Next Day, 12:25 P.M...

It was now time for Shane and Alexa to return to the Big Apple, the NYC, whatever term you wanna use. Zak was currently waiting outside for them in his car, so he could drive them to the airport. Price and his princess were gathering their last bits of luggage they had taken with them. Paige had insisted on tagging along so she could join her brother in seeing them off.

"You're sure you packed all your stuff? You're not forgetting anything?" Paige asked her guests.

"Yeah, I didn't bring much anyway. What about you, babe? Did you pack your unnecessary amount of clothes and makeup?" Shane joked.

"Haha, very funny." Alexa, snarky as always.

"I'll take that as a yes. We're all ready to go, Midnight."

The pale girl sighed.

"I'm really gonna miss you two around here. It'll be pretty lonely with you gone." She admitted melancholically.

"Same here, but you've got both our numbers. You can still call or FaceTime us whenever you want." Shane told her.

"You're right. I'll be sure to take advantage of that."

"And if you have anymore embarrassing Shane stories, feel free to call me up. Seriously, I can't get enough of those." Alexa said while smirking at her boyfriend.

"...Just wait a year. I guarantee I'll have a fuckload of embarrassing stories about you." He said, frowning.

Paige chuckled at the interaction between her two friends.

"Hold on, before we leave, I've got somethin' to show you guys. I promise it won't take long. Come with me upstairs." She requested.

Shane and Alexa obliged, and followed the Brit to her room. She rolled out the pullout bed that Alexa had been sleeping on for the past few days, took the sheet off, and sat on it. Price could tell at that moment exactly what she was planning on showing them, and he had to keep himself from laughing.

"She's gonna freak!" He thought to himself.

"Okay, here's one more Shane story before we go.", Paige started, "In like March of last year, blonde boy over here was staying over at my house for the weekend. We were in here sitting on this very mattress, watchin' an MMA fight. Somewhere in the middle of watchin' this thing, we start arguing over who would win between the two of us in a brawl. One thing led to another, and we started play wrestling with one another. We did this for a while, and in the end, he had me pinned underneath him. I ended up giving up, and he wouldn't shut his mouth about it. Keep in mind, he's still on top of me. He wouldn't get off, so I used my legs to kick him off. I guess I kicked him a little too hard, cause he lost his balance and bumped his head on the metal edge of the bed."

Alexa gasped.

"Oh no. Was he hurt?"

Shane looked over at her.

"Woman, you get hit hard in the head with a piece of metal and see if you come out completely unscathed."

Bliss folded her arms and pouted.

"Well, excuse me for being concerned about my boyfriend."

Paige laughed then continued.

"You guys are so cute together. Anyway, he hits his head and starts rolling around the floor while holding his head, yelling. I helped him of course."

"Yeah, but not before you pointed at me, laughed at me, and called me a pussy." Shane grumbled.

"Oh, get over it, bruv. I was just takin' the piss. So, I help him up, and we notice that the poor bloke's bleeding. But, don't worry. I cleaned and dressed the wound. I even made a sandwich for the tosser."

The petite princess smiled warmly at the ending.

"Aww, that's actually pretty sweet. But... You said you wanted to show us something. What was it?"

Paige moved from where she was sitting, and gestured toward it. You could see the color drain from her face as she stared at the bloodstains. It looked like she was about to start shaking.

"Is... is that..."

Shane put a hand on her shoulder.

"Yup, that's muh blood."

3, 2, 1...

"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!"

Alexa ran out of the room screaming bloody murder. The poor girl was absolutely terrified. As she ran out, both Shane and Paige laughed hard, clutching at their stomachs. Eventually, they both recover from their respective laughing fits.

"Oh.. Oh, man. I figured she'd be freaked out, but not to that point." Paige explainer, wiping a tear from her eye.

"She's so gonna yell at me when we get in the car." Shane said. Then, he went in for a hug with his best friend. She returned the embrace.

