It's Wednesday, and we're back in LA. For the 2nd night in a row I couldn't sleep, due to worrying about Alex still. I start shifting a lot as I lay in bed and try to go to sleep, but I still can't. I decide to get out of bed and carefully slide out of Alex's arms. I get up, put on a light robe and walk out of the bedroom, wandering into the kitchen. Aly's sitting at the table in her nightgown and a robe of her own, eating some sherbert. She looks up and waves a little with one hand. I wave back and then get a glass from the cabinet, going into the fridge and pouring water into it. I close the fridge door, and lean against the counter drinking the water.
"Can't sleep?" Aly asks.
"Not at all. I'm lucky if I even slept for an hour."
"Yeah that was me after Wrestlemania."
"Not to mention the numerous nightmares."
"Yup, been there done that. Had a few tonight actually. Tried to go back to sleep but then I
had a craving."
"I hate nights like these. Well mornings technically, since it is after midnight."
"Yeah."
"Hopefully our dress fittings today will take my mind off of everything."
"We get to see Ethan." Aly points out, an amused smile forming.
"Oh he'll be happy to see us that's for sure." I laugh.
"I love Ethan, he's hilarious."
"You gonna tell him about the baby news? I mean you'll be coming in a lot for fittings."
"Yeah, I'll have to. We don't want to take in the dress too much and have it not fit once I start
gaining weight."
"He's gonna be so happy and excited when he hears the news."
"Yeah." She laughs and nods.
"Well, I'm gonna attempt to get as much sleep as I can." I say, placing the now empty glass in the sink.
Aly gets up from the table with her empty bowl.
"I should be getting back to bed myself before Mike notices he's cuddling with a pillow and
not me."
"That's so funny to picture." I laugh.
"It's even funnier to see."
"I bet it is."
"Well good luck with getting some sleep. Try thinking of your wedding instead, give yourself the happy thoughts."
"Right, I'll try that." I nod.
"Night Dolce." She smiles, setting her bowl in the sink before going back to her bedroom.
"Night." I say back, heading back to the bedroom as well.
Before we know it, it's morning and neither of us are wanting to get up as we try to hide from the sun. As I try to hide, Alex shifts but he ends up taking me with him since his arm was tightly around me. In other words, he was being grabby in his sleep again. I wiggle, trying to get him to looses his grip.
"...you're not going anywhere..." He says, with his eyes still closed.
"Let goooo...the sun's too brightttt..." I whine.
"Hide your face in my shoulder like you always do."
"...okay." I do so and surprisingly it works.
"See? It works."
"Mmhmm..."
"But...I'm extremely...tired." I mumble.
"Get some sleep then. I'll wake you up in a while. I know you have your fitting."
"I've been trying...even all night."
Alex sighs, running his hand up and down my back.
"I got up out of bed like after midnight."
"I thought something was off."
"You were awake?"
"Not really, I thought I felt something but I fell back asleep."
"Oh, well Aly was up too. Before I came back, she told me to try thinking of the wedding, to
give me the happy thoughts. It worked in the beginning, but it changed abruptly into a nightmare."
"I'm sorry to hear that." He sighs.
"And by nightmare, I mean the whole pipe incident again."
"Yeah."
"Not to mention I was up all night worrying about you."
"Well I'm okay. No strange new symptoms."
"I can see that."
"Well now that you know I'm okay, maybe you can sleep better."
"Hopefully."
"Try it, I'll wake you up when its time for you to get ready."
I just nod and lay there with my eyes closed, and before I know it, I am sleeping. Meanwhile
Aly presses her face into Mike's chest, trying to hide from the sunlight.
"Go...away sun..." She mumbles.
"Too...bright." She feels Mike's body shake as he chuckles.
"It just happens to be one of those really bright and sunny days I guess." He adds.
"Well I don't like it." She grumbles.
"I can tell." He chuckles.
"Well I had issues sleeping. I woke up a couple times from dreams. Then your child woke
me up wanting sherbert."
"That's where you were. I knew I wasn't cuddling with you last night."
"Yup."
"And you were cuddling with the pillow, when I walked back in." She laughs.
"It was cute." She adds, giggling.
"You always think that."
"Well it's true."
"Of course."
Mike shifts her over and moves to lay his head by her stomach, rubbing gently with one hand.
