I DO NOT OWN ANYONE OR ANYTHING IN THIS STORY BESIDES THE OC'S.
Tara's Point of View-
I sat in catering when I saw James walk in with Robert behind him, they were probably going to grab one of the beers that were in the cooler or a bottle of water to hydrate themselves before their match.
"Hey sweetie! When did you get here?" James asked as I stood up from my seat as they approached the table.
"I got here a little while ago." I said.
"Where's Alex or Chris?" Robert asked.
"Alex was getting ready and Chris left…" I said honestly.
"Alex's match is next against me, Robbie, you want to escort her out to sit with Dixie?" James asked.
"Yeah, come on." Robert said as he stuck his arm out for me to hook mine with his. He led me out to the arena during an intermission, he was quite handsome and we talked about where he was from and his wife and kids. "Dixie, this is Tara, Alex's girl." Robert said.
"I'm not Alex's girl…" I said offensively.
"Yet…" Robert finished rolling his eyes.
"Hi Tara, nice to meet you, you two want join me?" Dixie said standing up letting Robert and I slide in sitting down beside her.
"Thanks!" I said and glad that Robert will stay with us for a little while to make it a little less awkward.
"How do you know Alex?" Dixie asked.
"I didn't originally know Alex, I work up at Universal and I met Chris and unannounced to me my friend got me onto your cruise where and by some weird coincidences, I switched rooms with Chris to end up with a connecting room with Alex." I said.
"He behaved right?" Robert asked.
"Why?" I asked.
"He tends to be very hyperactive and annoying to some of us here but he is such a hard worker and very dedicated…" Dixie said.
"I didn't have any problems, I enjoyed his company." I said smiling.
"Weird-o." Robert said.
"Shut up beer drinker…" I said.
"Ouch…" Robert said covering his heart in fake pain.
"Shouldn't you be getting ready with James? Your match is up next isn't it?" Dixie asked.
"Right, catch you later Dixie…enjoy the show Tara and hope to see you soon." Robert said.
"Thanks Robert." I said as he slid out of the row and I took his seat next to Dixie.
"How'd you enjoy the cruise?" Dixie asked.
"It was so much fun…what do you do?" I asked curiously.
"I am the president of this wrestling promotion." Dixie said, I was very impressed that a girl was a president of this type of work and somewhat embarrassed that I even had to ask because I honestly didn't know.
"What exactly does the president do?"
"Many things…I barely sleep, well I sleep but there is so much that needs to be done…"
"I bet…" I said as I can only imagine what she has to do, I have a lot work and I'm not the president.
"You work at Universal, huh?" Dixie said.
"Yeah, if me saying so wasn't enough prove, I'm sure this uniform had given it away." I said smirking as she let out a chuckle.
"How'd you meet Chris through that?" Dixie asked intrigued.
"I do the health services and EMT correspondents, I was on shift when he got injured, I had wrote up his report and every week I escort him down from the park…"
"How much medical knowledge do you have?" Dixie asked.
"I'm a registered nurse and a certified EMT as well, would go get a higher degree to become a doctor but don't have the time nor those kind of funds." I said.
"You'll be a great addition to our company." Dixie said as I looked over to her not sure if she was serious, I knew Alex said he wanted to try to get me a job here but I didn't expect president of the promotion to give me a shot.
"Thank you?" I said not sure what else to say to that when Alex's music hit, I only knew it was his due to remembering it from the cruise watching him emerge from the backstage area doing his normal point and gun before he started make his way down the ramp.
"I'm serious, how would you feel about joining the staff?" Dixie said as we made eye contact with each other.
"May I get back to you? I want to think about it more clearly without all these distractions and I would need to give Universal two weeks notice if I decided to say yes." I said as Alex jumped onto the turnbuckle in front of Dixie and I pointing to a part of his palm before doing the gun pretending to shoot it as he winked. Alex jumped off the turnbuckle looking at me when he mouthed to me 'Where's Chris?' I mouthed back that he went home, Alex rolled his eyes and he seemed kind of mad mixed with upset. James' music hit seeing him and Robert emerge from the back, but this time Robert was wearing a sling over his arm, "What's wrong with his arm?" I asked turning to look at Dixie, Robert hadn't worn a sling on his arm at all when I had seen him.
