It's a couple days later and the hurricane had passed the other day while we were still in North Carolina. We decided to take a little vacation and just travel up to DC to Alex's place just until Monday. We're now sitting out in the backyard, enjoying the nice weather and sun.
"At least we're taking a break for the rest of the week."
"Yeah." Aly agrees.
"We definitely need it." She adds.
"For sure." I nod.
We were the only ones outside for the time being, and after a bit, the guys come out from inside the house.
"Mmm...hi." Aly smiles at Mike after he kisses her.
"Hi." He says back, sitting next to her.
Alex also greets me with a kiss, sitting beside me as well.
"So what're we doing today?"
"Well I don't know what you girls want to do, but I asked Mike to help me work on my car." Alex says.
"Oh, well I'm sure we can find something to do."
"Of course." Aly nods.
Then she and I exchange grins. We start giggling and the guys look at us funny.
"Do we wanna know?"
"We're not telling."
"Sounds suspicious."
We just smile.
"It's nothing you have to worry about."
"Riiiiight."
"Have we ever been wrong?"
"Maybe."
"Really?"
"Okay maybe not but still."
"Uh huh."
"You two are sneaky." Mike says.
"Yup."
"And so are you two." Aly shrugs.
"So it's even." I add.
She nods in agreement.
"But hey if you need anything while you're working on the car just let me know." I say to Alex.
"One of us will get you whatever it is." Aly adds.
"Exactly."
"Alright." He nods.
"When are you going to work on the car exactly?"
"After lunch."
"Okay." I nod.
"Any ideas on what to do for now?" Aly asks.
"Hmmm, not really. My mind's blanking right now." I shake my head.
"Mine too." She sighs.
"And if you're gonna suggest the pool, I'll have to pass on that." I say to Alex, before he could say anything.
"Same here. We've gone swimming alot lately and I don't feel like it today." Aly agrees.
"That is a part of summer, but okay." Mike nods.
"Any other ideas?"
"Well we could have our own little thing of alone time for a bit." Mike suggests.
"I think I like that idea."
"How about a walk?"
"Sure. I'd have to put on better shoes but that sounds nice."
"I thought it would." He grins.
Mike gets up and helps her out of her chair.
"We'll see you later." He says to me and Alex.
"Have fun."
"We will."
Mike and her go inside to stop by the bedroom so she can change her sheos. She puts on a pair of tennis shoes and follows Mike outside. He laces his fingers with hers, and they begin their walk.
"I'm glad we got to take a break."
"Well it's a good thing to do, especially after what we've been through this week."
"Yeah." She nods, laying her head against his arm.
"Plus you and Carly need all the break time that you can get."
"That's true."
"So you're helping DC with his car...I never knew that you knew anything about cars."
"Its an old hobby. I just haven't had the chance to do anything about it in a while." Mike replies.
"You never told me about that being an old hobby before."
"Never had a reason to."
"Good point."
"But hey, I know now." She laughs.
"Right." Mike chuckles.
"So are you gonna tell me what you two were giggling about earlier?"
"Nope."
"Why not?"
"Because, that makes it more fun for us."
"Awwww."
"You don't want to ruin our fun do you?" She looks up at him.
"No..."
"Good. So just chill, you'll find out later."
"Okay, I'll chill."
She smiles and reaches up to kiss his cheek.
"That's all I ask."
Mike smiles back and kisses her head. Then he lets her hand go in favor of wrapping an arm around her shoulders. She slides an arm around his waist and leans into him.
"You know, I can't wait until we get to take walks with Savvy after she's born."
"I know, that will be fun."
"There will be a lot of fun things after she's born."
"Mmhmm. I can't wait." She smiles softly, rubbing her stomach.
He smiles too, moving his arm to resting around her waist and he rests his hand on her stomach.
"Just about halfway now."
"I knowww."
"Exciting." Aly giggles a bit.
"Very exciting."
"I'm glad I decided not to have that amino done. The thought of that test scared me."
"They use a needle and just...ughh." She shudders.
"Is that what that test was? All I remember is you being super adamant that you didn't want it done."
