I've just come out of the bathroom from changing, then after getting my shoes on I lay back on the bed and sigh.
"So tired..."
"We can stop and get hot chocolate before we go." Alex suggests.
"Sounds like a plan, but that's not enough to get me up right now."
"Need more motivation?" He asks, leaning over me.
"That depends, am I going to have to reapply the lip gloss after?"
"Possibly..."
"Hmm, so tempting..."
He decides to kiss me anyway. This time a knock on the connecting door makes us break apart. Alex groans and pulls away.
"What?"
"Oh chill out." I giggle.
"Come in."
The door opens and Mike pops his head in.
"It's safe to come in, don't worry Mike." I laugh, sitting back up.
"Yeah well I'd rather be safe than sorry."
"Well you knocking on the door stopped us anyway. If it didn't you wouldn't hear me answer."
"True."
"But what's up?"
"Just making sure you guys were up and ready." She shrugs.
"What, you thought we'd sleep in?"
"It's happened before." He points out.
"And zombies? Really?" He says, noticing my shirt.
"Yes Mike, zombies."
"It's just a fun shirt, don't hate." I add laughing, he rolls his eyes and chuckles.
"You can go back in your room now. Since you know we're up and ready."
"Alright." He agrees amusedly, leaving.
"So a Valentine's Day themed photoshoot...blehhhh." I say, making a face.
"You don't like that stuff?" Alex asks curiously.
"I've just hated the day with a passion for years."
"Why?"
"It all started once I was in high school. Every year, on the day I'd walk around and everyone who was together got all these gifts and whatnot. Then not to mention they give out carnation flowers that people send you. I think you know where I'm going with this..."
"Ah."
"So I've hated the day, because every year I felt like crap."
"Well it'll be different this year."
"I know, but I really don't want to celebrate the day..."
"I won't do anything drastic, I promise."
"I'm holding you to that promise..."
"You do that." Alex kisses my forehead."
Meanwhile, Aly's just mumbling about the Valentine's Day themed photoshoot as Mike walks back into the room.
"Effing Valentine's Day crap." She mumbles from under the pillo that she's covered her head
with.
"What's so bad about it?" Mike asks, clearly hearing her comment.
"I hate Valentine's Day."
"Why?"
"Just all the girls flaunting their gifts throughout middle and high school, college too. The only times I ever got anything both happened my freshman year in high school." She explains.
"A guy friend that was like a brother bought me a rose when he saw how bothered I was and then this other guy that had a massive crush on me bought me a singing valentine thing that the school set up. Now that was the most embarassing thing I went through in school. I still can't listen to the Witch Doctor song without cringing."
"But you're with me now, and it's going to be totally different."
"I don't really want anything to do with that stupid holiday. Honestly its just overrated. People
should show their love and be romantic all year long, not just one damn day out of 365."
"Alright, well will you settle for a gift on that day then?"
"For you? Yes."
"Good." He smiles, then kisses you on the cheek.
"I don't want to get up." She sighs.
"We're not leaving for a while, you don't have to right now."
"Good." She pulls the pillow off her head and then scooches over to Mike, laying on top of him.
"How's the knee feeling today?"
"Bleh. I took some advil. Its swelled up a little."
"Well at least it's not bad..."
"Its pretty colors."
"Pretty colors?" He looks at her weird.
She rolls off him and tugs her pant leg up, undoing the brace so that he can see the large blue and purple splotch covering her knee.
"You would think those are pretty colors."
"My favorite colors." She shrugs, and redos the brace, pulling her pant leg back down.
"Also the typical colors a bruise would turn."
"I know."
"That should go away by Monday."
"Hopefully." She agrees and slides over to lay like she was before, snuggling into his body
and tucking her head into his neck.
"Tired still?"
"Not terribly."
"Well I don't know how tired you will be after the photoshoot, but after that we have the rest of the day to ourselves."
"Yay." She mumbles against his skin.
He just chuckles and starts running fingers through her hair. She closes her eyes and
enjoys the soothing motions.
"...I love you..." She murmurs softly.
"I love you too...always."
She dazes in and out of sleep.
"Sleeping?"
"Mmm..."
"If you think you're going to end up falling asleep, it's okay. I set an alarm so we're not late for the photoshoot."
"...mmkay..."