"That's your new hobby?" She asks him.
"Yes it is." He grins.
She runs her fingers through his hair.
"I'll start getting a bump soon...a couple weeks."
"Really. A couple weeks huh?"
"Uh-huh."
"But still not enough for other people to notice right?"
"No, not really."
"Well I'll still know. That's all that matters."
"Right." She smiles.
"Which means this...will never stop." He says, referring to him rubbing her stomach.
"In private for the next couple weeks at least anyway. I want to wait until like 9 weeks or so
before we tell people. After that, you can rub all you want."
"I know, I know."
"I know you're dying to tell people, I am too. I just want to get past the first appointment and
make sure everything is going okay before we let people know."
"Right, that's understandable."
"Plus then we'll have ultrasound pictures to show off."
"Right, that too." He nods, grinning.
"You are going to post something on twitter the second I tell you you can, aren't you."
"Maybe..."
"Yes you are."
"You don't know that yet."
"I know you."
"If you don't do something on twitter, I'm guessing you'll do something else big."
"You'll have to wait and see."
"Right."
"You don't know all my secrets." He chuckles.
"No...just like I still have no idea where we're going for our honeymoon."
"That's right. And it will stay a secret until then."
"Darn."
"You'll love it...like I told you before."
"I know. I'm excited for it though."
"Good. You should be."
"Well duh."
"Love you."
"Love you too."
"I have so much traveling to do today. After the game tonight, I have to leave."
"What for?"
"I got a signing tomorrow. First I have a five hour flight to Newark, then an hour drive into
New York City."
"That sucks..."
"And I want you to stay here while I'm gone."
"But-" She starts to say but he cuts her off by moving off her stomach and putting a finger to her lips.
"I can't have you doing the extra flying."
"Shh." Mike continues as she tries to talk again.
"I want you and the baby to be safe and putting yourself through extra flights and things like that isn't being safe."
She gives a quiet sigh and closes her eyes.
"I will meet you in Seattle Sunday for the Pay-Per-View."
She nods a little. He smiles and moves his finger, replacing it with his lips. She startles a little, not expecting it but then she settles and returns the kiss. She lays one hand on his chest and reaches up with the other to hold his neck. He then moves his hands to rest on her sides. The kiss heats up and gets deeper and her grip tightens. She wraps her arms around his neck, and pulls him down closer. She feels him chuckle as she shivers as one of his hands moves up and down her side. Since he made her shiver, she brings her nails to his neck and drags them down it. He growls. She smirks in triumph, and decides to do it again for good measure. He growls again and pulls his mouth away.
"You started it." She tells him before he can say anything.
"I know, but must you do that?"
"Yes." She giggles.
"You drive me crazy..."
"You drive me crazy too."
"Only because I'm crazy in love with you."
"I'm crazy for you too." She smiles and brushes her lips against his.
"So another dress fitting today ?" He asks, after pulling away.
"Yeah. Should be interesting."
"I'm gonna be having a lot of them now." You add.
"Wha-ohhhh right, because of the baby."
"Yup. Gotta make sure the dress fits as I start gaining weight."
"We're gonna be making a lot of trips back here for those." She adds.
"Right." He nods.
"But that's a lot of traveling." He points out.
"Well there'd only need to be like 3 maybe 4 more fittings after this..."
"That's still al lot of traveling..depending on where we are."
"Not much I can do about it..."
"I know, but can't blame me for being concerned."
"No...I'm wary myself but at the same time I want to be sure that my dress will fit."
"Right. That's important."
She sighs and nods. He moves and lays back dow in his spot next to her. She rolls onto her
side and snuggles into him. After laying there for a while, she did drift back off to sleep, since she was up late last night. A few hours pass and the guys wake us up so we have time to get ready.
"And no you can't come..." I laugh, sitting on the edge of the bed and putting on my shoes.
"Darn." Alex pouts.
"I shouldn't be too long."
"Okay."
"I only say that because I have this feeling that you're gonna be awfully affectionate today."
"Maaaaaaaybe." He grins.
"That 'maybe' sounds suspicious." I laugh.
He whistles innocently.
"You can't fool me you know." I say, turning to look at him.
"Me fool you? Whatever for?"
"You're sitting there whistling all innocently..."
