The next day, I rubbed my eyes as I felt something stir against my neck, tickling my skin as I slowly opened my eyes and looked down. King managed to climb into bed and cuddled up against me. I giggled and rubbed him with my finger, causing him to stir and he sat up, rubbing his head under my chin. "Good morning, cutie," I giggled as he licked me. I sat up and stretch when the bed shifted next to me. I looked over and smiled when I saw a familiar face sound asleep next to me, his curly hair covering his face. I moved some of his hair out of the way and kissed his cheek before picking up King and slowly got out of bed. I quietly got dressed and grabbed a sweater that I bought for King and put it on him before leaving the room and walked downstairs to the back door that lead to the backyard and I placed King down in the grass to take care of his business. Minutes later, I returned inside with King and fed him. I was my hands and searched through the fridge to prepare breakfast. I hummed to myself as I began cooking and the kitchen was quickly engulfed with the aroma of bacon frying. I stirred the grits and turned off the stove when a pair of strong arms wrapped around me. "You didn't have to cook breakfast, kitten. I would've been okay with cereal," Kenny said, kissing my cheek. "It's fine. I have an excuse to actually cook now," I giggled as I wrapped up the bacon and sausage. "I didn't notice that you had left until I rolled over and tried to grab you, but came up empty." I pointed over to King who was playing with a chew toy. "He climbed into bed and was sleeping close to me so I just went ahead and got up and dressed to take him outside. Didn't want to wake you up so I was extra quiet." He nodded as he say at the island, watching me as I fixed our plates. "That was nice, but I was looking forward to waking up and seeing your beautiful face," he teased as I sat our plates down. "Well, you have plenty of time for that," I chuckled as I returned to the stove, "so I didn't know how you may want your eggs so I just made omelettes. I hope that's okay." "Sounds perfect. As long as you don't try to feed me a Burger King black burger, I'll eat just about anything." "Oh yeah. I remember that. You was not a happy customer," I giggled as I slid his omelette onto his plate. "Did you try it when they were selling it?" "No. I didn't feel like torturing my body," I giggled as I sat down next to him. He smirked and picked up his fork and knife and cut his omelette. "I wouldn't say that I tortured my body with it. Curiousity tortured my body. There's a difference." I laughed and rolled my eyes. "Yeah, sure. Keep telling yourself that," I teased as he ate his omelette, his eyes immediately widen. "Oh my God," he said in between chews. "What's wrong? No good? You hate it don't you? I should've just made scrambled eggs. I'm sorry. You don't have to eat it. I'll eat it." I reached over to take it and he moved his plate away. "Mine!" "Then why did you say oh my God?" He smiled as he took another bite. "This is the best omelette I've ever eaten. The flavor just burst in your mouth. Now I know what Matt and Nick were saying when they said that you're the best cook," he sighed, savoring the omelette. "Okay now you're exaggerating." He shook his head as he finished the omelette. "That's not exaggeration, my dear. That was the honest truth." I blushed and turned my head as I dug into my food. "Again, you have to stop getting so adorably shy around me. I want to be able to give you compliments without you turning your head." I sighed and looked over at him. "Shouldn't you be used to it? I'm sure Adam showered you with compliments all of the time." "Oh yeah. The 'You look so sexy in that outfit' or 'We look good together' or my favorite 'I can't wait to see your beautiful naked body laying under me'. Yeah, he showered me with tons of compliments," I sighed, standing up and walking over to the coffee maker. "Well, you're with me now, kitten. Nothing like that will ever come out of my mouth, beautiful." I smiled to myself as I poured two cups of coffee and returned to my seat, causing a cup to Kenny. "Well, thank you. I really appreciate that." He nodded and rubbed his cheek against mine as we enjoyed our peaceful breakfast.

