At almost exactly one hour later, Joe's phone rings. He instantly knew who it was. He answered it on the second ring.

"Hey baby girl..." he quietly said as he sits down on the couch in his hotel room. He ended up going back to the room after her texts to wait for her call. He had completely ignored both Colby and Jon's texts and calls. He just was not in the mood to deal with them two...especially Jon.

"Hi baby, you busy?"

"Not for you I am not. Been looking forward to your call and trust me, the last hour as been torture for me. I was afraid that you wouldn't call back.."

"I wasn't sure if you still wanted to hear from me. I am so sorry..." she said as she starts to cry.

"Please don't cry honey. I can't stand it and the fact I am not there to wipe them away makes it worse."

"I'm trying not too Joe, but its hard. These last three weeks have been a nightmare for me. I can't eat, can't sleep, haven't been working up to par so to speak. I just miss you so much that it hurts. To find out that you almost killed yourself about did me in. The thought of that on my mind has been overwelmeing to say the least."

"I know, it was stupid, but you don't know what you do to me Amanda. You really don't. Yes, what I said was stupid and ignorant, but I am hoping that we can move past that and try again. I can't stand the thought of not being with you all the time. I know my schedule is fucked up at the moment, but there isn't a day that goes by that you aren't on my mind. I pull your picture out of my phone just before my matches so that I can feel you watching me and wishing me good luck. Every time I end my match, I always, always stare into the camera and smile that smile that is only for you."

"I know, I watch you every Monday and Friday night and smile inside knowing you think about me. The only thing that scares me Joe is that I will never be able to give you something you want to carry your name and blood. I know your parents wants grandkids from you and its something that I simply cannot give them. I just don't want them to hate me along with you. That is my biggest fear from you and your family. Is that you will hate me down the line and I don't think I can handle that at all. I have dealt with so many heartaches that I would rather be alone than deal with another one. It's too much. I lie awake at night crying over the fact that you will not want me. If that is the case, I need to know that now so I can cut my losses. I love you with all my heart."

"I want you more than you could possibly know. I want no other woman but you. You are my world Amanda. No other woman compares to what I feel for you. Please, baby, can we start over again?" He pleads as he fights back the tears in his eyes.

Amanda sighs, tears falling down her face as she hears him softly begging for another chance. After a few moments of silence, she answers..."Yes, we can try again."

The biggest smile lit up Joe's face. He was jumping for joy inside knowing that he had the love of his life back and he was gonna make damn sure nothing comes between them again.

"You don't know how happy you just made me baby girl. Just so we are clear right here and right now. Yes, I would have loved to have a child of my own, BUT, I rather spend the rest of my life loving you. If it is meant to happen, it will happen, who knows, maybe adoption maybe an option. But just know, I will never leave you if that never happens. I love DJ and he is enough for me. I want you to know that so that there is nothing to misunderstand, just know that you and DJ are enough for me. I will never again make a stupid mistake like I did with you . I just want to love you, hold you, cuddle with you, just be with you as much as I can. I love you more than you could ever know. Please don't ever doubt that, despite of my stupidity. Okay?"

"Okay baby, just don't hurt me like that again. My heart can't take that anymore. Promise me?"

"I will promise to make sure that I think before I speak and that I will do my best to never hurt you like that again."

Amanda and Joe continued to take for a few more hours, talking about everything they could think of. It was a road to recovery that hopefully will bring them close.

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"Dude, I don't think I have ever heard you talk like that about Amanda. A woman you actually have feelings for, or at least I think you do." Colby said as they make their way back to the hotel room. After Joe left the resturant, both Jon and Colby sat there in shock over what he said to Jon. Joe has no clue as to how Jon felt about Amanda, and that is the one thing he swore Joe will never find out.

"Shut the fuck up Colby. I am to the point that I don't give a fuck about Amanda anymore. Yes, Joe hurt her, but she almost sent our best friend to the fucking early grave. I'm to the point of hating her right now."

"Bullshit Jon..that is fucking bullshit and you know it. You are just fucking pissed off because you have feelings for her and she doesn't for you. I don't get you man, why Amanda? Knowing Joe has her heart, why her? What was wrong with Renee?"

Jon's eyes turned almost black at the mention of that name, knowing the history of them two. "Don't ever fucking mention that fucking bitch's name ever again. She was and still is a no good, back stabbing, two timing whore who only wanted me for the attention of the media and the money I am making. And as far as Amanda goes, you have no fucking clue how I feel about her."

