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John, Dave, Randy, Alex and Mel had arrived at Alex's mom's house. The only reason Alex even wanted to go there was so Brian could meet Randy and John and so that she could see Rosetta. Sylvia gave up teaching so that she could stay at home and since she was staying home she offered to baby-sit Rosey for Rosalia while she worked. "Randy, don't be disrespectful," said Dave. "Her mom will eat you alive."
"Dave, I think you're over exaggerating her mom can't be that bad," said Randy as they walked up to the door.
"Wanna bet?" asked Mel. "Her mom is horrible."
"Did you two ever stop to ask Alex how she feels about the negative talk about her mom. Alex, how do you feel about them talking about your mom like that?"
"I don't care because I know it's true," she said as she rang the door bell. "So, Baby, is Imani meeting you here?"
"Yeah," said Dave. "He should be here shortly and then he's going to RAW with us tonight."
"Cool," she said. "Is he bringing his son?"
"Yeah. He has to. Junior has to get fitted for his tux too. You'll love him he's a cute kid."
"I bet," said Alex.
Alex's mom opened the door while holding Rosey. "Hello, Alexandra. Who all do we have here. I know Dave and Melissa. But who are the other two."
"Hello, Mother. This is Randy and this is Mel's boyfriend John," said Alex. "Hey, Rosey." She said talking to the infant. Rosey smiled at her. "She is so cute. Here. I'll take her," said Alex as she took her from Sylvia.
"Oh boy," said Mel. "Alex has the baby no one is going to get her now."
"I know right," said Dave.
"You guys can come in," said Sylvia. She must have been having a good day because she was acting different than she usually did. She was actually being nice.
As Dave walked in the house he said, "Hey, Mom."
"Don't call me Mom," said Sylvia. "You can call me Mrs. Brooks."
"Mother, be nice," said Alex as she held Rosey. Rosey reached for her earrings and Alex said, "do you want my earrings?" Rosey smiled. Alex looked at her ears and said, "You have your own earrings."
"Yeah," said Sylvia. "Rosalia got her ears pierced when she was 6 months old. Her mom told her not to but she just didn't listen. What is it with you kids not listening to their parents. No baby should have their ears pierced. God forbid Rosetta get an ear infection and start pulling at her ears. She will rip her ear lobe off. I don't know why Rosalia wasn't thinking."
"And that's the Sylvia I was looking for," whispered Dave to Mel.
Mel laughed and said, "I know."
"Mother, Rosey is Rosalia's daughter. She can do what she wants."
"Would you get your daughter's ears pierced while she was a baby?" asked Sylvia.
"No I wouldn't because I think they should be able to choose. I say ages 3-5."
"Actually, Alex," said Dave, "it's Filipino culture to get a baby girl's ears pierced while she's a baby."
"Not in my house it's not Filipino culture. I will not allow it."
"Well, we'll discuss it when the time comes."
"Yeah. WE will."
"Are you two not getting along?" asked Sylvia.
"We are," said Alex. "He's just ugh. Sometimes."
"You're marrying him," said Sylvia.
"I know," she said.
"So what brings you guys here?"
"Well, Mrs. Brooks," said Randy, "we're here to go get fitted for Tuxedos and then we have a show at MSG tonight. Are you going to be there?"
"No," said Sylvia. "I don't watch barbaric things."
"Okay," said Randy. "So I can see where Alex gets her beauty from. You are really pretty. Are you sure you're Alex's mom and not her sister?"
Sylvia laughed and said, "I'm sure. Alexandra is my daughter. My ONLY daughter." She looked at Dave when she said that. She kind of gave him a warning look as to not break her heart or do anything to hurt her.
"I don't believe that," said Randy, "you look too young to be her mom."
"Thank-you," she said.
"You're welcome."
Dave and Alex just rolled their eyes. "Let's go into the living room," said Sylvia, "Can I get anyone a drink?"
"No thank-you," said John.
"No," said Mel.
"I don't want a drink but if you would like some help I will be glad to help you," said Randy.
"Mother, can I have some water?"
"Sure, Alexandra."
"Thanks."
"No problem," said Sylvia. "Dave, do you want a drink?"
"No, Ma'am."
Sylvia and Randy walked into the kitchen to get a drink. "Look at Randy being the suck up as always," said John.
"Sylvia, likes him," said Mel.
"She does," said Alex. "She doesn't usually take too kindly to people like that."
"That's because Randy's in her face. 'are you sure you're Alex's mom' or 'you look too young to be her mom'," said Dave.
"He knows how to work it," said Mel. "So Alex, are you going to let anyone else hold the baby or are you going to hang on to her all day?"
