It's finally Sunday and we're in Buffalo, NY for Night of Champions. We all woke up at different times, but Alex and I had went to the gym while Aly and Mike had left for her appointment to see Savannah again. They're waiting to be called in and she leans against Mike, yawning since she's still tired. He has an arm around her shoulders as she leans against him. He kisses her head and leans his against hers.
"After this we can go back and you can sleep more if you want."
She nods sleepily.
"Sounds good. I don't know why I'm so tired today. I slept fine last night."
"We can ask the doctor if that'll make you feel better."
"I guess. It probably isn't anything to worry about. Some days are just different than others."
"Are you gonna be alright for tonight?"
"I should be. We'll see how I feel after a nap."
"Okay." He nods.
The nurse calls them in shortly after that and Aly goes through the usual routine of little tests and measurements before they go into the exam room. From there you wait a bit longer until the doctor walks in. She talks to them about different things as she measures Aly's stomach. She also answers questions and asks her own.
"She's really tired today, is there anything going on?" Mike asks.
"Probably not. Fatigue is a common symptom of pregnancy, it occurs at all stages though the second trimester is generally better than the first and third. Just nap and try to rest."
"See? I told you." Aly says to him.
"Well better safe than sorry." He says.
"True."
"Are we excited to see her again?" The doctor asks, getting everything ready.
"Definitely." They both smile.
Once she has everything, she does what she has to and then Aly and Mike watch the screen to see Savannah. They watch her moving intently, occasionally looking at each other and smiling.
"She's just so cute."
"She is."
"I still say she's gonna look like you." Mike says to Aly.
"We'll see." She giggles.
"Well everything looks perfect." The doctor says.
"Great."
"Whatever you're doing, keep doing it."
"I'll try." She laughs.
She cleans up all the gel and everything, and then prints out the picture for her. They then head out to the car. Mike drives them back to the hotel while she looks at the pictures.
"So big."
"Yeah, she really grew."
"I can't wait to show Dolce and DC."
"Just have to send them to our parents first." She adds, using her phone to take pictures and send them.
"Right." He chuckles.
They get to the hotel and go in, headnig up to their room. In the elevator she cuddles up to Mike, yawning.
"We'll be in our room soon."
She nods and lays her head against his chest, closing her eyes. The elevator stops and dings when they get to the floor. They step out of the elevator and walk down to their room, Mike opening the door and they both walk in. She kicks off her shoes and puts down her purse before stripping down to a tanktop and boyshorts, climbing into bed. Mike of course does the same, but kicking his shoes off and he climbs onto the bed next to her. She snuggles up to him.
"My pillow."
"Your pillow." He repeats, smiling.
"Love you."
"Love you too."
She falls asleep as Mike runs his fingers through her hair. In the meantime at the gym, I'm using the treadmill to get some walking in. And of course like always Alex has to be in my direct view while working out. I inwardly groan and bite my lip while watching him.
"Damn you..." I mutter quietly.
"...teasing me..." I continue.
I continue to mumble to myself as I try not to pay attention to him. After a bit Alex walks over.
"Hey love."
"Hey."
"Done?" I ask.
"Basically yeah."
"Alright." I nod, turning off the treadmill once I step off it.
"By the way, did you purposely work out in my direct view?"
"Maybe." He smirks.
"I thought so. You would."
"Yup." He grins.
"I'm going out there with you tonight, like always." I say, as we start to head for the doors.
"I figured you would."
"You just be careful." He adds.
"I will be."
"The most I'll do out there, is attack Vickie if she tries something, which I know she will."
"Wouldn't surprise me." Alex agrees.
"You just be careful yourself too." I tell him.
"I'll do my best."
"That's all I ask."
Alex nods and kisses me. We get out to the car and we get in, heading back to the hotel until we need to head to the arena. We get to our room and relax together, watching tv. Hours pass and it's that time where we have to get to the arena and just hang around there until showtime. Mike tries to get Aly up but she rolls away, trying to hide in the covers.
"Lyssa, I'm sorry but it's time to go."
She groans, stretching languidly. He waits to see if she's really gonna get up. She lays there for a minute, mumbling. But she does finally get up, and goes into the bathroom to touch up her makeup and everything. She walks out and picks out her clothes for the night since she wore lazy clothes to the appointment this morning. Once she found clothes, she changed right there. She knows Mike is watching and she smiles a bit, exaggerating her movements just to mess with him. Of course this causes him to inwardly groan quietly and he mumbles. She giggles softly. Once she was all dressed, she could hear him going 'awww' quietly. She laughs quietly and picks out some shoes. She puts those on once she picks them out, and she grabs whatever else she may need before turning around to face Mike.
"Ready?"
"Uh-huh."
"You sure? You seem awfully distracted..."
"Huh? Oh no, I'm fine."
"Sure about that?" She giggles.
"I'm sure."
"Okay."
"If you say so." She adds.
She walks slowly to the door, still exaggerating her motions. He inwardly groans again, but manages to grab his bag and everything, following her. She meets him at the elevator, the buttom pushed.
"You're being evil." He mutters as they wait.
"I know. It's fun." She giggles.
"For you."
"Yup."
"But you enjoy it." She adds.
"I know you do." She smirks.
"Can't deny that."
"Nope."
Then the elevator dings again and it stops, opening the doors and they step out into the lobby. She walks out before him and giggles to herself as she feels him staring as she follows. That lasts all the way out to the car.
