She had become obedient.

He was still the same loudmouth rebel.

***

Although he wasn't in WWE for very long his first time around, he made every moment count.

What he didn't realize was that a certain twin had begun falling for him, but before she could confess her feelings, he was released.

When she started dating John Cena, she had hoped things would change; she just needed to get her mind off the past.

She fell in love with John, though, and she began jumping through every hurdle he presented to her. He didn't want to get married? Fine. No kids? Okay, cool. Having her sign a contract just to move in with him? She gladly signed it.

When he ends their engagement just a month before their wedding, she is devastated. She did everything he wanted and more, and he still won't marry her?

She wants to distract herself, and more importantly, she wants to surround herself with people who won't ask questions, so she begins spending most of her time at the Performance Center.

EC3 had just signed a new contract with WWE, debuting in NXT just weeks before all this happened.

When she first set foot in Orlando, he couldn't help but think:

That's not the Nikki Bella he knew.

That's not the Nikki Bella he loved.

***

God, I love EC3.

So this book would be EC3 helping Nikki become her old self again because she changed so much about her just to be with John.

And because she's in the PC, there wouldn't really be a whole lot of main roster wrestler; mostly just NXT people and trainees.

Also, I don't think I mentioned this, but Nikki wants to go back to wrestling full-time so she can completely get her mind off of John.

And finally: this right here is what inspired this idea (which is named after an MCR song).