Another Monday night but this time we're in Mexico. Since over the weekend at a house show when Alex had gotten hurt a bit on his hip, I've been making sure he's taken care of. Went for an MRI this morning and it's nothing serious thankfully. We're getting ready for the show, even though I thought it would be a better idea to stay in the hotel for a night so he can feel better. But he insists that he's okay enough to walk around and be backstage at the show.
"I still think we should stay here for tonight." I tell him.
"Alex please..." I add.
"I know it's nothing serious but..." I continue.
"...I just don't want you to make it worse." I finish.
He walks over and cups my face in his hands.
"I won't make it worse. I don't have a match tonight, I'm taking a few days off until I'm one hundred percent."
"I'll relax with you on the couch when we're there. I promise." He adds.
"...okay."
Alex kisses me gently. After I pull away, I wrap my arms around his neck and hug him.
"I'm okay. I love you." He murmurs in my ear.
"I love you too."
"You should finish getting ready."
"Right." I say, letting him go and pulling away from the hug.
I go and finish the remainder of my routine. As I'm finishing up, there's a knock on the door. Alex answers and it's Mike. We look past him and see Aly leaning against the wall, looking at some pictures while playing with her necklace.
"Just a second Mike and we'll be all set to go." I tell him.
"Alright."
"You two can come in if you want."
He nods and gets Aly's attention, waving her in. She walks inside the room and sits in a chair.
"How's the hip DC?"
"Better."
"That's good."
"I insisted he and I stay behind for the night, but he says he's alright enough to go." I say while grabbing my things.
"Sounds like you when you messed up your knee." Mike says to Aly.
"What can I say, DC and I are alike in ways like that."
Alex chuckles.
"We're all alike in many ways."
"Very true."
"Alright, I'm all set to go."
Aly gets up and we all head out of the room and down to the car. We get into the car and head off to the arena, and when we get there we walk in and go to the room since Mike's match wouldn't be until later. I sit on the couch and Alex sprawls out, his head in my lap. One of my arms dangles over the arm of the couch, while he takes my other hand and laces his fingers with mine. I smile down at him when he kisses the back of my hand.
"Love you." He says quietly.
"...and you." He adds, turning his head to face my stomach.
He kisses my stomach.
"We love you too." I reply softly.
The show starts shortly after, the same way as always with the intro of course. Then of course the pyros and everything. Cole introducing the show as well. After he was done talking, Laurinaitis is introduced and he walks out and down to the ring.
"Oh joy, what does he have to say now?"
"Who knows."
But of course they have to show the whole thing with Hunter last week and him being fired of being in charge of Raw and everything.
"Que Pasa! My name is Mr. John Laurinaitis, I am the Executive Vice President Of Talent Relations, and the new interim general manager on Raw. Tonight marks the return of Rey Mysterio! Rey's returning to San Diego to see his doctor about some rehab, and will not be here tonight. Come on I'm just kidding. You Mexican people have no sense of humor."
"Uh no, you have no sense of humor."
"As the board of directors is searching for a permanent general manager, I will do everything in my power and sacrifice to make sure I enstill control, integrity and honor into Monday Night Raw. The board of directors have confidence in me, and I will not let them down. Much like I won't let each and every one of you down. I may make some mistakes, and I ask for your consideration and understanding. Seriously. Honestly I made a mistake last week on Raw, by firing good ol' JR. I've received thousands of tweets on my Twitter account that were very disturbing, mean-spirited, and nasty. And you know what, they weren't very good for a PG enviornment."
"Well that's what you get for doing it." I scoff.
"So you know what I did? As your general manager, I listened to what you had to say. I did this for you as your general manager, and that is why I would like you to welcome back to Raw good ol' JR!"
Of course Cole is making a big deal with JR coming out, and when he goes over to do commentary, Laurinaitis stops him.
"Whoa whoa whoa whoa, JR...could you please come into the ring. I'd like to make a public apology. Please."
"Oh sure, hug him like you did nothing wrong." I say when we see Laurinaitis hug JR after he gets into the ring.
"JR, I shouldn't have fired you unceremoniously last week on Raw. For that I owe you an apology and I was very unprofessional. I did not bring you here tonight to commentate. Last week when you did the walk of shame and left the arena, and went outside and left the building, something happened during commercial that I think you should watch."
