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Summary: John has been sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison and away from the woman he loves. Trish is adapting to life without John, trying to stay strong for the sake of their newfound love. Can they survive the ultimate test to their relationship, one that neither of them expects or is prepared to fight?

Authors Notes: In an effort to span this fiction out in terms of the lyrics at the beginning chapters I am going to have to resort to using a few song chapters throughout this story. What that means folks is that this chapter is also going to be a song chapter. The song is by Nickelback and is named Far Away. No copyright infringement is intended for it, it belongs to them completely. If you know any of my old work, you will see a reference as well in this story to one of my best stories to date named An Affair to Remember. It will be a slight reference but one none the less.

This time, This place
Misused, Mistakes
Too long, Too late
Who was I to make you wait
Just one chance
Just one breath
Just in case there's just one left
'Cause you know,

Trish stirred in the hard backed chair she was sitting in, had fallen asleep in to be more precise and immediately looked at the bed where the man she loved sat still in a permanent restful state. She had wished so hard for him to wake up but after six hours with not so much as a flinch, she had put her hope on the back burner and she realized with great clarity that she needed to rest.

With the stress she had been under lately and now with the baby growing inside her and wiping her out of all extra energy she normally stored up, rest was paramount. She hadn't wanted to sleep in case John chose that time to wake up but the nurses had told her that he might be out for a while and that her best option was to take care of herself so that when he did wake up, she could care for him.

She shiny glint of the handcuffs that were attached to the hospital bed almost made her way to puke. They had come in hours ago and hooked them to him like some common criminal, which she guessed in some ways he was, but it didn't mean she had to like it for one minute. The man had almost died in their custody and now he was being treated like he might just wake up and fly out of the room on a broomstick or something.

Well I guess thats the criminal justice system for you. She thought silently to herself. She was about to close her eyes again and go back to dreamland when the door to the room slid open and the shadow of a male body walked in.

Trish looked up and saw him instantly and jumped from the chair and threw her arms around him, so thankful that he had gotten her message and was now there for her and for John. He had been nothing but supportive of the two of them since the night at his best friends home and she couldn't have hoped for anything more. He was really turning into her rock with John being so far away from her, both in prison and right now.

"I'm sorry I didn't get here sooner, my flight got canceled and I had to wait for another one." he explained as he ran his arms up and down the young womans back. He knew how hard this must be on her right now with the way John was out cold and also the way that he looked. His face was full of bruises, something a wrestling ring had never given him and he looked like he had been run over by a Mack Truck. Something that had to take its toll on the woman that loved him.

"It's alright, I'm just glad you're here now." she said, the tears again threatening to fall and she had to use all her force to keep them at bay. "I just don't know what to do here anymore Shawn. I mean he does the right thing and turns himself in, gets sent to a maximum security prison and now this. I mean at the very least couldn't they have made it so he was separate from the real inmates?"

Shawn broke away from the hug and motioned for her to take a seat in the chair she had just vacated. "John told me during the trial that no matter what happened he didn't want to be treated like a famous person. He said that he had done the crime and he needed to pay for it just like any one else would. I actually admired him for that. I never for one minute thought this would be the end result. Do you know what happened?"

She shook her head in disgust. Yes she knew what had happened but reliving it in her mind which she had been doing since she had finally found out was just almost too much to bear.

"He was waiting for the guards to give him his lunch, and they all just decided to beat on him once the guards walked away and out of the area. Apparently there was ten guys all beating on him and one pulled a knife and stabbed him more then ten times. It's a real lucky shot he's still breathing right now. Or so the doctors tell me."

Shawn whistled in shock under his breath and looked over at the man in the hospital bed. He sure did look like he had been in one hell of a fight, a fight he never had a shot at winning and the thought of it made Shawn feel horrible.

"Shawn, I want to talk to him, to tell him things because I think it would help him in the long run but what happens if its for nothing and he doesn't hear a word I say?"

That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I miss you
Been far away for far too long
I keep dreaming you'll be with me
and you'll never go
Stop breathing if
I don't see you anymore

He had been here before, a crisis of faith in a higher power where you wondered if what you did was all for nothing. He had gotten through his and it was obvious that now the time had come for Trish to go head to head with hers and beat it as well. He offered her the only advice in that moment that he could.

"There was a time in my life, a few years ago when I was put in the same place as you. My girlfriend at the time was in a coma and I had to go into my heart and my mind and rescue her and bring her back to me. I didn't think at the time that I could do it, but after some deep soul searching and a real sense of believing, I did it. I know you can do it too Trish, all you have to do is believe."

He stood then and said his goodbyes, leaving the room and her to ponder what he had just left as his final words. He would be back of course but for now she was left with the feeling of strength. Shawn was right, all she had to do was believe in their love, in what they could be and what they were and they could get through this. She could reach John and make him come back to her.

With everything in her she closed her eyes then and instead of reciting a silent prayer the way she had been planning too, she tried to use the power of her love for him to reach him through her mind. It had happened one time before and she only hoped that it could work again.

On my knees, I'll ask
Last chance for one last dance
'Cause with you, I'd withstand
All of hell to hold your hand
I'd give it all
I'd give for us
Give anything but I won't give up
'Cause you know,
you know, you know

I have no idea where to start John. There is so much I want to be able to tell you, to make you come back to me but I am so deeply afraid that it won't matter what I say because you might never truly come back.

I am not leaving you Trish and I am right here with you now. There is nothing to be afraid of.

The shock of hearing him speak to her inside her mind was enough to bring her heart beat back to its normal motioning beat and also enough to make her believe that deep down miracles do happen and one was taking place between the two of them right now in this lonely hospital room.

I want to know why you pushed me away so hard. I want to know why you can't just believe in my feelings for you and just love me back.

I was stupid that's why I can't trust in your feelings for me. I know you love me and I know that I love you but everything else is so scary, my life is not the same as it was the night when we made love on the beach.

How is it different? You had your death sentence then too don't you remember? You knew you were going to jail and you had come to terms with it. So what changed?

You got pregnant with my child. Thats what changed.

But why does it matter? If you really love me then we can get through anything right? Even the fact that there will be a little Cena running around in eight months.

One that I won't be there to see if you remember correctly.

I didn't forget and I remember just fine. But my love for you is so strong that I think I can do it this way for as long as it takes until you are with me again, with us again. This baby deserves you in its life just as much as I do.

Please forgive me Trish. I never meant to push you away from me that day when you announced the baby to me. I wanted to stick close to you and keep you near me and celebrate by my fears got a hold of me and threatened to never let go. I just do not want to make you stay where you don't wanna be.

Then baby, let me be here with you now, and forever. Let us be a family together. If you will just hold onto my love as tightly as you can then we can beat anything that comes our way.

You're that sure of it are you?

Yes, because you taught me to be that sure.

That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I miss you
Been far away for far too long
I keep dreaming you'll be with me
and you'll never go
Stop breathing if
I don't see you anymore

She opened her eyes in wonderment then, suddenly realizing the love that they shared and how truly powerful it was. They had the ability to speak to each other inside of their hearts and inside of their minds and it was one of the most beautiful things she had ever experienced in her life. She looked at the bed where he lay then and thats when she saw it, the one thing she would remember for the rest of her life.

John Cena had opened his eyes.

I wanted
I wanted you to stay
'Cause I needed
I need to hear you say
That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I forgive you
For being away for far too long
So keep breathing
'Cause I'm not leaving you anymore
Believe it
Hold on to me and, never let me go
Keep breathing
'Cause I'm not leaving you anymore
Believe it
Hold on to me and, never let me go
Keep breathing
Hold on to me and, never let me go