It's Friday morning, and I wake up to talking in the room. I realize it's Alex, and he's talking on the phone. I can tell he's being as quiet as he can since he thinks I'm still sleeping. But I slowly sit up and stretch, and look at him as he finishes up the phone call. He smiles and gives me a kiss.
"What was that all about?" I ask.
"I'm not being sent to FCW."
"...you're not?" I say after a pause.
"Nope." Alex grins.
"WWE's keeping you?"
He nods.
"I just won't be Mike's sidekick anymore. I'll be on my own."
I squeal and practically tackle Alex to the bed.
"Now this makes me feel a lot better than the other day...I'm better than okay...I'm awesome now."
Alex laughs and puts his arms around me.
"I can tell."
"So that means you're competeing tonight."
"Yup."
"Against who?"
"Morrison."
"Oh, Aly will love that you get to beat him up."
"Yeah." He laughs.
"I'm just happy you're not gone, even though they did take you off the roster list. You're not gone and that's all that matters."
"Right."
"I'm definately awake now, I'll be right back." I say, getting up and going over to my bag to grab clothes and whatnot to change into.
Alex changes himself and sprawls out to wait for me. I get dressed in a blue and white spagetti strap silk top and jeans. That was followed by my engagement and promise rings and blue heart earrings, along with a bow pendant. I then painted my nails a light blue, and applied light blue eyeshadow. I finished the makeup and such off with California Kissin' lip gloss. For my hair I just left it down and it it's wavy form. Oh yeah, almost forgot about the varsity jacket that I put on, that's simular to Alex's but it's mine. I come out to put my pjs back into my bag, and I grab my shoes to put them on. He looks up and notices my jacket.
"Hey, wait a second..."
"What?" I say, turning around real quick to face him.
"That's not mine is it?" He asks, eyes on the jacket.
"No, it's mine. I had it made a while back."
A grin crosses his face.
"I like it."
"Of course you do, because it's exactly like yours."
"And my girl is wearing it." He adds.
"Don't you mean your finacee?" I smile.
"Yes that too." He chuckles, taking my hand and pressing a kiss right by my engagement ring.
"You know what's in 22 days?"
"Your birthday."
I look at him with some surprise.
"You thought I didn't know when your birthday was?"
"I had a feeling you did, but I wasn't sure."
"I'd be a horrible fiance if I didn't know that."
"Oh I wouldnt say that, I'd forgive you if you had ever forgotten. I love you too much to call you horrible."
"I love you too." Alex smiles.
"You think Mike and Aly are up? I think they'd want to hear the news about you."
"I don't know." He shrugs.
"I'll go check...if they are up...no coming in and stealing me away like a Tuesday."
"I'm not promising anything." Alex laughs.
"Uh-huh." I smile, and then walking over to the connecting door and knocking.
I get a muffled reply. I turn the knob and open the door, walking in. Aly looks up from laying on Mike.
"Nice jacket." She laughs.
"Thanks haha. Alex thought it was his at first."
"He would."
"But I got awesome news...we don't technically have to be mad at John anymore..."
"I don't know, I'm still kind of peeved. But why?"
"Well, Alex got a call this morning. I woke up to him on the phone. He doesn't have to leave WWE...they've decided to keep him."
"That's great!"
"He's just gonna be on his own, and not Mike's sidekick anymore."
"Good for him."
"He has a match at tonight's show...I know you're gonna be happy about this...both of you are. He's going against Morrison."
"Ooooh." She smiles.
"So yeah, I'm all happy now. Happier than Tuesday...thought I'd come in and tell you the news."
"Thanks for sharing." Mike chuckles.
"So I guess I'll leave you two alone now."
"You do that."
Then I walk back through the door, and close it...leaving them back to being alone.
"Well at least now we don't have to worry about that anymore." Aly says, snuggling back down.
"I know, what a huge relief."
"Mmhmm."
"So any ideas on what you want to do today?"
She shakes her head and shrugs.
"Well I know I do have to go to the gym at one point today."
"Okay."
"But I can do that before we leave for the show."
"True."
"You look comfortable right now, so I don't think moving's an option." He chuckles.
"I'll move if you want but I might need a little motivation..." She giggles.