The video footage caught during that commercial break was Cole in the ring with Ricardo and Del Rio, and he was trying to start the 'Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey, goodbye.' chant song. But of course all of Oklahoma just booed Cole while he and Ricardo sang along with him. We roll our eyes and shakes our heads.
"Jim...I don't know what the issues are between you and Michael Cole. I don't know if it's jealousy on your part or what the deal is. But I think I feel we should settle the differences between JR Michael Cole tonight of Raw. Settle differences tonight right here. And Jim, I'm gonna help you out a little bit. Tonight's main event will be...Michael Cole teaming up with WWE Champion Alberto Del Rio, to face the tag team of Jim Ross and his partner John Cena!"
"Oh god, that means we have to see Cole in his...gear...again doesn't it. Ewwwww."
"That awful orange singlet...ewwww." I shudder.
"Gross." Aly grimaces.
"Oh you wanna play games tonight big boy? You wanna play games tonight huh big boy? Well guess what, I'm gonna squash you like refried beans. I'm gonna squash you like refried beans...come on fat boy, come on fat boy. Come on fat boy." Cole says, before getting out of his chair and standing on top of the table, talking smack to JR.
"How rude."
"When isn't he?"
"When he talking about myself or Mike."
"True...he hates almost everyone besides you two."
"Pretty much."
Then Randy's music went off stopping Cole's smack talk for the time being. Randy came out for the six-man tag team match.
"Oh look like that wasn't predictable...two whiners and a monster as the opponents. "
Aly rolls her eyes and leans back into the couch, her hand holding up her head as her arm rests on the couch arm. Of course after seeing who was going to be involved in the match, it was the first commercial break of the night.
"Stupid commercials."
"I think you'll survive." Alex chuckles, looking up at me.
"I guess."
"You guess?"
"Alright, I'll make it. It's just boring that's all."
"Commercials usually tend to be." Aly points out.
"True."
But after the commercial break there was a replay of what happened last week with Randy, Cody and Mark Henry, before going back to the ring. We find out that Randy will get to face Cody at the pay-per-view Sunday. But then Morrison walks out as his music plays. Aly of course glares at the screen.
"Jerk."
Then Sheamus comes out as the third tag team partner. The first whiner of the other team comes out first...Christian. Following him was the 2nd whiner...Cody. Then of course the monster that is Mark Henry comes out.
"I don't know about you, but I have a feeling this is gonna be boring."
"Yeah."
"Don't worry, I'll be able to keep you amused until it's over." Alex says to me.
"Alright." I say amusedly.
"Gonna talk to Bear again?"
"Uh huh."
"You've been talking to Bear all day." I giggle.
"I love doing it though."
"I know you do."
Alex rubs my stomach and talks quietly. Aly and Mike on the other hand are still sitting on the couch on opposite ends of it, not really talking to each other and just keeping their eyes on the screen. But they're not really paying attention to anything. She looks away from the screen and she glances at Mike. He doesn't lookat her and she looks down at the floor sadly. The whole time during the match up until the end of it, it was basically quiet. Then we find out that Mike will be facing Punk later tonight, with Truth of course being ringside for him. Aly sighs. There's another commercial break and things got even more quiet, and not really any of us wanted to say anything. Then out of nowhere Aly grimaces and hisses, holding her stomach.
"What's wrong?" I ask.
"False contraction." She manages to say.
"You alright?" Alex asks.
She holds up a finger until it passes and then sighs.
"I'm fine. I just have Braxtion-Hicks contractions every now and then. They aren't really painful at all, just uncomfortable."
"Ohh."
"Its basically the body preparing itself for labor. Its unregular contractions that don't cause you to dialate."
"Doesn't sound or look too fun." I remark.
"Like I said, they usually aren't painful. It makes my stomach gets all tight and hard."
"Ah."
She doesn't look up, she just rubs her stomach gently. AFter the commercial they played a promo for Brodus Clay before going back to Raw. Laurinaitis was backstage on his phone before the Bellas came up and they were basically flirting with him.
"Flirting with him now?"
"Gross." Alex mutters.
"And the guy's married...now I know where Eve and Maryse get it from."
"Yeah."