"Love you." He grins.
"Love you too."
I step over and kiss him gently.
"Don't miss me too much." I say, after I pull away.
"I'll try not to." Alex chuckles.
I kiss him again, before getting up and leaving the room. Aly's standing in the hall, trying to get Mike to let go.
"Babe, you have to let go now."
"Awwwww."
"You can be touchy feely affectionate when I get back."
"Don't take too long."
"We'll be as quick as possible, I promise."
"Okay, I'll see you soon then."
She kisses him quickly, holding onto his hands so he doesn't grab ahold of her again.
"Love you."
"Love you too." He grins.
She lets go of his hands and turns around to find me waiting for her with amusement
written all over my face.
"We can go now."
"You sure now?" I grin.
"As long as grabby back here keeps his hands to himself, yes."
"Mike..." I say, looking at him.
"Alright alright." He pouts.
"Alright, I see we can go now."
She turns and gives him one last short kiss and then follows me as we head out. Since she has the keys to the car, she gets into the driver's side and I get into the passenger side. From there we make our way to the dress store. We park and go in. Ethan spots us from behind the counter and comes out, beaming.
"Well look who it is! Hello hello!" He says happily, hugging both of us.
"Hi Ethan." We say, with amused looks on our faces.
"Your dresses are waiting for you. Are you two excited?"
We smile and nod, following him to the fitting rooms.
"Now which one of you would like to go first?"
"I will." I answer.
Aly sits on the bench running along the wall across from the room and wait as I get into my dress. After I get into it, I walk out.
"It looks amazing." She smiles widely.
"And it still fits perfectly." I add.
"That's great. You look beautiful. I know I've said this before but Alex is so going to die when he sees you in that dress."
"It's coming up fast, that's for sure. This month is almost over."
"The clock is ticking." She giggles.
"It is, but I can't be more excited."
"I can see it on your face." She smiles.
"So can I." Ethan adds.
I give a bright smile, looking at myself in the mirror.
"The year has just flown by..."
"Yeah." Aly agrees.
After looking in the mirror, I go back in to get out of the dress and into my regular clothes.
"Your turn." I say, walking out.
Aly stands up and turns to Ethan.
"Okay there is something that you should know but you absolutely have to keep quiet about this."
"You have my word." He nods.
"I'm pregnant." She says somewhat sheepishly.
"You are?" He says excitedly.
She nods, giggling.
"Ohhhh congratulations."
"Thank you. I'm not very far along so not many people know but I figured it was best you and
the ladies with alteration knew because of the whole weight gain issue."
"Oh of course."
"But let's do this and see how it is." She remarks as she steps into the room.
Ethan and I wait outside the room, with me sitting down where she was. The curtain gets pulled aside and she's standing there, moving a little and looking in the mirror.
"So how does it fit right now?"
"It's alright. Loose in here." She says, motioning to torso from the waist up.
"But that's a good thing considering I'll be filling out that space in the next 2 months or so."
"Right." I nod.
"Other than that it's great."
"But I'll definitely be in a few more times as I start gaining all that weight." She adds.
"Of course." Ethan replies.
She keeps looking in the mirror and chewing her lip, not looking super thrilled at the thought of gaining weight.
"You don't have to worry about gaining all that weight you know. I know that's what you look
worried about right now." I comment.
"I can't help it, I'm gonna be huge." She sighs.
"It doesn't last forever."
She just shakes her head and goes to change into her regular clothes. After changing, she walks back out to us.
"Oh honey, don't worry about the weight. You're going to look beautiful with that baby belly."
Ethan tells her after seeing the brooding look still on her face.
"And I know Mike thinks the same thing." I add.
"Can we just go home now?"
"Yeah, we can go."
Ethan hugs the both of us and we leave the store. We get back into the car, and make our way back to Mike's place. We walk inside and find the boys playing video games. Aly keeps walking and shuts herself in the bedroom. I sigh before walking over and sitting down on the couch next to Alex. Alex pauses the game and leans over to kiss me.
"Hey you, how'd it go?"
"It went fine for me, but not too well for Aly. She started having those mood swings."
"Uh-oh."
"Yeah..."
"What happened?" Mike asks with a frown.
"She was fine when she went in to put the dress on. Then her facial expression changed
after she mentioned about the weight that she's gonna be gaining. Since then...bad mood."