"Yeah. They would take a really long needle and stick it into my belly so they could take out some amniotic fluid to run tests for diseases and disorders. It looks really really uncomfortable and there's a small percentage where it can cause complications." She explains.
"Ohhhh."
"Yeah, so that's why I said no. Things are going smoothly right now and I don't want to mess that up. I could see if there was something the doctors were concerned about but there isn't."
"Right. Good idea." He nods.
"I'll stick to the non-invasive tests, thank you very much."
"No needles for me." She adds.
"Well I shouldn't say no needles. I'll only take the ones that I have to anyway." She continues.
"Right."
"I think I'm going to try and go without an epidural when I go into labor."
"You sure?"
She nods.
"I don't want to have a needle put in my back and I think I can do it. I'll still keep an open mind and if the pain is too much, I'd get one but I'm going to try and go without for as long as I can."
"Alright, and you know I'll be there to help you through everything."
"I know." She smiles.
"And you'll make every effort to make it to the hospital if you're away." She adds.
"Of course I will. I'd drop everything." Mike assures her.
"I know you would."
He kisses her head.
"You and Savannah are the most important things to me."
She feels her eyes start to tear up.
"Oh Mike." She murmurs, hugging him.
"You always will be." He smiles, hugging back.
They stop walking for a minute and she buries her face in his chest, hugging him tightly.
"I love you both."
"We love you too." She mumbles into his chest.
"Forever." She adds.
"Forever." Mike agrees, while pressing kisses to her head.
Once they pull away from the hug, they wait a bit before resuming their walk. In the meantime, Alex and I are still sitting where we were, relaxing.
"Is there anything you want to do?" I ask Alex.
"Not that I can think of, what about you?" He asks.
"Mind's still drawing a blank. Maybe Twitter can cure the boredness."
"Alright." He chuckles, rubbing my stomach while I get on my phone.
"Wow people are boring...wait a minute...that ass!"
"What happened?" Alex asks.
"Morrison...calling Mike...Big Fat Mike. If this is a joke, this isn't freaking funny at all."
"No its not."
"The nerve of him...should've known we couldn't trust him."
"Yeah." Alex agrees.
"His jealous ass can leave the business if he's gonna be like that." I say, starting to get angry.
"Calm down, you know it isn't good for you and the baby." Alex says soothingly.
"Well he has no right saying what he said. He's just freaking jealous beacuse he'll NEVER be able to accomplish what Mike HAS."
"I know."
I close out of Twitter and shut my phone off, not wanting to use it anymore. Then I place it on the table in front of me and lean back against the chair, letting out a big angry sigh. Alex tugs on me until I come over and sit on his lap. He whispers things to me while rubbing my back. I calm down a bit, just quietly mumbling in Italian for now. Then he starts to lay kisses on my face in different spots. I stop mumbling and go quiet, calming down completely.
"Love you."
"Love you too."
Alex kisses me gently. Once he pulls away, I lay my head on his shoulder and lean against him.
"Better now?"
I nod and rest my hands on his, which are now resting on my stomach.
"Good."
"I'm not using my phone for the rest of the day."
"Alright."
"Because I don't want to see something else related to what I just read and get angry again."
"Right. That's a good idea."
"Too comfy to move anyway."
"Of course." Alex chuckles.
Then I press a kiss to his neck, and snuggle into him more. Alex lays his head against mine and the two of us just relax and enjoy the silence. Then eventually Mike and Aly come back, walking into the backyard.
"Awww." She giggles.
"How cute." She teases a bit.
"Hi to you too." I mumble.
"Seriously though, you two are cute."
"You've been saying that since day one...even before I even met him." I laugh.
"This is true." She laughs too.
"But I'm right." She adds.
"Of course you are."
"You and those 'feelings' of yours."
"I know." She says amusedly.
"And they're never wrong." She says, walking over and sittins back down.
"Well I shouldn't say never but I'm rarely wrong." She adds.
"We're both rarely wrong."
"Right."
"Question...why is your phone so far away from you on the table?"
"Um..." I hesitate.
