It's Tribute To The Troops and we all flew to North Carolina early this morning to make it for the show. Since the show is indoors this time, it's just like a regular event like Raw. So we do the normal routine of getting ready to go. As usual I get dressed and go into the bathroom to do makeup and hair. I'm humming to myself as I do so. I hear a chuckle and arms slide around me.

"You've been standing there for a while haven't you?"

"Yup."

"Must've been way out of it, because I didn't notice."

"You were pretty out of it." Alex agrees.

"But it's understandable, you have a lot on your mind." He adds.

I nod.

"Especially with Aly having to stop traveling next week." I add.

"Yeah. That's going to be hard."

"I hate the fact that she'll be home alone."

"She'll have Melina won't she?"

"Yeah, but when Melina leaves..."

"I think Mike said his mom would be helping out for a while."

"Oh yeah...but still."

"I know. Try not to worry too much. Windy is strong and she can handle it. She knows we'll help in any way we can."

I nod, before putting everything away.

"Alright, all done."

"Beautiful as always." Alex smiles.

I smile back, snuggling back into him.

"Love you."

"Love you too."

"So any match tonight?"

"Actually no."

"Seriously? Unfair." I grumble.

"I know, but what I can I do..."

"I know." I sigh.

"I just find it unfair that you haven't been on TV in a match in almost 2 months."

"I know babe. Hopefully things will turn around soon."

"I hope so, but on the brightside at least backstage you have more time to take care of me."

"Right."

"That's what's important."

"Of course."

"We should start getting our things to go."

"Aww."

"You can cuddle when we get there. Promise."

"Okay." He grins, kissing my cheek before letting me go and going back out into the room.

We both go around and get what we need before going out to wait for Mike and Aly. They're also getting ready, Aly in the bathroom as well, Mike just dressed in casual clothes since he has a match tonight. She sings quietly, doing her hair. After her hair, she does her makeup, still singing quietly. She finishes that and cleans up. Then she comes out of the bathroom, putting the makeup back into her bag. She walks over to her shoes and picks them up.

"Need help?"

She shakes her head, easily getting them on.

"That color is great on you." He says about the dress.

"I love this color." She smiles, admiring the vibrant shade of purple.

"I can see that."

"You have jeans on." She grins at him.

"I know." He smirks. "I have no need to dress in a suit tonight since I only have a match."

"I love it."

"I know you do."

She walks over and kisses him. And just like she always does, she puts her hands in his back pockets. He laughs against her lips and she giggles in return, squeezing lightly.

"You love doing that way too much."

"Yes I do and you need to quit breaking the kiss and talking when I kiss you."

"Sorry..." He says, cupping her face and pressing his lips back to hers.

She kisses back eagerly. When they're done kissing, she knows that she's gonna have bruised lips again, but she keeps going anyway. Then Mike's phone startsz buzzing and going off. She grumbles as she pulls away from his lips.

"More later." Mike quickly kisses her before pulling her hands out of his pockets so he can go get his phone.

"Okay...let's see. It's Carly...she says that if we don't get moving, we'll be late."

"Darn." She pouts.

"Like I said...more later."

"Okay." She says, getting her purse.

They pull on jackets before leaving the room and heading down to the car. I start to ask what took them when I see her lips and then I just laugh and shake my head.

"Of course."

"His fault."

"Sure."

"He wore jeans, come on."

"Ohhhh I see now."

"Totally his fault."

"Yup, his fault."

Mike just laughs. Then we all get into the car and head off to Fort Bragg for the show. We get there and head inside. Aly goes with Mike so he can drop his things off in the locker room. She can't help but enjoy the view of Mike wearing jeans. He heads into the locker room quick and drops his bag off before coming back out. She giggles a bit.

"You're having fun with this aren't you?"

"Duh."

He chuckles.

"Let's go find Alex and Carly and we can watch the show."

"Okay."

