Wednesday 1st Febuary

The past couple of months had been hectic for Alexa, to say the least.

Christmas had seemed to come and go in the blink of an eye.

Since the beginning of January, she had a temporary house-guest by the name of Saraya-Jade Bevis; a twenty year-old girl from England who had recently been signed by the WWE. The office had made some kind of mistake with the apartment she was due to move into, leaving her with nowhere to stay. Alexa had been there when everyone was panicking over what to do and, knowing that her place would only be sitting empty soon, had decided to offer her a place to stay. The two of them hit it off right away. Saraya reminded Alexa of herself; she too had been signed at a young age and both women shared a passion for wrestling which they immediately bonded over.

She thought having Saraya around the house would help take keep her mind off Jon, but she still found herself thinking about him more than she wanted to. After their last night together, things had pretty much gone back to the way they were before. The only differences being that they didn't have sex and they rarely hung out when it was just the two of them anymore, it was always as part of a group.

She didn't want to admit it, but she missed him.

It wasn't even that she missed the physical side of their relationship, although she did. She really did. She found herself thinking back and going over things that he'd said or done, and smiling at the memory. After having Jon stay over most nights before they ceased their arrangement, now when she went to bed at night, she became all too aware of how empty it was.

''Lex!"

Alexa quickly dragged her eyes away from the subject of her thoughts, meeting the concerned eyes of Sarona 'Tamina Snuka' Reiher. ''Huh?''

She chuckled at her confused expression, moving over to stand in front of her as she perched on the bench. She had joined several of the FCW guys on their trip to Hard Nocks gym, but after finishing her work-out, had spent the rest of her time staring into space. ''You alright?''

''Yeah, fine. I was just thinking, that's all.'' She replied, sending the other woman a small smile. ''What's going on?''

Sarona turned to face the bench press area where everyone had gathered. ''Oh, Ettore's going to try to bench 575lbs raw, you want to come watch?''

Her eyebrows rose in suprise and she nodded. ''Fuck, yeah.''

She quickly got to her feet and followed her over to where everyone was crowded, noticing there was a small camera crew off to the side filming everything. She was cheering along with everyone else as Ettore, with Joe spotting him, managed to bench the impressive weight. After celebrating for a few minutes; Alexa made a beeline for John.

They spent a little while catching up before being interrupted by an apologetic Colby. ''Hey, sorry, we're heading back now if you need a ride?''

''Sure, I'll meet you guys outside.'' She smiled before turning to pull John into a hug.

''It was nice seeing you, shorty.'' He gave her a tight squeeze. ''Don't be a stranger.''

''You never know, you might be seeing me a lot sooner than you think.''

''Little Lexi!"

The group had headed straight to the arena after their stint at the gym, walking in to find Claudio walking through the halls someone Alexa hadn't seen in almost ten years. Chris Spradlin aka Chris Hero.

They had met shortly after she joined Ring of Honor. She had just started to become good friends with Phil and Scott and they had dragged her to one of the Chikara events they were performing at. They had teamed up with Chris and dubbed themselves the Gold Bond Mafia as they fought against The Black T-Shirt Squad of Reckless Youth, Mike Quackenbush and Don Montoya. He had a lot of matches with Scott and Phil during the time she was travelling with them and she even had a couple with him herself, so she had gotten to know him pretty well. They had lost contact shortly after she had been signed by the WWE and she hadn't seen him since.

''Holy shit! What the fuck are you doing here?''

Chris laughed at the woman's words, shock clear on her face as he leaned over to wrap her in a hug. As he pulled away, he smiled down at her. ''Nice to see you too!''

''I'm just surprised is all, nobody told me you were coming.''

''I kept it pretty quiet.'' He nodded before looking over the top of her head. ''Hey, guys.''

Alexa stood back as he greeted Jon and Colby, having met and worked with both men during his time in the indies.

''I didn't know you two knew each other.'' Colby stated, gesturing between the two of them.

''Yeah, we met when she first came up.'' He smirked over at her. ''You should've seen her, this scrawny little kid-''

Scowling, she aimed a punch at his arm, much to the amusement of the others. ''I was not scrawny.''

''Oh, you were... I'm sure I have some old photos somewhere.''

Colby grinned at him. ''Oh man, you have to find them, I want to see!''

Alexa cocked an eyebrow while shooting Chris a pointed look. ''You show them any pictures and I'll tell them what happened in Indiana after you beat Phil for the IWA:MS World Title...''

The man blanched and turned back to the men. ''On second thought, I don't think I have any photos.''

Jon folded his arms over his chest and leaned back against the wall, watching on in amusement as Colby tried to persuade her to tell them what dirt she had on Chris. While they were bickering, Claudio leaned over to whisper not-so-quietly in his old tag-team partner's ear. ''Is this about the lady-boy?''

Colby and Jon's heads whipped to face them so fast, Alexa was surprised they didn't get whiplash. Chris turned to hit the Swiss with a withering glare as she snorted out a laugh. ''Claud, dude, I'm not sure where you learned to whisper but I'm guessing it was inside a helicopter surrounded by fucking chainsaws.''

Claudio shrugged and gave her a sheepish smile. ''Whoops.''

''Dude, you have to tell us now.'' Jon drawled. ''Otherwise we're just going to fill in the blanks ourselves.''

''All I'm going to say is that I didn't actually... uh...''

''Fill in the blank?'' Alexa supplied, drawing laughs from everyone but Chris.

''Well, yeah.''

''That wasn't through lack of trying.''

''Lex!"

''What?'' She shrugged, her lips curling into an impish grin. ''It's not my fault that Davina turned out to be a Dave... though, I fail to see how you missed the Adam's apple... or the stubble?''

''I was wasted!"

''Dude, she practically had a full-on beard!"

''She did not!" He cried, turning to glare at Colby and Jon who were wheezing with laughter. ''I'm so happy you find this fucking funny!"

''Funny, no." Colby disagreed, trying to catch his breath. ''Hilarious, yes!''

''You haven't even heard the best part yet!" Alexa told him, ducking under Chris' arm as he tried to silence her. ''The only reason he found out that she was, in fact, a he, was because-''

''Lex!"

''-he got a bit too 'handsy' at the bar, if you know what I mean.''

This set the two men into another round of hysterics, even Claudio was snorting away as he watched his friend turn beet red. Chris gave them all the finger before looking over at Alexa. ''You're dead to me.''

A/N

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