John awoke with a jolt as his phone's alarm went off. He snatched the device and shut it off quickly. He didn't want to wake the snoring champ that slept in the bed across from his. If Punk did wake up, John's morning plans would be ruined. Punk shifted a little, but remained in dreamland. Cena sighed a breath of relief. Slowly, he rose out of bed and headed for his bag. The superstar grabbed some clothes and set off towards the bathroom. Quickly, he took a shower and got dressed. When he finished, the champ was still asleep. John smiled as he grabbed his phone and wallet. He left the hotel room with a smile.
A few minutes later, John was a couple floors down, getting ready to knock on AJ's door. When he did, he heard the sound of someone rushing to answer it. The door opened to reveal AJ Lee. She had a blue tank top on, skinny blue jeans, and a black pair of converse. John thought she looked cute, she always did. Her body was preventing him from seeing inside the room. He tried to peak in to see who she was rooming with, but she came out and shut the door. John gave her a confused look, but didn't question her.
"You ready to go?" She said sweetly. He grabbed AJ's hand and guided them down the hallway. When they got into the elevator and made sure they were alone, both wrestlers began to kiss each other.
"So, this is how you're gonna make it up to me?" AJ said as they broke apart. She wrapped her fingers around his belt loops to pull him closer.
"Haha, no. I'm taking you somewhere." John laughed, knowing what she was up to.
"Somewhere private?" AJ asked with her eyebrow raised.
"Babe, we'll save that for later" John said.
"But you said that last time.." AJ protested with a pout. Before John could come up with an excuse, the elevator dinged. The doors opened up to the bottom floor. Holding hands, the wrestlers exited.
"So where are we going then?" AJ asked.
"You'll see" Cena replied as he led her throughout the hotel. After a little while of walking, they were now standing in front of the hotel's small restaurant. There was a sign standing out front that said "We're now serving breakfast" John and AJ walked into the room. There were small tables and booths scattered around. The couple stood in front of a podium where a man was standing.
"We'd like a booth please" John told the man.
"Right this way, sir" said the man as he led John and AJ over to a booth. They sad down on opposite sides of each other.
"You're waitress will be right with you" the man informed them before he took off. John started to skim through the menu that was already placed in front of him. He stopped instantly, knowing that he was being watched. Glancing up, he saw that AJ was frowning at him.
"What's wrong?" Cena asked, his voice soft. AJ sighed, but remained silent. She wasn't pleased with their little breakfast. John knew what she wanted and expected instead, but he just couldn't do it. What she wanted was for them to sleep together. They hadn't done it yet, though they have made out a few times. Still, the reason why they were out on this date was because Punk had interrupted their movie night. He didn't want his first time with AJ to be because of payback for Punk. That'd be weird and not special at all. He's not that type of guy. As of lately though, it seems like AJ is that type of girl. Honestly, it was beginning to make him feel uncomfortable. He liked her though, so John was gonna try to make this work. He reached across the table and took AJ's hand in his. She didn't look up. John went back to looking at the menu.
"Hello, my name is Lydia and I'll be your waitress. Are you ready to order?"
"I'll have a plate of waffles and a glass of orange juice, please" AJ said, removing her hand from John's to send a text. Cena ignored this as Lydia began to look awkward.
"Same for me" John said. The waitress was about to leave when suddenly a voice said "and I'll have pancakes!" John and AJ looked up in surprise.
"Sorry, I'm late guys" WWE champion, CM Punk said as he sat down next to John. Lydia raised her brow and Punk motioned for her to leave. She wrote down his order as she did so.
"So, what did I miss?" Punk said, smiling at the confused couple. John could see the fire starting to burn in AJ's eyes as she pressed her lips together tightly. Punk took no notice.
"Uh, what are you doing here?" John asked him. Punk put his arm around Cena's shoulders.
"Well, I woke up and noticed you were gone. I didn't mind at first, figured you were out with AJ" Punk said as he used his other hand to gesture to her. She was glaring at him.
"Then I left the hotel room to explore because I was nearly DYING of boredom in there. I came across a couple of guys. They were arguing because apparently the person we're rooming with now is supposed to be our travel buddy for a few weeks since management keeps screwing up the booking of rooms" Punk stopped his explanation so he could take a sip of water that was on the table.
"I wanted to tell you the good news" Punk continued "So, I asked around until someone told me that they saw you guys eating here and, well, here I am!" the champ finished with a grin. The couple stayed quiet.
"Man, where are my pancakes? I'm starving!" Punk said, rubbing his stomach.
"Don't you have somewhere else to be?" AJ asked using a fake smile.
"Nope... do you?" Punk retorted. AJ rolled her eyes.
"Look, Punk... we're kind of on a date here" John said.
"But-" the champ started to talk, but AJ interrupted him.
"Why don't you just-" AJ interjected.
