"Katana, are you alright?" Seth asked as I passed him in the hall to get to my room, giving him a soft smile I nodded slightly. "Still thinking about him?" he asked quietly making my breath hitch slightly, looking down to the floor and nodding once again. "I still don't understand what happened" I whispered not sure how Dean and I ended. One day we were just fine, planning the wedding and then the next day he was toting Summer around like a trophy and the wedding was off. "He still hasn't actually said we're done and that the wedding is off" I added, knowing deep down that regardless of if he said anything or not the wedding wasn't going to happen in a few months. "I'm sorry Kat...maybe" Seth paused a look of insecurity in his eyes "maybe I can try talking to him. I know we haven't seen eye to eye lately but I'm willing to try" he smiled kissing my cheek before we went our separate ways. As soon as I got into my room I noticed that there were extra bags, shaking it from my head as one of the girls I dropped my bags and then headed back out, through the lobby and outside. I had seen a cute little coffee shop a few blocks down and it seemed like the place to go as I adventured in the city. I walked up to the window and ordered a Venti Vanilla Mocha Latte smiling and tipping the teenage girl after I had paid and received my drink. I continued walking down the street looking around me as I went to take in all the sights of the city we were in for the next two days. I could have just waited until tomorrow when there was supposed to be better weather and not as gloomy but I would be stuck in photoshoots, interviews and meet and greets all the way up to the show so I wouldn't have the chance to adventure if I didn't go today. The park ahead of my reminded me a lot of the one in Chicago where Dean had asked me to be his girlfriend and he had asked me to be his wife. The thought brought tears to my eyes and I had to turn back around and start back to the hotel for fear that I would start bawling in the middle of the park if I stayed too long.
By the time I got back to the hotel it was sprinkling and I had finished my coffee so I threw that in the garbage before I got on the elevator and headed back to my room. Opening the door I was glad I had finished my coffee because it probably would have been all over the crème carpet by now if it hadn't been empty and thrown away. "What are you two doing in here?" I asked, my voice coming out cracked and pathetic at the lack of use outside of work. "The rest of the hotel was booked, so they figured since we worked together you'd be okay with it" Summer shrugged. I couldn't breathe, I couldn't think, I couldn't function. Instead of causing drama and making a huge issue out of all of this I looked to Dean and tried to keep an even face and tone "Text me when you guys leave. I'll come back and get my shit" I murmured spinning on my heel and leaving the hotel room not sure where I was going to go but knowing I couldn't stay there. I completely blew past Seth and Roman, ignoring Seth yelling my name as I walked out of the hotel and back to the park which was now empty since it was about dinner time. I sat down on the swing and let everything go, tears streaking down my cheeks as I thought over everything from the past few months. I lost my title, lost my fiancé and now I lost my hotel room to the two people who caused me so much pain.
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"What just happened?" Roman asked as he and Seth watched Katana pretty much run from her room and to the elevator. "I'm not positive, but there's only one reason she would run away like that from anything." Seth sighed moving to the door the pretty woman had just run from and knocked "I thought she had been traveling alone since" Roman faded off not daring to speak the actual words out loud. "She has been, but from the look on her face I have a bad feeling about who's behind this door" Seth knocked again both men glaring as Summer Rae opened the door. "Where's Dean" Seth sighed knowing he had promised Katana he would at least try to talk to the man. "In the bathroom. What do you want?" she sassed crossing her arms over her chest making both men groan in annoyance. "To talk to him. Isn't that obvious?" Roman stated rolling his eyes at the blonde who huffed and moved so they could both enter the room just as Dean came out of the bathroom. "Oh hey guys, what's up?" he asked softly taking a seat in the arm chair, waving Summer away when she went to sit on his lap. "Go do something" he suggested waiting for the blonde to leave before he sighed heavily and slouched in the chair. "If I could rewind to 2 weeks ago I would give my life to do it." He mumbled shocking both men into open mouthed stares "She doesn't shut up, she never hangs out with other people unless it's clubbing and she's so god damn clingy." He continued his rant "She's an idiot, she can't be alone and she's not" "She's not Katana" Seth interrupted softly another heavy sigh leaving the bigger man. "Why'd you do it De...that's what everyone wants to know...why throw away a girl like Katana?" Roman asked just astounded like everyone else. "I" Dean groaned "I got scared. 3 months and I was going to be a married man, everything was going to change." He sighed glaring around the room as both men started to laugh. "Change? What was going to change? Her last name? How is that scary?" Roman asked "Dean, you guys have lived together since the month after you started dating. You've traveled together, eaten together, you've been married in every aspect of marriage except for the same last name." Seth shouted trying to get it through to the man. "Fuck!" Dean shouted getting to his feet and pacing around "I don't know what to do" he sighed raking a hand over his face. "Go to her De. She misses you a lot man, she'll forgive you." Seth assured pressing a hand to his ex-best friend's shoulder. "I don't know where she is" he whispered back missing his girl and his best friend more in that moment than any other. "There's a park not far from here, if you turn left away from the hotel and keep walking" Roman stated, the bigger man leaving the room without even a goodbye.
