damnFireworks - There's a lot to be sorry for. Not frequently updating. Haven't proof read and lastly because I had to break this chapter up into two parts. In saying that, the second part will be updated soon but for now, enjoy this one :) Review, Follow, Fave and all that good stuff. 9 Chapters to go :D

Chapter 21 - Eco-friendly Detergent – PART 1

It was the weekend of Daniel's stag trip and with guys out of town The Bellas found themselves bored. Nikki wanted to indulge in a shopping splurge to take her mind off her man however Brie kicked up a fuss and so they were heading to the gym to occupy their time.

"We are so going shopping afterwards though."

Brie rolled her eyes at her twin sister. "No, you're going to help me with wedding preparations like a good maid of honour should."

"Can't we do a little bit of shopping?" Nikki pleaded.

"Nicole. Aside from my bachelorette party, name one thing you've done for me?"

"Okay, you have a point but at least your bachelorette party was fun! If I was one of the guys, I'd have ditched by now." Nikki muttered

Brie suddenly spun her head towards her sister in a frantic manner.

"What? Do you know something? Is Dean planning on getting the guys lost and somehow in Vegas?"

Nikki shoved her sister as they were walking. "Stop accusing him of things, I was only saying if I was forced to go on a hippie trip. Besides, Dean doesn't know anything. He's going to freak when he finds out he can't have his ritual Saturday night whisky shot" she laughed.

Brie rolled her eyes at her sister.

"I don't understand your relationship at all."

Nikki shrugged her shoulders. "Neither do I half the time but you can't fight your heart right?"

"No, I guess not." Her sister agreed.

The two sisters walked side by side into the hotel gym. Both of them noticing straight away that Roman Reigns was working out in the back corner by himself.

"Does he know that Dean's hanging out with people they've stomped all over this past month including his cousins?"

"Brianna." Nikki warned sternly.

"Nicole." Brie fired back.

The fearless Bella let out a hefty sigh before answering her sister's question.

"I'm sure Dean mentioned it to them briefly."

Roman's gaze clashed with The Bellas and he immediately put down his weights and made a bee-line for them.

"Oh great. Now he's walking towards us Nikki. Nice job." Brie said hoping her sarcasm punch a hole through Nikki's chest.

The fearless diva eyed her sister weirdly. Brie tolerated Dean but she made no effort at all to hide her disgust with the other members of The Shield.

Roman was Dean's best buddy and so over the last few days, Nikki's come to learn that Roman is a decent guy. He only wanted to be in a better spot to provide for his daughter and his wife and if there is one thing they had in common, it was that family came first.

"Hey Roman." Nikki smiled

The Shield's powerhouse stopped in front of the two divas and gave them a court nod.

Brie raised an eyebrow at her sister to which Nikki intentionally stepped on her sister's foot to stop making odd looks.

"Nikki!" Brie squealed.

"Sorry, it was an accident" she smirked.

"It was not." Brie gritted.

"You two okay?" Roman asked the hippie diva.

"I'm fine" Brie answered immediately. She really couldn't stand being in his presence.

"Alright. I just wanted to ask you about the stag. Dean didn't really say much besides a camping trip or something? I mean, Dean can party hard, I've seen it for myself."

Nikki wasn't amused by that statement but she continued to hear him out.

"He's one of the only guys I know who can wrestle the very next day after a massive drink up but if the trip is like what I've been hearing among the locker room… I'm worried I'm going to get a dishevelled version of Ambrose sent back to me and that's not good for me and especially not good for Seth."

Brie was positive that nothing crazy would happen since Daniel was adamant that his stag would be beneficial to the environment. If anything, the guys were going to leave the trip more knowledgeable about the environment and how to keep our planet greener.

"It's an eco-friendly stag trip. They'll be outdoors most of the time. So if you're worried, don't be unless Dean turns into a raging monster for not having alcohol in his system for two days then you and Nikki are personally taking a trip up to Sedona to pick him up." Brie confirmed with a fake smile.

Roman chuckled which threw Brie off a little.

"Oh man when Jimmy told me that Daniel had planned that, I thought he was kidding. I would have warned Dean."

"But where's the fun in that?" Nikki joked. "He deserves a little payback after messing around with me during Smackdown."

"True. He thought he got away with it."

"OKAY... if you don't mind me, I'm going to go work out" Brie said, exiting the conversation. Nikki remained behind.

"Don't worry about my sister, she'll come around eventually."

