A/N: Sorry this took a while I didn't know where I was going with certain parts so make sure to review and leave ideas for me. Anyways enjoy.
Chapter 34
Bayley slowly closed her room door behind her as she stepped out into the hallway where her mother stood with her arms crossed, "look...mom I can explain...that in there...uh...what you saw..i wasn't...that wasn't. I...uh.."
Stephanie gave Bayley a small smile and looked back at the door, "So...you and Alexa?"
"It's not like that...I mean it's just...we're friends and... I-I don't want you to be mad at me...I don't want you to hate me or disown me or anything...I just...I wanted to tell you I did but I just…"
"Bayley just tell me what's going through your head right now."
"Alexa she...she's just...I mean…"
"You like her?" Stephanie asked with a raised eyebrow
Bayley sighed and took a deep gulp before she scratched the back of her head, "yes"
"Okay...then why don't you invite her to stay for dinner?" Stephanie smiled
"What?"
"Invite her to stay for dinner, we're having spaghetti" Stephanie said before placing a kiss on Bayley's forehead
"That...that's it...you-you're not mad?"
"Bayley why would I be mad?"
"I don't know...I always see those shows where people get disowned and there's a lot of open hate for the LGBT community on the internet"
"Bayley. I will tell you this, not once, but as many times as you need to hear it. I love you and I support you no matter who you love. All those people who hate on the gay community can go mind their own business. I've got your back no matter what...honestly I thought I'd find you kissing Carmella up here…"
"Yeah...uh I thought I liked Carmella but everything just feels...right with Alexa. She's really nice and sweet and I really..really...really like her" Stephanie smiled at this and hugged her youngest daughter
"That's okay Bay...I'm proud that you're accepting who you are, but we are going to have to put in place some ground rules when she is over"
"She can come over again?"
"As long as she helping you with your classes I'll allow her to stay, but you two will have to work downstairs where I can keep an eye on you two" Stephanie said with a smirk as she ruffled Bayley's hair before turning to walk back downstairs
"Wait...mom, what about dad?" Bayley asked in a small voice
"Honey, you don't have to worry about your father, he loves you just as much as I do. This doesn't change anything….but I'll let you tell him when you're ready" Bayley nodded at this, "Dinner will be ready in a few, you two can come on downstairs"
"Okay...we'll be right down" Bayley said with a smile watching as her mother descended down the stairs. She stopped for a second before punch her fist in the air in victory before walking back into her room where Alexa was packing up her stuff, "Hey"
"Oh my gosh, i'm so sorry I didn't mean to get you in trouble and I-" Alexa rushed out as she walked up to Bayley but the girl quickly kissed Alexa on her lips to silence her
"You didn't get me in trouble at all. Actually you just helped me come out to my mom" Bayley said letting out a relieved breath as she laughed slightly
"And?"
"And she's okay with it...she even wants you to stay for dinner" Bayley smiled
"Really?"
"Yeah...we're having spaghetti, and I know you love pasta so you can't say no"
Alexa nodded and this and smiled before grabbing Bayley's hand, "So...you kissed me.."
"Yes...three times now"
"Do..uh..are you.." Bayley smiled at Alexa's flustered state before wrapping her arms around Alexa's waist, "I feel silly trying to ask this"
"I think I get what you're saying...so, Alexa Bliss...would you like to be my girlfriend?"
"...yes..yeah..yeah" Alexa laughed, wrapping her arms around Bayley's neck and kissed her quickly on the cheek, "I would love to"
"Good...I think it would be kind of awkward if you said no" Bayley laughed causing Alexa to playfully hit her before the two made their way downstairs where Becky and Hunter were now entering the front door, Hunter sweaty and out of breath while Becky laughed at him.
"Gez what did you guys do run a marathon?" Stephanie asked as she walked up to her husband and placed a hand on his back
"No we just ran around the block to the park and back. Dad's just out of shape" Becky said with a smirk as Hunter was taking deep breaths trying to stand up straight, "What's for dinner?"
