Warning: This chapter contains scenes of a sexual nature that will raise the story rating from TEEN to MATURE. If you're uncomfortable with scenes like that, I suggest you don't read! For standard disclaimer, see chapter one.
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Chapter Thirty-six: Three little words.
Mike, Alison, Dave, Cheryl, John and Sam all flopped down on the couches after the party, letting out deep breaths.
"Great party, sunshine," the Intercontinental Champion stated after a few minutes.
"Yeah, tonight was so much fun," agreed Dave.
"It was great having everyone here and cutting loose for once," added Alison.
Cheryl and John agreed, saying the party was a lot of fun.
"It was fantastic, but I'm so tired now. Plus there's all this mess to clean up," replied Sam, gesturing to the debris of empty beer bottles, glasses and half finished snacks that littered the sitting room.
"Don't worry about it, Sam, we'll all help you clean it up," assured Cheryl.
After the six people had all had another five minutes rest and glasses of water to clear their heads, they began tiding up the sitting room and kitchen.
With three couples all working on the trash, they had the place cleared up in no time. It helped that the guests had been using plastic cups, plates, meaning many things could be thrown out and that there was only the main serving bowls and utensils to stack into the dishwasher.
Finally, as Sam took the bags of trash to the curb for the garbage collectors to collect the following morning, her house was back to normal.
As the diva re-entered the sitting room, her friends were pulling down the decorations and storing what of them that could be kept into a box.
Sam sighed and fell back on the couch. "Wow, what a night," she exclaimed.
The others took seats too, John sitting besides the diva and slipping his arm around her.
"Yeah, but it was great fun," he said.
"Everyone seemed to really enjoy themselves," commented Alison.
"Yeah, it was nice how almost everyone got up and danced," added Cheryl.
"What do you think of that Kyle guy? He and Amy seemed pretty close tonight," inquired Mike.
"I didn't really get a chance to talk to him much, but he seemed nice," replied Sam. "I hope Amy will be happy with him."
"Yeah," agreed Alison. "She's a good kid; she deserves to find a decent guy."
Dave, who had remained quiet since they'd cleared out the trash, had his head back on the set and his eyes closed.
"Keeping you up, big man, are we?" teased John.
The bigger wrestler blinked open his eyes and began rubbing the bridge of his nose. "Sorry, guys, it's been a long day. I'm starting to think I'm getting too old for this," he replied.
Everyone laughed and then Cheryl spoke. "Don't say that, because it means I'm getting old too. Come on, let's head back to the hotel before you fall asleep."
The couple rose from the sofa as did Mike and Alison.
As the Intercontinental Champion had driven everyone over to Sam's house, Dave and Cheryl didn't have a hired car with them. However, it was too late to call a cab now, so the black haired man offered to take the married couple back to the hotel.
Thankfully Mike hadn't had too much to drink and cleaning up had sobered him up a lot so he was safe to drive.
John and Sam too rose from the sofa to see the two couple to the front door.
"Great party, honey," said the PA as she pulled on her coat.
"Thanks, but you and Mike did most of the hard work," replied the blonde.
"Yeah, but it was in your fabulous new house," Mike added.
The diva laughed. "I guess it was all worth the money in the end," she mused.
The six people made their way to the front door.
"Well," announced Cheryl. "I guess we better be making our way to the hotel."
"Yeah, and leave the love birds alone to christen the new house," teased Dave.
John laughed. "Well, I have to congratulate my girl on winning the title," he joked.
The blonde playfully slapped his butt.
"Will I see y'all in the morning for breakfast? We could all go out to eat?" asked Sam.
The four people who were now wearing coats nodded.
"About eleven ok with everyone?" asked John.
The others agreed.
"Thanks again for a great party, guys," said Dave, checking to see if he had his wallet and cell.
"You're more than welcome. And thanks for coming," replied the blonde, embracing the former World Heavy Weight Champion.
"I wouldn't have missed it for the world," he replied, kissing her on the cheek.
Sam then turned to Cheryl.
"Cherry Leigh, it was a pleasure beating you tonight," joked the younger woman.
The red head grinned. "Just you wait until I'm back, I'll kick your ass," she teased.
"I'll be waiting," replied the blonde with a smile. "Really though, to win my first title from you was a huge honour."
"Honey, you deserved it. I'm so proud of you," replied Cheryl, hugging her friend.
"Thanks," said Sam, returning the hug.
The older diva then turned to Cena. "John, you better look after my girl whilst I'm away," she joked.
"Don't worry, I will," replied the WWE Champion. "You won't have to set your husband on me this time."
Everyone laughed again.
The former Women's Champion turned back to Sam.
"You take care and enjoy your time at the top," she said
"Thanks," replied the blonde. "And you two enjoy your holiday."
"Oh, we will," said Cheryl with a wicked grin, which made Dave blush slightly.
"Don't do anything I wouldn't" called John as the married couple walked down the driveway.
Dave shot the other man a look of faked innocence. "I have no idea what you're talking about, mate," he said.
Now that the Batistas had left, the only guests that remained were Mike and Alison.
