Sorry about the delay guys, but I've had a ton of homework and doctor's apointments because of my leg. Anyway, to tie you over until I get another full Impact done, which will hopefully be sometime this week, I've made a chapter of about three home scenes, so, yeah. Hope you enjoy and that its up to par.
I only own Cayden and thanks Instant Classic Superstar Pac.
Screams filled the hallway at the boys Orlando house as AJ and Chris's doors swung open almost simultaneously. After hearing the screams, the boys knew they were Cayden's and hurried to her room.
They were almost certain that this would happen. Angle had brought back the glass table in probably the most dramatic and traumatic way possible for Cayden, thus making her nightmares that night practically inevitable.
Chris and AJ had talked about it whenever Christian had carried Cayden up to her room after she had fallen asleep while they were watching television. They knew the nightmares would probably come and Chris had volunteered to take care of her if something happened. However, after hearing the severity of the screams, AJ felt he needed to go also.
Sting loudly ran up the stairs, taking them two at a time, as he came up from the floor below, Jeff only a few feet behind him. Joe and Tomko had went to Joe's house for the night so there was enough guest rooms for everyone.
Sting looked at them as they all reached the room. "Nightmares?"
Chris nodded. "I thought we all agreed I would handle this?" The others shrugged or shook their heads.
"Sugar needs us. Besides, we're all awake anyway. Might as well make sure she's alright." Jeff explained as AJ looked around and chuckled lightly.
"Yeah, everyone except Christian. I swear that man could sleep through a tornado or a hurricane." He said, his mind going back to the time when Christian had slept through a fire alarm going off at the hotel they were at. Luckily, the fire was only in an isolated area of the hotel and wasn't anywhere near them.
Daniels chuckled back slightly before he looked at the others. "You ready for this?" He asked, as they all nodded before he opened the door.
As they stepped inside the room, they heard muffled sniffling.
Cayden was sitting up in the bed, her head buried in Christian's chest as he carded a hand through her hair and hugged her tightly against him, resting his chin on the top of her head.
"Shh. It's alright Leaf. I'm right here. You're okay. I'm right here." He repeatedly whispered as Cayden sobbed violently against him.
As if to reinforce the fact that Christian was there and was okay, Cayden reached up and gripped his shirt in her hands and her tears began to soak through his tee.
AJ looked over at him slightly confused. "Christian? What are you doing in here?"
Christian rolled his eyes. "Well, Leaf is upset, so I'm taking care of her." An understood 'duh' could have practically been added at the end.
"Christian, hotel fire alarms don't even wake you up. How in God's name did you hear her?" Jeff asked, as the Instant Classic got his signature smirk on his face.
"Well, you know, whenever I'm doing the whole Captain America thing, I can hear when people need help, especially Cay here. Heard her screaming from my room and got over here." He said, as he tightened his grip around her, and, noting she was calmer, decided to question her a little.
"Leaf, sweetie, you want to talk about it?"
She shook her head as she continued to shake in Christian's arms.
Chris sat down on the edge of the bed next to Cayden and moved some hair out of her face so he could at least see the side of her face.
"Short Stuff, was it the glass table again?"
She slowly and reluctantly nodded into Christian's chest.
"Did Christian make it?" Jeff asked, as she shook her head.
Christian sighed deeply and moved his hands up and down her arm
"Maple Leaf, look at me."
When she refused to move from against him, he grabbed her by the sides of her face and pulled her away from him and looked her in the eyes.
"Cay, honey, I'm right here. And I'm okay. I promise you. I'm Captain America, I'm pretty much indestructible." He reassured, causing a slight smirk to cross her face.
"You know, Captain America just died in the comic books C." AJ chimed in, as Jeff and Sting both smacked him on the back of the head before Christian shot daggers at him with his eyes.
"Shut up AJ." He hissed. "Besides, have you read anything in the last two years, AJ? He didn't die, he got stopped in time for a bit."
Christian then turned his focus back to Cayden. He kissed her on the forehead before pulling her back into the hug. "I'm alright Leaf. I'm alright." He cooed.
