It was Saturday morning. Juliette was spending all the time she could with John and still finding nothing. It was frustrating her a little bit. Tonight they had that date for the carnival. Juliette was out shopping.

"Juliette." She heard a woman say with a British accent. She looked up.

"Hi." "Paige right?"

"Yes." "How are you?"

"Fine." "You?"

"Fine." "So do you like working here so far?"

"Yeah it's really fun."

"I'll bet it is." "Especially with the company you keep." She said smiling.

"What?"

"I've seen hanging around with John Cena."

"Yeah."

"So?" "Is he your boyfriend?"

"No we're just really good friends."

"Don't you like him?"

"Yeah it's very nice." "And attractive, sweet, smart."

"Yeah you definitely like him."

"How long have to been working here?"

"About two years."

"You know before I started working here I heard a rumor that some wrestlers use performance enhancers."

"You mean steroids?"

"Yeah."

"No the company has a strict policy." "There have been a few that have tried to get away with it, or so I've heard." "Are you going to the carnival tonight?"

"Yeah."

"Are you going with John?"

"Yes I am."

"I'm sure you two will have fun."

Later that night Juliette and John were walking around the carnival. He won her a big blue stuffed monkey playing a game. They had just gotten two ice cream cones. She got out her wallet and opened it.

"Juliette what are you doing?" John asked.

"Paying for my ice cream cone."

"Put that away."

"John every time we go out you pay for everything."

"I'm paying for this to." "I already did."

"Ok." As she went to close her wallet it slipped out of her hands.

"Here hold this." He handed her his ice cream cone and bend down to pick up her wallet. He noticed an old Polaroid picture had fallen out of it. He picked that and the wallet up. "What's this?" He said handing her the wallet and taking back his ice cream.

"Let's go sit down and I'll tell you."

They found a bench and sat down. She held up the picture.

"This is my older sister Sarah, my dad Nick and me." "I was five when this was taken." "The teddy bear I'm holding in the picture was a birthday present from my dad when I was three." "This was a month before the fire."

"Fire?"

"We lived in an old house." "Bad wiring started it." "Our dad woke us up in the middle of the night." "By that time the whole downstairs was engulfed in flames." "We had a ladder outside of the window incase of a fire." "My dad put it down and made sure Sarah and I got out." "My mom was waiting for us in the yard." "Before my dad could get out there was explosion and he died." She sniffled. "I'm sorry." She wiped her eyes. "It's just really hard to talk about."

"It's ok."

"Anyway." "Everything was destroyed in the fire, including Winnie my teddy bear." "This picture is the only thing I have left of my dad." "Some conversation for a date huh?"

"No." "I'm glad you shared that with me."

As they left the carnival John grabbed her hand and held it. She smiled.

When they got back to the hotel John walked her to her room. They were outside the door.

"Thank you for inviting me." She said. "I really had a good time."

"I'm glad so did I."

"Thanks for the monkey to."

"No problem." They hugged. They looked at each other. "Juliette." He said drifting closer to her lips.

"Hmm." She closed her eyes. Suddenly her cell phone rang. "Sorry I gotta take this." "Goodnight."

"Goodnight."

Juliette went into her room and answered the phone.

"Hello?" She said. "Hi Frank." "Yeah I'm getting lots of good stuff." She lied. "Ok bye." She hung up. She got out her tape recorder and hit record. "It's been almost a week and I still have nothing." "I just need to keep looking and stay focused." "John is an assignment that's all." "Nothing more." "He doesn't mean anything." "No more situations where we almost kiss." "This is a job just a job like any other." "I am a professional." "Why did I tell him about my dad?" "That really hurt." "No more personal stuff about me."