I had fun writing this. It was the first time I've written something that involved babysitting of any kind, so I feel like this turned out well. ^^ Also (before I go any further) Mary Williams and her son Marcus are the OCs of foldintothenight. With the note out of the way, enjoy the story. =)
It had been another successful week in the WWE. SmackDown tapings were finished, leaving the roster members with extra days before they had to leave for their next round of shows and autograph appearances. While most of the roster saw this as a chance to squeeze in an extra few days of resting and training, others saw this as a chance to spend time with their significant others. This happened to be the case with two of the WWE's roster members. Mary Williams was getting ready to go out for a date with her boyfriend, Ted Dibiase Jr., when she suddenly remembered something of crucial importance.
"Ted, I think we might have to cancel our date night," Mary said.
"Why is that, Mare?" Ted asked.
"I just remembered that I forgot to find someone to babysit Marcus tonight," Mary said, running her fingers through her hair.
"Why don't you try asking around? I'm sure that there's someone that won't be too awfully busy to watch him," Ted suggested.
"Hmm, that's actually a pretty good idea. And I think I know just the three people that'd be perfect for this job," Mary said, a smirk starting to grow on her face.
"I'm not liking that look you've got growing. Should I be worried about your babysitter choices?" Ted asked.
"Not at all. In fact, they're going to be just fine babysitting my baby. Come on, Marcus. Let's go for a walk," Mary said, waiting for her son.
"Where are we going?" Marcus said, as he was picked up by his mom.
"We're going to go see three of mommy's friends. They're going to be watching over you while I go out for a while with Ted," Mary said.
"OK. I wonder who's gonna watch me," Marcus said.
"You'll see soon enough," Mary said smiling.
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"Rock, paper, scissors, shoot! Oh, dang it! I lost again," AJ said.
"I knew I'd beat you, half-pint! That means I get to pick what we do tonight. And you should know that means no playing Mortal Kombat tonight," Kaitlyn said, grinning.
"I wonder if the other guys have to deal with craziness like this," Alex mused out loud.
"Oh, don't be such a sourpuss, Alex. You know good and damn well that you're just as crazy as me and half-pint are," Kaitlyn said, playfully shoving Alex.
"Yeah, I am, but I know when not to act like I've got about a million things going on in my head. And you should know that I'm not really capable of being my hyper self now anyways," Alex said.
"I still don't think it's fair that you get to pick what we do tonight anyways. Couldn't we at least play a few rounds of MK?" AJ asked, pouting.
"No, AJ. Remember what happened when it was Alex's turn to pick last week and your 'three quick rounds of MK' turned into about three hours of you playing nothing but ladder matches? We practically had to drag you out of the hotel room by your skinny little ankles, which was no picnic. So, again, my answer is no," Kaitlyn said with finality.
"Fine. So what are in the plans for tonight?" AJ asked.
"Well, I was thinking maybe we could always try pranking some of our more unsuspecting roster mates," Kaitlyn said, grinning evilly.
"That sounds like fun. Too bad Alex won't be able to really get the enjoyment out of it that me and you will," AJ said, smiling at the idea.
"Yeah, just rub it in you wicked teases. I'll remember that when you two need me to do you both a favor. Stupid side effects, my doc just had to give me an extra dose of my ADHD meds this week," Alex said.
"You just have to deal with today's round of side effects for one more hour, then you get to be hyper with me and Kait again," AJ said, sympathetically.
"I know, but until then, you get to have fun with robo-Alex," Alex said, unenthusiastically.
Knocking at the door soon drew the attention of the three women in the room. Leaping up from her spot on the bed she was sitting on, Kaitlyn opened the door to find their friend Mary Williams and her son Marcus on the other side of the door.
"Hey Mare. Hey Marcus," Kaitlyn said, a smile splitting her face.
"Hey Kait. I was wondering if I could maybe ask a favor of you, Alex, and AJ right now," Mary said.
"Sure thing. What's up?" Kaitlyn asked.
"The thing is, Ted and I planned on going out for a while tonight. Nothing really all that fancy, just maybe going to get a bite from somewhere and going to catch a movie. If it's not too much trouble, could you three watch Marcus for me?" Mary asked.
"Of course. We'd be more than happy to watch our favorite little guy," Kaitlyn said, reaching over to ruffle Marcus's hair.
"Thank you so much. Now, Marcus, I'm leaving you here with your Aunt Kaitlyn, Aunt Alex, and Aunt AJ. Do you pinky promise to be on your best behavior?" Mary asked, holding up her hand.