Then they head away from the locker room in search for us. She laces her fingers with Mike's and lets her free hand rest on her bump. They eventually find us and the show was starting. We get comfortable and turn our attention to the screen. After the usual WWE intro, it was a video package about the troops and interviews from various superstars and divas, their voices in the background. That leads to who's gonna be on the show and the show officially starts with the pyros included. There was a usual introduction from Cole and Jerry, and we find out what Mike's match is. He's tagging with Del Rio and Mark Henry to take on Show, Punk and John.

"Oh lord."

Justin then introduces a special message from the president, and that comes up on the screen. After that, Randy's music plays and he walks out for his match which is first. After his entrance, Wade's music plays next and he comes out.

"Joy."

"Ugh."

"It's a good thing I can tolerate Wade now at least."

"Yeah."

Then a replay of what happened on Smackdown last Friday was shown, where Randy won the match against Wade and Dolph, by RKOing Dolph and later, putting him through a table to send a message to Wade. The bell rings and they circle each other, everyone immediately chanting 'Randy'. Randy takes control of the match early on, going for a cover shortly after and only getting a 2 count. The crowd starts chanting 'RKO' now and after a suplex, he goes for another cover, getting another two count. This is where Wade takes control of the match, not giving Randy a chance to recover...yet. Eventually Randy comes back to life, but only for a short second. It takes a while, but Randy comes back and keeps taking Wade down, leading into the scoop slam. After hearing 'RKO' chants, he goes to that place again where he hears the voices. The fight ends up outside the ring, the ref counting down. He gets to 10 and no one makes it back in. So they both got counted out and they're still going after each other. After throwing Randy into the steel steps, Wade goes around and grabs a table out from under the ring, sliding it into the ring. After getting Randy in the ring, he sets the table up, but not fully. His plan backfires when Randy comes back to life, finishing up setting the table up. He picks Wade up, going to powerbomb him into the table, but Otunga comes out from nowhere and starts attacking Randy, Wade rolling out of the ring to safety.

"Yeah...real mature."

"Mmhmm."

"That only gets him maaad."

He picks Randy up going over to the table, but Randy ends up RKOing Otunga.

"Told you."

"Somebody was getting RKO'd. That much was obvious."

Everyone starts chanting 'table', and Randy ends up powerbombing Otunga through the table, Wade and Randy staring each other down before the replay is started.

"Ohhh that's just awesome."

"Nice."

Then still to come was Mary J Blige, and then Mike's match of course. Up next however Nickelback s going to be performing the Raw theme song, and Zack is facing Swagger as well.

"Not Lispy..." Aly rolls her eyes.

After the break, there were messages from Nicole Kidman and Jake Gyllenhaal, before going backstage where Wade was walking the halls.

"Excuse me Wade? At the Tables, Ladders, and Chairs pay-per-view this Sunday, you and Randy Orton have the distinction of being involved in a tables match. Is what happened to David Otunga a harbinger of what's to come for you this Sunday?"

"Well first things first, David Otunga got exactly what he deserved out there. As for Randy Orton, he's got a unique ability to aggravate people. But I on the other hand have a unique ability to aggravate Randy Orton. Now I've said this before, but I hold a psychological advantage over Orton. The only voice in his head these days is mine. And at TLC this Sunday, the only thing that Randy Orton is gonna hear and feel is a table breaking in half."

"Says you."

Then Zack and Charity come up to us as they wait for the time to go out for Zack's match.

"Hi guys." We greet.

"Congrats on the title match Sunday Zack." I add.

"Thanks." He grins.

"I'm gonna fist pump Ziggler's face." He adds.

"Of course you are."

"We want you to take that title from him...he's had it far too long."

"I'll do my best."

"With me by his side, how can he lose?" Charity adds.

"Too true." We laugh.

"I swear to god, Vickie gets involved, I'm knocking her into next week."

"Dooooo it."

"Do it to Swagger too if he's there."

Charity laughs.

"Will do."

"Sweet."

"No one messes with the outcome of Zack's match."

"Of course not."

"And I appreciate it...so much." He smiles, leaning down and kissing her briefly.

"Awwwwww." We both say.

