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The Next Morning…
Opening my eyes, I looked at the empty bedside where Mike should have been. Getting up, I put some fresh clothes on and searched the room. No Mike. I jumped as there was a knock on the door.
Cautiously, I inched toward the door. I open it to see a fully dressed Viper.
"Hey." He smiled. "Are you ready?"
I gave him a confused look.
"Ready? Ready for what?"
"Didn't you get Mike's note?" He asked.
"Note?"
I stepped aside to let him in.
"Yeah. Mike left you a note before he left." He replied searching the room.
"Left? Left where? I just woke up."
He walked over to the bed.
"Ah. Here it is."
He picked up a piece of paper from Mike's side and handed to me.
"That's weird." I said grabbing the paper from him. "I didn't see there was a note before."
Looking down at it, I started reading. It read:
Morning Babe,
I didn't want to wake you, but I have another media day today. I won't be back until seven. Until then I'll let you get ready. I have a special night planned for the two of us for our Anniversary. Randy will be there around nine. He's going to take you to breakfast and tell you what you'll be doing today. I'll see you at seven.
Love,
Mike
I set the note down.
"Okay, just give me a couple minutes to get ready."
5 minutes later…
Finally ready, I grab my sunglasses and key card and follow Randy out the door. We walk down the hallway to the elevator.
"So what's going on?" I ask Randy as the doors close.
"Well Mike called me early this morning. I guess he's trying to keep you busy until tonight."
"Busy doing what?"
"Getting ready, I guess. All I really know is that I'm supposed to take you to breakfast. Then I drop you off at a shop to pick out a dress and whatnot."
The elevator dinged and we crossed the lobby and left the hotel, heading to the parking lot.
We hopped into his rental car and Randy fired up his GPS. We pulled out of the parking lot and started down the street and followed where the GPS said and ended up at a dead end.
"Stupid thing! " He growled.
"It's okay Randy." I chuckled. "Turn around and then turn left at Mason street. Go down about 3 blocks and turn left on Maple Ave. Then go straight. We'll just eat at Yesterday's diner. The food there is way better than Perkins and way better priced."
Shrugging he turned around and followed my instructions. About five minutes later we were pulling into the parking lot of Yesterday's Diner.
After shutting off the ignition, he sat in his seat before turning to me.
"How did you know that?" He asked.
"I used to live here in Sioux Falls, a long time ago with my mom, her husband and my brother."
"I thought you were from Colorado?" He asked as we got out.
"I am but I moved a lot back and forth from Colorado to different cities and states mainly South Dakota for years."
We walked in and waited to be seated. We finally got a seated and then ordered our food and drinks.
"So after I'm ready, then what?"
"Well around 5:45, I'm supposed to pick you up where ever you are and take you back to the hotel. Then wait with you for a while and leave before Mike gets back to pick you up."
He looked around at the little 50s Diner.
"This is a pretty cool place. Did you come here a lot with your mom?"
"Yeah." I smiled. "It used to only me, Alan, and our mom. My mom's now ex-husband Bob was always on the road. He was a truck driver."
We got talking a little about my past when our food came. We ate and talked, laughing here and there.
After finishing our breakfast, Randy paid the bill and we left. As we pulled up to the front of Dress Barn, I smiled as I saw the two superstars standing out front.
"Oh god." Randy chuckled. Laughing I turned to look at Randy.
"Really?" I laughed. "Adam and Jay are helping me pick out a dress for tonight?"
"Seems so."
After saying goodbye to Randy, I grabbed my bag and walked over to the two men.
"Hey!" Jay greeted me. He gave me a hug then so did Adam.
"So you two are helping me pick out a dress?" I asked.
"Yep. We are your wardrobe coordinators." Adam smirked.
"Really?" I laughed.
"Yep. Not to brag, but I'm pretty good at it. My wife takes me dress shopping with her whenever I'm home." Jay chuckled.
