Long nights and too many miles to go. That's what it was always like on the way home to Baltimore. Stacy turned her car into her condo complex, and pressed on the breaks. Getting out of the car, she stretched her legs and her back. She walked to the back of her car, and opened the trunk. As she got her bags out, her cell phone rang.

"Hello?"

"Stacy, hi!"

"Who's this?"

"It's me, Randy."

"Oh hey Sweetie, what's going on?"

"Just called because I'm missing you."

"Aww, babe, I've been gone for almost a day."

"That's too long."

"Well I'd say someone is missing me very much."

The conversation went on this way for many more minutes. She took her bags from her trunk and walked up the stairs to her condo. Opening up the door, Randy told her he had something important to tell her.

"We've been together for a little while now ya know?"

"Yeah."

"Well, I think it's time I tell you this." He paused for a minute and on the other end she could hear him sigh. "Stacy, I think I'm in love with you."

She couldn't speak. He had been the first person she'd seriously dated to tell her this.

"Are you still there Sweetie, I'm sorry. I'll talk to you later."

"No no, I'm here. Just...shocked."

"I'm sorry."

"Randy, I think I'm falling in love with you too."

After they got off the phone, she tied her blonde locks up in a hair band, and turned on the bath water. She poured some bubbles in and waited until it was full enough for her to soak. Finally after undressing, she stepped into the tub, and slid in. A little while had passed since she got in and her phone rang. She grabbed it and turned it on.

"Randy, I told you we'd talk tomorrow."

"No, John, but if you want me to be Randy sure."

"Ohh, hey John."

"Umm, Vince wants you and I to do a signing together in a few days, so how about I drive there and we go together?"

"Wait, signing where and for what reason?"

"Signing promoting Summerslam, and in North Carolina."

"Are you sure you want to drive that far just to get me?"

"Of course, I don't mind. I'll be home on Wednesday and I'll call you before I leave okay? It'll be sometime in the morning."

"Sure, I'll talk to you later."

She hung up the phone and continued to soak in the tub. When she got out she wrapped herself up in a towel and found her night clothes. There was a picture of her and Randy sitting beside the bed. She figured shed call him in the morning and let him know that she wasn't going to be home for a few days and wouldn't see him until Monday. Crawling into bed, she set her alarm so she could have just enough time to get up and pack some things for an over night stay in North Carolina.
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John crawled out of bed, and into a pair of workout shorts early the next morning. He had to catch a flight back to West Newbury and it was in an hour. He ran his fingers through his short, and bed head hair, and then threw on a ball cap. At the same time he tried to put a shirt on and his sneakers at the same time and ended up falling. He put the rest of his things in his duffle bag and headed out the door in hopes to make it to the airport on time.

"John, John!" He heard a voice call out from behind him. It was his co- worker and good friend Billy Kidman. "Where are you off too this early in the morning?"

"I'm off to catch a plane."

"Oh, heading home?"

"Yeah then off to North Carolina. Great fun isn't it?"

"Of course. Well have a great time."

He walked to his rental car, put his bags in the back, and then began driving to the airport. Nothing he could find on the radio interested him so he turned it off. He had a half an hour to get through baggage check and then to his gate. As he turned in the keys to his rental car, he pulled his cap over his eyes so the fans wouldn't notice him. He rushed through the baggage check, then to his gate, and turned in his ticket just in time to get on the plane. Since Vince bought his ticket for the inconvenience of leaving Winnipeg early, he was sitting in first class.

John fell asleep half way to Mass, and then finally once he heard the seatbelt warning, he woke up and put his seatbelt on. Once the plane had landed and he was told he could get off, he grabbed his things from overhead and got off the plane. A friend of his had offered to pick him up, so he went to find him after baggage claim. In the car, he rolled the window down and felt the cool morning breeze blow on his face. His friend dropped him off at his house, and he went into his house.

Grabbing a few more things before he started to head out, he checked his messages. There was one from Vince making sure he knew where he was going. Deleting the rest of the messages he put his hat back on and grabbed his car keys. The weather was warm and he decided to take off his sweatshirt before starting on his long journey. Searching on his cell phone, he finally found Stacy's number. He heard her sweet voice answer on the other end, and smiled to himself.

"Hey Stacy, it's me again."

"Oh, John hi!"

"Look I should be there in about 7 hours or so, okay?"

"Wow, okay, let me know when you get a bit closer."

"Sure thing. Bye."
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Stacy packed a few more outfits for her long stretch of the weekend, and then a couple days into the next week. She didn't know what the weather was supposed to be like so she packed jeans, shorts, and minis, and basically anything she could find. As she lay back on the couch she dozed off. She had hardly gotten any sleep the night before. Her phone began to ring shortly after abruptly waking her.

"Baby!"

"Randy! I've got some things to tell you."

"Okay this doesn't sound good."

"Oh no, see. I've got to go to North Carolina for a signing tomorrow."

"Why?"

"Work I guess."

"Who are you going with."

"And that's the second part. Vince thought it would be nice to do interpromotional signings, and John and I are going together."

"Great, just great. My girlfriend is going to a signing with John Cena."

"Don't worry about it baby, nothing will happen."

"I meant what I told you last night Stacy."

"And I meant what I told you. No one can take your place."

She and Randy hung up with each other, and she looked at her watch realizing it would be any minute before John would get there. She began to wonder why he hadn't called her. Distantly, she heard a horn honking and she looked out her bedroom window. It looked like a car she had seen before but she wasn't sure.

"Stacy?" She heard below her, and then a soft knock on the door.

Stacy grabbed her bag and began walking down the stairs. He peeked in through the window and saw her coming. No one had known that ever since he came to WWE, John had had a crush on Stacy Keibler. 'What's there not to like? She's beautiful,' he thought to himself. She opened the door, and without knowing what he was doing he wrapped his arms around her waist.

"Long time no see Stacy."

"Tell me about it! Well if we're going, let's get going."

"Here let me take your bag."

He took her bag from her, and put it on his shoulder. She locked the door to her house, and they went to his car. As he put it in the trunk, she could see his beautiful smile, and his white teeth as he smiled slightly to her. He closed the trunk and then opened her door. She got in and then he walked to the other side. He started the car, and their journey began.

[Here's one of the fics I was talking about. I wrote it for one of my good friends and fellow posters Brookie. It will be continued so R&R and lemme know!-D.S]