It's the first Raw of 2012, and it's only me, Mike and Alex since Aly had to stop traveling and is staying home in Vegas. We were all done getting ready and currently on our way to the arena. Alex is driving so that Mike can call Aly. She hears her phone ring as she's making herself something to eat so she puts it on speaker.
"Hello?"
"Heyyy, how're you doing?" Mike asks.
"I'm okay."
"That's good to hear."
"Making food because I'm hungry. Again."
"Well that's supposed to happen."
"Yeah I know."
"I miss you."
"I miss you too." She sighs.
"I'm gonna try and come home sometime this week."
"Okay."
"Melina been hanging out with you?"
"Mmhmm."
"That's good. What'd you do today?"
"Just hung around the house. Went for a swim. Did some laundry."
"Ah, I hope Savvy wasn't too hard on you today."
"Eh."
"She wasn't too bad today, but I handled it."
"Good."
"She's being quiet right now, for now anyway."
"Ah. Sleepy baby."
"Yep."
"But she misses you too."
"Of course I miss her. I miss both of you so much."
"I know."
"I can't wait to be home this week."
"I can't wait either."
"I'll be watching tonight. Got it set to record and everything if I get too tired."
"Right."
"I've been watching in the movie room."
"Fun."
"Mmhmm."
"It looks a whole lot cooler from the movie room." She adds.
"I'm sure it does." He chuckles.
"Well we just pulled up to the arena, I'm gonna let you get to finishing making your food, I'll talk to you in a bit okay?"
"Okay." She says quietly.
"That's a promise. I love you."
"I love you too."
They say their goodbyes before hanging up. Mike sighs and puts his phone away as we get out of the car.
"Something wrong Mike?" I ask.
"I miss her." He shrugs.
"Aww, I miss her too."
I hug him and he slowly hugs back.
"Everything will be okay."
"I guess."
"Just keep calling her when you want to."
"Right."
"Just remember though...I'm here for you."
"I know. Thanks Carls."
We head in and Mike goes to the locker room while Alex and I walk to the room we'll be staying in like always, waiting for the show to start. Mike comes into the room shortly after and sprawls out on the other couch. The show eventually starts and just the matchup between Punk and Ziggler for the title was shown before going to a video package of what happened last Monday with Kane and John.
"Kane's crazy...always has been."
"Uh yeah."
That video package ends with Kane's laughter and fades into the Raw intro. John was the first one out, and there was a mixed reaction from people. He does the usual, getting into the ring and whatnot.
"2011, may not have ended the way that I want. But it is a new day, and a new year. So first off, let me wish everybody in Memphis, everybody at home, happy new year!"
Of course a 'You suck' chant breaks out.
"Haters." I scoff.
"As you can see not much has changed, but the new year is typically a time for celebration, for resolution. John Cena is gonna make some changes to himself in 2012. First resolution, I'm gonna start wearing less underwear."
Instantly Alex and Mike make digusted faces and I start laughing.
"Awkwardddddd."
"And I promise when I do wear something, it's gonna be a bit unusual."
"I don't wanna know."
"Second resolution for those of you who saw the John Cena This Is Your Life segment on Raw last year. My father is now banned from WWE television. That segment was worse than the Christmas Creatures debut. Third and most important resolution, comes at WrestleMania this year. After I slap the face off of Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's neck, and win the biggest match in the history of the WWE, I resolve to prove to Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson that I have lost my lady parts. I can tell you one thing that will not change in 2012. The same thing that has not changed about me in the 10 years that I have been here in the WWE. I will remain who I am and my convictions will remain true. Words like hustle, loyalty and respect do not fall to pieces because someone throws fire in your face. And I have often said that a man's character is not judged by how much he is loved, but how much he is willing to get up when his back is against the wall. And yes as you saw last week, I was a bit emotional. But that was not towards any one of you. And even those who are out there in disbelief, and I want you to listen close sir. You have all paid your good, hard earned money to be here and I am in no place to judge what you want to say, when you want to say it, or how loud you wanna be. You have earned the right to do whatever it is you want to do. My disappointment was in Kane. An iconic WWE Superstar who has an issue with me and can't settle it how we settle it here in the WWE. You get in the ring, we ring the bell, and we have a match. No...no Kane is upset with the way that I do things, with the way that I operate. With maybe what my shirt says, or the statement that I make as I come into a WWE ring. So he wants me to turn my back on all of you and the thing that I love the most. I say no. I say not tonight, I say not any night! Because I am like each and every WWE superstar, whether you love me or whether you hate me. And this goes for everyone. There is no better feeling, than being in this ring, in front of all of you. I will continue to enjoy...any emotional response I can get. And I'm gonna start this year off the way that it should be started off, but thanking you. Not just for me..." John gets cut off by Kane's music.