"It's cool." He said glancing back at the softer Bella twin before turning his attention back onto Nikki. "Hey, I was hoping I could talk to you about something in private whilst Dean is away. It's important-"

"Nikki I need a spot!" Brie called out from the bench press.

"In a minute!" Nikki yelled back. "Sorry Roman, what was that?"

Just as Roman was about to reveal what was on his mind, Nikki's phone began to ring. She looked down at the caller ID.

Mark Carrano.

A look of desperation. "Do you mind?" she asked.

The stoic Samoan shook his head. "Answer it."

"Thank you" she looked past him to see an impatient Brie sitting at the bench press station. "Mark's calling me, Roman can spot you!"

Nikki whispered an apology to Roman and rushed out of the gym to answer the call.

Roman looked over at Brie who didn't seem so thrilled and even though his head was telling him to leave her be and walk away, he couldn't ignore the way he was brought up. He walked over to the station Brie was at to give her a hand.

"Don't bother. I'm calling Nattie." She said.

"Why? I'm here right now." He said.

"No offense but even if you were the last person on the planet, I wouldn't trust you to spot me."

"Baby girl-"

"-You do realise who you're talking to right? Hello?" She tugged the shirt she was wearing so he could get a good look.

Roman broke out a smile as he stroked his jaw eyeing up the 'Brie Mode' shirt.

"Okay Brie. You don't like me. Fine. But don't you think it's a little stupid to call someone up just to spot you?" he questioned.

"I don't think that's too much to ask" Brie muttered avoiding eye contact with the superstar. "Wait? Did you just call me stupid?"

"No, I was stating that calling someone up just to spot you even though there's someone standing right here in front of you and who is willing was a stupid idea."

The Samoan powerhouse had a point but Brie would rather die than let him know that. She put her phone away and resumed her position to start lifting hoping he would understand her silent surrender.

He did and without uttering a word, he took his place behind the bar and kept a careful eye as she clenched the weight in her hands.

"This doesn't mean we're friends." She stated.

"Hurry up and get your little 5 reps done."

Brie rolled her eyes and began her first press.

When Nikki returned after her phone call to Carrano, she was surprised to see Brie and Roman peacefully co-existing. She pinched herself to make sure she wasn't dreaming.

"Okay, what did you do with my sister Roman? Did you swap her out with some robot from the future?"

Not taking his eye off of Brie, he still laughed. "My mom raised me better than to mess with a bride as her wedding approaches."

"Right, so you just… mess.. with.. their.. groom instead." Brie gritted between clenched teeth as she finished her last press.

Roman took the bar from her hands and placed it back into position.

"I have a family to provide for. I'm sorry that it comes at the cost of your husband's well-being but I have to do what I have to do. If it's any consolation, I want him to beat us. I want him to over throw the authority but I'm not holding back. Oh and don't go spreading that around. I can't let Steph get a word of that."

Nikki gave her sister a knowing smile. A smile that Brie completely understood as 'See, I told you he's not all bad' yet she still didn't believe him.

"Whatever, what did Carrano want?" She said catching her breath.

"We have a meeting at 4 this afternoon." Nikki said. "He's got our scripts."

Brie scoffed. "I wonder what stupid storyline they came up with now."

"If it results in me breaking up with John on camera. I do not care"

"You guys gonna be alright?" Roman chimed in.

Lost within their own conversation they almost forgot the tall Samoan in their presence.

"Why are you still here?" Brie answered rather rudely.

"Okay Brie. Stop being a bitch. That's my thing." Nikki told her off.

Roman chuckled which got under Brie's skin even more but she held her tongue.

"We'll be fine" Nikki answered. "Anyway, what was that thing you wanted to tell me earlier?" She asked.

"Don't worry it can wait."

"Alright cool, I'll talk to you later Romie"

He waved goodbye to the two Bellas and headed out of the gym. As soon as he was out of ear shot, Brie looked over at her sister.

"Romie? Really?" Brie addressed in a sarcastic manner.

"What? I give out cool nicknames."

The twin diva shook her head. "Just get your bench presses done so we can move on" Brie droned.

The boys finally arrived at their destination, Coconino National Forest. Jumping out of the van, Daniel took a big sniff of the forest air.

He let out a pleasant sigh.

Smiling to himself, they were only a couple of weeks away from the big day and yet, he still believed walking down that aisle would be the most satisfying thing in the world, even more than walking down the ramp for Wrestlemania.

He loved Brie.

He loved her so much that the little hairs on the back of his neck rose whenever he thought about hearing her name and his name put together.