I put the dishes away and sat on the floor, playing with King as Kenny got dressed. I giggled as King playfully tugged on the toy rope I was holding. "Such a good boy," I giggled as he barked. I was so distracted by King that I didn't notice that Kenny has returned until King ran over to him. I looked over at Kenny as he smiled at his phone. "Did you take a picture of me?" He nodded as he walked over and sat on the couch. "And now I have an adorable contact picture for you," he teased as King ran back to me and laid in my lap, "sooner or later, I'll need a picture of us so I can make that my background so I can look at your beautiful face every time I look at my phone." I pulled out my phone and opened Snapchat, taking a few selfies and saved them, sending them to his phone. He chuckled as I got off the floor and sat next to him. "Now I have to figure out which one to use. Thanks." "You're welcome," I giggled as he stared at my selfies. "Just absolutely beautiful and all mine." He kissed my cheek and King barked. "I think he's jealous," I laughed as King ran around. "He needs to learn how to share. He's not the only one who needs you. I need you too." "Such a sweet talker, Mr. Omega," I teased, making him smirk. "Only towards you, kitten." I rolled my eyes and kissed his cheek. "So, kitten, what's the plan for today?" "Whatever you want to do. Except working out. I don't work out much." He raised an eyebrow and looked me over. "I find that hard to believe. I've seen pictures and you're very fit." "I exercise maybe three times a month. Depends on what I've been eating. I have my own gym so I go whenever I feel like it with a ring and cage inside. I trained for UFC and MMA before just training full time to wrestle." He nodded as he petted my head. "Well, let's just go for a nice car ride. Maybe you can show me your hangout places." "This is my hangout place until Matt or Nick drag me out of here. Oh! I know! I need to go grocery shopping. I want to cook some Russian meals for you. Or would you like to try German tonight?" "Whatever you feel like cooking. Or we could just go out on another date," he suggested. "Why go out when we can enjoy dinner alone, just the two of us?" King barked and we immediately laughed. "I don't think he appreciates you leaving him out," Kenny chuckled. "Either way, let's just stay home and enjoy each other here." "Come on, kitten. I want to treat you to another wonderful date. You can cook another time for me. Let's have a fun date day, beautiful." He kissed my cheek and smiled. "Fine. We can have a date day," I said, giving in to his idea. "Great. How about we head out now then? But what are we going to do with King?" "I'll drop him off at Jeff's house and we'll pick him up when we're done with our date. I still want to pick up food for the house so we don't have to do that later." I picked up King and rubbed my cheek on the side of his head. "Adorable, but then again, you've always been adorable to me which is why I just had to meet you." "Again with the sweet talk," I giggled as I stood up and set King back down. "Get used to it because there's plenty more where that come from," he teased. I rolled my eyes and ran upstairs, retrieving my purse and glasses before returning downstairs. "I didn't know that you wear glasses," he said as I put my glasses on and grabbed my keys. "Yeah. I hate wearing them. I look so..." "Cute," he finished, although that wasn't the word that I had in mind. "Like a nerd. Adam used to tease me all of the time when I had to wear them. I should just get contacts or the eye surgery." "Not while you're by yourself. You'll need someone with you." I pointed to King who was chewing on his toy. "I will have King to watch over me. In all seriousness, I'll just go to Nick or Matt to help. That's for a later time. Right now, let's go out. I do need to stop by the gym and check on it since it's been awhile since I've been there." He nodded and picked up King. "I have my gym bag upstairs. Maybe we can do one workout together," he smirked and I sighed. "Fine. You do need the exercise," I teased before running back upstairs, packing my own bag and grabbed his before returning downstairs. "Let's go." We grabbed our jackets and headed to the garage and got into my car. "You're going to ride with him in your lap," I giggled as I opened the garage. "Yeah. Why not? He has to get used to me too if we're dating. So I'm bonding with him," he chuckled as King sat in his lap. I shrugged as I started the car and checked my mirrors. "This is a nice car." "Thanks. I'm ready for a major upgrade soon. I don't know what I'm going to get yet, but I plan to get a new ride soon," I said as I pulled out of the garage and closed it behind us and I drove out of my driveway and onto the road. "Well, if you're ever ready to part with this gorgeous car, I know a guy who would love to drive this," he chuckled. "Gee. I wonder who it could be," I teased as we went to our first stop, Jeff's house.

