Tuesday 18th June
''Kick her ass, Nattie!''
April took the Canadian down with a dropkick before shooting a half-hearted glare towards the announce table, where Alexa was sitting, and flipping her the bird. The woman just laughed and propped her feet up on the barricade, watching on as Nattie and April continued their practice session in the ring.
They were at the Nutter Center in Dayton, Ohio for the Smackdown taping that evening and, as was the norm, most of the roster was congregated around the ring; everyone waiting for their turn to go over some spots for their match.
Alexa didn't really have much to do in the show; Sierra just had a small appearance towards the end of Natalya and AJ's bout; she would come out, stand at the top of the ramp and watch, unimpressed, as AJ beat the veteran Diva.
Although she knew it was a little way off yet, but Alexa was really looking forward to her first match with April. As soon as they had found out they were going to be put in a program together, the pair of them had been shooting ideas back and forth constantly. They had sparred a little in the past and both women were beyond excited for the upcoming feud; the pair just itching to get into the ring so they could show everyone exactly what they could do.
''Sami's invited us out tonight.'' Jon's voice broke through her thoughts.
Alexa flashed him a smile. ''You want to go?''
He just shrugged, vaulting over the barricade before dropping into the seat beside her. ''It's completely up to you, I thought we were going to do something, just the two of us?''
''We can do that any time.'' She assured him. ''How often do you get to see Sami?''
''You sure you don't mind?''
''Of course not.'' She glanced around to make sure nobody was watching before leaning over to place a quick kiss on his lips. ''It'll be fun.''
''I think Jessica is going to be there too, so you'll finally get to meet her.''
Jessica Cricks, was Sami's girlfriend and also a talented wrestler in her own right. She was better known as Jessicka Havok, and Alexa had watched some of her matches on YouTube but had never had the opportunity to actually meet her.
''Awesome.''
''Hey, we-''
''Colby!''
Bryan's bellowing cut Jon off mid sentence, the pair turning to look towards the man in question who was sitting by Joe at the announce table, going over something in the script. The two-toned man was about to respond when another voice beat him to it.
''Colby?'' Randy questioned from nearby, his eyebrows furrowed. ''Who the fuck is Colby?''
Alexa snorted out a laugh of disbelief as Jon raised an eyebrow, shooting her an amused look.
Colby slowly raised his hand as Joe chuckled beside him. ''Uh... that'd be me...''
''I thought your name was Seth?''
''Nope.''
''Man, that... weird...''
Alexa's eyes narrowed as she interjected. ''And Randy isn't?''
Turning to her, Randy stammered for a moment as he realized how rude he sounded and quickly tried to amend his words.
Colby just waved him off with a laugh. ''It's cool, it is a pretty... unusual, name.''
''There's plenty of people called Colby.'' Alexa called out, pausing for a second as she thought. ''Uh... Colby Armstrong, Colby Bockwoldt, Colby Cohen, Colby Rasmus...''
''Colbie Caillat.'' Bryan added.
''She's a girl.''
''She's still called Colbie.''
''Doesn't count.''
''It does.''
''No, it doesn't.''
''Yes, it does!''
''No!''
''Yes!''
''N-''
Rolling his eyes, Jon reached over and placed his hand over Alexa's mouth before she could finish her exclamation, her eyes shifting sideways to glare at him.
Randy sniggered, despite himself, before he turned to Colby with an apologetic look. ''Sorry, man, I didn't mean...''
''Seriously, it's fine. I'm not offended or anything.'' The Iowan told him with a smile. ''Don't take this the wrong way, but I don't really care what you think of my name.''
The other man nodded casually and uttered another apology before he wandered off, leaving Bryan to talk to Colby about whatever it was he had wanted in the first place.
Alexa pulled Jon's hand away from her mouth, shooting him a look of disgust. ''Ew, get it away from me, I don't know where it's been.''
''I think you know exactly where it's been.'' He leered at her. ''And you weren't complaining last night.''
''You two are so gross.'' Bryan muttered as he walked by them, apparently having finished his conversation with Colby.
''Bite me.''
''You said that last night too.''
''Jon!''
Bryan just shook his head and wandered off, Jon's laugh turning into a wince when she delivered a stinging slap to his thigh.
''Hey, so I kind of wanted to talk to you about something...''
Alexa moved the straw away from her lips and placed her drink down on the table in front of her, shooting the man opposite a curious look.
''Okay?''
Jon cleared his throat awkwardly before meeting her gaze. ''Well, you know we were talking about getting a place together?''
''Yeah.''
''You still want to?''
Biting back a laugh at the nervous expression on his face, she grinned. ''Of course I do.''
''Good.'' He exhaled heavily. ''I was worried that you might have changed you mind, you know, because of... everything that happened.''
''Yeah, that was a bad time...'' She told him softly. ''But I love you and, well, I'm in this for the long haul. You're it for me... you know? I'll never want anyone else.''
Jon's face broke out into a wide smile and he rose from his chair, moving around the table to drop into the seat beside hers before covering her mouth with his; their lips gliding over each other smoothly.
He pulled back, his breath ghosting across her cheek as he spoke. ''You're the best thing that's ever happened to me, you have no idea how much I love you.''
''I think I've got a pretty good idea.'' She responded, kissing him softly on the nose.
''Urgh, I think this is my cue to vomit.''
The pair turned their heads, Sami holding his hands up defensively under their withering glares.
''What? You guys are sickening.''