"Joy."
"Oh boy."
Kane never comes out, but his voice is heard.
"Cena, Cena, Cena. You can try to hold off the inevitable all you want, but you will embrace the hate, and you will personally witness the true power of hate tonight." He says, before laughing evilly and the fire goes off on the ring posts.
After showing the match up between Dolph and Punk again, the screen goes all funky and that weird yet creepy promo that's been playing for weeks comes up. It was short with the words 'The End Starts Tonight', before it was a break.
"Weird." I say.
"I know who's behind those...but I can't say." Mike adds.
"Oh come on."
"I promised. I didn't tell Lyssa, can't tell you. You're gonna have to be surprised like everyone else."
"Awwwww."
"Sorry."
"You're no fun."
"I'm sworn to secrecy."
"Booooo."
The first match of the night is after the break and Daniel comes out first. His opponent was Cody, who came out next. Cody takes control early on, and it switches to Daniel once they're in the corner. It switches back to Cody after he twists Daniel's arm, making him hit the apron hard. Cody keeps control, going after the injured arm, trying to wearken him. After a high elbow, Daniel tries to get back into the match and it works, but he still favors the hurt arm. Cody gets thrown out of the ring, and the fight goes to the outside for a tiny bit. Cody hits him with the Beautiful Disaster kick after gaining control yet again. Daniel quickly rolls him up after countering and wins the match.
"Ugh."
Mike had left during the match because he had to go talk to Laurinaitis about protection against Truth since that brutal attack last Monday. But after Daniel's celebration, they replayed what happened last week when Mike was telling everyone how great he is. In the middle of his catchphrase, Truth's music hit and it was an all out assault on Mike.
"Aly was right for him not to trust him."
"Yeah."
In Laurinaitis' office, there's a knock and of course it's Mike.
"Hey Miz, I was kind of expecting you."
"Well, what do you have to say about what R-Truth did to me last week?"
"What R-Truth did to you last week was totally unprofessional. I want you to know that I know what you went through."
"That's it? That's it, that's it? You're not gonna take any action on this? I might as well go home, I'll be a sitting duck out there Johnny!"
"I know Aly would love to have him home early."
"Miz, I understand you're upset. But obviously you've forgotten why R-Truth is attacking you in the first place. Allow me to refresh your memory, watch this..."
Then what happened 2 months ago, with Mike and Truth fighting and then as they were gonna go after John, Mike gave Truth the Skull Crushing Finale.
"Does that ring a bell?"
"No..."
"That doesn't ring a bell why R-Truth would want to attack you?"
"No..."
"He could just be psycho."
"Obviously Miz, you're scared. You know what? I'll have some people keep their eye out for R-Truth to make sure he doesn't attack you like he did last week. Specially during your match."
"What match?"
"Tonight. One on one against Sheamus."
"I'll be a sitting duck out there."
"It's better than a lame duck."
"That's not funny." Mike says, leaving...a bit upset and frustrated.
"I will not be a sitting duck!" Mike screams as he walks down the hall.
"That wasn't funny."
"No, it wasn't."
Truth appears with a smile on his face, then starts flapping his arms like a chicken and quacking.
"Uh...that's chicken movements you crackhead, and that wasn't funny either."
Mike comes back and is still frustrated and angry, almost slamming the door when he walks back in. I wince.
"This is when we need Aly." I mutter softly to Alex.
And almost on cue, Mike's phone rings. I recognize that it's Aly's special ringtone and I sigh a little in relief.
"Hello?" Mike answers, frustration still in his voice.
"Hey you." Aly says soothingly.
"Hey..."
"I know you're frustrated, but just try and calm down for me okay?"
"...I'm gonna be a sitting duck out there. I leave this room, I'm a sitting duck. I should've just stayed home with you."
"As much I would have loved that, you know that's your job and it is what you love even if you're frustrated."
"After last week, I've been paranoid about where he can jump out from and attack me like last Monday."
"I know."
"I should've listened to you."
"You're allowed to make your own decisions and judgements. I told you how I felt and it was your decision on what to do after that."
