It's Monday night, the last night we all have together since Mike and Alex are going off to the Austrailia, New Zealand tour. We're all getting ready for the show in our rooms. I get dressed in a white top with blue jeans and grab a pair of boots and pull those on over my jeans. Then I dig through my jewelry and grab a Dark Red Flash Ring, a blue/turquoise stretch bead bracelet, my rings of course, a red 3 star necklace and hoop earrings...and put all those on. I paint my nails red and put on black eyeshadow after searching through my things for those. I head into the bathroom to do my hair, leaving my lip gloss for last because Alex is picking it out, like I told him he could. Alex chooses one and pokes his head into the bathroom and hands it to me.
"Thank you." I smile, then giggle at the eager/excited look on his face.
He grins at me. After my hair is finished, he opens the door more and stands in the doorway, leaning against the frame watching as I apply the lip gloss. The second I set it down, Alex is holding my face in his hands and he kisses me. Once he gets a majority of it off, he pulls away with a smirk on his face.
"I just put that on..." I laugh.
"Couldn't help it."
"Of course not. But now...out." I say, starting to push him out of the bathroom.
"Awww."
"I need to re-apply the gloss now, and it needs to last longer than it just did."
"Darn."
"So you...out."
He steals one last kiss before letting me push him out. I shut the door and leave it open a crack before re-applying the gloss, then I walk out and stick it in my pocket because I know I'll be needing to re-apply it later.
"You look amazing by the way." Alex remarks.
"Like you always say, but thank you."
He smiles and kisses the top of my head. Then we grab our bags and head out and down to the car to wait for Aly and Mike. She steps out of the bathroom after doing her hair and reaches for her jewelry that is sitting on the table.
"Getting into the holiday huh?" Mike comments.
"Mmhmm."
"I like it."
"You just like the fact that my left shoulder is bare."
"Mayyyybe."
"Don't even think of leaving any marks. I have enough as it is."
"You have my word." He puts his hands up defensively but smirks.
"Ah but you're still smirking."
"Only because I left so many on you already."
She flushes a little and puts her feet into her shoes.
"Love you." He grins, getting his things into his bag.
"Love you too Piranha Boy."
Once she has her shoes on, she grabs whatever else she needs and Mike grabs his bag and then thry head down to the car where Alex and I were waiting. We pile into the car and head off to the arena. We get there and walk down the halls, stopping briefly to drop things off in the locker rooms. Aly and Mike head to the room while Alex stays with me, since my tag match with Kelly is the first match of the night. Alex waits for me as I get changed.
"No stealing any kisses right now." I say as I walk out, warning him.
"Aww."
"Besides the lip gloss is in there..." I motion to the locker room.
"Darn." He chuckles.
"Let's go." I laugh, and we walk to the room.
Alex has an arm draped across my shoulders as he usually does. When we get to the room we do the usual and knock, and when we hear the response we walk in and sit down on the other couch as the show starts.
"Quit." Aly swats at Mike's hand as he drags his fingers over her bare shoulder.
"I think he's having a little too much fun with your outfit." I laugh.
"I know he is." She says, swatting at his hand again.
"Cut it out!" She laughs.
"Why should I?"
"Because I said so."
"Hmmm, I don't think so."
"I'm gonna move." She warns.
"Noooo." He whines.
"Then quit it."
"...fine." He says and stops.
"Thank you."
The show then starts and they show what happened between John and Truth in his match last week. John had taken control and set up a table to AA Truth through, but Punk showed up and moved the table. That's when John went out and attacked him and went to AA him but in the end got speared through a table and lost the match thanks to Punk. Mike snorts, looking amused. Then we hear Punk's voice and he's going off on a rant at the top of the ramp, saying that he's the best wrestler in the world. Then he bashes Vince McMahon, his family, etc before the screen went black ending his rant.
"So that's why he got suspended...tsk tsk."
"Shame Shame."
The Raw intro played and it was actually brand new, they've added Alex and took out Punk and even added new things of me. Going to the ring, Cole is talking as usual and now because Punk is suspended there's a Triple Threat #1 Contender's Match for the WWE Championship tonight. The Whacko vs Dorito vs Rey Mysterio.
"I bet Dorito is gonna be the one to win."
Then we see that Mike and Alex are going to go one on one in a match tonight...which really isn't surprising. We both sigh. John's music plays as we go back to the ring, and he walks out all serious-like, not really happy at all. He even just walks down the ramp and slides in like normal and wastes no time in going over and being handed a mic to talk.
"Something's up."
Of course Mike just rolls his eyes.
"There's major unrest in the WWE Universe. Apparently CM Punk said some things that uh...didn't quite mesh too well with the brast of the WWE. So much so that because of CM Punk's recent outburst...the WWE has suspended him indefinitely. What that means..is that he is also stripped of his right to compete in his last match, in his hometown to face me at Money In The Bank for the WWE Championship."
"The WWE tonight has a remedy, they've thrown together a triple threat match to decide a replacement #1 contender. And as for CM Punk...and as for CM Punk, we are just supposed to sweep him under the rug, ignore his accomplishments, his legacy, his outbursts and pretend that he never existed. I've never seen eye to eye with CM Punk, but I have a voice of a champion and I'm weighing in on the WWE decision, and I say it sucks. CM Punk and I don't agree on everything, especially his concept of loyalty to this brand. What CM Punk is thinking about doing with this WWE Championship is something that I never would. But he has been suspended for speaking his mind? He has been suspended for telling you people how he feels? I know exactly the world we live in, this is a PG show I know what you can and cannot say. And CM Punk's outburst was at my expense, and I didn't agree with what he had to say, but I found nothing wrong with it."
"Well freedom of speech is the first amendment, I can see why this is such a problem."
"My question to you the WWE Universe, the people who are supposed to have a voice, the biggest superstars of this program...is where does this stop? Where does the WWE stop? There was an incident not too long ago where Daniel Bryan was fired for being too aggressive. There's been speculation that at certain events, WWE representatives confiscate the signs that you make. And CM Punk has been suspended indefinitely for speaking his mind?"
"If you can't hear that, the audience is chanting 'first amendment' which is the freedom of speech. So they take that away and what's next? Look at me I'm no fashion icon, I look like the Kool-Aid man in jorts."
"Ahaha."
Even Mike and Alex snicker.
