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Chapter 12 – Schemes and celebrations

Benny and Alex woke up late that morning, still holding each other tightly. Benny gave Alex a quick peck on the cheek before removing herself from his embrace and getting ready for the day ahead. After she had finished getting ready she turned to face her boyfriend, who had fallen back to sleep. Smiling at him she quietly crept out of the room and down the stairs where she saw Katie and Taylor sat on the sofa talking. Benny joined her two best friends and integrated herself into the conversation.

"Hey guys," she said cheerfully, setting herself down on the sofa, "you guys get to sleep in the end?" she asked. The other girls both nodded at her before a loud noise coming from the stairs scared them all. There was a loud bang, followed by another one coming only a couple of seconds after the first. All three girls looked at the stairs, concern written on their faces before they saw Alex running down the stairs as fast as he could. As soon as he reached the bottom of the stairs he ran into the kitchen and fumbled around in there before running back into the living room, throwing on his jacket and a pair of shoes and running out the door, shouting his goodbyes to the three girls at the same time. Benny, Katie and Taylor all looked at each other, confused expressions on their faces until they heard Chris shout from upstairs.

"Girls, can you give me a hand. I need to get downstairs but Alex has abandoned me. Please?" he pleaded. Katie rolled her eyes as she rose from her seat to go and help her boyfriend. Taylor stood up with her and together the two girls managed to help Chris get down the stairs and sink into one of the armchairs.

"You really need to learn how to use those crutches properly Chris." Benny commented.

"You really need to learn to control your boyfriend." Chris retorted, "Where did he run off to anyway?" he asked. All three girls shrugged their shoulders.

"No idea, I thought you would have known." Benny said feeling slightly worried. It wasn't like Alex just to run off for no reason without telling anybody. Katie noticed how worried her friend looked and decided to change the subject.

"So, what are you going to do about Robert then, Tay?" she asked the Canadian, who blushed furiously and looked down at the floor.

"Er, nothing." She said quietly, still avoiding Katie's eyes. Katie and Benny were both trying as hard as they could to keep their laughter in, but it was Chris who started laughing first.

"Nothing. Yeah right Taylor. No offence or anything, but there's no way in hell that you're going to do nothing about it. You two are going to get together soon, actually make it very soon cause Bobby's driving us all mad talking about you all the time." He said between laughs. Taylor sent a glare in Chris's direction, making Benny laugh loudly, almost forgetting about her worry for Alex. At that very moment Taylor's phone started ringing on the table and she went to pick it up. However Katie, who was closest to the table, picked it up first and answered it after a quick peek at the caller I.D.

"Hey Bobby, I'm guessing you want to talk to Taylor." She said over the phone, running around the room at the same time, trying to stop Taylor from wrestling the phone from her.

"Er, yeah. Is she there?" Robert asked, slightly confused as to why Katie was answering the phone and not Taylor.

"Yeah she's here, she's just thinking about how to tell you that she's crazy about you." Katie shouted quickly, just as Taylor caught up with her and grabbed the phone from her hand.

"What?" Robert asked in disbelief, "Can I just talk to Taylor please?"

"Yeah, I'm here." Taylor answered breathlessly, "Just ignore Katie, she's trying to make my life a living hell." She joked.

"Oh, ok. Well um, are you alright?" Robert asked nervously.

"Yeah I'm completely fine. Thanks for last night by the way, I never had a chance to thank you properly." She said gratefully.

"That's fine, I just wanted to make sure that you're ok. I'll see you later. Bye." He said as he cut off the phone. Taylor pulled her phone away from he ear and threw it onto the table before glaring at Katie.

"I suggest that if you want to see your next birthday, that you never do that again, ok?" she threatened Katie playfully. Katie laughed at her and gave her a hug.

"Sorry sweetie, but I couldn't help it," she said.

"I'll forgive you this time." Taylor said, just as the front door opened and Alex walked into the living room.

"Where the hell did you go?" Benny asked, rushing over to him. He simply kissed her on the cheek and walked up the stairs. Benny looked behind her at Chris, Katie and Taylor and gave them all a confused face before running up the stairs after Alex. She found him in their bedroom sat on the bed.

"Alex, where did you go? Please Alex, tell me." She demanded, sitting next to him.

"Sorry, I should have said something. I just had to do some little things."

"Like…?" Benny asked impatiently.

"Well, I had a doctor's appointment about my arm and then I went to the arena for a bit to see the trainers." He answered, a smile on his face. Benny looked at him, a perplexed expression on her face.

"Why did you have to see the trainers?" she asked. Alex looked at her, a wide smile written on his features. It was then that Benny noticed something that she should have noticed as soon as Alex walked in the door.

"Your arm. You haven't got any plaster on your arm. I thought you broke it."

"So did I, I went and had my check up today and they said it wasn't a break, just a sprained wrist. They've sorted that out for me and I've been medically cleared to return next week." He said excitedly.

"Return?" Benny asked.

"Come on Benny, return to the ring. I can go back!" he shouted, his voice full of happiness. He stood up and opened out his arms in celebration.

