The Girl Bonding Time is esp. written into this chapter for ChelleLew. :)

And because bella315 just got comfy, here are chapters 9 + 10.

Next chapter will be the looong flashback which I will post...hmmm...tomorrow...or Monday...or... :)

Enjoy.

Chapter 9

Girl Bonding Time was fun with Leighla. Even though she was younger than me, she and Colby were together for over 3 years and she could maybe help me figure some things out what it meant to be together with a semi popular guy who would be real popular real soon.

"So, how is it working for you two to be apart so much?"

"Well, we got lucky when he got signed at the FCW. It is located here, and I moved here. Before it could get hard and it could get pretty lonely. But you also learned to use the time you have with each other. Some couples who spent every day together, they rarely talk anymore. Colby and me, we talked all the time when he got home. We really spent quality time together when he was home. And now we enjoy the other side with seeing each other every day, because we know it will end in a couple of weeks and he is on the road again. I know why you ask me this stuff, and honestly Sam? I am happy for the both of you. But without any really chance to see each other at least every couple of days or weeks it will get really, really hard. But when two people can work it out, it will be the two of you. The good thing is, you don't know it any other way, so you can't really miss what you never had."

"That is true I guess. I never looked at it from that perspective. But what about when he meets someone else on the road? What if I hold him back somehow?"

Leighla touched my arm. "He can always meet someone, if you are there, or across the ocean. You have to trust him that he will be faithful. You do that, right?"

"I do, yes. But I still feel like I am dead weight on him and his career." I was really town between all those feelings for Jon but also that I would somehow keep him from something better.

"The way I see it, you launched his career Sam. You are the fuel to his rocket. If he would feel like you would hold him back, he wouldn't have made this step. So stop and enjoy this. So, let's raise our glasses. To you and Jon and many happy years to come."

"To us. Thank you Leigh."

Meanwhile at the gym

Jon was pushing weights while Colby was on a treadmill nearby. Joe was safeguarding Jon and had the most air to speak.

"So Sam and you, huh? What will happen after she is back in Germany?"

Jon looked fierce. "You...ruin...it...big...man." he grunted with each push.

"He's right, leave them be Joe." Colby said aloud.

"It's not that I am not happy for them. I am just realistic. We will get a big push in a couple of weeks, we will be really busy and you and me both know how difficult it is to keep up a relationship when you see your loved one just 2 days a week. Imagine it with thousands of miles apart."

Joe really didn't try to ruin Jon's happiness, but he knew his friend by now pretty good. Jon needed time to warm up to people. But when he did he liked them around, depending on them a little bit, even when he would never admit that.

"We will figure it out. Not your business." Jon replied harshly and let the handle of his weights fall into Joe's hands. Thankfully the Samoan was strong and easily caught it as Jon slipped off the bench, sweaty and upset.

"Be happy for me or keep your mouth shut. Apart from popular opinion I know what I signed up for. I don't rush blindly into things. I have figured this out."

Little did Jon know that he thought he had it figured out, but Sam was a whole different matter.

The last days of her stay they spent every waking minute together and Jon was more than once late at the gym because of that.

But when it was time for Sam to leave they promised each other to stay together.