School, Work and Family
While Cody was gone, Lorelei continued to go to her classes, but also started to write for the WWE creative team, creating storylines. Lorelei was in full control over the storylines for 3 wrestlers at a time. Stephanie needed her to write the weeks script and email it to her by the end of the week so that the stars had enough time to read it and learn it.
While writing the storylines and going to classes, Lorelei found very little time to sit around and think about Cody not being there. At the end of the two weeks, Cody returned home a night earlier than planned. Lorelei was happy to have him home again. And he was happy to be home, even if it was only for a few days.
Cody's schedule stayed pretty much the same over the next few months, except for November. The day before Halloween Cody had to leave for the road again. This time he would be gone until the Friday before Thanksgiving. Cody and Lorelei had already prepared themselves for the trip to Louisville. At first they were going to drive down, but at the last minute decided to fly down and rent a car.
Lorelei spent the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving maintaining the house and sending Stephanie scripts for storylines as well as homework and midterms. Lorelei had no problems passing her midterms and even faxed copies of all her tests to Rebecca to show her dad, brother and sister. She talked on a weekly basis to her dad who was also on the road with Cody. So she couldn't talk to one without talking to the other and Cody called her every night.
Finally the Friday before Thanksgiving had arrived. Lorelei attended all her classes and was done for the next week. She had all their stuff packed and ready to go for Sunday. Cody came home late that night and was really glad to be home and in Lorelei's arms again. After their little celebration, Lorelei and Cody laid in each others arms and fell asleep.
"Good morning sleepyhead." Lorelei stated when Cody finally emerged from their bedroom.
"Morning. It's so good to be home." Cody stated.
"That it is. So what do you say we take a drive up to Greenwich today and stay the night there so that we don't have to leave so early tomorrow morning?" Lorelei asked.
"Sounds good. We should make sure it's ok with whomever we're staying with first." Cody stated as he grabbed a cup of coffee and some cereal.
"Aunt Linda suggested we come up. It just all depends on if you want to stay with them or with Aunt Steph and Uncle Paul. I have spent nearly every weekend with Aunt Linda and I would love to see my god sister and Steph and Paul, too." Lorelei answered.
"Ok. Sounds good to me." Cody responded.
"Good. I'll go call Aunt Linda and Aunt Steph." Lorelei stated as she put her dishes in the dishwasher and headed to their room.
After talking to Stephanie and Linda and setting up where they would be staying for the night and making sure it was ok to leave her car there, Lorelei and Cody loaded up the car and got ready to drive to Greenwich. About an hour later, Lorelei and Cody pulled up to Stephanie and Paul's house. Aurora greeted them at the door with big hugs. Lorelei treated Aurora just like her own sister and Aurora adored Lorelei.
After moving Aurora's car seat into Lorelei's car and spending part of the afternoon playing and hanging out, everyone climbed into Lorelei's car and headed to the McMahon Estate for a family dinner. Linda and Vince welcomed everyone with hugs and handshakes. Shane was there with his wife Marissa and their two boys.
After enjoying a wonderful family dinner, they sat around and played games until it was time for Aurora to go to bed. Lorelei, Cody, Stephanie, Paul and Aurora headed back to Stephanie's house for the night. Lorelei and Cody didn't stay up much later as they had a long day of traveling the next day.
The flight from Greenwich to Louisville was uneventful and Lorelei slept the whole way there. Cody read and looked at his work calendar. He knew that they had agreed to hold off on picking a wedding date, but if they were going to slowly get the wedding plans going, they should at least pick a date.
"I am so glad to be off that plane." Lorelei stated as they walked through the terminal.
"Yeah. I'm so used to flying that it doesn't phase me anymore." Cody responded.
"Lucky you." Lorelei said as they made their way to the baggage claim.
"I can't wait to get mom and dad's. I hope that Dustin and the kids will be there. I really want you to meet my niece and nephew." Cody stated as they waited for their luggage.
"I can't wait. This is going to be a really big family gathering isn't it?" Lorelei responded.
"Yup. My entire family, your parents, brother and sister and us. I want to say there will be at least 20 people there." Cody stated.
"That is a lot of people to cook for." Lorelei stated.
"Yeah, but my mom is more than happy to do it. Especially since you and your family will be joining us for the first of many family gatherings." Cody responded. "Speaking of which, I don't want to push it, but I think that if we want to slowly start planning the wedding, we should pick a date."
"I agree. Any suggestions?" Lorelei asked.
"I've always wanted a fall wedding. How about you?" Cody answered.
"I like the sound of that. How about in October?" Lorelei suggested.
"Sounds good to me, but when in October?" Cody asked.
"Hmm. How about October 10th 2009?" Lorelei suggested as she looked at her phone's calendar.
"Sounds like the perfect date to me." Cody responded as he pulled their luggage off of the turnabout.