Then he goes back on the phone, before Ricardo comes into the room trying to get his attention.
"Alberto Del Rio." He says a few times before Del Rio himself walks in.
Del Rio complains about the match he has with Cole against John and JR. Laurinaitis makes the stipulation of the match to whoever wins the match will pick the stipulation to the match between him and John Sunday. That makes Del Rio feel a little better and Laurinaitis walks away. Then the next match starts and Eve walks out with Kelly.
"Speak of the devil." I grumble.
I glare at Eve and Kelly. Then come to find out, Eve has a title match Sunday against Beth.
"Okay, what's up with that? She hasn't done anything to deserve that. Ridiculous."
"Retarded Creative as always." Aly murmurs.
"Oh yeah yayyy you have a title shot...smile away. You're gonna LOSE, and I'm gonna laugh." I say about Eve being all happy and everything about her getting a title shot.
Alex snickers.
Then Nattie comes out being accompanied by Beth. Kelly gets out of the ring as Nattie gets in and the bell rings. They lock up and Nattie pushes Eve into the corner, giving her an uppercut before grabbing her face and talking smack to her. Eve pushes her arm away and starts going after her, but when she bounches off the ropes, Nattie hits her with a powerful clothesline. She goes for the cover and Eve kicks out. Nattie gets Eve in a submission move but she gets out of it quickly. She counters some more before Nattie hoists her over her shoulder, but Eve gets down and tries to take Nattie down with her. She fails and Nattie stomps on her. She does more trash talkng, before grabbing her by her hair and slamming her face down into the mat. She trash talks some more, and Eve hits her before using the ropes and trying to bounce off and kick her in the head. Nattie ducks and then slams Eve's face into the turnbuckle. Then she picks her up going to try something, but Eve counters and takes Nattie down. She drags her over so she's near the corner at least and Eve climbs it. Then she hits the moonsault off the top rope and covers Nattie to get the three count.
"That's bull!"
"Oh that was lame! Poor Nattie."
Eve quickly gets out of the ring, before Beth could get her. She's smiling however at her win over Nattie. But her happiness is short lived, since we see Charity running out and attacking her from behind, also taking out Kelly.
"Hah, go Charity!" I cheer.
Then she picks Eve up and throws her into the barriers a few times, before taking her and ramming her back into the side of the ring. She then grabs her by the arm and brings her over to the ring post, tugging on her arm hard so that her shoulder makes contact with the steel.
"Ooh." Aly winces.
She starts pulling on her arm, applying pressure on the shoulder and arm itself and she screams out in pain. Kelly gets up and tries to stop her, but she just kicks her leg out, her foot making contact with Kelly's gut. She lets go and Eve leans against the ring post for support. Charity takes advantage of the time and goes over to where the steel chairs are and she grabs one, folding it up and heading back over to Eve. She waits until Eve turns around and moves away from the ring post to hit her in the gut with the top of the chair before hitting her across the back.
"Dang, Charity is really letting them have it."
"I can't say I'm complaining."
"No, me neither."
She hits her one last time before ditching the chair. Beth and Nattie grin at Kelly and Eve on the floor and walk over to Charity. They all walk back up the ramp, grinning at the damage that Charity has done. The screen changes to what the next match will be after the commercial and it's Mike's match. Aly bites her lip and looks back down to the floor. She continues to rub her stomach, trying to give herself and Savannah some comfort.
"I've got to go get ready." Mike states.
"Okay." She says quietly.
"I'll be back after." He adds, reaching over and rubbing her stomach slightly before getting up and heading out the door.
She sniffles, back to biting her lip again. Alex and I clearly hear the sniffle, and I motion for him to move so that I can go over to her to see what's wrong. Alex moves and watches with concern as I walk over and sit by her.
"Aly..."
"...mmm?"
"What's wrong?"
"We had an argument this morning after the appointment."
"About what?"
"See, I've been having the Braxton-Hicks' for a few weeks now and I didn't tell Mike about them. Mike was never in the room when they happened so I usually just forgot but after him being so worried over my anxiety attack, I didn't want him to worry more. But the doctor brought it up and once we left, he got really upset with me." She explains, lifting her head and wiping her eyes and cheeks.
"Oh Aly..."
