I DO NOT OWN ANYONE OR ANYTHING IN THIS STORY BESIDES THE OC'S.
Adora's Point of View-
I headed towards where the offices were climbing onto a crate trying to prop my leg up and leant my crutches against the crate watching the doors that went into the offices when I saw Vince walk out of one, it was odd seeing him at an event but it was a Pay-Per-View.
"What'd you do?" Vince asked.
"Just a minor car accident, nothing too serious…" I said shrugging.
"You mean I have to wait a month or so until you recover to see the infamous Ouellet feud to take place?" Vince asked.
"Yes sir, it came at a bad time I know…" I said as he smirked.
"No worries, we can find something else to keep you busy." Vince said.
"Please do." I said smirking.
"We will…in the meantime, get people to sign that cast, it'll be worth a lot of money." Vince said as he smiled before he walked away, he was in a good mood oddly enough. I sat there watching the door that Vince had emerged from thinking that might be the one that Alex was in when he had finally emerged about 15 minutes later, I started scooting to the edge trying to get myself down without hurting myself more than I already was.
"Stay there, you got to be careful." Alex said hurriedly walking over to help me down to my feet and I slid the crutches under my arms.
"What happened? I saw Vince come out of the office, how much trouble are we in?" I asked.
"Correction, you aren't in trouble, I'm in trouble…"
"But-"
"Addie, I'm the one that drove and I'm the one that did this, it's my fault…" Alex said resting his hands on my shoulders.
"Then how much trouble are you going to be in?" I asked looking down at my feet waiting to hear this bad news that is to come when he moved his hands to wrap them around my waist and he stepped forward to where my head leant against his chest, I felt his lips press against the top of my head in a comforting gesture.
"I don't know yet…Hunter is mad at me, he said he is going to set up a conference to determine my punishment but he said I could get suspended or fired…"
"Fired? You can't get fired…not because of this…" I said aggravated, upset and pissed, "I'm going to go talk to him." I said determined to fix this now.
"Addie don't, I deserve whatever is decided…just let me deal with it…"
"Alex, they need to know what happened in that car…"
"But Addie, it doesn't matter what happened in the car, the point is I still drove drunk and the accident itself wouldn't have happened if I hadn't drunk…"Alex said.
"I think they will take it easier on you if you told them what had happened."
"Like they will believe me, plus they are going to look at the bigger picture….let's just enjoy whatever time we can get together before the conference so whatever happens happens and we had enjoyed whatever time we had together."
"What is going to happen if you get fired?" I asked feeling tears coming to my eyes.
"Don't want to think about it…we will figure something out, I'm not going to give up on us yet unless if you want to." Alex said. Alex pressed his lips against my forehead wrapping me into a hug as much as he could, I was enjoying being wrapped into his embrace and knew that it will be harder to come around due to the shit storm that is ahead of us.
"What the fuck are you two doing?" Mike asked as we both looked down the hall seeing Mike storming towards us.
"Cuddling?" I said.
"Not anymore, Alex, I thought you had learned your lesson from earlier…" Mike said giving Alex a dirty look, I looked to Alex who just glanced to me then back to Mike then to me.
"I'll catch you later Addie…" Alex said giving me a quick kiss before he walked down the hall seeing him keep glancing back at me.
"What the fuck is your issue Mike?"
"That man…"
"That man has a name and that man is the love of my life…"
"That man also drove drunk and gave you a broken leg…you must have gotten a concussion because you must have forgot what had happened."
"I know what exactly happened, more than you do so why don't you not jump to conclusions before you know all the facts?" I asked as I hobbled towards Hunters office letting myself into the office shutting the door behind me.
"Come in Addie, I'm not busy." Hunter joked.
"Hunter, I'm not in the mood…you can't fire Alex." I said.
"I don't want to if I don't have too…but he does need to learn from the mistake he had made…" Hunter said.
"He has learned already, don't you think the guilt of seeing me walking on my crutches and having to hear it from Mike everyday enough? Plus, he confessed what happened to you, that has to count for something…" I begged.
"He only told me because Mike attacked him out of the blue from how mad he was I'm assuming here…and don't tell me to play favorites because he is your boyfriend…he is just lucky I didn't finish him up myself, I don't know why your still with him Addie…you deserve better than someone that is stupid enough to drive drunk…"
"Why does everyone keep saying that? It was a fucking mistake and why does everyone jump to conclusions before they hear the whole story?" I asked.
"Then tell me the whole story because obviously I'm missing something."
"Like you will care, you said yourself you won't play favorites and it'll be bias so I won't waste my breath because you won't give a damn anyway…" I said as I hobbled out realizing that everyone was willing to jump on the bandwagon of saying Alex is a bad guy without giving him the benefit of the doubt. I couldn't believe these people, but I knew at least Maryse understood and knew what truly happened and that is why I love my sister because she at least listens and tells you exactly how she feels. I know she is still pissed and upset that it had happened, that Alex and I need to gain her trust back but at least she is at least supporting the fact that I want to stay with him, at least I think she is. I hobbled down the hall upset letting the tears roll out of my eyes, I went to the locker room seeing Maryse pick up her bag and she turned around.
"What happened?" Maryse asked dropping her bag before she walked over to me wrapping me into a hug.
"Its fine…" I said wiping at my eyes after we broke the hug.
"Alex already told me what happened with Hunter…"
"He did?" I asked kind of shocked.