He held Cayden for a few minutes, until she calmed down considerably. After she had, he looked down at her. "Are you okay?" He asked, as she nodded slowly, pulling away from him slightly.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Sorry, I woke everyone." She apologized. They shook their heads, telling her not to worry about it, and, after hugging her goodnight, the boys all filed out of the room one-by-one.
Christian was the last to leave and noticed how tense Cayden got as he was about to get up. Looking down at her, he could see fear forming in her eyes. He sighed before leaning back on the bed.
She raised an eyebrow. "Cap? What are you doing?"
"You're freaked. I'll stay in here until you fall asleep." He offered.
"You don't have to do that." She told him, shaking her head.
He shrugged. "I know. Now, get some shut eye, okay? Tomorrow we start planning our next big prank."
She smirked back at him before lying down next to him, feeling much safer than before and falling into a deep sleep.
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Cayden sat next to her brother Chris, leaning against his side. Since the events that had transpired the night before at Impact and the nightmare she had had, she stayed super close to her brothers. Joe sat on the other end of the couch as the three of them watch Supernatural.
It was about nine in the morning when Cayden's phone started going off.
Just a city boy. Born and raised in South Detroit. He took the midnight train going anywhere.
Cayden smiled momentarily, before the anxiously look she had previously had came back. She sighed before she grabbed her phone from the coffee table and pressed it to her ear.
"Hey babe." She said quietly into the phone.
"Hey sweetheart." Not missing his girlfriend's greeting that was far less chipper than usual, he continued. "What's wrong?"
"Oh, nothing. It's just morning and you know how much I hate the A.M." She said, with a big fake yawn before changing the subject. "Sorry I wasn't up when you called last night. It was a long night and I was beat."
"Don't even worry about it. Why was it such a long night?" He asked. Cayden shot a worried glance over to her brother. She had been contemplating whether or not to tell Alex about the attempted attack. She knew that as soon as he found out what had happened, he'd be on the next thing smoking from Japan back to the States, and once he landed, he'd be headed straight to Steiner to kill him.
"Oh, just a regular old Impact." She lied, before Chris nudged her.
"You'd better at least tell him about Christian. It'll be all over the websites by now." He whispered. She nodded.
"And, um…Christian's back in TNA now."
"Wait, what? He's under contract with the 'E. How…?" Alex trailed off, thoroughly confused.
"Before he left Europe to come see me in the hospital, he had McMahon release him, then he had Dixie draft up a new contract while he was waiting on his flight in London. He's just been waiting for the 90 days to end." She explained.
"Why didn't he tell anyone though?"
Cayden chuckled. "Oh, you know Cap. He wanted his return to be 'Instantly Classic.'"
"Well, how did he make his come back?" Alex asked, as Cayden looked around as if searching for an answer.
"Um…well…you know what? I can't do the story justice. I'll just show you the tape whenever you get back. How were the flight and your first match?" She asked.
"Well, the flight sucked. Sabin snored pretty much the entire time and the flight attendant was singing. Seriously. For hours. Thank God for iPods." He said with a chuckle. "And we won our match against Taka Michinoku and Kaz Hayashi but, they want a rematch for Thursday and then, depending if we win that, they might have us take on Taiyo Kea and Akebono Friday and do a whole 'clash of the champions' type deal." He explained.
"So, you'll be headed back on Friday then?" She asked.
"If everything goes according to plan, then yeah. We'll leave Friday after our match and get home Saturday morning, like super early." He told her.
"So, how was Impact? Did you and Joe win your match?"
"Yeah, we won. Joe picked up the pin." She said, before going through the rest of the match results, giving the bare minimum of details.
"And, the Mafia, didn't try any of their usual crap?" He asked for clarification.
She hesitated and looked around the room, looking for a good reply that wasn't a lie. "I…well, um…no. They didn't. Nothing bad happened."
Cayden could hear Alex sit up straighter in his chair. "What happened?" He asked, as she shook her head..
"Nothing. Just, seriously…nothing."
"Cayden, what aren't you telling me?" He asked, as she shook her head.
"It's nothing Alex. Don't worry about it." She pleaded.