"But what if they say I can't be me? What am I suspended indefinitely? What are we gonna...tell our audience they have to look and act a certain way? That's not why I signed up for this and that is certainly not why I defend this each and every night. And Michael Cole, I hate to burst your bubble but this problem is bigger than uh...emailing back and forth on a little computer, so there'll be no anonymous general manager interrupting my little tyrant tonight. Because tonight I want answers and I want answers from the man that actually MADE this decision...Vincent Kennedy McMahon. My apologies to the general manager, but I've gone over his or her head. I called Vince McMahon earlier today, he's in his private jet on his way here tonight, and promises to be in the building. And trust me when he gets here we aren't just gonna...talk it out backstage so I can get some politically correct answer. I want answers just like you want answers, so Vince you got some 'splaining to do right here in this ring tonight. And more importantly you will hear first hand from your WWE Champion, that I WANT to face CM Punk at Money In The Bank." John finishes and climbs out of the ring, heading back up the ramp to go backstage.
Then there's a knock on the door, and I get up to answer the door. I open it and it's Kelly and she asks me if I'm ready to go. I tell her that I'm all set, before walking over and grabbing the title and kissing Alex real quick.
"Love you. Have a good match." He says.
"Love you too." I smile, before walking out the door and following Kelly to the curtain.
"You two are so cute." Kelly says, giggling.
"And I love him to death. I'm gonna miss him this week. I'm not going on the tour."
"You aren't? How come?"
"Well Aly can't travel much for her safety and the baby's. She doesn't like the idea of staying by herself, so I'm staying behind with her."
"Oh, awww. That's sweet of you."
"Well it's all because of Mike. He arranged to have me stay behind."
"Awwww." Kelly smiles.
Then we get to the curtain and wait as the Bellas go out first. Once their entrance was over and they were in the ring, their music faded and then mine hit and me and Kelly walked out. We pose on the stage before walking own the ramp and then get into the ring. We get in our own corners and the bell rings as I hand off the title to the ref who then hands it off to an attendant ringside. I start out with against Nikki and we lock up. I push her back and she leans against the ropes as we're still locked up. We back away from the ropes and I flip her over, letting her go. She gets back up immediately and starts yelling, she hits me once and twists my arm. But I counter it and send her into the ropes and when she comes back I clothesline her to the apron. I then run and jump on the ropes, bouncing off of them and twisting around so that I land on Nikki and then go for the pin. The ref counts to one, but I get up quickly as I see Brie trying to come in and stop the pin. She jumps down avoiding me and I don't see Nikki sneaking up behind me. She hits me in the back and then throws me out of the ring out onto the floor. The ref starts counting as I slowly get up and crawl up onto the side of the ring. At teh 5 count, Nikki comes over an grabs my arm and drops it on the middle rope. I hold it as she pulls me in and then goes for the pin. I kick out of course, I'm not gonna let her beat me even if it's a non-title match. She picks me up and leans me against the ropes, wrapping my arm around the top rope and pulling on it which applies the pressure to it. From there she tags in Brie and she jumps down from the side of the ring, dropping my arm against the top rope. She gets back into the ring as I roll away and grabs my arm again, picking it up and stomps on the apron, doing something to my arm because it hurt like hell.
She goes to do it again and this time takes her sweet time and that allows me to counter and shove her away. She bounces off the ropes and I roll her up for the pin, but she counters and lays my arm out and falls on it with her knees. I scream out in pain. Then she drags me away from Kelly and sits on my back, pulling and twisting my arm back applying more pressure to it. The ref is asking me if I want to quit and no matter how bad the pain is, I say no. I scream in pain again as she pulls and twists my arm harder this time. But I manage to get up and get her to let go by hitting her with my free arm a few times. She goes to hit me as soon as I get out of her hold, but I grab her by the neck like Mike does to his opponents and deliver the backbreaker/neckbreaker combination. Since my arm was still killing me, what I did hurt like hell. So I rolled and crawled along the apron reaching for Kelly and finally I tag her in. Brie tags in Nikki and this is where they're going to lose. As soon as Nikki got in Kelly jumped on her and started to repeatedly punch her. Then she took a cheap shot to Brie as she was yelling at her, followed by a smack on the butt to Nikki and Kelly just mocked her as she looked aggravated. Kelly had control of the match, delivering her spinning neckscissor move, making Nikki roll into the corner. As soon as Nikki got up, Kelly grabbed her and started to repeatedly slam her face into the turnbuckle. She slides down in the corner and Kelly mocks her again, then getting in the corner and shaking her butt in her face. As soon as Nikki got back up, Kelly grabbed her by the back of her head and slammed her face first into the apron.
She went for the pin, but Brie got involved and broke it up. Despite my arm hurting I got back into the ring and went after Brie, kicking her out of the ring and out onto the floor. As I was walking around to go back to my corner, Kelly delivered her finisher and pinned Nikki for the win. I climbed back up and into the ring as the ref retrieved the title and handed it to me. I draped it over my arm that I was favoring as the ref raised my other hand and Kelly's hand in victory. We celebrate and then head backstage. I get changed back into my regular clothes, slowly because of my arm. Once I'm all ready, I grab my things and make a trip to the trainer's for ice. I hold the ice to my arm as I walk back to the room, and finally walking back in.
"You alright?" Alex asks immediately.
Mike and Aly are also looking concerned.
"I'm fine, just really hurts." I reply, dropping my bag on the floor.
I sit on Alex's lap and snuggle into him while holding the ice. Alex holds me comfortingly, pressing a kiss to my head. Right now on the screen it's the whacko talking on his phone to someone.
"...that's what I'm trying to say Flo. I own a home, I'm a safe driver, I shop online Flo, and they still wouldn't give me a discount. You see what I'm saying? So you can help me out Flo? You...no Flo they told me I was a driver at risk, that I was unstable Flo. You can help me out Flo? Now that's what I'm talking about Flo, that's what's up."
"Excuse me, Truth? Truth I just wanted to get your thoughts on tonight's triple threat match, and the possibility of you getting another shot at the WWE Championship, and John Cena." Scott Standford comments.
"You know what, I shouldn't be competing against nobody. The way things ended last time I faced Cena...I should be awarded another title match. You see, yet the conspiricy launched against me, is trying to find a way to keep me away from the WWE title. You know what I'm saying? But I got some good news and bad news for those who lead the conspiricy."
"What's that?"
"The good news is...I just saved 15 percent...by switching over to Geico on my car insurance."
"Oh wow." Aly laughs.
"Good for you." I laugh too.
"Nice."
"The bad news is, the truth is gonna hurt someone when I become number one contender. Tonight, someone's gonna get got!" Truth finishes and turns to walk away but ends up walking into Del Rio.
