The next day John had just went into the gym to workout with Randy. He was texting with Grace.
"Is that Grace?" Randy asked.
"Yeah."
"Tell her I said hi."
"She says hi." He put his phone down and picked up weights.
"What's she been up to?"
"Just doing her tour."
"You better hope she doesn't meet another guy on that tour." He said jokingly.
"She can meet whoever she wants." "Besides she can take care of herself." "She told her ex to beat it last night."
"He went to her concert?"
"Yeah." "They've had a complicated relationship for years and instead of falling back into old patterns last night, she told him to leave."
"I bet that made you happy."
"Don't start."
"I'm surprised she doesn't have any tattoos."
"Why?"
"Well it's been my experience that if a girl has hair that's not one of the normal colors, she has tattoos."
"She does have one tattoo." "It's her ex's name."
"I've never seen a tattoo."
"Maybe you weren't looking hard enough."
"So you've seen it?"
"Yeah."
"How come I never have?"
"I don't know." Randy smirked. "What?"
"Is it because you can only see it when she's naked?"
"No."
"You're lying." "I knew it." "You guys are a couple."
"No we're not." "We just- He stopped.
"Just what?"
"Nothing."
"You just have sex?" He said smiling.
"I've never had sex with Grace."
"Liar."
Two weeks later John was in Boston. He just finished a house show. When he got back to his room he could see smell candles burning and see the reflection of the flames coming from the bedroom. He smiled.
"Grace is here." He thought.
"Well this is a surprise." He said going towards the bedroom. "I wasn't expecting to see you here." "To what do I owe the pleasure?" When he went into the room he was shocked because who he saw wasn't Grace. It was Nikki standing there completely naked.
"Nikki." He said surprised.
"Were you expecting someone else?"
"No." "What are you doing here?"
"I wanna talk." She said slowly going to him. She started kissing him. At first he wasn't kissing her back. He heard a voice in his that said.
"You can't do this what about Grace?" Then he heard another that said. "You finally got what you wanted Nikki's here." "You know you love her."
He started kissing her back. They laid down on the bed.
Three days Raw was in Phoenix, Arizona. Grace was there and she was planning on surprising John at the arena. She had a tour date there tomorrow and had flew in a day earlier. She just gotten to the arena. She found his locker room and knocked on the door. He answered and got a shocked look on his face.
"Surprise." She said smiling.
"Grace." He said. She could tell he was uneasy.
"What's wrong?"
"Who is it?" She heard Nikki's voice say.
"It's just Silk." John said. "She came by to say hi." He looked at Grace. "Meet me at catering in five minutes."
"Alright." Grace said. He shut the door.
Grace was waiting for him at a table. He sat acrossed from her. They were alone.
"Hi." He said.
"Hi."
"Sorry I reacted that way." "I just wasn't expecting you."
"It's ok."
"Nikki and I have decided to try and work it out."
Grace's stomach suddenly felt like it was in knots. "That's great John." "I'm happy for you." "It's what you wanted."
"Yeah." "We're not gonna get married right now, there's some things we have to work on before we do that."
"I just want you to be happy." "I'm gonna go."
"You're not staying for the show?"
"My stomach hurts." They stood up.
"Come here." They hugged.
"I'm gonna miss you." She was fighting hold back tears at this point.
"We're still be friends."
"You and I both know it won't be the same anymore."
"I care about you Grace." He heard her sniffle. "Grace don't c- She pulled away from him quickly and turned around so he couldn't see her face. She left quickly.
Grace was in her hotel room crying. She went to her bag and took out a music sheet. At the top she wrote the title "Never Mine To Begin With" with her tears falling she began writing lyrics.