Title: Sooner or Later
Author: Adrian Jade
Summary: John Cena goes to a bar and meets this girl. He doesn't tell her what he does and she doesn't ask. Never did he imagine he would see her again. But he does and the charade begins sooner or later he'll have to tell her the truth. Sooner or later she'll have to do the same thing.
Disclaimer: I own all the people you don't recognize. The rest of the people own themselves and their likenesses belong to both the WWE and ECW accordingly.
It is a normal Saturday in the Cena household, the twins are a month old now and for once everything is quiet. The doorbell rings and Eve yells that she will get it. John who is in the master bathroom shaving smirks to himself because he knows who is standing behind the door.
"Ok honey you do that" John says to no one in particular.
Eve bounds down the stairs and when she gets to the third step from the bottom she leaps over the last two stairs and lands perfectly on the ground. She felt like a little kid today for some reason. She reaches the front door and takes a look at herself in the nearby mirror. Once she is satisfied with the way she looks she twists the door knob and the front door opens. The person had their back facing Eve when she opened the door. They seemed to be taking in the scenery.
"Can I help you?" Eve asks politely.
The man turns around revealing his face. Eve's face turns bright red as she screams and slams the door in Anthony Kiedis's face. She opens up the door again to make sure that she wasn't seeing things ... sure enough Anthony Kiedis was standing there in all his sexy glory. He sported an amused smile on his face.
"You must be Eve" Anthony said.
Eve passes out immediately. Anthony sighs to himself and picks the young woman up and carries her into the living room.
"Why do they always have to do that?" he asks himself as he places Eve on the couch "am I really that sexy?"
John decides to come down the stairs at this moment. He still has the smirk on his face when he enters the living room and sees his wife passed out on the couch.
"Thanks for warning her now I feel like an ass" Anthony comments.
"Sorry man but I didn't think she would pass out" John laughs "wanna beer?"
"Yeah I have a feeling I'm going to need a few"
"Gotcha covered man"
Anthony looks over at Eve and can't help to notice her beauty but it wasn't in the way of there being a sexual attraction it was more like admiring a painting. Eve had that natural southern beauty that people spend millions trying to achieve. John came back with Anthony's beer, he had a seat at the end of the couch his wife was passed out on.
"So where's the baby?" Anthony asks.
"I think you mean babies" John said "twin boys"
"No shit that makes it even better" Anthony said taking a swig of his beer.
"They are napping but you'll get to meet them in a while"
"What about your older boy?" Anthony asks " ... I believe his name is Jayson"
"Yep, he's at baseball practice but he'll be home in like 15 minutes our neighbor and I take turns picking Jayson and his friends Tommy and Brian up"
"And your daughter Zoey?"
"She's somewhere let me go find her" John said getting up to find Zoey.
Eve stirred as she began to wake up. She sits up slowly and looks around but her vision was still a little blurry due to the sudden loss of consciousness. She groans, alerting Anthony to the fact that she is waking up.
"My head" she says beginning to rub her temples to relieve the headache that was forming.
"You ok you went down pretty hard there sweetheart" Anthony said.
"Yeah I'll be fine" Eve says still trying to get rid of the blurred vision.
She blinks once or twice and things begin to clear. She now realizes that she is in the living room but she really couldn't remember how she had got there. She looks to her right and sees Anthony clearly for the first time since she woke up. She lets out a scream again and jumps to her feet.
"Y ... you're Anthony Kiedis" she stammers.
"You would be correct" he replys back to her.
"Oh my god Anthony Kiedis is sitting in my living room" she begins to pace but then it hits her ... Anthony Kiedis IS sitting in her living room.
"Oh my God ... Anthony Kiedis is sitting in my living room and I look a mess" she runs out of the room and up the stairs. Anthony hears what he assumes to be the master bedroom door slams and laughs. He already knew that he was going to really like Eve, she'd give him a few laughs if nothing else. John enters the room carrying little Zoey. Anthony smiles at the girl with the strawberry blonde curls and the big blue eyes.
"Zoey can you say hi to my friend Anthony?" John asks.
"Hi, Mr. Antony" she says.
"Hi there Zoey" Anthony says holding out his hand for her to shake.
Zoey looks at her father for permission when he nods she places her little hand in Anthony's much larger one and shakes his hand.
"Your wife is just a little excitable" Anthony says sarcastically.
"I've never seen her like this before" John admits "she must really like you"
"So how has the rock star life been treating you?" John asks to try and change the subject.
"You a wock star Mr. Antony?" Zoey asks.
