Title: All Bets Are Off
Rating: N/A
Content: Love, Deceit, Mild Sex.
Distribution: Please Ask First
Characters: (Non Wrestling) Cj, Gem and Zak (Wrestlers) John Cena, Randy Orton & Chris Jericho. Also some minor parts from others.
Disclaimer: I own Cj and Cj only. Everyone else owns himself or herself.
WARNINGS: There may be some mild language, sexual reference and sex
Summary by Chapter: John invites Cj into his home and Cj leaves her mark.
All Bets Are Off – Chapter 7
WEST NEWBURY
John pulls the rental car into his drive and both he and Cj vacate. Cj walks around to the back where John's already retrieving her bags. Cj reached out for her bag and Cena pulled it back and threw it on his shoulder.
"Nah don't worry about it I've got it" he insisted "Can you just get my keys out though?" he asked
"Yeah where are they?" she asked
"My front right pocket"
Cj reached into Cena's pocket to get his keys.
"Oh baby don't get frisky" Cena joked with Cj who couldn't help but laugh as she continued to try get the keys as John made it more difficult while he moved around teasing Cj "Those hands of yours should come with a warning" Cj finally got the keys and rattled them in Cena's face "WARNING: Busy hands…" Cj playfully hit Cena in the abdomen "…Busy and lethal hands…but what a way to go"
"Shut up" she said walking towards the door followed by John who was playfully tormenting her. She unlocked the door and stepped aside to let John in but John insisted that it was ladies first. Cj walked inside and raised her eyebrow as she admired her surroundings.
"Will it do madam?"
"It's nice…I like it"
"This is only the entrance mama, bring your busy hands in here" he said walking into the living room and placing the bags behind the couch out of the way.
Cj looked around and nodded "Not bad"
"Thanks"
"I bust my hump and get a pokey little apartment you flex your muscles and get all this" she said sarcastically
"That's right" John agreed as he flexed for approval
"If you did that in a banana hammock lathered in baby oil you'd make about the same and there's less travelling involved" Cena gave a little smile as his cheeks turned crimson "In fact if you did that in a banana hammock lathered in baby oil Gem would want you for herself"
"So flowers won't work with her?"
Cj smiled and shook her head.
"I'm not surprised"
Cj laughed and walked over to Cena and wrapped her arms around the back of his neck. Cena wrapped his arms around Cj's waist and the two pulled themselves closer to each other and began to kiss tenderly. As the kiss came to an end Cj rested her head into Cena's chest and started laughing. Cena baffled by her laughter pushed her away from his chest and looked at her not able to make contact as Cj deliberately avoided looking at Cena.
"What's so funny?" Cena frustrated that he couldn't get Cj's attention grabbed hold of her face and tilted her head to look at him. Cj looked at him with a sly grin on her face.
"You and me kissing"
"Why's that funny?"
"Because it never turns out the way we want it. Something always bulldozers through the moment and either one of us or both of us are left red faced"
Cena shook his head "You have a weird sense of humour…"
"I wasn't laughing at the kiss or us…I was just kissing you and all these thoughts popped into my head of how it's guna get bulldozed this time. We're all alone miles from my distractions…"
"Maybe this time it won't get bulldozed"
"Maybe…"
Just then the phone rang…
"Or Maybe not" said Cj stroking Cena's cheek before sitting down on the couch.
Cena walked over and answered the phone and tried desperately to hang up on the caller and get back to Cj.
"Yeah ok, bye" Cena hung up the phone and walked over to Cj and sat down next to her.
"So who was it?"
"No one"
"It had to be someone"
Cena ignored Cj's question and leant in and kissed her neck and as his lips caressed her Cj forgot her question and her will power. Cj turned to John and lifted his head up so their lips met as the passions became more heated Cj found herself seeking a more comfortable position so she knelt besides John and quickly straddled him on the couch. Cena's hands ran up Cj's back as Cj held Johns face firmly in place so she could kiss him intensely. As the kiss continued the couple became more passionate and Cj soon found herself gripping at John's shirt and lifting it up and over his head and throwing it down. John copied Cj's movement and stripped her of her shirt leaving her in just a silky black bra. Suddenly Cj's phone rang…Cj reached out desperately to find her ringing phone but Cena placed his hand in Cj's back pocket and retrieved the phone never once breaking their embrace. Cj took the phone and cancelled the call and threw the phone away. John gripped Cj's ass and lifted her up and gently placed her down on her back. John laid on top of Cj and his hands searched for the zipper on Cj's pants. Cena moved away from Cj's lips kissing her body as he proceeded down to her stomach. Cj indulged his sweet caress and then suddenly out of nowhere her eyes popped open and she pushed John away and sat up. John looked at Cj a little bewildered by her sudden actions.
