Chapter 6:
A/N: Hey guys! I'm so glad you're all loving the story so far. I was pretty nervous about it. I wanted to let you all know that this story is actually inspired by the song 'May I?' By Trading Yesterday, thus the title. It's something to maybe give a listen to, to understand my motivation for this story. Please keep the love coming. The reviews, follows, and favorites motivate me so much I can't even describe it.
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Colby, Jon and Allie were on their way back to Sami's after leaving the mall. Allie and Jon, much to Colby's amusement, had been quick to leave the mall once finding him. They had shared their encounter with Trina and Colby couldn't hold back the laughter as he listened.
"That's just awkward," Colby said, chuckling, from the backseat. "You'd think she would take the hint."
"She is incapable of taking hints," Jon grumbled from the driver's seat. "She just doesn't get it. I told her flat out that I wasn't interested in her and she just won't stop. I don't know what to do anymore." Allie had a little sympathy for Jon about the situation, but at the same time could help feeling he was partially responsible for it.
"You just never know who's gonna end up being a crazy stalker," Colby responded. "Maybe you should take that into consideration the next time you have a drunken romp."
"Hey, I'm more careful now," Jon shot back in defense. "Since getting signed I hardly act that way now."
Colby scoffed, "Yea ok, Dude. Is that why when we were in Tampa last week we had to have an awkward breakfast with that black haired chick that you woke up with? You didn't remember the night before or her name for that matter. The chick invited herself to breakfast with us and we had to ditch her by pretending we had a signing in the next town."
Allie felt that weird twist in her gut at Colby's words. Why did these feelings keep hitting her? It was weird to have these feelings, not knowing why it bothered her. She didn't like it, but something kept triggering these twinges.
"That was one exception. A fluke," Jon scoffed at him. "You know I have a type. Anything else isn't worth the hassle. I know what I want and I won't settle for anything less."
"Dude, that type is impossible. You'll never find her. Maybe you should broaden your expectations," Colby lectured. "You stand a better chance of seeing God, than finding her. And if you do, what happens if she isn't what you hoped for? You'll have spent all this time chasing a fantasy and then find out the fantasy should have stayed just that."
Jon shot Colby a look in the rearview mirror, but before he could respond, Allie cut in with change of topic. "Can we stop at a grocery store? I wanna grab something to make for us for dinner. I thought it would be cool to do a dinner and movie night with Sami before we all left."
"Sounds good to me," Colby responded, Jon nodded in agreement. A few moments passed before Colby spoke again. "So, what do you do for a living, Al? Sami said you had a few meetings before you got here, but didn't say what type of meeting."
Allie froze, not expecting that. She had somehow avoided this topic until now, not really having a plan. Scrambling for something to say, "Umm... Well I guess you could say I'm in negotiations. That's what the meetings were about. My job position is getting ready to change and we've been discussing my new role."
Colby was getting ready to ask what company she worked for when Jon cut him off, "Do you wanna stop here?" He said as they approached a grocery store.
"Yea, that's fine," she answered, grateful for the conversation change. They pulled into the parking lot and parked, before heading into the store. As they made their way further into the store, Allie turned to them with a smile. "Alright, I was thinking white chili as an appetizer, then steak with sautéed mushrooms and onions, homemade Mac n cheese, and a Caesar salad for dinner. What do you think?"
Colby and Jon stared at her with hungry, wild eyes before nodding their heads vigorously, making Allie laugh. They then all set off to gather everything they needed. "We should stop after the gym and grab a case of beer. There really wasn't much left after last night," Colby said, as they approached the check out. Jon had ventured over towards another part of the store, as they unloaded the groceries onto the belt. As Allie was digging into her purse for wallet, Colby stepped forward, "I'll get it."
"No, you don't have to," Allie said pulling her wallet out, but before she could pull out her card, Colby had slid his. Allie rolled her eyes jokingly at him when he grinned at her, "You boys. I don't mind paying for things ya know."
