A/N: Surprise, surprise, I have another story. But this time around, it's not only focused on one couple, not even two. It's focused on four couples. Now, this story of mine is a favorite of mine because I feel I have so much more to explore and create since I have four couples to work with. I hope you all will like this story because it's one of my favorites. The drama's there, but the friendship as well and of course the humor. Read and review!
Disclaimer: I do not own any WWE Superstar, just my story idea.
Prologue
- Cassidy -
Cassidy walked out of her class, feeling relieved as ever. She hated that class. She had no idea why she was taking it, but apparently, it was requirement for graduation. Cassidy was majoring in Architecture. She had no idea why that would be a requirement, but who was she to argue with her school requirements?
It has always been a dream of hers to see a building that she built. At first her parents thought it was one of those childhood ambitions that would eventually fade away as she grew older, but it obviously didn't.
She pursued her dreams and here she is now, one year away from graduating and she couldn't be anymore excited.
In fact, she never dreamt of studying in Los Angeles. She always thought that she would stay in Florida for the rest of her life, but then again, she flew back and forth from Los Angeles and Florida, maybe she was bound to make California her home some day.
Her mother lived in Florida while her father lived in Los Angeles with his new family. Cassidy's parents got a divorced when she was eight years old. It hurt much more than she let on, watching her father move out of their home was pretty traumatizing for her. Her mother brought her to a psychologist, but Cassidy wasn't responding so they stopped going. She just learned to deal with the whole situation on her own. She buried herself in school work and excelled academically, shutting out her social life.
After the whole divorce situation, she just couldn't believe in love ever existing between a man and woman. She was ten and it was hard for her to understand what was going on, but as years went by and she noticed the dislike between her parents, it made her wonder if love ever existed in their relationship. Given, they don't always dislike one another, but when they do, it's just unbelievable to her how everything turned out.
Since her father was in Los Angeles, she rarely spends time with him, but he does try to be there for her as much as he could, after all she is his first born and the only daughter he has. With his new wife, he had two boys, Justin and Michael. Justin is twelve years old and Michael is nine.
But all of a sudden, everything changed.
About two years ago, she moved to Los Angeles, California, with a family friend of hers, Ted DiBiase. She needed a job and Ted's mother offered her a job to be Ted's assistant. She declined at first, but Martha told her that Ted would pay for her education in Los Angeles as she helped him around. Ted was moving to Los Angeles for some new found freedom. As much as he loved Florida, he wanted to experience living in another state. Martha feeling that her son shouldn't be out in Los Angeles alone, convinced Cassidy to go with Ted since she knew the place well. She couldn't refuse the offer. She wanted to finish her education and her mother just didn't have that money available for her, so she accepted the offer.
Before moving with him, Ted and Cassidy never said much to each other. They never found it necessary to say anything to each other besides a simple hello or goodbye. It's not like they hated each other. They had no problem with one another, but there was just nothing to say to one another.
Once they left, Cassidy knew that she would have to start talking to Ted. It wasn't horrible for her since Ted was easy to talk to. It was a bit hard at first since neither she nor Ted wanted to open up to one another, they mostly made small talk.
But the day Ted and Lora broke up, that was the day everything changed for them.
Ted confided in her and from that day on, they talked about everything and anything. All of their secrets were revealed to one another. They found it to be therapeutic and comforting. It was only the two of them. They had no one else in Los Angeles, but themselves.
Cassidy hated going over her father's home, she despised her father for what happen between her mother and him. He was the one who chose to leave them and it was a thought that Cassidy could never forget. She wasn't going to ignore him. She couldn't. No matter how much he hurt her, he was still her father, no matter what.
Ted and Cassidy are the best of friends. They found it to be a bit weird on how everything changed between them, but they weren't complaining. Now they questioned why they have never spoken to one another before. They seem so alike, but yet they were different. For example, Cassidy didn't like wrestling. She didn't see the interest people have in it, but that didn't mean she didn't watch wrestling shows. She didn't have a choice. Ted would usually drag her along whenever she could come with him to travel. Not the most interesting she's seen, but it was entertaining nonetheless.
There was nothing they couldn't share to one another. Well maybe except one thing.
Ted was madly in love with Cassidy, but the problem is, she didn't return the feelings.
- Alicia -
Alicia walked out of the kitchen, pulling down the uniform she wore. She honestly hated dresses. She has never liked them, maybe except when she was a child, but now that she could make her own decisions about her clothing, she avoided dresses at all cost. But since she was working in an American style 50s diner, dresses were required. It wasn't very short, but she would have preferred some pants, shorts even, as long as she could stay away from dresses.
She sighed.
She hated this job, but it helped pay her bills. More importantly, it kept food on the table for her son, Alexander. She had Alexander at the age of twenty-one years old. These days, having a kid in that age was pretty common, maybe even younger.
She was young and naïve. It's not an excuse. She wasn't trying to make an excuse either. She never regretted having Alexander; she just regretted having him with the wrong person.
But having him taught her many things. She learned how it is to work hard for not only yourself, but for someone else's benefit as well. She felt how her parents felt when they had her. Now, she appreciates all her parents' hard work more than she ever did before.
