BRANDON
Dragon Star Dojo - Jan.16
"Students, I'm sure you all know about our little field trip. I expect you to ALL be on your best behavior...." Sheridan said as I cut her off "... especially when we get to the Phillips Arena in Atlanta. I work with everyone there and if your behavior is not satisfactory, not only will Sheridan be on your case, but so will I."
Sheridan then spoke up. "We expect all of you who are going to be here by NOON ON SATURDAY, if you aren't we are leaving without you." Sheridan and I then let one of the trainers take over as we left the dojo.
I drove back to the manor with Sheridan asleep in the passenger side of the SUV. Her cell phone rang. "Hello." I said. "Hey Brandon, where's my girl?" Jason asked. "She's passed out next to me, she's stressed out." I said. "I know, I'm sorry to do that to her, but I couldn't pass this up." Jason replied. "Well when are you coming back?" I asked as we pulled into the section of town where the rich people lived. "I should be back the Wednesday after the Royal Rumble." Jason said.
"Speaking of the Rumble, I'm bringing some of the students from the dojo to the Rumble." I said. "That's really cool dude." Jason said as I pulled into the manor's driveway. "Hey, I'll see you next week." Jason said. "Ok, bye." I said and hung up the phone.
I got out and carried Sheridan into the manor and put her in the upstairs living room on the couch, and went back downstairs, where I saw Eric coming in and was on his cell phone. "Holly, babe, I'll see you on the weekend. Ok bye." Eric said as he hung up the phone. "Eric, keep it down, Sheridan is sleeping, she's been stressed out since Jason left so take it easy on her." I said.
Eric sighed and said. "I hope she's ok. I think it was uncool of my bother to leave her like that." Eric said. "Hey, since the Rumble is coming up, can come?" He asked. "Sorry, all my visitors passes have been given away to the students." I said. "Oh well maybe next time." Eric said. As I grabbed my helmet and went out to my motorcycle.
I arrived at a place called Jorgen's Jewelers in downtown Sacramento . Christian Coverdale was the manager of this place. " 'sup Iceman?" Coverdale asked. "Is it ready?" I asked bluntly. "Yep, It's ready." Coverdale said as he reached under the counter and pulled out a black ring box. "This my friend is a 24 karat gold ring and the three diamonds in it are each 1.5 karats." "Damn. Those are huge." I replied. "Oh, yeah Melissa is going to have a heart attack when she sees this." Coverdale said.
"How much?" I asked. "This piece is in the field of $80,000, but for you $70,000" Coverdale said. "I'll take it." I said as I got out my check book and wrote the check. "This is going to put one hell of a dent in your account." Coverdale said. "I don't care, she's worth this..." I said as I handed him the check "...and a whole lot more." Coverdale made sure the check was valid, once that was done, he handed me the ring.
"Let me ask you something bro?" Coverdale said as he gave me the ring box. "Shoot." I said. "Are you sure you are ready for this kind of commitment? I mean this is an engagement ring you know." Coverdale asked "You better believe that I am, I love her more than my own health. Hopefully she feels the same way." I said as I left the store.
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NICOLE
The next day - University of Washington dorm rooms.
"Which room is it?" Andrea asked. "Here it is room 118." I said as I knocked on the door. Michelle answered it and we all screamed and hugged, we hardly ever saw each other since graduation. "C'mon in." Michelle said. We went in and observed her dorm room, she was the only one there. "You live here alone?" I asked. "No, my roommate is in class. She'd love to meet you she is a huge wrestling fan." Michelle said.
I sat on Michelle's bed."What brings you guys here?" Michelle asked. "We wanted to visit our old roomies." "Nostalgia?" Michelle said. "Yeah" I replied, all three of us started laughing. "If you're not busy on Sunday, how about we take you to Atlanta for the Royal Rumble?" Andrea asked. "I dunno, I'll think about it, I mean I don't have classes on Sunday." Michelle said.
"Let's go do something." Andrea said. "Yeah, Let's tour Seattle." I said. Michelle smiled and said. "I know the perfect place." She grabbed her car keys and all three of us left the dorm and got in Michelle's car. Michelle started up her car and drove off. "So Michelle, where is this perfect place?" I asked. "Michelle smiled and said. "Oh, you'll see."
Michelle and Andrea talked about her schooling, and they brought up the subject of Andrew. "Hey Nicole, have you and Andrew gotten busy yet?" Andrea asked. I laughed. "No, we haven't gotten BUSY." I replied sarcastically. We all started laughing again as Michelle pulled the car to a stop. "We're here." She said. We all got out, Michelle pointed up.....to the Space Needle. "Why Michelle Sanders how nice." Andrea said.
The three of us got on the elevator and went up to the restaurant. "The Rumble is on Sunday right?" Michelle asked. "Yeah." I replied. "I'll definitely go." Michelle said. Andrea and I both smiled.