It's the middle of the week and I had woke up before Alex. I didn't want to wake him so I carefully and quietly moved from the bed and over to my things where I found clothes to wear. Then I quietly head into the bathroom and turn the water on in the shower so that I could take one. I adjust the water to my liking before getting undressed and stepping in. I take my time in the shower doing everything I needed to. Once I was done, I shut the water off and grabbed a towel, wrapping it around myself before stepping out. After making sure I was dry enough, I began to get dressed and when I walked out into the room, Alex has moved so now he's laying on his stomach still sound asleep.
"Aww." I giggle quietly.
I then go back through my things to finish getting ready with my jewelry and everything, being as quiet as I can be. I decide to grab my bag after putting my shoes on and head down to get something for breakfast because I was hungry. I leave a note for Alex just in case he wakes up before I get back. When I do get down there, I hear John's voice and I look around until I spot him. He's waving me over, so I head over to where he's sitting and I sit there with him.
"Hey you." He grins.
"Hey." I say back.
"How are you?"
"I'm good. A little tired, but I'll live."
"I'm glad you're doing good."
"What about yourself?"
"I'm good."
"That's good. I wish I could've helped you out Monday night when Del Rio kicked you in the side of the head. But I didn't want to really risk anything...especially now."
"Of course not. Its alright."
"You just be sure to kick his ass Sunday."
"Oh I will."
"How's Boo doing by the way?" He asks.
"She's better. Enjoying the alone time with Mike."
"That's good to hear. When I heard about her anxiety attack last week, I was concerned...for both of you actually."
"We're both fine."
"Well I'm glad to hear that."
"What happened with Mike was just..." I trail off and shake my head.
"I know, just try not to worry about too much. I don't want you to get all worked up. I don't think Alex would like that too much."
"I know."
"I'll try." I add.
"Good."
"Before I forget, I have to ask you something. Have you met Charity yet?"
"Yeah, I have."
"I'm sure Zack told you that they're engaged right?"
"Yeah."
"It's great that they're getting married though. Zack of course has asked me to be the best man." He adds, chuckling.
"Awww." I smile.
"Well of course he would ask you, you're what he calls his broski."
"I know." John laughs.
"Definitely can't wait for that day."
"It'll be fun, that's for sure."
"Oh yeah, with Zack...loads of fun."
John nods, chuckling. Then the waiter comes over and we order what we want, and talk some more while we wait. The food then comes and the two of us dig in. After we finish eating, I chip in on the bill and then we leave.
"Alright, I'm gonna head back up to my room. See you at the charity event tonight?"
"Definitely. See you later Car."
"See you later." I repeat, heading over to the elevator and then stepping into it and heading up to my floor.
I get out on my floor and go to my room, quietly stepping in, just in case Alex is still asleep.
"Hi..." He mumbles, clearly being awake.
"Hi sleepyhead."
"Where were you?"
"Well seeing as you're still laying in bed, you didn't see my note. I went down to eat breakfast."
"Oh."
"I was with John because he waved me over to where he was sitting so I wasn't alone, don't worry."
"Good."
"Are you gonna get up at all today?" I joke.
"Eventually."
"I wanted to enjoy sleeping in for once and cuddle with you but you got up..." He adds.
"Awww I'm sorry."
I kick off my shoes and climbs on the bed.
"Now we can cuddle."
"Yayy." He grins, clinging to me.
I laugh and get comfortable.
"Dork."
"Yours."
"Yes, I know."
"You do have to get up eventually you know."
"I know but for now, I'm good."
"And you're not going anywhere." He adds.
"I didn't think so." I giggle.
As he begins to be all cuddly, I mess around with my necklace and my phone and everything. In the meantime, Aly and Mike are both up but it's another one of those cute moments where he's talking to Savannah. She's just reclined against the pillows, quietly watching him with a smile.
"You're just so lucky she's not moving around yet." She giggles.
"I know." Mike laughs.
"When she does, I'll either see it or let me know, I won't be as close."
"Okay." She laughs.
"Maybe." She adds.
He makes a face at her and she laughs more.
"So what's on the agenda today?"
"We have a photo session in mid/late afternoon but I was thinking before that maybe we could spend time with your parents. I know you don't get alot of time with them."
"That's true...sure we could do that."
"I thought you'd like that." She smiles.
"Of course I would."
He grabs her left hand and kisses by her rings since she already has them on.
"I love you."
"Love you too."
"And she loves you too daddy." She adds as he kisses her stomach next.
"I know she does." He smiles.
"I'd move if I were you."
"She's moving?"
"Mmhmm."
He chuckles, before moving so that she doesn't get him. Mike ends up moving so they're face to face and she immediately gets a kiss.