"Alright then. Shall we?" We walked into the shop and were greeted by a tall blonde woman.
"Hello. How can I help you today?"
"Hi, today is her 7th year anniversary and she's going out tonight with her fiancée." Jay said, gesturing to me.
"Awe! Congratulations!" She beamed. "So what type of dress are you looking for?"
"We were thinking a cocktail dress." Adam said.
"Alright, then follow me."
We follow her to an area with a few chairs and a couch with a little area and a changing room.
"Alright, just stay here and I'll see what I can find." She smiled before walking away.
Adam and Jay sat down on the couch while I take one of the chairs.
She came back a few moments later with a couple dresses in her hands.
"Here we are. You can try these on and see if you like them, if not I'll see what else I can find."
Standing up, I take the dresses and walk into the little changing area.
I come back out in a blue Plissé satin-twill dress and turn around.
"Oh that looks wonderful on you!" The woman exclaims, smiling.
"What do you guys think?" I ask, looking at the men.
"Eh...that one just looks weird. The color is nice but the style...no." Jay replied.
"Yeah, I agree with Jay. It's interesting...but no."
Nodding I walk back into the changing area and try on the next one. I walk out in a grey Rag & bone Verona draped racerback dress.
"Just...no." Adam says.
"That one's alright, kind of boring though." Jay added.
Next I walk out in a black Sequin-paneled jersey mini dress.
"Not bad. You could do better." Christian says.
I look at Adam.
"Should be more sequins."
Chuckling, I walk back into the changing area. I come with in a Gold Stripe Sequin Cap Sleeve Dress.
Scrunching up my nose I shake my head.
"Whoa. Waaaay too much sparkle." Jay exclaims.
"She looks like a disco ball." Adam laughs. "So shiny!"
I laugh as I head back through the curtain.
I come back in a black Taffeta Ruffle Dress. I move back and forth, giggling as I watch it swish back and forth. They look at each other and shake their heads.
Next is a purple Cross-neck satin-jersey dress.
"I kinda like it." Adam shrugs. I look at jay and he shakes his head.
"Sorry, Adam." I chuckle. I'm gonna go with Jay on this one."
I walk out in a red One Shoulder Diamante Detail Dress.
"It just doesn't look right. Not for you." Jay said.
"Don't like the style." Adam added.
Last, I came out in an Alexia Admor emerald taffeta pleated one shoulder dress.
"No." They said at the same time.
"well this is the last of them." I replied, walking back to the changing area.
"Charity, go ahead and take that one off. I'm gonna go pick out something for you to try." Jay said as he walked over to one of the many racks of dresses.
I just got out of the green one when Jay handed another dress through the curtain.
"Try this one."
I put it on and walked out in a Black and gold Sequin-underlayed strapless mesh dress.
Turning around, I smiled as Adam whistled.
"That looks great on you! You look beautiful." Jay said, smiling.
"That is definitely the one." Adam agreed. "Go change out of that and we'll pay for it."
Nodding, I walk back into the changing area and change into my normal clothes before walking out with the dress. I handed to Jay as they went to go pay for it. As I was about to leave to wait outside, I saw Adam grab the gold dress and stick it on the counter…
As we all pile into Jay's rental car, I hopped into the backseat; almost sitting on a black gear bag.
"You really brought Jericho's gym bag with you?" I laughed.
"He takes it everywhere." Adam replied, sitting in the passenger seat.
"What?" Jay chuckled. "This is payback for all the pranks he's pulled on me."
I gave him a questioning look.
"About a month ago he put itching powder in Jay's tights." Adam replied.
"Is that why you looked all twitchy on television that one time?" I laughed.
"what? It itched!"
Adam and I burst out laughing as Jay reached back and grabbed the bag.
He popped the trunk and put the bag inside before shutting it and hopping in the driver seat.
Next, we pulled up to a place called 'Hair force Salon.' I grinned as Jericho strode over to the car.
He bent down to look through the window.