"Yes I am"
"Zoey, Anthony is the lead singer of The Red Hot Chili Peppers"
"I know dem!" Zoey yells excitedly "dey sing my favorite song"
"Yeah they do sweetie" John says.
"What's your favorite song Zoe?"
"I dunno da name of it" Zoey shrugs her shoulders.
"On Mercury" John says "that's her favorite song"
"That's one of my favorites too" Anthony winks at the little girl.
"Really?" Zoey asks.
"Yep"
The front door could be heard opening.
"Bye Tommy and Brian see you guys in school Monday" Jayson yells before closing the door. Zoey gets up from her seat on the couch with her father and races to go meet her brother. She throws her arms around him and hugs him tightly.
"Jayson ... Mr. Antony is in da living room"
"Who?"
"Mr Antony from da pepper band"
"You mean Anthony Kiedis from The Red Hot Chili Peppers?"
"Yeah"
Jayson and Zoey walk into the living room. Jayson is stunned to actually see Anthony Kiedis in his home.
"Holy shit!"
"OoOoO Jayson say a bad word"
"She is right Jayson Evan Cruiz ... you know that language is not allowed" Eve says coming back into the room with a baby in each arm. She had changed into a pair of jeans and a black Velvet Revolver baby tee. Although she still had some weight to loose from her pregnancy she was pretty much back to the way she was before.
The twins were wearing matching green out fits with little green hats.
"They look like little Christmas elves" Anthony commented.
"See!" John throws his hands up in the air "now when I said it she smacked me upside the head"
"What can I say I like Anthony better" Eve smirks.
"Oh get a room" John says rolling his eyes.
"Big mistake John" Anthony jokes "I might just take you up on that offer"
Eve blushes and smiles bashfully to herself.
"Believe me Anthony if I weren't married I wouldn't have to think twice"
"Ok let's stop this because I'm starting to get creeped out" John said taking Jonathan from Eve.
"Hey Jon" he says to the baby. Jonathan smiles at him and waves his little fist in the air.
"I can't figure out who they look like" Anthony says looking from John and then Eve and then back to the babies.
"When they were first born they looked like me but now they are starting to look more like Eve" John said.
"So do they have names or do I keep calling them the Christmas elf twins?"
"Eve is holding Braylen Anthony and I have Jonathan Mychael"
"So I see that you did name one of your sons after me I feel very honored"
"Well I had to I mean if it weren't for you I might have never went back" John says.
"What the hell are you two talking about?" Eve asks confused "and how do you know each other"
"I picked him up in a bar" Anthony tries his hardest to stifle the laugh he feels rising in his throat.
"Do I even wanna know?" Eve asks.
"Zoe ... Jay why don't you guys go play in the playroom" John suggests.
"Aww why" Jayson whines.
"Because we want to talk about grown up things" John says "don't worry Anthony will be here for a while"
"Fine" Jayson says moodily as he and Zoey get up to leave the room.
"Why did you send them out of the room?" Eve asks.
"You wanted to know how Anthony and I met" John says "well it was right after your attack and the doctor had just told me I had to choose between you and the baby. Well I freaked out and left ... I needed to clear my head so I went to a bar"
"That seems to be a pattern of yours" Eve muses.
John chooses to ignore the comment. Anthony looks for Eve to John, there was something about the way Eve said what she said that made him feel like he didn't know something. John looked down at Jonathan and weakly smiled before kissing the baby's forehead.
"Anyways Anthony walks in and has a seat next to me and then I go hey I know you or something like that and we get to talking. I told him that you and the kids were big fans and then I told him what had happened and he decided to drive me to the hospital and ended up waiting till we found out that you and the babies were going to be fine"
"As I told John I am a sucker for sob stories"
"Did you ever finish that song?" John asks.
"Yep and I'm putting it on the next album"
Eve looks at the two men, neither of them feel like explaining and she doesn't really care enough to ask. Braylen beings to get fussy in her arms.
"I think the boys need to eat" she said "Anthony would you mind holding Braylen while I go heat up bottles for both of them?"
"Yeah sure hand him over" Anthony says.
Eve hands the baby over to Anthony and walks out of the room.
"So Eve and I were thinking about god parents for these little guys"
"Uh huh" Anthony says absentmindedly. He is having too much fun playing with Braylen.
"Well if you are interested and I think Eve would agree with me that you are the best man for the job"
"Wait ... you want me to be Jonathan and Braylen's godfather?" Anthony asks surprised.
"If you hadn't literally driven me to the hospital that night who knows where I'd be right now ... it doesn't seem like that much but it is to me and my family, so this is our way of repaying you"
"I'd be honored man"
He was shocked that a man that he had only met once was giving him a very important role in these two little boy's lives.
