It's our last full day in the Bahamas and Aly's gotten up before Mike and gone down to the beach, laying out on her towel. Since it was kind of early still, there was barely anyone on the beach besides her, so it was pretty quiet and relaxing for now. She relaxes and tans, listening to the waves. After tanning for a while she gets up and walks down to the water, walking into it. She cools off for a bit and then goes back to lay on the towel and reads a book. After a while she hears her phone ring in her bag, so she digs through it until she pulls out her phone.
"Hello?"
"I see youuuuu." Mike sings on the other line.
She looks up and sees him on the balcony.
"You're such a dork." She laughs.
"Indeed I am." He chuckles.
"Are you coming out or not?"
"Do you want me to?"
"Up to you." She shrugs.
"Well I do have a great view from here..."
"Cheeseball."
"Love you too."
She giggles and blows a kiss at him.
"I'll be down there in a few."
"Alright. Love you."
"Love you too." He repeats, hanging up and disappearing back inside.
She puts her phone back into her bag and returns to her reading. After a while he shows up on the beach, and she feels a kiss on her shoulder.
"Mmm...morning babe."
"Morning."
He sits beside her and she smiles as he immediately reaches to rub her stomach lightly.
"It's our last day here..."
"I know..." She sighs.
"But we have all day to do what we want until tonight. Only because tonight we're going to dinner."
"Ooh sounds good."
"We're all going out together. You, me, Carly and Alex. Last night here before we leave tomorrow."
"Sounds like a good night to me." She smiles.
"It will indeed be a good night."
She leans over and kisses his cheek.
"This has been an amazing vacation. Thank you."
"You're welcome." He smiles.
"How're you feeling today?" He adds, asking.
"I feel good." She replies, putting her hand over his on her belly.
"Well that's good. Always got to make sure you're feeling alright."
"I know you do." She kisses the corner of his lips.
"So any ideas on what you want to do today?"
"Well we could hit the water park again, that was fun the other day. I know there's a spa here...um, there's the marine exhibits that we didn't see..." She ticks off the activities on her fingers.
"And I know you and Alex are dying to go golfing."
"True...well how about we go to the waterpark first, then you and Carly can go to the spa while Alex and I go golfing?"
"Sure." She agrees.
"Then we'll meet back at our rooms and we'll all go to dinner."
"Sounds like a plan."
"It's gonna be a fun day."
"Yes it is."
While she and Mike hang out at the beach, I wake up to breath on my neck. I blink a few times to wake up more, and I look over to see Alex's head on my shoulder facing my neck and his arm was secure around me so I couldn't move at all. I look amused. I try to at least wiggle out of his grip, but that causes him to grab me tighter.
"...quit...moving..." He mumbles, his voice rough from sleep.
"You sneak...you're not sleeping."
"I was until you started moving."
"Well I'm sorry...I like to move around and stretch after I wake up."
Alex mumbles incoherently, snuggling closer to me. I just laugh quietly, and lay my head on his. I let him lay ther peacefully for a little while before nudging him awake again.
"Noooo..." He groans.
"Come on. It's our last day here and I don't want to waste it in the hotel room."
"Just a few more minutes..." He mumbles.
"Nope, you've laid here long enough."
He sighs and lets me go, rolling over and then sitting up, swinging his legs over the side of the bed. I smirk and reach out, trailing one finger down his spine. He shivers and twitches a bit, before turning around to look at me.
"Heyyyy..."
"What?" I ask innocently.
"I know that was you." He states, and I giggle.
"Don't make me get you for doing that..." He adds.
"Maybe later. It's time to go out and do something." I say, sliding out of bed.
"Oh so you can do that to me, but I can't do anything to you..."
"Because you tend to not want to stop." I laugh.
"And besides, that can be saved for later." I add.
He reluctantly agrees. I go through my things for clothes, a swimsuit and everything before going into the bathroom to change. Alex changes too and sits down to wait for me. After some time I come out, all ready to head out. Alex gets up.
