A/N: The chapter many of you have waited for. Finally! I hope you enjoy. Can't wait for tomorrow. Wrestlemania! I will be watching! Song lyrics is "Smash Into You" - Beyonce. I suggest you guys listen to this song for the first half of this chapter. It really sets the mood for it. I'll update soon

Warning: Mature content

xoxo

Head down
as I watch my feet take turns hitting the ground
Eyes shut
I find myself in love racing the Earth

"I want…you."

Joe stood in Lexi's doorway, his fierce steel-gray orbs burning holes into Lexi's core. She would have never expected to see him come back. She could have sworn he was done with her. And here he was, standing in front of her hotel room door with an ardent glare at her. So many thoughts raced into Lexi's scattered brain.

And I'm soaked in your love
and love was right in my path, in my grasp
and me and you belong

After a prolonged pause she stepped aside and let him enter, lightly blushing when he bypassed her; she could smell his wooden and masculine scent. Joe stood with his back facing her, holding his fist to his mouth as he took a sharp deep breath. Joe plopped down on the edge of the bed and Lexi nevously walked over in his direction, she stopped and stood in front of him, slightly between his legs. He rested his forehead against her pierced naval, while Lexi rested her small palms on each of his shoulder. He pulled her closer to him as he rested his hands on her curvy hips. He looked up slightly; his eyes were dark and glossy.

"Lex,..did you really mean what ya said down there?" He queried, his voice slowly began to crack. Lexi's only response was a nod of her head. Joe sat back farther on the bed, creating separation between them. He couldn't think under her fingertips. He glared up and saw the sadden look on Lexi's face.

"Joe…' Their eyes met.

'If we hadn't done all this, all this craziness, all this drama; if Jessica wouldn't have lied about having ya kid and you hadn't found out, would we even be here right now?" She asked abruptly. Joe shrugged. He grabbed her small hand and brought it to his lips. In an instant, he stood to his feet, towering over Lexi's smaller figure. He held her chin between his thumb and index finger, lifting it up to met his gaze.

"Lex, I really don't know. I have no idea, but what I do is…you're not alone. You were never alone because I was always here. I'm always going to be here." He murmured. Lexi moved her trembling gaze away but he turned her head right back.

I wanna run (run)
Smash into you
I wanna run (run)
And smash into you

"I never stopped loving you, not even for a second because I was always in love with you." Their eyes locked as Joe's features started to soften. He stroked his thumb gently against Lexi's cheekbone. Lexi didn't have much time to reciprocate as Joe wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her closer to his warm body as he placed a searing kiss along her trembling lips. Lexi couldn't explain how much she missed the warm of his mouth, the cherry linger of his lips, to the mint of his breath. Getting lost in the intense moment, she curled her fingers into his long hair, pulling the elastic from his hair, his raven tresses falling along his shoulders. She sighed when she felt his tongue at the crater of her throat, deepening the kiss. In one sudden movement, Joe lifted Lexi off her feet, her legs voluntarily wrapping around his waist.

Ears closed
What I hear no one else has to know
Cause' I know
That what we have is worth first place in gold

Lexi soon realized she had stopped breathing once feeling the chill of the wall against her back. Joe now had her wedged between him and the wall. She whimpered against his lips missing the warmth of them as Joe pulled away to look her in her glazed hazel eyes. Joe angled one hand on the wall aside of her head, while his other hand propped her smaller figure up. He quickly registered her attire, seeing she was in a pink robe. He smirked at her while she cradled his face.

"I wonder how much you've missed this?" Lexi whispered.

"You have no idea."

And I'm soaked in your love
And love is right in my path, in my grasp
And me and you belong, oh...

