Hey! I'm back with another chapter! I see that y'all loved the meeting and interaction between AJ and Matty! It let's me know I'm doing my job right! Shoutout to my girls JustCherry73, GoldenGirl1920 and wwechristina for your love and support! Love you ladies!
I don't own anyone affiliated with the WWE...sadly. I pretty much own everyone but Allen in this chapter...he owns himself. Obviously. I also own the storyline.
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Allen POV
Finally getting to meet Matty was definitely worth the wait. The way his eyes lit up when they landed on me is something I know I'm never going to forget. I meant what I said when I told Rory that he's an incredible kid. I'm definitely looking forward to spending more time with him, that's for sure. And his reaction when he finally learns his mom and I are dating…I only hope it's good.
Speaking of Rory, my god does she look amazing tonight. I can't wait to get my hands on her later. It's been way too damn long and having to go another day with touching her…I don't even wanna think about that. Mainly, also because that's not gonna happen. Thank God.
I also told Rory some not so good news about tonight's show though. It's planned for Jordan's character to turn on mine and it's not going to end on a nice note. When telling her this, I didn't realize I was going to have to calm her down as much as I had to when I told her, just simply because he was going to beat up on me. The haunted look in her eyes tore at me, but there is nothing I can do about it. I have no say in what happens; it's all up to the creative writers. I shouldn't have even told her what's going to happen, but I didn't want her overreacting and worrying as much as I know she would have if I didn't.
"Hey, everything alright?" Jordan asked, walking up to me.
I look up at him in question. "Yeah, why wouldn't I be?" I reply.
"You were in your own little world there, not to mention you had a troubled look on your face," he responds as he continues to watch me warm up for our tag team match later against Rey and Dominik.
"Ahh, yeah. I kinda told Rory what's suppose to happen tonight. I didn't want her freaking out when the moment happened because I know she would have overreacted otherwise. And with Matty…he wouldn't understand why she's reacting the way she is. And before you ask, no, he has no idea we're together. I don't even know how she…we are going to broach that subject to him," I tell Jordan and a look of understanding crosses his face.
"When the time is right, you guys will be able to tell him. Your kids already know you two are together and they love her. Matty already adored you before today, so that's half the battle already won," he replies and I look up at him in astonishment. "Yeah, I have my moments. Don't get use to them though," Jordan adds and I laugh.
"Thank you, man. Truly. I just hope Matty does accept me as the new man in his and his moms life," I respond and Jordan places a hand on my shoulder.
"I have no doubt he will."
Aurora POV
I'm trying to not show the level of my anxiety right now after what Allen had told me back in that dressing room. Learning that Jordan, well…Omos is going to be turning on him and that it's not going to end well, has me more than freaking out with worry. Allen told me nothing else. Just that he's going to be getting beat up a little and I honestly don't know how to handle that at the moment. But for the sake of Matty, I know I have to because I'm sure he's not going to take it well himself.
Their promo with The Miz just ended backstage and now Miz is coming out to hold his segment called Miz TV with AJ and Omos being his guests. Now this Allen didn't tell me about and it has me worried with what is going to happen.
I guess the WWE Universe doesn't like The Miz too much because the second his music hit, the crowd loudly booed as he came out. The second he opened his mouth I could tell why…he's obnoxious as hell. A bunch of nonsense is being said until AJ brings up the fact of last week that Miz used his wife Maryse as a human shield against Edge. The look on Miz's face was quite comical because he's not wrong about it!
Then AJ starts to question Omos and before he can respond, Rey Mysterio's music goes off and the crowd goes wild. I look down at Matty and he is jumping up and down while screaming his head off. I'm just glad he is enjoying himself. I can't thank Allen enough for making this happen for him. Raw goes to a commercial break and they begin to start playing what I'm remembering to be DX's music and everybody goes crazy once more as they try to get themselves on the jumbo tron screen.
During this time, Allen comes over to us and as promised, gives his shirt to Matty. "Hey, there is my buddy! I told you I wouldn't forget about ya!" Allen tells Matty, ruffling his hair with a smile. "Are you having fun so far?" He asks and Matty nods his head with a big smile on his face.
"I am! This is so cool!" Matty exclaims and I rub his back gently, kneeling down so he can hear me.
"What do you say to AJ for giving you his shirt?" I ask him and Matty's eyes widen up at me before turning his attention back onto Allen.