"I'm sorry…" she started whilst quickly trying to think of a lie to tell John "…I want to, I 'really' want to but I shouldn't have cancelled that call it could have been something important. I just need to put my mind at rest ok?" she said whilst stroking his cheek.
John sighed and handed Cj her phone. Cj kissed John and got up to leave the room whilst making her way to the door she retrieved her shirt. Cj walked into John's kitchen struggling with her shirt but finally successful. She redialled the last call knowing who it was.
"Hello"
"Gem I'm in trouble"
"Why what's wrong?" asked Gem with concern
"I cancelled your call…"
"I know I wasn't very happy about that"
"I'm sorry but look at the bigger picture here. Me and John we were kissing…I was straddling him…our shirts were off…you called…I ignored…he was trying to get my pants off…I don't trust myself"
"Did he get your pants off?"
"No"
"Are you having sex with him right now?"
"Of course not"
"Then you did good"
"But if you hadn't have called…"
"You still would have stopped yourself and hunnie even if you didn't what happens, happens. I can't be there to help you. If something happens it could be seen as a positive"
"How?"
"He'd be getting a taste before you push him away"
"Gem if I sleep with him I'm guna start falling for him and there will be no coming back until he's hurt me like Danny did"
"Cj I'm hanging up on you. You're a smart, confident, self efficient woman if you're not smart enough to do the right thing whatever that might be then nothing I say will help you I'm in New York for God sake. We'll meet for breakfast when you get back"
With that Gem hung up the phone and Cj stood mute in John's kitchen not sure what her next move was. Just then John poked his head around the door and saw Cj was no longer on the phone.
"Drink?" he asked. Cj shook her head and Cena continued to get himself a bottle of water from the fridge. John noticed Cj's distant expression. "Are you ok?"
Cj snapped out of her turmoil daze and looked at John and 'BAM' just like that Cj knew what she had to do.
"Yeah I'm fine"
"Was the call anything important?"
"No nothing just Gem checking to see we got here in one piece"
"What she doesn't trust me to get you here?"
"She doesn't trust anyone don't take it personally"
The day went along and Cj dismissed all John's advances knowing that Gem was right if she wasn't smart enough to learn after Danny she never would and she had to do the right thing…whatever that was. The day soon turned into night and Cj told John she was tired and went to bed early.
Cj laid wide awake in the bedroom unable to sleep when suddenly she heard the door handle and quickly rolled onto her side and closed her eyes tightly. John looked into the room and smiled at what he thought was a sleeping Cj and quietly closed the door behind him. Cj opened her eyes and let out a huge sigh.
THE NEXT MORNING
Cj woke up early and made her way downstairs and into unfamiliar territory to prepare breakfast. As the breakfast was cooking Cj sat at the counter reading a magazine very nonchalant knowing that the breakfast was burning she just smiled. Suddenly the fire alarm sounded and Cena jumped up in bed and immediately ran downstairs where Cj acting very concerned was trying to extinguish the flames. Cj was struggling with the extinguisher and John stepped forward to help her when suddenly the extinguisher went off in John's face. Cj stood in lockjaw barely able to stop herself from laughing. John wiped his eyes and took the extinguisher and put out the small blaze. Then an obviously angry Cena gave Cj the extinguisher and left the room. He returned a short time later cleaned up.
"Are you ok?" he asked
"Yeah I'm fine" she assured him "I'm so sorry about this. I didn't mean to do it. One minute I was cooking the next your kitchen was on fire"
"Hey don't worry about it as long as you're ok"
"I'm ok but the kitchen might need a lick of paint. And I'm so sorry about spraying you with the extinguisher"
"Forget about it"
"I can't I just feel awful. I was trying to surprise you with breakfast"
"Well next time surprise me by taking me out for breakfast ok?"
"Ok" said Cj with a sly smile on her face knowing she'd succeeded in pissing John off.
LATER
Cj and & John left the house ready to go grocery shopping. Cj took Cena's hand he turned and smiled at her.
"Can I drive?" she asked sweetly
"You wanna drive?"
"Yeah I have a license and never use it"
"Why not?"
