Austin sat down on the couch in his living room, proping up Dolly's feet on his lap. She was sleeping, and deservingly so seeing how in the past four months neither of them have gotten any sleep due to a wailing Annalynn.
And tonight was to themselves.
Dolly began to stir as she felt her feet slowly being massaged, a lazy smile coming to her face. "Hey baby," she whispered, sitting up so she could lean against the back of the couch. "What are you up to?"
He shurgged his shoulders, "it's weird not having Annie here..."
"Remind me to send your sister flowers. I can't believe she took her for an entire weekend! Now we have the entire apartment to ourselves..." She leaned forward, grabbing his shirt by the collar and planting a kiss on his lips. He didn't kiss back as he gently placed his hands on her cheeks and pulled her away.
"Dinner is almost ready," he told her, standing up from the couch and going over to the oven. Putting on oven mitts, he opened the door and took out a pan, filled with tomato sauce, rigatoni noodles and chicken. Taking two large plates out from the cupboards, he filled them up with the casarol and placed them on the kitchen table, liting the candle that was in the middle. He dimmed the lights down before he called Dolly into the room.
She was asleep on the couch again when he entered the living room. Kneeling down beside her and stroking her cheek softly, he whispered "Doll face...wake up..."
Dolly continued to sleep, and all he could do was watch. He liked how she had her hands together, like she was praying, and slept with her head on top of them. How her lips were slightly parted and her eyes were so gently closed. "Come on Dolly," he whispered again.
Finally, fluttering her eyes open, she looked back at him half asleep. "You keep waking me up," she mumbled, rubbing her eyes.
Austin took her hands in his and lead her to the kitchen area, "I made dinner," he whispered, placing a kiss on her shoulder. She smiled at the setting before her, turning around and gave him another kiss. He pulled out the chair for her to sit down, which she while blushing.
"You're too much," she told him while he served their food. "You didn't have to do this."
He sat down across from her, taking the first forkful to his mouth and grinning. "When is the next time we'll have a night like this?" he questioned, taking his hat off and placing it on the chair behind him.
From there, they ate the dinner in silence. They would look up at each other and smile, whisper a comment about the food and play footsies underneth the table, but for the most part, it was silent.
Wiping her mouth with the napkin, she threw the napkin down on her plate and leaned back in her chair, sighing. "I am so full," she moaned with a smile. "That definitly didn't help with my dieting, baby. I still need to lose eight pounds." Austin walked around to her and helped her stand up, wrapping his arms around her and whispering, "I think you're beautfiul." Dolly went on her toes to raise herself higher and kiss him.
It was a quick kiss as he pulled back and walked over to the sink so he could do the dishes. "Baby, I'm going to bed," she told him, peering into the kitchen from their bedroom. "How much longer do you think you'll be?"
"Give me ten minutes," he answered, "I'm just going to finish these up then give Dana a call and see how Annie is doing, then I'll be right there." She grinned at his answer, turned around and closed the bedroom door.
It took awhile for Austin to warm up to the fact that he has a family now, she noted as she rememebered how distant he was from Annalynn the first few days. She remembered how nervous he was when he first held her, afraid that he would injure her neck or even drop her. But then Annalynn wrapped her hand around his index finger and he grinned at her, bringing her up so he could kiss her forehead.
The next day he mentioned how he wanted more kids.
Dolly turned on the TV and took her shirt off, watching the screen while leaning on her elbows. She tilted her head to the side, finding nothing interesting except the news which is what they usually ended up watching while they fell asleep.
"Stay like that." She moved her head to where Austin was standing in the door frame, a grin on his face. "Stay exactly like that."
"Why?" she asked, turning the TV off. From the door, he sprung onto the bed, tackling Dolly. She cried out in laughter as his fingers tickled her rib cage and rolled over so she was laying on top of him. He stopped tickling her and stared, removing a blonde strand that was hanging in front of her face and tucking it behind her ear. Staring back down at him, she cupped his jaw in her hand, leaning forward and giving him another kiss. Returning the soft kisses, he sat up, wrapping his strong arms around her waist and brought her closer to him, letting their tongues passionately wrestle with each other.