"You want to hold her, Mel?"
"Yeah," she said getting up off the couch to get her. "Hello, Rosey," she said as she walked back to sit down. "I am amazed at how much she looks like Rosalia."
"I know. Nothing of her is Antonio."
"Well, that's kind of good," said Mel. "I don't think he's too cute."
"Neither do I but then again not everyone can be as cute or handsome as Dave," she said moving closer to him on the couch.
"Thanks," he said putting his arm around her. "I would kiss you but I don't want your mom to walk in here and clear her throat."
Alex laughed and said, "I know right."
Mel was having fun playing with Rosey. Rosey's laughs filled the room and John smiled at how Mel was interacting with the baby. "Do you want one of those?" he asked.
"Some day. Not anytime soon. I want to get a teaching job first," she said. "Then I'll think of having a baby. It's okay because Alex is going to be pregnant soon so if I feel maternal I'll just steal her baby for a couple hours and play with it."
"Alex isn't getting pregnant soon," said Dave.
"Really?" asked Mel, "Because from the way she likes Rosey and how she loves Steph's baby you better believe that you will be trying to make a baby on your wedding night."
"Not that soon," said Alex. "I do want time to be a newlywed."
"I don't know about trying to make a baby on our wedding night but I do know we'll be practicing the procedure," he said with a smile.
"Shut up," said Alex as she playfully hit him.
"Hey!" he said, "practice makes perfect. The more we practice the more perfect our baby will be."
Alex smiled and shook her head. "You are so wrong."
"Yeah. Mel and I can practice too," said John.
"Dude, you're not practicing. You're trying," said Dave. "You play with fire when there's no protection."
"Whoa. Whoa. Whoa," said Mel. "Don't worry about how we're doing it. Worry about how you're doing it."
"Doing what?" asked Sylvia as her and Randy walked into the living room.
"Nothing, Mother," said Alex.
"Your friend Randy is very well mannered. Dave, you should take a lesson," said Sylvia as she handed Alex her drink.
"Okay, Sylvia," he said. He ran his finger tips on Alex's shoulder.
"Thanks, Mother."
"You're welcome. So how is Florida?"
"Oh mother it is amazing. I love it down there. It's warm and when you guys had that big snowstorm last week we had no snow. I loved it. The house is nice and it's private so we don't random people knocking on our door. It's just great."
"That's good," she said. "I hope you have your father and me down there to visit."
"We will," said Alex. She wasn't so sure if they would or not but she told her mom what she wanted to hear.
"Is the house big?"
"Very big!" said Alex. "To me it's my Barbie Dreamhouse in real life."
"That's nice," said Sylvia. "I can't wait to see it." Rosey started crying. "I guess she's hungry or needs her diaper changed."
Mel smelled her diaper and said, "it's a diaper change."
"All right," said Sylvia. "Let me have her. I'll go change her diaper," she said taking Rosey from Mel.
"Mother, I'll change her diaper," said Alex.
"Alexandra? You want to change a diaper?"
"Yeah," she said. "I need to practice for the day I have a baby."
"She's not a baby doll," said Sylvia.
"I know. Let me practice," said Alex getting up off the couch.
"All right," said Sylvia as she handed Rosey to Alex and gave her the diaper bag.
"Dave, do you want to come help me?" asked Alex.
"Um. No. I'm good," he said.
"All right," she said.
"I'll help you," said Randy. Everyone looked at Randy in disbelief. "What? I know how to change diapers."
"Okay," said Alex. "Come on then."
"I'll go too," said Dave.
"Oh no," said Alex. "You didn't want to help me before so you can sit here while Randy and me go to change her diaper."
"Fine," said Dave. He didn't like the idea of Randy and Alex running off together to play house. Not that they were playing house he just didn't like the situation. He watched Alex and Randy walk to another room. He sighed to himself.
"I hope you have better parenting skills when you and Alexandra have a baby and don't pin all the work on her," said Sylvia.
"I'll be there for the baby," he said. "But that's not going to happen for a while so let's not worry about it."
"I know my daughter and it will be sooner than you think."
"We'll see," said Dave. "We'll see."
Meanwhile Randy and Alex were in another room changing Rosey. Alex laid her down on the floor and pulled her pants down. She unsnapped her bodysuit and went to take her diaper off. "Wait," said Randy. "Put the new diaper down underneath her."
"Okay," said Alex as she opened the new diaper and laid it under her. She unfastened the diaper and was blown away by the smell when she opened it. "Wow. That smells. This is gross. I can't do it," said Alex.