Mike pulled his best friend into a tight hug. "Sunshine, you did it," he said.
Sam giggled. "We both did it, Mike. We finally made it," she said.
"Was it worth all the heart ache?" the black haired man asked.
"Every second of it," replied the blonde.
"And you got you man too," mused the Intercontinental Champion.
"That I did," said the diva, leaning back and taking John's hand.
"I'm really pleased for the both of you," said Mike. "You make a great couple."
"Thanks," said Sam.
"Yeah, thanks, mate. That means a lot coming from you," added John.
"Just never make me regret saying that," the black haired man jokingly warned.
"I'd never dream of it," replied the WWE Champion, wrapping his arms around his girlfriend.
"Take care, Sammy, and I'll see you in the morning," said Mike, kissing Sam on the forehead.
"You too. See ya tomorrow," replied the diva.
Mike stepped back to let Alison say good night to the couple.
"Oh, Sam," sniffed Alison, tears filling her eyes. "Everything is just so perfect." Obviously drinking had made her emotional.
The blonde laughed. "Isn't it just?"
"I'm so happy for the both of you," the P.A went on. "I knew you'd work it out in the end."
"Shame you didn't enlighten us to the fact sooner," joked John.
"Hey, leave my woman alone. It isn't too late for me to take back my approval," teased Mike.
Cena looked scared for a second before he realized the Intercontinental Champion was only playing.
"Well, good night y'all," said Alison.
"Yeah, sleep well," replied Sam, embracing the PA.
"Have fun when we've left," whispered the mousey haired woman.
"I'm sure we will," said the diva with an impish grin.
"Night," called Mike, stepping out of the door.
"Night, mate," replied John.
"See ya in the morning," added Sam.
Mike and Alison made their way down the driveway as the blonde pulled the door shut.
Then the four people got into the Intercontinental Champion's car and drove off into the night.
"Whew," sighed the diva, falling onto the couch. "What a night."
"Tell me about it," replied John, joining the woman on the seat.
"Thank god everyone helped us clean up," mused the blonde, kicking off her wedges.
The diva rested her head on the shoulders of the wrestler and he began to play with her hair.
"Did I tell you how beautiful you looked tonight?" he asked.
"You may have mentioned it once or twice," she teased, placing a kiss on his lips.
Again, Sam yawned.
"Am I keeping you up?" John joked.
The diva giggled. "No, it's just been a very long day."
"Come on, lets call it a night," suggested the wrestler.
"Alright," agreed the blonde, pulling herself up from the couch and then taking John's hand to help him up.
The diva double-checked that the front door was locked and then flicked the downstairs lights off, leaving the porch ones on.
The couple then made their way up to the master bedroom.
Sam had made sure her bedroom was perfect on the day she'd moved in, with fresh silk sheets and everything. Her clothes were all neatly hung up and she and John's wrestling bags lay near to foot of the bed.
The couple entered the room and Sam flicked the lights off as John turned on the bedside lamps.
Both lay down on the bed, the blonde closing her eyes in relaxation.
"Come here," said John, pulling the blonde towards his chest.
The diva opened her eyes, looked up into the wrestlers blue ones and exhaled a deep breath.
"You know, I still can't get my head around all this," she mused.
"What?" questioned the WWE Champion.
"Us," she replied. "Together at last."
"I was a fool for not acting sooner," said John.
"And so was I," the blonde added, kissing him on the lips.
The wrestler breathed deeply. "God, you dunno how long I've been waiting for this," he said.
Sam blushed. "Too long," she murmured, running her hands up and down his back.
"I've wanted you for so long and now that I have you, I can hardly believe it," said the brown haired man, teasing the woman's blonde locks with his hands.
"Me too," she agreed, stroking down his arms slowly.
John leaned in and placed a series of light kisses on Sam's lips. Each time that he did so, the diva hungered for the next more and more.
Finally, the wrestler's mouth covered the woman's and they gave into the passion that had been building all night. The room crackled with sexual tension.
The kiss deepened as John slid his tongue inside Sam's mouth and she gasped. His hands gently cupped her head as he bit lightly on her tongue.
Sam shivered with pleasure, feeling the heat rising in her body and she let her hands run through his hair.
Slowly, John pulled away from Sam, brushing his lips on hers as he caressed her cheeks and down to her neck.
The diva returned the attention, gently nibbling on his ear.
The wrestler let out a deep breath at the woman's actions.
He moved down her body, trailing soft kisses on her exposed stomach, causing the woman to swoon.
He returned to her lips once more, this time kissing the blonde more fiercely.
Sam's head began to spin and it had nothing to do with the alcohol she'd consumed at the party.
The woman felt a gentle tugging at her buttons before John undid them and her shirt flutter to the floor expose her lacy bra.
He breathed out at the sight of her almost naked breasts, the material hinting at what it covered.
Sam held the back of his head, forcing his mouth closer to her own and her tongue deeper inside it
His hands popped open the clasp of her bra and discarded that too, causing the woman to exhale deeply.