Lorelei and Cody then headed over to get their rental car. After locating their car and loading the luggage into the car, Cody and Lorelei started their drive to Cody's parents house. The drive took about 30 minutes and when they reached the house there were already 4 other cars there. One was Dusty's, one was Michelle's, and one was Dustin's but Cody didn't know the other car.
Cody parked the car and they walked up to the house. Cody opened the front door and no one was to be found. Cody decided to call out to his parents.
"We're here. Is anyone home?" Cody shouted from the entry way.
"Uncle Cody!" shouted Zack.
"Hey buddy! How's it going?" Cody asked as he pick up his nephew. "Where is Grandma and Grandpa hiding?"
"Good. They are in the family room with daddy and some other people." Zach answered.
"Ok. Where is your little sister?" Cody asked.
"Taking a nap. She was miss cranky pants, so Grammy made her take a nap." Zack answered. "Who is she?"
"This is Lorelei. She is my fiancé." Cody answered.
"What is a fi.. fi.. What is that?" Zack asked.
"It means that she and I are going to get married one day very soon." Cody answered.
"Oh ok." Zack stated as Cody put him down.
Lorelei and Cody followed Zack into the family room where everyone was visiting. Dusty and Michelle welcomed Cody and Lorelei with hugs. Dustin hugged Lorelei and patted Cody on the back. The other people in the room were friends of Dusty and Michelle. Cody introduced Lorelei to them. After the company left, Dusty suggested that they go out for dinner as it was getting late.
On the drive to the restaurant, Lorelei called her dad to let him know that they were in Louisville. Shawn, Rebecca and the kids would be there Tuesday evening. As much as Michelle and Dusty wanted Cody and Lorelei to stay at the house, Cody insisted that they stay at a nearby hotel. His parents learned years ago not to argue with Cody when he had his mind set.
Lorelei practically fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow. With her midterms last week, Lorelei studied day in and day out with very little sleep and she was now making up for it. Cody joined her in bed and wrapped his arms around her.
"I love you!" Cody whispered.
"I love you too." Lorelei responded.
"I can't wait for Thursday! But tomorrow is our day alone. I want to show you as much of Louisville as possible." Cody stated.
"Sounds good. Sleep good too." Lorelei responded with a yawn.
"I can agree to that." Cody stated.
The next morning after grabbing a quick bite to eat, Cody and Lorelei headed out to tour the city. Cody showed her where he grew up and the schools he went to and all the historical landmarks that he could remember. By the time they got back to the hotel, it was nearing dinnertime. Cody and Lorelei took quick showers and headed across the street to an Italian restaurant.
While they were waiting for a table, several people recognized Cody and Lorelei and asked for autographs and pictures. The couple signed autographs and posed for pictures with the fans. A few of Lorelei's classmates recognized her from her summer on RAW, but they never made a big fuss about it.
The next day the rest of Lorelei's family arrived into Louisville. Everyone got together that Thursday evening for Thanksgiving dinner. It was the first time since August that Lorelei got to see her parents and siblings. Lorelei and Cody were happy that both families got along and could come together even before the wedding.
"May I have everyone's attention, please?" Cody asked as everyone quieted down.
"Cody? What are you doing?" Lorelei asked.
"Lorelei and I have an announcement." Cody started to say. "We have picked a date for the wedding."
"You have? When?" Michelle asked.
"October 10, 2009." Cody answered.
"It's a few months after I graduate from UCONN." Lorelei stated.
"Well now the wedding plans can begin." Rebecca stated as she and Michelle started talking about everything that needed to be done for the wedding.
"I would also like for Cameron to be our ring barer and Cheyenne and Aurora to be the flower girls." Lorelei stated.
As everyone talked about the wedding and Thanksgiving, Cody and Lorelei shared a quick kiss. After dinner everyone went their separate ways. Cody and Lorelei headed to their hotel room to spend some much wanted alone time together. Lorelei changed into something a lot more comfy while Cody found a movie to watch.
"Find anything good?" Lorelei asked from the doorway of the bathroom.
"Uh.. ye.. Wow! You look amazing!" Cody stated as he walked over to her and kissed her.
"Thank you." Lorelei stated with a smile.
Cody pulled Lorelei closer to him and they continued to make out. Before long, Cody lead her to the bed and climbed on top of her. As the continued to passionately make out, Cody slid the straps of her top off of her shoulders and started kissing her neck and shoulder. Lorelei reached down and pulled Cody's shirt up. He stopped kissing her long enough to remove his shirt.
Lorelei ran her hands up and down his back and was careful not to scratch him with her nails. Neither one could take the suspense anymore. Cody helped Lorelei out of her top and shorts. Cody stood up and turned off the light and got undressed. He climbed back on top of Lorelei and slowly entered her. Lorelei moaned with intense pleasure as Cody went faster and faster. Both climaxed at the exact same time and Cody collapsed on the bed next to Lorelei. Cody wrapped his arms around her and they were both soon asleep.