Author's Notes: Hey guys, I hope you are doing well and I'm sorry for the lack of updates. I have no excuses for it and I'll do my best to update as much as I can for you guys. Just bear with me and we will get through it together. Now thanks to everyone who is following, favoriting, and reviewing this story. You guys rock! Also thanks to AmbroseAsylum060214 for all the help with the story. I am also thinking about changing the title of this story, so let me know any ideas that you may have for it. Thanks!

Now here is the next chapter of the Writer and the Wrestler...

Chapter 7- Breaking Things Off

It had been two weeks since Harley met the boys of the SHIELD and things for her had gone back to normal. She headed back to work and managed to stay as far away from Troy as possible with the help of her friend Chris. Whenever Troy would need help with something, Chris would volunteer and distract him so Harley could work in peace. However tonight Chris had to leave work early, which meant that Harley had no choice but to face Troy alone tonight.

"So, are you sure you're going to be okay tonight?" Chris asked her as they stood outside smoking. "I can always ask my wife to take our son to his basketball game. I'm sure that she would understand."

Harley grateful for his sacrifice, shook her head and said, "No its okay. You go be with your son and stop worrying about me. We both know that once the sun goes down, Troy will go to the back and stay there. If he does come out and tries anything, I'll be sure to knock him into next week."

"Is that something your wrestling buddies taught you?" Chris laughed. "Speaking of that, wasn't that so cool that they came to our bar of all places."

"Yeah it was and I'm not going to forget them and what they did for me, especially Jon," Harley smiled when she mentioned him name.

Unfortunately she hadn't heard from Jon in a while despite his plea for them to remain in contact with each other. Sure he did text her like he promised when they got to Denver and for a few days afterwards, but other than that, all she got was an occasional "hi" or nothing at all. It hurt her a lot, because she could have sworn that there was something between them. Now that she could see that she was wrong, Harley did her best to bury her feelings for him down deep inside of her. The only good thing that came out of the entire situation though, was that she found herself gaining a new best friend by the name of Colby Lopez. Colby had made the effort to call and text her every day to check on her. They would stay on the phone for a while talking about everything that was going on in their lives. Harley often made the mistake though of asking how Jon was doing, but would quickly change the subject to avoid feeling sad and even a little bit angry at him. Either way she was just glad that she had Colby to talk to. He really was a good man.

As Harley stood there with a long face reminiscing, Chris brought her back to reality with a quick snap of his fingers, "Hello, Earth to Harley. Are you in there? You're going to be late if you don't clock in."

"Oh what, yeah sorry I was just daydreaming. I'll see you later Chris and wish Tommy good luck for me on his game," Harley told him and gave him a hug goodbye before walking into the dingy bar.

As she clocked in and took a look around the place, she let out a frustrated groan. The place was a mess and she wondered what really would happen to it, if she wasn't there to keep it together somewhat. There were unwashed dishes piling up in the sink, liquor bottles were tipped over and rolling about on the floor, and flies were populating the trash that was beginning to rot in the corner. Not being able to stand the disgusting sight much longer, Harley went to work cleaning up everything up to make the bar look at least somewhat presentable to their customers.

By the time that she was done cleaning and serving some customers in between, the bar was spotless and it even surprised Troy when he walked in from the back. "Damn girl I knew I hired you for a reason. This place looks unrecognizable," he complemented her.

"Well this place could stay like this if you and everyone else actually respected it," Harley snapped at him.

"Hey why the attitude all of sudden? I was just trying to be nice," Troy said holding his hands up in defense.

"I don't know Troy, maybe because you tried to sell me! I still can't believe you actually did that even after all the times I told you no!" she yelled at him.

Troy like a little kid who had been scolded by his mother, put his head down in shame and sighed, "I know and I'm sorry. I just like to act on opportunities when they present themselves. Not only that, but I was only trying to what I thought was best for you Harley. The girls back there are able to live like queens, because of all the money that they make and I thought that you could do the same rather than living paycheck to paycheck."

Harley knew what he was getting at, but she still wasn't buying it, "Look Troy, I get that you are trying to do what's best for me, but I got to do what I think is best for me. It's my life and not yours. That's why I can't take you up on your offer. I have too much respect for myself and I promised Jon…"
"Jon, who's Jon?"

Of course, Harley forgot that Troy didn't get a proper introduction to the men that almost made him shit his pants. "Jon is the guy that you were trying to sell me too," she told him. "We hung out afterwards and he made me promise to never take you up on your offer no matter what. He said that if I needed anything, he would be there to take care of me."