"I know..." He sighs.
"But now you know."
"Right."
"Just be careful and get through tonight. You'll be home in the morning."
"Yeah, I know."
"Your daughter misses you. I'm wearing the music belt to keep her calm."
"I miss her too."
"And of course, I miss you lots."
"Of course. I miss you lots too."
"I wish I could be there for you." She sighs lightly.
"I know, I do too."
"I love you."
"I love you too."
"I'm gonna start asking around to see if anyone's seen him so I'm not so paranoid."
"Alright."
"I'll talk to you later."
"Okay." She says softly.
He once again hangs up after saying goodbye, putting his phone on the table in front of him. He then gets up, mid match, which was Wade vs Santino, to try and see if anyone has seen Truth around.
"Poor Aly. I know she really wants to be here and I'm sure she would like to actually talk to him for longer." I say.
"Yeah, but it's hard when he's busy."
"I know.
The match didn't really last too long and of course Wade won. The screen fades to Mike standing near the Bellas while they argue and he's looking around for any sign of Truth.
"Ladies...ladies...ladies, ladies, ladies, ladies! I just have to ask you one thing okay? Have you seen R-Truth?"
"No we haven't. But we saw little Jimmy."
And then they both laugh.
"Good one." Mike says sarcastically.
"You know what? I'm glad Alberto got hurt." Mike retorts, and walks in between them and then down the hall.
"Ohhh. Burn." I snicker.
He stops by one of the catering areas, after hearing noises and looks around carefully for Truth, moving on when he sees no sign of him. Truth then appears in that very area, looking down the way that Mike went, before looking at the camera and going 'shhh', grinning before turning around and walking away.
"Oh great." I sigh.
After the break, Sheamus comes out and that's when we know it's Mike's match.
"I don't think I wanna watch this."
I hide my face in Alex's neck. Mike comes out next, not even bothering with his pose on the stage, as he keeps looking around and behind him, being all paranoid looking for Truth, thinking he's gonna attack. He makes it to the ring safely and attacks Sheamus before the bell could even ring. It never rings so the match is never legit. Sheamus fights back with one arm, before he strikes Mike across the chest like a million times, making him go outside the ring. Mike escapes into the crowd, running from Sheamus, heading up the stairs.
"Yo Miz!"
"Oh no."
"Uh oh."
"Surprise surprise surprise."
Mike looks around for him before heading up the stairs.
"Yo, I was up here watching yo match from the crowd!"
Mike stops as soon as he spots him and backs down the stairs slowly, Truth being revealed in the crowd.
"Guess who I ran into Miz? Guess who I ran into? Little Jimmy! Little Jimmy says he don't like you. W..w..w...wait. Uh oh, Little Jimmy says you need to get got." Truth says, starting to make his way down the stairs towards Mike.
Mike climbs back over the barrier, only to be met by a Brogue Kick by Sheamus. Truth climbs over the barrier now and observes a dazed Mike from that kick. He goes over to the announce table picking up a bottle of water, going back over to Mike. He lifts Mike up, before striking him in the head with the bottle of water like always.
"This weekly Miz beatdown was brought to you by Little Jimmy! Where you will get got."
Mike is finally coming to, from the Brogue Kick and water bottle.
"I want to go out there and help him, but I can't."
"I know."
"Because you won't let me out there...I think Aly would appreciate it if I went out there and helped him."
"I know she would but even she wouldn't want you to risk something happening to you and Liyah."
"Nothing's gonna happen to me if I just help him get backstage."
"And what if Truth comes back hmm?"
"Alex does it look like Mike's in any condition to walk back by himself?"
"No but I'm sorry. I don't like the idea of you going out there when Truth is on the loose and seeking revenge on Mike. You've seen what Truth is capable of. Remember what he did to Morrison?"
"Yes, but if Truth was gonna attack him again, he would've done so already. I'm sorry, but I care about my friend Alex. He needs to get to the trainer's to get checked out. You don't know if he has a concussion from getting hit that hard in the head. You saw the dazed look on his face. Aly would want to know if he's okay. I'm not just gonna sit here and wonder if he's okay or not, when I can do something about it."
Alex sighs, torn between protecting me and checking on Mike.
"If it makes you happy I'll stay here." I say after a bit of silence, crossing my arms over my chest, not very happy.
"I..." He sighs again and hands his head, moving his arms.
"Go if you want."
