Aly wakes up the next day to Mike lightly shaking her and telling her to get up. She just whines and hides under the pillows.
"Come on, we have an early flight to Chicago."
She sighs and reluctantly rolls out of bed. She was wearing comfortable pjs, but she decided not to change. She fixed herself up a bit, but stayed in her pjs, only until she gets home in Chicago to change. She comes out of the bathroom yawning and Mike comes back into the room after taking their bags down by the front door. She puts her jacket and stuff on and then walks over to lean against him sleepily.
"You'll have plenty of time to sleep on the plane ride. I apologize for waking you up so early though."
"It's okay." She mumbles quietly.
"Come on, let's go say bye to my parents before we leave."
"Mmkay." She lets him lead her downstairs.
"Guys? We're leaving!" Mike exclaims, his parents then coming out of the kitchen.
"I wish we had more time." Carol says, frowning a little.
"We'll be sure to come and visit another time when we have a few days off." Aly speaks up from behind Mike.
"Definitely." Mike agrees.
"That would be nice." Greg says with a smile.
Carol reaches out her arms to Mike, looking a little teary eyed.
"Don't worry mom, we'll be back as soon as we can come back." He says, hugging her.
"I know but it's just hard to see you go." She says, hugging him back.
"I know. How about I call you when we land in Chicago?"
"Please do." She nods and Greg hugs Aly.
"Don't worry, she'll be fine. She gets like this everytime he leaves." He whispers to her quietly and chuckles, she giggles quietly.
"It's understandable." She whispers back.
Greg nods and then Mike moves over to hug his dad while Carol pulls Aly into a hug.
"Be sure to hold onto Alyssa Mike, she's a keeper for sure." His father says to him quietly.
"I know dad." Mike smiles.
"It was great meeting you. Can't wait until you visit again." Carol says to Aly, after hugging her.
"It was great meeting you too. Thank you for having me." Aly smiles.
"It was a pleasure having you here. You're welcome here anytime."
Aly nods, stiffling a yawn.
"Well you two have a flight to catch, don't want to miss it."
"Right. We'll see you later. Love you guys." Mike says.
"We love you too Mike."
Aly waves and then they head out to the waiting cab and off to the airport that go. Aly was trying not to fall asleep during the cab ride, and she managed it. They get to the airport, Mike pays the cab and they walk in, finding their gate and getting onto the plane. They find their seats and immediately Aly starts to get comfortable so she can go back to sleep. Meanwhile I wake up to Alex walking around his room, getting his things packed back up for our flight to Chicago too.
"Come on CareBear, you have to get up. We have a flight to catch soon." He says once he sees that I'm somewhat awake.
"I'm awake. See?" I point at myself.
"Uh-huh. But I meant 'get up' like out of bed." Alex says with a laugh.
"I knew that." I laugh, then getting up and grabbing clothes to change into real quick before we leave.
I come back in sweatpants and matching hoodie, and then put any pair of sneakers on that I could grab out of my bag. Alex puts on his jacket and everything and then grabs the bags, taking them downstairs with me following him.
"Are we saying goodbye to your parents before leaving?" I ask.
"Yeah, they're in the livingroom." Alex says.
I follow him out to the livingroom where they're sitting watching tv.
"Guys, we're about to head off to the airport." Alex tells his parents.
"Already? Time flies." Kevin comments as he and Gwen get up and walk over.
"It sure does." I agree.
"I wish you two had more time." Gwen says with a sad smile.
"I'm sure Kevin would have no problem bringing me back another time when we have some time off again." I smile, looking at him.
"Not at all." He smiles back.
"I had fun here. Thanks for having me."
"Oh any time honey, it was our pleasure." Gwen says, then she hugs Alex tightly.
"You take care of yourself and don't let go of this beautiful girl." She tells him quietly.
"I will mom, and I don't ever plan on letting her go." He replies back quietly and hugging her.
Then she lets go of him and she hugs me, while Alex's dad gives him one of those man hugs.
"Keep an eye on him for me will you?" She whispers, giggling.
"I will." I whisper back, giggling myself.
"Remember, you're always welcome here." She says to me after pulling away.