"Having fun?" I giggle, as Alex and I are already there waiting.
"Of course." She smirks.
"Are we all set to go Mike?"
"Yeah." He mutters.
He goes around to the driver's side and unlocks that before unlocking the rest of the car.
"He's just a tad distracted." Aly giggles.
"Evil wife." He grumbles.
"Love you too."
Alex and I snicker as we get in. Mike drives to the arena. When we get to the arena the guys go down to the locker room to drop their things off for the show later, and we decide to just walk around instead of sitting in the room being bored.
"Oh, I have new pictures of Savvy." She tells me as we walk, arms linked.
"Oooooh!"
She pulls them out of her pocket and hands them over, smiling.
"Awwww, she's so cute." I say as I look at each picture.
"I know. She's gotten big."
"Definitely." She nods.
"The doctor said everything looks perfect and to keep doing whatever I'm doing."
"That's good." I smile.
"Mike was all concerned because I've been so tired today."
"Aww."
"I told him it wasn't anything to worry about but he had to ask the doctor anyway. She told him it wasn't, that fatigue can happen through the whole pregnancy."
"Right."
"I've been lucky this trimester. I haven't had many tired days."
"Well that's a good thing."
"Yeah but those tired days will come more during the next months." She sighs, rubbing her stomach.
"Good luck with those."
"Yeah..."
"You'll be facing it soon too, if it hasn't been bad already."
"Its been okay. It helps to nap."
"Nap as much as you can." She nods.
"It's harder to sleep the bigger you get." She adds.
"Oh boy."
"Things should be alright until you get as big as I am. Then things start get a little tougher."
"Right." I nod.
"Having Mike around helps. He knows those little things that help me sleep better."
"Awwww."
"I know. He's been amazing." She smiles.
"It sure sounds like it." I smile too.
"Just wait, Alex will be too."
"I'm counting on it."
She smiles and giggles a bit. Walking around more, we pass by tons of people, but we hear the familiar voice of Ted as we're walking. At least this time it doesn't bother me. It seems like he's talking to someone else so we don't stop.
"You know it's such a relief to hear him and not wanna like slap him each time I see him."
"I bet."
"And it's even better to not hear Frenchie around him. That god awful screechy, french accent voice."
"Oh yeah."
"Oooh I can't wait for her to come back so we can pull that prank on her."
"I know. It's going to be great."
We end up walking right past him and he is talking to someone on the phone. So we just wave as we walk past and he waves back.
"Its relieving to be able to walk around and not have to worry about stalkers."
"I know, we don't need the added stress anyway."
"Yeah." She nods, running her hand over her belly.
Then of course we end up passing by Eve, I just give her the evil eyes before we walk away. Aly rolls her eyes.
"Now why couldn't she go away like Frenchie did?"
"I dunno. We got lucky with Frenchie."
"A lucky injury that is."
"Right."
"I bet the guys are going crazy looking for us right now." I snicker.
"Probably." She giggles.
"They've grown too attached."
"I know. Its going to be hard when I can't travel."
"Especially when I'll still be able to. You'll be alone for a while."
"I know."
She frowns and sighs.
"It'll be okay though." I reassure her.
"I know. It'll only be a couple weeks but still."
"Right." I nod.
"Just have to enjoy this while I can I guess."
"True.."
Then she looks at her stomach and a smile tugs at her lips.
"Hi baby."
"Awwwww." I smile.
She rubs her stomach fondly. Then suddenly when she does kick, she feels it against her hand, but now how she's normally been feeling it.
"Whoa. That's new." Her eyes widen a bit.
"What? What's happening."
She lifts up her shirt over her stomach.
"Watch here." She points.
I nod and watch where she pointed, and after a few seconds or so, I see what she had felt.
"You can see her moving! Awwww!"
She beams.
"Mike is going to be so happy."
"He's been waiting forever to see this." She adds.
"Aww." I smile.
"I guess we better go find him before she stops moving then huh?"
"Definitely." She nods, fixing her shirt.
Then we starat walking again and try to find Mike and Alex. It doesn't take too long long before we find them.
"Miiiiike." She calls.
"There you are." He says, once he turns around.
"Come here." She says with an excited smile.
He looks at her curiously, but walks over. I leave her side and go over to Alex. She picks up her shirt again and points to the spot where Savannah's been kicking. He gives her a confused look.
"Just watch..." She smiles.
Right after that her stomach moves as she kicks. At first his eyes widen and he keeps looking from her stomach to her face, before a big smile appears on his face.
"She just started doing that."
"Really?"
"Yeah."
"Well I couldn't be any happier right now."
"Me either." She smiles widely.
"Come on, give me a hug." He grins, holding his arms out.
She laughs and puts her shirt back down before walking into his arms. He wraps his arms around her in a hug.
"Now you got to be careful, because like I said before, she'll get you."
"I know." He laughs.
"I'll be careful, promise." He adds.
"Okay." She giggles, kissing the corner of his mouth.
"Been going crazy looking for me haven't you?" She asks.
"...maybe..."
"We were fine."
"Oh I know, but still."
"You worry too much."
"Again, I have my reasons."
"...and?" She raises an eyebrow.
"And because I love you and Savvy far too much to not worry."
"Aww."
"We love you too." She kisses him briefly.
Then Savannah kicks again.
"And that's her way of telling you she does." She giggles.
Mike grins.
"I love you too." He says to her stomach, rubbing it.
"Awwww." I smile.
