"Fabo do you like me more than you liked John's other fiancées?" Ashley asked out of the blue one day when it was just her and Johnny Fabulous home.
"Well Kelly was kinda a whore and … ugh don't even get me started on that other drunk ass girl he thought he was in love with I can't even say her name without wanting to punch something"
"Was she really that bad?" Ashley asked. Although she had never met John's first love she had heard stories about her from everyone.
"Ummm … how do I put this nicely HELL YES" Ashley giggled a little.
"You wanna watch some more Scrubs?" she asked.
Right after Fabo moved in with them Ashley had taken it upon herself to try and keep his mind off his cigars and all the other heart damaging activities that had caused him to have his first heart attack. They had started watching the show Scrubs together and now both of them were hooked.
"Sure sweetie" he said to her.
They sat down with a big bowl of fat free chips and two cans of caffeine free Sprite and began to watch the first disk of the third season but Ashley wasn't really into it. All she could think about was how her secret was going to hurt John in the worst possible way.
"What's the matter love?" Fabo asked. He had started calling her love years ago but recently every time he called her it she seemed to get upset. She wanted so badly to tell him what was bothering her but there was no way he would just accept what she had to say so she kept her mouth shut.
"Nothing everything is fine" she tried to hide her tears. Her pregnancy hormones were just starting to kick in, that added to her already guilty heart she was like a ticking time bomb waiting to happen.
After a while she decided she wanted to take a little walk to clear her head. It was a little cool so Ashley grabbed a hoodie and threw it on. As she walked she tried to think of every possible scenario of telling John the truth. On the one hand she and John weren't together when she and Marc slept together but she doubted that John would be too keen on having a constant reminder of that one time with Marc around. She shivered against the cool air as it rushed passed her face. It started to rain while she was still outside but she didn't really care. She was too wrapped up in her own thoughts to realize that it was even raining. She just kept walking and walking and walking some more. It was raining pretty hard before she decided to turn around and go home. She had been out walking for more than two hours in the cold rain before she finally made it home. She was exhausted by the time she got back. Fabo met her at the door.
"Where have you been I've been worried sick" the elder Cena scolded his soon to be daughter in law.
"I decided to clear my head" she replied.
"Go get changed you are soaked to the bone and look at you poor thing you are shivering and your teeth are starting to chatter"
Ashley did as she was told and got changed. She was so tired and worn out from walking around that she went right to sleep after changing. She woke up about 3 hours later shivering and she knew right away this wasn't good. John had come home and was sound asleep next to her.
"John" she whispered gently shaking him.
"Hey baby what's the matter?" he asked sitting up even in the dim lighting Ashley could see the concern on his face.
"I don't feel so good" she complained.
He placed a hand on her forehead and removed it quickly, she was burning up. He was no doctor but her body temperature had to be well over 100.
"We have to get you to a hospital" he said getting out of bed. He wasn't sure why he knew this but if a person's body temperature was over 105 then their brain would fry and he wasn't taking any chances.
I don't want to go to the hospital John" she whined. But then all of a sudden her eyes got very heavy and she fell back against her pillows.
A wide-eyed fear stricken John went over to his fiancée and tried to wake her up but she was unconscious. He threw on some clothes and momentarily debated taking her to the hospital himself or calling 911. He chose the later of the two and grabbed his cell phone. He could barely contain himself long enough to explain to the 911 operator what was wrong. She said she'd send some paramedics right out. John went to sit by his fiancée's side. Stroking her hair and telling her weakly that she was going to be alright. But he was scared … utterly scared. He could loose her and he didn't know if he could deal with that.
