A/N: Thanks to xAttitudex, rory21, Inday, Jashley Fan, WWEAngel, Prince of Punk, AshMattXoXo and bob frank for the reviews.
Sorry for the late update. Let's blame writer's block for that lol.
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Chapter Five
This was it.
The moment that he had been waiting for.
The loud screams from the fans were evident that it was a huge surprise for them indeed. Though the outcome of this battle royal couldn't be predicted, his in ring return was beyond unpredictable.
It was a huge surprise.
And his lips wore a smirk as the thunderous ovation that was given to him.
"Let's do this."
He made his way down to the ring while the remaining superstars looked on in shock.
Just like the fans, they couldn't believe it.
But there was one thing for sure. This wasn't a dream.
Or was it?
x-x-x-x
She sat up from her bed as if she had just received a dose of electric shock. Her heart was beating uncontrollably and she gasped for breath, holding a hand to her chest as she did so.
The beeping sound was the main reason for her scare. The alarm clock would only keep on beeping constantly unless Ashley would do something about it.
Adam shut it off since he was close to the bedside table. "Hey, no need to be jumpy. It was only the alarm clock. You had me scared for a minute."
The dirty blonde chuckled nervously, exhaling a breath to calm down. "I'm sorry. It's just that I…"
It seemed so real to her...that man she saw standing before the thousands of people in attendance...
It was only just a dream. This didn't happened for real, right?
"You what?" Adam asked.
"I had a bad dream," Ashley answered.
"Aw, poor baby."
"Yeah," said Ashley, giggly softly. "But it's over now so…"
He moved his body closer to hers. He placed an arm around her stomach. "Maybe I can help you with that."
She giggled whilst gazing into his green eyes. She could look at them for the whole day and all of her worries would be washed away in an instant.
"That will be very much appreciated," she told him as she massaged his shoulder gently. She loved how he would always make her feel better, even over things that she considered as stupid. He would still do something just to bring back a smile on her face.
Ashley felt her lips pressed against hers and she happily responded with a kiss in return. She brought another arm and wrapped it around his neck as to bring him closer to her. Adam topped his body over her by instinct and soon the kiss grew deeper and more passionate.
Now this was definitely a dream that anyone would never dare to come out off. It was truly blissful.
Unfortunately it had to be stopped due to a cell phone ringing.
"Why does your cell phone always ring at a bad time?" Adam asked with a roll of the eyes.
Ashley made an apologetic smile and gave him a sweet peck on the lips. "I hate to stop the fun but you have to get off of me."
But a playful smirk on his face told her otherwise. "Well you'll have to make me though."
The phone was still ringing. "Come on, get off of me Adam!"
"Make me."
Screams were made and then laughter erupted from her lips. She was still caged under his warm body and it wasn't long until she had fallen prey to his kisses on the neck.
Not that she would complain about it.
Ashley let out a moan. "Oh that feels so good…no, Adam stop! I need to get the phone."
"I didn't hear anything. Did you?"
"Adam!" She laughed again and pushed his weight off her, jumping out of bed once she was free. She rushed to the dressing table to get to her phone.
"Hello?" she said once she answered.
"What took you so long?"
"Sorry Ria. Someone was keeping me back." Ashley eyed her boyfriend as she said this. Adam made a pout out of innocence. She held in her giggles upon seeing before she continued on with her phone call. "So what's up?"
"I'm just checking up on you to see if you're alright."
"Of course I am. In fact I feel great!" said Ashley.
Maria seemed to be surprised at this…for some reason. "You sure sounded very…cheery."
Ashley raised her eyebrow in confusement. "And that's a bad thing? Wait, hold on a sec." She lowered her cell phone from her ear and turned to her boyfriend. "It's Maria. I'm just going to step out for a bit and then come back, okay?"
"Okay. Don't be long," Adam told her with a smirk.
"I won't," said Ashley with a smile. She blew him a kiss before she left the room. Now at the hallway, she walked quickly to find a spot to have a private conversation. Eventually she found a good spot where the soda machine was installed.
Though it was only about 7:30 in the morning, it seemed that Maria's voice could still be heard despite the size of the device.