"I know, but you're cooking dinner for us and you cooked yesterday," Colby said after thanking the cashier. "So the least I can do is pay for the supplies."
"Well, thank you," she smiled at him, as they made their way towards the door, seeing Jon waiting with a bag in his hand. "And what were you up to, Sir?"
Jon smiled, lifting the bag slightly, "I got dessert." Then reached into his pocket, "and this." She chuckled as he handed her a pack of her cigarettes. "Thanks for letting me bum off you."
"Anytime. You didn't have to reimburse me though," she smiled at him. Jon just shrugged, then the three made their way out to the car.
Once the three made their way back to the house, they quickly unloaded the groceries, then ran to change for the gym. Allie changed into a pair of short, dark green athletic shorts and a black sport bra, and threw her black Under Armor jacket over top of it. After putting her hair up in a messy bun, putting her black Nikes on, and grabbing her phone and earbuds, she went down to meet the guys.
"Ready," she exclaimed bounding into the living room, seeing the guys all sitting on the couch. "Let's go slow pokes," she said heading towards the door.
"Whoa, hold up there, peanut," Jon said, stopping her before she got too far. She turned to him, putting her hands on her hips. "Sami's driving and since you were the last one down here, you get back seat, middle hump, between Colby and me."
Allie stood there for a moment with an unreadable expression, before excitedly throwing up a fist pump, "Yes!"
"You're happy about that?" Colby chuckled at her reaction.
"Of course!" Allie exclaimed happily, as the five of them walked out of the house. "I get to sit between you and my sweet baboo," making Colby, Joe, and Sami laugh as she pinched Jon's cheeks. Then she happily jogged to the car and slid into the backseat. She waited for the others to join her and then they made their way to the gym.
Once they pull up to the gym, Jon turned to her before they got out of the car, "Now listen, we take our workouts very seriously. We aren't here to goof around. So, if you're one of those chicks that just comes to the gym to socialize and doesn't actually workout, just make sure you don't bother us."
Allie rolled her eyes at his words. Did she really look like a girl that did that? Just when she thought she was finally breaking ground with Jon, his inner asshole, reared its head. "Don't worry, starshine. It'll be hard, but I'll do my best to leave you guys alone. I wouldn't want to distract you from your epic workout." She then slid out and stormed ahead of them, entering the gym.
The first thing she did was jump on one of the few treadmills they had there. She had a bit of frustration from Jon to fuel her fire and she put it to good use. After running for a while, she made her way thru two rounds of the "Filty 50".
During this she had attracted some attention from the other gym goers, including the four men she had arrived with, unbeknownst to her. She just pressed on with her workout, he music blasting thru her ears. As she finished her last set of double-unders, she dropped down on the ground to catch her breath. Despite the physical exertion, she felt pumped. She finally noticed everyone around her, looking on with impressed expressions, except The Shield, who wore shocked expressions. Finishing off her water, she stood and motioned to Sami, crossing her arms in an "X" sign, that she was done and headed out towards the car.
After a bit, the guys came out and met her by the car. Still in her zone and music still blaring, she just slid into the car, not saying a word and no one attempted to speak to her. After getting back to the house, she jogged upstairs and took a quick shower and got dressed in black yoga pants and a Steelers t-shirt, before heading downstairs to start dinner.
Awhile later, they all sat in the living room watching movies and eating dinner. The guys kept complementing and expressing their thanks of a home cooked meal, a rarity for any of them anymore. Allie just smiled, pleased she could give them a nice meal.
"I can't believe you guys all leave in the morning," Sami said, almost sadly. "The house will be too quiet with you not here." Everyone chuckled, but in reality everyone had enjoyed their time and would miss this simple, yet relaxing get away.
"Yea, it was fun," Joe smiled, before turning his attention to Allie. "Where are you headed tomorrow, Al?"
"Back home," she smiled, taking a bite of food.