She eventually and does end up falling asleep fairly quickly. Meanwhile Alex and I are cuddling and both of us are rather sleepy.
"You look tired." I comment.
"A bit. You look tired yourself." Alex shrugs.
"Well you try tossing and turning during the night. I didn't get much sleep last night."
"Maybe we should take a nap then." Alex says, frowning.
"No no, that's okay. I'm fine."
"If you're sure..." He eyes me with some concern.
"I'm positively 100% sure..."
"Alright."
"But you can nap if you want, I'm okay with that."
"I'll be alright."
"Alright, if you say so."
We both fall quiet with Alex running one hand up and down my back. Eventually my phone starts vibrating in my pocket. Only because I had set an alarm just in case we had fallen asleep. I take it out and stop the alarm and start to get off the bed.
"Well looks like we have to get going."
"One thing before we go." Alex says, pulling me back down.
"And what's that?" I ask, looking at him curiously.
He kisses me intensely.
"We were interrupted earlier." He explains after he pulls away.
"...that we were." I say, after a long pause.
He chuckles and lets me up before getting up himself. We grab our jackets and put them on heading out the door, but we headed out the door at the same time Aly and Mike were walking out. Aly tucked herself against Mike's side, his arm around her shoulders and hers around his waist. She's still waking up and covers her mouth as she yawns widely.
"Hey." Mike greets.
"Hey." I say back.
We all walk down to the car and head out to where they're shooting the pictures. We walk in and see all the V-Day stuff and everything. As if we didn't like being there already, it got even worse when we spotted Eve and Maryse.
"Day from hell." Aly mumbles to me.
"Tell me about it..."
"Don't worry about them." Alex says, kissing the top of my head.
"Can't help it..."
"Try to." He says and squeezes me to him soothingly.
Aly shoots a glare at Maryse and Eve, a scowl forming on her lips. We walk over and then you and I were taken to get ready, to take our pictures first. Aly comes out first, holding up the skirt of her dress a little to make sure she don't trip. Then I come out, watching the bottom of my dress to make sure I dont trip or get it caught on anything.
"That's pretty." She says to me.
"Thank you, so is yours."
She smiles a little.
"I'm just glad they didn't stick me in heels or in a dress that would keep me from moving right. I have enough trouble with having this brace on."
"Right."
We both look up and find Mike and Alex looking uncomfortable and annoyed as Eve and Maryse stand in front of them obviously flirting.
"Should've known that would happen while we were getting ready..."
"I know." Aly scowls and we go to walk over but get interrupted by the photographer.
We're told that it's time to take our individual photos, and walks off leading us in the direction we have to two of us sigh, eyeing our fiances longingly before we follow behind the guy.
"I hate leaving them standing there like that..."
"Me too."
She gets her pictures done first, stepping in front of the camera and I keep an eye on Maryse and Eve in case something serious happens. Once she gets done, she sits in a chait and watches them. After I get done, I walk over to her and we start to walk over to Mike and Alex again. We walk up behind them and stare down Eve and Maryse with less than pleased looks on our faces.
"I think it's time you leave them alone...unless you want things to get ugly."
Mike gives Aly a look but she ignores it, too busy glowering at Maryse. Alex gives me a look as weel, which I return with one of my own before glaring at Eve.
"We'll talk to you two later." Eve says to Mike and Alex flirtatiously.
She twirls and walks off with Maryse who had done her hand thing and flipped her hair.
"We would've come to help sooner but we were dragged off for the pictures..."
"Thanks anyway." Alex says.
"I had a feeling they'd do something once we were gone..."
Aly grumbles in agreement, snaking her arms around Mike and leaning against him. Alex wraps me in his arms as well.
"I think you two have to get ready soon, so that we can take the pictures together."
Sure enough, one of the workers comes to retrieve Mike and Alex. We both give quiet whines as they pull away from us.
"Don't worry, we'll be quick." Mike reassures.
They disappear towards the changing rooms and we sigh.
"Today has turned out quite annoying." Aly remarks, finding a chair to sit in.
"Yeah, we can only hope it gets better."
"Hopefully." She agrees and tugs on the brace covering her knee under the dress.
"You should see my knee, it's covered in blue and purple."
"That's the typical color something will turn if it's bruised, I think I'm good." I laugh.
"It'd be cool if it didn't hurt."
"Yeah, it sucks I know."
