Pulling It Back Together
Alexis woke up Tuesday night and looked around. Something didn't feel right. She sat up in bed and noticed that AJ wasn't there. So she got out of bed and walked downstairs.
"What's up?" She asked as she saw him laying on the couch thinking.
"Nothing much," he said obviously stressed out.
"You're gonna be fine," Alexis said sitting down next to him. "They already love you."
AJ just nodded.
"Are you feeling alright?" Alexis asked concerned as she began to rub his back. "You don't look so good."
"What do you mean?" He asked.
"You just look a little pale," she said putting her hand on his cheek and then his forehead. "I think you need to get some sleep baby."
"I'm fine," he replied.
Alexis looked at him and smiled.
"What?" He asked.
"Hungry?" She asked.
It was AJ's turn to smile.
"I'll take that as a yes," Alexis said taking his hand. "C'mon. I'll fill your tummy and then you can go to sleep."
AJ hiked himself up onto the counter and watched her get everything she wanted and turn the stove on.
"So what is it?" Alexis asked.
"Just thinking about tomorrow," he said looking into the living room.
"Oh c'mon," Alexis said. Then she laughed. "I mean they gave Petey a job."
"That was just a tad harsh," AJ said laughing.
"Just wanted to see you smile," Alexis said wrapping her arms around his waist.
Alexis put the first sandwich into the frying pan as AJ pulled her close to him. She loved their little talks in the middle of the night over grilled cheese's. There had been so many of them back in Seattle. There were nights where they went through a whole pack of cheese slices and had to start using the Cheese Whiz. Then there was also the time where they were so enthralled in their conversation that they had forgotten about the food and it started a fire.
"So you like it here?" AJ asked her.
"Yeah, it's fun," Alexis said smiling.
"Good, cause I refuse to move anymore," AJ said laughing.
Alexis smiled and handed him the first one as Laura walked into the kitchen.
"What are you two doing?" She asked.
"Cooking," Alexis laughed.
"Evidently," Laura said looking at the frying pan.
"I just came down here to make sure that it was you two," she said looking at the clock. "I'm not even going to ask why you're cooking at three-twenty in the morning. I'll see you two in the morning."
They both waved as she walked off.
"So it's at the Ritz-Carlton at seven?" Alexis asked.
"Yep," AJ said.
"So I can dress up?"
"Of course you can," AJ said laughing.
Alexis woke up the next morning to find AJ's arm across her midsection. She looked at him and smiled. He looked so peaceful. She kissed his lips gently. He moved slightly but didn't really stir. So she started to kiss his neck. This time he moaned and opened his eyes.
"Hey sexy," he said as she kissed his lips. "What's up?"
"You in a couple seconds," she said straddling his midsection.
"Oh really?" He asked smiling. "Where'd you get that prediction from?"
"I just know these things," she replied as she began to caress his sides.
He nodded as she bent down to kiss him again. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her down so that she was lying down on top of him.
Alexis let her hand creep lower and lower until she heard a loud moan escape from his mouth. She smiled and kissed his neck. His arms got tighter and tighter around her. Alexis quickly got herself ready and then got on top of him.
Alexis was flipping through her closet that afternoon when she let out a scream.
"What?" Laura asked popping her head into the bedroom.
"I have nothing to wear!" Alexis shouted.
"You're already dressed," Laura said looking at her.
"I meant for tonight," Alexis said looking at the closet.
"You can look in my closet if you want," Laura said. "I'm going out for a few minutes."
"Bye," Alexis said looking at her closet.
She decided that she'd take Laura up on her offer and check out her closet.
She found two outfits that she thought would be good for the evening. She tried the first one on but didn't like it so she threw it back on the bed. She tried on the second one and loved it. It was a tiny, silk spaghetti strap tank top that had a black lace shirt that went over it and buttoned up. Then she went through her closet and found a pair of black slacks that she thought matched.
"You okay?" Alexis asked as she knocked on the bathroom door.
"Yeah, fine," AJ said coming out. "You ready to get going?"
"Yeah," Alexis answered. "Do you want me to drive?"
"No, I'm good," AJ said trying to control his breathing.
"Calm down babe," Alexis said caressing his back. "Everything is going to be perfect. Plus, you look so sexy I don't think a straight man could turn you down."
AJ smiled.
"We gotta get going," Alexis said taking his hand
They got to the restaurant six-fifty.
"Ready to go in or do you want a couple seconds?" Alexis asked as she tapped on the steering wheel.
"I'm ready," AJ said as she got out of the car and handed the keys to the valet.
When she turned to look at him she realized how good looking he was. He was wearing a long sleeved white shirt and dark jeans.
"Let's get this over with," AJ said as he wrapped his arm around Alexis' waist and they walked inside.
AJ and Alexis calmly walked outside of the hotel. They both looked around and then they started celebrating. AJ picked Alexis up and spun her around. He kissed her lips repeatedly and hugged her as tightly as he could without hurting her.
"Congratulations babe!" Alexis said hugging him back.
They kept on celebrating even though people were watching.
"We have to celebrate properly," Alexis said to him.
"Yes we do," AJ said as the valet pulled the car up.
"I'm driving," Alexis said taking the keys from him. "You'd probably run every red."
Alexis got into the driver's seat and they drove to the nearest liquor store. AJ went in and Alexis stayed outside to make the phone call.
"So?" Laura asked. "How'd it go?"
"Well…" Alexis started. "Not too well."
"Oh god," Laura said. "How's he taking it?"
"About the same," Alexis answered. "I'd thought I'd phone you right away to tell you."
"Anything you want us to do?" Laura asked.
