A/N: And finally an update is up! I'm super sorry for not updating as much as I would like. Thanks to DamonandBonnie4ever, TheFutureMrsAlexRiley, DDRVV, kiki254, xMyHeartShine, JohnCenaRkoFanForever, truebeliever831, and Wades Wife for reviewing last chapter and keep those reviews coming. :P
CHAPTER FIVE
APOLOGIES
If there was one thing Eve didn't understand: it was why she kept going back to Mike's gym. Something made her come and go to the same exact spot just to look at BeliEve! She still couldn't believe Mike had done what he said he would do. And all that time she thought he was just joking, but apparently he had been completely sincere. She smiled one last time and was about to leave when she bumped into someone, making both of them fall to the hard concrete. From the stroller, Jayson watched his mother and covered his eyes when he saw the man fall on top of her.
"Eve," he smiled.
"Mike," she smiled back.
Mike's heart was pounding like crazy. He quickly got up and helped her up as well.
"You ok?" he asked worriedly.
"Yea," Eve smiled and quickly stood next to her son's stroller.
He looked at her from head to toe. She hadn't changed one bit, at least not physically. She was the same maybe even a little more attractive than the last time he had seen her.
"Well, come here," she said, hugging him.
He gladly accepted the embrace. The woman of his dreams was hugging him. This had to be a dream; a dream he never wanted to wake up from. He missed having her scent so close to him. When she pulled away, his smile faded slightly.
"Oh, my gosh, you don't remember me," she said disappointed.
Are you completely insane? Of course I remember you. You've never left my mind. You are the love of my life who I let slip away like sand through my fingers. Mike thought after hearing her words.
"Don't be silly, Eve Marie," he smiled.
Her smile returned as she heard her name coming out of his luscious lips.
"After all, you can NEVER forget your first love," he said making her blush lightly.
Jayson started crying and Eve went to his aide. She grabbed her son and put him in her arms. As Mike, saw her, he imagine what it would be like to be Eve Torres' husband and Jayson's father. One thing for sure, he would be dedicating his life to making them both happy and not hurt them like her husband had done.
"So this is the famous Jayson?" he asked touching the baby's head.
Eve laughed slightly, sending Mike to all the good times they shared and reminding him how much he missed her laugh. It was so good to hear her again.
"You have no idea how many times I've heard that," she smiled.
Can I hold him, please," Mike pleaded putting his arms in front of Eve and Jayson.
"Of course," she smiled.
Mike grabbed the baby and slowly put him in his arms. He had Eve's beautiful green eyes. Was it crazy that after only having Jayson in his arms for just a few seconds and already loved the kid? He gently kissed him on his forehead. The sight only touched Eve's heart with warmth and security. She had never witnessed Ted be so caring with his own son much like Mike was doing.
"I'm guessing you already know about BeliEve?" he asked still looking at the baby.
"Yes, and I can't believe you actually did that. I always thought you were joking," she said.
"You want to go check it out?"
"I would absolutely love that!" she exclaimed.
They started walking towards the building. Jayson happily in Mike's arms while Eve pushed the empty stroller. They walked inside and he gave her a quick tour. She smiled the whole time and listened attentively to everything he said.
"So what do you think?" he asked.
"I love it! I always knew you would become successful," she said sincerely.
Her comment made Mike blush. Something only she had the power to do.
"Thanks, and my brother said you needed employment?"
"Yea, but I haven't had much luck," she said sadly.
"Did you ever train for those Jiu-Jitsu classes you always wanted to take?"
"Yea, I finished my whole course a few weeks before finding out I was pregnant. Why?" she smiled.
"Well, consider yourself a new BeliEve! employee," Mike smiled.
"OMG! Really! Really?" she said hugging him and kissing him on the cheek.
"Sorry," she apologized.
"Don't worry about it. Just remember I have Jay in my arms, you don't want to wake him up, do you?"
Eve looked at her son. He seemed peaceful sleeping in Mike's arms. How could Ted not feel a tad bit of love for this angel? What kind of person was he?
"You ok?" Mike asked; realizing her mood had instantly changed.
"Thanks, Mike. I appreciate everything you've done for me."
Yup. Eve was the exact same girl Mike had fallen deeply in love with. Hopefully, she would fall for him all over again.
Layla looked at her watch. It was her daughter's first day at Kindergarten. She wrapped a pink ribbon around the little girl's hair; matching her dress.
"Are you sure you don't want Mommy to take you?" Layla asked.
"I'm a big girl now," Jasmin smiled.
Just as she said that, Alberto walked into the house. As Layla saw him she made herself strong and held back the millions of tears she wanted to set free.
"Daddy!" Jasmin said excitedly.
"Hey, princesa," Alberto said hugging her.
"Look, sweetie, the bus is here," Layla told her daughter.
Jasmin kissed her parents good bye and ran to the bus. Layla waited for the bus to be out of sight before looking at Alberto again.
"How can you have the balls to come here," Layla confronted him.
"I'm sorry, Lay. I-"
"You disappear for almost two weeks without calling you tell me you're okay. How do you think that makes me feel?"
"Don't put this all on me! If you hadn't got knocked in the first place back in high school, we wouldn't be in this situation!" Alberto blurted out.
Layla's tears failed to hold back any longer.
"How can you say that?"
Alberto ignored her question completely.
"I want a divorce," he said calmly.
The room went completely silent. She couldn't believe the end of her marriage was so near. Not after so many years of trying to make it work.
"What?" she sobbed.
"Why be together if we don't love each other, Lay? I don't love you and I know you don't love me," he said.
