I didn't dare to post just that short chapter 17. Besides, writing works well at the moment. So here I spoil you again.

Chapter 18

"Wake up baby, or we miss breakfast." I heard Jon's voice. Breakfast? Screw that, I was pretty sure that one could get breakfast in London at every corner.

"Don't care." I replied sleepy and he laughed softly. "Well me neither. But I know that you care about the sightseeing stuff you planned." "Damn..."

He had me there. We wanted to check out the tower, maybe Big Ben and walk along the river Thames.

"I will go shower, you are free to join me anytime." Jon said and strolled into the bathroom gloriously naked. Wow. You couldn't resist such an invitation now, could you?

About an hour later we were ready to leave to do some sightseeing. Jon had amazing friends, in case he didn't know that already. Joe and Colby would get into town as well and Colby tweeted that they were going to the Buckingham palace.

Basically miles away from Jon and myself. And it was so cold in London that Jon could wear a beanie and a scarf and would not look ridiculous. I was pretty sure we would be good.

We took a cab to the tower first thing and strolled through the different buildings. You could definitely feel the history inside these walls. Jon walked through it in awe and we took some pictures for our private collection. Once outside of the buildings, a group of young girls spotted us and started to whisper. "Shit..." Jon whispered, but our safe came in a very unexpected form.

"OMG, Natalya Neidhart and Tyson Kidd!" I had spotted them just a second ago and was shouting their names pointing in their direction. They looked surprised and the fan girls were on them in seconds.

"Nice safe." Jon said and pulled me with him.

We reached the tower green where the ravens were walking about like they owned the place.

Jon crouched down next to one and studied it up close. I had the camera ready and of course he couldn't resist and stuck his finger out wanting to pet the raven. The black majestic bird didn't like that much and wanted to bite Jon but he was quick and could pull his finger away only to start laughing. "You little shit!" he scolded the bird which ruffled his feathers and shook himself. It was obviously the winner of this and knew that.

"You saw that?" Jon asked and I smiled. "Even took a photo. I will put it on the internet with the capture: Shield member attacked by tower ravens – The Ravens won."

Jon eyed me skeptical. "Oh relax, these are for our eyes only. I wouldn't post something private unless you agreed to it." "You better not." he replied. It was a touchy topic and I really thought he trusted me by now with this stuff. I didn't want to advertise our relationship and I didn't want to have 5 minutes of fame because of him.

"I am no gold digger. I couldn't care less about your money." I felt the need to point that out.

"I know that." he mumbled and grabbed my hand. "Let's go, Natalya won't keep the girls busy forever. I guess she has found some respect for you now."

"You think? I thought she looked rather like she wanted to put me in a sharpshooter."

"I would have saved you, you know?"

He probably would have laughed his ass off first but I didn't say that out loud.

We left the Tower and took the tube to our next stop. That one was Jon's wish. The London Dungeon. I was not so sure about his pick but he was looking forward to it.

"I will keep you safe." he promised with a sinister grin. "Sure...after I have an anxiety attack and you finished laughing." He touched his heart. "I am hurt." "Dork." I replied grinning and kissed him.

Let me tell you, the dungeon is no fun at all for someone who doesn't even like horror movies. It was really straining for me, but Jon had a great time. Back on the street in the cold he was still grinning. "That was fun." No, it wasn't but I wouldn't admit the fact that I shit my pants more than once. "You are pale Sam, you were not afraid now, were you?" "Nah, I liked it. A lot."

He hugged me grinning and kissed the top of my head. "I will make it up to you. Where to now?"

"There." I pointed to Big Ben, just over the bridge.

On our way we passed some posters, advertising RAW tomorrow and the Shield was on those pictures. "Take a picture, please." I put the camera in Jon's hand and stood in front of the poster making the typical Shield pose just as the guys. Jon took a picture and gave me a thumps up.

"Oh a Shield girl!" exclaimed three young men who approached me. Jon ducked his head in and turned around slightly leaving me to deal with the men.

"Yeah, sure. I came from Germany to see them tomorrow." I told them. "Wow, impressive. Your man not a fan?" They pointed to Jon some feet away. "Nah, he just tagged along because I made him to. He is rather unathletic, the most action you see him do is jumping up and down during a football match. Are you there tomorrow as well?" "HELL YEAH!" they said and I laughed. "Well, maybe we see each other. Have fun, okay? Boyfriend is getting impatient." They said their good byes and went of in the other direction.