"Spaghetti"
"Ooo good I'm starving"
"Go shower first...both of you stink" Stephanie said causing Becky to run up the stairs saying a quick hello to Alexa and Bayley as she passed them on the steps.
"Hey dad...can I talk to you for a second before you go?" Bayley said causing everyone to look at her, "It will be quick"
"Alright" Hunter agreed
"Alexa, why don't you help me set the table?" Stephanie said to which Alexa agreed with a smile and followed behind her girlfriend's mom leaving Hunter and Bayley to themselves
"What did you need Bayley?" Hunter asked as he placed his hands on his hips, still breathing hard
"Uh...well I just wanted to tell you...that I uh...I'm...gay….and Alexa is my girlfriend now" Bayley said in a low voice, squinting her eyes and leaning away from her father in fear of backlash
"Really? Well that's super cool, you got yourself a girlfriend...I guess I'll have to give you the talk eventually" Hunter said with a smile while Bayley blushed
"Uh no thanks"
"Oh come on...you know the birds and the bees...well in this case the...actually I don't get that analogy." Hunter joked causing Bayley to smile
"So you're not mad?"
"Mad? No. Never. I love you Bayley, and I support you, this whole family supports you and you bet your butt we'll all raise hell for you if you needed us to." Hunter placed a kiss on top of bayley's head before moving to walk off, "Thank you for telling me. I'm super proud of you."
"Thanks dad" Bayley whispered as Hunter nodded and headed up stairs to shower and get ready for dinner.
Bayley stood by herself for a second thinking. What was she so afraid of? Her family loved her, and they supported her even though she was gay. A smile graced Bayley's lips and ran her hands through her long dark hair, letting out a relieved sigh. She light and butterflies danced in her stomach, not from nervousness but from...happiness? She couldn't describe it but the warmth that came with the butterflies filled her stomach and flooded her veins as she let out a chuckle. She had a girlfriend who she liked very much, and her whole family was completely okay with it. This definitely wasn't how she planned today going but she is happy that it did.
Charlotte slowly knocked on the door waiting for an answer. Slightly smiling when it opened revealing Roman Reigns. She had walked down the halls trying to get away from Dana when she saw Roman's name on the whiteboard on the end of the hall. He stood with a smirk, his long hair down to his shoulders and he wore a black t-shirt and jeans, "Hello princess...what are you doing here?"
"I could ask you the same thing" Charlotte said with a grin, punching him slightly
"Let's just say my old man got tired of me smoking in the house so he sent me here...supposed to be the best rehab center in California. What about you, finally get caught?"
"Yeah, my Uncle found me totally high on some Oxy" Charlotte said causing Roman to laugh
"Dang...where'd you get that stuff?"
"My sister, she had it prescribed to her but she never used it so I did, totally got busted and sent here"
"Well how come I haven't seen you, this place isn't that big and there was group therapy today"
"I may have joked about blowing my brains out and they kept me from joining the group session today" Charlotte said with a smirk, "And I tend to stay be myself. You're lucky you don't have a roommate, mine keeps following me everywhere, that's why I'm out here….been trying to get away from her"
"Well, why don't you let me show you around...I've been coming here on and off for years, usually over the summer not to conflict with school and football, but this time my pops just had it...but good thing is I know all the best places in the here"
"Okay"
Roman exited the room and closed the door before leading Charlotte down the hall. He lead her around the whole building before the eventually ended up in a game room where two boys were playing video games. It was a normal sized room with lime green walls, grey linings and grey carpet. There were three couches all facing their own Tv and an Xbox and a PlayStation set up. There were also two pool tables, a foosball table, an air hockey table and a vending machine in the corner.
"Are ya kiddin' me...that was a flagrant!" One yelled at the screen in a thick Irish accent as he stood up and looked at his friend. He was in a grey camouflage shirt and pants and he had bright orange hair in a mohawk.