"I made him cry Dolce."
"That's why you've barely said anything to each other all night."
She nods, sighing.
"I wanted to ask what was wrong earlier but I decided against it." I say as I wrap my arms around her in a hug.
She hugs me back.
"It just broke my heart that I hurt him so bad that he cried. I don't want to do anything else stupid."
"You won't."
She shakes her head.
"He's been distant all day. Hardly says a word and won't touch me other than touching my stomach."
"Do I have to talk sense into him? Because I will."
"I don't know. I didn't mean to forget all the time...I can't help it. Its pregnancy brain as they call it."
"That's probably something he doesn't understand."
She shrugs and sighs.
"I'll talk to him. If there's anyone he'll listen to, it's me."
"Thanks Dolce." She hugs me tighter.
"You're welcome."
Alex comes over and waits for us to make a spot for him. We scooch over and Alex sits on the other side of her. He puts an arm around her shoulders and she smiles a little at him in thanks. After the break all the matchups so far for the PPV Sunday were shown, then came time for Mike's match with Punk of course coming out first.
"I hope this doesn't end badly for Mike."
"Yeah, let's hope not."
"Now you're going to move, huh?" Aly looks at her stomach.
"Awww."
Alex puts a hand on her belly and she smiles when Savannah kicks his hand.
"She's saying hi."
"Hi to you too missy." Alex chuckles.
"I think she knows that daddy's coming up soon."
"Maybe so."
After Punk did his entrance and everything, his music faded and then Truth's music played, Mike and Truth walking out. Mike says something in spanish and the only thing we understood was him calling everyone stupid. He did seem a little more angry...or well his tone of voice anyway...even when they started the 'You Suck' song. Aly hears the anger and her smile disappears, her eyes getting a little watery. Alex and I make sure to keep at least one arm around her as we watch. They end the song and get into the ring.
"What's the matter Punk? You having flashbacks? Oh yeah, you may be smiling on the outside, but on the inside we all know you're sweating." Mike says, before Punk tries to kick him and Mike quickly backs up.
"Come on...you're sweating, 'cause you remember that we were the ones that gave you a beatdown of your lifetime at Hell in the Cell. Tell me, what hurts more...Punk. Tell me, what hurts more...the fact that...WE...we made sure you won't get a WWE Championship match for a very long time. Or...the fact that we did something that you could never do, and had Triple H removed from running Raw."
"You talk too much." Truth states about Punk.
"If there's one thing we can't stand, it's someone who runs their mouth. Wipe that smile off your face! You won't be smiling when Miz beats your ass tonight. And you won't be smiling when we wipe the mat with you this Sunday at Vengeance. You see, WE want vengeance. And vengenace is gonna get got!"
"And that's awesome."
Punk stands there not amused and then all of a sudden, Hunter's music plays and he walks out.
"Oh great."
"Oh god."
Walking down to the ring, Hunter gets rid of his jacket and his tie.
"Great...he's backing up Punk." I say as the screen fades to a commercial.
"I just hope he doesn't hurt Mike." Aly mumbles.
"He better not."
Aly nods in agreement. After the commercial, Punk got Mike with a take down and he works on Mike's legs, putting him in a modified bow and arrow before Mike gets to the ropes. Punk with a side head lock into a waist lock and another take down, getting a near fall before putting Mike in a front face lock. Mike gets Punk with a side head lock and a take down of his own. Mike hits Punk with a shoulder tackle, but Punk gets up and hits Mike with a drop kick, which sends Mike to the floor. Punk hits a suicide dive and then salutes the crowd. He goes to the apron and hits a slingshot senton and he gets another near fall. Punk with a chop in the corner, followed by an Irish Whip but Mike moves and Punk tries for the high knee in the corner. Punk goes to the floor and Hunter gets between Truth and Punk.
Truth backs up, Mike telling Hunter to get back. But as Punk is getting back into the ring, Mike goes after him and Punk drops Mike onto the top rope and then he hits a springboard clothesline for another near fall. Punk sends Mike into the turnbuckles, followed by a snap mare and kick to the back. After that, he hits Mike with a chop and elbow to the head. Mike comes back though and hits Punk in the back and ribs. Punk starts with the kicks to the legs followed by a double chop and more kicks. Hunter gets into the ring and that delay allows Mike and Truth to double team Punk. Mike with a running boot to the head and he gets a near fall. He does a reverse chin lock and Punk does a rollup to escape, but Mike hits him with a clothesline and then he sets up for that corner clothesline and he hits it. Mike goes up to the top and hits a double sledge to the head.
