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~*~*Author's Note: Anything written in Italics is a past event. Non-italics are present events
Big Girls Don't Cry
Chapter 2: Literal/Figurative Door
He had noticed her from across the bar, she was standing with another girl, but he was interested only in her. Sure Cody had consumed a few beers and was probably way past buzzed but he still knew what he wanted and she was at the top of his list.
Cody stumbled across the bar, passing a few of his colleagues along the way. He spotted John Cena and Randy Orton sitting at a table off to the side enjoying some peanuts and a beer, that didn't stop him, he focused in on her and picked up his pace just slightly.
There was something about her that drew him to her. She was wearing a short, tight, black dress that showed off her curves better than anything he had ever seen before. She was sexy and he had to have her.
He finally reached her, stumbling a few times but regaining his footing and continuing on his goal. She smiled at him, her friend let out a low giggle, the two girls had witnessed his less than stable walk across the room. Cody leaned in close to the girl and smiled wide, his perfectly white teeth almost gleaming under the lights of the bar, the girl leaned towards him too.
"I've had my eyes on you all night beautiful." He said rather clearly considering how well he was walking.
"Yeah?" She asked back, trying to be coy.
"Yes, I mean I'd try to look away but you're just so amazingly beautiful that it was impossible not to look."
"You're cute." She remarked, her hand reaching out and brushing across his chest.
He leaned his head down closer to her hers, his lips right by her ear so her friend wouldn't hear what he had to say. She seemed very intent on hearing him out.
"I'm staying in room 319 if you're interested." He whispered.
She shivered as he sent a chill down her spine. He felt her hand on the waistband of his dress pants, then he felt her grip tighten.
"What time?" She asked back, also whispering.
Cody's eyes widened just slightly but not enough for the girl, or her friend, to notice. He was kind of surprised at how easily he got her to comply. A few slick lines and a couple 'beautifuls' thrown in and she was all his.
"I'll be there in about twenty minutes but you beautiful lady, well I'd wait all night for you."
He was close enough to her face that he could see the blush in her cheeks. She was putty in his hands and he knew exactly what he was trying to mold.
"Um, yeah, maybe."
She was back to being coy, but he knew that she'd show up at room 319, probably before he was there. That was the way he liked it.
"Alright beautiful. I'll miss you while we're apart." He said smoothly, moving his head away from her and throwing a smile at the girl's friend.
Cody pulled away from her and turned around to walk away, he paused, glancing back and spotting the two girls smiling at each other. He caught her eye once more.
"Bye." She waved.
He didn't say another word to her as he turned his head back around and continued on his way. In twenty minutes, he knew he'd see her again.
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The next morning, Cody opened his eyes and rolled over, expecting to find the girl he had spent the night with. Instead of finding the sexy girl, he found nothing but empty bed and wrinkled sheets. All he could remember was how rough she had been, a few scratch marks on his chest, that didn't seem like an easy thing to hide.
Cody pushed himself out of bed and stood up, grabbing his pants from the floor. He pulled his pants on and stretched out his arms, trying to wake himself up slightly more. He looked at the television and spotted his shirt hanging over the corner of it. He moved his feet slowly and surely, heading towards his shirt. Cody grabbed it and pulled it on in one swift movement.
Minutes later he wandered out of his hotel room and headed down the hall looking for the one person he cared about.
Bailey pulled the door open seconds after he knocked. She was still in her pajamas; a large t-shirt and short plaid shorts. Cody stepped into her hotel room and sat down on her bed. She followed his lead and sat on the bed behind him, wrapping her arms around his shoulders, hugging him tight.
"You are wearing the same thing you had on last night." She stated, amusement in her tone of voice.
"Yeah Bay, chick left before I woke up." He replied.
Bailey let out a chuckle, sure Cody Rhodes was good-looking but he was rarely left alone in the mornings, most girls stayed in the hopes of having more than one night with him.
"So go find another one." She joked, knowing how her best friend worked.
"I guess. I wish I could remember what she looked like."