"Motivation huh?" He smirks.
"Uh-huh..."
"Hmmm, do I want to move or not?" He says, starting to think.
She watches in amusement.
"How about we don't move and I just do this..." He trails off, leaning in and sealing his lips with hers.
She giggles faintly and responds happily. He moves the both of them so that he's hovering over her now. She reaches up and grips his shoulders as the kiss gets deeper. He smirks, and wraps his arms around her...pulling her closer to him. She lets it go a little longer before pulling away for air. He leans his forehead against hers, and looks at her...smiling. She rubs her nose agaisnt his while catching her breath.
"Breathless again?"
"Yes."
"I always have that effect on you."
"You do." She agrees with a soft laugh.
"But that's one of the reasons why you love me."
"Too true." She gives him a short kiss.
"So what do you think? Breakfast?"
"Sure."
"But you're gonna have to get up first, otherwise I can't get up." She adds.
Mike laughs and rolls off to the side, allowing her to get up and go to get dressed. He gets dressed himself, and once they were both dresssed they grabbed thei jackets and headed out for breakfast. It isn't until they get out of the car there he realizes her hoodies says something on the back.
"Does that say what I think it says?"
"I don't know, what does it say?" She giggles.
"It says you love your husband."
"And I do." She smiles.
"And I love you." He smiles back.
She kisses him quickly before they go into the restaurant. Back at the hotel, I decide to sit on
the bed and surf the web on my phone. But a pillow bounces off my head.
"Heyyy!"
Alex snickers.
"You messed up my hair mister."
"Sorry."
"That's okay, it's easy to fix today."
"I like it."
"Well that's because I left it down and in it's wavy form. You're able to play with it easier than when it's up."
He grins.
"True that." He agrees.
"But no matter what I can always play with yours."
"Only because mine's shorter."
"And I like it."
"I know you do." He laughs.
Then my cell rings John's theme, it clearly being him. Alex looks at my phone with a scowl.
"I have to talk to him, I can't keep avoiding him."
Alex sighs.
"I'll be fine..."
"I still don't like it but I'm not going to stop you."
"I'll be back..." I say, getting up and stepping outside and answering my phone.
"Hey."
"Carly." John sighs.
"Sorry for avoiding you all week."
"Don't be, I know I deserved it."
"I have to say I was upset at you, but I forgive you in a way. I'm feeling a lot better than Tuesday...because of the news Alex got."
"Good news I'm assuming."
"Yeah, he's not out of WWE. They've decided to keep him around. He's just not going to be Mike's sidekick anymore...he's on his own now."
"Good for him."
"Yeah, so I can't stay mad since something good came out of all this."
"I'm sorry that it happened the way it did though. I really am."
"I know, but you had to what you had to do."
"Didn't make it any easier."
"Yeah well it's over with, it happened...it's in the past. Alex still isn't too happy though."
John sighs.
"How's Mike and Boo?"
"I'm not sure about Mike, but Aly's still a bit peeved though."
"I think it'll take her longer to forget what happened."
"I'm pretty sure that she's mostly mad because what you did almost put me back into depression." I add.
"I know, Alex told me. I didn't mean to do that to you Carly, I really didn't."
"I know John, I know."
"So we're good?" He asks.
"Yes, we're good."
"You're a brother to me, there's no way I can hate my brother."
"I love you too little sister."
"I know you have a triple threat match with Mike and Punk...be sure to kick CM Sucks butt. He deserves it...even though he'll get what's coming to him at Wrestlemania against Randy."
"I will." John chuckles.
"Alright, so I'll see you later."
"Yeah, later Car."
"Bye." I say, then hanging up my phone and walking back inside.
"So?" Alex asks.
"He and I are good."
Alex nods.
"Shall we go get breakfast then?"
"Sure." I nod.
Alex gets up and puts his jacket on and his shoes. I grab what I need and we head out.
"Are you sure that's not my jacket?" He asks again, about the varsity jacket of mine.
"Yes Alex, I'm sure." I giggle.
"I had it made to match yours."
"You look good in it."
"Of course you would think so..."
Alex just smiles.
We get to the restaurant, just as Aly and Mike were leaving.
"Would you look at that."
"Nice." Alex laughs.
