John was the first one awake; Audrey was still in the same position as she was last night laying on his chest with her arm resting on his abs. John looked down her, he adored her so much. He was really falling in love with her. He dated other girls, he was even engaged at one point but apparently that didn't work out. Audrey was different from any of the other girls he dated; there was something about her that just drove him crazy for her. Maybe it's her smile and the one dimple that appears her laugh, her eyes and the spark in them. Or maybe it's her shyness that he found attractive, her voice, her personality, whatever it is about her he wanted to find out. He heard her moan lightly in her sleep, he swirled circles on her hip with his thumb. She opened her eyes to meet a pair of blue eyes staring back into her hazel eyes; they stared at each other for a good three minutes until she smiled. "Good morning sleepy head" John smiled. "Morning," "Did you sleep well?" She nodded her head, still immobile. "How long were you up?" she rested her chin on his chest. "For a good fifteen minutes" "You were watching me sleep weren't you?" "Yeah I was," "Why? What's so interesting about me sleeping?" "Everything," she blushed she hid her face. "Why you hiding?" he laughed. He honestly loved it when she blushed. "Don't make me blush, I hate it when I do that it makes me feel weird." He smiled, "You ready for today?" She made a sad face, "Can we just stay in bed?" "I want you to meet my family; I want them to meet this amazing best friend that I have." She laid her head back on his chest again, "But I'm nervous." He rolled her over, so he was on top of her. "What will take your nerves away?" She swallowed, and looked into his eyes and her eyes moved down to his lips, "I-I don't know," she stammered. He traced her jaw line with his thumb, causing her heart to beat faster. "Why are you so nervous?" "I-I don't know." He smiled, "Is that all you know how to say?" He felt her tense up; she never took her eyes away from his. He leaned down and whispered in her ear, "Relax." A soft moan escaped from her mouth. His breath against her neck and his voice drove her crazy. She bit down on her lip to keep from making any more noises. He looked back into her hazel eyes; she was seriously lost for words at this point. He knew the reason she tensed up was not because she was nervous about meeting his parents, at this moment he just wanted to concentrate on her. "John" she said in a soft whisper. "What is it?" She opened her mouth but nothing came out, she searched his eyes as if they would give her an answer "I-I-I…"John put his index finger up to her lips, he felt her breathing speed up, she swallowed again. Her body began to tremble underneath him, she grabbed on his arms holding on tight. He looked at her, "Could you ease up on my arms?" she realized how tight she was holding, "Sorry" she whispered but she still held onto his arms. She looked into his eyes, God she loved looking into his eyes, they mesmerized her so much. "We should get ready" he said. She let out a small sigh, "Ok" he got from on top of her; she sure didn't want that moment to end! She sat up on the edge of the bed and checked her phone to see if she had any messages, she had none. She texted Mickie:

I have 2 call u later we need to talk

Hope it's sumthn good, can't wait

Audrey walked over to her bags to figure out what she should wear; John had already gone to shower. She found an embroidered tube dress. It was nothing too revealing, something she felt comfortable in and it was nothing that gave off the wrong impression. She laid it out on the bed; she picked out her panties and decided to find some shoes to go with it. She decided to wear her pewter dazzle flats. She waited for John to come out the bathroom he came out shortly with a towel wrapped around his waist, he saw that was staring at him. A smirk formed on his face, he walked over to her "See something you like?" he said leaning her against the wall. Their bodies were so close together, there was a small space in between them. Her breathing became heavy again; John winked at her "You should go get ready." She grabbed her towel and panties from off the bed and went to take a shower. The water hit her body; she couldn't stop thinking about what happened between her and John. There was doubt that she liked him, she liked him a lot, the feelings she felt toward increased and they still are. She and John always had that playful/flirty type relationship but there was something more to it and they both know it. She washed her body and her hair and came out. She dried herself off and wrapped the towel around her body; she came out for her hair dryer and dress. She blow dried her hair straight, she put on her dress and did her make-up nothing too much something light. She put on some mascara, a nice pink/brown shade of eye shadow, a light layer of foundation and some pink sheer lip gloss. She came out the bathroom and put on her shoes and sprayed on her favorite perfume Nautica Bermuda Blue. "I'm ready," she said. John smiled at her "You look nice" she looked over at him "As do you." They got in the car and headed to Orlando which is about an hour and thirty minutes away. They arrived in Orlando, "I'm going to stop at jewel and pick up a bottle of wine" "Okay." They pulled into the parking lot; they walked in and went to the alcohol section. John picked up a bottle of white wine "Ooh can we have a bottle of Goose and Ciroc because you don't have anything at your place" she smiled. John laughed, "Alright fine, but only get one the prices are high." "Yay thanks John" she grabbed the bottle of Grey Goose L'Orange. They went to the lines, the cashier smiled at them, "Special day?" she asked. John looked at her, "Oh, no there's just a cookout at my parents' house." "You're taking her to meet the parents? She's a lucky lady." Audrey looked at John; she blushed "You're a very lucky girl. You two look cute together." Audrey grabbed the bags and waited for John to finish paying. "Alright let's go." They got in the car and drove to the Cena's place. "Here we are" John said pulling in the driveway. He looked over at Audrey he saw the look in her eyes; he grabbed her hand and gave it a light squeeze. "Look at me" he said. She looked over at him, "You're going to be fine, alright?" He ran his thumb over her cheek. She smiled, "Thanks." They got out the car and went in through the back John had his hand on the small of her back guiding her along the way. "John!" the familiar voice squealed, he looked over and saw his sister Leah. She came running to him and hugged him. "Hey" he laughed. "Oh my God, I missed you." She looked over at Audrey "I'm sorry, I'm Leah" she smiled, "Audrey, John's best friend nice to meet you." "I think we'll get along great. John you better get inside mom and dad are dying to see you." They went inside and were greeted with hugs and "Oh my God's." Audrey was talking with John's father, "So are you his girlfriend or something?" he smiled. "No, we're just friends." "Are you sticking around to see if he'll make you his girl?" Audrey was kind of uncomfortable with the conversation. John came "Dad, stop it," he said. "Come meet my mom," "Who is this beautiful lady?" Carol smiled. "Audrey, she's my best friend" "Hi, sweetie it's nice to meet you." Audrey smiled, "Nice to meet you too Mrs. Cena" "Oh please, call me Carol." After getting introduced to John's parents and his sister, John's brothers came over and everyone sat down and ate together.

"So how did you Audrey meet?" Dan asked. "She was a backstage worker, you know she was the one who put the name tags on the door and gave us our water or anything we needed. So one day I just decided to talk to her and we've been friends ever since." They all talked for a while, Leah decided to talk with Audrey on her own. "So what's it like working for the WWE?" Leah asked as they sat on the front porch. "Well, it's different from your everyday job. I honestly love it because I get to travel around but it has its ups and downs you know? People don't like me because basically I'm friends with John." "Wow, people don't like you because of that?" "Yeah, I mean you know basically the girls there all they care about are sex and seeing how many guys they can get, and they hate me because I'm not like them." Leah nodded her head, "I see. John you know he doesn't like that at all. It's great see the type of friendship you two have together it really is." "Thanks, he's so easy to get along with. You know some of the girls gave him a bad reputation trying to make me stay away from him, but I knew he wasn't what they categorized him as."

"So seriously what's the deal with you and Audrey?" Sean asked. John sighed, "Well honestly, I like her, and I just don't want to jeopardize or friendship. She's different, there's something about her I can't explain it. She's just amazing." His brothers understood where he was coming from "She is a great person, she's shy when you first meet her but she opens up after awhile." Matt said. "You know, when I first meet her it was hard to get to know her. She had her guard up, she just came out of an abusive relationship and she really didn't give me herself fully, she took her time you know. I can understand why she did that, and as time passed she became comfortable with me, we'd room together and stay in separate beds. One day she told me about her relationship and it broke me to pieces literally. She's an incredible person and for someone to treat her like that, I can't grasp it. I want to give her what she deserves." "So what's holding you back from asking her to be with you?" "I don't want to rush into a relationship while she's still healing, I don't want to scare her. I know there are still some things she's working on and I just want the timing to be right." "Well I'm happy for you bro, we all are and whenever the time comes, I'm sure you guys will be fine."