"I told her this morning I didn't care that she was going to gain weight, she's still going to be beautiful to me." Mike sighs.
"I know she understands that, but it's the mood swings. You're gonna be dealing with a lot."
Mike sighs again and nods.
"She's in the bedroom right now, but it's up to you if you wanna go in there or not."
He looks in that direction, debating. After debating for a while, he gets up and heads in the direction of the bedroom. He stops in front of the door, and turns the knob, walking in. Mike sees a lump under the blankets and pillows and hears faint sniffles.
"Lyssa?" He calls out, closing the door behind him.
'Go 'way.' is the muffled response from under the covers.
"I know what's wrong."
She sniffles and doesn't reply. He frowns but walks over, sitting down on the edge of the bed.
"I told you this morning Lyssa, and I will continue to say it. I don't care that you're gonna gain weight, because you're still going to be beautiful to me."
"But I'm gonna be freaking huge." She mumbles.
"That doesn't matter, like I said...you'll still be beautiful to me."
She gives another sniffle and Mike starts to move the pillows and blanket.
"Look at me." He says after moving the pillow.
She wipes her face a little and peers up at him with watery eyes.
"I love you, no matter how you look."
She sits up and throws herself into his arms, burying her face in his chest. He leans his head on top of hers, and starts to rub her back soothingly. After a minute or so, she sits back up and wipes her eyes.
"Stupid hormones." She sniffles.
"I know. But we'll get through them...together."
She nods and he presses his lips to her forehead.
"I'm always here to help you feel better, remember that."
She kisses the corner of his mouth.
"I love you." She says simply.
"Love you too."
"Now let's go out by Dolce and Alex." She says, starting to pull out of his arms.
He nods and gets up, grabbing her hand as she gets up, and then they head back out to the living room.
"Sorry for being moody. Blame the hormones." She remarks, hugging me from behind as
she walks behind the couch.
"It's okay. I already knew it was those hormones going crazy."
"Right...and you, you're getting a hug just because." She tells Alex and gives him a hug too.
"I can never turn down a hug from you." He grins.
"Aww I feel special."
"That's because you are." Mike states.
"Awwww."
Then she follows Mike around the couch, and after he sits back down, she sits down next to him. She curls up against his side, her legs in his lap. We all set up a four player game and have soe fun before we have to leave for the game.
"Ohhhh I'm gonna beat all of you!" I laugh.
"Yeah right!" Mike retorts.
"Bring it on...Greg." I snicker.
"Oh it's so on." He says.
I drive my character along, and I'm catching up to Mike. Then all of a sudden I move and I
zoom past him.
"Ohhh what now?"
Out of nowhere both of our characters get hit and spin out. Aly's character flies past.
"Haha! Losers!" She laughs.
"Heyyyy, not cool!" I say.
"Wah wah wahhhh." She snickers.
Then Alex starts catching up to me.
"Oh no you don't..."
"I'm gonna get you..." He says.
"Oh yeah?" I say, suddenly hitting one of the things and getting the banana peel.
"Now you're in trouble."
"Crap." He complains after hitting it and spinning out.
"Sorry haha."
"Love you too." Alex says dryly.
"Aww, is someone upset that he's losing?" I say in a little voice.
"Be quiet."
"Make me."
Alex just hits me with a turtle shell and zooms away, snickering.
"Not cool dude!"
"I love you baby." He laughs.
It came down to the last lap and Aly was still in the lead, followed by Mike and Alex, and I'm still in last.
"Woooo, I win." She laughs.
"I almost beat you though." Mike adds.
"But you didn't." She pats his cheek.
"Rematch...just you and me."
"I'm down." She smirks.
"You two have fun with that, I think I'm gonna go outside." I laugh, getting up from the couch.
"Me too." Alex agrees, following me.
They start a new game, and then Alex and I step outside. Alex slides his arms around me.
"I guess I was right about the whole 'being affectionate' thing."
"Yup."
"I can't complain though."
"Of course not 'cause you love me." He smiles and kisses the top of my head.
"Indeed I do, always will."
"I'll always love you too."
"Aly says you're gonna like die when you see me in the dress next month." I laugh.
"Is that so."
"Uh-huh, that's what she said."
