Chapter 6

Back at the arena...

The Guns had returned backstage after their match, where Mickie met up with them. "Hey, guys, excellent work out there as always!" she exclaimed, knuckle punching with Alex and giving Chris a kiss.

"Thanks!" Shelley replied.

"I was thinking of you the entire time." Chris smiled, taking her hands. "So Alex, now that we're finished for tonight, you're free to go back to the hotel and take care of your girlfriend."

"Excellente!" he clapped his hands in reply.

"Meanwhile, I'm gonna catch a shower, and whaddya say we head out for some ice cream, Mickie?" asked Chris.

"Sounds good! But I wouldn't mind joining you in that shower. I could give you my special massage..." she purred, roaming her hands over his chest.

Sabin chuckled at this, grabbed her hand, and replied, "See you whenever, Alex, we're gonna go and have some fun! Woo hoo!"

Alex couldn't help but to laugh, and then went his own way.

Soon afterwards, he was showering up, letting the hot water soothe his tired muscles. Strangely enough, though, he had flashbacks of what Eve was saying earlier to him:

Shelley sighed. "Eve, are you some type of stalker or something? Why do you keep bothering me?"

"I don't bother you! I'm just a fan!" she cried.

"You do SO bother me! Why are you always where I am, and gawking over me like some-some leech?" he demanded.

Chris laughed. "You tell her, Alex."

"Alex, there's no need to be so mean. Look, I bet you're just grumpy that your little girlfriend isn't here tonight, am I right?" she asked.

"Why would you care? You never have anything nice to say about April."

"True, I don't. But still, just cheer up! I wish you all the luck in the world!" she exclaimed, planting a kiss on his cheek and strutting off before he even had a chance to say anything else.

Snapping back to reality, he sighed and then began thinking about AJ to make him feel better. The Detroit native also thought about the trip to Japan that he so desperately wanted to take her on, and smiled at the thought of her having the time of her life there. Moments later, two petite hands wrapped around his slim waist and he could feel someone nuzzling into his back. Shelley chuckled and smiled. "Ah, April, I told you to stay in bed. How do you expect to get rid of your flu this way?"

"What flu? I'm not sick." the voice replied.

Suddenly realizing that it was definitely NOT AJ's voice, he whipped around to find the near naked form of Eve Torres behind him.

"Oh, my God!" Alex snapped, tearing himself away from her. "Eve, what the fuck are you doing in here?"

"I just thought that you were so sore from your match, that...you needed a little extra attention." she said, adjusting the towel she wore around her. "Want me to unravel it? Just say the word and I'll be all yours."

"No. NO, all right?" he snapped. "Get the fuck outta here, and get the fuck out right NOW!" he snapped.

"Alex, your mind says no, but your body's saying yes." she smirked, before her eyes gazed down to his lower half to admire his member down below. "My, my, you're a large one."

His eyes widened at this and he immediately wrapped a towel around his waist and shut off the water. "You need to leave me the hell alone, ok? You're lucky if I don't press charges on you for this, you stalking little bitch." he huffed, immediately storming out of the shower stall.

Eve decided to say nothing in return and instead muttered to herself, "Oh, I'll have you to myself soon enough. That's a guarantee."

Meanwhile, Chris and Mickie were at the nearest ice cream parlor on their own little date...

"Y'know, I never pictured you as the kind of person who'd enjoy cookie dough flavored ice cream." Mickie smiled, feeding him a spoonful. "Maybe something like Rocky Road, but not cookie dough."

He smiled and fed her a spoonful of her favorite, mint chocolate chip. "And just what is wrong with me liking cookie dough?" he asked, amused. "You know me, babe, I'm totally a kid at heart! I still play with action figures, watch Saturday morning cartoons, all of that stuff!"

"And sometimes you even ask for the Happy Meal toys whenever we head to McDonalds, resulting in the cashiers always gawking at us like we're a couple of lunatics." she finished, laughing.

"But we're a couple of lovable lunatics..." he raised an eyebrow.

"I'm no lunatic. You are." she said cutely. "Then again, I must be some kind of crazy if I've been with you this long already."

"Hey!" he pouted.

"Oh, stop it, you big softie, you know I love you!" the Diva smiled, wrapping him in a kiss.

"Aw, I love you, too, babe. And you've got a little ice cream on your nose."

"What? Well get it off!" she giggled.

"Ok, if you insist." he replied, using his tongue to lick the ice cream off of the tip of her nose.

"Ah, that tickles, stop!" she squealed.

"Look, in a few hours from now back at the hotel, my tongue will be roaming all over that body of yours, so you better get used to it!" he exclaimed.

"Only if we ever had the room to ourselves. We can't really do that much while we're sharing a hotel room with three other people." the Country Diva replied.

"Yeah, I know." he nodded. "Oh well, we'll just have to wait till everyone's asleep and we could just be super quiet!"

"Oh stop it, you horndog, it's not gonna work that way!" she playfully hit him. "So on another note, you making any progress with Velvet?"

His eyes widened and he nearly swallowed his ice cream the wrong way. "Hmm?"

"Velvet? You making any progress with her?"

"What do you mean, progress? We're just friends, nothing more, I don't have any feelings for her, Mickie, I love you!" he cried out in one sentence.

She stared at him. "Is there something you'd like to tell me, Chris?"