"No...my mind's made up, I'm staying."
"No, because you're unhappy with me. Go."
I stay silent this time, not budging. Alex gently pushes on my hips.
"I'm not going."
Alex stops and falls quiet, leaning his head back against the couch. After a bit of sitting there in silence again, my mood changes from angry to upset and I start sniffling, trying to hold back any tears. Alex sighs and gently pulls me down so I'm reclined against him. He wraps his arms around me again.
"I didn't mean to snap at you."
"I know. You're concerned about Mike and I understand that. I am too but at the same time, I don't want anything to happen to you and Liyah. Truth is so out of control. I couldn't bare it if anything happened to either of you."
"I know, I just hate snapping at you. I don't mean to do it..."
"I know you don't. It's okay."
"No it's not, I make you upset." I say, wiping a tear from my face.
Alex wipes more tears away, kissing my head.
"I'm alright. I got upset because YOU were upset. That is the last thing I want, is to make you upset."
Mike comes back in shortly after.
"Mike...are you okay?"
"I'll be alright. A little dizzy and sore."
"Are you okay? You've been crying?" He adds.
"She wanted to help you backstage but I wasn't comfortable in letting her because of how unstable Truth is." Alex says, resting his head against mine.
"I had a moodswing." I add.
"Oh."
"I'm fine though. Don't worry about me."
"Good. I would call your wife though."
"Yeah...probably a good idea." He nods.
He picks up his phone and puts the call in to her.
"...hello?" She asks, sniffling.
"Lyssa don't cry...please don't cry."
"Too late for that." She says with a watery laugh.
"I'll be okay. I'm just a bit dizzy and sore."
She sighs in relief.
"It just looked worse than it actually is."
"I'm really glad to hear you're okay."
"I know. The last thing I want to do is make you worry."
"Mmm."
"Since I don't have anything else going on, I can talk to you for longer."
"I'd like that." She says softly.
Mike starts to talk to her again. Backstage Dolph is doing a hand stand before going back to his feet. He does an interview with John talking about pinning Punk last week and such, saying he'll be WWE Champion.
"Psh, yeah right."
"He wishes."
Then Zack was backstage with Charity, talking about something.
"And you know that tag team match we had last week, where we won? I was playing it on a constant loop. Hey, wanna watch it again after the show?"
"Only you would Zack, only you would." Charity laughs.
They stop and look over to see Swagger.
"Hey bro, how's it going?"
"Not good Zack. You see there's an imposter walking around with the United States Championship."
"Wait, someone swiped my US Title? Char, do you know about this?"
"Zack, that's not what he means. Imposter huh? Well who won the World Heavyweight Championship and no one remembers it?" Charity insults Jack.
"This isn't about me, this is about him."
"Huh...yeah very funny. Swagger just because both our last names end in 'ER', doesn't mean I'm not gonna send you to the ER." Zack retorts.
"Well you listen to me, I'm the All American American. I was born to wear that championship. I will take your fiancee and your title in one match."
"Are you serious bro? No way! Let's do it right now!"
"Oh boy."
Then Laurinaitis comes up as they're arguing.
"Guys guys guys guys, chill out. Jack, you know my name's Mr. John Laurinaitis, Executive Vice President of Talent Relations, and the interim general manager of Monday Night Raw."
"Brutal." Zack comments.
"Retarded."
"Jack, I'm not gonna reward you for interfering in CM Punk's match last week. But I'll tell you both what I'm gonna do. Ryder, Swagger, tonight you're both gonna compete in a six-man tag team elimination match. The teams will be Jack Swagger teaming up with Mark Henry and Kane against the team of Woo Woo Woo Zack Ryder, the Big Show and John Cena."
"Sick." Zack grins.
The screen then fades to Punk walking backstage to head out for his match against Ziggles. Of course after the break, that's the match and Punk comes out first. Dolph comes out next with Vickie. They lock up when the match starts and Punk goes for an early roll up, getting a 1 count. Punk keeps control. The match was long, in the end though however, Dolph won by Count Out and walked off with the title.
"Shows what you know loser. You can't win by count out."
"Dumbass."
After everything, that creepy promo played again and it said 'He Is Here'.
"What is that about?" Aly asks Mike.
"Can't tell you."
"Why not?"
"It's a secret."
"Awwww."
"You'll see soon what's going on."
"Okay." She pouts.
"It's worth the wait, trust me."
"Alright."