"She could be right. I know you're going to be gorgeous."
"The closer the day gets, the excitement increases."
"Yeah. I'm ready for this."
"I know you are." I nod.
"Ready to have a new last name?"
"Of course I'm ready to have a new last name."
"Good." He smiles.
"And technically it'll be two last names...one for on tv and anything to do with WWE, and the
other for anything outside that."
"True."
"But they sound the same...just different first letters."
"Again, true."
"But regardless, I am so ready for this."
"Me too. I can't wait to call you my wife."
"And I can't wait to call you my husband. You have no idea how long I've waited for this."
Alex smiles and squeezes me gently. I turn around in his arms and wrap mine around his neck, leaning my forehead against his as I look into his eyes.
"I love you." Alex says quietly.
"And as I always say...I love you too."
He leans in and presses his lips to mine. He wraps his arms around me tighter, as he pulls me closer. I tighten my arms a little. Then he starts walking, which makes me walk backwards. We keep walking, until I end up bumping into the table.
"Ow." I say, pulling away.
"Oops sorry." He says, picking me up and setting me on the edge of the table.
"It's okay. That just hurt a little bit."
"You okay?"
"I'm fine, don't worry."
"It's my job." He smiles lopsidedly before kissing me again.
I let out a sigh of content, and rest one hand on the back of his neck, while the other is resting on his shoulder. He deepens the kiss, holding my face in his hands. My grip on him tightens, with my fingers digging into his shoulder. After a minute or so he releases my lips and trails kisses along my jaw and then down my neck.
"Remember...baseball game later, so no marks." I point out.
"Mmhmm..." He mumbles.
"I'm being serious you know." I say, sensing that he'll leave marks regardless.
"Aww come on." Alex mumbles.
"I don't want to go out in public, especially a baseball game looking like that."
"Not even a little one?"
"...you better make sure it's coverable..."
"I will." He agrees, trailing his lips down to a spot that would be mostly covered by my shirt.
I let my head fall forward so it leans against his shoulder, and I turn it so my face is in his neck. And at the same time, I pull him as close as he could possibly be. He works on the spot until he's satisfied before moving back up. He starts moving back to my lips, so I pick my head up off of his shoulder. I keep him pulled close to me as we go on for a little bit longer, before pulling away.
"Love you."
"Love you too."
Aly laughs as Mike gives up on the game once she beats him again.
"Aw, tired of me winning?" She giggles.
"You cheat." He pouts jokingly.
"Nope. I'm just that good." She pats his cheek.
"No one's THAT good at MarioKart."
She starts to retort but gets distracted as she realizes he's rubbing her stomach again.
"Better get used to this." He grins.
She laughs a little and smiles.
"Mister touchy feely." She teases.
"You got that right."
"I can't say I mind."
"Of course not. But hey, wanna go out to get something to eat, before we head to the game?"
"Yeah, sounds good." She agrees, leaning in and giving him a kiss.
"I'll go round up the two lovebirds out there." Mike laughs, after pulling away and motioning
to outside.
"Okay." She laughs.
He gets up and goes over to the sliding door, opening it up.
"Hey lovebirds let's go. We're grabbing something to eat before we head to the game."
"Alright." I reply, gently pushing Alex back enough for me to hop off the table.
Mike just looks at us weirdly, before turning and walking back over to Aly. Alex and I come inside.
"And lovebirds Mike? Have you seen you and Aly? You're the ones with a baby on the way." I
say.
"For now. You won't be saying that when it happens to you two."
"Well that won't be for a while." I shrug.
"Still..."
"Come on you two. I'm hungry and you don't keep a pregnant woman from her food." Aly
interjects.
"She's ready, let's go." I nod.
We get anything we need and go out to find a restaurant. Once we find a place, we park and
head inside, being seated and look over the menus. We order and talk while waiting for our food. The food comes a bit later and we eat, occasionally talking. We finish and pay before leaving for the game. When we get there, we head inside the stadium. We go in and up onto the field by the bullpen. We got to check out the field, seeing as no one really has shown up yet.
"This is neat." Aly says, looking around while holding onto Mike's hand.
"And I'll be on that pitcher's mound to throw the first pitch. In front of everyone." Mike
comments.
"You'll be fine." Aly assures him and squeezes his hand.
