"You kissed Jon?" Brad Maddox asked Desiree as soon as she was done telling him the story of the kiss that she shared with Jon last week. Desiree was in Brad's office, like she always was in every RAW. The Shield had a match tonight and the last thing that she wanted to be was a distraction. The kiss that Des shared with Jon felt strange on her lips. She had never been kissed like that. It was long, sweet and tender. The kiss took all the fears that she felt with Asher, and threw it down the drain. She had held the secret of the kiss for a week. She couldn't bring it up to Colby or Joe; she knew that they would confront Jon about it. Brad was her friend outside of The Shield, and someone that she could relate to with their socially awkward attitudes.
"Yeah, I did. It was something that I didn't see coming. But, I'm glad that it happened. It wasn't something that I felt with Asher. I know, it's wrong for me to compare Asher and Jon. But, Jon had something in him - like he was anticipating the moment." Desiree smiled, thinking about the kiss. It had been on her mind for a while. Not a lot of girls get the opportunity to kiss their crushes. So Desiree was happy that she was able to have that chance with Jon.
"So, you don't want me to call a police?" Brad clarified, putting the script down. It must have a part of him that wanted to be there for Des. He thought that Jon could have done something that made the teenager real uncomfortable, like force her into certain activities that she didn't want to do. Brad knew that it wasn't Jon's personality, but couldn't help, but think that.
Desiree waved her arms in no, the last thing that she wanted to happen was get this out in the open, and have the WWE know about it. She didn't want Jon's career to end, before it even began. He hasn't been in the WWE for a year, and she refuses for anything to get in the way of that. Desiree was wearing The Shield outfit that she got last week. Ever since she got the outfit, she has made it a pack to wear it every Monday.
"I'm fine, Brad. Thanks for being a good friend to me. I'll make sure that if anything bad happens to me, I'll go to you," she smiled, giving him a hug from the side. "The kiss didn't mean anything. It was just a birthday present for me. It will turn to nothing more than just that. I just want to focus on my education and this internship. I can't withstand another relationship. I just got out of one terrible one and it is not my place to be in another one."
"Okay, but I'm just worried that the kiss will make things awkward between you two. You guys have a good bond, and I don't want one mistake on his part to ruin that friendship that you have build with him. Jon hasn't had a good history with women. He assumes that all women are crazy, and it's not everyday that he has a girlfriend that he is dedicated and loyal to. I just don't want you to put your hopes all out there. I don't want you to go after anything that is only going to waste your time. If you do want to go after it, wait until you're the right age. Right now, it can complicate things - the last thing that you will want. Desiree, men are a whole other species that you will never understand." Brad explained, taking a drink out of his cold, water bottle. Desiree sat next to him, taking a drink out of an Dr. Pepper can just enjoying the awkward silence that filled the office.
"That was deep, Maddox." Desiree said, after a moment of awkward silence.
Jon wrote on his white tape again with a Sharpie. It had become a routine ever seen Desiree wrote on it that one time. His mind had been on two things - Desiree and that kiss that they shared last week. He refused for it to be a topic on his mind, but he couldn't erase that moment. It pissed him off because he has a tag match later in the night that he should be warming up for, but instead, he's thinking about the seventeen year old intern. He is not supposed to be thinking about Desiree and that kiss - it was nothing meaningful. Jon was just making a wish come true - it was nothing else than that. Besides, he couldn't get her, even if he tried. Desiree could get other athletes, a duke, a prince, if she tried. Why would she settle for a street dog from the slumps of Cincinnati? Also, Desiree had her whole future to think about. Next year, she would be leaving this internship for college. It could be a lot sooner, if the creative goes along with the plans of disbanding The Shield. If The Shield disband, Desiree can't do this internship anymore.
"Jon, we've been looking all over for you. Why are you still in the locker room?" Joe asked him, standing by the door to the locker room. He couldn't help, but notice the look of pondering on Jon's face. What can Jon be thinking about that would distance himself from the rest of The Shield? Joe entered the room, taking a seat next to his pondering friend.
Joe was always loyal to Jon and Colby. Jon wondered, if he was worthy of keeping this secret. He needed someone to tell this to. He could go to Desiree, but he did not want to freak her out or make things weird between them. This secret was eating him inside.