"No way, I got that goal fair and square" the other boy responded. He was bald with a matching outfit and shades on over his eyes
"That's Sheamus and Cesaro" Roman said causing both boy to look over at them and look before going back to arguing, "They're really into their video games, especially FIFA"
"I see" Charlotte said before Roman took her hand and lead her through a side door of the game room which lead to a set of stairs, "Where are we going now?"
"Well...I happen to know how to get on the roof of the building on the other side of the pool, got these spare key from a sleeping janitor and made a copy of it just incase I ever got sent back here" Roman said as he lifted a small set of keys from his pocket to show charlotte
"Okay" Charlotte shrugged before following Roman out and down stairs only to be stopped by Ivory who stood in front of the two
"Hello Charlotte, Roman...what are you two up to?"
"Just making friends like you told me to Ms. Ivory" Charlotte said, feigning innocence, only causing Ivory to raise an eyebrow at the girl
"Yeah, I'm showing her the piano room in the counseling building" Ivory thought for a second before nodding at this
"Alright"
With that the two rushed pass her and headed across the pool where the counseling building was and entered through the front door. There was a waiting area as soon as you walked in with a front desk, couches, tables, chairs and TVs to the left where therapy rooms like art therapy, yoga therapy, music therapy etc, etc. Roman led Charlotte down that hall and towards a set of steps.
Soon they reached the top floor where the was a door leading into the building and another door opposite it leading to the roof. Roman unlocked the door and guided Charlotte up the small stairs until they were standing on the roof, looking out over the rehab center at the pinkish blue sky. The sun was going down and roman smiled as he looked back at the tall blonde, "What do you think?"
"It's beautiful" Charlotte said in awe as Roman took a seat in the middle of the room, laying back so no one could see them from the ground. He patted the space beside him for Charlotte to lay next to him and she did with a smile resting her head on his stomach as she laid across him, "How come you're always in high places? You were on the roof of the car at the party, you sat on the top of the bleachers before school, and now we're on a roof. So what is it? You got a height fetish or something?"
"When I was little, my folks built me this treehouse.."
"A treehouse?"
"Yep...and I stayed up there all day, looking down at everything and everyone...and then my parents started fighting..so I stayed up in my treehouse for hours, days even. If was...peaceful, it made me feel like I was away from all the bullshit in the world." Roman said as the two laid still, looking up at the setting sun, "Well when I was ten, my dad burned down the treehouse, just to spite me….and well, I've just been trying to find high places to make up for that feeling"
"Wow"
"At least that's what Dusty says..he thinks it makes me feel in control, like I'm above everything else...Like I'm the big dog"
"The big dog?" Charlotte asked sarcastically causing the two to chuckle.
"Seems silly I know" Roman laughed, "what about you? What's the deal with the drugs?"
"Shouldn't I be asking you that?" Charlotte snorted causing Roman to shrug, "It's not a thing...I don't have an addiction"
"Says the person in rehab. You don't have to convince me, you were the one high on Oxy"
Charlotte sat up quickly and punched him in his chest, "Shut up"
"Ow" the Samoan boy sat up and looked at the blonde girl, she had her back to him with her arms wrapped around her knees, hugging them close to her and her blonde hair was in a ponytail down her back. The two sat in silence before Charlotte spoke.
"I like the way they make me feel. The drugs. I was always so...uptight and then with you...with those drugs, it made me feel...alive. Free. I felt, happy, for the first time in a long time"
"I may sound like a hypocrite for saying this but...you shouldn't rely on drugs to make you happy"
"You're right" Charlotte paused, "you do sound like a hypocrite"
Roman scooted over and laid down beside Charlotte so he head was by her feet as he looked up at her from the ground, "I'm just saying...I have other stuff to make me happy"
"Then why do you use drugs?"
"What can I say i'm an addict?" Roman shrugged causing Charlotte to roll her eyes, "I just mean like I have football, and that makes me happy...maybe if I wasn't so fucked up I'd never use drugs again. Live my life, get signed to some college and then go pro."
