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Wednesday 10th August

Alexa woke up cuddled against Jon, the Florida sun spilling in through her bedroom window. She was resting on her side, her head lying in the crook of his shoulder. Their legs were entwined under the duvet and his arm was wrapped around her, his strong hand resting on her hip. Not wanting to wake him, she softly skimmed her fingers across his chest, feeling it expanding underneath her hand with each slow breath he took. Glancing up, she allowed herself a small smile, finding him fast asleep with a peaceful expression on his handsome face.

"You know how fucking creepy it is to watch people sleep, right?" Jon's sleepy voice interrupted her musings, his arm pulling her body flush against his.

''It's pretty rare that you've got your mouth shut, I wanted to enjoy the moment.'' She grinned up at him.

"Whatever, creeper."

''Asshole.''

Placing a soft kiss on his cheek, she shifted away from him towards the edge of the bed, intending to get out. Jon's arm immediately curled around her waist, easily pulling her back towards him. She landed on top of his chest with a laugh and lightly ran her hands over his shoulders, feeling a couple of deep scars under her fingertips.

''We should get up.''

''Nope.''

Before she knew what was happening, Jon had her pinned underneath him as his lips started to attack her neck.

''Jon-''

He quickly silenced her by moving his lips from her neck to her mouth. Her arms tightened around him as he pressed her further into the material of the bed. She moaned deep in her throat as Jon ran his hand along her thigh, stopping short of where she wanted him to touch her the most. Her back arched off the bed as his mouth trailed down her chest and he flicked his tongue against her nipple, another moan escaping her lips.

I've got another confession to make, I'm your fool. Everyone's got their chains to break, Holdin' you.

Alexa groaned as her cellphone rang, the Foo Fighter's song echoing loudly throughout the room. Jon ignored it and carried on lavishing attention to her chest.

Were you born to resist or be abused? Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?

Letting out a dramatic groan she reluctantly pushed Jon away and reached her arm out to grab it, but ended up knocking the lamp to the floor.

''Motherfucker...''

Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?

Second time lucky, she managed to grasp the cell in her hand and hold it up to her ear as she flopped back down.

''Yo.''

''Did I wake you?'' Darren's voice emerged from the speaker.

"No, no, I was awake already." Alexa replied, her eyes meeting Jon's as he started to run his hands up her thighs. ''What's up?''

''I just wanted to remind you about the meeting later today, the one you said you would be attending.''

''Okay... Um, just to jog my memory, which meeting would this be again?'' She bit her lip to smother a moan, Jon's mouth was on her ear, his tongue teasing her earlobe.

''The meeting where we'll be going over the schedules for the next few TV tapings. I believe some of the girls wanted you there to help them plan some of their matches.''

Jon had moved down to her neck, and his fingers were probing her more intimate areas making it almost impossible to concentrate. ''Um, sure, yeah, that's fine... What time's the meeting?''

''4 o'clock.''

''Okay. I'll see you there. Bye.'' She threw her phone across the bed before pouncing on Jon.

Alexa rushed down the hall towards the meeting room, hoping they hadn't started without her. She had spent most of the day in bed with Jon, and they had lost track of time. He had left her place an hour ago, planning to head straight here while she took a shower and got ready.

Not bothering to knock, she turned the handle and barged into the room. The door swung open with more force than she had anticipated and slammed into the adjacent wall with a loud bang. She cringed as everyone turned to look at her, her cheeks flushing red in embarrassment.

''Sorry I'm late... I, uh, overslept.''

''It's four thirty in the afternoon...'' Darren furrowed his brows. ''Not to worry, Steve isn't here yet anyway.''

"Argh!" Colby gasped in mock-horror as she took the empty seat beside him. "Why aren't you wearing make-up? My eyes are burning!"

"You're such a dick." She punched his shoulder lightly. "I know I look like shit. I really don't need reminding.''

''Did you not get enough sleep last night, Lex?'' Jon looked at her innocently as she turned to face him.

''Lex, how's your hand?!" Matt called from the opposite side of the room, saving her from thinking of a response.