"Thank you." I smile, and Kevin hugs me next.
"It was nice meeting you."
"You too. Don't be a stranger alright?" Kevin chuckles.
"I wont, don't worry haha."
He pulls back and Alex picks up our bags.
"Alright, I will call when we land. Love you guys." Alex says.
"We love you too." Gwen says, before Alex and I head out to the cab waiting out front.
Alex puts the bags in the trunk and gets in with me and the driver heads off to the airport.
"Another plane ride...more sleep." I say yawning.
"Don't fall asleep just yet. At least wait for the plane." Alex chuckles.
"I'm trying not to fall asleep yet."
I end up staying awake until I get onto the plane. I get more comfortable in my seat, before quickly falling asleep with my hood over my head. Alex chuckles and shakes his head as the plane takes off. Eventually after a few hours, we all land in Chicago. Our planes landed at the same time. Mike and Aly are already at the baggage thing by the time Alex and I walk up. Aly's sitting on the floor beside the conveyor belt and Mike is standing next to her, her leaning against his leg with her arms wrapped around it loosely.
"Hey guys." I say, yawning.
"Oh hey. How was your trip?" Aly asks, tilting her head back.
"It was fun. Yours?"
"Same."
"How was it meeting Mike's family."
"A little overwhelming but not too bad. You?"
"Same, but I managed. I survived haha." They all laugh.
"Alex's family was really nice. His parents love me already."
"Same here with Lyssa. My parents love her." Mike says with a smile.
"And now it's time for you guys to meet our parents and families." I say, the guys exchange looks.
"It'll be fine, trust us."
"If you say so." Mike says.
"Well Mike's got to meet my parents, but we shall all see each other later." Aly says, standing up.
"Right."
"Have fun." I add.
"You too." Aly smiles.
We grab our things and we get into separate cabs and head off to our families houses. As Aly and Mike are riding, she can see Mike getting nervous and his leg starts bouncing. She giggles lightly and presses her hand down on his knee.
"You're going to be fine." She smiles at him.
"I know but, can't help but be nervous you know?"
"I know. Just remember that I love you." She says and then kisses him.
"I know you do, and I love you." He says, after she pulls away.
"Yay, there it is!" She says excitedly as they turn onto her street.
The cab pulls up to her house and they both get out and grab their things, before paying the cab driver and walking up to the front door. Before she can even knock, the door flies open and she gets tackled around the waist.
"Hey!" She laughs loudly.
She looks down at the blonde haired boy clinging to her and grins.
"Hi to you too munchkin." She greets him.
"Matthew James! You aren't wearing a coat! Get your butt back inside!" Someone yells from inside the house.
"Uh-oh bud, I think you better get inside before Mommy gets mad." Aly says, he nods and dashes back in the house.
"Come on." Aly motions for Mike to follow her inside.
He shakes his head in a little amusement and then follows her.
"That was my nephew Matty by the way." She says, giggling.
"Ah." He nods.
They set their things down by the door, Aly and Mike walk out to the kitchen where they can hear talking.
"Hi everybody." She smiles.
"Aly/Princess!" Is the mixed reaction she gets in return.
"Everybody, this is my boyfriend Mike." She introduces.
"Mike this is my mom Daphne, my dad Bruce, my sister Cassie, and my brother-in-law Matt, along with my little niece Lilly."
"Hi, nice to meet you all." Mike says and they all respond the same.
"Alright, we'll be back in a few minutes. We're going to go change." Aly says before Mike and
her grab their bags and she shows him up to her room.
"Whoa, cool room." He says, looking around.
"Thank you. I'm actually thinking about having the same thing done to my bedroom at my place." She smiles, pulling out her clothes.
"Awesome."
"You would say that." She shakes her head and swats him on the arm as she goes into her
bathroom.
He changes himself as she's the bathroom. He finishes getting changed and sits there on her bed and waits for her to come out of the bathroom. She comes out pulling down her sweathshirt and then she goes over to the bed, laying down to search underneath it.
"What're you doing?" Mike asks.
"Looking for my slippers."
"Ah found them." She says, pulling them out and Mike chuckles as she stands up and puts them on.
