Sorry for the insanely long wait between updates. I've been really busy with work and I've also been struggling to write this fic, (damn you writer's block.) Big thanks to BourneBetter54 and Freakily obsessed Yassen fan who reviewed the last chapter. You guys are awesome. Like before, I own nothing except Benny and Katie.
Chapter 11 – Sleepover secrets
Jay and Creed soon returned with the drinks and everyone was sat down talking and relaxing. About half an hour later, Benny noticed something.
"Taylor, are you alright? You look kinda sleepy?" Benny said, glancing at her friend. The blonde nodded her head.
"Yeah, I'm fine, apart from a bit of a headache. I'm just a bit tired, that's all." She said, her eyelids drooping slightly. Robert took his eyes off of her for a second to look at the watch on his left wrist.
"I'm not surprised you're tired, it's gone midnight! We should get going James, we've got an early training session tomorrow." He said as he withdrew his arm from around Taylor and stood up. James groaned and stood up with him. They said their goodbyes to everybody before walking to the front door. James opened the door and walked through it, towards the car that they had arrived in. Robert started to follow him, but before he exited the house he turned back to look at Taylor.
"Tay, how are you getting home tonight? I don't think you should drive at the moment. Do you want us to give you a lift?" he asked, a kind smile on his face. Taylor blushed slightly before looking at Benny and Katie for help. Katie noticed Taylor's silent plea for help and spoke quickly before anyone else could notice.
"It's alright Robert, Taylor can stay here tonight, we've got a spare room. She'll be fine, we promise." She said confidently, ignoring the confused looks that she was receiving from Alex and Chris.
"Ok, if you're sure. I'll er … I'll call you tomorrow Taylor." He said as he walked through the door, closing it firmly behind him.
"Yeah, we should get going as well." Creed said from the chair he was sat in, glancing at a sleeping Jay in the chair opposite. He quickly made his way over to his tag team partner and prodded him sharply in the face, causing him to wake up and glare at Creed.
"Hey! Did you have to do that?" he asked sleepily. Creed simply nodded his head before grabbing hold of Jay's arm and pulling him up from the chair.
"Thanks for inviting us," he said as they too left the room, "Hope you guys get back soon, it's quiet without you guys running around like a group of nutters all over the place." he joked as he shut the door behind him, leaving the three girls and the Guns on their own.
"Well, I think that went quite well." Chris piped up. The three girls and Alex looked at him in disbelief.
"What?" Chris asked, holding his hands up. Katie rolled her eyes at her boyfriend.
"Chris, you're such an idiot," she said, trying not to laugh, "The bitchy people gate-crashed the party, Benny had a full on mental breakdown and Taylor nearly got knocked unconscious and you're saying it went well." she explained.
"Oh yeah, I forgot that bit."
"Sounds about right, eh Chris?" Alex said from the armchair where he was sat with Benny. Chris glared at the two of them before turning to Katie and Taylor who were closest to him.
"Katie, Taylor, they're being mean to me." He whined, pulling the puppy dog eyes.
"Awww, poor Chris," Taylor said sarcastically before turning to Benny and Katie.
"Thanks for the great night guys, I'll call you sometime tomorrow" she said as she hugged everyone and started to walk to the front door.
"Um, where do you think you're going?" Benny asked.
"Home." Taylor stated, looking slightly confused.
"No you're not. We told Robert that you're staying here tonight, so you're staying here." Katie said, pulling Taylor back into the room.
"But I haven't got any clothes or anything."
"That's alright, we've got plenty of spare stuff you can borrow."
"But…"
"No buts, you're staying and that's final." Katie finished, almost dragging Taylor up the stairs towards the spare room. Benny followed them up the stairs and into the spare room where Taylor was sat on the bed and Katie was rummaging around in the cupboard looking for some clothes for Taylor.
"Here you go," she said after a couple of minutes of searching. She held up an extremely large Motor city Machine Guns t-shirt. "Is this ok Taylor? I know you'd prefer a Beer Money shirt, but this is all I can find. " She joked. Taylor blushed slightly and nodded her head as took the shirt from Katie. She quickly changed into it and laid herself back down on the bed.