She loved the feel of his hands against her bare skin, how they would move up her rib cage and he would drag his lips across her jaw, letting the stubble rub against her skin. Moving her head to the side, Dolly moaned as he nibbled on her skin, moving his bites up to underneth her ear. Her hands went to the back of his head, holding him close and gasping his name; she could feel her body tremble underneth his touch.
Moving his hands down her body, he pried his lips away from her neck so he could stare down at her, watching her chest move with her heavy breathing. While he was distracted, she took his shirt off and stared back down at him. Sucking her bottom lip into her mouth, she arched herself into Austin and groaned. "Are you up for it?" she whispered in his ear, placing kisses on the side of his neck.
He rolled her over so she was on her back and he was in control, using his fingers to hook into hers and move her arms above her head. She stayed in that position, even after he unhooked their fingers and removed his and hers pants. Laying back on top of her, he kissed her again, letting their lips linger against each other.
Dolly felt himself stiring from their kiss and moved so she was laying on her stomach, raising her lower body in the air. "What are you doing?" he asked, wrapping an arm around her waist, turning her around and moving her on top of him. "I want to look at you." Butterflies rose in her stomach as she straddled him, placing her knees on either sides of his thighs. She moved close to him, then back again. Placing her hands on his chest, she closed her eyes as she began to really work and started a small bounce.
Austin moved his hands to her waist, helping her gain momentum as she moaned his name and moved her hands to her head, pulling at her roots. Opening her eyes, she stared down at Austin and was suprised to see him looking back at her. She moved her hands on top of his, guiding them up higher so he would grasp onto her breast.
He could see she was getting tired as her body began to put less effort into what they were doing and her breathing became more shallower. With her hands still on top of his, she gasped out his name before letting a moan escape from her throat, finally complete. She leaned forward, her head resting against his chest as he rolled over and started to thrust into her, riding her orgasm out until he was completed also.
Rolling over, Austin laid beside Dolly, both of them trying to catch their breaths. She moved so she was closer to him, throwing an arm across his abdomen and placed a kiss on his pec. He dragged his nails up and down her back, bringing her down from her high. "Hey," he whispered into her hair, gaining a moan for a response. "I love you."
Closing her eyes, she rolled off of him and got under the covers to their bed, inviting him to join her. He moved to where she was, nuzzling her neck as she turned her back against him. She couldn't look at him now, not after he had finally said the words she had been trying to get him to say for almost a year now. They had been going out for twenty one months, and he waited until now to tell her.
Dolly stayed in his arms that night, not sleeping a wink. She kept her eyes on the doorknob, knowing the sun was rising as the door knob grew brighter and the sun lit up the room. Feeling him stir, she knew he'd be awake. He's probably been awake for awhile and just didn't want to disturb her.
"Doll face?" he mumbled into her neck, pulling her closer. "You awake?"
"Yeah." She faked a yawn, turning around and facing him.
"I'm going to go make breakfast. What would you like?" He sat up, grabbing his boxers that were on the floor and put them on.
Sitting up with the blankets up to her chest, she waved him off. "I was thinking about walking over to Candy's for a bit, I haven't seen her in awhile." He walked out of the room, leaving Dolly all by herself. "Hey!" she called after him, making him return. "Can I have a kiss?"
Austin walked back in the room, leaned to where she was and placed a kiss on her lips. "That better?" he asked, letting her pull him on top of her for another kiss. He smiled again and left the room, leaving Dolly by herself again.
Laying in the bed alone, she rolled over and picked up his favourite hoodie off of the floor and threw it on, along with a pair of jeans and socks. Looking at herself in the mirror, she took the elastic that was around her wrist and put her hair in a ponytail, waving goodbye to the reflection in front of her.