"Ready?" She asks him, standing between his knees with her hands resting on his shoulders.
"Or do you maybe need motivation?" She teases.
"I think I need that motivation." He says and she kisses him lightly.
"Better?" She says after pulling away.
"Much." He smiles, and she kisses him again.
"Extra motivation." She giggles, pulling him up.
She grabs his hand and holds it as they walk back downstairs to everyone. As they get to the bottom of the stairs, Lilly is clinging to the baby gate and staring up at them.
"Hi pretty girl" Aly smiles, reaching over the gate to pick her up and then popping the gate's door open for Mike and her to go through.
She shuts the gate and notices Lilly is watching Mike intently.
"I think she likes you." Aly laughs.
"Well do you blame her? Haha." He jokes.
"No not really." She muses, giggling and then they walk back out to the kitchen where everyone was.
Meanwhile Alex and I are on our way to my place and I can sense that he's a bit nervous.
"Alright, try to calm down. You'll do fine." I reassure him.
"Can't help being nervous." He says.
"I know. But they'll love you, trust me." I reassure again and he nods a little.
"Alright. This is it." I say, and we get out and get our things and pay the cab, then going up to the front door and I knock.
The door swings open and my mom is there.
"Carly!" She beams.
"Surprise." I laugh.
"Come in, come in." She ushers Alex and I into the house.
"Where's dad?" I ask.
"Man cave as usual." She replies.
"What a hermit." I say walking over to the bottom of the stairs.
"Daaaaad! Guess who's home?" I exclaim.
"Heyyyy." My dad says as he comes out.
"Come down here and hug your daughter. Leave that man cave of yours." I laugh.
"For now." He says jokingly, coming down.
"Oh, I've missed you." I say, hugging him.
"Missed you too." He hugs me back tightly
"There's someone I want you and mom to meet." I say pulling away from the hug.
"Okay.."
"Alright, guys this is Alex. My boyfriend." I say, standing next to him.
"Nice to meet you finally." My mom says to Alex with a smile.
"You're all she talks about."
"Oh really..." Alex smirks at me.
"Guilty." I laugh.
"That's alright since my parents say I do the same thing about her." Alex tells them with a chuckle.
"Tis true. But hey, we actually have to head upstairs real quick to change. When we come
back down, I'll help with cooking stuff to bring to the big dinner."
My parents nod and then we go upstairs to my room. The first thing I see is that giant poster of him.
"Crap, I forget she put that up." I say in my head about Aly.
"What is that?" He asks as he sees the poster.
"Nothing..." I trail off.
"But I'm on your wall..."
"Aly did it."
"It's your room though." He smirks.
"She did it while I was traveling with you and Mike when NXT started. I kind of had it specially made, and when it got here, she came and put it up in here." I explain and he chuckles, still smirking.
"I forgot she put that up. Totally forgot about it."
"Smooth." He laughs.
"You and Aly are the only ones who know about this...Mike doesn't."
"He would razz you so bad."
"Yes he would. But just like my Twilight obsession, he will find out about this at some point.
Either he'll want to see this room later today or Aly will tell him."
"Good point."
"But anyway...let's forget about that and do what we came up here to do." I say, going into my bag for clothes to change into, then heading into the bathroom.
Alex changes and as he's looking around my room, he notices more pictures of him. I come out of the bathroom after changing and he's just standing there with the biggest smirk on
his face.
"What is it?"
"Got enough pictures of me?"
I just smile all innocently. He laughs and pulls me into him, kissing me.
"What can I say, I really liked you after I met you on NXT." I say, after he pulls away.
"I can see that now." He chuckles.
"Alright, let's get back downstairs. I'm helping my mom, and I'm pretty sure my dad will want to talk to you." I state and he winces a little.
"Are you going to be okay? Or do you need more motivation?"
"Motivation would be good."
I think about it for a moment, and decide to show him a side of me that he's never seen before. I just pull him to me and kiss him hard.
"Damn." He breathes after I pull away.
"Enough motivation for you?" I ask, trying to stifle my laughter and he nods slowly, still dazed.