"First Little Jimmy, now Senor Jimmy? It ain't fair, it ain't right!"
"Fair? This is not about fair, this is about destino...destiny. And it is my destiny to win the triple threat match tonight, and become the new WWE Champion, but...you already know that." Del Rio laughs as the screen fades to commercial.
"Senor Jimmy. Hah." Aly snicker.
"Dorito is better, but that's still funny." I add.
"Yeah."
"Or we could merge those names together. Something like Senor Jimmy Dorito."
"Ahaha oh man." Aly laughs.
After the commercial there was a preview for Smackdown and then Santino's music played as he and Kozlov came out.
"Haha gotta love these two." I laugh.
"They are entertaining." Aly agrees.
Their opponents who came out next were none other than Otunga and McGillicutty.
"The Bland Brothers."
"Yup."
It starts off with Otunga and Santino, and this match was entertaining but got boring fast. In the end McGillicutty and Otunga won. Then all of a sudden Zack's music played and he walked out.
"Woo woo woo..." He starts off and takes his sunglasses off.
"...you know it." He finishes before his music continues and he heads backstage.
"Ooookay..."
It came to another commercial break and Mike had to get up to get ready for the match against Alex later.
"I'll be back as quick as I can. Just have to go get ready for the match that's later."
"Boooo." She whines.
"Sorry but I have to."
She pouts and moves. He kisses her quickly before getting up and heading out the door down to the locker room. She gets comfortable and rubs her stomach with both hands. After the commercial break Mike was backstage with Scott for a little interview thing. He was in character and he had a not so pleased look on his face.
"Alright Miz you have never beaten your protege Alex Riley in one on one competition. What's going to be the difference in tonight's matchup? Are we gonna see a different strategy out of you?"
"CM Punk has been suspended, so once again there's another golden opportunity to become WWe Champion. But I wasn't picked to be in the Triple Threat Match for the number one contendership because of Alex Riley. Alex Riley is a nuisance, he set me off course. You know I could've kicked him to the curb a long time ago. I gave him a life, I gave him an opportunity...an opportunity he abused. Alex Riley's opportunities end in the WWE tonight. I brought him into Raw, and I will take him out. So I hope it was worth it for Alex Riley, because it all ends tonight! Because I'm the Miz, and I'm awesome." He finishes and walks away.
Then the screen changes to Evan in the locker room with Sgt. Slaughter. They're talking until Lispy walks in and a match is arranged between him and Sgt. Slaughter. After that we see that Vince's plane had landed earlier tonight and he should be in the arena soon. That's followed by another commercial. Then of course Lispy's match was after the commercial break since they showed how he won Money In The Bank at one of the Wrestlemanias.
"Boring." Aly rolls her eyes.
Mike comes back shortly after, and sits back down on the couch with Aly as the match goes on. She slides onto his lap, letting her hands slip under his shirt.
"What're you doing?"
"Nothing."
"It doesn't look like nothing."
She smiles innocently.
"Do not get any ideas..."
She keeps the innocent smile.
"I've got my eyes on you."
"I know you do." She giggles lightly.
"Uh-huh..."
And of course she can't keep her hands still. She trails her fingers back and forth over his abs and sides. He tenses and tries his best not to make any noise, gripping the arm of the couch, and his knuckles turn white. She's biting her lip, trying not to laugh.
"Are you torturing him over there?" I ask.
"Yup." She snickers.
"It's fun." She adds.
"Nu-uh." Mike says through gritted teeth, and she just laughs.
I just shake my head amusedly before setting the ice bag aside since the ice had melted and I bury my face into Alex's neck. Alex rubs my back soothingly, tilting his head against mine. The match ends and Lispy won, but Evan came out to help and kicked Lispy in the head a couple times, before knocking him out of the ring. Then Sgt Slaughter starts saying the 'Pledge Of Allegiance'. Up next just so happens to be the Triple Threat Match, and that's after the commercial break. It came time for the match since the commercial break was over.
"Blehh, don't wanna watch this."
"Me either."
She turns her attention to Mike instead. Once again she can't keep her hands still and she keeps doing what she did not too long ago. She giggles as he tenses up again.
"Are you gonna keep doing this up until the match?"
"Maybe..."
"If you do, I won't be able to concentrate on the match."
She stops, pouting.
"Maybe after the match..."
She pulls her hands out of his shirt and keeps pouting. He just chuckles and leans down, kissing her gently for a few moments before pulling away.
"You're no fun." She pouts.
"Do you want me to lose that match?"
"...no..."
"Alright then."
"Hmph..."
The match went on forever, I thought I was gonna fall asleep. But it soon ended and Del Rio was the winner.
"Hah, so called that."
After he celebrated there was another commercial and when we came back, there was cake and everything in the ring.
"Dolph's birthday? Really?"
"Oh god, Vickie might sing."
"Get ready to block your ears."
Aly nods in agreement. Dolph's music hits and he walks out with Vickie, then getting into the ring. Dolph doesn't seem too amused or whatever to be there.
"Poor Dolph. Looks like he'd rather be anywhere else but there."
"Can you blame him?"
"Nope."
"Excuse me! I said excuse me! Tonight is a very special night. Tonight we are celebrating the birthday of the United States Of America. And since Dolph Ziggler is your United States Champion, I thought it'd be fitting if we give him a birthday as well. So everybody, stand up and join me in singing Happy Birthday to my Dolph."
"How about no, sorry Dolph." Aly says, putting her hands over her ears.
"I said stand up! Excuse me!"
I cover my ears as well, and just watch Dolph's reaction to everything. He still doesn't look like he wants to be there. Finally we see her end the singing and uncover our ears.
"Dolph do you wanna...tell us a wish before you blow out your candles?"
"You know what Vickie, I actually don't have a wish but I have a few things I want to say. These people have no idea how good they have it. They are witnessing the greatest sports entertainer in the history of the WWE, in his prime! There's gonna be a dozen more John Cenas, there'll be a dozen more Randy Ortons, but there will never be another Dolph Ziggler. These people have no idea what it takes to be a natural. So forget Punk, forget Cena, forget the WWE title, because as long as I'm the United States Champion, THIS is the only title that matters, and I am all you need to make Monday Night Raw perfection."
"Uh no." Aly and I both say at the same time.
Then Kofi's music hits, crashing the party. He grabs a mic and gets into the ring as his music fades.
"Can we help you? Can we help you?"