"I pinky promise I will, mama," Marcus said, linking his pinky with his mom's.
"That's my baby. Now, I want you three to make sure you don't let Marcus stay up too late. Make sure you at least have him asleep by 9 o'clock," Mary said.
"We promise we will. Now, you and Ted go out and have fun while the night's still young," Kaitlyn said, taking Marcus from Mary.
"OK. You girls have fun and take good care of my baby tonight," Mary said, turning on her heel and heading back to her room.
Closing the door behind her, Kaitlyn turned and said "Well, girls. It looks like we're on babysitting detail tonight."
"I guess this means that your plan to try to prank some of the other Superstars and Divas is going on the wayside," Alex said.
"Not exactly so. At the very least, I want to try to get someone with my genius trap," Kaitlyn said, smirking.
"Sounds fun, but that is an impossibility seeing as how we have to care for an impressionable young child," AJ said.
"Hmm, good point. And I'd suggest leaving him here with Alex, but she's still pretty much a zombie right now," Kaitlyn said, biting her lip in thought.
"Maybe we could enlist the help of our boys to remedy this situation," Alex suggested.
"Good idea! After all, Punk and the guys do owe us after they lost that bet to us," AJ said.
"Then let's not waste any time and let's go find them," Kaitlyn said.
Not exactly understanding what was going on, Marcus tugged on Kaitlyn's shirt and asked "Auntie Kaitlyn, is something going to happen that I need to know about?"
"We're just going to have a little fun with some of our co-workers. That's all," Kaitlyn said.
"Is it going to be something that my mommy is going to want to know about?" Marcus asked. "She has her ways of finding out what we're going to do tonight while she's out."
"Let's just say that once we finish, it'll definitely be something that's going to spread around to everyone," Kaitlyn said, smiling widely.
"Which, in Kait speak, means we're going to get in big trouble," Alex pointed out.
"Oh hush, Alex. We're not going to get in trouble if we don't get caught," Kaitlyn said, winking.
"That's the thing. You said we won't get in trouble if we don't get caught, that's what Jeff used to say before he'd get busted for pranking guys when he worked here," Alex said.
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The sounds of mischievous giggling echoed throughout the halls of the hotel as Kaitlyn worked at setting up her prank as AJ, Alex, and Marcus watched on. No one seemed to pay any mind to what three of the WWE's Divas and a small child were doing, so that left Kaitlyn with a lot of focus on the last touches of her evening entertainment.
"Just one more knot, and…Done!" Kaitlyn said, stepping back to admire her masterpiece.
"Nice work on this one, Kait. Who do you think we're going to with this one?" AJ said, grinning mischievously.
"Well, if I had to hope for anyone in particular, I'd hope that it'd be the cannibal buffoon, Ryback. But, heck, I'd settle for Sandow or either one of the Bellas," Kaitlyn said.
"Maybe you'll get lucky, and you'll get three birds with one trap," AJ said.
"And this, Marcus, is what happens when you don't stay in school," Alex said, as she played with the toddler.
"I'll have you know, Lexi, me and Kait both graduated from high school," AJ huffed.
"If that's true, then why are you both acting like two evil kids on Halloween?" Alex asked.
"Because we're having fun, that's why," AJ said, sticking her tongue out at Alex.
"Just remember what your Auntie Alex is telling you, Marcus. Stay in school and try to stay away from the crazies," Alex said.
"I promise, Auntie Alex," Marcus said, nodding.
"And may I ask why it is that three of the WWE's biggest geeks have a toddler with them and are giggling about something?" a voice asked.
Trying to keep the guilty looks from their faces, Kaitlyn and AJ turned only to see that it was just the group of their closest friends on the roster.
"Hey Punk, hey…everybody else. We got put in charge of babysitting Marcus while Mary and Ted had a night out on the town. And those two are up to the usual Kaitlyn and AJ hijinks," Alex said, waving at Punk.
"Auntie Alex has been playing Transformers with me. You want to be Megatron, Uncle Punk?" Marcus said.
"Maybe one of the others would. I want to see what your Auntie AJ and Auntie Kaitlyn have been working on this time," Punk said.
"Me and Cody aren't really doing anything. We'll play Transformers with you both. Won't we, Codes?" Kofi asked, nudging Cody in the ribs.
"Sure thing. Anything to help the girls out," Cody said.
"Thanks. I'm still feeling a bit out of it from my meds. Maybe you could take over being Optimus Prime while I try to get my adrenaline up," Alex said, handing the Optimus Prime action figure to Cody and the Megatron action figure to Kofi.