"Ok, you don't have to answer this if you don't want to but, do you like John?" Leah smiled. Audrey blushed, Leah laughed. "There's the answer right there!" They both laughed, "Yeah I do like him. He makes me feel special and when I'm with him I'm happy, I'm myself and he likes me for that." Leah smiled, "Well have you ever felt that way with anybody else?" "No, because I never knew the meaning of happiness and love if you will, until I met John," "So, you've been in bad relationships?" "Yeah, there was my recent relationship I was abused physically, emotionally, and verbally." "Oh, honey I'm sorry to hear about that." "Its fine, I just don't like talking about it." Leah rubbed her on her back, "I understand, so um what attracted you to John?" Audrey smiled, "His eyes, his smile, his laugh. I love his personality and his passion he has for his career, and family and the people in his life. But, I just love how he accepts me for who I am, regardless of my past and he just makes me feel so much better about myself." Leah smiled, "Well I'm happy you've found someone who makes you feel good about yourself."

John looked for Audrey and found her on the porch with his sister, "Hey, can I steal Audrey from you?" John asked. "Sure, go ahead." Audrey got up and went to where John was "I want to show you my room." Audrey laughed, "Oh this is going to be fun" they went upstairs and all the way down to the hall. John pulled down the ladder, "Um your room was the attic?" Audrey asked hesitant if she wanted to go up there. "Yeah, come on." "I don't know if I want to go up there, I don't like eerie places." John laughed, "It's not eerie, and it was my room." He helped her up the ladder and climbed up behind her. Audrey looked and smiled "Aww, look at the stuff." Audrey looked at his pictures from when he was a teenager, "Oh my God is that really you?" she picked up the frame, "Yeah, big difference huh?" "Wow, all I can say is you've changed." "What's that supposed to mean?" "It means, you've changed, I wasn't all that good looking when I was a teen." John laughed, "Wait so why is the attic your room? Oh, I know so you can spy on the neighbors hoping you'd meet a sexy girl huh?" she said raising her eyebrows. He chuckled, "No, I use to have a room downstairs, but I moved it. My dad and mom use to argue a lot and I would get tired of hearing it. So I would always come up to the attic and get away from it." "Oh, I'm sorry." She walked over and hugged him, he hugged her back. "It's alright." They sat on the bed, "So what you think about la famiglia?" he asked using some of his Italian. Audrey laughed, "They are nice, very nice people. I like your sister a lot and your mom they're easy to talk to, "See I told you you'd be fine." She smiled at him; she laid on his shoulder "It's so peaceful up here." He lay on the bed with her lying next to him. "That's why I liked it up here, you can get away from all the problems, escape into your own little world for a while." "Yeah," John looked down at her, "You alright?" he asked rubbing her back. She sighed, "Yeah, just thinking about stuff." She rested her head on his chest; she liked to hear the sound of his heart beating "You want to talk about it?" "I don't know" she messed with the buttons on his shirt. He heard her sniffle, "Audrey, what's wrong?" it was silent for a while; "I just get emotionally and think about stuff that I probably shouldn't think about." "Like what?" "Like, I see you, you have your family and you guys are so close and happy. And I'm just on my own basically, I have no family, I have no one to turn to, I have nowhere to go and it just makes me sad, I mean I know I'm twenty four years old I'm a grown woman but still." "Look at me," she looked up at him "Don't you ever say that, I'm here for Audrey, I'm always here for you no matter what." Audrey whipped the tear away, "You always know how bring a smile to my face," she smiled. "I love seeing you smile, it brightens up my day." "John, stop it" she laughed. He smiled, "Alright, I think we should get downstairs, everyone's probably looking for us." They left the attic and went back to where everyone else was. They stayed for a few more hours, "Alright everyone, Audrey and I are going to head out we got an hour's drive back." Everyone said their goodbyes Audrey and Leah exchanged numbers. They headed back home.