"What are you going to do when you and Dave have a baby? You can't cop out on poopy diapers," he said as he took over. "The key to changing a poopy diaper is to breathe with your mouth and not your nose. Try your hardest not to look at it. First you move the old dirty diaper and put it to the side. Then you take the baby wipe and wipe the baby's bottom then put the dirty wipes in the old diaper and roll it up. Then you close the new diaper and fasten it and the baby is good to go. Right, Rosey?" he asked as he tickled her stomach. Rosey giggled.
"Wow," said Alex, "who would have ever thought Mr. Ladies Man would be so good with babies." She said as she watched Randy snap the bodysuit and pull up her pants.
"Well, it's a gift," he said. "I don't really tell people this but I look forward to the day I become a dad. I like kids. I just never express that side of me. You guys just know me for the wild out of control Randy. You guys don't know the calm, quiet family guy I am." He said picking Rosey up and handing her to Alex. He grabbed the diaper and asked, "where should I put this?"
"If you go in the kitchen and go out the back door there are trashcans there. Put it in the green one," said Alex.
"Okay," he said. He walked to the kitchen as Alex walked back to the living room.
"How did it go?" asked Sylvia with a smile.
"It was gross. I couldn't do it," she said.
"Oh," she said, "you better get used to it because one day that's going to be your life."
"I know, Mother," she said sitting down next to Dave.
"Can I hold her?" asked Dave.
"Sure," said Alex with a smile as she handed Rosey to Dave. "You look so cute holding a baby."
"Thanks," he said.
"So, Alexandra, are you and Dave staying here tonight?"
"No, Mother because RAW isn't over until 11:30 by the time we get out of the Garden it will be midnight and then Imani, Randy, John, Mel and me are going back to Mel's apartment and having a party."
"Figures," said Sylvia. "When are you going to give up that lifestyle?"
"I don't know," said Alex. There was a knock at the door. "I think that is Imani and Junior."
"Probably," said Dave. "I'll go get it," he said handing Rosey back to Alex. He walked over to answer the door to see Imani and his son standing there. "What's up Man?"
"Nothing," he said. "I got lost on my way here."
"It's okay. You didn't miss anything except me getting ripped apart by my future mother-in-law."
"That sucks, Bro."
"I know. She hates me but she loves the guy that's macking on my fiance."
"Someone is macking on Alex? Do I need to kick some ass?"
"No," said Dave with a laugh. "The funny thing is Alex doesn't even know he's macking on her so it's all good. I'm not worried about it."
"Okay," he said.
"So come in and meet the guys and Sylvia."
"Okay," said Imani as he walked into the house.
They walked to the living room and Dave introduced Imani and Junior to everyone and once the introductions were done they got ready to go get fitted for their tuxes. "Baby, I'll be back," said Dave.
"All right," said Alex. "I love you."
"I love you too," he said as he kissed her lips.
Sylvia cleared her throat after they were kissing for a while. "Sorry," said Alex as she pulled away from Dave. "Bye, Baby," she said taking his hand. "Let me walk you to the door."
"Okay, Babe," he said as they walked to the door. "Love you."
"Love you too. I'll see you later." They kissed each other again. They pulled away and Alex said, "Bye."
"Bye," he said as he kissed her lips quickly. He walked out the door and they headed to the Tuxedo place to get fitted.
As they were getting fitted for their Tuxes all of the guys weren't happy with the pink ties. "Dave, pink ties come on," said John.
"John, do you see what I have to wear?" he asked showing him the pink vest. "It's really not that big of a deal. There's nothing wrong with guys wearing pink."
"Um. It's gay dude," said Randy.
"That is stereotypical," said Dave, "I wear pink and I'm as straight as can be."
"That's because you're a little more in touch with your feminine side then the rest of us," he said.
"That and I am comfortable enough with my sexuality that I have no problem wearing pink. I don't care."
"I care," said Randy.
"Me too," said John.
"It's just a pink tie relax."
"Dave's right. It's not a crisis," said Imani. "We're only wearing it for one night. It's not that big of a deal. I don't mind it. Dave is making this wedding about Alex and what she wants. He wants her to be happy so you guys should respect his decision to make Alex happy and not complain about it."
"Okay," said Randy.
"I guess you're right," said John. "It's about what Alex wants so I guess it's okay."
"Thank-you," said Dave.
"You're welcome," said Imani. "Look at Junior," he said showing the guys Junior in his white tux. "He is pimping in that tux."
"You're right he is pimping in that suit. I'm surprised Alex wanted him to wear white."
"I don't know but I love it," said Imani.
"So Dave, did you tell Alex yet?" asked John.
"Tell Alex what?" asked Imani.
"Well, genius here has decided to try out for a movie and he got the part. The only problem is the filming starts in October so he'll be gone for a couple months. He didn't' discuss it with Alex yet and he accepted it."
