Hello ladies and gents. We're back to Fearless. Sorry for not updating in such a long time. I've been working on a new project. I'll tell you about it at the end of the chapter. For now, enjoy chapter 11.


CHAPTER XI: REACTIONS

Monday Night RAW. John Cena was heading to the locker room. It was a night like any other until he began to notice a strange thing: all the people he met on the corridors were smirking at him. It was a peculiar smile with a touch of both sneakiness and awe. It baffled John completely as he couldn't make sense of it whatsoever. Then came the Prime Time Players.

"You are one awesome playa' dawg" Titus O'Neill said shaking his hand. "Lot a respect man, lot of respect." Cena gaped at him like he was talking another language.

Finally, he reached the locker room. John saw Sheamus there. The Celtic Warrior was tying his boot laces

"Man, I'm having the weirdest night. All these people are looking at me like…"

Sheamus turned to face the WWE Champion, displaying the same grin on his expression like everyone else.

"…kind of like you are doing now" Cena completed. Not him too. "All right. I give up. What in the name of sweet Moses is going on here?"

"I'm just glad you decided to take my advice and ask Kelly out on a date. Congratulations fella!"

John dropped his jaw. "How in the mother of … everything … could you possibly know that?"

"It doesn't matter. What matters is that you hooked up with one of THE most beautiful, attractive and sexiest women alive. You my friend are one lucky son of a pastry dish. I'm really happy for you."

Cena was speechless and confused, trying to get in the rhythm of the events that were developing around him.

"Anyways, I gotta get ready for my match. See you out there fella" Sheamus said and padded John on the back. "Ah, to be in love" he remarked on the way out. As for the WWE champion, he wondered how the Celtic Warrior, and everyone else for that matter, found out about him and Kelly.

(((-)))

The other WWE divas dragged Kelly in a whirlpool of enthusiastic questions and gossip about her date with the WWE champion. They surrounded her, talking at the same time and being really loud and unclear. Kelly's head was about to explode. "Guys! Guys! GUYS!" she yelled, trying to put an end to their incessant, dreadful dialogue.

"Come on Kelly" Alicia Fox expressed. "You went out with John Cena. John Cena. You have to tell us everything."

"Yeah" Natalya stepped in. "What was it like? Details please."

"Sorry guys but I'm not the kind of girl who kisses and tells" Kelly ruined their expectations.

"You guys kissed" Cameron asked gleefully.

"That's not what I meant. Look … I'd love to stick around and continue this awesome chat but I need to talk to someone … urgently."

Kelly walked away, hoping to find the one responsible for spreading the news about her and John: Kaitlyn. She was the only one who knew about the date, after Kelly had told her. There was no one else who could have known. Anyway, Kelly wanted to get some kind of explanation from her best friend as to why she told everyone. It's not that everyone knowing about her and John was a problem. She was not 12 years old anymore to be bothered by gossip or bad rumors. It was just that she expected more secrecy from Kaitlyn.

Kaitlyn was giving an interview to Matthews. Kelly approached: "Excuse me Josh, I need to borrow Kaitlyn for a couple of secs." Then, she pulls her beyond a croner.

"What's up Kells?"

"Remember when I told you about my date with John Cena?"

"Oh, yeah! How did it go by the way?"

Kelly immediately picked up Kaitlyn's fake tone when she changed the subject. She was acting as if she had not done anything. But why?

"It went well. I'll tell you about it later. Uhm … when I told you about me and John, I didn't mean for the entire WWE locker room to find out about it."

"Oh … yeah … I'm sorry. You didn't tell me I was supposed to keep it to myself. I didn't realize I would hurt you by telling others. I'm really sorry!"

Even her apologies seemed raw and artificial. She uttered them so fast as if reading lines from a script.

"No. No. It's OK. You didn't hurt me. It's just that … well …"

Kelly started to have doubts about Kaitlyn again. Lately, her friend had been acting very strange with her, poking fun at her, telling others about her private life and in some instances, avoiding her or acting really cold and harsh. Kelly had the distinct feeling that all of this was being done just to harm her. And this latest attempt couldn't do anything else but prove Kaitlyn's unkind intentions.