Feeling a large tap on his shoulder, he turned his head to see JJ by his side.

"Not having second thoughts I hope."

"Never" he chuckled back.

"So, where's the cabin?" Dean asked pulling his duffle bag out of the van and placing the strap over his shoulder.

There was a silence among the guys standing around.

"There's no cabin. We're gonna build our tents and sleep out here" Daniel opened his arms out wide and spun around.

Dean looked at The Uso's and Tyson Kidd with an absolute puzzled expression on his face. It never occurred to him that when Daniel said it was a camping trip; that it was an actual camping trip. He just assumed that they would all be chilling in a cabin drinking until the world started madly spinning but he guessed they could do that in a tent? No big deal.

"Well, I call dibs rooming with the tree-hugging groom" He said slugging his arm around Daniel.

"Okaaaay" Daniel said removing Dean's arm from around his shoulder. "JJ you're with us too. Tyson, Jimmy and Jey, you guys can take the other tent."

All men agreed and were happy.

"So can we start drinking now?" Dean said sounding excited. Both The Uso's broke out into a fit of laughter.

"Why are you laughing? I'm serious?"

Dean's response only made the guys laugh louder.

"I'm laughing cause yo punk ass came to a no-alcohol stag-do" Jimmy held his hand out to his brother who gave him a hi-five.

"What do you mean no alcohol?" Dean questioned.

"No liquor. As in… not a single drop of that sweet stuff, you feel?" Jey grinned turning to his twin brother. "Who got the keys? They better hide em."

"What do you mean no alcohol?" Dean repeated standing in front of Daniel.

"No alcohol means no alcohol. There will be no drinking at my stag trip."

"What about whisky? Did anyone bring whisky?" Dean turned around to the others.

"Ah. How about No." Jimmy laughed.

"C'mon Gin?"

"Nope."

"Vodka?"

"Absolute-ly not."

"Tequila?"

"Don't even think about it."

"BEER? THERE HAS TO BE FREAKIN' BEER AT A STAG?"

"There is no alcohol!" Daniel shouted! "There's also a liquor ban on this area so even if I wanted to- which I don't! We couldn't drink here."

"What kind of hell is this?" Dean asked. "And why did you guys agree to go in the first place?"

Tyson threw the tent bag at him. "Uh… maybe because unlike you, we don't need alcohol to have fun?"

"Ayyy.. hang on, not sayin' we don't do alcohol but Daniel's our boy. Somebody has to come out here and party with him" Jey chimed in.

"Really? I mean Lauren forced me to go because I was rude to Dean during lunch. This is my punishment" JJ explained. "No offense Daniel."

Daniel shook his head. "Can we just get these tents up before it gets dark? I have a whole bunch of activities planned."

"What? Dance around a fire and proclaim thanks to the vegetable god?" Dean muttered.

"Stop grouching and get to work."

After an hour of arguing in the intense heat about how the tents were constructed, they finally got them up and had placed all their sleeping bags inside.

"So what's our first activity?" Tyson asked grabbing a bottle of water out of the chiller.

"A nature walk." Daniel said. "There's a nice track that Brie and I explored late last year. There's some amazing views you guys have to see."

"But who's going to stay behind and keep an eye on the tents?" Dean questioned.

"That is a very good question Dean. I'm glad you asked that." Daniel said with a cheeky smile. "I decided that you and JJ are going to stay behind."

"Me and him?" Dean pointed between JJ and himself.

Daniel nodded.

"You're trying to make this the worst weekend for me ever aren't you?"

"Hey, I'm not so thrilled to hang out with you either" JJ exclaimed.

Dean screwed his face at JJ.

"My enemy is not so bad JJ, but if he ends up giving you the dirty deeds- well?"

"Enemy? I thought we moved past that." Dean shook his head.

"Sorry you're right. The correct term I should be using is frenemy" Daniel corrected.

"Just how long is this walk gonna take?" JJ questioned.

"We should be back within an hour."

"Great" Dean grumbled. He sat down on the folding chair and watched the guys pack some sandwiches and bottles of water in their bags.

"Alright. I'm all set. Everybody else?" Daniel called out.

"Yup."

"I'm good"

"Hang on, okay. I'm good" Jey threw a thumbs up.

"Okay, we'll be back before you know it." Daniel said turning to Dean and JJ. "While we're gone maybe you guys can get the fire going and maybe-"

"We ain't doing shit until you guys get back." Dean cut him off.

"Fine. See you guys when we get back" Daniel sighed.

"Later Grumpy." Jimmy waved.