Mike with elbows and forearms to the upper chest and then into a reverse chin lock, but Punk gets to his feet and he hits a belly-to-back suplex. Mike with a boot to Punk when he charges into the corner. Mike goes up to the top but Punk hits Mike with a back heel kick, taking him down. Mike sends Punk to the floor and he talks to the ref, allowing Truth to hit Punk with a bottle of water. Hunter chases Truth to the back and Laurinaitis comes out.
"Stop this match! Referee, stop this right now."
"Oh jeez, what now?"
"We've got an immigration problem."
"What?"
"I need to talk to you about it." He says to Hunter.
Then they go through some paperwork and then Hunter agrees to go with the men who were from immigration obviously.
"I guess the paperwork wasn't filed correctly to be in Mexico."
"Oh."
So Hunter walks up the ramp and Truth is making hand motions, pointing to the stage entrance. Hunter just plain out knocks him out right there on the ramp.
"Oops."
"That was pretty funny though." I snicker.
Aly gives a tiny smile.
After the commercial what happened backstage during the commercial between Hunter and the whole immigration thing was shown, before going back to the match. Mike reverses with a chin lock and Punk reverses with kicks to Mike and then connects with clotheslines and a neck breaker. Punk sets up for the running knee across the ring and he hits it. Punk delivers a short arm clothesline and then he goes up top for the elbow drop and he hits that as well. He signals that it's time to go to sleep and Punk punches Truth on the apron. Mike blocks the attempt that Punk had made and tries for the Skull Crushing Finale but Mike is sent into Truth and Punk with a rollup for the three count. Aly cringes and sighs. And basically Mike and Truth start attacking Punk afterwards and it takes a while for them to actually leave and head backstage.
"Great. Now he's going to be even more moody." Aly mutters.
"Not if I talk to him...hopefully."
"I want to go to the car."
"Alex you take her to the car. I'll go meet Mike when he comes through the curtained area and talk to him."
"Alright." Alex agrees as we all get up.
Alex grabs our things while she grabs hers and we all head out of the room. She and Alex go out to the car while I wait by the entrance to the curtained area for Mike. Shortly after that, he walks into view.
"We need to talk." I say firmly.
"What about?" He asks as he keeps walking and I have to follow him.
"You and Aly's argument."
"Why do we need to talk about that?"
"Okay stop being stubborn, you know exactly why we need to talk about it." I retort, stopping him from walking.
"It's bothering her more than you know. She cried over hurting you." I add.
"She doesn't want to do anything else stupid." I continue.
"Because she doesn't want to hurt you again." I finish.
"She didn't tell me about the Braxton Hicks contractions."
"Because she forgot. When she had them you were never in the room, she meant to tell you but forgot Mike. It's called pregnancy brain. She didn't want you to worry more than you did when she had the anxiety attack."
"Pregnant women are more forgetful Mike, its something we can't control. She was trying to protect you in the end." I add.
"All I know is that she's really upset. She wanted to go to the car and I had Alex take her so I could try to talk some sense into you."
"By distancing yourself, you're only hurting the both of you more." I tell him.
"There...I'm done." I finish.
Mike runs his hands through his hair. After standing there for a while in silence, a wave of emotion just comes over me and I start getting upset because Aly's in the car still upset. Mike sighs and hugs me.
"Why are you crying?"
"Because she's in the car still upset. The whole time you were gone, she barely smiled, didn't laugh. She cried after you left because of you being distant."
"Not to mention the angry tone to your voice when you went out there. She thought that was because of her and almost cried again."
"I'll talk to her before we leave."
I nod.
"I need to go change." Mike adds.
"Yeah you go get changed...I'll go out to the car."
"Be careful."
"I will Mike."
Mike goes to the locker room while I head outside to the car. I find Alex and Aly in the backseat and she's leaning against him, sleeping.
"Well looks like he won't be talking to her before we leave." I say to myself.