"I'm sure she was gorgeous."
"Not as gorgeous as you Bay." He grinned back at her.
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She sat against the side of the tub in her hotel room. Moments earlier she had found out the results to her life altering test and it was not exactly the result she was looking for. She threw the stick at the toilet and dropped her head into her hands, the tears spilling from her eyes.
Bailey pulled her knees up against her chest and sobbed. Cody would be back in the hotel room any minute now and there she was sitting on the cold bathroom floor crying because she made a stupid mistake, a one night thing was going to ruin her life.
Bailey pulled herself together, forcing the tears to stop. As soon as she stopped crying, she pushed herself off the floor and smoothed out her t-shirt. She tiptoed across the tile floor in her bare feet, barely making a sound as she made her way towards the stick. Bailey squatted down and wrapped her fingers around it, glaring at the piece of white plastic one final time.
She reached out for the toilet paper and started to wrap it around the stick, not wanting Cody to find it by accident. When it was completely covered in toilet paper, Bailey reached her arm across and shoved it into the garbage can, forcing her hand all the way to the bottom, ignoring the used Kleenexes and q-tips, those weren't half as important as the task at hand.
Bailey straightened her knees and stood up, looking into the mirror at her reflection. Her eyes were obviously red and any idiot would have known she was crying. Bailey turned the tap onto cold and waited a few seconds before tossing the chilly water onto her face, trying to relieve the heat in her cheeks.
Bailey patted her face dry with the white hotel towel and glanced at her reflection in the mirror one last time. It was harder to tell she had been crying but if Cody looked hard enough, he would know, she prayed she could hide it from him. Bailey's head turned to the closed bathroom door as she heard the hotel room door fly open, hitting the wall behind it.
She swallowed the lump in her throat, smoothed out her clothes one more time and inhaled a deep breath. Bailey mustered all the courage she could before wrapping her hands around the doorknob and slowly opening the door.
She threw a smile on her face and quickly made her way towards her bed, trying to avoid his eyes, which was easier than she thought as he had come back with a magazine. She climbed onto her bed and slipped under the covers, burying her face in the pillow before he could spot her red eyes.
"Tired Bay?" Cody asked, turning his head away from his newly purchased magazine.
"Yeah!" Came her muffled reply.
Cody let out a chuckle before turning the lamp closest to her off, letting her have a little darkness.
Before she drifted off to sleep though, Bailey replayed the last twenty minutes of her life. No matter what came across her mind though, one word would always stick in her brain and she knew that there was no overcoming the word 'pregnant'.
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Bailey wandered through the arena the next morning, keeping her eyes open for Cody, he had left the hotel before her, probably to get into the ring to practice his moves. She continued to wander around, she had been looking for him for fifteen minutes at least and still no sign of him. Bailey stopped in the hall and leaned her forehead against the nearest wall, closing her eyes, trying not to cry.
"Hey, are you okay?"
Bailey whipped her body around and came face to face with the John Cena. He had his hands on his hips, looking at her. Bailey tucked her hair behind her ear and forced a smile at him.
"Um yeah." She lied.
"Okay. Well if you ever need someone to talk to, my doors always open. Well not literally because then people would see me and my buddies changing but figuratively you know-"
"Thanks. I'm Bailey."
"Oh I know who you are. I hope you know who I am too."
"Randy Orton?" Bailey joked, even turning her smile into a genuine one.
"Oh hell I hope you are not being serious. I might have to 'adjust your attitude' lady."
"John Cena, everyone knows who you are." Bailey nodded.
"Good. Anyways, I've got to get going. Remember, figurative door is always open." He grinned, nodding his head at her.
Bailey nodded her head back at him and smiled as he walked away from her. Sure Cody cared about her, she knew that much but John Cena. For a guy to just randomly ask her if she was all right and then sort of call her bluff on lying, that was rare for her.
Bailey rested her arm across her abdomen and smiled. Maybe being pregnant wasn't looking so bad after all.
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