The next day, we have to now fly out to Nantes, France. I don't get it, because we started the tour in France, and we're going back from Austria. Scheduling I suppose, but I still don't get it. I wake up and it's a bit chilly in the room, so I just hide under the blankets and shiver a bit. Alex shifts in his sleep and pulls me closer.
"It's like he read my mind." I say quietly, to myself.
Alex continues being his usual grabby, sleepy self while in Mike and Aly's room, she burrows as close to Mike as she can get while shivering lightly. He shifts in his sleep as well, and also pulls her closer...if that's even possible.
"Damn coldness. Thank goodness for space heater boyfriends." She mutters quietly.
"It's all about the bodyheat." Mike mumbles, clearly hearing what she said.
"I think I'd be a popsicle right now if you weren't so warm." She giggles lightly.
"If you were a popsicle, you'd melt." He jokes, clearly referring to how hot he is.
"You are such a dork." Aly laughs.
"But I'm your dork." He says, with his eyes still closed.
"Mmhmm, that you are." She says amusedly, kissing him quickly.
"You know I don't understand how you can be so warm and I'm freezing." She adds, wondering and he shrugs.
"I don't know, but I can't say I mind too much since it's giving us a good excuse to cuddle." He smirks lightly.
"Of course you don't mind it." She laughs and so does he.
"Bleh, we have a plane to catch today for France. Good thing it's not till much later."
"Thank god."
"We should probably get in some dance practice before we go since we'll have time." She points out.
"Right. Do we have to do that now?"
"Why not, it'll get me warmer and you know you enjoy the dance we're doing since you get to be touchy." She teases.
"Won't deny that." He smirks.
"I didn't think so." She laughs.
He reluctantly lets her go, and then she gets up and grabs clothes out of her bag to change into. He also grabs clothes to change into while she's in the bathroom. She comes out and grabs the few things that they'll need after putting on her jacket and shoes.
"Ready?"
"Yep, all set." He says, putting his jacket on.
She holds onto the bag with the stuff in it in one hand, the other linked with Mike's as they head down to the car. They hop in and then head to the nearest studio. They walk inside once they get there and find an empty room, walking in and closing the door behind them. She sets up the boom box and then sits on the floor to change her shoes, since it's just easier to do the dance in heels.
"How you can even dance in those, I'll never understand." Mike laughs.
"Lots of practice." She says, amusedly.
"Oh, I'm sure."
She gets up after changing her shoes, and presses play on the boom box and gets into place to start the practice. They spend the whole time just fixing little parts and goofing off some.
"You're getting better Mike." She smiles.
"It's getting easier." He admits.
"Good. You should be fine when we actually do it then."
"That thing is coming up fast." He says.
"Yes it is, but I think we'll be ready for it for sure. With a few more practices that is."
"Right."
"Smackdown won't know what hit them. Haha."
"I can't wait to watch them crash and burn." Mike chuckles.
"Me neither." She laughs.
"Alright, one more run through and then we'll go get something to eat." She adds.
"Then after that, we'll make it back in time to pack for the flight." He says, looking at his watch.
She nods and hits the play button on the music. He gets in the zone and they get in their places. Again like last time, he did everything right. It seemed almost perfect.
"I think in the next one or two practices, you're really going to nail this. That was so close to being absolutely perfect." She tells him excitedly, squeezing him.
"Well it's not hard to remember the steps. They're easy."
"We wanted to keep it simple but make it look good." She shrugs as she goes to put her regular shoes on.
"Well it looks like it will be good. No wait not good...awesome." He smirks, she laughs and shakes her head.
"Well let's go, if we want to have enough time to eat and then head back and pack for the flight." She says, standing up.
He nods and she grabs the bag, before heading out to a nearby restaurant. After eating, they decide to walk back to the hotel considering it wasn't too far. They walk in, then up to the floor and back into the room where they started packing their stuff again. They're nearly finished packing their things when I poke my head through the door.
"Oh, you're up. I thought for sure you two would still be asleep." I say, a little surprised.
"I was thinking about it to be honest. I woke up freezing."
"You too? Nice to know I wasn't the only one."
"Ditto."
"I think 2 or 3 more dance practices and Mike should have this pretty much nailed." She tells me, getting up after shutting her bag.
"Haha that's great. He really caught on huh?" I ask, she laughs and nods.
"Well looks like I have to pry Alex off the bed. He's up and changed and all, but he's back to
laying on the bed." I say looking behind me, then back at her.