She put her shoes on quietly, leaving without saying goodbye to Austin. Running down the sidewalk to get to Candy's quickly, pushing anyone that was in her way.
Finally standing in front of her old building, she let herself in with the keys she still had, dashing to the elevator to get to the apartment. Thankfully, she was alone in the elevator where she let the first tear fall. By the time she reached Candy's apartment, she was sobbing uncontrolably and banged at the door with the side of her fist. "Candy!" she cried out as she continued to bang on the door. "Candy, open up!"
The door opened with the red head still in her pajamas, catching the falling blonde. "Dolly, what's wrong?" she whispered, guiding her to their old kitchen table.
"I can't be with him anymore. I have to leave him," she sobbed to her friend. "Last night, his sister Dana took Annie for the night, so we had a night to ourselves, and we made love...he looked at me the whole time. He actually wanted to look at me," she wiped a tear from her eye with her free hand; Candy was holding the other one. "And then after, we just laid there and held each other, and he said he loved me for the first time. Twenty one months, and just last night he told me he loved me."
Candy stroked her friends hand, letting her cry for as long as she wanted. Her heart broke seeing her friend so sad over the first and only man she had ever loved.
"What are you going to do?" she asked quietly.
"I'm leaving him. I have to," Dolly repeated. "I just can't be with him anymore."
"Does love scare you?" The blonde's sobs fell silent as she looked down at her feet, letting her hand go of Candy's. "What about Annalynn? That's your little girl. Dolly, you didn't have a mother growing up, do you want her to go through the same thing? Growing up with only a father? She's only four months old, she still needs you," Candy explained. "Are you really just going to get up and leave like that? Where would you go? What would you do?"
"I saved my money, I'm going to Japan. Then, I can still wrestle, I can still do what I love and be respected there. I can restart my entire career over there, and no one has to know about this, it would be perfect! No more bra and panties matches, no more being treated like a piece of eyecandy..."
"Japan?!" Candy shouted, standing up from her spot. "Dolly, thats on the other side of the world!"
"It's perfect! They don't know me there, and I won't be seen as 'the girl that fucked her teacher and had his baby'. I can start a whole new life there!"
"If you had all this planned, then why did you come here?" Candy asked, folding her arms across her stomach.
Dolly stood up, leaning against the table for support. "I wanted to say goodbye."
Moving from the kitchen to the front door, Candy held the door open, leaning against the edge. "I can't stop you," she whispered, holding the open door. Dolly left her spot in the kitchen, throwing her arms around her friend and sobbing into her shoulder.
"I'm sorry," she choked out in between sobs. "But I can't do it anymore." Candy wrapped her arms around the smaller girl, holding her tight as she held back her own tears.
She watched as the blonde ran down the hall, her hands inside her hoodied sweatshirt and small legs moving as fast as they could go. Finally closing the door, she walked back to where she was before Dolly arrived, on the couch with her blankets and wrestling tapes. The cordless phone was on the ground, within reaching distance. She wanted to call her boyfriend, Austin's old roommate and fellow wrestler Alex Shelley, and tell him the news but the lump in her throat stopped her.
It wasn't until the phone rang did she actually move, simply rolling over to reach for the phone. "Hello?" she answered, her voice scratchy and not like her.
"Hey Candy, it's Austin. You can send Dolly home now, Dana dropped off our little Princess."
Candy was silent and stared at the door, not even noticing Alex walking in. "I'm home!" he shouted, jumping onto Candy on the couch. When she didn't respond, he leaned back and stared her, confusingly. "Candy cane, what's wrong?"
Not sure if she was talking to Austin or Alex, she shrugged her shoulders. "Dolly is gone."
LegendSpeaking: Guess what people? NO UPDATE ON SATURDAY! However...to be nice... I'll put one up on Friday cue the 'awwws'. Why no update on Saturday? Well, I have to work 7-3, then I get to babysit at night...so I basically won't be home...at all on Saturday. But hey, Friday is good too though, right?
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