Alex wraps an arm around me, smiling too. We all hang around the area for a bit, before deciding to walk around some more. We do that for a while until we decide to go back to the room for a bit. The time passes fairly quickly and before we know it, it was almost showtime. Mike had got up to leave to go get ready because he was told that his match was first.
"Aww." She pouts.
"I'd say you could go out there with me but idk how things are gonna go."
"I know." She sighs, then she yawns.
"And you're clearly still tired."
"...yeah."
"If you wanna get rest, that's okay. I'm sure Alex and Carly will fill you in on what happens in the match."
"Okay."
"I'll see you after the match." He says, then leans down and kisses her.
"...'kay. Love you." She murmurs.
"I love you too."
He moves to her stomach and lifts her shirt up to kiss her bare belly.
"And I love you too."
There's a visible shift inside her stomach and she giggles.
"She says love you too daddy."
"Awwww."
Mike grins and kisses her stomach again. Then he moves and kisses her one last time, before leaving the room to go get ready. She stifles another yawn.
"I think I'm going to lay down."
"Alright." I nod.
She pulls out the little pillow and blanket she brought, just in case this happened. She kicks off her shoes and curls up on the couch under the blanket. Soon the show starts with a video package focusing on Randy vs Mark, Dorito vs John and Hunter vs Punk matches, with the theme being 'power' and how it affects people. The usual announcing team of Cole, Jerry, and Booker T welcome everyone to the show.
Mike's match starts immediately with him and Truth coming out and doing that remix of Truth's rap again. Alex and I snicker. They do goofy posing, before the music fades and then Kofi and Evan come out. They of course flaunt their belts in front of Mike and Truth, before holding them up for the fans. The bell rings and Mike starts off against Kofi. Both of them lock up and Mike pushes Kofi into the corner, breaking with a head butt. Kofi comes right back with a right forearm that's only good for a two count. Evan tags in and goes right to the top rope. Kofi holds Mike up and Evan hits him with a double stomp to the midsection. Evan hits Mike with a kick and tags out. Evan goes to hands and knees and Kofi jumps off his back to hit Mike. Mike tags out to Truth who comes in and gets a hip toss. Kofi tags out and helps Evan hit a hurricarana on Truth before they hit a double dropkick on Mike. Both of them go to the top rope and leap out on top of Mike and Truth.
Evan gets a near fall back in the ring, but Truth is quick to come back, laying in with a series of punches to the face. Truth chokes Evan against the middle rope, which distracts the ref so Mike can score a kick to the face, leading to another near fall. Truth hits a big right hand before tagging out to Mike. Mike comes in and runs right into Evan with a kick to the head that's good for another near fall. Mike locks in a rear chin lock, but Evan fights it off right away, kicking out of it, but EVan goes for a dropkick and Mike avoids it, scoring another two count. Mike tags out to Truth and both of them hit a shoulderblock, taking Evan to the mat for a two count for Truth. He locks in a front face lock but Evan fights it off with a northern lights suplex and both of them are down. Evan crawls toward Kofi and Truth makes the tag, allowing Mike to come in and prevent Evan from tagging out.
Mike lays right hand punches to Evan's head. He kicks at Evan's midsection, but Evan fights back with punches and kicks to Mike. Mike tries for the Skull Crushing Finale, but Evan reverses and scores a tag. Kofi comes in and takes it to Mike. Kofi scores with the boom drop after kitting a big dropkick. Kofi gets the crowd behind him and avoids an ambush from Truth, hitting the SOS on Mike for a nearfall.
Truth distracts Kofi and Mike spikes him down into the canvas face first, but Kofi is able to kick out at two. Even though there's no tag, Evan comes in to the match with double knees to Mike's chest and takes it to him, but Mike hits him with a big kick. Evan rolls Mike up for two and hits Mike and Truth with big kicks. Evan goes to the top and goes for the shooting star press but Mike moves and Evan lands on his feet. Mike scores a DDT but Kofi breaks up the pin. Truth makes the tag but the ref doesn't see it and starts arguing with Truth.
"Oh no."
"This isn't good."
Mike hits the Skull Crushing Finale and goes for the pin, and the ref is still arguing with Truth.
"Oh my god, turn around!"
The ref finally turns around but it's not enough, because Evan kicks out. Both Mike and Truth look upset, and Mike turns his attention to the ref.
"Oh no...don't do it Mike."
"Oh great." Alex cringes.
Mike argues with the ref and then shoves him to the mat, and the ref calls for the bell which disqualifies Mike and Truth, so Evan and Kofi retain. I just sigh and shake my head. Alex does the same. And it doesn't even stop there. After that, Mike gets in the ref's face again and slaps him down to the mat. Truth pulls him away to calm him down, and picks the ref up, only to slap him across the face as well. Mike and Truth scream at the ref as he crawls from the ring. Replays are shown before Mike and Truth are seen walking backstage. They're interrupted by Matt Striker who reminds them that they may be fined. Truth says that wasn't a ref, it was one of Hunter's conspirators. Mike says they don't care what Hunter thinks, and after tonight he may not be the COO.
"This could be bad for Mike." I bite my lip.
"I'm afraid to tell her what happened when she wakes up." I say, motioning to Aly.
"I know."
"Being fined isn't the only problem they have to worry about. The absolute worst that can happen is them being suspended."
"I hope that doesn't happen. Aly doesn't need the stress..." I sigh.
"You don't need it either."
"No."
