Thank you ALL for your reviews. I like to hear from all of you either to praise me, or to try to make me better. I am looking for a beta reader right now, so if there is someone who is fluent in English, really good with grammar, I would appreciate the help.
To every reader: Enjoy Extreme Rules tonight. Believe in the Shield! Evolution, your clock is ticking, and tonight the Shield will pass you by. Believe that!
And to my muse Dean Ambrose: Congratulations for being the longest reining US champion today, and 3rd longest reining US Champion of all time! *proud*
Chapter 20
Today Jon and me expected visitors. It was a day before my birthday, the29th of December, and we had to go shopping.
We drove to another big ass grocery store and strolled through the aisles.
Jon was currently in the frozen foods department and I had grabbed something and was on my way back to him when I heard a young woman say:"Fuck me its Dean Ambrose."
I glanced at her. She was about 20, seemed rather nice and was frozen on the spot looking at Jon who didn't seem to notice because he was about 20 feet away.
The woman noticed me staring and her eyes widened even more. She recognized me.
"You are Sam. Omg, I am insert random tumblr name here, from tumblr!"
What? How small was the world? I followed her blog she was nice and she had reblogged our photo telling the haters how much they sucked and how happy she was for us.
"Hannah, right?" I asked and she just nodded. "I can't believe you know my name. After the bombshell I realized I followed you and browsed through everything you blogged but you never mentioned him at all. But I was proud because I followed you for a long time. And now you know me?" "I read your blog so sure I know you. And I got your nice fan mail. Thank you for the nice words."
"Sure, anytime. I already ship you two so hard. And now I meet you here during my stay with my grandparents. Wow. Could you...?" she glanced at Jon who was still oblivious to everything.
"Sure. Why don't we let him finish shopping and wait in the little cafe in the front?" Hannah was excited and needed probably some time to calm down and I didn't want to draw a crowd in the supermarket.
"Yeah..." she replied vaguely not sure if I would pull a stunt on her.
"I keep my word." I said to her and to my boyfriend: "Jon? Meet us at the cafe outside?" I called and Jon looked up took everything in and nodded. "Yep. " He gave me a thumps up and Hannah and I went outside. Her groceries were forgotten I guess.
We found a nice little table and sat down waiting for Jon to finish shopping.
"He really has to finish shopping alone?" Hannah asked bewildered. "Yes, why not? It is not like he didn't do it before. He is a big boy." Hannah smiled. "I guess sometimes I forget that he is not really that hyperactive lunatic all the time he portrays on TV. God I am sooo nervous. How do you do it?"
"Relax." I told her but I could relate to her. I had been as bad with Randy Orton back in May.
"I've know him for 3 years. I had no idea who he was when I first met him. We were friends ever since that day and we are in a serious relationship since May. He is just Jon to me." I shrugged. "Since May, wow. It must have been hilarious to read all the stuff on Tumblr and not reply to any of it."
"Tumblr is crazy. I love the gifs, I love the collection of pictures there. I can't really relate to the slash fictions though. They creep Colby and me out."
"Colby as in Seth?"
Oh yeah, I forget all the time that they have these fancy ring names. They are just my friends damn it, so they are Colby and Joe to me.
"Yes, he freaks out when I point a new Rolleigns story out to him every time. It is so cute."
Hannah studied me. "You are friends with him?" "Yes, we are close. I met him and Joe back in 2012 before the Shield. They are great guys. Joe is like a brother to me and Colby is my best friend. And Jon...he is my soul mate."
Again Hannah studied me. I wouldn't be so open to her if I wouldn't have known her blog for a while. She was a supporter of Leighla and Jessie, whenever someone said that Dean had a girl, she was always supportive even though she got a lot of heat for it.
"You are an amazing person Hannah. I tried to tell you that a million times but mostly you ignored me. But you are great. Thanks for supporting Jon like you did in the past."
"Oh yeah...I kinda ignored you. Sorry for that. And thank you." She blushed.
"It's fine. Oh there he is. Play it cool. He gets uncomfortable with crazy fans." I whispered because Hannah was literally bouncing on her chair reminding me of Colby.
"Hey honey." Jon said and slid in next to me kissing me shortly.
"Jon this is Hannah. She is on tumblr, I followed her blog for a while. Hannah, that's Jon."
"Hi Jules." Jon shock her hand which was shaking a bit and smiled.
"Hi Dean." she said and and froze. "Jon I mean. It is confusing."
Smiling Jon grabbed my cup of caramel cappuccino and drank a sip. "What the hell is this stuff?" he asked and gave me back my cup.
"Not your stuff." I pointed out.
"So are you here on your semester break Hannah?" I asked to get the conversation going. "Yes, I am visiting my grandparents. And I visit the campus here since I will go here starting next summer. I will be so glad to leave the old campus behind."
"What do you study?" Jon asked. "Management. It is boring but I am good at it I guess."
"You like it as well?" "Yes, numbers make me comfortable." Jon grinned again. "Yeah me, too. Especially when the odds are three against one."
Hannah smiled as well. "That are good odds."
"Have you called Colby? When will he arrive?" I cut in, giving Hannah the chance to widen her eyes.
"Seth is coming here?" "Yes, and Leighla. It's my birthday tomorrow. We will celebrate it and will spend New Years Eve together."
Jon was giving me a quick glance. He had received his espresso I had ordered for him by now.
He was clearly asking me what the hell I was doing.
"Hold on." I pulled out my phone and dialed Colby.
"Hey Sam." It was Leighla answering. "Hey Leigh. How far away are you guys because Jon and I run a bit late because we met a really nice fan, Hannah and I wanted to let you know that we will be a bit late." I heard Leighla smile. "We run late as well. Someone had to dye his hair as in this morning or death would come over him. You want to talk to him? I put you on speaker."