"I don't think you're fucked up" Charlotte said in a low tone
"Of course you don't..you got a little crush on me" Roman said with a smirk causing Charlotte to blush
"What no I don't"
"You don't have to deny it, you are very talkative when you're high, and you might have let it slip once or twice"
Charlotte groaned and covered her face embarrassed, "Ugh...that's so embarrassing"
"Nah..it's cute...you're cute" Roman stared at the tall girl until she slowly moved her hands away and blushed
"You think I'm cute?"
Roman snorted before saying, "Well i don't just share my weed with anyone"
"Just girls you think are cute?"
"Just you" Roman said seriously staring at Charlotte for a second causing her to pause before the Samoan boy leaned in a kissed her.
"So Alexa, you have any siblings?"
"Yes sir, two older brothers"
"And your parents?"
"My father is a lawyer...and my mother just stays at home" Alexa said with a straight face while Bayley looked at her concerned.
The family was all sitting around the table with Hunter and Stephanie sitting at each end while Sasha and Becky sat on one side and Bayley and Alexa sat on the other side of the table. The conversation had been geared towards Alexa and Hunter and Stephanie were getting to know her. Even though it was making Bayley slightly embarrassed while Alexa answered every question with a smile and a chuckle.
"A lawyer? Well that's cool, you should invite him over some time, we can have a family dinner thing and-" Hunter saw the way Bayley was looking at him causing him to stop and back track, "Or, not...I mean...it's up to you"
"Alexa's dad is usually busy with cases, so I don't think he would have time to sit down and talk" Bayley said, grabbing Alexa's hand silently under the table, giving a gently squeeze while she smiled and nodded. Dinner continued in peaceful conversation with the kids talking about school and Hunter mentioning the idea of getting Becky into sports. However as everyone finished up Sasha had yet to tell her parents about her pregnancy. Everyone stood up and dumped their dishes in the sink. Becky elbowed her sister slightly as she got up and cleared off the table while Hunter offered to drive Alexa and Bayley so they could drop the girl off at her house.
"Hey uh..mom, I uh"
"Yes Sasha?"
"Nevermind" Sasha said quickly feeling a rush of anxiety to swell up in her chest as she grabbed her plate and walked off to the kitchen where Becky was.
"Smooth" Becky mocked as she began washing dishes
"Shut up"
"Mom!" Becky called causing Sasha's eyes to widen
"Stop" Sasha whispered
"You have to tell her" Becky whispered back as Stephanie entered the kitchen
"Yes?"
"Sasha has something to tell you...something important" Becky said seriously. Stephanie raised an eyebrow at the girls before looking to Sasha expectantly, while Sasha paled. She didn't know if she could do this, she felt that if she actually said it, if she said that she was pregnant then she would catch fire. Or maybe even die on the spot, or puke, probably puke, but she just couldn't do it. She shook her head causing Becky to roll her eyes, "Sasha just tell her"
"Sasha what is it? You know you can tell me anything"
Sasha just looked to the ground avoiding eye contact. The two stood face to face by the kitchen island while Becky moved to stand beside her sister, "She's just afraid that you'll be mad"
Stephanie sighed and crossed her arms looking to her daughter, "What is it?"
"I uh...I'm...I well, you see when we had that...when I went to…" Sasha stopped and tried to start again but just ended up stuttering again. She eventually sighed and looked to Becky with a pleading look.
"She's pregnant" Becky said quickly, knowing Sasha wasn't able to. Stephanie's eye went wide, "She has been for some time now."
"What?"
"I wanted to tell you...it was never the right time, I was going to tell you before but then i heard you talking about waiting for the other shoe to drop and I didn't want to ruin everything like i always do I didn't want to be that other shoe and disappoint you, and I knew you were going to be so mad and I-" Sasha's voice was soon drowned out by her own sobs as tears flowed down her eyes while Stephanie stared with wide eyes, bringing her hands to her hair
"Y-you're pregnant?" Sasha nodded, "And who...how?"