"Hey we should go out tonight to celebrate the birth of these two little guys"
"I don't know if Eve will be up to it she doesn't really like leaving them yet" John says.
"Well it's worth a shot" Anthony says.
"Yeah I guess it would be nice to be around adults" John says "the only time I leave this house is to go to work but it's like I only have to be at Raw. The house shows I get to skip because Vince knows I'm needed at home"
"I think these two are starting to get pissed" Anthony said. Both men looked at Braylen he was making faces letting everyone know that if he didn't get a bottle right now he was going to throw a fit.
"Eve sweetie the boys are going to start screaming like NOW!"
"Ok I'm right here" Eve says irritatedly. She throws a bottle to John who catches it and pops the top off before putting it into Jonathan's mouth. Eve takes Braylen back and begins to feed him.
"So Eve I was thinking that since I happen to be here and you guys haven't been out in a while maybe we should go to a club or a trendy restaurant tonight"
"I suppose that I could ask Nicole to come over and watch the kids" Eve says not looking up from feeding Braylen.
"I'm surprised you agreed that easily" John says.
"Hello ... Anthony Kiedis"
Anthony laughs "That was kinda creepy"
"Yeah try having it be your wife saying it"
Later that night Eve felt a little guilty about wanting to go out and leave her babies at home but if she didn't get out of the house she would go insane.
"You look pwetty mama" Zoey says from where she was sitting on the bed.
"Thank you baby" Eve turns around and picks her daughter up.
"You gonna be good for Nicole?" she asks.
"Uh huh we gonna watch Belle and den we gonna eat pizza"
"Sound like fun but I need you to help Nicole out with the babies because she doesn't know how we like to do things"
"I help"
"Good girl" Eve kisses Zoey cheek "now go say good night to daddy"
She puts the little girl on the ground and watches her take off to go find her father. Eve went back to preparing for the night out. She was done about a half hour later, she was wearing a black leather mini skirt and a red halter top. She looked at her body in the mirror. She was satisfied that she was basically back to her old weight.
"Lookin hot" John says leaning against the door frame.
"You are looking pretty sexy yourself"
John was wearing a pair of blue jeans and a dark blue dress shirt which he left unbuttoned with a white wife beater underneath. He was growing out his hair again so he had it gelled down in front. Eve loved it when he wore his hair like this.
"You sure about going out tonight?" John asks "because we can call Anthony and tell him another time because I don't want you to go out if you aren't ready to leave the boys"
"It's fine I need to go out tonight"
"Alright then let's go"
He wraps his arm around her waist and they walk out of the room.
"Kids were leaving" John yells.
Both Zoey and Jayson appear in the front hall. Both are pajama clad and ready to have some fun.
"Be good both of you" Eve gives then both a kiss.
"We will" Jayson promises her.
Eve walks into the living room where both twins were sitting in their swings being entertained by the bright colors on the TV.
"Nice Nicole we haven't even left and you are turning my month old sons over to the electronic babysitter"
"They are fine and it's not like they are crying" Nicole says "plus it's one of Zoey's videos so they are actually learning something"
"Yeah well please take good care of them"
"You know I will and don't worry we will be fine so have fun" Nicole tells her.
"I'll try"
Eve kisses both babies before John grabs her hand and gently pulls her out of the house. He walks with her to the car and shuts the passenger side door for her. Eve stares at the front door of their home.
"They are fine Evie so just relax and try to remember what it was like before we had 4 children"
"Those were good time weren't they" Eve jokes.
They drove to a trendy upscale restaurant named Courtney's that had just opened about 20 minutes from their home.
"Damn thank god for Anthony's connections" Eve says looking at the line of people. They spot Anthony and fellow band mate Michael "Flea" Balzary standing by the door.
"Nicole is going to murder me once she finds out I went out with not just Anthony but also Flea and she was stuck babysitting" Eve whispers to John.
"Eve so very nice to see you again" Anthony kisses her hand.
"You too Mr. Kiedis" she says "it's nice to meet you too Mr. Balzary"
"Please call me Michael or Flea because Mr. Balzary makes me feel old"
"Never good for a rock star is it" Eve adds lightly.
"I got home and this freeloader was on my couch" Anthony explains good-naturedly.
"I know the feeling John's wrestling buddies just walk right in"
"Baby if you don't want them there you can tell them to leave"
"I really don't care either way I was just adding to the conversation sweetheart"
Anthony and Flea exchange looks neither one is sure is John and Eve are fighting or not.