"Yes…we can talk without you always being there, thanks to you I look to him sort of like my younger brother and I don't want to see bad things happen to him and glad he came to me to talk." Maryse said smirking.
"Me too…I guess we just got to wait…" I said.
"Yeah, there is nothing none of us can do but at least he did the right thing and confessed and went to Hunter to come clean, he could have been worse off if he had lied and let the cat come out of the bag further down the road."
"True, maybe they will take lightly on him…just don't want him to get fired…"
"He won't get fired, I don't see them being that harsh on him and I think Hunter said that just to get under his skin." Maryse said, I think she was right because Hunter tends to like to scare people and get under their skin, especially since he looks to me as a part of his family and wants to protect me and what better way to freak the man that I'm in love with is to threaten his career. "Come on, we are heading home…" Maryse said smiling.
"Alex coming?" I asked.
"Yes, why won't he?"
"I don't know." I said shrugging.
"He is always welcomed at our house…" Maryse said.
"Mike shows differently." I said.
"You know never to listen or pay attention to Mike, he tends to be…spontaneous and doesn't think of his actions." Maryse said, I knew she was right as she pushed the door open and held it open as I walked back out the door heading to the car that was parked in the parking lot in which the security had moved over from the other parking lot and there was Mike and Alex but there was a big distance between the two, neither one talking to each other and as we arrived to the car Mike helped us load up the bag that Maryse was carrying and Alex helped me into the back seat, I couldn't help but to smile up at Alex as he leant into the car with his arm resting on the roof of the car and the other on the top of the door.
"Comfortable?" Alex asked.
"Yeah, will you have room with my crutches being back here with us?" I asked.
"More than enough room, don't you worry." Alex said smirking as I smiled back at him before he shut the door walking around to the other side climbing into the backseat with me but he made sure that the crutches weren't in his way.
"Where am I taking you Alex?" Mike asked as he begun backing out.
"He's staying at our house…" Maryse said.
"Is he?" Mike asked turning to look at my sister.
"Yes he is…your staying with us until Friday right?" Maryse asked looking back at Alex.
"Uh…sure if you guys don't mind…" Alex said, I couldn't help but to smile at the fact I can spend a whole week with my boyfriend.
"We don't mind at all…do we Mike?" Maryse said looking at Mike who was grumbling to himself before he let out a deep breath.
"No, not at all…but you get the couch." Mike said.
"Why does he get the couch?" I asked going to argue.
"Addie, don't argue…" Alex said grabbing my hand as I looked to him making eye contact knowing he was right that there was no reason to argue with Mike when he was angry so I let it go as Mike drove us the distance to his house. We went inside after they grabbed their duffel bags or any other bags they had took with them today, Mike pushed the door open holding it open for me to allow me to walk in then let the door close as Alex went to go step through but Alex grabbed the door before it got too close to hit him in the face. Alex stepped through holding the door open for Maryse that was behind him who was giving Mike an evil eye as I hobbled down the hall trying not to stay behind in that madness.
"Alex, you can leave your bags in Addie's room but you aren't allowed in there unless if the door is open." Mike said.
"No problem." Alex said.
"We're going to bed, let me put my things up and I'll come back down to grab you some things from the linen closet." Maryse said.
"I can get it for him." I said.
"I'll help her get it." Alex said.
"Good night." Mike said as he gave us one last look before he headed up the stairs as he kept looking back at us as Maryse gave us each a hug before he went around the banister to head to his and Maryse's room.
"Good night…" Maryse said as she headed up the stairs a few moments later, I headed back down the hall that we just came from to the linen closet and Alex was right behind me.
"Let me grab it." Alex said as he pulled down a pillow and a blanket for himself.
"I could have grabbed it." I said looking to him smirking.
"How would you expect to carry it when you have to walk with both crutches?" Alex asked smirking as he turned and begun walking back down the hall.
"I would have found a way, you can't always baby me, I have to be on crutches for a month and I need to learn how to do things for myself." I said as I hobbled behind him back to the living room where he tossed the pillow down to the opposing arm rest and he set the blanket down.
"You can learn how to accommodate some things but others you just need help doing, it is okay to ask for help sometimes." Alex said as he turned around, "Plus I owe you something for doing this to you."
"You don't owe me squat…every time you feel like you owe me something, you can give me a kiss." I said smirking as he smirked back as he stepped forward breaking the distance between us, he begun running a hand through my hair about to pull me in for a kiss when we heard someone clear their throat.
"I thought I had clearly said good night…" Mike said as we looked over seeing him standing at the entrance to the living room and in front of the stair well.
"Mike, leave those two alone and come back to bed." Maryse said, probably from the top of the stairs.
"I'm getting a glass of water, I'll be up in a few." Mike said looking behind him and up the stairwell then back to us, "Good night Addie…Alex." Mike said looking between us as he crossed his arms over his chest.
"You want me to take your duffel?" I asked.
"No, it will be fine out here for the night. Good night Addie…I love you." Alex said.
"Blah blah blah…" Mike said rolling his eyes and made a goofy face as I looked back to Alex.
"Night…I love you too." I said smirking as I hobbled to my bedroom hoping that Mike doesn't do anything stupid as I got changed into my pajamas which took longer than I had planned with this brand new cast on my leg then climbed into bed making sure my crutches were nearby so I can get up in the middle of the night.