"I'm sorry….I'm so sorry"
"Is..Seth?"
"Yes"
Stephanie said nothing for a while, but she began pacing. Becky, sensing the tension slowly walked away leaving the two alone while Sasha leaned against the counter with her arms cross, "Sasha..."
Sasha stared up at her mother with sad eyes, "i don't know what to do"
"Ok….ok...let's just. Let's sit down and talk about this." Stephanie said before walking up to Sasha and giving her a hug, wrapping her arms around her tightly as Sasha cried into her chest, "Don't worry baby girl, we'll work everything out"
"Are you mad at me?"
"no...I don't like this situation but 'm not mad at you. I am a little disappointed that you got yourself into this situation and I expect you to tell what happened. Also we will have to go an talk to Seth and his mother as well"
"What?"
"This is his baby too and his mother should know what's going on while we figure out what to do"
"Am I going to have to get an abortion?"
"We'll see...first we need to get you to a doctor...then we'll figure out what's best for you an your body and your education" Stephanie said before placing a kiss on Sasha's forehead, "But before that...we have to tell your father"
"That's going to be hard"
"Yeah"
Becky slowly slipped out the window and down the ladder where Dean and Paige were waiting. The two were dressed similarly in leather jackets, with Paige wearing black leggings and boots and Dean in blue jeans and converse. As Becky hit the ground Dean wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her into a kiss before the three walked to the car that Dean had and drove to the fighting arena. Once they pulled up Dean parked in a small lot of a car garage. It was a long rectangle building with 3 garage doors that looked like the size of two trucks, all lifted open. There were crowds of people standing around outside the building and inside. You could look right in through the open garage doors to see two men beating the crap out of each other in a the single, bloody ring. People surrounded the ring, yelling and spitting on the fighters when one fell, and throwing them back in if they slipped out the ring as there was no cage to separate them like there was at X-Pac's gym.
"Welcome to The New World Order, or NWO" Paige said as she raised her arms to show off the garage, "I've met the owner once, he's an asshole but some people like him"
The three walked through the crowd and headed closer to the ring as one of the men knock the other flat on his ass before her be began pounding his fist into the guys face, until her no longer moved. Soon the room was filled with cheers and yells as the winner, stood victorious over the now lifeless body before it was dragged away.
"Holy shit" Becky said as the three of them watched blood flow from the dead man's busted open head
"See I told you this was serious" Dean said to Becky causing her to roll her eyes but took Dean's arm and wrapped it over her shoulder nonetheless.
"Hey Paige!" the three turned around to see two girls walking up to them waving. Both girls were around Becky's height, one with jet black hair pulled back into a ponytail wearing a black shirt and shorts with her wrist and hands taped up in matching black tape. While the other girl was blonde with her hair flowing down her shoulders and she was wearing a gold and black crop top and black leggings.
"Sonya, Mandy, hey" Paige greeted, "Becky...Dean these are my friends Sonya and Mandy. Sonya's a fighter here"
"Hi nice to meet you" Becky greeted
"Aw no way it's sort of like an honor to meet you. I saw your fights over at X-Nation gym, you're the Lass Kicker right?"
"Yeah? You've seen me fight?"
"Yeah are you kidding? You were on a killer winning streak...how come you never made it on the leaderboard?" Sonya asked
"I was one fight short, before I got banned"
"Wait...you were banned. What did you do?"