"Stupid, Man. Stupid," said Randy. "You should have told her. She is going to kick your ass when she finds out and you know it."
"I know. I'm just not ready to tell her yet," said Dave as he was getting fitted.
"And did you tell her you two aren't taking a honeymoon because you're wrestling for the championship the next day at the pay per view?" asked John.
"No. I will tell her then," he said.
"Alex is looking forward to that honeymoon in Hawaii," said Randy. "She really wanted to go."
"I know but I'll make it up to her."
"You better," said Randy. "She's going to be upset when she finds out."
"I know," said Dave, "and I feel bad for not being able to go to Hawaii but this is opportunity. I want to be on top that way I know my family has enough money to live off of while I'm out making movies."
"But shouldn't Alex be number one?" asked Imani.
"She should be but she's not," said Randy, "the only thing Dave is caring about right now is himself. He's looking out for the business instead of Alex."
"Dave, I think you should talk to Alex because if she finds out from someone else… she's going to be devastated. And you know she does those scripts so if she sees that you're going for the championship on June 25th she is going to be upset."
"Look, I will talk to Alex about it when I'm ready. Stop hassling me about it. This is mine and Alex's business no one else's. She told me she would stand behind me when it came to the movies. It's filming in New Orleans. We live in Tampa. I can come home for the weekends and I'll be home for Thanksgiving and Christmas."
"I don't think you should start a marriage off with lies. It just doesn't sound like a good idea to me," said Imani.
"Look guys, I will talk to Alex about it later. She'll be happy about it because she loves me and she supports everything I do. I don't see why you guys keep saying she's going to be upset."
"Um, Dave, when you mess with a woman's honeymoon…. I think that's grounds for her to get a little upset. I mean. You can get the championship anytime after your honeymoon. You could go for it in July or August. It doesn't have to be the night after your wedding. That's supposed to be your time with Alex to seal the deal on the marriage. I think you should wait till after that," said Randy.
"Alex won't mind besides we'll be sealing the deal on the marriage all night on the wedding night," said Dave.
"Does Alex know you talk about her like this?" asked Imani.
"Like what? Having sex with her on our wedding night?"
"Yeah," he said.
"No," he said.
"You shouldn't talk about her that way," he said, "and it makes it sound like you're only with her for the sex and nothing else."
"Thank-you," said Randy, "finally someone that sees it through my eyes."
"I'm not only with Alex for the sex," he said. "That's just an extra bonus I like to cash in on. But seriously Alex is amazing. I love her to no end. She is a great woman. She's beautiful, she's smart, she's caring and she's funny. She's really fun to be around. She's just amazing all around and like I said the sex with her is just an extra bonus. Oh and she can get wild. She is down for anything. Let her get a little drunk and she goes into wild mode."
"That is true," said Randy. "Alex, is one woman I like to take drinking with us because you never know what's going to happen when she's there. She's made out with a couple chicks."
"More like 3," said John.
"What?"
"Her and Mel made out for Dave and me a few weeks ago when you were with Sam. Well, a lot more went down but still they made out."
"Damn," said Randy.
"So what's the name of the movie you're doing?" asked Imani changing the subject. He didn't like the way they were talking about Alex.
"It's called Wrong Side of Town," said Dave. "I play some guy named Ronnie. I'm not exactly the lead but I should be."
"Cool. What's the movie about?"
"It's about an ex-navy seal that gets into some trouble with a shady club owner after killing his brother. The guy puts a bounty out on him and he comes to my character for help. And I guess the club owner kidnaps his daughter and he tries to get her back."
"It sounds pretty cool. Congratulations," said Imani.
"Thanks," said Dave. He felt kind of bad for Alex because he had made plans without conversing with her first. Maybe his friends were right. It would upset Alex knowing that they weren't taking a honeymoon because of his job and he knew she would be upset because he was making a movie but never told her anything about it. He didn't know how he was going to tell her or when he was going to tell her all he knew is that everything was about to come tumbling down when he did. They were already walking on thin ice it wouldn't be long before they fell through the ice.
*A/N: So I agree with Imani..starting off a marriage on lies and secrets isn't the way to go. I think Dave better tell Alex his plans and quickly before she does find out from someone else..like her best male friend might let it slip...who knows...and they are kind of disrespectful when they talk about Alex. I'm sure she would be upset if she knew. And Sylvia liked RAndy..but she can't stand DAve. lol. So what did you think? Please review.
Chapter 52: Alex and Dave talk about his plans for the future...and Wrestlemania...does Dave become a champion or not...And Vince has a proposal for Alex.
