"Mine?" John repeated. "That's a good one Alexa, you almost got me," John half laughed. "I don't have any children."
"Yes, you do. Kaleigh is yours," Alexa said. "I found out a few weeks after I left, I never told you because you were with your girlfriend still and I thought you'd be mad at the way I just left."
"What? Her and I would have had nothing to do with that," John fumed. "What the fuck were you thinking? Were you ever going to tell me? Or were you going to keep it hidden until she graduated college?"
"John, I wanted to tell you…I really did. I was just scared," Alexa said. "I fucked up."
"Yeah," John said. "You did." John turned around and quickly walked off to his locker room.
Alexa stood there, Kaleigh in her arms, watching the father of her daughter walk away. Alexa kept it together for about two seconds and then the tears started falling.
"Alexa, you have to go talk to him," Randy said as he rubbed his friends back. "Come to my hotel room tonight and I'll keep Kaleigh while you sort things out with him."
Alexa sighed, "I guess you're right."
Just as they were about to head back to Randy's locker room Dave walked up to them.
"What's going on?" questioned Dave. "I just saw John and he said something about me, you and Randy being liars."
"He found out about Kaleigh," Randy answered.
"Really? You finally told him?"
"Not exactly, Kaleigh walked out of the locker room while Alexa and I were talking and John found her. When John found us Kaleigh called Alexa mommy, and then Alexa had no choice but to explain herself," Randy answered for Alexa, who was still upset.
"Are you okay?" Dave asked his sister.
Alexa sighed, "I guess, he needed to know one way or another. Randy is going to keep Kaleigh tonight so I can go talk to him," Alexa said. "Or at least try to talk to him."
Later that night, Alexa paced back and forth in Randy's room. She had changed from what she was wearing at the arena into a pair of PINK shorts from Victoria's Secret, they were gray and had the word PINK written on them in white, she also wore a plain white t-shirt with a gray hoodie over it and her white flip flops. 'What am I going to say? What if he doesn't listen? What if he doesn't care? What if he doesn't even open the door?' Alexa had fifty million questions flying around her head. She knew she needed to get her ass over there; she just couldn't work up the courage.
After a few minutes Randy gave Dave a call, he knew that if anyone could make her ass go there. It would be him.
After about five minutes Dave was knocking on Randy's door and Randy let him in. Dave walked right over to Alexa, "Let's go," he said as he grabbed her hand and practically dragged her to John's hotel room. "Now knock," he said to her. He waited a few seconds for her to knock and when she didn't he took matters into his own hands and quickly knocked on the door and ran.
"Son of a bitch," she said as she looked in the direction her brother went in. It wasn't until John opened the door that Alexa realized what her brother had just done.
"What do you want?" John said to Alexa in a rude tone. John looked at Alexa; she was gorgeous and sexy as hell. He knew that he wasn't going to be able to keep up his attitude with her for long but he was so pissed she kept something like this from him.
Alexa just looked at the man in front of her; he was wearing a pair of black and gray basketball shorts, with black ankle socks and no shirt. Seeing him like this made Alexa remember why she fell for him in the first place. Alexa shook of her thoughts, "We need to talk. Can I please come in?"
"Why? Is there another kid I need to know about?" John asked sarcastically.
"No," Alexa sighed. "Can I please just come in?"
John opened the door wider and Alexa walked in and sat down on the couch. John closed and locked the door and sat down next to her.
The two sat in silence for a few moments before John spoke up. "Do you need money or something?" he asked harshly.
Alexa looked at him, shocked that he would even think of something like that, "No John, I don't need money."
"Are you sure? Because I've been trying to figure out all night and I can't seem to find a reason as to why, after three years, you bring her here to tell me I'm a father."
"First of all, you deserve to know. And second, if you think all I need is money then maybe I should just leave," Alexa said as she got up and started walking to the door.
"Yeah, you leave Alexa. That is was you do best after all," John said as he stood up, he hadn't meant to be so mean but he was pissed and he would say anything to make her stay, he didn't want her to run away from him right now. "You always walk away when there's a problem, instead of staying and dealing with it.
