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I walk into catering on Monday just before RAW as most of the superstars turn to look at me as I walk over to the table to get some food. I ignore it at first and as I make my way over to Roman superstars continue to stare at me. "Is there something on my shirt?" I ask Roman.
"No, Uce," he says.
"Well, do I have something on my face?"
"No you're good," he says as he inspects my face.
"Then why is everyone looking at me?" I ask as I cut up my chicken.
"What happened with you and Ana over the weekend? Twitter was blowing up that she cheated on you is that true?"
"In a way yeah she did," I say, "how do people on Twitter know about that? I know I didn't post that. I don't even use Twitter and I wouldn't air my personal business out there for the world to see. It's no one's business but mine and Ana's what's going on between us."
"I don't know, Dean but it is all over Twitter and a lot of backlash for Ana."
"She told me that people hated her and wanted her dead."
"Oh yeah she's gotten plenty of death threats," he says, "it's really sad to see. Ana is a wonderful person from what I have seen. I mean she's never shown me any reason to think differently."
"Ana isn't a bad person," I say. "Most of it stems from jealousy because those crazy fan girls can't have me so they have hated Ana from day 1. I told her to stay away from social media because it's nothing but drama, drama that neither of us need but I can't stop her from using it. She did have to make everything private and she has stopped posting pictures of Natalia."
"I bet," he says. "I have the same problem it's like people don't understand we have families. I know people are going to post pictures of my family and I can't stop them from doing it just like you can't stop people from posting pics of Ana and Natalia on social media but people have to realize our kids go to school and they have their own lives. They didn't ask for this. I just wish people would respect that much."
"Me too," I say. "WE are the famous ones not our kids or our family members. I'm pretty private so I want to know how people knew about my personal business. I know Ana wasn't going to make a Tweet about cheating on me and me walking out the door. I sure as hell don't use Twitter so someone is putting my wife's business out there and I don't like it."
"Hold on there was just too much said in that sentence but did you just call Ana your wife?"
"Yes," I say with a smile, "because she is."
"Holy shit, when did that happen?"
"Yesterday," I say, "we went to Coney Island got married on the beach just Ana, Talli and me," I say with a smile.
"Congratulations," he says with a smile.
"No one knows about it but the three of us. We're having a bigger wedding next June after Ana has the baby."
"So she's pregnant too?" he asks.
"Yes," I say with a smile. "We're having a baby in January."
"Congratulations. You've got a lot going on there. So what is this about her cheating on you? Did she really cheat on you?"
"Well, you know about when we were in Europe the whole her going out to the club with her friends, right? I told you how her boss showed up and kissed her right?"
"Yeah," he says, "that was messed up. Isn't her boss the one she cheated on you with before?"
"Yeah," I say, "but no more she quit her job."
"Why did she quit?"
"Because he was trying to get her to have sex with him and to do stuff to keep her job, she didn't want to this time so she quit but a couple times in the last year she did. I was so pissed, Ro. I wanted to rip that engagement ring off her finger and take it back. I was ready to take Natalia with me and never come back. I was pissed. I actually called her a whore to her father."
"And you lived?"
"It is the truth," I say, "I'm not sorry for that and I didn't apologize either. It is what it is. She shouldn't have pleasured him to keep a job that sucks anyway. She had plenty of opportunity to get out of there but she didn't. She chose to stick around and suck him off to keep her job. I'm so pissed about it still."
"So then why the hell did you marry her?" he asks.
"Because I can't live without her, Roman. I thought that I could leave and never come back but as I'm sitting in this bar and just drinking away I'm think about everything we've been through and everything we have to look forward to. We just bought a house in Connecticut. I love her regardless of what she's done to me. For 11 years she has been the one by my side. When I was sitting in juvenile detention she was there waiting for me. She helped me through a lot of stuff. She's my best friend. She's my life. She's the mother of my children. I can't just walk out on her and act like she's not still the one I love and will love the rest of my life. I tried to picture my life without her but I couldn't. There is no way I could live without her. I love her, Roman. I have loved her since the day I met her. I don't think she meant to cheat on me like that but she wanted to keep her job. I'm not saying it was right but it wasn't something she would have done. I don't know."
