Chapter 18:
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It had be over two months since Allie and Jon's time in Vegas and it had been the same amount of time since Allie had gotten to really speak with Jon. He was avoiding her. She knew this. What she didn't know, was why? She had wracked her brain for any clue as to why Jon was distancing himself.
They had left Vegas on good terms, but since that night at the arena, he had gone out of his way to steer clear of her if possible. Only speaking to her if it was work related and any attempt she made to confront him about it was brushed away by excuses of having to be somewhere. Eventually she had just given up.
The night of Extreme Rules had been an exciting one for their team, with the three men proudly winning their respective titles. They felt as though they had finally proven themselves and earned their spots amongst the ranks of the WWE superstars. However, the intent of a group celebration had resulted in Allie spending the night alone in her hotel room. Joe and Steph had made separate plans and Colby had met up with his girlfriend for their own celebration. This left Allie and Jon, the later being quick to make an excuse of not being able to make it.
Allie couldn't understand what had happened and how she had gone from being joined at the hip with The Shield to almost being the outcast. Joe and Colby's attitudes had changed as well although theirs seemed more like reluctance to spend time with her in fear she would bring up Jon and they would have to answer questions they would be uncomfortable answering.
Steph seemed to be constantly giving her sympathetic looks and would quickly change the topic when Allie would question her about the boys' strange behavior. If she did get an answer from her, it would be a quick answer of them just being under a large amount of pressure with their quick rise to the top.
Allie, of course, didn't buy it, but couldn't bring herself to push the issue. Spending most of her time with Glenn and Punk, since Mark had been 'taken out' by The Shield and wasn't around as much, and focusing on her work of furthering The Shield's career, Allie felt herself slipping away from her team and Steph.
Heartbroken and often feeling alone, Allie would find herself in more confrontations with Cena and Orton. Nothing had turned physical, but on more than one occasion she had been cornered by them and knew it was only a matter of time before they would strike in whatever way they were working up to.
Allie was finally cleared for competition and they were aggressively working on getting her into the story line, for her big return. She remained a complete mystery to the fans who saw her with The Shield, figuring she was just a road agent, which they weren't far off. Allie, who had begun to get excited about the prospect of working along side her team in front of the camera, slowly started to lose that enthusiasm with the distance that had developed between them.
A week prior, Allie was approached by Steph about her birthday and couldn't bring herself to be excited about it. Steph seemed eager and determined to throw her a party, to which Allie was very reluctant, feeling as though she had nothing to celebrate and no one to celebrate with. Call it a pity party if you want, but Allie had been made to feel as though she had become a burden. Steph, however, would hear nothing of it and insisted on a party. Allie agreed, but was adamant about the party being kept simple.
Steph and Allie had returned home to Pittsburgh, the day of her birthday and the day before her party. Steph's plan was to have a birthday under the stars on the back terrace and pool area of Allie's large mansion. She hadn't been lying when she told Jon that her house was something of a castle, with the large 10 bedroom house sitting far back on her huge 20 acre property. She also hadn't been lying when she told him she often felt alone in such a large house.
The night of her birthday, Allie hadn't felt much like celebrating and thus spent the night in her large, bat cave like, private movie theatre with Steph, watching movies and eating junk food. She had caught Steph watching her a couple times with the same sympathetic look that she had seen cross her face recently, but had grown tired of asking why.
Allie went to bed that night feeling as though a piece of herself was missing and just like every night for the last two and a half months, her dreams were filled with Jon.
The following afternoon, having slept in far longer than intended after their movie marathon, Allie awoke feeling less than excited about her party. Her thoughts, just like they did every morning, switched to Jon. She missed him desperately and hated that it seemed as though their feelings had driven a wedge between them, even though that's what they had tried to avoid.
Allie walked slowly down the front stairs of her house. Stopping halfway down, she took in the large open entry room that had been decorated to epic proportions. Even though the blacks, purples, and silvers that were scattered about the room were beautiful, it was a bit much for her liking. This was Steph's idea of simple and basic? And this was just the entry room. She could only imagine what the rest of the house looked like.