"Jon, what the hell happened between you two, you never did say and I need a better understanding of what went down between you two and if I remember correctly, you were awfully protective of Amanda when her and Joe first got together. So don't pull that shit on me." He responded sternly, knowing Jon will back down somewhat.

Jon signs, as both him and Colby find a bench by the hotel where there is a small park. They both sit down and Jon closes his eyes for a bit. He opens them up and looks at Colby with sad eyes.

"I found out Renee was stealing from me little by little. I didn't know it at the time, but she somehow got a card in her name that ended up being on my account. She went on a spending spree that cost me a little over $5,000 and was using the items she bought to see Ryan, (Ryback if some of the fans don't know), who she has been seeing for six months behind my back while we were dating. Yes, I will admit I have slept with other women while with her, but I was upfront about it too. She told me she was faithful but found out from hotel reciepts that she was sleeping with someone else. It wouldn't have bothered me so much if she was honest about it in the first place. But the money she spent from me is what broke the camels back. Now I can't stand the fucking bitch. I instantly cut the cards up and call the credit card company and cancelled the number and got a new one that she cannot get into. I have it set up that she has to answer three questions to get any information and I know for a fact that she doesn't know the answers to them. I just don't want nothing to do with her anymore. Everytime I have to be around her in character, I just imagine that she is my fucked up mother who never cared about anyone, including me. I also make sure that I stay clear of Ryan or else I am gonna kill the son of a bitch."

"Wow Jon, I had no clue. No wonder you tensed up when we have a promo with Renee there. I can see why you hate her, I am just sorry that you got screwed over yet again by someone that you started to care for."

"Yeah, well, that is water under the bridge that I don't care to ever cross again. So can we drop that now?" Jon asked as he was getting irratied.

"Yes, we can, but now we need to talk about Amanda..."

"Oh God, must we?"

"Yes, Jon we do, or else your friendship with Joe will be destroyed for good and I don't want to see that."

Jon gets up and starts to pace back and forth, making Colby uncomfortable. He gets nervous when Jon gets like this, but he needed to let this out.

"Okay, fine, you want to know the fucking truth about Amanda. I am in fucking love with her, okay? Is that what you want to hear Colby? Huh? I love her and there isn't a fucking thing I can do about it because she loves Joe and Joe loves her. When Joe asked me if I have EVER fucking been in love with a woman, do you think I was going to say that shit to him and risk being split open by him?" By this time, Jon was ready to blow up so he went to the nearest tree and starting punching it, making his knuckles bleed.

Colby jumped up and wrapped his arms around Jon to get him to stop. Once he did, Jon was breathing hard and Colby didn't know what to do.

"Let me fucking go Colby..."

"No, I am not going to unless you promise you won't hurt yourself anymore, please?"

"Fine."

Colby let go and Jon slid down the tree with his arms on his knees. He bends down and got eye level with him. "Now, did I just hear you right, you are in love with Amanda?"

"Yes, but please dont' fucking remind me that she isn't mine, okay. It's bad enough I feel what I feel, I don't need to be reminded that I feel for someone I can't have. And don't tell Joe and Amanda a fucking thing about this or I will kill your ass." He said in a dead and serious tone.

"Jon, you know me better than that, I am not going to say anything, but you are gonna have to confront both of them sometime about this. You have this hatred starting for her and I dont' know why."

"It's because she doesn't love me like she does Joe! Why can't a woman love me for ME? Why can't she love me instead of Joe? Why does he get all the beautiful women and I get all the fucking backstabbers. Am I that damn bad? Huh?"

"Jon, listen to me, please..." he pleads as he tries to get Jon to look at him. He knows that he will explode at any moment and he needs to defuse the ticking time bomb. "You are not a bad guy, just women you fuck just doesn't get that you are a great guy. As for Amanda, maybe if you would have met her first, things may have been different. But it's not. Joe and Amanda are deeply in love and you can see that. I am not trying to be an asshole, but don't hate on Amanda because of your feelings for her. You are gonna have to keep those in check because it will honestly never happen. But be honest with yourself and let it go. I promise you, you will find someone who is worthy of your love. It just isn't her, okay?"

"I don't want anyone else, I just want her, and if I can't have her, then I rather be lonely then. I know it won't ever happen, but she just does things to me that I can't explain. Maybe its best that I just cut myself from this group, because it will be hard to be around her knowing that I can't have her."

"Jon..."

"No Colby, it has to be this way...I am going to call Vince and Paul and see what we can do. But please don't stop me, it really is the best option right now."

And with that, he gets up and walks to the hotel, leaving Colby dumbfounded and confuse as to what to do next...