Title: The Day Cena Fell in Love (Part 1)

Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to anything related with WWE, nor the heart of Cena. (which I would love too lol) This is stricly for the release of my imagination and to help me sleep at night.

Ratings: PG (some fights and romance to come)

Summary: What happens when a superstar falls for a simple girl?

Smackdown has just gone offair. He was walking in the arena, thinking of how a nice hot shower would relieved his sore muscles.. That René Dupree was one hell of an opponant. Since René joined the team of Smackdown they've been ennemies, in the show anyway. Because backstage, John Cena and the French Phenom were actually getting along very well. But tonight he had to run and save Torrie Wilson from him and their fight has been short but intense. He felt tired and ached. No, that wasnt it. Saving Torrie had brought back memories. Memories he didn't really want to think about. After all, he was a WWE Superstar, who was he to complain about anything? But there was something that still troubled him after all these years. He felt alone. Oh, he had plenty of friends, fans following him everywhere and a caring family but that wasn't enough. Something else was missing, someone else was missing.

Cassie. Just to think about her still made his heart beat faster. As he closed his eyes under the hot jets of the shower, he allowed himself to revive the day he fell in love....

It was 5 years ago. He and some of his Football team mates from College had decided to go on a trip in Canada to celebrate graduation. Most of them weren't 21 years old yet, but in Québec city the majority comes at 18, so they would be allowed to go party all night. It was an excellent idea, even if none of them spoke a word in french. So John, Kevin, Rick and Dan were off for one last boy's trip before starting up with their lifes. He remembered he had just got a contract to begin training with WWE at the time. Québec was such a beautiful city even if the wind was chilly. But girls were so hot there. There was also this big street down town called "La Grande Allée" where almost all the clubs were. The first week, they went to most of them and quickly found which one was their favorite, a Hip- Hop bar called " Le Clair De Lune " The moonlight. There was some people that understood and spoke english so they weren't totally lost. They had so much fun hanging there and the canadian beer is so much stronger, then found that out at their own risk the first evening. Dan, Rick and Kevin were flirting like crazy, bringing different girls to their hotel room every night. John had fun too, but didn't want to hook up with girls, knowing with his new career ahead of him he would be traveling all the time. His friends were making fun at him for that reason. Why not just have fun with the local girls? They would probably never come back to this place after all?? But John enjoyed the atmosphere there and just wanted to chill out. Until the last evening where he met Cassie.

That evening, he had noticed a group of particurlary hot girls dancing choreagraphies all night long. They had it going on and every guy in the place had their eyes on them. The girls seemed to switch from partner to partner in a heartbeat, except for one. The red-hair one, when she wasn't dancing with her friends, remained alone. She was not getting drunk like the others, she was caught up in her own rythmn. To some guys, she could have appeared like the less attracting girl of the group; she wasn't as tall, didn't wear that much make-up and most of all she didn't had the "slutty attitude". But to him, she was a vision of enchantment. Eyes closed, she was moving with such grace on the dance floor, unaware of other people. But that's when their eyes met that John's universe was turned upside down.

At the end of some pretty hard steps she had performed by herself, she smiled, her whole face illuminating. She opened her eyes to meet directly with his admiring gaze. Time seemed to stop at they stared at each other from across the dance floor. She had the most amazing green eyes he had seen with such fire burning inside and her smile was just magic, making him feel so much alive. Not even thinking about making a move, he just stood there. Staring at this angel he never though to met. He cleared his throat, finally coming back to earth. She blushed a little,looking even more adorable, turning her eyes away from him. One of her now really drunk friends had just grabbed her by the arm to drag her in the middle of a group. He lost her in the crowd for a few minutes, not understanding why his heart was racing. He frowned when he realised that all her friends were now hooked up with drunk guys that obviously wanted the girls to come home with them. But where was she? Had she gone with a guy too? But who? And why did he cared so much?

His best mate Rick came out from nowhere and told him they were going back at the hotel to party some more with some really hot girls. He also said there was one for him but he quickly denied. He was staying here a little more. Rick seemed surprised but was eager to go back to the girl he didn't even knew the name. John waved his friend good-bye. Then, he saw her coming out of the bathroom. His attention was now all focused on her. She had untied her hair, letting it flow in curls on her shoulders. He knew he had fallen for her and had to at least try to go and talk to her. But before he could, someone taped on his shoulder from behind. It was the bartender. She spoke english but with such a bad accent that he had prefered when she didn't speak at all.

- Hey there big boy! Found anything you like? What about another drink? It's on me this time.

He nod, handing her his glass, trying not to let the girl get out of his sight again.

- Ok! Which one is it? Have you got your eye on Christie or maybe it's Karine? Those two are the bomb around here these days. The blond-twins as we called them since they're only a year different of age.

- Do you mean the two tall girls sitting on the same guy's lap?

- Yes, you never see one without the other you know. They're not really sisters. And they sure don't care what people say about them, they'll always leave this place with the same guy. There's a lot of wicked stories about them. Do you want me to fill you in with details? Or maybe I could just go get them and introduce you? We were all in school together.

- Actually, no. They're not the ones I was looking at.

- OH! So three is a crowd huh? What's your name by the way?

- I'm Jonh Cena, I'm a football player from Indiana.

- I could have guessed, with huge shoulders like that. So, blondes's not your style? Maybe the black hair one? Sophie?