"Thank you so much!" He exclaims and Allen holds his hand up once more, silently asking Matty to 'too sweet' him. Oh boy, I think this might become their new thing because Matty is loving this a little too much.
"You're welcome, bud. I'm glad you're having a good time!" Allen replies and then puts his attention onto me when Rey comes over to say hi. "I told Rey about you and Matty, but now that he's over here…I can focus on you. You need to calm down, baby. I can see the stress written all over your face. I'm going to be fine. Yeah, it's going to hurt like a bitch, but I'll be alright by the end of the night. I promise," he explains to me, grabbing my hand.
Sighing, I look up into his blue eyes and I can see in them that he's telling the truth, but that's not going to stop me from worrying about him. "Ugh, I know. I'm sorry. I just can't help it. I'm going to worry; its my girlfriend and motherly instinct to fret over you when you get hurt. I don't like seeing you in pain," I reply and while Rey has Matty distracted, Allen pulls me in close.
"I know you don't and I love you for that, but it's comes with the job. I promise, I'm going to be okay. If it makes you feel better…later on when we're alone, I'll let you tend to my wounds. How does that sound?" He teases me and I give him a scolding look.
"That's not funny," I retort, lightly slapping his chest and he grabs my hand, holding it against him.
"You loved it though. Don't deny it," he grins down at me, lowering his head towards mine and before the lights come back up, he presses a quick kiss to my lips and throws a wink in my direction before breaking away.
"Oh, you are so going to pay for that later, mister," I tell him quietly, even though I know he doesn't hear me. But that was the point.
The match goes and when AJ attempts to tag Omos in, he is left hanging and somehow I know this is when it happens…well after he eats the pin for being distracted. God, I fucking hate this. I really do. I never thought I'd get so attached to someone like I have with Allen and to see him have to go through this simply because it's part of a storyline, it sucks ass.
The moment of truth happens, AJ just called Omos a piece of trash and gets whatever hits he can get in on him. And unfortunately, let's face it…they're not much because the dude is fucking huge. AJ attempts to get his Phenomenal Forearm in on Omos, but he's caught on the top rope by this throat no less and I have to cover my eyes for when Omos holds AJ 8 feet up into the air before letting him drop to the mat from that height.
Matty is screaming whatever comes to his mind at Omos as he walks down the aisle and to the back. I however, can't take my eyes off of my boyfriend who is still lying prone in the middle of the goddamn ring. He rolled over at one point, facing us and to see the genuine pain painted across his face…it hurt me just as much as I'm sure it hurt Allen. I have to keep reminding myself though that this is a storyline, but I just can't help it; the man I love is in pain and there is nothing I can do about it at the moment.
I have to console Matty, reminding him like I've had to remind myself multiple times in the last few minutes, that it's just a storyline and that AJ is alright.
The rest of the show goes off without a hitch, but I just can't seem to get my mind off of Allen. And almost as if he knows I'm thinking about him, a text message comes through.
Allen: I know you're out there worrying about me…stop it. I'm fine. I promise. But with the show almost being through, the head of security…he's a bald guy named Jeff. He knows where you are and to come get you and Matty when the show is over. He'll bring you to me.
I shake my head at his comment because he knows me too well. I look up and over where I noticed a lot of the backstage hands have been standing and I vaguely see a bald man standing over there, so I can only assume that that is Jeff.
Aurora: You know I can't help it; you know I'm going to worry about you. But I will sit here like a good little girl and wait for Jeff to come collect me and Matty.
Allen doesn't respond, but I know the second half of my response got to him and I already know I'll be paying for it later. There is going to be a lot of payback tonight…I can tell you that much! And I can't freaking wait!
After Raw goes off air, Jeff comes to retrieve myself and Matty and brings us back to Allen's personal locker room. Matty doesn't question it because he is still in awe of everything around him and what happened tonight.
Jeff leaves us at the door to Allen's locker room and wishes us a good evening. I knock on the door and moments later, Allen opens it. When his eyes land on me the smile on his face has mine becoming wider.
"AJ!" Matty exclaims and both Allen and I break eye contact to look down at him. Allen steps to the side, letting us into the room and shuts the door.
"Hey Matty! So, did you have a good time tonight? And I see you still have my shirt," Allen asks and quickly wraps an arm around my waist, pressing a kiss to the side of my neck while Matty is distracted.
He turns towards us just in time for Allen to pull away some, but he still keeps some sort of physical contact with me. I look over at Allen and I can see in his eyes he wants to tell Matty about us.