"They were fun." I said and grabbed Jon's hand so we could continue our walk.

"Unathletic, huh? Nice. Really nice." He grabbed my head with his arm and pulled me close to kiss my cheek. We crossed the bridge and stood in awe in front of Big Ben.

"Did you know that the bell is actually called Big Ben and that the thing we see is called clock tower?" Jon surprised me with that tidbit.

"I am impressed Mr Good. Actually I knew that because I have been to London 4 times already."

"Really? Where can we have lunch then?" "The nearest McDonalds I suppose."

"Argh, no. You have really bad eating habits Sam. Lets have some fish and chips."

And off we went in search for a little diner. The lunch crowd was almost through by the time we found a little diner which was recommended. Only four or five people were at the tables and we could order in no time.

"Just chips for me please." I told the guy behind the counter and Jon gave me a look. "What? I don't like fish." "Why didn't you say so?" he asked. I shrugged. "You wanted it, so here we are. I am fine."

We grabbed our order and sat down in a corner to eat.

"You could have told me. I am not that picky. I can eat anywhere." "Except McDonalds." "Yeah well, I allow myself a Big Mac twice a year, and that's not today." Jon was picking at his salad and his fish. He really watched what he put into himself foodwise.

I ate my chips and they were really good. "Just try the fish Sam, come on!" He put his fork in front of my mouth. "I will spit it out all over the table if I don't like it!" I warned and let him put the piece of fish in my mouth. It wasn't half bad but not for me. "Happy now?" I asked after swallowing and he nodded.

Have I mentioned that Jon is a great judge of character? He can read people really good and so it didn't surprised me when he said:"The guy behind the counter knows who I am and he will ask for an autograph before we leave." Of course inside Jon had pulled of his beanie and scarf.

His hair looked lovely all ruffled and hanging into his eyes which made him push it out of them every two minutes.

"We should get you little pink slides for your hair." I pointed out and added:"You can choose dinner when the guy really asks for an autograph."

"I hope you like Chinese." he smiled as the guy made his way over to our table with a newspaper under his arm.

"I don't and I hate you." I whispered and he smiled.

"Excuse me. I hope you liked our food Mr Ambrose. My name is Ahmed and my little boy is a huge fan. We will go to RAW tomorrow. Could you maybe sign this for my little boy? His name is Tarek." He pushed a newspaper add for RAW over the table and handed Jon a pen.

To Ahmed and Tarek, enjoy RAW and Believe in the Shield D.A.

"And a picture maybe?" the guy asked and Jon obliged and I took the mans' phone and made the picture.

"Thank you Mr Ambrose." he said and left us.

"You were almost nice, even wrote a whole novel on the ad instead of just two letters, impressive."

"I just hope he keeps his mouth shut about you. I really can't deal with obsessive fan girls right now." "They are obsessive if they know about me or not." I pointed out as we left the diner.

We explored some more and went back to the hotel without further fan attacks. "For once I am glad that is freaking cold." Jon said as we took the elevator to our room.

The doors opened to Colby and Joe waiting for the elevator.

"Hi guys. Thanks for keeping the fans off our backs today." I had checked Twitter every now and then and the two Shield members had been swarmed by fans at the Palace.

"Sure thing baby girl. It was fun. We had fun. Did you?" Joe asked and we nodded. "It was nice. We saw everything that we wanted and I could rat out Nattie to some fans. It was nice."

"You guys go training?" Jon asked and they nodded. "Give me five and I tag along."

He went ahead to our room. He didn't need to ask for my permission, I got familiar with his routine and he wanted to train for 60-90 minutes this afternoon and tomorrow before lunch for two hours. It was part of the job and something I accepted.

I followed him leaving most of my stuff at the room just bringing my phone. "Can I tag along?" I asked and he nodded and we went after the guys to the hotel fitness center.

They were warming up and I sat on a bench checking mails and browsing the social media spots.

"Kudos to you Sam. I thought you didn't have it in you, but what the hell. I found some respect for you in me after the stunt you pulled. Were you able to leave the Tower unnoticed?" Natty was towering above me and I felt the need to stand up. I was a good five or six inches taller than her so she had to look up at me.