"...I didn't want to use it anymore today." I finish.
"Did something happen?"
"Uh...I just read something that didn't really like."
"About what?"
"I don't know if I should tell you."
"Alright now I know its bad. What the hell happened?" Aly frowns.
"Well I haven't been on Twitter in a few days, and you know how I follow like everyone we work with. Um...Morrison's tweet...he was talking about Mike and well he basically called him fat."
"...he did what?"
"Yeah, apparently he tweeted a picture of food that he ate and called him fat. Then said something about that if maybe sports entertainment was a sandwich, he'd be better at it."
Aly closes her eyes and clenches her jaw, he hands holding onto the arms of the chair so tight her knuckles have gone white.
"I didn't want to say anything..."
Aly doesn't reply, breathing deeply but with a faint growl.
"It's okay, it's not your fault..." Mike says to me.
"...Lyssa..." He turns to her.
She doesn't acknowledge him saying her name.
"Hey...come on...calm down. This isn't good for you or Savvy." He says soothingly, wrapping an arm around her shoulders.
She relaxes her grip on the chair a little but still stays silent. Then he turns her face towards his and he presses his lips to hers, to calm her down even more. She stays tense at first but then slowly starts to relax and kisses him back. Once he feels that she's completely relaxes, he pulls away but keeps his forehead leaning against hers.
"That still pisses me off." She murmurs quietly.
"I know..."
She moves from Mike.
"I don't know who he thinks he is, but that is just way beyond an ass. That is NOT funny."
"That's what I said. He's can take his jealous ass and leave the business if he's gonna do that." I remark.
"Exactly! I mean really, just because everybody doesn't have defined muscles like him doesn't mean that they're fat. He needs to take a look at older pictures of Mike compared to ones of right now because there's a definite difference!"
"He's just jealous because he can't accomplish what Mike has. He'll always be a midcarder, nothing more than that."
"Jealous and bitter. How many titles has Mike had since their tag team broke up? A bunch. Mike main-evented Wrestlemania and always has tons of media appearances. What does Morrison have? Nothing."
"And to think you were starting to forgive him..."
"I know! Well he can forget that ever happening now. You don't just call my husband fat and think everything is going to be okay. That's bullshit." Aly snaps.
"Exactly."
She lets out a growl.
"Oooh that pisses me off."
"Which is why I didn't want to tell you, because I didn't want you to hurt yourself and Savannah by getting too angry."
"Well I probably would have found out at some point."
"True..."
"Its better to have it happen here rather than there where I could get my hands on him."
"Right." Mike agrees.
Aly growls a bit again and gets up.
"Stupid ass." She mumbles, walking inside.
"I'll go inside with her, make sure she's okay." I sigh, sliding off Alex's lap and grabbing my phone, putting it in my pocket.
"Carls, why don't you rest more. I'll take care of her." Mike interjects.
"Alright, fine."
I put my phone back on the table and sit back down on Alex's lap. Mike goes inside after Aly.
"Lyssa...are you gonna be okay?" Mike asks once he finds her.
"Eventually." She mutters, rummaging in the cabinets.
"You sure?"
"Yeah."
"Alright." He nods.
She sighs and shuts the cabinet, popping a piece of chocolate in her mouth. Mike walks over to her and wraps his arms around her, pulling her close. She turns and snuggles into him.
"I love you."
"I love you too. So much."
"I got an idea, how about you and I make lunch for all of us?"
"Okay."
"It'll hopefully get your mind off of...you know."
"Yeah...it's worth a shot." She sighs.
"And just so you know, I don't care what they say about me. The only opinion that matters to me is yours." Mike says, making sure that she's looking into his eyes to see how serious he is.
"I know...but still..." She sighs.
"It makes me upset that they say those things. It shouldn't matter what you look like or what you weigh. Though I will say that I think you look great to me." she adds, running her hands over his chest.
"And you look great to me." He smiles.
"Of course you think so even though I'm bigger now."
"That doesn't matter, you'll always be beautiful to me."
"Charmer." She sighs and smiles at him.
"Always."