"She's showing that she loves the both of us." He smiles after pulling away.
"Yeah."
"Let's just hope I don't have another episode where you have to calm her down."
"Hopefully not. I hate seeing you uncomfortable."
"I know, but at least I'v got you to help with that."
"Of course."
"You and your magic hands."
"Yeah." He chuckles.
"I think she wants you to keep talking to her."
"I want another kiss first though." She adds.
He grins, before leaning in and kissing her again. She pulls him closer, humming faintly. He grins into the kiss as well, cupping her face. She rests her hands on his neck, not wanting to pull away yet. He goes to pull away but she doesn't let him yet. Then she abruptly breaks away.
"Ow. That one hurt."
"Want me to calm her down then?"
"Give her a minute. If she kicks me like that again then yes."
"Alright." He nods.
She tries to relax while waiting for her next movement. Thankfully the next movement wasn't really painful.
"Okay?" Mike asks.
"Yeah, she shifted and got a less painful spot to kick at."
"Good."
She nods and leans into him.
"We don't need you in pain."
"Right."
"Even though it's something we can't really avoid." She adds.
"I know but the less pain you have to be in, the better. I hate seeing you in pain." Mike says, kissing her head.
"I know you do."
"But you're going to have to learn. Especially if I stick to my plan of natural labor."
"I can do that."
"Ugh, I have to have testing done soon."
"For what?"
"I have to have a glucose test. Its to see whether or not I have gestational diabetes."
"Ohhh ok."
"You have no idea what that means other than the word diabetes, do you."
"Not really no."
"I didn't think so. Gestational diabetes is what happens when pregnancy hormones block insulin so you end up with high blood sugar aka diabetes. It can lead to big babies and if the baby gets too big then that means c-section."
"Oh."
"So the test is me drinking some really sugary stuff and then they wait like an hour or so and take some blood to check my sugar level. If its abnormal then I have to have another test."
"Well let's hope it's not abmormal."
"Right. But also I read that there's a percentage of women where they test abnormal but turn out to not have gestational diabetes. I guess we'll see. I might just call the doctor and have it done while we're here."
"Which would be easier."
"Right. Oh and in a couple weeks, we'll start having appointments every 2 weeks instead of every 4."
"Alright." He nods.
"That's from 28 to 36 weeks. Then I stop traveling and I'll be seeing the doctor once a week until Savannah comes out."
"Aww."
"But that's still a while away."
"As for right now, I want to finish that kiss that got interrupted and then I'd like breakfast."
He grins again, pressing his lips back to hers. She kisses back, smiling slightly as he cups her face again and gently rubs her cheeks with his thumbs. She wraps her arms around his neck and pulls herself closer. The kiss goes on for a few minutes until Mike pulls away.
"Breakfast now?"
"Mmhmm. Which means getting dressed."
"Which means you have to let me go." She adds.
"Awww."
"You get to be cuddly and everything later. Especially at the photo session."
"Oooh yay."
"You get to be all affectionate and my belly will be bare the whole time pretty much."
That's when he perks up.
"Yess." He cheers.
She laughs.
"You can make it 'till then right?" She teases.
"I can try."
"I think you can do it. We need to get up and dressed though. We're getting hungry here daddy."
"I know I know." He chuckles, letting her go.
She steals a short kiss and then gets up, going over to pick her clothes. He gets up and goes to do the same thing. She gets dressed and goes to do her bathroom routine.
"So what do you want? Want to go eat somewhere or eat here?" Mike asks.
"Um...how about here? We don't get to homecook much. We could invite your parents over."
"Sure, how about you call them after we're all set and I'll get everything started?"
"Okay." She agrees, finishing her hair and everything.
Then she comes out of the bathroom all changed and everything. She pulls on a pair of socks before taking her phone and calling Carol. She says they'd love to see them and they'll be over shortly.
"Your mom said they'll be over shortly."
"Cool." Mike smiles.
"Better get started on the food now huh?"
"Yeah."
"Alright. You can help if you want."
"Yeah, of course."
She follows Mike out of the bedroom and into the kitchen where they both start making breakfast. She leans her head against his shoulder as she stands there, keeping her eye on the bacon.
"You seem tired."
"I'm okay. Just want to be by you and touch you."
"Alright, just making sure."
"I know." She kisses his cheek.
Then soon the doorbell rings, Mike's parents had arrived.
"You go." She nudges him.
"You sure?"
"Mmhmm." She nods.
"Alright." He says, leaving the kitchen and going to answer the door.
Mike greets his parents, hugging them as they come inside. They take off their coats and shoes before following Mike into the kitchen. They of course greet Aly as well. She smiles and lets them rub her stomach.
