Another Monday Night RAW in the bank, but this time Ava had another first; stepping out onto the long running shows' stage. She had to fight back her smile as the crowd reacted and cheered for the Wyatt Family.

The energy of the crowd and the happiness of finally debuting had stayed with her throughout the entire week, through time at home, time off chores, and especially when she had dropped into the Performance Center one afternoon to celebrate with Regal. He had greeted her with the biggest smile that just made her realise that all the waiting had been worth it. The two years spent in development had all added up to this moment. She had made it to the big leagues and was on TV.

But Regal had still made her take bumps and bounce the ropes like any other rookie.

As the first live event of the weekend finished, Nikki, Brie and herself had filed into their rental, opting for a slightly bigger car now she had seen how the Shield and others drove. Bryan had opted for a ride in another car and John had a medical appointment, which left the women to their own devices and on a man-free drive to the next city on their live event stretch that weekend.

Nikki had opted for the "rest" in the backseat, while Ava was navigation girl and Brie took up the driving for the first leg. The older twin had already complained that she was hungry, while Brie had said about your body wanting fatty foods later at night.

Once a safe distance away from the arena and prying eyes, Ava removed the dark haired wig and then pulled out a bag of chips from her bag. Nikki's eyes grew tenfold and she gestured for one, Brie had simply just rolled her eyes at the pair.

"You know you want one." Ava said to Brie, the twin keeping her eyes fixed on the road. She was silent, her mouth opening and closing to argue, but when words failed her, she simply opened her mouth again for the dorito that Ava held out to her.

With a laugh, she popped it in her mouth and then reached for her own.

"How's John's elbow doing? It looked pretty nasty at RAW."

She made a face, "he's had some scans on it, I think, uh, they're just trying to see what it is and if he needs surgery." The twin said, reaching for another dorito. " If it does need surgery, I think I'm gonna schedule a few days off to spend with him, since we don't really have set storylines."

Ava just nodded, munching on another handful of chips.

"How is it going with your guy, A? Things getting serious?" Brie asked from beside her with a big smile.

"Way to be discreet and slip it into conversation." Nikki rolled her eyes, taking the pack of Doritos Ava passed her.

"What? You got more gossip than me! I barely know his name."

"Neither do I!"

"Neither of you ever will know his name." The blonde visibly shrunk back in her seat, wanting to avoid any and all questions relating to her mystery man. Jon's cheeky face just appeared in her mind, his messy sex hair...

"So you're still seeing him?"

Gulping, she answered "yeah." Brie's question effectively cutting off the lingering thoughts. But the vision still stayed there. She wondered when she'd see him; she knew they were on the same live event run.

"But you're not getting serious?" Nikki asked, popping some more Doritos into her mouth, ladylike for now, before handing the bag back to Ava wordlessly. "Still casual?"

"It's just fun, I don't think it's getting serious. He's not really like that, I don't think."

Nikki sat up straighter, the curiosity peeking in her, "did you see him this week?"

Technically she had seen him on Monday, they had crossed paths in a hallway, he had made a joke about sex in the hallway, she had rolled her eyes... but she was tempted to take him up on it. Especially when she had seen him in the Shield gear.

"When you're home?" Brie continued.

Ava sucked in a deep breath, this was gonna get uncomfortable real quick with the interrogation from the twins, she thought, shoving a dorito into her mouth to help delay her response. "Mmhmm," she swallowed, "when I'm home."

Another Dorito.

Another delay tactic.

"But you haven't had the talk yet?" Brie asked.

"How's the sex?" Nikki asked.

This was where the twins were so clearly different.

"Nicole!" Brie exclaimed, her brown eyes wide, while Ava and Nikki sniggered in their seats, Ava passing the packet to the back.

"Really good. Great even."

"Ava! Don't encourage her."

The blonde just shrugged and turned in her seat to look at the older twin. "I prefer her questions."

"How big is he?"

"NICOLE!"

"What?" Nikki's voice rose, while Ava laughed in her seat. "I need to know if she's happy!"

"I am very happy." Ava said to her, her eyes raised and a smile on her face. Silently, behind Brie's back, the two communicated with hand gestures, Nikki's hands starting close together and moving further apart, her mouth dropping open the more her hands opened.

"I can see you two!" Brie yelled out, but the two just ignored it.

Ava nodded at one point and Nikki just said, "wow, I'm happy that you're having good sex. That's healthy!"

"Thanks. It's probably the most I've ever had at one point in my life."

The twin just sighed and relaxed back against the chair, "that's like how it is for me and John, we have such an intense connection, we're at it all the time and the sex is still just..." She didn't finish her sentence, just pursed her lips together, scrunched her nose up and nodded her head.

"Oh my god, that is totally your sex face." Brie said, her eyes flicking to Nikki in the rearview mirror.