"Thanks for letting me stay tonight, although are you sure that you don't mind?" Taylor asked Benny and Katie.
"We're sure. Now try and get some sleep. If you need anything in the night, help yourself; you know where everything is, well you should do by now anyway. Night Taylor." Benny said as she and Katie left the room and closed the door behind them. As they shut the door, the two girls heard a loud noise come from the stairs behind them. They exchanged a quick glance at each other before turning around to see Alex carrying Chris up the stairs awkwardly. Just the sight of it was enough to reduce Benny and Katie to hysterics and they stood there laughing until the two guys had reached the top of the stairs and Alex put Chris back down onto his feet.
"Don't bother helping me then. You guys just stand there and laugh and I'll be the one who suffers." He said to the two girls.
"Sorry babe, it was just so funny." Benny said, wiping the tears of laughter from her eyes.
"Glad you found it funny, lazy git couldn't be bothered to hop so I had to carry him up!" Alex joked, walking over to Benny and hoisting her up into his arms.
"Um, Alex, what are you doing? You just complained about having to carry Chris, so why the hell are you carrying me?" Benny enquired. Alex shrugged his shoulders.
"You're lighter than Chris, and you look tired, I thought I'd save you having to walk a few metres into our room."
"Wow Alex, a few metres are going to kill me," Benny said sarcastically to Alex who just rolled his eyes at her, "Ok night guys, see you in the morning, well in a few hours really." Benny said as Alex carried her back into their room. He gently dropped her onto the bed where she fell asleep as soon as she landed, not bothering to change out of her clothes. Alex quickly changed out of his clothes and turned around to find Benny already sleeping peacefully. He grinned at her before lying down next to her and pulling the covers around the two of them, kissing her forehead softly as he turned off the light and drifted off into a calm sleep.
The calmness and silence that rang through the house didn't last for long though. Not long after everyone had fallen asleep an ear-shattering scream pierced through the house, waking the four still sleeping inhabitants. Benny and Alex instantly shot up as soon as they heard the disturbance and quickly ran out of the room into the hallway where Katie met them.
"Where's Chris?" Alex asked.
"Still in bed, I told him not to bother getting up. By the time he gets out here we'll have sorted everything, and you know what he's like when he first wakes up. I told him that we would go back and get him if it was an emergency. Come on Benny, seeing as your stood here in front of me I'm guessing it was Taylor that screamed." She said as she grabbed hold of Benny's hand and dragged her and Alex along the corridor and burst into Taylor's room. Taylor was sat up on the bed, her knees brought up to her chest, tears pouring down her delicate face. Benny and Katie immediately ran over to her on the bed and sat next to her, comforting her and letting her cry her worries out on their shoulders. Alex stood awkwardly in the doorway, not knowing what to do. He wasn't good with people crying near him, especially women. He cleared his throat softly, gaining the attention of Benny. She looked at him and smiled weakly before turning her attention back to Taylor.
"Er, I'm going to tell Chris what happened. I'll um … leave you three alone." He said as he smiled at the girls before shutting the door and stalking off down the corridor to explain to Chris what had happened. As soon as Alex shut the door Katie turned to Taylor.
"Taylor hun, what happened? You look terrified." She said, stroking Taylor's blonde hair as she broke down.
"Rob…Robert," Taylor stammered, wiping some of her tears out of her eyes, "I…I couldn't help him … they beat him … I tried, I … I really did, I couldn't do anything I …I …" she trailed off, breaking out into more sobs. Katie and Benny exchanged glances over Taylor's shoulder.
"Who … who was hurting him?" Benny asked, cautiously. She didn't want to upset Taylor any more than she already was.
"B…British invasion. They tried to hurt me but … but Robert got in the way so … so they beat him instead. They knocked James out and made me watch. They made me watch as they … they beat Robert with everything they could find. Chairs, metal pipes, tables they … they even got him with that barbed wire baseball bat Mick carries around. They made me watch. I couldn't do anything to help … they had covered my mouth; I couldn't scream … I couldn't do anything. And they've got that cage match next week and I'm scared!" She wailed as she started crying even harder than before. Benny rubbed Taylor's back comfortingly.