"Okay, snap out of it. You can't be looking like that talking to my dad."
That does the trick and he snaps out of it. I grab his hand as we walk out of my room and back downstairs.
"Dad, I'm assuming you want to talk to Alex."
My dad nods and motions to the living room.
"I'll be in the kitchen if you need me." I say, walking off to the kitchen and he walks into the livingroom.
"How're you doing Alex?" My dad asks.
"I'm doing good, how about you sir?"
"I'm doing good as well, thank you for asking. So, you're dating my daughter."
"Yes sir."
"I can sense that you're a bit nervous about talking to me, but with the way that Carly talks about you...you seem like a good guy. You respect her and care about her, which is something I like to hear about."
"I love her." Alex says honestly.
"That's good to hear. Only because she's had incidents where the person she was with didn't really respect her, care about her or love her at all. In fact, this is the happiest that I've ever seen her."
"She deserves the world. I do everything I can to make her happy."
"I'm glad to hear that. But if you ever hurt her, you know what will happen don't you?"
"Yes sir."
"Dad are you being nice?" I ask poking my head out of the kitchen.
"Of course." He smiles.
"Alright, just checking." I say, poking my head back into the kitchen.
"I promise that I will never hurt her. I love her too much to hurt her."
My dad studies him for a minute and then offers his hand.
"You're alright Alex." My dad smiles, and Alex grabs his hand and shakes it.
"Thank you sir."
"Oh you can call me Joe." My dad says and Alex nods.
"Okay, Joe."
I come out of the kitchen from finishing what I was helping with and I sit down in the chair.
"Well?" I ask.
"We're good." Alex smiles.
"Great." I smile.
"Oh dad, you remember Mike right?" I add.
"Yeah why?"
"Well, he and Aly are dating now."
"Oh really?"
"Yep."
"And how is that going for my second daughter?"
"Great. They love each other like Alex and I love each other. They've had their fights at times, but they still love each other."
"Good."
"It's weird because he was the one to get Alex and I together and I was the one to get him and Aly together."
"That's interesting." My dad laughs.
"And I don't know if you know this, but I'm wrestling now. I don't think I ever told you" I mention and he raises his eyebrows.
"I'm wrestling for the WWE, Aly and I both are actually. Alongside Mike and Alex of course."
"And how is that going?"
"She's a champion, she has a title belt."
"Wow, good for her."
Meanwhile, while standing in the kitchen, Aly's dad says that he wants to talk to Mike.
"Be nice Dad." Aly says.
"Don't worry, I will be." He says, motioning for Mike to follow him out into the livingroom.
"So Mike, how are you?"
"I'm good sir, how about you?"
"I'm doing alright, thanks for asking. So you and my daughter huh?"
"Yes, sir. Been together for a few months now."
"I'll be honest Mike. These past few months she has seemed happier than I've seen her in a very very long time so thank you for that."
"You're very welcome, I treat her like a princess."
"I've heard. That got you my respect because that is how my little girl should be treated. I don't have to mention what will happen if you hurt her do I?"
"No sir, I know what will happen."
"Good, good. Mike you can call me Bruce." He says, offering his hand.
"Okay, Bruce." He says, shaking his hand.
"You two playing nice?" Aly asks, coming out of the kitchen with Lilly crawling in front of her.
"Yes, we're good." Mike answers.
"Good." She smiles and sits beside Mike, laughing as Lilly pulls herself up to a standing position using Mike's pant leg.
"Well we know Lilly really likes you." She laughs.
Mike reaches over and pulls her up onto his lap, tickling her a little which causes her to giggle incessantly. Aly watches with a big smile.
"Awwww..." She says in her head.
"She's just so cute." Mike says after.
"I know." Aly smiles.
"So, will we be seeing Carly today?" Aly's dad asks her, as Mike continues to play with Lilly.
"Yeah, she'll be over. She and her boyfriend Alex are over with her family." She replies.
"I can't wait to see her. I miss her."
"She's excited to see everybody. Oh and I have some news for you, she and I got signed by the WWE."
"When and how did that happen?"
"She got signed before I did, which was right after she was involved in a challenge on NXT, their rookie show. I went to see her shortly after that and then a couple days later they signed me as well."
