Carmella's POV

I was so excited to be back in school. Winter break had been great, as returning to Staten Island was always a treat. The Mixed Match Challenge was coming up, and I couldn't wait for that.

I had been paired with Big E from the New Day, and I was actually pretty happy with that choice. After all, E loved to get down at the dances too, which was a bonus to me.

"Hey, Carmella, are you going to Winterfest?" Nikki appeared from behind me and asked.

Winterfest was a winter dance we were having, which I was beyond ecstatic about. A few of the girls and I had decided to go to the dance in a group, instead of taking dates.

"Yeah, I'm really excited about it! I love how we're having more dances this year."

She nodded her head, her straight hair swinging back and forth on her shoulders. She then proceeded to tell me that there would be cheer practice tomorrow after school.

I had Spanish today, which a lot of the kids didn't take, but I liked the easiness of it. You had to show up, do your bell ringer, and that was about it.

CM Punk was there on time this morning, and that was shocking, especially to Chris.

"Can I go to the bathroom?" Chris immediately shot his hand up in the air.

"Say bathroom in Spanish."

"El Bathroomente."

"No, and until you say bathroom in Spanish, you cannot go."

Chris leaned back in his seat, crossing his arms, showing Punk he wasn't in the mood for his stupid games at this time in the morning.

"Can you even say bathroom in Spanish?" Chris smirked.

Punk seemed taken back by his question. "Okay, go to the bathroom."

Chris laughed and then ran out of the classroom with the pass flying around his wrist. I never understood why Chris hated Punk so much, but he had never liked him.

"Today we'll be watching a video on how the Spanish Language originated," Punk said and pulled up the video on his computer.

"You just don't want to do work, you lazy Punk," Chris had now reentered the room, signing himself back in.

We all laughed and then Chris was handed a lunch detention, which he accepted with a smile. He practically skipped back to his seat, my guess was he was mocking AJ Lee because she was married to CM Punk.

Sometimes, you just had to let Chris be Chris.

After the film was over, I ran into Enzo in the hallway, who was still in the fantasy that Nia Jax was in love with him.

"Hey, Zo, what are you doing after school?" I asked my cousin.

"Nothing that I know of, why?"

"Well, I need a Winterfest dress, and someone who will be honest with me."

He nodded and then gave a small smile. "I'd love to go with you, plus, I will be honest."

I gave him a hug and then headed off to gym, which I wasn't feeling today. I just wanted to go shopping for this dress, and have a fun afternoon with my cousin.

"Carmella, we're going to be fabulous at this mixed match challenge," I heard Big E say from behind me.

"Oh totally, I'm so excited to be your partner."

He smiled and then Kofi and Xavier appeared behind him. I always liked the New Day, they were always honest and hysterical.

"Carmella," they cheered in their little chant they do, while Xavier played the trombone.

"Guys, I'm flattered," I started and they smiled. "However, I have to go to gym."

They waved goodbye and then I headed to the gym.

"This is terrible, Nattie," I heard Nikki complain as I walked into the locker room.

"How is that terrible? Your sister is making her return to school."

Nikki rolled her eyes. "As a student Nattie. She returned as a teacher at the beginning, and now she wants to be a student again? Not exactly how it works."

I gave Nikki a hug, as it was clear she was upset. I would be too, in Nikki's position, as she was right. Brie had graduated early, and now she was going to return?

Once gym was over, I took Enzo to the dress shop in downtown Orlando. It was where most of the girls got their dresses, and Bayley had recommended it to me. I usually bought my dresses online.

"Caramel, please try on this red one," he held it up, and I snatched it from his hands.

After surveying the store, I had three dresses that I really wanted to try on. I had a purple one, along with a blue one. Of course, I kept the red one Zo had shown my when we first walked in.

"Okay, the blue is a no," I came out and said. Enzo nodded his head in agreement.

Next was the purple one, which looked good, but Enzo said it didn't bring out my eyes enough. The red one was the big winner, which made Zo happy as he had picked it out.

TJ's POV

Today was the day. I was going against Enzo for the title, which I couldn't have been more excited about. The others in the division told me to do this match, so I accepted.

Surprisingly, so did Enzo.

"TJ, you're going to crush it today," Brian, giving me encouraging words as usual.

"Thanks, for once, I'm actually feeling confident."

I heard Noam laugh from behind me, and then entered with Jack Gallagher and Akira Tozawa.

"TJP, whatever you do, don't dab, that is so old," Noam smirked, and Cedric laughed.

"You've got this, just please, shut Amore the hell up," Mustafa told me.

We all just stared at him for a minute. Mustafa Ali never cussed, he was always the pure one of the division, as well as the CWC.

"Did Mustafa Ali just cuss?" Tony asked as he entered the locker room.

"Better than going to jail like Rich Swann," Noam stated and then Jack slapped him on the arm.

"Dar, shut up with the jail jokes," Cedric looked at him in the eyes.

Noam put his hands up in defense of himself, but he was still chuckling under his breath.

Classic Noam Dar.

By now, most of the division had given me their good lucks and told me that I needed to beat Enzo. Which, I was hoping would be easy.

Just then, Drew Gulak came running in.

"Nia Jax, 2 o'clock!"

We all knew what he meant and immediately just acted like we were all stretching and talking  among ourselves. If Nia found out we were talking about her "man", she may come after us all.

Literally.

"Hey, boys, I just came in here to tell TJP over here, that he has his work cut out for him," she looked at me.

I shrugged my shoulders. "Well, tell Enzo that I'm prepared."

"Just remember what happended to Cedric."

"Two can play that game, Nia. Just you watch."

She left with that thought in her head. What she didn't know, was I had a plan with the Goddess of our school. Alexa and I had been friends for a while, and we had a plan for today's match.

I didn't necessarily want to win, as Cedric was getting a rematch at the Rumble anyway, but Lexi and I still had a plan.

Also, the match was no longer a lumberjack, now just a one on one.

Mr. Roode thought a lumberjack was too much for the champ.

All of a sudden, I saw Little Miss Bliss rush through the locker room door.

"You're not Alicia Fox, you can't just come in here without an invitation," Noam said as Akira pulled him away.

She rolled her eyes and then walked over to me. "So, can I please give Enzo a Bliss DDT?"

I laughed, then I realized she was being serious. "Oh, you're serious?"

"Yes, that little weasel is trying to drive a wedge between Nia and I's friendship, and that's not okay with me."

"Alright, we'll see. I really need you to keep an eye on Nia, as I know she won't hesitate to help Amore."

She nodded her head and put her hands up. "I got this, you just worry about you."

With that, she left the locker room. When I turned around, I was met face to face with Brian, who I knew was aready going to ask me questions.

"So, Perkins, is that you're new girl?" He asked, raising an eyebrow.

"No, she's just helping me with today's match."

He nodded and let it go at that and then I walked out to the gym, preparing to face Enzo.

The match was going great, I had Enzo in position, and was ready to put him in the TJP Clutch, which we all knew he wouldn't be able to escape from.

As soon as I was about to do that, Nia came running down to the ring, pulling Enzo out of the ring, making him get a win by count out.

However, Alexa followed out there and jumped Nia from behind, causing some shock to Nia. Alexa then proceeded to get in the ring with me.

"So, you two just want to run away all the time? Fine, how about this, next week, you two take on TJ and I in a mixed tag team match?"

I looked at the both of them and then back to Alexa.

Nia grabbed a mic. "Oh behalf of Enzo and I, we accept."

We all left the gym, and now I was ready for next week. This mixed tag match was going to be a lot of fun.