"One thing before we go." He says.
"What?" I ask.
He leans down and kisses me. It seems like he's not gonna stop...as he tends to do a lot. So I pull away slowly and lean my head against his.
"Had to get one before we left." He chuckles.
"And like I said...you tend to not want to stop. So I had to stop for you."
"Can't help it."
"Of course you can't."
"Alright time to go now." I add.
We grab what we would need, before heading out the door. We stop off somewhere for breakfast first, before heading to where the dolphins are. After eating we head to the dolphin place and we walk in, and we're handed wetsuits and everything. We go through an orientation before we get to put them on, and when we're all set, we're led out to the pools where we already see people out in the water with the dolphins. Over the next half hour we get to play around with the dolphins, doing tricks and what not. At one point Alex and I get to rest on a boogie board and the dolphins push us all the way across the pool pushing on our feet. We stick around for a bit longer, until we have to leave to let the next group of people to come in. We go back and put our dry clothes on, before returning the wetsuits and leave.
"So what's on the agenda now?" I ask Alex as the two of us walk along.
"Well we could go to the waterpark or we could go to the Marine Habitat."
"Hmm...both sound good..."
Then my phone starts buzzing, and I take it out of my bag looking at the text. I see that it's a text from Aly and she wants us to join her and Mike at the waterpark before she and I head to the spa later while the guys go golfing.
"Guess that makes my decision for me." I laugh, after showing it to Alex.
"Guess so." He laughs too.
"Well let's go then."
We walk to the waterpark and search around for Mike and Aly.
"Oh there they are." I say as I spot them, then we make our way over.
"Hey, what's up?" Mike greets us.
"Oh nothing, Aly just wanted us to join you guys since we're all doing our own thing later." I say, walking over and sitting down next to Aly.
"Ah, right."
"So how was your morning?" I ask her.
"Good, we spent some time on the beach. Yours?"
"Same. We went to Dolphin Cay."
"Oooh how was that?"
"Very fun actually." I reply.
"I think he got a little jealous because I kissed one of the dolphins." I add, whispering as I motion to Alex and laugh.
"He would." She laughs.
"I would what?" He asks.
"Nothing." I reply, and we giggle secretly.
"Oh by the way, you don't know this but I'm finally starting to show. Never got the chance to tell you yet because we've all been having our fun this week." She adds.
"Aww really?" I ask excitedly.
"Uh-huh." She smiles, moving the towel that she was holding so I can see.
"Awwww."
"Mike's like in love with touching it, I can only imagine how touchy he's going to be when I get bigger." She laughs.
"You're gonna feel like a genie haha."
"No kidding." She giggles.
"Just wait until it happens to you." She adds.
"That won't be for a while but I'm sure that'll be true."
"Just a few weeks Dolce and then a few weeks or so after that you'll be finding out. I know you're not making it any easier for him to control himself."
I shake my head and she laughs.
"And you know, when it does happen to you...you're gonna have to give that title up."
"That's gonna suck." I sigh.
"But hey look on the brightside, you've had it since April. That's a long time."
"Yeah, that's true."
"You still have some time before that happens though.
"Yeah. I mean if I have to give it up, I can do that. That is if I can't compete to actually lose it.
"I don't know if Stephanie and the corporate guys would let you."
"It's up to the doctor really. They determine if it'll be safe or not. But I don't have to worry about it now. Worry about it when it happens."
"Right."
"The wedding is getting closer and I'm excited. Just have to get one more fitting for the dress, before the next few weeks are up."
"I know. I'm excited for you."
"I didn't think that all those months would go by this fast."
"Time flies when you're busy."
"And then your wedding is next month."
A smile spreads across her face.
"Yeah."
"I can't wait for that."
"Super excited." She giggles.
"I can tell."
She beams, rubbing her stomach.
"Carebear...let's go." Alex says, motioning to the slides and what not.
"Alright." I agree.
I get up and take off my shorts and shirt, before following him.