"Hello? Hello? Ashley? Are you there? Where have you--"
"Yeah sorry. I just stepped out of the room. So what is this 'checking up' thing about? I'm not sick."
"I know that and I'm happy that you're not…well not that I thought you are sick but I am now that you just told me that you're not."
Ashley blinked. "Maria…you're confusing me."
She chuckled. "Okay. Let me just get straight to the point so you'll understand. You left the arena quite early than usual…and you missed the party."
Ashley remembered now. Yes it was true that she left the arena, at a bad timing in fact.
Usually after the biggest pay per view shows like the Royal Rumble, there would be an after party for the successful victors of that event. But for some reason she felt a funny sensation in her stomach. She assumed that it was a stomach ache.
Adam had insisted that he should leave too but Ashley would never let him miss the party since he was one of the victors after all. Maria gave a ride back to the hotel fifteen minutes later.
"Oh yeah, so I did." Ashley made a nod to herself to confirm that memory.
"So you're feeling okay now?"
"Yeah I am, thanks. The Royal Rumble was something else, wasn't it? Like whoa! Adam's match was awesome and of course the thirty man battle royal was unbelievable! So um, who won?"
"Wow, short term memory loss. Not a good sign."
Ashley rolled her eyes at the sarcastic comment. "Haha, funny. But seriously who won?"
Maria sighed. "You seriously don't know?"
"I guess I have forgotten." Ashley shrugged. "So yeah are you going to remind me? Or are you going to keep me in suspense?"
"Ashley…" Maria began slowly with a pause to break the news to her gently. "…it was your ex boyfriend."
A feeling of fear washed over her as her broad smile vanished from her face. That same stirring feeling she felt last night had returned to her stomach once more.
"What?" she questioned, her mind froze with horror. This couldn't be. This had to be a dream. She had dreamt this. This could have been real.
"You heard me," said Maria. "It was your ex boyfriend. John won the Royal Rumble."
Her heart suddenly leaped at the name.
So it wasn't just a dream.
Instead, to her dismay, it was a nightmare that had just been realized.
x-x-x-x
"Well well well. If it isn't Mr. Cena himself."
John was in the gym room, in the middle of the dumbbell curl exercise when a familiar voice rang through his ears. He made a glance at his right and saw a brunette man with track pants and a white t shirt and a pair of shades.
And of course his usual smirk as he always wore.
"I would stop smirking if I were you," said John flatly. He continued on with the exercise, bringing his arm upward and downward slowly with the dumbbell.
"Is that intended to be a threat?"
John couldn't help but to be amused at the expression on Randy Orton's face. Randy was wearing shades and his eyebrow had just been lifted as he asked that question.
"Once I am very sure of whose championship belt I'm going after…then I suppose it could be." John returned a smirk for his best friend, the current wwe champion.
His in ring return had been successful. After nearly three months of being out of action, he was now at a position where he had wanted to be.
His goal of becoming the winner of the Royal Rumble had been achieved. The prize attached to this victory was a chance at a title shot at Wrestlemania 24, the most anticipated event that was due to happen the near three months time.
Now he had to figure out which title to go for. He had to choose whether to stay for the wwe championship on Raw or take the opportunity for other championships on either of the two brands. Smackdown had been his first home and he wouldn't mind to go back there again. ECW was the only brand that he had never been into. He had appeared there just once but was never part of the 'extreme' roster.
He still had a lot to think about. And John knew that he had to make that critical decision very soon.
Randy lowered his shades to reveal his crystal blue eyes. "Alright then. Just be careful of what you wish for, Cena."
"Oh I'm always careful, trust me."
His act of being serious didn't last long as Randy let out a chuckle.
"So how are you feeling since your grand return last night?" he asked as John placed the dumbbell back into its rack.
John made a content smile at the thought of recent past event. "I feel great. Never been better. Now I just have to keep up with the winning streak until Wrestlemania comes my way. Of course I don't know who I want to face for whose title yet but…I'll know what I want, eventually."
"Well you better start soon so I can prepare to kick your ass," said Randy, smirking at him.
