First let's start things off with me introducing myself. My name is Brooke Riley, and yes I'm married to the Alex Riley...the WWE Superstar. Yeah it's kind of hectic around here with him being gone so long. But he comes home every chance he can, and well today is one of those days. See I'd be on the road with him and all, but I'm not part of the roster or in the business so I can't. I do go to shows when they're in town, ringside nonetheless and I go backstage before the show and after the show. The perks of being married to a WWE Superstar right? Surprisingly, this is one of those weeks where they get one of the rare few days off. I can't wait for him to come home.
I'm sure you want to hear how Alex and I had met right? Of course you do. Well it all started a few years ago, I was obviously a big fan of his and I had first met him at an autograph signing. Whenever there was an autograph signing nearby or in town, I went and thus Alex had started to remember me. Just one day at one of the signings along with his autograph he had written something else. I noticed some numbers and I realized after a while that he had not only signed the picture, but he had given me his number. Now how many times can a fan say that he's given them his number? Not many, rarely any. To tell you the truth, I was pretty nervous to even call or text him. But one day I finally did and boy am I glad I did. If I hadn't have gone to the signing and met him, I wouldn't have got his number and I wouldn't be married to him today. I thank fate for bringing us together.
So it's Tuesday morning, the day where Alex comes home for the week. I was so excited that I couldn't go back to sleep once I woke up. So since it was pretty early, I changed into warm clothes and went out for a jog around the neighborhood. Once I came back around and I was close enough to the house, I walked the rest of the way to cool myself down. I unlocked the door and walked in, dropping my keys on the table. I went and opened the fridge, grabbing a bottle of water and basically gulping it down. I put it back into the fridge and went upstairs to change into regular clothes for the day.
I change into a white spagetti strap top with a pink Pointelle Crop Shrug with a pair of jeans. Of course I have my wedding rings on, a pink rose ring, a pink Lipsy heart charm bracelet and watch, pink feather drop earrings and a babydoll necklace. I also have light pink eyeshadow, pinkish lip gloss and after I made sure everything was done, I spray mist spray on myself. I grab light pink and sparkly heels and put those on before grabbing my phone and heading back downstairs.
"Alex should be home soon." I say to myself as I walk down the stair, glancing at the time on my phone.
I go into the living room to hang out and try to relax until Alex comes home. But who am I kidding, I'm all excited because I haven't seen him in forever...home that is. I kept looking at the time, anxious of course. I was ready to doze off when suddenly I heard car doors shut. I perked up and listened carefully for the front door to open. Sure enough it did and I heard the sound of Alex walking in with his things.
"Brooke, I'm home!" Alex calls out.
He doesn't know that I'm nearby in the living room so I can hear him. I jump up from the couch and dash to the front door where I basically jump on him and hug him tightly.
"Someone missed me terribly I see." He chuckles, hugging back just as tight.
"Of course I missed you terribly. You know I act like this when you finally come home." I mumble into his shoulder.
"I know that, but I think you're forgetting something. Where's my welcome home kiss?"
"Oh yes, how could I forget? How silly of me."
I pull my face from his shoulder and lift my head up so that I'm face to face with him. We seal the gap and our lips connect. I'm well overdue for one of these, and I hate not being able to kiss him while I'm home alone and he's off on the road. Alex holds me as he walks forward a bit and he closes the front door with his foot, just so that we don't give the neighbors a show. We finally break after a brief moment and lean our forehead against each others.
"I love you, and I missed you...so much." I say to him with a small smile.
"Oh I think I missed you more, and I love you to...more than you can ever imagine." He replies.
"I think I have a pretty good idea. I married you afterall."
"Best decision we could ever make." He smiles.
"I couldn't agree more." I smile back, leaning in and kissing him one last time before letting go of him and standing in front of him.
"Need help with your things?" I ask.
"I would never turn down your help, you know that."
"Of course, but I just like to ask." I laugh lightly, grabbing one of his bags and heading upstairs.
He grabs the rest of his things and follows me upstairs and into our bedroom.
"Ahh, our bed. I missed this comfortable piece of furniture." He sighs, setting his things down once he walked in and walks over to the bed, falling back on it.