"Hi Adam. Hello Jay..."
"Hey Jericho. Did you do something different with your hair?" He smiled, earning a chuckle from both Adam and I.
"Very funny, asshole. Now where's my gear bag?"
"Wow, somebody's pissy today."
"Where is it Jay?"
"Hm….gearbag. Oh! That must be the bag that's in my hotel room. Damn! If I would have known you were the guy we were meeting with, I would have brought it!"
"You're an idiot." He said, rolling his eyes. "Just bring it to the house show tomorrow. Okay?"
"You got it!" Jay saluted. Laughing, I thanked them for helping me and got out of the car.
"He had the bag with him, didn't he?" Jericho asked as they drove away.
"Yeah." I nodded.
Sighing he shook his head.
"So you're my hair guy, huh?"
"Yep. I mean obviously other than Mike, I have the best hair in theWWE." He chuckled.
"Yeah, Mike does have great hair." I agreed.
We walked into the salon and waited. I flipped through one of the style books while we waited.
"See anything you like?" Jericho asked.
Nodding, I pointed to the picture on the page.
"What do you think?" I asked.
He looked at it, to me, and back at the picture.
"I like it. I think it'd look good on you."
One of the hairstylists spotted us and walked over.
"Sorry for the wait. My name is Anna and I'll be your stylists for today."
She shook our hands and led us to the back. I sat in the chair and she put the smock over me.
"So what am I doing today?" She asked.
"Well today is my anniversary so I'm here to get my hair styled for tonight for when I go out with my fiancée.'
"Oh, congratulations! How long have you been together?"
"Seven years, today."
"Aww that's so sweet. Is this your fiancée?" She asked pointing to Jericho who was sitting on a chair out of the way.
"No, he's my fiancée's friend. "
"Oh, sorry. He is cute though." She chuckled. "So what did you have in mind?"
"I was thinking some glam waves."
"Good choice."
A couple hours later…
"Alright. You're all done." Anna smiled a she swung the chair around.
I smiled as I looked at my reflection.
"Well? What do you think?"
"I love it!" I replied.
"Let's see what your cute friend thinks." She whispered as she turned the chair so I faced Jericho.
"Wow." He said as he saw me. "You look amazing."
Anna took the smock off me and I got up to pay. Afterwards we walked out to the parking lot and got into his car. After riding in silence the whole way we parked in the parking lot of Minerva's; a beautiful restaurant on the east side of town. After thanking him, I made my way into the restaurant when I was greeted by a short blonde woman. She smiled as I walked up.
"Hello there. Do you have a reservation?"
Before I had left the car, Jericho said the two people I was going to meet were already there and the reservation was made under Charity Mizanin.
Nodding I gave her the name and she smiled.
"Alright, Mrs. Mizanin. You're company is already here."
I smiled as she called me, Mrs. Mizanin. I followed her to a table where to Lyca and another woman I didn't know were sitting. As we got there, Lyca smiled and they both stood up.
"Hey!" Lyca said, pulling me into a hug. "How are you? It's good to see you again."
"Hey Lyca! It's great to see you again, too." I smiled. "I'm doing great; thanks for asking."
She released me and was about to sit down until she noticed the other woman.
"Charity, this is my friend, Zoey . She is Paul Lloyd's wife. Zoey, this is my good friend Charity. She's engaged to Mike Mizanin."
"Congratulations." She smiled as she shook my hand. "It's nice to meet you."
"It's nice to meet you too, Zoey." I smiled.
It took me a second to notice that, like Lyca, Zoey was also pregnant.
"So if you don't mind me asking, how far along are you?" I asked, motioning to her pregnant belly.
"I'm six months."
"She's having twins." Lyca added.
"Twins? Wow."
We all sat down as a waitress came over and took our orders.
"I'm sorry to ask but who is Paul Lloyd?"
"Don't be sorry." Zoey smiled. "Everyone knows him better as Justin Gabriel."
