I DO NOT OWN ANYONE OR ANYTHING IN THIS STORY BESIDES THE OC'S.
Tara's Point of View-
My alarm woke me up the next morning, I slammed my hand over turning it off before I crankily got out of the bed not wanting to get out of the bed. I gathered my uniform going into my bathroom taking a quick shower waking me up and got dressed going out to the living room turning the television on to the news to see how the roadways and weather was going to be like as I was putting socks and shoes. I got up afterwards going into the kitchen making my lunch putting it in the fridge to keep cool as I started making breakfast for my son and listening to the news from where I was at, after breakfast was made I went and woke up my son for another day at his daycare.
"Good morning prince." I said smiling as he groggily went to wipe at his eyes.
"Morning mom." He said smiling widely.
"I made pancakes…" I said.
"You never make pancakes."
"Today is special…come on." I said as I stood up from his bed letting him climb out and follow me out to the breakfast bar where we always eat breakfast instead of at the dining room table that has been collecting dust over the years, I sat on the bar stool next to my son eating our pancakes after cutting his up for him and he was making his fork be an airplane as he was eating. I finished before he did, I took it to the sink rinsing it off but left it in the sink to wash thoroughly later before I went and pulled out an outfit for him to wear today. I walked out seeing my son running down the hallway going into the bathroom to use the potty, I stood outside the bathroom until he was done, he flushed the toilet and I always stood nearby to see if he needed any help. "Go get dress prince, you want a lunch today?"
"No, today is pizza day!" Xavier said excitedly.
"You need a snack?"
"Nope!" Xavier said as I stood in the door way watching him get dressed himself, I was always careful and couldn't believe he was growing up. I went in helping him pull his shirt over his head rest of the way and zip and button his pants. He climbed onto his bed as I helped him with his socks and shoes, he loved his shoes because they were lit up dinosaurs and I swear these were worse off than my work shoes because he wore them more than I did mine. "Is Grandma picking me up?" Xavier asked.
"Yeah, mom has work then I have to do some overtime tonight." I said as he looked very sad. "But, you know what tomorrow is?"
"No, what?"
"It's mother-son day at Universal and we get to meet Adam Hall."
"Adam Hall! The hockey player!" Xavier said excitedly.
"Yep…"
"I'm excited!" Xavier said as I tied the last shoe picking him up off his bed setting him back down on the ground.
"Are you bringing any toys today?"
"Nope, today we are having a party!" Xavier said.
"You need to bring anything?" I asked as we walked out to get ready to leave when I turned the television off.
"Nope, the teacher is bringing everything." Xavier said as I went to the closet grabbing him a jacket helping him put it on zipping it up and put a hat and gloves on him before I pulled my stuff on going and grabbing my purse, keys and lunch before leading my son out to the car. I buckled him up into the car seat before I climbed into the front seat starting the car driving as careful I could to his day care parking in the first spot I could find wanting to go get a coffee before getting to work. Xavier unbuckled himself, I climbed out of the car helping him out of the car holding his hand all the way into the school and to his class signing him in. I squatted down in front of my son giving him a big hug.
"Have fun today, I love you!" I said.
"I love you too mommy!" Xavier said as he hugged me again and I kissed his forehead before I watched him run in playing with another kid smiling at the fact he has already started to make friends. I signed the paperwork that I checked him in, I waved to his teacher before I walked out of the room heading out of the building to my car letting out a breath before I started the car after buckling up and drove towards my work that was half hour away stopping at a Star Bucks to grab a coffee but I had to make sure I had finish and dispose of it before Chris and Alex arrived. I got to work clocking in going to my desk catching up on my work drinking my coffee and worked through my lunch excitedly awaiting Chris and Alex to arrive. When they did I knew that it was time to clock out, my clock on the computer said it was 4:59 so I gathered my things texting my mom that I was about to clock out saying my good-byes as I went to the machine clocking out exactly at 5:00. I got to the door right when it opened seeing Alex and Chris on the other side about to walk in.
"Whoa! That is creepy, don't be Mother Bates now." Chris said jumping in the wheel chair he must have gotten at the front first aide area.
"Sorry, didn't realize you were here, let's go…" I said as Alex held the door open as I walked out.
"Are you going to introduce me to your co-workers?" Alex asked pushing Chris who was hanging on for dear life as Alex wasn't looking ahead of him as he was pushing Chris through the park.
"No, not yet and let me push Chris…" I said pushing Alex out of the way to push Chris.
"You staying tonight?" Chris asked.
"I'm staying…" I said as Alex smiled widely.
"Then you can keep my company." Chris said.
"What makes you think she wants to be with you?" Alex asked.
"What makes you think she wants to be with you either?" Chris asked.
"What makes you think I want to be with either of you? I'm just going to see what it's about…" I said.
"Mmhmm." They both said in unison.