"Why don't you let me finish up everything?" Mike says.
"Oh alright, mister protective." She teases a bit.
She leaves the kitchen and goes out into the living room where Mike's parents are. She sits in the recliner and talks to them. She mostly talks about Savannah, until Mike finishes breakfast and brings everything out into the living room.
"Thank you." She says, leaning up for a kiss when he hands her a plate.
"You're welcome." He smiles.
He gets everything set up for all of them and then picks up his plate. She instinctively moves over in the recliner to make room for him. He grins before sitting down next to her in the recliner. She snuggles into him while eating. While they all eat, they continue to talk about Savannah and other things. She finishes and it isn't long before Mike looks down at her stomach against him and chuckles.
"I feel her kicking me."
"She's thanking you for making the food." She giggles.
"You're welcome." He says to her stomach, rubbing it with one hand.
"Awww."
"Such a daddy's girl." She giggles.
"It seems like it."
She gets up and lets Mike finish eating while she sits by his parents and lets them feel and see Savannah moving.
"I also have a personal doppler so we can listen to her whenever we want." She tells him.
"Mike loves it." She adds.
"I bet he does." Carol smiles.
"We've used it quite a bit lately."
"Of course."
"How are you feeling after that anxiety attack?" Greg asks.
"I feel fine."
"But I know Mike is way more concerned about me now." She adds.
They glance at Mike and he nods.
"I wasn't able to be there for her."
"Which I told you, wasn't your fault." She says to him.
"I know but still."
She sighs and shakes her head.
"I'm sorry for being so concerned, but I went through a lot that night since I couldn't get to you." He says, before getting up and heading to the kitchen to put his dishes in the sink.
"You don't need to be sorry for being concerned. Its a natural thing and I know you will be no matter what. I hate to hear that you went through so much over that." She sighs a little and frowns.
She tells Mike's parents that she'll be back and she gets up, heading into the kitchen where he is.
"Mike..." She says quietly.
She reaches out and touches his shoulder gently.
"Come here babe." She coaxes.
"It's not just dreams anymore..." He replies quietly himself.
"Talk to me. Tell me what you're feeling. I can't read your mind." She says, tugging on him until he lets her put her arms around him.
"The dreams aren't the only thing I have anymore from that night...there's occasional flashbacks."
"Flashbacks?"
"Yeah, flashbacks. I keep going back to the moment where I got thrown out...then going back to where I was told about you and me worrying."
"And then thinking back to the last time you had something like this, back at Money In The Bank when I blew out my knee." He adds.
"Oh Mike." She sighs, and holds him tighter.
"I don't want anything worse to happen to you than what happened those two nights."
"I know. I promise I'll do the best I can to minimize these episodes. I can't promise that nothing is going to happen because we simply don't know the future."
"Right, but I don't know how to stop these dreams and flashbacks."
"I don't know either babe. I thought having the doppler would help but I guess not." She sighs again, trying to force back the teaers of frustration that are building and doesn't let on that this is upsetting her.
"It does help...but not completely."
"I don't know what to do."
"I know, and I'm sorry."
"Don't be, you can't help how you're feeling. You're feeling threatened and guilty because something really bad could have happened and you wouldn't have been there."
"Just try not to worry about it okay? We'll get through this together." She adds.
"I'll try." He murmurs, putting his face in her neck.
"I'm okay, you're okay, and Savvy's okay. That's what matters." She tries to keep her voice level as she rubs his back.
He just nods, hugging her tightly. She feels a little bit of wetness on her neck and realizes this is bothering him much more than she originally thought. She closes her eyes and holds him tighter, almost crying herself.
"...I think I'm gonna go lay down for a bit." He mumbles against her neck, after calming down a bit.
"Okay."
"If you need me, just yell for me." She adds.
Mike nods and pulls away. She cups his face and wipes his cheeks with her thumbs.
"I love you."
"Love you too."
She gives him a lingering kiss, trying to put as much love into it as she can. Then she hugs him one last time after she pulls away, before he walks out of the kitchen and to the bedroom. She lets out a shuddering sigh and takes a moment to try and compose herself before going out to Mike's parents.
"He went to lay down for a bit." She says.
"Is something wrong?"
"No...yes...I..." She sighs heavily as she sits down and covers her face.
"Alyssa, why don't you come over here and sit with us?"
She gets up again and goes to sit with Carol and Greg.
"What's wrong?"
"Mike has been having nightmares and flashbacks over not being there for my anxiety attack." She explains, twisting her rings around her finger.
"I thought the doppler I got would help since we can hear Savvy and everything but, I guess not." She adds.
"I don't know what else to do. I just want to help him." She says, starting to cry.