Joe quickly continued the passionate assault on her lips. Lexi was able to muster the strength to loosen Joe's tie and unbutton his crisp white shirt. Without removing his attack on her lips, he pulled his shirt out of his slacks and pulled it down his arms, revealing his chiseled biceps and tribal tattoo that Lexi loved. She tangled her fingers back at the nap of his neck as he tucked on her robe, begging for access. She closed her eyes unable to handle the scrutiny of his penetrated glare. Her fingertips lightly traced the tattoo on his arm, while he pulled the shoulder of her robe down for better access to her neck. Granting ingress to her neck and flesh along with the ink that was imprinted on it, Joe quickly went in for the attack; planting open mouth kisses along her neck and collarbone. Using his tongue, Joe traced the lettering and outline of Lexi's tattoo that graced her shoulder blade.

Head down
As I watch my feet take turns hitting the ground
Eyes shut
I'm in love and I'm racing the Earth
And I'm soaked in your love
And love is right in my path, in my grasp
And me and you belong
Oh...I wanna run
Smash into you

Lexi pulled Joe's wife beater over his head after a quick departure from his lips, revealing his pecs and sculpted abs. His breath quicken as he realized she was undressing him as her shaky fingers found his belt buckle. Within an instance, Joe's pants, belt, and shoes were removed from his body and he was now only standing in his boxer briefs. He tugged at Lexi's robe once again, it finally allowing him entrant. It was now or never, as they watched in unison her robe falling down her body and onto the floor. He smirked as he watched a blush fluster along her cheeks. He palmed her soft C-cup breasts, never removing his eyesight from hers observing the way she reacted to his touch. He smirked before bending down to capture one of her hard buds in his mouth while he rubbed the other between his thumb and index. She whimpered as he moved to the other nipple in pure consistence. She closed her eyes tightly shut, nibbling down on her bottom lip.

"Look at me."

His voice was low and commanding. She submitted to his demand as her eyes widen. She quickly realized he had shed his boxer briefs, freeing his throbbing erection. Joe grabbed a fistful of her hair and his erection found her throbbing clit, and he suddenly slammed into her warm core. Sliding up and down against the wall at the rhythm of Joe's thrusts, Lexi felt her orbs rolling back into her lewd mind.

I'm willing to run (run)
Smash into you
I'm willing to run, run, run, run, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
I'm willing to run, run, run, run, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

Lexi could feel the deep vibrations of his groans against her neck and she felt a tingling sensation in her pit. Before she had time to react, Joe removed his cock from her core and carried her back to the bed where he threw her down gently. Joe parted her legs with his palm and his tongue quickly found her moist folds. Lexi felt her eyes roll back into her head once again as she felt Joe's flat tongue against her surface.

"¡Dios mío!" Lexi's yelped. Joe couldn't help but smirk against her flesh. He loved when she screamed out Spanish or his name when it came to their lovemaking sessions. He soon realized how much he missed this, not just sex, but having with Lexi. It always seemed to be the best.

Lexi's moans grew louder and more desperate, tangling her fingers into Joe's hair. He licked and tugged at her swollen nub, writing his name along her womanhood with his tongue. He knew Lexi's peak was near, so with one last lick he drew away from her wet folds. His lips met hers, Lexi tasting herself on his tongue. Without warning, Joe shoved back into her. Lexi quickly reversed them, Joe now on his back as she straddled him. Joe smiled at her, knowing exactly what she had in mind. He sat up; they were now chest to chest as Lexi bounced up and down against him, their flesh smacking together. Joe loved to hear her cry out his name in pleasure.

"Joe..Goddamn! I missed you so much baby." She cried out.

Joe quickly felt his end coming and before he had the chance to react, he felt his warm seed shot into Lexi's interior.

"Ah shit!" He growled. Both were completely drenched in sweat and gasped for their breath. Joe found her lips again with his chest pressed against her back; he fiercely rubbed at Lexi's clit. He slipped one finger into her core, and then another while he watched her grind against his hand. Nonetheless, her climax finally came on Joe's thick fingers. Joe smirked when she grabbed his hand and sucked her essence off his fingers. He kissed the corner of her mouth and wrapped his arms around her.

I wanna run, run
Smash into you
I'm willing to run (run)
Smash into you

An hour earlier…

"Joey…I am so sorry for everything I put you through."