"That means it's your sex face too!"

A smirk quirked at the edge of Brie's lips until she gave in, shaking her head and laughing. "You're awful."

"Shhh! John's calling!" Nikki yelled out, before her voice went all soft, "hey love."


Her legs wrapped around his waist, her soft skin against his, her laugh ringing out at a lame joke she made, her husky moans... All the memories of the last time they were together came back to him when he caught sight of the blonde in catering. They hadn't actually shared a bed (or sofa) together since last week, the night of SummerSlam, only because the live events had gotten busy and his nights were spent with the guys or in the gym.

But still he could feel her on him.

Her nails running through his hair, over his scalp, the shivers than ran down his spine...

Colby, Colby, Colby, Colby. He thought as he felt his cargo pants tighten, it was the immediate mood killer. He kept repeating his name as the blonde then turned away from the Bella Twins and started for their direction with a bright smile on her face. Clearing his throat, he plastered a cocky smirk on his lips, one Joe immediately picked up on as she sat opposite the Ohioan. The Samoan furrowed his brows at him, before looking back at his food.

Claudio yelled out, "Schatz!" He watched as she rolled her eyes. Her body was covered in an oversized jumper, her white dress underneath and converse on her feet. His eyes zeroed in on her legs for a split second before scanning up to her smiling face, she gave Colby a nudge before dropping down in the seat beside the two toned man and opposite Claudio. Jon was just one person away from her and his hands itched to touch her.

"Can you please not with that name in public spaces?"

Placing the plate of food down in front of her; it consisted of chips, hummus, carrots sticks and cucumber. She plucked a carrot up, dipping it before biting into it.

Reaching over, he snagged a chip from her plate with a smile. She narrowed her eyes at him instantly, "and what have I told you before? Ava doesn't share food." Joe sniggered opposite him.

"Well you do with me now, sunshine." He grinned, "chips are like my kryptonite, don't be thinkin' you can just bring a plate of them over here to our table and not expect me to take one."

She went to open her mouth to argue, but just settled on pulling her plate further away from him after he plucked a second one.

"It's easier to not fight him on that... or just not eat chips around him." Joe said, before taking a big bite of his sandwich.

"I'm never gonna have any chips left if you keep going!" Ava said, dipping another carrot. "So what's the locker room gossip?"

"Joe's gonna propose to his girl soon."

Ava's eyes grew tenfold at Colby's first piece of gossip. Her smile reappeared, before she moved her plate forward to lean across the table and look at him. "You are?! Does she know it's coming?"

While her focus was shifted, Jon reached past Claudio, who did nothing but lean back in his chair and smirk. But before his hand could touch her plate, she had slapped his hand.

Shaking his head, Joe answered the blonde. "No, or at least I don't think she does."

"Good luck. Let me know how it goes and when you do it."

"Well, it's her birthday next month, so I've got a small idea of how I wanna do it."

"I already told you, just do it hen you're next at home, no waitin' for this right moment crap."

Ava rolled her eyes, ignoring Jon's comment. "Have you got a ring?"

"Yeah." Joe's smile grew and his cheeks tinged pink. A round of 'Awws' chorused through the table from Colby and Ava, while Jon and Claudio just shook their heads.

"So what's the other gossip?" Ava asked and it didn't take long for the conversation to the latest run of pranks making the rounds in the locker room. Colby had been the latest victim of the Uso's.


A pleasant buzz spread through his limbs, warming up his body. His fingers drummed on the side of his glass of whiskey. This was his happy place, in a bar, surrounded by a select few favourite people; Joe, Colby, Claudio, Stephen... and Bo Dallas was the hanger on tonight, because he had hitched a ride with them to the hotel and had heard they were going for a few drinks after.

He liked the kid, he did, but in small doses. He quickly found out that a whole evening was too long, which was probably why he had settled in on the opposite side of the booth with him. The pool table in the darker corner of the room had caught his eye and he wanted to challenge Ava to another match.

Just from a mere thought of the blonde, his eyes scanned the bar, almost missing her once before catching sight of her with Nikki Bella on the tall bar stools. Her dark wig made her almost pass for a twin, but her bright brown eyes gave her away. She laughed with the other woman before dropping her head onto her shoulder.

His eyes scanned her body, taking in the black backless top she wore; her soft skin exposed, making it clear she was braless.

Colby, Colby, Colby.

Jon said in a mantra as he turned back to his drink before letting his eyes scan the crowd on the dance floor casually. "Looking for your next conquest?" Stephen asked from his side, his Irish accent seemingly getting thicker after a drink.

Swallowing a mouthful of whiskey, he would've taken off for the dancefloor or bar to find a woman who peaked his interest to enjoy for the evening. But that had changed over the past couple of months; he hadn't really slept with anyone but Ava. It was a weird feeling that settled in him, he wasn't sure what it was.