After the break, more about the Rumble is shown, including a classic match back from '95, involving Shawn and him winning. Next was a divas match, the Bellas coming out first.
"Ugh...can they dress anymore like whores?"
"I would say no but then they would probably find a way."
"That gear is way too low in places." I shudder.
"Yes it is."
Coming out next is Kelly and Eve, and they're matching gear...orange and orange, and now Kelly has leg things with her gear.
"Ew."
"Guess she wanted to cover up her legs. Can't imagine why."
Alex shrugs. It starts off with Brie and Kelly, Kelly basically control of the match, but only for a short time until Brie tags Nikki in. Kelly counters and then tags in Eve. And after a while of course she does the idiotic dancing before the moonsault. Eve does a moonsault from the top rope and Brie gets in and gets involved. Kelly flips out going 'Are you freaking kidding me?'. The ref is distracted with her, so the Bellas do the switch, and The Bellas win with a roll up.
"HAH!"
Alex snickers.
"Finally someone beat her ass. Not really in favor of the Bellas, but still...HAH."
"Right."
Laurinaitis and Otunga are backstage in his office when Punk barges in.
"Whoa whoa whoa, what's the meaning of this here?"
"How about you shut your mouth. You know for two weeks, two weeks now you've screwed me, and I can almost let last week slide. But this week you almost cost me the WWE title, and I know you like to hide behind your suit as Executive Vice President of Talent Relations. Far be it for me to be disrespectful, but you're a real pain..."
"Watch your mouth okay? Punk you know what your problem is? It isn't with me, it's with Dolph Ziggler. Right or wrong, true or false, yes or no..okay? Dolph has defeated you twice, and now deserves a championship match, which by the way he will get at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view. Okay? And one other thing, I've assigned a special guest referee. A man of integrity, someone wth honor, who's respected by all, who just happens to be the Executive Vice President..."
"You know what, you...shut your mouth. I'm gonna explain something to you. This guy right here is gonna come in real handy. Because if you screw me out of the title at the Royal Rumble, you're gonna wanna sue me. 'Cause I'm gonna be in jail. You wanna guess what I'm gonna be in jail for? Animal cruelty. 'Cause I'm gonna beat you like a bitch."
"Ooooooh, I wanna see that."
"Yeah."
There was a commercial break and after that the creepy promo came back.
"Not again."
"We're gonna find out who's behind all this now." Mike says.
"Ohhh."
Going back to the arena, the screen was shaking, but it was just the picture to give it that effect. The lights then go out and it's pitch black. Then out of nowhere there's a set of lights that are twinkling and we can see the outline of a body.
"...the hell?"
"Wait for it." Mike says.
Zooming closer with the camera, pyros go off and then Chris' music hits and he turns around with his name on the lighted wall under the tron.
"HOLY SHIT!"
She yells on the phone too.
"WHAT THE HELL! Ow!"
"What happened?" Mike asks.
"Are you ok? Is something wrong?" He adds worriedly.
"I'm alright. I scared Savvy and she jumped and kicked me really hard. Ow."
"This is what you've been keeping from me?" She continues.
"He made me promise not to tell."
"Next time I see him, I'm smacking him."
"Tell Dolce to smack him for me." She adds.
"Will do."
"Ooooh that sneak. Of course he comes back when I'm not there."
"Which is what sucks about it."
"Not fair."
"I'll bring him with me when I come home."
"Ok."
"You can smack him yourself then." Mike chuckles.
"Good."
"Oh he's being such a goof right now."
"Yes he is."
His music fades as he grabs a mic and the crowd response is amazing. He's all smiles and acting goofy and the crowd loves it.
"Come on! Yeah!" He screams.
"Dork.
It seems like he's gonna talk again but he doesn't and the mic catches him again as he scream to the crowd.
"Come on baby!"
He gets the crowd cheering and clapping and whistling and everything. He gets out of the ring, screaming again, going over by the barriers, going around the ring, and getting back in. Then he points to each section of the crowd and they scream. Then he does a screaming contest between both sides of the arena.
"Omg, he's just like a little kid."
"Well its been a long time for him."
"I know, but still. He's such a kid." Aly laughs.
"It's funny." She adds.
It looks like he's gonna talk again, but he smiles and drops the mic, going crazy with the screaming again.
"What a dork."