Joe watched Lexi sprint away and out the door and he badly wanted to chase after her. He caught a glimpse of Megan's scowl at him before she chased after Lexi. Nonetheless, Colby and Jon walked up to him.

"Joe, what the hell are you doing?" Colby snarled.

"What?"

"You're just going let her run out of here like that? I thought you said you loved her." Colby sneered at Joe who now had his head down.

"I do, but…"

"Listen, I'm sick of this shit! Both of ya two is all screwed up, but ya know you two deserve each other. So just go! I'm tired of y'all drama." Jon growled catching his friends by surprise.

"But Jon –"

"GO!" Jon yelled again. Joe took a deep breath as he followed the direction that Jon's lanky finger pointed in.

Running out the arena, he caught the agitated Megan as she re-entered the building.

"Meg…" Joe called, catching her attention. The saddened look on her face told the whole story.

'Where did she go?" Megan sighed before responding.

"Joe, she went back to the hotel. She just left." Megan replied idly. Joe ran his fingers over his head and took another deep sigh.

"Okay thanks!" Joe went to walk towards the parking lot, but Megan stopped him in his tracks with a call of his name.

"Joe…"

"Yeah." Megan sighed before giving a prolonged response.

"I don't care what y'all do but please just fix this crap. You two is driving me crazy. I have a man too! Get y'all shit together and stop being so hateful to each other. Goddamn! How do y'all expect that to help anything? If you want things to work out, you guys must communicate. None of your problems are going to work if every time you guys chase and bicker at and with each other. Think about Mellie, she really wants you two together." With that, Megan turned around and walked back inside, leaving Joe speechless.

Joe was slightly furious as he ran into the street to haul a cab. After 15 minutes, one finally stopped for him. Once giving the driver the directions to their hotel, Joe settled back with his head against the window. He would have never expected everything between him and Lexi would become so complicated. He just wanted for once to be happy with Lexi. And after her confessions, he knew that's what she wanted too. Finally arriving at his hotel, he instantly by pasted his room and straight to Lexi's. He practiced several speeches over in his mind but nothing seemed worthy enough to tell her while he traveled on the elevator. Stepping off the elevator, he felt his feet grow heavy while walking to her door. Finally arriving, he listened for if he could something but it appeared to be no life on the other side of the door. He took a sharp deep breath. It's now or never. Joe hesitated for a moment before finally mustering up the courage to knock…

Lying wide-awake, Lexi was silent as she stared up at the ceiling, still in shock of the aftermath of the night's events. Joe was in the bed aside of her, his breathing intense as his chest heaved up and down; since they'd had sex for a second time shortly after the first, that time around was slow and passionate, clearly full of emotion but still had the same explosive result that left both exhausted and sticky with each other's sweat and essence. Especially since neither has had sex in what appeared to be a long time. They were both now wide-awake but neither taking notice to each other's consciousness. Sex with Joe was always amazing in every sense of the world and their chemistry and connection was still undesirable; as Joe lay feeling the same about her. However, both was left with the 'what now' feeling. The very first time they had sex years ago, was in a similar arrangement to their current status and that obviously didn't end well. If only Lexi had the answers to the consequential ponders floating around in her mind.

Joe, however, laid in a post coital rest. It was a surprise that he wasn't asleep, but the tingling of his entire body prevented him from slumber. Joe couldn't stop replaying how she felt underneath him, her warm flesh entwined with his. At that moment, Joe could care less about what the morning would hold for him. Wrestlemania was tomorrow, but right now all he could do was lay in respite. He didn't think about tomorrow, or what the day would unfold. All he knew was that he had never been more at peace then to be laying next to the woman who always drove him insane but he loved her nonetheless. Joe slightly started to drift off, he felt her body trembling aside of him. His brows furrowed in confusion about why she was reacting this way. By the sound of her hollow breathing, he knew she was still awake. He turned over onto his side and pulled her smaller body against his larger anatomy. With her back now to his chest, he loosely arranged her curly hair off her shoulder, the chain to the small locket around her neck was visible. Joe smiled as he kissed her neck, happy that she kept her promise to always wear that locket around her neck. He noticed Mellie always wears hers as well. Joe really did love his girls.