"I can tell. Goof." I laugh.
"You try being on a plane for hours. Not very comfortable at all."
"I can see that too. But you're home now for the week, so you can get well deserved rest."
"Right." He nods.
"You look beautiful by the way." He grins up at me.
"Why thank you, you always say that."
"Because it's the truth. You're my wife, I love you and you're beautiful in anything you wear."
"Awwww. See this is one of the reasons why I fell for you years back, you're way too sweet. But that's not the only reason why I fell for you." I smile.
"So you tell me all the time." He smiles back.
"Because it's true. It brings back memories when we talk about it. But I'm sure you're tired from the flight. You can sleep if you want."
"Yeah, that's a good idea. But one thing first."
"And what's that?"
"You have to lay here with me." He grins, moving so that he's laying on the bed with his head on the pillows.
"You know I can't say no to that, especially with you being gone for so long. Maybe I can even get the rest I need since I couldn't go back to sleep once I woke up this morning."
"Then what're you waiting for?"
"Impatient...jeez. Give me a minute." I laugh, taking off the pink shrug I had over the white shirt and my shoes.
Then I walk over to the bed and climb onto it next to him. I immediately snuggle into him and sigh in content as I rest my head on his chest. I drape one of my arms over him and he wraps one of his arms around my shoulders and rests his hand on my shoulder/arm. We talk for a bit before he ends up falling asleep, and I follow shortly after. A few hours or so have passed and I wake up to it slowly getting dark in the bedroom. I squint my eyes and look around, realizing that the sun's starting to go down. I guess I was really tired. Then I also realize that Alex is in the bed anymore. I sit up and look around, wondering where he could've gone. But that when the smell of food cooking reached the bedroom and my nose. He's cooking dinner, that's where he is. I slide out of bed and make my way out of the bedroom, and walk down the stairs. I make my way into the kitchen to indeed see Alex making dinner.
"I can smell that all the way upstairs."
That makes Alex turn around to see me leaning against the counter.
"Well look who's up." He says jokingly.
"Yeah, I guess I was really tired."
"Which is why I let you sleep, instead of waking you up when I woke up. I figured as much that you were just as tired as I am."
"And you were right, but boy did we sleep for a long time. Thank god you're making something because I haven't eaten since this morning."
"I kind of figured that as much too. Shouldn't be too much longer. You go relax out into the living room and I'll bring everything out to you."
"Alright." I nod, walking around the counter and over to him, kissing his cheek before heading out into the living room.
It's not too long after that when Alex brings out the plates of food for me and him. He goes back into the kitchen to get our drinks. I guess he decided that tonight we'd have wine because I saw him take the bottle out of the fridge.
"I thought we saved that for special occasions?"
"Well my coming home is a special occasion isn't it?" He says from the kitchen.
"You've got a point...carry on."
While I wait, I find a movie on tv to watch while we eat and maybe for when we're done and want to relax. After putting the bottle back into the fridge and then walking out into the living room with both glasses. He sits down on the couch next to me and places the glasses down on the table.
"Everything smells delicious, you did a good job."
"Why thank you, but you do still need to taste it afterall."
"Right right, give me a minute."
Then I reach forward and pick up my plate of food, grabbing the fork and picking up some of the food with it. I then taste the food and it actually is really good, no it's actually amazing.
"Make that an amazing job." I smile after I had swallowed my food and put my plate back down on the table.
"As always." He smiles back, leaning over and kissing me briefly before grabbing his plate and starting to eat himself.
We spend a bit of time eating and drinking the wine as we watch the movie and talk. After we were all finished, I grabbed all our dishes and brought them out to the kitchen, putting them in the sink to do later. Only because we slept all day so we wouldn't be going to bed anytime soon. We sit back on the couch and cuddle as we continue to watch the movie.
"How about we watch one more movie and then go outside or something?" I suggest.
"Sure, sounds like a good idea." He nods smiling, before kissing me briefly.
