It was the night before John had to leave for Tribute to the Troops. Jenna had a long, exhausting day at the hospital, so the couple were just hanging out in the apartment, savoring their last few hours together. Wow, I still can't believe he is mine, Jenna thought looking up at John. They were cuddling on the couch, with her head lying on his lap.

"What are you thinking about, baby?", John asked when he noticed Jenna staring at him.

"Nothing really. Just how lucky I am to actually be able to call you my boyfriend", she said now straddling John. "When I was in high school I never thought I would be able to, and now that I can, its just awesome."

John just smiled at her, and kissed his girlfriend's lips gently. "You are awesome, do you know that?"

"Yeah I have been told that a time or two. Are you nervous about leaving tomorrow?"

"No, why would I be?", John asked shrugging.

"Well, what I meant was the going overseas part. I would be terrified to be in a war zone."

"We aren't exactly in the combat zones. We are on the bases, and those are safe. It does cross my mind every once in awhile, but we are there to support the military and to kind of bring home to them."

"That is awesome, and I am sure they appreciate it."

"I would like to think so", John said leaning in for a kiss.

"Will you promise me something?"

"Sure, baby, anything."

"Be safe over there, ok? I don't want you to come home with anything more than a hurt arm."

John gave her a reassuring smile, and kissed the top of her forehead. "I promise. By the way, do you want one of your Christmas presents early?", he asked hoping it would lighten the mood.

"Sure!" John then left to get his gift from its secret location. She and John had only been together right around two months, and she heard him say one of your Christmas presents. She wasn't even expecting anything at all!

"Wow, I must have been a real good girl, huh?", she asked John as he came back to the couch.

"You are always a good girl!", he said while placing a kiss on the cheek. "Go ahead and open it!"

Jenna then tore open the shiny paper, and opened the tiny box. Inside was a beautiful, gold locket. Inside were two pictures: on the left was of John and Jenna when she was in high school. The other was of them taken when they first got together.

"John its beautiful!", she said as she hugged him. "I love it, thank you!"

"Your welcome," he said returning her kiss. "You do recognize the pictures right?"

"Yes, silly. The left one we took while I was in high school. I remember Steve was teasing us because we should have been a couple. The other one Ally took at the hospital. I absolutely love it!", she said while putting it on.

"I figured I would give this to you early, especially since I am leaving tomorrow. I know that I have always told you how I am always in your heart. Now, I am literally.", John said smiling.

"I will never take it off!"

The next morning was one of the hardest for John and Jenna. They had to be at the airport at 5AM, and John didn't want to leave the comfort of Jenna's arms.

"John, lets go man!", Randy Orton yelled to his friend as he walked toward the gate.

"Alright, I will be right there.", he yelled back and then turning his attention to Jenna once again. "Are you going to be ok?"

"Yeah, I will be fine", Jenna said through tears. "Just remember your promise."

"I will."

"I don't suppose that you will be able to call during down time will you?"

"Probably not. Our schedules are usually kept pretty tight. If I can though, I will. Deal?"

Jenna smiled again at him. "Deal. I don't want to say this, but you better go. I don't want you to miss your flight."

"Alright", John said kissing Jenna's forehead. "I love you."

"I love you too!" John gave Jenna another quick kiss on the lips and took off toward the gate, and just like that, he was gone. This is going to be a long 4 days!, Jenna thought to herself as she headed back home.

Later on in the morning, Jenna decided to run to the bank before going to work. She was daydreaming in line, playing with her locket when it happened. It was all so fast. Two men ran into the bank, yelling and screaming, and instructing everyone to get down on the floor. Then it hit her. She didn't know what hit her, but she could feel immense pain and was feeling weak. She dropped to her knees clutching her stomach, never feeling this kind of pain before. While blacking out, she could see the two bank robbers, and the horrible pain once again. Her last thought was of John. There was no way to tell him what happened, and was afraid to never be able to see his face again….