Chapter 4: Keep Your Friends Close, Your Enemies Closer.
It had only been minutes since Wade Barrett had a confrontation with the new kid in town, John Cena. It did not go the way Wade usually expects it to go. He did not get what he wanted. He used the same antics, used the same fear factor scaring people into fall in line.
This new boy, John Cena was different. If anything, it was Wade on the receiving end of the word pain when his plans, and antics ended up back firing on him.
John did not back down, he did not fall in line. Surely it seemed he was not at all scared of The Nexus, which could mean Wade's power could be in jeopardy.
It had only been minutes. It seemed days since it was the only thing everyone was talking or thinking about.
The whole day. The whole school was talking about the new gossip, that someone! Actually stuck up to Wade Barrett. It was all the school could talk about. The talk of the school, this new gossip, new kid had everyone talking.
Nikki Bella ran with her twin, Brie. They ran up to their friends. Rosa, Alicia, Kaitlyn.
"Girls, did you hear what just happened?" Brie said excited.
"No, what's that" Rosa asked fluffing her hair in the mirror.
"We had to work through lunch, why was just happened?"
"You know Wade, and The Nexus?" Nikki spoke.
"Yeah." Kaitlyn said applying her lip gloss.
"Well there is this new boy called John Cena, he actually stood up to Wade!" Brie told.
Rosa immediately turned with her other friends. "Oh my god are you serious?"
"Yeah we saw with our own eyes, he actually stood face to face with Wade and actually stood up to him. You should have seen Wade's face!" Brie gossiped.
"He looked furious!"
"Wow, what does this John Cena look like?" Rosa asked.
The Bella's turned together and said the same word. "Hot"
Rosa smiled "Interesting"
…...
"No Way!"
"Yeah!" MVP spoke
"Are you serious? Oh my god why did I have to go and help Mr Flair" Evan moaned at himself.
"You should have seen him, Wade was almost on fire he looked that angry" R Truth told.
"Maybe things will change" MVP smiled.
"Maybe, I think from what I saw….Torrie and John have a connection as well…"
Evan burst out laughing. "Wade's gonna lose it all" he then quickly turned his back to make sure none of Nexus were around.
…...
Torrie was sitting there playing with the tips of her blonde hair, she saw Wade moving his hand slowly. a satisfied/amused grin was on her face. Wade and Torrie was sitting on their own, since Nexus were off terriosing others.
"Everything okay babe?" Torrie asked.
Wade just nodded, "Yes thank you"
Torrie just giggled to herself. She indeed loved what she saw.
...
John was standing there, he didn't know why everyone was making a big deal about what he had done. All he did was stand up straight, head held high. Standing up for himself, refusing to be intimidating.
People around him were acting like he had just saved the world. Obviously Cena didn't know just how much power, Wade and the rest of Nexus possesses. And how happy everyone that Nexus have bullied and hurt, that finally! They had been stood up too.
Cody, Ted, Randy were around him. Eve, Maryse and Kelly were just smiling in a sort of daze day dream, all looking at one person. John.
"You really know how to make an impact don't you?" Randy asked chuckling.
"More like an impression" Ted added.
Cody came at John's side, smiling "Which by the way is great"
John looked at them with a sort of confused look but he just continued to smile. "Thanks,"
"So how are you settling in?" Randy asked.
"Not bad," John shrugged.
"Where are you from friend?" Cody asked grinning.
"Boston but was moved by my parents, something about a more…stable, quiet life which to me sounds very boring" John chuckled.
Eve twirled a strand of her hair. "So, don't mind us calling you that do you?"
John turned towards the young brunette. "Sure, everyone calls me that. Just not Jonathan my mother calls me that when I'm in trouble…which is quite frequent" John grinned.
Maryse looked at him with a smile, still linked to Ted. "So is there someone special?"
Eve smiled on "Yes someone special in your life, John? A girl" her eyes twinkled.
Cody looked on, and leaned closer to his girlfriend. "There's a special boy in yours" Eve heard Cody's voice. Her dazed smile faded quite quickly. She cleared her throat and leaned into Cody giving him a kiss on the cheek.
John looked on, while Randy seemed to biting his lip to stop him from cracking up with laughter.
"No, Eve. I haven't"
Eve just smiled, like a school girl would and just buried her head on Cody's forearm.