She sits back and twists some of her hair around her finger as we wait for Mike and Alex. We happen to look up as they're walking through the doorway. We exchange grins and giggles after admiring their suits. They walk over and stand in front of us, but all we could do was smile.
"What?" They ask.
"Nothing." We giggle.
"Uh-huh...suuuuure."
"You just look good that's all." Aly says with a smile and quiet giggle.
"Well, you two look even better than we do."
"Thank you."
After a bit, the photographer comes over to retrieve Aly and Mike first for their pictures. The first picture they took, they had them sit down with Mike's arms around her. Also she had her arms crossed and her hands resting on his arms. They both were looking down and smiling. The second picture that they were told the way they wanted it, was that Mike would be leaning up against a wall that they would just roll in behind them. Then they would get close and Mike would put his hands on her neck and they kiss. After that one was done, they were given direction on what to do for the 3rd picture. They laid down on the ground, they're heads next to eachother. Then they turned their heads, Mike holding her hands and then they basically just kissed eachother's bottom lip. After many photos of that, they moved onto the 4th and final picture. The photographer gave the choice of the last picture up to Mike and Aly. Mike had a great idea and had Aly sit up along with himself. The photographer was ready and out of nowhere Mike grabbed Aly, wrapping his arms around her and placing a kiss on her cheek. She just smiled and steadied herself with on hand, wrapping her other arm around his. The photographer snapped multiple photos. Once the photographer had all the shots he needed, he told them that they could go change if they wanted to at the moment.
They nodded and Mike helped Aly off the floor, and they walked back over to us.
"That last picture...you would Mike." I laugh.
"Well she is all mine..." He chuckles.
The photographer went to reload his camera, and when he came back he retrieved Alex and myself for our pictures. The first picture we took, we had laid down surrounded by roses and rose petals. We too laid down like Mike and Aly did for their 3rd picture, except for us our lips were slightly touching but not quite. My right arm was above my head and my hand was resting lightly by the fingertips on his waist, while my other hand was resting on my stomach. His left hand was lightly resting on the top of my head, while his right hand was resting on his chest. The photographer took multiple pictures, before telling us that we could get up and get ready for picture #2. The second picture, Alex stood behind me with his hands on my waist and his head resting against mine. I tilted my head slightly as we looked at the camera for the multiple shots the photographer took. For picture #3 Alex was still standing behind me, but he draped his left arm over my shoulder and his right hand resting on my stomach. I took my left hand and rested it on his left arm, followed by my right hand resting over his on my stomach. We against stood as still as can be as the photographer took the multiple shots. We took a small break after the photographer was done. After that break we chose oir own pose to do for the picture like Mike and Aly did. Except for us we stood facing eachother with our foreheads resting against eachother's. Alex held both of my hands and we stared into eachother's eyes, while the photographer took as many pictures as he could. He said that he was done, after he stopped shooting and he thanked us. We nodded, but kissed briefly before walking away from the picture area. We walked back over to Mike and Aly.
"Well that part was fun." Aly giggles.
"Yes, it was." I agree.
Mike and Alex chuckle.
"So I think we're done right?"
"Yeah, we just have to change and we're free." Mike says.
"Even though I don't think you should." Aly points out, giggling.
"I'm with her." I say, running my hands down Alex's chest while giggling.
"And I don't think you should change out of that..." Alex says, referring to the dress.
"Tis a shame." Aly sighs.
"But the quicker we change, the more time we'll all have to ourselves."
"True."
We pull ourselves away from the guys and all of us go change After changing we all walk back out, heading back out to the car and head back to the hotel. We get back to the hotel and wait for the elevators, many of our fellow WWE stars milling around and some also waiting for the elevators as well. Aly just leans against the wall, closing her eyes and shifting her weight off of her bad knee.
"Tired?" Mike asks from beside her.
She shakes her head. The elevator dings and we all walk in, heading up to our floor. Once on our floor, we walk into our rooms. I go and flop on the bed.
"Free of the evil holiday decorations!" I declare.
"It wasn't that bad..." Alex comments, chuckling.
"For you maybe."
"How can holiday decorations be evil?"
"They just are, okay? I hate this holiday and all the decorations and crap that goes with it. Minus the chocolate since I love that stuff but everything else is evil!"
"Ok ok, just calm down..."
