Surprisingly, I slept well. Hunter knocked on the door gently the next morning, walking in and smiling when he saw me sat up awake. "Hey you" he said, kissing me softly. "Gave us quite a scare back there. Everyone's asking about you..." "Not everyone" I said quietly. He nodded. "Even her" he said awkwardly. "Listen, Jordan, I have something for you. It's a letter. I said I'd give it to you, but whether you read it or not is outta my control. I can't force you." I nodded. "He said enough last night Hunter" I started. He shook his head. "It's not from him" he said. "Its from Renee." "Gloating , is she?" I scoffed. "Far from it" he said. "Listen, I know I said I wouldn't do this, but I think you should read it." I took it from him and threw it into my bag. "When I'm ready" I said. "Got more important things on my mind than that marriage wrecking whore." He nodded, glancing at my bag. "Shall we get you outta here?" he asked. I nodded. "Busting outta this joint and not coming back for another six months" I said, rubbing my stomach. "You listening bubs? No more scares, ok?" Hunter grinned and grabbed my bag. "Come on" he said, helping me off the bed. "Car is waiting outside for you."
Hunter was adamant about one thing. No more work. Well, until I was ready, anyway. And finally, two months later, I felt ready to walk the halls again. "Hey stranger" Nick said, kissing me softly as he linked his arm through mine. "Good to be back?" I nodded. "Strangely, yes" I said, letting him lead me to my office. "I mean, totally different job to what I was doing before, so it's gonna take some getting used to, but at least I'm not sat around an empty apartment." "That was your choice Jord" Nick said. "I offered to move in, Randy offered to actually move you into his place, Ryan, well, we both know that was a no go area, him living in Vegas, but he still made the offer. We all offered because we care about you Jordan." I nodded. "I know" I said. "And appreciate the gesture, I really do. I just need to learn to live on my own. Well, at least for the next four months, until all hell breaks loose." He grinned, rubbing my stomach and getting a small kick as a reward. "Still can't get used to that though" he said, rubbing his hand on his shirt. "Its kinda freaky." I grinned. "Go get ready" I said. "I'll catch up with you later, once I've got my head around what I'm actually meant to be doing." He kissed me and waved as he ran off to his locker room. I groaned and opened the door to my makeshift office, smiling when I saw Hunter sat behind a desk. "The wanderer returns" he said, standing up and walking over to me. I smiled and hugged him before taking the papers from him. "First job" he said quietly. "Meet and greet. Jord, I really hate to do this to you, but..." "But it's Jon, right?" I asked. He winced but nodded. I shrugged. "I can handle this" I said. "See you soon." I walked out into the corridor, leaning against the wall as the door closed behind me. I paused, took a deep breath, and went in search of Jon's locker room.
I knocked on the door and took a step back, waiting as I heard him cussing loudly. "Fuck sake" he growled. "Can't a guy get any privacy around here? Renee if that's you again, I swear I'll..." "You'll what?" I asked, smirking as he opened the door. "Mr Ambrose, time for your meet and greet. This way." I turned my back on him and walked off down the corridor, smiling to myself as I heard the door slam and him running to catch up with me.
"So you're back, huh?" he asked from behind me. "Yup" I said, not looking at him. "And I'm not Renee. Luckily for her, anyway. I mean, you sounded pretty pissed at her back there?" "Why wouldn't I be?" he growled, walking faster to keep up with me. "She cost me my wife, and my baby. She ruined my life." "Takes two to tango Ambrose" I warned. "Or whatever you two did the night before our wedding. In here." I opened a door and stepped back, letting him walk in before me. The screams were loud. Louder than I expected. And surprisingly, they didn't die down when I walked in either. "Oh my god, you're back!" a fan squealed. "You're what he's been missing!" "Yes I'm back" I said, smiling at her. "But purely in a backstage role. At least for the foreseeable future." I rubbed my stomach gently and let it sink in with the fans before heading off to one side of the room while Jon did his Ambrose act. I looked through my papers until he was ready to leave again. He held the door open for me and I nodded at him as I walked out.
"How long are you gonna pretend I don't exist?" he asked quietly as we walked slowly back to his locker room. "Until it doesn't hurt me anymore to be around you" I said, looking at him. He froze. "Wow" he spluttered finally. "I wasn't expecting you to be so honest..." "I wasn't expecting you to sleep around the night before marrying me" I said. "So I guess we didn't really know each other as well as we thought. I'll leave you here, if that's ok? Junior is on my bladder yet again." He nodded and kissed my cheek before I could stop him. "I love you" he whispered before disappearing into his locker room. I waited for the door to close before moving. "I love you too" I whispered back before running to the bathroom.