"So we just did that."

"We did."

"Your mom, E, your next door neighbors, they probably all know what we just did," AJ said, staring up at the ceiling as she surreptitiously pulled the covers higher up her body, almost to her neck. It wasn't that she cared if Dolph saw her body (he just did a lot more to her body than look at it), but it wasn't until this moment that she realized there were other people in the house, other people who probably had some inkling of what just happened despite Dolph and AJ trying their best to be as quiet as they could be.

Dolph chuckled, turning on his side so he could look at her, "Yeah, but they already kind of thought we did it last night, so at least we have that going for us, don't you think?"

She let out a breath that sounded almost like a laugh but not quite. "You're right, they probably were already thinking that we were off for a quickie, oh God…how long have we been gone? How long have I been in here?"

"Um," Dolph turned on his other side, "oh, well, if you don't count my shower, which I'll have to take another by the way, this one you are free to join me in, we've been in here for about an hour."

"An hour! They're going to know, I mean, they probably already did, but now they're definitely going to know," AJ turned and buried her face into Dolph's chest as he pulled her closer to him. "I mean, I know they thought it, but it's one thing thinking it and it not happening, but now they're thinking it and it did happen, and our first time was in your childhood bedroom."

"First time I've ever gotten lucky in this room," he admitted to her, hearing her laughter against his chest. "So there's that, achievement unlocked…"

AJ's head snapped from his chest, "Did you just make a video game reference?"

"No…"

"You did!" she exclaimed, hugging him around the waist, "wow, see, now I know you really do love me because you actually listen to me when I talk about that kind of thing. Who would have thought that?"

He wouldn't have, but AJ was something else, and as he pulled her tighter, he didn't care if the entire world knew he'd just slept with her because he was ridiculously happy over the fact. He didn't mean for it to happen, not that it was unwelcome because who wouldn't want this beautiful, sexy, sweet, cute, funny woman tucked nakedly against their side? He couldn't believe his feelings were not only accepted but reciprocated in kind.

"You're a bad influence."

"I'm the best influence," she told him, "I'll have you playing alongside me in no time, hmm, maybe I'll buy you a t-shirt that says something like, 'My boyfriend is a gamer,' I wonder where I can get something like that."

"Boyfriend?" he focused on that one word. He shouldn't have been surprised that she wanted him to be her boyfriend after what they just did, but he had to ask about it because he just had to, and know that it was something she wanted.

"Of course, do you think I just sleep with random guys I work with…don't answer that!" she told him quickly, kissing his chest. "Suffice it to say, you're my boyfriend, so all those other ladies in your life will have to split." She lifted her hand and jerked her thumb away from her to signal they had to get out of his life.

"Okay, I'll let them know," he told her then said, "hey other ladies in my life, you have to go, my girlfriend said that you can't exist."

"Ahh, implicating there are no other women, you're good, Ziggler, you are very, very good," she told him.

"That also describes what we just did, right, very, very good?" he asked impishly, knowing that she enjoyed it because her face said it all while they were in the act. At this point, they didn't even care they'd been inhere way too long for anyone to come to any other conclusion than they slept together, they were just happy to be together like this. It was like they just let everything they were feeling go and enjoyed each other's company.

"You love me too?" he asked incredulously. He'd had no expectations for this conversation, but to hear this was incredible.

"I do, you idiot," she smiled in that little way of hers, a smirk more than a smile, but he had to kiss her, and he had to kiss her now. He leaned in and kissed her, his tongue almost immediately seeking out hers and their kiss was sloppy and fumbling and all of a sudden her legs were wrapped around his waist and he was pressing her back against the door to his room.

His palms pressed against the wood, holding them in place as she started to undulated her lower half against his, teasing him, this insatiable movement against him, making his want and desire surge through him. He didn't know if this was going where he thought it might, but he was going to ride it out to see if it did. She pulled away just slightly and glanced towards the bed, making it very clear what her intentions were. He questioned her with his eyes, and her response was to kiss him again.

He spun her around and dumped the both of them on the bed as she giggled and started to pull his shirt off. He got caught in it and they both laughed as they tried to extricate him from the fabric. He finally got it off, but his hair was now a mess and she brought up both hands to smooth it back before he leaned down to meld his lips with her again, silencing her giggles. Things got heated after that, hands were everywhere, and there were whispered words of gibberish, and they forgot everything around them, focusing on just the two of them in that moment.

