The Samoan (A Roman Reigns Story) (Reupload)

Night of Champions- Part 1 of 2

~September 20, 2014~

I had not seen Joe in person ever since the night RAW had come to town put we talked on the phone all the time and I knew him almost as well as I knew myself. Tomorrow was Night of Champions and Joe was fighting Colby. I was so excited to be seeing the match and couldn't wait. I was at work when I saw Joe's caller i.d. show up on my phone.

"Hey, I'm at work. Is it important?"

"Well...I'm at the hospital."

"What? Why? What's going on?"

"I'm fine. I started having some pain last night and they took me to the hospital. I have a hernia. I just need some surgery and I will be fine."

"What about the pay per view?"

Silence filled the phone.

"You aren't going to be able to fight tomorrow are you?"

"No, I'm not." I could hear the sadness in his voice.

"I'm so sorry, Joe."

"It's ok. I'll get better and then everything will be fine. I'll just have t experience Night of Champions from a bed. I just wanted to let you know."

"Ok, well, I hope you get better soon. WWE isn't going to be the same without you."

He laughed and then made a noise like the laughter hurt him. He hung up the phone soon after that I decided what I was going to do. I left work early and went to see Caroline.

"Road trip!" Caroline said as she got in the passenger seat of my car.

"It isn't going to be a fun road trip, Caroline. We are going to see Joe in the hospital."

"I know. But it isn't like we get out of Cleveland that often so I think it will be at least a little bit of fun."

I started to pull out of the driveway and started heading towards Nashville. It was an almost 8 hour drive so it was going to take awhile. Maybe that long of a drive would give me enough time to calm my nerves about coming face to face with Joe Anoa'i again.

We pulled into the parking lot of the hotel we were staying in for the night. It was eight o' clock now and Caroline and I were both very tired. We would go see Joe in the morning and I hoped he would be happy to see me. We woke up early in the morning and headed straight to the hospital after breakfast. When I walked in, I had no idea what room Joe would be in so I went to the front desk.

"Hi, can you tell me what room Joe Anoa'i is in, please? I'm a friend."

"I need to verify."

"Verify?"

"Yes, I need to verify that you are one of his friends and not some fan trying to sneak in his room."

"Are you serious? Can you not just take my word for it?"

"No. Several fans have already tried sneaking in and I'm letting it happen again. I can call up to his room and ask if he knows you then you may go up."

I sighed. I wanted to surprise him. "No, it's ok. Thanks anyways."

I walked away from the desk. Caroline got into step with me.

"Why aren't telling that lady your name?"

"Because I wanted to surprise him. And...what if she calls him and tells him who I am and he doesn't want to see me."

"Evanna..."

"What if he doesn't want me here? Ugh, we shouldn't have come. This was a stupid idea."

I sat down on one of the benches in the hospital. Why did I decide to come here? This was a stupid plan. I was just some crazed fan Joe happened to take a liking to. But what if that was all I was to him? Just some fan who couldn't leave him be.

"Hey, stalker chic!"

I looked up to see Colby hiding in his hood as Jon waltzed over to where we were sitting. Jon didn't hide. He paraded himself. Colby had to hide when he was out with Joe or Jon for story line purposes but all three of them remained best friends behind the scenes.

"Hey, Jon. Hey, Colby."

Colby waved before looking around him suspiciously. Colby was always paranoid that someone might see him. Wow, I never realized how much I actually knew about all three of them just by talking with Joe.

"What are you doing here, Evanna?"

"Came to see Joe."

"Then why are you down here?"

"They...they wouldn't let me up without verification."

"Oh. Yeah, they did the same thing with us. Can never be too careful. We can take you up there if you want."

"No, it's fine. I think we might just head home."

"Without seeing Joe? No, that won't do. Come on, his room isn't that far away."

Jon grabbed my hand and led me towards the elevators. I struggled to get out of his grip but gave up soon after. I never realized how strong Jon actually was. Caroline and Colby followed after us and the elevator doors closed. The elevators went up the floors and my nerves kicked in. What if he hated that I just showed up unannounced? What if he didn't want visitors? Presents. I forgot to bring something to give to him. All of this ran through my mind as the elevator went up. It finally stopped and we got off. Jon led me to a room and we walked through the door.

"Look who I found in the lobby."