Chapter 14

Alex's POV

The club was packed full of people when we arrived. We started looking around for Maria and Randy and the others. Finally Mickie spotted us and waved us over to join them at their table.

"John! Alex! And you must be Daphne." Mickie said with a smile, greeting each of us with one of her big hugs.

"Hello!" said Daphne. "It's great to meet y'all."

Just then the DJ played a song that I love to dance to. "Feel Good Inc." by Gorillaz. I grabbed John's arm, and pulled him towards the dance floor. He laughed and told Daphne to order him a beer as he followed me out onto the floor.

When the song was over, we headed back to the table, and joined the others.

The evening continued on like this. John and Daphne and I talked a lot throughout the course of it. And by the end of the night, we were all pleasantly tipsy as we headed back to the hotel for the night.

"I had a great time with y'all. I'll never ever forget it." Daphne said, as we got into the elevator.

"We've had a nice time with you too Daphne." I said to her, with a big smile.

The rest of the night was a big success and John and I both felt like we knew Daphne a lot better by the end of it…little did we know that things wouldn't be so peachy later that summer.

The summer went on and Daphne did very well in the Diva Search. She ended up winning and becoming the newest Diva on RAW. John and I were both extremely happy for her. And our friendship became stronger as the summer progressed.

On the Friday before SummerSlam, John and I were getting ready for bed when my phone rang.

"Hello?" I answered.

"Alex dear, it's Mom."

"Oh hi Mom. John and I were just heading for bed, can I call you in the morning?" I said to her.

"Actually, I'm calling with a little bit of bad news. Alex, Nana died last night. She passed away in her sleep." Mom said to me.

"WHAT? No way!" I said, refusing to believe it.

"The funeral is on Sunday. Can you come?" Mom asked me.

I burst into tears. John looked up, his face full of concern.

"Yes, of course I'll be there." I said to her.

Vince was just going to have to find someone else to wrestle Mickie. There was no way in hell I was going to miss my Nana's funeral.

"Anyway Mom, I'm really tired, and want to get some sleep. I'll be on the first flight out tomorrow." I said to her.

"All right dear. I'll see you then."

I hung up the phone and broke down into tears.

John reached for me.

"Alex baby, what is it?"

"My Nana died last night John." I said, sobbing.

"Oh…I'm so sorry babe."

John held me tight, rubbing my back.

"So I take it you're going home to Toronto for the funeral?" he asked me.

"Yes." I said.

I went to see Vince the following afternoon. He was very understanding, and he gave me a full week off to go and be with my family.

"These things happen. Listen Alex, if there's anything I can do, let me know."

"Will do, thanks boss."

I spent the rest of the afternoon in my hotel room packing. John and Daphne were a big help to me. They even came with me to the airport.

When I left them to wait for boarding, John pulled me into his arms for a big hug, and a kiss on the lips.

Daphne hugged me too.

"Take care of John while I'm gone, eh?" I said to her.

"Oh I will." She drawled.

Little did I know just how literally Daphne had taken that request.

The funeral was really sad. Poor Papa looked so lost. He and Nana had been married for over sixty years, and I was concerned for him. Afraid he'd die of a broken heart now that he didn't have Nana around anymore.

The rest of the week went by slowly. Although I must admit it was great having my family around. I still found myself waiting for the end of the week to arrive so I could return to Work, and more importantly to John.

I arrived in Philadelphia and went through the airport, getting my bags and everything. I spotted Vince's driver waiting for me, and I hopped into the limo and told the driver to take me to the hotel.

I wanted nothing more than a hot shower and a cuddle with John. I had missed him something awful. I had heard through some friends who were fans, that John had triumphed over Edge and kept his title. So I was eager to get back and celebrate with him.

I went to John's room and let myself in with the key card that the desk clerk had given me.

I couldn't believe the sight that greeted me.

There were empty beer bottles around the room. As well as an empty bottle of Jack Daniels. And there in the bed was John, my John, stark naked with Daphne in his arms.

Hot tears of anger welled up in my eyes. This had better not be what it looked like.

"JOHN!" I shouted, wanting to wake him up and get some answers out of him.

JOHN'S POV

"JOHN!"

My eyes flew open and I groaned as the sunlight shone right into them. Standing there staring down at me with tears running down her face was Alex. She had her hands on her hips and she was tapping her foot. This told me she was angry.

I lifted my head and looked around. My head was pounding and my throat was parched. I felt sick to my stomach, and then I really groaned when I looked over and noticed Daphne sleeping next to me. My heart jumped into my throat then. She was naked, and so was I.

"Oh my god! What have I done?" I whispered to myself.

I took my arms from around Daphne, and stood up to get out of bed. I groaned in pain. This made the headache worse, and I felt myself get really dizzy from getting up too fast. My stomach was really queasy and I fought the urge to retch.

"So John, care to explain all this?" Alex snapped.

"I would babe, it's just that I don't remember anything."