He was already standing outside when we pulled up. "Hey, Jeff," I smiled, rolling down my window as he walked over. "Well, hello you two or should I say three? What do I owe the visit?" King ran across the console into my lap, wagging his tail as Jeff petted him. "I need a favor. We have some running around to do today and I was wondering if I could leave King with you and I'll pick him up later?" Jeff grabbed King and smiled. "It's never a favor. I can teach him some more commands today so whenever you're ready to get him, I'll be around. Speaking of which, everything okay at home? No more flower deliveries or broken windows, right?" "Everything is back to normal so I guess they got scared off." "Plus I'm there too so I have no worries about her being in danger while I'm around," Kenny added. "Good. Make sure she doesn't get you into any trouble while you're here," Jeff teased and I pouted. "Anyways, I'll see you later," I scoffed as I let my window up and backed out of his driveway and was once again on the road. "Must be nice to have cop friends," Kenny chuckled. "Sometimes. He's like an overprotective older brother to me, but I know that he's just looking out for me. Next stop, the gym then a grocery store or something."

We drove twenty minutes, idly chatting away as we headed to my gym. I parked in front of the large building and turned off the engine. "Wow. This is all yours," Kenny asked as we got out. "Yep. It was closing up so I bought it. Whenever someone is in town for a show, I open it up for them." I walked to the mailbox and opened it up, finding a box inside and a few letters. I walked back to Kenny, tossing the letters in my car, and pulled out my wallet and held it up to the scanner by the door. A beep played and the door unlocked and I pulled it open, switching on the lights as we stepped inside. I flipped the box around, but couldn't find any type of label or address on it. "What's that," he asked, putting our bags down and I shrugged. I used my car key and ripped the tape off and opened it. Inside was a bunch of pictures of me with the words I love you written on each picture. "This is bizarre. Do fans know that you have this place? Maybe one of them sent this." I looked at him and shook my head. "Only certain people know about this place. No fans. I never talked about this gym." He took the box from me. "We need to take this back to Jeff. Now. First, a broken window. Then flowers. And now this. I think you have a stalker and I'm worried about your safety." "I highly doubt that, Kenny." "Then why are your hands shaking and you look like you're about to cry?" I looked down and my hands were trembling. "Beautiful. It's going to be okay," he said, pulling me to him, "I won't let anything happen to you. I'm going to keep you safe." I sighed and looked up at him. "This is so weird. Why is this happening to me? What did I do to anyone?" "I don't know, but I will protect you, I promise," he said, kissing my forehead. I nodded as the door beeped again and unlocked. "Uh oh," I giggled as Nick and Matt walked in with their bags over their shoulders. "Well, this is a surprise," Matt teased as they walked over to us. "It's a surprise that I'm in my own gym?" Nick hugged me as Matt Too Sweet Kenny. "I knew that you two would be here." "Geez. Spying on me too? Can you guys survive a few days without me?" Nick rolled his eyes as he Too Sweet Kenny. "We can, but when one of our friends in your home, we have to make sure everyone is okay," Matt smirked. "Uh huh. Pretty sure that you two just wanted to be nosey." Matt walked up to me and put me in a headlock. "No!" He chuckled and rubbed a knuckle roughly against my scalp. I dug my nails into his arm and he released me. "I don't appreciate you bullying me," I said with a pout as I walked over to Kenny and hugged him, "tell him