Part of Alexa's routine was to stop and have a coffee somewhere whenever she neared the end of her drive to a booking. It ensured that she arrived refreshed and ready to engage with the client, and it also gave her a chance to have a final read through of the relevant booking form.
Sitting in her BMW, sipping her coffee, Alexa pulled up the form for this evening's booking on her phone. There was a little Moment of Bliss logo next to the client's name, meaning that they were a repeat client. Seeing that logo would prompt Alexa to access the company's database and refresh her memory about what had happened the last time she had seen the client in question, if she couldn't already remember.
On this occasion, she had no need to use the database. She could remember the previous booking quite well. After all, it hadn't been long ago. Reading over what had been requested of her today, she smiled to herself. None of it was particularly surprising, now that she thought about it.
Shortly, Alexa finished her coffee and got back on the road. It didn't take her sat-nav long to direct her to the address she had been given. It was a different to address to the one she had come to last time for this client, she recalled, and that was a good thing. Last time, she had shown up at a run-down apartment block. By contrast, she was now parked on the driveway of a modest, modern single storey house. It even had a well maintained front garden. Somehow, she doubted that Dean Ambrose was the one taking care of it.
Remembering back to the previous booking, Alexa was looking forward to seeing Dean again. Sure, he had scruffy hair, not the best dress sense, and his apartment had been a bit of a hole, but he had come across as a genuinely nice guy who was trying to better himself in life. For that reason, Alexa had liked him, and had enjoyed helping him to put his former school bullies in their place at the reunion she had attended with him.
Getting out of her BMW, Alexa fetched her travel case from the trunk and walked up the front door. There was no doorbell, so she gave the door a knock, getting ready to give Mr Ambrose one of her best smiles.
The door opened after about thirty seconds. What Alexa saw surprised her greatly. Dean Ambrose had cut his hair, and was wearing a grey shirt and black pants that looked quite smart. It was like looking at a different man. "Wow! You look great!" she exclaimed. "I mean, good to see you again."
Dean laughed. "I wondered what your reaction would be. It didn't disappoint. Come in, Alexa."
"Sorry, it just came as a surprise," she chuckled as he stood aside, holding the door for her while she hauled her case over the threshold.
"Sorry to burst the bubble, but the trim wasn't my idea. The wrestling company I work for had me do it as a way to transform my character."
Alexa stopped and looked at him, studying his appearance. "Yeah? Well, I like it. It suits you."
"I don't know about that," Dean said, giving her the impression that he had done a lot of grumbling about his transformation. He pushed the door closed and gestured for her to walk through to the living room.
The house all seemed to have been recently decorated, and the furniture looked to be new. There was a comfortable-looking leather couch opposite a large TV on the wall, and there was also an elaborate and obviously expensive sound system. It was a bachelor's living room if ever she had seen one. "Nice place you've got here," she commented, looking around.
"Thanks. I had to get out of that crap hole of an apartment. I bought this place and decided to throw a load of money at it. Got it all decorated, threw out all my furniture and started again, the whole nine. I figured that way I'd only have to do it all once."
"Makes sense," Alexa said. "Moving is the absolute worst thing."
Dean paused for a second and sighed, getting down to the problem at hand. "So, you will have obviously read what I put in the booking request. I got invited out again by Marty Scurll, Deonna, Jinder and Alicia. Remember you met them last time?"
"Oh, trust me, I remember them," Alexa said with some satisfaction. "I remember the look on Deonna's face when she thought she was going to beat me at pool and I cleaned up without even letting her in for a shot. It was very satisfying."
"Hell yeah it was," Dean said, smiling at the memory. "I thought after that night I was done with them, but Marty invited me out with them again, and he made a point of saying, 'Bring Lexi with you'. It made me think that maybe he's onto what the deal was with us that night and he thinks I wouldn't be able to bring my girlfriend because we're not actually together."
"I see," Alexa said in an understanding tone.
"Luckily, when I called your office a week or so back, they were able to fit me in today thanks to a cancellation. It was a real stroke of luck."
"And now here I am," Alexa said cheerfully. "Lexi will go to the ball."
"Or at least the bowling alley," Dean said with a grin.
"Or that," Alexa giggled. "Fair warning though, don't expect a repeat performance of last time. I can't bowl to save my life."
"Doesn't matter," Dean said with a shrug. "All that matters is Lexi is there, still as in love with me as she was before. I think that's what they're hoping not to see, so that's what we're going to show them."
Alexa nodded. "No problem. Then back here afterwards." For sex, she didn't need to add. Last time, sex hadn't been a part of Dean's booking, but he had seemed inquisitive about that side of what A Moment of Bliss offered.
"Yeah," Dean said a little awkwardly. "Last time you mentioned sex had to be in the booking request if I wanted it, so this time I put it in. I haven't paid for it before, but I figured you would make it worth it."
"Oh, I will," she promised.
"I don't doubt it." Dean paused again. "Do you want to, ugh, go and change? The bathroom is through there, the door at the end," he said, pointing to an open door across the room.
"Sure," Alexa said. Taking her travel case with her, she headed for the bathroom.
Ten minutes later, Alexa was changed into her outfit for the evening. She had a tight-fitting sleeveless pink top on that was made of a shiny PVC-like material. Black leather pants and black high heel shoes completed the look. The outfit would be somewhat ruined once she had to replace the heels with bowling shoes, but that was unavoidable. What really mattered was that the look was sexy without being over the top. She wasn't schmoozing with businessmen at a function in a five star hotel, she was going out bowling with her 'boyfriend'. For that kind of occasion, she was dressed perfectly. She would catch the eye for her beauty, not because she looked out of place.
Emerging from the bathroom, Alexa made her way back to the living room. She found Dean sitting on the couch. He got up when she entered, looking blown away by the sight of her.
"You are literally the sexiest girl I've ever seen," he said, shaking his head as if he could barely believe what he was seeing with his own eyes.
"Thank you," Alexa said sweetly, enjoying the reaction as ever.
Dean picked his car keys up off the table and put on a leather jacket that had been dumped on a chair in a corner of the room. "Okay, Lexi, let's go and do some bowling. If we leave now we should be there before the others. They can walk in and see us sitting in the bar, having a drink and a good time. I think that will make a perfect start to the evening."
"Let's do it," Alexa said in a relaxed manner.
A/N: Thank you to everyone who left a review on the previous chapter. I had another two ideas come in as well, so we're still building up the list!
Shout out to xBreezyMeadowsx and TheJD for correctly predicting Dean as the client for this chapter.
How do you think Alexa and Dean's bowling 'date' will go in the next chapter?