"Can you really be happy with her after everything?" asks Roman.
"Yes," I say, "because we love each other.'
"Is the baby yours?" he asks.
"I don't know. The timing does make sense it was around the time I was in town. I think it is mine. I don't have any doubt about it but when it's born I am going to make sure to have a DNA test done. I feel bad doing that to Ana but I feel like I should know. You know what I mean?"
"Yeah," he says, "this whole thing just blows my mind. Do you think it was her boss that made the tweet as a way to get back at Ana for quitting her job because now that she's gone he can't really bully her into doing sexual things to keep her job? Is that the kind of guy that he is?"
"What do you think, Roman? He told my wife the only way she could keep her job is to have sex with him or do sexual favors for him. I wouldn't put it past him to make a tweet to destroy her character. He already told her he was going to ruin her career so no one else will hire her."
"He's a vindictive son of a bitch isn't he?"
"Yeah and I feel like his face needs to meet my fist for the hell he has put my wife through. I don't want her to be looked at like someone that sleeps with their boss. It happened because I failed to be there for her and I failed to do my job as her boyfriend. I didn't give her the time she needed with me or the attention she deserved. She was raising my child by herself. Natalia is not an easy task at all. She is my kid so she's wild and she's crazy plus with her learning disabilities I think made Ana fall into the arms of that asshole. He's such a smug bastard too," I say. "I just want to punch him out."
"Wow, tell me how you really feel."
"Roman, you don't know. That bastard is 40 years old. Ana and I are 28 and this was two years ago. She was only 26 and he was 38. It makes me wonder if she only got the job because he wanted to get into her panties or if he really saw her talent. I'm going to go with the getting into her panties. I wonder how many other women have quit because of his sexual harassment," I say shaking my head. "He knew she was pretty much a single mother that was raising an 8 year old at the time that was ADHD and Dyslexic as well as a few anger problems. Natalia used to beat the shit out of Ana till they put her on medication. She was such an angry child. Ana did what she felt she needed to do and I should have been there but I wasn't. Ana did what she felt she needed to do and I understood that but this time she is totally at fault and she has a lot to prove to me before I trust her again."
"Okay hold on, yeah he probably just wanted in her panties. Ana is a beautiful girl, Dean. Who wouldn't want in her panties," he says as I give him a look, "I don't but I'm saying there are people out there that aren't your best friend that are looking at your wife like they want her just like fan girls look at you and want you. You two are both good looking people so of course Ana was hired based on her looks rather than her talent. I'm not saying her looks outweigh her talent but with her boss they did. Ana is so much better than that magazine. And Natalia used to beat her up?"
"Natalia was angry with me because I wasn't there and she took it out on Ana. She would lash out any time Ana would try to correct her. She would hit her, punch her, kick her and spit on her. She was so mad at me that she didn't like Ana trying to punish her or correct her. It was tough for Ana. She was overwhelmed and she was alone because I was gone working trying to make a life for us. It's my fault. I blame myself for pushing her into the arms of another man THAT time but this time she is responsible for it. She didn't have to have that job she chose to keep it even though there were other offers out there but she chose to suck him off to save her job that she didn't need. I don't trust her. She shouldn't have done it. This is her fault."
"So if you don't trust her why did you marry her?"
"Because now her name is Anastasia Ambrose," I say, "she's mine now and forever."
"I see," he says. "Why would she stick around for all of that if she had other offers?"
"I have no idea. I wish I knew but I really don't know. She has failed to ever give me an acceptable answer as to why she would continue to be with a job that was beneath her. She kept saying that she loved it. I don't know but she quit and I couldn't be happier," I say.
"Did you tell her about the job with WWE?"
