Chapter 10 Feelings after No Way Out

Aqua was in the cafeteria with her now good friends Mark Calloway, Eddie Guerrero, Rey Mysterio and Booker T, John was just about to go out for his No. Contender's match against Kurt Angle, while she had her gazed put on the t.v. in front of her, the guys were arguing, what it was about, she didn't know or care.

"I'm tellin' you J-lo would be the best, I mean look at her ass". Booker T said.

"No, Beyonce', her ass is way better". Rey said.

"Your both wrong, it's diffidently Halley Berry". Eddie said. Book let out a sigh as he turned to Mark.

"Mark, who would you rather bang?". He asked, making mark chuckle a little.

"Ms. Lopez has a nice round apple bottom, I won't mind having a piece of it". He said as he took a sip of the water he was holding.

"Will you shut up, I'm trying to watch the match". Aqua said as she turned back to the t.v. where John was being put into the ankle lock for the second time.

She could see the expression on john's face he was in pain, she prayed he would reach the ropes to break the hold, finally after what seemed like hours he grabbed the ropes making kurt break the hold. She could see he was pissed off, she watched as he looked at the pole where john's necklace was hanging. He walked over and took it off the pole wrapping it around his fist, he smiled to himself as he turned around. He was welcomed by a spear into the turnbuckle, aqua began cheering as john picked him up on he shoulders and slammed him down to the map below, he rolled on top of him and pinned him for the win.

"Yes, yes, he won!". Aqua screamed happily, jumping up and down clapping her hands. The guys all smiled at her enjoyment.

"I'm glad he won". Mark said.

"Yeah, he diffidently deserves to win". Eddie said.

"I wonder who's gonna win the Barbed Wire Steel Cage match though". Rey said.

"I'm sure JBL will find some way to cheat, he always does, remember at Armageddon". Book said, directing the question to Mark and Eddie, they nodded in agreement.

"I'm gonna go meet him at the gorilla, see you guys". She said as she rose up.

"Bye". The guys said as she disappeared out of the room. 5 minutes later she had finally reached the gorilla, as she went into the curtains she instantly saw john leaning back against a table using it for support, she saw he was holding his ankle, she walked up to him with a look of concern.

"John, what happened, are you ok?". She asked.

"I don't think so, Kurt twisted my ankle really bad". He said as he rubbed his ankle, she looked down at it and saw it was beginning to get a little purple.

"We should take you down to those guys that help injured wrestlers". She said.

"You mean the trainer's". He corrected for her laughing a little afterwards.

"Yeah that, come on". She said as she put his arm around her shoulder and helped him stand up. "You ankle doesn't really look that good". A few minutes later they reached the trainer's room, as they walked inside they saw a large man sitting in a chair reading over a newspaper until he noticed them.

"Oh, hello Mr. Cena, what seems to be the problem now?". The man said as he set the paper aside and helped him onto the table.

"My ankle, Kurt twisted it pretty bad when he had me in that second ankle lock". John said groaning at the same time.

"Well I'm sorry to say this, but because of kurt's ankle locks he's put on people in the past weeks we've run out of medicine and pills, the best thing I can do is wrap you up, put some ice on it and hope it swells down by tomorrow". The man said.

"That's fine". John said a little disappointed.

"Ok, I'll be right back". The man said as he disappeared out of the room.

"You gonna be ok john". Aqua said as she hopped on the table next to john.

"Yeah, but my ankle hurts like fuck, I was hoping I could get some medicine, I know this shit is gonna swell". He said.

"Well how about we watch the barbed wire steel cage match to get your mind off of it". She suggested.

"Yeah, good idea". He said as they turned their attention to the monitor where the match was in progress.

20 minutes later

"Fucking cheater!". John yelled as he watch the ref hold up JBL's hand.

"Calm down john". Aqua said. They watched as "The Cabinet" celebrated in the ring, then Batista came running out.

"I'ma go give him a hand". John said as he stepped off the table, he yelped in pain as he landed on his ankle.

"John don't go out there". Aqua protested.

"I wanna send that little shithead a message, I'll be back". John said as he left the room. Aqua watched on the t.v. as jbl was crawling up the ramp, blood dripping down his face and all.

Then she saw john coming from the background, as jbl turned around and saw john he immediately began crawling to the other side. Even with john's bad ankle he managed to catch up to jbl and hit him with a few hard hits, then to her surprise, john picked jbl up and hit him with a spinebuster into the equipment below. John celebrated with the fans as the show went to a close and then he headed backstage, Aqua ran out to meet him. As she reached the gorilla she saw john was holding his ankle and was in more pain than earlier.

"John". She said as she walked up to him.

"My ankle, that spinebuster made it worse". He said in between his teeth.

"I told you not to go out there". She said. Just then she saw Mark, Torrie and Christy coming their way.

"Hey what's wrong?". Torrie asked.

"John hurt his ankle". Aqua responded. "I need to take him home, Mark, can you help me?".

"Sure, come on cena". Mark said as he lift john up with one hand a carried him bridal style to his car with Torrie, Aqua and Christy following suit.

An hour later

"Ow!". John screamed out in pain as Mark tossed him on the bed.

"Sorry man". Mark said as he stretched his arms. "I've carried heavy shit before, but damn".

"Shut up". John said angrily as he adjusted himself on the bed and set the ice he was holding back down on his ankle. Aqua had a look of concern on her face when she saw John's mood, she had never seen him this mad or in this much pain, she wished there was something she could do to ease his pain.

Christy's POV

As me and Torrie walked in after Mark I saw the look of concern on Aqua's face when she saw how upset John was, he was usually so perky and happy all the time, he was always the one that would put a smile on our face when we were upset and now he was in the worst mood we've ever seen him in.