"Shhh, it's alright Taylor, it was just a nightmare. It's not real. Robert's fine and you know as well as me that James and Robert are going to kick the British Invasion's asses back to England. You've got nothing to be scared of. It was all a dream." She said, trying to soothe Taylor's nerves. Taylor took a deep breath and wiped the remaining tears out of her eyes.
"I know, I know. It … it just seemed so real." She said, shivering slightly at the recollection. "I wanted to help him but I couldn't. Why did he even get in the way? Why did Robert stop them hurting me?" she asked Benny and Katie. "It doesn't make any sense."
"Taylor, why wouldn't Robert come and help you? He's one of the nicest guys around; he kind of saved you earlier as well. He's the one who took care of you when you were knocked out. Everyone else was either busy trying to get Angelina, Velvet and Madison out of the house, or crying their eyes out worrying about you. He was the only one who stayed calm." Katie explained, watching as the expression on Taylor's face turned from confusion to surprise.
"He … he was?" she stammered, trying to get her head around what Katie had just told her, "Why didn't he just leave me?" she questioned.
"Taylor, Robert adores you, he practically worships the ground you walk on, seriously he's been moaning constantly to James, Alex and Chris about the fact that he really likes you but that he thinks that you're out of his league." Benny blurted out, slightly annoyed at the fact that Taylor had failed to realise the obvious. "He really likes you Taylor. I'm being deadly serious. Robert's probably going to kill me for telling you that, but I'm being 100% honest." She said, looking intently at Taylor's reaction. To both Benny and Katie's surprise, Taylor's face lit up and she smiled for the first time since she had woken up.
"He does?" she asked, looking at both Benny and Katie. Katie nodded her head and smiled at Taylor, a knowing look on her eyes.
"You like him as well, don't you?" she said, interrogating Taylor. She blushed slightly before answering.
"No! What, er, what made you think that?"
"Taylor!"
"Ok, ok. Yes I do like him. Happy now?" she asked, defeated at last.
"Yep, I'm happy now." Katie replied, smiling brightly at Taylor who smiled back at her, giggling slightly.
"Wow, I feel like a teenager at a slumber party." Benny said, "Now all we've got to do is tell Robert and you two will be together and get your happily ever after."
"Benny, we don't live in a fairytale, you should know that by now." Katie replied, making all three girls laugh loudly, not caring about the fact that it was the early hours of the morning. They were disturbed by their giggling fit by a sudden knock at the door. A couple of seconds later the door opened and Alex poked his head around the door sleepily.
"Chris says that you're being too loud and to hurry up and go back to sleep. Grouchy git needs his beauty sleep." he joked, causing the three girls to start laughing again.
"Yeah, Chris certainly needs beauty sleep," Benny joked, earning a glare and a playful slap from Katie, "Ok, everything's sorted now anyway. See you later girlies." Benny said as she gave Taylor and Katie a hug and walked over to meet Alex.
"Lexie, I'm tired, can you carry me again?" she said, "Please?" Admitting defeat he nodded his head and lifted her up again before carrying her back into their room and lying her down on the bed for the second time that night.
"Thank you, love you." she yawned as Alex got into the bed next to her and wrapped his arms tightly around her. She closed her eyes and listened for his response.
"Love you too." She smiled one final time before feeling the familiar feeling of sleep washing over her again, sending her into a peaceful sleep in Alex's protective embrace.
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Finally the next chapter is up! I am really really sorry that it took so long. Hope you liked it anyway. Please review and tell me what you thought. I really wanted to know what you guys think and if you have any ideas about what you want to happen next please tell me cause I have no idea what is going to happen. Constructive criticism is always useful as well.
Oh, look out for a new story 'Love in Cold Blood' coming soon starring my favourite TNA wrestler at the moment, (apart from Alex and Chris), Robert Roode.
I will update this story as soon as possible depending on how long it takes me to figure out what is going to happen.
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