Okay guys here is a new story I have been working on the whole thing is roughed out and I hope you are going to like it. This is going to be a little bit of a different style for me so I hope it works mostly each chapter will be from one person's point of view and each of the characters will have two chapters each as well as a couple from no one's point of view. Each chapter should be at least 3,000 words some will be a lot more than that.
It goes without say that anyone you recognise is not owned by me, and I am getting nothing from this but the use of my own imagination.
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Surprised by a Viper
Chapter one
Kaelen
It had been a long day for me at work and I was feeling tired, one of my co-workers had phoned in sick while another had, had the day booked off. My boss had gone out to pick up some last minute gifts for the holidays, so here I was closing up on my own. I had been waiting round for a guy to come and pick up a tree which he had ordered, however he had not shown and I was not getting paid overtime. I had been here nearly an hour over my time waiting for him since he was a personal friend of the boss, but I had decided enough was enough, an hour of my time was enough.
I locked up the main doors and slid down the internal metal partition, before locking that down too. Flicking off the main lights I headed to the back where ordered trees were stacked up, it looked strangely empty now that most of them were gone since Christmas was more hours than days away. I began the closing routine back here, checking windows and one of the back doors making sure they were secure, flicking off lights as I went. Everything seemed to be the same as every other night that I had locked up apart from the fact that I was alone that is till I reached the backmost room. It was here that the tree that was supposed to be picked up by my non showing customer had been put; it lay on top of a pallet ready to be loaded into his car when he got here. I was wondering about sticking it in some water to keep it fresh and had actually filled a bucket and turned to get the tree before I realised that, that was not all that was lying on the palette. There lying beside the tree was a man, not just any man this was an almost perfect looking specimen of the male gender I stopped and starred at the rise and fall of his sleeping chest, he looked to be tall, the tree was six feet and he topped it by a few inches.
I must have stood there for a couple of minutes just watching him and trying not to drool at the sight before me, he was dressed all in black, a zip up long sleeved top that looked a bit small for him, black jeans that looked to have seen better days and a pair of well-worn black boots. There was snow on the ground outside and the temperature had to be falling, I suspected this was some homeless guy who had been looking for somewhere warm and had snuck in here while I was busy with customers. I knew I couldn't leave him here, even if I did feel sorry for the poor guy this close to the holidays, if he didn't find somewhere else when I threw him out he could well freeze. Starting to walk over to him, I could not help studying his face, his hair was cut close to his skull and he had a short dark beard that seemed a little patchy and I thought he might well look better without it. Reaching out to touch him, I realised that he was clean and tidy despite the age and state of his clothes.
"Hey." I said softly shaking his shoulder trying to wake him.
He opened a pair of sleepy blue eyes, possibly the sexiest pair of eyes I had ever seen, I really needed to control my hormones.
"Hey." He replied sleepily giving me a small smile that just about melted me into a pool of goo.
"You can't stay here." I told him as he began to look around. "I'm locking up and you'll have to go." I watched him as he yawned and sat up before swinging off the palette and climbing to his feet. "If you want I could give you a hot meal and a place to stay for the night." Where the hell had that come from, what was my mouth doing not checking with my brain?
I grabbed the tree, hurriedly placing it in the bucket before turning back to him to see what his reaction to my words would be. He seemed confused as he stood there looking at me and I wondered if I was making a really big mistake here, after all he could be some crazed axe killer or something, maybe he was on drugs or, as my mind was trying to warn me of the dangers of what I was doing he gave me a sweet smile and took my hand in his making me shiver.
"Thank you that's very kind of you, I think I'd like that." It was like his voice was caressing every inch of me when it rumbled out of his mouth and I shivered slightly.
"Okay come on then." I told him leaving my hand in his and leading him to the back door. Finishing off locking up the place for the night, I then led him to my car, while part of my brain screamed at me what the hell did I think I was doing?
"My name's Randy." He introduced himself to me as I unlocked the car for us.
"I'm Kaelen." I told him and we shook hands before climbing into my car.
I turned on the heater as I pulled out of the parking lot and out onto the road worrying that Randy would be cold in what he was wearing, we sat there in silence for a while then began to talk as I drove us to my meagre flat. Parking in my normal spot I killed the engine and we got out so that I could lock the doors, then I led him from the car and inside, it wasn't much, a little one bedroomed flat but it was mine, yeah most of the furniture was second hand and the carpets were a little worn, but it was clean and I liked it.
I left him looking around and headed to the kitchen to see what I had in knowing that there would not be much I needed to do a shop, but there would be something to hand for a meal, after checking the fridge to see what was on hand I decided on steak for us both.
"You read my mind." Obviously Randy had followed me into the kitchen and was looking at the meat sizzling in the pan.
"You like steak?" I asked earning a grin from him.
"I love steak." He replied before shedding his top revealing the T-shirt beneath it.
I drank in the sight of him his arms were covered in tattoos which I had to admit I loved, dragging my eyes away I turned to get on with our meal. I was shocked that he helped me with the meal making the process go a lot faster and soon we were sitting down to steaks, mashed potatoes and assorted vegetables. We ate in a companionable kind of silence then once we were done he helped me with the dishes. Once that little task was done he smiled at me as he picked up his top and slipped it back on.
"Thank you for the meal." He said the smile still playing around his lips as we looked at each other. "I really ought to get going though, you've been really kind to me Kaelen I appreciate it."
"Are you sure Randy its cold out there?" I knew I should let him go, however he seemed like a nice guy, what did I really know about him though my head told me, my mouth seemed to rattle on without checking with my brain. "You're welcome to stay the night if you'd like."
He stopped in the act of zipping up his top and looked at me. "Are you sure Kaelen, you don't really know me?"
I nodded my head. "Yeah call it my Christmas gift to you, you don't want to be out there in the cold, it's just, I only have the one bedroom."
He smiled reaching out and placing his finger on my lips to stop me talking. "I can crash on the couch."
That made me grimace I knew from experience how lumpy and uncomfortable that couch could be to sleep on. My bed was my one real luxury, king sized, with lots of room, even for a big guy like Randy who kind of towered over me he had to be about six and a half feet tall while I was five foot five and felt small compared to him.
