One month later

It had been a month since Extreme Rules, one month since Nat had lost her title and been exclusively involved in Colby and Jon's feud. At the moment, on screen, she was still aligned with Seth Rollins, but there was quite a bit of teasing of a Tatum and Dean Ambrose pairing.

Backstage however things were incredibly different. Nat was avoiding Jon as much as was humanly possible, which really wasn't that much considering he wouldn't let her avoid him, and Colby was being used as the buffer between the two, something which he couldn't stand. All he wanted was his two best friends to sort their drama out and get back together, he knew it would happen eventually, but Nat was still in denial that things could work, and he understood why.

He was walking backstage after his match on Raw when he saw Becky sitting by herself in catering, immediately the superstar perked up at the sight of the redhead and he couldn't help himself but go over.

'Colby, hey!' the Irish diva greets when she sees him sit down across from her, she hadn't seen the WWE champ all night and it upset her a bit more than she was used to, something about Colby made her giddy.

'Hey sweetheart… Whatcha doing?'

'Oh nothing just waiting for Nat to finish packing then we're gonna head back to the hotel, maybe go out for some drinks, now that she's ended things with Barrett she's pretty much dodging Good at all costs.' Becky responds, unlike Colby she didn't really think Nat and Jon getting back together was a good idea; she thought if it took Jon that long to realize how stupid he was, he wasn't worthy of another chance.

'Ah bummer…' Colby said, hoping that tonight would be his night to get Becky alone, he had developed quite the little crush on her and he was certain she liked him too, but he wasn't willing to ruin the friendship on a hunch.

'What is?' Becky asks, curious as to what Colby was thinking.

Suddenly nervous, Colby only responded with ridiculous stuttering until Nat popped up with her bags, sitting in between the two she could instantly feel the tension. Looking over at Colby, she knew immediately she was interrupting something important.

'Um…hey guys…' She opened with, regretting sitting down straight away.

'Hey Nat' Colby began, staring daggers into his best friend, 'I was just gonna say that WE should go out tonight for some drinks… once we put our stuff back down at the hotel.' Colby continued, hoping Nat would get the hint, and thankfully she did, after months of working together they had gotten pretty good at communicating through glares.

'Oh really? Well you know maybe you guys should… I was gonna say Becks I was hoping for a night alone… I'm just tired and you know I love you for sticking with me but… I think you're beginning to get sick of me too!' Nat covers, giving Becky's shoulder a squeeze, encouraging her to go out with Colby.

'Nonsense! I don't mind hanging out at the room!' Becky begins, not wanting to make Nat feel like she's a burden; the girl was her best friend after all.

'No no! I want you to go out and have fun, you deserve it!'

'Yeah come on Becky! It's only me anyways!' Colby interjects, hoping not to be too obvious with how excited he was at the prospect of alone time with Becky.

Looking back and forth between Colby and Nat, Becky finally agrees, eliciting a clap of excitement from Colby and a wide grin from Nat…if she didn't know any better, she would've thought she'd been set up…

Later that night

Nat is hanging out alone in her hotel room, watching TV when she gets a text from Colby, 'Once again…thank you for taking the hint… tonight is awesome… hope you're having a good night ;)' Chuckling, Nat was happy she able to help Colby out with his crush on Becky, after Becky talking her ear off in the car she realized his feelings weren't actually one sided, and wouldn't be surprised if Becky came home with the cheesiest grin she could muster after their date, because let's face it that's what it was.

While on her phone, Nat received another text and opened it straight away; not realizing it was actually from Jon.

'Thinking of you…' It read, stirring a number of different emotions in Nat.

The two were in a weird limbo at the moment; both were single, and working together, but weren't together. A lot of the time backstage Jon spent convincing Nat to give him a second chance, and if she was being honest, she was close to giving in. But her stubbornness got the better of her, she knew they had too much stuff in between them now and it just couldn't work… knock knock knock.

Confused, Nat knew that couldn't be Becky, it was way too early, and wondered who it could be, and then she looked back at her phone… 'It better fucking not be him.' Nat immediately thought, she did not need Jon at her door at 9 at night, she just didn't. Walking over, she looked through the peephole and sure enough there was Jon, standing there waiting for her to open the door. Deciding that he would give up if she didn't make a noise, she simply waited till he walked away, but no such luck.

'Nat! I know you're in there…' he began, now beginning to look through his end of the door's peephole, causing Nat to shriek and duck away.

'Ha! Heard ya…come on open uuuuppppp.' The lunatic fringe whined, his childish antics coming out, making Nat chuckle against her will. Eventually, she opened the door, with an angry stare on her face, but she was actually weirdly happy to see him.

'What are you doing here Jon?'

'Thought we could hang out! I figure now that we've got a week till Payback where we become WWE's newest couple, we need to really start acting like it…so we have to play nice.' Jon explains, a cocky smirk forming on his lips as he walks into Nat's hotel room. He knew he was finally wearing her down and making her see him as the Jon she fell in love with, and he was beyond thrilled.