"Joe, if I tell you something right now, can you not tell Colby or Desiree or flip out. I want to hear, what you think of all of this. I certainly don't know about any of this. I'm confused as fuck, trying to wrap my head around what I am thinking about." Jon felt like Joe would flip out with what he was about to tell him. What if Joe flipped out or told Colby or Des or even worse, call the police or something.
"Des is not pregnant right?" the main thing that was running in Joe's head. He rubbed his temples, trying to gain his composure back, before having Jon tell him what was wrong. Jon looked at Joe, trying to think of how he was going to tell him about the kiss that he shared with Desiree last week. Who knows? Maybe, Joe will be a good sport about it or he could be ready to strangle the shit out of the eccentric member of The Shield.
"No,but last week in England, Desiree and I shared a kiss. You know, number six on her list that I have been telling you guys about. Well, I kissed her and it was supposed to be nothing, but for the last week, I have been feeling like I want to kiss her again. I was anticipating the kiss for a while, and I felt something in that kiss that I never felt before. I don't know if I'm crazy or not, but I think that I might have a massive crush on Desiree."
The words that came out of Jon's mouth were weights off his shoulders. He took a huge breath and looked at Joe, who was still trying to process what Jon had told him. The news had caught him off guard. Jon had come to acceptance that he might have a crush on Desiree. Joe didn't know how to respond to his stable mate's news, he knew that he couldn't tell Colby or Desiree about it, but there was a part of him that felt proud that Jon was being open to him about stuff like this.
"Wow, I did not see that coming. Colby and I might have saw this coming, we thought you two hitting it off happened last summer, and you were just hiding it, but hearing that you could be in love with our seventeen year old intern must be the biggest bombshell to have ever come out of your mouth. Jon, how long have you felt about her that way?" Joe was curious, he had to hear this entire story.
"I thought I had a crush on her during Shanghai. You and Colby were in your hometowns and I volunteered to take care of Desiree. It was after what occurred in Melbourne with the fan girl punching her. We had Chinese food and lite up our lanterns. It was pre-makeover Des." Jon noted, the pre-makeover Des because he didn't want Joe to think of him as superficial. Jon liked any side of Desiree.
"Wow, when Desiree introduced you to Asher, did that trigger any emotions in you?" Joe asked.
"I think it was a combination of my gut feeling and my jealously. I was jealous of Asher, but there was no way that I was going to ruin Desiree's love life. I knew that she wouldn't do that with me. I guess, I realized that I was in love with her, the minute that she introduced me to Asher. It can't happen though, Desiree has her future and besides, there are rules forbidden any relationship between students and teachers. I'm like a teacher to her, so..." Jon looked down to the floor.
"You're not entirely a teacher to her, but starting a relationship with her right now will complicate things more for you guys. Besides, you two have a bond that cannot be broken. Plus, there's nothing that says that she even returns those feelings for you. She might have a crush on Dean Ambrose, but has she learned to like Jonathan Good? There's no way in telling." Joe explained to his friend.
"I guess, you're right," Jon looked up from the floor to look at the powerhouse of The Shield. "Thank you, for listening to me. It means a lot. Come on, let's kick some ass." he replaced his frown with a smirk, getting into the character of Dean Ambrose, the United States Champion, the eccentric member of The Shield.
Desiree watched The Shield and The Wyatt Family argue with each other ringside. While watching the RAW main event, she was highlighting the scripts for the Smackdown taping tomorrow night. Colby was yellow, Jon was blue and Joe was purple; she decided that she should switch things up with the script. However, Joe has always been purple, and that will never change. Her brown eyes popped up from the script, when she heard the yelling of Dean Ambrose appearing on her television. Dean pointed at Luke Harper, and that was when she noticed some black writing. She was curious to what was written on his wrist. So, she paused the television, since she was able to and saw the writing become clear. The writing on Jon's wrist had the word Des.
Des was astounded to how something that was originally a joke became something that Jon wrote on his wrist ever since. It took her breath away - it was the sweetest thing that Jon could do without expressing it vocally. That was when Desiree put it together...
Jon loves her too.
Jon loves her too! Hint, hint, wink, wink. Des and Jon have come to some realizations! When things become easier, I always throw some curveball their ways! Always thanks to: Dixiewinxwrites12, chickiesgorawr, DaShadowAngel, Angel Vanguard, justkimmy, LadyEvil21, emma, angel, Rue Dawn, nikki, thakidisback, Pinayprincesa, RainingHearts03, KatelynnBB, Salina and Katherine Skylar Hart for your reviews! Please, favorite, follow and review! :)
