and walked out of the garage.
“Ima go take a shower. Why don’t you girls go watch tv downstairs.” I told them. “Hang out with the Bella’s while you can.”
“Okay.” They said.
I went up to my room to take a shower. I was in there long enough that the water was starting to get cold. But the hot water was feeling good on my body. Especially my arm. I moved it around some where I couldn’t feel it much. By the time I was done, I got out of the shower and wrapped a towel around me.
I went out to my room to get dressed for the day. When I walked out Roman was laying on my bed.
“God you scared the s**t out of me. How long have you been lying there?” I asked him as I slid on some underwear and a b*a.
“About 5 maybe 10 minutes.” He said looking at his watch.
“You could’ve came in the shower.” I told him as I walked over to him as I slid a shirt on.
“I know but didn’t want your family to say anything or walk in here. Especially your nieces. The oldest one she’s got a umm, how do I put it.”
“She’s blunt. She gets that from me.”
“Well your brother scolded her but they all laughed.” Roman said.
“Yup that’s my family.” I said then kissed him.
“A little birdie told me something about you.”
“Oh god. Who?”
“Nikki called me. Well it wasn’t Nikki it was Katelyn?”
“Kristina!” I yelled out then walked to the door and opened it. “Kaitlyn Kristina Michelle Reed! Get your f*****g a*s up here now.”
“Babe, don’t be mad at her for what she did.” Joe said as he walked over to the door.
Katie showed up at the top of the steps and stopped. She looked at me then Joe then back at me.
“Look, you had no right and calling Joe.”
“Yes, I did. I figured he’d give you a good talking about what you’re gonna do.” Katie said.
“It’s my job. You see all the wrestlers all tapped up from being hurt.”
“Yes but they’re not family. You are. Roman tell her, please. No one can say anything to her to get it through to her head.” Katelyn had said.
“Sweetie, Ima talk to her.” Joe told her making me glare at him. “But your aunt is right. I’ve gone out there with broken ribs. We’ve all done it.” Joe told her. “Go back downstairs and let me talk to her some more. We’ll be down in a few.” He told her.
Katie nodded her head then turned around. I really did feel bad that I’m making her go through this but it’s my job. Joe grabbed my hand and brought me back in the room then shut the door. He sat me on the bed with him and we talked.
I mean we really talked. I got what he was saying about me making my arm worse than it is like Katie had said. But it’s my choice, it’s my job. And Joe understood that.
After our conversation, he kissed me then told me to finish getting dressed. If not, he would do things to me where I wouldn’t want to come out this room and he didn’t want my family hearing us getting it on.
I laughed at him before getting up to put some jeans on. Once I was finally fully dressed and ready, we headed downstairs where the others were at. They were all sitting in the living room watching television. They all looked up at me but didn’t say anything.
Joe sat down on the couch and pulled me in his lap. I glared at him then looked at my brother. He just shook his head then went back to the tv. That’s when I realized what they were watching. It was the Flintstones and WWE Stone Age SmackDown. The girls wanted to see some cartoon that they were in. Which I never saw this. I didn’t even know this was even a thing.
We watched that and a few more movies that they weren’t in. While we was watching movies, John had the cook, make some bbq food on the grill. While the cook was cooking, John had gather some beers and handed them out to the guys. And Nikki got out wine for us girls. Other than Katie and Danny. They had pop.
It was a good night after all after everything. When I saw what time it was, I got up and grabbed Roman’s hand and walked outside to the back yard. We sat out there on the patio and watched the sun go down. This was our thing since we started going out and I wanted to keep doing this until otherwise.
As the sun was going down, Joe leaned over and kissed me. It felt like fireworks until we heard a few oouus and awes. We stopped and I saw my crazy nieces at the sliding door watching us.
I shook my head at them then leaned my head on his shoulder, watching the colors in the sky. How wonders it was going until it was fully dark. And when it was there was a shooting star. I pointed up at it to Joe then closed my eyes to make a wish.
I wished for my arm to heal fully or close to it for my match on Sunday. Where I didn’t need to be hurting and that I win that match. After I said my wish in my head, I opened my eyes and smiled.
I need that much. I need to win that match to prove a point to everyone at WWE and to my fans and my family.
“Sister.” I heard Daniel call out to me.
I sat up and looked at him. “Yeah?”
“We should get going it’s late. They have to get some sleep before smackdown tomorrow.” Daniel had said.
“s**t, I forgot tomorrow was Friday.” I said as I got up.
“Brian and John said they’re gonna pick us up to head to the arena to get to our seats and whatever we wanted.”
“Ah, yes. I’ll be giving you my black card to get whatever y’all want.” I said.
“How about I do that. Save your money.” Joe said reaching into his pocket to give me his black card. “And I’ll drive y’all back to y’all’s hotel as well.”
“How kind of you Roman.” Alicia said.
“Goodnight girls.” Daniel told his daughters.
“Goodnight dad.” They told him as they were giving them hugs goodbye.
I done the same to Roman before he walked away with my family. I said my goodbyes to my family as they were walking to the door. After I watched them drive off, me and the girls went up to my room.
When we got in there, Katie helped me put my arm in my sling for the night, once I changed into my night clothes, before going to bed. We laid there taking until we finally fell asleep.