"What is all this? I mean ya'll are gonna have a party and not invite me? I mean that's messed up Dolph. I mean, I guess you could come out talking about yourself all day long, bragging all day, you can come out and have a...a title party celebration whatever this is. The fact of the matter is this...without Vickie in your corner, you cannot beat me."
"Excuse me?" We hear Vickie retort.
"Ohhhh they got dissed."
"I got this, I got this. Kofi, you and me...we used to be right here. We used to be toe to toe, we tore it up every night. But you know what, you're still here, and I'm on my way here. And I don't know if you know this, but I just left you in the dust so in case you didn't notice, the party celebrations...we're having one, so beat it." Dolph says, pushing him lightly.
Kofi pushes Dolph harder than he pushed him, and that makes Dolph bump into Vickie and she falls onto the cake, her whole backside being covered in frosting and cake. Dolph and Kofi start fighting and take the fight out of the ring. They both get back in and Kofi kicks Dolph which makes him bump into Vickie again and she goes back into the cake, but now her frontside is covered, including her face. We're all laughing at Vickie's appearance. Dolph sees what he did and he quickly leaves the ring and runs away, Kofi in tow. Vickie casually walks out of the ring, despite being covered in cake everywhere, and walks back up the ramp heading backstage.
"Ohhh that was great." I laugh.
But the smile soon drops from my face when we see that Mike and Alex's match is up next. Aly's smile drops too and she bites her lip. Alex moves me from his lap and gets up, because he still has to get ready. But Mike gets up only to head to the curtain to wait. They both kiss us and Mike rubs Aly's stomach before they leave.
"I hate these matches."
"Me too." Aly sighs, frowning deeply.
The commercial seemed to pass by quickly, but before the match could even start they replayed the Money In The Bank match from last year that Mike had won, showing all the destruction and everything up to the point where Mike had climbed the ladder and retrieved the briefcase hanging above. Once that was over, it was time for the match and Mike was the first to come out and get into the ring. After he was done doing what he does in the ring, Alex's music plays next and he walks out and he looks angry, walking down the ramp fast and then running and sliding into the ring, wanting to go after Mike before the match could start. The ref backs him up and he listens.
"Not sure if that's just acting or if he's actually mad."
"Well there's no reason why he would actually be mad at him."
"Unless they somehow argued on the way out, which would make no sense but who knows."
Then a short promo of Alex was played, talking about his life and everything, before switching to him with Mike and the big fight they had where Alex turned face and attacked Mike. Moving onto Capitol Punishment when that was Alex's first big pay-per-view win all on his own. Then they showed the matches he's been in since then. With his voice talking over most of the stuff. Once that was over, the match had started and I already knew it was gonna be hard to watch. They lock up and Mike pushes Alex into the corner, the ref telling him to back it up and then starts counting. Alex pushes him away and then they lock up again and throws Mike into the corner and starts throwing punches. Alex backs up but when he goes back, Mike kicks him, then does the punk/kick combo until Alex fires back so Mike gets back into the corner again. Alex goes to send Mike into the opposite corner, but Mike reverses and sends Alex into it. He runs at him full speed, but Alex moves and when Mike comes back he knocks him down with an elbow. Mike gets up and runs at Alex, but he grabs Mike and hits his head against the top rope and Mike went down. Alex kicks him out of the ring, before getting out himself and throwing him onto the barricade face first a couple times before throwing him back into the ring. He gets back up onto the side of the ring, but Mike goes and kicks him, making him go through the ropes and land back in the ring anyway. Then Mike starts the repeated stomps to the chest before backing off. He goes against the ropes and the kicks Alex in the face...one of his signature moves. Mike goes for the pin, but Alex kicks out and rolls away. Mike goes over to him and knees him in the head a few times before wrapping his arms around Alex's neck in a way that looks like he's going to break his neck. He keeps the hold and Alex starts to get to his feet and flips Mike over, making him let go. Alex runs at him full speed but Mike moves and Alex hits the corner hard. Then Mike kicks him so he falls to his knees before wrapping his arms around his neck and plants his face into the apron. He goes for the pin again, but Alex kicks out. Mike gets back up and pushes Alex into the ropes as he leans against them.
The ref starts yelling at Mike, before Alex gets back up and then Mike goes against the ropes and knees Alex in the face again, before going for the pin...Alex kicks out again. Mike circles around him before going to punch him again. But Alex stopped him and started going after him. Again with the ropes and Mike lifts Alex in the air and drops him on his face. Mike goes for the pin again, and Alex kicks out. Alex crawls around as Mike gets up and stalks him before leaning down and saying that he made Alex repeatedly. Alex fights back with a hit to the gut and then throws Mike into the corner. Alex has the upperhand for a bit, until Mike counters a move of his making him stumble away from the corner. Mike delivers a DDT, the back of Alex's head hitting the apron, followed by Mike going for the pin again, but Alex kicks out. Alex rolls away and then there's a commercial. when we come back Mike still has control of the match and he's just beating down Alex, that is until Alex counters and delivers a huge backbreaker and Mike lands on the back of his head. Mike gets up and charges at Alex full speed, but Alex spears Mike and starts throwing punches again. He rolls away and then repeatedly knocks Mike down, before delivering a spinebuster and going for the pin, but Mike kicks out. Alex gets up and screams before going for what looks like another DDT, but Mike counters and flips Alex over behind him. He leans against the ropes as Alex rolls over to the corner, and then he delivers his corner clothesline move, before grabbing Alex and delivering a backbreaker, going for the backbreaker/neckbreaker combo. But Alex counters the neckbreaker and rolls Mike up and gets the pin to win the match.
"Oh boy."
The camera zooms in on Mike's face and his eyes are wide and he's in a state of disbelief or shock.
"Uh oh. That look is never followed by anything good. The only exception being when I told him I was pregnant." Aly remarks.
Alex celebrates and Mike gets out of the ring, in disbelief of what happened. We thought he was gonna head backstage, but instead he runs back into the ring and he attacks him from behind.
"Told you." She sighs.
The ref is yelling to Mike to get off of Alex but he doesn't listen, and then throws Alex out of the ring, before getting out himself. He picks him up and then rams him into the barricade, then throws him over the barricade and out onto the concrete floor by the crowd.
"Okay Mike, that's enough..." Aly mutters, starting to get unhappy.
He climbs over the barricade and picks him up and rams him into the barricade again, except this time the inside of the barricade's not protected so Alex just basically got rammed into steel...against his back.
"This is really unnecessary and it's starting to piss me off. He's flipping out because he lost a basic Raw match. A pay per view match I could kind of understand, but a Raw match?"