"Grumpy, that's a good one uce." Jey laughed.

Dean flipped the guys off as he watched them head towards the nature track down the other end of the park. When their bodies disappeared out of view, Dean smirked.

"Thank God! I thought they would never leave. Quick. They say it's an hour but I reckon we only have 45 minutes max"

JJ looked extremely puzzled at Dean until he saw him whip out the keys to the van from his khaki shorts.

"How?"

"Swiped em while Daniel was trying to put up the tent. C'mon let's go."

"What about the tents?"

"Just get in the fucking car JJ!" Dean growled.

No longer arguing with the lunatic fringe, he followed him to the van and got inside.

"You don't strike me as a safe driver, should I drive?" JJ asked.

Dean just chuckled at him before starting the engine then speeding out of the camping grounds. JJ grabbed the handle above his head and held on for dear life.

"I'm gonna die!"

"Calm down. I'm a good driver."

"No you're not" he said shaking his head frantically.

"Nikki told me back in the day that you used to be a prankster. You and I need to put our heads together to come up with the ultimate stag prank to pull on Daniel. Also a small prank for them damn Samoans. Shit. We'll just prank them all. Let's do that"

"Get some alcohol? Spike Daniel's organic juice?"

"Although that would be funny… Brie would kill us." Dean said taking a sharp turn.

"True… uuuhh. Itching powder in his sleeping bag?"

"C'mon man this isn't high school. Think!"

"Blind fold bungee jump! I've seen people do it online."

Dean turned to JJ with curious expression. "Go on."

"We buy a harness. Some rope… We blindfold Daniel and we take him to a lake. When we get there we tell him that he's going to do a bungee jump blind folded. Put him in a harness, make it all legit... lead him to the edge of the dock. He jumps, he lands in water."

Dean sniggered.

"I like it. Now what to do with Tyson and The Uso's…" Ambrose paused.

"What about messing with their tent?" JJ suggested.

A mischievous grin came across Dean's face.

"I got it. We need to stop at a chicken farm. " Dean chuckled.

Brie and Nikki waited outside Carrano's office. Both divas were anxious about taking a look at the Total Divas scripts. Especially Nikki, she was very worried about the angle they were going to take;

Brie sensed her sister was concerned. She patted her knee in an attempt to comfort her.

"Whatever gets dealt out to us, I've got your back 100% okay. You're my sister and I love you."

The fearless diva smiled. "And the best sister of the year award goes to…." Nikki joked.

"If you don't say my name Nicole I'm going to punch you."

"It goes to you by default. Although JJ could put in a good argument" She laughed.

"I'm so telling JJ that."

"Ew. You would. You two were always in cahoots anyways." Nikki played with the ends of her curls until she heard Mark Carrano open his door.

"Nikki and Brie, sorry to keep you guys waiting, come in." Carrano said.

The divas stood and followed him into his office, quietly shutting the door behind them.

"Take a seat." He said. "We have a lot to discuss"

Both Bellas did as they were told and took their places on the opposite side of the table. They both noticed the two stacks of sheets in front of them.

"These are yours" he said placing his hands on top of them. "Before I hand them to you, I want to just inform you that I got a call from the board of directors."

"What about?" Brie asked.

"They're basically trying to sweep Cena's transgressions under a rug. They need to keep him in a good light and simmer down the heat as much as possible."

Nikki shook her head. "Of course they are. That's why they're using me."

"Yes which means whatever you do in public has a big play on whether or not this sinks or swim."

"What do you mean?" Nikki questioned.

"Photos leaked online about your family get together the other day from which I understand Dean attended as well."

"Well yeah? I wanted him to meet my family is that wrong?" The fearless diva defended.

"No but the public are eating it up. The board of directors are convinced that this total divas storyline isn't going to work unless some drastic changes happen."

"Let me see the script Mark"

He passed the scripts over to the Bellas who skimmed through them quickly.

"So they're playing off the whole Nikki's secret marriage." Brie said rolling her eyes.

Nikki felt disgusted with the script. It painted her out as the bad guy and she wasn't. Okay, yes. She didn't tell John about the fact she was married in the past but so what? That happened way before John ever entered in her life.

"Yes. So the way this is happening is that John doesn't know anything. Your family want you to tell John but you can't bring yourself to tell him. Which you lie about that snowballs until your brother accidentally reveals your previous marriage to John."

Nikki skimmed to the very last page.

"What's this part here?" she pointed. "Nikki and John Scene – San Diego? I thought the finale ends with Brie's wedding?"

