It All Started With A Kiss (Continuation)

The Apology

I wake up in the morning and Alex is still sleeping, so is Aly. I get out of bed and head out, towards the kitchen not finding Mike anywhere. I go into the kitchen and it's empty. I start to make myself something. While I'm making food, Aly walks in.

"Morning Dolce." She mumbles.

"Morning."

"Whatcha' makin'?" She asks.

"I was in the mood for pancakes this morning. Haven't had them in like forever."

"Ah, sounds good. I kind of feel like having some fruit too." She says, walking over and pulling out a bowl.

She grabs some different fruit and starts cutting it up.

"How'd you sleep?" I ask.

"So so." She shrugs.

"As long as you got some sleep..."

"I don't know why, but I had some nightmares." I add.

"I had some myself."

"I hope this is the last time we ever have nightmares about this." I sigh.

"I know me too."

After I finish the pancakes, I grab few plates and start stacking the pancakes on them. Aly leaves most of the fruit in the bigger bowl, scooping some into a smaller one for herself. When I turn around to head to the fridge for the syrup, that's when I notice Mike sitting at the counter. I just ignore him and do what I was going to do. I leave the syrup out and grab my plate with a fork, heading out into the living room to eat. Aly gets her plate and utensils while also grabbing a drink before she walks out to the swing on the back porch, ignoring Mike the whole time. He watches her as she goes outside onto the back porch, and sighs to himself. She sits on the swing and eats while listening to the waves crashing when she hears the door open and close. She doesn't acknowledge it and just continues eating. Mike had walked out and stood there by the door, contemplating talking to her or not.

"You know you really put yourself in a deep hole." She says without looking at him.

"...I know."

"I'm sorry really isn't gonna cut it."

"Yeah, I know."

"Just making sure you know that."

"The anger just took control over everything."

"I know."

"But you didn't need to take it out on all of us." She adds.

"And yelling at me certainly wasn't necessary." She finishes.

He stands there and just nods in agreement, not saying really anything right now.

"You yelling at me really hurt. Especially when you said that I don't understand how you feel about this. I might not have been in a steel cage when I lost my title but I had 3 opponents and I wasn't even the one that got pinned for the win so the situation might not be the same but I think I have a pretty good understanding of how that felt."

"...I forgot."

"And even if I didn't, I'm your wife. I'm supposed to be able to offer comfort and support even if I don't really understand. And onto other matters, you really didn't need to take it out on Alex last night. It wasn't his fault that the ref's decision got reversed."

"I know." He sighs.

"You have some major work to do. You have to make it up to me, apologize to Alex for both going off on him for you losing and apologize for arguing with Dolce. Then of course you have to apologize to her. And good luck with that because she is really not happy with you at all."