After breakfast and whatnot, we all were hanging out back at the hotel doing whatever to pass the time. Pretty soon it was time to get going to the show. So we made sure we had everything and made our way out and to the car, heading to the arena.
"Ugh, I can't wait until I get cleared." Aly says as we get to our designated room..
"I bet, how long now?"
"Less than a week I think."
"Well that's not bad."
"I know but I'm antsy."
"You never were the patient one..." I laugh.
"No not really." She laughs.
"But anyway, I'm glad you're still here DC. I don't know what'd I do without my brother being around." You add.
"You'd go nuts." He deadpans, and I smack his arm.
"Love you too Windy." He corrects.
"That's better." I comment, laughing.
"Whipped." Aly snickers.
"Oh, I am not whipped."
"Then what do you call that huh?" She laughs.
"That does not mean I'm whipped."
"Yes it does."
"Nu-uh."
"Argue all you want, it's truuuuuue." Aly sings.
"Whatever you say Windy."
Aly snickers.
"Unfortunately I agree with her." Mike comments.
"Like you have room to talk." Alex retorts.
Mike just puts his hands up defensively. We both laugh.
"Oh be quiet." I tell him.
"I don't have to be quiet."
I raise an eyebrow.
"Really? You did not just go there with me."
He goes to reply but sees the look on my face.
"Nevermind." Alex mumbles.
"That's what I thought."
"Whiiiiiiipped." Aly sings quietly, giggling.
"Alright, let's go so I don't have to hear her say I'm whipped anymore." Alex says, grabbing my hand and standing up.
I pull him back down.
"Oh chill." Aly laughs.
"I want to get something to drink anyway."
"We'll give you two the room to yourselves, so Mike come with me?" She asks him.
He nods and gets up with her. Then they both head out, and shuts the door behind them.
"Alright, chill out." I say, turning Alex's face to look at me.
"She's only messing with you. It's how she is, you know this." I add.
"Yeah, I know..."
"Let's see if I can take this off your mind." I smile and then kiss him.
It doesn't take him long to react, because I instantly felt him put arms around me and pull me closer. I giggle a little and slide my arms around his neck.
"Whatever you do, stay away from the neck. We don't need what happened Tuesday to happen again." I say, stopping for a brief moment and he chuckles.
"But that was fun..." He adds.
"I know you think so but the marks are still there so no adding to them."
"But that last reaction..."
"Shut it." I say turning red.
"Uh-huh..." He smirks, sealing his lips with mine again.
I give in to the kiss, tugging him down closer. But he had started to deepen the kiss, so I had to hold a grip on him. He chuckles a little.
"What's so funny?" I ask, breaking the kiss again.
"Nothing." He rests his forehead against mine.
"What you have to stop doing is breaking the kiss all the time. No talking..." He adds.
"Oops sorry." I giggle.
"But so demanding..." I add, still giggling.
"Shush." Alex locks our lips together yet again.
After a bit, I decide to use my little trick. I leave my hands in his hair for a while, before moving them down to his neck. I feel him growl a bit. Yet, I still don't stop there. I keep doing it, just to drive him crazy.
"You drive me insane." He says in a growly voice after pulling away from my lips.
"That's always the plan when it comes to what I just did." I smile.
"And you say I'm the sneaky one."
"I know, but I never said that I wasn't..."
He chuckles and kisses me again. He then pulls away, but leans his forehead against mine with his lips lingering extremely close to mine.
"Now who's the sneak?"
"I can drive you insane just as much you can drive me insane. Although, I think I'm better at it." He adds.
"Oh really."
"I think I'm proving it...I can see the look in your eyes."
"What look?"
"Don't play games with me, I can read you like a book."
"No fair." I sigh.
"Love you too." He smiles, pulling back and settling back in his spot on the couch.
I scooch over to cuddle against his side. Then the usual stagehand knocked on the door ruining the moment and told Alex that he should be getting ready for his match against Morrison.
"Come on, I have to get up." He taps my arms that are locked around his waist.
"Awww."
"We can cuddle after the match."
"Well if you put it that way...okay." I say, letting him go.
Alex chuckles and goes to change. While Alex is changing Aly and Mike come back and sit back down on the couch.