"I know..."
Then he leans him over the barricade telling him that he made him repeatedly again, before taking him and throwing him over and back onto the padded floor around the ring. He climbs back over and picks Alex back up again before throwing him into the steel steps now.
"Oh jeez." Aly winces.
He picks him up yet again and drags him over to the steel steps, resting his head against it, until he pushes his forearm against Alex's face, making his face press into the steel steps, while Mike yells at him. After he's done with that he picks him up again and hits his face onto the Raw sign thing on the announcer's table.
"Okay now I'm really mad. He can count on sleeping somewhere else tonight." Aly says, a deep scowl on her face.
The ref keeps yelling at him, but it's not doing anything. Then he backs up after telling Alex that he's nothing and that he made him...again. It looks like Mike is going to cry from the face that he's making, until he turns back to Alex and knees him in the face, making him go over the table and land on the floor by the chairs that Cole and Jerry were sitting in. Then Mike takes the Raw sign and flips it over so it lands by Alex on the floor.
"I do know what's gotten into him, but I don't like it."
Mike looks on at what he caused and we can hear the sounds of pain coming from Alex...even worse when the camera's on him. The ref tell him to leave and he does...slowly and then they replay in slow motion what Mike did on the steel steps before the screen changes to a limo arriving and Vince getting out of it.
"Do you want to go wait for Alex and make sure he's alright?" Aly asks.
"I'd rather wait a few minutes before we do because when I see Mike, who knows what will happen."
Aly nods lightly. We wait the few minutes and then head out, but I guess my choice was wrong because we spotted Mike anyway. I start to growl and Aly grabs my arm. He's walking in our direction and he goes to explain what he did but I stop him.
"Just save it okay? That out there was un-freaking-necessary! You lose a simple Raw match and you flip out on him. What has gotten into you?"
Mike opens his mouth again but this time Aly cuts him off.
"Don't. Just don't. By the way, you have three options tonight. You can either sleep on the couch, sleep on the floor, or get your own damn room because you are not staying in the bed with me." Aly remarks, her eyes dark and a scowl on her face.
He goes to say something again, but stops himself and then walks away back to the locker room.
"I hate to be mad at him when they're going on a trip for a week but he deserves it right now. That was stupid and unnecessary." Aly says as we start walking again.
"I know, just because he's been on a losing streak against Alex."
"Yeah."
"I think we need to take a break with the connecting rooms for a couple weeks..."
"You think that will do any good?" She asks.
"I don't know, but we'll see how things are after the tour this week. I'll keep track of what happens between them."
"Okay."
Then we reach the curtain and stop and wait for Alex to come through. He finally get through and finds us waiting for him.
"...you okay?" I ask with concern clearly on my face, after I frowned at seeing him grimacing from the pain.
"Sore and in some pain but I should be alright." Alex says grimacing.
"Come over here and sit so I can check you out and make sure." Aly says, pointing to some equipment boxes.
He nods and walks over, sitting on the equipment boxes. I lean against the way and watch as she checks to make sure he's okay.
"He speaks the truth." Aly says after a thorough check.
I nod and sigh in relief, pushing off the wall and walking over. Alex opens his arms and I step close to let them close around me. I lay my head against his shoulder and he kisses my shoulder.
"I don't know what's gotten into him..." I mumble into his shoulder.
"I don't know." Alex sighs.
"I don't either and I'm his wife." Aly adds, leaning against the wall.
"I don't think I wanna go back to the hotel in the same car as him either." I add.
"No, we can make hin find his own way. He already knows he isn't staying in the bed with me tonight." Aly agrees while shaking her head.
"Either that or we all could get a ride with someone else."
"True."
"Do you two trust John enough to give us a ride back to the hotel after the show's over? Because you know Mike isn't gonna want to stick around."
Alex and Aly glance at each other.
"Whatever. Just as long as we don't have to deal with Mike." Alex says for the both of them.
"Alright, well I'm gonna go find him before the whole thing with Vince goes down. You go back to the locker room and get changed. And Aly, just go with him please? I'd feel a lot better if you went with him."
"Of course." She nods.
I pull from his arms to let him hop off of the boxes. We all head in the same direction until I walk off in a different one to find John. As they walk, Alex looks down at her.
"You gonna be alright?" He asks.
"I don't know right now. I'm just a whirling clusterfuck of emotions and I'm trying as hard as I can to keep a lid on it." She mutters.
"Well I'm always here for you, remember that."
"I know." She sighs, rubbing her temples as tears of frustration start to build.
He stops walking as he sees the tears start to fall. He frowns and pulls her into a hug. She leans into him, crying silently.
"I hate when he does this to you...makes you upset."
She nods a little against him.
"I hate feeling like this." She chokes out.
"I know you do."
"And on top of this, you two are leaving tomorrow..."
"Which I wish we didn't have to go." He adds.
"I know you don't." She sniffles, pulling back just enough to try wiping her face.
"I would say that in our matches scheduled for the shows this week I could get him back for what he did, but I don't know if you'd like the idea of me beating him up...depending on the kind of match it turns out to be."
"Do what you need to do. It's only fair. Just try not to really injure him badly."
"I'll do my best."
She nods and hugs him.
"Thanks. You're a fantastic brother, you know that?"
"I know, that's why it's my job to look out for you."
"I appreciate it."
"If you want, you can stay in the room with me and Carly. We can pull out the bed in the couch and you can take the bed itself, if that makes you feel better."
"That would be great. The couch bed will be fine, it'll make me feel alot better." She nods with a tiny smile.
"I knew it would." He grins.
She laughs a little and hugs him again.
"Now get yourself changed. Your wife's gonna start wondering about where we are if we don't get going."
"Right." He chuckles, before letting her go and heading into the locker room.
She leans against the wall to wait for him, rubbing her stomach and trying to keep her mind off everything. In the meantime I manage to find John and I walk up to him once he was done talking to whoever he was talking to.
"Hey Carly." He greets me.
"Hey...I need to ask you something."
"Shoot."
"You think after the show is over that you could give me, Aly and Alex a ride back to the hotel when you go back? We don't wanna deal with Mike."
"Yeah sure." John says, frowning a little.
"I sure you saw what happened."
"Yeah I did."
"Alex is okay...Aly checked him to make sure."
"That's good to hear. What about her, is she alright?"
"Not really I mean, she was so mad at Mike, he has 3 options. Sleep on the floor, the couch or get his own room for the night."
"Ooh." John cringes.