Alex has the back door on his side open and when he sees me, he maneuvers me so I'm leaning into the other doo. Then he gets out and puts his arms around me.
"So how'd it go?" He asks.
"He said he'd talk to her before we left, but she's sleeping so I'm not quite sure that'll happen."
"Ah. Yeah, I don't know."
"You've been crying..." He says when he gets a good look at me and sees my eyes red and bit puffy.
"I just got upset picturing her out here still upset."
"Oh."
Alex kisses my face several times before kissing my lips.
"I love you."
"I love you too." I sigh slightly.
Then Mike walks out and over to us and the car.
"She's sleeping Mike, I don't know if talking to her would be an idea right now."
He nods, his eyes on her sleeping in the backseat.
"You can get back into the backseat with her Alex. I'll sit up front, no problem." I say to him.
Alex starts to agree but then we realize that Mike has gotten in by her, and she leaned her body into him, his head resting against hers.
"Okay, I guess we're in the front seat, one of us driving."
"I'll drive." Alex says.
"Alright." I say, and we get into the passenger and driver seats.
Alex drives back to the hotel. It's a pretty silent drive back, and when we do get back, Mike tries to wake Aly so that they both can head in and up to their room. She stirs enough to follow his directions and get out of the car somewhat clumsily.
"Whoa, careful."
She just mumbles incoherently. He makes sure to grab both of their things as he helps her out of the car. Once they were all set, they headed in and up to their room. We all say goodnight as usual before going into our respective rooms. As she walks through the room, she kicks off her shoes and as she has been doing lately, she takes off her clothes. Once she was out of her clothes, she climbs into bed an under the blankets. However she doesn't fall back asleep yet. She watches Mike through half-open eyes as he gets ready for bed.
"Thought you weren't...talking to me..." You say to him.
"...or touching me..." She adds quietly.
"Carly talked to me."
"Oh."
"If I keep distancing myself from you, it only hurts us more."
She makes a small noise and nods a tiny bit in acknowledgement.
"I didn't mean to make you cry after I left for the match tonight either. And how angry I was going out there, that had nothing to do with you."
"You didn't make me cry. I cried because I was reminded that I hurt you."
"It was still my fault...basically."
"No. I kept things from you and I hurt you by doing it. I never meant to do that, it wasn't my intention and by hurting you...I broke my own heart in the process." She sits up and glances down at her lap, her hair falling around her face and hiding the fact that she's tearing up again.
"I understand that now...a little late but...yeah."
"Its just...you've been so torn up over my attack...I didn't want to add to your worry by telling you about these contractions..." She murmurs, trying to hide her sniffles as she closes her eyes against the pooling tears.
"I know that, Carly told me. I understand that." He says, walking over and sitting on the edge of the bed next to her.
"I'm sorry." She chokes out before sobbing.
"Lyssa..." He trails off, reaching out and wrapping his arms around her in a hug.
She latches onto him, hot tears rolling down her cheeks.
"I'm sorry...I'm sorry...so sorry." She repeats over and over.
"Shhhh...it's okay." He tries to comfort her.
She gives up on talking and just clings to him, sobbing quietly. He rubs a hand up and down her back, in hopes of that soothing her further. He murmurs things in her ear inbetween series of kisses over any skin he can reach. She slowly calms down. Once he feels that she's completely calmed down, he leans his forehead against hers and he looks her in the eyes.
"I love you, remember that."
She nods tearfully. A few more tears fall however, but he wipes them away. She leans into his touch, relishing in it after having been without it for hours on end.
"I bet Savvy's wondering what's wrong."
"She's been kicking harder than usual." She murmurs, nuzzling his hand.
"See? She wants to know what's wrong with Mommy."
"More like she wants to know how come Daddy hasn't been talking to her."
"I'm sorry I haven't been talking to you." He says to her.
"Daddy will make it up tomorrow. Promise." He leans down and kisses her stomach.
"She's keeping you to that promise."
"I know."
"How about we lay down, I'll calm her down and we'll sleep."
She nods, stifling a yawn. He moves so that he's on his side of the bed, and they both lay down. Mike works on getting Savvy calmed down, and when he does, that's whatn Aly and him both start to drift off.
"Night, love you."
"Night love you too."