A/N: I own no one except Marley Allen.


Friday, June 6th, 2014

"You know, if you need to find an apartment, I might have something for you." Bayley spoke.

Marley had gotten to Bayley's apartment early and they had just been hanging out all day. The rest of the NXT crew, including her roommate Alexa, had a live event in Tampa tonight. However, Bayley wasn't scheduled to be there, which left her and Marley to hang out before everyone got back for their movie night.

They had really bonded since Marley got here and even though they hadn't known each other very long, it felt like they had know each other for years.

"Oh really?"

Bayley nodded. "My current roommate, Miss Bliss, is moving out soon to live with her boyfriend. And that leaves me with an empty room."

"That's very interesting." They were in the kitchen making snacks for tonight. Bayley was in the middle of making some healthy brownies while Marley sat on the counter, eating from a bag of baby carrots.

"I thought so."

"I might know someone who would be interested in being your new roommate."

"Perfect. Just let them know that the room is their's when Lexi moves out."

"You really want me to be your new roommate?"

Bayley smiled and nodded. "I don't like living by myself and I think we've gotten really close lately... And you can't just stay in a hotel room for the next month, plus you'll need somewhere to come home to when you're not on the road and yeah..." She rambled on and on.

"Bay, you don't have to convince me to move in with you. I'd love to be your new roommate."

Bayley picked the girl up from the counter and hugged her tight. "We're going to have so much fun!"

"We'll have more fun if you don't suffocate me first."

"Oh! Sorry!" She let go of Marley and set her back on the counter.

They heard the door open and the sound of three duffel bags hitting the floor. "Hey guys!" Alexa called out from the living room.

"I found some hitchhikers and brought them home with me. Hope that's okay." Alexa made her way into the kitchen with Adrian and Sami behind her.

"What did we tell you about bringing weirdos home?"

"They were just too cute to leave behind." Alexa stole a baby carrot from the bag in Marley's hand.

"If you guys need to shower or anything, the bathroom is in there." Bayley pointed in the direction of the bathroom.

"I'm good. I showered after the show." Adrian declared.

"I did too."

"Good. Now our apartment won't smell like gross boy." Alexa spoke. "And since neither of you need to shower, I'm going to hop in there really quick before we get this hangout sesh started." She excused herself.

"Alright, so what do you guys wanna do?" Marley was still sitting on the counter, swinging her legs off the edge.

"I've got some fun games we can play, like Cards Against Humanity. I've got movies. I've got alcohol and we can all get drunk and tell each other our secrets." Bayley put the pan of brownies into the oven and set a timer. "We can pretty much do anything that's not illegal."

"Personally, I like any idea that involves alcohol and games, but it's entirely up to you guys." Marley looked between the three people standing in front of her.

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"Alright, Nev. Fuck, Marry or Kill. Charlotte, Sasha and Becky. Go." The group had been nursing their drinks and someone had come up with the brilliant idea of playing FMK, or fuck, marry, kill.

"We said that nothing leaves this apartment, right?" The girls nodded. "Alright. I'd fuck Becky. Marry Charlotte and kill Sasha."

"You're obviously just marrying Charlotte to be Ric's son in law, right?" Nev nodded. "That's what I figured."

"Lex! Your turn. Fuck, marry, kill. The Shield."

"Okay, so. First off, I'm going to kill Seth, because even though he's my friend, he turned on his brothers and I can't deal with that. Next, I'd marry Roman. Mainly because he seems like the nurturing type and he'd mans a good husband. Lastly, I'd fuck Ambrose because he's the only one left and I think he'd just be really good at sex and I can just pretend he's Ryan Gosling or something." She rambled on.

"I can't believe you're going to kill Seth. He's the cutest one! You should've killed Dean!" Marley exclaimed.

"You can't tell me that you wouldn't have sex with Dean Ambrose if you got the chance."

Marley looked around the room, avoiding eye contact with anyone and staying silent. Not confirming or denying anything.

"Yeah, that's what I thought."

"I didn't say anything!"

"You didn't have to! Anyway, now it's your turn. Fuck, marry, kill. Neville, Sami and Tyler Breeze."

"Seriously? Two of them are sitting right here!" Everyone nodded. "Fuck it." She downed the rest of her beer. "Alright, so. I'm going to kill Nev here because I don't want to marry him or fuck him."

"Hey! I'd be a great husband or fuck." Everyone laughed.

