A/N Finally, the next chapter is here… Sorry, it took me so long to update, but it's been crazy month. This year I managed to go to Raw in Geneva and Smackdown in Italy, it was really great experience… Unlike last year, I had nice seats very close to the ring and to see John Cena so close was… well… WOW! My only regret was that I couldn't enjoy my other favorite CM Punk, but… You can't have everything, right?! Anyway, thank you very much for your nice words they really keep me motivated. Honestly speaking, this is not the best chapter but let's blame the spring and all distractions this season brings:):):)

Enjoy your reading!

Monday Night RAW

Randy Orton stood backstage, warming up for his match tonight, when he spotted John standing in front of the black curtains trying to get a glimpse at the happening in the ring. Hell, he'd been practically drooling over. Randy shook his head, sighing heavily. If he weren't a witness of his best friend's crappy mood and his suffering he surely would go and make fun of him. All week The face of WWE didn't stop bitching about how Eve didn't answer his calls, didn't return his texts and how this have been the worst fucking moment of his life. Now, John was trying to spy from backstage the ring where Eve had her match. Randy didn't have any doubts how much John was into Eve. The Viper's best friend and The Colorado native diva had always been friends but she had turned into something much more than that for the face of wwe. For a long time he had wanted her and of course at the situation John was some time ago, the chances to make Eve hop into his bed were too limited, though all backstage knew that John wasn't happy with his wife. After his divorce with Liz however, he had activated and he had become more insistent with Eve. And according to Randy's modest opinion, it was just a question of time John to get to the second base. And in all honesty, The Apex predator of WWE couldn't remember ever seeing his friend so head over hills in love with a woman. Definitely, this wasn't just a manly ego thing to score with one of the prettiest diva's asses of WWE as John had tried to persuade him at the beginning. But Randy knew John better, and he was ready to make a bet that John didn't want Eve only to warm his bed. Unlike most of the divas, Eve's reputation was crystal clear, though many haters were trying to fling mud at her, but the thing was that no one of the superstars no matter all their hard efforts had managed to get the The Colorado native diva in a position touché. And that was one of the things John appreciated a lot in Eve Torres. Like most men for Randy as well, every girl that could give him a good blow job was great welcome no matter their past experience, but John's radar wouldn't register the kind of girls that were famous for wrinkling the sheets of most of the superstars. And as things were now Vince's Golden boy had lost all his chances to place the title "Eve Torres is mine" on his shoulders.

John peered into the ring through the crack between the black curtain and his eyes were following every single move Eve was making.

Eve…

As John had many times stated before she was one of the most beautiful women he had ever seen. No, no, no one of the most… the most beautiful woman he had ever seen in his life….. The Colorado native diva was everything a man could ask for a woman. She was beautiful, kind, smart, charming, caring, funny and incredibly gorgeous. Any time he was in her company she made him forgetting all his problems. He could talk to her about anything. She wasn't some brainless girl that would discuss only clothes, and what a great genius Jimmy Choo was and her face to show any emotion only when her nail got broken.

Yeah, it had been a long time since he had felt like this. After his nasty divorce and all the bitterness that remained in him at the way he and Liz separated, with Eve all the bad feelings disappeared and she somehow made his dark personal life bright. She had brought him back hope and optimism that maybe not all women were bitches and gold diggers. And what happened now was completely absurd. Because of some stupid misleading all his chances to be with the woman he had been longing for so long disappeared out the window. Now, that was only one thing that determined his life. At all costs he had to make her hear him.

If someone had told John some time ago, that he'd be worrying about a woman instead of his match, he would have told them that they needed medication. His life had been a roller coaster since he and Eve became a little bit closer. He didn't know how to describe it. So now as he stood there spying behind the curtains, she looked so beautiful even if she was red faced and with a messy hair, he couldn't imagine losing her.

"Hey, Cena!" Paul Levesque's voice snapped John out of his thoughts, causing him to let the curtain fall back to its original spot.

"What are you doing?" The older man asked, seemingly curious.

"Uh… I was just checking on the background," John murmured.

"No need, man. The atmosphere out there is great as always and it will become even more red hot when you and Dwayne show up. He has come just a few minutes ago and he is in a very good mood. I hope you are in a great shape as well," Paul said as he clapped John's shoulder friendly.

