Chapter Two: Where Are You Going?

"So, how's he doing anyway?" Adam asked her.

"Randy?" Shelby asked. "Oh, hey's doing better. He wants to come back to work so badly though. His arms doing better, but he's bored as shit. The only thing that's keeping him occupies is his friend that's doing his tattoo sleeves."

Adam feigned shock. "The Ortonizer's getting different tattoos rather than just tribal markings? That's a big shocker! He must really be thinking outside of the box lately! It's epic!"

Shelby smacked him playfully against the arm. "Shut up, smartassl they actually look pretty good if you ask me."

"Are you just saying that because it's your boyfriend and you don't wanna piss him off; or because you actually, honestly like them?" Adame questioned me, quirking an eyebrow.

"I do!" Shelby said. "Just because you think Randy's an asshole, doesn't mean he controls me. I would never let him try and control me. Ever."

Adam gave her a weird smile; like he didn't believe her. "Shell, you're not that hard to convince."

"Are you calling me easy?" Shelby questioned him, jokingly. "Punk?"

"Oh yeah, exactly." he said, sarcastically, rolling his green eyes. "Dumbass..."


"I miss you, baby." he said, sweetly. Shelby felt a flush of happiness over her face as she smiled.

"I miss you too, Randy." Shelby replied. She was talking to him through the phone. "It's been so unbelievably lame here without you."

"Haha I bet." Randy chuckled. "I can't wait to come back. And when I do, we should definitely do something."

"I agree, babe. We need to." Shelby said. "But I'll be coming home soon in a couple days, so you don't have to wait long."

"That sounds better."

"Yeah," Shelby said. "so what are you doing tonight, love?"

"Relaxing at home, as usual. I worked on our cars some. What about you?" he asked.

"Same as you, basically ---"

That's when shelby heard a loud knock on her door of my hotel room. Her head immediatly shot in it's direction.

"What's wrong?" Randy asked me.

"Nothing, hold on a second." Shelby said, putting the phone down on the bed. She got up and walked over to it and opened up the door.

Right before her, she saw her best friend, Chris standing there. He smiled, greetingly.

"Hey!" he said, friendly.

"Ohmigosh, HI!" She said, excited to see him. She threw her arms around him.

He laughed as he hugged her back. "What's up, girly?"

Shelby let go of him and smiled. "Ah, nothing much. I was just talking with Randy on the phone. What're you doing here?"

"Just was here to see what you were doing." Chris told her. "Are you free?"

"Why?"

"Wanna go out downtown?"

"Sure!" Shelby said. "Just lemme get ready and I'll be down in a second."

"Okay," he nodded. "meet me down in the parking lot."

"Good deal." she replied. "I'll be just five or ten minutes."

"Alright then!"

She closed the door and then went back over to my phone and picked it up. "Hey baby?"

"Hey!" he said, almost too fast. "I thought you bailed on me. Haha."

"Haha, aww, you know I would never do that!" she giggled. "But I do have to go. I'll call you back later."

"Wait," he stopped her. "where are you going?"

"Going with Jericho downtown." Shelby said. Her voice a little cautious for a moment. She repeated her last line again. "I'll call you back later, though."

"Oh...okay then." Randy said. "Later, baby. Be careful."

"I will. I love you."

"Love you too."

"Bye."