He gets out of the ring and slaps the fans' hands, running around the ring. Then before he even heads up the ramp, he grabs the camera from the cameraman and films the crowd before screaming 'yeahhhh!' into the camera once it's back in the hands of the cameraman. On the stage, he gets the crowd going again, all smiles, before turning around and heading backstage.
Last match of the night was after the commercial and it was the tag team elimination match. It starts off with John and Swagger, John trying to keep control on his side. Only because Kane never showed up, it was a 3 on 2 tag team elimination match.
"I have a bad feeling about this."
"Yeah..."
Swagger takes control of the match, andit goes through even through the break. John gains momentum and reaches for a tag. He gets up and Show comes in, Swagger in trouble. He had the knockout fist all set to knock Swagger out, but he got up quickly and tagged in Mark. So now it's Mark and Show...yet again. They start smack talking int he middle of the ring before exchanging blows, Mark Henry going down, but rolling out of the ring. Henry had a chair and Show punched it out of his hands, taking it and hitting him with it across the back, which in this case counts as a DQ so show gets himself disqualified along with Mark.
So it's John and Zack vs Swagger. Zack decides to go against Swagger and he has a good run. He backs up, and then hits him with the Broski Boot, backing up, getting ready for the Rough Ryder, but Swagger counters and gets Zack in the ankle lock. Zack stretches and stretches, finally reaching John and tagging him in, making Swagger let go. John comes in and Swagger gets beat down. He hits the five knuckle shuffle and then the AA, pinning him to win.
"YES!"
John goes over to Zack to make sure his ankle is okay and then Kane's music interrupts John's. John gets out of the ring, waiting for Kane to come out, but instead back in the ring, Kane has broken through the ring and is climbing out from underneath.
"Oh no...Zack!"
"Oh no!"
He attacks him, but then John realizes it and goes to stop him, only to get knocked back down onto the floor. Kane gets out and basically looks like he's suffocating John with that glove he wears. Kane gets back into the ring to go after Zack.
"Get out of the ring Zack!"
He tries getting away, but Kane grabs him by one leg, dragging him over to the hole where he came out of, trying to drag Zack to hell...as they would say.
"No!"
"No!" Aly echos.
Then we see both John and Charity slide into the ring and grab Zack's hands, pulling with all their power, trying to get Zack free and away from that hole in the ring. They luckily get him out of there and they move quickly away from the hole. John and Charity make sure Zack's okay and then fire erupts from the hole in the ring.
"Oh my gosh."
The show ends with them all in the ring, while they watch as smoke comes out from the fire was.
"Crazy."
"So now he's going after John and Zack."
"Hopefully nothing really bad happens."
"Oh god, I hope not."
"Who knows. Kane has never been stable for long."
Mike signals to me and Alex that he's going to get changed so we can head back to the hotel. We both nod and he walks out, still talking to Aly. Alex and I decide to get up and go wait in the car for Mike.
"I can't wait for you to be home." Aly murmurs as she gets up and heads to the bedroom to get to ready for bed.
"I can't wait to be home either."
"I know I keep saying this but I really do miss you."
"It's okay. I know you really miss me."
"Mmhmm."
"But at least I'll be home for a few days."
"Right."
"But yeah, can't wait for that."
"Love you."
"Love you too."
"I'll keep talking to you until you go to bed." He says, grinning.
"Going to bed early. I'm tired." She yawns a bit.
"Well I'll still stay on the phone until then."
"I know."
"Got you on speaker so I can change." He says, as he changes out of his ring gear.
"Too bad I'm not there." She giggles.
"Oh yeah, you'd love to be in the locker room with me right now."
"Mmmm." She giggles even more.
"You're picturing it aren't you?" He chuckles.
"Maybe."
"Maybe huh?"
"Mmhmm."
"You so are."
She giggles.
"Can you blame me?"
"No." He chuckles.
"Alright then."
She slides into bed, getting comfy.
"Mmm. Comfy."
"Going to bed now?"
"Just relaxing for the moment."
"Ah."
"There's only one thing missing."
"I know...me."
"Mmhmm."
"I'll be there tomorrow."
"I know."
"Just hours in between us."
"Yeah..."
"It'll be tomorrow before you know it."
"I know."
"I'm heading out to the car and heading back to the hotel now."
"Okay."
"Still talking to you though."
"Alright." She giggles.
"Just let me know if you get tired, and I'll let you sleep."
"I will."
Mike heads out of the arena and gets into the backseat and we head back to the hotel. She eventually lets him go since she feels herself drifting off.