"Nice hair..." She comments snickering.
"Oh hush." I say, fixing my hair.
"You had a nice time I can see..." She continues.
She laughs as I swat at her.
"Yeah, your face is a little red there..." Mike teases.
"Shut up." I mutter.
"But messing with you is oh so fun."
"Uh-huh..."
Aly laughs again and lays her legs across Mike's lap, snuggling into his side. Alex comes back and opens the door.
"You coming?" He asks me.
"Yes." I jump up from the couch.
"Have fun, beat him up for me." Aly calls.
"Will do Windy." He says back, as I head out of the door.
"You know...speaking of Morrison, I'm surprised we haven't run into him in the past few
weeks."
"Maybe he decided to back off."
"Somehow I doubt it."
"Maybe he's back to dating Melina..."
"I still don't think he's going to quit yet."
"It's too soon to tell...you may be right, you may be wrong. We'll have to see."
"Yeah." She leans into him, snaking her arms around his chest.
"Who are you facing tonight?"
"Punk and Cena...triple threat for the title."
Aly winces and sighs.
"Since when does the hypocritical CM Sucks deserve a title shot?"
"I don't know." Mike shrugs.
"Stupid Creative." She mumbles.
"Tell me about it, they're allowing Nexus ringside too."
"No way." Aly says, looking at him with worry.
"I'm serious."
She hugs him even tighete, biting her lip.
"I'll be as careful as I can...promise. But I don't want you out there...for your own safety."
"But..."
"Alex isn't even going to be ringside for me since he's not my sidekick anymore...you have to stay here with him and Carly."
She closes her eyes and buries her face in his chest.
"I know things have become harder since I don't have Alex..."
She stays quiet, holding him tightly.
"Hey...look at me..."
She shakes her head.
"...Lyssa..."
She shakes her head again, clinging.
"Lyssa...I'll be fine."
"You don't know that for sure." She mumbles against his chest.
"I know, but I will try very hard. I just don't want you out there because who knows what Nexus will do to you. Otunga is still the only original member left."
"...fine..." She whispers.
"All I know for now is that I'll come back sore...like always."
"I'll be here to help that." She says quietly.
"I know, you always make me feel so much better."
She manages a small smile.
"I love you, remember that."
"I love you too."
"Just think all of this should be done after Wrestlemania."
"Hopefully."
"But then again look at Randy and John's feud..."
"Yeah..."
"But we shouldn't be worrying about it."
"I guess."
After a while, Alex and I come back...him being sore from the match with morrison...which he lost.
"Did you at least bang him up?" Aly asks, trying to joke.
"Yeah, I got him real good a few times." He says, sitting down.
"That's good enough for me."
"Of course Alex cut a promo saying that since he's not Mike's sidekick anymore, that didn't mean he wouldn't be around. Also said that Mike taught him everything he knew. And guess who has a new catchphrase..." I add.
"Oh boy, what kind of catchphrase..."
"It's all about to go A-Ri." I snicker.
Aly can't help but laugh.
"Heyy, it's a good catchphrase." Alex comments.
"You are such a dork."
"My dork." I smile.
"A dork who should finally get the push he deserves now in the business."
"That's true. Good luck to you on that."
"Thank you Windy."
She just smiles a little.
"Anything wrong?" I ask.
"She's worried about my match. I have a title match against Punk and Cena, plus Nexus will be at ringside." Mike answers.
"Nexus? Really? Well that's perfect." I add.
"I know." He sighs.
"At least there's only two of them left. Over the next two weeks all Randy has to do is take them out like he did to McGillicutty Monday and Punk's on his own."
"Right."
"Nothing we can do about the match now though."
"No." Mike nods.
"But like I said to her, before you guys came back...she's going to stay here with you. Only because who knows what Nexus will do."
"Right." I agree.
Aly just makes a face and sighs quietly. Then the door opens again and the stagehand tells me that my match against Eve is coming up soon, and that I have to start getting ready.
"Oooh you're going to have fun." Aly comments, a smile tugging at her lips.
"I always do when it comes to her."
Mike and Alex chuckle.
"I know you do." Aly laughs a little.
"But man, I just sat down...now I got to get back up again."
"At least you have something to do." She points out.