"How cute." Aly giggles.

"Can't wait for the wedding."

"Hopefully I'll be able to come." Aly says, rubbing her stomach.

"We hope so too."

"Depends on the this little one."

"Then of course the same with me. Due in 3 months." I add.

"Right."

"Still a while to go."

"Doing alright?"

"Well besides some nights of barely any sleep, and then some mornings of being woken up...sometimes earlier than I want it to be...I'm doing okay."

"Well at least you're doing okay."

"Yeah...I'm taken care of, that's why." I smile back at Alex.

"Awww."

"Love you too." He says, and kisses my head.

"Someone's awake again." I laugh.

Alex chuckles, one of his hands moving to my stomach.

"She's been like this all day. She'll sleep for maybe a few hours at the most and then boom, she's moving around. Very active today." I explain.

"Aww." Charity smiles.

"I think she wants to say hi to her uncle Zack."

Zack grins and comes closer. Liyah moves, saying hi to him.

"That felt like her hand."

"She's fist pumping already." Zack laughs.

"Good job little one." Zack says, patting my stomach.

She moves under his hand, making him laugh.

"Zack what have you done?" Charity jokes. "You're turning babies into fist pumpers like you."

"Changing the world, one baby at a time." He snickers.

"Oh god." I shake my head amusedly.

"Oh lord." Aly laughs.

Then we hear Justin announce Nickelback and they start playing the Raw theme. They had fire and everything coming out of the stage while they performed.

"Whoa, that's awesome."

"I can so fist pump to the song." Zack says, starting to do so.

We laugh.

"You fist pump to any song Zack."

"True."

"I'm surprised he doesn't fist pump in his sleep."

"He does." Charity says dryly.

"Oh my god." I facepalm.

Aly cracks up.

"I have to move away to make sure he doesn't accidently hit me."

This makes Aly laugh harder.

"He goes crazy in his sleep."

"Poor you." Aly manages to say between laughs.

After the song's over, a video package of the army parachute team was shown. Kofi, Eve, Punk, Cody and Del Rio deciding to choose to jump out of a plane, skydiving.

"Oh jeez."

"Skydiving looks cool."

"It does...kind of."

"13,000 feet...no way."

"Crazy."

"Well we got to get to the curtain." Zack says once that video package was over.

"Alright. Good luck."

"Thanks." Zack says, and then they walk away.

Swagger comes out first, accompanied by Ziggler and no Vickie.

"No Vickie! YES!"

"Woo!"

Then Zack comes out with Charity, microphone in hand.

"Hey Dolph, bro. I think I speak for everyone here, when I say you are the last person we want representing the United States Of America."

"Amen."

"But that's all gonna change this Sunday, when I fist pump your face, and become the new United States Champion. But..but before I do that, everyone put your fists in the air for the number one G.I. Broski of all time...Sgt. Slaughter."

He comes out and then they all walk down the ramp, all three of them getting into the ring. Zack takes his shirt off, and then Slaughter takes his hat off to reveal a Broski headband.

"Oh god."

"Ohhh that is just too funny."

The music fades and Dolph gets out of the ring after some arguing with Zack over who will win Sunday. Charity and Slaughter follow, the match starts. Swagger takes control of the match early on after a lock up. But after a counter and a dropkick, Zack takes control, going for the pin. He only gets a one as Swagger kicks out. Swagger takes control back, only getting a two count, before throwing punches. Going for another pin, Zack kicks out. Zack counters an Irish Whip into the ropes and gets a rollup, but only good enough for a two count. Zack has taken control again, now doing his signature Broski Boot. He then goes for the Rough Ryder, but Swagger counters it, hitting Zack with a shoulder block and going for another cover, Zack kicking out at 2. He nods at Dolph and then throws Zack outside the ring. The ref gets distracted by Swagger, in result Dolph grabs Zack and clotheslines him. Dolph then proceeds to lay on the announce table and take out his phone to tweet.

"What an ass."

"Wait for Charity to do something."

"Oh she will."