"No girl then" Maryse looked on.
John shook his head "No, I had one in Boston but we broke up" Maryse, Kelly and Eve looked on in awe while Cody and Ted seemed to feel a little redundant.
"I never got that kind of awe from you Eve?" Cody asked.
Eve looked at Cody and grabbed him by his shirt, passionately kissed him.
"Okay forget the awe look, give me some more of that" Cody wrapped his arms around Eve, as they started to make out.
John was looking on, much to say "Time and a place"
"Dude, trust me. They won't be stopping any time soon" Randy spoke. John just looked before he slowly nodded his head.
"Well I consider Cody, one of the luckiest boys I know"
John glanced at Maryse and pointed to Ted. "You too" he then turned to Randy noticing Kelly was standing beside him.
"You don't say much do you?" John asked the small blonde.
Kelly looked on in a shy way burying her head down in Randy's shoulder. Randy leaned closer to John. "She's painfully shy"
"Really? Shy? Her…trust me Hun you have nothing to be shy about" John winked handsomely.
Kelly, Kelly glanced at John before she let herself break into a smile. "Thanks" a soft voice spoke.
John smiled once more. His mind was thinking of another beautiful blonde he only just clapped eyes on. He sure as hell wanted to get to know her more.
John sat down on the patch of grass with the rest of the group. A question was burning in his mind, and he wanted some answers.
"Okay so seriously, what is the whole deal with the Nexus…I think that's how you say it?" John said, Eve, Maryse and Kelly giggled.
"Nexus, basically a group of Nasty" Randy added.
"Immature" Maryse added to the conversation.
Kelly rubbed her neck, "Mean" her soft voice added.
"Horrible" Eve concluded.
"Evil" Cody added.
"Disrespectable," Ted said.
"Bullies" Randy said.
John glanced at them before he slowly nodded his head. "Well okay that answers my question. I'm guessing the tall dumbo looking ears is in charge?"
"Yep"
"They think they run this school"
Kelly shook her head, taking a sip of her orange juice. "No they do run this school"
"How long has this been going on?" John asked.
"Years, Wade is the ring leader. He is the most horrible. He gives orders they follow it. He'll even turn on his own kind if they don't go through with it."
"Basically, Wade says jump, they say how high. You get the gist" Randy said.
"No one has stood up?"
"Nope, people are afraid too. Randy tried…he can take Barrett but it's the rest of the morons that make a difference. Numbers game. They run in packs" Ted spoke.
"Yeah we can try but we always get out numbered"
"They are horrible, that David Otunga broke my instrument and I have to pay for it because it's not mine, it's the schools"
John turned his head over to Kelly. "Did he hurt you?"
Kelly shook her head "Well…."
Eve nodded cuddling Kelly, "Made her cry" something John did not want to hear, he hates when a female is being hurt, physically and even emotionally.
John slowly nodded his head "Excuse me a second" John got to his feet, and walked in the direction of Otunga and Heath Slater.
Randy looked on "What's he doing?"
"I have no idea" Ted spoke.
John walked up to Otunga. "Hey you, are you David Otunga?"
"Umm yeah….that's me, what do you want?"
Slater leaned in closer. "Dude, that's Cena. The same guy that crushed Wade's hand"
David looked at John. "What do you want?" he asked in arrogant way.
Cena breathed in deeply before he looked back at Kelly. "Now it come to my attention you are very disrespectable boy, making a girl cry you think makes you big?"
David looked on, "What Pip squeak Mouse" he laughed at Kelly.
John looked on, not impressed in the slightest. "don't ever say that again"
"What are you going to do about? Hey mousey…how's the instrument…" Kelly lowered her head down, Randy just hugged her while John still stood in Otunga's way.
"Why don't you try and do something like that to me" John warned.
Otunga just smirked "Screw you new boy, get out of my way" he pushed Cena's shoulder, and John smirked at the group before he grabbed Otunga by the sleeve with force, so Otunga would be facing him again.
"Now I want you to go and apologise to Kelly. Now" John warned.
"Excuse me"
"Go and say you're sorry and tell the lovely girl that you didn't mean to cause her any distress and you will be paying for the instrument, that you broke in the first place" Cena said calmly as possible.