"You're being careful when you wrestle right?"
"Yes. Well as careful as one can be when champion."
"The most I've gotten is bumps and bruises, nothing serious." She adds and her dad nods.
"So you're champion?" He asks.
"Uh-huh. I have the only women's title and then Mike is WWE Champion, which is one of the more prestigious men's titles."
"You've accomplished a lot since you got signed I can tell."
"She really has. She's regularly beating women that have been there for a long time." Mike
agrees.
"Of course I have lost matches, but those have been non-title ones." She adds and her dad nods with a proud smile.
"I plan on keeping the title for a very long time. Only defending it when I have to."
An amused smile appears on Mike's face.
"Hope you and mom can come to a show sometime."
"I think we'd enjoy that."
"Just be sure to pay attention to when we come to town for a show. It'd be nice to see you
there."
"We'll do that."
They hang out in the livingroom, talking and whatnot for a while, until it was time to get everything ready for the big dinner. They're setting everything up when they hear car doors shutting outside.
"Aunt Carly!" Matty exclaims, running for the door.
"Whoa, let them come inside before you tackle her." Aly calls.
"You'll get yelled at for not having a jacket on again." She adds, laughing and he whines, but follow directions.
Then there's knocking at the door, and she goes and opens it.
"Hey everybody." She smiles and lets us all inside.
"Hey. How did Mike handle meeting your parents?" I ask quietly after walking inside.
"Not bad, not bad at all. How was Alex?"
"Same. My dad likes him, which is a very good thing."
"Yeah." She agrees and laughs as Matty hugs me tightly and then runs off to play.
"Is there something that you forgot to tell me about though?" I ask.
She looks at me in confusion and then it dawns on her.
"Ohhh that. Oops, my bad." She snickers.
"It was a great surprise though, to walk in my room and see that. But Alex saw it too."
"Alex saw what?" Mike asks, overhearing us.
Mike comes up behind Aly still holding Lilly, who has a tight grasp on his shirt.
"Something in Carly's room." She says casually.
"Yeah, just a little something I had in my room." I agree.
"Like what?"
"Don't you dare." I say to her threateningly and she thinks about it for a while before
answering him.
"Oh just a poster."
"Ow ow!" She laughs as I hit her.
"I just said it was a poster, I didn't say what is was." She puts her hands up defensively.
"Let me guess, its of one of two things. Either that werewolf or Alex." Mike says, smirking.
"Definitely the werewolf." I immediately say, so he doesn't start razzing me for it being Alex.
Mike shakes his head in amusement.
"You sure about that?" Aly asks me, smiling evily.
"Shut up!" I swat at her.
"Actually it's not the werewolf, it's you. Got to support my best friend." I say to Mike, changing my answer and he raises and eyebrow.
"She lies." Aly sings quietly, giggling.
"Hush you."
"It's a big picture of DC." She says to Mike and then hides behind him so she don't get hit.
"That's no surprise." He shakes his head in amusement.
"What isn't a surprise?" Alex asks as he comes up.
"That she has that big poster of you on her bedroom wall." aly says from behind Mike.
"That was interesting." Alex smirks.
"Okay Mike, start the razzing...I'm prepared." I add.
"Nah, not today." He shrugs.
"Okay, good."
Aly cautiously slides out from behind Mike.
"I'm not going to hit you, don't worry." I reassure.
"Yay."
"Anyway, where's the family? I'm sure they can't wait to see me."
"Everybody else is in the kitchen. With the exception of Matty who is in the livingroom playing and then Lilly here, who hasn't really left Mike alone since he got here."
"Awwww, that's cute."
"Won't let go either." Mike chuckles, lightly tugging on her hand that has a tight grasp on his shirt.
"She really has taken a liking to you haha."
"She's cute, I don't mind." Mike says as we all walk to the kitchen.
"Hey everybody!" I exclaim standing in the doorway.
"Carly!" Most everybody says happily.
"Be right back." Aly says to the guys and she goes over to say hi to my family.
"Aly, how are you?" My mom asks.
"I'm great Momma Amy." She smiles.