"I don't even think he's coming back here right away because he knows how upset she's gonna be."
"I wouldn't doubt it. She'll probably sleep for a while though."
"Right."
"Not looking forward to that confrontation."
"No...not at all."
Alex sighs and holds me closer.
"But you need to focus for your match."
"I know."
The next match of the night, was Cody vs Ted for the Intercontinental Championship. The match wasn't that long, and a few minutes into the match, Ted removes Cody's face mask, and the crowd loves it. He was gonna use it as a weapon but misses and allows Cody to roll him up for the three count to win the match.
"Well that was boring."
"Yeah."
"But my match is coming up soon, and I need to get ready."
"Oh okay."
"I should be back in time, if not Mike should, because I know you don't want to leave her here alone."
I nod in agreement. He kisses me briefly before letting me go, and then he gets up and heads out the door to get ready. In the meantime, Mr. Whiny Bitch is walking down to the ring.
"Ugh, not you." I scowl at the screen.
Once in the ring and with a mic in hand he says he's been in the business for 17 years. He says because of his accomplishments, he should get one more match with Randy for the title.
"Uh noooo. You had your shot...TONS of times...moron."
At the time Mike walks into the room, still in his ring gear but with one of his shirts on. He sighs a little in relief upon seeing Aly sleeping peacefully on the couch.
"Yeah, you're safe...for now." I say, not looking at him.
"You do know you're in trouble when she gets up right?" I add.
Mike winces and nods.
"But it's not just her you're in trouble with."
Mike cringes.
"We all know that Hunter isn't gonna lose tonight. He's gonna stay COO and you could possibly be fired for what you did."
"I realize that now."
"Yeah, now. You should've thought about it before. Do you know how bad that will affect Aly?"
"Forget about how it'll affect me, she's your wife."
"And she's carrying your baby." I add.
"If she doesn't wake up before I go out there with Alex for his match, and she wakes up while I'm gone...it's up to you to tell her." I continue.
"...I know."
"I'm sorry for going off on you but I'm just concerned."
"I know Carls. Its okay." Mike sighs, rubbing his neck.
"I might have to end up getting involved in Hunter's match though. To try and get him to lose so nothing bad happens."
"Just be careful alright?"
"I'll try my best."
"You better."
Then when I look back at the screen, Sheamus who had come out earlier, hit Christian with a Brogue Kick and left the ring with a smile on his face.
"That's what you get."
Then the door opens back up and Alex peeks his head in.
"Ready?" He asks me.
"Yeah." I nod, getting up and walking over.
"You can only hope she doesn't wake up yet." I say to Mike before leaving.
Mike sighs and looks over at her. Since she's comfortable on that couch, he goes over to the one I was sitting on and sits there himself. She shifts in her sleep and pushes the blanket off most of her body. Mike watches her stomach and sees it move.
"Someone's awake again." He says quietly to himself, smiling slightly.
He walks over to her and sits by her legs. He gently puts his hand on her stomach.
"You've got to calm down in there, mommy's trying to sleep." He says to Savannah quietly.
Mike rubs her belly softly, trying to coax Savannah into stopping. It takes a while, but she does actually stop. He leans down and gently kisses her stomach before going back to sit on the other couch.
Alex and I are standing in the curtained area along with Morrison, Dolph, Vickie and Swagger. And things are quiet while we wait. The stage hands signal to Morrison since he's going out first, and his music hits. He goes out and does his usual thing, before Alex is signaled to go out next. They hit his music and we walk out to the ring. I stay in the ring for as long as Swagger and Dolph with Vickie come out. Then I kiss Alex quickly before getting out of the ring and standing ringside, watching Vickie very carefully. The bell rings and all four of them pair off. Swagger with Morrison and Ziggler with Alex. Alex takes out Dolph with a clothesline before tossing him outside and turning to Swagger. But Swagger takes Alex down with a big shoulder block and lays in clubbing blows to the back. I cringe each time. But once Alex regained strength, he slams Swagger down to the mat out of nowhere and only gets a two count. Alex leaps over the top rope to try and get Ziggler but Dolph moves and Alex crashes into the steel steps.
"Oh!" I gasp and cringe.
That's when I know I have to go make sure he's okay, and to make sure he didn't end up bleeding. Morrison surprises Swagger out of nowhere with a big kick to the head. I didn't pay attention because I was too busy attending to Alex to make sure he was alright.
"Are you okay?" I ask him.
"Yeah, just help me up. I gotta get back in the match." He grimaces.
I help him up. He gets into the ring while Swagger and Ziggler are talking amongst themselves before turning on each other. Swagger man handles Ziggler, tossing him to the outside. Alex is able to surprise Swagger, almost scoring a pin, but Vickie had to grab Swagger's foot and place it on the bottom rope. I glare and growl at her. And of course Alex gets distracted by her, asking her why she did that and everything. That leads him to getting hit by someone.
"Ohhh, that's it." I growl, storming over to her.
I grab her by the shoulder and spin her around to face me, and then we get into an argument about what she just did. That leads to her shoving me and walking away laughing. That just sets me over the top. I storm back over to her and grab her by the short hair that she has and drag her backwards a bit before slamming her back and onto the floor.
"Interfere again!" I yell at her, walking away and going back to standing ringside to watch the rest of the match.