They both frown and Carol pulls her into a hug. She leans into Carol while Greg rubs her back.
"I don't know how to help him."
"He always helps me get over my nightmares and insecurities and now its my turn to help him and I can't figure out how. It hurts..." She adds quietly.
"We know...we all don't like seeing you like this."
"I know. I hate feeling this way but its like I can't escape it. Every time we get over one issue, something else happens and I'm a basketcase again."
"You can't help it though, with your hormones going crazy."
"Yeah." She sniffles, wiping her face.
"How about you go lay down with him. We can all see each other later."
"Okay. Sorry about this, I wish things were cheerful."
"It's okay. We're having a cookout later, be sure to tell him and we'll see you two then."
"I will. Bye." She hugs both of them before going back to the bedroom.
She reaches the room and she opens the door quietly, just in case he's sleeping. She steps in and shuts the door gentlyy. She can't tell if he's sleeping or not so she tries to walk softly.
"It's alright, I'm not sleeping."
She makes a soft noise and walks normal. She takes her shirt off and lays it on the chair. Then she climbs into bed and slides close to him. She tugs genty on his shirt. He knows what she wants, so he sits up and takes his shirt off, tossing it to the floor. She grabs one of the light blankets and spreads it over them as she snuggles into him once he lays back down.
"You okay?" She asks.
"Be honest." She adds.
"Okay...honestly...I don't know."
"I figured." She sighs.
"But it's not gonna be like this forever."
"I know. I just wish I knew how to help you."
"Just you being here helps a bit."
"Maybe in a bit we can do the doppler."
"Okay." He nods.
"I set an alarm on my phone just in case, so that we aren't late for our photo session later."
"Good idea."
"Snuggling is good for right now."
"Definitely." He nods.
She laces his fingers with his and kisses his chest.
"Your parents invited us to a cookout later, just thought you'd wanna know."
"Oh okay."
"But that's totally up to you if you want to go."
"If you don't want to, we can just stay here." She adds.
"We'll see."
"Okay."
"I love you."
"Love you too."
She scooches even closer. Mike has one hand onher back and the other on her stomach.
"And I love Savvy too."
"You know she loves you too."
"Of course."
"Daddy's girl." She smiles a bit.
"That's right."
"She'll be beautiful like mommy." He adds, and she smiles and blushes.
"Awwww." She adds.
"It's true." Mike smiles.
"Of course it is."
"All husbands and daddies think so."
"Because of the love we have for you."
"I know." She smiles softly and reaches up for a kiss.
"We love you too."
"More and more everyday."
"Exactly." She agrees.
"So when's the photo session?"
"In a few hours."
"If only it could be now."
"Excited?" She giggles.
"Maybe...a little."
"A little?"
"Ok...a lot."
"That's what I thought." She laughs.
"Can you blame me?"
"No, not at all. I'm excited too."
"I can tell."
She gives him another kiss, lingering for a bit. Then after she pulls away, she snuggles into him. He kisses her head and lays his aganist hers. She lays like that for a few minutes before turning slightly and grabbing the doppler from the nightstand. Then she turns back to him, handing him the doppler. Mike smiles and moves down by her stomach, pushing the blanket aside slightly. She gets comfy as he truns on the doppler and puts the want to her stomach. He moves it around until the sound of Savannah's heartbeat is heard over the doppler. They exchange smiles.
"Our baby girl." She murmurs quietly.
"Yes, our baby girl." He repeats.
He kisses her sotmach.
"Can't wait to see you." He tells her.
"I can't wait either."
"I wish things would go a little faster you know?"
"I know."
"I want to hold her already."
"I know, I do too."
"At least we're more than halfway."
"Yeah true."
"That's good at least."
"Right."
"It'll be here before we know it."
"Yup, I mean look how fast things have gone by so far."
"Yeah. It seems like almost yesterday that I took that test."
"And now we're more than halfway."
"Mmhmm." She smiles.
"It'll be worth the wait though."
"Definitely."
"And there she goes, moving again."
"Yay." Mike grins.
She just giggles at his excitement.
"You are so cute."
"I know."
"I love having this time with you."
"So do I."
"Especially since we haven't had much time by ourselves since our honeymoon."
"I know, busy busy busy."
"Mmhmm."
"Just enjoy it while we can, until I figure out how to get back."
"Right."
"Speaking of...Truth and I are gonna be there at the pay-per-view Sunday."
"You're going to get yourself in trouble."
"We're buying tickets to the show...we may be fired but they never said anything about not buying tickets to the shows."
"They'll still do something. You know that."
"We have to try Lyssa."
"I know." She sighs.
"We get told to leave, we'll do it."