Taking a deep breath, she moved through the large house headed for her huge, fully equipped Tuscan style kitchen. The more she passed the faster she walked, feeling irritation taking over.
"STEPHANIE MICHELLE!" Allie yelled through the house, trying to locate the culprit. She skidded to a stop as she passed the entrance to the back terrace, hearing voices. Moving to the door, she swung it open and made her way towards the pool. Stephanie was standing there with a couple unfamiliar faces and smiled at Allie as she approached.
"There's the birthday girl now!" Steph said, directing the attention towards Allie. "Al, these are the caterers and decorators for the party. The caterers will be working out of the pool house kitchen." Motioning to the people around her. "The band should be here soon."
Allie greeted the staff politely, before directing her attention back to Stephanie. "Can I speak with you a minute, please?" Before Steph could respond, a loud, excited voice boomed from near the house.
"BIRTHDAY GUUUURRRRLLL!" Spinning around Allie was met with the cheesy grin of Sami, before he swooped down and picked her up, spinning her in a circle. Setting her down, he moved over to Steph who greeted him with a high-five.
"I should've known," Allie smirked and crossed her arms, "This scheme was too diabolical for only one of you." She directed her gaze at Steph, motioning around the heavily decorated terrace and pool area, while exclaiming, "This is simple and basic?! My house looks like Party City exploded!"
"Oh come on!" Steph exclaimed, happily, "It's not everyday you turn 27. Let us spoil you! You spoil everyone else on their birthday. You deserve to be catered to while surrounded by your closest friends."
Allie rolled her eyes, "I seem to recall having this exact argument last year and the year before."
"You'd think you would've learned by now," Sami chimed in. Allie snapped her gaze at him, giving him a cold glare, that made him flinch back.
Steph nudged him gently, "Stay strong, Sami." Sami cleared his throat and puffed out his chest, trying to appear tough and intimidating.
"You're having this birthday party and you're gonna like it!" Sami said, crossing his arm across his chest. Allie just continued to glare and Sami felt his tough act quickly deflating. "Please?" Allie just huffed and turned back to the house stomping across the terrace.
"Your dress is in your bathroom," Steph yelled to her, "Hair and make-up will be here in an hour and a half. You better be showered by then!" Allie didn't respond, just continued to the house.
"Yea!" Sami yelled towards Allie's retreating form. Then turned to Steph and in a normal tone said, "We told her." Steph just shook her head and went back to talking with the caterers and decorators.
Two and a half hours later, Steph walked into Allie's large master bedroom to see that the beauticians were just about finished. Steph was dressed in a deep green strapless cocktail dress, with rhinestones decorating the top half of the dress. Her hair was down and lightly curled and her make-up was flawless. Her jewelry was simple. A dark green ribbon with a half moon silver pendant acted as a choker around her neck and a set of studded bangles were around her right wrist. Her outfit was completed by the black suede platform stiletto pumps that she wore on her-
"Are those my Giuseppe Zanotti's?" Allie's shot at her, her eyes wide with a look of faux terror. "You could've asked!"
"You were asleep at the time and when you were finally awake, you were too busy complaining about the party," Steph just shrugged, moving closer to her. "It slipped my mind."
"Maybe I was gonna wear them," Allie jokingly huffed, crossing her arms, as the beauticians moved back and forth around her, doing final touches.
"You've been fully accessorized for the evening, birthday girl," Steph said, as her eyes searched the room as if she looking for something. Not seeming to find it she turned back to Allie. "Where's your dress?"
Allie thumbed towards the large closet on the other side of the room, "Still in the closet." Steph sent a tsk her direction as she moved to retrieve the dress from the closet. Pulling open the large doors, she reached inside and pulled out a black garment bag. Closing the doors again, she hung the garment bag on a hook on the outside of the closet.
"You should know," Steph said as Allie, now finished with her birthday makeover, joined her by the closet. "Vera went all out on this. It's custom made just for you. She said to say Happy Birthday." Allie's eyes widened, now getting rather excited to see her new dress. If Vera Wang made it especially for her, there was no doubt she would love it.