"Are you guys on good terms?" Anthony bluntly asks.
"Yeah why wouldn't we be?" John asks.
"You two were giving off weird vibes"
"Everything is fine but I'm starving so lets go into the restaurant and get something to eat" Eve says.
The 4 adults walk into the restaurant and are seated right away. Eve was having a fantastic time hanging out with people who could actually hold an adult conversation. It had been a while since either her or John had been able to go out without having one or all of the kids.
"If you'll excuse me I am just going to call Nicole and check on the kids" Eve stands up from the table and walks away from the noise of the crowded restaurant. She walks outside where she can hear what Nicole had to say. She takes her cellphone out of her purse but before she can dial a hand clamps over her mouth.
"Eve I swear on my grandmama's grave that I am not here to hurt you but you have to listen to me" TJ says "I'm going to remove my hand now but you have to promise not to scream". Eve nods in agreement because she doesn't know what else to do.
TJ removes his hand and Eve puts some distance between them. It was then that she could get a good look at TJ, he looks nothing like how she had last seen him. His once clean shaven face now sported a small beard and his hair was unkempt and over due for a haircut. His clothes were a wrinkled mess as if he had slept in them and it looks to Eve that TJ hadn't showered properly in quite some time. His eyes dart back and forth in a panicked way.
"What do you want?" Eve asks coldly.
"I did something Evie ... something that I regret now but it's too late everything is in motion" he rambles aimlessly not making any sense.
"What did you do?" Eve asks curious of the fear in his voice.
"I'm sure you know Jessie Valente" TJ says.
"Yeah I knew that whore what about it?" Eve asks.
"Nobody was supposed to get hurt that is what I thought but Jessie had other plans ... she was going to kill you and the kids so she could have John all to herself"
"TJ, I'm not really understanding you"
"After I attacked you I was so blind with jealousy and then I got a call from this person saying that if I helped them then I could get you all to myself ... Eve I wasn't thinking right at the time I'm sorry I don't even know why I said yes ... I know now that you and John are meant for each other but Jessie has gotten worse I overheard her talking to someone about killing you and Jayson and Zoey and I knew I had to put a stop to this so I told Jessie I was done and that I was going to warn you so now she's coming after me too, I've been moving around so much trying to get to you and warn you and now that I have I don't care what they do to me. But you have to know something else before I leave you she's working with someone inside John's company"
"Do you know who she is working with?" Eve asks.
"No I just know they work with John" TJ answers "I am sorry for what I did to you Eve I really am, I have had nightmares every night since it happened ... please tell me I didn't kill your unborn baby"
"No you didn't"
"What did you have?"
"I shouldn't be here having this conversation with you"
"Please Eve" TJ begs.
"Twin boys"
"Good for you" he says moving closer to Eve. He wraps his arms around her and hugs her.
"God Evie you will never know how sorry I am" he kisses the top of her head and lets go of her.
"Where are you going to go?"
"Don't worry about me" he says smiling at her before starting to walk away.
"TJ" he turns around to face her.
"Thank you" she smiles at him. He returns it and begins walking away again.
"Hey baby is everything ok you were gone for about 20 minutes?" John asks concerned "are the kids ok?"
"I didn't get the chance to call"
"So what were you doing all this time?"
"TJ approached me" she admits. Anthony, who had been drinking water at the time spits it all over Flea in surprise. He knew all about TJ and what he did to Eve.
"Oh my god did he hurt you" John asks worriedly.
"No he just wanted to warn me about Jessie"
"What about Jessie?"
"She's the one who sent me that package according to TJ she wants to kill me and the kids and the fact that you got me pregnant drove her crazy because she thinks it should have been her and she will do anything to get you back"
"Are you following this?" Flea whispers to Anthony.
"A little of it" Anthony replys.
"So let me get this straight TJ told you that Jessie is doing all this shit and you believe him?" John asks looking at Eve like she had 3 heads.
"Yes"
"How do you know it wasn't him and he is just blaming Jessie?"
"Why the hell would he tell me if it was him!" Eve exclaims.
"Don't be so blind Eve he is obviously telling you this shit so that we will fight about it"
"Well how the hell would he know about Jessie?" Eve points out.
"I'm starting to think that you are continuing this fight because you still have feelings for him"
"Yeah well I can say the same thing about you and Jessie ... and just so you know I have no feelings for TJ and if I did I don't think I'd be married to you and would have just gave birth you your children a month ago now would I have"
"I've known TJ all my life and even though what he did was horrible I still trust him when he says that Jessie wants me dead"
"We'll discuss this at home" John says firmly.
