Chapter 37
(During Raw 3 4 13)
Crue was again sitting alone in his house watching Raw. As he watched Big E Langston interfere in Dolph's match with the Miz it brought back memories of the day he first met Big E Langston.
(8 years earlier)
"Crue isn't Valentine's Day romantic?" Aj beamed "Oh yeah a day celebrating a guy who was imprisoned for performing weddings that makes me feel all warm and fuzzy" Crue responded his voice dripping with sarcasm "So Crue" Aj continued either not noticing or ignoring his sarcasm "would you like to go to the school Valentine's Day dance with me?" Crue was really getting sick and tired of this, the two of them had become friends recently and admittedly he did find himself becoming more protective of the diminutive girl, but she still persisted in trying to make their relationship into something more something he had no interest in. "No" he replied "That's fine Crue" Aj responded without missing a beat "how bout instead on the night of the dance I come over and hang out with you" she asked "Alright Aj I know what you're trying to do and just stop it I keep telling you over and over, I have no interest in romance it's not just you I don't think anyone should be dating a guy in a mask who looks like a circus freak go find someone normal." Crue then left, before Aj could respond.
(At the dance)
Crue did end up going to the dance, well more accurately being dragged there by Nic and it wasn't long before he saw Aj, not surprisingly skipping around and being her usual overly energetic self, what did surprise Crue was who she had with with her, a guy Crue had never met but had certainly heard of around town. Crue had no idea why but everyone referred to him as E Langston or "Big" E Langston, Crue had heard all kinds of stories about this guy, everything from "Last night Big E beat up a whole bar" to "One time some guys pissed Big E off so he turned their car over" Crue had no idea what was real and what was bullshit, but he wasn't comfortable with this guy being around Aj. He quickly walked over to them and pulled Aj aside "So you're with Big E now?" he asked "What do you care?" Aj responded clearly still hurt by their previous conversation "I don't" Crue replied quickly before walking away'
Later that night Crue saw that Aj had left Langston alone and decided that now was the time for him to get to know "Big E" better "So you and Aj huh?" he said "Yeah she's something isn't she?" Langston answered "yeah" Crue replied "I hate her voice" Langston said 'this could get interesting Crue thought "… and her laugh and her personality" Langston continued "but I just have to put up with it til I bang her" Crue tried to remain calm "I don't know man Aj's kinda naïve ya know she's only had one boyfriend…" Langston cut him off "bro that's the best part she's needy she's vunerable it's an easy lay" "damn it" Crue said, he then threw a punch that hit Langston right in the jaw, knocking him on his back all of a sudden Aj came running over "Crue what happened" she yelled, before he could answer Crue was dragged out of the dance by one of the staff members.
Crue had been allowed to call Nic's parents for a ride home when Nic's mom got there she was told what happened, once they got outside she asked Crue "Is your girlfriend okay?" "my girlfriend?" Crue replied "yeah you know the hyper little thing that's always following you around" she responded jokingly "she's not my girlfriend?" Crue stated emphatically "really?" she said not believing him "yes really I have no romantic feelings for her she's immature and geeky and hyper and crazy she's everything I can't stand if I like her kill me now" Crue answered "I really don't want to" she responded still joking she was amused at him trying not to admit to himself that he liked Aj by this point Crue was completely fed up "alright" he said "can you just go there's something I gotta do" Nic's mom got in the car and drove off Crue quietly snuck back into the dance and found Aj "hey Aj come on their kicking me out… and I'm taking you on a fucking date"
For their "date" they decided to just head back to Nic's place order a pizza and watch Raw "This is the best date ever" Aj said suddenly "Aj we haven't spoke in like twenty minutes" Crue replied "That's fine Crue I'm still having a good time and this is something we have in common" she said, gesturing towards the episode of Raw they were watching "so tell me something when did you decide you wanted to be a wrestler" Crue hesitated, but then slowly began to speak "The night Mankind won the WWE championship I remember thinking here was this guy in a mask who looked like a freak like me, but people are cheering him and I thought I want that to be me" "that's beautiful" Aj said. When Raw ended Crue walked Aj home as they walked up her driveway Aj spoke "So this is the end of our first date what did you think?" "What the hell do I know I've never been on a date before" Crue replied Aj smiled slyly "Well since you've never done this before here's a tip this is usually the time for the goodnight kiss" Aj put her hands on Crues mask "No but Aj I…" Crue stammered "shhhhh" Aj whispered as she lifted the mask just enough to expose his mouth she then kissed him, only stopping when the need for air became a necessity Crue was in shock "I've never felt anything like that before" he said "Get used to it" Aj responded before turning and walking into her house.