"And on top of that, the tour starts tomorrow."
"Double ooh. Really not a good time for him to pull this kind of thing." John winces.
"No, not at all."
"Their wedding's in two weeks and she's pregnant and upset. Really not good timing." I add.
"But that's why I'm staying behind, to stay with her." I continue.
"At least she has you."
"Yeah, but I appreciate you giving us the ride back."
"Not a problem. Hey I gotta go, I'll come find you guys after this is over."
"Alright, try not to do anything out there that you're gonna regret."
"I can't promise anything." He says, chuckling a bit.
I hug him, before we walk off in different directions. I walk in the direction of the locker room since that's where Aly and Alex will most likely be. I find her sitting against the wall with her eyes closed, rubbing her stomach absentmindedly.
"Hey." I greet, walking up and joining her with sitting agains the wall.
She opens one eye halfway.
"Hey." She replies, closing her eye.
"John said he'd give us the ride back once the show's over."
"Good."
Sitting there, I watch the monitor on the wall in front of us and watch as the commercial break ends and the show is back on. Jerry and Cole are talking about Punk being suspended and everything, including what happened on Raw last week again. Once that ends, Vince comes out and makes his way down the ramp.
"I really hope John doesn't do anything he's gonna regret." I mumble.
"He probably will. He opened his big mouth and he'll get himself into something."
Then we see Cole waving to him and smiling, saying 'hi' to him. I shake my head and laugh.
"I recall him telling you to shut up one night."
Then the locker room door opens and Alex walks out.
"Hey." I say, looking up at him, then back to the tv screen.
"Hey love. What did he say?" Alex asks, making room for himself between us.
"He said he'll give us the ride."
"That's good to hear."
"Thank you very much. Even though this Punk thing has gotten a little out of hand. Not that I owe you an explanation, but nonetheless let me tell you why I suspended CM Punk. He deserved it. No really, I mean it's like when...when CM Punk comes out here and says the things that he says, come on you would do the same thing that I would if you were in my shoes."
"No, because that's taking away freedom of speech."
"It wasn't necessarily his comments about me and my family, I don't have a thin skin. You know this is not about my ego, it's about me doing what's right for each and every one of you. That's what...that's what I do. Now he was gonna tell you a story right...about me. Let me tell you a story about him. See the real reason I suspended him is that CM Punk's contract is in fact almost over. So Punk says, alright Vince this is what I want. He wanted special limo service, he wanted private first class, private transportation. This thing went on, he did in fact want to be on all those things that he mentioned. The magazines, you know DVDs, all that...crap, which he wasn't worthy of being on, that's why he wasn't on them. Nah come on, you guys know better. I suspended CM Punk because he deserved it. And once more from my standpoint, CM Punk is just that...he is...a punk."
"Thank you very much, we'll see you next week in Boston." Vince finishes and goes to get out of the ring, but John's music plays and he walks out all serious-like like before.
He walks around the ring and grabs a mic, before getting into the ring.
"That's it? That's it? After an unbelievable tirade like that, a suspension, stripping a man of his number one contendership, you're gonna call him a punk and kick him to the curb."
"He kicked himself to the curb John. I didn't do it."
"No...Vince he spoke his mind, something you completely endorse. You are so freedom of speech it's amazing. You'll come out here and say anything you want, you'll do anything you want. You believe in the first amendment right?"
"I do and that's why your microphone is still working pal."
"Oh...thank you, thank so you much boss. You see...Vince McMahon to me has always been a fighter. I remember a time when Vince McMahon would walk down this ramp each and every week. You know it. Doing your walk." John adds, then makes fun of Vince's walk
"Ahaha."
"And whoever stood in your way, you'd stand right in the middle of the ring, and say bring it on I'm ready to fight! Hell you took down Turner, not because you were a coward, because you were a fighter. So CM Punk says a few things that gets under your skin, and then you suspend him. Well what happened to Vince McMahon the fighter? Has Vince McMahon finally gone soft? Are those famous Vince McMahon grapefruits now peach pits?"
"Ohhh awkward."
"Ewwww, awkwarddddd..." Aly laughs, leaning against Alex's arm.
"If that's the case and you don't want to fight anymore, I came out here to tell you that I still want to fight, and I want to fight CM Punk. And if you don't feel like fighting, maybe you should hang it up old man."
"Let me tell you why I really suspended him. I don't wanna take a chance on you. I don't wanna take a chance that CM Punk...I've been through this before okay? I don't wanna take a chance that he...he defeats you...I know you've beat him before, I know he can beat you and that's the risk I don't want to take. I take calculated risks, that's how I beat...that's how I created and beat everybody that got in my way. I created an empire by taking calculated risks, therefore if CM Punk defeats you, he's gonna walk out of here. CM Punk the next day is gonna walk into some other wrestling organization...'see what I walked out with?'. I'm gonna be embarrassed, I WILL NOT be embarrassed. And on behalf each one of these people here, they don't want to see that happen either."
"Ooooh oooh oooh ooh! Look at the billionaire chairman of the company, afraid about being embarrased! You should be ashamed of yourself-"
"I'm afraid of you not beating him."
"So that's what this is about huh? Yeah? I'm not gonna sit here and guarantee that I'm gonna beat CM Punk. But we should have this match. He earned a spot to face me, I'm the champion, I want this match, they want to see it! And and and oh oh oh, god forbid we embarrass Vince McMahon. As a member of the WWE Universe, Money In The Bank to me is the biggest pay-per-view of the year. Because as a member of the WWE Universe, I'm thinking...'can CM Punk pull it off'. What if he does, what's the history of the WWE Championship. How will John Cena handle the hostile crowd? Does he have what it takes to overcome CM Punk in his last match? Does the kid who rode on the side of my car in Wrestlemania 22, all talk or is he gonna prove that he's got a set and do something crazy? It's not embarrassing Vince, that sounds like the match of the year in my book, but you won't let it happen will you? Because some kid...said something...that you don't like and now he's suspended."
"What if I say something you don't like Vince? What if I say something that really gets under your skin, and you just don't like it? What happens then, you suspend me?"
"Wait a second. Don't go there okay? First of all this is not to be done in public alright? Don't piss me off okay? Don't...don't do that. No no no your...your little smile on your face...don't piss me off, I'm telling you."
"He's still going to..."
"Of course. It's John."
"Don't be Hogan. Don't be all those guys that came before you. No no, be a man, you wanna talk in front of these people, then we'll talk in front of these people. Be a man and talk to me one on one here. You come out here with this crap. I gave a logical explanation, okay so what? I don't believe you can beat him, or I don't want to take the chance, it's not a big deal."