"So longs you realise that this is not me inviting you to have sex, you can share my bed if you like, just to sleep." Yeah my mouth really was not checking with my brain tonight it was just rattling on.
It was at that point that the power went out; guess the snow was really messing things up; I shivered in spite of the fact that it was still warm in my little flat.
"Got any candles?" His voice sounded loud in the darkness; strangely it made me feel safe.
"Under the sink hang on I'll get them." Feeling my way I found the candles and matches to light them.
The candlelight danced on his face as I looked over at him, he took one from me and without a word I led him to my room, before I had been offering him a place to stay for the night, now for some strange unfathomable reason having him here made me feel safe, after all you never know who's creeping around in the dark. He left me in my room and went to check the front door before coming back. While he was gone I had slipped on my pyjamas and got into bed. I could not help watching as he stripped down to his boxers, I have to admit that the tattoos on his arms made me shiver slightly, they looked really sexy. He crawled into the bed and we lay there next to each other then he leant over and blew the candle out, and once we wished each other good night we settled down to sleep.
I woke briefly in the night to find myself wrapped in his arms, somehow we had snuggled together for warmth, with the power out it was getting colder. I guess at some time during the night while we slept the power came back on, for I woke the next morning to the light from overhead and the fact that Randy was gone.
A feeling of panic overtook me for a second, realising he was gone and without me knowing about it too, then the smell of freshly brewing coffee hit my nose making me smile. I slid out of bed grabbed some clothes and headed to the bathroom, a quick shower later and I was pulling a comb through my hair before heading to the door all set to go to the kitchen when Randy walked into the bedroom a cup of coffee in hand. Looking at him I could see he had taken advantage of the shower and there was a smile on his face.
"Good morning Kaelen." He said giving me a wicked looking smirk and handing me the cup which I took gratefully; he shocked me by kissing me on the cheek as if this were some sort of morning ritual between the two of us.
"Morning Randy thanks for this, I'm not sure what I have in for breakfast but I'm sure I can rustle something up." I told him taking a small sip of the hot liquid. Thankfully the heating had come on again in the night and the flat, if not toasty was at least warm.
I looked at the man in front of me again, that top was way too thin to keep him warm at this time of the year. I had some spare cash saved up and I determined I would try and help him a bit more. After all how much would a warm top for him cost? Okay it would be shopping at good will, but hopefully he wouldn't mind if it helped to keep him warm.
"I was thinking Randy after breakfast we could stop off at a goodwill shop and get you a warmer top, call it a Christmas gift." I told him and then I saw the smile on his face.
He took the cup from my hands and set it aside before taking my hands in his. "You." He said softly. "Have to be one of the sweetest women I have ever met, you don't need to make breakfast because I took care of it, I should have told you the truth last night though, and I'm apologising now for letting you think I was down on my luck, but in my defence I don't get to meet many beautiful ladies outside of work and I really wanted a chance to get to know you better." He gently drew me from the room and into the kitchen where the table was practically groaning under the amount of food on it. "We're kinda eating out." He told me as I starred at it all in shock.
I turned to look at him there was a worried smile playing on his lips as he pulled out a chair for me, shock made me sit down and he sat next to me. "Jim and I are old friends." He told me, talking about my boss. "So when I told him I needed a tree he said he'd pick me out a good one and I could come by and pick it up." He reached out to hook a couple of pancakes onto his plate before adding some chopped fruit and taking a bite, while I just sat there staring at him. "Don't let it get cold." He told me before continuing on with what he was saying as I bemusedly helped myself to our breakfast. "Anyway when I got there you were busy, so I headed into the back, and well I'd not had much sleep in the last few days, so I sat down on the palette, I'd left my jacket in my car not expecting to be gone that long." He smiled at me. "I guess that palette was more comfortable than I expected cos the next thing I knew you were waking me up." He took another bite of his breakfast. "I should have told you who I was, got my tree and left, but you were so kind and so nice to me and you are really pretty, and somehow I found myself letting you look after me."
I took a mouthful of food. "I feel like a bit of an idiot." I said softly. "I guess I just assumed, when I saw you like that."
He reached out covering my hand with his and I found myself looking up at him. "Don't feel like that." Our eyes met. "I really like what I know of you Kaelen and I'd like to get to know you much better."
I smiled at him I didn't get to meet good looking guys that often, scrap that I didn't get to meet nice handsome men at all, and he was that all right, he made my mouth water. "I'd like that Randy." I told him and he gave me a grin.
"So how about after breakfast we go and pick up my tree?" He asked.
I found myself agreeing and we both dug in, by the time we were done I was stuffed and there was loads of food left. I began to pack it up to put in the fridge and was surprised that he began to tackle the dishes. By the time I had packed the fridge with the leftovers, he was well into his task and I grabbed a tea cloth to wipe them and put everything away.
After I locked up the flat we hurried to my car, thankfully the snow ploughs had been out so the roads were clear and we drove back to my work. Jim my boss was already there and had opened up, meaning that was one less job for me to do. He and Randy greeted each other while I went to fetch the tree, by the time I got back they were laughing and joking around.
"So Jim." Randy said with a glint in his eye. "Can I borrow Kaelen for a while?"
I looked at him shocked; I'd had no idea he was planning on doing that. Jim looked at me and smiled. "Well now I don't see why not, she did hold the place down yesterday." He looked at me and grinned at me. "Why don't you take the day off Kae, on full pay of course?"
To say I was shocked was a bit of an understatement, a paid day off, unless it was holiday pay that is, was a bit like and iceberg in the desert, it didn't happen.
"Are you sure?" I questioned knowing I had to be sure.
He nodded and winked at Randy before adding. "You go and have a good time with Randy."
"You could help me decorate the tree." Randy said with a smile as he took the tree from me lifting it easily.
"Okay." I replied agreeably, to be honest I was looking forward to spending some time with him, and he did say he wanted to get to know me better.
We got the tree out to his car and I felt embarrassed again, my car was a wreck next to his, in fact it was almost brand new while mine was on its last legs, I was trying to save for a new one, well a new old one that is. He drove me to his house and I wanted to curl up and die. Why in the world had he let me take him to my pitiful flat when he had a beautiful home like this? He parked in the driveway and got out before unloading the tree; while I wanted to run I was so embarrassed.