"You think I wanted to leave?" Alexa said as she turned around and made her way back to John. "John, I had no other choice. You had a girlfriend, one that you had proposed to, might I add. When I got home and found out I was pregnant I never told you because you and her had probably made up by then and on top of that you had just started your career. You didn't need a child holding you back, and at the same time I was scared. I didn't wanna tell you because I didn't want you to tell me something I didn't want to hear."
"So you just leave?" John said. "I wanna let you in on a little secret. After you left my room that night I sat here for two hours thinking about what you had said, I called and ended things with Melissa and told her the truth about you and me. I love you Alexa, and it kills me to know that you think I would have disowned you or walked away from you if you told me you were having my baby."
"I'm sorry," Alexa sighed as she sat down on the bed. "I tried so many times to pick up the phone and call you but I chickened out every time because I was afraid of how you'd react."
John sat down on the chair next to the bed, "How old is she?"
"26 months, she was born on July 14th and she was six pounds, four ounces," Alexa answered. "Her name is Kaleigh. Kaleigh Rae Cena."
"Kaleigh Rae Cena," John repeated. "It's cute, I like it."
Alexa smiled, "Thanks, I hope you're not mad I gave her your last name. I already felt bad you didn't know I couldn't give her my last name."
John smiled, "I'm glad you gave her my last name." John got up and sat next to Alexa on the bed. "I'm sorry for reacting the way I did, I just couldn't figure out I was going to make up for lost time. She's 2 years old, I missed a lot."
Alexa looked up at John and started crying, "I'm sorry, you should have been there for everything. I should have told you from the beginning. I should have called you after I found out I was pregnant, I'm sorry."
John pulled her to him and held her, "It's okay, we'll figure out a way to make up for lost time. All that matters now is that I know I have a daughter and I gotta step up and be a father. I just wanna warn you, I don't know how good I'm going to be at this parenting thing."
Alexa smiled, "It's okay, it's kind of a learn-as-you-go thing."
"Well it's getting late," John said as he stood up. "Can I come by tomorrow morning and see her?"
"Yeah," Alexa said as she stood up. "Room 867. She usually wakes up around 8 so anytime after that is fine."
"Okay, I'll call before I come up," John said as he opened the door for Alexa.
"Okay," Alexa said as she walked out of the room. "Oh," she said as she turned around. "Thank you for being so understanding about this and not hating me."
John smiled, "Come on Alexa, you and I both know that no matter what you do I could never hate you for anything."
Alexa smiled before making her way to the elevators, she made her way to Randy's room and explained everything to him before picking up a sleeping Kaleigh and making her way to her room. Dave wasn't there so she just figured he was staying the night with the Diva that he had been seeing. Alexa put Kaleigh in her bed and then slipped off her flip flops and climbed into her own bed. Alexa laid in bed just thinking, John had told her he loves her…not loved but loves.
In John's room, John was laying in his bed, thanking god Alexa didn't hear him slip and say he loves her. It was true, he did love her…he just didn't think she needed to know that right now. John shook off his thoughts and rolled over and went to sleep.
The next morning, John woke up around nine and called Alexa to tell her he was getting a shower and getting dressed and he'd be up to see Kaleigh. As soon as Alexa got that called her hurried up and went into the bathroom and showered. She put her hair up in a messy but cute bun and walked over to her clothes, she decided to wear her pink, baby blue and white plaid shorts and her pink halter top; she quickly threw on some eyeliner and mascara before walking out of the bathroom and getting Kaleigh's clothes. Just as Alexa finished putting Kaleigh's shoes on there was a knock at the door, Alexa picked Kaleigh up and opened the door.
"Come in," Alexa said as she let John in. John walked in and turned to look at Alexa and his daughter. "So John, this is Kaleigh. Your daughter, our daughter," Alexa smiled.