"Next, I'd fuck Tyler Breeze, because hello! He's Prince Pretty. Which leaves us with marry. I thought about this long and hard, and Sami... I'm going to marry you."

"I guess I need to go get a ring then." He laughed.

"Yes you do. I like expensive, sparkly rings, just so you know."

"Good to know."

Someone decided that it would be a smart idea to play a game of Truth or Dare with a bunch of tipsy adults. That someone was little Miss Bliss, who was a lot further gone than the rest of us.

"Alright Bliss. This was your idea. You go first."

"Hmmmm.." She looked around the room before settling her eyes on the ginger fellow across from her. "Sami. Truth or dare."

"I don't really want to know what kind of dares you could come up with in that little drunk head of yours, so I'm going to go with truth."

"Chicken! Alright. What is your worst fear?"

"Laaaaaame" Marley called out.

"I wasn't expecting him to pick truth!"

"Always be prepared. It's like you've never played this game before."

"Yeah, yeah. Anyway Sami. Worst fear. Go."

"Uhhhh, I guess dying young. I don't know."

"I feel like you guys would have that fear because you're wrestlers. That's a justified fear." Everyone nodded.

"Nev. Truth or dare."

"Since I'm not a chicken like you, mate. I'm going with dare." A loud "Oooooh" came from the girls.

"Alright, Alright. I dare you to let Bayley draw a mustache on your face and you can't wash it off while you're here."

"Fine."

"Yes!" Bayley exclaimed. She sat down in front of him, marker in hand and went to work. When she was finished, she stood up and showed her masterpiece to the room. "Tada!" She handed him a mirror so he could see the damage.

"I think I look better than I did before."

"Definitely." Bayley snapped a photo of her work and sat back down.

"Bayley, since you just drew all over my face, truth or dare?"

"I don't want to think about what kind of dare you'd come up with, so I'm going with truth."

"You guys aren't any fun. If you were invisible for a day, what would you do?"

"I'd follow you guys around and knock random stuff over."

"That's not surprising at all."

The group continued playing a few more rounds of the game. It was getting late and everyone's brains were starting to shut down. They needed sleep.

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After playing dumb drinking games, the gang decided to head off to bed. Bayley had offered her couches to her three guests, while she and Alexa would go off to their own rooms.

The girls had declared that the boys would stay over since everyone had been drinking. No one was really drunk, they were buzzed at the most and probably could've made their ways home but Bayley refused to let that happen.

"Alright, how are we doing this?" They looked between the two couches and the three of them.

"Oh, one of those couches pulls out into a bed, if that helps any." Bayley informed us before she retreated into her own room.

Marley looked between Adrian and Sami. "I'm just going to go ahead and call one half of the pull out couch. You two can flip a coin or something to decide who gets what."

"You're okay with either of these options?"

"Oh yeah. I trust you guys not to grope me in my sleep or anything. I've shared a bed with much worse before. You guys are fine. I should be asking if you two are okay with this."

"I'm fine with it."

"Me too."

"Alright cool. I'll just let you guys figure that out and I'm going to borrow some pajamas from Alexa and find out where they keep the blankets."

Marley left the guys in the living room to decide on who would share the bed with her. They guys decided on a simple coin flip to determine who would be the winner.

Adrian threw the coin in the air while Sami called it. He picked heads which left Adrian with tails. The coin was caught and flipped over.

Adrian looked up at Sami. "It's heads, mate."

He nodded. "I'll take the couch with Marley, I guess."

Marley appeared in the living room with a couple of huge blankets and pillows in her arms. She had changed into a pair of shorts and one of Alexa's "Property of WWE Performance Center" shirts. Her long, brown hair was pulled up into a messy bun on the top of her head and her face was now makeup free.

"Alright. Who was the lucky winner?"

Sami raised his hand. "That would be me."

"Aw yes. My future husband. Perfect." She looked at Adrian. "No offense, Nev. I'm sure you're a great bedmate."

"None taken. You're missing out though." He winked.

"I think I'll live." Marley and Sami removed the cushions from the couch and pulled out the bed. After setting it up to their liking, the crawled into the couch bed.

"I'm going to go ahead and warn you, I'm a cuddler. So if you feel something latch around you, please don't freak out."

He laughed. "I won't."

"Night, Nev!"

"Night, Mar!"

"Night, Sami."

"Goodnight, Marley."

