AN - Sorry it's been so long since I updated but I have actually been in the hospital. This is the first story I have been able to get updated because I am still really sick so I might be looking at having surgery. Sorry if the chapter isn't up to my usualy standards I have been sort of out it but I wanted to get something up for everyone to read. Please review and please be nice I could use positive feedback, not negative. Thanks a bunch folks!

Ch. 25

Kaylyn hated being nervous and what she hated more was that the reason she was nervous was standing next to her. Their match was up and she knew that they were going to be heading out there soon enough. She bit her bottom lip nervously and waited for their cue. The two of them had been arguing all the way to the curtain before she had finally relented and agreed they would go down together to his music. She hated when she had to relent to the guy. She tried to pretend that her mind wasn't spinning at the thought that she was going to be partnering with Cena again but it wasn't working. She was scared that he was going to get hurt and she wasn't going to be able to stop it.

"Kay, no matter what happens out there tonight, I love you and nothing you say or do is going to change that."

Kaylyn looked at him for a long moment before nodding her head in acknowledgment but not verbally responding. She knew that something was going to happen out there but the question was, what was going to happen? Sighing Kaylyn waited, wanting to bite her nails but not wanting to ruin them after Stephanie had already jumped on her case for not taking better care of her appearance, nails included.

"Why are you so nervous?" John asked suddenly.

"Why aren't you?" She shot back.

"Because I trust that you should be able to back me up. Kaylyn I get that you are nervous about what's happening between us but what happens in the ring, that we can control."

"I want you to promise me something." Kaylyn said suddenly.

"What?" John asked wearily, knowing that it might be something he wasn't going to be able to promise her.

"I want you to promise me that no matter what you will watch your back. You want to prove that you trust me, then you need to trust that I can take care of myself. You just need to take care of you." Kaylyn said crossing her arms in front of her.

"Fine, I promise you." John said knowing that she wouldn't walk out there until he promised so there was no point in arguing. "As long as you promise the same thing."

"I promise." Kaylyn conceded.

Edge and Lita were already standing in the ring and Kaylyn could see on the monitor that they were smirking. No one knew that John was here tonight nor that she had a partner. As far as everyone was concerned Kaylyn would be walking towards that ring solo and heading into a handicap match. She could tell that Lita was planning on attempting to make sure that she ended Kaylyn's career but there was no way that was going to happen tonight.

The beginning of John's music started and Kaylyn heard Lillian announcing her and because it was John's music she also said John's name. The two of them walked out from behind the curtain and the crowd started screaming. Kaylyn smirked at the look of shock and horror on the faces of Edge and Lita in the ring. She could tell that Edge knew this meant John was going to lose the title on purpose.

"I love the look on their faces right now." Kaylyn said struggling not to laugh and to keep the serious look on her face.

"I know. I am trying not to laugh at them but it is getting harder by the second." John whispered back with a smile in his voice.

Suddenly John reached out and grabbed Kaylyn's hand and gripped it gently as they walked down to the ring. Kaylyn glanced at him out of the corner of her eye and she could tell that he was expecting her to try and pull away but she didn't want to. She smiled when he glanced at her and then she turned her entire focus towards their opponents.

The match started the way it normally did. John and Edge were in the ring and Lita tried very quickly to try and distract John but learned it didn't work when John simply knocked her off the apron and then slammed Edge. When they exchanged right hands over and over Kaylyn was starting to get bored. She rolled her eyes and started looking around and that's when she noticed Candice Michelle. Kaylyn frowned when she saw Candice holding something behind her back and it looked like she was getting ready to interfere. Kaylyn wasn't sure if that was going to be a good thing or a bad thing. Kaylyn quickly turned her attention back to the match when she felt John tag her in with a wink. Smirking she climbed into the ring and immediately speared Lita to the mat and starting pounding her, Kaylyn was enjoying herself already.

The referee suddenly pulled her off of Lita and gave her a warning. Kaylyn smirked until she heard John cry out. She turned just as Candice Michelle slammed something metal into her abdomen. Kaylyn felt the air in her lungs rush out and she immediately collapsed.

"You think you're so tough? You think that you deserve everything? John Cena is mine! I had him marked from the day I met him and no one is taking him away from me!" Candice yelled as she raised her weapon for a second strike only to have John grab her from behind and set her away from Kay.

"Leave my fiancée alone!" John shouted as he stood between the two women.

The referee called for the bell and Lillian announced that John and Kaylyn had won by DQ. Security rushed towards the ring to help keep Candice away as Kaylyn got to her feet and tried to get at her. John grabbed her around the waist which caused her to cry out in pain. It was clear she probably had some broken ribs. John shook his head as he took Kaylyn out of the ring and then he decided he was going to carry her to the back. He picked her up and started walking up the ramp.

"I can walk." She said through gritted teeth.

"So, I like carrying you." John said simply.

Kaylyn sighed, she already knew they were going to fight later about this and she didn't feel like arguing right now. She put her arms around his neck and just went with the flow. That is until she realized what he said in the ring to Candice. Now she was going to argue and it wasn't going to be pretty.