I occasionally glare at her. At this time, Alex leaps over Morrison in the corner, but ends up being German suplexed out by Morrison, who falls to the mat. Swagger is back in and he tosses Ziggler from the top, and Ziggler rolls to the outside. It's down to Alex and Swagger in the ring. Morrison is in the ring and he takes it to both Alex and Swagger, almost scoring the pin on Alex. I sigh in relief, but only to be concerned again when he pulls Alex toward the corner for the Starship Pain. He goes for it but Alex counters by getting his knees up. Morrison falls right into Ziggler's sleeper hold. And at the same time Swagger locks Alex in the ankle lock.
"No no no no no! Don't tap!" I yell.
Alex thankfully kicks Swagger away, knocking him into Ziggler who falls to the outside. Then Alex DDT's Swagger and he goes for the pin and I'm going crazy 'cause he could win. But damn it, Swagger powers out.
"Noooo!" I yell, leaning against the ring in disbelief.
Swagger backs Alex into the corner before locking in the ankle lock again. Morrison goes for a springboard kick but Swagger ducks it and hits the gutwrench powerbomb. Ziggler tosses Swagger away and steals the pin and the three count.
"Damn it!" I curse.
It takes a while, but Ziggler gets out of the ring with Vickie all happy.
"That's it...again."
I growl and start to storm over. Alex does try to stop me since he's out on the floor now, but I storm away too fast for him to stop me. I make my way over to Ziggler and Vickie and confront them before they have a chance to leave. I start arguing with Dolph again about how he's not a champion and how he has Vickie cheat for him all the time. That leads to Vickie slapping me across the face this time and oh does that piss me off. I give her that evil glare as I turn my face to look at her again. She gets scared and starts to pull on Dolph's arm to leave. I step towards her and Dolph steps in front of her.
"Get out of my way Dolph...now." I say through my teeth.
"No I'm not gonna let you do anything else to her."
"Well too bad for you then..." I trail off, clenching my fist.
Dolph doesn't think I'm gonna do anything and I'm just gonna back off. But little does he know when he turns back towards me I lift my fist and punch him in the side of the jaw. Vickie starts to yell and everything, and I raise my fist to hit her, but my arm is held back by Alex now, so that I couldn't hit her. Alex scoops me up despite being sore and carries be backstage even though I'm struggling and swearing in Italian.
"You've got to calm down Carebear."
"No!"
"If she didn't interfere the first time, you'd be champion right now!"
"I know and believe me, I'm mad but you need to calm down for your sake and the baby's."
Of course this time it's harder for me to calm down because he was so close to winning and he didn't get it. Alex takes me to a more secluded area and uses all the tricks he knows to get me to calm down.
"Better now?"
I nod slowly.
"How's the leg? You were limping in the ring." I ask him.
"I'll be alright. Some ice will probably help."
"Well we should get that. How you were able to carry me like that, I have no idea."
"I was more worried about you and the baby than I was about myself." He shrugs.
"Right...I'm gonna need ice for my hand..it's starting to hurt."
"Well you slapped Vickie and punched Dolph twice so that doesn't shock me."
"The punch hurt more."
"Of course." Alex agrees as the two of us walk.
We get to the trainer's and get ice for ourselves before heading back to the room. When we do get back, we walk in quietly just in case Aly was sleeping. But when we walk in, she's nowhere to be seen, and Mike's sitting on the couch with his face in his hands.
"What happened?"
"I told what happened, we argued for a bit before she just walked out."
I sigh.
"I told you that you'd be in trouble."
"Yes Carls, I know." He sighs.
"I hate to be mean but you did bring this on yourself."
"I'm gonna stop myself there, because I don't want us to argue too. I just calmed down from what happened out there." I say, sitting down on the other couch.
Alex sits with me, his arm around my shoulders. Mike stays like he is, not showing his face.
"I'm gonna go find her." I say after a while of silence.
He nods a bit.
"Be careful." Alex kisses my head.
"I will be."
I kiss Alex before leaving the room. I look through the halls for her, before asking people if they've seen her. I have no luck for a bit, before someone finally tells me that she had gone outside. I thank them and head for the doors, heading out them and looking around. When I turn my head I see Zack and then I see her in his arms as he's hugging her. As I walk closer, I hear her crying through it's muffled since her face is presses into Zack's shoulder. I sigh and frown, walking up and putting a hand on her shoulder and also greeting Zack.
"Hey." Zack says quietly.
Aly doesn't move or acknowledge me yet.
"I'm glad you're with her right now, we didn't know where she went, or if she was alone or not."
"I ran into her in the hall and she was by herself so I stayed with her."
"Are you okay though?" He asks me, seeing the ice on my hand.
"Oh yeah, I'm fine. Just punched Ziggles, no big deal."
"Seriously?"
"Yeah. Slapped Vickie and punched Ziggler twice."
"I know he's your buddy in real life, sorry bout that."
"That's alright." Zack chuckles a bit.
"I'm joining in on this hug..." I say, moving so that I can hug Aly too.
She can feel me hugging her and she hugs back as best as she can. She pulls her face out of Zack's shoulder, tears still rolling down her already wet cheeks.
"You gonna be okay?"
She shrugs.
"Well you don't have to worry, I went off on him before you woke up and everything."
She smiles just a tiny bit.
"Then I didn't want to argue with him after I got back to the room with Alex because I had already calmed down from getting angry during and after the match."
She nods slightly.
"Who knew Ziggles had a hard face." I laugh, trying to make her laugh.
Another tiny smile escapes.
"I see you smiling."
She gives me a little squeeze."
"Woo woo woo, you know it." Zack adds in to help.