"Kae." He said using Jim's name for me. "Are you okay?"
"Just embarrassed." I confessed. "I thought I was being so nice to you last night taking you back to my flat and you." I pointed to his fancy home. "Have a house like this."
He dropped the tree and took my hands in his before freeing one hand so he could tilt my head up so I was looking at him. "You were being nice to me, being kind and you have no idea how much that means to me, don't be embarrassed by that Kaelen." He lent in and kissed me on the cheek. "Now how about we get in out of the cold?"
I nodded and he unlocked the house taking me and the tree inside. It was beautiful, that was the only word for it, light and airy lots of space and not cluttered in anyway. We took the tree into the front room, and he manhandled it into the stand before grabbing a box of decorations and we began to put the ornaments and trimmings on it. Slowly I got over my embarrassment and we began to talk again. Once the tree was done I knew that he was thirty four years old, six feet five inches tall, born on April fool's day, he had a younger brother called Nathan and a sister called Becky. His parents lived in St Louis and he was what was known as a St Louis native.
I told him how I was an only child and that my Dad had died when I was younger from a untreatable lung problem, I had moved here from England, trying to run from my pain really, my Mum and I did not get on and we hadn't spoken in years I had always been a Daddies girl, my Mother however never had time for me being more interested in her sisters children than me. I had come to America on a short term visit using money that my Dad had left me in his will, but got lucky and was granted a work visa and ended up staying; I was now twenty eight and enjoyed living and working in America so much so that I was considering trying to become a citizen. I had two good friends Rhea Addison and Callie Ellsworth, Rhea and I both worked for Jim, though she only worked part time as she also had her own home business designing and making her own clothes, while Callie a beautician and I had met her through Rhea as the pair of them had known each other since high school.
Once the tree was trimmed we headed through into the kitchen and fixed ourselves a snack. Once we had eaten, he offered to show me around the house, which I was happy to accept. We started upstairs working our way down; he had six bedrooms all with en-suit bathrooms or shower rooms. Downstairs was the kitchen and the spacious front room as well as a dining room, his office, another sitting room this one smaller and more, lived in, I guess is the word and finally what I would call a games room with a television set up with gaming systems a pool table several comfortable and worn looking chairs and couches, a bar and some strange looking belts in glass cases on the walls plus some action figures. He took my hand leading me over to them; there were some games near them and two dvd's in a case.
"These are my title belts, some games I'm in, the films I made and my action figures." He told me as he did so that I realised the figures were him; he had his own action figures. He smiled at me, seemingly really pleased about them, making me wonder if he had somehow just had them made or if he did a job where they got done. He said he'd been in two films so maybe he was an actor, what he did for a living was not something we had talked about. I guess he must have realised I was a bit uncomfortable, again because he put the toy he had picked up down and looked into my face. "Kaelen is something wrong?"
"No, well not really, it's just." I paused looking up at him again; I could see the concern on his face. "It's just it's all a bit much to take in, who are you Randy?" I whispered the last bit but he heard me, he took my hand in his and drew me over to one of the couches sitting me down.
"I'm Randle Keith Orton, and I'm a third generation superstar for the WWE." He saw the blank look on my face and smiled. "I'm a wrestler Kaelen, that's what I do for a living; I travel the country and the world at times working for World Wrestling Entertainment."
I sat there looking at him, a wrestler, I remembered Rhea saying something about some wrestling show she was going to tonight, she had been telling me about her favourite wrestlers and how she was looking forward to seeing them in action.
"Kaelen." Randy's voice brought me out of my thoughts. "Hey is everything okay?"
I swallowed hard and looked at him before nodding. "Yeah, yeah it's okay, so you're like famous or something." I got out. "And I took you home with me last night cos I thought you were homeless, you must think I'm such an idiot?" I wished the ground would open up and swallow me.
He reached up stroking my cheek and pushing a strand of my hair off my face. "Actually I think you're pretty special." I closed my eyes at his gentle touch. "It's so nice not to have someone throwing herself at me cos of who I am, or how much money I earn, or because I'm on TV every week." He kissed my cheek again making me open my eyes and look into his wonderful blue ones. "You took care of me last night, how about me taking care of you tonight, let me take you to Raw with me, that's the show we're doing tonight, you can come and meet some of my friends and colleagues and see the show, I'll get you a ticket out front or you can stay in the back with us and watch me work from there?"
I looked at him my mind racing, I wasn't sure I wanted to watch some guys beating each other up, on the other hand though I would enjoy being with him maybe getting to know him a little better. "Okay, but I'd like to stay in the back with you." He smiled as I said that.
"Okay so how about we hang out here for a while and get to know each other a bit better and then head to the Scottrade Centre to get ready for the show, I'm sure you're going to enjoy it, then we can come back here and I can put you up for the night?" He suggested.
I flushed slightly as he teased me, but was quick to agree to his suggestion, we went back to check on the tree and then he had me helping him with some other decorations he wanted to put up. By the time we were done, it all looked quite festive, nothing like my own few decorations and tiny tree. He did his best to put me at my ease and finally stopped teasing me seeing it was making me feel awkward. In fact I had to admit as we finally left the house and headed for his car, I found myself liking him more and more as time passed, and getting more and more attracted to him too. He was a nice guy who loved his job and everything it allowed him to do, and I really looked forward to getting to know him better.
Time seemed to pass quite quickly and it seemed no time at all till we were heading to the Scottrade Centre. Randy showed his pass to security and parked his car before leading me inside. I was soon beginning to feel out of my depth and wondering why Randy was bothering with me all over again by the time he had introduced me to a few of his co-workers. The women he worked with were stunning and I have to admit some of the guys were gorgeous though to my mind not as handsome as Randy himself. Some of them though made me feel uncomfortable though, like they thought I was some skank hanging around him for his money or fame.
There was a nut ball called John that I really found entertaining though, seemed like the guy was some sort of freestyle rapper and could just go off on any subject. It quickly became apparent that he had a wicked sense of humour too and I really liked him, he would make a fun friend I was sure, the two of them seemed close. Showing me around Randy told me that they had trained in Ohio Valley Wrestling together or as he called it OVW and become friends there, they had been called up to the WWE at roughly the same time.