After proudly showing off her bruised knuckles, the nickname 'Rocky' was bestowed upon her by the guys, much to her amusement.

Almost an hour later, she could feel her eyelids slowly slipping closed when she was elbowed sharply in the ribs by Colby. She grunted softly, instantly straightening up and paying attention to Steve Keirn. He was going over the women's matches for the following evenings taping as well as the ones planned for the next couple of weeks.

Živilė 'Aksana' Raudonienė had a singles match against Ashley 'Audrey Marie' Miller. There was a mixed tag team match involving Ashley and Irena 'Leah West' Janjic, with Matt 'Mike Dalton' Clement and Matt 'Mack Hetfield' Hannen as their respective partners. Karlee 'Maxine' Perez would be teaming with Živilė to take on Ariane and Trinity as well as April and Celeste.

Steve smiled widely as he turned towards the women. ''Now, Tom's away for a while and Alexa's kindly agreed to help you guys put your matches together. Make the most of her expertise, she knows what it takes to be in the big leagues so she knows what she's talking about.''

''Pfft.''

Turning to find the source of the noise, Alexa rose an eyebrow when she found Irena staring over at her with an unimpressed look on her face. ''Problem?''

''Yes, actually.'' She told her, annoyance clear in her eyes as she turned to Steve. ''I think it's a bit insulting to assume that any of us need help putting a match together, especially from her.''

''I don't understand.'' Steve said, the young woman's attitude leaving him flabbergasted.

''Well, it's obvious that she only did as well as she did because she was screwing Orton.'' She explained nonchalantly before meeting the other woman's eyes. ''And, I don't know about anybody else, but I'd rather get by on my own merits than by whose bed I'm warming.''

There was a long, uncomfortable silence as everyone tried to get over their initial shock at what had just come out of the woman's mouth. Several people glanced over towards Alexa warily, trying to gauge her reaction.

On the outside, she was the epitome of calm and composed. Inside, however, she was beyond angry. ''You have no idea what you're talking about.''

''Oh, I'm just repeating what I've heard.'' Irena gave her a sympathetic smile which didn't quite reach her eyes. ''Besides, it seemed a little 'convenient' you got injured right after Orton dumped you, never to be seen again.''

Alexa let out an incredulous laugh making everyone eye her nervously. ''You know, I might actually care what you think... if I knew who the hell you were. Maybe if you put more effort into your wrestling than you do into running your mouth, you might actually make more of an impact around here.'' She commented, hearing a few muffled laughs from around the room.

''Well, I've obviously hit a nerve. Just because everybody thinks you're a whore, don't take it out on me.''

Tears sprang to her eyes at the harsh comment and she took a deep breath to calm her down, biting her tongue so she wouldn't say anything that she would regret later. Turns out, she didn't have to say anything because somebody quickly jumped to her defence.

''Listen to me, young lady. Alexandra has been through a lot and worked harder than most to get where she is today, her past relationships had absolutely nothing to do with it. Jealousy will get you nowhere in this business. I suggest you lose your attitude and learn some respect.''

Everyone gaped at Darren in surprise for a few moments, before Steve stood and cleared his throat. ''Right, I think this meeting's over... Irena, my office. I think we need a little chat.''

Sunday 11th September

''Who's that guy over there with Colby?''

''Oh, that's the new guy that's just been signed; Claudio Castagnoli. I think they know each other from their Ring of Honor days.''

''I thought I recognized him...'' Alexa muttered befored returned her attention to the practice ring, where Joe, Ettore and Matt were horsing around.

''So when's your flight?'' Trinity asked, before taking another bite of her pizza.

''Tomorrow afternoon. I tried to get on the same one as Karlee, April and Darren but I left it too late.''

The trio had flown out to Toronto that morning, all of them due to appear on NXT which would be filmed just before Smackdown on Tuesday. Darren would be commentating, as usual, while the two women had a match against each other.

''Excited?''

She scoffed. ''Nervous. I haven't been in front of a live crowd that huge in years.''