A small giggles comes out.
"There we go."
"Thanks. Both of you." She says quietly, her voice raspy from crying.
"That's what we're here for...you're welcome."
She gives another little smile but doesn't move away from the hug yet, because it's comforting.
"You two are the best."
"Aww."
"We just really care about you."
"I know. Thank you."
"You're welcome."
"I just don't get him." She sighs.
"Me neither."
"Every time we get into a big fight, its over this kind of thing."
"He just doesn't think before he does things."
"He says he will after we fight but he doesn't...and we end up hurt again." She bites her lip
as it wobbles.
"Well think about it. If you were him and you were in his situation where everyone was basically against you, would you just sit back and do nothing? I mean I know it's wrong but, it's like he's been forgotten about ever since Hunter became in charge."
"I know, and I guess that makes sense. I still wish he would remember that his decisions affect more than just him." She looks at the ground and sighs.
"Trust me I told him that too."
She lets go of me and Zack so she can rub her stomach though she doesn't move away from where she's at.
"How's she doing by the way, still moving around?"
"She wasn't moving but she just kicked me."
"Not too hard I hope."
"No."
"Okay that's good."
"I don't know what to do right now. I'm starting to crave strawberries though."
"Head to catering then?"
"Please."
"Of course." I nod.
"Are you coming Zack?" Aly asks.
"You know it."
"Okay. We just need to stop at a bathroom so I can clean myself up." She remarks, wiping her face.
"Alright." I nod, and we all head back inside.
She ducks into the bathroom and cleans herself up and everything before coming out so we can head to catering. I take my phone out and text Alex as we walk there, telling him that I found Aly and that we're with Zack and heading to catering. I get a relieved reply. We get to catering and Zack and I sit down at a table while you go over to the fruit, thankfully there being no oranges, and you grab some strawberries. She fills up a bowl and grabs a fork, walking to the table and sitting.
"Too bad there's no chocolate."
She giggles a little and nods.
"But if there was, I don't think we'd get you out of here."
She shakes her head, giggling.
"So how's the wedding planning going?" I ask Zack.
"Everything is going really good." He smiles.
"That's good. Where is Charity by the way?"
"Oh she's here...around somewhere. There's actually a little surprise involving her later in the show. You'll never expect it once you see it."
Aly and I exchange looks but then shrug slightly.
"It's a good thing don't worry. It's something we've been working on for her for while now."
"Okay, if you say so."
Since there was also a tv in catering we were able to continue to watch the show. We missed both backstage things with Mark Henry and with Vickie, and we we're about halfway through Randy's match.
"This match does not look good for Randy. I have a bad feeling about this."
"Yeah..."
And my feeling was right, Mark Henry won with the World's Strongest Slam.
"Ohhh..."
"Poor Randy."
"You know it's a shame that you don't have a match." I say to Zack.
"You deserve one." Aly adds.
"I know, that's what I've been saying. No one listens to me. We can only hope I have a match on Raw tomorrow night."
"Hopefully."
After she's done eating, she gets up and throws the trash away before coming back and sitting back down. We all talked for a while before deciding to leave, and we let Zack walk us back to the room and we stop outside the door.
"Just hang in there alright?" Zack says, hugging Aly.
She nods and hugs back.
"Thanks Zack."
"You're welcome, I'm always here for you...for both of you."
"We know."
"I'll tell Charity that you two said hi, when I find her."
"Please do." I nod.
"Promise...and I'll see you two later if not then tomorrow night."
"Alright. Bye Zack."
"Bye."
He walks off, and we make our way into the room. Aly steps in behind me, eyes on the floor since she's afraid of what Mike's reaction will be. I see him first and he's still on the couch, but this time he's laying on it with an arm over his eyes. I whistle to get his attention. He moves his arm and looks over at us, seeing me first before looking behind me to see you. He sits up and debates on either just sitting there or getting up, or even saying something. I move away and go back over to Alex and sit next to him. Mike decides to get up and walk over to her. She bites her lip and glances at him through her lashes. He reaches out and takes her hand in his.
"Lys, I know I say sorry all the time and how I won't do these things again. But I'm in a rough spot right now, these are things that get me noticed, because clearly I've been forgotten about."
"I know...and I'm sorry for not understanding that before. Its just I wish you'd remember that your decisions aren't just affecting you anymore. They affect Savvy and I too."
"I know...I know I should be remembering these things, and I'm sorry."
She nods and squeezes his hands lightly. Then he lets go of her hands and wraps his arm around her in a hug. She leans into him, pressing her face into his neck. Then he looks over at me and mouths 'thank you' before hugging her tighter. I nod and mouth 'you're welcome' as I cuddle against Alex.
"Come on, let's go sit down." He says quietly to you.
She nods and lets him pull her over to the couch. She sits down with him and she stays snuggled into his side. Then she decides that isn't enough and slides onto his lap.
"Just so you don't get upset again, I'm telling you now. I may end up getting involved in Hunter's match to try and stop anything bad from happening to me. That includes getting involved with the ref."
She sighs.
"Just be careful."
"I'll try."
She nods slightly and snuggles into him. Being that close allows Mike to get a faint smell of the strawberries she ate.
"Strawberries..."
"Hmm?"
"I smell strawberries."
"Oh. I had a craving for them so we went to catering."
"Ah ok."
"They were good but I kind of want chocolate covered ones now."
"We can stop somewhere and pick some up on the way back to the hotel after the show if you want."