"I think you're planning on being sneaky."
"You know me so well."
"I'm your wife. Of course I do."
"Plus you're known to be sneaky, I think everyone knows that."
"True." Mike concedes.
"So you get asked to leave Sunday night, I think everyone in the arena will know where you'll be going after."
"Good point."
"Just whatever you do, be careful."
"I'll do my best."
"That's all I ask."
"I'll be alright too." She adds.
"I know what you're gonna do, and I can guess what's gonna happen so no anxiety attacks." She continues.
"Good."
"We don't need those." He adds.
"No, not at all."
She and Mike continue to listen to Savannah's heartbeat and watch her move until she calms down. The time passes fairly quickly and soon it's time to leave.
"Time to get up." She remarks as her alarm goes off.
"You can be cuddly again when we get back." She adds.
"Well you get to be cuddly and touchy where we're going." She corrects herself.
"Right." He nods.
They untangle themselves and get up. They put their shirts on and fix their hair and everything. Then they make sure they have everything they need before leaving the bedroom and heading out to the car, after locking the front door. They get into the car and drive off, holding hands. They soon arrive at the building and park the car, before getting out and heading inside. They greet the photographer and talk to her. They take a few pictures as they are, getting into the feel of things. Then she changes into a black t-shirt. The photographer, Krista, takes a large sheer ribbon with a label hanging off if it and ties it in a bow arond her so it sits at the top of her belly, the label hanging down. The label has Savannah Aubrie written in fancy writing. Krista takes some pictures of that.
For the next one, she puts on black pants and a black bandeu tube top. Krista has Mike and her lay down on the floor on their sides with Mike laying behind her. Their right hands are resting on her stomach. He left arm is under her head while Mike is stretched out. She has her eyes closed while Mike presses a kiss below her ear.
For the third one, she puts on a pretty formfitting black cap sleeved dress. Krista tells her to sit on the edge of the table while she sets up for a side profile shot. She rests her hands slightly behind her on the table and gives the camera an intense look, one eye covered by her hair that is loose around her face.
For the fourth picture, she changes into some jeans and a white tank top. Krista has Mike change into a pair of jeans himself and a nice shirt. They turn towards each other and he rests one hand on her back while his other hand is resting on her belly. She too rests a hand on his back and her other hand is resting stomach as well. They both close their eyes as he leans down and she leans up, as they start to kiss each other.
The fifth picture, Aly had changed into a light pink bandeu top with white pants. Mike changes into a light pink shirt matching Aly's top. Krista has Aly sit in a chair and Mike stand behind it. She has one hand resting on her stomach, while her fingers are tangled in his of one hand. His other hand is resting on the corner of the chair. Mike looks straight at the camera and smiles while she turns her head and kisses his jaw.
For the last picture Aly changes into a pair of jeans but no top, and Mike changes into a white t-shirt and jeans himself. She crosses her arms over her chest so that everything is covered and not exposed. Mike wraps his arms around her and presses a kiss to her cheek, both of their eyes closed. Once that picture was done, Krista let them go get changed back into their original clothes.
"See? That was fun. I think we should have another set done when I'm closer to my due date." She says to Mike as they finish changing.
"Definitely." He nods.
She gives him a kiss.
"I can't wait to have copies of these pictures to hang up."
"Me neither." He smiles.
"We still have to put up our wedding pictures in some of our homes."
"Oh yeah, that's right."
"We'll get to it eventually. I'm glad we're finished with all the paperwork and stuff on the Vegas house. Finally its ours."
"I know, next time we're there or if we have day off or something we can go there and start moving things in."
"Yeah. We can start decorating." Aly smiles.
"That'll be fun."
"Mmhmm." She kisses him again.
"Ready to go back home?"
"Yup."
They gather their things and head out tothe car, getting in and then driving away and back home.
"I think that a nice soak in the jacuzzi tub together would be amazing before we decide if we're going to your parents'." She tells Mike as they get home.
"Yeah, that does sound good."
Mike hugs her against his side as they go to the bedroom. They get mostly underssed and she puts her hair up so it doesn't get wet while Mike gets the water going.
"Make sure it isn't too hot." She reminds him.
"I know, don't worry."
"Just making sure."
He feels the water to make sure that it isn't too hot, and then he just waits for it to fill up. She waits until it gets halfway, then undresses and climbs in. He waits until she's in and then gets undressed himself and climbs in as well. She lays back against him and sighs in content.
"Feeling better?"
"Mmhmm. I feel loads better in the water."
"That's good."
"Takes the weight off my back and everything."
"Should do this more often huh?"
"Yeah. That'd be nice."
"I'll try to do that."