"Nothing serious my parents know the guy who ran the gym and basically made him ban me from fighting" Becky said rolling her eyes, "So here I am"
"Well I can tell you this place isn't much better" Mandy said causing Sonya to elbow her in her side
"Don't mind her, she's always nervous when she's here, she thinks I can't handle myself" Sonya said wrapping her arms around Mandy's shoulder while the blonde rolled her eyes for a second before pushing her away. Sonya laughed at this before turning back to Becky, "But the women's fights are much safer, they don't fight to the dead, just 'til you're knocked out. It's only the men that take it that far"
"Well you don't look too bad...you must be good" Dean said noticing that the girl hand only a small cut above her left eyebrow
Sonya shrugged, "i'm good, but I'm not the best. There these four girls here that basically run the leader's board for the girls. They stand together and basically beat everyone else down, a win against them is like $5,000"
"Are you kidding?" Dean asked with wide eyes as Becky stared shocked as well
"Yep.."
".you planning on fighting here?" Mandy asked
"I don't know yet, we're just looking around getting the feel of the place. I am definitely looking though" Becky responded with a shrug as she turned to look at the next match that was starting
"Well from what I heard Sonya say about you, you're pretty good. You'll probably work your way through these girls in no time"
"We'll see"
The group watched a few more matches, Paige talking more to the girl while Dean and Becky looked on together analyzing each of the matches as each one ended with a man dying until someone called out Becky's name, well her fighter name, "Hey Lass Kicker!"
Becky turned around to see a girl she had never seen before walking up to her. She was a short tanned woman with black hair pulled back into a ponytail. She was wearing a black leather jacket and a pair of shades on top of her head, "Do I know you?"
"No..but I know you. The infamous Lass Kicker. The name's Shayna Baszler, I saw some of your fights over at that crummy gym across town. You were good, but that..was child's play. This...is big leagues" Shayna said as two other girls came up and stood behind her with their arms crossed. One girl was taller than Shayne with pale skin and dirty blonde hair while the other was slightly shorter than Shayna with the similar dark hair.
"Look I'm just here to watch" Becky said with her hands up defensively but this only caused Shayna and the other two girls to laugh
"Ah no...you don't just come here to watch...you come to fight" the taller woman said
"Hey guys lay off…" Sonya said stepping up to standing in between Becky and the girls
"Shut it kid" the taller girl said
Becky looked at the three girls with her arms crossed, not really impressed while Paige stood beside her nervously and Dean wrapped his arm around Becky before saying, "Look we really are just here to watch"
"Awe..is this your boyfriend? You too weak to talk for yourself?" the short girl said
Becky rolled her eyes and step away from Dean, taking a step closer to the shortest girl, "And you are?"
"The name's Marina, but don't worry. You won't need to know it for long, you'll be dead in the next five minutes" the woman said before turning to yell, "Hey! We got next!"
The crowded parted and Marina walked up to the now empty ring, climbing in. She was wearing a grey muscle tee with black shorts and she cracked her knuckles ready to fight. Dean quickly walked up to Becky and placed a hand on her shoulder, "Don't Bexs, we can just leave"
"Ah no way. You've been called out, you have to fight. It's the rules here. Ain't that right Jessamyn?" Shayna said with a smirk causing the tall girl to nod while Sonya held her hands up
"She's not dressed for a fight and she doesn't go to this gym"
"This gym is a parking garage" Mandy muttered to Paige who snickered
"Give her your shorts then"
"No way-"
"Do it, or do I have to teach you a lesson the hard way" Shayna said stepping up into Sonya face causing Mandy to grab her arm and pull her younger girl away
"Alright then" Becky said confidently, "I'm not afraid of you or your pipsqueak little friend over there"
Dean threw his hands up obviously upset, "Are you serious..come on Bex this is stupid"
"I hate to admit it but I agree with your boyfriend" Paige whispered to Becky who simply shrugged and took off the jacket she was wearing and handed it to Dean leaving her in a black tank top and matching leggings, "these girls will kill you"
"Look I got enough anger to spare, besides it's not to the death so stop being dramatic" Becky turned to Sonya, "Can I borrow your shorts?"
"You're crazy" the girl said while Shayna and Jessamyn smirked
"Yeah...I know"
"No Seriously, those are the girls I was telling you about, they run this place" Sonya whispered causing Becky to simply shrug
"Well then...tell them to get my $5.000 ready"
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