"Hello have you ever been to New York it's not somewhere you can take a leisurely drive"
Cena looked at a hopeful Cj and smiled giving into her and handing over the keys.
"Just be careful please"
"Of course I will what do you think I am? An airhead"
"No I'm just telling you to be careful. It's a rental if I damage it I buy it"
"Oh my God chill out"
"Chill out?"
"Uh huh" she said climbing into the drivers seat.
As Cj put the key in the ignition John got into the passenger seat and turned to put his seatbelt on securely while he wasn't looking Cj moved the car into reverse.
"Ok lets go" she said full of excitement as she started the car.
The car suddenly rolled back then suddenly jerked forward. Cj was completely aware of what she'd done and so was John. John climbed out of the car and walked to the back to see that the rear end of the rental had collided with the front end of Johns pride and joy.
"MY CAR!"
Cj knew that was her cue and she vacated the car her face full of dramatised shock and sorrow. Cj walked to the back of the car with her hand over her mouth.
"Oh my God John I am so sorry. I didn't know it was in reverse"
"You didn't check?" he screamed
"I just assumed. Oh it looks bad"
"IT IS BAD"
"Can we call it an oopsie?"
"An oopsies?"
"Yeah it was a tiny little mistake"
"Tiny little mistake? Have you seen my car?"
"Yeah"
"Still calling it a tiny little mistake?"
"Ok I think you're exaggerating it's just a car"
"JUST A CAR? Cj you are…you're unbelievable…" Cj smiled "That wasn't a compliment"
Cj frowned "I don't see the big deal"
"The big deal is that this car is a….look who I'm talking to"
"Hey I know about cars!"
"You didn't even know it was in reverse"
"Jesus a little fender bender and you go from Jekyll to Hyde"
"Fender bender? I can't believe you think this is a 'fender bender'" said John under his breath while walking away from Cj.
Cj smiled realising that her new revelation was a milestone and turning point in her life. For once Cj was not letting a man control her life and she was having a blast serving up her dish of retribution on the male species. She did feel bad that John got the short straw but she couldn't help but smile as John rubbed his hands over his head in disbelief.
"Listen John I'm sorry this happened and if I could change the situation I would have checked that the car was in drive. My bad…"
"Your bad" he repeated in awe
"…but it's a car. Now I know you guys have strange connections with your cars but this is nothing that a mechanic can't fix"
"Cj this car is like…Manolo's to you. You have just broken the heel of an amazing pair of Manolo Blahniks. Now you're right I can get this car repaired, and a shoe guy can put the heel back on the Manolo no problem but when you're walking down Fifth Avenue you know that the shoes different and you will always know it will never be the same again. I'm the same with the car it can be fixed…have a brand new paint job but it will never be the same again"
"Dramatic much? It's a car!"
"Do you want me to break a heel off your Manolo's so you can see how it feels?"
"No!"
"Then SHUT UP!"
John walked back into the house and Cj looked down at the two cars and wondered if she'd gone too far then she remembered the look on John's face and the frustration in his voice and decided maybe it wasn't far enough
INSIDE THE HOUSE
John was on the phone looking out the window at Cj who was looking at the collision.
"Hey John" said Jericho answering his phone
"She's driving me nuts"
"Why?" he asked with a little laughter in his voice
"It's eleven thirty two…" he said checking his watch "…and already she's burnt down my kitchen and totalled my car and the rental car"
"You're kidding right?"
"Nah I fear for my life around her"
"It's probably just nerves. Coming home with the guy and meeting the family is a big step for the woman. The next steps marriage"
"If I make it through the next few days it will be a miracle"
"How did she set the kitchen on fire and total the cars?"
John proceeded to tell Jericho of the mornings events while Cj waited impatiently by the car wondering what was taking John so long. As she paced by the side of the car her cell phone began to ring. Cj leant into the rental car to retrieve her phone from her bag she answered the call.
"Hey"
"Hi just checking I thought I'd give you chance to lay in I thought you might need the rest so?"
"Oh wow are you going to be disappointed"
"I am?"
"Nothing happened. I thought about it and I realised that the way things were going was exactly the same as when I met Danny and it was just like a ticking time bomb waiting for the same inevitable ending so I changed my ways and hopefully you'll be proud of me"
"Go on then try me"
"First of all this morning I burnt breakfast…"
"Steady girl" Gem said sarcastically
"Set the fire alarms off…John rushed downstairs and by complete accident but I have to admit it was pretty perfect timing the extinguisher went off in his face" Gem laughed hysterically on the other end of the phone "It was hilarious but I couldn't help but feel sorry for him. He just took the extinguisher off me put out the flame and went and cleaned himself up and then when he came back he was so concerned about me checking I was ok. I felt like such a bitch but I just kept seeing his poor little face and oh it was so worth it"
"I'm proud of you now you just need to do something so terrible that it infuriates him"
"Done it!"