"Here are your meals" Lydia said as she juggled three plates of breakfast and three drinks. She placed them down on the table. Punk immediately started to eat his pancakes. John hesitated, the shrugged. He began to eat as well. AJ went back to texting. See, John would've felt mad at Punk, but AJ didn't want to be here anyway. If he had to admit it, he'd rather have Punk here than AJ right now. At least he was happy to be here.
"You gonna eat those?" John snapped out of his thoughts and looked up to see Punk pointing at AJ's plate. She gave him a look that could've killed.
"Here" she said, pushing her waffles towards the champ. Punk smiled. AJ stood up and sent a quick text.
"Where are you going?" John asked his girlfriend.
"I've just gotta go, see you, John" the diva said, avoiding looking at Punk.
"Fine. Bye." John said with a sigh. Punk continued to eat. John did the same. With a huff, AJ stormed out of the restaurant. Both men continued to eat the food.
"Mind if I?" Cena asked, referring to the champ's pancakes.
"Go ahead" Punk said happily. After about ten minutes, both plates were clean and both men sat rested in the booth with grins on their faces.
"Well, that was... uh... nice" John stated. Punk hummed in agreement.
"Sorry about the whole 'ruining your date' thing" Punk said quietly. The apology surprised Cena. After all, he thought Punk was doing it on purpose. Maybe he was wrong.
"Honestly, it's fine. She didn't want to be here anyways..."
"Well, why not? The food is delicious and you're not the worst company I've ever had" Punk said. John laughed at that.
"I don't know, I guess she just expected something else." John explained, feeling a bit bad now that AJ really did leave.
"Oh, well. I enjoyed the breakfast at least" Punk said, trying to lighten the mood. It worked because John laughed again.
"You're paying though" Cena told the champ. This time, Punk laughed. He called the waitress over and paid for the meals.
"So, what's on your plans for the rest of the day?" Punk questioned the other wrestler.
"I was gonna spend the rest of the day with AJ, since we're going to be leaving tomorrow morning, but that's obviously not gonna happen..." John trailed off. Punk gave him a sad smile.
"I guess now I'm just going to go back to the room and rest"
"Hey, we could watch that SAW movie!" Punk exclaimed. John would be lying if he said that the idea didn't sound great. Still, he just had to know the truth. The tattooed man got up, getting ready to leave, but John grabbed his arm and pulled him back down. Punk raised his brow in question.
"Look, I gotta ask you something." John said and Punk nodded.
"I'm not trying to be rude, but why are you so eager to hang out with me? I mean, we're not exactly friends. You're a cool guy... when you're not on screen.. or around other people. If this is part of some strange plan to drive me away from AJ then-"
"Whoa, whoa. Just stop okay?" Punk responded. "I don't care about you and AJ. I just think you're fun to hang out with. Of course, I never would've assumed it at first" John rolled his eyes at this, but Punk rattled on. "We have stuff in common and-" Punk stopped in mid sentence. John was giving him an 'are you serious?' look and it distracted him.
"What?" Punk asked Cena.
"You have other friends, don't you?" John questioned. When he did, he immediately wished he could take it back. Punk's smile was now replaced by a frown. The champ quickly masked it though. Still, he sat there straight faced, not smiling. With a sigh, Punk answered John's question.
"I don't know if you realized this, but I'm not exactly seen as a 'good guy' right now." John couldn't argue with that.
"Every thinks I'm some kind of ass now, which I don't blame them. I'm not always the friendliest person... What I'm saying is, people don't hang out with me, John. They don't want to. Which is fine by me. I just thought that, since you seemed like a slightly decent guy to hang with, it would be okay. I guess I was wrong!" John was shocked by Punk's outburst. He almost didn't realize that the other superstar was on his way out of the restaurant. Quickly, John jumped out of his seat and chased after the other man.
"Punk, wait!" Cena called out. He saw that Punk had stopped in the middle of the hall.
"I'm sorry, man. I didn't mean to sound so rude. I was just surprised was all. Look, I still wanna hang out with you, okay?" Punk turned around and glared at the other wrestler.
"Fine" Punk said as he broke out into a grin. Both men started making their way down the hall.
"You know, you could've just told me that you were lonely." Cena said with a laugh. Punk playfully shoved him.
"Shut up!" Punk replied.
"It's okay, buddy. I'm here for you." John said as he wrapped his arm around the other superstar's shoulder. Punk rolled his eyes. As they walked back to their hotel room, they didn't notice that someone had seen them.
"Didja see that?" The platinum blonde otherwise known as Dolph Ziggler said to another man.
"Yeah, Punk and Cena? Since when did they become friends?" Mike the Miz asked as he watched the other wrestlers leave.
"Who says they're only friends?" Dolph replied with a smirk. Miz turned to look at him in shock.
"What? No way!" Mike exclaimed. The blonde didn't respond, he was too busy lost in thought. When he snapped out of it, he rapidly sent a text. 'This is gonna be good' Ziggler thought.