"I did! Tonight was so much fun! But I don't like Omos anymore. He's a big jerk for what he did to you!" Matty exclaims with anger and sadness.
I turn a stern eyes towards my child at his choice of wording. "Matthew Thomas, what have I told you about the name calling? It's not nice, even if we know what Omos did to AJ wasn't nice. And I told you, that it wasn't real, sweetheart. AJ and Omos are friends in real life and you know real friends don't do that to each other," I say, correcting him.
Allen kneels down to Matty's level and wraps an arm around his waist, "your mom is right, buddy. Omos and I are very good friends outside of the ring. He actually would like to meet you. He's already left for the night, but if your mom is okay with it, I promised him next time that he could meet you," he tells Matty and looks up at me and I can he's really wanting to tell Matty.
I know Allen can see the fear and uncertainty in my eyes, but I subtly nod my head, giving the okay and the smile on Allen's face broadens. "There is also something else I…we need to tell you, baby," I tell Matty and sit down on the couch, patting the spot next to me.
Matty plops down next to me and Allen sits on the opposite side of him. Kind of like at the beginning of the night. "Is everything okay?" Matty asks, looking back and forth between the two of us.
"Yeah, bud. Everything is perfect. Your Mama and I wanted to tell you some big news that is going to change things with all 3 of us," Allen begins and Matty's eyes widen.
I begin to pet Matty's hair and he looks up at me, "baby, AJ and I met before tonight. He actually came into my job back in August and we started talking. We decided that we liked each other a lot," I begin to tell him and Allen chuckles.
"Babe, now you're just beating around the bush," he tells me before turning his attention onto Matty, "what your mom is trying to tell you, is that she and I are together."
Matty looks over at Allen in question before his eyes widen and his head shoots in my direction and I can see he's putting the pieces together. "You 2 are together…like you're boyfriend and girlfriend?" He asks, his tone excited as he bounces up and down in place.
"That's exactly what we mean," Allen replies happily and Matty squeals out his happiness and darts up from the couch and begins bouncing around the room.
I look over at Allen and we both laugh at Matty's reaction. "I think it's safe to say he's excited," I say and Allen closes the space between us and wraps his arm around me, pressing a kiss to the side of my head.
"I think you're right," Allen laughs and adds, "I had a feeling he would be though," he says and I can't help but smile up at him. "I love you, darlin'," he whispers to me before he presses a soft kiss to my lips.
"I love you, too," I whisper back, nuzzling my nose against Allen's affectionately and rest my head on his shoulder before turning my attention back onto Matty.
He runs back up to us and asks, "does this mean you're going to be around a lot?" Matty looks up at Allen with wide hopeful eyes.
Spreading his legs just a little bit wider, Allen pulls Matty in between them and wraps his other arm around him, "as much as my job will allow me to. But I am going to be with you guys until Thursday morning," he said and Matty looks at him with curiosity.
"Do you have to go back to work then?" Matty asks.
Allen releases a small chuckle, "no. I won't be going back until after Christmas. I have children of my own back home that I want to see and spend Christmas with," he begins.
"Baby, we may be part of his life now, but he has responsibilities that don't include you or me. He has a family and a life back at home, but I know any chance he gets, Allen will come visit us," I tell Matty and he nods his head in understanding.
"This is so cool. My mom is dating AJ Styles!" Matty exclaims, but then a big yawn escapes his tiny mouth and he begins to lean into Allen as he grows sleepy.
"I think that's our cue to head out," Allen chuckles and shifts Matty so he can hold him properly.
Laughing lightly, I get to my feet alongside Allen. "I think you're right and I've got him, babe. You have your bag to carry," I say and he's having none of it as I go to take Matty from his hold.
"Nah uh. Couple now. Remember? I'll carry him while you carry my bag. It's not nearly as heavy as him," Allen retorts and I look up at him in defeat, nodding my head.
"Right. I'm sorry. You gotta remember, I went 5 years with being a single mom and having to deal with everything," I reply, picking his gym bag up off the floor.
"I know, but you've got me now. When we're together, you don't need to worry about any heavy lifting…okay?" Allen placates me gently and I nod my head.
Stepping up to Allen, I lean in and press a soft kiss to his lips. "Thank you for being so amazing. I love you…so much," I whisper against his lips and the look in his eyes steals my breath away.
"I love you, too, darlin'…more than you'll ever know," he whispers back.