"I'm gonna go, I gotta get some sleep for tomorrow". Mark said as he left.

"Bye you guys". Torrie said as she followed after mark.

"If you need anything will be in the other room". I said as I grabbed aqua and took her into our room.

"Whatever". I heard john say before I closed the door. As I turned my attention back to aqua I saw she was sitting on her bed sadly looking down at the floor.

"Aqua what's wrong?'. I asked as I sat down next to her.

"Nothing, it's just, I never seen john so mad and upset before". She said quietly. "I just wish there was something I could do".

"It's ok girl". I said as I put a comforting arm around her. "Just give him an hour or two to cool off, he'll be calmer then". I rose up and disappeared into the bathroom to take a shower.

Aqua's POV

As Christy went into the bathroom I tried to think of a way I could make john feel better. Then it hit me, I slapped myself on my forehead because I forgot. I remembered that a mermaid's hands could heal, scars, bruises, basically injuries, my mom used to always do it to my dad whenever he got hurt, I just hope it'll still work, you know since I'm human now.

"Like christy said, I'll wait a while". I thought to myself as I laid back in my bed. An hour and a half passed and I could hear john groaning on the other side of the wall, I looked to my side where Christy was asleep and the clock next to her read 10:47pm. I rose up quietly trying not to wake her up and walked out of the room, as I entered the room, I saw John sitting angrily on the bed flipping through the channels, Chris and Adam were already asleep.

"John". I said. He turned to me with a small smile.

"Hey Aq". He said quietly as he laid back on the bed. I was glad he wasn't yelling at me or angry.

"How's the ankle?". I said as I walked over and sat down beside him.

"Well, the swelling went down, but it still hurts".

"I think, I can help". I said as I sat in front of his feet, I slowly picked up his foot, I felt him flinch a little. "I'm sorry".

"It's ok". He said as he put on a smile.

John's POV

I was glad to see Aqua, she was the only one who could put a smile on my face. I watched as she sat in front of me and put my foot in her lap, I didn't think she could but as she began massaging it, the pain from my ankle slowly started to go away. I looked up at her and I could see her hair was covering up her face, her hands felt so soft and her hair kinda tickled my foot that I had to smile.

"Is it feeling better yet?". She asked as she looked up at me.

"Yeah, much". I said. After about 2 minutes she pulled away from my ankle. I turned it a little, no pain, it was gone. "Wow, thanks". I saw as she laughed a little.

"Your welcome, I just couldn't stand seeing you in a bad mood".

"Oh, I'm sorry about that. I don't really act like that often.".

"It's ok, I'm just glad that your better now". She said as she stood up. We locked eyes for a few seconds before she looked away embarrassed, I could see her caramel cheeks beginning to turn pink, she was blushing. I was surprised because I had never seen her blush before, even more surprised because I made her do it.

"I should get to bed, it's kinda late, night john". She said as she disappeared back into her room.

"Night Aqua". I said with a smile. As I got back into my bed I could hear sounds of snickering, I turned to my side to see Jericho looking at me with a huge grin on his face.

"What are you looking at?". I said as I pulled the covers over me.

"Don't play dumb with me, is john sad because Aqua had to leave".

"Shut up".

"Just admit it".

"Admit what".

"That your falling for her".

"No I'm not, she's just a friend".

"Yeah right John, you know your not the best at lying. We can all see it, that sparkle in your eye every time she smiles at you, that daze look in you face when she hugs you, the fact that you talk about her all the time and that you've slept together in the sam bed before".

"Whatever man".

"John your falling for her, I mean it's so obvious. Think about it, have your ever acted that way with the other girls you've been with like you've been acting around Aqua?".

"Well, no".

"Oh, and I want you to name any other girl that you were nervous about going on a date with like you did with Aqua".

"I can't".

"Just be honest with yourself man, she has an effect on you like no other girl had".

"Just go to sleep Chris". I said as I turned my back to him.

"Ok man, night". I heard him say.

"I don't love her". I thought to myself. "I can't love her, I don't even know her, no, I don't love her". As I turned on my back something else was running through my mind. "Then why do I feel this way".

3 hours later

It was about 1:30 in the morning and Aqua was still awake. She was looking out the window at the thunder storm that was taking place, she could see the lighting and the trees blowing angrily. Thunder storms always scared her, because she lived in water the lighting would always strike it and make big splashes close to where she lived. She would always sleep with her mom and dad or Chris if she was staying over his house, but now that she was on land she didn't have them to comfort her. She looked to her side where Christy sat peacefully, she couldn't sleep with her, as she stood up outta her bed she slipped on a pair of pink short pj shorts and a matching tank top. She walked out of the room into the guys room, she looked at Chris and Adam, she wasn't really close to them so she couldn't sleep with them, then she saw John in the middle of them, she could hear his soft snores from afar, she giggled a little as she made her way towards him. He was laying on his side with his arm stretched out over an empty space in the bed, like he was searching for something. She moved his hand away carefully trying not to wake him up and then slid into the bed next to him, she pulled the covers over them and within seconds she fell asleep

John's POV

As I was sleeping I started to smell grapes, like an aroma or something. The smell started to get closer, as I fluttered my eyes opened I saw a pile of hair in front of me, I looked over and saw it was only Aqua. I smile to myself, she must have been scared of the storm, I wrapped my arms around her stomach and pulled her close to me, I rested my head on top of hers inhaling her scent. As I laid there next to her I started to think, why out of these people would she pick to sleep with me? Did she think that I was her protector or something, that I was more close to her? Then something else flashed in my mind, something that I actually started to believe. Maybe I am falling for her.