"Have fun for me!" Aly calls.
"I will!" I call back.
"They need to make fun slides and stuff that pregnant women can go on." She pouts.
"Hey, there's still other things we can do." Mike reassures her.
"To the lazy river!" She points.
He chuckles and gets up, and they both head to the lazy river. They grab a double inner tube and get comfortable, cuddling as best they can.
"Do we have to go home?" She mumbles as they drift along in the sun.
"Well not home technically, but yes we have to leave tomorrow for Richmond."
"Awwww. But I like it here."
"I know, but we have the show Monday Night."
"Boooo."
"This upcoming week is gonna be busy though."
"Really? I know you have the game thing in LA..."
"Yeah I know of that, but sometimes things just pop up."
"Hm...yeah. Dolce and I have a dress fitting too."
"Luckily for her, it's her last." She adds.
"I still have like 2 more." She makes a face.
"Well that's not bad."
"You try standing there and being prodded by people."
"It'll all be worth it in the end."
"True.."
"I know you'll look amazing."
"You always think so."
"Because it's true."
"Lover boy." She pats his cheek.
"Of course I am." He grins.
"I know, we have definite proof of that now."
"Yes we do."
He lays his hand on her stomach and she puts her hand on top of his.
"And I couldn't be any happier." He adds.
"Me either." She agrees, leaning over for a kiss.
He leans over the rest of the way and kisses her, then pulls away smiling.
"I love you."
"Love you too."
They fall quiet and keep drifting, their hands still laying on her belly. In the meantime Alex and I are at the top of one of the waterslides, after going on a couple before.
"Oh no, you're going first." I say.
"Alright, but you better not chicken out."
"I won't, don't worry."
Alex kisses me quickly before stepping up for his turn.
"I'll meet you at the bottom." I say, and he nods.
After a few seconds, he went down the slide and I had to wait a bit before stepping up for my turn. I chew my lip nervously as I step in. After everything was set, I stepped up still chewing my lip nervously. After I sat down on the top of the slide, I took a deep breath before sliding forward and then going down the slide. Alex is waiting for me off to the side when I come out the bottom. I stand up in the pool and find him, walking over to him.
"See? Told you I wouldn't chicken out."
"I know but you were looking a little freaked out up there." He chuckles.
"Well I still have the fear of heights, but hey I overcame that fear just now didn't I?"
"Yes you did." He kisses my forehead.
"To the next slide."
"Right." Alex agrees.
As we're walking to the next slide, we spot Mike and Aly drfiting along the lazy river. As they come in our direction we wave. Mike notices and nudges her so she looks up and then they both wave back. Then they pass us, and we continue on our way. The two of us get to the next slide and wait patiently in line, cuddling together while waiting. When it's our turn, we walk up and like the last slide, we go down individually. After we're both at the bottom of the slide, we decide to go back to where we all were sitting and relax for a while. We lay on the chairs and relax. Not too long after, Aly and Mike walk back after leaving the lazy river.
"Have fun?" I ask.
"Yup, you?"
"Loads of fun."
"Wish I was able to go on those slides. They look like a lot of fun."
"Which is why I had all the fun I could for you."
"Thanks." She laughs.
"You're welcome."
We all lay there for a little while before Mike looks at the time.
"We should go." He comments.
I put my clothes back on over my swimsuit, and put my flip flops back on. We grab everything we had brought with us, before following Mike out of the waterpark. They guys walk us over to the spa.
"Alright we all have a few hours or so before dinner. You two are gonna be here while we're golfing."
We both nod.
"And don't worry about paying for this or anything..."
We narrow our eyes.
"You two called ahead, didn't you."
"Yes, yes we did."
"Sneaks."
"Well we wanted to do something for you since it's our last day here."
"Awww."
"We'll just meet you back at the rooms."
"Okay." We agree.
We kiss them quickly, before heading inside the spa and they walk off to golf. We get checked in and start everything. After a while we're laying on the massage tables, half asleep.
