Ashley woke up the next morning to Tim McGraw's Angel Boy blaring in the other room.
"Damn them" she said pulling her pillow over her ears. It wasn't working she looked over at John and he was still sleeping.
"How the hell can he sleep through that?" she asked herself as she threw on a bathrobe and left the room.
"Nice of you to join us" Laney said
"Yeah shut up" Ashley grumbled
"Talon is awake but don't worry we were watching him" Shannon told her
"Thanks" she said going over to Talon's playpen and picked him up.
"Hey baby boy did you have a good nights sleep?" she asked him.
"I doubt it with his parents doing the dirty in the next room" Laney said
"Oh like you wouldn't have done the same thing if you were me" Ashley replied
She didn't answer she just looked at the tv.
"My point exactly" Ashley said
John left the room he was wearing jean shorts but remained topless.
"Damn John you should be here every morning" Shannon joked. "we might actually want to be up on time"
"Oh shit I have classes today!" Ashley exclaimed. She grabbed a piece of toast off of Shannon's plate, gave Talon to John and ran into her room. She returned 7 minutes later fully clothed and had all her books with her.
"John I'll be gone for about 3 hours but Laney is free today so she'll show you around if you want" Ashley said giving him a kiss.
"Don't worry I'll take good care of him till you get back" Laney said
After Shannon and Ashley left and Laney and John ate breakfast it was decided that they would go swimming because their apartment had an outdoor swimming pool. Only in California can you go swimming in December. They were laying out in the sun when Laney turned to John and said she needed to show him something. She pulled a piece of paper out of her purse and handed it to him.
"Where did you get this?" he asked
"The Internet you are lucky Ashley hasn't seen this yet" Laney replied "is it true"
"Of course not" John answered
"John don't lie I lived with 5 brothers I know when a man is lying" Laney snapped
"Well what do you want me to say?" John asked
"How about that you have been cheating on the woman you say you love" Laney said
John didn't say anything he just looked at the ground.
"How long?" Laney asked
"It was never supposed to happen but Kelly called me up one day saying she wanted to catch up I hadn't seen her since The Marine wrapped but I figured what the hell and then the next thing I knew all this shit happened" he explained
"Why would you do this?" Laney asked disgusted
"Ashley was never around" he said
"That is a load of shit!" Laney exclaimed
"Who the hell are you to judge me" John snapped
"Ashley is my friend and I don't want to see her hurt" Laney said
"I love her" John said
"Then tell her the truth or I will" Laney said
"I can't she's been through so much and she is sick how do you expect me to add this to all the stuff she has to deal with"
"What do you mean she is sick?" Laney asked
"She's manic depressive"John told her
"Oh" Laney said
"That and this stress of adopting Talon and the father not wanting to give up his rights I can't add this please don't tell her" John pleaded
"This is wrong" Laney said
"I swear it will never happen again" John said
"Swear on Talon's life" Laney told him
"Why?" John asked
"If you really meant what you said you would swear on his life" she replied
"Ok I swear on my son's life this will never happen again" John said
"How am I going to keep this from her?" Laney asked
John looked at the paper again it read WWE Champ has been spotted with Marine co-star Kelly Carlson. John knew it was wrong what he did be he honestly didn't think he would get caught. He missed Ashley so much that he used another woman to bring him comfort and now if she found out he would loose her forever.
"I don't even know why I did it" he said in a whisper
"Was it really worth loosing everything you have?" Laney asked
"No" John replied "does Shannon know?"
"Hell no she can't keep a secret to save her life" Laney told him "she's never had to keep one, her dad owns this apartment building he is loaded but for some reason Shannon doesn't want to be pampered so she is trying to prove to her parents that she can be independent"
"Ashley is trying to prove to her family that she can make something of herself" John said
"What is up with her family she never talks about them?" Laney asked
"She was raised by her aunt and uncle who didn't like her very much and they told her she would amount to nothing" he said
"But what about Chris?" Laney asked
"She didn't meet him till she was 18" he replied
"Why?"
"Ashley's mother died in a car crash when she was 2 but she never knew that because she was raised thinking her aunt and uncle where her parents and as for Chris he thought his daughter was dead because that is what he was told, it's a really long complicated story" John told her
"Poor girl her life sucked" Laney said
"Yeah it did" John added
"So why do you have to go and add shit?" Laney asked
"I don't know" John said putting his head in his hands "you aren't making this any easier"
"It's not my job to make the fact you are a cheater easier" she spat
"I've never done this before" he said
"Well that is nice to know" Laney said sarcastically.
End of chapter. What will happen? Will Ashley find out? What will she do if she does? Will Laney keep her promise? Will John keep his? Find out.