Finally Randy showed me into what seemed to be set up as an office; it looked kind of semi-official with posters on the walls some of which I recognised the people in from just meeting them. There were five people in the room four men and a woman, all casually dressed and talking earnestly, they looked over as Randy shut the door and I felt their gazes rest on me. I felt as if they were weighing me up and evaluating me as they looked at me and I had a feeling that they found me wanting.
"Hey guys." Randy said with a lazy grin on his face. "I want you to meet my friend Kaelen Tierney." The way he said my name made me feel kind of funny inside, sort of shivery, I knew in my heart of hearts I was falling for him and could not help wondering if it was a good idea, what the hell was a guy who had fame and fortune going to want with me. "Kaelen, this is Paul known to the fans as triple H, his wife Stephanie, Joe better known to the fans as Roman Reigns, Jon known to our fans as Dean Ambrose and last but not least Colby know to the fans as Seth Rollins."
I could feel their eyes on me and was not at all sure they were friendly, still I smiled at them and softly said hello to them all. It was Steph who held out a hand to me first and we shook, then it was the guys, I don't know why but they made me feel uncomfortable. Randy looked down at me when we had all finished shaking hands and smiled at me before slipping an arm round my shoulders and pulling me into his side.
They began talking about matches, which I assumed meant what they would be doing out in the ring, but as I quietly listened to them I realised that what they did was much more than beat each other senseless in front of the crowd that would soon be filtering into the building. It was about things happening back here too as well as making tweets and interacting with the fans on social media.
Finally they seemed to have decided on what they were going to do and I have to admit I zoned out slightly not really paying attention, it wasn't really that interesting to me. I jumped slightly as Randy turned his attention back to me his voice pulling me out of my thoughts.
"What do you say Kaelen do you want to go to catering and get something to eat?"
"Yes sure if you want to." I replied looking up at him and seeing his blue eyes as he smiled down at me again.
The others looked at us and once more I felt slightly uncomfortable it was nothing any of them said or did, but I got the feeling they were weighing me up and judging me I also got the feeling that I was coming up short in their opinion.
"See you guys later." Randy told them as he drew me from the room and I had a feeling I could hear them talking about me as we walked away, probably just paranoia on my part.
We headed to catering, where Randy got us both something to eat, we snagged some seats on the same table as his friend John who made me feel welcome which made me relax again, he was a guy that it was easy to be comfortable with. The two men were both scarfing down red meat, while I opted for a prawn/shrimp salad. The two guys made small talk, while including me in the conversation as well which I appreciated. Finally saying he needed to go and talk about his match tonight John left us there, though I could not help noticing a brunette come up to him and wrap an arm around him rather possessively, I wondered what that was about as she gave me a dirty look, before the pair of them walked off.
"So are you enjoying your visit with the WWE so far?" Randy questioned me making me smile.
"I'm enjoying my visit with you." I replied popping some of my remaining shrimp into my mouth and pouting as Randy snagged a couple of them off my plate and bit into them before smirking at me. "Your friends and co-workers seem nice."
He smiled at me again and snagged a couple more shrimps but this time fed them to me, the tips of his fingers brushing against me lips making me shiver as he did so.
"I'm glad you're having a good time." He told me then looked round as someone called his name. "Over here." He called to the guy who was looking round for him and carrying a clipboard in his hand, he also had a slightly harassed look on his face.
The guy came over and handed him a note which he took and read as he thanked the guy.
"I have to go and sort out some work stuff for a few minutes." He told me standing up. "You stay here and finish eating, have a soda or something I won't be long and then I'll show you round a bit more back here okay."
"Okay." I agreed, after all as much as I felt a little out of my depth here on my own, this was his job and he needed to do that.
He kissed my cheek before walking away leaving me there, I watched him walk out of the door before looking around there were people milling around some just chatting while others were like me eating or just getting a drink. I watched some of the women talking to each other and wondered again why Randy was bothering with me when they were here. Some of them seemed a little childish like girls at school instead of grown women. I heard a chair scrape across the floor and looked around, a little shocked to see three of the men I had met in the, for want of a better word office. Joe, Jon and Colby surrounded me looking at me making me feel a little uncomfortable again.
"So." Jon said a strange look in his eyes. "You and Randy?"
"Me and Randy what?" I replied feeling a bit defensive.
"What we want to know is, what's the deal?" Colby spoke now, the tone of his voice making me shiver.
"He invited me to see where he is working tonight, what his jobs like." I replied looking over the three men.
"We don't have a problem with that." Jon was talking again he seemed strange his eyes staring at me and he seemed to be twitching slightly, I began to wonder if he was in his right mind. "What we do have a problem with is some skank trying to get her claws into our friend, if he wants to have a little fun with you, well that's fine with us, hell it'd be good for him." He looked at the other two men, I knew I was flushing bright red, what did these men think I was. "What we aren't fine with is some gold digging little whore taking him for a ride."
"You don't know me." I got out, in my defence looking at him. "You know nothing about me."
"Yeah but we know your type." Joe spoke for the first time. "He's only just met you and you're already hanging around the company, well we are going to look out for our friend, so be warned have a good time with him, but you try to take advantage of him and you'll have us to deal with."
The other two were nodding their heads glaring at me, I felt sick what sort of woman did these men think I was? This world of Randy's was obviously not a place for me. Pushing back my chair without another word from them, I certainly wasn't going to say anything else to them; I stood up and walked away. All I wanted to do was get out of here, a place I obviously didn't belong, this was the place of the rich and famous not for ordinary young women who worked six days a week nine to five, well sort of.
"Yeah keep walking honey right out the door." I heard Jon's voice behind me and imagined everyone must be looking at me as I walked away with their voices ringing in my ears as the three of them laughed at me.
Once I was alone I leaned against the wall shaking slightly, what the hell had I been thinking coming here, I should have thanked Randy wished him a happy Christmas and gone back to my little flat after decorating his tree, I should never have come here, but I had really liked him and been attracted to him so I had agreed, I really had made a very big mistake, here I wasn't even a little fish in a big pond, I was plankton.
"Kaelen are you okay?" I looked up and saw his friend John with the brunette wrapped around him.
"Yeah, I'm just, look can you tell Randy thanks for the invite but this isn't my kind of thing." I said softly. "I'm gonna get out of here."