"Sorry, its just I've hated this holiday with a passion for so long..."
"I get touchy feely on the subject. I prefer not to talk about it." I add.
"Alright, I'll leave it alone." Alex says and kisses the top of my head.
"So, anything planned for the rest of the day?"
"Nope."
"Good, that means I can lay here all day."
Alex chuckles and wraps himself around me.
"Somebody's extra cuddly today..." I laugh.
"Felt like it." He shrugs.
"If there was a national cuddle day, you'd enjoy that."
"Definitely." Alex grins.
"You'd tell Mike and Aly to not disturb us for the entire day...but then again they'd probably enjoy that day too."
"They would."
"Makes me wanna look it up, see if there really is one..."
"Later."
"You forgot, my phone has internet..." I say, taking out my phone.
"Ah, right. But still...later." He says, taking my phone away from me which causes me to giggle.
"You want no interruptions at all do you."
"None at all." He says, putting my phone on the nightstand behind him.
I giggle as he returns to snuggling with me. I then feel his breathing on my neck, and slightly move.
"Okay, quit breathing on my neck that just tickles."
He snickers. I try to scooch away from him, but he pulls me back and holds onto me tighter this time.
"No, you stay."
"Quit breathing on my neck then."
"Where else am I going to breath? The pillow?"
"I don't know but it tickles!"
"Well I have nowhere else to breath, you're going to have to tolerate it."
"I suppose." I sigh.
"It's either that or I go all shark on you...your choice."
"Hmmm..."
"Ten seconds to choose...starting...now." He says, starting to count down.
"I can see you eyeing my neck...I suppose. Just keep them coverable." I say, scolding as I say the last part.
"Got it." He smirks, then kissing my neck.
I sigh and lay back into the pillows, hands gripping his shoulders. After minutes and minutes of what I call torture, he pulls away satisfied with his work. I open my eyes and he gives me a smile, kissing my lips gently. I slide my hands up to his neck, not wanting him to break away anytime soon. He chuckles into the kiss. After a while, he goes to pull away.
"Nooo." I whine.
"Now who's the affectionate one?" Alex teases.
"Oh shut up..."
He laughs.
"You're the one who started it..."
"Because I love you." He brushes his lips against my forehead.
"And I love you too. Now can I have my phone back?"
"Nope."
"You're determined." I laugh lightly.
"Maaaaybe..."
I give an amused smile, then pull him down for a kiss.
"Now look who's eager." He mumbles.
"Shut up."
"Nope."
I then rake my nails across his neck. He breaks away from the kiss and hides in my neck.
"Not...going to...work." He mumbles.
I drag one hand down his back and the other up into his hair. He twitches slightly.
"It's fun driving you crazy...and or torturing you." I comment.
"Maybe for you..."
"That's the point...it's supposed to be fun for me."
He just sighs and twitches again as I keep messing with him.
"But you do get your fun when you torture me too."
"That's true." He chuckles.
"But for now I have control..."
"Or so you think..." He mumbles.
"And what are you going to do hmm?"
"Remember, I'm stronger than you..."
"Unfortunately."
"I can easily reverse the control into my hands."
"But you haven't."
"Maybe I don't want to...
"Alright then."
"But I never said I wouldn't try." He says, taking my hand off his back and lacing it with his and doing the same with the other hand.
I look at him curiously as he hovers over me.
"Now you can't do anything..." He says, leaning down and just barely touching my lips with his, lingering to drive me crazy.
I whine.
"Alex...come on..."
He doesn't listen, but stays where he is...still lingering. I thought he was going to seal that tiny tiny gap, but instead he let me go and pulled back. Then rolling over and laying next to me.
"Oh come on..."
"Always leave them wanting more." He mumbles to himself.
I swat at him.
"Ow." He laughs, protecting himself for future swats.
"You're evil!"
"Love you too." He smiles, and I swat at him again.
"Evil." I mumble.
"You still love me though."
"I do."
"But unfortunately, you'll have to wait for that kiss I almost gave you..."
I pout.
"Pouting will only make me tack on more time to the wait..."
I stop pouting and narrow my eyes.
"If you're good then maybe I'll change my mind."
I huff and lay against him. Meanwhile Aly and Mike are cuddling on their bed. She sighs as the medicine she took finally takes full effect and the pain passes for a while.