"Oh hell no." Charity mumbles, storming over to Dolph.

She stands in front of him, crossing her arms over her chest, before proceeding to snatch the phone from his hands.

"Here we go..."

Dolph gets off of the announce table, giving Charity a hard time for taking his phone. He keeps pestering her to give it back, but she doesn't give it up. Then Slaughter comes over, complaining to Dolph about him getting involved in the match, before proceeding to clothesline him over the table. Then Swagger turns Slaughter around and starts arguing with him over getting involved in the match as well. Swagger backs up before kicking Slaughter in the leg and hitting him over the back a few times. He takes the headband off his head, acting like he's gonna throw it to the crowd, but doesn't. Charity then snatches that from his hands, and puts it over his eyes so he can't see, throwing him back into the ring.

"Ohh nice."

Then she goes over and helps Zack get to his feet and back in the ring. Swagger has taken off the headband from his eyes and can now see again. He goes for one of his signature moves where he jumps off of the corner to land on his opponent. Instead of him landing on Zack, he lands on Zack's elevated feet, which in return makes him stumble away. Zack gets up, holding up the LI sign with his fingers, before hitting Swagger with the Rough Ryder and pinning him to win the match.

"Yes!"

"Take that Lispy!"

Charity goes over to Dolph first and gives him back his phone, before going over and sliding into the ring, hugging Zack before lifting his hand in victory. Slaughter gets back in the ring and Zack points to a beaten Swagger. Slaughter sneaks up behind him and gets him in the Cobra Clutch, throwing him to the apron. All three of them raise their hands in victory as the screen fades to a break.

"Nice."

"That was funny how she snatched Dolph's phone, like...'it's mine now'."

"Yeah I know."

"And Swagger was blind for a moment there."

"Yep." Aly snickers.

After a couple commercials, a segment with Slim Jims was shown that involved Rey, Big Show, and Eve.

"Ugh...not her again."

"Ugh."

Finally she's off the screen and Hugh Jackman gives his message to everyone, before showing a short clip of the Eternal Flame. Then a video package of the Bellas getting a tour of West Point Military Camp in New York. But after that came a Divas match, involving the Bellas of course.

"Of course."

"Boring..."

Then Beth and Nattie come out, being their tag team partners. They were dressed in matching purple santa gear.

"Oooh I love the gear."

"I know, me too! It's so pretty."

"For sure."

Then Kelly's music plays and she comes out with Alicia and Eve.

"Eve, that santa hat clashes with your ring gear."

"She has no fashion sense, I swear."

Then new music plays and the host of the celebrity news show Extra, Maria Menounos, comes out as their 4th partner.

"Really? I mean I love watching the celebrity news stuff, but they couldn't do better than her? Oh wait, it is Kelly's team afterall."

"Exactly."

It starts off as Eve against one of the Bellas, but Maria wants to be tagged in. She is, but she doesn't do too well starting off, until she stomps on the foot of the Bella Twin, before tagging in Eve. Brie runs and tags in Nikki, but Eve stays in control. Doing that damn booty popping before her standing moonsault.

"I say it again...go to a freaking club if you want to do that!"

"I just want to push her off the ring post."

"Amen to that."

"We'll get Charity to do it for us."

"Haha yes!"

Aly smirks.

Nattie comes in making a distraction, Nikki taking advantage of it. She tags in Beth and has control of the match for only a short time before Eve roundhouse kicks Beth in the head. She then tags Kelly in and she jumps off the top rope in the corner, landing on Beth like always. Then her spinning headscissors move into the corner, and then slams Beth's face to the apron. She goes for the pin, but Nikki comes in and stops it. Alicia comes in and gets rid of her, Brie comes in and takes out Alicia, Eve comes in and takes out Brie, and Nattie comes in and gets rid of Eve. But Eve wasn't taken out completely and she pulls Nattie out of the ring onto the floor, Nattie slapping her away. Maria tags herself in, but Beth stops her, yelling at her. Maria hops up in the corner as Beth goes after her and rolls her up to win the match. My jaw just drops.