"Corromperlo con i baci o con qualcosa. Che lavora sempre." She says amusedly.
"Haha I can try that." I say, then shutting the door and staring at Alex.
"What're you doing?" I ask in a singing voice.
"Laying here..." He says while eyeing me warily.
"Are we being lazy right now?" I joke.
"Yeah." He shrugs.
"Well I hate to spoil your fun of being lazy but you have to get up."
"But I'm comfy..." He sighs.
"We have a plane to catch soon. You can be lazy on the plane. Either you get up now or you won't be kissing these..." I say pointing to my lips.
He pops up off the bed and before I could blink, he had arms braced against the wall on
either side of me.
"Want to bet?" He smirks.
"Well this is a side of you, I've never seen before." I say, looking at him and heart beating a little fast.
He chuckles a little and then kisses me.
"Those are mine." He says, after he pulls away.
"Never said they weren't. Haha."
"Just making sure."
"I think you can move your arms now, or do you just plan on keeping me like this?" I say, raising an eyebrow.
"As much as I'd love to keep you trapped here, I think we have a plane to catch."
"What's taking so long in here?" Aly says, opening the door.
"Nothing Windy." Alex replies, pulling away from me.
"Uh-huh...sure...whatever you say DC." She snickers.
"Didn't look like nothing from what I saw." Mike adds.
"Be quiet." Alex retorts.
"But hey I got you up now didn't I?" I ask Alex, smiling.
"Haha...funny." He says dryly.
"It was a side of him I've never seen before." I say to Aly and Mike.
She does that one handed imitation of a clawing tiger and then cracks up laughing.
"Well come on, don't want to be late for the flight do we?" She asks sarcastically.
Everybody else shakes their heads and we all grab our things and head out.
"So what did you think it looked like when you saw Alex and I in the room?" I ask Aly quietly
as we started heading for the car.
"That looked really like an intense possessive kissing moment." She replies in a whisper.
"Took me by surprise because in a blink of an eye, I was against the wall. One minute I'm standing there over him and the next minute I'm on the wall."
"Nice." She giggles.
"Can't say I've seen that side of Mike yet." She adds.
"It's just a matter of time." I laugh.
"True." She concedes, laughing.
"What a rush it was though, like wow."
"I bet." She says amusedly.
"Well I kind of bribed him sort of anyway. I told him that if he didn't get up he wasn't going to kiss these..." I point to my lips, as we're in the car heading to the airport.
"I told you it would get him up. Didn't think it'd get him to do that though." She muses.
"Wasn't expecting it. Now I know what he's capable of." I realize, Aly nods giggling a bit.
"You liked it." He says to me, leaning forward in the seat behind us.
"Never said I didn't." I tell him.
"Who knows what would've happened if I didn't open that door." Aly adds.
"Ow!" She laughs as I smack her arm.
"Must your mind be in the gutter right now?" I ask.
"My mind practically lives in the gutter Dolce, you know this." She points out, snickering.
"Nothing was going to happen anyway. We had this flight to catch." I say, as we pull up to the
airport finally.
"For shame." She giggles and slides out of the car before I can hit her again.
"This gives you something else to say. He said he would've loved to keep me trapped
there." I say, coming out myself.
"Ow ow!" She teases.
"DC, didn't know you had that in you." She teases still.
"I'm full of surprises." Alex shrugs with a wry smirk.
"The rest of those surprises, I have yet to find out about." I say, grabbing my stuff from the back.
"I'm sure you will...eventually." He says, getting his and then taking mine while Mike grabs his and Aly's.
We head into the airport, to our gate and the board the plane. Once everyone was on, we took off and back to France we go.
"I'll be so happy when we get back to the states. Not that hearing people speak French isn't
nice but it makes me think of people I really don't like." Aly sighs, getting off the plane in France.
"Oh yes, HER." Mike says, not saying the name.
"Right in one." Aly says, wrinkling her nose.
We then find our driver, and we put our stuff in the back and as usual get in and head to the hotel.
"I think I saw pool tables downstairs in the game room." Aly says randomly as we all sit on the bed in her and Mike's room.
"Oooh, that sounds like fun." I say.
"I'm up for it." Mike agrees.
We all agree and head down to the game room. We get it all set up and start to play, laughing and teasing each other. The boys use the game as an excuse to be extra flirty and touchy. Off watching us was one of our stalkers. For Aly it was Morrison and for me it was Cody.
"I don't like this." Cody says, glaring at Alex.
"This is just getting more ridiculous." Morrison growls while watching Mike and Aly bicker playfully.