Troy just laughed obnoxiously at her statement, "You don't actually believe him do you? I mean he looked like a player to me and that's why I extended my offer to him. He probably says that to all the girls that he wants to bang. In fact, he is probably screwing some chick right now. And before you get all defensive, I'm only saying this to protect you. He doesn't know you like I do. I know how much you deep down feel like a disappointment to your parents. Like how you desperately want to make them proud in the hopes that they take you back into the family. The only problem is that you keep failing with your dying dream of becoming a writer. Let's face it Harley, it's never going to happen so you might as well come join me and figure out how to get your family back with something else."

Harley without thinking twice about it, slapped Troy across the face, "How dare you! How dare you say those things about me! You know that I hate bringing up my parents and fuck you doing it. What happens between me and them is my business and my business only. As for Jon, I know that he is telling me the truth, because I could see it on his face when he told me it. Besides, if he wants to sleep with other women, then that's fine by me. We aren't even dating anyways. He is just being a good friend. And if you ever try to sell me or intrude in my life again, I will break things off and leave to let it burn to the ground. I'm starting to get real tired of you and your shit."

Meanwhile on the East Coast, the boys were busy in the hotel gym getting their work out on. Colby loved having them working them out to the point where their physical limits were tested. This time though he was pushing them extra hard, because their next PPV was right around the corner.

"Jesus Colbs, can we please take a break? I'm gonna die here," Jon gasped as he fell to the floor dramatically.

"Oh c'mon it's not that bad. We have twenty minutes left and that's it. Besides, we want to look good especially when I'm going to ask Harley to come out and see us," Colby told him wanting to see his reaction.

Sure enough Jon's eyes opened wide and he jumped up in a state of panic, "What do you mean you're going to invite Harley out here?"

"It's just as it sounds Jon. I've been talking to her a lot and I think that she needs to take a break from everything and just let loose and have fun. Especially after today when she had to work alone with Troy," he explained to them. "Of course you would know this if you kept in contact with her like you said you would."

That last comment hurt Jon, because he knew that Colby had a point. However Jon had his reasons for not calling Harley and it turns out that he wasn't as selfish as everyone thought. "I know Colby, I'm an asshole and I get it, but I can't bring myself to call her. I don't want to hurt her, because she doesn't deserve that."
"Yeah that's true she doesn't deserve that. It's a good thing you never stay in contact with some of the opposite sex. We wouldn't want to see you hurt Harley anyways," Joe said like it was nothing.

"What the hell is that supposed to me?" Jon asked him angrily.

Joe just looked at him and said, "It means that you're mostly the hit it and quit it type of guy Jon. You only use women to get what you want and them drop them all together. So it makes since that if Harley wasn't going to give herself to you, then you wouldn't want nothing to do with her."
"Yeah and Harley is a sweet wonderful woman and I wouldn't want you taking advantage of her like that," Colby said defending Harley.

Of course Jon knew where they were coming from and he was that type of guy, but this time it was different, "Look guys, I know that you obviously have you doubts and I would too. However, I didn't quit talking to Harley because she wouldn't have sex with me. I stopped talking to her, because I actually like her. I could feel something more going on between us and I don't want to ruin it."
"And that's a bad thing?" Colby asked him.

"Yes because I think we can all agree that she deserves better than me. I mean you guys said it, I treat women horribly. Why would Harley want a type of man like that? I know that I wouldn't and not only that, but I smoke, drink way too much, and I am on the road for most of the year. What kind of relationship would that be? So the way that I see things, it's best for everyone that I break things off now rather than later when people's feeling are involved. Harley doesn't deserve that and she doesn't deserve me," with that being said, Jon grabbed his gym bag and headed for the door.

"Hey where are you going?" Joe called out to him.

Without looking back Jon replied, "To get drunk and pass out. I don't feel like working out anymore."

Well I'm happy to see Harley finally standing up to Troy. Is anyone else? It just sucks to see Jon and Harley hurting. I think that one of them is in the right and the other is in the wrong. What do you think? Is Jon doing the right thing or no? Please let me know in the comments. I should also be updating Friday, so be on the lookout for that.

Again I'm thinking of updating the title of this story, so let me know if you have any ideas.

Thanks and again a big shout out to AmbroseAsylum060214.

Until next time,

MyLunaticFringe