How You Remind Me

Chapter 5

Over the next couple of days, Kristie found herself a bit anxious as she waited for more news from Jenna on them being in SI's swimsuit issue.

Still, she was able to calm her nerves as she readied herself for Smackdown Live at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah, home of the NBA's Utah Jazz.

Kristie was going up against her arch rival, Nikki Bella, who had challenged her to a title defense on last week's episode of Talking Smack where she accused Kristie of cheating the last time they had faced each other.

Kristie knew that was a lie. She had used her best submission move, a modified version of AJ Lee's "Black Widow",  to try & get Nikki to tap out. She had no idea where the cheating accussion came from.

Now here she was getting ready to face Nikki again when she would rather be facing someone else like her good friend Becky Lynch or even Carmella.

When Kristie heard the words, "You can look/but you can't touch", she just rolled her eyes & continued lacing up her boots & adjusting her wristbands. Once those were done, she went out to the gorilla.

On her way there, she saw Dean, who was taping up his hands & wrists, as he prepared himself for his own title defense against Nikki's fiance, John Cena.

As soon as he saw her, he gave a wink & a smile. That always made her feel good.

Once her music hit, Kristie stomped her way out to the ring. The roar of the crowd fired her up.

As soon as she was in the ring, Kristie grabbed a mic & gave Nikki a nasty glare.

"Cheated, huh? What would make you think that, Nikki? Jealous that I have this?" asked Kristie referring to the Smackdown women's championship belt she had on her shoulder. "Or is it more then that? Tell us, Nikki."

Nikki looked her dead in the eye as she spoke. "You know you did. You're no champion. You haven't been here long enough to deserve a title shot let alone that belt."

The crowd booed loudly & started chanting "Shut up, Nikki!!"

"I'm not shutting up!!" yelled Nikki who got booed even louder. Kristie just smiled.

Back in the locker room, Becky was watching everything unfold when Dean came in.

"Nikki's really trying to make Kris look like a bitch, isn't she?" asked Dean who had taken a peek at the TV. Becky just nodded.

Back in the ring, Nikki was beginning to lose her patience.

"What makes you so special, Kristie V? Is it because you're pretty? Is it because you can do things in this ring that I can't? What is it then? I dare you to tell me," said Nikki.

Kristie cleared her throat & gave her enemy her answer.

"I'm here because I worked hard to get here. I worked hard to get this title, & I'm not giving it up especially not to you, bitch," she said with a evil grin.

Then the match got started.

Nikki tried to get Kristie with a dropkick, but she countered with none other then one of Nikki's own moves, the Bella Buster.

Then Kristie made sure to hold on to Nikki tightly as she readied herself for the move that she loved doing, but Nikki was ready.

She picked Kristie up & threw her down real hard. Then she tried to put her on her shoulders to do the Rack Attack 2.0, but Kristie countered.

She kicked Nikki in the gut & hit her with the Dirty Deeds. Once she got into the cover & heard "1..2..3!", she knew it was over.

Once the belt was in her hands, Kristie looked down at a stunned Nikki & yelled at her, "This is MY belt, bitch!!"

Once she was out of the ring, she went tot he locker room to relax. She was greeted by Becky Lynch, who hugged her.

"You all right, Kris?" she asked. Kristie nodded. They then both sat down to watch Dean go up against John Cena.

It was a great match. Both guys went at it hard, but Dean gained the upper hand when John screwed up on his STF submission move. Dean then used the Midnight Special on him & retained the WWE World Championship.

When that was done, both Dean & Kristie cleaned up, changed, & were headed back to Las Vegas for 5 days rest before the next WWE Live show in Seattle.

What would happen once they were home would surprise them both.