He felt her flinch under his touch. He kissed her ear, leaving it moist and hot. He could feel the studs of her tripple lobe, tragus and dual cartilage ear piercings on his lips.

"What's wrong?" He whispered into her ear. Lexi paused for a moment, stopping her breathing short. She slowly turned around so they were now facing each other. Lexi cupped his cheek with a trembling hand.

"What now?" Joe removed her hand for his face, lightly bending her french manicured fingers back and kissed the palm of it.

"I don't know. I guess whatever you want it to be." Joe murmured.

"So does this mean you're not mad at me anymore?" Lexi pouted causing a smile to cross Joe's face. Even in darkness, Lexi could see Joe's orbs twinkle.

"Of course not. I could never stay mad at you Lex." Lexi kissed his nose in response.

"I love you Joe and I promise to do my part from now on. If this is going to work, baby we have to communicate with each other. I'm so tired of fussing and fighting all the time."

"Me too." Joe brushed her loose strands of hair from her face.

"Pinkie promise, that from now on it's just me and you and that you'll always be honest with me Joey. No matter how ugly or bad it is, you better tell me. And I promise to keep up my end. No secrets. No lies. Okay?" Lexi held out her small pinkie and waved it in front of Joe's face. He quickly caught it in his mouth and slowly sucked on it causing her to blush. His thick pinkie finally entwined with hers.

"I promise I will. But promise me you'll never walk away from me again baby." Joe replied.

"I won't baby. I'm here to stay, just as long as you want me too." Joe smirked at her while he plastered a soft kiss on her lips.

"That's what I like to hear. Imma always want you too. Now let's get some sleep. We both got a long day ahead. Especially me." They shared one more final passionate kiss before Lexi turned back over with her back facing Joe. Joe couldn't help but smile against her hair, sniffing her familiar scent of lavender, and drifting off to sleep.

Lexi yawned, her chest was flat against the bed and her hair was wild and sprawled along the pillow. Her ached slightly and she noticed she was still naked. She turned over on her side to realize that the body that was once lying next to her was gone. But the spot were Joe's body once laid wasn't empty. A rustic wooden food tray occupied it. Inside were Lexi's favorite breakfast amenities; a spinach white omelet, fresh fruit with yogurt and granola, and a fresh squeezed glass of orange juice. There was also a mug of freshly brewed coffee. At the very corner of the tray, was a single white orchid. What really caught Lexi's attention was the place card hidden underneath a napkin with her name on it. She opened it to find a message from Joe:

I'm sorry I couldn't enjoy this with you

But I had to head to the gym with the guys this morning

I probably won't see you until later, so enjoy.

I love you baby

Joe

Lexi couldn't help but blush at the sweetness of this incredible man. She twirled the single white flower short stem between her fingers. She felt a breath of fresh air enter her lungs causing her cheeks to fluster. She fell back down on the bed. She smiled as she inhaled Joe's scent that still lingered on her body and the pillow next to her. She sat up on the bed and grabbed her discarded robe that was laid out neatly for her at the foot of the bed and covered her body with it. She climbed back in bed and turned on the television, enjoying the romantic and delicious breakfast Joe left for her. She had got her baby and her heart back. From now on, she was going to do her part to make him happy.

Joe paced the corridors in the backstage area of the stadium that was filled with over 70, 000 WWE fans. His match wasn't up next, as the show hadn't started yet, but him and his teammates were in gear and mode, ready to take down Kane and the New Age Outlaws.

"Baby, can you relax. Just breath." Lexi advised. She stood next to the Shield locker room with Amelia on her hip.

"I am relaxed, just anxious." Joe replied. Colby and Jon exited the locker room with Megan and Kimberly in tow.