"No way"
"Go on, I'll even go with you" John dragged Otunga by the collar of his shirt.
Kelly looked on with a appreciated smile.
"Now Kelly, David has something say to you…go on…"
David bit his lip, but Cena had the collar of his shirt so he was not going anywhere. "I….er….what to say I'm sorry…."
Eve, Maryse were laughing, while Cody, Ted and Randy had satisfied grins across their faces.
"And?" Cena spoke.
Otunga didn't say a single word.
John shook him using the force of his arm. "And?" he firmly spoke.
Otunga shut his eyes for a moment before he looked at the young girl. "I will pay for the damages,"
Kelly looked on, smiling. John winked at her while holding Otunga. "Now Kelly do you accept his apology?"
Eve leaned closer, whispered in Kelly's ear. The blonde shook her head with a giggle.
"No, doesn't look she does"
Otunga was held by the collar. "What else can I say?"
"How about this, you ever…I mean ever pick on Kelly again. You'll deal with okay?" Cena smiled. Otunga just nodded his head quite quickly.
"Good, glad we have come to an understanding" Cena then shoved Otunga down to the ground.
Kelly looked on, she got up to her feet and ran over to John. "Thank you" she hugged John.
"No problem" John smiled.
He didn't realise a pair of emerald eyes had seen the whole thing. A different blonde.
Torrie Wilson just looked on from where she was sitting with Wade. A small smile was on her face, when she watched John defend Kelly. It felt good to see. Just when she thought she knew what to say, she knew what was in store with her future…someone comes along and shows her brand new way.
He surely was something she definitely wanted, she wanted everything she sees. That was John. Well all girls can dream. Even the princess of Nexus can.
She's a girl that always has the best intentions at heart.
He's a man of his own invention.
From her heart, and the sparkle in her eyes. He was definitely the one she wanted. Would she get what she desired.
Maybe Someday.
…...
John Cena walked up to his locker, he could feel so many whispers and eyes on him. He had never been the talk of the town. He had friends but it was nothing like this in his old school.
"I'm going" Michelle walked over to John but Layla, her best friend pulled her back.
"No you're not" Michelle pulled her back.
"Yes I am" Layla took a step but Michelle pulled her back.,
"No, you owe Me" Layla said to her friend.
"What when?"
"Emm are you forgetting the whole….sleepover situation"
Michelle bit her lip. "Oh yeah,…okay…..f….ha too slow" Michelle ran and came beside John, Layla fumed and went over there too.
"Hello there handsome"
John closed his locker, he turned to come face to face with a smiling Michelle.
"Hi"
John had seen many blondes before his eyes but it's never the one he really wanted to come across.
Michelle placed a hand on the locker. "I'm Michelle,"
John grinned "Hi nice to meet you, I'm John Cena"
Michelle looked John up and down, she could see the muscles in his arms. Definitely she liked what she saw "You sure are, so…."
Another girl came barching, on John's other side.
"Hi there, I'm Layla"
"Layla!" Michelle fumed at her best friend forever.
John looked at Layla. "Hi Layla, John. Nice to meet you too" He spoke with a polite grin across his face.
Michelle put her hand on John's forearm, getting a glare from Layla. "So John….how are you settling in, new school and all?"
"Good, met some nice people"
Michelle smirked "Like….me?"
John shook his head "Not really, a few guys Randy, Ted, Cody. Maryse, Eve, and Kelly. She's quite a sweet girl"
Michelle snorted "What mousy"
Layla laughed on too. "You just met the losers" John looked at the two girls.
"I didn't think that"
"Trust us, they are the losers of the school. We mean bottom of the barrel" Michelle added.
"Yeah the geeks, Daniel Bryan and that are more cooler than they are. They always get terriosed"
"And Chelle that is saying something"
"Right" Michelle agreed.
Layla and Michelle came closer to John, grabbing one of John's strong arms. "So if you want to gain a good reputation here, then stay clear of them…."
John looked at Michelle and Layla. "Thanks for the advice" Okay John Cena had just met the two most annoying girls, he has ever come across in his life.
"Your welcome"
"So do you need showing around?"
"Well…" John was cut off, his mind felt like he had been put in a blender.
"Yeah do you?"
"I…." John still couldn't get in a sentence, not even a word.
"We'd love to help, right Lay?"