She gives him a lingering kiss.
"Love you."
"Love you too."
"And you." He adds, crouching down and lifting the bottom of her shirt to kiss her stomach.
"As I always say, she loves you too daddy." She smiles.
Mike smiles and kisses her belly again before pulling her shirt down and standing back up.
"So...lunch?" He asks.
"Yeah." She nods.
They go into the fridge and cabinets, getting things to make lunch with. They start cooking, being affectionate while they work. After everything was done, since it was still nice outside, we decided to stay outside and eat. So she and Mike grabbed everything and brought it outside.
"Thanks." Alex and I say.
"You're welcome."
She and Mike sit down, and then we all start to eat. We get through lunch and put our dishes away. That's when the boys decide to get changed into different clothes so they can go work on the car. They head out into the garage where the car is and we stay in the house...for now. We sit there and talk about different things, mostly the babies.
"I can't wait until you find out what you're having." She says to me.
"I know." I smile.
"I'm sure Alex is more excited than the two of us though."
"Mike was the same way." She laughs.
"You know when I do find out what I'm having, you can help me with nursery ideas."
"Of course. Oh, you want to see the pictures of mine?" She asks.
"Of course I do."
"Alright, let me get my computer." She smiles.
She goes and gets it, returning to sit beside me so that I can see them.
"I like them all...that zebra one is so you." I laugh, after seeing all the pictures.
"That's what Mike said." She giggles.
"Well it's true."
"Yes it is."
"Speaking of him, wanna go check and see how they're doing?"
"Yeah sure."
After shutting off her computer and closing it, we get up from where we're sitting and go to the garage where the guys are. We open the door and stand in the doorway, raising our eyebrows when we see both of our husbands working without shirts on.
"Well, wasn't expecting to see this..." I mumble quietly to her.
"Nuh uh..." She trails off.
"Wonder how long it'll take before they notice us standing here."
"I dunno."
We continue to look on, as their backs are to us.
"My god." She mumbles.
"Easy..." I laugh.
"Well sor-ry. Blame the hormones." She giggles.
"You're gonna like jump him when you get the chance aren't you?"
"Maybe..."
"You so would."
"You just wait until you get past the first trimester and you'll want to jump Alex all the time."
"Hah, that'll be fun."
Aly laughs.
"Considering the fact that he's been more touchy feely all the time now."
"Yeah." She giggles.
"Eep, he's turning around...hide behind the door."
We hide behind the door, trying not to giggle.
"Hey, I thought we shut the door when we came in here."
"I'm pretty sure we did." Mike frowns.
He walks up to the open door, looking into the house. Then he looks to the right, and he does what we never thought he'd do. He peered behind the door and we've been caught.
"Busted." Aly giggles.
"What're you doing behind the door?"
"Nothing..."
"We're resting."
"Uh huh." Aly nods.
"Pretty odd place to rest don't you think?" He asks.
"Maybe."
"You know, you two don't sound very convincing..."
We smile innocently.
"You opened the door didn't you?"
"No..."
"Are you sure now?"
"No." We start giggling.
"You're lying."
We giggle harder.
"You opened the door."
He chuckles as we giggle even harder.
"We wanted to see how you were doing."
She nods in agreement.
"Uh huh..." He smirks.
"And we may or may not have been staring."
"Distracted huh?"
"Maybe."
"Figured as much."
We giggle again.
"You go back to working on your car."
"We're just going to watch. You guys need anything?"
"Not right now, but thanks for asking."
"Uh-huh."
"You have fun now." He grins, before going back into the garage.
"We will."
We peer around the door, before going back to stand in the doorway to stare again.
"This is better than watching them in the ring." She whispers to me.
"Oh yeah." I whisper back.
"They're shirtless, wearing jeans, aren't getting hurt, and there's no one else staring but us."
"That's how it should be all the time."
"Uh-huh."
"The day just got better."
"Definitely."
"And now I'm gonna want to jump Alex later when he's done for the day. I blame him." I laugh.
"I know right?" Aly giggles.
"And now that they know we're watching, they'll purposely do more distracting things to make us want to jump them even more."
