Ch. 10

"What do you mean part of the plan?" Stephanie asked her cousin confused.

"John and I talked about what type of relationship we wanted and I don't think a serious one was in the cards for either of us." Kaylyn sighed.

"Why date then?" Stephanie asked confused.

"It works for us." Kaylyn whispered as she cuddled Aurora and felt an unfamiliar feeling in the pit of her stomach. She glanced at her cousin and saw a knowing look on her face.

"You are ready for a committed relationship. I never thought I would see the day when my little cousin would be ready to get married and be a mom." Stephanie smirked.

"Haha that's funny but it's not what I want." Kaylyn quickly responded.

"Whatever." Stephanie said rolling her eyes as she the door opened and in walked John carrying arm fulls of bags and a portable crib.

"All right ladies so what were you talking about?" John asked setting some of the things down and tossing the car keys back to Stephanie.

"You and Kay's relationship. She was telling me that you two weren't planning on getting serious which is something that worries me." Stephanie said seriously. "Kay needs someone who is going to try and get her marriage ready and if you two don't think that's a possibility why waste your time?"

"Really? I thought we were getting serious." John said simply as he headed towards the stairs.

Kaylyn followed with a sleeping Aurora. Stephanie wisely decided to stay downstairs sensing the two of them needed to speak privately.

"What the heck was that about?" Kaylyn whispered as she held Aurora as John attempted to set up the crib.

"You tell me." John said simply as he placed the crib next to the spare bed and attempted to put it together.

"You're the one telling my cousin that you thought we were serious." Kay mumbled.

"I did." John admitted slowly. "But apparently it was my mistake, a mistake I won't make a second time so don't worry about it. I think I get the message that this is only about getting your family off your back and about getting even with Edge and Lita. I got it now so don't trip." John shrugged.

"You thought we were serious?' Kaylyn asked wide eyed. She wasn't sure how to handle this situation at all.

"Yeah but like I said don't worry I heard your message loud and clear." John mumbled as he finally got the crib together but was wondering what goes inside.

"Here take her and I'll set it up." Kay said simply as she passed a sleeping Aurora to John. Then she nearly laughed when she saw that he seemed a little scared to be holding an infant. "She won't bite." She said softly, sensing he was terrified.

"I know that but I have never really been around babies before and so it's kind of new to me." John admitted as he cradled the infant.

"Babies are something else." Kay said with a soft smile. She tenderly reached out and stroked Aurora's had softly before turning back to her task.

"You want kids?" John asked as he watched her place the stuff needed inside the crib.

"Someday, when I meet someone who wants to marry me and have them with me." Kaylyn said as she refused to turn around and face the former WWE champion. Inside she knew that John could have been the one but she had a feeling she may have just blown that chance out of the water. She finally turned around and was going to take Aurora from him when she noticed the way his eyes seem to glow as they stared at the infant in his arms. John's full attention was on the little girl and the tenderness she saw from such a powerful man nearly filled her heart up. She quickly swallowed telling herself that her relationship with the WWE champion was not about dating but about revenge and nothing more.

Kaylyn and John headed downstairs with the baby monitor in hand, handing it to Stephanie who was watching TV. John excused himself to go downstairs and work out in his gym, letting the two women chat again. Kaylyn quickly stopped her cousin from saying anything about a relationship between her and the former champ by putting her hand up and shaking her head. It was clear that that subject was off limits.

A couple weeks later Cena walked down the hallway of RAW, determined to find Coachman and demand a title shot when he noticed Vince standing in front of his locker room. Cena looked behind him and then looked back at Vince, unsure of how to handle this situation. This was the first time they had run into each other in person since Kaylyn and John had started their scheme.

"Cena, a word please." Vince said simply nodding towards the door that said John Cena on it.

John nodded his head and followed the chairman into the room sitting on the couch and watching him closely for any signs of what this could be about.

"Kaylyn is very upset with me over this whole title thing. She thinks I am being unreasonable and a complete and total jerk." Vince said with a sigh.

"Well she and I are in love and when you love someone it hurts you to see them give up something that they love." John said hoping Kaylyn would say the same if Vince questioned her before John could get a hold of her.

"Yeah that's pretty much what she said." Vince said shocking the former champ.

"Well it's the truth." Cena whispered.

"I have to tell you that I had my doubts about your relationship but if you can prove to me that it's real, I will give you your title shot." Vince said slyly.

"Oh and how am I supposed to do that?" John asked skeptically.

"By getting my niece to accept a marriage proposal from you on RAW. It would certainly bring up the ratings and I know that you aren't ready for marriage yet Cena so you can always break it off with her backstage with no problems from the McMahon family. You do that and you get your title shot." Vince said with a smug look on his face.

Cena watched Vince go with a conflicted feeling in his heart. What was he supposed to do now?