"I've been meaning to ask you Kate … is there something you want to say to me? Anything at all?"

"I can't think of anything."

"You sure?"

"Yeah. Listen, I gotta get ready for my match tonight so I'll catch up with you later. Bye."

Kaitlyn was lying. Kelly was sure of it. She was holding something back. All the signs and signals were pointing to it. Her voice, body language, reactions … everything. But why? What was the reason behind her weird, deceiving behavior? Why was she acting like this? At any rate, Kelly knew she had to be very careful from now on when dealing with her. Something was wrong and Kaitlyn's actions were screaming it.

(((-)))

A while later, John and Kelly met somewhere backstage and discussed the new predicament they were in.

"I mean" John said with a whining tone "I know rumors spread fast but this is ridiculous. Even the janitor knows about us? How is that even possible?"

"I'm sorry" Kelly replied. "This whole thing is my fault. I told Kaitlyn and she probably must have run her mouth. I get if you're pissed at me."

"What? That's crazy. The only thing I am for you is head over heels" she grabbed her hips and pulled her close to him.

"John what are you doing" she asked surprised.

"I believe I'm trying to kiss you."

"But there're these people around."

"Yeah I don't think it will be much of a surprise for them. Besides, I wouldn't be able to go on living if you don't kiss me now."

"Is that right" she chuckled and took his cap off. Then she wrapped her arms around his neck and passionately kissed him. Tasting him was like a new drug for her and she enjoyed it every second. After they separated, she kissed his cap before placing it back on his head. He rushed away to get to the ring, being part of a segment for the night's show. Kelly was glad that he had not gotten upset with her over the fact that everyone found out about them. He had been so understanding and comforting about it, that it made her feel really lucky to be with such an emotionally sensitive person. He really was an incredible guy like everyone said. Now she understood why the other divas were so excited.

(((-)))

A little while later, Kelly was talking with some girls from the arena staff. She was having a great time until she sensed two silhouettes approaching. It was AJ Lee, the divas' champion along with her bulky companion, Big E. "Oh great" the blonde said to herself. Of course AJ had to come along and without a doubt she was going to taunt her about her new relationship with Cena.

"What do we have hear" AJ wondered. "If it isn't John Cena's new girlfriend."

Just like Kelly anticipated. Lame.

"You know what I'm curious about" the champion asked. "I'm curious to see how long will it take for him to ridicule you and dump you. How long do you think E?"

"Not too long."

"You should have thought it through Kelly, before going out with Cena. Now you're just going to end up another name on his … fun list."

"Why" Kelly held her ground. "Because the same happened to you. Because you couldn't make it work with him. Let me tell you something AJ. And I'm not saying this to gloat in your face or anything like that. The reason why you and him didn't work was because you were so desperate of being noticed, of having something important and valuable, of enjoying someone's care and concern for you, you lost track of what truly mattered. Just like you're doing now, with that title."

AJ grasped her belt and raised it in front of Kelly.

"If you keep behaving this way, you'll lose a lot more than a title reign."

After she finished her sentence, Kelly left, considering she said enough.

AJ was rattled: "I'll never lose this championship. I'm the greatest divas' champion ever. You all couldn't even dream to be like me. I brought back excitement in the divas' division. I'm the best that there is, you hear me?"

Right beside her, Big E was grimacing, not at all content about what his small friend was saying…


So that was it. Thanks to everyone who reviewed and to all who are stil following and reading this story. I'll try to have the next chapter ASAP. Like I said, I'm working on a new project. It's going to appear on fiction press. It's a supernatural/action/sci-fi story, in the format of a TV series. I'm only writting the first 2-3 episodes. If they're successful, I'll continue it. I'll be sure to give you a link so you could check it out and tell me what you think. Until then, we'll enjoy Fearless.