John smiled, "Hey Kaleigh, I'm daddy." Alexa was surprised when Kaleigh extended her arms out to John; she usually only went to her, Randy, and Dave. John sat down on the couch with her, "She looks just like me."
"I know, she's a spitting image, she has my hair; everything else is you," Alexa said as she took a seat next to them.
Three hours later, Alexa and John had been talking and playing with Kaleigh. Alexa put Kaleigh down for her nap and she went right to sleep, leaving Alexa and John to talk on the couch.
"I told you being a parent was easy," Alexa smiled.
"Yeah, it's not too bad. Definitely a change, but in a good way."
Alexa smiled and nodded her head, "You're gonna be a great dad."
John and Alexa sat there for a few seconds before moving in to kiss each other, just as their lips were about to touch Dave walked through the door.
"Oh, I'm sorry," Dave smirked. "I didn't interrupt anything, did I?"
"No," Alexa said as she stood up. "You didn't interrupt anything."
"Well, I was just coming up to shower and see how your talk with John went last night but, by the looks of things it went well," Dave said.
"Yeah, things are great," John replied.
Dave smiled, "Good, I'm gonna go take a quick shower and let you two go back to whatever it is that I didn't interrupt." Dave walked into the bathroom and shut the door behind him.
John and Alexa stood there awkwardly; Dave had kinda messed up the mood. John broke the silence and stood up, "Well, I have to get going to the gym. Are you coming to Hogan's appreciation banquet tonight?"
"Um, this is the first I'm hearing about it," Alexa said.
"Oh, so that means you don't have a date then," John smirked.
Alexa smiled, "Is John Cena asking me out on a date?"
"Hmm," John said as he smiled at her. "That depends; does Alexa Batista wanna go with John Cena?"
"I'd have to find a babysitter," Alexa answered.
Just as Alexa said that Dave walked out of the bathroom with a towel around his waist, "I can call Shawn Michaels' daughter, she usually watches everyone's kids."
"Good, you can be my date then," John smiled.
"Alright, meet me in the lobby at 6:30?"
"Okay," John smiled. "See you at 6:30," he said before leaving.
"So, a date? I take it you guys made up and now you're going to the banquet together," Dave said.
"Yeah," Alexa smiled.
"Please be careful this time, I don't want you ending up pregnant or hurt again," Dave said. "I really don't wanna give Cena a black eye at the banquet."
Alexa smiled, "I'll be careful. Now will you please put some clothes on?"
Four hours later Alexa decided she had better start getting ready, "Can you watch her while I get a shower and stuff?"
"Yeah," Dave answered. "I'll call Shawn's daughter."
Alexa went into the bathroom and took a hot shower, when she was done she got out and started to blow dry and straighten her hair. Alexa applied some eye shadow, eye liner and mascara. She walked out of the bathroom and grabbed her dress and shoes from the closet before re-entering the bathroom. A few minutes later Alexa walked out the door in a white strapless dress that came to mid thigh and hugged her curves in all the right places, she completed her outfit with a pair of white BCBG pumps.
"Wow, you look beautiful" Dave said. He was wearing one of his many Armani suits with a dark purple dress shirt underneath and his black Armani dress shoes. "I think I'll be keeping my eye on John tonight."
Alexa laughed and looked over and saw Shawn's daughter, Kayla, "Thank you so much for watching her tonight, I really appreciate it. I left my number, Dave's number, and John's number in the diaper bag, so if you need anything you can call one of us."
"I'm keeping her for the night, right?" Kayla asked.
"Yeah, I'll be there in the morning to pick her up," Alexa said.
"Okay," Kayla said as she grabbed the diaper bag and took Kaleigh's hand. "We'll see you in the morning, enjoy your night."
"Okay, bye baby," Alexa said as she leaned down and kissed her daughter.
After Kayla and Kaleigh left Alexa grabbed her purse and her and John headed out of their hotel room.
"I have to go pick up Michelle, you go meet up with John," Dave said.
"Okay," Alexa said.