John scoffed. He picked his bottle of water and began to unscrew the white cap. "Then I suggest you start to prepare, in case. You'll never know…"
"Yes you're right. Never say never would be your motto."
"Of course," said John. "It always has been for me. Always will be. So anyways, enough with the-confrontation-without-the-mic talk, let's save that for ring tonight."
They shared a laugh and then soon after Randy took a seat on the bench next to John.
"So how's life for you man?" John asked.
"It's going good," said Randy. "Can't complain."
"Cool. So…any chance of you having a girlfriend, yet?"
"Who? Me?" Randy asked, pressing a finger to his chest.
"No the cookie monster from Sesame Street. Yes, you!"
Randy cackled with laughter as he saw the rolling of the eyes from his best friend. He cleared his throat a moment later to proceed in giving an answer.
"Well…not yet."
"So when is the chance for you to finally settle down?"
"Oh but the Lady Thriller never settles down, if you know what I mean." Randy made an eyebrow flash for him and then a smirk was worn on his face.
"Right." John refrained from rolling his eyes again.
"And besides being single is fun. I don't have to worry about flirting with the girls without having to be guilty."
"I'm not saying that being single is bad, don't get my wrong," said John. "but have you ever had any thoughts of being with a girl that you want to spend the rest of your life with?"
"Sometimes," said Randy. "Home has been getting a little boring with no one to talk to." He shrugged non-chalantly. "Anyway I'm not going to stress myself over that. I'm just going to live for the moment. Party hard and all that jazz."
"Okay then," John said with a chuckle. There was one thing about Randy was that he was always a party animal…and of course being a womanizer that he was, he found himself being hooked up with every single woman that had her eyes on him. He was dangerously attractive and that was something that no woman could deny.
But Randy was a smart and a very intelligent person. But there would be times when he took things as a joke even when John was just being serious.
"And what about you?" Randy turned to John. "How are things going for you? Aside from being back in the ring again."
John made a sigh. "To tell you the truth…I'm not quite sure."
"You want to talk about it?" Randy asked with concern.
"I guess…it wouldn't make me any better but I suppose I should get it off my chest."
He remained quiet for a few moments, lowering down his head as he did. He wasn't a happy man, at all. It wasn't like he wasn't happy to be back in the wrestling industry. That was his passion, his life.
But right now he felt as if he had been split into two. He held onto one half…and then the next half of him was gone.
That memory of unforgettable event had still haunted ever since it happened six months ago….
And today it had still remained to have an effect on him.
"You still miss Ashley huh?"
John's head shot up immediately at her name. It seemed like forever since he heard the sweet sound of her name.
"How do you know?" he asked.
"Remember the phone call last Monday? I heard the TV in the background and judging from the bits I heard from Jerry…and you being awfully quiet on the phone…so that pretty much sums it up."
John made a soft chuckle and nodded. "Right. But yeah, I miss her. I still do. Oh and speaking of her…was she at the Royal Rumble last night?"
"Yes she was. Why?"
"I've been trying to look for her. I was hoping that I would meet her at the after party."
"Oh Maria told me that Ashley went back to the hotel. Apparently she wasn't so up to it so she asked her for a ride."
"Oh." John was disappointed to hear this. He was really hoping to see her again. But was that reason true? Could it be that she didn't want to go…because of knowing that he would be there? "I was really hoping that I could get a chance to talk to her, you know?"
"Yeah." Randy said with a nod. "Listen man…there's something that you should know. It's about her actually."
"What is it? Is she alright?"
"Yes she is...but without you it seems."
"What? What are you saying?"
Silence came between them and John knew that what Randy was going to say that he wasn't going to like it one bit.
"I hate to break this to you but…Ashley has already moved on…with someone else."
John felt his heart sinking. Had she really moved on? After all that happened between them?
"Is he someone I know?"
"Yes. Someone you know very well."
"So…so…who is he?"
As Randy opened his mouth again, John prepared himself for the worst.
And now the worst was about to be revealed.
"It's Adam."
So here is the chapter at last. Please review and let me know what you think. :)
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