"That would be great." She kisses his neck.
"Anything for you." He smiles.
She feels him kiss her head and she leans into his touch, sighing. The next match of the night was the Divas Championship match. Beth had the home advantage since this is her hometown. Kelly comes out first with Eve and as usual I glare at the screen and growl. Then Beth comes out with Nattie and the crowd erupts for her. Aly shifts in Mike's arms until she can see the screen while he starts to be affectionate. The match is a pretty decent match, but Kelly gets control early. Soon a 'Kelly sucks' chant breaks out and that's obvious because of us being in Beth's hometown. Kelly bulldogs Beth and Beth is pulled out to the floor by Nattie for a breather. Eve doesn't take that too well and she storms over and basically starts attacking Nattie.
"Oh hell no." I growl.
"Oh she did not!"
Beth manages to get back into the ring and after a while attempts a Glam Slam, but Kelly avoids it and rolls her up for the pinfall victory and the fans boo like crazy.
"What is that?"
"That was ridiculous!"
Kelly gets the title handed back to her and everything and she quickly gets out of the ring, and Eve comes to her side as happy as can be. Beth is sitting in the ring in sheer disappointment, and so is Nattie. The cameras go back to the ramp where Eve and Kelly are and then out of nowhere Kelly is attacked from behind.
"Whoa, hang on." Aly sits up straight.
Eve starts to get involved with whoever attacked Kelly, but she gets attacked too. Our jaws drop when we see who the attacker was once the cameras got a good view of her face.
"Oh my god it's Charity!"
"Zack was right, this is a surprise."
"Definitely."
"That's what they've been working on...getting her into the WWE." I say when it click in my head of what he said.
"Yeah I guess so."
"Definitely." Aly nods.
"Oh this is turning out to be an eventful night."
"For sure."
"Oh by the way DC, sorry about you not winning the title."
"Its alright. I'll get him eventually."
"Yes you will." I nod.
Alex smiles at me and kisses my head. After a long thing about Del Rio and John, their match was next. As always Ricardo introduces Del Rio, but this time there is no fancy car.
"No fancy car?"
"Aw darn."
But when he does get down to the ring, we can see and somewhat hear him asking Ricardo where the keys are to his fancy car. John's music hits and he doesn't walk out like normal. We see him driving out in a fancy, expensive car which we know is Del Rio's because he was asking where his keys were.
"Oh my god...he stole his car!" I start cracking up.
Aly starts laughing too.
"Go Sully!"
Once he gets to the ring he does what he always does, Del Rio insists that Ricardo introduce him in Spanish. John takes the mic and introduces himself, noting that he's wearing Air Jordans and jean shorts.
"Dork."
"That's our brother...for you..." Aly says, her breath hitching as Mike brushes his lips against that certain spot on her neck.
"...Mike..."
"...what?"
"...I'm trying...to watch..."
"Awww."
He does it again and she sighs, biting her lip and tilting her head.
"I won't have time to after this match because of Hunter vs Punk and me possibly getting involved. Let me have my fun now...please?"
"...fine..."
"Yesss." He cheers.
She giggles quietly. Then he continues what he was doing, occasionally brushing his lips against that spot on her neck. She rests against him, her head tilted and laying against his shoulder. He does also occasionally nip at her skin, surprising her at times. She yelps softly when he does it, jumping slightly. Mike does end up leaving marks, but they're not bad so they're coverable and shouldn't take that long to fade. Next thing they know, I'm saying 'yes' repeatedly and I'm bouncing around in my spot on the couch.
"...what's going on?" Aly asks as her eyes flutter open.
"He won! Yes! Take that Dorito!"
"Sweet." Aly smiles.
"He tapped out...wimp...haha"
"Nice." Aly laughs.
"Okay okay, calm down." Alex says, trying to hold me still.
"I can't. He crushed the dorito. This is awesome." I say still managing to bounce around.
Aly laughs harder.
"Carly..."
"What?"
"Calm down."
"Nooooo."
Alex pulls me against his chest and crashes his lips down on mine. Aly raises an eyebrow and an amused smile forms on her face as I start to calm down. She giggles and Mike snickers against her neck. As soon as he can feel that I've calmed down, he pulls away leans his forehead against mine.
"Better?"
"...yeah..."
"Good."
Aly snickers.
"He got youuu."
I stick my tongue out.
"It's true though."
"At least I'm not the one with marks." I retort.
"Miiiike." She colds.
"Don't worry, they're not that bad." He reassures you.
"They better not be."
"I promise they aren't."
"Good." She mutters.
Last match of the night was the no DQ match between Hunter and Punk. A video package plays before the match and then CM Punk comes out debuting a new ice cream bar t-shirt. Hunter comes out to his music. As he attempts to do his spitting routine, Punk attacks him from behind. Hunter comes back quickly and attempts a Pedigree on the announce table. Punk avoides it and goes for the GTS, and Hunter avoids that. Mike unfortunately had to get up and head out, because it looks like he and Truth will have to get involved afterall.
"I don't have a good feeling about this." Aly murmurs.
"Me neither."
She frowns and rubs her stomach. Punk and Hunter finally get in the ring and the main event is underway. Lawler mocks Cole losing his voice on commentary. Hunter and Punk are fighting at ringside again. Hunter throws Punk over the barricade and they fight in the crowd. Hunter slams Punk into a small video wall, and then Punk backdrops Hunter over the video wall and then throws two gym backgs on him. They continue to fight outside the ring. Hunter clips Punk's knee from behind on the floor, and he continues working on Punk's knee, wrapping it around the ringpost and hitting it with a chair. Punk gets Hunter on the announce table at ringside and goes to the top rope. Punk jumps off the top rope with a flying elbow, which results in him and Hunter crashing through the table.
