The next few weeks seemed to fly by for John and Jenna. They were both working hard in their therapy sessions, and John was making his return at the Royal Rumble. It was December 22, one of Jenna's last sessions. Before she went to the therapy department, she decided to go talk to her boss, Dr. Andrews, and give him her actual resignation.
"Hi Dr. Andrews, thank you for seeing me", Jenna said as she walked through his door.
"Not a problem. How are you feeling?"
"I am feeling terrific. John and I are doing great, and things couldn't be better."
"That is wonderful to hear. Now, tell me. What can I do for you today?"
"Well," Jenna started, "I wanted to give you my resignation. I'm not coming back to work."
"Why?", Dr. Andrews asked confused.
"Well, John and I are moving back to Boston after the new year to be closer to our family. I knew that it would be awhile before I could come back to work, and I know this is right. I am either going to find a job in Boston, or not work for awhile and travel with John when he returns to work next month."
"Anything I can do to change your mind?"
"Nope," Jenna said shaking her head. "Its made up."
"Well, I can respect that. It was a pleasure working with you, Jenna.", Dr. Andrews stated as he extended his hand.
"Thank you, Dr. Andrews. Its been an honor working here.", she said as she took the older man's hand. "I hate to cut this short, but I need to get upstairs for my therapy session. Merry Christmas!"
"Merry Christmas Jenna!"
Jenna then made her way into the elevator and up two flights to the therapy floor. She was kind of sad that John wasn't with her today. He told her he had last minute Christmas shopping to do, and she was sure it was probably for her. A few minutes later, she found her therapist, Carla, and got started.
"Jenna, you are doing fantastic!", Carla told her as they continued walking exercises.
"Thank you. Sometimes I feel like I don't need that walker anymore."
"Well, do you want to try walking without it?"
"Are you sure?", Jenna asked nervously.
"I think you are ready."
"Ok", Jenna said as she started walking by herself for the first time in 3 weeks. "OH MY GOSH!", she screamed as she walked to the end of the room. "That was awesome!"
"See, I told you you could do it!", Carla said proudly. "You walked from one end of the room to the other by yourself and not holding on to anything."
Jenna was now in tears. "This is great! So, no more walker right?"
"Well, I could keep it around for just a little longer until you gain full strength back, but I think a couple of more sessions and you will be good to go."
"Wonderful!
The next day, John and Jenna were sitting in the airport waiting for their flight to Boston. "You seem in a really good mood", John said as he pulled Jenna closer to him.
"Why shouldn't I be? Its almost Christmas. Plus I am really excited to be going to your house again for the holidays."
John smiled at her as their flight was announced, and 2 hours later, they were walking through the airport in Boston looking for John's dad.
"John! Jenna!", his dad yelled, pulling the two into a hug. "Merry Christmas guys! Its so good to have you guys home."
"Its good to be home!", Jenna added as they walked toward the baggage claim.
"May I say something?", John's dad asked stopping the couple before leaving the airport.
"Sure, dad what is it?", John asked slightly confused.
"Its about time you guys became an item!", he stated as John and Jenna both laughed. "Yes, dad I will agree. I took way too long."
Two days later, John woke up before Jenna and saw that it was snowing outside the house. After leaving the bedroom for a little bit, he came back inside with a warm cup of hot chocolate, and started leaving trails of kisses down Jenna's neck.
"Good morning, baby!", Jenna said groggily.
"Good morning, and Merry Christmas!"
"Merry Christmas!", she said as she gave John a quick, soft kiss.
"Do you realize, Ms. Malone, this is our first Christmas together as a couple?"
"Yes, I did realize that", Jenna said as she looked at the clock. "John, its only 7AM!"
"I know, I know, but I wanted to give you my Christmas present before we went downstairs with everyone.", he told her as he led her to the window.
"Ok, ok."
"Go ahead and look out the window."
Jenna did as she was told, and tears sprang to her eyes when she saw John's creation. He wrote John Loves Jenna in the snow. "John, its beautiful!", she said giving her boyfriend a hug.
"Here this is for you also.", he said giving Jenna a small jewelry box.
When she opened the box, she was flabbergasted. Inside the box, was a white gold necklace with a heart diamond pendant.
"Its beautiful! I love it and I love you!", Jenna exclaimed as she jumped into John's arms for a hug and kiss.
"Well, I told you along time ago that you stole my heart and maybe this could be a good symbol of my love for you. When we are apart, maybe you will think of me from time to time and know that you are in my heart."
"You are awesome, do you know that?"
"Yeah, I have been told that", John giggled as he pulled in Jenna for another hug.
"I would give you your present now, but I want you to have it in front of everyone", Jenna said as she broke the hug.
"Ok", John said smiling. "I think I hear everyone downstairs. Why don't we join them."
A few minutes later, the couple joined the rest of the Cena family downstairs in the family room by the Christmas tree. Soon all the gifts were opened, and Mrs. Cena started cleaning up the wrapping paper, and then Jenna stopped her.
"I have one more present for John", she said nervously, and John looked both shocked and excited. "As you guys know, I have had to walk with this silly walker for the last several weeks because I didn't have full leg strength." Jenna then turned her attention to her boyfriend. "John, if you don't mind, could you please stand at the other end of the room please?"
John did as he was told, and Jenna went to the other end standing by the couch. "Steve, can you please take this?", she asked giving him the walker.
"Ok", the younger Cena brother said confused.
Jenna then started walking toward John and she could gasps all around her, and John had the biggest smile on his face as she walked into his arms. "This is the best Christmas present anyone could have ever gotten me", he told her with a few tears in his eyes and still hugging her.
"So how is the walking going?", Steve asked as he put the walker in the corner.
"Good. Its only been a few days, and I am still a little wobbly, but my therapist says a few more sessions I should be good to go."
"That is awesome baby!", John said as he placed a soft kiss on Jenna's forehead.
"Since we are still handing out gifts, I have one more and its for Jenna", John began as he faced his girlfriend. "Jenna, I think we are destined to be together. We met again after being apart for 5 years, and I have learned in the 2 months we have been together not to take anything for granted. You are so important to me, and I love you so much." John then dropped to one knee as the tears started flowing from Jenna's eyes. "Jenna, you have always been considered apart of the Cena family since you were in school. I would like to make that official. Jenna Malone, will you marry me?"
Next Chapter: What will Jenna's answer be?