She nods a bit. Then he kisses the top of her head before leaning his against it. She closes her eyes and relaxes, lacing her fingers with ihs as their hands lay on her belly.
"I love you."
"Mmm...love you too." She murmurs.
They stay in the jacuzzi tub until they're completely relaxed and everything, before getting out.
"So are we going to the cookout?" She asks Mike as she rubs some lotion in before she gets totally dressed.
"Sure, I don't see why not."
She gets dressed and decides to wear her black shirt with the pink crystal pacifier on it instead of the original shirt she had on. He gets dressed as well, choosing different clothes himself to wear. Then they both do the usual before grabbing their things and heading out the door again to head to Mike's parents' place for the cookout. They pull in and as always Mike is instantly at her door to help her out. She thanks him and they go inside. They head into the kitche where everything is getting all set.
"Hi Mom." Mike greets her with a hug.
Then he goes over to his dad while Aly walks over and hugs his mom.
"Hi Carol." She smiles.
"How is everything since we left?"
"Better. I think that talking it out helped and just little things like cuddling and the photo session helped too."
"Well I'm glad." She smiles.
"The photo session was amazing. I can't wait for you to see the pictures."
"We can't wait either."
"You look so cute, that jacket is adorable." Carol adds, touching her brown ruffled maternity jacket.
"Thank you. I got it from this amazing place that has great dressy maternity clothes." She blushes a little.
"Well I really like it."
"Thanks."
She talks to her for a minute or two before going to say hi to Greg.
"Oh and just to warn you, some of Mike's ex-girlfriends are here." Greg says while they're talking.
"Oh really. Should I be worried?" She raises an eyebrow.
"Oh no, not at all."
"Okay good. Though I think if I can deal with Maryse, I can deal with any ex's." She laughs a bit.
"Right." He laughs a bit as well.
She squeaks a little when she feels hands on her hips and a kiss by her ear.
"Sneak." Aly says to Mike.
"You know it." He grins.
She turns her head to look at him and ends up being kissed.
"Mmm...love you too."
"I know you do."
"There's a bonfire out back if you two want to sit by it." Greg interjects.
"Alright." She nods, before nudging Mike in that direction.
They go outside and search for a spot.
"So I hear you have ex's here." She says to him.
"I do? Oh I didn't even know."
"Your dad said so."
"Oh, well you have nothing to worry about."
"I figured if I can deal with Maryse, I can deal with them. It might actually be a bit funny."
"Really? How so?"
"Them trying to be catty and threatening."
"Yeah, that would be entertaining."
They find a spot by the fire and sit, cuddling together. In the meantime, Alex and I are getting ready for the charity event that we're attending tonight. Alex is dressed first and sits on the bed to wait for me. I come out of the bathroom all dressed and everything, except for my necklace.
"You think you can help me with this?"
"Of course I can gorgeous." Alex smiles, getting up to help me.
He takes the necklace from me and puts it around my neck, clasping it in the back. He kisses my neck once he lets go of the necklace.
"There you go love."
"Thank you."
"You're welcome."
"You would like us to have more of these nights wouldn't you?"
"Yeah, that would be nice."
"I figured as much."
"I love seeing you dressed up. You always look amazing. I can never tell you just how beautiful you are."
"Awwww."
"Just being honest." He smiles.
"And you're too sweet."
"Only because I love you."
"And I love you too."
"And Baby Love."
"Gummy Bear loves you too."
"Can't wait for your next appointment."
"Sometime next week."
"Great." Alex grins.
"Maybe Monday."
"Okay." He agrees.
I grab what I need, putting it all in the clutch that I'm bringing with me, and then we head out and to the charity event. We walk into the building, Alex with a guiding hand on my lower back. We find a table and sit down at it. Shortly after, Zack and Charity join us at the table. We all greet each other and start talking.
"Sunglasses inside Zack? Really?"
"Woo woo woo you know it."
"I tried to take them away from him...no luck." Charity laughs.
"No one can take these away from me." Zack states proudly.
"Dork." Charity giggles, kissing his cheek.
"You know it."
"Believe me, we do." I snicker.
"Aly would agree if she was here too."
"She would." Alex laughs.
"And you're my broski." Zack says to Alex, holding his fist out for a fist bump.
Alex laughs again and obliges him with a fist bump. *I shake my head amusedly and then facepalm. Charity cracks up.
"Makes me wonder how they'd be after a day of hanging out." I laugh.
"I know." Charity agrees.
"That's right...thank you for reminding me. Dude we need to hang out sometime."
"Oh god, what did I just do." I laugh.
"You reminded him." Charity points out.
I facepalm and she laughs. Once everyone was inside and seated, soon the food had arrived at the table.
