WOW, I have lost a lot of inspiration for this story. -.-

"Wait, so she asked you on a date?" Cody asked, digging into his breakfast.

"No," Alex stated, drinking his orange juice, "she thought I was asking her out."

"To meet your parents?" Jack asked, biting into his toast.

"Yeah." Alex chuckled a little. "I've only introduced one girl to my parents. Ashley isn't even my girlfriend anymore."

Jack nodded. "I just think she's realizing the mistake she made."

Alex shook his head yes in agreement. "I mean, I don't know if I would get back with her." Alex sighed and continued to eat his breakfast. He was going to hang out with Ashley tomorrow afternoon; he knew it would be awkward.

Ashley woke up the next morning with a huge headache. She rolled around in her bed, groaning. Sarah lightly knocked on her door before entering. She placed a cup of coffee on her night stand.

"Ashley?" She asked quietly.

Ashley got up, her hair a mess, to see her roommate concerned. "What?"

Sarah ignored the hint of attitude Ashley gave her. "Are you okay?"

Ashley sighed. "No. Why would Dave do that? And why doesn't Alex want to be with me? Why is all of this happening?"

Sarah frowned. She didn't know what to say. Ashley did kind of mess up big with Alex.

Ashley groaned and dragged herself out of bed to the shower. Some hot water would clear her mind.

The next day…

Alex stared at himself in the mirror, running a hand through his hair. He was looking good, but inside he was so nervous. Cody walked into his room to see Alex checking himself out.

"You look good!" Cody yelled. "Ashley will think so."

Alex turned around to face Cody. "I'm just nervous."

Cody nodded. "Don't worry. You guys are just hanging out; no pressure."

"Yeah." Alex nodded, looking at his watch. "I should go."

He hopped into his car. It was good to finally drive his car instead of all the rental cars. His hands were needed to calm down; this was nothing. He's done it before. He reached her apartment in a few minutes and took a deep breath in before entering ringing the doorbell. You can do this, Alex. He rang the bell.

Ashley quickly opened the door with a huge smile. She leaped into his arms for a big hug. Alex was a bit shocked about how upbeat she was, but he wrapped his arms around her, hugging back.

"So what do you want to do?" Ashley asked.

"Let's stay in." Alex suggested. "Watch T.V., chow down."

Ashley smiled. "I think Sarah saved some NXT episodes on T.V." She walked towards her tiny living room, follow by Alex. She pointed to the couch. "Sit, make yourself comfortable. I'll get some snacks."

Alex nodded and sat. He watched as Ashley walked to the kitchen. Man, did he miss those hips. He turned his attention back to the T.V. and put the latest episode of NXT on, where he won his match.

Soon, Ashley walked back to the living room with a bowl of pretzels and two beers. She placed the bowl and beers on the table in front of her and Alex. She sat close, but not too close. She didn't want to mess this up, again.

Ashley laughed on the promo Alex was cutting. Alex turned to her, smirking. "What are you laughing about?"

She took a sip of her beer. "C'mon. You can't tell me it's not funny when you call Matt Striker a nerd!"

Alex let out a little laugh. "It's true."

Ashley smiled, watching Alex laugh. His laugh was so adorable, she couldn't help it. She turned her attention back to the T.V.

Alex and Ashley grabbed for pretzels at the same time, their hands meeting in the bowl. "Oh…" Alex said. What was this? Were they in seventh grade again?

"Go ahead." Ashley said.

Alex nodded and went reached for pretzels again. Like that wasn't awkward.

NXT ended and Alex turned to Ashley. She faced Alex and smiled, faintly. "I should get going. Gotta go to the gym." Ashley nodded, a little bit disappointed their hang out didn't last longer.

"But, let's hang out before we leave Florida again."

Ashley smiled. "Okay."

Alex took a deep breath in. "Like a date?"

Ashley couldn't help, but smile. "Like a date." She giggled.

Lame chapter. PLEASE check out my much better story "For better or for worse" which is Trish/Jericho. I prefer that a lot more than this.