A/N: Okay guys, if you've read my story Pipebomb vs. Pipebombshell, I apologize for that ending, again, and the sequel should be up later this week, it's called "Wide Awake". If you are new readers to me and have no freaking idea what that is, it's a story I wrote with a shitty, but clever ending, also I wrote Forced Together and it's sequel, Secret.
READ SO YOU KNOW THIS OR YOU WILL BE CONFUSED!
I've recently watched all nine seasons of How I Met Your Mother and am very angry about that piece of shit ending. So, naturally, I decided to write a WWE/HIMYM AU, but with my own changes. You basically don't have to watch the show to understand this story because pretty much everything will be changed, I don't want to copy everything from the show, but there will be a few things that would be used from the show.
PLEASE READ IF YOU'VE NEVER SEEN THE SHOW!
Basically if you've never seen the show before, it's about a guy named Ted, who's telling his kids about how he met their mother. Then there are his two best friends, Lilly and Marshall, who have just gotten engaged when the show starts and he wants to find a wife and is basically desperate. Then there's Barney, their friend who wears a suit all the time and lies to girls to get them in bed. Then there's Robin, who is almost like a female Barney in a way, except she doesn't lie to guys often, and Ted is basically in love with her from episode one.
So here is the list of characters that will be replacing the real characters:
Lilly - Brie Bella. Pretty much because of her and Bryan being basically Lilly and Marshall.
Marshall - Daniel Bryan.
Robin - AJ Lee. You will see why later in this list.
Barney - CM Punk. If you've never seen the show, Barney and Robin hook up in season 3, so I'm pulling in AJPunk later.
Ted - Dolph Ziggler. Love triangle, folks. He will also be called Nick instead of Dolph in this.
The main plot of the show is "Who the hell is the mother?!" Well, I'm using that, but I will not use the name of who the father is either. I will most likely reveal it later in the story, but in the show, it's Ted, or in this situation Nick, but it's not. You don't know who the mom or the dad is until towards the end.
Main couples: Braniel, AJZiggler, and AJPunk, but for AJPunk, it will be hinted throughout the story, but will happen much later.
This story is rated T for now, but will get bumped up to M.
The words in italics are when the dad or kids are talking or asking questions while their dad is telling the story.
The dad telling the story is set way into the future, but where the dad's story takes place is the year 2014.
Basically that's pretty much it for the story, now if you're unfamiliar with me, I'll give you a basics on what I do in Author's Notes. I'm a bitch. I hate Paige, I hate the Shield, and I will rant if I get pissed off. Okay, now you know everything, you may read!
The picture for this story is a working progress right now.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything from How I Met Your Mother or WWE, this is just me being mad about the HIMYM ending and changing up the story.
The year 2040...
"Kids, you know the story of how I met your mother. But I'm going to tell you the story of what led up to that."
Both children, Harley and Jake, groaned as they sat on the couch in front of their father.
"It was the year 2014," their father says, reminiscing about the day. "I was at our favorite pud, MacLauren's, with your uncle..."
The year 2014...
"There is no one else except Kaitlyn!" Nick whines as him and his best friend, Phil or Punk as everyone calls him, walked into their favorite pud, MacLauren's. Punk didn't drink, but all his friends did, he went there to meet girls, lie to them, and then sleep with them, leaving in the morning before they woke up.
"C'mon, you have to get over her!" Punk says. "There's... Her!" He points to a brunette girl talking to her friend at the bar.
"Brunette, just like Kaitlyn!" Nick says and Punk groans. Why does he have to be so complicated? To Punk, relationships are messy and boring. Why be with one girl when you have all of New York to pick another? He has sworn never to get married and has tried to convince Nick and their other friend, Daniel, to never get married. It may be too late for Daniel, since he just proposed to his long time girlfriend of nine years, Brianna Bella or Brie for short, just last week, which is the same time Nick started talking about marriage, scaring off Kaitlyn, but it's not too late to stop Nick from making the same mistake.