"Oh my god this feels so good." Aly mumbles, sighing.
"Totally."
"Great way to end the week too."
"Yeah, for sure."
"You know they spoil us far too much, but in the end they always say we deserve it."
"Yeah...and you know Mike is only going to get worse."
"Oh yeah." I laugh.
"Its very sweet though."
"I know. We're both lucky to be where we are now. If it wasn't for me last year, we wouldn't be here right now."
"Oh I know. Thank you."
"You're very welcome." I smile.
"Its crazy how much has changed."
"I know right?"
"I'm glad it has though, I'm so much happier with my life right now."
"I think you'll be even more happy when your wedding gets here in a few weeks."
I smile and then nod in agreement.
"You're lucky you only have one more dress fitting."
"How many do you have left?"
"Like 2."
"But it's gonna be worth it to see Mike's face next month."
"True."
"And speaking of weddings, I still have one seat open for mine. That was supposed to be for John but...idk if I can trust him. I mean I know everything is done between him and Alex...but it's that trust factor you know?"
"Yeah. You can do what you feel is right but I'm done with him. He did too much for me to just let it go and be buddy-buddy again."
"I know."
"Oh, did you invite Chris?"
"Of course I did. I wouldn't leave him out."
"Just making sure."
"It's gonna be such a fun day."
"Mmhmm."
"Gonna have to get used to the new last name after then."
"Yeah. It takes a little getting used to, trust me."
"You only have one last name though. I'll have techincally have two." I laugh.
"Good point. You have an on-screen one and an off-screen one." She laughs too.
"Exactly."
"Good luck with that." She giggles.
"You now it's not really a big problem considering the last names are basically the same besides the first letter."
"True that."
Then we fall quiet and continue to lay there and relax. After the massages end, we go through a few more things before we get sent over to the beauty side for that kind of pampering.
"Can you even imagine the guys golfing?" I laugh.
"I just see them goofing off like in that little video from the pre-Wrestlemania golfing thing."
She laughs too.
"That was funny."
She nods, giggling.
"Oooh you know what we should do after this? We should go to the salon that in this spa and get our hair done for tonight."
"I wouldn't be surprised if the boys already had that set up for us. You know they're sneaky like that."
"Yeah that's true. But we love the sneakiness."
She laughs and agrees. Of course after being at the beauty side, we were indeed led over to the salon to get our hair done for tonight. After a little while, we're finally completely done and we take our things, beginning the walk back to our rooms.
"Alright, so I'll see you in a bit." I say, after the elevator stops at my floor.
"Bye." She smiles.
Then I step out of the elevator, heading down to me and Alex's room, while she heads to her floor. She gets to her room and steps in, letting the door shut behind her. She heads into the bedroom to get ready, but that's when she spots something sitting on the bed. She frowns in confusion and walks over. She gasps lightly when she realizes it's a pale peachy-pink and silver dress and there are silver gladiator type sandals sitting on the floor.
"That sneak."
She picks up the sandals, and then the dress. She heads into the bathroom to change into the dress, and does her makeup and everything. She gets that done and walks out, putting her other clothes and things away while humming quietly. She's so concentrated on what she's doing, she doesn't realize that Mike has walked into the room with a pretty necklace in his hand. When she turns around and sees him she jumps slightly, and then puts a hand over her heart.
"You scared me."
"Sorry." He chuckles.
"You look amazing by the way." He grins.
"Thank you, for all of this." She smiles softly.
"You deserve it."
"So you've been telling me."
"There's one more thing though..." He adds, holding up the necklace.
"Ooh..."
He walks forward and stands behind her. He brings the necklace around her neck and clasps it in the back for her. She picks up the pendant, seeing a little crown on top of a disc. She moves the crown and sees that the disc has 'Princess' engraved on it.
"Aww..." She smiles and turns around to kiss him.
"Thank you." She says when she pulls away.
"You're welcome." He smiles.
She slides her arms around him and just cuddles against him.