"You don't wanna take the chance of being embarrassed, when you should do the match and give these people what they want! Listen to 'em! Now once again your ego gets in the way, you don't wanna be embarrassed!"
"You know what, you're embarrassing me now okay? This whole thing is embarrassing, it really is. And quite frankly again, I don't give a damn what these people want, because I am not...I am not gonna jeopardize who I am and my company. This is my company John, not yours. Don't you get that? Don't you get that this is not your company? Don't you get that before you there were many others. Stone Cold Steve Austin, Shawn Michaels, the whole list goes on and on, don't you get that? It's not your company, it's my company. And I do what's right for the company, and believe it or not for each and every one of these people...my decision's a good one."
John takes his hat off and Iooks down at the title and back at Vince.
"I get it, it's your company. It's your company, I get it, I'm not stupid. But if that's how you want to run it, it's not something I signed up for. I get it, there's been Hogan, there's been Michaels, there's been Austin..every one is replaceable I get it. But I bust my ass for you. I work myself to the bone for you and this brand, because I'd like to think that this here stands for something. You're so worried...you're so very worried about CM Punk taking this, making it meaningless. He earned the right to face me, and if you just kick him to the curb, you've already made it meaningless." John finishes, handing Vince the title, dropping the mic and getting out of the ring.
"Whoa...what is he doing?"
Aly opens her eyes and looks.
"Doing something stupid."
"Where the hell do you think you're going? You're no different than all the rest you ingrate! All the rest of them walked out on me! You walking out on me? Alright...wait...wait a minute, wait just a minute. I got something...don't go anywhere." Vince says, stopping him and then grabbing the title.
"See what kind of man I am, don't go anywhere." He adds, getting out of the ring and storming up the ramp, stopping in front of John.
"Alright, I hate this has come between us, but it has. CM Punk's reinstated, you got your match."
"I feel a 'but' coming."
"Get that smile off your face! I'll tell you why you shouldn't be smiling. If CM Punk walks out of Chicago with this championship, I'll walk right down that aisle and look right in your face, and say John Cena...YOU'RE...FIRED!"
"I told you he was going to get himself into something." Aly says to me.
"Fired? Nooooooo!"
The screen fades with John's look of shock. Aly shakes her head and sighs.
"Boys and their big mouths."
"Well the night turned out well now didn't it?" I say sarcastically.
"Perfect." Aly says dryly.
"Well I guess we should go back to the room to grab our things now."
"Yeah." Alex agrees.
"Aww...we have to move now?" She whines a little.
"Yes, unfortunately. John said he'd come find us when he's all set to leave. It's better to get our things now then wait."
"True...but I'm comfy...Alex makes a good pillow."
"Okay then, I'll go get our things."
"Nah, I'll get up. Somebody has to help me though."
"I'll do it, I'm stronger." Alex says.
"Okay." She says, sitting up straight and waiting for him to get up.
He does get up but he's crouched down.
"I'll carry you, come on."
"Oh no, you had a match and you're sore. I can't do that to you."
"No, it's okay."
"You sure?"
"Positive."
"Alright, if you say so." She shrugs, climbing onto Alex's back.
I get up and grab his bag as he stands up and carries her as we walk back to the room to grab our remaining things.
"Alex?"
"Yeah?"
"You're awesome." She says, squeezing her arms around him.
"One of the many reasons why I love him." I smile.
"I bet." She laughs.
"I wouldn't be a brother to you if I wasn't awesome would I?" He asks, chuckling.
"Good point." She snickers.
Then we get back to the room and I open the door. When we walk in there's no sign of Mike or his things, so he must've left like I said he would. Aly sighs and rests her head on Alex's shoulder. I walk around and grab my bag, and whatever things Aly had before we head back out the door and wait for John. A few minutes later John finds us.
"Is someone tired?" John asks, seeing Aly on Alex's back.
"Yup." She replies lazily.
"There's one thing I have to do though..." I trail off, and lightly hitting John on the arm.
"Fired? Are you crazy?"
"Maybe." John winces.
"You better win in two weeks. I'll miss my brother being around again, especially since I just started to forgive you for everything."
John nods.
"But anyways, shall we get going now?"
"Yeah before that one falls asleep." John chuckles, looking at Aly.
"Not my fault..." She mumbles.
"Baby makes me tired." She yawns.
"Well let's get you back before you actually fall asleep."
"She'll probably fall asleep in the car." I remark as we head out to John's car.
"Especially since I will be using your husband as a pillow." She adds.
"Glad I can be useful." Alex laughs.
"Oh suuure, deprive me of my husband." I joke.
"Not my fault. Mine's being a jackass."
"I'm kidding."
"I know."
"Wait, are you gonna be awake enough to watch the fireworks? I'm sure there's gonna be some."
"I think I can make myself stay awake."
"You don't have to if you don't want to. I know you're tired."
"I think I'll watch some but I don't know if I'll stay up for the whole thing."
"Alright." I nod, as we stop when we get to the car.
Alex crouches and she slides off his back carefully so that they can get in the car. I put our things in the trunk while Aly and Alex slide into the backseat, and then I get into the passenger seat in the front. On the way back Aly rests against Alex, dozing slighting until we hear fireworks going off.
"Sounds like they already started."
Aly opens her eyes an moves to peer out the window.
"Oooh..."
"But this is Las Vegas so they'll probably be going off all night."
"Good point."
"I just hope we'll be able to sleep."
"I don't think I'll have too much trouble, I have somebody that usually takes care of that." Aly remarks, rubbing her stomach.
"So do I..." I add, turning around and looking at Alex.
Alex grins at me. Then we get back to the hotel, and we all get out of the car. I grab our things from the trunk, and we make our way inside.
"Thanks John." Aly says as we get to our floor.
"No problem. I'm always here for you guys. No matter what's happened in the past. I care about you."
We smile a little at him and say bye as he walks down to his room, leaving us by ours. Aly looks at the door to her room and sighs.
"Want me to go in there with you?" I ask.
"Nah, we don't need any more confrontations." She shakes her head.
"Alright." I nod.
"We'll see in our room in a bit." Alex adds.
She nods lightly, sliding down from his back again.
"Thanks for the rides." She laughs a little.
"Anytime." He chuckles.