Steph unzipped the bag, revealing the stunning cocktail dress. It was a deep purple velvet, strapless, sweetheart corset style dress. Trimmed with black lace and black studding. Allie fell in love with it instantly and couldn't wait to put it on. Vera had outdone herself this time. "It's gorgeous."
Steph smiled at the joy on her best friends face. The dress was Allie through and through. She knew Allie would love it from the moment she saw it when she had received it a few days ago. Moving around to the bed, she crouched down and retrieved a shoe box from underneath it. Standing back up, she walked back to Allie, handing her the box. "And Raf sent these."
Allie gave her a curious look, before opening the box. She gasped in joy pulling out one of the Christian Dior black lace peep-toe pumps. Excitedly she dropped the shoe back in the box, then ran over to collect her dress before dashing into the bathroom. Steph chuckled watching her excited friend retreat into the bathroom to get dressed.
A few minutes later, Allie emerged from the bathroom. The dress and shoes fit perfectly, she looked stunning. Her hair was done in loose spiral curls with half of it pinned up and her makeup blended with the dress perfectly, having a flawless complexion and beautiful smokey eyes. Steph smiled brightly at her, "I wanna quote Princess Diaries right now," making Allie chuckle, "but I'll settle for, you look absolutely stunning." Allie smiled and thanked her, before they heard a knock on the door. Steph called for them to come in and the door creaked open, revealing Sami.
"Wow," Sami stared at both of them in awe, "Ladies, you both look amazing." Moving towards them, they both saw that he had a package in his hands. Handing it to Allie, he shrugged at the look of curiosity on her face, "It was just delivered. No senders name, just said that it's for you."
Allie bit her bottom lip excitedly, as she ripped the packaging paper off and opened the box. Inside was a larger velvet jewelry box. Allie hesitated, her brow furrowing in confusion. Who would be sending her jewelry. Opening the box, a purple card sprung forward blocking her view of what was in the box. Swallowing hard, she read the card out loud:
'A gift for the princess of the day. With three wishes still to come your way. May tonight be full of magic and dreams come true. With a little faith, trust, and pixie dust your Prince Charming may just find his way to you.
Happy Birthday Princess'
"It's not signed," Allie said as she removed the card to look at the gift. As her eyes settled on it, the card floated out of her hand and Steph gasped lightly. Sitting on black velvet was a diamond and amethyst festoon necklace, accompanied by a matching tiara. Allie's breath was taken as she barely whispered out, "Oh my God."
"You have to wear them tonight!" Steph said excitedly, as she moved to place the tiara on Allie's head. Allie was still too shocked to even move and allowed the action. Steph then took the necklace and placed it around Allie's neck, after which she gently spun her around so she could see how they looked. "They're perfect. It's like he knew, but how could he know? Who is he? Maybe he'll be here tonight!"
"Whoa, Steph," Sami laughed, putting his hands up to stop her rambling. "Slow your roll. One question at a time." Bending down he picked up the card and read it over again. "Three wishes. What do you think they'll be?"
They both turned to Allie, who was standing in front of her full length mirror, with her fingers placed over the necklace, still seeming to be in shock. "I don't even know what to say," she whispered out, "They're absolutely breathtaking. Who would do this?"
"I don't know," Steph smiled, "but it seems as though you have a secret admirer." Then Allie seemed to snap out of it, turning to Sami and taking the card and reading it over again.
"I stopped believing in a fairy tale ending for me a long time ago," she said almost sadly. Allie didn't know what to think. She wanted to be excited, but she was so terrified of being disappointed again. The line of three wishes had definitely caught her attention, but she didn't know what to expect. "Three wishes?"
Before anyone could say anything in response, the door bell sounded through the house. They all looked amongst each other, before Allie made a dash for the door with Steph and Sami hot on her heels. Skidding to a stop in front of the door, Allie took a breath before swinging the heavy wooden door open.
Standing in front of her was a young man in old jeans and a black Metallica t-shirt, smiling brightly at her. "Hi, I'm looking for Allie."