"That's the drastic change I was talking about earlier on. I won't find out until later in the week."

Brie rubbed her sister's shoulder in support.

"It'll be okay. We just have to stay positive."

Nikki nodded but remained silent.

"Thank you Mark for doing this for us. We really appreciate you looking out for Nikki and I"

"Just remember me in your Hall of Fame speech down the line"

"We will" Brie smiled. "Come on, let's go Nikki"

Both sisters got up and left Carrano's office with their scripts.

Daniel, Jimmy, Jey and Tyson all arrived back to find Dean and JJ sipping on kabocha juice that Daniel had specifically packed for the trip.

"Welcome back guys. How was it?" JJ smiled.

"It was pretty tight. Saw some nice views" Jey nodded.

"Yeah, the red mountains are too wicked man" Tyson pointed out. "They like stretched all the way to the horizon"

Dean nodded "Sounds riveting" he said in a sarcastic manner.

"What did you guys get up to…" Tyson's words trailing off as something caught his eye. "Did our tent? I swear I saw something moving in there."

"I don't see nothin'" Ambrose shrugged his shoulders.

"Uce you hearin' that?" Jey looked at his twin brother. "It's coming from our tent?"

All six guys turned their heads to Tyson and The Uso's tent. Something was definitely moving around inside and as Jey moved closer towards his tent the clearer the noise was to him.

Clucking noises.

Jey turned his head straight at Dean and JJ. "Y'all better not have done what I think you just did."

"I have no idea what you're talking about Jey." JJ acted confused.

He watched the high-flying Samoan, pull down the zip of their tent door and just as Dean predicted, the chicken that they placed inside came running out.

"Oh look it's a chicken." Dean pointed. "Ooohh.. Daniel look, they were hiding a chicken in their tent. How non-vegetarian of them."

Jimmy slapped Dean on the back of his head.

"Fool! Why did you go messin' around with our tent!"

"What else did you do Ambrose?" Tyson sternly asked.

"Well that's for me to know and you to find out." He grinned.

Jey stepped inside and he instantly regretted it.

"Guys. There's eggs everywhere in here."

Dean cracked up laughing as Jey showed his boot covered in egg shells and gloopy egg white.

Furrowed eyebrows, Tyson looked at Daniel. "Chickens don't lay eggs that fast do they?"

"Well that chicken does!" Jey shouted overhearing Tyson's question.

Daniel's hands immediately dived inside his pockets of his shorts and came up empty. He stormed straight for the lunatic fringe.

"Give me the keys Ambrose."

"No."

"Give them."

"Nope. Tomorrow we're taking you on a special trip to do a very extra special activity."

"I am not going to a strip club with you and that's final."

"We promise Daniel, I swear on my two twin sisters lives that we are not taking you to a strip club" JJ vouched.

He narrowed his eyes at JJ. "Fine but if I find out that you've lied to me JJ. I'll tell Brie and then I'll put you in a Yes Lock while she watches you yell in pain."

"Ain't gonna happen but fine?"

Tyson and Jimmy came back from looking inside their tent. Eggs were everywhere and they were going to have to be extremely careful getting rid of them or else it would be a very huge disaster.

"Guys. I think we've got eggs for dinner tonight and for tomorrow's breakfast, and probably for the whole trip back" Tyson said.

Dean couldn't contain his laughter. "Don't worry Daniel. It's free range!"

Daniel shook his head and laughed. The prank was pretty funny and at least it was done to them and not to him.

"I'm glad you find it funny Mr Egg Head" Jey called out.

"Who you callin' an egg head? Egg head" Dean retorted not realising that he was playing into The Uso's trick.

Jimmy had casually made his way by Dean's side to smack an egg right on top of his head.

"You! Egghead."

Everybody erupted into fits of laughter as a mad Ambrose stood up from his seat.

"Oooooh. I'm gonna get ya for that!"

Dean ran towards the tent and began grabbing eggs and launching them at Jimmy.

"Egg Fight!" Tyson roared and all the guys raced around dodging eggs.

It was safe to say that the guys got rid of all the eggs in their tent but the huge mess they left was insane. This was not what Daniel had in mind for his stag trip but it was turning out to be fun so far; he just hoped that whatever Dean and JJ had planned for him tomorrow wasn't going to get him into any trouble.

damnFireworks - In the next chapter, definitely expect Deep Meaningful Conversations among the guys but whilst you wait for that. Why don't you tell me what you think Roman wanted to tell Nikki? :3