Hey peoples. I just realized that in the last chapter that not everyone would know who Keira is. Keira is from the story One Hard Business With John Cena, Randy Orton and Trish Stratus which is also on this website. Just thought that I'd clear that up.

Katie


Tiny Skirmishes

AJ woke up to find Laura and Petey sitting at the table drinking coffee at the tiny table.

"Nice to see that you do wake up," Petey said to him.

AJ let out a groan. "What time is it?"

"Two o'clock," Petey said looking at the clock.

"Where's Lexi?"

"Bathroom," Laura said pointing at the door.

Just as Laura finished answering him Alexis walked out fully dressed and ready to go.

"Lex, get me something strong," AJ said holding his head.

"Not feeling so well?" Alexis asked slamming the bathroom door.

AJ held his head and cursed her beneath his breath.

"Feel like the whole world is spinning beyond your control?" Alexis asked stepping onto the bed. "Maybe you feel a little nauseated as well." She began jumping on the bed.

AJ moved his hand to his mouth and Alexis jumped off the bed as Petey and Laura looked on confused.

"What the hell Alexis," AJ said feeling like he was going to die.

"Get the aspirin yourself. You've done it before," Alexis said picking up her purse and putting lip gloss on. "I'm going with Laura, we're taking the Mustang. Petey, I hope that you don't mind being with him too much. I know he can be an ass. We'll meet up in Dade City at Friday's. C'mon Laura, let's get going."

And with that Alexis picked up her jacket and her bag and walked out the door.

"What was all that about?" AJ asked them confused.

They both shrugged their shoulders just as confused as he was.

"I guess I should get going," Laura said and kissed Petey. "See you two in Dade."

"Tell her that she can't drive because she might hit a building," AJ said.

"I heard that Styles!" Alexis yelled from outside.

"I'm gonna get going with her before she kills him," Laura said quietly. "Hopefully I see you two later."

They both waved to her.

"So who's driving?" Alexis asked.

"I will," Laura replied quickly. "I barely get to drive."

"Have fun," Alexis said throwing her bag and Laura's in the back seat. "As long as we have loud music we're good."

Once they were both in the car Laura quickly pulled out of the parking lot. They changed the CD to a fast paced country one and rolled down the windows. After a while Laura turned down the music and looked at Alexis.

"What?" Alexis asked.

"What was that whole thing about?" Laura said pointing to the direction that they were coming from.

"With AJ?" Alexis asked. "His mouth is too big for him sometimes. Just a little revenge. Don't worry. He'll get over it."

"What'd he say?" Laura asked still confused.

"It was last night," Alexis said. "When he said 'if you were my wife.' No girl wants to hear that. The way he said it was as if he never wanted to marry me."

"He was drunk," Laura said. "I think he would've said anything to get you to be quiet."

"A drunk man's words are a sober man's thoughts," Alexis said looking out the window.

"So what happens when he's feeling better?" Laura asked.

"He'll yell, I'll yell, he'll yell more, I'll push him around, he'll get even more mad, I'll cry, he'll hug me and it'll all be better," Alexis said.

"You really have to have more interesting fights," Laura said laughing. "Throw things at him every once and a while."

Alexis laughed. "No, I'm good. He gets mad enough when I shove him."

"Has he ever shoved you?" Laura asked.

"AJ? Are you kidding?" Alexis asked laughing. "Never. The most he's done to me was grab my wrists when I went to hit him." Then Alexis stopped and looked at Laura. "Did Petey…"

"No! No, no, no," Laura said laughing. "It was just a simple question."

"Ah," Alexis said. "I see. So tell me, how's Orlando?"

"It's so much fun," Laura said switching to cruise control. "There's a party every night. And now in TNA there are so many more interesting people. Like Eric, Petey's friend, he's so adorable. Or Sonjay, one of the funniest guys you will ever find."

Alexis nodded thinking of all the new people.

"And you guys don't have to worry about housing for a little while. The guy that bought TNA is renting condos to everyone for the first three months. So we're sharing a three bedroom."

"Good, AJ can sleep somewhere," Alexis said laughing. "Kidding, kidding."

Laura laughed. "I still don't know how you two are together. You have such major fights all the time over the dumbest things."

"They don't happen all that often," Alexis said. "But it's when we're not fighting. He's the sweetest guy ever. Maybe you don't see it but when it's just us he's a big softie who likes to cuddle. And then there's that adorable smile and cute accent." Then Alexis thought for a few seconds.

"What are you thinking about?" Laura asked.