The next movie however happened to be a horror movie. Now horror movies don't bother me much, unless it's a movie I haven't seen yet. Thankfully I've seen this one before, so I won't be ask scared. Alex decides that it's a better idea to turn the lights off and watch the movie in the dark, and I let him. He comes back to the couch and resumes the position of cuddling with me. At the start of the movie I swore I could hear a bit of a rumble off in the distance, but I just shook it off and got more comfortable in Alex's arms. About halfway through the movie I hear the rumbling again and not too soon after there's a flash. Now with no lights on in the room besides the light coming from the tv and the kitchen, it's pretty dark so the lightning lights up the whole room.
"Seems like a storm is coming through." Alex states.
"Eh, I don't like them." I comment.
The rumbling gets louder and another flash lights up the room. I try to ignore it for a bit, but another rumble and flash makes me jump. Then the rain starts falling, and hard if I may add.
"Well there goes the idea of going outside after this."
Then all of a sudden the lights that were on go out and the tv goes out.
"And there goes the power...crap."
"Don't worry. You stay right here, I'll light some candles."
I nod and stay put in the dark living room. I hear Alex going through the cabinets where we keep the candles. Then he gets one of the lighters where all you do is click a button and there's a flame. He brings a few candles out into the living room and sets them on the table in front of me, lighting each one. He lights a few in the kitchen as well so that if we needed anything from there, we'd be able to see. He also grabbed a flashlight in case we needed to go anywhere else in the house for anything. He sets the flashlight on the table by the candles, before sitting in spot next to me on the couch.
"There, now we can see."
"Much better." I nod.
"Once the storm's over, I'll go into the basement and check the fuses okay?" Alex suggests.
"Yeah, sounds good. I'm just glad you came home today or I'd probably be sitting in the dark alone right now."
"You wouldn't be completely alone. You could always call me, and I'd talk to you until your phone died or until the power comes back on."
"True, but still. I'm glad you're home." I smile, before leaning up and kissing him briefly.
"It's good to be home. I missed you too much because I love you." He smiles once I pull away.
"I love you too." I reply, snuggling into him as we watch the flame on the candles.
Occasionally I feel him press a kiss to my hair as his fingers gently brush along my skin of my arms. I sigh in content of being in the safety of his arms. Thank god it's not winter time, otherwise we'd probably be fighting to stay warm, using a blanket, the candles and our own bodyheat. We sit there talking and everything, listening to the thunder and watching the lightning light up the room wherever it was dark. The power stayed out for a good amount of time, actually a few hours which is ridiculous. See we waited a while to see if it would come on itself, but seeing as it didn't Alex decided to go into the basement to check the fuses. It took a while, but the power did come back on.
"It's back on!" I call to him.
I get up and blow out all the candles that he had lit for us as I hear him now coming up the basement stairs. He closes the door and comes out into the kitchen where I was standing at the sink, washing the dishes from dinner earlier. It was still raining though however, I could still hear the pattering of the rain drops off the kitchen window as I was washing the dishes. I didn't know it until it happened, but Alex snuck up behind me and wrapped his arms around my waist, resting his head on my shoulder.
"Why don't you save those for tomorrow?"
"I'd rather get them done now so that they don't pile up in the morning. There's not many so it shouldn't be too long."
"Are you sure about that now?" He says, moving my hair away from one side of my neck and kissing behind my ear.
"Alex...you know what that does to me..." I say, trying to focus on the dishes.
"Yeah, your point?"
"I'm trying to do something."
"Are you really?" He asks, kissing in the same spot again but lingering.
Then he moves one of his hands and he turns off the water.
"Do them tomorrow."
"You just want to be all cuddly."
"Yeah, you're point?"
"...alright, let's go."
He cheers quietly, and steers me away from the sink, and out of the kitchen, turning off the light as he goes. Then we head up the stairs and into our bedroom. I actually get him to let me change for bed, and I do so before climbing into bed and under the blankets. He purposely just waits for me to do that and then changes himself, because he knows I can't resist watching him, especially when he strips his shirt off. I control my thoughts though and sink into the mattress, getting more comfortable. He climbs into bed next to me, reaching over and turning the light off. From there he wraps his arms around me and pulls me into him.
"Love you."
"Love you too."
He kisses my head and I snuggle into him, before we both drift off to sleep.