Author's Note – Okay wooooooooow I did not realize it had been so long since I updated. My sincerest apologies guys, I do hope you're all still interested in the story.

In honor of last night's PPV and my ridiculously late update, I'll be updating a long chapter as an apology. Work and studies took up all my time, but I'll be updating much more regularly now. This first chapter will be set backstage right after the 2015 Elimination Chamber PPV for everyone's reference.

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Backstage, after Elimination Chamber 2015.

'Holy shit did you see that?! Did you see the crowd when I 'won'?! They fucking ate it up!' Jon started screaming at the top of his lungs backstage, having just returned from stealing the title from Rollins after a DQ finish.

Nat, who was in his corner due to their storyline, couldn't help but chuckle at his excitement. She was actually a little concerned that he thought he was really the champ now, seemingly too caught up in the moment.

It had been a few minutes but Colby finally came back through the curtains as well, giving Jon a clap on the back and chuckling at what just happened. This was set to push their feud even further, and the pair was excited for what was next.

'Okay dude seriously, stop swinging that thing around like it's a fricking whip!' Colby started to bark at Jon, who seemed to be on a completely different level at the moment.

'Chill out dude, it's fine okay!' He responded, playfully slapping Colby on the cheek before walking down the hall the hallway to do some interviews, while still in his own world.

Colby, catching Nat off-guard pulled her into a bear hug, lifting her off her feet and into his arms completely.

'Ewwwww you're all sweaty!' Nat yelled, trying to crawl out of her best friends grasp and finally he released her.

'What was that for anyways?'

'Nothing, just miss my road wife is all.'

'Awww I knew you loved me Lopez.' Nat said playfully, elbowing the champ in his ribs before hooking her armed into his as they begun walking down the hallway.

'So how are things with Becky?' The former divas champ asks, already knowing the answer. Her two best friends finally began dating, though not exclusively yet.

'Good actually! Really great, she's unlike any woman I've ever dated. She's an anomaly.' Colby responded somewhat giddily, unable to contain his happiness discussing the diva.

'And what about you and Jon?' Colby asked back, curious as to what was going on between the pair. He knew the pair were getting along much better nowadays, but he wasn't sure if there was any more to it.

Suddenly much more serious, Nat wasn't quite sure how to respond. While the pair really were just friends at the moment, how can you ever say that about an ex, isn't there always something more?

'We're good you know? Finally getting along…. somewhat I guess. Like don't get me wrong Jon still has his moments where he either can't stop telling me he wants to try again or getting super territorial. But for the most part, I really do feel like we're just friends now. It's good.' She finally answered, but somewhat hesitantly.

Stopping at her locker room, Colby turned to face his best friend with a suspicious look. 'Really? 'Friends'? That's it?' he asked, knowing that for Jon, Nat was so much more than that, and always would be.

Rolling her eyes, the diva only responded with a smile and a 'Yes, Colby', before saying goodbye and entering her locker room. It was the end of the Pay-Per-View, which meant she could finally go back to her hotel. She got extremely lucky and managed to get a later flight tomorrow, which meant she didn't have to get up until noon.

Finally exiting the arena and walking over to her car, Nat noticed her phone was blowing up with calls from Jon. Confused, she considered calling him back but decided against it. She was way too tired from the last week of promotional events to deal with anyone right now and she figured he was probably just calling to talk about the match and how happy he was. While he didn't really win the title, the reaction he got from the crowd when they thought he did was a big sign that he was 'best for business'.

But while Nat was genuinely happy for him, and she wasn't lying when she told Colby they were friends, she was lying when she said there were no feelings there. If she was being honest, she would've told him that the more time she spent with Jon, the more she wanted to be with him again. But her head was winning over her heart in that matter, so she's trying to keep as much distance between them as possible.

Back at Nat's hotel room.

Having finally driven back to her hotel room, Nat was fiddling in front of her door searching through all her bags for her room key, desperately trying to find it to no avail.

Sighing as she looked up at the ceiling, she realized she most likely lost it and would have to go back downstairs with all her luggage to ask for a new one. That was until her door miraculously opened, and she found herself face to face with the man whose calls she dodged the entire drive over: Jon.

'…What are you doing here?' Nat asked, completely confused by the sight in front of her. A million questions were running through her mind: why was Jon in her hotel room? HOW was Jon in her hotel room?'

Chuckling, Jon grabbed her bags from her hand and took them inside, forcing her to follow him in. 'Well if you answered your goddamn cell phone you'd know you left your hotel key in my locker room.' Jon answered, before continuing, "Seriously why didn't you answer your phone? You're normally glued to it? I guess you're still dodging my calls… Now I thought we were past that?' Jon asked her, the last question making her feel guiltier than she would have liked as she continued to stare at him, in the middle of her hotel room looking at her like a lost puppy.