"Yeah, you'll do awesome out there tonight." I agree.
Mike relaxes a little and we continue looking around. As time goes on, people start filling up in the seats, and the players start to show up for practice before the game starts. Me, Alex and Aly go take our seats. We watch as Mike does some interviews and takes some pictures and whatnot as the seats start filling up more with people. Aly takes some pictures with her phone while we wait for the first pitch to come up. After a while, the field is cleared of the practice stuff and Mike is waiting by the pitcher's mound with the ball and glove.
"The first pitch will be thrown tonight by a man that you see every Monday Night in the ring, on one of cable television's most watched and longest running primetime series. He is the must see star of WWE Monday Night Raw, and he will be the first to tell you that he is
awesome."
The three of us whistle and clap. We look up at the big tron to see Mike being the dork he always is.
"Welcome to the mound WWE Superstar, The Miz."
Mike's music plays throughout the stadium, as we watch him walk to the mound and we hear the mix of boos and cheers coming from the crowd.
"There's always haters." Aly shrugs.
We watch as he steps up onto the mound, and gets ready. He pitches the ball and then does a little victory move thing.
"That was awesome. Thanks Miz."
"I told him he'd do fine." Aly says amusedly.
I laugh and agree. After talking with a few of the players and whatnot, he walked over and joined us in the crowd.
"Told you." Aly smiles as he sits and leans over to her for a chaste kiss.
"I know." He smiles back.
We enjoy the game and during one of the breaks, the Kiss Cam comes on the big screen. There's a lot of laughing and cheering and clapping as it starts to show different couples. Then it lands on me and Alex.
"Oh jeez." I laugh.
Alex grins and pulls me into a kiss. We pull away a minute before the screen changed, moving onto other couples. We watch in amusement as the couples kiss shyly. The final two people that it happens to land on are Mike and Aly. She puts her hand over her eyes and laughs. There's some cheering and clapping, and Mike removes her hand, holding it as he leans in and kisses her. She kisses back and they don't break away until after the kiss cam goes off. Then it's back to enjoying the game. After a few hours, the game ended and we waited a while for the place to clear before getting up ourselves and heading back to the car. Aly falls quiet as we walk along, knowing that we'll be going to the airport to drop off Mike. We pile into the car, and it's a quiet ride to the airport. When we reach it, Mike parks and gets out to get his things from the trunk. Aly gets out as well and follows him to the back of the car, still quiet because he's leaving.
She stands there with her arms wrapped around herself, looking at the ground as her eyes
start to fill up with tears. He closes the trunk and turns to look at her. He sees how upset she looks, and he walks over wrapping his arms around her.
"I'll call you when I land in Newark."
She nods and sniffles, as she holds him tightly and presses her face into his shoulder.
"Then when I get to New York City, I'll call you then too. Then when I'm in Seattle, I'll call again."
She nods and he feels his shoulder start to get wet as her tears spill over.
"It'll be okay. The rest of the week will fly on by. Before you know it, it'll be Sunday and you'll be in Seattle with me."
"...I don't want you to go..." She mumbles quietly into his shoulder.
"I know, I don't want to go either...but I have to."
She pulls away from him a little, sniffling while tears keep sliding down her cheeks.
"I'll see you Sunday, okay?" He says, holding her face in his hands.
She nods silently. He then wipes away her tears, before leaning in and kissing her. She
kisses back as hard as she can until he pulls away.
"Love you."
"...love you too."
He hugs her one last time, before grabbing his things and walking towards the aiport entrance. She sniffles and slides into the driver's seat to drive us back to the condo. The ride back was quiet, and when we finally made it back, Aly had decided to just go right into the bedroom.
"Poor Aly." I sigh.
"I hope she'll be okay."
"I think she will be but you know this is the first time they've been apart for more than hours since they met."
"I know, ever since then they've been inseperable."
I nod in agreement as Alex and I head to our bedroom. After walking into the room, I sit on the edge of the bed and take off my shoes. Then I fall back and stare at the ceiling.
"Such a long day..."
"Yeah, but we have the next few days to relax." Alex points out, taking off his shoes too.
"Yeah that's true."
I lay on the bed for a minute or two longer and then get up to change. After I do so, I slide into bed with Alex.
"Night love." He says, after kissing me gently.
"Night."