Fic: You Are Not Alone
Author: Cherrycokerocks
Pairings: AJ Styles/Karen Angle
Disclaimer: I own nothing, all belongs to either TNA or themselves.
Rating: T
Summary: AJ Styles finds himself in a loop, living the same day over and over again. Will ever figure out what he's supposed to do in order to move on with his life?
Warnings: Language and character death (Nothing too graphic)
Notes: Semi AU. Kurt and Karen are divorced but remain friends and a couple on screen. No Angle Kiddos either and AJ is single as per his on screen character. Set at the 29th October 2007 Impact Tapings. Short first chapter, they should get longer from the next chapter onwards. Another rewrite of an older fic for the Karen Styles Pairing.

Chapter 1

AJ Styles woke suddenly to the sound of his cell phone ringing loudly. He glanced at the digital alarm clock on the night stand besides the bed, it read 15.43. He did a double take, that couldn't be right. His cell phone continued to ring and after a moment he pressed the green button to answer, "Hello?"

"Dude, where are you? Everybody is asking me."

"Jay? What's going on? What time is it?"

"Did I wake you?" the blond Canadian asked.

"Yeah."

"It's near four in the afternoon. Are you sick?"

AJ cursed under his breath, "I can't believe I overslept. I'll be there as soon as I can. Cover for me." He didn't wait for a reply before hanging up. He dived out of bed and quickly opened his suitcase, grabbing the first pair of jeans and tee shirt he could find. After he dressed in record time, the dark haired man picked up a small suitcase containing his wrestling gear and headed towards the door as quick as he could. Luckily for him, the hotel he always stayed in was nearby to Universal studios and it would only take him ten minutes or so to get there.

Ten minutes later and AJ was backstage at the Impact Zone. He still couldn't believe that he'd overslept like that. Hopefully nobody would have noticed and he'd arrived early enough to prepare himself for the tapings. He rounded the corner and found Kurt and Karen Angle talking in the hallway when they saw him coming, they couldn't keep the smiles from their faces.

"Oh Karen, look who's decided to join us," Kurt said sarcastically.

Karen rolled her eyes, "Morning, AJ."

"Shut up both of you," AJ replied, "This is not funny."

"Oh really? It's pretty darn amusing from where I'm standing," Kurt said with a grin.

"If you'll excuse me, I have to go track down Traci," Karen told her ex husband.

"See ya later, Karen."

AJ nodded at her but said nothing. Although they'd been working together for a while now, he hardly knew her at all. They got on well enough and he was always impressed by the way she handled herself but that's as far as it went.

After the tapings had been completed AJ was supposed to be meeting some of the others at a bar in downtown Orlando. For the second time that day, the dark haired man was running late. He adjusted the collar of his white button down shirt as he walked, trying to remember the name of the bar he was supposed to be meeting his friends in. He was just about to call Jay when he spotted Karen Angle running out of one of the buildings. She seemed to be in a daze. She looked around wildly before she ran out in the middle of the road straight into an oncoming taxi.

"Noooo," AJ yelled out as he watched her body fly up into the air and crash back down again. He raced towards her but it was already too late she was dead.

AJ woke suddenly to the sound of his cell phone ringing loudly. He glanced at the digital alarm clock on the night stand besides the bed, it read 15.43. He did a double take, that couldn't be right. His cell phone continued to ring and after a moment he pressed the green button to answer, "Hello?"

"Dude, where are you? Everybody is asking me."

AJ made a face, "Jay? What's going on? What time is it?"

"Did I wake you?" the blond Canadian asked.

"Yeah … What day is it?"

"Um it's Monday and it's near four in the afternoon. Are you sick?"

AJ cursed under his breath, "I can't believe I overslept. I'll be there as soon as I can. Cover for me." He didn't wait for a reply before hanging up. He dived out of bed and quickly opened his suitcase, grabbing the first pair of jeans and tee shirt he could find. After he dressed in record time, the dark haired man picked up a small suitcase containing his wrestling gear and headed towards the door as quick as he could. As he was walking towards the car, he started to think about what must have been a dream which had ended with Karen dying. The first thing AJ was going to do when he reached his destination was to check on the whereabouts of the pretty brunette. Dream or not, it had left the TNA wrestler with an uneasy feeling in his stomach.

Ten minutes later and AJ was backstage at the Impact Zone. He rounded the corner and found Kurt and Karen Angle talking in the hallway when they saw him coming, they couldn't keep the smiles from their faces.

"Oh Karen, look who's decided to join us," Kurt said sarcastically.

Karen rolled her eyes, "Morning, AJ."

"Shut up both of you," AJ replied, silently relived to find that Karen was okay, "This is not funny."

"Oh really? It's pretty darn amusing from where I'm standing," Kurt said with a grin.

"If you'll excuse me, I have to go track down Traci," Karen told her ex husband.

"See ya later, Karen."

"Yeah, see ya later," AJ echoed.

Karen shot him a funny look before walking off.

TBC