"Medicine kick in?" Mike asks, running his fingers through her hair.
"Uh-huh."
"Good, you'll feel better...for now anyway."
"Mmhmm." She nods into his neck.
"You'll get better, I know it." He says, kissing her forehead.
"I'll be fine as long as I have you." She smiles softly.
"And you will have me...forever."
"Five months..."
"And then you'll have Mizanin as your last name."
"I like the sound of it. Too bad July can't get here sooner."
"I know, such a long wait."
"Yeah...waiting sucks." Mike comments, but then a lightbulb goes off in his brain.
"Lyssa, how would you feel about getting married early?"
She lifts her head up and looks at him strangely.
"What do you mean?"
"You know something small, before our families come to the big one in July."
She mulls it over thoughtfully and then looks at him again.
"I...think I'd like that."
"Then let's go tonight...fly out to Las Vegas."
"Tonight?" She asks incredulously
"Yeah." He says, his face and eyes bright with excitement.
"Okay." She agrees, a smile slowly crossing her face.
"And to be witnesses to this, we'll bring along Carly and Alex."
"We should ask them first you know."
"Already ahead of you..." He says, taking out his phone and texting me to tell me and Alex to
come into the room.
Alex grumbles but we both slide off the bed and go into their room.
"What's the emergency, so that we're needed in here?"
"You do it, it was your idea." She nudges Mike.
"What's going on?"
Mike explains his idea.
"So will you guys come with us and be our witnesses?"
"It's a crazy idea but I'm fine with being a witness." I say.
"Yeah." Alex agrees.
"Yay!" Aly exclaims.
She sits up and hugs both of us.
"Thank you."
"You're welcome."
She turns and finds Mike already on his laptop making arrangements and giggles.
"He's ahead of the game." I laugh.
"Yes he is." She grins.
"I guess we should go get packing now..."
"Yeah."
Alex and I get up and go to our room to do so. Aly slides off the bed to do the same with her stuff. Mike finishes making the arrangements, then shuts down the laptop and puts it away. He too starts packing his things up. Aly finishes and sits on the bed, watching him with a smile.
"I think this is the best idea you've come up with." She comments.
"I know." She smiles over at her.
"So much better than waiting, even though for the bigger one we still have to wait."
"But you'll already be my wife. That was the hardest part to wait for."
"Right." She giggles.
"Only to us will we be married, to others we're not married until July."
"I don't care if they find out. I've had enough of waiting."
"I can tell." He chuckles
She just smiles. He finishes packing the last thing, then turns around to face her. She grins
at him and giggles.
"The only wait we have is for our flight."
"How long?"
"About a couple hours."
"I'll take a couple hours over 5 months." She remarks, scooching back farther onto the bed.
He chuckles, and then sits down next to her on the bed. She randomly giggles and buries her face in his shoulder.
"You're too excited huh?"
She nods.
"Well we'll be on that plane soon enough."
She pulls back from his shoulder and kisses him.
"I can't wait for this. I love you."
"I love you too...always and forever."
"Always and forever." She repeats after another kiss.
Then he wraps his arms around her, and lays his head against hers.
"How to pass the time..."
"Hmmm, I got a pretty good idea..." He says, leaning down and capturing her in another kiss.
She giggles a little and grips his shirt, laying back. He smirks into the kiss, and then a hand goes to her hair. She hums faintly, dragging the nails of her other hand across his neck and shoulders. He breaks the kiss to rest his head on her shoulder, that growling noise being heard in his throat. Aly giggles. But then he decides to take advantage of the situation and starts kissing her neck.
"Miiike." She whines quietly.
"No marks..."
"I won't leave any...promise."
"..okay.."
He continues to kiss her neck, before trailing back up to her lips. She slides both hands up to hold his neck in place as their lips meet. He takes his hands and slides them down her arms, before resting them on them. She pulls back for air but not far, leaning her forehead against his. Her eyes are still closed, but his ar open and he's looking at her. She slowly opens her eyes and they lock on his.
"Hi." He smiles.
"Hi." She giggles quietly.
"I saw you were dazed for a few seconds there...I do my job well."
"You do." She agrees.
"But unfortunately that only passed about 10 minutes."
"Boooo..."
"I guess sleeping is the only thing that really makes time go by quicker. But I know you're too
excited to sleep, so that won't work."