"No...effing...way."

Aly facepalms.

"This is why I wanna come back after Liyah's born." I sigh.

"Mmmm." Aly sighs too.

Then up next we see that Cody will be taking on Daniel Bryan, and also Mary J Blige will be performing. Aly shifts and leans back into Mike.

"It's gonna be a long night."

"Mmhmm."

"I do have something for you though..." He says.

"Hmm?"

I hand him what he's giving her, and he brings it out in front of her, it being a cake pop.

"Ah! Yes!" She squeaks in excitement, taking it.

"You're welcome." He chuckles.

She turns her head and kisses his lips before starting to eat the cake pop happily.

"Knew that'd make you happy."

"Mmhmm."

Miss Piggy and Kermit then come onto the screen and they're funny for whole segment. We laugh and enjoy it. After them, Celine Dion had a message for everyone, before going back to the arena and Comedian George Wallace is introduced, coming out.

"What a great show tonight. I'm so happy to be in...it's so cold outside. You know those kids walking around with their pants down their butt? They've got them up today. It's cold as hell outside. Are you ready for the holidays? I just love the holidays, but you know what is wrong? People are starting to put their Christmas decorations up on August 31st. Augu...ain't that too early? Now some of you know when we grew up, we had celebrated one holiday at a time. We started with Halloween, now I love Halloween. I went to a masquerade party dressed as a butler, and they worked the hell out of me. But one holiday at a time and then we'll leave Halloween and go to Thanksgiving. Now here's the holiday where everybody gets to get together...it's the only time you get to sit around the dinner table and be able to say 'Thank god it'll be another 365 days before I see these greedy suckers again'.

Aly snickers.

"Okay that can be true sometimes."

"Then your family comes over...what is it with this turkey? Every year, turkey, turkey, turkey, got to have the turkey. We drive a hundred miles away, get on an airplane...turkey, turkey...how come we don't eat turkey the rest of the year? Turkeys ain't doing nothing, turkeys don't have jobs. We eat the wing, the breast, the stuffing. Now the stuffing, who came up with that idea? They had this bird baste-prepared, and they put it in the oven, some guy says 'Hold it! Wait a minute! Let's shove some up that turkey's butt.'"

Aly snickers again.

"As a matter of fact, whatever you have in the refrigerator, shove it up that turkey's butt."

"Awkward." Aly giggles.

"But funny." I laugh.

"What is that, onions, celery, grapes..give that sausage, oranges. What's in the red box, a box of baking soda? Shove it up that turkey's butt. And then you can put your Christmas decorations up. But you know what? I want people to stop saying stupid stuff. People are saying stupid stuff. I call Delta Airlines today, 'I'd like to have a flight to Atlanta round noon'. The lady says, 'Is that twelve noon?'. No, that's two noon you stupid. People can say some stupid stuff. Jerry Lawler told me he's going to build him a new house, and he's gonna build it from the ground up. I don't want to embarrass him in front of everybody, but I had to tell him, 'You know Jerry, that'd probably be the best way to start building that house'. You start with the roof and the chimney, you're gonna run into trouble."

We laugh.

"But that's my job. I'll be thinking about all kinds of things that are happening in the world, just..I'll be thinking. How come you never see cats making love? You ever notice that? You never see cats making love do you? You...say what? You can hear them..."

"Uh...awkward?"

"And random."

"Uh yeah, just a bit."

"Meow...meowwwww. I'm ready for you nowwwww."

"Ooookay he is weirding me out now."

"And all of the troops in here tonight, all of the troops across america, all of the troops around the world, on behalf of the WWE, when you come to Las Vegas, George Wallace Show is on me. 2012, all military personel, on George Wallace at the Fabulous Flamingo. I love you and there's absolutely nothing you can do about it." He finishes.

After they the matchup for TLC Sunday against Hunter and Nash was shown, and then the whole video package of them was played.

"Sledgehammer Match...can't be good."

"Yikes."