She dared to look at him straight in his eyes. For the first time in a long time, Alberto had been right. She didn't love him. The only powerful reason she was still around was for Jasmin's sake. She hated Alberto for not putting his effort in trying to make it work.
"What about Jasmin? Don't you care how this will affect her?" she asked wiping her tears away.
"My daughter is my world. I wouldn't do anything to hurt her," he said.
Layla managed to laugh; making Alberto raise an eyebrow.
"What is so funny?" he asked annoyed.
"If you don't want to hurt her, you should try building this marriage."
"Why try when we both know it's never going to work!" Alberto yelled.
"And how do you know? You haven't tried. You haven't even made a little bit of effort. From the moment I told you I was pregnant you turned sour, cold, and heartless with me! As if it was my entire fault. You think I like being treated like shit? No! But I stand here, trying to make things work between us for my daughter, because she is my entire world.
Alberto was speechless for a moment.
"Jasmin will be fine and just to let you know; I'm taking full custody of her."
"You can't do that to me," Layla cried.
"Of course I can and I am. Jasmin will be in my full custody. So enjoy the few days that you have with her," he said coldly.
"I will put up a fight for my daughter."
"Listen to yourself, Lay. You actually think you can put up a fight. I am Alberto Del Rio, a very well-respected lawyer and you are who? Oh, that's right. You're Layla El, a poor nurse working in a nursing home. Now you tell me: who do you think will win?"
Now it was Layla's turn to be speechless.
"Exactly," Alberto said and walked out the house slamming the door.
Layla sat down on the floor with her hands on her face, crying hysterically. Alberto was right. He would win thanks to his respected position. A position he received thanks to Layla for helping him get through college and setting aside her own goals, and he didn't even appreciate that. But she didn't care the threats he had given her, she was going to put up a fight even if it was the last thing she did.
Alex looked at the guys. They had all agreed to apologize to Miz. Thye walked into his office. Mike looked up at them and his smile faded. Cena decided to be the first one to speak.
"Miz, we want to talk to you."
Mike folded his arms against his chest.
"I'm all ears."
"We want to apologize for not telling you about Eve," Alex said.
"We just didn't want you to get hurt," Morrison continued.
"And we realized we hurt you more by not telling you the whole truth," Alberto said.
Mike stands up from his desk. He looked at his friends.
"Apology accepted," he smiled.
"Alright, woohoo!" John exclaimed.
"Well, not that everything's back to normal, let's go to work," Alex smiled.
"Actually, I want to talk to you," Mike said looking at Alex.
"We'll see you guys later," Morrison said.
Mike waited for the other three guys to walk out his office. He looked at his younger brother.
"Alex, I've been thinking maybe you should quit your job and work with me."
Alex smiled at his older brother.
"I don't know, Miz. I kind of like my job."
"Being a jail guard is a dangerous job. I would prefer something safer," he said seriously.
"I'll think about it. Is that what you wanted to talk to me about?" Alex asked.
Mike became a bit uncomfortable. He had to tell Alex before he found out by rumors that would be over-exaggerated.
"No… um, I saw Eve, again."
Alex's expression turned blank. He didn't like the sound of this.
"After seeing her again, I realized I can't possibly move on. Not with her so close to me. I want you to be the first one to know that I'm not giving up on her…ever. I love her, and I just wish you could understand that."
"I don't want you to get hurt and all depressed like when she left," Alex confessed.
"It won't happen again. Oh, and I gave her a job as the Jiu-Jitsu instructor," he smiled.
Alex nodded his head and walked out Mike's office. As he walked through the halls of BeliEve! he saw Eve going through some papers. He had never noticed how fragile she seemed. He walked up to her.
"Eve," he said.
"Yes?"
"Look, I was really rude to you when we last saw each other and I just wanted to apologize for that," Alex said sincerely.
"It's all lost and forgotten. But why were you being so… cold?" she asked curiously.
"The truth?"
She nodded her head.
"The truth is…"
He thought about telling her the truth but he remembered everything she was going through. He didn't want to add to her worries
"I was just having a bad day," he lied.
"Babe! I'm home!" Cena exclaimed as he entered his house.
The house was once again very quiet. Maryse had been acting super different for almost a week now. John had to find a way to figure out what was messing with his wife's head. Maybe the visit to the clinic had got to her. He walked into their master bedroom, finding his wife sitting at the edge of their bed; looking straight out the window.
"Ryse, are you ok?" Cena asked worriedly.
Maryse took one look at her husband and broke down in tears. Cena quickly made his way to his wife and hugged her.
"Hey, hey, what's wrong, baby?"
"I'm so sorry, John. I swear I didn't mean for this to happen," Maryse said between sobs.
John looked at Maryse; straight into her beautiful brown eyes.
"What are you talking about, Maryse?"
Once again she started crying hysterically.
"Please, forgive me, John."
"Sweetheart, first you have to tell me what you're apologizing for," he said.
She wiped away her tears but it didn't help her much. She took a deep breath, looked into her husband's eyes, and kissed him gently on his lips.
"John, I'm pregnant… nine weeks to be exact.
John was in shock. He was going to be a dad. Something he and Maryse agreed not to do until they planned it all out. All he could hear now was Maryse's words.
"I'm pregnant… pregnant… pregnant…
Coming up:
Layla searches for a lawyer to fight for custody…
Alberto takes Jasmin to meet Rosa…Uh-Oh!
Maryse and John's news upsets Kelly…
A/N: And yes I deleted "Battle of the Blondes" but for those who liked that story don't worry. I'm just rewriting it… Anyways, what did y'all think about this chapter?
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