She smiles sheepishly.
"If only we could physically make time go by faster..."
"I know...well...we could go swimming."
"Will you be able to with your knee?"
"As long as I don't kick too much, I think there are floaty things down there too."
"Alright, then we can go swimming until we have to leave."
"You gotta get up first." She teases, moving her hands.
"Right, I know that." He chuckles, moving so she can get up.
They both get changed and head down to the pool to pass the time. Meanwhile, Alex and I have just finished packing up our things.
"It's going to be a long night tonight..."
"Yeah." Alex agrees.
"I'm sleeping on the plane."
"I figured you would."
"What do you think of this crazy idea of Mike's?"
"It is crazy but its them, they're nuts."
"We're all nuts." I laugh.
"True." Alex laughs.
"But they couldn't really wait the five months so, it's understandable."
Alex nods.
"Four more months for us..."
"Yeah, I think we can manage though."
"Yeah, I know we can wait. It's worth the wait anyway."
"Right."
"But I know I'm getting more excited as the months go by."
"Me too. I'm looking forward to having you as my wife."
"I'm looking forward to becoming your wife." I say, wrapping an arm around him.
He smiles and kisses my head.
"I love you." Alex mumbles against my head.
"I love you too." I reply with a soft smile.
"Well I think we have a few hours until we all leave, what do you want to do?"
"Why don't we lay down? Might as well get some sleep now."
"Yeah, sounds good." I nod.
Alex and I cuddle together on the bed and drift off. Aly in the meantime is now in the pool, drifting about in the water. She hangs into Mike, her head against his shoulder as he swims them around lazily.
"Just a few hours..."
"I know." She giggles.
"Tonight is going to be a good night."
"I totally agree, this is going to be amazing."
"It's a crazy, but perfect idea. I couldn't wait anymore..." She adds.
"Me either." He says, kissing her head.
"I might not even be grouchy on Valentine's Day. I'll probably still be happy from becoming
your wife." She laughs a little.
"Really?"
"We'll see but that's how I feel right now."
"Well I'm glad I could make you feel different about that day."
"Well if anyone had a chance at doing so, it would be you."
"You know it." He smiles.
A few hours pass and Mike and Aly head up to the room to change for the plane ride. She's getting more and more excited with each passing minute. Mike goes to get Alex and myself while Aly sits and waits on the bed, wearing a bright smile. He knocks first out of pure safety and once he hears a response he peeks his head in.
"Ready to go?"
"Yeah." Alex and I both say, getting up from the bed.
"Alright, meet you down in the car."
We agree and Mike ducks his head back into their room.
"Alright, let's get going shall we?"
She giggles and nods, getting up. They gather their things and head downstairs to the car. Alex and I grab our things, putting on our jackets and heading down to the car ourselves. We get into the car and Aly's leaning her head against Mike's shoulder, still wearing a smile.
"Awww." I smile.
"Shush, I'm excited okay?"
"I know you are."
Mike drives us to the airport and we check in. We don't have to wait for too long before our flight starts to board. She can't contain her excitement, getting all jittery and whatnot. Alex and I are laughing and Mike chuckles.
"Do I have to calm you down...?" He mutters in her ear and she giggles.
He turns her face, and starts to kiss her to calm her down. She giggles at first but then starts to relax, leaning against him. I go to sing PDA, but Alex clamps a hand over my mouth.
"Not this time."
I whine and then get an idea, and manage to lick his hand. He quickly retracts it, wiping it off.
"Ew, what was that for?"
"You were covering my mouth."
"So you felt the need to lick my hand?"
"Well you weren't going to uncover it right away so yes."
"Gross much?"
I laugh at him and shrug.
"Just you wait, I'll get you back."
"Suuuuuure."
"Yeah, I'm serious."
"Sure you are."
"Don't make me do it..." He says, holding a finger out to my neck hoping to poke it.
"No!" I scrunch up my neck.
"Haha revenge!"
I stick out my tongue.
"What have I told you about that tongue of yours?"
I retract it and settle for making a face.
"Good thinking..." He chuckles.
I then snuggle up to him. After the longest time, our flight finally landed and we walked off the plane. We go get our bags before heading to the rental car so we can go to the hotel Mike booked. After getting to the hotel, we do the usual...taking the elevator up to our floor and finding our rooms and walking into them.