Once that was over, Justin introduced Booker T to join Cole and Jerry for commentary, clearly for Cody's match against Daniel, since Booker and Cody have this feud going on. After that, Daniel comes out first.

"I hope Cody kicks your ass."

Aly nods in agreement, relaxing into Mike's touch with a sigh.

"He's trying so hard to be like you Mike...especially now that he's Money In The Bank winner. He's never gonna give it up and be his own person."

"He'll always be a nerdy wannabe."

Then Cody comes out, and they replay what happened on Smackdown last Friday, which caused Cody to get a bruise by his left eye, at the hands of Booker. The match soon starts, Daniel's ribs taped due to his match with Mark Henry. The control in the match was back and forth until Cody picked Daniel up and dropped him on the top turnbuckle, targeting the injured ribs.

"When in doubt, aim for the injured parts."

"Yep."

Cody now has taken control of the match, and keeps targeting the injured ribs to wear Daniel down, but that doesn't really last very long because Cody gets knocked out of the ring. An attempted jump over the ropes to the outside to Cody failed when Cody kicked Daniel straight in the ribs. Cody gets into the ring and Booker gets up to check on Daniel. That creates a distraction, and after an interference by Booker, Daniel wins with a roll up.

"Really?"

"Hmph."

Daniel leaves but Cody stays and picks an argument with Booker, which leads to a fight between them, and it doesn't go too well for Cody. He retreats though, grabbing the IC Title and walking away. Then he drops it and goes back into the ring, only to get attacked again. This time he leaves the ring and walks away.

"Yeah...good choice." I say as Booker's music plays and he does a spin-a-roonie.

Alex just makes a noise of amusement.

"He thought he could take him right then and there, when clearly he couldn't." He says in amusement.

"Yeah."

Then there's another commercial break, before Carson Daly gives a message and then Mary J. Blige performs her new song. Once that was over, backstage Evan and Kofi were on their way to the ring before they run into Miss USA.

"Sparkly dress."

"Oooh."

After their segment, it was another commercial break, before another message that was from Robin Williams, before Eve is shown interviewing J.R. Martinez.

"What the hell is up with her in every freaking segment?" I say, throwing my hands up in the air, getting aggravated.

Alex takes advantage of this and decides to distract me. And at the same time, Eve starts to walk by.

"Yeah...keep walking." I snap.

She starts to say something but Alex turns my head to his and he kisses me. Aly snickers as Eve shakes her head, walking off in a huff.

"Denied." Aly giggles softly.

Mike chuckles.

"100% deserved."

"Mmhmm."

"She's gone now." Aly says to me and Alex.

Neither of us acknowledge her and she just laughs lightly.

"No getting through to them."

"Of course not."

"They start making noises, I'm out."

Aly laughs.

"Go to catering and hang out there just in case?"

"Sure." She laughs.

He gets up from his chair, and he helps her get up from hers, then they head to catering. They take their time walking, their fingers laced together.

"Good thing we're going to catering, someone's hungry."

"Yeah?" Mike chuckles.

"Mmhmm."

"The cake pop wasn't enough for her."

"Nope."

"She wants more." Aly adds.

Mike chuckles again.

"Well I'll get you anything you want when we get there." He offers.

"I know."

They get to catering and find a table to sit at. Mike asks what she wants and then he goes to get it for her. She shifts in the chair, getting comfortable. He comes back woth everything that she asked for.

"Thank you as always."

"You're welcome."

She starts eating while Mike is affectionate.

"Yes I am."

She kisses his cheek.

"And Savvy knows it too." He adds.

"Of course she does."

"You're her daddy, so of course she knows how loveable you are."

"Right."

"Well when she's finally here, she's gonna get all the love I can give."

"I know. She'll be very loved."

"And she'll be spoiled just like mommy."

"Mmhmm."

"I'm anticipating that." She adds.

"Good." Mike chuckles.

"It's gonna be so cute."

"Yeah. I can't wait."

Then Mike goes back to being affectionate while she eats her food. She finishes everything and eats a cake pop while enjoying Mike's touch. After she finishes the cake pop, she sits and relaxes a bit. She tries to keep calm when Savvy begins kicking and moving.