"Oh! How did you two meet?"
"Lyca is actually the reason I met Paul. She and I have been friends for a long time and I moved to Cameron with her. She then met Matt who was obviously Justin's pro on NXT. She met him and decided he and I were a perfect match so they set us up. We've been inseparable ever since."
"Aww. That's great! Where did you move from?" I asked.
"Well, I'm originally from Chicago. Lyca and I met at college, we were dorm mates. Thank god we were roomies because I thought for sure I was going to end up with some preppy girly girl, ha-ha." She laughed.
Lyca and I laughed as well.
"Well that is great. Congratulations by the way on the pregnancy." I smiled, and turned to Lyca. "To both of you."
They both smiled and thanked me.
"Matt was so happy he was practically dancing when he heard." She laughed.
"So was Paul! Especially when we found out it was twins."
"So are you and Mike thinking about having kids soon after you're married?" Lyca asked.
I thought about it for a moment.
"Probably not. We might wait awhile. I don't think we're in too big of a hurry to start a family."
Our food finally came and we talked while we ate.
"So am I just here to have lunch with you two or is there more shopping?" I asked taking a bite.
"Well we're going to eat lunch, and then do a little bit of shopping. Do you have shoes for your dress? Makeup?"
I shook my head.
We finished our food and paid before heading out to Lyca's car. We all piled inside and headed to the nearest shoe store. Before we went inside, I showed them the dress.
"Oh my god! I love that!" Zoey exclaimed.
"That is a beautiful dress." Lyca said as she looked at it. "Jay picked this out?"
"Yeah. The lady that worked there picked out 8 other ones. I tried them all on but Adam and Jay didn't like any of them. So Jay picked out this one and when I came out Adam whistled at me." I laughed.
"That's typical Adam." She laughed.
"I'm gonna have to take Jay dress shopping with me in the future." Lyca told Zoey.
She nodded. "Me too."
We put the dress back into the car and walked into the store cleverly named "Shoe Diva."
This store was amazing. All the walls were lined with shoes. There were racks and racks of shoes. We headed over to the heel section. I tried on a lot and was tired. About 4 hours and a lot of heels later, we finally decided on Yves Saint Laurent black suede gold piped 'Tribute 105' platform sandals. We bought the shoes then headed over to the Sioux Falls Mall. Just being there brought back memories. We walked past F.Y.E and the bookstore where I spent countless hours with my mom and brother years ago. We finally made it to J.C. Penny and walked inside. After buying some make-up, we walked around for a while. As we came up to Victoria's Secret, Lyca and Zoey pulled me inside, insisting I buy some perfume for tonight. After looking through the huge selection we all decided on a 2.5 ounce bottle of Victoria's Secret's Breathless Eau De Perfume Spray. As we were leaving, I checked the time on my phone and my eyes widened.
"What's wrong?" Zoey asked.
"It's already 5:50." I said.
As we rushed to leave, I called Randy. He answered on the 2nd ring.
"Hello?"
"Hey Randy. I'm done shopping and what not."
"Charity! Where are you?"
"I'm at the Sioux Falls Mall, but we're on our way. I'll just meet you in the lobby at the hotel."
"Alright. Hurry."
We hung up and we finally made it to the parking lot. It took us a couple minutes to find the car but we found it and got in. We hurried to the hotel. We finally made it with three minutes to six. I thanked them before grabbing my bags and running into the lobby. Luckily Randy was already waiting at the elevator. He hit the button as he spotted me. Luckily by the time I made it to the elevator, it dinged and the doors opened. We got inside and Randy hit my floor number.
"So how was the rest of your day?" Randy asked as the doors closed.
"It was amazing!" I replied, smiling.
As we rode up, I told him all of what I did, where I went and with whom. The doors slide open and we both dashed to my door. It took me a little bit to find my keycard, but I found it and unlocked the door. Randy went to sit on the bed as I went into the bathroom to get ready. I put on my dress and make-up before checking my hair. I put on my heels and took a breath.
