Prologue: One Year Later

Arianna Cena sat in her husband's locker room with their daughter Alyssa waiting for him to return. He was facing the Miz in a non title match. She heard the locker room door open and saw him walk in with Randy, Cody and her brother Teddy. She smiled at them and placed her one year old daughter on the couch struggling against her pregnant belly to get up. John smiled and walked over to her giving her a quick kiss before rubbing her belly lovingly. Ted rolled his eyes playfully as he looked at his sister and his brother in law in the intimate embrace. Behind them, his niece stirred and looked up at her father, reaching for him. He picked her up and kissed her on the forehead and she rested against his should.

"You guys need any help getting back to the hotel?" he asked as he looked at them. John shook his head as he looked at Ted. It had taken them nearly six months to fully recover from everything that had happened but things had finally gotten back to normal. He'd been a little nervous about telling Ari's family about the new baby. They'd been surprisingly accepting.

"Nah man, I think we'll be okay." Alyssa looked at her uncle and reached for him. He took her from John and smiled when she made a face realizing he was all sweaty from his match. He laughed a little and she hugged on to his neck.

"TJ?" she asked

"If it's okay with your mama and daddy, you can come with me to see TJ okay?"

"It's fine. We will meet you for breakfast in the morning." Ari said as she wrapped her arms around John's waist and leaned her head against his chest. Ted gathered her things and gave his sister a hug before he walked out of the room. Randy looked at his two friends and smiled. They loved each other so much that it was sickening. He was glad that they'd finally settled all their differences and were happy with each other. He grabbed his bag and walked out of the locker room with Cody following close behind him.

John looked at Ari and kissed her on the top of her head. He grabbed their bags and led her out to the car so they could get back to the hotel and get some rest. He thought back to the past year. He swore to himself that he could never fall in love with someone like her. He'd thought she was such a princess. So protected and that she wasn't about anything but spending daddy's money and wasting her life away.

Arianna looked over at her husband and smiled. She'd thought he was so conceded before. That he only cared about himself and what he could accomplish. She secretly thanked God every day since that the elevator had gotten stuck and that they'd both realized they couldn't have been farther from the truth.