"Whatever." I said rolling my eyes, "Do you go out into the audience to watch the show Chris or do you stay in the back?" I asked as we arrived to the elevator that we take every week to go down to the studios.
"I stay in the back that way I'll have company and fear that fans will recognize me if I sit out there with them." Chris said.
"Dixie does it." Alex said as I swiped my card entering a code to let the elevator door to open, "Universal is hardcore." Alex said as I rolled Chris in backwards as Alex climbed on the other side of Chris's wheel chair.
"It's to protect the studios and the actors…" I said.
"People like you protect us too…what don't you do?" Chris asked looking up at me.
"Give a crap." I said sarcastically.
"Bull crap." Alex said as he poked at my side getting me squirm a tad.
"No one asked you." I said giving him a look before the elevator doors opened and I pushed Chris off the elevators and down a ramp to a tram that I loaded him on. "Climb on Alex." I said as Alex walked around climbing on the row next to Chris who was sitting in the wheel chair spot, I got into the drivers seat starting the tram and drove it down the streets of the studio going to the designated studio for TNA. "Here we are." I said parking it next to the wheelchair loading, I got off extending the metal thing that landed onto the tram allowing Chris to roll onto the ramp. "You getting off?" I asked Alex as I begun undoing the metal thing.
"Yeah…" Alex said jumping off.
"I got to parallel park this…" I said as I jumped back into the tram driving it to a safe spot parking it taking the keys with me as Alex was sitting on the railing next to Chris. I walked up the ramp to meet them sliding the keys into my pocket for safe keeping.
"Will you get in trouble for that?" Chris asked.
"Nah, the park closes in an hour, they know that it'll be down here since they know that it's routine to bring Chris down here so I think they could find it." I said smirking as Alex jumped off the railing grabbing my hand before he pulled the door open holding it open for Chris as he rolled in then let me go in first and I followed behind Chris, Alex had his arms wrapped around my waist as we walked down the halls, "These halls are dark." I said.
"It's for the backstage promos we have to do." Alex said as we approached a door, I jumped in front of Chris pushing it open for him and Alex walked in behind me seeing a few people in there eating as well.
"You guys eat well." I said realizing how much food they had.
"Yes we do." Alex said we walked around the tables, I helped Chris when he needed it and went to a table sitting down.
"Are all these people wrestlers?" I asked looking around the room.
"Not all of them…" Chris said taking a bite of his food.
"There is crew, creative, business people and others that linger around here…" Alex said.
"Do all of the wrestlers, crew and all these people have to be here every week or at every show?" I asked.
"Not all the time, especially when we are on tour…" Chris said.
"We take shifts and wings, if we don't do one weekend the next weekend we go or so but we all have to be at the tapings no matter what." Alex said.
"Why is it mandatory to be at the tapings?" I asked.
"We never know what will happen, you just never know when a match has to be cut short." Chris said.
"Why would a match end shortly?" I asked.
"For numerous reasons." Alex said as they started naming some of the reasons and explaining each reason, I learned so much more about the sport but yet had to love it more. "Crap, I got to go suit up." Alex said looking at his watch standing up grabbing his plate and cup to throw away.
"Oh…what am I supposed to do?" I asked not knowing what to do now.
"Sit here and be pretty." Alex said as he leant over giving me a kiss.
"I can be prettier." Chris said.
"I doubt it." Alex said as he threw all of our trash away as he headed out not telling me what to do now.
"What do you guys do now?" I asked as I stood up helping Chris move his wheel chair.
"I usually suit up with him and we do our ritual before the match."
"What's your ritual?"
"We recite the fifty states in alphabetical order."
"With or without Puerto Rico?" I asked curiously.
"You know, Alex asks that every single time."
"Does he?"
"Yes…" Chris said as he rolled his eyes, we sat there chatting and we never got to be that personal about each other, it was always casual conversations when he would come in and I helped him it his work, he is a great guy and no wonder he is friends with Alex. "Crap, my sister is calling." Chris said.
"Older or younger?"
"Older, I'm the baby." Chris said smiling as he answered the call, I only heard his side of the conversation as I looked around trying to make it seem like I wasn't eavesdropping on his conversation when technically it won't be eavesdropping since I'm at his table. "Well, my sister is here to pick me up…" Chris said.
"Oh, you need a ride out to the parking lot?" I asked pointing behind me oddly when that wasn't the way we needed to go.
"Nah, she is at the loading zone near the security gate…."
"Oh, okay…well…you want me to walk with you out?" I asked.
"Please." Chris said as I walked with him out and trying to remember key marks of things I could remember to get back to catering as I walked with him out meeting his sister, they looked alike and send them off before I walked back in nervous about walking around back there by myself afraid that someone would ask me or stop me but nothing. I went back into catering sitting at the empty table Chris and I had left earlier looking around nervously not knowing what to do next, what else am I supposed to do other than sit there patiently hoping that Alex would come back and soon.