Trinity chuckled, wrapping an arm around her. ''Gril, you'll be fine. It's not like you've got a match, you've just got to walk down the ramp and say a few words.''

Alexa's lips curled into a soft smile at the other woman's reassurance. They had spent a lot of time together recently, after Trinity had come to her and asked for some help to improve some of her in-ring skills. Once they had got over the initial 'getting to know you' stage, they had really hit it off.

After a while, Trinity left to head home, leaving Alexa to munch away at the pizza whilst watching the men in the ring. She wasn't alone for very long, with Colby and his friend eventually wandering over in her direction.

''Hey.'' She greeted, sending them a warm smile.

''Hey. Lex, this is Claudio.'' He jerked his thumb towards the man standing beside him. ''Claudio, this is Lex... she's a little weird, but you get used to it.''

She stuck her tongue out at him before turning her gaze to the tall man standing beside him. ''Nice to meet you Claudio. I've seen a lot of your Ring of Honor matches, you're pretty great.''

''Oh, thank you, that's really nice of you to say.''

''When did you see his matches?'' Colby asked.

''When I was in my neck brace I couldn't do a lot, I literally watched wrestling videos on YouTube the whole time.''

''Yeah right, I bet you spent most of it watching porn.''

''Don't judge everyone by your own standards, Jon.'' She rolled her eyes and turned to face the newcomer. ''Besides, who needs porn when I can just look in the mirror?''

Colby snorted and shook his head, turning to his old friend. ''See what I mean?''

She just flipped him off and grabbed a slice of pizza from the box next to her. An indignant cry left her lips as it was snatched out of her hand just before it reached her lips. ''Jon!"

He looked down at her, his mouth full of pizza. "What?"

"Jesus, Jon, swallow." Her face screwed up in disgust.

He smirked. "That's what she said."

''You really need to stop eating so much crap, Lex.'' Colby admonished, looking down at the half-eaten pizza disdainfully.

''Sorry, Dad...''

''Don't listen to him, you look just fine the way you are.''

She beamed up at the Swiss. ''Thank you, Claudio.''

''Oh, no, I didn't mean it like that. You look great, Lex. It's just not good for you, that's all.''

''Do I get a bonus point if I act like I care?'' She cocked her eyebrow.

Claudio and Jon started to snigger as Colby let out an exasperated huff. ''Fine. When your ass balloons to the size of a bouncy castle, don't come crying to me.''

She fixed him with a defiant look before picking up a slice, the three men watching in morbid fascination as she shoved the entire thing in her mouth. It took her a few minutes to chew through the pizza before she finally managed to swallow it. ''I'm not ashamed of myself. I'm not, but I should be.''

Colby looked horrified, Claudio had an eyebrow raised and the hint of a smile on his face while Jon looked down at her with an impressed grin. ''You're fucking awesome.''

His hand moved towards her face and he used his finger to wipe some tomato sauce from the corner of her mouth. Alexa's mouth dropped open as he put the finger in his mouth, before smirking mischievously at her.

''Okay, this is getting weird.'' Colby muttered uncomfortably.

''Ring's free!" Matt's voice carried over to them.

''My turn.'' Alexa declared as she jumped to her feet. ''Lopez? Want another ass-kicking?''

''I'll pass, thanks.'' He replied drolly.

''Come on.'' Jon cocked his head towards the ring. ''I'll go easy on you.''

She shot him an impish grin. ''Where's the fun in that?''

Colby and Claudio took up seats beside Joe, Matt and Ettore as the pair climbed inside the ring.

"You sure you're up for this, sweetheart?" Jon drawled.

''Are you?'' She countered, her hands reached down to the hem of her hoody and started to yank it up; revealing an expanse of smooth, bronze skin.

"Whooo! Yeah, take it off!"

Alexa rolled her eyes and flipped Colby the bird, tossing the discarded item to the side, glancing up to find Jon's lecherous gaze on her chest. She adjusted the straps of her sports bra before holding her arms up in front of her in the guard position.

