The rest of the break went off without a hitch. The swelling in her eyes went down and you couldn't even tell that she had a busted lip. Plus, it was made official, we were an item. She was officially mine. And there was nothing that Taylor could do about it. Sometimes I wondered if she really loved me or she was just kind of leaning on me to support her. I wanted to ask her how she really felt, but I didn't quite know how.
We were having lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe in the SkyDome in Toronto about three weeks later. We were meeting Adam, and his wife Alanah, Jay and his wife Denise there before the big pay-per-view event that night, but we decided to go early to just kind of be alone, slightly. I looked at her sitting there watching all the people down below us in the arena getting everything set up. We were holding hands across the table and I squeezed hers in mine. She looked over at me and smiled.
" You okay?" I asked her, reaching over and brushing a hair out of her face.
" Yeah, I'm fine." she said, half-heartedly.
" No your not." I said. She looked at me and laughed.
" You like the fact that you can read me like an open fucking book don't you?" she asked. I just smiled and nodded.
" What's up hon?" I asked. She took a deep breath and started to speak.
" Taylor called." she said. I looked up at her.
" When?" I asked, trying to contain my anger. I either didn't do a good enough job or she saw it in my eyes.
" Terry, don't get upset. It was when you were in the shower. We didn't talk long. I didn't have much to say to him." she said. I could tell that she was on the verge of tears.
" What did he say?"
" He apologized for hitting me and he hopes that we can still be friends." she said. I didn't want her anywhere near the fucker. I wanted to kill him.
" What did you say?" I asked, not wanting to pry, but having to know.
" I told him that I'd think about it." she said. Good girl, I've learned that when she says 'I'll think about it.' it normally means no.
" I have a question." I said.
" Yeah," she said, looking at me intently.
" It's been bothering me ever since that morning at the apartment." I said. I had to get this off my chest, and it seemed like now was the best time to do it.
" Terry, you know you can tell me or ask me anything you ever need to." she said. I knew that, hell, she was practically my best friend.
" Do you love me? I mean really. Or am I just a rebound from Taylor?" I asked, trying not to sound to implying, or judgmental. She smiled at me and took my other hand into hers.
" I've loved you since the first night I saw you in the gym. Sully told me who you were and my heart melted. I didn't say anything earlier because I didn't know how you'd react to our age difference and I didn't know Taylor was going to be like that." she said, looking into my eyes when she said it.
" Our age difference?" I asked her, laughing slightly.
" Hey, some people make a big deal out of five years." she said defensively, but smiling. I laughed and heard familiar voices come roaring from behind us.
" Okay time to break up the mush fest!" Jay yelled as they came over to the table. He was holding Denise's hand and she smacked him with the other.
" William Jason Reso, you be nice to Terry and Gwen. They were nice to us when we were dating." she said, taking a seat across from Jay, who was sitting beside me.
" Terry's got a girlfriend, Terry and Gwen sitting in a tree." Adam was singing from beside Jay. Gwen let go of my hands and looked at Adam.
" I can have Terr throw you though that window and you'll get an introduction to the ring crew that they soon won't forget if you don't shut the hell up." she said. She was so cute when she was mad. I knew she wasn't really mad, just picking on Adam.
" I'll shut up." Adam said quietly. We all laughed and chatted. The waiter came and we placed our orders and ate peacefully for about two hours. We then walked back down to the ground level and went to the backstage area. I felt like I was on top of the world.
We were having lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe in the SkyDome in Toronto about three weeks later. We were meeting Adam, and his wife Alanah, Jay and his wife Denise there before the big pay-per-view event that night, but we decided to go early to just kind of be alone, slightly. I looked at her sitting there watching all the people down below us in the arena getting everything set up. We were holding hands across the table and I squeezed hers in mine. She looked over at me and smiled.
" You okay?" I asked her, reaching over and brushing a hair out of her face.
" Yeah, I'm fine." she said, half-heartedly.
" No your not." I said. She looked at me and laughed.
" You like the fact that you can read me like an open fucking book don't you?" she asked. I just smiled and nodded.
" What's up hon?" I asked. She took a deep breath and started to speak.
" Taylor called." she said. I looked up at her.
" When?" I asked, trying to contain my anger. I either didn't do a good enough job or she saw it in my eyes.
" Terry, don't get upset. It was when you were in the shower. We didn't talk long. I didn't have much to say to him." she said. I could tell that she was on the verge of tears.
" What did he say?"
" He apologized for hitting me and he hopes that we can still be friends." she said. I didn't want her anywhere near the fucker. I wanted to kill him.
" What did you say?" I asked, not wanting to pry, but having to know.
" I told him that I'd think about it." she said. Good girl, I've learned that when she says 'I'll think about it.' it normally means no.
" I have a question." I said.
" Yeah," she said, looking at me intently.
" It's been bothering me ever since that morning at the apartment." I said. I had to get this off my chest, and it seemed like now was the best time to do it.
" Terry, you know you can tell me or ask me anything you ever need to." she said. I knew that, hell, she was practically my best friend.
" Do you love me? I mean really. Or am I just a rebound from Taylor?" I asked, trying not to sound to implying, or judgmental. She smiled at me and took my other hand into hers.
" I've loved you since the first night I saw you in the gym. Sully told me who you were and my heart melted. I didn't say anything earlier because I didn't know how you'd react to our age difference and I didn't know Taylor was going to be like that." she said, looking into my eyes when she said it.
" Our age difference?" I asked her, laughing slightly.
" Hey, some people make a big deal out of five years." she said defensively, but smiling. I laughed and heard familiar voices come roaring from behind us.
" Okay time to break up the mush fest!" Jay yelled as they came over to the table. He was holding Denise's hand and she smacked him with the other.
" William Jason Reso, you be nice to Terry and Gwen. They were nice to us when we were dating." she said, taking a seat across from Jay, who was sitting beside me.
" Terry's got a girlfriend, Terry and Gwen sitting in a tree." Adam was singing from beside Jay. Gwen let go of my hands and looked at Adam.
" I can have Terr throw you though that window and you'll get an introduction to the ring crew that they soon won't forget if you don't shut the hell up." she said. She was so cute when she was mad. I knew she wasn't really mad, just picking on Adam.
" I'll shut up." Adam said quietly. We all laughed and chatted. The waiter came and we placed our orders and ate peacefully for about two hours. We then walked back down to the ground level and went to the backstage area. I felt like I was on top of the world.