"Don't worry about what? Cayden, what haven't you told me? Did the Mafia try something?"
She stuttered. "A-Alex, it's nothing big. I'll tell you when you get back."
"Tell me what? What happened? Are you hurt?" He said, growing concerned, as she frowned.
"No…well…I'm fine Alex. Everyone's fine. Just drop it" She tried to convince him, but he wasn't buying it.
"No, Cay, I'm not going to drop it. Now, tell me what happened." He said, growing somewhat frustrated and scared.
Cayden looked up at Joe and her brother, not sure what to say. She was about to continue her lie whenever Joe stuck his hand out for the phone. She raised an eyebrow at him. "Fat man?"
"I'll handle this." He offered, as she shook her head.
"We need to wait until he gets back to tell him. He'll freak out." She said, covering the mouthpiece with his hand.
"Skinny Mini, he's already freaking out. If we don't tell him, he'll call someone who will. At least if we tell him we can get him to calm down." Joe calmly explained.
Cayden looked at him, not convinced for a moment, before she finally conceded and handed him the phone. She then got up and walked into the kitchen, not wanting to be in the room when Joe told Alex what the Mafia had done the night before.
"Hey Alex." Joe said into the phone.
"Joe. Why are you on the phone? Is Cayden okay? What happened?" He demanded, his heart pounding in his chest and his throat tightening.
"Alex, I need you to calm down, alright. Cayden's fine. But, I'm not going to tell you what happened if you're already freaking out this much."
"Joe, just tell me what the hell happened!"
Joe sighed. "Well, last night the Mafia tried some stuff." Alex began to interrupt, but before he could say much of anything, Joe cut him off. "Everyone's fine Alex, Cayden's fine, it just really shook her up."
"What did they do?" Alex questioned, unable to hide the slight tremor in his voice.
"Well, after AJ and Chris's match, Angle, Booker, and Steiner snuck in through the crowd and roughed them up a bit before handcuffing them to the ropes."
"Was Cay ringside?"
"No, of course not. Mitchell had announced earlier that night that he was planning on trying to end this at Final Resolution. We knew the Mafia would be looking for a way to get a step ahead, so Sting, Jeff, and I kept her in the back with us. But, once the attack happened, I ran out to try to fight the three off. They got the better of me though and kicked me out of the ring."
"What happened to Cayden?" He continued to question, knowing full well that if the Mafia had only attacked the guys, Cayden would have called him the minute it happened and left him a voicemail upset at what had happened. The only reason she would try to hide what had happened would be because the Mafia had done something to her.
"I'm getting there Alex. But, you need to calm down…"
"I'll calm down as soon as you tell me what the hell happened to my girlfriend!" Alex bit back, angry that Joe wasn't just getting to the heart of what had happened.
Joe rolled his eyes. "Well, if you'd stop interrupting I'd get there."
Alex bit his tongue and allowed the Samoan Submission Machine to continue.
"Well, after I ran out there, Nash and Bubba went to the locker room and attacked Sting and Jeff before they carried Cayden out to the ring. Once out there, Angle had Nash hold her still while he mouthed off."
"Did he hurt her!"
"He smacked her across the face, but other than that, no."
Alex growled. "I'm going to kill him." He said, before pausing to compose himself. "What else?"
"Well, then Angle had Rhino and Devon bring out a…" Joe paused.
"A what!" Alex practically screamed, his nerves on edge.
"A glass table." Joe said quietly before hearing Alex take in a sharp breath.
"They were…they didn't…is she…?" He rapidly shot off, panic gripping at his entire being as the image of his girlfriend going through a glass table filled his mind. He quickly shook his head from side to side as if to get the image to go away.
"Bro, did she sound like she went through a glass table when she was talking to you just now? Listen, she's fine. She's okay. They didn't put her through." He quickly responded, trying to calm the younger man.
Alex sat down heavily on the bed in the hotel room, letting out a deep sigh of relief. "Thank God." He muttered.
"But, they were going to until Sting and Jeff ran out to the ring. They got beat down again, but as Angle was mouthing off about how he was going to send Cayden through the table, he realized that sending Sting through the table instead would hurt her worse."