When he didn't make a move, she decided to lunge at him, which he easily dodged and moved around behind her. Quickly grabbing her arm, he maneuvered her into position and locked in an abdominal stretch. She groaned, trying to struggle out of it, but his grip was too strong.

"Tap, bitch!" He demanded playfully.

''C'mon, Lex!" Joe hollered from opposite them.

She continued to struggle against his hold, letting out several grunts of frustration when she couldn't. ''Fuck!"

''Be quiet and take it like a good girl."

Alexa glared up at him pointedly. ''I can take it like a good girl... but I'm never quiet about it."

His smirk quickly vanished and she used the distraction to swing her leg back, catching him hard in the shin. Surprise forced him to release her, and she quickly took a few steps back.

''Is this like foreplay for them or something?''

Colby guffawed and turned to give the Swiss man an amused look. ''Dude, they're not together.''

Claudio looked dubiously at the pair in the ring. ''Really?''

''I have to admit, I was thinking the same...'' Matt piped up.

Joe shook his head. ''They're just good friends.''

Jon and Alexa lunged towards each other simultaneously, locking up in the middle of the ring. She leaned sideways, tangling her feet around his and expertly taking him down to the mat. The unexpected fall knocked the wind from his lungs and, before he could moved, she locked in her variation of the Muta lock; with her arms stretched under his and hands locked together under his chin.

''Tap, bitch!"

He growled when laughter from the guys reached his ears, his own comment from earlier being used against him. He stubbornly refused to tap and after a few minutes, her arms started to falter from the strain, enabling him to power out of the hold.

They went to grab each other again, Jon ducked under her arm and wrenched it around her back. Spinning around and dropping down to the mat, he easily dragged her over the top of him. She let out a gasp as she landed hard on her back, her arm still caught in Jon's tight grasp as she looked up at his smug grin.

Her eyes narrowed before she kipped up and untwisted her arm from his grip. Quickly dropping down to the mat, she extending her legs and swept his out from under him. He fell back, landing on his ass in a rather undignified way as a scowl appeared on his face.

Alexa scrambled to her feet, grinning when she saw his frustrated expression; seeing him lose his cool was adorable.

''You're going to have to kick his ass without an audience, Lex.''

She turned to pout at Joe, who was making his way towards the exit with the others. ''You guys are leaving?''

''Yeah, it's getting late.''

''Okay, I guess I'll see you all when I get back. Try not to miss me too much.''

''That won't be difficult.'' Ettore teased.

Colby snorted. ''Yea, we'll be making the most of the peace and quiet.''

They all headed out after saying their goodbyes, and she turned back to face Jon. ''Ready to admit defeat yet, hot stuff?''

''You're asking for trouble...''

Alexa responded with a wink, causing the man to let out a husky growl before running at her. She just about managed to duck under his outstretched arm and ran forwards into the ropes, bouncing back towards him. Just before they made contact, she jumped up high with her legs spread apart and he ran under them. Spinning around as he ran back in her direction, she ducked down and used his momentum against him, flipping him over her head. He caught her hips as he slammed down behind her, and before she knew it, he executed a sunset-flip.

He sat up and leaned over her, pinning her by pressing her legs up either side of her chest. His weight pressed down on her and she bit her lip as she looked up at him; he was breathing hard and his deep blue eyes were full of fire, she had never been more turned on in her life.

Alexa reached up and grabbed his head, pulling him towards her and crashing her lips against his. His grip on her legs vanished and he planted his hands on the mat either side of her head to support himself. She hooked her legs around his waist to pull him closer, letting out a soft moan when his hips thrust against hers.

''Does this mean I win?'' He rasped, starting to trail kisses down her neck.

''No...'' She arched her back into him as his teeth scraped across her throat. Throwing her legs sideways, she flipped them over so she was resting on his hips. ''I win.''

His hands ran over her thighs, trailing slowly up her waist as she bent down to kiss him again. She pulled back just before their lips met and pushed herself up into a standing position. Looking down at the man laying between her legs, she chuckled at his put-out expression. ''Come on, stud. Maybe we can both win back at my place.''