Wicked Game (Dean Ambrose Fan Fic)

Hello to Goodbye

Jon woke up around 6am.  I pretended to sleep while he got dressed. He came over and kissed my cheek before heading off to the gym. I made sure he was gone before getting up. I threw on whatever I found in my closet. I took out my suitcase and started throwing everything in my dresser in it. I only had a few hours before Jon would be home so I had to hurry and be far enough away from Orlando that he wouldn't be able to stop me. I couldn't do this anymore and yesterday just confirmed it was time to go. There isn't enough love to fix this. I packed up my toiletries into a shoulder bag. I took off my promise ring and left it on his nightstand. I carried my bags down to my car and ran back upstairs for my purse. I pulled out the little card from yesterday and left it under the promise ring. I went over to my iPod and put it on the radio dock and put "Say Hello To Goodbye" by Shontelle on repeat and turned it on. I went back to his nightstand and took back the card and ran down to my car. I programmed Orlando, FL to Cincinnati, OH into my navigation and headed on the road. It was a 12 hour drive and I didn't plan on stopping except for bathroom, food and gas. I left the city limits and burst into tears. I couldn't believe what I was doing, but I had to.

Jon's POV:

I came home from the gym and dropped my stuff next to the front door to remind myself to wash my stuff. I heard music playing in the bedroom. Ashley always listened to music when she was in a good mood so I was hoping that maybe this meant that she was willing to move on from yesterday. I opened the bedroom door and noticed it was a bit of a mess like someone left in a hurry. Confused I went to the closet and saw her dresser was empty. My heart sank. She'd left me. I went over to my side of the bed and found her promise ring on the nightstand. I picked it up and looked at it. I finally paid attention to the song she left playing and my eyes welled up  with tears. 

Ashley's POV:

My phone wouldn't stop ringing. Josh was calling me for some reason. I didn't want to talk to him. I didn't want to talk to Jon either. I needed to get both of them out of my life. 7 hours into my drive Tina called me. I reluctantly answered

"Ashley what is going on?"

"What do you mean?"

"You can't shit a shitter Ashley. Jon called both CJ and I asking if we'd heard from you. Where are you?"

"Look...I left him OK. Things got really bad and yesterday and I realized it's time for me to go."

"Ashley where are you?"

"I'm driving. I won't tell you where I'm going or where I am currently. Just know that I'm not in Florida, Pennsylvania or Ohio. I know Jon asked you to get a hold of me. It was nice to hear from you Tina, but I'm going to go." 

I didn't want any of his friends to know I was actually going home to Cincinnati.  I couldn't figure out where else to go. I have no one to go to there, but I wanted to do something I hadn't done in years. I got into town around 7:30pm and drove straight to the cemetery  It was closed even though it was the middle of the the summer and still light outside. I parked at the Applebee's next door and hopped the small fence of the cemetery. I went over and sat at my mom's grave. I started to cry

"Mom I need help. I just left my boyfriend of 5 years and I quit my job twice for him and moved all over the United States with him. And yesterday we got in a huge fight and he hit me. I didn't even get a chance to tell him that I'm pregnant. I just left. I had to, but I don't know what to do now. I have no one here and no job. I love him so much mom, but it just wasn't working. I don't want to be without him, but I can't be with him either. I refuse to go back to dad.  I miss you mommy. I wish you were here to help me through this."

"....I knew I'd find you here...."

"What are you doing here?"

"I live in this city remember...I was bound to run into you at some point.  Jon told me everything."

"Of course he did Josh...of course he did"

"Ashley...I thought we agreed never to tell him"

"I know Josh, but it was the one thing I knew I could throw at him that would hurt. You weren't there for the fight so you don't know what else happened."

"He loves you Ashley. You broke his heart"

"Really? People who love you do this?"  I answered dryly pointing to my fat, bruised lip

"I'm not defending or condoning that, but I know how much he really cares about you."

I shrugged. All of this meant nothing to me right now. I just wanted to sit with my mom for a while. Josh came over and sat next to me. We sat in silence until someone who works for the cemetery kicked us out for trespassing. He walked with me to my car. I pulled out my purse and pulled out the little card and held it to my chest

"If I show you this you absolutely, 100% are sworn to secrecy and you can't EVER EVER EVER tell Jon...EVER...."

"Ashley"

"Promise me. I mean it Josh. It's really important that no one tells him."

"Alright fine. I promise"

I handed him the card and he stared at it for a second and then looked up at me.

"Oh Ashley this is absolutely wrong. And you CANNOT keep this from Jon. If you do that Ashley you are more fucked up than I thought."

"WOW...thanks a lot."

He handed me back the card and took a step back and shook his head

"No way. I don't want any part of this secret."

"Fine"

I put it back in my purse and went to get in the car. He grabbed my arm and pulled away from the car and hugged me

"You can stay with me for now. I'll just tell Jon I haven't seen you or something. I can't let you attempt to live with your dad or in your car."

I smiled "Thanks Josh. No funny business OK. We're just friends and will only be friends."

"Ashley knock it off. I'm not even thinking that.  Follow me in your car."

This wasn't exactly how I planned my 'great escape' going, but it's better than going to my dad or living in my car.