John slightly nodded.

Hardly someone who knew John Cena would believe that he didn't give a shit about his appearance tonight and the segment with The Rock. The life was a fucking funny thing. People say wonders would never cease and John couldn't help but agree after the only thing that interested him now was not that he would stay at the same ring with Dwayne face to face again, but how to persuade the woman he liked to hear him. After the last Wrestlemania he was impatient the moment where he was going to be on the top again to come and now this was not on top of the list. According to the script, Punk had to lose at Royal Rumble and finally at Wrestlemania John was going to give back his so longing title. But right now there was something more important than revenge. Of course, it didn't mean that tonight he would not come out in the ring doing his best to make the crowd go crazy. He just wanted one simple thing more than anything else - Eve to give him a chance to explain this shitty situation.

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Eve did everything she could do to wrestle a good match and to clear her mind of all thoughts that had been torturing her for the last week. The people's boosting and the hoesky chants didn't help, but that was the last thing she cared about. She wanted this match to finish already, and go straight to the locker room. Then her purpose was to go to the hotel as soon as possible without meeting The face of WWE John Cena. She was somehow lucky enough that she hadn't met him tonight as she arrived, and she had been hoping to avoid any unwanted encounter with him later. She knew John was supposed to be last in the ring with Dwayne so she hoped to leave the Arena before both could see each other.

"Hoesky, hoesky, hoesky!" The public was screaming.

One, Two, Three!

"And the winner of this match is Eve Torres."

Eve stood up as her music blasted through the Arena and she immediately turned on her heel face. She raised her head with an evil smile on her face, as she slid under the ropes and left the ring.

"Great match, baby girl!" Randy winked at her as they both met backstage while Randy was waiting for his music to start.

"Thank you, Randy. Good luck to you too," She smiled at him and headed quickly for the locker room.

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Hunter was right, when John and Dwayne came out of the ring, the Arena exploded. The usual Let's go Cena! And Cena sucks! chants entangled with those of Rocky, Rocky…Their segment came out more than great, and when the both superstars walked up the ramp and backstage Hunter waited for them with a huge satisfied smile, "Great job out there, guys! That was really electrifying,"

"Yeah," Dwayne agreed, as he tapped John's shoulder.

"Joooohnnnnn….."

Cena's whole body cringed, hearing that voice. He soon realized what was coming. Nikki jumped over him giving him a sweet peck on the lips. She then cuddled into his strong body as she gave Hunter and Dwayne a wide smile.

Hunter stared at them with a sly smile and Dwayne looked at the couple in front of him raising his eyebrows curiously.

"Now I see why John's been looking so inspired in the last few weeks, and the real reason for that stupid smile, " Dwayne smirked checking out the former wwe diva.

John could hardly contain himself to roll his eyes as he was almost overwhelmed by the sudden urge to tell everyone to just fuck off.

"I think we should celebrate tonight. John you bring Nikki with you," Hunter suggested with pure enthusiasm.

"Ohhhhh, we are going to come with a great pleasure," Nikki said with delight, before John could recline this kind offer.

The Cenation leader cursed inwardly, Damn, what fucked up luck I have.

Eve came out of the girl's locker room when she stopped dead in her tracks. Her heart was thundering inside her chest, the blood rushing loudly in her ears. For a few seconds she couldn't bring herself to make any movement. It felt like the world was holding still , like it unmoving frozen, and she was frozen with it. She wanted nothing more than to turn around and run away from there or better if only the earth would open up and swallow her whole. She forced herself to gulp in as much air as she could without drawing any attention to her.

Just then, Dwayne spotted her and exclaimed, "Eve, hey!" On The Rock's face lit up a genuine 100-carat smile, "I saw your match tonight! Good job."

She swallowed the lump in her throat where her heart seemed to sit thudding heavily beneath her skin, "Thank you. You were great too," Eve managed somehow to mumble and then added, "As always."

Honestly speaking she said that just to say something after she didn't even watch the segment between him and John and the reason was painfully obvious.

"Are you busy tonight?" The Rock asked suddenly.