"Something about a muscle." Dixie said crossing her legs as we watched them enter the ring before the match begun. I would scoot forward on the end of my seat holding onto the railing with each hit and move. "You don't watch wrestling often do you?" Dixie asked.
"How'd you know?"
"The way your acting…"
"Yeah, I started watching on the cruise, still getting used to the whole thing." I said smiling but embarrassed.
"I like it, it can be very addicting so beware." Dixie said.
"I'm already addicted." I said smiling as I turned back to the ring seeing James get the pin, James stood up getting his arm raised in victory as he climbed out slapping hands hugging me before he hugged Dixie then he headed up the ramp to the back, Alex slowly got to his knees holding the back of his head watching James walk backstage. Alex climbed out of the ring jumping down from the apron coming over to Dixie and I, he wrapped me up into a hug and gave me a kiss on the lips, he broke the kiss smiling and I had to get another kiss pressing my lips against his for another one.
"Sorry about…" Alex said as he ran his hand through my hair as our foreheads rested against each other.
"Don't…it's fine." I said as he looked back at the referee signaling to get to the back.
"Stay here and I'll come get you." Alex said kissing me again, I nodded and sat down next to Dixie, I watched the next match but kept looking behind me for Alex.
"It'll take time, he has to be checked by the trainers, then shower and change, then go see Jeff, then has to collect his things, then he has to say bye to everyone telling them good show or good match..." Dixie explained the ritual of a wrestler after their match and before one leaves trying to calm my nerves.
"Would that be what I'll be doing? I mean as in the trainers checking the wrestlers after their matches…"
"That amongst other things." Dixie said.
"What other things?"
"I'll hand the list of duties over to Alex for him to hand to you." Dixie said smiling as that matched ended when I felt a tap on my shoulder, I turned around seeing Alex with his hoodie zipped up, his hood flipped on, sunglasses on and a big smile on his face.
"Excuse me." I said standing up and slid out of the row, "Nice meeting you, I'll let you know." I said shaking her hand.
"Yeah, nice meeting you too. Good night Alex." Dixie said as he nodded, he escorted me to the back where he pulled his hood off, took his shades off and unzipped his jacket.
"Chris is a dick." Alex said.
"Alex, it's fine…" I said smirking as I walked slowly behind him, "I enjoyed the show…"
"You enjoy anything with me though."
"You caught me…" I said as he turned around grabbing my other hand walking backwards through the hall.
"You caught my eye with how beautiful you are." Alex said pulling me closer to his embrace.
"We aren't fishing though…" I said jokingly.
"I have my fish…" Alex said giving me a kiss on the lips.
"I do like the water, and my skin can be scaly when I haven't put lotion on." I said chuckling as my hands rested on his hard chest.
"You're not like Aquaman or the Mariner from Water World where you have gills behind your ears or have fins on your arms or webbed feet?"
"Frogs are the ones with webbed feet and I'm very sensitive about my webbed feet." I joked.
"Webbed feet or not…it can be hot." Alex said as he separated his feet a tad to be my height as his hands rested on the arch of my back.
"You would think so…"
"You know me too well." Alex said smiling as we had a quick kiss as he played with the tips of my hair and would kiss at my neck for a few minutes.
"You're not looking for any gills are you?" I asked.
"No…" Alex said.
"You must read a lot of comic books." I said.
"Have you read any?"
"I used to have a gnarly Spider-Man collection." I said proudly.
"Do you have 235?" Alex asked excitedly.
"Yeah, and it's mint condition." I said proudly.
"I must borrow it…" Alex said.
"Do you have 75? That is the only one I am missing."
"Yep, we shall switch, tomorrow?"
"No, got to get mine out of storage so it may take a while." I said I felt my phone go off.
"That better be your phone." Alex said.
"I sure hope so too." I said pulling out my phone answering my call from my mom. "Hi mom."
"Hey, can you pick up milk on the way home?" My mom asked.
"Yeah, no problem, will you be up when I get home?"
"When will that be?"
