"Randy, you've totally changed," Cody told him as they sat in the locker room before a show. Randy gave him a confused looked not quite understanding what Cody was getting at. "We'll you used to have all the woman backstage wrapped around your finger."
"And then I got married," he mumbled.
"Yea. They worshiped you for you, now it only seems like for your body. Don't you miss women loving you?"
"Why should I care about that shit, when I can easily get what I want, need, and then everyone goes on their way? If I wanted love I could easily have any chick back here fall in love with me. But last time that happened and I at least gave into love, I lost half of what I earned while she sat at home doing nothing."
The guys in the locker room had to laugh at Randy's outburst, but completely understood. His ex-wife seriously had broken his heart and made him a cynic. He no longer believed that love was possible or even cared who he hurt to get what he wanted anymore. Not that he had had to hurt anyone. Anyone who climbed in between his sheets knew it would be a one, or if they were lucky two time thing.
"How confident are you that you've still got it, that you could make any woman fall in love with you?" the younger man asked breaking Randy from his thoughts.
"It would be a piece of cake, why?"
"Care to make a little wager? If you can make a girl of my choosing fall in love with you in say a week because you are so confident."
"Fall in love or just fuck her?" Randy commented not really paying attention to the conversation.
"We'll with the girl I have in mind, if you can seduce her, I guess it would count. And when you don't succeed I get to ride in your bus for a whole month."
"And when I win?"
"I don't know, I didn't get that far. I really don't think you have enough game for this one."
"If I win, you have to do my laundry for that month," he laughed knowing how much Cody hated doing his own, "That's the only thing I miss about my ex. It was probably the only thing she ever did right."
"So it's a deal?" Cody asked. Randy extended his hand and shook Cody's in the room full of witnesses for an agreement.
"So who is the lucky lady of your choosing whose going to get the night of her life with the Viper?"
Cody smiled got bigger as he laughed to himself. Randy knew at that second he probably should've asked who the chick was that Cody had in mind before agreeing to it. "Mara."
"Shit,"Randy replied, "No worries. Just because she keeps to herself and sends glares worse than mine. No problem." Ted who had been quiet the whole discussion looked up.
"Sounds like a female version of you lately, Randy. You should be careful, you may be trying to steal her heart, but I have this strange feeling she could get yours." Randy just laughed.
"This is strictly business, Teddy. No way is that going to happen. And by the end of the week, I'll have it proved to you."