"you know I hate you ,right ?"

Dominic said to Devin as she pulled up to AT&T he should have known she would pull something like this.

"Cookie PLEASE ,Shut up and come on"

She was already inside talking to an associate by the time he got inside.

"Hello , your sister here tells me you're in need of a new cell phone "

The sales associate greeted him with a smile, Dom explained what happened and the salesperson went about showing him some phones to choose from. About an hour later Dom had a brand new Samsung Galaxy Dominic's previous phone was the galaxy S4 the sales associate was nice enough to transfer all of his stored data onto his new phone letting him know it would take about an hour for all of the memory to upload. Once they got back into the car he started exploring the features on his new phone.

"call him" Devin said from the driver's side Dom merely shook his head 'no'. The next stop was the grocery store Deciding on going to Walmart since it was right down the street.

Once inside the store Dominic proceeded to throw piles of TV dinners and frozen pizzas in the cart but Devin kept taking them out and replacing them with actual foods.

"Dammit Devin"

"What? you can't survive on Digiorno and Tv dinners dumb ass"

"you know damn well I can't cook .what the hell am I supposed to do starve or would YOU like to feed me from now on"

"GOD no. you're Damn near forty and if your head ever dislodges from your ass you'll be needing those skills to feed a family of your own. I think it's time for you to learn how to cook and practice makes MOST people actually use their stoves as more than just a clock " And with that she began throwing frozen vegetables in the cart making sure to get the 'steam in the microwave kind' not really in the mood to see him brought into the hospital on a stretcher because he set the stove on fire….again.

Dominic was sulking by the cart as Devin searched through the steaks for the best looking ones when a familiar face caught his eye.

"Hey Dominic, Hi Devin" Their sister Denise said as she approached them with her kids in tow.

"Hi" They replied also speaking to their nieces Anette and Jalaya.

"So...The wedding's in a week and it would mean a lot to me if the two of you came"

Devin looked over at him catching his eye waiting for him to respond first, truthfully he wasn't sure about the sudden could feel it in his gut that something wasn't right but, he chalked it up to knowing that 'the sperm donor' would be there.

"o...kay" He hoped it didn't sound as much like a question to them as it did to him. She smiled at the news and quickly reached into her purse and handed each of them an Invitation Dominic couldn't help but to smile as well.

"Thank you so much guys...Oh Dominic you can bring your boyfriend...what's his name…. Colby. Right?" Dominic nodded solemnly and his smile got weaker.

"yeah ….that's his name" Dom said glumly the spark leaving his eyes. Devin caught on to his distress and quickly stepped in.

"So is there anything special you want us to wear?" She turned to Devin and begin discussing all of the details telling her to wear a champagne colored dress and Dominic to wear a suit preferably black or charcoal.

"ok well I'll see you both on Saturday"

With that final farewell Denise was gone and Dominic and Devin continued shopping. They were in the store for another thirty minutes before they were ready to go. Devin drove them back to Dom's house and they and together they unloaded and put away all of the groceries. Once they were finished Devin headed off to work but not before trying to talk him into calling Colby .

Once Dominic was alone he went into the kitchen and fixed himself a sandwich and grabbed a soda before relaxing on the couch to eat. Turning on the TV he quickly got into one of the more senseless movies on the Syfy network when his phone began beeping like it was possessed. He picked it up off of the table and unlocked it and instantly felt like a world class ass surprisingly he only had five texts , thirty missed calls and a few voicemail messages.

Checking his missed calls he felt his chest tighten Colby had called a few times and the most recent calls was at eight that morning, RIGHT before he'd gotten his new phone. Of Course he suspected AJ, Victoria and Nikki had also called as well as Stephanie. But, surprisingly Vince Mcmahon himself had called him a few times. Deciding to torture himself he called his voicemail next and listened.

*Voicemail*

Colby: 7/3/14: Baby..I got your text..what happened?...Call me when you get this,I love you"

Vince 7/4/14 : I heard about your meeting and I would like to personally apologize for 's actions and I assure you we will correct this.

AJ 7/4/14: "Cookie….um I heard what happened and I want you to know that I'm here for you...love you"

Nikki 7/6/15:"Cookie I love you ,and if you need anything John and I are here for you"

Colby 7/07/14: Stephanie told me what happened ,you have NOTHING to be sorry about and I knew you would need space ,I hope you know I'm here for you, I love you.

Stephanie 7/08/14: Dominic I've got some good news but I need you to call me A.S.A.P.

Victoria 7/10/15: Answer your phone mister, you have a lot of people worried about you , I know you are probably upset but, just let us in. Please.

Vince 7/13/14 : Mr King I was just calling to check back in with you and I hope you can get back to me as soon as possible.

Colby today 8:00am: Dominic, I love you but,I'm getting sick of trying to get a hold of you when you OBVIOUSLY don't give enough of a fuck to care ,call me when you grow the fuck up.

**End Messages**

Dominic pulled the phone from his ear and proceeded to read the texts, mainly from Victoria asking him to call and One from Brie saying that she and Brian were there if he needed someone to talk to.

After checking his messages he decided to stop being a bitch and call was easier said than done, just to delay time he manually dialed the knew it was cowardly but ,his mind worked funny he knew Colby was pissed off at kind of man says he loves you then ignores you for two weeks he highly doubted that Colby was still willing to call him his boyfriend. Though he had been hanging out with Devin , hopefully she'd done some good for him.

He finally finished dialing the number and took a deep breath before hitting send. It rang,and rang. . . . . .and when he'd given up hope and was about to hang up he heard the voice that he loved so much.