Impractical Jokers Requests Book Two

Faithful (Alternative Storyline) Sal x Brian - Part One

Y'all asked for it, so I'm finally delivering it - only took me like a year, yeesh. A different outcome to a chapter from 'Faithful'.

Sal's POV

Things between Brian and I were getting worse as time went on. We were drifting apart, fight after fight, but neither of us ever knowing what to do to fix things between us. I won't lie to you, I miss the man that I married, I miss the Brian that he once was...not this tensed and angered man, leaving me always on edge. It was like I was constantly treading on eggshells around him, scared to say something in case it made him flip.

I was sat watching TV, when I heard the front door open, knowing full well that it was Brian and Ashleigh returning from their swimming afternoon. Ashleigh came running into the living room, attacking me with a hug, as Brian sauntered in after her, quietly taking a seat on the sofa across the room from me, not even able to bring himself to look at me.

"Dada, I made a friend today!" Ashleigh exclaimed, as I gasped – over the top of course, you know kids love that.

"You did? That's awesome, Sweetie!" I kissed her cheek, as she took a seat in my lap, cuddling into me.

"His name was Calum, and he's three too!" She giggled, as my eyebrows crossed.

A sudden streak of fatherhood strictness kicked into play, and I couldn't help it. I didn't want my girl growing up so quickly, already talking with boys and whatnot...who am I kidding, they're just friends – now I see how stupid my next sentence was.

"So Daddy let you speak to a boy, huh?" I snapped at Brian, my eyes shifting across the room towards him. He shrugged his shoulders, confusion across his face.

"Sal, they're three...they don't even know what all that is yet." He retaliated, as I scoffed loudly. I placed my hands over Ashleigh's ears, covering her from hearing anymore of our conversation.

"They know more than you think." I spat, as Brian rolled his eyes. I'm pretty sure that he mumbled something under his breath too, but I was too far away to hear what it was exactly that he said.

"They were playing and having fun, what was the harm? His mother gave me her number so that Ash could go round there for play dates in the future." He stated, immediate regret overwhelming his body, as his face screwed up. So he got a chick's number...how convenient for him.

"Ashleigh, go upstairs to play, Sweetie. Daddy and I need a chat." I gritted my teeth, biting back my tongue, as Ash ran out of the room. As soon as I heard her bedroom door close, I laid into Brian on his behaviour. What? If you ask me, my husband should not be going out and gaining a woman's number, especially when he was supposed to be spending time with our daughter. "So...you got a girl's number, huh?"

"Oh leave it, Sal!" Brian huffed, as he threw his head back against the sofa. His head was shaking, probably at how petty I was being, but I had to make sure that he wasn't cheating, right? We had been distant lately, and all I hoped was that he wasn't using Ashleigh to get some digits.

"What was she like?"

"Sal...stop being so pathetic. I merely took Karen's number to arrange play dates. That's it."

"Oh, so she has a name." I snapped. Brian ran a hand through his hair, sighing out in frustration.

"Be that way, Sal, okay. I'm done with this bullshit. You know I wouldn't do that to you, but your stupid ass gets paranoid over every damn detail. I was doing it to let our daughter make a friend. You should have seen her little face, she was so damn happy. Isn't that what you want?" He hissed through gritted teeth. I looked at him, feeling slightly guilty, but I couldn't let my guard down so easily.