Title: I Want You With Me

Part 3: My Everything

Rating: PG-13

Disclaimer: All characters are property of WWE and themselves

Pairing: John Cena/Stacy Keibler

Notes: Each part of this series uses lyrics from the 98 Degrees album 'Revelation' (which, yes, I sadly admit I own, LOL). This part is from 'My Everything'

The loneliness of nights alone
The search for strength to carry on
My every hope had seemed to die
My eyes had no more tears to cry

Stacy Keibler lie awake in the dark, silent bedroom, a hand gently pressed to her stomach. No, she didn't feel sick or nauseaus, and she wasn't hungry. She was having that fluttering feeling again, the 'happy butterflies' as she fondly referred to them. They came to her on many occasions these days.

Turning over and coming to rest on her right hip, Stacy placed her elbow on the bed, resting the weight of her head in her hand. She studied the sleeping form beside her closely, reaching with her free hand to lovingly stroke his cheek. He was what brought the butterflies. Before he had come around, her life was one of sorrow and loneliness.

Nighttime was always the worst for her. She felt her most empty when the lights went out and she had time to lay there and think. She never did like going to bed alone; in part because she still held the subconscious childhood fear of the dark, and in part because she simply hated to be by herself. Of course, the space beside her was occupied, but it might as well have been empty. Test wasn't much of a boyfriend.

During her long term relationship with the Canadian, Stacy probably hated herself even more than she did her poor excuse for a lover. She had let him take control of her life, and instead of fighting it, she watched herself wither away to nothing. It wasn't till after she spent so many nights wanting to give up, crying so much that her tear ducts just about dried up, that she knew she had to get out. And it took time, but eventually, Stacy broke away from Test, probably her biggest accomplishment to date.

But even after their break up, something wasn't right. She still felt empty, an undeniable loneliness in the bottom of her heart.

And like the sunshine from up above
You surrounded me with your endless love
And all the things I couldn't see
Are now so clear to me

By some miracle, just as she was about to vow she would never love again, John Cena walked through an arena door and into her life. Much to her surprise, he was not the fast talking, sex crazed gangster she'd envisioned him to be. The accent was there, as were the throwbacks, but his personality was far from what she expected. She'd never forget that day, when he came across her in the hall on an afternoon when he'd come to visit some friends on the Raw roster.

"Everything okay down there?" he'd asked when he discovered her sitting on the floor outside the door to her locker room, a crumped up tissue in her hand.

Her cheeks flushed a bit - she always did embarrass too easily - over the fact that he found her like that. As he crouched down beside her, Stacy waved him away, nodding in response to his question.

"I'm find, John... go and see your friends," she assured him.

"My friends can wait," he insisted. "I can't help but worry when I see a pretty lady like yourself lookin' so distraught."

Their conversation more or less ended rigth there, as per Stacy's request. But John found himself unable to sleep that night, the image of the crying diva burned in his mind, so he marched to her hotel room and insisted she tell him what was going on.

That had been seven months ago.

Now, Stacy was laying in bed beside him... a bed that they shared. Being with John for the past months had taught her so much about being in love, and Stacy wondered how she ever allowed herself to deal with Test in the first place. She realized now that she never truly loved Andrew, not like she did John. She had never been with someone quite like him, and she prayed that the feelings he made her have would never end.

You are my everything
Nothing your love won't bring
My life is yours alone
The only love I've ever known
Your spirit pulls me through
When nothing else will do
Every night I pray, on bended knee
That you will always be
My everything

Sometimes when she sat there watching John sleep - something she took part in quite a bit - she pinched herself. It all seemed so surreal, it wouldn't have surprised Stacy one bit if she were to wake up and find that none of it had actually happened. It was like a dream; a long, wonderful dream that she never wanted to wake from. Yet, each time she took a small section of skin between her fingers and squeezed, a tiny gasp of pain escaped her lips. It was real.

Somehow, John had broken through to her and made her feel emotions she swore she'd never feel again. Though it took two months after their chance encounter in the hallway for her to open up to him, he had gone straight to her heart. Nowadays, he was the one person she could share everything with, and truly be herself around. She didn't have to be Stacy Keibler the WWE diva around him, she could be Stacy Keibler the slightly shy, but loving woman. To say she loved him was an understatement.

Now all my hopes and all my dreams
Are suddenly reality
You've opened up my heart to feel
A kind of love thats strongly real

The silver moonlight shone dimly through the room as the cloud that had been covering it passed. The soft illumination lit up John's face, making him look like something sent straight from the heavens. Stacy didn't argue that idea... he was, without a doubt, a godsend. She had no idea what she'd done to deserve such a terrific man, but she certainly wasn't goign to give him up for anything.

There was nothing in the world more valuable to her than her relationship with John, at this point. Her career, her money, none of it meant anything after he came around. And she hoped with all her heart that he knew just how she felt.

"I love you, John," she mouthed with a sigh.

She had always had trouble with those words, but when he was sleeping so peacefully, they seemed to roll right off her tongue. It was the only coherent thought in her head. Her gaze drifted out the window, a small, contented smile warming her lips as she felt the light glowing around her.

Her grin faded when she felt a hand grab hers, squeezing it tightly. She looked down at John, who had opened his eyes and was now awake.

"I love you, too," he said, and he smiled.

A guiding light that'll never fade
There's not a thing in life that I would ever trade
For the love you give and I won't let go
I hope you'll always know

You are my everything
Nothing your love won't bring
My life is yours alone
The only love I've ever known
Your spirit pulls me through
When nothing else will do
Every night I pray, on bended knee
That you will always be
My everything

"You weren't supposed to hear that," Stacy said, her cheeks flushing.

John gave a groggy laugh, shaking his head. He rubbed at his eyes for a moment, and then looked up at her.

"I don't see why not," he said with a smile. "You only just made me the happiest man in the world, Stace."

Despite her slight embarrassment, Stacy smiled. He had done nothing but make her happy from the day they got together. It was nice to be able to do the same for him for a change.

"Well, after all you've done for me, I think I owe you that much," she said.

Glancing down at him, Stacy laughed as she noticed that just as quickly as he had woken up and responded, John had fallen back to sleep. Shaking her head, Stacy lifted the covers, sliding her tiny form underneath them.

Resting her head on him, she pressed a light kiss to his collarbone as his arm unconsciously wrapped around her. She sighed contentedly, the happy butterflies coming back as she felt his warm breath against the top of her head. She no longer felt the empty, lonely feelings accompanying her relationship with Test. With John, she was full of life, free, complete. She had found her everything.

You're the breath of life in me
The only one that sets me free
And you have made my soul complete for all time
For all time

You are my everything
Nothing your love won't bring
My life is yours alone
The only love I've ever known
Your spirit pulls me through
When nothing else will do
Every night I pray, on bended knee
That you will always be
My everything