He put his hand on my arm as I went to walk away. "Kaelen you should at least speak to him yourself, I thought you were having a good time."
"John honey let her go." The woman said smirking at me slightly, looked like there was someone else who wanted to see the back of me.
"Nikki shut it." He all but growled at her making her flinch slightly, then to me. "Look Randy obviously likes you Kaelen and you looked like you were having a good time in catering at least stay and talk to him before you go."
"John she wants to go just let her, come on I want to show you what I bought for Brie and Bryan." Nikki would obviously be quite happy to see me go.
He looked at her and I took that chance to start walking away from them, I heard the pair of them arguing as I went to find the exit, their voices diminishing in volume as I got further away. Then I heard an angry scream from Nikki and the sound of footsteps following me, a hand grabbed me stopping me in my tracks.
"Stay and talk to Randy." John said looking down at me, lord but the guy was big.
Just as I was about to answer him Randy appeared around the corner a worried look on his face, then when he saw me with John a smile appeared on his face.
"There you are." He said as he came over to us. "When I couldn't find you in catering I got worried, I hope John's not trying to talk you into getting involved in some prank."
I looked up at him and swallowed, before shaking my head no. "I was just leaving actually Randy; I don't think this is the place for me." I saw the frown appear on his face as I spoke. "Thank you for inviting me but I'm going to head home." I held out my hand to him. "Merry Christmas I hope you have a good one."
He stood there looking at me not speaking, not moving for a few seconds before he ignored my hand and gripped the tops of my arms gently in his hands.
"Why?" He almost whispered the question to, was that hurt I could see in those blue eyes, no it couldn't be?
I stood looking up at him, before swallowing hard and clearing my throat, the tears I wanted to cry battling to come out. "I just think it's better that I go Randy, you paid me back for what I did for you yesterday by giving me a glimpse of your life, but lets me honest that's all it could be, me getting a look at your lifestyle, now it's time for me to go back to mine."
I saw the confusion on his face and heard movement behind him then his friends came into view, I saw the confusion on their faces they had obviously heard what I said to him. I waited for him to let go of my shoulders but he didn't instead he hung on even pulling me a step or two closer to him.
"But you were going to spend the rest of the day and the night; I wanted you to see me in a match and then hang out with us after before we went back to mine." He did not seem happy about me leaving to be honest I thought he would have been glad to see the back of me. "Please don't leave."
He was looking into my eyes now and I realised how easy it would be to get lost in his beautiful blue ones. Tearing my gaze away from his I looked over his shoulder at the others who were glaring at me now, while I could feel John over my shoulder, aware of his presence even though I could not see him.
"I just, I just think it would be better if I left Randy." I got out swallowing hard again.
"Did someone say something to upset you?" Randy pulled my gaze back to his and I sighed, before dropping my gaze from his. "I knew it." He growled the tone of his voice making me look up again, I realised there and then I never wanted this man mad at me. "Who was it, what did they say to you?"
"They just pointed out that I don't belong here." I didn't want to tell him what his friends had called me or hinted at. "I really like you Randy but we're from two different worlds." When it came right down to it I didn't want to go, but with his friends standing there looking at me I knew there was no way I could stay. "You're this famous guy and I'm nobody." I saw Joe flinch a little as I said this.
"No you're sweet and kind and special." Randy tightened his grip on my shoulders. "It doesn't matter how famous I am, at the end of the day I'm still me Randy Keith Orton a guy who really, really likes you." He pulled me against him and held me in his strong arms.
"They called me a skank, gold digger and a whore." I whispered and felt him stiffen. "Okay to have a good time with you but nothing more."
I could feel him growl and tighten his grip on me. "They are wrong." He murmured in my ear. "Now tell me who called you things like that so I can set them straight, I'll make sure they apologise and never speak to you like that again."
Gulping slightly knowing that I was probably going to have three very angry men who could snap me like a twig if I said anything I tried to pull back but he wouldn't let me and I realised he would not let go till I said something.
"Behind you." I whispered at last.
He turned his head and looked at Jon, Joe and Colby. When he looked at me again his face was like a mask, he let go of me, and turned to face them, however as he did so he pulled me into his side his arm wrapped tight around me. I could see they were a little nervous, though they also looked slightly mad at me, for telling him what they said to me I guessed.
"What did you do?" Randy growled at him and I felt John come to stand at my other side.
"Look Randy the last thing you need is another little user milking you for everything you will give." Joe said speaking for them. "After what happened the last time we don't want to see you hooking up with another gold digger."
"You were a mess when you realised what she was up to, and this one well, looking at her a guy with money would be a god send to her." Jon added.
I felt myself flushing and Randy's arm tightened around me for a moment. I hated the way that they were judging me, yeah I didn't have money for fancy clothes or designer labels, and even if I would have had I could never see the point in paying four times the price for something just because of who made it. I did understand though in a way sounded like he had been in a bad relationship and his friends were looking out for him. They had it all wrong though Randy and I were barely even friends, we had not known each other long enough for that, never mind what their minds had jumped to. I had to admit to myself if he had asked me out on a date I would have accepted; I had already admitted to myself he was an almost perfect specimen of manhood.
"Guy's I get you were looking out for me, but you should have talked to me first, you had no call to go attacking Kaelen like you did and I'm guessing she didn't tell me half of what you said to her or accused her of being." Randy growled out at them. "So let me tell you what I would have told you if you had spoken to me, Kaelen works for my friend Jim, you remember I was going to pick my tree up yesterday?" The three of them nodded looking even more sheepish now. "When I got there, she was busy and didn't notice me so I headed to the back looking for my tree, I found it on a pallet and sat down, guess I was tired because I fell asleep and that's where Kaelen found me when she was closing up." He kissed the top of my head before going on. "The way I was dressed, I left my jacket in my car, she thought I was down on my luck looking for somewhere warm for the night, she told me I couldn't stay there." I glanced up at him and saw he was smiling at the memory. "However she offered me a meal and a place to stay for the night, and I went along with it, she had no idea who I was she was just nice and caring, I was probably wrong but she was so kind and I wanted to get to know her better, so I let her think she was right about me and went with her." He glanced down at me and saw me looking up at him and smiled. "She took care of me, made me dinner, gave me a place to sleep and suggested she buy me a warm jacket this morning, before I told her the truth."