"Where's home?" Colby asked, after taking a sip of beer. Allie glanced quickly at Sami, a little hesitant to answer. Sami glanced back with a neutral look. The exchange going unnoticed by the other three.
Allie swallowed her food, before answering Colby. "Pittsburgh." All three men perked up at that.
"That's where we'll be Monday for Raw," Joe smiled at her. She smiled back trying to share his enthusiasm. "Maybe we'll catch up with you while we're there."
Allie chuckled, but was internally sweating with nerves as the reality of this was beginning to set in. They would be seeing her alright, but it wouldn't be in a positive light after deceiving them the last two days. She hated this and she hated the board of directors. "Yea, maybe."
After dinner they sat around watching movies for a while, enjoying Jon's dessert, chocolate cheesecake. Allie had been in chocoholic heaven, while eating it. Starting to feel fatigue setting in and knew she had to get up early for her flight, she decided to head to bed. Standing up she caught everyone else's attention, "I'm headed to bed. Gotta pack my stuff up and get some sleep. I have an early flight."
"What time?" Sami asked, standing to move towards her.
"Flight's at 6:45." She said, watching the others stand out of the corner of her eye.
"Wake me up. I'll drive you," Sami said, leaving no room for discussion on the matter. Allie just gave a small smile, nodding. She turned to face the others, realizing they had approached her. "It was great meeting you guys. Be safe on the road and have a safe flight tomorrow." Roman and Colby wished her the same and stepped forward to hug her. After hugging each of them, she turned towards Jon. "Goodnight, honeybun. Be safe tomorrow."
Jon smirked, then stepped forward and wrapped her in a warm hug. Allie hadn't been expecting that, but returned it, nonetheless. "Goodnight, kitten. Thanks for everything. Take care of yourself." Allie felt that flip in her stomach again, but pushed it away as they separated, sharing smirks. After ruffling Sami's hair, she headed upstairs.
After making it home from Sami's, Allie spent the next few days mentally preparing herself for Raw. When Monday came, she was still nowhere near ready for it. Making her way thru the arena corridors, she was met with a couple familiar faces.
"Holy Shit! Look what the dog dragged in!"
"Nice to see you too, Punk," Allie laughed, moving to give him a hug. She then looked over at the large man standing next to him, and gave him a large smile before jumping into his arms. She felt him chuckle, deep in his chest, and could help chuckling in return, "Hi Mark."
"Hello, Rookie," The deep drawl of Allie's long time friend and mentor, The Undertaker sounded from them she clung too. "What are you doing here?"
"It's a long story, that is better saved for when I have more time," Allie sighed, as Mark set her back on the ground. "I was headed out to the ring to see if I could shake some rust off. Wanna join guys?" Punk and Mark both nodded, before the trio turned and headed out to the ring.
The Shield had arrived at the arena early hoping to get some ring time before the show started. After getting changed the three men decided to head down to the ring to get some in-ring work done, before the meeting with management. As they approached gorilla position they heard a buzz from what sounded like a large group of people down by the ring. Making their way thru the curtain that lead down to ringside, they saw what had to be the entire roster and staff down by the ring.
They were all watching the action inside the ring of what appeared to be CM Punk, Kofi Kingston, and Kane all getting their asses handed to them by some blonde spitfire, dressed in black tights tucked into black wrestling boots and an undertaker t-shirt tied up above her navel. From the angle the were at they couldn't make out her face as she sent Glen and Kofi out of the ring by clothes lining them both over the top rope.
She then turned her attention back to Punk as he started to charge her. Doing a baseball slide thru his legs, she jumped quickly back to her feet just as he turned back around, landing a drop kick to his face and sending him back into the turnbuckle. Running at him she delivered his signature knee to the face, earning a laugh and cheer from the group around the ring. Instead of following that up with the bulldog, she sat him up on the turnbuckle and quickly jumped up and gave him a solid hurricarana. Staying on him, she went to pick him up off the mat, but before she got to him, he turned quickly and swept her feet out from under her. Punk quickly stood up and picked her up across his shoulders, setting her up for the GTS. As he went to toss her off his shoulders, she countered and as they crashed to the mat, she wrapped him up in "Hell's Gate", Taker's signature submission.