"Thanks for everything, Midnight." He thanked sincerely.

"Same to you, love."


7:39 P.M...

The two teens were exhausted from the flight back home, but were happy to be back nonetheless. Shane had called his dad to let him know that they were in the airport. His dad then told him to go outside and look for him. They both exited the airport and looked around, quickly finding Kevin Price's car. Then, they made their way to it, lazily lugging their bags all the way there. As they came closer, they saw the man with a big, jolly smile on his face.

"Hey, the young ones made it back alright. Not that I'm surprised. So, tell me, son... Did you take care of your business?" The grown man asked.

"Pshhh, did I take care of- Did you really just ask that? I'm a Price man, through and through. Of course I took care of my damn business. It's what we do, dad!"

Kevin reached through the open window to give his son a pound.

"You're goddamn right it is!"

Simultaneously they started chanting, "Yuh, Yuh, Yuh", over and over again, much to the amusement of one Alexa Bliss. She shook her head.

"Price men." She thought before saying, "Alright, boys. If you don't mind, can we go? I'm tired."

"As you wish, Short Stuff. Yo, dad, pop the trunk so we can put our junk in it."

"Sure thing, kiddo."

They placed their stuff inside the trunk and closed it, then got inside the car. From there, they drove to the block they called home.

30 minutes later, and they had just about reached their destination. Shane was right at the end of telling his dad about Alexa's hilarious freakout from right before they departed Arizona.

"So after she saw it, she ran out of the room screaming! You should've seen the look on her face. I'm surprised she didn't end up pissing herself! Hahaha!"

The patriarch of the Price family couldn't help but laugh.

"Damn, that is pretty funny." He admitted.

"No it isn't." Alexa contested, not laughing at all.

"I told you, Bliss. I'm gonna have embarrassing stories about you too."

Little Miss Bliss responded to that by flipping him off, which in turn caused the Price boys to laugh even more.

"Oh, lighten up. Anyways, we're here. And would ya look at that... You've got company." Kevin told the kids.

Shane and Alexa looked out the window to see the gang on the curb in front of the Price home. Becky, Dean, Seth, and Bayley were all out there, waving at them. Shane looked at Bliss.

"Let's go say hi to our friends, shall we?"

She smiled and nodded.

They both exited the vehicle, and the second they did, Bayley was already charging at them with hugging intentions in mind.

"Brace for impact!" Alexa yelled.

Oh, there was impact indeed. Bayley gripped them both with all her strength. It was to the point where they were both wheezing like heavy smokers.

"I missed you so much! I'm so glad you're both back home and safe!" Bayley happily proclaimed.

"Th-Thanks... Smiles."

"Yeah... Thanks."

They both were struggling to get out their words, but luckily for them, she let go. Then came the others. Seth gave Shane a fist bump and a pat on the back, then he gave Alexa hug of his own, but way less... bone-crushingly. Becky hugged both of them as well. Dean, looking tired as usual, walked up to Shane and held his hand out for a hi five. Shane gave it to him... but didn't let go of his hand.

"Hey man, what are you doing? Let go of me."

Shane stared directly into his face.

"I didn't forget what you did while I was gone."

Dean's eyes went wide, and he instantly realized he was in some shit right about now. He snatched his hand away and started running down the street, at max speed. Shane quickly followed him, determined to make Dean pay for destroying his headphones.

"You broke my shit!" He yelled out while chasing his friend.

"I'm sorry! I'll pay you back I promise!" Dean yelled back.

As the two boys ran and ran, everyone else watched them. Kevin just shook his head and went into his house. Bayley was giggling at what she saw, and Seth was just thinking about how Shane should catch up to him since he was on the football team. Becky and Alexa were smirking, obviously enjoying what they were looking at.

"Should we tell them to stop?" Becky asked the petite princess.

She shrugged and folded her arms.

"Nah, let em go. It's funny."

AN: And now the next arc can truly begin. See you guys then. Peace.