Chapter 3

"I cant believe how I've been wasting my time" said John.

It was one o'clock in the morning, he laid in bed looking at the pictures in his wallet of his kids from when they where babies to the most recent one that was taken last year. He just kept feeling guilty again after he started driving back home but realized that he wasn't staying at his house, he was staying at Dave's house. He wasn't going to have anybody that would wait for him to come home at night, he was alone now, nobody with him.

As he put his wallet away he heard his phone make a noise, meaning he had a text message. John grabbed his phone from the nightstand beside the bed. It was a text from Ted.

Text from Ted - John I need to talk to you about something

John gave a puzzled look, what kind of favor did Ted want, he quickly replied back.

Text sent to Ted- What is it?

Ted looked at his phone and quickly replied to John's message.

Text sent to John - Well can I tell you in person?

John looked at the message, he was still confused on what Ted wanted but replied.

Text sent to Ted- Okay, how about we meet tomorrow at 11:30 at Vero?

Ted read the txt message and replied back

Text sent to John- Thnx, have a good night.

John smiled when he read the message Ted had sent him, 'have a good night'. He still remembered when he would come home late at night, Ted would be awake when John would come in the room and would asked him how his day was, he would massage him, and would cuddle up to him. John was stupid for not appreciating the stuff Ted did. He still loved Ted.

"Maybe….maybe he still loves me too…maybe he wants to stop the divorce process" John told himself as he closed his eyes with a smile, Ted never told him that he didn't love him anymore so maybe that could be the reason he wanted to talk to him.

THE NEXT MORNING

Ted parked in front of Vero (an Italian restaurant), where he and John decided to meet. Ted turned up the radio in his car, it was an Audi rs6 2012. His favorite song came on, 'Just a Kiss' by Lady Antebellum. The song ended and Ted decided to go inside the restaurant to see if John was already their, The hostess gave him a booth that had a perfect view of outside, the day looked beautiful, before the hostess left he told her that he was waiting for someone to meet him who was named 'John Cena. He told the waitress to just get him a Sprite because he was waiting for someone and wasn't ready to order. The waitress brought him his drink and told him she would come back later. As he took a sip from his drink, He saw John enter the restaurant and noticed that he was carrying something in his hand.

John walked inside and told the hostess he was meeting someone, he told her his name and she nodded and took him to were Ted was sitting. John walked over to where Ted was with a smile and a dozen roses and a box of chocolates, he handed them to Ted and gave him a kiss on the cheek. Ted however did not return the kiss he just sat their with the roses and box of chocolates confused.

"What's this?" Ted asked confused as to why John handed him a dozen roses and a box of chocolates.

John smiled, "Well I was thinking all night on why you would want to talk to me face-to-face and I realized why" he said with a smile.

Ted was still confused, he laid the roses and box on the table.

"What do you think is the reason I wanted to meet with you?" Ted asked.

"Because you want to stop the divorce process and get back with me" John said.

Ted looked at John with wide eyes

"What…what would… would make you think that?" Ted asked

John grabbed one of Ted's hands, "Because we haven't talked since you told me you wanted a divorce, we've only communicated with our lawyers and out of nowhere you just text me saying you want to meet me, and I realized I still loved you…and…and you've never told me you stopped loving me so…it gave me a little hope that maybe you regretted your decision" he said with a smile.

Ted took his hand away from John's hold.

"John the… I don't want to get back together with you, I don't want to stop the divorce, I just wanted you to give me a job in your company" said Ted.

When John heard what Ted said he was heart broken. He stood their with his eyes wide open.

"What…what do you mean?" he asked.

"I wanted to start working and wanted you to hire me, since the kids are in school I have a lot of free time and… I want to be able to earn my own money since you've provided for me since I got pregnant" Ted said, whispering the part about him wanting to make his own money.

John just nodded inside he was mad, upset, and wanted to throw the table thru the window but decided to stay calm and quiet.

Ted saw that John stayed quiet

"…I'm sorry John" said Ted.

John stayed quiet.

"…say something" Ted said.

"Just tell me…do you still have feelings for me?…do you still love me?" asked John, looking Ted in the eyes.

Ted looked outside the window and then back at John.