"Nope," I say, "There was way too much going on that I never got a chance. I'll say something to her when I get home again. I mean it would work out. We are moving to Connecticut so she would be in the state of headquarters and I don't think Greenwich is too far from Stamford it is only 15 minutes."
"Does she want to work for WWE?"
"I don't know," I say, "we never really talked about it. I think she would be a great addition to the creative team but at the end of the day it is all about Ana and what she wants to do. I can't force her to take a job with WWE but it would be nice if she did. She would be great. She's very creative and she has mentioned some things she would like to see within WWE. I have to admit they are really good ideas. I think they would love what she's come up with."
"Then she should go for it."
"Like I said, Ro, Ana is who she is. She's stubborn and strong willed if she doesn't want to work for WWE you know she's not going to do it. At the end of the day it's her decision and her choice to make not mine or anyone else's. It is completely up to her."
"I hear you," says Roman. "That's why you love her isn't it?"
"I love her because she's beautiful, she is smart, she's sexy, she's my best friend, she knows all of my flaws and she accepts them. She takes me as I am and she was the only person that ever took the time to believe in me and see the good in me. I always knew I had some good inside of me she brought it out. She's everything I want in my life. Her stubbornness and strong-willed personality is attractive. Her dominance and aggression is sexy. I love her so much because she is all of those things. She may be the only person in this world that understands me. I love her, man and the thought of living without her in my life killed me. Can you love someone you don't trust?"
"Of course," he says, "you trusted her and she broke it with what she did with her boss. Trust is a hard thing to get back. I'm sure she will prove to you that you can trust her but right now it's going to take some time to get back to that level. I know that you two can do it. You don't just love someone for 11 years and it all goes away the next day," he says, "11 years is a long time to love someone true love doesn't just go away. The couples that are meant to be are the ones who go through everything that's designed to tear them apart and come out even stronger. That's you and Ana, Dean, you two come out stronger every time. It's just going to take some time to get there but you will because you two are meant to be together."
"Thanks, Man," I say as I process what he says. He's right we've been through a lot of stuff that would normally tear others apart but we never fall apart we just get stronger. This is no exception we'll bounce back from this and we'll be okay again. It's just going to take some time.
A COUPLE DAYS LATER:
I walk into the penthouse apartment that I will be sharing with Ana and Natalia until we move to Connecticut in the next month. "Honey, I'm home!" I say walking in the door.
Ana walks to the front door and greets me with a soft kiss as I lay my luggage down. "Welcome home, Baby," she says with a smile. "How was your trip?"
"It was really good," I say. "How was everything here?" I ask as we walk to the living room holding hands.
"Pretty good," she says with a smile. "I missed you."
"I missed you too," I say. "Where is Natalia?"
"She's at dance practice right now. You are coming to her dance recital right?"
"Shit when is it again?"
"June 13," she says.
"All right, I'll be there," I say as we take a seat on the couch together. "So we're alone?" I ask.
"Yeah my dad went back to Cincinnati. It's just you and me," she says with a smile.
"Nice," I say as she puts her feet up on my lap and I start to massage them for her. "Do your feet hurt?"
"Yeah," she says with a smile.
"Are you feeling better?"
"I still have morning sickness from time to time but today I have been good."
"That's good to hear," I say with a smile as she picks up the championship belt to look at. "What do you think?"
"I think my husband is awesome for being the champion. I'm proud of my baby," she says with a smile.
"That feels good to know," I say with a smile as I continue to massage her feet.
"This is a really nice belt why don't you ever wear it around your waist?"
"I would much rather carry it over my shoulder and show it off to the world that way."
"I see," she says with a smile. "I'm glad that you finally got the championship it was a long two years for you to get to this point. You worked hard, Baby. I'm proud of you."
"It's been a long two years huh?" I ask her.