'Um yeah I'm sorry…. I just, I don't know was tired and was driving I just…I should've answered. But um you know texting is a thing?' Nat responded after a few minutes of silent confusion.

'Pft you know I barely know how to use my goddamn phone. Besides, was coming to the hotel anyways, figured I'd make a pit stop here? Honestly, I thought I'd catch you as you were trying to come in, but you clearly took a while….' Jon responded, finally realizing he probably overstepped his bounds by just letting himself into her room, but he was still on a high from the PPV, and he saw this as his opportunity to spend some time with Nat away from all the people.

While they were finally getting along, they hadn't really spent some alone time together and he was hoping she'd at least talk to him following one of the greatest nights of his career.

'Yeah, I stopped for food. Well um… thanks for I don't know letting me into my own room I guess?' Nat chuckled as she took her jacket off and sat down on her bed, truly too tired to deal with how inappropriate the whole thing actually was. It took her a few minutes to realize Jon was still there, but instead of standing he had moved to sit down on the floor in front of her so that he was directly in her line of sight.

'Uh Jon? What are you still doing here?' Nat asked, curious more than actually angry.

A cheeky grin formed on the former Shield members face, as crossed his legs and took his own jacket off before responding. 'I realized I hadn't really spoken to you after the match and just kind of ran off. I wanted to apologize, and I don't know I guess just talk?'

'Um, that's okay. You were sort of in your own little world and you had interviews and stuff to do. Completely fine Jon.'

'No it's not though. You were a big part of me getting here tonight, I'm set to win the title for real in the next few months and you're a big part of that. So I can't just forget about you when I get excited, and I don't want to.' Jon responded, his hands had now found their way to Nat's legs, placing them on her thighs as she was still sitting in front of him.

'Jon… I seriously don't know what is going through that crazy head of yours right now, but really I'm just so out of it right now, and you're on a high after tonight so I feel like this is not a conversation we should be having right now.' Nat responded, grabbing his hands and placing them back into his lap, she wasn't angry but she was just not prepared to deal with this. All she wanted was to sleep; she was not in the right frame of mind to deal with Jon's advances, because she might just actually give in tonight.

Noticing just how out of it she really was, Jon decided she was actually right and that he wouldn't push the conversation further. Instead he moved to help the love of his life take her shoes off, before helping her get into bed.

Finally, he began grabbing all his stuff; he had come straight to her room as opposed to dropping his entire luggage off at his room first and was now struggling to grab all his things. Noticing for the first time that all his things were there, Nat sat back up in her bed, tilting her head as she asked him if he needed help.

'Nah don't be silly, go back to bed, I'll be out of your hair in a second.' Jon answered, not even looking back at her. Realizing that she was actually being a bit selfish, having not even asked Jon how he was feeling, Nat found enough energy to crawl to the edge of the bed and nudge Jon playfully in the back with her feet, forcing him to drop his stuff and turn to face her.

'What was that for?' Jon asked, a grin forming on his face yet again when he noticed Nat was actually in a happy mood.

Tapping the empty spot next to her on the edge of the bed, Nat responded. 'Sit, Good.'

Obliging, Jon was sincerely confused at what was going on, he was expecting an argument with Nat for coming into her hotel room, not an invitation to sit on her bed.

'How do you feel? After the match? I can imagine that crowd reaction was pretty exhilarating?' Nat asked, genuinely interested in how he was feeling. As complicated as their relationship was currently, she was proud of how far he had come along.

Smiling like a kid in a candy store, Jon began rambling about the night, and all the praise he had been getting from everyone following the main event. He told her about his talk with Vince and Hunter, and how they told him that big things were coming for him now. Their conversation ended up going for a few hours, eventually turning to their days in the Indies, and how this was something Jon had been working towards for years and it was finally coming to fruition.

Natalie didn't even know how it happened, but Jon somehow managed to have taken his own shoes off and begun lying in bed with her. Lying on their sides, facing each other the pair continued talking for hours, as if there was no bad blood between them. Nat finally began dozing off around 4am as Jon was talking about an old match he had with Daniel Bryan back in the day. Jon only noticed she had dozed off when she began to nuzzle into Jon's chest, surprised at the moment the Superstar didn't know what to do. He just knew he didn't want it to end; this was the closest the pair had been in months.

So instead of waking her up by trying to leave, the wrestler eased into the bed and covered both himself and Nat in the blankets, draping his arm over her and pulling her closer to him before kissing her forehead. It wasn't long until he fell asleep himself, and it was the deepest and calmest sleep either of them had in months.

Author's Note – Okay guys so that is chapter 17. Once again I am so sorry for the long wait, but I will be updating much more regularly now. I wanted to come back with a very Jon and Nat centric chapter, so I hope this is well received.

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