"Yeah, could you order like four large pizzas," Alexis said. "One pepperoni, one cheese, one Canadian, and one of whatever you guys want. I'll pay you back tomorrow."
"Umm…why?" Laura asked.
"It's just something that we always do when we get bad news," Alexis said. "We're strange."
"Alrighty then, whatever you say," Laura said.
"Okay, I gotta go, he's coming back," Alexis said and hung up.
Alexis got out of the car and popped the trunk. There were four boxes full of different types of alcohol.
"Holy shit man," Alexis said laughing. "How drunk are you planning on getting?"
"I'm getting wasted tonight," AJ said to her. "And so are you."
"You da boss," Alexis said. "If you say I'm to get drunk then I will."
"What were you doing while I was in there?" AJ asked her.
"I phoned Laura and Petey," Alexis said. "I told them that you didn't get it."
"Moron," AJ said shutting the trunk.
"We need mix," Alexis said driving down the street and stopping at a small convenience store.
They got out and bought two cases of Pepsi, two of 7-Up, and a couple boxes of orange juice.
"We're gonna be set for a while," Alexis said looking at the back of the back of the car.
"Oh I'd say so," AJ said pulling her close to him again and hugging her.
"Someone's affectionate," Alexis said hugging him back.
"It's easy when the girl looks like you," he said winking at her.
"Sweet talker," Alexis said starting the car up.
When they got back to their building they looked up at their condo.
"You take care of Petey and I'll take care of Laura," Alexis said as they got out of the car.
"Sure thing," AJ said hiking himself up onto the car.
Alexis let herself him and then took the elevator up. She opened the door and found Petey and Laura waiting on the couch.
"Where's he?" Laura asked.
"He…umm…wants to see Petey downstairs," Alexis said.
"Okay," Petey said getting his shoes on and going downstairs.
"That bad?" Laura asked.
"Oh yeah," Alexis said sitting down next to Laura on the couch. "I thought that it was actually going pretty good. But then at the end they said that they had a full roster already."
Laura's hand covered her mouth.
"I feel so horrible. We told you guys to come down here because there were jobs available," Laura said.
"Don't worry about it," Alexis said patting Laura's knee. "He'll get over it."
Then they heard a whole bunch of laughing and glass bottles clinking together.
"At least someone's happy tonight," Laura said sadly.
Alexis got up and opened the door. Laura was shocked when she saw AJ and Petey laughing. They put down all the boxes and continued to laugh.
"You lied to me," Laura said and playfully pushed Alexis.
Alexis fell right into AJ.
"Well congratulations," Laura said hugging AJ.
"Thank you, thank you very much," AJ said bowing.
"So what actually happened?" Laura asked.
"We got there and he said that they'd sign me in a second," AJ said. "So then we had dinner and I sign my contract on Friday."
"So let's party!" Alexis said grabbing the rum.
It was Saturday when Laura stormed downstairs looking for Alexis. She was absolutely furious.
"Lexi! What did you do to my white lace shirt!" Laura yelled at her.
"I threw it out," Alexis said. "It didn't look good on me."
"It was mine!" Laura yelled.
"Do you want an award?" Alexis asked confused.
"You don't just throw out other people's things," Laura said.
"I did you a favor," Alexis said as Laura put on her shoes.
"I'm going for a drive," Laura said.
"I'll phone the newspaper about that tidbit," Alexis said rolling her eyes.
When Laura came back later AJ was laying on one couch and Petey on the other. They were watching a hockey game.
"Where's Alexis?" Laura asked.
"Upstairs, sleeping," AJ said.
"She's sleeping?" Laura asked. "How do you just fall asleep when you're fighting with someone?"
"Well you see when she gets mad she gets tired," AJ explained to her. "Which is actually pretty smart."
"How?"
"Well, when I go to continue a fight with her she's sleeping and she looks cute when she's sleeping so I just forget and lay down with her," AJ said to her.
"Well I'm not going to lay down with her," Laura said.
"So what are you two fighting about?" AJ asked her.
"She threw out my shirt," Laura said.
"That's not that bad," AJ said looking at the TV.
"Not that bad? It was mine," Laura said.
AJ looked at her. "At least she didn't throw out all of your underwear."
"She threw out all of your underwear?" Laura asked laughing.
"Yeah," AJ said. "It's weird when you look in that drawer and you don't recognize them."
Petey looked at AJ and laughed.
"Shut up or I'll throw all of yours away and not replace them," AJ said to him.
"But that's funny," Petey said laughing.
"Get bent," AJ said as one of the teams scored. "I'll go talk to her."
He found Alexis curled up in the blankets. He just stood there for a few minutes and watched her sleep.
"Something wrong?" Petey asked as he came upstairs.
"Nah," AJ said looking at her. "She's just so small and innocent."
"From what you've told me she doesn't sound all that innocent," Petey said.
"Not like that," AJ said rolling his eyes.
"Oh," Petey said laughing.
"See ya later," AJ said as he walked into the bedroom and closed the door.
He crawled onto the bed and Alexis stirred in her sleep. He slid under the blankets and wrapped his arms around her. One thing that he could never resist was holding her while she slept. He never wanted her to leave.
She moaned and rolled over. Once she realized that she was in his arms she cuddled as close as she could. He tried to pull her even closer. He loved the way she fit perfectly against him.
"I'm cold," she said sliding down so that her head was on his chest.
He rubbed her back and her arms in an attempt to keep her warm. She slid her leg between his and wrapped her one arm around his torso.
He wasn't too sure of how they did untangle themselves every morning. It was always easy to get into a predicament where one body part goes there and another over there.
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