"Whatcha doin'?" Jon asked, sliding his arms around my waist. I squealed and spun around on the stool, throwing my arms around him and kissing him hard. "Oh my god!" I said, pinching his cheeks. "I've missed you so freaking much!" "Feelings more than mutual doll face" he moaned, kissing me again. "So what were you doing?" "Oh nothing" I said, hiding the application forms under the stack of papers on the breakfast bar. "Just, you know, looking for work..." "Taylor" he groaned. "We've already talked about this. I make enough for us both. You don't need to work." "But I do, Jon" I said. "Sitting around this apartment, waiting for you to come home, or for her to hint like crazy that she's with you, I can't keep doing it. I need to take my mind off it." "I know" he said quietly. "I'm sorry Tay, I really am. But you understand why I can't call her out on it, right? Everyone would be all over you, and we don't need that. You don't need that. They're crazier than she is." I smiled and nodded at him. "I know" I said quietly. "I just, well, sometimes I just feel like the other woman, you know?" "Jeez Tay" he groaned. "Come on, let's go make my woman feel like she's the only woman in my life..." "She fucking better be" I warned as he pulled me off the stool and into the bedroom.
"Where are you going?" he moaned as I got dressed. I smiled and kissed him before standing up. "Just going to mail some applications off" I said, pulling my jeans up and waiting for him to tell me off. "Ok" he said simply, totally shocking me. "Won't be long" I said, kissing him again before rushing out into the dining room to grab the papers. I checked I'd filled everything in and put the form in the envelope. "Here goes nothing" I mumbled, grabbing my keys and running out the door.
When I got back Jon was in the lounge. "Hey" he said, looking up and smiling as I put my keys in the bowl by the door. "Get it all posted ok?" I nodded and kicked my shoes off before cuddling into him on the sofa. "Whatcha watching?" I asked quietly. "Raw" he said simply. "Unless you wanna watch something?" I shook my head. "Raw is good" I said, looking up and kissing him. "I like watching you wrestle. Even though it doesn't really seem like it's really you." He laughed. "I know" he said softly. "But that's just because I'm different around you. In that ring, thats an act. The real me is what you get as soon as I step through that door. Only you know the real me Tay, I promise you." "I believe you Jon" I whispered. "Come on, let's watch this Ambrose guy in action." He chuckled and skipped to where his music started. I watched his face as he watched himself walk down the entrance ramp. "You're your own biggest critic, you know that?" I asked. He nodded, kissing me without looking away from the screen. "Ah Tay" he moaned. "Sometimes, I just wish you could see all this from my point of view. To know what it's like to walk down that ramp to people cheering you, to know you're making people happy with what you do in that ring." "I do know, babe" I said. "I know through you. Seeing you happy, watching people's reactions to you, and how you react to the fans, that makes me happy too. I just, I dunno, I wish I could be with you more." "Me too" he whispered. "Me too."
"Taylor?" he called as Raw ended. I poked my head around the kitchen door and he smiled. "What were those applications for?" he asked, standing up and sitting at the breakfast bar to watch me cook. "Oh" I said, quickly trying to think of something. "There was one for that store down on Main Street, and a few different office ones. Why?" "Just asking" he said, smiling as I put a coffee in front of him. "Taking an interest in what my girlfriend does. Even though she doesn't need to. Looking after me is her job." "When Renee lets her" I said, glancing at him. He winced and nodded. "I'll deal with it Tay" he said. "I promise. I have avoided carpooling with her for a few weeks now. Surely something has been said about that?" I shook my head. "Nope" I said. "It's been noticed, but since she confirmed you're dating she can do no wrong." "I'll deal with it" he repeated. I nodded and went back to cooking.
His days off flew by, and soon it was time for him to leave me again. "I love you Tay" he whispered as he kissed me at the front door. "I love you too Jon" I whispered back. "Always and forever, ok?" He nodded and wiped away the tear that rolled down his cheek. "Fucking hate leaving you" he moaned. I nodded, kissing away the tear that followed. "I hate it too" I said. "One day, Jon, one day you won't have to leave me. This will all be in the open and we can show the world what we mean to each other." He nodded, smiling through his tears. "I can't wait for that day Tay" he said, kissing me again. "I gotta go. I love you. I'll call you later." I nodded and kissed him, stepping away from the door to let him go.