Things resumed the way they were before the boys had joined up with the girls and Marcus. While Kaitlyn, AJ, and Punk sat in wait for the poor unfortunate soul that would get caught in Kaitlyn's prank for this week, the four playing with the Transformers action figures had stopped in lieu of sitting and talking for a while.
Looking across from where he sat playing AJ's Nintendo DS, Marcus happened to take notice of how Cody and Alex were talking with each other. Hoping to talk about it, he pulled on Kofi's shirtsleeve to get his attention.
"Hmm? What's up, little man?" Kofi asked.
"Uncle Kofi, do Uncle Cody and Auntie Alex like each other?" Marcus asked.
Hearing this come from the toddler's mouth had Kofi laughing while sneaking a glance over to the subjects in question. "I think there's a very strong possibility that they do."
"Do you think they're ever gonna do something about it? My mommy's always talking with Papa Ted about how cute she thinks it'd be if they were dating," Marcus said.
"I think that's something everyone would agree with," Kofi said, smiling.
Before Marcus could say anything else, there was a sudden commotion back in the area where Kaitlyn, AJ, and Punk were sitting in wait: A loud wave of obscenities flew out of the mouth of a soaked and glitter covered Damien Sandow as he looked around for the culprits for what had happened.
"And with that, I believe we should all run away before he tries to take his anger out on us," Alex said, rising to her feet. "Come on, Marcus. I'm sure Auntie AJ, Auntie Kaitlyn, and Uncle Punk will be able to catch up with us."
"OK. Is it all right if Uncle Kofi and Uncle Cody come along with us?" Marcus asked, letting himself get picked up by Alex.
"They can if they want to. I've got no problem with it," Alex said, shrugging her shoulders.
While that group of four walked off, Punk, Kaitlyn, and AJ were left behind to get chewed out by Damien over what had just happened.
"Why am I not surprised that it was you three childish buffoons that would do something as inane as this?" Damien asked.
"We did it because it was a good way to kill some boredom, as well as getting a few laughs at someone else's expense," Kaitlyn said, holding in her laughter.
"Well, who do you expect to clean up this mess?" Damien asked, gesturing to the now glittery area.
"Someone with a vacuum cleaner and some towels, I assume," Punk said, barely keeping his grin off of his face.
Heaving a sigh of exasperation, Damien said "You three are so impossible" before he turned on his heel and stormed off.
After he had left, the three responsible for the mess burst out into a fit of hysterics over the success of Kaitlyn's latest prank.
"My god! I thought Sandow's face going to get stuck in that shade of red," AJ said in between her laughs.
"I know. We're probably going to get in so much trouble with the hotel staff, but that was definitely worth it," Kaitlyn said, holding onto her sides.
"With our luck, we'll just have to pay a fine for this wonderful mess," Punk said, catching his breath.
"A fine sounds better than any other kind of punishment they could force on us. Wouldn't you agree, Alex?" AJ asked. "I said, wouldn't you agree, Alex?" But when AJ didn't get a response, she looked over to where Alex was only to see that the spot was empty. Not knowing what to do, AJ just let out a nervous laugh and, turning to look back to Kaitlyn and Punk, said "Alex, Cody, Kofi, and Marcus aren't over in their little spot."
Not really knowing what to make of what AJ just said and how she was acting at that moment, Kaitlyn looked around AJ and saw that AJ was telling the truth. "Hmm, so you're right, AJ. They aren't there anymore," Kaitlyn said, a forced smile crossing her face. It took a few passing seconds before it finally sunk in that the Diva that had a hand in mentoring them and the son of one of their best friends were no longer in their original sitting area. Once it had fully sunk in, panic started to cross the two women's faces.
"We lost our mentor and the son of one our best friends!" AJ screamed.
"I know! What do we do? What do we do? What do we do?" Kaitlyn said, beginning to pace around in nervous circles.
"What seems to be the problem, girls?" Punk asked, trying to defuse the situation at hand.
"The problem is that we seem to have lost track of our medication-influenced mentor and the toddler son of Mary Williams! Punk, do you not have any idea what kind of trouble we could get in if we don't find them?" AJ asked, panic clear on her face.
"Just calm down, both of you. We'll find them. After all, they couldn't have gone that far away from here," Punk said.
"Punk's right AJ. If we at least walk around for a bit, I'm sure that we'll be able to find them. After all, Kofi and Cody were with Alex and Marcus. They couldn't have gotten that far from here," Kaitlyn said, trying to get her breathing under control.