Alexis looked at Laura. "We never told anyone this. But seven months after we moved to Seattle we didn't get along at all. Everything we did grated on each other's nerves. There was constant yelling. I was mad because he was never there, he said that I was spoiled brat who didn't know what I wanted, and there were some nasty things said. Most nights when he was supposed to be home he'd stay at a hotel or sleep on the couch while I cried myself to sleep. There was a point where we didn't sleep together for three months."

"Wow," Laura said shocked.

"Yep," Alexis replied. "I was dying to talk to you every night but I couldn't bring myself to the realization that my relationship was falling apart before my eyes."

"So what happened?" Laura asked interested.

"One night he came home early, I guess to get something of his things, and he found me crying in our bed. He said that it broke his heart to see me like that. He felt so bad that he almost left but instead he sat down on the bed and started to caress my side. He told me over and over again that it was going to be alright. He told me that we'd work it out and that nothing could come between us. Then he comforted me while I cried and then he even cried. We stayed up the whole night talking and then we even started our own little thing in the middle of the night."

Laura smiled at her cousin. She had no idea that there were problems in their relationship. If anything she thought that it was perfect. Neither of them ever complained.

"You and Petey must've had a fight or two," Alexis said. "Even I realized that no relationship is perfect."

Laura chuckled to herself.

"C'mon," Alexis said. "I told you something that no else knows about. Not ever Chantal."

"Two summers ago," Laura said tapping on the steering wheel. "Petey wanted me to go to Windsor with him and I didn't think that I could get away with it so I said no. He took it personally and he said that our relationship was over."

"Seriously?" Alexis asked shocked.

"Yeah, but then he came crawling back after like a week," Laura said. "My dad actually invited him over for dinner and when I went down for dinner he was sitting at the table talking to my mom."

"Oh God," Alexis said laughing. "That could suck."

"It did," Laura said. "The whole dinner he was giving me puppy dog eyes, flirting with me discreetly and he kept trying to play footsy with me."

"They are such big sucks without us," Alexis laughed.

"That they are," Laura said speeding up to pass a car the size of a boat.

"What was the most embarrassing moment that Petey has ever had in front of you?" Alexis asked.

"That's a hard one," Laura laughed. "He tends to embarrass himself on a day to day basis."

"Not fighting with you there."

"Umm…well it was kind of embarrassing for both of us but I'm going to have to say that it was like after two months of you living with us. I was over at his new place and we decided that we'd baptize the house. So when we were done we had no where to put the used condom. Well Petey got this genius idea of shoving it into a bottle. So he put it in this bottle and then right after we'd finished getting dressed one of Petey's friends came over. He needed an ashtray so he picked up a bottle. He chose the same bottle that we just put the condom in," Laura said laughing at the memory. "So we had a good laugh about it but then when I was leaving the guy from next door told me that next time we have sex to keep it down."

"That's good stuff," Alexis said laughing.

"And what about your guy?" Laura asked wiping tears out of her eyes. "What was the most embarrassing thing he ever did in front of you?"

"It was like the seventh time that we were in the bathroom stall," Alexis said laughing. "He was kissing my pretty good and his hand kept creeping lower and lower. Well I guess he got a little excited because he 'flipped the switch' and it looked so painful. But the worst part was was that I could barely contain my laughter. I don't know why but for some reason I found it so amusing."

"That's horrible," Laura said almost in shock.

"I know," Alexis said turning red with laughter. "I've never seen him in so much pain. And he was so embarrassed over the whole situation."

"Well no shit," Laura said laughing.

"But I still find it funny," Alexis said beginning to laugh again.

"Dude, we're in Dade City already," Laura said pulling over at the restaurant.

"That was fast," Alexis said looking around.

"Yeah, I know," Laura said as she shut the car off and opened the door. "We might as well stretch our legs before the guys get here."

"Might as well," Alexis said getting out. "And don't you dare say a thing to AJ."

"As long as nothing gets back to Petey," Laura said looking around. "How long do you think they'll be?"

"I don't know Ms. Speedster," Alexis replied. "Probably an hour. AJ refuses to leave in the morning unless he's washed up."

So Laura and Alexis continued to talk for close to an hour and a half in the sunshine before the black RX-8 pulled into the parking lot. They both got out and AJ started walking over to Alexis. As soon as he got to her he was going to start yelling but was surprised when Alexis wrapped her arms around his neck and hugged him tightly.

"What's up with you?" He asked laughing as he hugged her back.

"I love you so much," Alexis said burying her head in his chest.

"I love you too," AJ said confused.

He looked at Laura and Laura shrugged.

"I'm so sorry," Alexis continued.

"Don't worry about it," he said hugging her.

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