"Yeah right! Like I believe that shit! I can't believe you'd do something like this John! Don't I mean anything to you? Doesn't our love mean anything to you?"

Alex flung herself down on the other bed, and began to cry.

Daphne stirred beside me then, and opened her eyes.

"Mmmm, good morning lover!" she whispered to me.

Alex's sobs grew louder.

"Get out!" I snapped at Daphne. I don't know what had happened, but I was sure that I hadn't ended up in bed with her willingly, drunk or not.

"Nice way to treat me John! Real nice, especially after I gave you such a wonderful night of pleasure." Daphne growled.

"I don't know what you're talking about, you crazy bitch." I said to her.

"Oh yes you do John. We made love last night. You were wonderful." She said and leaned in to kiss my cheek.

"Get away from me, you whore! I would never cheat on Alex. I don't know what you did to set me up, but I'll find out, and when I do, you'll be sorry." I told Daphne.

"Now get out!" I heard Alex say to her.

Daphne finished dressing, and grabbed her purse.

As she turned to leave she sneered at Alex, and stormed out, slamming the door behind her.

"Alex baby, you have to believe me, I didn't do anything with her! I never would I love you Al...I just wish I could remember… but I'm positive I didn't do anything…at least not willingly." I tried to get her to listen to me.

"Get out!" she yelled, looking at me.

That was it. I lost my temper.

"No Alex, why don't you get out. I've sworn up and down just now that I didn't cheat on you with Daphne. She set me up to make it look like I did…and I only wish I could remember what actually happened, but I guess I drank too much and I have lost all memory of everything that happened last night. But I know I didn't cheat on you. There's no way I could have performed…I was too loaded." I said.

Alex got up off the bed, and grabbed her bags.

"You can lie to yourself John Cena. But I'm not buying that garbage. So as of right now, we're through! You can have Daphne, and I hope that you'll be very happy with her. I never wanna see you again!" she shouted back at me, and stormed out.

Alex threw her room key down on the table as she went out the door.

I felt my heart break as I watched her go. Hot tears welled up in my eyes. Somehow that bitch Daphne had set me up to look like I had cheated on Alex with her because she wanted me for herself.

I was determined to prove to Alex that I was innocent. Just as soon as I was feeling better.

Suddenly the room started spinning. My eye sight went dark, and I fell to the floor. Then everything went black.

When I awoke again, I found myself in a hospital room, with a pretty blonde nurse looking down over me.

"Where, where am I?" I asked.

"Calm down Mr. Cena. You're in hospital. You were brought in after you passed out in your hotel room. We found drugs in your system. Are you familiar with GHB?"

"I don't do any drugs. I'm a wrestler." I said to her.

"Well then someone must have slipped it to you. You're lucky that maid found you when she did, any longer and you could have died." The nurse said.

I felt the anger start to boil over in me, So that was how she had done it. Daphne had slipped GHB into my drink and it had reacted badly with the alcohol in my system, as the nurse explained it to me, I longed to have a tape recorder in the room so that I could play it for Alex, and prove my innocence to her. I decided to ask for a phone so that I could try and call her.

"Can I use the phone?" I asked the nurse.

"What for?"

"To call my girlfriend, I need to tell her about this. She won't believe me, she thinks I cheated on her…she doesn't know that bitch slipped it to me. I need to tell her."

"Well right now you need your rest. Come on! Lay back and close your eyes. After the doctor comes to look at you, you can go and call your girlfriend. " the nurse said to me.

I was too tired and achy to argue with her.

A few hours later, I awoke from my nap and found Alex sitting next to me. Her eyes were wet with tears, and she was staring down at me looking scared.

"Alex? Baby is that you?" I asked.

"Yes. Oh John! I'm so sorry I didn't believe you. Vince told me all about what happened, about you passing out and everything. I spoke to your nurse and she told me about the drugs they found in your system…I'm so sorry John." She broke off, sobbing and leaned down to hug me.

"It's okay Alex. What matters is that I haven't lost you. When I thought that I had, I was scared. But as long as you stay with me, and never let me go, I know I'll get through this fine." I said to her.

Alex stayed with me all afternoon.

I was kept in hospital overnight, and then released the following morning. The doctors had me tested for STD's and we were both relieved to find that I had none. The doctor also told me didn't believe there had been any sexual contact at all. In his opinion Daphne had drugged me strictly to make it look as though I'd been unfaithful.

Alex was relieved at this news, and she also turned to me and apologized for getting so angry with me.

"It's all right Al. What were you supposed to believe? You found me naked in bed with that bitch Daphne. Of course you would think I cheated on you. But now you know I didn't…so whattaya say? Will you take me back?" I asked her.

"Of course I will. I love you." She said, kissing my cheek.

I returned to work that night. And as for Daphne, Vince fired her live on Raw that very same night, saying he had caught her messing with drugs…well it was sort of the truth…wasn't it?