The three of them were looking sheepish and slightly embarrassed now; Jon was even scuffing his feet, while Seth was looking worried, I got the feeling an angry Randy could be a dangerous Randy.
"Now the three of you are going to apologise and you are going to mean it." He snapped at them. "And if I ever find out you have disrespected Kaelen or any other friend I bring here, so help me I will RKO your asses for real."
They nodded and quickly agreed with him.
"We're sorry Kaelen." Joe said.
"Yeah we really are." Jon added. "We were just looking out for Randy, or trying to."
"We shouldn't have accused you like we did." Seth added. "We're really sorry."
Looking at them I couldn't be mad at them they were looking out for their friend. "It's okay guys." I said softly. "I realise you were just trying to look out for Randy."
They all mumbled something to me before turning and walking away. Randy let me go before pulling me in front of him and looking down at me. "You are going to stay aren't you?" He asked looking deep into my eyes. I smiled up and nodded my head yes, I really did want to get to know him better, I had no idea if he wanted to be any more than friends but a girl could hope.
"I'll stay Randy." I told him. "But I have one question what is an RKO?"
He grinned and looked over at John before answering my question. "It's my finishing move, I dart forward and grab my opponents head before dropping to the canvas smashing their head into the floor, normally I get the pin after that, only guys like John can kick out of the cover after I hit it on them." He smiled at me. "I'll show you later if you like, that is if John will help me?"
"Well if you two are good now." John said causing us both to look at him. "I'll be your test dummy." Then his face fell a little. "Randy do you think I could talk to you about something."
Randy tucked me into his side again smiling at the other man. "Yeah sure, do you mind Kaelen hearing after what happened with the guys I don't want to leave her alone?"
"I don't mind." John led us to a door and opened it to an empty room. "It's Nikki." He said as he shut the door. "She's getting worse, every time I smile at a woman she's in my face, it's getting so bad I can't even sign an autograph when we are out." He lent against the wall looking sad. "She wants to play happy families and she's always bringing up Brie and Bryan's wedding, she knows I don't want to get married again but she won't drop it, and before she was a real bitch about Kaelen, like just cos she said she was leaving I was going to follow her and bang her or something."
I knew the two of them had been fighting but I had no idea that she had thought that about me, what was it with these people thinking I was some sort of easy or loose woman.
"No offence to you Kaelen." John must have seen the look on my face. "It's all getting too much for me man, I let her move in with me I do everything I can to make her happy but it's never enough for her, I'm at my wits end, what do you think I should do?"
I saw the look of distaste on Randy's face before he spoke, so I had an idea whatever he said was not going to be good at least not in terms of what he had to say about Nikki. "I think you should kick her ass to the curb man you know it's what I've always thought." He ran a hand over his head. "She's using you man to get what she wants in both this business and in life." I could see the anguish in John's face at Randy's voice. "Find yourself a nice girl, or just someone to have fun with but keep things light, with her it got too strong too fast."
John was nodding his head now agreeing with his friend. "Yeah you're right I need to end it, in fact I think I might have already, she told me if I came after Kaelen we were through, I mean I know she's said stuff like that before but this time I think I'm gonna tell her to pack her shit and go, great Christmas huh?"
Randy reached out to grip his shoulder. "At least you'll have a quiet drama free one." They smiled at each other. "You can go spend it with your family."
"Yeah thanks buddy." They gave each other a quick hug and for some reason I felt a little sad Christmas was about family but since my Dad died my Christmas's had been pretty much alone. "Come on what do you say we take this little lady to the ring and you can show her the RKO?"
The pair of them walked me to a locker room and slipped inside leaving me waiting for them while they changed, Randy came out in a T-shirt and something that looked a bit like swimming trunks while John had on a pair of Jean shorts and a T-shirt, I noticed Randy's top had a snake on it while John's was green with some sort of picture of him on it and the words never give up.
"Okay little lady." Randy said wrapping an arm round my shoulders. "I'll show you mine."
We walked down the corridors laughing and talking passing several people who watched us walking by, some of them were wrestlers and I guessed some were the crew and people who worked backstage. Some of them seemed surprised to see us, while others looked thoughtfully at us.
"Hey guys where you going all dressed up for action?" My head snapped round hearing Colby's voice at least I thought it was him.
"Gonna show Kaelen what an RKO is, you wanna come?" Randy enquired an evil grin on his face; I glanced over at John and saw that he was smiling too.
The three men who had nearly run me off shrugged and fell into step with us, and it seemed like only seconds later we were stepping out through a curtain and I saw my first wrestling ring. There was somehow a feeling of anticipation in that area, like it was holding its breath waiting for something to happen.
"Imagine this place filled with fans cheering and booing for us." John said painting a picture of what it was like for me. "You come out and the place erupts as you do your entrance, then you make your way to the ring.
"The three of us used to come through the crowd." Joe said with a smile on his face. "Fan's slapping us on the back, now they." He indicated Jon and Colby. "Come down the ramp but I still come through the crowd."
"It's a fantastic feeling wither they cheer or boo they are reacting to you, it's such a rush." Jon added.
They walked me down the ramp, then up the steps and through the ropes into the ring itself. I noticed a slight bounce under my feet as I walked on it.
"Okay guys the lady wants to see an RKO who's the victim?" Randy enquired with a grin and I knew John had dodged the bullet.
"Okay." Jon said with a slight smile. "Guess I'll do it."
"Ready?" Randy asked rolling his shoulders, as John pulled me back against the ropes. Jon nodded his head and the next thing I knew Randy jumped and in a fluid motion took Jon down onto the surface of the ring.
"And that is the RKO, from there Randy would go for the pin." John said in my ear then to Randy. "Cover him show her the pin."
I watched as Randy practically slithered over Jon and held him down while Joe dropped to the ground and brought his hand down three times, before they all began to laugh. The three of them all got up laughing and Randy turned to look at me with a smile on his face.
"So what do you think?" He enquired.
"It was so fast." I replied quietly. "Do you guys do things like that to each other often."