Alex was about to say something, but Joe kept going. "So, he passed her over to Steiner and let him hold her while they set Sting up to go through the table."
"That freak put his meaty hands all over my girlfriend?" Alex questioned angrily, knowing Steiner well enough to predict what had happened, his hands balling into fist at his sides.
Joe sighed. "Sadly, yes."
Alex growled in pure hatred at Steiner's utter inability to take a hint when it came to his girlfriend. "That a**hole just signed his ****ing death warrant!"
Over the phone, Joe could hear Alex letting loose a flying string of obscenities and things being thrown.
"Hey, Alex, you've got to calm down man." He urged.
"How am I supposed to freaking calm down! That roid-pig bastard put his nasty hands on my girlfriend and I'm halfway across the world!"
Joe sighed. "I know that and that's all the more reason why you need to calm down. She's freaking out, has been since last night, and she needs you to reassure her it's going to be okay."
Joe heard Alex growl in response and rolled his eyes. "Alex, I don't want to have to do this, but I will not tell you the rest of what happened or give this phone back to Cayden until you calm down. She's worked up enough and you don't need to add to that."
Despite the fact that Alex's anger was boiling over and he wanted nothing more than to beat Steiner to a bloody pulp, his need to console and take of his girlfriend outweighed his desire to kill. Alex took a few moments to compose himself and calm down. Joe heard him let out a long breath before he nodded. "I'm okay. I'm calm, I'm calm."
"You sure?"
"Yeah Joe, I'm freaking sure." He snapped off. "Now, hurry up and tell me what happened so I can talk to my girlfriend." He ordered.
Joe nodded and quietly chuckled, glad that Alex was so concerned about Cayden's safety and well being.
"Well, basically, right as Bubba was about to send Sting through the table, the lights cut out and when they came back on, Tomko and a hooded guy, who we later found out was Christian, were standing in the ring and they had put Bubba through the table instead of Sting. And, if it makes you feel any better, C said he socked Steiner one good right in the face."
"It doesn't." Alex replied plainly.
"Figured as much. Anyway, that's about it. Everyone's fine, we're just sporting a few bruises."
"How's Cay holding up?" He asked.
"You want an honest answer?"
"Duh." Alex said, the eye roll being heard in his voice.
Joe sighed. "Not so good kid. She's attached to one of our hips at all times, maybe two of us. She's being super clingy, constantly looking over her shoulder, and every little noise makes her jump a little." He paused, sighing again before he finished.
"And, last night, she woke up screaming bloody murder because she had a nightmare about the glass table."
Alex ran a hand through his hair while audibly letting out a breath.
"Let me talk to her."
"You sure you're calm enough? She doesn't need you…" Joe started, but Alex hatefully cut him off.
"Joe, I swear that if you don't go get Cayden right now, I'm going to come through this phone and knock every single one of your teeth down your throat!" He threatened as Joe rolled his eyes.
"Okay, jeesh, no need to get nasty. She's in the other room, I'll go get her."
Joe walked in the kitchen, where Cayden was sitting at the table. He lightly put his hand on her shoulder, causing her to turn around and face him, before handing her the cell phone.
"Here. He wants to talk to you." He told her before walking out of the room.
"Hey." Cayden said into the phone quietly.
Alex almost instantly responded back. "Are you hurt?"
"No, Casanova, I'm fine."
"You sure?"
"Yeah, Alex, I'm sure." She reiterated.
"Alright, good. Anyway, I'm taking the next plane back." He told her. She frowned and shook her head.
"Alex, no. You still have some matches over there. I'm fine, really."
"Cayden, Angle almost put you through a glass table, not to mention that Nash smacked you and that freaking punk Steiner had his hands all over you again! I'm coming home and taking care of this."
"Honey, I'm not hurt or anything." She tried to reason with him, but Alex shook his head.
"They still put their hands on you. Even if you aren't physically hurt, you're freaked out to no end. I'm coming home."
"Alex, I'm fine, seriously. I'm fine, everyone's fine. It didn't even bother me that much." She lied.