"So I just got off the phone with Glen. He wants to meet with us now to go over the match with Dogg and Billy." Colby replied as he handed Megan his phone.

"Okay, I'm ready." Joe responded. He caught one last look at Lexi. She looked gorgeous in her black leather jeggings and a pair of prada suede wedge sneakers. She supported the Shield by wearing their themed t-shirt underneath her gray with black sleeves leather jacket. Her hair was curly as it descended over her shoulders. Joe walked over to her placing a kiss on her lips and kissing Mellie on the forehead.

"Wish me luck." Joe knew he wouldn't see his girls anymore until after his match.

"We will. We'll be right there rooting for you guys." Lexi replied. She watched the Hounds walk down the corridor in unison towards the other locker room to meet with their opponents. What a night this was bound to be…

~!~

Now finished with their meeting, the Hounds were quick to make their way up to the top of the stadium for their entrance. They had to get a head start rather than going out through the apron and down the ramp like the rest of the talent did. Joe led the way to the staircase but not before he heard the familiar voice of Randy. Before Joe turned the corner, he stopped. Something in him told him to stop once he heard Lexi's name leave the mouth of Randy.

"So have you gotta in bed with her yet?" Another male voice asked. It obviously was Cena.

"No not yet, but imma make my move tonight. I would have last night, but she just disappeared on me. I know she's here with her kid and all. Hopefully I get the chance to see her. I've waited forever to see what that little mouth of hers could. I'm dying here."

"You are really something else man. She seems like such a nice woman, ain't she a doctor?" Cena asked.

"Yup. But tonight, she going to be my little nurse if ya know what I mean."

"I never knew how rude you could be. That's someone's mother man. You better hope Joe don't ever find out or he going to kick your ass for sure. Even though we're friends man, I'll kick ya ass too if I known what you saying or even thinking about doing to my ex. Especially to the mother of my kid."

"Oh well. Joe should have kept her in his bed then. It's not my fault she came running to me. That's just how it is."

Joe's jaw tightens as he listened to Randy disrespect Lexi in the way he was. He knew this was going to happen, that's why he advised her to stay away from that scumbag. But of course, Lexi was hardheaded and didn't listen to him. His teammates finally caught up to him. But before they could say anything to him, Joe turned the corner and approached Randy. He wasn't about to stand there and let Randy disrespect the mother of his child.

"Randy…" Joe called. Randy and John was both caught off guard by Joe's broad figure walking up to them.

"Joe! What's going on man." Randy asked with a cocky smirk on his face. Joe lightly growled at him, his fist balling at his sides.

"I hate to break it to you, but Lexi won't be giving you a goddamn thing tonight." Joe snarled. Randy looked surprised at Joe's approach. He suddenly started laughing like what Joe said was hysterically. Cena knew to take the hint and back away once he saw Joe's face turn up into a scowl.

"And why is that? Oh I forgot, you got her on a tight leash don't you?" John grabbed Randy's bicep.

"Chill Randy, that's his kid's mother! Did you forget that? What if someone said that to Sam."

"I don't care who she is too him. Nobody would never say nothing like that to Sam because she knows better then to flaunt her ass around. It's obvious Lexi doesn't give a shit about him cause if she did she wouldn't come crying to me every time Joey boy over here fucks up. I see Joe, you haven't trained her yet." Randy stepped forward, him and Joe now nose to nose. Joe felt two hands grab each of his biceps in attempts to pull him away. He knew it was Jon and Colby.

'So tell me Joe, why won't she be with me tonight huh?"

"Cause, she'll be in my bed! Ya got that! She's all mine, always have been." Joe snarled.

"Oh is that right? Well that's not what she was saying when she was – " Joe suddenly lost it. Pulling away from his teammates grip, he quickly pushed John out the way, who was holding Randy back. With all his strength, Joe grabbed a fistful of Randy's shirt and crashed his entire back into the wall behind them, knocking over the catering tables. Randy's entire back hit the wall with force, his head slamming into the cement.