"True...so I'll be back." I say, getting up and grabbing my bag and heading out the door.
"I can't wait for Dolce to get that title and rub it in Eve's face." Aly comments.
"That'll be awesome." Mike laughs.
"Yeah." Alex agrees.
"All that needs to happen after that, is that you get a title and you both become Champions like Mike and I were." Aly points out.
Alex nods and grins.
"That'd be amazing."
"But of course you'd have to be like back on tv or something, who knows when WWE is gonna put you back on live tv."
"Yeah. For now I'm just happy that I'm still here."
"We're all happy you're still here DC."
"Thanks."
I come back a while later, and poke my head in the door.
"Coming with me?" I ask, looking at Alex.
"Sure." He agrees and gets up.
He heads out the door and shuts it, leaving Aly and Mike alone again. She just stays quiet, holding Mike's left hand and playing with his ring.
"You gonna be okay?" He asks quietly.
"...yeah."
"You sure?"
She nods a little.
"Alright, just making sure..."
"I'll be much better once your match is over and I know you're okay."
He nods, and then kisses her quickly.
"I hate waiting." She sighs, still playing with his ring.
"I know..."
"And I hate not having matches of my own to distract me from this stuff."
"You will hopefully soon enough."
She sighs again and leans into him.
"We can hope that my match can go by quicker than normal."
"I hope so."
"But for now I have to settle for trying to distract myself." She adds.
"I think I can help you with that distraction...for now anyway."
She looks up at him. He smirks, and then leans his forehead against hers with his lips lingering near hers in pure torture for her. She stares back at him and lets go of his hand, snaking one of her hands up under his shirt. He jumps slightly and pulls back, removing her hand from under his shirt.
"Cold...no cold hands under the shirt. What have I told you about that?"
She laughs.
"No more cold hands under the shirt...are we clear?"
"Clear." She giggles.
"Good." He says, going back to how he was before with his forehead against hers and his
lips lingering close to hers.
She tries not to laugh and slides her warmer hand up his shirt instead.
"Distracted yet?"
"Uh-uh."
"Good, then my plan is working." He smirks.
"That was uh-uh as in not really."
"Well, my plan is working a bit. Looks like I have to do more don't I?"
"Yup."
"Well, I know just what to do..." He trails off, looking away for a brief moment and then back at her.
He then puts his lips to hers in hopes for a distraction. She kisses back, laughing a little. He snakes his arms around her, and pulls her closer to him. She pulls her hand from his shirt and slides up onto his lap moving her hands to his hair. He smirks, and settles his hands on my hips...starting to deepen the kiss. Her hands drop from his hair and braces against his chest. Alex and I are on our way back from my match, which I had won but I was sore of course and holding my back. We reach the the door and open it, to reveal what you and Mike are doing.
"Whoa! Sorry!" I say, covering my eyes with my other hand.
She breaks the kiss, hiding in Mike's shoulder while laughing silently.
"Should we come back later?"
"No, it's okay." She says through her giggles.
"You sure now?"
"You killed the moment." Mike says, almost pouting.
"I said sorry." I say, walking in and sitting down on the couch.
"Ow...ow...ow..." I add, while sitting down and then put my back against one of the couch pillows.
"You okay?" Aly frowns, twisting in Mike's lap to look at me while Alex gets me an ice bag.
"I'll be fine. My back's just sore...Eve...ow."
"Stupid girl, she'll get what's coming to her." Aly comments.
Alex gives me the bag and sits on the couch, pulling me so I'm laying on him and not putting pressure on my back.
"At least I won the match."
"That's good." Mike says.
"You'd never guess how she won though, this just amazes me..." Alex comments.
"How?"
"She used my finisher...I didn't even teach her how to do it."
"Nice!" Aly laughs.
"It's called closely observing you silly. I picked up on how to do it." I add.
"Still, that's crazy." Alex insists.
"Well hey, I can do Mike's finisher and he didn't teach me that either. I picked up on that too."
"That's how I picked up Jeff's Swanton." Aly admits.
"We just pay close attention...I just decided to use your finisher now."
"Well you surprised me, that's for sure." Alex says.
"I'm full of surprises...you should know that."
"I'll remember that next time." He laughs.