"I can't wait to see what dress Adam and Jay chose." Randy said as I opened the door.
I walked out and stood before him.
"Well?" I asked before twirling around. "How do I look?"
"Wow." He said. "You look amazing."
"Thanks." I smiled.
I walked over to him and sat on the bed next to him. We talked for a little while until Randy's phone beeped. He looked at his phone.
"Alright, I have to leave you now. Mike just walked into the lobby."
Nodding we both stand up. I thank him for everything and give him a hug.
"You look great. Have a fun time on your anniversary." He whispered.
I thanked him as we broke apart and he left.
After he left, I ran into the bathroom and grabbed the little gift box from the bags I got from the mall. As I heard a knock on the door, I quick gave myself a couple spritzes of the perfume I got as Victoria's Secret and ran out of the bathroom to grab my bag. Inside, I put the little box inside and opened the door.
"Hey." I smiled.
"Hey. Are you ready?" Mike asked, returning my smile. I slipped the keycard into my purse before stepping out and closing the door.
"Wow." He said as he looked me up and down. "Babe, you look absolutely beautiful."
He leaned in and kissed me.
We broke apart and he grabbed my hand as we made our way to the elevator. Mike looked amazing himself. He wore a black shirt, dark grey vest and navy blue tie. We rode the elevator back down and crossed the lobby. We headed to the parking lot and got into his rental.
A few minutes later we pulled up to a restaurant and got out. As we ate, we talked a little about the day.
"So how did Dress shopping go with Adam and Jay?" He asked.
"It was a lot of fun." I laughed. "Jay is actually the one that picked out the dress I'm wearing."
"Really? Jay picked that out?"
"Yep."
"Wow. He's good." He smiled. "You look amazing."
"Thanks."
I told him how Anna, the hairstylist, thought Jericho was my fiancée at first then how she said he was cute.
"And did you have a good lunch?"
"Yes I did. Thank you.
I chucked and Mike gave me a questioning look.
"What's so funny?"
"Really? Charity Mizanin?" I laughed.
"Oh, you liked that, huh?" He smirked.
I nodded.
"Well you will be after we're married." He added, earning a smile from me.
After we ate, Mike paid the check and we went out to the car.
"Alright. Back to the hotel." I said as we got to the car. Mike gently grabbed my arm as I went to open my door. I turned to look at him.
"Actually, the night isn't over." He grinned, mischievously.
Before I could ask what he meant, he pulled a blindfold out of his pocket.
"What's that for?"
"You. Where we're going next is a surprise."
"So why am I getting blindfolded?"
"I know you lived here before for many years. So I know you still know your way around. If I let you see, you'll know where we're going."
Laughing, I let him tie the blindfold on and help me in the car.
I tried to think where he could possibly take me. Mike got inside the car and started it.
"Trust me Babe, you're gonna love it."
By the time we finally parked again, I had already given up. I had no idea where we were. I heard Mike's door open and shut a few moments before mine opened. The warm night air rushed in, and I held out my hand for Mike. He helped me out and then I heard my door shut and another one open and shut. Mike grabbed my hand and we walked quite a ways before we stopped. Hearing the sound of rushing water, I tried to think of all the places I've been that you hear water. Mike let go of my hand for a second. A few moments later, I felt an arm snake around my waist and a kiss gets pressed on my neck.
He walked me forward a little until my knee slightly brushed against something.
"Ready to see?" I heard him whisper.
"I'm ready." I whisper back.
He slowly removes the blindfold. My jaw drops as I see the Sioux Falls lit up with different colors.
"Oh my god." I muttered softly. "Mike…"
"I knew you'd like it." He whispered. "We were in Sioux Falls, South Dakota on our anniversary so I thought it'd be a perfect place to take you."
Turning in his arms I smile as I put my arms around his neck.
"Thank you, Mike."
I press my lips against his, and he kissed back.
