What A Tease

AJ knocked on Amber's door again. This time feeling less nervous. It took her longer this time to answer the door but when she did he was almost as tense as the night before.

"Hi," Amber said opening the door

"Hey," he said handing her a bouquet of lollipops. "Those are for you, not like you really need them though, you're sweet enough."

"Aww…thank you," Amber said taking them from him.

"You look beautiful once again," AJ said to her.

"You're not looking too bad yourself," Amber said to him.

"I tried," AJ said.

"Oh," Amber said going back into the apartment. She handed him his jacket. "I believe that that's yours."

"Trying to steal my clothes on the first date," AJ said sarcastically.

"I couldn't control myself," Amber said laughing as she locked the door.

"Shall we get going then?" AJ asked.

"We shall," Amber said as they walked downstairs. "It's nice out today."

"Yep," AJ said unlocking the car.

She was a bit confused when he opened the back door instead of the front door. At first he just threw the jacket in but then he waited.

"C'mon," AJ said. "I'm sick of hearing you whine."

"Who are you talking to?" Amber asked confused.

Then a chocolate lab jumped out of the backseat.

"He's been whining all week," AJ said to her. "So I decided to just bring him along."

"Awesome," Amber said crouching down to pet the dog. "What's his name?"

"Jake," AJ answered as he put the dog's leash on.

"Well hi there Jake," Amber said playing with the dog. "Are you trying to get attention too?"

"Wanna hold him?" AJ asked her.

"No thanks, I'll keep my arm," Amber said standing up. "He looks strong."

"That he is," AJ said tightening his grip on the leash. "I have to tell you that I'm so sorry about last night."

"Don't worry about it," Amber said as they started walking. "But thanks for what you did."

"Yeah, about that," AJ said laughing. "I usually don't lose my temper that fast."

"It's okay," Amber said moving closer to him.

Taking her cue he put his arm around her shoulders. She seemed to like it because she put her arm around his waist.

"You seem strong," Amber said resting her head on his shoulder.

"I'll have to show you sometime," AJ said pulling her closer to himself.

"I'd like that," Amber replied. "You 'work' tonight?"

"Yeah," AJ replied. "So needless to say you won't be hearing from me tomorrow."

"I might have to come over and nurse you," Amber said.

AJ looked at her, he didn't really expect a comment like that.

"We'll have to arrange that," AJ said.

"I better get paid good," Amber said.

"Oh, you will," he said laughing. "So, you got any siblings?"

"I have four older brothers," Amber replied.

"Meeting the family should be fun," AJ said mordantly.

"They're not that bad," Amber laughed.

"Sure, you can say that," AJ said laughing with her.

"What about you?" Amber asked.

"I have a younger sister and I used to have an older brother," he answered.

"Used to?" Amber asked.

"He…uh…committed suicide two years ago," AJ said.

"I'm so sorry, if I had known that I wouldn't have brought it up," Amber said uncomfortable.

"How else would you have known?" AJ laughed. "It's alright. It's been two years."

They walked into the park and AJ let Jake off of his leash so that he could run around for a while.

"Have you always lived in Orlando?" AJ asked her.

"Nah," Amber said sitting down in the grass. "This is my first year here."

"What do you think of it?" He asked.

"It's not the same as the small town I grew up in," she said. "I hated it first of all."

"Why?"

"The first night that I was here I got robbed," Amber said laughing. "Not a memory that I'm too fond of."

"That sucks," he said sitting down beside her.

"Yeah," she replied. "What about you? Always live here?"

"Nope, moved here three and a half years ago," AJ replied. "Before that I lived in Nashville for three years."

"You like to move?" Amber asked.

"Hate it," he answered. "I moved to Nashville because they signed me to work with the company. But then they decided to move to Orlando and I was still under contract."

"I'll have to come and see you wrestle one night then," Amber said. "Obviously you're good if you've been under contract for six and half years."

"I like to think that I'm mighty fine," AJ said basking in the limelight.

Amber laughed and gently slapped his chest.

His eyes locked with her and he had such a cute smile on his face.

Amber closed her eyes and leaned in to kiss him but when she opened her eyes he had his tongue between his teeth and he was smiling at her.

"How cocky are you?" AJ asked her. "Just assumes that I'll kiss her."

"Asshole," Amber said laughing and shoved him.

"You'd better run girl," AJ laughed.

Amber got up and started running. But she was laughing too hard. He caught up with her fast, picked her up and swung her around. She let out a high-spirited shriek.

"You sound like a space monkey," AJ said. "Don't know what I'll do with a space monkey."

"I'm not a space monkey!" Amber laughed. "I am the popess!"

"The popess?" AJ asked laughing.

"Yes, I am the first female pope!"

"I'm sure you are," AJ said.

"I am," Amber said. "And I command you put me down."

"No, I refuse," AJ said throwing her over his shoulder. "I am exempt for I am the secret lover of the popess."

"I wouldn't mind having a secret lover," Amber said.

AJ laughed and put her down. Jake jumped up on AJ wanting to play.

"You want your ball?" AJ asked the dog. He threw the ball so far that he couldn't even see it anymore. "On the bright side he'll be busy for a while."

"C'mon," Amber said taking his hand and leading him towards the bench.

They sat down and talked for a while, then they just sat together. She had her legs over his lap and her head was on his shoulder. He wrapped his arm around her shoulders. He was enjoying just being with Amber and he didn't realize how late it was until Jake started barking. He looked at his watch and was shocked.

"I have to get going," AJ said to Amber. "I'm half an hour late."

"Oh my God, I'm so sorry," Amber said getting up.

"Don't worry about it, they should be used to it by now," AJ said putting Jake back on his leash.

They quickly walked back to Amber's apartment building and they said their goodbyes quickly. He kissed her on the cheek and he quickly drove away.

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