Lily walked into the arena behind Sami and the other's, Amy's grip on her hand never lessening as they walked. She understood this was rough for Lily and wanted to be there to support her fully. She looked around the room, it had been a month since she last saw Jon and she knew it wasn't about to hurt any less once she seen him.

"I don't see him." Amy looked down at her.
"Yeah me either." Lily whispered, "Maybe he just didn't show up."
"Yeah right, he's got a title match tonight." Amy smirked as they followed Sami back into the dressing room.

She heard his voice; his laughter rang from the locker rooms. When they walked in, he greeted Sami with a tight hug. It took him a few minutes to get around to the others due to the fact Sami was gawking over his IPW championship belt. Lily stepped out of the room and walked to the closest watering fountain when he walked towards where her and Amy where standing. She laid her head against the brick wall; the coolness of it eased her headache a little. She thought she had escaped him but two hands placed themselves on the wall on either side of her head. She knew those hands and she knew who was standing behind her.

"You can't run from me, Lily." His raspy voice rang into her ear, "No matter how hard you try, no matter how fast you run."
"I want to sometimes." Lily shook her head, "But then again I want to go running back."
"You didn't let me explain." Jon whispered as he laid his forehead against the back of her head and sniffed her hair.
"You always want to explain. I gave you hours to explain, Jon. And yet you failed." Lily didn't really want him touching her.
"I was going to sit you down that night and talk to you about moving out to Indiana after you gave birth but you didn't fucking listen to me Lily."
"You never said anything! You barely even fought me when I told you to leave." Lily turned around and glared up into his blue eyes.
"THERE IS NO TALKING TO YOU, LILY." He shouted, "You took what Sami said and ran with it. You took off crying and shut me out just like you always do, Lily. The first sign of something you don't like comes up and you run. YOU'VE GOT TO LET ME TALK."
"THEN TALK, JON!" She raised her voice, "I'm standing right in front of you. We're face to face. Talk."
"Maybe when you learn to listen." Jon shook his head, "You want to know what I done that night, huh Lily?"
"What night?" She asked as he laid his forehead against hers.
"The night I left." He whispered, "I went into the bathroom at the apartment I'm staying in and I poured every fucking pill I could find down my throat. And I cried. I fucked up, Lily. I know I did. But you've got to learn that its just not all about you. I woke up the next morning in a puddle of my own puke and I felt like I could fight. I thought maybe it was for the belt but afterwards I realized it wasn't what I wanted. I thought it would fill that void that you left but it didn't. It didn't even touch the whole in my heart."

Lily stood there, his head moving to the side of hers as his voice dropped, "I love you, Lily. There's no fucking denying that. I love wrestling. And if you're trying to tell me that I can't love both then I'm sorry."
"That's not what I'm saying, Jon. I'm glad you're out here living your dream ,I really am. I'm proud of you for that. But I want you, too." You whispered.
"Then stop telling me to leave. Stop trying to be a single parent, Lily. I'm here. I'm right here in front of you. Now what do you want me to say? 'Lily I'm sorry that I was planning on telling you in a more private way,' or 'Lily I'm sorry that you took Sami's words wrong?' Tell me. I'll gladly relate the message back to you but you've got to open up to me. You've got to let me into that pretty little head because I can't read minds."

Lily laid her forehead against his shoulder, her head hurt badly and he was the closest thing to comfort. He wrapped his long arms around her, pulling her tighter to him as he kissed her forehead. She inhaled his scent for the first time in an entire month and allowed him to comfort her. She was hesitant but she wrapped her arms around his waist and leaned against him.

"Are you leaving afterwards?" Lily whispered as she laid her head against his chest.
"I don't know yet." He whispered, "Depends on if Scotty has to go straight back or not."
"How about you just stay here for the rest of your life?" She whispered, making him chuckle.
"In Cincinnati?" He smiled.
"No, just right here." She yawned.
"I could hold you for forever if that's what your saying." He mumbled against the top of her head.
"That's what I'm talking about." She nodded.
"I am so sorry, Lily." Jon whispered.
"I'm sorry too, Jon." She whispered back, "But whats up with the pink hair?"
"I made a bet with Scotty when you first got pregnant that if it was a girl, I'd dye my hair pink. When he has a child, he has to do the same." Jon chuckled.
"I like it." She whispered.
"It won't be here for long, that's for sure." He smiled.

They stood like that for a few more minutes before Jon had to go and continue getting ready. Lily could feel the baby kicking even worse now that Jon wasn't near and it made a soft smile spread across her face. She sat beside of Amy in the crowd towards the back when the show started.

"What did he say?" Amy asked.
"He said he was sorry." Lily whispered; she didn't need to know everything he said.
"And?"
"That's it." She shrugged, "That he wanted to be a father and that he may need to crash at the house tonight."
"Will that be okay with you?" Amy asked.
"Yeah." She nodded, "He has to have a place to sleep."

They sat and watched all the matches and soon it was time for Jon's title match. He was fighting against Carnage for the heavyweight title. They watched as Jon got the shit out of him and slung out of the ring a few times, his now pink hair was all over his head.

"Whats with his hair?" Amy asked.
"Him and Scotty made a deal on the sex of their first child." Lily nodded.
"Oh, okay." Amy shook her head quickly.

They watched as Jon pinned carnage and rose up the winner; the new HWA heavyweight champion and still IPW champion. Lily couldn't have been any more proud of him as he walked backstage, following them to the locker rooms.
He tapped Lily on the shoulder where she stood in the room talking to Sami. When she turned around, he gripped the back of her head and pressed his lips down against hers; his taste invading her mouth as he sucked on her bottom lip to open her plump lips. Their tongues slid out to meet each other, the sensation of the other's velvety tongue sliding against each other's for the first time in a month sent them both to cloud nine as they entered their own little land.

"I've missed that." Jon whispered as he broke the kiss.

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