"Cayden, Joe told me about the nightmare last night." He informed her as she gulped.
"Jerkface." She muttered towards Joe under her breath before she sighed. "That was nothing. I'm fine, I promise."
"Sweetie, why are you lying to me?" He asked.
"Because I know how much you and Chris love wrestling in Japan and I don't want you to miss out on that because of me." She explained.
"Cay, you are my girlfriend. I don't care what I'm doing or how much I enjoy it. You come first. Period."
She half-smiled over the phone. "And I know that. You don't have to prove it. I know that if I asked, you'd be over here as fast as you could be. But, I have all the others here. Supes, X, Cap, Seanathair, Poppa Jay, Fat Man, Kratos. They'll take care of me until you get back. I've got a small army. And, you'll be back Saturday morning at the latest, right? I think I'll be okay until then."
He frowned. "Are you sure?"
She nodded, as she pulled her knees to her chest and hugged them with her free arm, her eyes blinking back tears. As much as she didn't want to admit it, last night had freaked her out tremendously and she really just wanted to have Alex wrap her in a giant hug and make her feel like she was safe again. But, she didn't want him to throw away something he loved so much, so she wouldn't ask him to come home.
"Yeah, I'm positive." She lied, her voice almost betraying her, but not completely. "But, you need to get off of here. I'm sure you have things to do tonight before you go to bed."
Alex sighed, not wanting to break contact with his girlfriend. "Okay, but, I want you to promise me two things. One, you call me if you change your mind and I'll be on the next plane out okay?"
She muttered her agreement before he continued. "And secondly, if you have a nightmare tonight or get freaked out, or anything, you call me. I don't care what time it is, how silly you may think you are for freaking out, it doesn't matter. You call me, alright?"
"Alright, now go get off of here and get some sleep or something. I'm sure you're still exhausted from the plane ride."
"Okay. I love you Cay." He said, regretting that he wasn't there for her.
"I love you too Alex. Goodnight." She said sadly, before hanging up on him.
She frowned and sniffled, then felt a hand on her shoulder. She jumped a little before she turned around to see Jeff standing behind her.
"Sorry Sugar, didn't mean to scare you." He apologized, before he frowned at her expression.
"You okay?" He asked, as she shrugged.
"Yeah, I guess. I just, I don't know. It's selfish, but I wish Alex were here. He just, he makes me feel safe and protected. Not saying that you guys don't" she quickly continued. "It's just…" She tried to explain, but couldn't quite grasp the words.
Jeff smiled at her. "I know what you mean. And, he'll be back soon. Until then though, it looks like you're stuck with us old guys." He joked before pulling her up in a hug.
"I'm sorry we didn't do a better job of keeping you safe last night. We won't let anything like that happen again." He promised, as she nodded.
"It's okay Poppa Jay. I know you guys will do all you can to keep me safe." She said, as Jeff nodded, still hugging her, trying to make her feel safe again.
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Alex slammed the door open that separated the living room of the hotel suite from the bedroom area. Sabin, who was sitting watch a movie, glanced over his shoulder at his best friend. He was about to ask what was wrong, having heard the yelling and seeing the look on his friend's face. However, Alex beat him to the punch.
"We gotta do something. I'll tell you about it on the way. We've got business to take care of back home. And we're going to hurt some people."
Sabin looked at his best friend, raising an eyebrow. "Whose car are we taking?" An evil smirk filled his features, letting his best friend know he had his back.
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Alex waved goodbye to Taylor and Chris as they drove away in Taylor's car. It was around 5 in the morning on Wednesday and Taylor had just picked the two up after they had flown in. Taylor and Chris were going back to the Gun's apartment while Alex was staying at the house.
He got his phone out of his pocket and texted AJ before he adjusted his duffle bag and walked up to the porch. He stood outside the door for a minute or two before a sleepy AJ Styles opened the door.
"Hey Alex. Glad you made it back okay." AJ said, shaking Alex's hand. Alex had called him from the airport in Tokyo to let him know he was coming back. AJ and the others had kept it hush-hush from Cayden, knowing she would throw a fit because she'd feel guilty if he left early.