"I guess she just wants to move around for the fun of it now."

"Yeah."

"Want me to calm her down?"

"I don't think she will. I can deal."

"Alright."

They turn their attention to one of the monitors, and right now it's Evan and Kofi's match, Hornswaggle being the special guest ring announcer. They do their usual entrance and such in the ring, before their opponents come out who are Epico and Primo accompanied by Rosa.

"Ugh. Not them."

"Unfortunately." Mike adds.

"Boring."

"I'd cheer for Evan but that whore will get involved as always." She adds.

"Yeah."

In the end of the match however, Rosa didn't get involved this time, but Evan and Kofi still lost.

"Wow shocker, she didn't get involved this time."

"Wow."

That led to a break and then a message from Matthew McConaughey. Going back to the stage, Nickelback was back to sing their newest single 'When We Stand Together'.

"This is a good song." Mike remarks.

"Mmhmm."

Once that was over, it was another break followed by a message from Christina Aguilera. The out of nowhere Christian comes out to his music.

"As you can see I'm, I'm still suffering from a neck injury sustained at the hands of the Big Show, an ankle injury sustained at the hands of Sheamus. Not to mention the emotional trauma I sustained from the cruelty and lack of caring of each and every one of you."

"Oh boo hoo."

"Baby."

"But I'm not here to talk about me, I'm here to show my support and represent the greatest fighting force in the world today, the Canadian Army. So for all you Canadians out there, stand up." He says, before Sheamus comes out.

"Uh oh."

"Oh boy." Aly rolls her eyes.

Christian hobbles back and then away backstage, scared for his life.

"We can head back to Alex and Carly when you want. I'm sure they're done with...you know, by now." Mike suggests.

"Okay. Let's go."

Mike helps her get up and then they head back to me and Alex, after throwing away her trash. They get back and find us snuggled up, watching the screen.

"Awww."

"How cute." Aly teases.

Then looking at the screen, Sheamus had beaten Drew and up next is Mike's match.

"Aww, I have to get ready."

"Aw.." Aly pouts.

"I'll see you after the match okay?"

"Uh huh."

"Love you." He says, kissing you quickly.

"Love you too."

"Daddy'll be back." He says to Savvy.

She kicks hard.

"Love you too Savvy." He chuckles.

"Be careful."

"I'll try my best."

She nods. He gives her one last kiss before heading back to the locker room to get ready. She settles into her spot, rubbing her stomach.

"We can go back to the hotel after the match...night's almost done." I comment.

"I know."

"Thank god, 'cause I'm getting tired."

"Tell me about it." Aly says dryly.

"It's been a long night."

"Yeah."

After the break, Mary J. Blige performed one more time. That led to another break so that they could break down everything to makes sure the stage was clear for the match. Soon came the match and Del Rio came out first.

"Ewwww."

"Ugh."

Next is Mike, and follwoing him and Mark Henry. After him it's Big Show, then Punk and finally John.

"Dork." I laugh, as he acts like his crazy self.

"As always."

A replay of last night on Raw, featured John's match and Kane returning. We thought he was gonna go after Mark Henry, but instead went after John.

"I don't like that."

"No."

"I have a feeling that's the start of another stupid storyline."

"Probably."

It starts off as Mike and Punk. They lock up and Mike takes control early on, but only for a short time. Mike is able to stand up after being taken down, but Punk twists his arm and gets him sitting on the apron, before kicking Mike in the back, making him scream out in pain. Aly cringes. Then Punk hits him with a leg drop, getting a count of one after a pin attempt. Punk twists his arm again and tags in John. They work together, trying to pin Mike together. John delivers a monkey flip, followed by a dropkick. He gets him in the corner before slapping his chest once. Then he goes over to his corner and tags in Show, this time a BIG slap coming, that's heard throughout the arena. Mike grimaces in pain, holding his chest as he stumbles forward, still grimacing and tags in Del Rio when he wasn't paying attention. Aly cringes more.