Her stomach tightened and she could swear that her throat had never been so dry. She tried to swallow but her gag reflexes refused to submit. Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed Nikki's hands touching John's chest, and another wave of unbearable pain flooded through her. Eve could feel everyone staring at her and if she didn't want to look stupid she had to come to her senses. So lost in the bitter taste of losing everything she didn't ask herself why Dwayne had dumped that question on her.

"Uh…. No… I just …"

Not leaving her to finish, Dwayne cut her, "Will you accompany me tonight to the party Hunter is organizing?"

If Eve had turned her gaze to John, she could have seen the terrified expression on his face.

"Thank you, for the invitation but I'm really tired…"

"Come on, Eve," The Rock insisted, "John will bring Nikki, you don't want me to stay all night lonely watching how those two will be all over each other."

The Colorado native diva was almost positive that her heart had stopped beating for a minute at that.

Now, Eve didn't know how it happened but she resisted the urge to cry and angry wave of jealousy washed over her. The memories of John and her together and how he stormed her feelings making her feel wreck, didn't have mercy on her. She took a deep breath and a huge smile plastered on her face, "All right. You convinced me. I'll accompany you with a great pleasure," It came like a surprise for her she managed to make her voice sound so normal."

"Great," Rock was happy by her answer and was clearly evident on his face.

Hunter smiled as well, "Awesome. I'll wait for you in the hotel lobby in about 1 hour," Saying that he left.

For the first time, Eve locked eyes with John and he looked at her like he's asking, "Are you out of your mind?" But before she could analyze this expression, Nikki's voice came to her ears.

"How nice that you will come, Eve. I don't want to be bored when John and Dwayne start talking about boring stuff, is that right, baby?" Nikki chuckled, as she kissed his cheek cuddling into him even more.

God can this situation get any worse. John's mind screamed as he watched Eve walking away together with The Rock.

Eve stood in front of the mirror fixing her make up and hair. She didn't have much time for more preparations than this, so she just changed into a black cocktail dress and refreshed her face. She was glaring at her reflection determined not to cry. She didn't have any idea why the hell she was doing all this and why she had to cause herself the pain to watch the happy faces of Nikki and John. She tried to get the image of them together out of her head. Maybe deep inside her heart she needed to show him she didn't care and that his relationship with Nikki didn't affect her at all. She couldn't erase the picture of Nikki cuddled into John from her mind, and how her hands were touching him. Eve's heart cringed at the thought of how happy Nikki looked.

Why did she let John get to her so much? The speed of which Eve fell for him was beyond her, because, really, how she could managed to beak her rule number one "do not get involved with wrestlers" so easily. How did she allure to his sweet smile and nice words. John definitely knew how to turn a girl's head. And the other proof for that was Nikki, who couldn't remove from him, making it so clear that things were serious between them. Eve couldn't believe that John had managed to hide the thing with Nikki from her. But being the skillful liar he was, that obviously was the easiest thing for him. When the news about John's divorce spread around, of course she had heard the rumors. But it didn't bother her much. It wasn't a secret for anyone that his wife wanted to get a good chunk of his fortune so to accuse him of cheating on her was the easiest way to get what she wanted. Eve was not one for gossip, moreover, she really liked John and believed in the image he was created during the years that he was a good guy. The more she thought, the more anger boiled inside her. She had become the next stupid girl who had fallen for his fake charm. So now, she had to do the only thing she knew would help her - delete him, ignore him, and completely remove him from her life.

Clucking his tongue, John hastily ran his hands through his hair, his head was killing him as if it was going to explode any minute. He was stuck in a bad situation and he couldn't stop blaming himself for letting all this affect his private life. To agree with anything in the ring was one thing, because first of all he was a professional. He didn't give a shit even when the creative team had been making his image to look the way it did and that some of the fans didn't like it, because it was not only his career but his passion and he lived for it, but now the things were close to go beyond all limits.

After he and Nikki had remained alone, he tried to talk to her telling her it wasn't necessary to demonstrate so much closeness at least not in front of the other superstars, but she explained to him that Vince insisted things to look real. But this shit started going out of control too fast and John wouldn't sacrifice his life and feelings for some stupid PR. Not and this time.