"Oh yeah we do it all the time." Jon said. "We all have a finisher, Joe here has the spear and the superman punch, Colby here has quite a few though I think he likes the kerb stomp best, while mine is dirty deeds."
"Hey Randy showed you his I wanna show you mine." John said with a grin at Joe.
The big man nodded and John stepped away from me before hoisting Joe up onto his shoulders.
"This is called the AA." Randy told me and before I really knew it Joe's back was hitting the ground. "He also uses the STF which is a submission move." Joe nodded up at John who dropped down rolled the other guy over and seemed to hook his leg into the other man's and leaned forward wrapping his arms around Joe's neck before seeming to pull back.
Joe smacked his hand down on the floor a couple of times and John let go and rolled off him and to his feet before extending a hand to Joe and helping him up.
"Wow impressive." I said looking at them all.
"You wanna try it?" Randy asked and I shook my head no, there was no way they were going to do that to me.
The guys all laughed at that, before Randy parted the ropes to help me out of the ring. He wrapped an arm around my shoulders as we all walked to the back passing more people on their way to the ring as we did. John and Randy left me standing with Joe, Jon and Colby while they went to get dressed again and then we just sort of hung out till they had to get ready for the show. The only down turn was when Nikki turned up looking for John, she made a few choice remarks about me before John arrived and dragged her off to talk to her.
Randy sent a worried look to the closed door from behind which we could hear voices steadily getting louder. Then suddenly the door flew open and Nikki stormed out tears in her eyes.
Looking over at us she seemed to zero in on me. "I hope you're happy you little whore he broke up with me." She spat at me.
I wondered how on earth she could blame me for what had happened, it was nothing to do with me, I was here as Randy's friend nothing more. It was like the guys just surged protectively around me at that point and after glaring at me for a moment more she stalked away. John came out of the room looking uncomfortable.
"Well I did it." He said walking up to us rubbing the top of his head, he looked down at me. "Sorry about her outburst Kaelen she knows it's nothing to do with you she just wants to think I'm playing away and that's the reason we split."
"It's okay." I told him, though I was a bit nervous about having a woman who could easily kick my ass mad at me.
"We'll take care of you." Colby said with a smile. "One of us will always be back here, so we will have your back."
I smiled at that, they seemed like nice guys after our misunderstanding was sorted out. Finally everyone was called into a meeting just to go over what was happening in the show and detail any last minute changes to the scripts. I sat quietly beside Randy taking it all in. Soon you could hear the fans taking their seats and you could sense the tingle of anticipation in the air. Randy took me back to what he called 'Gorilla' and almost to the ramp so I could get a feel of it all before we went to get a soda and sit down. Then Randy, John, Colby and Jon were set to head down to the ring, while Joe took me with him so I could see him enter through the crowd. Thankfully for me there was no sign of Nikki, I really did not want to have a run in with her. Joe left me with a couple of security guards with instructions not to move from there and that one of them would come collect me when they were done.
I watched what was going on in the ring with the guys, it wasn't a match it was something they called an opening segment. Which seemed to mainly be them threatening each other and doing a lot of talking then Randy hit his RKO on John and in turn was thrown to the mat by Joe in some sort of move, Colby them seemed to stomp on Joe's head and finally Jon attacked Colby. After that a load of people came down and cleared the ring practically carrying Jon off, while I stood there with the security guys waiting for one of them to come and collect me. While I stood there I let my gaze drift to the big screen at the entrance watching as the camera panned over the crowd and gasping as I spotted two familiar faces in the crowd.
"You okay you sounded shocked." I looked up to see John standing there; he looked at me for a moment before popping a baseball cap on my head and pulling it down a bit.
"Yeah." I replied glad for the cap as a couple of camera's flashed John had been spotted. "Just saw a couple people I know, my besties Rhea and Callie."
"Where?" He wanted to know.
I pointed to them on the big screen, he just spotted them before the camera panned away. Callie had on a John Cena T-shirt like the one John himself was wearing, Rhea on the other hand had on one of her own custom made jobs, there was a picture of Jon on it and the words lunatic fringe underneath it, she also had a poster with her but at the moment she wasn't holding it up so I couldn't see what it said.
"That's what I like to see a member of the C nation." John told me with a grin.
"C nation?" I asked him.
"The name for my fans as a collective, I'm John Cena and they are my C nation." He told me steering me away and back the way Joe and I had come, though he did stop to pop his own cap on a young fans head.
Soon we were back with Randy and the others who were laughing and joking around we watched a few of the matches on one of the TV's in the back. John frowned during Nikki's match, commenting she was botching moves but showed no further interest in what was going on with her. She lost to a woman named AJ who seemed really tiny compared to the others. Then the guys were warming up for their match, they introduced me to a guy called Glenn who was also going to be in the match, he would come out to interfere in the tag team match between Randy and Colby and John and Jon, then Joe would come out to even things up again. There's was the last match, before something called a dark match whatever that was. Before they finished going out I saw John talking to Jon about something and Randy vanished for a moment before reappearing with Paul and Stephanie with him. I gave him a kiss on the cheek for luck before they headed off leaving me with Stephanie.
"Let's go watch the match." She said pulling me off to a screen.
We stood there watching what was unfolding in the ring; first John made his entrance, saluting at the top of the stage before running down the ramp and sliding into the ring. He played to the crowd before dropping his cap on the floor the pulling off his shirt and throwing into the crowd then he picked up his cap and slid out of the ring. The camera stayed on his as he walked over to the barrier and leaned over it placing his cap squarely on Callie's head giving her a big smile which she returned, with I am a fairly certain, a loud squeal.
"Nice one." Stephanie commented.
"That's my friend Callie." I told her without thinking and she smiled.
Now the camera was concentrating on Jon's entrance, he came down the ramp eyes bulging acting crazy, he stalked around the ring before coming to stop right in front of Rhea who was now holding her placard up. It was easily readable with a picture she had drawn of him and the words 'I want to join the lunatic fringe'. She seemed shocked that he was standing there looking at her, the camera man was getting a good shot of her shirt too, which Stephanie seemed to approve of. I thought she was going to say something, then Jon shocked both of us, definitely Rhea, and possibly everyone else too. He slowly took Rhea's face in his hands and then kissed her, for a moment you could have heard a pin drop as the pair of them kissed and then suddenly the place erupted in cheers and cat calls. Jon kissed her for a few seconds more and then let her go with a grin on his face; Rhea stood there as if she was in shock and then blushed, bright red. Jon smirked and slid into the ring grabbing the ropes shook them before sliding out and joining John.