Out of nowhere, Mike and Truth come to the ring. Truth beats up Punk while Mike beats up Hunter. Mike hits the skull crushing finale on Hunter and Truth hits his finisher on Punk. Mike and Truth then pull Punk over so that he's covering Hunter for a pin. Hunter manages to kick out at two, and then Mike and Truth get into a brawl with the ref. That results in Mike going to hit the ref, but the ref fires back and hits him instead. That leads to both Truth and Mike attacking him.
"Oh no." Aly sighs.
John Lauranitis comes to ringside, Punk and Hunter recover and then clear Truth and Mike from the ring. Hunter hits the Pedigree on Punk and covers him but the ref isn't there. A second ref comes out, but Lauranitis stops him. Hunter starts complaining and ends up getting hit by Punk with the GTS. Punk goes for a cover, and Lauranitis sends the second ref in this time to make the count. Truth breaks up the pin. Hunter hits Punk with another Pedigree and pins him, but Punk kicks out at two. Lauranitis starts texting after Punk kicks out. Kevin Nash comes out of the crowd and enters the ring. Nash punches Punk and then Hunter. Nash beats Hunter up some more in the corner of the ring before picking him up for a powerbomb, but Punk breaks it up. Nash ends up powerbombing Punk instead. Nash leaves the ring and goes after Hunter, clotheslining him, but only ends up getting hit with a sledgehammer. Hunter gets back in the ring and Pedigrees Punk again. This time he gets the three count and the victory.
"Uh oh."
"This is bad."
"Yeah it is."
"Raw isn't gonna be good tomorrow night, and we're in Cleveland too...crap."
Aly leans over and covers her face with her hands. I get up from my spot on the couch and sit next to her, trying to comfort her until Mike comes back, since he will have to change out of his ring gear now. She leans into me, sniffling.
"This is going to end really badly. I just know it."
"I know, he tried Aly...he really tried to do something to help himself."
"I know."
"We can only hope nothing goes wrong tomorrow night."
"It will. I have a bad feeling." Aly chokes out.
"I hate to admit it but I have that feeling too." I frown.
"Oh great. When one of you has a feeling its bad but both of you is REALLY bad." Alex sighs.
"Alex...not helping." I shake my head.
"Just being honest."
"I know, but still."
"Sorry."
"It's fine."
"He's right anyway." She mumbles.
"I know, I just don't want you more upset than you already are."
She shrugs and sighs. Mike walks in shortly after, frowning upon seeing me sitting with her. He comes and sits on her other side.
"We both have a bad feeling about tomorrow night." I tell him.
Mike winces.
"I tried...I couldn't do it." He sighs.
She moves and reaches for him, eyes watering. She wraps her arms around him and clings to him as the tears spill over. Mike runs his fingers through her hair and rubs her back, trying to sooth her. I continue to sit there with a frown on my face, staring at the ground as millions of thoughts run through my mind.
"Try and be positive okay?" Mike murmurs, resting his head against Aly's.
She sniffles and nods a bit.
"Will the strawberries help a little? Still wanna get them on the way back?"
"Yes please."
"Alright, let's go then."
She lifts her head and he wipes the tears off her face while Alex and I get our things together. Mike helps Aly get her things, before grabbing his and then we all head out to the car. We drive off, stopping at a store to hunt down chocolate covered strawberries. Aly and Mike do that, while Alex comes with me to hunt down candy, and in our search we pass by ice cream and that's when a craving finally hits.
"Ooooh craving." I mutter.
"Hmmm now what do I want..." I say, looking through the choices.
Alex follows me, looking amused.
"Ooooh this one." I say, opening the freezer door and taking it out.
"Nice." He chuckles.
"Off to the candy!" I say, walking away.
He laughs and follows me.
"Hmmm, I want this...and this...oh and this."
Alex is pushing the car and chuckling as I load it.
"Ohhh cookies." I say as I spot them.
"Sugar junkie." Alex teases.
"Oh shush."
"It's amusing."
"You try having cravings."
He holds up his hands defensively while chuckling.
"Okay, I think that's it...don't wanna buy out the whole aisle."
"Right."
"But need one more thing...plastic spoons...for the ice cream."
"Of course."
We find the aisle where the plastic silverware is, and grab a package, and then we head to the register. We pay for the stuff and wait for Mike and Aly. We wait out by the car, getting into the backseat where I start to eat the ice cream. Aly We wait out by the car, getting into the backseat where I start to eat the ice cream. Aly and Mike finally come out and get into the front.
"Craving too?" She asks me.
"Mmhmm, but not just for this..."
"What else?"
"Tons of candy and cookies."
"Nice. I hit the candy aisle too." She giggles.
"We are too much alike." I snicker.
"Yup."
"How many chocolate covered strawberries did you get?"
"A few." She laughs.
"Mega craving for them huh?"
"Yeah." She nods.
"I don't blame you, they're just amazing."
"Oh yeah."
"I can probably go through one thing of these in one night they're so good."
I nod in agreement. We get back to the hotel, and grab all our things, heading inside. We get into the elevator and head up to our floor, walking to our rooms and disappearing into them.