"Right, we are Flawless. You stick with us…you'll be more than fine. We are the only ones Nexus don't pick on" Layla smiled.
John rolled his eyes, feeling like he lost the will to live. "I can't imagine why? Probably talk to them to death" he spoke to himself.
John felt like grabbing a gun to his head calling it a day. As they continued to talk, finishing each other's sentences. John was stuck right in the middle. He had the urge smacking his head on his locker. Granted it may cause him a concussion but he would take that risk, if it meant getting away from them.
"Emm…you know what…thank you but I have to get to class…" John quickly tried to make a getaway.
"You have a class now?"
"Yep"
"Classes don't start for another 10 minutes"
John looked on before he grinned "Oh…I like to be early, you know first day and all. Now Michelle and Layla, very nice to meet you. Take Care, Bye, Bye now" John quickly rushed down the hall.
Once he was away from them, he breathed in relief. "Oh thank god" he muttered to himself.
Michelle and Layla watched him leave, both smiling on.
"Dreamy"
"He is,"
"I can so tell he likes me more"
Layla turned "I think you find, he liked me more"
"No I think you find, it was me"
"No I respectively decline that fact Lay. John's eyes were all on me" Michelle boasted.
Layla "I respectively decline" Michelle folded her arms, before they turned away.
Seconds later they turned back.
"He loved us both, because we are…"
Layla and Michelle smiled at each other. "Flawless"
…...
John Cena continued down the hall, he stopped when a boy carrying almost a tower of books stumbled in his way.
"Hey, you dropped one"
A soft panicked voice came from him. "…O…thank…you"
"Do you need help with that?" John noticed the boy was very unsteady.
"I wouldn't want to trouble anyone, I have to get to the library"
John came closer, "I can help you carry some, that way I know my way to the library"
"Sure thank you," A quick voice spoke.
John removed some of the books, he saw a boy with a pen attached to his shirt. "Hello, I'm John Cena by the way"
"I'm Daniel Bryan"
"Nice to meet you, so study a lot I'm guessing?" Cena chuckled.
"Yeah pretty much, it's just down here" Daniel lead the way. He got to the table he usually sits by. John placed the books down.
"I'm guessing you are the one that everyone is talking about?"
"Yeah, I know the basic story with Nexus…"
"I tend to just stay out of the way" Daniel spoke.
John nodded. "I don't blame you"
Daniel opened his book and went on to study. "So have you met the girlfriend of Wade Barrett?" he asked John.
John slowly nodded his head "Yeah I met her,…Torrie I think her name is?" he lied. Of course he knew her name.
"Yeah that's her, she's so pretty! Beautiful blonde hair like a princess. Most prettiest girl in the school" Daniel spoke on.
John looked at him. "Yeah she looks very pretty, anyway I better get to class. So see you around"
Daniel Bryan smiled "Bye John" John walked out of the library.
He had Torrie on his mind, he had a feeling. He will be feeling that for a while.
John walked down the corridor, he stopped when he saw Torrie by her locker, picking up her books. He bit his lip gently, never has he felt so nervous but some reason around Torrie. She seemed to have his heart beating that little bit faster.
John walked up to the locker. "Hi" he greeted softly.
Torrie's head was covered by her locker. She knew exactly who was standing there. She let out a bright smile on her face. She had to bite her lip gently to stop her smile from cracking.
Torrie had to show she had no attraction whatsoever to John, when of course that was a lie. A very big lie. But she had to try somehow and show that she saw John like she saw everyone else in this school.
Torrie came from her locker. "Hi John" she offered a smile.
John looked at her, "How's it going?"
"Good, well normal school day really? How are you settling in?"
"Yeah good, met some more people. This school is filled with different people"
Torrie nodded "Yeah, did you have the pleasure of meeting Michelle and Layla yet?"
John chuckled "Yeah, I had the pleasure earlier"
"Trust me, best way to handle them is make loads of excuses up…and well…you see them…run the other way" Torrie giggled.
John nodded while he melted Torrie with that handsome grin. "Thanks for the advice Torrie"
Torrie looked at John, seeing the cute dimples in his cheeks. She couldn't help but smile back.
"I saw what you did for Kelly? That was really sweet. Otunga deserved it" Torrie spoke.