"Thanks Natty. Look, I am here to stay, I have no plan on going anywhere and I really don't want bad blood between me and anyone if possible. I just want to enjoy the short days together with Jon. So, maybe we start over?" I didn't know where I pulled that from, I was not comfortable about new people, I could hold a grudge. But it was the right choice, no matter where the words had come from at that time, because Nattie proved to be a good friend in the future.

"I guess we should. Sorry for causing trouble. I can't relate to a long distance relationship because TJ is with me all the time, but it must be hard. So, yeah, let's start over and let me have your back now." "Great, because I kinda like you and I didn't want to be mad at you. Beside you could kick my ass and I don't like to loose."

Natalya laughed. "Hasn't Jon taught you anything?" "Nope. He gave up after a 10 minute training session. He called me worse than Joe in the beginning."

"Oh yeah the big guy has to work on his flexibility. Well, I have to put some work in. Talk to you later." and off went the queen of the divas.

I caught Jon's and Colby's glances across the room and gave them a thumps up. Everything was okay, I handled myself just fine.

After about 90 minutes, which were not boring at all, just think about watching all those wrestlers train, we went back upstairs to our room and spend the afternoon until dinner away from the world.

Jon was a man of his word though and we had dinner at some fancy chinese place. Jon was amused to no end while he watched me seperating the noodles from the vegetables.

"Just eat your vitamins Sam." he would say and I just made a face. No, healthy stuff was not for me.

But I had some really nice chicken, at least I hope it was chicken and not dog or cat...

Back at our hotel room we were sitting on the bed, zapping through the TV when Jon suddenly switched off the TV.

"Hey, I was watching that!" I complained. "Yeah? You want to buy the magic kitchen helper so badly?" "Yes, you could use one as well."

Jon sighed and turned to me. "Listen Sam. We need to talk." He probably saw my face falling because he added quickly:"Nothing bad, nothing bad. Relax. Listen, here is the deal." He grabbed my hand and held it. "I want you with me for longer than a couple of days twice a year. I want to wake up next to you for the rest of my life. I want you in the USA with me. I know you are not ready for that step yet, at least not for the step that would have to follow. But, I want you to think about it. And think about it hard. I know you are afraid to leave your friends, your work and your life behind. Something safe. Something that pays the bills to come to the US where you have just me and the guys. You are afraid that it won't work and that I leave you stranded there, but I never would. I will take care of you always, even if that thing between us doesn't work out. So, I will give you this." He pressed his necklace in my hand. "You keep this. And when you are ready to make the step, you give it back to me and I trade it with you for a ring."

I was speechless. It was a proposal and it wasn't. It was the prospect of a proposal if I had the balls to start a new life with him in the USA. Wow.

"I..." I was literally speechless and Jon smiled and took the opportunity to put the necklace around my neck. "Promise me to think about it Sam. I can't look into the future. I don't know what will happen but I will not leave you hanging. I am willing to make this work. I even have an idea for work for you. It would give you the chance to travel with me. I haven't figured out everything and I haven't talked to the Powers that Be about it yet but I would pull my weight to make it happen."

"What would it be?" I asked with a shaking voice. "Something like a media representative for us. For me especially. We have a guy working the media schedules for us, they tell us where we have to be, when we have to be there and they sit in on interviews so we don't talk shit. You are great at planning stuff, I could see you doing that, maybe adding other wrestlers in the future. It would give us the chance to spent time together and it would give you the opportunity to do what you really love. Media relations, getting in contact with fans. You would love it. Think about it, give me a go and I will figure out a way to make it happen."

I was speechless. He really had thought this through. Even invented a job for me. It gave a dream that we had a foundation because I didn't want to rely on Jon for money and I didn't want to stay at home when he was on the road 5 or 6 days a week. Not in a foreign country with no one to keep me company. I didn't make friends easily and even if I didn't need many friends, I would need some. Jon presenting this thought to me it was something to think about.

Jon and me spent the next two days mostly together, but on Monday night we had a nice dinner with Joe and Colby after the RAW taping and had a nice time all of us together.

On Wednesday it was time again to say goodbye to Jon, but this time we would only be separated for 6 weeks. Jon had some time off around Christmas, as well as me and I would come visit him in Florida again.

Note: I know that Jon moved to Las Vegas after the European Tour that November but for story telling purposes he still lives in Florida as well as Colby and Joe.