He holds me for ages, neither of us talking. "We should get back out to Lex" he finally says. I nod, wiping my eyes before following him back out to the lounge. Lex looks up at us sheepishly. "Please tell me everything is ok" she asks quietly. I look at Jon and he nods. "It's all good Lex" he says, leaving me and hugging her. "I mean, obviously I would have liked to have found out in a different way, but I know now, right?" She nods slowly. "Lex" he warns. "Never, ever, think I would hurt her like that. She is my fucking life. I'm not like that." She nods. "I'm sorry Jon" she whispers. "Can we just change this fucking subject?" I snap. They both look at me quickly. "Soooooo" Lex says. "What do people do for fun around here? Apart from screwing in the shower." "Lora goes shopping" Jon says. "A lot." Lex laughs. "Sounds like fun" she says, looking at me. "Fancy it?" "Don't you wanna rest?" I ask. She shakes her head. "Sounds like that's settled" Jon says, getting his wallet. I shake my head as he hands me his credit card. "No" I say quietly. "Please?" he asks. "Treat yourself." I take it from him grudgingly as Lex grins. "Shopping on the husband" she says linking her arm through mine. "My kind of shopping." I kiss Jon quickly before she pulls me out of the apartment.
"I am genuinely sorry Lor" she says as we sit in the mall an hour later. I nod, stirring my coffee absently. I've hardly spoken to her. "Lora?" she asks. I snap out of it, looking up at her. "Alexa" I say. "Answer me this. Do you really, truly, think I would accept being treated like that again? Being used as a punchbag is not my idea of a good time, believe it or not." She shakes her head. "I just saw the marks" she says. "And flipped. It was like being right back there Lor." I nod. "Forget it" I say. "Are we done here? Kinda wanna get home to the husband." She nods, grabbing at some of the bags. "Bonus of going shopping with a wrestlers wife" she says laughing. "Free stuff." I smile. "Watch Jon panic when he sees the bags" I say standing up. "I'll let him think I maxed the card." "Evil Lora" Lex says laughing as she follows me back to the car. I nod. "His pretty face though" I say. "He'll tell me it's fine when you can see he's planning the repayments out of his next cheques!" We load the bags into the car and get in quickly. We've been followed around a fair bit, but pretended we hadn't noticed. I drive home quickly, eager to get home to Jon.
"Hi honey we're home!" Lex yells as we walk into the apartment. Jon grins at us from the sofa. "Hey" he says, his smile brighter when he sees me. I smile. "Hey yourself" I say walking over and kissing him. "Uh, wanna go grab the bags from the car?" "Bags?" he asks warily. "Plural?" I nod sheepishly. "The tops were kinda cute" I say, nervously chewing my finger. "And I couldn't decide what colour to get, so it got them all. Plus jeans, and shorts to match, preparing for any occasion. And then I had to get shoes too..." Lex can't take any more. Jon's face is growing paler and paler by the second. "Relax Romeo" she laughs, holding onto the wall for support. "Your card didn't melt. She got it all practically thrown at her! I need a job with the E!" Jon looks at me quickly and I can't help but laugh. "Uh Lex" he growls. "Excuse us for a second. Lora. Run." I squeal and run into the bedroom, closely followed by Jon. I manage to run around the side of the bed, not that it does me any good. "That's cheating!" I squeal as he dives over the bed, grabbing my arm and pulling me down with him. "So sue me" he growls before kissing me needily.
"All made up?" Lex asks as we finally walk back into the lounge. She's been to the car and got all the bags in. Jon looks at the sea of bags surrounding the sofas and groans. "How the fuck did you create this chaos in an hour Lor?" he asks. Lex laughs. "Your wife is a phantom shopper Jon" she says. "It's what she was born to do." He shakes his head. "She was born to wrestle" he says simply. Lex nods. "That too" she agrees. "What's the plans for tonight? You guys gonna show me what Vegas has to offer?" Jon looks at me awkwardly. "I kinda got plans toots" he says quietly. I smile. "That's cool" I say. "We can stay in tonight, Lex will start to fade soon anyway. You go out and enjoy yourself. We'll have takeout and movie night." "Not like your last movie night I hope" Lex says quickly. I look at Jon and we both laugh, remembering date night. "What movie do you have in mind?" I ask her, already knowing the answer. "Magic Mike!" she says. I laugh. "Way too predictable Alexa" I say. Jon grins. "Thank fuck I'm going out" he says kissing me before heading to shower and get ready.