"You're right. After all, what's the worst that could happen if we can't find a teenager that's zoned out on ADHD medication and a toddler?" AJ asked, nervously laughing. With this question, the three decided against just standing around and headed off in search of their friends.
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"Guys, I don't think I can stay awake any longer. My meds were unusually strong today," Alex said around a yawn.
"You have to stay awake for just a little bit longer. Didn't you just get a text from Mary saying that she and Ted were going to be back soon?" Cody asked.
"Yeah, but I'm sure she won't mind it if I just took a little nap. After all, I just put Marcus to sleep, so I don't see why I can't at least just rest my eyes," Alex said.
Before Cody could open his mouth to object any further, Kofi piped up and said "She's right, Cody. Just let Alex take a nap for a bit, and if Mary comes back, we could just say that Alex decided to sleep with Marcus."
Heaving a sigh, Cody said "OK, fine. We'll stay here in case Mary and Ted make it back here soon." But before he and Kofi knew it, Alex had already curled up in bed beside Marcus.
"If you keep staring at her like that, I'm going to kick you out of here," Kofi said.
"What? I'm not staring. I'm just making an observation is all," Cody said, blushing slightly.
"Yeah, I'm so sure it's just random staring on your end that you keep looking Alex while she's sleeping with Marcus. You know, sooner or later, you're going to have to do something about making a move with Alex. You can't be a wimp about it forever," Kofi said.
"That's easy for you to say. Try being the one that constantly thinks about how he's going to let the oh-so-younger-than-him girl that he likes know how he feels about her," Cody said.
"I'm sure it'll be the farthest thing from peoples' minds as far as the age gap between you two goes. At any rate, it seems like it's a normal thing for people to date others that either younger or older than them by a number of years," Kofi said.
"You make it sound so simple when you put it that way," Cody said.
"When you get to the root of it, it actually is pretty simple. After all, age is nothing but a number," Kofi said, as the door to Alex's room swung open revealing a very tired and frantic AJ, Kaitlyn, and Punk.
"Oh thank God! You four just came back here," AJ said, breathing a sigh of relief.
"Well AJ, it's not like we could've gone anywhere else. We had a sleepy toddler and an exhausted Hardy to deal with. So for your sake, we put them to sleep for you both," Kofi said.
"And we thank you for that. Just in time too. Mary said she and Ted just walked through the lobby doors," Kaitlyn said.
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"Tonight was actually pretty fun, Ted," Mary said, smiling.
"It really was. I was just glad that I was able to plan things out that I had a feeling you would've liked," Ted said, smiling back at his girlfriend.
"That's just a sign of how well you know me," Mary said. "But while we're out, can I make a pit stop?"
"Sure thing, Mare," Ted said. "Would this random stop have to do with you getting Marcus from the girls?"
"Yes it does. I guess you could say that I missed my baby a little while we were out, so I can't wait to get him back," Mare said.
Once the couple reached the shared hotel room of Alex, AJ, and Kaitlyn, Mary raised her hand to knock on the door. Slowly, the door opened to reveal a yawning and bleary-eyed AJ. "Hey, Mare. When'd you and Ted get back?"
"Just a few minutes ago. You look a little sleepy, don't you babe?" Mary asked, curious.
"Yeah. Me and the others kind of fell asleep after seeing Marcus and Alex asleep," AJ said.
"Aww. That just sounds too cute. Ted, let me dash inside and get Marcus and then we can head back to our room," Mary said, stepping inside the room. Looking around the room, she saw that Punk and Kofi had curled up on one of the couches in the room, Kaitlyn was asleep on one of the beds, and the other bed was being shared by Marcus, Alex, and Cody. Turning to look back at AJ, Mary asked "Is there any reason why Alex and Coddles are sharing a bed with my son?"
"Hmm? Oh, the reason behind that is Alex had put Marcus to sleep first only to fall asleep right after him. Then, after some convincing from me and the others, Cody decided to eventually climb in bed next to Alex," AJ said.
"Aww man! I can't believe that I missed seeing these two together," Mary said, as she scooped up Marcus and headed back for the door.
"Don't worry, there'll always be tomorrow for you to see them together," AJ said.
"That makes me feel better actually. I'll make sure to see you guys tomorrow," Mary said, leaving the room.
"OK. You and Ted have a good night," AJ said, closing the door behind her.
Walking away from the room, Ted asked "Is there any particular reason why it looks like you've got an evil smile forming on your face, Mare?"
"No, there's no particular reason. Just got some stuff to think about for tomorrow is all," Mary said, smiling. "Just some stuff."