"This looks so good."
"If this is as good as it looks, I can't wait for dessert."
"Oh yeah."
Once the food is set down in front of us, we start to eat and talk amongst each other. Talk mostly revolves around their wedding and my pregnancy.
"Yeah, the next appointment is next week. More pictures."
"Aw. Sounds fun."
"He's more excited than I am." I point to Alex.
"What can I say, I love these appointments." Alex shrugs, grinning.
"Because we get to see our child."
"Exactly."
"I just can't wait to find out what exactly we're having." He adds.
"That'll be exciting." Charity says.
"You'll be the first to know, well after Aly and Mike that is."
"And our parents." Alex adds.
"Friend-wise, you'll be the first to know."
"Okay." They laugh.
After we were finished with the food, we waited a bit and they brought out the dessert.
"Oh wow. That looks really good."
"It bet it'll taste even better."
"Oh yeah."
I take a bite of it once it's put down in front of me.
"Oh yeah, this is really good."
"Yup."
"This will satisfy any cravings that I would've had."
"I bet."
It takes a bit to finish the dessert and we sit there for a bit talking, before some music starts up and people start making their way out onto the dance floor.
"Want to dance?" Alex asks me.
"Of course I do." I smile.
He gets up and offers his hand to help me up. I take it of course and we make our way over to the dance floor. Alex puts his arms around me and I put mine around his neck as the two of us move along to the beat.
"I like these kind of nights."
"Me too."
"One reason being what I said earlier before we left." He adds.
"I know." I smile.
"And it will always be true." He smiles back.
I kiss him lightly. Then I rest my head on his shoulder after pulling away. Alex kisses my head and lays his on mine. After a few dances, we go back to the table to rest for a bit. Of course I'm not able to sit down in my own chair because Alex insisted that I sit on his lap.
"Clingy." I tease.
"Just because I love you."
"I love you too." I kiss his cheek.
"You two are just so cute." Charity smiles.
"Thanks." I laugh.
"Where's Zack?"
"Oh he's off dancing. Told him I'd be there in a few. There's only so much fist pumping I can take." She laughs.
"Of course."
"We all know how he gets with his fist pumping."
"Gets a little crazy sometimes."
"But we love him anyway."
"Right."
"Well looks like I'm needed, he's waving me over." Charity snickers.
"Have fun." I laugh.
"Oh you know I will." She says, before getting up and heading over to where Zack is on the dance floor.
I smile and laugh, watching them together.
"They're so cute together."
"They're good for each other." Alex agrees.
"Just like we're good for each other."
"Right."
"Well I think we were actually made for each other."
"There you go."
"And you're right, we are made for each other." He agrees.
"Definitely."
"I couldn't be happier." I add.
"Me either." He smiles.
"Especially now because of this." He says, placing a hand on my stomach.
"Mmhmm." I lean into him and smile.
"I can't wait until Baby Love can hear us. Then I'll be talking to him or her all the time."
"I know you will."
"And it'll be so cute."
"Of course you think so."
"Because I know it will be true."
"Right."
We stay at the table for a while before getting back up to dance. We do that routine for a while until I'm clearly getting tired, and we head back to the hotel. We get into our room and change for bed.
"Aww you had to change out of the dress." Alex says jokingly.
"I'll wear more dresses soon." I laugh.
"Promise?"
"Promise."
"Good."
"As long as you wear more jeans."
"Hmm, deal."
I grin and kiss him. Then after we pull away, we climb into bed and I snuggle into him.
"Night love." Alex presses a kiss to the top of my head.
"Night."
I doze off before Alex, he follows shortly after. In the meantime Aly and Mike are still sitting around the bonfire and relaxing after having eaten some food. She's sitting in between his knees with her back to his chest and she's popping pieces of chocolate into her mouth.
"So I have no idea who your ex's are. Gonna point them out to me?"
"Do I have to?"
"Well why not?"
"It's not really an important thing to do really."
"I just thought it would be fun to see what they look like."
"Oh alright." He sighs, before pointing them out to her.
"Lots of blondes hmm?"
"Yeah..."
"Changed your mind in the end didn't you."
"Yes I did."
"I love your hair." He adds, running his fingers through it.
"I know you do."
She smiles and leans into his touch.
"And I love yours." She adds.
"I know." He chuckles.
"Always have to make the fauxhawk perfect though don't you?" She snickers.
"Yes. At least until you put your hands in it."
"Which is fun by the way."
"Really fun." She adds, giggling.
"Of course it is."
"So which ex is the most annoying?"
"Definitely Amanda. She insists on calling me Mikey. I can't stand that."
"I finally had enough and cracked and we broke up because of that." He adds.