"John you gave me a family, supported me since I got pregnant, and gave me everything I wanted from jewelry, clothes, and cars. I am so blessed to have had someone like you in my life and I did love you…did, meaning …I don't anymore. I did love you…but after you isolated yourself with just work I couldn't take it, seeing you worry about your company instead of your kids was like a knife to the heart" Ted said as a tear fail down his cheek.

"I'm…I'm sorry for hurting you, but I cant change back time" John said.

"John…you didn't hurt me as much as you heart your own children" said Ted.

"What can I do to fix everything, to get you back?" John said pleading.

Ted moved his head from side to side. "Between you and me their isn't anything you can fix because…I don't … I don't love you anymore" said Ted, trembling as he said it.

"Look…I…I don't want to hold you back from dating what we had didn't work out" Ted added.

John nodded as he looked down at the table.

"This might be the worst thing I have ever said but you have to realized that what we had is over and done, we will never get back together" Ted said as he looked at John.

"I CANT" said John, shouting a little

"Well you have to! Because…I…I've already moved on" Ted said.

John looked shocked.

"I I met with an old friend I had in college and we connected and we started dating like three weeks ago" said Ted.

"How could you? We where together for 16 years!" said John getting mad.

"Because…I don't love you anymore" said Ted.

John looked down at the table, his hopes of a reconciliation where thrown out the window.

"But…"

When he heard Ted say that he looked up from the table at Ted.

"But…you can fix the relationship you have with our children" said Ted.

John realized that he wouldn't be getting back together with Ted but…but he still had the chance to get his children to love him like they used to, his father was never their when he was growing up either because of the company. He didn't want to be like his dad, he needed to fix this problem he started.

"Your right, the most important thing in the world right now to me should be my children…and I'm sorry for not realizing that and putting the company first" John told Ted as he looked into his eyes.

Ted wiped the tear he had and smiled at John.

"As long as you're children forgive you and you become a 'real' dad to them I will forgive you for everything…but not until then, okay?" said Ted.

"Okay" John said.

"And just because I don't love you as a partner doesn't mean I don't love you completely as a person…remember we use to be really close friends before we started dating. I think it was immature of me not to talk to you and only talk to you threw my lawyer and I'm sorry. I don't want to be like those couples that have the type of divorce where they hold a grudge against one another, I want …I want to still be able to count on you and be able to talk to you…you probably think I'm an idiot" Ted said as he looked down at the table.

John looked at Ted's eyes and said "No your not an idiot, your right. You gave me the best gift in the world and that was being a father to three amazing children, and your right we where friends before so…so how about we stay friends?".

"Okay" Ted said with a smile.

John saw Ted cheer up and that made him smile, he might be his soon to be ex-husband but he was thankful that Ted gave him three beautiful healthy children and for that he would be thankful forever.

The waitress came back and took Ted and John's order.

"So…about you working at the company?" John said.

MEANWHILE

"So Evan do you have any plans tonight?" asked his co-worker Eve.

"Yes! I am going out with someone I met at a club two weeks ago" said Evan.

"Who?" she asked as she painted her nails instead of cleaning the restaurant.

"This guys named Randy something" said Evan as he walked out to the empty lobby and started cleaning the tables.

"You don't even know his last name? ha! You're a whore!" said Eve as she started laughing.

Evan laughed and threw a couch pillow at her, "Shut up! I forgot but he's going to pick me up at night so don't make me stay here, no overtime, okay" said Evan.

"Whatever Mr. WannaBeManger" Eve said.

"Fuck you Eve, your gonna get a cone thrown at your face one of these days" said Evan as he threw a paper towel at Eve's face.

MEANWHILE

In the Cena/Dibiase Mansion, Maria was dividing the maid to clean the chores of the house, the mansion was huge and needed a big staff.

"Okay know everyone go" said Maria as everyone left to go do their jobs.

The phone rang and Maria answered.

"Cena household, how may I help you?" asked Maria.

"Hi can I talk to Ted Dibiase" said the person calling.

"He's not in at the moment, may I take a message?" asked Maria

"Yes can you tell him Sheamus called" said the person, who was named Sheamus.

"Of course Sheamus, can I get your number" said Maria as she wrote it down.

"Okay Mr. Sheamus I will tell Mr. Ted to call you, have a great day" said Maria, she hung up the phone and looked at the name.

"Sheamus? Who is that" Maria asked herself, she had never heard Ted talk about someone named Sheamus.