to stop bullying me." "Matt, no bullying my kitten," he chuckled as I turned my head and stuck out my tongue. "Fine. I'll behave," he mumbled as Nick picked up the box. "What's with the box of pictures of yourself?" "I don't know. It was in the mailbox. No return address or anything." "This is creeping me out now, Ash. I seriously think you have a stalker," Matt said, putting his hand on my shoulder. "I highly doubt that. Maybe some fan was just too excited and forgot to put their address or something. We don't know." "Then why are there pictures of you with different wrestlers and the faces are scratched out and the words 'You belong to me' are scribbled on some," Nick asked, holding up a picture of me and a faceless person. "Okay. Now I'm worried about your safety. Who knows what this person is capable of if you're by yourself," Kenny said. "That's why I got a dog, Ken. I will be fine," I shrugged. "King is the size of a football. He can't stop someone from hurting you." I sighed and pulled out my phone and walked away from them. "What are we going to do about this," Kenny sighed, watching me as I talked on the phone. "I don't know. For now, I'm not too worried with you here," Nick said. "Yeah, but I'm only here for a few weeks then I have to go back to Japan." "Well. Take her with you or something. She can't wrestle anywhere anyways so she can tag along with you or something," Mate suggested. "You really think she will come back with me? She probably wants to stick around here to be with King." "Like she can't take him with her. Come on, Kenny. She will need protection and if we're gone for ROH or anything, no one will be here," Nick said and Matt nodded.

I walked back over to the guys and hopped on Nick's back. "Why do you do this," he chuckled as I hopped off his back. "Because if I was normal, you guys wouldn't love me," I giggled. "Right. Who did you just call?" "Jeff. One of his guys will stop by and pick up this box and he's making a call to have someone install cameras here and at home so everyone can relax now." "We can't relax until this person is arrested," Matt said and I rolled my eyes, picking up my gym bag and began walking away. "I'm getting changed so we can work out and we can move on with our day," I yelled as I kept walking towards the showers. Kenny sighed and picked up his bag. "Dude, we need to do something. I know that she's just putting on this nonchalant act for us, but I'm pretty sure she's scared out of her mind," Matt said as he and Nick grabbed their bags. "I can tell. I'll have to figure out something before something bad happens," Kenny sighed and followed after me, "let's just work out and worry about everything later." I unzipped my bag and took off my clothes, putting on a black tank top and blue and black leggings. I grabbed my arm band that I usually used and put it on, grabbing my headphones and hung it around my neck. I took a quick selfie before I saw Kenny walking up behind me, already changed into his work out clothes, and wrapped his arms around me, kissing my cheek. "What's your focus for today," he asked as I took a picture of us. "Um. Arms and legs, maybe?" I flexed my muscles and nodded. "Yep. Definitely need to hit the bag and the treadmill today. Maybe lift some weights while I'm at it. " "Need a spotter," he smirked as I put my hair up in a ponytail. "No. I think I can handle it. I've been doing it all of this time," I giggled as we walked back into the gym. "Fine. I'll be here if you need me." I nodded and plugged in my headphones as I walked over to the treadmills. "I call control over the stereo," Nick yelled as he walked over to the wall where I had a stereo mounted and turned on some music that filled the gym. I put on my own music as I put my headphones on and got on the treadmill. I hummed to myself as I got lost in my run.