Dave walked in the opposite direction as Alexa continued her way to the elevators. As Alexa got off the elevators she spotted John standing in the lobby. He was wearing black dress pants and a plant dress shirt.
Alexa walked up behind him, "Wow, John Cena owns dress clothes," she said, making him turn around. "That's something I would have never guessed."
John turned around and saw Alexa standing there, she looked amazing. Every time John looked into her big hazel eyes he would fall in love all over again. "You look…wow."
Alexa smiled, "Thank you, you don't look too bad yourself."
John smiled, "You ready?" John asked as he held out his arm.
"Yup," Alexa said as she linked arms with John and the two walked out of the hotel, got in the limo and made their way to the banquet.
At the banquet, Alexa and John were having the time of their lives; it was like Alexa never left. She danced, and drank and caught up with a lot of people that she hadn't seen in a while. Close to the end of the banquet Alexa and John decided it was time to head out, she had to get up early to get Kaleigh and he had to get up early to catch a plane to the next town. They said their goodbyes before making their way back out to the limo.
"I had fun," Alexa said once the two were in the limo.
"Me too," John said before leaning in and capturing Alexa's lips in a breathtaking kiss. They continue to kiss and caress each other until they were interrupted when the driver told them they were at the hotel. "Wanna stay with me tonight?"
Alexa bit her lip and shook her head yes, she was still speechless from what had just happened. Alexa and John exited the limo and made their way into John's hotel room. As soon as the door shut the two were all over each other, kissing and removing each other's clothes. John back Alexa up on the bed, he lifted his head up from kissing Alexa and looked in her eyes, he could tell she wanted this just as bad as he did. Alexa pulled John back down and began kissing him again. The two had mind blowing sex for the rest of the night and well into the morning.
The next morning Alexa woke up before John, she looked around and realized she wasn't in her room. She looked over and saw John laying next to her and remembered the events of last night and smiled. She quietly got up and slipped her dress on, she grabbed her shoes and purse before walking over to John and kissing his forehead before leaving the hotel room.
She made her way to Kayla's hotel room and knocked on the door.
"Hey," Kayla said as she opened the door all the way. "Come in."
Alexa walked into the hotel room and was greeted by her daughter who ran over to her, and Alexa picked her up, "How was she?"
"She was an angel," Kayla answered. "She's such a good child." Alexa took some money out of her purse and handed it to Kayla. "Thank you," Kayla said. "Any other time you need me just call, I watch all the wrestler and divas kids."
"Is this your job?" Alexa questioned.
"Yeah, Vince officially hired me a few weeks ago. It's easier on all the superstars."
Alexa smiled, "That's good, I'll definitely be calling you next time I go out. Thank you so much."
"Aw you're welcome," Kayla smiled. "Bye Kay, I'll see you soon."
Kaleigh waved bye before Alexa made her way out of the hotel room and back to hers and Dave's. As she walked in she saw Dave sitting on the couch watching TV.
"Oh hey sis, where'd you stay last night?" Dave smirked.
"Shut up Dave," Alexa said as she put Kaleigh down to play with her toys before plopping down next to her brother. "I made a huge mistake."
"What is it?" Dave said, now he was concerned.
"I slept with John," Alexa told him.
"Why is that a mistake? You and him are obviously still in love with each other," Dave questioned. Sometimes his sister made absolutely no sense.
"That's just it; I don't deserve to have John. He deserves someone that is going to tell him the truth. He's never going to fully trust me after I lied about having his daughter."
"First of all, you didn't lie…you just didn't tell him. And second, John deserves what he wants, and it's obvious that man wants you and only you. It's been three years, you hid a child from him, and he still wants you and only you."
Alexa sighed, "I don't know, you didn't see the look on his face when I told him about Kaleigh. He looked so hurt; I don't ever want to see that on his face again. And I can't forgive myself for ever hurting him in the first place."
"He forgave you," Dave started to say; he was interrupted by a knock on the door. Dave looked through the peephole, "You need to figure out how you feel quickly because John is here now."
"I'm taking a shower," Alexa said before running into the bathroom.