He knew what had happened when he had tried to sleep with someone else after Ava, he had thought of her the whole time. He hadn't really tried to sleep with anyone else since then, he hadn't even thought of it either.

"I've got my eye on someone already." He said with a big smirk and Stephen just clapped him on the shoulder.

"The titty master strikes again!" The Irishman announced, probably a bit too loudly, but it still made the whole table laugh along with Jon. He would need another drink to keep up with Stephen at this rate.

"Don't encourage him." Joe said over them with a smile.

"Let the lad enjoy it! Maybe we need to challenge a few lasses to a game of strip pool?" He joked, another round of laughter ensuing but when Claudio stopped abruptly, narrowing his eyes and stood up, they all stopped laughing.

"What's up with you, man?"

The Swissman didn't reply to Colby's question, just nodded to the bar. Six pairs of eyes turned to the crowded bar, some unsure what they were looking for, before Jon spotted Ava and knew what had angered Claudio. Squeezed in between people, the woman as vying for the attention of the bartender... all the while trying to not pay attention to the tall man beside her who looked like he had won the lottery.

She ducked her head away from him and solely faced the bar, before placing her order, leaning further over the bar in the process. The man's eyes went to her backside and they all heard a growl come from Claudio.

Jon's gaze hardened when the man reached out to touch the woman's shoulder, his hand running down her back and over her exposed skin. He leaned in and spoke in her ear, to which she tried to ignore him and just face the bar.

Claudio went to stand up and march over there, but Colby placed his hand on his shoulder and held him still. "She can handle herself, just give her a minute…. Then you can go over there."

They watched as Ava swiped her hand down to remove his hand from her body, but the sight of the man made Jon's hands twitch and clench. Her mouth moved before she turned away from him again, but the man moved closer to speak in her ear. He then touched her lower back, his hand moving to curve around her waist as he spoke to her. Claudio stood up again as Ava dodged her head away from his face.

Jon rose up from his chair, downing the last of his whiskey before saying to Claudio, "I got this, man." The two men shared a knowing look and a nod before Jon casually meandered through the crowd to the woman, who had yet again shrugged off his arm.

"Hey darlin'." Jon's arm went around her shoulders, not needing to touch her bare skin unnecessarily in that moment; she was already creeped out with the other man. He knew it was a possessive move and it was absolutely worth its weight in gold when the other man recoiled.

Her brown eyes shot up to meet his over her shoulder, his lips went to her temple and she relaxed and smiled up at him. "You want a hand with these?" He nodded to the drinks that were now in front of them. She handed the cash to the barman and turned to him, a hand touching his chest briefly, but yet a noticeable move by the man who had just been hitting on her.

"Yes please."

Jon just nodded and then finally looked across to the creep, his body a similar size and height to Jon's, but that didn't stop him shrinking away from the wrestler. "You sweet talkin' my girl here?" he smirked.

"Nah, just making conversation." The man smiled uneasy, raising his hands up in defence.

"Yeah? Well make conversation with someone else." He said, before blocking him off and opening up a space for Ava to lead the way back to the table. He collected the last remaining three drinks and followed her back to their table.

"Thanks Ambrose!" Nikki called out with a smile, to which he simply nodded.

Not making a show of it, he left the drinks on the table with the girls and turned back to his table, squeezing through the crowd. He stopped short when he felt a tug on his hand.

He turned back to see her close to him. "Thank you." She said with a smile, not yet letting his hand go.

"No sweat, sunshine. Give me the signal if you need any more help warding off the creeps." He winked at her before turning around, not before giving her hand a brief squeeze.

Claudio nodded at him when he returned, Jon reached out and bumped fists with him. "Next time, no kissing."

If you only knew. Jon smirked, "I could do a lot worse, man. I could've laid a big ol' kiss on her, felt her up, marked my claim..." He stopped when he noticed the glare on Claudio's face. "But I wouldn't do that, not in front of you at least." Jon grinned, before turning to look back at the bar. "I need another fuckin' drink."

But Claudio spoke up before he could continue, nodding to the bar, "no need, Stephen's already gone to get the next round."

They looked over to see Stephen now beside the man who had been hitting on Ava, but was now collecting a round of beers. The Irishman stopped to say something to the man and the woman he was now trying to impress, before continuing on his way. They all watched as the woman's face screwed up and she left.

He handed the beers out with a triumphant grin. "What'd you say?"

"Just did the decent thing and warned the lass that she might want to keep her distance 'cos he's got genital warts."

A/N: Hiiiii – has it really been this long? Hope this v long chapter makes up for it. I promise not to make you wait this long again, just had a serious case of writers block with this chapter. But finally it's flowing. Or at least I hope? What did you think?