"Get the fuck off me!" Randy yelled as he felt the grip around his neck tighten as Joe still held him to the wall. Cena, Jon, and Colby tried pulling Joe off Randy, but Joe seemed to have the hold of death around Randy's neck.

"You listen to me you son of a bitch! You stay the fuck away from her and my family. That's mine, you got that. I'm not going to tell you that again. And the next time you disrespect her or me again, I will –"

"Joe…stop it! Get off of him." Joe was interrupted by the sweet voice behind him. He knew it was Lexi's. He turned around to find security and Hunter all standing behind him. Lexi walked up to Joe, tugging on his bicep.

"Joey, just let him go. He isn't worth it."

"No, Lex! He disrespected you right in fucking front of me. What type of man would I be if I didn't stick up for my family." Joe still had Randy's body pinned to the wall.

"I know Joe. But just think about what ya doing? It's not worth it. Now come on, let him go."

"Listen to her Joe. You don't want to do anything foolish. Let him go." Hunter explained. Joe paused as he contemplated if he should let Randy go. No matter had badly he wanted to strangle Randy until the last breath left his body, he just couldn't.

"Fuck!" Joe growled before removing his hold from around Randy's collar, Randy's almost limp body fell to the ground. Hunter grabbed Joe's shoulder, pulling him away. His teammates followed while Lexi wrapped her arms around his waist.

"Fucking rookie!" Randy murmured under his breath. John helped him off the ground.

"So what man. That's still his family." John replied.

"Whatever." Randy snarled as he limped away still holding his throat.

~!~

"Now you know that was unprofessional right?" Hunter informed once he pulled Joe away.

"Hunter I know and I'm sorry. But that's my family man. Nobody will disrespect my family. Nobody!" Joe snarled. Hunter held his hands up in defense.

"Okay, okay Joe, calm down man. I know how you feeling. I don't play when it comes to my family neither. Imma let this one slide for now because this is Wrestlemania and we all have a match tonight. Correct?" Joe and his teammates nodded.

'Okay then. So get ready for ya match. And stay out of trouble. We'll handle this later." Hunter gave them a stern look before he turned on his heels and walked away as he had to finish his preparation for his own match.

"Joe, you good man?" Col asked, squeezing Joe's shoulder.

"Yeah I'm fine." He felt Lexi's small hand cradle his cheek.

"You shouldn't have reacted like that Joe. You're at work babe." Colby and Jon excused themselves away from the couple.

"No I should have! I don't care how much status Randy has in this company, how much of a legend he claims to be. One thing he won't do is disrespect my family, especially not to my face. That's why I told you to stay away from him!" Joe snarled. Lexi flinched as his words hit her like a ton of bricks. Now she really was blaming herself.

"Hey, hey! Calm down. I'm sorry okay. You were right, I should have. I should have never given him the time of day. But I need for you to relax and calm down. Your match is coming up and you need to be focused on that. Ya hear me?" Joe looked down at his gorgeous girlfriend and he bent down and placed a kiss on her lips.

"You're right.' Joe took a deep breath, his tone much calmer. 'Time to get my head back in the game." Joe replied with a confident smile.

"That's right baby. Head back in the game. We'll figure the rest out later. Now go kick some ass!" Lexi said with warm smile. She jumped into Joe's arms, wrapping her legs around his waist. He held a tight grip on her amble backside.

"You know I love you right?" Joe asked as he bit down on his bottom lip.

"Obviously!" Lexi scoffed as Joe placed her back down on her feet. They walked hand in hand to the staircase exit where Col and Jon stood waiting for him.

"Ya ready Hounds?" Jon asked. He was feeling his adrenaline running. Together, they held their fist together as one and headed towards the exit.

"Oh Lex, Megan and the girls are out there in the crowd. She's sitting with Joe's parents." Colby assured.

"Okay. Good luck you guys." Lexi called behind them as they disappeared up the stairs. One of their security guards guided her out to her seat. Hearing the Shield's music roar through the stadium was the greatest sound to Lexi. She was his and he was hers, together as one.