"Oh yeah."
"Okay, if I want to prevent jumping him now...I got to take a break from this." I laugh, after a while of staring.
"As much as I hate to admit it, I probably should too." Aly sighs, giggling.
We step out of the doorway and close the door, walking away from it.
"How about ice cream? I saw some in the freezer."
"Oooh yeah."
We go into the kitchen and start making ourselves sundaes. Then we go out into the living room and watch some tv while we eat.
"Ohhh this is so good." She mumbles.
"I know right?"
"I feel hungry alot more nowadays. I feel like I'm eating all the time." She laughs.
"But that's normal right?"
"Yeah."
"Just wait until it happens to you."
"I know its coming." I say, laughing a bit.
"A lot of things are happening now, I know." I add.
"Oh yeah." She nods.
"Won't be surprised if I got some bloating going on..I didn't check."
"I wouldn't be surprised."
"Been lucky with the moodswings though...only 2 so far."
"Oh just wait, you'll have more."
"I know, the last one caused me to snap at Alex."
"Awww."
"And I felt so bad after, because he was upset that I was upset."
"Awwwww."
"He thought it was his fault, because he caused it again."
"Poor guy."
"Yeah, but I think he understands now that neither one of us can control it."
"Yeah."
A while later, we finished our ice cream and set the bowls on the table in front of us, finding a movie on tv and watching that. We relax, enjoying the movie. We relax, enjoying the movie. Watching the movie, the time seemed to pass by awfully quickly. That leads to another movie starting on the same channel and we watch that. Soon it started to get dark in the living room as the sun was almost completely set. The door to the garage opens and the guys walk in, being finished with the car for the day. We exchange glances and giggle.
"All done out there?"
"Yeah."
"We're just gonna get something quick to eat before hopping in the showers."
"Okay."
They go to get something to eat real quick, and I give Aly an amused look. She cracks up laughing.
"I sense some jumping is gonna be happening." I say to her quietly.
She nods, still laughing.
"You keep laughing, they'll get suspicious."
"I can't help it." She giggles.
"Of course not."
She tries to control her giggling before they come out of the kitchen.
"Alright, so we'll be back."
"Uh huh."
"And another thing, why don't you turn some lights on out here...it's getting dark." Mike says, reaching over and turning on one of the lights.
"Ah, ow." Aly winces, blinking.
"Sorry."
"It's okay."
"Alright."
They walk off towards the bedrooms to head in and take their showers. A few minutes go by.
"Alright, I'm out." Aly laughs, getting up.
"Haha of course you are."
"Later Dolce." She giggles and heads towards the bedroom.
"Later."
She slips into the bedroom quietly and takes off most of her clothes, tip toeing over to the bathroom door. She just hears the water being turned on, knowing that Mike hasn't even gotten into the shower yet. She gently pops open the door and slips in, quietly shutting it behind her. At first she just stands there and starest at him as his back is facing her, just like when he was in the garage with Alex. Then she giggles, which turns into a laugh as he jumps and whips around.
"Lyssa...you scared me."
"Sorry." She giggles.
"What're you doing in here anyway?"
"What do you think?" She asks, stepping close enough to run her fingers over his skin.
"Ohhh you sneak." He grins.
She giggles.
"Well what're we waiting for?"
She laughs and kisses him.
"Well I think we're waiting for you to take the rest of your clothes off." She laughs, after pulling away.
"You have things still on too." He points out, chuckling.
"Touche." She giggles.
"We have to solve that problem again."
"Yes we do." She grins and reaches for his jeans.
They both help with getting what clothes they still had on, before getting into the shower. Meanwhile I'm just relaxing in the living room and watching tv while I wait for Alex. I decide to get up real quick and head to the bedroom to change into something for bed, before heading back out to the living room. I get comfortable again and after a bit, Alex comes out.
"Hey, where'd Windy go?"
"Where do you think she went?" I laugh.
"Ohh right, she would."
"That's what I said."
"That's because we know her so well." He says from the kitchen after getting something to drink.
"Yeah."