But what tortured him more now was that he had to swallow the fact that he was going to see his Eve in the company of another man and not just another man but The Rock. Outside the ring John and Dwayne both respected each other. They've never been actually friends, but were on good relations, and John would have had to be blind, deaf and a complete shut in not to see Dwayne liked Eve. And he liked her a lot. And between us, The Rock was The Rock , the women adored him, and how it seemed Eve Torres wasn't an exception, after she didn't think this much after he invited her. Just thinking about it made John mad. As if his life wasn't messy enough. Yeah, he couldn't lie to himself… he was jealous… and he couldn't stand this feeling. One thing was for sure. This fucking mess had to be explained and cleared up before it was too late. He cared about Eve too much to let himself lose her. What he felt towards Eve he knew was more than lust. He didn't want Eve to become in another sacrifice he was making because of his career or Vince McMahon.

With a sunken heart but with the firm intention to keep her cool, Eve entered the elevator that was going to lead her to the lobby. Before she pushed the button, she took one last look at herself in the mirror there. Tonight she wasn't in her greatest shape but she had to make it after she had no choice but to swallow the pain that John caused her, playing with her feelings. She took a deep breath, fixed her dress and plastered on her best fake smile when she was frustrated.

John could feel his pulse accelerate, the blood rushing in his veins as he saw her.

Oh, boy that was going to be harder than he thought it would be.

She looked stunning, actually for him she always looked great, no matter what she was wearing sweatpants, jeans, some expensive dress or how she styled her hair. She was simply amazing…

He swallowed thickly feeling helpless to remove his gaze from her. The desire to grab and kiss her revealing to the world his true feelings was growing unbearable. How he could resist, he didn't know.

"Wow! Eve, you look fantastic," Rock exclaimed, grinning brightly at her.

Dwayne's statement made John feel like vomiting. And this feeling became more intense after he noticed the smile Eve offered to The Rock.

"Thank you, Dwayne, but you are just being nice," She said sweetly.

Fuck, John really wanted to know what had made Eve agree to accompany Dwayne tonight, aside from the fact he was walking magnet for women.

"It's true, Eve. You know I never say something I don't believe. You look gorgeous," Saying that he gently took her hand in his and kissed it.

There was an ache in John's chest. The overwhelming need to pound his fists against something preferably Dwayne's perfect white teeth in hopes that he could break them to release the pent up anger and frustration that had built inside of him.

"Now, I see why girls can't resist you," Eve rolled her eyes playfully at Dwayne.

"Oh, come on." John groaned, luckily for him no one could hear him except his girlfriend.

"Aw, baby," Nikki leaned in, pressing her body to his so she could whisper in his ear, "There is only one man here and it's you," She said sexily.

The goosebumps that were creeping up John's spine wasn't from passion or something but of the bad feeling that things wouldn't go back to normal so easily, and that was the greatest fear he ever had.

"Well, guys," Hunter appeared, revealing his good mood, "Your limo is waiting outside."

"Actually, H, I prefer to go to the club with my personal one if this is ok with you," The Rock said.

"No problem," Hunter agreed.

No, no, nooooooo… There is a problem… John shook his head disbelievingly.

The face of wwe didn't like the words he had just heard. It felt like the Earth started to spin in other direction again. He wasn't stupid and he knew the reason The Rock wanted to go with his own limo and this definitely wasn't ok for John. He didn't want him near Eve, he didn't want them together and mostly didn't want them being alone.

John's brows pulled together and he licked his lips, irritated, "Why do not we go together?"

"No offence man. But I don't feel like watching you two sneaking hands to each other. I can smell your desire in the air and being a good friend I'll give you the opportunity you to enjoy your riding to the club without me and Eve bother you. What will you say, Eve?"

Eve's heart twisted, biting her bottom lip, as she thought carefully what to say. With one deep breath she managed to mumble, "Of course," The deep breath she had just taken caught in her throat as she looked at John, "I bet you are looking forward to being alone with Nikki. The last thing you need is me and Dawyne there."

John was staring at Eve terrified and if his eyes could talk Eve had to read the painful expression there.

"Ohh, you are real sweethearts," Nikki cooed, "Thank you, guys.. How nice of you…See you in the club."

There was no way in hell that John'd ever let go of Eve willingly.

NO, NO, NO AND NO...