"Wait for it..." Jon mumbled and nodded towards me.
Hannah asked "What?" "Just wait!"
"SAM!" Colby was screaming in my ear and I held the phone away. "Colby!" I exclaimed and laughed. "Listen, can you do me a favor? I am here with Hannah, you know insert random tumblr name here?" "She the cool one?" "Yes. Can you say hello to her?" "Sure, put her on."
I gave the phone to Hannah and she took it frowning at the picture of Colby. "For real?"
It was the cover if the Tyler Black ROH DVD. "Shh, don't let him see!" I told Hannah as Jon tried to grab the phone. I smacked his hand away as Hannah answered the phone and had a nice conversation with Colby.
She hung up and told me:"He said they will arrive in about half an hour. And he said that he would drag and I quote here Jon's lazy ass to a 90 minutes crossfit workout around 3 pm at the gym on Tarp Street." She was glowing.
"I hate to point it out Hannah, but I would appreciate it if this info doesn't leave this table." Jon had his serious voice on and Hannah nodded. "I am not stupid." she pointed out and gave me back my phone but Jon was faster and grabbed it. He knew enough to go to my contacts finding Colby's picture.
"For real?" he asked with disbelieve. "You should see Joe's photo." I said annoyed and grabbed the phone back. "Or yours for the matter..." I mumbled and Hannah giggled. "You two are cute. I am glad I support you. And now I will even more. I will tell everyone how nice you are Sam. Thanks for doing that for me today. I appreciate it. Really."
"Anytime Hannah." "Can I make a photo with both of you?" she asked and I was surprised.
We asked the waitress if she could make a picture and it turned out great. Jon looked half interested most of the time on fan photos but he smiled genuinely in this one.
"And could I..." "Yeah, wait, I have something." I grabbed my bag and pulled out an autograph card of Jon as Dean Ambrose.
He looked at me like I had grown a second head but took the card and signed it for Hannah.
She had to leave after that and so did we, but she promised to accidentally stop by the gym this afternoon to see Colby.
I was surprised that Jon didn't mention my pre-stocked autograph cards on the way home.
We arrived just in time to store away the groceries before Colby and Leighla showed up.
"Please Sam, don't do your routine..." Jon said as he opened the door to our guests.
But I was already bouncing up and down in the living room and Colby didn't even greet Jon he pushed him aside and ran to me spinning me around.
"SAM!" "COLBY!" We said in union and he pulled me down after about 20 spins, both of us dizzy and we had to support each other.
"I don't understand why you are okay with that Leigh." Jon said and hugged Leighla.
"They are like little puppies together. Too cute to tell no to. Sam...I want you to meet Kevin." She pulled out the cutest yorkie on earth out of the bag and set it down. The dog jumped up at Jon but when I crouched down he ran at me, licking my hands and he hopped on my lap to kiss my face.
"Hey cutie. I heard a lot about you. All good stuff I ensure you. Yes, I love you, too." I grinned. I loved dogs; I had three dogs growing up, all a lot taller than Kevin but he was as cute as Colby. And as friendly.
I sometimes wished for a dog, but living alone working all day it wasn't an option.
"Why did you bring the rat? This apartment doesn't allow animals. No dogs..." Jon mumbled.
"Or skunks." I fell on my ass laughing, just remembering what Jon had called Colby back in May.
He looked at me with a death glare. "You promised!" he growled.
"I guess the skunk is me, right?" Colby asked taking the banter good-natured. It was Jon after all. And me. Together we could be little shits as well.
"Let me tell you about that time Sam did..." "No." I was up faster from the floor than I had ever been in my entire life. I ran at Jon, half-spearing him half only grabbing his midsection. He knew how to handle the attack though without me hurting myself. He took the hit and sold it like a pro.
We both landed on the floor rolling around laughing by now like maniacs. "You promised." I squealed. "You did as well." he argued between laughs. Kevin was barking around us and Colby turned around grabbing his suitcase. "Awkward. Get a room."
The apartment wasn't big so it was the couch where he ended up.
"Where will we sleep?" Leighla asked trying to ignore us.
It took another minute or two for us to calm down. "Sorry." I mumbled embarrassed. Jon brushed the whole thing of cooler.
"You can have the couch or the bedroom. We don't care. The new apartment in Vegas will have a guestroom."
"Oh, you got it, then? Congratulations." Leighla said and gave us each a hug. "Vegas, wow. Will you marry there as well?"
"We are not marrying anytime soon." I pointed out and saw Jon's face fall for just a moment. He caught himself quickly and smiled. "It leaves us at least with the possibility to elope any time we want. When we are ready." It got quiet after that comment. I hadn't known that Jon was so focused on marrying me to give me a chance to stay in the USA.
To loosen the mood Jon told our guests:"I have to tell you something. Don't you always wonder how the "fans" at the airports pull out official photographs of us out of nowhere?" He asked Colby. "Yeah, it's like they pull them out of their asses most of the time. They sell them later Jon."
Jon looked disgusted but continued. "Well, guess what Sammy pulled out of her bag today when we met Hannah. One of my autograph cards. Just like: Oh wait you don't need to use a napkin, use your card instead."
Colby laughed. "Always prepared huh? Little scout."
"I like to refer to myself as McGyver, thank you very much. And I just like to be prepared. What's the big deal having some cards in my bag? Maybe I use them at my weekly dart nights as targets, who knows."
"Little sass." Colby ruffled my hair. "Maybe I should bring cards of you as well..." Leighla mused and we all laughed.