- Not at all! Did you said you went to school with those girls? So you know them?

- That's what I said. That's why I'm trying to find out which one you like. Maybe I could give you a hand, since you don't seem like you have the guts to go yourself.

- What's the name of red hair?

- Are you kidding me? You actually like Cassie? You don't have a chance believe me. Haven't you noticed that she didn't danced with any guy of all evening? She turned down so many of them that they won't care to ask anymore. Except for that weird guy at the back, who always come here to check her out, some kind of stalker I expect...

- What guy? Where?

She pointed the guy out to him and he saw a tall guy with greasy hair staring unblinkingly at Cassie. He also seemed pretty damaged with alcohol.

- Does she likes girls or what?

He felt a load on his shoulders as he waited for the answer, please say no, please say no...The Bartender smiled and answered:

- I don't think so, since she's also been turning me down for years. But she's a real sweetheart anyway.

- You're a....you're a?... A'right then. So she must be into guys.

Before he could say anything else, he saw Cassie's friends leaving the club. Cassie was not far behind. If he didn't follow her, he might never see her again. He stood up, not saying a word to the Bartender. He tried to find his way through the crowd to join up with them. When he got outside, he saw a car already leaving the parking lot. He cursed, mumbling to himself about his bad luck and lack of guts... That's when he heard a crystal laugh and someone calling up to him from his left:

- Est-ce que tout va bien?

He turned around, seeing Cassie sitting on the grass near by, smoking a cigarette. He heart once again started to race, getting him out of breathe. I dind't get a word of what she had said.

- Say what? I don't speak french, I'm sorry.

She made the cutest little grin as she blushed...

- Is that why you never got to come and talk to me?

By all means! She spoke english and with no horrible accent like the people inside, hers was like exotic music to his ears. And she had noticed him too.

- I guess so. I'm usually a confident guy but around here in a foreign country, nothing seems the same.

- I know what you mean, you never know how people will react to what you have to say. You don't even know if they will understand you. But since we're here, my name's Cassandra...

- I know. I mean my name is Jonathan.

- What do you mean, you know? I see. Have you been talking to Sarah, the Bartender? That girl can never shut up. I swear she didn't use to talk that much in school.

She bursts out in laughter and he couldn't help but join her. Her laugh was contagious and he couldn't take his eyes off her. He never felt that way before, was it love at first sight?

- Did she also tell you I turn down every guy that approachs me? And about people thinking I'm a lesbian just like her?

- Well kinda, she said you also turned her down. I bet she's a little bitter, I can understand that.

She blushed turning her eyes away in a sweet way. She threw her cigarette in the street, got up and handed her hand to him.

- Well, let's give them something to talk about. The untouchable Cassie will actually dance with a stranger. Do you think you can keep up with me?

- Of course, I'm the Doctor of Thuganomics, They can't see me! But I'll force them to feel me!

- Interestening mojo you got there! Some kind of a catch phrase?

Cena smiled at the souvenir, she had no idea how much of a catch phrase it was. Every week he had thousands fans screaming at him now. He got out of the shower and went to the locker room to get dressed. But the images were still so fresh in his mind, like it happened yesterday...

They had danced together as time flew by. Until the rythmn became slower and slower. It was almost closing time now. Finally, he could hold her in his arms. But when she actually put her head on his shoulders and he pressed his lips on her neck, someone came between them grabbing her hard and away from him. It was the weird looking guy from earlier.

Before he could react, the guy was yelling in Cassie's face as she tried to get away. He didn't understood a word but things were getting too far. The guy was shaking her so hard that she had tears filling her eyes. And that frightened expression on her face. John's vision blurred with anger and he took a step to stop the guy from hurting her. He didn't react fast enough. The guy had already slapped her hard in the face, making her fall on the ground. She had knocked her head on a chair and stayed down. He grabbed the guy and unaware of anything else, throw him some nice punches and pushed him through a table. Then, the bouncers got in the party and took the guy away, bleeding like hell. One of them tried to get him but Cena just pushed him away to get to Cassie. She was very pale and had a little blood running down her cheek. She had knocked her head pretty bad.....He had to call a cab to drive her to the hospital. He refused to leave her side while the doctor were examinating her. She got a couple of stiches but no severe injuries. Gosh, he could have killed the guy for only touching a hair on her head. And to think he only knew her for a couple of hours......

When the doctors said she was free to go, they drove back to his hotel. They sat down at a table in the bar. It was almost morning and he knew he had to leave in a couple of hours.

- I wanted to thank you John. You saved me from that freak tonight. No one ever did something like that for me.

- I couldn't stand there and do nothing sweetheart, plus it's now my job to kick people's asses. Especially some assclown like this one.

He ended up telling her everything about his life, his new career. He also told her how he was sad that he had to leave. She smiled sadly too.

- I knew you had to leave, good things are never meant to last. But maybe there is a way to keep in touch? I'll be traveling a lot myself because I want to work as a choreagrapher. I don't know where I'll end up but I sure hope we will see each other again. You opened my eyes Cena, you made me see they guys aren't all jerks. You also made me realised I could love again...

His heart jumped in his chest as he leaned to kiss her....

But then his cell phone rang making him startled in the empty locker room. He answered a little annoyed to be taken away from his souvenirs....

end of part 1!

Milou