This is my latest story, 'NEW BEGINNINGS' and it's about John Cena and my O.C Casey Parks.
I hope you like it. In this chapter, I own all of the characters, apart from John Cena.
Please tell me what you think so far by reviewing!

1

'Next Stop'

"Where's the next stop?" Casey Parks took a sip of coffee out of her polystyrene cup.

"We're staying the night at the motel about two miles down the road." Madison Birde pulled a scrap of screwed up paper out of her pocket. "And we've gotta be at the Marks Hall in Detroit at 1pm tomorrow."

It was eight thirty on a Tuesday night, and Casey and Madison were sat in an all-night cafe on the side of the freeway, drinking coffee and eating Panini's after six straight hours of driving. Michigan was colder than the two girls had realised, and hot food was their only comfort.

"Are we actually booked in for a match?" Casey asked.

"Nothing's confirmed." Madison began. "But they said if we turn up on time with something planned, then we're pretty much a go." She was so optimistic in such crappy situations.

"I'm sick of this." Casey smashed her empty cup down on the table and put her head in her hands.

"Hey, don't be like that!" Madison held onto one of her friends hands. "This is how you make it in the business! You pay your dues and in the long run, you're rewarded for it."

"We've been paying our dues for a hell of a long time." Casey commented sourly.

"Listen, we're gonna get up early tomorrow and beg the local gym in Michigan to let us use their ring. We're gonna brush up on our match and get paid for putting on a damn good show."

This is what they did for a living. They trawled the highways of America, looking for wrestling halls to perform in and got paid very little to do so. It could get tough, and it wasn't the wealthiest of jobs, but it was their passion, and nothing could take away from that. Casey often struggled, but Madison's optimism always pulled her through.

Casey held out her hand. "I'll pay for the food. Gimme the money."

Madison began rummaging through her backpack, until she was interrupted by the sound of her phone ringing.

"I'll go take this outside." She said. "Find my purse." She threw her bag at Casey and made her way outside. Casey just managed to scrap together the right amount. She paid the waitress and sat, looking out of the window, wondering if things would ever change.

- - -

"You'll never guess who that was." Madison came back inside, clutching her cell phone.

"Surprise me."

"Johnny Ramon."

"You're kidding, right? Johnny? From Ramon's Gym?" Casey smiled at the familiar name.

Not many people knew that Casey and Madison had been best friends since freshman year in high school back in sunny Chino, California. While the other girls were trying out for the cheerleading squad, they had dreams of professional wrestling in their heads. They used to skip math class to hide in the bleaches of their school gym to watch the guys wrestling team.

After high school, Madison and Casey discovered an acclaimed wrestling school in Sacramento called Ramon's Gym, run by a veteran of the business, Johnny Ramon. They hitchhiked from Chino to Sacramento, where they trained at Ramon's Gym. They became the first girls to graduate from the gym, something they were very proud of.

- - -

"So what did Johnny want?" Casey asked.

"He's organising a little reunion for our 'class', and we're invited."

"That's cool." Casey replied.

"Guess who Johnny's roped into something along?" Madison said excitedly.

"Who?"

"I'll give you a hint, his name begins in John and ends in Cena."

"Oh, is it our old friend John Cena?" Casey sighed as Madison got excited over the mention of Casey's ex's name.

"Come on, Case. You can't say you're not excited about seeing him." Madison persisted. "You guys were together for like... forever, and now you're going to see him for the first time in about ten years. You've got to be a little bit excited."

- - -

The truth was, Casey was excited, but Madison knew she'd never admit it. It had been about ten years since she'd seen John.

She was eighteen, and he was twenty-two. They had dated for about a year, possibly longer, and things had gotten pretty serious. All that changed when John was called up to the WWE. Casey knew it was the end. She guessed John knew too, cos they never even broke up, just stopped talking one day. She still remembered the first day they met.

- - -

9 years ago

"Lock up!"

Casey grabbed Madison and took her down in a snapmare. Madison managed to make her way to her feet, and reversed into a sit-out jawbreaker. The match continued, until Casey managed to get the three count by a small package pin.

"Not bad." Johnny commented from ringside, observing his girls in action. "Take a breather."

"I'll get you back for that one." Madison winked at her friend.

Casey followed her friend out of the ropes and sat down on a bench, ringside. She grabbed a towel, and dabbed it on her sweaty face. She then picked up a water-bottle from inside her gym bag, flipped off the cap and drained the contents in one swift movement.

"Thirsty?" Casey heard a voice behind her, which definitely wasn't Madison's. She turned around and noticed Johnny's newest rookie, John Cena. Despite the fact he was a couple of years old than her, Casey had been at the gym for longer than John.

"A little bit." He was quite good-looking actually, though Casey didn't admit it out loud.

"I'm John." He held out a hand for her to shake.

"I know, I'm Casey."

"I know." His face broke out into a grin. "You're pretty good, you know."

"Well... I try."

"That was a great snapmare you pulled off."

"Thanks."

"I'm gonna cut the wrestling small-talk." John smiled sheepishly. "I've been watching you for a while, and I didn't know whether I should ask you out or not."

"You definitely should." Casey replied. When an awkward silence filled the air, she decided to speak up. "Go on."

"Okay. Would you like to go out with me sometime?" He winced.

"I would love to." Casey smiled.

"Finally!" Casey and John turned around to see Madison run over and throw her hands in the air. "It's about time."

- - -

"Girlfriend certainly knows how to ruin the moment." Casey said to herself.

"What?" Madison looked confused.

"Nothing." She blushed. "Shall we get going?"

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