'I don't think that's a good idea…' Nat begins before he cuts her off.

'Oh come on Nat! Listen I will sit on the opposite end of the couch but we are going to hang out and you're going to have fun just accept it!' Jon says, placing himself firmly on the couch and looking back at Nat, taking in the sight of her in short shorts and a singlet, and realizing that this was the most he'd seen of her in a long time.

Giving in, Nat slams her door shut and goes over to the couch. 'Okay Good…what is the plan, what is this fun you speak of?'

'Well I mean we could make out?' This only elicits a glare from Nat, who refuses to entertain the idea.

Chuckling, Jon retracts the statement and instead suggests they just hang around and watch some TV, honestly he didn't think he would get this far, he just wanted to spend some time with Nat. He missed her.

This actually went on for quite some time, it hit about 1am and Nat was quite tired, she had actually ended up laying down on the couch, not even realizing how close she was to Jon, her legs hanging on his lap, Jon smirking at the closeness. It was cut short though when Jon got a call from a blocked number, it immediately jolted Nat up and realized how close and normal they were acting, making her nervous all over again.

'Well…get it…' Nat says, wondering who the hell would be calling Jon at 1am…probably one of his booty calls she thought.

Reluctantly, Jon answers the phone and regrets it immediately, it was his mother, a woman he hadn't spoken to in years, how did she even still have his number?

'Mom what the hell…okay what…. No you cannot borrow money… jesus BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT YOU'LL ACTUALLY USE IT FOR…No no no don't start on me, I don't need to be grateful to you for anything…. Stop acting like you're a saint… Goddamit…' Jon continues like this for about 20 minutes with Nat only watching on, she knew how complicated his relationship was with his mother, and knew not to involve herself. But at the same time, she knew Jon needed someone…and if not her then who? She was one of the only people he ever told about his mother, and he needed her.

Walking over to Jon, who was now leaning on the counter in frustration, Nat placed her hand on his shoulder and let him know she was still there, giving him the gentlest look she had in months. Looking back at her, Jon started trying to get off the phone to his mother, but she still wouldn't budge, he didn't want Nat to see him this way, this wasn't his plan, tonight was supposed to help him make Nat see how much he'd changed.

Walking to the door, Jon got ready to leave, but before he could Nat stopped him, grabbed his phone and shut it for him, causing him to look back at her in shock.

'What…what was that?'

'I'm doing what you never can…shutting her up for you… I'm not gonna try and tell you she's changed because we know she hasn't, I've seen what she does to you…and I don't want that for you… you deserve better… I just… I know you don't talk to many people about her and I want you to know that you can talk to me about her, I still care…I just…I don't know…' Nat says, not knowing what overtook her, but she realized the past month of working so closely with Jon had affected her more than she cared to admit, and she wanted to be close to him, even if it wasn't the smartest idea.

'Nat…' Jon says, bringing his hand up to caress her cheek, this was what he needed from her, to realize that they stood a chance. Nat, leaning into his touch, lays a soft kiss on his hand before looking back up into Jon's eyes, not knowing what was going to happen next, she only knew they should stop before things went too far, and boy did they.

Moving around from the door, Jon inches closer and closer to Nat, causing her to move backwards until she's up against the wall, with nowhere to hide. Jon places both arms on either side of her head, trapping her in his stare, with his eyes glazing over every inch of her face. Nat only looked back at him with mixed expression, she didn't even know what she wanted him to do, but was excited to see what it'd be.

Inching closer and closer to her, she was certain Jon was going to kiss her, certain he'd place his lips on hers, and the world around them would crumble, she didn't realize how much she needed it, needed him. The heat between them was burning her, she felt the blood rushing to her head, and she was on fire. If he didn't kiss her now, she would kiss him. She was that certain, that's what he did to her.

And he didn't. Instead, he placed his forehead on top of hers and closed his eyes, sighing.

'I want to kiss you… I want to everything… but… not like this… I don't want you to want me out of pity…. I want it to be because you love me… and I know you do… but I'll just be taking advantage of you feeling sorry for me if I kiss you… and as tempting as it is babe… now is not the time.' He says, opening his eyes and his frustration clear as day, he wanted Nat more than he ever had before, she was so close, and he knew he could have her now, but it wasn't the way he wanted, and that stopped him.

He needed to go, but before he did he placed a soft kiss to her cheek, and moved her hair out of her face, and then backed out of her room, his eyes not leaving her once.

Once he was gone Nat was in a state of shock, she didn't know how, but in the matter of hours, the walls she put up for months had come crashing down and now all she wanted was Jon, all she needed was Jon. She fell to the ground and simply sat there, not knowing what she was going to do next.

Author's note – okay guys its been a while yes, but I would really appreciate some feedback! This is a pretty big chapter, so reviews are VITAL! Please please please review and favourite and follow if you don't already. Thankyou!