"And that's not all." He said after we broke away.
He let go of me and grabbed the blanket that was on the ground near us. He grabbed my hand and looked at me. The light from the full moon lit up his blue eyes.
"Follow me."
We walked around the Falls, until we were near a grassy area in view of the falls. He laid the blanket down and signaled for me to sit. He sat down as well and pulled something out of his pocket.
"What's that?" I asked, pointing to his hand.
Smiling, he handed me a little bottle.
"It's my anniversary gift for you. Open it."
I looked down at it and saw that there was a piece of paper rolled up inside. Carefully, I removed the little cork and pulled out the paper. Unrolling the paper, there was writing on it, in Mike's handwriting.
I looked at him and smiled.
"Read it." He smiled.
Looking down, I read it out loud as the moonlight lit it up.
Dear Charity,
Each day I love you more,
Today more than yesterday,
And less than tomorrow.
Love,
Mike
I looked up and cupped his face.
"Thank you, babe." I smiled before giving him a kiss.
"That's not all. There's something else in the bottle." He said, as we broke apart.
I tipped the bottle upside down in my hand and out cam a silver necklace. Placing the bottle down, I looked at it. It was a little silver moon with two little diamonds. Looking closely in the moonlight, I saw that it said, "I love You to the Moon and back."
I handed to him and he fastened it around my neck.
Thanking him and gave him another kiss.
As I broke away, I leaned over and grabbed the little box from my purse.
"I actually have a gift for you, too."
Smiling, I handed him the box.
He opened it and pulled out this little red bag. Opening the bag he dumped the little metal stones in his hand.
"What are these?" He asked.
"Those are little metal stones that say "I love you" on one side and the other side gives a reason of why I love you.
He picked the up one by one and read them.
"I love you..." He flipped it over. "For always getting my jokes."
"I love you…. because you're an inspiration."
"I love you…..because you're so much fun."
"I love you….because of your great smile."
"I love you….for being so giving."
"I love you….because I just do!"
"I love you….because you love me."
"I love you….because you love me."
"I love you…for your honesty."
He put all the stones back in the back and leaned over and gave me a kiss.
"I'm sorry that my gift is kinda lame." I said as we ended the kiss.
"It's not lame." He chuckled. "I love it."
We lay cuddled up together on the blanket and looked up at the stars. As the mosquitos started coming out, we packed up our stuff and headed back to the car. We headed back to the hotel, and got back to our room. As we got inside, Mike went to the mini fridge and pulled out a wooden basket.
"What's that?"
Walking over he opened it to reveal to mini bottles of champagne with glasses, a small container of strawberries, a little container of pretzels, and this little bowl with a hole underneath with a candle, two dipping forks, two blocks of chocolate and a couple little candles.
"This would be dessert and my last anniversary gift for the night."
Mike took out the little candles and lit them before putting them on the little coffee table. He took out the champagne, the bowl, strawberries, pretzels, and blocks of chocolate.
Taking off my heels, I joined him on the floor next to the coffee table. He unwrapped the chocolate and puts them in the bowl and lit the candle underneath. I opened the strawberries and pretzels as Mike got up and turned off the lights. He sat back down and poured us each a glass of champagne.
"Fondue and champagne?"
Grinning he nodded.
As we waited for the chocolate to melt, we sat together and drank while we talked. The chocolate melted and we fed each other strawberries and pretzels dipped in chocolate. As soon as everything was finished, Mike blew out the candles, and put everything away. After everything was packed, we laid down on the couch and watched a movie. Halfway through, I slowly fell asleep.
[Mike POV]
Charity was snuggled up, facing me. I looked down and smiled. She was already asleep. Careful not to wake her, I reached over and grabbed the remote. I switched off the TV, and pulled the blanket a little tighter around us. I gave her a gentle kiss on the lips.
"Goodnight, Babe. Happy Anniversary." I whispered.
Hugging her a little closer, I closed my eyes.
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