Punk starts looking around the room, who could he set Nick up with? He spots a small brunette girl talking to her friend across the room at the same time Nick sees her.
"Dibs," they say in unison then look at each other.
"You said I could have first pick at any girl in here!" Nick says. He did say that. But Punk knows this girl isn't one you just fuck and leave the next morning, she was one you have a... relationship with. Relationship. Punk hates that word, but this girl is special.
"Fine," he says as the girl walks to the bar. "Hi, have you met Nick?" He asks the petite girl and walks away.
"Hi, I'm AJ," she says, extending her hand for him to shake.
"Nick," he says, shaking her hand.
"Nick," she says.
"Does AJ stand for something?" He asks.
"Um... Yeah, but I don't really like using my real name." She says, taking her beer from the bartender. "I'm actually here with my friend who just got over a bad break-up," she points to the pale-looking girl with black hair sitting in the booth in the corner, crying. "But, here's my number," she says, writing down her number on a napkin with a pen she had in her purse. She walks back to her booth while Nick walks to the booth him and his group of friends normally sit in.
"I think she's the one," he says, looking at the napkin in his hands.
Punk rolls his eyes, groans, and his head goes back, looking at the ceiling. "You just met her!" He says.
"I just know she's the one," he says, sighing.
Punk has dealt with this since Kaitlyn broke up with Nick and their best friends got engaged. He acts like all he wants to do is get married instantly, Punk doesn't see what the big thing about marriage is. Just then, their best friends, Daniel and Brie walk in and sit down in their favorite booth with them.
"Hey, guys," Brie says, putting her purse down next to her as she sits next to Punk.
"Please talk some sense into him." Punk says and motions to Nick.
"Not again," Daniel groans. This has happened all week, Nick will go out and scare off women, all of them going to straight into Punk's tattooed, but lying, arms. "Just because Brie and I got engaged doesn't mean you have to."
"But I want to," Nick says. "I want to find that woman that makes me happy. The one,"
"You're not going to find her in this bar." Brie says. "They all go to Punk over here." She puts her arm around Punk's shoulder and hugs him. "We love you anyway," she adds.
"Can I see that number?" Punk asks, motioning to Nick's napkin.
"Why...?" He asks confused and suspicious.
"Just... let me see it," he says, extending his hand. Nick hands him the napkin.
"Number memorized," he says and hands it back.
"Dammit!" Nick says.
"Punk!" Brie says, hitting Punk on the arm.
"I'm sorry, she's hot," he says, looking across the room at the girl.
"Nick needs this," she says.
"Will you let me sleep with Nikki?" He asks, talking about her twin sister who lives in California now.
"No, that's like you sleeping with me." She says.
"Then, I'm calling her," he says.
"No, you're not," Daniel says and spots a red head at the bar. "Okay, come on," he stands up and Punk stands up also. They walk over to the bar.
"I'll be your wingman," Daniel says.
"Really?" Punk asks, surprised.
"Yes, c'mon,"
"And that next morning a red head named Eva Marie woke up alone and hating herself."
The next afternoon, Nick called AJ, the girl from the bar, hoping that Punk didn't call her first.
"Hey, AJ," he says nervously.
"Hey," she says. "Nick... right?"
"Yeah, yeah," he says quickly. "So... I was wondering if you wanted to go out sometime?"
"Um..." She says. Great, he probably fucked up, she's probably not interested. "Sure, sure, how about... Saturday?"
Nick sighs relieved that she said yes and that Punk didn't get to her first. "Great," he sighs. "How about 8:00, meet me st MacLauren's Pub."
"See you then," AJ says, biting her lip nervously. "Bye,"
AJ hangs up, putting her iPhone back in her jacket pocket as she walks home from the news station that she works at. She works at WABC channel 7 on the 4:00 AM morning show that no one watches. She moved here from New Jersey last month, trying to get away from her dysfunctional family. Her parents divorced when she was five and she only has an older brother that is in the military, she lived with her dad until she was ten, then moved in with her mom where she tried pursuing music, only place she could get a record deal was in Canada. That only lasted six months and she only had one hit song that she will never ever let anyone hear ever again. After she graduated from college, she decided she wants to be a news anchor. At twenty-seven, she was finally offered this shitty job that makes her stay awake until 2:30 in the morning and going home at 7:00.