"Just let me get ready, and we can go." He adds.
"Ruin my cuddly mood why don't you." She pouts, retracting her arms and stepping back.
"Oh come here..." He says, walking towards her again and wrapping his arms around her.
"Nu-uh, you wanted to go change." She pushes on his chest.
"We have time..."
"No, you said it. Go." She pushes again, turning her head.
"Okay fine..." He says, backing away.
He goes to get changed and she decides to go stand on the balcony. There was slight warm breeze that was bringing the scent of the ocean through the air. She inhales and sighs, leaning on the railing. After a while, Mike comes out of the bathroom from getting changed. He was dressed in what he used to wear...the jeans, shirt and tie, and the vest. She glances over and lets her eyes linger as she takes in what he's wearing.
"Are you trying to torture me?" She giggles.
"I know you love when I wear this type of thing so I did it for you." He laughs.
"Well you need to wear it more..."
"I'll do my best."
She smiles.
"Ready to go?"
"Mmhmm."
They both turn around and she walks in first, before they both grab what they need and head out the door to meet Alex and I in the lobby. Meanwhile in my room, I'm finishing the last of what I need to do. I was wearing my robe after I had taken off my clothes and swimsuit. When I walk out of the bathroom into the bedroom, I notice a box on the bed that I happened to pass by when I first walked into the room. I look at it curiously and walk over to open it. I open it to see this purple crossover puffball sequined dress.
"Oh wow." I say quietly.
Then I find a note with the dress that tells me that the dress isn't all there is, and for me to look under the bed. I give the note a weird look but follow the instructions. I crouch down and look under the bed and see a box and a bag. I pull them out and put them on the bed. I open the box first to see shoes that match the dress.
"Cute. What a sneak."
Then I look in the bag and take out two jewelry boxes. I open one of them to reveal purple dangling earrings. I open the other small box to reveal a crystal heart necklace.
"Spoiling me..."
I take everything that Alex had gotten me, and then I grab my makeup bag before heading into the bathroom to get ready. While I'm doing that, Alex gets back and sees that I'm in the bathroom. He goes ahead and gets changed. I walk out a while later all ready to go, except I go through my things, finding the silver bangle bracelets of mine and put those on. I then look across the room and find Alex standing by the window, looking out. I see that he's holding a rose, but not just any old rose. It's a purple one, obviously to match everything I'm wearing.
"You're spoiling me..." I say, loud enough to get his attention.
He chuckles and looks at me.
"I'd give you the world if I could. You deserve it."
"Awww. Thank you for everything...you didn't need to get me all this." I say, walking over to him.
"You're welcome and I did it because I wanted to." He kisses my head.
"And this completes everything..." He trails off, taking the rose and placing it in my hair behind my ear, since the stem was broken off a bit.
I smile up at him.
"As I always say...you're too sweet."
"You love it." He grins.
"Of course I do."
"We should probably get going."
"Right." I nod.
"Oh by the way, I approve of the outfit." I smile.
"I figured you would." Alex chuckles.
We grab what we need, and as we leave I lace my fingers with his, and we make our way down to the lobby where Aly and Mike are waiting. We find them sitting on a couch, cuddled together with Mike's fingers playing in her gently.
"Aww." I smile as we walk up.
"Hey guys." We greet them.
"Hey." Mike replies, chuckling as she just mumbles incoherently since she's enjoying what he's doing.
"If you keep doing that, I think she may end up falling asleep."
He laughs and agrees, stopping. She whines quietly.
"I promise to do that when we get back." He whispers in her ear.
"...okay." She sighs, opening her eyes.
"You've found another sleeping technique I see." I laugh.
"He found that a long time ago." She replies.
"Ah."
Mike gets up and then pulls her up.
"Wow, don't you look pretty." I compliment.
"Thanks. You too."
"Let me guess...Mike picked all that out."
She nods.
"Alex pick yours?"
"Yup. Everything besides the makeup he bought me."
"Sweet."