Then he comes back out to the living room and sits down next to me on the couch. A grin crosses his face as he sees what I have on. I can see the grin out of the corner of my eye, and I smile myself as I continue to look at the tv. He starts to touch me teasingly. I try my best to not pay attention to his touches. Alex just keeps going, adding in kisses.
"You're being distracting again..."
"I know." He chuckles.
"But it's your fault." He adds.
"Oh really."
"Yes really. For me being distracting now...not earlier today."
"True."
"But now we're even." I add.
"Good point."
"You know, I wanted to like jump you today...not gonna lie."
He raises his eyebrows.
"Is that so."
"Uh huh."
"And yet you didn't."
"I controlled the urge."
"Why?"
"Good question...I don't know."
"That surprises me."
"Hey Aly controlled the urge to jump Mike too. Well until she left to head to the bedroom."
Alex snickers.
"But I managed to control it."
"You know you don't have to."
"Oh really?"
"Really."
"As a matter of fact...can you control it now?" He adds, placing kisses along my shoulder.
"Yes..."
"Hmmm, not convincing..." He smirks, then runs his fingers of one hand down my spine slowly.
I shiver.
"Alexxxxx."
"Can't control it can you?"
"...maybe not..."
"I thought so..." He smirks, grabbing me and pulling onto his lap.
I get comfortable and cup his face, kissing him. Then my hands move and my arms unconsciously move to wrap around his neck. Alex's hands rest on my hips as he kisses me back.
"Mmm...maybe we should head to the bedroom now, just so that we don't have to worry about the tv or light." I say, pulling away for a brief moment.
"Alright." He agrees.
I let go of him and reach over, grabbing the remote and turning the tv off. Then I get off his lap and go over to the light and turn that off. Before I know it, he's picked me up and heading toward the bedroom.
"Alex!" I laugh.
"You were moving too slow." He chuckles.
"Sorry." I giggle.
"Sure you are."
He gets to the bedroom and goes in, I shut the door behind him and then Alex sets me down. I start to walk over to the bed, and I climb onto it and under the covers, pretending to be going to sleep. Alex gets on the bed, hovering over me. He smirks and leans down, nipping at my collarbone.
"I'm awake you know..."
"I know."
"Of course you do."
He chuckles and keeps doing what he's doing. I relax against the pillows, sighing in content and biting my lip as he continues to nip at my collarbone. Alex gets to that spot on my collarbone and pauses there, nipping at it and sucking it gently.
"Try to make any marks coverable...we have Raw Monday."
"Mmhmm." He mumbles.
As he continues, I make quiet noises here and there. He moves from there, up my neck and along my jawline, before pressing his lips against mine. I cup his face and return the kiss. I decide to not move my hands to his hair, because it's more than likely still wet from the shower he had taken not too long ago. So I leave them cupping his face, and he goes to pull away, but I hold him there for a while longer since I'm not done yet. He chuckles against my lips and keeps kissing me until I let him go.
"Now I don't have to jump you anymore."
"Darn." He jokes, chuckling.
"Maybe some other day."
"Alright." He laughs, kissing me again.
Then after he pulls away, he moves to his spot next to me and gets under the blankets himself. He reaches over and turns off the light, before turning to me and pulling me close to him, along with being more touchy feely.
"Night love." He kisses her head.
"Night."
Back in Mike and Aly's room, they've finally left the bathroom with towels wrapped around themselves. They go over to their things and start to get ready for bed. Mike of course at times while he's changing, looks over at her.
"Having fun staring?" She asks, giggling.
"Uh huh." He grins.
"I can tell."
"Of course you can."
She laughs and goes to put her towel in the bathroom. He walks over to the bed and climbs onto it and under the blankets, waiting for her. She walks out and slides into bed, scooching right up against him.
"Love you."
"Love you too."
"Bet you're all tired out after that."
"I'm okay actually." She giggles, snuggling into him.
"Well that's good, but you know we do have to go to bed."
"I know."
He reaches over and shuts the light off, before getting comfortable again.
"We should sleep now."
"Night, love you."
"Night, love you too."