"Another friend of yours?" Stephanie asked me, I nodded silently, as the camera came back to the entrance and Paul came out quickly followed by Colby and finally Randy.
"Do you know where your friend got her shirt?" Stephanie asked me as we watched the guys go back and forth.
"She made it." I replied as we watched the match unfolding on the screen. "She has her own business doing custom made, and one of a-kind clothing." I replied seeing the interest on her face.
The match looked to be going John and Jon's way, till Glenn ran out only now he was wearing some weird mask on his face, he attacked John ending the match then Joe ran out attacking Glenn. It went back and forth till John, Jon and Joe drove the others off but then Jon leapt out of the ring and went after Colby knocking Randy over as he did. My new friend went down and a look of agony came onto his face he was holding his leg and seemed to be in pain. Paul had come to the back and quickly had people running out to help Randy while things at the ring ended with Jon chasing Colby to the back and the others walking up the ramp while Randy was half carried in. I tried to go and see how he was but Paul held me back I could see the camera's filming Randy then Paul pulled the cap I was still wearing off my head and let me go without thinking I ran to my new friend.
"Randy." I could hear the concern in my voice at the pain on his face. "What happened, where does it hurt?"
He reached out an arm pulling me to him for a few minutes I was convinced he was really badly hurt then suddenly he smiled and stood up. "Sorry for worrying you." He told me kissing me on the top of my head. "I just had to sell an injury I'm having a couple days longer off so they wrote it as an injury for me."
I was shocked at the relief I felt at the revelation that he was okay, he hugged me to him for a moment and then let go. "Let me go and shower and get changed and we'll go out for a drink with the guys okay."
I nodded my head and stepped back from him, a hand settled on my shoulder and I turned to see an older man smiling at me. "I don't know who you are but you just did a great job of selling that fake injury of Randy's."
"I thought it was real." I said to almost thin air as he walked away.
Stephanie smiled at me. "It gets a bit crazy around here sometimes you'll get used to it, and talking about crazy, I think someone wants to see you." She pointed behind me and I saw Rhea and Callie accompanied by a couple of security guys.
"Hey girl what are you doing here?" Rhea asked as she left the men and hugged me. "I had no idea you liked wrestling and here you are back stage."
"Well I saw you getting kissed by Jon." I replied with a grin.
"Jon, oh you mean Dean." She replied while Callie came up and hugged me too John's cap clutched in one hand.
"I think his name is Jon that's what they call him back here." I replied as Stephane waved and left me with my friends.
"So what are we doing?" Callie asked me looking around.
"Well I'm waiting for Randy and the guys then we're going out for drinks." I replied with a smile.
"Randy, as in Randy Orton?" Rhea questioned me. "How do you know him?"
"He came into the shop to pick up his tree and I thought he was some homeless guy, long story short he invited me to the show tonight." I replied not wanting them to know exactly what had happened with Randy and I.
I could not help smiling as he walked up to us looking hot in black jeans and a leather jacket; he was followed by the others who were grinning at me and my two friends. Randy dropped an arm round my shoulders and smiled at my two friends who were looking at us in shock.
"Who are your friends Kaelen?" He enquired with a smirk at me.
"These are my friends Rhea Addison and Callie Ellsworth." I replied. "Rhea, Callie this is Randy, John, Joe, Jon and Colby."
Everyone started exchanging hellos, Rhea blushed bright red when Jon said hello to her, making him grin and I knew she was thinking about that kiss. Soon it was agreed that we were all going out for drinks, I saw Nikki down the corridor looking at John, however he ignored her and offered Callie his arm making the other woman frown and turn away. We all piled into cars and headed out to a nice little club where we were immediately let in and led to the VIP section. My two friends soon got it out of Randy how I had thought he was a homeless guy in search of somewhere warm to spend the night and how I had taken him home with me for a hot meal and a warm place to stay. I had to endure a little teasing about that, however it soon ended and we all started getting to know each other a little better. It came out in the course of the evening that John and broken up with Nikki, but he did not seem inclined to say too much more about it.
It soon became obvious that John was enjoying talking to Callie while Jon and Rhea were soon snuggling with each other, obviously that kiss had been the start of something, because they were soon kissing again. I wondered if it was weird for him kissing a woman who had his face on her T-shirt, still they seemed to be getting on pretty well. In fact all of us were soon chatting like old friends. Randy had his arm around my shoulders and I was quite comfortable like that. After we had had a few drinks John asked Callie if she wanted to dance and Randy and I were quick to join them. Jon and Rhea followed us and soon we were all dancing, me a little self-consciously, as I have never been the best of dancers, still at least I had improved a little after a few lessons from Rhea and Callie. Jon and Rhea were certainly enjoying themselves moving very suggestively against each other.
"I think they might hook up." Randy whispered in my ear and I knew he was watching them too.
After dancing for a while we headed back to get some more drinks, I watched Rhea and saw that she really liked Jon, though I had no idea how he felt about her. Joe was also chatting to her and I noticed them exchange numbers especially after he pulled up some pictures of his daughter on his phone and we ladies cooed over her.
Finally we all decided it was time to call it a night Rhea and Jon headed off together, I hoped she wasn't going to regret it in the morning, however Jon seemed like a nice guy and my friend really seemed to like him. John said that he would see Callie home safely while Joe and Colby took off back to the hotel leaving Randy and I to make our way back to his home.
"So you want to crash in the guest room?" Randy enquired. "Or would you like to bunk with me, not that I'm suggesting we have sex or anything." He smirked at me making me remember my words of the night before. "But, well we did snuggle together last night and it was nice, so if you'd like to do it again it would be fine with me."
I could not help smiling as I followed him up the stairs and to his room, he showed me into his en-suite after giving me one of his old T-shirts to sleep in. Soon I was changed into it and snuggled in his bed held against his boxer clad form; from there we both quickly went to sleep.
Well there you are reviews are apreciated though I am not the sort of person to hold a story hostage for reviews however I would like to know what you think of it.