Allie smiled slightly before responding, "Uh, hi... I'm Allie." The young man smiled and turned and leaned over to the side, picking up a box wrapped in black paper with a purple ribbon. A tag was hanging off the bow and on closer inspection, saw that it was labeled 'Wish 1'. Taking the box carefully, she felt a decent amount of weight in it. Looking back at the young man, she asked, "Do you have the name of the sender?"
He shook his head as he placed an envelope on top of the box for her, "No, there was no name. It was all done over the phone and by fax. All the paper work was put in your name. Paid cash this morning." Paper work? She gave him a brief smile and thanked him as he turned to leave.
She moved into the house, making her way to the living room and set the box onto the coffee table. Taking the lid off the box, she and Steph both gasped loudly as they looked inside. Soundly sleeping inside the box, was the most beautiful Siberian husky puppy, with a big purple bow and tag tied to its rhinestone collar.
'Every princess should have a loyal companion.
-P.C.'
Looking at the side of the box, Allie saw that the black paper had hidden the now noticeable holes in the sides of the box. Reaching inside she lightly brushed her fingers across the puppy's soft fur, causing the puppy to stir.
Steph had the envelope in her hands and was flipping through the papers that were inside. Stopping at one page in particular, he eyes scanned the page, before speaking, "It's a boy." Allie smiled as she watched the puppy stretch before pulling himself up into a sitting position, looking up at her. He barked happily, making Allie laugh, as she picked him up and held him against her.
"Hi there, boy," she said scratching his head between his ears, "Such a pretty boy."
"Allie," Steph said in disbelief as she read through the papers, making Allie look at her with curiosity. "He's a Pomsky!"
"What?!" Allie exclaimed in disbelief, taking the papers from Steph and reading them over. She couldn't believe it, "Oh my gosh."
"What the hell is a Pomsky?" Sami looked between them confused.
"It's a crossbreed," Allie said, an excited smile blooming on her face. "It's a mix between a Siberian Husky and a Pomeranian. It basically will stay the size of a husky puppy it's whole life. It looks like a Husky, but it's the size of a Pomeranian."
The three friends swooned over the puppy for a while before Steph and Sami had to go check on the party arrangements. Allie was told to stay inside and enjoy her birthday gift, not being allowed to help. She was instructed with her only tasks of opening the door for any guests who may come and thinking of name for the puppy.
Taking the puppy into the kitchen after a while, she found a couple bowls that would do for now for food and water, until she was able to get to the store tomorrow. She was so excited about the puppy and couldn't believe that someone had given her one as a gift.
Finding some leftover rice and shredded chicken, she placed it in one of the bowls for the puppy and set it on the floor for him, while she filled the other bowl with water. After placing the water beside the other bowl, Allie sat at the kitchen island and watch the puppy enjoy his food, smiling brightly.
"Don't get use to that, cutie," Allie laughed when the puppy looked up and licked his chops at her in the middle of eating. "I just wasn't prepared for a puppy. You'll be eating puppy food after today."
Allie looked up when she heard the door bell ring. Standing up, she gave the puppy a backwards glance, before exiting the room. Making her way to the main entry, she pulled the door open and felt her heart stop at the site of the man before her.
"Hi," Jon said, giving her a hesitant smile. He looked amazing in his silvery-grey dress shirt, that had the sleeves cuffed up to just below his elbows and black dress pants. A silky looking black tie hung loosely from his neck, against the dress shirt and his sunglasses covered his eyes.
"Hi," Allie said, finally able to force out something. Stepping aside Allie allowed Jon to walk into the house, closing the door behind him. Turning towards him, she caught Jon looking her over, his sunglasses were now perched on top of his head. His eyes snapped up to her quickly and he gave her a hesitant smile.
"Happy belated Birthday," Jon said, holding out a small box wrapped in silver paper and a bouquet of what appeared to be herbs. "Those are from the patio. I thought you'd like to see some of the finished product."
"Thank you, Jon," Allie smiled. "They look beautiful. I guess the system is working well."
