*I haven't written Cena in ages but this idea has been festering for a long, long time. But I have to write it. This is going way back to when I use to write WWE stories full time and Rhett was one of the girls I used the most.**

Summary: When The WWE rolls into the Windy City for Payback 2014, John Cena goes against his better judgement and goes sees Rhett Brooks, the one woman that he couldn't get off of his mind.

Word count 1118

Rhett Brooks sighed pushing her long bangs behind her ears, today was never ending day of crap and it had gotten worse when she found that the WWE was in town, a company that she had a love hate relationship with. And that was mostly due to the way they had treated her and her brother during her short tenure there, the emotions grew deeper when she ended her rocky relationship with now 15 time World Champion John Cena. A relationship she swore she would never get into, she had refused to date wrestlers from the get go and yet she found herself drawn into him like a moth to a flame.

A dangerous flame that she ended up getting burned by.

The flame that her brother and Colt had warned her about and warned her about time after time. But she didn't listen, she never did. She liked doing things on her own and a majority of the time she got burned but it was the best way she learned. "You know if you want something to do. You can always wipe down tables." Rhett's long time friend Natalie said looking at her. Rhett turned her attention to her and gave her tense smile, "If I have too." Natalie held out a towel for her, "Get to working.' "Yeah, yeah." She muttered putting the damp towel on the sticky table and started wiping the table down.

The little bell tolling over the door minutes later caused Rhett to pause and look up from what she was doing. "John." She breathed. "Hey Rhett, got a minute?" Terror filled green eyes went from her former flame to Natalie who nodded her head, she was one of the few people that supported Rhett being with John and trying to follow in her famous big brother's footsteps.

Rhett nodded her head and shakily sat down on the padded chair. "You look good." John complimented letting his blue eyes trail over her form before sinking down across from her. "So do you. Skank looks good on you." "Hey." John said, his demeanor changing quickly.

"Truth hurts doesn't it?" She asked folding her arms under her chest, "You were all serious with me then you cheated on me with Nikki Bella and your high school sweetheart. "

"I am sorry." He started. "Oh you are sorry that's really rich John! What's next you are going to tell me you are sorry that you missed our child's birth because you too busy getting her a boob job.' Rhett said, her green eyes flashing.

John's frown deepened, this is not how he wanted this visit to go he wanted to see her and get her out of his head and then go back to his relationship with Nikki. But now that he saw her he wanted to stay with her and find out about his child and know what she was up too. "How is our child?" "Our son JP, is fine, he is with his uncle Punk and Aunt April they are taking him to the hockey game tonight."

"JP?" "Jonathan Philip. He loves his Uncle Punk." She pulled out her phone and pressed the button showing him the small boy with her piercing green eyes and his dimples and dark blonde hair sitting on his uncle's lap watching a movie.

"He is.'

"He is you." Rhett said, "With parts of his uncles sprinkled in. He is my whole world." "Does he know about me?" He asked. Rhett licked her lips and stole a glance at Natalie who nodded her head, "He does know who you are. But he doesn't know you are daddy. You made it clear that you didn't want to be a father and I am not going to force it on you. In fact you say it all the time on Total Divas with Nikki. Tell me John why is that you don't want those things with her and you were willing to do it all with me?' She asked folding her arms under her chest.

John lowered his eyes down to the table, he never really had the answer for it. He never did. Nikki asked him all the time about it. "Does she even know that we have a kid?" "No." He stared. "Really rich John. You want to sit there and like you are good guy but you aren't." "Because Rhett at the time I could see myself settling down and having a family with you." Rhett laughed and shook her head.

"I could. Liz was a mistake, she talked me into marrying her, she found the ring I bought for you and thought it was for her." Rhett lowered her eyes and looked at him. "What?' "Yeah, I was ready to have you move in with me and marry you. I even went as far as to ask your brother for permission.' A small laugh escaped Rhett's lips, "Oh Punk must have gotten a kick out of that." "He did, he was protective of his little sister."

"He still is. He was with me when JP was born, he and Colt traded off going with me to doctor's appointments and parenting classes." "She use to joke that it was their baby and not hers because they were so involved in it." Natalie piped up from behind the counter. John nodded his head with a slight laugh, "I want to meet him."

"I don't know John, I don't want to get his hopes up, you have Nikki in your life and you are gone 300 plus days a year.' "Please." He begged, he tried not to beg often but he knew he had too, he needed to meet his son once and see what he was like. Rhett shook her head and looked at Natalie who shrugged her shoulders. "Please." He repeated looking at her. She sucked her bottom lip between her teeth and nodded her head, "Come by before you leave tomorrow, Punk is bringing him over after the hockey game." "Thank you Rhett." he said covering her hand with his ignoring the familiar flip of his heart in his chest. She nodded her head again before pushing herself away from the table.