"Yeah. Me too." Alex said with a yawn, the dark circles under his eyes making him look exhausted.
AJ chuckled. "You look like crap."
Alex shrugged. "Yeah, well, flying 24 of the past 70 hours and having a wrestling match on top of all that will do that to ya." He explained, as Sting came out of his room, baseball bat in hand.
AJ raised an eyebrow. "Stinger, what the heck are you doing?"
Sting sighed seeing who it was and lowered the bat. "It's just you two." He looked at Alex.
"Keiji Mutoh didn't give you guys any trouble about leaving early, did he?" Sting asked, worried that the Great Muta may have gotten hateful with the Guns.
Alex shook his head. "Nah, he was really understanding. He just said that we owe him and next time, I bring Cayden with me so I won't leave early."
AJ chuckled. "Even if he would have gotten angry, you would have came back, anyway, wouldn't you have?" He asked, knowing Alex well enough to already know the answer.
Alex rolled his eyes. "Duh. Just don't tell her that." He motioned up the stairs. "She in her room?"
The others nodded. "Well, I'm going to go up there." He said, anxious to see his girlfriend. The others nodded as Alex quickly headed up the stairs.
He tiptoed into Cayden's room, quietly as possible, closing the door silently behind him before he sat his bag down. The tension in his body visibly left once he saw his girlfriend sleeping safe and sound in her room.
He contemplated waking her up, but decided against it. Instead he pulled the covers down and began to crawl in next to her. He stopped short, however, as the moonlight coming in through the window illuminated a bruise on her face from Nash's slap. He could also see a hand print bruise on her arm from where Angle had held her, not to mention a thin band of a bruise around her wrists where Steiner had restrained her.
Alex growled quietly, shaking with anger. He turned to leave the room, planning on going and killing all the Mafia members. However, he stopped in his tracks when he heard Cayden whimper in her sleep. He faced her and saw her starting to slightly shake in her sleep, a scared and nervous expression on her face.
He sighed, promising himself that he'd kill them tomorrow, before he walked over to the bed, crawling in behind Cayden. He pulled the blankets around them both tightly before he wrapped one arm around her.
"Shhh. Shhh. I'm here." He whispered into her ear as he ran a hand through her hair. He kissed her gently and as if she subconsciously knew he was there, she relaxed while still asleep. He kissed her on the temple before he laid down in the bed, pulling her close to him, his arm staying tight around her as exhaustion took over and he almost instantly feel asleep.
Around 7:30, Cayden quietly awoke and slowly started to register her surroundings. She began to stretch, then realized someone was lying right next to her and their arm was wound tightly around her. She froze, too scared to look and see who it was before she tensed up and took in a sharp breath.
Alex woke up as Cayden started stretching, feeling her move next to him. After sensing her tense up and hearing her gasp, he tightened his arm around her and shifted his position, growing even closer to her before whispering in her ear.
"It's just me." She instantly recognized the voice as Alex, quickly turning around to face him, shocked he was there.
Her eyes grew misty with tears before he wrapped both arms around her and pulled her close to him, letting her rest her head on his chest, as he kissed the top of her head.
She sniffled into his chest, a few tears falling down her face, while she wrapped her arms around him and held him tight.
"Shhh. Shhh. You're okay." He reassured her, rubbing her back soothingly. After a few moments, she calmed down and looked up at him, confused.
He bent his head down and kissed her gently, as she sat up. While Cayden wrapped her arms around his neck, he tightened his grip around her, kissing her more urgently.
A few moments later she pulled away and looked up at him, still thoroughly confused.
"Wait, what are you doing here? You have a match tomorrow."
He tucked a piece of hair behind her ear. "I told Muta I had to come home early."
"Alex!" She said, sitting up straight, threatening to leave his arms. But, Alex refused to relinquish his hold on her.
"You have a match tomorrow! And maybe Friday too! Muta was probably so upse…"
"Hey, hey. Calm down." He urged, before lacing his fingers through hers and tracing calming circles on the back of her hand. "Muta was completely cool with it. He just told me and Chris that we'd have to make it up to him later. And, that next time, you come with me to guarantee that I don't leave early." He said with a chuckle.