"No! Look, I just misunderstood you for a moment. Her and I are getting along better than we've ever been, I admit that. And it's all thanks to you that we're friends again." he replied.

"Well, I was happy to do it! For your sakes and my sanity." she smiled.

The Detroit native laughed. "Mine, too."

"Just remember not to let her disability get in between our quality time too much, ok? I wouldn't want to feel like I'm losing my own boyfriend."

Chris wasn't sure if she was kidding or being serious, so he sheepishly grinned, took her hands, and replied, "I told you, babe, Velvet's only a friend. She's nothing more to me and you're the main lady in my life and that's how things will be."

"Good." she smiled, kissing him again. "So, wanna take this ice cream for the road and head back to the hotel? Gotta catch an early flight outta here tomorrow morning."

"Let's do it. And by 'do it', I mean let's have sex." Sabin replied, taking her hand and leading her out.

"Jeez, is that ALL you can think about?" she called after him.

"No, not ALL the time..." he said innocently.

Back at the hotel, AJ and Velvet were sharing a bowl of popcorn, chatting about the latest topic, when Alex returned carrying a bag of gifts. "Hey, ladies, hope you had a nice, relaxing night together."

"Hey, Shells!" greeted Velvet.

"Hey, baby." AJ smiled, giving him a kiss on the cheek since she didn't want to give him her flu. "Saw your match and you guys were excellent!"

"Thanks, I dedicated it to you." he smiled. "Soo...wanna know what's in my bag?"

"Yes, please!" the tiny Diva exclaimed.

"Anything for me in there?" asked Velvet.

"Uh...yeah, here ya go." he said flatly, tossing her a pack of Starburst.

"Candy? Aw, come on, Shells, how cheap are you?" she pouted.

He shot her a look. "Look, it's either you or Chris always calling me that and for the last time, I am NOT cheap!" he snapped.

"Hmm, someone's grouchy." she muttered, popping a starburst into her mouth.

"Now for you, my princess...a batch of white roses, your favorite." he began, handing her a bouquet.

"Alex!" she cried, delighted.

"And a huge tub of your favorite chocolate marshmallow ice cream." he finished.

"YAY! Oh, babe, you think of everything, thank you!" she exclaimed, grabbing a spoon and digging in right away.

He laughed. "No prob, babe. So is your flu getting any better?"

"To tell you the truth, I'm feeling a lot better than I did earlier. Thanks to you and everyone being complete sweethearts." the Diva smiled.

"Hey, you're our favorite little geek, so you only deserve the best. So uh, no sign of Chris and Mickie yet? Hope they're not having sex in some closet somewhere."

Velvet puffed up her lip for a moment at the thought, but shook it off. "I'm sure they're having themselves one hell of a time." she said blankly.

Alex paid no mind to her comment and glanced towards the shower in the bathroom, before having a flashback of what Eve almost did to him in the showers just a little while earlier. His fist tightly crumbled the empty bag that he was holding, and AJ took notice of this first. "Alex? You ok?" she asked.

"Hmm? Yeah, I'm fine."

Her eyes pierced into his. "No you're not. Something's bothering you. Mind telling me what it is so that I can help?"

Alex wasn't sure at first, but decided that it'd be best to tell her. "Yeah. Uh, April, there IS something I have to tell you."

"Yes? What is it?"

Velvet made sure to hear this out, she needed to hear something interesting from the outside world after being trapped in that room all day.

"Um...earlier before Chris and I had to go out for our match, Eve stopped by again." he began.

She dropped her spoon. "Oh no. What the hell did she do this time?" she demanded, serious.

"The skank tried to make another pass at me, saying that she was wishing me all the luck in the world and that she was my fan, and right then and there, she planted a kiss on the cheek." he continued.

"...WHAT?" she demanded, getting even angrier.

"Oh, and that's not even the worst part! She had the nerve to sneak up on me while I was in the shower..."

"She didn't." she said, wide eyed.

"Oh, she tried to. She tried to screw me right then and there, with nothing but a towel on. But I told her to fuck off somewhere and I just high tailed it outta there." he finished.

Velvet whistled. "Damn, shit's going down."

The tiny Diva angrily tightened her grip on her blanket cover. "That bitch. I cannot believe that she did that." she whispered quietly. "She KNOWS that you belong to me and she has the nerve-"

Alex placed his hand over hers to calm her down. "I'm so sorry, April, I hope you're not pissed at me for this."

Her features softened once she looked up at her boyfriend. "No, Alex, you have nothing to apologize for. I'm glad that you were honest and told me everything, and now I have an even bigger reason to want to kick her teeth down her throat."

He chuckled. "That's my girl. So, you sure you're not mad?"

"At you, of course not. Come here." she said, wrapping her arms around him in a hug as he did the same. "I love you so much."

"I love you just the same. Now I just can't wait till your flu is gone so that we can resume our hot and heavy make out sessions again!" Shelley exclaimed, smiling.

"Ha, I've been dying without getting a kiss from you from this long!" she laughed back.

"Guys, you've only gone like, one and a half days without kissing." Velvet announced.

"And that's one and a half days too long! Once she gets better, we're gonna have one hell of a lot of make up kissing that we are obligated to do." he replied matter-of-factly.

The blonde laughed. "You guys are so weird." she smiled.