"Um…" I said covering the mouth part of my phone, "When are we going to leave?"
"Whenever you want…should be soon before it gets too late."
"By midnight." I said.
"I may, Xavier put that-" My mom said hanging up knowing Xavier was doing something he wasn't supposed to be doing, I hung the phone up putting it back in my pocket.
"Sorry." I said.
"No problem, just happy I get to spend tonight with you." Alex said kissing me.
"Me too." I said wrapping my arms around his neck.
"Shall we set up the next date?"
"We'll discuss it later." I said as he smirked as he led me out of the studio to the tram I need to drive back.
"Did you park at employee parking?" Alex asked.
"Yeah but got to do last minute things." I said nodding to the tram.
"Oh right." Alex said as he jumped onto the tram riding it back to its spot before doing a check of the ambulance and fire stations to make sure it was locked up for the night before heading back to the elevator, "Where are you going?" Alex asked.
"To the park." I answered.
"I know a short cut." Alex said smirking as he had grasped my hand pulling me to walk along the streets of the back lot, we walked along the New York street and the Western sets, I had never explored that side of the lot besides when I was working as an EMT and even then I never paid attention.
"It is quite creepy on this back lot at night." I said as we turned down another street that was now with sound stages.
"I'm here to protect you." Alex said as he pulled me in front of him wrapping his arms around me tightly feeling safer.
"Oh yeah, your such a strong and brave man." I said sarcastically chuckling.
"I am…haven't you worked nights though?"
"Once or twice, but I am always up in the office and I always go to the parking lot through the park not the back lot."
"You need to live on the edge more." Alex said as we approached the security station walking through it.
"Oh yeah, that is so living on the edge." I said.
"It can be…it's amazing place to play flashlight tag."
"You know, I would normally bash that but you're absolutely right."
"When Chris heals, it's got to happen."
"Wouldn't that be illegal?" I asked as he grabbed my hand as he led me towards the parking lot.
"If we get caught." Alex said smiling.
"If we get caught is always the way it goes…" I said smiling too.
"That's the difference between legal and illegal though." Alex said.
"Good point." I said as we approached the Universal fountain.
"You want to make a wish?" Alex said putting his hand in his pocket pulling out a couple of coins.
"I don't know what to wish for." I said as he handed me a penny for me to toss in, I rested it on the back of my thumb thinking when I saw him toss his in the way I was about to do. "What'd you wish for?"
"I wished that I could kiss the beautiful woman I was with." Alex said smirking.
"Well, consider your wish granted." I said as I leant over pressing my lips to his gently sucking on his bottom lip before I broke the kiss.
"I always believed in magic..." Alex said as we rested our foreheads against each other.
"Especially if you tell them and able to get them."
"What are you going to wish?" Alex asked nodding to my coin as I thought of the perfect wish; 'I wish that Alex and I will work out, even when he finds out about Xavier.' I thought as I tossed the coin into the fountain seeing it land on the bottom. "What was your wish?"
"Nothing that you can fulfill and I don't want to jinx it."
"I hope it will come true."
"Me too…me too." I said in a hopeful manner.
"It will, come on…" Alex said as he led me to the parking lot, "Where'd you park?"
"I'm over there." I said nodding to the white Blazer I had parked earlier today, it was one of the few in there still.
"You drive that?"
"I'm not that rich like you…" I said as he begun walking with me to my older car.
"Rich or not but why go with that?"
"It is trustworthy." I said unlocking the car opening the door leaning against the frame.
"I am sure it is." Alex said as he held the door for me.
"You want a ride to your car?"
"Nah, mine is right over there." He said nodding to the direction of his car.
"You sure?"
"I got it, I hope you had fun tonight."
"I always have fun with you."
"What can I say?" Alex asked shrugging.
"Good night?" I asked questionably.
"That's one thing I could say….good night." Alex said smiling.
"Good night Alex." I said as he leant in giving me a kiss smiling as our lips parted.
"Text me when you get home." He said as I climbed into the car, he shut the door and I rolled down the window.
"You do the same thing."
"Promise, night." Alex said winking at me before he stepped back allowing me to back out and wave good-bye to him as I started to pull out.