"Yeah," she says as she continues to admire the belt. "I'm sorry about two years ago. Hell, I'm sorry about the last few months with Stephen. My job never meant more to me than you and Natalia. I was just so scared that Stephen was going to ruin me with his threats and come through on his promises. I didn't want to do what I did but I did it because I was scared. I never should have done it though and I'm sorry. I should have left that place when you told me to. Now I have nothing left. I have no job and the two people by my side are you and Natalia. I chose my job over both of you and that wasn't right. You two are the most important things in my life. This baby too," she says. "I hope it's a boy by the way."
"You want a boy?"
"Yeah," she says with a smile. "I would love to have a little boy with your beautiful blue eyes and your wild curly hair with your cute little dimples. Jon, I love you and I'm sorry for everything. I was selfish and you're right we became me and I'm sorry. Will you forgive me?"
"Ana," I say. "I love you more than you'll ever know. At first I wanted to leave you, take Natalia from you and then take that baby from you. I wanted to hurt you like you hurt me because you really hurt me, Ana. I don't think anyone has the ability to hurt me the way you do. You're the only one that can in this world and the fact that you did it I wanted to hurt you. I thought about my life without you. I thought about trying to wake up without you in my life and I couldn't see it. When we were younger it was you and me. You were my everything when I had nothing, you're still my everything. I can be known all over this world and selling wrestling moves to a crowd week in and week out, have all the money in the world but through it all none of that really matters. What matters to me is you and having you. I can have everything money can buy and the money can go away tomorrow but as long as I still have you I will still have everything because, Ana you are my everything. I want to be with you the rest of my life. I love you. And you know what the best part of this relationship is?" I ask.
"What's that?" she asks.
"That I love you so much that I still want to be here when everything sucks," I say with a smile.
"Me too," she says with a smile. "Jon, I love you. I'm going to do whatever it takes for you to trust me again. I know that you don't trust me and I understand that but I'm going to do whatever I can to get that trust back," she says with a smile. "I love you, Baby."
"I love you too," I say with a smile before I lean over and kiss her lips softly. "So what do you want to do, Mrs. Ambrose?"
"I don't know, Mr. Ambrose," she says with a smile. "Want to watch wrestling?" she asks.
"Wrestling?" I ask. "Um no, I hear they have some lunatic running around these days."
"Oh really?" she asks with a smile. "I think I am in love with that lunatic running around."
"Is that right?" I ask taking the belt from her and putting it down on the coffee table as I lay down next to her on the couch.
"Yeah," she says with a smile. "I'm in love with the lunatic."
"Hmm, people tell me I resemble him a bit," I say with a smile.
"He might be a little sexier," she says with a smile, "and his hair is a little wilder, like this," she says before messing up my hair. "Perfect," she says with a smile as I place my arm over her and rest my hand on her stomach.
"I'm glad I'm up to the standards of your lunatic you love so much," I say. "I didn't know if I would make the cut."
"You need to dance too," she says, "but I'll let that go today."
"Dance? The lunatic does not dance."
"Yeah he does. He has this little shoulder move that he does like this," she says moving her shoulders the way I do on TV. "Just like that."
"Hmm," I say with a smile. "Ana, no wonder I'm a lunatic I'm fucking crazy about you."
"I'm pretty crazy about you too," she says with a smile as she cups my face with her hands. "I have to pick Natalia up in 30 minutes so we can't really get into anything right now but do you want to make out like we did when we were teenagers?"
"Sounds promising," I say with a smile before I kiss her lips softly as she plays with my hair as we make out on the couch like we used to do many times before when we were younger. It's going to take some time but we'll get through everything. We have the rest of our lives to do so.
*A/N: What did you think about Dean opening up how he feels about Ana? Do you think if him and Stephen see each other again it's going to be a nice meeting? Do you think it was Stephen that tweeted Ana's business out to the world? What did you think of Dean and Ana talking to each other? Did they need that talk? Do you agree they are meant to be together? Will they come out stronger than before after all of this? Please review and thank-you for reading.