"Oh it was nothing, I don't believe in that kind of treatment, it's classless and just no reason for it"
Torrie nodded, she couldn't help but be drawn by John. "Yeah…well I thought it was very nice of you to do something like that"
"I would have done it for any girl, especially you" He touched her shoulder slightly.
Torrie giggled, brushing back her golden blonde. "Well that is nice to know for the future" her eyes sparkled at him.
John looked at her. "So you're Wade's girlfriend?" John asked.
Torrie nodded, smiling as best she could. She could see John wasn't happy about that. He wasn't the only one.
"Yeah, been dating for 3 years"
"Oh right, how come you never told me?"
Torrie shrugged "I don't know…..I guess….well between you and me…I don't like to broadcast it…I'm the girlfriend of the bully of the school, well the leader of it" Torrie spoke softly.
John looked at her. "You shouldn't feel ashamed"
Torrie lowered her head down "No"
"No, I mean it's not you doing it. I have known you for less than 24 hours and I don't think you have a single mean bone in your…body" John said with a comfort smile.
"No you don't think so?"
"Nope I don't, you're incapable of that from what I see"
Torrie giggled as she rested her hand on the side of her neck.
"I mean you and Kelly are definitely the two sweetest girls I have met…here" John spoke.
Torrie smiled, she got a buzz from her pocket. She looked at her phone, and felt her heart had collided with a ice berg, sinking slowly when she got a text from Wade, telling her to meet him now.
"I have to go John, I'll see you around" Torrie spoke, before a soft grin formed on her face.
"Okay see you around Torrie"
Torrie gave him one more smile before she walked away. She turned back to John. "It's Tor" smiling her pearly white teeth.
Cena just smiled back.
….
Another day of school was over, students did their usual routines. Either went home, socialised with friends, maybe studied. John Cena was looking at his watch when he walked out of the school building.
John continued to walk until he found someone step in his way.
"Hello John" a thick Manchester accent spoke.
John looked and saw Wade standing there. "Hi Wade, where's the rest of them? Gonna jump out and scare me" John said.
"No just me, I wanted to take this time and welcome you to the school"
John looked on "Thanks"
"I think you'll fit in great…"
John nodded. "I'm sorry about almost crushing your hand. Don't know my own strength sometimes"
"I think we both got off to the wrong foot"
John nodded "Yeah I think we did….so…wipe the slate clean?" John extended his hand. Barrett eyed him for a moment.
John smiled "Don't worry I won't crush"
Wade faked a grin before he shook John's hand. He pulled John in a little and whispered some advice. "Chose your allies wise John"
John didn't pay much attention, he knew it was a sort of warning like before. This time Cena did not rise to it.
John walked off, to his car. He had to pick up Grace from school.
….
John parked his car, he walked to the school gates. He saw the back of blonde hair. "Tor?"
Torrie turned her head, and smiled "John, hi"
"You….go here?" John asked.
"What? No my little sister Suzie goes to this school"
John nodded his head. "Oh right, if I had known that I would have given you a lift" Torrie looked at him, and they both knew the reason why that wouldn't have worked.
"Oh yeah" John chuckled, "Scatch that, my sister Grace started school here today"
Torrie smiled while she waited for the doors to open.
"So do you pick…your sister all the time?"
"Yep, My brothers are either working…or to hung over" Torrie spoke.
"Oh right, how old is your sister Suzie?"
"She's 7"
John nodded. "Wonder if Grace is in her class?" John thought in his head.
Suddenly the doors opened, A blonde young girl came out. "Dory Tor" The little girl ran up to her big sister. Torrie smiled and kneeled down and picked up her little sister, embracing her.
"Hey sweetie, had a good day?" Torrie asked.
"Yeah I painted a picture" Suzie shown Torrie her painted picture.
"That's lovely,"
Suzie smiled before she looked up at John. "Hi I'm Suzie, Torrie's sister"
John shook the little hand. "John, nice to meet you sweetheart"
"You have rocks in your arms" Suzie pointed.
Torrie put her hand around her sister's mouth, blusing "Sorry John, she's a dreamer. Speaks whatever is on her mind"
John chuckled "Better to live life that way"
"That mean boy of yours isn't here is he?"
"What Wade? You like Wade?"