"Go on"
"I asked to drive…"
"And smashed up the car?"
"I reversed the rental into his baby"
"You're kidding?"
"No"
"Accident?"
"No"
"Well done"
"I was worried that I'd gone too far but it's so worth it. He was so distraught he started comparing his car to a pair of Manolo Blahniks"
"I'm sorry what?"
"Yeah exactly"
"Where is he now?"
"He's in the house. I don't know what he's doing" she said turning round to look for him. As she did he came through the front door and started to make his way over to Cj. "He's here I better hang up now"
"Ok keep me updated. And once again well done"
"Thanks, bye"
Cj hung up her phone as John approached
"Gem?" he said pointing to Cj's phone
"Yeah"
"Checking in?"
"Yeah"
"Good did you tell her what had happened?"
"Yeah"
"What did she say?"
"It was your fault for trusting me with the keys. I crash her car once and she never lets me forget it"
"You trashed her car too?"
"It was an accident!" she exclaimed
"Gimme the keys"
Cj threw the keys over to John and John pointed to the passenger side. Cj silently moved around to the passenger side and climbed in while John made his way to the driver's side.
"Are you ever going to forgive me?"
"Don't rush me"
"What you going to do about your car?"
"A friend of mine is collecting it while we're out. Now let's just go shopping ok?"
"Ok"
LATER
John was walking in front of Cj with the shopping cart which he was filling with food for the family gathering later on that day which he was worried about after seeing Cj's destructive nature earlier. Cj caught up with John.
"If you don't talk to me I am getting on the next flight home. I did not come all this way to be ignored. I said I was sorry"
John sighed and looked down at Cj
"I know. Cj it was my car" Cj smiled and sympathised with John and kissed him deeply on the lips. As she pulled away she saw a slight smile creep onto John's face. "Mayonnaise…it's down there" he said pointing
Cj smiled and made her way down the aisle to retrieve the mayonnaise while John looked at the fresh meat counter.
"Hey" came a voice from behind John turned to see who it was.
"Megan!" he said with a little shock in his voice
"At least you remember me. That's a start" she said leaning in for a kiss
As the kiss broke Cj returned with the mayonnaise just in time to catch a glimpse of the innocent kiss
"So how are you gorgeous?" asked Megan
"He's fine but who are you?" interrupted Cj
Megan turned to see Cj who walked over to John and handed him the mayonnaise.
"I'm Megan John's ex girlfriend. And you are?"
"His new girlfriend"
"Funny he never mentioned that he'd got a new girlfriend"
"Must have been pretty hard to talk with your lips stuck to his" said Cj shooting John a look
"It was just a little hello kiss"
"How about I give you a little goodbye kick?"
"Green isn't a good colour on you"
"Well don't you worry because skank fits perfectly on you"
Megan got a look of rage in her eyes and John knew he had to end the tension somehow
"Ladies! Retract the claws. Megan this is Cj. Cj this is my 'ex' girlfriend Megan. Megan it was nice to see you again but we're in a rush we have to get back so if you'll excuse us"
"No problem I was going anyway. It was nice seeing you John, you've got my number"
"He's got your number alright"
"Move" said John pushing Cj away "The jealousy thing is cute on you"
"Jealous? You think I'm jealous? That wasn't jealousy that was disgust. I was like twenty feet away my back was barely turned and you were kissing her"
"She kissed me and it was a hello kiss"
"John you can wrap it up how you like a kiss is a kiss. You bring me out here to West Nobody Knows so I can see you kissing the local whore near the meat counter"
"Oh for God sake Cj COME ON! If I was interested in her I would have left with her and frankly you've given me no reason to stay unless you count setting my kitchen on fire, spraying with me a fire extinguisher or totalling my car and my rental car. Now even with all that I am here with you and I am going home with you and God help me I'm introducing you to my family. What more do you want?"
"A new outfit"
"What?"
"The outfit I was wearing to meet your family I left it at home. I don't have an outfit. I need to get an outfit" Cj dramatically grabbed John by the collar "I need an outfit"
Cj walked off in a desperate search for an outfit as John slowly and unwillingly followed.
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