Never once letting his mouth leave hers, John let his hands work their way up Sam's body. The sensual touch made the woman prickle with electricity as his fingers caressed her naked skin.
Then he pushed deeper in the kiss, making the woman's breath catch in her throat.
Again, the man broke away from the kiss, trailing his tongue down her body, licking slowly.
Sam swooned as he cupped her breast and took it into her mouth, sucking gently on the nipple until it was hard. Then placing light kisses across the flat part of the woman's chest, he moved towards the other.
Sam's head fell backwards from the pleasure and her eyes rolled back in her head.
As both of their breaths quickened, the diva tugged on his shirt until that too lay discarded on the floor.
Sam ran her hands longingly over John's hard muscular chest and down his arms, loving the feeling of the taught skin under her fingers.
The man exhaled as the woman kissed his neck and began playfully biting it.
Then, slowly, the blonde's hands made their way down to his bellybutton.
She opened her eyes and grinned impishly as she tugged to loosen his belt and threw it aside.
Gradually the woman undid the buttons to the man's jeans, slipping her hands down to his ripped thighs to remove the clothing.
John let out a deep breath and tightened his embrace on Sam, pressing his hard chest against her exposed breasts.
He pulled away from the attention he'd being giving to her mouth and worked his hands down Sam's naked top half. Again, John's mouth covered the woman's breast, licking at the hard nipple.
The blonde let out a moan of pleasure.
Then, slowly, his mouth trailed down to her stomach. The man carefully tugged at the zipper to her jeans and pulled them off.
John's eyes widened as he saw Sam's underwear.
"Are those the panties you were teasing me with that night at the arena?" he asked.
"The very same," she replied.
He exhaled deeply. "I knew I'd get to take them off one day," he joked.
"You're so bad," the woman teased with a grin.
"Yeah, but you love it," John smirked.
Sam didn't say anything else but instead pulled him into a kiss.
As their tongues' battled for dominance, the brown haired man pulled on the woman's locks.
However, the diva wasn't one to be over powered and she forced the kiss to become harder and more passionate.
Stopping for breath, the couple broke apart.
Sam ran her hands over John's body and already he was sweating and his heart was beating rapidly.
The diva traced light kisses over his hard muscular chest, stopping when she reached his nipples.
Biting gently on them, the woman felt the man's heart beat race from the attention.
Then she left her tongue slide slowly down the full length of his top half, causing chills of pleasure to run through John's body.
She hesitated as she reached the top of his boxers but then began to peel them of his toned legs.
The blonde gasped as she stripped away his undergarments, delighted to see that he was already hard.
The diva took his manhood into her mouth and ran her tongue up the length of it.
John's body tightened and his hands grabbed her head, forcing it deeper into her mouth.
She let her tongue work its way over it before gently pulling away and trailing kisses back up to his neck.
Again, the brown haired man pulled her into a hungry kiss before breaking away.
Slowly he let his tongue trail down her body, stopping at her lacy panties.
He took the material in his mouth and pulled at the undergarment with his teeth.
The woman gasped as her panties were removed and John kissed her hipbone.
Teasing the woman, he ran his mouth across her thighs until she was virtually begging for more.
Then slowly he let his tongue caress the sensitive spot housed in the folds of skin between her legs.
Sam moaned with pleasure and her eyes rolled back into her head.
John's pace quickened and he began to suck on the sensitive area.
Finally, when the woman could take no more and was about to be over come with pleasure, he stopped.
Their bodies shuddered and John lowered himself on top of Sam. Finding the blonde ready, he entered her.
The blonde moaned as she felt the full hardness of him inside her.
Pushing gently back and forth, the brown haired man's pace quickened until their bodies were thrusting together in the same passionate rhythm.
Sam wrapped her legs around his waist and her hands ran up and down his back.
As his thrusting became harder still, the woman scratched his back with her nails.
The brown haired man groaned with pleasure and pushed harder, causing her to cry out his name in delight.
Sam's mind whirled as she felt the excitement building up inside her.
John leaned back a little to allow himself access to her quivering breasts.
His hands gripped them passionately, massaging them sensually.
Then his mouth covered hers again and his tongue worked its way inside.
Sam's breathing quickened, but her cries were silenced by the kiss.
Then the woman began to reach the climax of her pleasure. Sam freed herself from the kiss and bit down hard on her own bottom lip. However, that didn't stop the screams of ecstasy she uttered as the feeling of release swept over her.
A few moments later, John joined her in climax and his body tightened before he finally felt release.
The brown haired man dropped to his elbows and let his full weight press against Sam's body.
The blonde's breathing shallowed as he rolled them both over onto their sides.
Bodies still intertwined, they held each other as the feelings of pleasure swept through them both.
They both blinked open their eyes at the same time and smiled.
Pushing a stray lock of hair behind Sam's ear, John spoke. "I love you," he whispered.
The woman's heart melted at the words. Although they'd both realized these feelings long ago and he had expressed them within letters, they'd never been spoken aloud before.
"I love you too," Sam simply replied, before flicking off the bedside lamp.