"You still shouldn't have come back." She said sadly, as he shook his head.
"Yeah I should've. Muta was cool with it and you needed…need me here. I should have been here on Monday to protect you and I wasn't." He said, looking down at their hands, before he looked back up at her.
"I won't let you down again." He promised, as she shook her head.
"You haven't let me down yet Alex." She told him.
He smiled down at her before kissing her on the forehead.
"How are you holding up?" He asked.
"I'm fin…" She started, but stopped short when Alex raised an eyebrow at her.
"Cay, I'm here now. You don't have to lie to me to try to keep me in Japan anymore." He said, giving her hand a comforting squeeze.
Cayden was about to protest, still willing to argue that she was fine, before a car horn honked down the street. Cayden jumped in Alex's arms, instinctively moving herself closer to him.
He sighed. "That great, huh?"
"I'm just really scared. I mean, Angle trying to hurt Seanathair and then Steiner…" She shuddered at the memory as Alex's body tensed at the mention of Big Poppa Pump.
"Don't you worry about Steiner. He's going to get what's coming to him real soon."
"Don't do anything stupid." She urged. "Just…stay here, with me? Please? I'm not scared when I'm with you." She explained as he bent down and kissed her on the lips.
"You ask that like you have a choice in the matter." He said with a chuckle. "I'm staying here, with you, and there's not a lot you can do about it." He said with a playful grin.
She smiled, before, for the first time, Cayden noticed the baggies under his eyes and the drained look on his face.
"Sweetheart, are you okay? You look sick."
He shook his head. "Nah, it's just the jet lag."
Cayden raised an eyebrow, as she silently configured the hours Alex had been on a plane. She grew wide eyed as she realized the amount he had flown in such a short period of time for her.
"Alex…"
He cut her off, kissing her again. "Hey, don't worry about it. But, I know that I'm exhausted, and I'm sure you are too. So, let's get some shut eye and we'll talk more about this later, alright?" He asked.
"Speaking of later." He continued. "Since I'm home from Japan early, my Mom and Pops want me home for Thanksgiving. I talked to Daniels before I flew in and he thinks it'd be a good idea for you to come with me to Detroit."
She looked up at him, frowning. "I don't know Alex. I mean, I promised Chris I would spend Thanksgiving with him and I don't want to just bail on him."
Alex nodded. "I know. But he just said since I haven't seen you in three days and since we're both on edge because of what happened that you should come with me. And, for Christmas, we'll go to whoever's house you want." He offer, knowing that Cayden didn't want to hurt her brother's feelings.
"You sure Chris is okay with this? And your Mom and Dad won't mind me being there?"
Alex shook his head. "It was Chris's idea. I was going to tag along with you to California, but he just thought with everything that happened, being smothered by the kids and everything might not be the best option. And Mom keeps bugging me about bringing you up to the house again. Everyone is fine with it. So, what do you say? Detroit for Thanksgiving and wherever you want for Christmas?" He asked.
She looked up at him and nodded, before smiling widely, causing him to do the same.
"Alright, well, in that case, we're going to have to fly to Detroit here in a bit, so you'd better get some more sleep." He said, kissing her temple.
She nodded, before curling against Alex's side, resting her left hand right above his heart. He wound both his arms around her, keeping a tight grip as if to remind both of them that she was safe.
"Alex?" Cayden whispered.
Alex yawned before answering. "Yeah?"
"Thank you for coming back." She whispered, as he smiled and kissed the top of her head in response before they both fell back asleep.
Whelp, there it was. Isn't Alex like honestly, the sweetest guy ever? Yeah, thought so. Anyway, no one reviewed last chapter which makes me REALLY REALLY sad. I mean, I brought Christian back and no one left a review. It kinda zapped my motivation. So, if you guys would let me know what you thought about that chapter and this one, I'd really appreciate it. It'd probably help me write faster. Until then, remember, reviews = love.
*casey*
~James 1:12~