"It is," he nodded and looked towards the present in her hand. She looked down at it, before handing him the bouquet so she could open it.
Unwrapping the small package she found a purple card board box with a lid. Pulling the lid off and looking inside, she smiled brightly. Reaching in she pulled out the perfectly red ripe tomato that laid inside. "It's perfect, Jon."
"It's the first one off the plants. I thought you should have it, since you helped them grow," Jon smiled, both of them starting to ease into conversation. This was the first time in two months they had spoken about something other than work.
"Thank you," she said, bringing the tomato to her nose and smelling it. It was perfect. "That was very thoughtful of you." She rolled it around between her hands for a moment, while she and Jon search for something to say. She was the first to break the silence, holding up the tomato. "Want to cut into it and see how we did?"
Jon gave her a smile and nodded, then followed her through the house into the kitchen. "You weren't kidding about your house. Can you even call this a house? It's more like a palace."
Allie laughed, as she walked to a counter and pulled out a cutting board and a knife. She gave the tomato a quick rinse at the sink, then sliced into it, cutting it in 1/8s. She picked up two pieces and handed one to Jon, before they both bit into their pieces and tasted Jon's home grown tomatoes for the first time.
"Wow," Jon hummed, popping the rest of the piece into his mouth. "That's really good."
"It's always better fresh off the plant," Allie agreed, finishing off her piece and picking up another, Jon following suit. "That Vegas sun is great for tomatoes."
Jon nodded and smiled, before turning to look around the kitchen. Once he had turned towards the door he stopped, But Allie was unable to see what had caught his attention. Jon spoke, keeping his eyes forward. "What's this?"
Allie confused, stepped around him and smiled seeing her puppy sitting in the doorway, eyes locked on Jon. He must have been off exploring after he finished eating. She just hoped he didn't leave her any presents. "That's my new puppy."
"When did you get him?" Jon asked, turning to look at her.
"Today," Allie smiled, crouching down to call the puppy to her. He walked up towards them, before sitting himself down in front of Jon. Allie's smile broadened, standing up and watching the two stare at each other. "He was a birthday present."
"From who?" Jon asked, crouching down to the puppy and picking him up. The puppy barked happily and licked at Jon's face, making him chuckle.
"I don't know, actually," Allie answered, brushing her fingers through the puppy's soft fur. "He was sent by an anonymous gift giver, who also sent me this jewelry, and I'm suppose to receive two other things."
"A secret admirer?" Jon asked, nonchalantly, as he scratched between the puppy's ears.
"I guess so," Allie shrugged, but before the conversation could continue they were interrupted by Sami walking into the kitchen.
"Hey, man!" He exclaimed walking up to Jon and pulled him into a one armed man hug, careful to avoid the puppy. "You were suppose to come around back with the other guests."
Jon gave Sami a slight smirk, before motioning his head towards Allie, "I wanted to see the birthday girl and give her, her presents before things got too wild around here."
"Cool," Sami nodded and smiled, before thumbing towards the back of the house. "Well, just about everyone's here. Steph sent me in to get the birthday girl and bring her out."
Allie nodded, before she and the guys made their way out to the terrace. Jon's eyes widened at the site before him. Allie's back yard was a site to behold. The elegant terrace was furnished with a couple sets of patio furniture scattered around it and potted plants that added that touch of greenery. The terrace opened up, leading to the large pool area, with a nice sized pool house on the far side of it, that rested in the front of a huge yard.
As they stepped down into the pool area, they were greeted with the smiling faces of many friends and co-workers. "Happy Birthday!"
Allie smiled and thanked them all, as she broke off from Jon and Sami and began moving around the area to greet everyone individually. She was so excited to see Mark there with the lovely Michelle, as she rushed to them and hugged them both excitedly.
"I'm so happy you're both here," she gushed, holding one of their hands in each of hers.
"Allie, you look absolutely stunning, honey," Michelle smiled at her.
"Thank you! So do you, Chelle," Allie said, taking in her sapphire blue, strapless party dress and silver heels. "Keeping big man in line?"