"I wouldn't be against doing it again…later," AJ told him, "not right now, we're already running late, and I'm starving again. Shower?"

"You're offering?" his eyes lit up. He didn't know why, but he didn't expect her to be so bold, but he loved it. She got out of bed, not bothering to cover herself up and headed to the bathroom, pausing in the doorway and crooking her finger for him to follow her. Yes, he really, really loved it. He scrambled out of bed and followed her into his bathroom, grabbing her waist and kissing her neck as they disappeared behind the door.

They came out a half hour later. AJ realized all her clothes were in her room, so Dolph got dressed and brought her suitcase into his room so she could change, which became and ordeal because he kept pretending to undress her, unhooking her bra after she put it on, pulling down her panties and cupping her butt. She kept trying to get away from his roving hands, but he was insatiable, and the fact he could touch her whenever he wanted now was something he wanted to relish for a while.

They eventually found themselves both dressed and headed back downstairs. His mother was still in the kitchen, cleaning up, but E was nowhere to be found, "About time," his mother said as they walked in. She didn't even look at them, but they could almost feel her smirk. "I expect you're hungry again…"

"I can eat," AJ said, her cheeks tinging pink.

"Feel free to help yourselves, I made some more food," she told them, turning to them finally and leaning against the counter. "You two okay?"

"Yeah," Dolph said succinctly, putting a couple pieces of bacon on AJ's plate, "we were just talking about the show tonight."

"Oh, yes, I'm sure you were having a pretty in-depth conversation up there," Kelly gave them both a look, one they dutifully ignored as they concentrated on their food. "We would have come looking for you, but we didn't want to interrupt your…conversation."

"Mom," Dolph groaned.

"I'm not saying anything," she was smug though, and AJ's eyes looked up to Dolph's, trying to avoid looking at his mother because it was probably written all over her face that she'd just had sex so she kept her eyes on her plate. "E is in the weight room, luckily I kept that intact."

"Cool," Dolph said, shoving food into his mouth so he wouldn't have to talk to his mother any longer. This was embarrassing, and he wanted her to leave. He'd never had sex in his parent's house before, so he didn't even know what to do or say in this situation.

"I'm sure if you guys need a workout, you can go in there too…but maybe you've already had one," she said, ruffling her son's damp hair as she left the two to their second breakfast. It only just occurred to them that they both had damp hair, and the whole house probably only heard the shower turn on once after Dolph's earlier shower that would have been a long enough time ago for his hair to dry.

As soon as his mother was gone, AJ placed her hands on the table next to her plate and started pretending to bang her head against the wooden surface. "I'm so embarrassed."

"You're embarrassed, she's my mom, and she knows about my sex life and was like…encouraging it," he said, but he had to laugh too because the whole thing was hilarious. His mother thought he and AJ had been dating for a while and this morning was a normal thing between them when that couldn't be further from the truth. He'd just had sex with his new girlfriend for the first time, and his mother was practically encouraging it.

"At least she didn't mention grandchildren," AJ tried to look on the bright side.

"Oh geez, that would have been awkward…more awkward than this little thing was," he said as he continued eating his food. "So can I take you out on a date? Like a real one?"

"I'd like that," she told him, "when?"

"How about Wednesday? I can fly to Tampa with you and I can take you out, maybe stay with you, but if that doesn't work for you, I can always stay with my brother."

"I just slept with you, I think you can stay over at my house, but you don't have to come to Tampa."

"Nacho is there, and I know you'd miss him if you came to Phoenix or something, so I have no problem with it," he told her, and she was struck by how considerate he was. He was constantly surprising her like that, and it was one of the reasons she'd fallen for him. She really hadn't stood a chance when it came to him. He was everything she didn't know she was looking for in a guy.

"Thanks," she said, "so are we still going to prank your mom tonight at the show?"

"I think she deserves it."

"Yeah?"

"After practically making fun of us for having sex? I think this is the least she deserves," he told her, "if you had been anyone else, I probably would have just left the house out of the embarrassment."

"But because I'm me—"

"You are not getting out of my sight," he winked at her, "but yes, I think we should continue with the prank. She'll believe it too, I hope someone gets video of her face when we do it, I want to watch that over and over again."

"Just don't say anything too mushy or I'm going to start thinking you really are proposing."

"Wow, sex and proposals all in one day, do you want to have kids tomorrow?" he joked.

"I'll think about it."