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I wiped my eyes and used my phone screen to check my makeup ignoring the multitude of messages lighting up my screen as I slipped it back into my pocket. I sniffled lightly jumping when hands pressed onto my shoulders and lips brushed against my temple "Hey baby" Dean's voice whispered, tears instantly falling from my eyes. I took a deep breath before speaking "Hey handsome" I stated clearing my throat to try and hide the fact that I was crying and hadn't talked in a while. "Can we talk about some stuff" he asked still not bringing his voice above a whisper, I couldn't form a reply I could only nod. "Baby, come on" he sighed standing me up and pulling me around the swing and over to a picnic table. I walked with my head down until he sat and pulled me between his legs. "Promise me you'll hear me out. After I'm done you can do whatever you want just...hear me out." He started holding my hands in his and finally catching my eyes, a tear streaking from the corner of his eye in response to my face. "I promise" I whispered with a small nod leaning into him quite a bit as the wind picked up and it started to sprinkle again. "I was scared Katana, I started thinking about the wedding and I panicked. I didn't want anything to change. I didn't want us to change. So I ran" he sighed having a hard time keeping eye contact as we both got very emotional. "It was easier to just avoid you instead of having to look you in the face knowing how bad I had hurt you. I wanted to just ignore everything. Then the hotel said you had an open bed and I didn't even stop to think before I took it." He paused reaching up to delicately wipe the tears from my face. "I just wanted to see you so bad, but when I did" he paused again clearing his throat "it honestly wasn't the reaction I had been hoping, I was hoping for a smile, a hug, a kiss, maybe more" he faded off "I was stupid though, I should have realized you'd be hurt and upset." He sighed "I love you" I interrupted him my voice croaky and gross but it brought the most beautiful smile to his face. "I'll ignore that you interrupted. I love you too baby. So much and I'm so, so, so sorry that this happened." He sighed putting a hand behind my head and pulling me down to press our lips together.
"I love you so much." He repeated "I love you, I love you, I love you" he chanted pressing his lips to wherever he could reach. "If this was 10 months ago we would be in Chicago, you'd be on your knees and I would have fallen over" I whispered giggling slightly as he stood up, switched how we were sitting and pulled my engagement ring from my finger before he got down on one knee. "Katana Marie Faber, I asked you 10 months ago and you said yes." He paused "I know we aren't in Chicago, but we're in a park so" he shrugged "I asked you 10 months ago and you said yes, I know I fucked up really bad but will you marry me in 3 months?" he asked sweetly making me smile and giggle "You're an idiot, and sometimes you don't think at all. But I love you and I've missed you so much these last two weeks. I never wanna miss you again. So of course. I will marry you." I giggled launching myself into his arms as soon as he had replaced my ring, his arms wrapping around my waist and spinning me around just as it started to rain even harder than before. "I swear I'll ease your pain, lift you up so you can finally see the love you are to me." He whispered still holding me up in his arms. "I love you so much Dean." I returned leaning in to kiss him, knowing it would be hard but that we could definitely get past this and live happily.