"Now you know as well as I do that the only one that keeps him in line is you," Michelle answered, laughing.
"That must be why he never comes to see me," Allie laughed, glancing up at Mark, who had a raised eyebrow behind his dark sunglasses.
"Watch yourself, Rookie," Mark smirked, pulling her into another tight hug. "Michelle and I want to have dinner with you while we're in town."
"Sounds great!" Allie beamed, keeping an arm wrapped around each of them while they finished up their conversation, before Allie moved along and continued greeting her guests.
When she reached Joe, Colby, and Steph she was enveloped into large hugs from each of them. Pulling back from Joe's one armed hug, he pulled a box out from behind his back, handing it to her. It was wrapped in the same way the puppy's box had been and had a tag hanging from it that read, 'Wish 2'.
She looked up at Joe and gave him a questioning glance. He gave her a large smiled, before speaking, "A guest asked me to make sure you got that."
Allie ripped excitedly at the paper and opened the small box. Inside resting against some black tissue paper was another card.
'Your carriage awaits you in front of your castle, princess.
-P.C.'
Pulling the card out of the box, she found a simple silver key attached to a silver crown keychain. With a shaky hand she took the key out of the box and let out a deep breath. Suddenly she dropped the box and took off at full sprint to the front of the house, drawing the attention of the party goers, who followed her out of curiosity.
Allie skidded to a stop and her mouth dropped open, when she reached the front of the house. Sitting in drive at the bottom of the stairs, sparkling in the late evening sun with a huge purple bow, was a black 1966 Pontiac GTO Judge. Allie's dream car. "Oh My God!" Allie exclaimed excitedly, darting down to the car.
"Who is this guy?" Steph said from beside her, after following her down the stairs, as Allie pulled the door open to check out the inside of the car. The inside was all black leather and Allie swooned as she ran her fingers along the dash.
"I can't believe this," she whispered out to Steph, who smiled at her.
After spending a few minutes in the car, Allie reluctantly stepped out of it and shut the door. Giving it one last look, she turned to Steph with a look of excited disbelief. The two girls then made their way back up the stairs, heading back to the party. The guests all gave her wide smiles as she reached them, then followed her back into the backyard.
Allie approached Joe, where he stood with Colby and Jon, who was still holding the puppy in one arm. He gave her a bright smile and shook his head, "Don't even bother asking, baby girl." Allie gave him a disappointed pout. "I was instructed not to say a word."
"Come on, babe," Steph asked while she stepped up to Joe, as he wrapped an arm around her. "Can't you give her a hint?"
Joe thought about it for a moment, putting on an exaggerated thoughtful face, making Colby and Jon chuckle. "Alright," Joe said, leaning towards Allie, "one clue." Allie looked at him excitedly, waiting for her clue. "He's still here."
Allie eyes quickly glanced around the party, her eyes coming back to land on Jon, who was looking down at the puppy and scratching him behind the ears. She gave him a look of longing, before looking back at Joe. "That's not much to go on."
Joe simply gave her a smile, before Allie turned to mingle with the party goers again.
Around midnight, the party was in full swing and the stars were bright in the sky. Allie hadn't heard or seen anything again from her Prince Charming and she was beginning to get antsy.
"Where is the birthday girl?"
Allie's attention was drawn to the stage, where the lead singer stood at the mic looking around the crowd. Steph pushed her forward and Allie walked up closer to the stage. The lead singer smiled down at her and held up a card that was in his hand. Allie felt her heart skip a beat when she saw that on the side of the card facing her was written, 'Wish 3'.
"I was asked to read this to you," the singer said, then looked down at the card.
'You've been so patient and I hope you've enjoyed your other wishes. Now it's time for wish number 3.
Every princess should have a Prince Charming to be her shield and to sweep her off her feet. Allow me to be yours and let me renew your faith in true love, fairy tales and happily ever after.
-P.C.'
The singer stepped off to the side of the stage and picked up a violin as the band began to play a song Allie recognized, making her heart race. The lights went out on the stage and a spot light came on the mic stand, stepping into the spot light and taking a hold of the mic stand, was Jon.