"You be sure to do that." I laugh.
Aly shifts on Mike's lap, getting more comfortable but looking semi-amused.
"You know, if you keep doing that I may end up falling asleep." I mutter, referring to Alex running his fingers through my hair.
"And?" He chuckles.
"Maybe I don't want to fall asleep..."
"You'd be protesting more if you really wanted to stay awake."
"Uh-huh...suuuure."
Alex chuckles again but doesn't stop running his fingers through my hair. I don't end up completely falling asleep, just dozing on and off, fully aware of what's going on around me. Soon there's another knock on the door, this time for Mike. Aly bites her lip and slowly slides off his lap.
"I'll be as careful as can, alright?"
She nods silently.
"I'll see you after the match." He says, kissing her quickly before getting up.
"Love you." She says quietly as she slides his ring onto her thumb.
"Love you too." He adds, grabbing his bag and heading out the door.
She sighs and sinks back into the couch.
"You gonna be alright?" Alex asks.
"I guess."
"I'm sure he'll come back here after the match just fine."
"I know but until I see him myself..." She trails off and then shrugs.
"Right..."
She curls up and lays her head against the arm of the couch, twisting Mike's ring around her
thumb. It was a long wait, but the door opened and in walked Mike, looking sore as can be from the match. Aly shoots up from the couch and carefully wraps herself around him.
"Ow..."
She pulls back.
"Go sit." She says firmly.
He nods, and carefully makes his way over to the couch and sits down, but now without saying 'ow' again.
"Attitude Adjustment by John onto a chair..."
Aly scowls and sits behind Mike, working on his sore spots.
"It's my fault really..."
"Why?"
"I went for a skull crushing finale onto the chair, but he reversed it."
Aly sighs.
"I won though...this was after I won."
"You should know better. I kind of wish you'd been able to pull it off though. He kind of
deserves it."
"He already got one Monday Night right after he escaped the cage..." I mutter, my eyes still closed.
"He deserved that one too."
"Well he and I are on speaking terms now..."
"Doesn't mean I am."
"I know..."
"So excuse me for thinking he deserves a little more for what he's done and what he almost did." Aly says flatly.
"Don't get mad at me, I'm just saying..."
"So am I."
"You know, I'm just gonna go get changed..." I say, opening my eyes and getting up and heading out the door.
She sighs and pats Mike's side.
"You should get changed too."
"Awww."
"You can have more at the hotel if you need it. Now go change."
She gently pushes him and he gets up.
"You too DC..." She points at him.
"Going..." He holds his hands up defensively as he gets off the couch.
Then he and Mike leave and head down to the locker room to go change. Aly flops back into the couch, rubbing her temples. The rest of us were getting changed. Mike got back to the room before Alex and myself, only because after Alex changed he walked down to wait for me. She has her eyes closed and don't notice him. She feels the couch sink in next to her, then feels arms around her. She leans into him silently, still rubbing her temples lightly.
"You just want to head out to the car and wait?"
"Doesn't matter." She mumbles softly.
"You look tired anyway, let's go..."
She nods and moves off the couch once her eyes are open. She hands Mike his ring back.
"Thank you." He smiles, putting it back on his finger.
She smiles a litle as he grabs his bag. Then they both hed out and to the car to wait. It isn't long before Alex and I come out. We get into the car, and then we take the silent ride back to the hotel. We get out and Aly gently tugs me back to walk with her.
"Listen, I'm sorry about snapping earlier." She says quietly.
"It's okay, I know you're still peeved about what John did...it's understandable."
She hugs me.
"I shouldn't have lashed at you though and I apologize for that. You know how hard it is for me to control my temper sometimes."
"I know, don't worry...no hard feelings."
"Good." She gives a small sigh and then rubs her forehead.
"You know that I could never be mad at you like that."
"I still felt an apology was best." She shrugs a little as we wait with our men for the elevator.
"Well that's what we do, apologize when we need to or not."
"True."
The elevator dings, and we all walk inside and push the button for our floor. The doors closes and we start heading up. Once on our floor we walk out and down to our rooms.
"Night guys." Mike says to me and Alex, Aly gives a small wave.
"Night." I reply, and we all head into our rooms.