"Ohhh."
"The worst part was that I couldn't escape her afterwards. We went to the same school and we've lived in the same neighborhood since we were kids."
"She became a creepy stalker."
"Yeah." Mike nods.
"I can almost guarantee if she spots me, she'll call me Mikey still."
"Aw, poor you." She pats his thigh.
"Alright, who's next?" She asks.
"Brittany. She was just really whiny and complained about everything all the time."
"Wow, that's annoying."
"How I dealt with her, I have no idea."
"Who knows. Next?"
"There's Sarah. All she could talk about was her ex all the time. Trying to make me be like him in every exact way. I guess we can say she was not over him."
"Definitely not."
"And that's it."
"Hmm. Interesting."
"Yeah, a very interesting bunch they are."
"Very." She agrees.
"But I wouldn't change a thing. Everything I went through led me to you and made me appreciative of what I have with you."
"Awwww."
"I feel the same way." She kisses his cheek.
"I know you do." He smiles.
"Love you."
"Love you too."
Then she sees Carol talking to Amanda and what seems to be her parents.
"Oh boy. Your mom is talking to Amanda and judging by her motions, I think she's talking about us." Aly says to Mike quietly.
"Oh no..."
She laughs as Mike hides his face in her neck.
"Please don't come over here..." He keeps saying repeatedly.
"Mikey!"
"Damn."
"Hey Amanda." He says to her, after moving his face from Aly's neck.
"Its soooo good to see you Mikey." She says brightly.
"It's good to see you too."
Aly's looking between them, trying not to laugh at Mike.
"I didn't know you were gonna be here." Amanda says to him.
"It was kind of spur of the moment." He says.
"And how could I not know you were back home?"
"I've been occupied with other things. Busy." He shrugs.
"Well of course you've been busy silly. I know what your job is."
"Right. That isn't all I've been busy with though."
"Amanda, I'd like you to meet my wife...Alyssa." He introduces Aly.
"Hi, nice to meet you." Aly says, offering her hand.
She looks down at her hand as she shakes it and that's when she notices her rings.
"It's nice to meet you too, what beautiful rings you're wearing."
"Thank you. Mike chose them." Aly smiles.
"He always had great taste in jewelry."
"Oh I know. He spoils me all the time."
"He's good for that too."
"Definitely."
"You're even more pretty in person by the way."
"Oh thank you." She blushes a little.
"And congratulations on the baby. I watch Raw so I already know."
"Thanks." She smiles, resting her hands on her stomach.
"Oh Mikey, I think you deserve one of my hugs. You're gonna be a dad."
Mike reluctantly moves away from her so Amanda can hug him.
"It's so amazing." She says, hugging him.
"Yeah, it is." He agrees.
"I have to go tell my parents. They won't believe this!" She says excitedly, before pulling away from the hug and walking off.
"Well...that was definitely interesting alright." Aly says amusedly as Mike rewraps himself around her.
"I still hate being called Mikey...ugh." He shudders.
"Poor baby." She teases, giggling.
"If she can leave me alone the rest of the night until we leave, I'll be good."
"Good luck with that."
"I can't deal with that the rest of the night."
"If she bothers you too much then I can make an excuse so we can leave."
"Okay good."
"Thank you." Mike kisses her cheek.
"You're welcome."
Then they go back to relaxing in front of the bonfire. It isn't too long before she starts to doze off. Mike looks down at her once he hears her breathing changing. He moves and gets up, reaching down and picking her up and heads towards the house.
"We're gonna head home now, she fell asleep." He tells his parents.
"Alright. Bye Mike." They say and his mom kisses his cheek.
"Bye." He says, heading inside and then out the front door to the car.
He maneuvers her so he can get the door open and he sets her inside, reaching in to buckle the seatbelt. He shuts her door and gets in himself before starting it up and heading for home. It's a fairly smooth ride and he does the same thing as he did when he got her in the car. He carries her inside after unlocking the door and then shuts it with his foot, locking it behind him before heading to the bedroom. Mike lays her on the bed and decides to get changed himself before helping her. As he's changing, she has a bit of spastic moment where it feels like she's falling and she jerks, waking herself up.
"Whoa...you okay?"
"...yeah...a spastic falling feeling moment..." She mumbles, rubbing her eyes and yawning.
"Alright, well let me finish getting changed and I'll be right there to help you."
"...mmkay..."
He changes quickly and comes over to her, to help her get changed. She sits up and leans into him, letting him do most of the work. As per the usual on tired nights, she don't bother with pajamas and just climbs under the covers. He climbs into bed and under the covers as well, turning the light off as he goes. She snuggles into him.
"Night, love you." She mumbles.
"Night, I love you."