Marley turned her back towards Sami and attempted to go to sleep. About an hour passed by and she wasn't having such luck. She could hear Nev snoring from the other couch and Sami appeared to be out like a light. She rolled over on to her back and let out a sigh. She had been having a tough time falling asleep lately. She usually wouldn't fall asleep until about 3 or 4 in the morning.

"Marley?"

She sat up and turned towards Sami. "I'm sorry. Did I wake you?"

"Nah. I was already awake. You having trouble falling asleep?"

"Yeah. I've been having issues since I got down here. I've just had a lot on my mind, I guess. It's not a big deal though."

"Anything you want to talk about? I've been told I'm a really great listener."

"Not really. It's nothing important."

"You sure?"

She nodded. The two sat in silence for a few minutes before Marley spoke up.

"I'm scared of failing at this job."

"What?"

"I'm scared of failing at this job." She repeated. "I'm scared of people not liking and me hating me just because I'm not Renee Young."

She looked over at Sami who was looking up at her, waiting for her to continue.

"I'm worried that people are going to think I suck."

"You're not going to suck. You're going to be perfectly fine."

"You don't know that."

"No, I don't, but I can tell this is something you really want. I thought you did a great job last night and anyone can see that this is something you're passionate about."

"Thanks, Sami."

"You're welcome, Marley. And anyway, if you suck, they'll just send you back down here and then you'll be with us forever." He joked.

"Oh great. More time with you nerds."

Honestly, the idea of staying at NXT didn't sound terrible. She had only been here a few days, but these guys felt like a second family already. She knew she had a few more weeks down here, but she knew she was going to be sad to leave them behind. Granted, she would be back by Wednesday and would be able to stop by for TV tapings and house shows, but it wouldn't be the same.

"Admit it. You love us. We're the coolest people you've ever met."

"Hey now. I wouldn't go that far. I've met some pretty cool people. Like Bad News Barrett. He's the coolest person I've ever met."

"It's the accent, isn't it?"

"Obviously. I could listen to that man read a phone book."

The two kept talking until the wee hours of the morning. Marley could see the sun starting to rise and peek through the curtains on the windows.

"Jeez. I'm never awake early enough to see the sunrise."

"Really?"

She nodded. "I like my sleep. Apparently not tonight though."

"C'mon." He got up from the bed and pulled her along with him.

"What? What are we doing?" She asked as she was being pulled towards the door to Bayley's balcony.

"Watching the sunrise." He said like it was the most obvious thing. The two stepped out onto the balcony and sat down on the bench that were out there. The balcony was bigger than she expected and Bayley had a cute little patio setup out here.

Marley snapped a photo of the sunrise and tweeted it. "MarleyAllen: I ended up staying up late enough to catch the sunrise this morning. #thelittlethings."

"Hey, c'mere and take a selfie with me." Although they were sitting on the same bench, they were kind of sitting away from each other. Not on purpose though. It just kinda happened.

"Ugh selfies." Sami made a disgusted face.

"Will you just come over here?" Sami wouldn't budge, and he'd just scrunched his face up in disgust at her. Since he wasn't moving, she'd scoot over to him.

She scooted down the bench and sat as close to him and she could get so he wouldn't try to escape. She had him squashed between the arm of the bench and herself.

"Alright. You're not going anywhere. Now just take a picture with me! I'm won't post it anywhere. I swear. And that rhymed so you know it's true." She looked up at him and gave him her best puppy dog eyes expression.

Sami finally gave in. "Fine, but only because you're cute." She opened up the camera app and held the phone out in front of them. She counted down from three and snapped the photo.

"Thanks, hubby." She reached up and kissed him on the cheek.

"You're welcome, wifey."

The sun had finished rising and was out for the rest of the day. The two walked back into the apartment and made their way back to the couch bed and as soon as Marley's head hit the pillow, she was out.


AN: I'm a horrible horrible person. I know. School has been kicking my ass and I haven't had much time to do anything lately. But I'm back and I promise it won't take me this long to update again. I swear. In the mean time, review/favorite/follow if you'd like. You're also welcome to send me suggestions about what you want to see in this story. I want to hear from you guys! Also, yay I'm putting dates in here so it's easier to keep up with the timeline. I'm also going to go back at some point and rewrite the first few chapters. I don't know when, but that's something I'm planning on getting done and will let you guys know as soon as it's done.