"No we won't because after this moment I am not speaking to you"
"Wow how old are we" John taunts his wife.
"Anthony sweetie can you tell you to go fuck himself for me" Eve says in a sickly sweet tone.
Tension filled the air around their table ... people were staring at them by now but neither John or Eve care, they were to busy glaring at each other. Anthony and Flea exchange looks at the once happy couple.
"Guys calm down we came out to have fun not kill each other" Anthony says.
"I'm fine" Eve says.
After dinner John and Eve decided to leave. They said their good bye's to Anthony and Flea and began the long quiet drive home. John got as far as their driveway before exploding. He hit the steering wheel causing Eve to jump a little in surprise.
"Damn it Eve everywhere we go something like this has to happen!" John exclaims.
"So basically you are saying it's my fault ... why would I make this up, John we both agreed to build our marriage on honesty and I for one believe in that after what happened with Zoey and not telling you the truth ... I am so afraid of loosing you John" she reaches over and touches his cheek.
"Why would she even bother?"
"I'd be a little pissed if I got discarded the way she did" Eve says "besides she never liked me or Zoey anyways"
"She liked Zoey"
"No she didn't John, Zoey is really what connected us as a family we may not have acted like it but we were a family even then because of Zoey, so when you have a child with someone you are always connected to them even if you don't want to be"
"I just can't believe it I let this woman near my daughter"
"Shit happens why do you think I never let her be alone with Zoey ... well that and I wanted to make sure my daughter didn't catch anything"
John laughs at Eve and gets out of the car. He walks around and opens Eve's door.
"I'm sorry for not believing you baby" John kisses the top of her head.
"It's ok but you have to know that I would never lie to you" Eve says lacing her fingers with his. They walk into the house that way.
Nicole heard the door open and got up to meet John and Eve.
"Hey, how was your night out?" Nicole asks.
"Interesting" John said wrapping his arms around Eve's waist.
Across Town ...
There was a knock on the door. TJ sighed and stood up to open the door. He wasn't surprised to see Jessie standing on the other side.
"I have been expecting you"he said bitterly smirking "I must admit you took longer than I expected"
"Took me a while to find you" Jessie admits.
"I'm not afraid anymore I have warned Eve about you so go ahead and kill me because I have a clean conscience"
"Gladly" Jessie pulls a 45 magnum and attaches a silencer.
TJ gulps at the sight of the gun but he isn't afraid anymore. He could die knowing that he was forgiven for all the sins he committed in his past.
"Do it ..."
Jessie laughs at the blood smeared all over the wall as TJ lays motionless on the floor with a bullet in the head. She turns him over so he is laying on his back. His eyes are still open she cringes as she closes them before placing a silver dollar on each lid. She made the sign of the cross before turning around and leaving. Just because she was a killer didn't mean she couldn't be a good catholic at least that is what she told herself.
The next morning ...
John dipped a strawberry into some whipped cream and brought it to his wife's lips.
"Mmm" she says enjoying the taste of the fruit.
Eve was sitting on the counter clad only in one of John's white dress shirts. He was standing in between her legs wearing only a pair of sweat pants. Eve pick up a grape from the plate of fruit next to her and uses it to trace John's lips. He opens his mouth to accept the grape. His bottom teeth accidentally grazing the skin of her hand sending shivers down her spine. A Luther Vandross cd was playing in the background.
"I love my dad for taking Zoey and Jayson for the day" Eve says.
"I love that the boys are going to be asleep for a while so we can continue this" John said moving the collar of the shirt she was wearing down so that his lips met with the soft skin of her neck. She giggles and arched her head so he could have better access to her neck. Eve moans with pleasure as John kisses the spot on her neck where she is the most sensitive.
"Aren't you the one who says don't start something you can't finish?" she questions him.
"Believe me I can finish this" there is a mischievous look in his crystalline eyes.
"Oh is that so?" she asks licking her bottom lip seductively.
"Yes" he says fircely capturing her lips with his own.
She wrapped her arms around the back of his neck pulling him closer to deepen the kiss. But just as things were getting heated the phone rings interrupting their bliss.
"Ignore it" John says returning his attention to her neck.
She pulls away and give him an appologetic look "It could be my dad calling about the kids"
She grabs the phone and looks at the caller id. It's Nicole calling. Eve debates for a few seconds about answering the call but decides to take the call.
"Hey Nicole what's up"
"Eve, TJ is dead" Nicole says in an unusually calm tone.
"No" Eve whispers tears already building in her eyes.
TJ was dead because he helped her. How was she going to be able to live with herself now?