"Oh my god, that's great! I'm so pleased for you babe!" she said loudly, jumping into his open arms and hugging him tightly. Alex spun her around before gently placing her back on her feet and kissing her passionately. Benny was glad that Alex was holding on to her, if he wasn't she would have been on the floor by now. Alex's kisses always made her legs turn to jelly. Alex pulled away from Benny.

"So, ready to tell everyone the news?" he asked. She nodded her head enthusiastically and led Alex out of the room and down the stairs where the other three were chatting. Benny pulled Alex into the middle of the room and cleared her throat loudly, causing Chris, Katie and Taylor to look at her.

"Um, we've got something to tell you." she said looking at her three best friends. Immediately, Katie jumped up and stared at Benny and Alex.

"You're pregnant?" she said loudly, jumping to conclusions.

"What? No!" Benny shouted out, staring at Katie in astonishment.

"Oh, sorry Benny, I just thought …" she trailed off, her face turning red in embarrassment. Benny couldn't help but giggle at her.

"Don't worry about it. No I'm not pregnant. You want to have another guess?" Chris shook his head.

"Just tell us for god's sake." He said impatiently.

"Calm down, you really need to learn to be patient. Well, I've been medically cleared." Alex said, "I return to the ring next week. That's why I disappeared. I had to go to the doctor's and then see the trainers at the arena and ask them to double check. They said I was fine, so I went to see Dixie and Mick and they said I could return next week. They're going to fit the accident in as part of a storyline. They're saying that it was the British Invasion that caused the accident. When you return we're going to be in a feud for the titles!" he explained. When he had finished everyone stared at him in shock.

"We're going for the titles?" Chris asked, surprised at the news. Alex nodded his head and smiled at his best friend.

"Awesome!" Chris exclaimed, "Wait, does this mean we're going face?"

"Probably. Which is a good thing cause it means that the fans may actually start cheering us for a change. I hate it when they boo."

"Good point. It means we can't be cocky and arrogant but we can live with that. I can't believe we'll be going for the titles though. How long have we been waiting for this?" he exclaimed, hugging Katie tightly, kissing her on the cheek. Alex did the same to Benny who blushed a deep shade of red at Alex's actions. Taylor looked at the two couples and couldn't help but feel a little bit left out. She cleared her throat loudly causing both couples to stare at her.

"Um, I'm really happy for you guys, but I'm going to go now. I've got to see Sarita about our match and then make some phone calls. I'll see you guys later." She said as she rose from her seat and made her way towards the door.

"Ok, see you later Tay. Say hi to Sarita for us." Benny shouted from the other side of the room. Taylor nodded her head to show that she had heard her and continued walking towards the door until she was interrupted again, this time by Katie.

"Oh, say hi to Bobby for us as well. I'm guessing that's who you have to call." She said, a knowing look on her face. Taylor blushed slightly before regaining her composure.

"Whatever. I'll see you later." She said, finally making it to the door without any more interruptions. Alex heard the door close behind her and turned to Katie.

"What's going on between our two Canadian friends?" he asked.

"Nothing … yet. I'm still working on that. I've just got to get them to see that they're perfect for each other.

"How are you going to manage that?" Alex asked curiously.

"The same way I planned to get you and Benny together, well before you finally came to your senses and realised it without my help." She said, giggling slightly at the expression on both Alex's and Benny's faces. Clearly neither of them had thought that Katie was working behind their backs to get them together.

"And that is how?" Benny enquired.

"Basically just drumming it into both of them that they are perfect for each other and then sitting back and watching them finally get the courage to ask the other one out."

"That explains why you and Chris kept telling me to ask out Benny then." Alex said, coming to a realisation, "The only reason I never did it was because I was scared of getting rejected. Turns out I had nothing to be scared about." He said, pulling Benny even closer to him, wrapping his strong arms around her. Benny sank into his embrace, a wide smile on her face.

"Guys, enough with the soppy flashbacks. We need to get this plan underway if it's going to work. After what happened last night with the whole Taylor/Angelina fight, I think it's clear that Bobby is smitten with Taylor and after the dream Taylor had it's obvious that she feels the same. We just need to get them to realise that. And for that we're going to need some help." Katie said quickly, lost in her plans to get her two friends together.

"James and Sarita." Benny said. Katie nodded at her.

"Exactly, my plan's not going to work without them. Alex, grab the phone, we've got calls to make. Benji, grab the phonebook, operation 'Canadian love' is underway and I know just how to make it happen."

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Finally the next chapter is up! I am really sorry that it took so long. Hope you liked it anyway. I know the end is a bit weird but I'm writing this while ill and I'm always a bit crazy when I'm dosed up with medicine. Vicki, you'll know exactly what I mean. You've seen me completely hyper on many occasions. Fun times! :D

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 only have a couple of ideas. Constructive criticism is always useful as well.

Posting the first chapter to a new story 'Love in cold blood' featuring Robert Roode as well as Alex and Chris. (I don't think it's actually possible for me to write a TNA fic that doesn't feature Alex and Chris.) Please check it out cause so far I'm really proud of it and I want to see what you guys think.

I will update this story as soon as possible depending on how long it takes me to figure out what is going to happen and write the next chapter.

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