She grew up quickly and at times she hated that at times, but it made her a better person.
Alicia walked over to a customer and took their order. She placed the order and stood by the counter, waiting for anyone to call her over. They weren't so busy today so she had time to serve everyone who needed help. It was a Tuesday afternoon and in about an hour, she was getting off work for a bit to pick up Alexander.
She has been working in Americana for about four years now. At first, it was hard since she had to find people to take care of Alexander and she had to readjust to a couple of things. Her parents willingly helped her, taking care of Alexander as she worked and continued her studies.
She refused to give up her studies. She knew the only way she could have a better future is for her to finish her education. She was thankful for her parents support. Without it, she truly didn't know how she would make it.
Alexander's father was nonexistent in his life and she preferred it that way.
He was an asshole.
They dated for about two months and when he finally got what he wanted, he walked out on her. When she told him she was pregnant, he refused to own up to his child. She despised him for that and still does, but now, it was for different reasons. He deprived his own son of having a father and for that, she will forever despise him. She didn't want him back, all she wanted was for him to know his son, but he was obviously not interested.
But she didn't care. She didn't need him. As long as she had Alexander, she didn't want anyone else.
She placed the plate in front of the customer, giving them a warm smile before walking back behind the counter. Her co-worker, Joanna smiled at her.
"You know, I wouldn't even suspect you hated this job when I see that smile on your face." Joanna teased making Alicia laugh.
"Now, I do not hate this job, it's just not my day today." She replied.
"Yes, well yesterday wasn't your day either and the day before that." Joanna looked at her with concern. "Is everything alright?"
Alicia smiled. "Everything is fine, Alex's been sick so I haven't gotten much sleep."
Joanna nodded her head. "Ah, I see, you know I'm really proud of you. You've handled this whole single parent situation with your head held up high. I've never heard a complain from you."
"You know, it's hard to complain when I come home to Alexander. Every time I see him, all the stress just gets wiped off my body." Alicia replied.
"I know what you mean honey, my little princess does that to me as well." Joanna smiled before walking over to a customer.
Alicia smiled. She looked down the counter and laughed. As much as she told him not to come see her, he still does. They could always talk in private, but he always insisted on bothering her at work. Not that she mind. She loves having John Cena bug her in the middle of the morning, whenever he was in town.
She walked over to him and smiled. "Good morning, you're here again."
He smiled. "Told you that you couldn't get rid of me, how are you this morning?"
"Jolly," She winked. "You? Seems like you had a rough night."
He had black circles under his eyes, he looked exhausted.
"Yes, another night of partying, fun, fun, fun." John replied.
Alicia poured some coffee in a cup for him, sliding it closer to him once she was down pouring it in the cup.
"I bet, anyways, what can I get for you this morning? Besides coffee,"
He laughed. "The usual, don't really feel like getting anything new."
"Yes, well you never get anything new, if I recall." Alicia teased making him laugh once more.
"You know, you're pretty funny, you should consider quitting this job and becoming a comedian." He teased.
"Oh yes, it's my dream to be a comedian, touring the world, cracking jokes."
Alicia walked away and placed his order. John motioned for her to come over. She looked around at first to make sure that none of the customers she was serving needed her help. Once she was sure, she walked over to John.
"Yes Mr. Cena?" She asked.
"How's Alexander?" He questioned.
"He's good, just a bit sick, but he's getting better."
John nodded his head. "I'll visit him later, what time do you get off work?"
"Around five?"
"Okay, I'll pick you up later then. I haven't seen him in a while, I need to visit him." John said.
Alicia smiled. "You know John, you've been really great to Alexander. But I feel like you feel that you need to see him. You don't John, he's not your son to worry about."
John sighed. "I know, but at times, I wish he was my son. I mean, weren't we a couple as well?"
Alicia gave him a small smile before walking to the kitchen to get John's food.
She hated it when he brought up the past. Before Alicia dated Alexander's father, she was in a serious relationship with John. They were together for about three years and were always happy. They fought, but couples usually do, but towards the end of their relationship, things just started going sour. As much as they tried to work it out, it just wouldn't. Some of their friends said that maybe they just became too serious that they weren't able to handle it. Others say that the desire to date other people broke them apart. Whatever the reason was, in the end, they were over.
Alicia could say that Alexander's father was a rebound.
She never got over John.
After all, you never get over your first love.
- Katie & Cody -
Katie walked out of her bathroom, turning off the lights in her bathroom, wearing only her underwear. She slipped under her covers and felt a strong pair of arms wrap around her body. She smiled, closing her eyes letting sleep takeover her body once more.
The pair of arms belonged to Cody Rhodes.
Katie and Cody both got out of a serious relationship about a year ago. When they're relationships ended, that's when they met. Katie and Cody met through John Cena. They were both invited by John to dinner and they exchanged numbers. They went on a date and slept together, starting this whole relationship. Both made it clear to one another that they didn't want a serious relationship, so they didn't have one. Instead they began to just sleep with one another. They couldn't deny it; there was a connection there, whether it was lust or something deeper than that, they weren't really sure. But all they know was that they needed each other.
The best part of their relationship was there was no strings attached, which meant no feelings attached.
Right?