"What else is there to do? We've tried everything." Cody asks John.
"There has to be something. This is revolting to watch." Morrison replies.
"Especially that. How can she kiss him?" Cody points out about me and Alex.
Morrison shakes his head and then glowers as Mike kisses Aly while Alex helps me with my turn. I happen to look to my right and see Cody sitting there with Morrison.
"Great..." I mumble.
"Ignore them. Concentrate on having fun." Alex whispers in my ear.
"Right." I say, taking a deep breath, calming down.
I continue with my turn while Aly's trying to fend Mike off, since he's trying to tickle her.
"Quit it!" She giggles, pushing him gently.
"What if I don't? What're you going to do about it?" He laughs.
"Nope, nuh-uh." She laughs, turning her head as he tries kissing her again.
"Quite tickling me and I'll think about it."
"Fine." He sighs.
She turns her head back and the squeals as he kisses her while tickling her at the same time.
"Sickening." Morrison grumbles.
"Alright Aly, your turn."
"Okay." She laughs lightly after puliing away from Mike.
In the end it all came down to one move from Aly. If she got this ball in, she would win the game. She ends up missing because Mike distracts her.
"Hey! Not cool!" She exclaims swatting at him.
"Oops, sorry." He laughs.
"Youuuu..." She shakes her finger at him, narrowing her eyes but laughing.
"Haha, love you too Lyssa."
"I'll get you for that at some point but we should probably get going. It's almost time for us to leave." She says, poking him in the chest.
"Right."
We put everything away and then head up to our rooms.
"Another match against John?" Aly asks Mike.
"Yeah, again." He sighs.
"When is this going to stop?"
"I don't know."
"Hopefully soon, but let's hope you win tonight."
"That would be great." Mike nods.
"Yes indeed it would."
"Everybody ready?" Aly asks as Alex and I come out of our room.
"Yes, we're ready." I reply.
We all head down to the car and to the show. After waiting a while, Alex got ready for his match and we walked out and into the ring waiting. That's when Ted and Maryse walked out.
"Ew."
"Hah, her hair is back to normal." Aly snickers.
"It was funny while it lasted."
"Oh hell yeah. I have the pictures to remember it anyway." She grins.
"Alright, beat his ass Alex. Just like Wade's. And just for a bit of luck..." I trail off, kissing him right in front of Ted and I made sure I made it last a LONG time.
"Damn." Alex says after I let him go.
"I'm also full of surprises." I say, taking his vest and climbing out of the ring with Aly.
"His face was so priceless." Aly whispers to me, laughing.
"Another spur of the moment kiss. Got to love the reactions to those."
"Oh yes." Aly says amusedly, and we do our handshake as the match starts.
At one point Maryse tried to get involved.
"Oh no she doesn't." I say, walking over and grabbing her...turning her around and slapping her.
"Woo! Go Dolce!" Aly laughs loudly.
That distracts Ted by him yelling at me and being concerned for Maryse, and Alex picks up the pin after doing his finisher. Aly and I high five and go to slide in the ring. I get all the way into the ring but Aly get's pulled back out by Maryse.
"What the hell do you want?" Aly snaps whipping around.
"You know what." She says, getting in her face.
"Aww is somebody pissed that their hair got messed with? Or maybe it's because I have Mike and you don't? Hmm..."
"You. You did that to my hair." She starts to say in english then just goes off ranting in french.
Aly just rolls her eyes and smacks her hard across the face. After that, she joins Alex and I by the ramp and she smirks as we head backstage.
"Man that felt good." Aly declares as we get to the room.
"Oh I bet."
"Bet what?" Mike asks.
"She slapped Maryse across the face." I say, and he raises his eyebrows.
"Well she's the dumbass that pulled me out of the ring and got in my face." She shrugs.
"And she already got one from me, because she tried to interfere in the match." I add.
"Nice, I'm disappointed I missed it." Mike laughs.
After waiting around for a bit and after Alex changes, we hear a knock on the door and the stagehand pops their head in, letting Mike know that his match is up next and that we should start heading out. Again we do the usual routine of walking out and down the ramp, getting into the ring with Mike. He gets handed the mic, Alex sits on the bottom rope in one of the corners...Aly and I sitting in our usual spots as well. We watch him as he does his usual taunting. As soon as he finished his catch phrase, he gave the mic back and walked over to Aly, as we wait for John to come out...again.
"Just think, we finally get to go back to the States on Sunday."
"Finally."