AJ walks up the stairs to her apartment and pulls out her keys and unlocks the door, walking over to the couch and collapsing from exhaustion. She sighs, putting her arm to her forehead and thinking. She's actually doing this. Going out with the guy from the bar. She's more the one-night stand type of girl, since she isn't the best at relationships. She kind of wishes she gave her number to his tattooed friend, but Nick seems nice and he's pretty cute. Soon, she falls asleep on the couch after her chihuahua, Nacho, lays on her stomach.
Saturday night...
Nick sits nervously in his favorite booth at MacLauren's. He sees AJ walk in, in a Batman shirt, leather jacket, black skinny jeans, and Converse. Maybe she is more Punk's type, Nick thinks to himself, remembering how much Punk loves Batman. As she scans the room looking for Nick, Punk slides in the booth across from him.
"Hey, dude, check out the girl at the bar. Twelve o'clock," he says, winking to the blonde at the bar.
"I'm kind of busy," Nick says, motioning his head towards AJ who is walking over to them.
"Oh," he says, suddenly remembering the girl from the bar almost a week ago. "Oh, the girl from the bar,"
"That would be me," AJ says, standing at the end of the table. "You introduced us," she extends her hand towards Punk, which he shakes. "AJ,"
"Punk," he says and looks at the Batman logo sticking out from under her jacket. "Are you a fan of Batman?"
"Yeah, are you?" She asks looking down at her shirt.
"He's only the best Superhero ever!" Punk says. "Favorite villain?"
AJ slides in next to Punk in the booth. "Harley Quinn, of course,"
"Good choice, mine is The Joker," he says and realizes he's ruining their date. "I better go, family emergency." He says and walks out of the bar, ignoring the blonde at the bar. AJ distracted him from her, she's really something.
"Sorry about him," Nick apologizes to AJ, who is taking off her jacket.
"Not a problem, he seems cool," AJ says.
Nick winces as he hears Brie and Daniel talking as they walk to the booth, not noticing AJ. "Hi, I'm Brie," Brie says, extending her hand for AJ to shake as Nick puts his head in his hands. AJ shakes her hand and slides over as Brie slides in next to her and Daniel slides in next to Nick.
"I'm AJ," she says awkwardly.
"I'm Daniel,"
"These are my two best friends who are obviously blind!" Nick says, looking to Daniel.
"No, no, it's alright. I could use some friends around here." AJ says. "I just moved here for a job last month."
"Oh? From where?" Brie asks.
"New Jersey," she says and Brie and Nick freeze. Both being New Yorkers their whole lives, they have a natural hatred for New Jersey and everyone from there. "But it sucked there," she adds and Nick and Brie let out a sigh of relief. "That's why I moved to Canada with my mom from when I was ten 'till I was eighteen, then I went back for college."
Throughout most of the date, Brie found new ways to embarrass Nick, while Nick learnt a lot of about AJ. Like how she lived in Canada, he still doesn't know where she was born, that she loves dogs, her job. After, Nick walked her home.
"Nick, I had a great time, but," she says, pausing for a minute.
Here it is, Nick thinks to himself, the but.
"But I think we should just be friends for now." AJ says. "I just moved here and I'm still getting used to everything. My only friend here was Paige, who is the makeup artist on the show, and I just want to make friends. I hope that's what we can be."
"Of course," he says casually. "You really hit it off with Punk and Brie, you should come hang out with us."
"Cool," AJ says and then hugs him and goes info her apartment, shutting the door behind her.
And the chase begins...
A/N: How was it? Did it suck? Was anyone confused? If you were confused about anything, please PM me and I will answer your questions.
Should I continue?
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