"Earth to Kenny," Matt said, waving his hand in front of Kenny's face. "Huh? What," he said, looking at Matt. "Are you going to keep staring at Ash or are you actually going to work out?" He looked back at me before rubbing his chin. "I wasn't staring. I was um..." Matt chuckled and patted his shoulder, pushing him towards the weights. "Kenny got it so bad for Ash that he wasn't even thinking about working out." "Well we already knew that when we were talking to Ash that one night and he walked in and immediately started asking questions about her when we got off the phone," Nick said as they each grabbed some weights. "Shut up. It's not like that," Kenny sighed as he began lifting the weights. "Dude, come on. You can be honest with us. She can't hear us. You have it bad for her," Matt teased and Nick nodded. "I mean, how can anyone not like her? She's cool and down to earth, not to mention loves gaming which is rare." "She's basically a female you," Nick chuckled and Kenny shrugged. "Whatever. We're bonding and so far so good. I do want to get to the bottom of this weirdo who's sending her stuff to ease all of our minds." "I agree with you on that, but nice try on changing the subject. Just how bad do you have it for her," Matt asked, giving him a serious look. "I don't have it that bad for her. I just... maybe, almost told her that I loved her," he sighed and sat down his weights and wiped away the sweat from his forehead. "Dude. You can't be serious," Nick said, "you did not tell her that so soon, did you?" "I think she sensed that I was going to and stopped me before I did which I'm thankful for. I didn't want to screw this up so early. I just want her to be comfortable around me and open up to me. She doesn't know that I know about her past, the reasoning behind her sleeve of tattoos, or her bipolar disorder. I'm just waiting for her to tell me when she's ready." "Wait. How do you know about all of that? Only Matt, Adam, and I know. And probably Xavier." "On her website, she posted about it years ago and I was curious about her so I spent my free time reading every blog and post she made so I could learn as much as possible about her." "Wow," Nick and Matt said in unison. "Now that I said that out loud, makes me seem like a creep or obsessed," he chuckled. "That's dedication which is what she likes so you're good," Matt said as the door beeped and opened. A very muscular man with short black hair walked in with a gym bag and waved at Matt and Nick. "Who's that," Kenny asked, standing up as the man walked towards me. "Relax. That's her trainer, Zack. He's really intense. Watch," Nick smirked as Zack walked over to me.

I hummed to the last song in my playlist before turning off the treadmill and sighed as I stepped off and immediately bumped into a large hard frame. I pulled out my earbuds and turned around, smiling at the male standing behind me. "Hi, Zack. Glad you could make it." "Hey, Ashley. Good to see you. Let's get started now that you're all warmed up. Firstly, what's the Kenny Omega doing here?" "He's with me. He's my boyfriend," I said proudly as we walked over towards the leg press and he set down his bag, pulling out a clipboard as I sat down. "So you've finally got back on the dating scene. And you've upgraded in a big way. Well, I'm happy for you, but no slacking off." I nodded as Kenny headed towards us. "Ready? Go." I nodded and began doing the leg press as Zack watched intently, making notes. Kenny smiled at me before looking at Zack, "I'm Kenny Omega. You're her trainer?" "Yeah. I know exactly who you are. Big fan. I'm Zack. I help Ashley with her MMA, wrestling, Jujitsu, Krav Maga, and kickboxing," he said, shaking Kenny's hand. "Wow. So she can basically take down a guy like my size?" He chuckled and nodded. "Your size, my size. Hell, anyone built like Bad Luck Fale, she can take them down." "Are you two going to keep talking about me while I'm sitting right here or are you going to help me train," I smirked. "I mean, we can do both. I can show Kenny what I usually do so he can take over doing workouts with you so I can take a break," Zack teased, "now give me thirty." I nodded and continued with my leg press as Matt and Nick took their spots at the machines next to me and began their own reps. Zack talked with Kenny about the many intense workouts he does with me and what Kenny could help me with. I finished my set and wiped away the sweat and got up when there was a knock. Kenny tossed a towel around my neck before I walked to the door and opened it, a cop standing at the door. "Jeff told me to stop by to pick up some package that you had received," the cop said and I nodded, stepping aside to let him in. "Yeah. It's right there. There's no return address or anything and it's full of pictures of me," I explained handing over the box to him. "Well, don't worry. We will hopefully get to the bottom of this for you. Try not to go anywhere alone and make sure you keep everything locked up," he warned and I nodded as Kenny walked over. "Don't worry about that. We will keep a close eye on her." The cop nodded and quickly left and I sighed. "It's going to be okay. We will protect you," he said and kissed my cheek. "Thanks. Now let's kill this workout."