"I heard that back here. Ow."

"I know."

"Ice on that before we leave."

"Definitely."

John is cracking up about Del Rio having to face Show. Show does another big slap to Del Rio, and he scurries away before he tags in Mark Henry. It's now Henry and Show, and the ring looks like it's gonna collapse with all the weight on it, but it stays intact.

"This is crazy."

"Yeah."

Mark then tags in Del Rio and he keeps asking him 'Why?'. He gets in and takes advantage of the moment, knocking Show down every chance he gets. He goes for a cover but when Show kicks out, he like throws Del Rio across the ring, almost hitting the ref.

"He's like a rag doll." I laugh.

"Dorito the rag doll."

He kicks Show once before tagging Mike in. They double team him for a while, before Mike takes control, hit after hit after hit, not stopping. Mike distracts the ref so Del Rio sneaks some shots him, before Mike tags Mark back in. The crowd chants for Show and Mark gets Show in a bear hug. Show gets him to let go with headbutts, hitting Mark with a back kick after. Then they collide and both are down.

"Good thing they secure the ring more now."

"Yeah."

They're both on their knees. Show tags in Punk and Mark tags in Mike. Punk takes control right when he gets into the ring. After getting Mike laying on the apron, he climbss the corner from the outside, using Show to help him. Punk's standing on his shoulders, hitting Mike with a huge elbow drop. Then he gets him in the Anaconda Vice submission hold, Del Rio stopping it. Mike tags in Henry, and he just brutalizes Punk. He sets him up for the World's Strongest Slam, but Punk counters and roundhouse kicks him in the head. Punk tags in John, who manages to take down Henry. After the five knuckle shuffle, Mike and Del Rio come in and ambush John. Big Show comes in and grabs Del Rio by the throat and chokeslams him, Punk giving Mike the stumbles over to Show and while the ref is distracted, he hits him with the right hand. We see spit fly and John gives him the AA, pinning him for the win. Aly sighs heavily.

Mike had disappeared, heading backstage early after rolling out of the ring after the GTS. It takes him a while, but he comes back, still in his ring gear but some kind of jersey shirt on.

"Are you okay?" She asks, reaching for him.

"I'll be fine. Just sore."

"I'll take care of that the best I can."

He nods.

"I know. Right now we have to wait. John's making a speech and everyone's going out, and at the end of his speech we're shaking hands and such with the troops."

"Alright."

"Which seems to be right now." I say, as I see various superstars and divas heading to the stage.

Mike and Alex help us up and we head there too. We stand there on the stage as John starts his speech.

"First of all, I thank everybody. And I think I speak for the rest of the WWE, I certainly speak for myself. I would like to say thank you to all our men and women who choose to don the uniform of the United States Military. It's that time of year again, it's the holiday season, it's a season for giving. But every American citizen knows that your season for giving is every second, of every single day, of each and every year that you wear those colors proud. This event means the world to us. Because for all that you give, this is our way of giving back to you. The name of this event is called Tribute To The Troops, and tonight you see many WWE superstars, a wonderful list of celebrities. But the heart and the soul of this event, is the same heart and soul that defends and protects the greatest nation in the world, the United States Of , this night is your night. Tonight, this time is your time. Let the world hear the spirit of Fort Bragg! Let the entire world hear the spirit of Fort Bragg, let the world hear the spirit of the United States Of America!"

Then Nickelback's song 'When We Stand Together' plays and everyone starts making their way down the ramp to socialize with the troops. The four of us talk to people, laughing and having fun. Aly and I receive a lot of attention over the bellies and everything. We make our way down the ramp side, around the ring and back up the ramp before we head backstage.

"You go get your butt changed so we can go. I'm tired." She says to Mike.

"Alright alright, I'll go as fast as I can."

She nods. He heads off to the locker room to change once more. It isn't too long before he gets back and we make our way out to the car. Then its off to the hotel for a good night's sleep. Or in mine and Aly's cases, whatever sleep we can get.