"Okay, are we all ready to go?" Mike asks.
"Yup." We all agree.
We all head out, and start walking around until we find the restaurant that Mike and Alex had already made the reservations for.
"Spoiling us again." Aly comments as we're seated.
"You know what we're gonna say to that..."
"We deserve it." Aly and I say at the same time.
"Exactly."
We roll our eyes but look amused. We order our drinks first, and talk while we wait for those. When they reach the table, we order our food and wait for that. We keep talking, joking and having a good time throughout dinner. After dinner the guys pay and we walk out.
"So anymore surprises we should know about?"
"We're going to Ben and Jerry's." Alex says.
"No...way..." Aly adds.
"Yes way." Mike chuckles.
"Yayyyyy."
"Come on come on come on!" She exclaims, pulling on Mike's arm to walk faster.
"Calm down, it isn't going anywhere." He laughs and she pouts.
"Mike, never make her wait for ice cream...especially when it's Ben and Jerrys, whether she's pregnant or not." I laugh.
"Yeah!"
"The only ice cream place that I get more excited for, is Coldstone Creamery." She adds.
"Now let's go!"
"Alright alright."
They go ahead of us and quickly make their way there, while Alex and I take our time walking there. We walk in as they're ordering. I see her bouncing around all excited, and I laugh to myself. I hear Alex chuckles too. We browse the menu and then walk up after she and Mike move and we order. Then we join them at the table that they chose to sit at. She's eating happily, leaning against Mike's side.
"Tonight's been amazing, thank you." She says to Mike.
I repeat the same thing to Alex.
"You're welcome." They both reply.
After we finish the ice cream, that's when we start heading back. We get back to the hotel and part ways at our floors. Alex and I walk into ours, and after we walk in I walk over to the couch and sit down. Alex sits beside me, leaning over to kiss my cheek.
"An amazing last night here."
"Yeah."
"Of course you made it even more amazing. You and the spoiling..."
He chuckles.
"And you know that I say that you deserve all of it."
"I know."
"And I appreciate it all." I add.
"Good." Alex smiles.
"I have one last dress fitting to do this week. Then it'll be all set."
"Everything's really coming together now."
"Yup." I nod.
"I can't wait."
"I know, I can't wait either."
I lean up and kiss him lightly. After I pull away, I lean my head on his shoulder and I snuggle into his side. Alex presses his lips to the top of my head.
"Love you."
"Love you too."
"Maybe we should go get changed. We have a flight in the morning."
"Ruin a moment why don't you." I laugh.
"Sorry."
"But you're right." I say, pulling away from his side and picking my head up off his shoulder.
He gets up and then helps me up. We walk into the bedroom, and I take my shoes off before taking all the jewelry off. Then I grab my pajamas and head into the bathroom to change out of the dress. I come out and put away my stuff. Then I climb into bed, curling up against Alex's side. I drape an arm across him, and one of his arms wraps around me. He shuts off the light, and we say our goodnights, before slowly drifting off to sleep. Mike and Aly get to their room and go into the bedroom. She kicks off her shoes and starts to take off her jewelry.
"I hope you enjoyed everything today."
"I did. Thank you." She smiles at him over her shoulder.
"You're welcome." He smiles back.
She finishes with her jewelry and walks over to her bags to find some pajamas. Once she finds some, she heads into the bathroom to get changed. She leaves the door open a little and changes. Once she does that, like most of the previous nights, she holds up her shirt and inspects her belly. After inspecting it, she lets go of her shirt and then walks out of the bathroom.
"Checking out your belly again?" Mike asks.
"Of course."
"You're gonna see me doing that a lot." She adds.
"I know." He chuckles.
Then they both climb into bed, and she snuggles into his side. A content sigh escapes her as Mike starts to play with her hair. And just like all the other times before, she felt herself starting to fall asleep. Her eyes slip shut and as she's drifting off, she feels lips press against her forehead.
"Night princess." She hears Mike murmurs quietly.