"I can't wait to get back, I mean traveling to places I've never been is fun but I'm ready to go back now." Aly says.
"I think we all are." Mike agrees.
We hear John's music play and Aly slides off the ring post.
"Good luck." She smiles up at Mike.
He nods, kisses her and then holds the ropes for her to get out. I get off the ring post I'm sitting on, and then Alex and I get out of the ring too.
"Do you like the color red or something DC?" Aly asks, walking over to where he and I were.
"I'm supporting our show." He shrugs, chuckling.
"Right." She says as the music stops, and Mike takes off his shirt handing it to her.
She takes it and drapes it over her shoulder as usual.
"You must really love when he does that." I tease, laughing.
"I'm certainly not complaining." She laughs.
"Oh, of course not."
She shakes her head with a grin and turns back to the match. At one point John got Mike in
the STF, and we all were encouraging him to reach out and grab the ropes. He locks eyes with her and then manages to clamp one hand onto the rope. The ref starts counting to 5, and John let's go.
"You okay?" She asks Mike, sticking her head under the bottom rope.
"Yeah." He says after he catches his breath.
"You can do this." She encourages him.
He nods and seems to draw up his strength and goes after John. Move after move, after move he got John. John went to do something on him, but he countered and got him in position and delievered the Skull Crushing Finale and went for the pin. The ref counted 3 and Mike's music played.
"Here is your winner, The Miz!"
"Yes!" Aly cheer happily.
He crawls out of the ring, after his hand was raised, and we all walk around the ring and follow him up the ramp and we head backstage.
"You're on a roll now Mike, two wins already."
"Way better than that loss streak."
"Exactly."
"Go change so we can get out of here." Aly says to Mike, playfully smacking him repeatedly with his shirt.
"Alright, I'm going." He laughs, going to change.
"I'm ready, let's go." He says, coming out from changing and grabbing his bag.
We thought the ride back to the hotel was going smoothly, that is until we hit traffic.
"Well, looks like this might take a while."
"Oh joy." Aly sighs.
"Might as well get comfortable."
"Glad I'm not driving." She laughs lightly from the backseat.
"Haha very funny."
Aly grins cheesily at Alex in the rearview mirror. Traffic starts moving faster and we start moving.
"Finally." Alex sighs.
"Must be all the fans leaving the arena."
"Probably." Mike agrees.
We finally get back to the hotel and head up to our rooms.
"That ride back was so long."
"Yes it was." Aly groans, flopping on the bed.
"But we're back now, so now we can relax."
"Mmmhmm."
"The sooner you change, the sooner we can sleep."
She sighs and pushes herself off the bed and then almost falls backwards.
"Whoa, you okay?" He asks, quickly grabbing her.
"Yeah." She says with wide eyes.
"That was weird." She adds, leaning on him while she calms down.
"Seems like you might've gotten up too fast, and you got dizzy."
"I guess so."
"Next time, don't get up too fast." He laughs.
"It could've also been my knees going wonky, they do that sometimes." She says.
"It's nothing to worry about is it?" He asks, slightly concerned.
"Not really. I should probably go change now though." She shakes her head.
"Right, go do that."
"You kind of have to let go." She laughs, patting his arms that are still securely around her waist.
"Oh, right." He says, letting go.
"Goofball." She giggles, going to grab her pajamas and changing in the bathroom.
She comes out and sees him texting on his phone.
"What're you doing?" She asks, laying down next to him.
"Talking to Alex." He says, typing out a response.
"Really? He's in the next room, why not just get up and go in there and talk to him?"
"Because that requires more effort."
"No, you're just lazy." She teases.
"Possibly."
"And you don't see him coming in here to talk to me now do you?" He adds asking.
"He's just as lazy."
"I think we all know that." he laughs.
"True haha."
"But now I think it's time we went to sleep." He says, shutting his phone off.
"Uh-huh." She says, laying on him sleepily.
"Night Lyssa." He says, reaching over to turn the light off.
"Night, love you." She mumbles.
"Love you too." He replies, closing his eyes to sleep.
I come out of the bathroom just as Alex was putting his phone away.
"What were you doing?" I ask, jumping onto the bed.
"Talking to Mike." He says.
"But he's in the other room. Wouldn't it have been easier to just walk in there and talk to him?"
"That requires getting up." He shrugs.
"It's not that far...lazy." I joke and he sticks his tongue out at me.
"I think I need sleep." I say yawning, then stretching.
"Yeah sleep sounds good." He agrees and shuts off his phone.
"Night." I say, laying down in my spot.
"Night love."