Allie felt tears rise to her eyes as she placed a hand over her mouth in surprise, as he began to sing to her.
"There you stand, opened heart, opened doors
Full of life with a world that's wanting more
But I can see when the lights start to fade
The day is done and your smile has gone away
Let me raise you up
Let me be your love
May I hold you as you fall to sleep
When the world is closing in
And you can't breathe
May I love you, may I be your shield
When no one can be found
May I lay you down
All I want is to keep you safe from the cold
To give you all that your heart needs the most
Let me raise you up
Let me be your love"
Jon kept his eyes on Allie as he continued to sing, watching the tears begin to trickle down her face. They couldn't seem to tear their eyes away from each other, while everyone else seemed to fade away. Jon sent her a wink, making her breath catch in her throat, as she gave him the biggest smile she could muster. Jon's raspy voice gave a special sound to the already beautiful song that made her love it even more.
"All that's made me is all worth trading
Just to have one moment with you
So I will let go of all that I know
Knowing that you're here with me
For your love is changing me
May I hold you as you fall to sleep
When the world is closing in
And you can't breathe
May I love you, may I be your shield
When no one can be found
May I lay you down"
As the song finished, Jon smiled at her and spoke into the mic, "Happy Birthday... Sugar lips." Everyone laughed, including Allie, as she wiped the tears from her cheeks, watching Jon hop off the stage and walk slowly to her.
Reaching her, he stood a few inches away, waiting for her to react. "I- I'm sor-" Jon words were cut off by Allie's lips, making Jon sigh in relief, scooping her up into his arms and deepening the kiss. She fit so perfectly in his arms, he wanted to keep her there forever. Everyone around them hooted and hollered for the two, while they got lost in each other.
Pulling back from his lips, Allie sniffled slightly and looked into his eyes. "That was beautiful, Jon, but I don't understand."
Keeping her close to him, Jon leaned in and pressed his lips lightly against hers again. "Come with me," he said after pulling back, motioning for her to take a walk with him.
They walked hand in hand, making their way to the front of the house, towards Allie's new GTO. Once reaching it, Jon leaned back against the hood and pulled Allie between his legs. They shared another deep kiss, before Allie pulled back from him, shaking her head.
"I'm so confused, Jon," she said with a small voice, looking down between them. Jon pulled her tightly against him, making Allie balance herself with her hands on his shoulders.
"Please, let me explain," Jon said in a gentle voice, using two fingers under her chin and lifting her head to meet his gaze. She nodded slowly, allowing him to explain. "When we got back from Vegas, I was forced into realizing that I had deep feelings for you. Feelings that I wasn't sure how to handle. I've never felt this way before and it scared the hell out of me. I thought that if I avoided spending time alone with you, that I would be able to work out what these feelings are. Instead of protecting myself, all I did was hurt us both."
Allie felt the tug of pain from the thoughts of how alone she felt these last two months without Jon's company. She had become so use to Jon being around, that his abrupt departure from her life, had broken her heart. "I've missed you," she whispered out to him.
"I've missed you so much," Jon whispered back, pressing his forehead against hers. "I'm so sorry for the pain I've put you through. I could see how much it hurt you every time I just walked away from you. It killed me inside to do it every time, especially after Extreme Rules, when all I wanted was to scoop you up into my arms."
Allie sniffled again, attempting to fight back the tears. Jon hated himself for what he has done to her. He had promised her that he was strong enough to break down her walls, but he ran like a coward. She needed him and depended on him, and he ran.
"Allie," Jon's voice husked out against her lips, "I need you to know how I feel about you."
"H-how do you feel?" Allie breathed out, almost afraid to hear the truth.
"I'm in love with you, princess," Jon said with deep passion. Allie's knees weakened, making her glad that Jon had such a strong grip on her. "I'm so in love with you. I've never been in love with anyone before."
"But-," Allie began, but stopped trying to catch her breath, feeling like it had been knocked out of her body. Swallowing harshly, she licked her lips, before continuing, "But what about your unicorn?"