"It's great to see you again." My mom says, hugging her.
"You too. Hi Daddy Joe." Aly adds, seeing my dad behind her.
"We've missed you." He says, hugging Aly next.
"Missed you too."
"So how's life in the WWE?" He asks.
"Amazing. Granted there are some things that I don't care much for but on the majority, everything is great."
"That's good to hear." My mom adds.
"Carly and I are having a blast. We've been to so many new places, it's crazy."
"I bet."
Mike leaves Alex and I, and walks over to Aly and my parents. Aly feels a hand on her waist and she turns, smiling as she sees Mike.
"Hey babe." She greets.
He smiles and turns, looking at my parents.
"Joe...Amy. Great to see you again."
"You too." My dad shakes his hand and my mom hugs him as best she can without
squishing Lilly.
We all go through meeting each other's families, and then came time for the dinner. We all talk and our families ask the guys questions until everyone finishes and we move into the livingroom.
"It was great to be back here again. I'm going to miss everyone when we go back on the road." I say sitting next to Alex on the couch with him on one side of me, Aly and Mike on the other side.
"Yeah, me too." Aly agrees, leaning into Mike's side.
"But if you ever want to see us when we're not here, just tune into USA network every monday night at 8. That's when Raw airs live on tv."
"Occasionally it'll be on starting at 7, but that's only when it's a 3 hour episode." I add, and they nod.
Alex, my parents and myself stay for a little bit longer, well until it got pretty dark out before deciding that we should head home.
"I'd love to stay longer, but I'm tired and we do have a flight to catch in the morning to head out to the next city for Raw Monday." I say, standing up and yawning.
Everybody gets up to exchange hugs and goodbyes, except for the four of us since we'll be seeing each other in the morning.
"See you guys in the morning." I say to Aly and Mike before heading out the door and they wave in acknowledgement.
We head out the door and get into the car, heading back to the house. Mike looks over at Aly and notices how tired she looks.
"Someone's tired."
"Mmhmm." She mumbles, leaning against him.
"Let's get you to bed." He says getting up, pulling her with him.
She stumbles a little, yawning. He then picks her up, so that it would be easier for her to make it upstairs without stumbling like she just did. She curls into his chest sleepily as he carries her upstairs. As they pass her parents' room, they see him carrying her and smile.
"She found a good one this time." Her mom says.
"And she couldn't be happier." Her dad adds.
"Maybe we'll get to see her with a ring on the left hand afterall." She muses.
"Only time will tell."
Meanwhile Mike sets Aly down in her room.
"Get changed." He says, gently pushing her towards her things.
"Pushy pushy." She teases lightly in a tired voice while getting her pajamas.
She heads into the bathroom to change and when she comes back, he's already laying in bed waiting for her. She stretches and then climbs into bed, scooching up against Mike.
"Back on the road tomorrow."
"Uh-huh." So was today as bad as you thought it would be?"
"Not at all, it wasn't that bad."
"See? I told you." She smiles.
"Yes you did. But now I think we should sleep. Early flight again tomorrow."
"Right. Night, love you."
"Love you too." He says, kissing her and then getting comfortable and going to sleep.
Meanwhile, we just got home. My parents sit in the living room for a while, Alex and I decide to head upstairs to my room to go to bed.
"Night guys." I say, walking up the stairs.
"Night." They reply.
"With how happy she is, I wouldn't be surprised if showed up here the next time with a ring on her finger." My mom says, waiting until Alex and I are out of hearing range.
"I actually wouldn't either. Alex seems very good for her. I don't think I would mind him for a son-in-law." My dad replies.
"I agree with you."
Once Alex and I get to my room, I go into my bag and rummage about looking for pjs to
change into. I head into the bathroom and change rather quickly and climb into bed.
"Back to the road again." Alex says.
"Yep. So how was everything for you today? Not as bad as you thought huh?"
"Not at all."
"See? You had nothing to worry about."
"Right. Well we should get some sleep."
"Yeah, early flight tomorrow. Night."
"Night, love you CareBear." Alex says, kissing me lightly then heading to sleep himself after I snuggle into him and he wraps his arm around me.