After Punk tapped out, they both got back to their feet and embraced in a tight hug. Breaking the hug, Punk grab her wrist and raised her hand in victory, walking her around the ring as everyone cheered. The blonde gave a small curtesy toward each side of the ring they faced. As the duo faced the entrance ramp, the side the three Shield members were standing on, the men's eyes widened.
"Is that who I think it is?" Colby was the first to speak. Still in shock as other people began to climb into the ring and greet the blonde, the trio looked back and forth between each other and the ring.
"Dude?" Joe was the next to speak, as a smile broke onto his face, "Is that... Is that, Allie?" Suddenly, Jon made a beeline for the ring. Joe and Colby called after him, as they followed behind a fuming Jon.
Storming up the stairs and into the ring, Jon didn't stop until he reached the blonde. Grabbing her shoulder, he spun her around roughly, making her stumble back into Punk. "What the hell are you playing?" Jon growled at her.
"Hey! Watch it rookie!" Punk cut in, before Allie could react. "Show some respect." Punk pushed forward towards Jon, just as Colby and Joe reached them. They grab Jon pulling him back, as Allie stepped between the two heated men, placing her hands against their chests to push them apart.
Jon slapped her hand off his chest roughly, making her stumble again, making everyone around them gasp. Punk pushed forward again, fuming trying to get at Jon.
Suddenly a voice boomed from behind Punk, "What the fuck is going on here?" Everyone turned to look at the man walking up to them. Allie's gaze met that of her mentor and one of her best friends, The Undertaker. "You ok?" He asked protectively.
Allie nodded, "I'm fine, Mark. It's just a misunderstanding." Allie glanced in the direction of The Shield, before returning to Mark's gaze.
"I don't care what's going on," Mark turned his gaze toward Jon, who seemed to have sobered his temper a little with Mark's presence. "Nobody puts their hands on you in that manner. Do you have any idea who you're pushing around? Do you know who that woman is, Rookie?" Mark was now up in Jon's face, his own intense with anger.
"Mark," Allie said, reaching out to Mark to grab his arm.
"You're damn lucky she didn't put you on your ass, herself," Mark bellowed into Jon's face. Jon kept his gaze and kept his face neutral as he took the tongue lashing. "You need to learn some respect for your superiors."
"Mark!" Allie bellowed, at the same time Jon blanched, looking toward Allie with a confused and somewhat scared look on his face. Allie kept her gaze on Mark. She was starting to get angry and needed this confrontation to end before anything happened they would all regret. Turning toward everyone standing around watching, she spoke sternly, "Alright everyone, show's over. It's great to see you all, but we all need to get ready for the show." She pushed her way between Mark and Jon, pushing Mark backwards, and placing herself in a protective manner in front of Jon, shocking everyone. "Enough."
"You're going to defend him?" Mark growled at her in shock. Allie didn't flinch and didn't make any motion to move out of in front of Jon. "He just put his hands on you and you're defending him?"
"He doesn't understand!" Allie yelled back in defense. "They don't understand. Just let me handle it Mark!" Mark hesitated, but then nodded reluctantly, relaxing slightly.
Directing his attention toward Jon, he pointed his finger at him, "You just better watch yourself, Kid." With that he left the ring with Punk following, reluctantly, close behind.
After everyone had cleared the area, Allie turned toward Jon suddenly and pushed him hard, causing him to fall backwards into Colby and Joe. "You get the benefit of the doubt this time. You ever push me around like that again, you won't have to worry about Mark and Phil, cuz I'll knock you the fuck out. We clear?" Jon just kept his gaze on her as he stood himself back up. "Great. Now since everyone's here, let's get the meeting started."
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