"My what?" Jon asked huffing out a laugh, looking at her confused.
"Your mystery woman," Allie said blushing and giving him a small smile. "You've been waiting for her and now you're willing to give up your chance with her, for me?"
"I need to explain that," Jon said, brushing his lips against hers. "When I was around 21, I was watching Raw one night and The Undertaker came out with this gorgeous woman that no one had ever seen before. She had this dark biker look to her and I was instantly captivated by her. I had never seen a woman like her before in or out of wrestling and I was glued to the tv every week just hoping to catch a glimpse of her."
Allie felt her heart stop at Jon's words. The woman he was speaking of was her, at least, who she used to be.
"She was a force in the ring and she shocked me and the world the first time she stepped into the ring with a male wrestler and just tore him apart. I swore that no woman in the world could compare to her and that I would never be able to find someone who could captivate me the way she did. She became the only woman I promised I would ever give my heart to and that everyone else was just a waste of time. I never thought I would ever find her and then all of a sudden, she appeared."
Allie's tears had begun to trickle down her face again as she listened to Jon's revelation.
"I owe a lot to you, Allie," Jon said, wiping her eyes. "A debt I wouldn't even know where to begin paying back. But if you'll have me, I wanna start by giving you my heart and if you let me, I want you to allow me to protect yours. Give me the chance to love you the way you deserve to be loved."
"Jon," she whispered out between sniffles. "My heart has belonged to you since the day we met. I just didn't realize it at the time. I'm in love with you too. I can't even put into words how happy and relieved I am that my Prince Charming is you."
Jon pulled her into a tight hug, allowing Allie to open up and cry against him. She felt her heart beginning to fuse back together, knowing that the man she loved, loved her and wanted her too. She had never felt this strongly for anyone and couldn't imagine how it could be stronger with anyone else. Jon had to be it for her.
After a few moments of just holding each other, Allie pulled back and kissed him again. "I can't believe you did all this," she giggled, still sniffling lightly.
Jon smiled brightly at her, kissing her lightly, "People do crazy things when they're in love." He ran his right thumb across her cheek wiping at her tears again. "I will do whatever it takes to make you happy, baby. I'll buy you jewelry, cars, dogs, cats, horses, motorcycles, vacation getaways-"
"Jon," Allie laughed, cutting Jon off, "something you should know about me, is that, contrary to the castle you see before you, I'm not very materialistic. Yes, I love getting gifts just as much as any woman, but that's not what it takes to make me happy."
"Oh, yea?" Jon smiled at her. "Well, even though you'll just have to get use to being spoiled, what does it take?"
"You caring for and loving me as much as I do you," Allie beamed at him. Just kissed her deeply, but Allie pulled back suddenly, "And sharing your veggies with me." Jon laughed, before Allie reconnected their lips and kissed him just as deeply as he had kissed her.
"We should get back," Jon said pulling back reluctantly, and taking her hand. Allie nodded, before Jon lead them both back to the party and straight to the dance floor, pulling her tightly against him.
Jon and Allie's eyes remained locked as they continued to slow dance under the stars amongst their friends.
"So have you thought of a name for the puppy yet?" Jon asked, as he ran his hands up and down her back.
"Yea," Allie smiled, running her fingers up into the hair at the base of his neck. "I have."
"What's is it?"
Allie gave him a sweet smile, before pulling him into a passionate kiss that he eagerly returned. Pulling back, Allie licked her lips, tasting Jon on them, before answering. "Moxley. His name is Moxley." That earned a beaming smile from Jon as he pulled her into another kiss.
"Happy Birthday, Princess."
"It is now," she chuckled, brushing their noses together. "Thanks to you, my Prince Charming." Jon smiled, bringing his hands up from her back and cupping her face and giving her a sweet loving kiss. He knew that, without much effort, he would quickly become addicted to her lips.
A/N: Sigh... I fought with myself a lot during this chapter on whether or not I was ready to post this. I figured I had put it off long enough though. So please give me your thoughts on this chapter. Hope you enjoyed it!
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