She gets her key card out of her purse and uses it to get into the room. When she walks in, to her surprise Mike's not even awake. He's grabbed a pillow and a blanket and is already sleeping on the couch. She walks over and moves her things so they're sitting by the connecting door before going over to him. She nudges him gently a few times. He groans in his sleep and shifts on the couch.
"Mike." She nudges him again.
"Hmmm?" He mumbles, his eyes still closed.
"Go sleep in the bed."
"...you said...I can't..."
"I'm not staying in here tonight so you can go sleep in the bed."
"What do you mean?"
"I'm going into Alex and Dolce's room."
"...why?"
"Because I'm not happy with you right now."
"I know..." He sighs.
"So you can sleep in the bed."
"...okay..." He nods, getting up.
She moves and starts to walk back over to her bags by the door. He moves from the couch over to the bed, flopping down on it and getting under the blankets.
"...night." He says quietly.
She walks over and lightly kisses his cheek.
"...night."
Then she shuts off the light before walking through the connecting door, into me and Alex's room. She shuts the door and sets her bags there with a sigh.
"Everything okay?" I ask, coming out of the bathroom.
"As good as can be." She shrugs.
"I just hate having to be like this with him, especially since I'm pregnant and all I want to do right now is cuddle." She adds, rubbing her stomach sadly.
"Awww...hug?" I ask, holding out my arms.
She gives a sad laugh and nods, walking over for a hug. After I hug her, that's when Alex joins in.
"Group hug." He laughs.
"Aha, you're a dork." She laughs.
"But I'm still an awesome brother."
"That's true. Thank you."
"You're welcome."
"I'm gonna get changed and then go watch some fireworks on the balcony."
"Okay." I say, and we all pull away from the group hug.
She goes and picks some pajamas out of her bag, going into the bathroom to change. After that, she puts the other clothes away. She puts on some slippers and a light robe.
"Anyone coming with me?"
"Of course we are."
"Okay."
Then we all head out onto the balcony, watching the fireworks go off all around.
"I love fireworks." She smiles lightly.
"Yeah, me too." I nod in agreement.
"They are pretty cool." Alex says.
"We saw some last night too. I have to say, they look even better when you're overlooking the ocean."
"Ooh, I bet they do."
"That reminds me, I brought something for you." I suddenly realize and head back into the room, digging through my things.
I come back out with a sandwich bag full of brownies.
"I saved these for you."
"Sweet! Thank youuuu." She beams.
"You're welcome." I smile, as she takes the bag from me.
"Where did those come from?" Alex asks.
"It was the secret stash I hid from you, the secret stash I made for her."
She laughs at the look on his face.
"Haha, I'm special." She taunts, taking one out and biting into it.
"I'll make more some other time...don't worry." I laugh, patting the top of his head.
"You can have one." She holds out the bag.
He grins and takes one out, biting into it.
"You better hide those from him tonight, I guarantee if he gets a hold of them, they'll be all gone. If you don't eat them all that is."
She laughs.
"Oh, baby says thank you by the way." She tells me, putting a hand on her belly.
"Well he or she is very welcome." I laugh.
"We're gonna have to come up with a little nickname for the baby until the appointment when we can find out the gender. I hate having to call the baby 'it' because of not knowing the gender." Aly says, wrinking her nose.
"Definitely..."
"I'm thinking something to do with sweets since that's been my main craving other than fruit."
"Hmm...sweets. Let me think..."
She tries to think too while still eating brownies.
"I got it, how about jelly bean?"
"Awww. I like it. I love jelly beans anyway."
"For now we call the baby jelly bean or jelly for short."
She smiles and rubs her belly.
"Jelly bean." She sings slightly.
"So cute."
Alex reaches for another brownie and she swats at his hand.
"My brownies."
"Awww too bad." I snicker.
"Awww." Alex pouts.
"Like I said, I'll make more another time...just for you." I add.
"Okay..." He pouts more.
"Alright, you can have one more but that's it." She says, holding out the bag again.
"Yayy." He perks up and takes another.
"Dork." She says amusedly.
Then she starts to yawn again.
"Well I think I'm gonna head in and go to bed."
"Alright." Alex and I say.
She hugs the both of us.
"Thanks so much."
"What is a friend and brother for right?" I smile.
"Sister and brother." She corrects.
"Right, sister and brother."
"Night you two."
"Night." We both say back.
Aly goes inside and stashes the brownies before sliding onto the sofa bed and getting comfortable. She snuggles with her body pillow and falls asleep fairly quickly. I turn back to lean against the railing to watch the fireworks that are still going off over the city. Alex wraps himself around me and kisses the back of my neck.
"When do you have to leave tomorrow?"
"I think our flight leaves after yours." Alex says.
"So first thing in the morning...real early. Because I know it's like a 14-16 hour flight there for you."
"Yeah."
"I'm gonna miss you."
"I'm going to miss you too. A lot."
"But I'll be back in a couple days and we can skype, text, and talk on the phone every day."
"Depending on what time it is over there and here. You're gonna be a day ahead."
"Yeah. I hate trying to figure out time zones."
"Well thank god my iPod has a clock and shows the different time zones."
"True."
"But hey, even if you call or something when it's like 3 in the morning here, I may be sleeping but you can leave me a message and I'll get it when I wake up."
"That's also true."
"We'll make every effort to talk to each other." I smile.
"Exactly." He smiles too.
"I'm gonna miss doing this..." He adds, referring to him kissing the back of my neck.
I giggle quietly.
"Well we can't do much tonight, since Aly's staying the night in the room."
"I know." He sighs.
"Sorry to ruin your fun." I snicker.
He chuckles.
"I can live. I don't mind her being in there with us if it makes her feel better."
"I don't mind either."
"I hate seeing her upset like she was earlier, she actually started crying."
"...Mike." I sigh, shaking my head.
Alex sighs too. Then he places his chin on my shoulder, keeping his arms around me.
"Let's hope with our matches this week, that straightens him out at least a bit."
"Hopefully."
"Comfortable?" I ask amusedly, turning my head slightly to look at him.
"Yup." Alex kisses my cheek.
"Well I think we should get some sleep if we're getting up early tomorrow morning."
"Probably."
He lifts his chin up off of my shoulder and unwraps his arms from around me, only settling his hands on my hips as he guides me back inside. He uses one hand to slide the door shut behind him before guiding me over to the bed. We quietly climb into bed, not wanting to wake Aly. I snuggle into him and he wraps an arm around me resting his hand on my back and starts using his technique of running his hand up and down to get me to go to sleep faster. I drift off easily, listening to his heartbeat and feeling the soothing motion of his hand.