Bound For Glory

"I've never been so bored in my entire life," Alexis said as she sat beside Sonjay.

"Oh my God! You're AJ's Alexis!" A girl yelled.

"What's it to you?" Alexis asked.

"I'm Alex Shelly's girlfriend Amber," she said. "It's so nice to meet you."

"Oh, nice to meet you too," Alexis said baffled.

"Amber!" Alex yelled. "How many times to tell you that you have to be P-R-O-fessional?"

"I was being professional," Amber said as they walked away.

"It's P-R-O-fessional!" Alex yelled.

Alexis looked at Sonjay. "I'm still bored."

"Wanna play tag?" Sonjay asked.

"Might as well," Alexis said and slapped Sonjay across the face. "You're it!"

Alexis took off running down the hall until Sonjay caught up and slapped her behind.

"You're it!" He yelled and took off running in the opposite direction.

Alexis ran after Sonjay and saw AJ.

"Grab him!" Alexis yelled pointing at Sonjay.

AJ grabbed Sonjay and held him tightly. Alexis tiptoed to Sonjay and touched his nose and ran away.

Alexis ran fast around the corner and ran right into a person. When Alexis opened her eyes and shook her head.

"Alexis?" The girl asked.

"Yeah?" Alexis asked getting back onto her feet. When she looked at the woman she suddenly remembered who she was. "Teagan?"

"Yeah," she said. "I'm so happy you remember me."

"What the hell are you doing here?" Alexis asked confused.

"Well Christian thought a lot about what AJ said. He stayed up hours into the night just thinking and eventually he realized that AJ was right. He had no future in the WWE," Teagan said. "So here we are. Starting a new life."

"Wow," Alexis said.

"Hey," Christian said putting his arm around Teagan. "How are you doing?"

"I'm a little bewildered at the moment," Alexis said. "So, what you are trying to tell me is that now you're working here?"

"Yeah, that's about the gist of it," Christian said.

"Ah," Alexis said. "AJ!"

"I'm right here," AJ said from around the corner. "I'll be with you in a second."

"Now!" Alexis yelled.

"What the hell is your problem?" AJ asked. Then he say Christian and Teagan. "I'm so confused."

"Christian quit the WWE and is now working with TNA," Alexis said.

"That's quite the adjustment," AJ said. "Congratulations."

"I wouldn't have done it without your speech," Christian said.

"I will not be held responsible," AJ said laughing. "So when'd this all happen?"

"I quit the same day you did," Christian said, "but I had a no wrestling clause so I had to wait a couple months."

"I thought we were playing a game," Sonjay said to Alexis.

"We were," Alexis said. "But now Petey said that he wants to play."

"I don't wanna slap his ass," Sonjay said sadly.

Alexis laughed. "Go find Gail then, you won't even have to play a game to slap her ass."

"Sounds fun," Sonjay said running away. He quickly ran back. "Lexi! Quick! Ask me if I'm a tree!"

"Are you a tree?" Alexis asked.

"No!" Sonjay yelled and ran away again.

"That was interesting," Christian said.

"It's just Sonjay," Alexis said. "It's always like that here."

"So where are you two living?" AJ asked.

"Well we bought a house on the outskirts of the city," Teagan said. "What about you two?"

"We've been too busy to go house hunting," Alexis said. "But we have to start soon."

"It's on the list of things to do," AJ said.

"Why don't you go and show Christian around, introduce him to people?" Alexis asked AJ.

"Well I suppose I could fit it into my busy schedule," AJ said.

"Oh no, you don't have to. I don't want to be a burden," Christian said.

"My schedule consists of eating until I'm tired and then sleeping until I'm hungry," AJ said. "C'mon."

The guys walked off and Amber and Teagan were left to talk.

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Alexis sat in the back with AJ, Petey and Laura watching the show progress. AJ was scheduled to pick three guys for Christopher to face in fifteen minutes. The time was coming for AJ and Alexis to go and introduce their three choices.

Christopher Daniels was already in the ring getting himself mentally prepared. He asked for the microphone.

"C'mon Styles!" He yelled. "We don't have the rest of the night."

"Calm down," AJ said. "Lexi, would you care to introduce choice number one?"

"Sure would sug," Alexis said taking the mic from AJ. "The first of the three selections hails from twenty thousand leagues under the sea! He is the man known as Shark Boy!"

Shark Boy ran to the ring and wore Christopher Daniels out to a certain extent but he was out within five minutes.

"You've got to be kidding me!" Christopher Daniels yelled. "You're screwed if that's all you got."

"The second selection hails from Bombay, India! He is the Original Playa from the Himalayas! He is Sonjay Dutt!" Alexis said introducing him.

AJ stopped him before he got to the ring and gave him a couple words of advice. Sonjay lasted quite a bit longer than Shark Boy. He had a couple close falls too but eventually Christopher Daniels pinned Sonjay.

"Styles! Quit wasting time and bring out the next victim!"

Alexis stood on the middle of the ramp and looked around.

"Opponent number threes comes from Gainesville, Georgia! He is the only triple crown winner in TNA history and three time Mr. TNA! Weighing in at two hundred and nineteen pounds, accompanied to the ring by Alexis Hexling, the Phenomenal AJ Styles!" Alexis yelled as the fireworks went off.

Alexis tossed the mic and escorted AJ to ringside. He wasn't dressed in his wrestling attire. He just had a t-shirt and jeans on.

The fight, if you could call it that, started out on the outside of the ring. Daniels threw a chair and hit AJ right in the head. Then the brawl returned to the ring. AJ got the advantage but with only seconds left he missed the springboard from the top rope. Christopher Daniels quickly fled from the ring.