"No I don't, He's mean"
"Okay missy that is enough from you, come on we better get home" Torrie took her sister's school bag.
"Can I have some sweets?" Suzie spoke.
"Yes, we'll stop off at the store on our way home. Come on" Torrie took her sister's hand, and turned back to John.
"Bye John, see you at school"
John smiled "See you at school," he then looked down at Suzie.
"Nice to meet you"
"You too" Suzie hugged John's legs.
Torrie blushed before she took her little sister by the hand. "Come on let's go home" Torrie walked away, but her smile drifted back to John.
"I like him" Suzie spoke to her sister.
Torrie pulled Suzie closer to her, smiling on. "You're not the only one"
…...
John turned back to the gates, Grace came out. She was waving two other girls. Obviously she had made some friends.
Grace continued to walk on, she spotted John standing at the gates. "John!" she shouted, she ran over and rose up her little arms to her brother.
John picked her up, cuddling her. "Good day?"
"I made some friends, I like this school. We did some painting, and we read some stories as well" John liked to see the smile on her sister's face.
"Good, come on you can tell mom and dad all about it" John left the gates with Grace.
John opened the door, Grace ran in to her parents to tell them all about her day.
"How was your day?"
John looked at his parents. "Interesting, very, very interesting"
"Made any friends?"
John nodded "Some, and I think maybe an enemy"
Carol looked at her son "What already? John….it's your first day"
John shrugged with a wondered grin "I don't know, I guess time will tell"
Carol looked on before she went into the living room.
"Grace"
The little girl came running in and sat down on the couch. "Yeah"
"I have some news for you, there is this after school club for young girls. Numerous activities. I signed you up for it is that okay? It's called Imagination. Start tomorrow"
Grace nodded "Yeah!" she was excited.
"Whose taking her to that"
All the Cena's turned to John.
Cena just rubbed his temple chuckling softly when he felt Grace around his legs. "Why did I ask?"
…...
Torrie was tying her trainers on her bed. She brushed back her blonde hair before putting on her light pink coat and black scarf.
"Torrie, come on you're running late"
"I'll be there in two seconds" Torrie ran downstairs, she got in her brother's car.
Torrie smiled "I always look forward to this"
"Yeah, dad gives your own business you should be lucky"
"You know he gave me the building, bricks and water. I made it the place it is"
"Yeah, very proud of you sis" Travis said smiling.
Torrie smiled as she got out of the car, "See you in a few hours" the one place where she got freedom, away from Nexus. Torrie looked up at her own creation. She had made through all her hard work, and effort. It was the only time in the week she can get away. Wade can't stop her because then her father would know exactly what Wade is like.
A beautiful smile came across her face when she saw the Bold letters high up
Imagination.
…...
"You're thinking of what?" Heath spoke.
"The New Kid in Nexus?"
Wade Barrett sat on the bench, still having some trouble with his hand. "Yes"
"Cena, do you know what he did to me. Wade he embarrassed me in front of everyone. I had to say sorry to that Mouse Kelly, Kelly….we should kill him not invite him" Otunga pressed.
Wade looked at his loyal group. "Guys, this John Cena….guy I don't know something tells me that he could be a threat. I need to study him. Work him out" Wade said.
"But Wade what he did to me, he humiliated in front of those losers, Orton's crew and that" Otunga moaned.
Wade looked on "I know, look in time…Cena will wish he never came to my town. Alrught I'll make him regret he ever step foot in the school. But I need to make him think, I'm not a threat and we can be friends"
"Does that mean we have to be nice to people?" Otunga moaned.
"When Cena is around yes, I need to work out what he is all about? He's not like Orton, or any of them….I need to keep him close. So he's no threat"
Justin just grinned, maybe this could bring good things.
Wade smirked, "You know that saying guys, keep your friends close, your enemies even closer….so when they least…suspect…. It" Wade clicked his fingers, each one, knew exactly what that meant. Even Skip understood.
His teeth shown with a sinister grin. He understood, exactly what Wade meant.
The threat of John Cena would be destroyed.
Super Sorry for the delay, I'll admit I didn't know what I was gonna do with this story lol, but now I do so don't worry I will be completing it :)
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Next Time: Wade offers Cena a chance in Nexus, will he accept? Torrie and John find themselves connected when Grace goes to Torrie's club.