"Daniels!" AJ yelled. "You know I'm used to kicking your ass all over the arena but tomorrow I get to do it for thirty minutes. You'd better be prepared."

AJ threw the microphone back towards the announce table and took his shirt off. That's when the girls in the arena made their numbers known.

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"You have nothing to worry about," Alexis said. "You could kick his ass with your eyes closed."

"No interfering tonight," AJ said and kissed her.

"I know," Alexis said looking at him. Then she looked back at herself and then at AJ again.

"What?" AJ asked her.

"I can't go out there with you," Alexis said sitting down on the bench.

"Of course you can," AJ said. "There's nothing that says you can't."

"For personal reasons," Alexis said.

"Like?" AJ asked. "Are you scared?"

"No, that's not it," Alexis said.

"So…"

"Your boots are better than mine," Alexis said looking at her legs.

AJ looked at her. "You cannot be serious."

"Don't make fun of me," Alexis said.

"It's kind of hard not to when you have problems like that," AJ said. "I can't change, I don't have enough time,"

"Fine then, I will," Alexis said digging through her clothes.

She walked into the bathroom and changed into dark blue jeans, a white tube top and three inch heals.

"Ready now?" AJ asked.

"Yep," Alexis said.

By the time they got to the tunnel Christopher Daniels was already in the ring. AJ made his usual entrance and looked at Alexis outside the ring. She winked at him and watched him work his magic.

Daniels attacked AJ before the opening bell but the advantage only helped for about a minute. Then AJ beat Christopher Daniels outside of the ring, jumped over the safety rail, right into Daniels. Then the match moved back inside the ring where AJ tried to ground Daniels. There were several close falls before AJ went to a more aggressive game plan. When that didn't work he started to get frustrated. He started kicking him the back and bending Daniel's neck backwards. Then AJ put Christopher Daniels into the Deathlock with a bridge. Alexis could never figure out how the hell AJ could bend in those weird positions. The only way Daniels' could get out of the move was to bite AJ's hand. By this time AJ was in control for ten minutes. AJ was one step ahead until Daniels' caught AJ in the middle of a high risk move.

Alexis tried to talk AJ back into the match because he was wearing down.

"C'mon!" Alexis yelled slapping the ring apron as Daniels' worked on AJ's neck.

Then Christopher gave AJ a backbreaker that knocked the air right out of him. So Alexis turned around and tried to get the crowd into it. It worked for a couple minutes until Daniels' got AJ in the Cogi Clutch. But AJ even impressed Alexis when he got up twice with Christopher Daniels on his back. The advantage went back to Christopher Daniels however, even he was getting frustrated. Then AJ got in numerous clotheslines and elbows in and then the spin kick to knock Daniel's off of his feet.

"Just a bit longer Jay," Alexis said as she leaned onto the ring apron.

Then Christopher started the attack again but AJ caught him off guard with the hangman's noose neck breaker. But not gaining him the pin fall. So he tried the torture rack backbreaker but once again to no avail.

Alexis let out a scream when AJ fell out of the ring and caught the steel steps on the way out. Then out of instinct AJ stood up only to receive a suicide dive by Daniels. Daniels rolled AJ back into the ring and AJ got him with pele. Then AJ dove onto Daniels.

Lexi ran to AJ. "How's your leg?"

"Hurts like a bitch," AJ said getting up with Lexi's help.

Lexi rubbed AJ's leg for a few seconds and then let him resume with the match. Daniels followed AJ into the ring. But they didn't stay there long. Daniels picked AJ up and dropped him to the floor.

Lexi ran past Daniels and kneeled beside AJ who was almost completely unconscious.

"C'mon babe, you can't stop now," Lexi said patting his arm and touching his face. "You gotta up. Six minutes left."

Eventually AJ got up but at the same time that Daniels did. When AJ got up Lexi immediately spotted the huge purple bruise on the side of AJ's leg and an obvious limp.

The two exchanged blows and near falls for close to five minutes. Then AJ got in two kicks to the head. Then with nine seconds left AJ hit the Stylesclash and the one-two-three with two seconds remaining.

Alexis grabbed the X-Division Championship Belt and slid into the ring. She passed the belt to AJ and hugged him.

"You did it!" Alexis yelled as his music started.

AJ was obviously worn out and sore. He was breathing an abnormally high speed and he was sweating like crazy. Meanwhile Christopher Daniels looked like he wanted to cry. That was the end of his six month streak as TNA X-Division Champion.

Alexis help AJ to his feet smiling proudly as he looked around at the crowd that was screaming 'That Was Awesome'. He pressed his lips to her forehead and held the kiss for a few seconds before Lexi helped him out of the ring. Once outside the ring AJ put his arm around Alexis for support.

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As soon as they made it to the back Alexis got AJ into the hot tub. She had a hard time keeping him awake. Alexis sat on the side of the hot tub kissing his neck, cheek, ear, lips and part of his chest.

"Can you believe that you did it?" Alexis asked. "You're actually champion."

"How's my leg?" AJ asked her.

"It looks bad but it's only a couple broken blood vessels," Alexis said. "It's a dark shade of purple."

He nodded and then let his head fall back.

"You staying with me here?" Alexis asked running her fingers through his hair.

"Yeah, I'm good," he replied.

"Good, what's two plus two?" Alexis asked.

"Are you serious?" AJ asked. "I'm fine."

"Answer the question," Alexis said.

"Four," AJ said opening his eyes. "I have to get out of here before I fall asleep."

"Alright," Alexis said helping him. "Just relax for a while before you get dressed then I'll call for a car."

"You wanna go looking for a house soon?" AJ asked.

"Really?" Alexis asked sitting beside him.

"Yeah," he said letting his arm fall around her. "Wednesday, okay?"

"Sure," Alexis said kissing him.

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