Chapter 2: Getting To Know Each Other.

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July 15, 2003

The knock on the door startled Beth out of her sleep, causing her to fall out of bed and hit her head on the bedside table. She groaned and got to her feet, rubbing her sleepy eyes as she dragged herself over to the door and opened it, scowling at Randy who stood all dressed and ready, she wasn't a morning person.

He took a look at what she was wearing and guessed he had just woken her up since all she had on were the white shorts from the previous night and a pink lace bra. She yawned and let him inside, walking past him and back over to the bed, looking back down to her shorts Randy could slightly see the matching pink g string underneath them, she was so hot.

Beth, who had now woken up properly glanced at Randy and frowned, why was he staring at her like that? Then it hit her, she looked down and realised what she was wearing.. Oops!

"I'll.. Bathroom!" She blushed, grabbing a few things from her duffel bag. She ran into the bathroom and slammed the door shut, leaving Randy with a smirk on his face. She quickly took off her bra and replaced it with a black, strapless one and then pulled on a DKNY slash back halter top over her head. Beth pulled down her shorts and rummaged through the clothes she had brought in; she hadn't brought in any underwear to match her top half! Mumbling a few colourful words, she opened the door ever so slightly and shouted out to Randy.

"Randy?" She shouted. "Do me a favour?"

He looked up from the magazine he was reading, "Yeah?"

"I've.." She paused, this was so embarrassing. "Can you get me some underwear from my bag?"

His brow rose, a slight grin on his face. "What sort of underwear?"

"Something black for my lower half," She replied.

He placed the magazine down and rifled through her bag, taking a long look through her underwear. Most of it was Victoria's secrets, lacy sort of stuff.. Something he didn't expect from Beth. He finally decided on a pair of black lace hip huggers and stood up, walking back to the bathroom door. He held them up and grinned as Bethany snatched them from his hands and eyed him.

"Do I get to see you in them?" He asked cheekily.

"No!" She answered, re-slamming the door in his face. She took off her g-string and replaced it with the hip huggers Randy had chosen, pulling a pair of DKNY blast empire jeans over the top. Collecting her dirty clothes, she left the bathroom and placed them in the bottom of her duffel bag, taking her brush from the bedside table. She brushed it back into a lose ponytail while glancing at Randy who had gone back to his magazine. "What time is it?"

He casually glanced at his watch and answered, not even looking up at her. "10:15am"

She took her make up case from the side table and jogged into the bathroom, "You're early, aren't you?" She commented, taking some eyeliner, mascara and lip gloss from the case.

"Yeah, I wanted to explain about last night."

She started with some eye shadow to smoke out her eyes, following it with some eye liner and mascara. Randy could tell she was uncomfortable with the turn of conversation as she had not answered him yet. "What's there to explain?" She finally said, picking up the lip gloss. "I saw what I saw; it's no big deal right?" She applied some to her lips and placed all the make up back in its case, zipping it up as she walked back into the bedroom.

Randy watched her carefully, "She doesn't mean anything to me, if that's what your wondering. Nothing's written in cement or anything. It was just.."

"Sex," She finished for him, placing the case down. "I get it Randy, I don't need details."

Before he could respond there was a hollow knock on the door. She tossed her duffel bag back under the bed and got to her feet and answered the door, smiling at Paul, Ric, Kevin, Shawn and Mark. She stepped aside so they could all enter, noticing the frown on Ric's face as he spotted Randy sat by her bed.

"It's not like you to be early," He stated, slight suspicion in his voice.

"What can I say? Beth brings it out of me," He smirked, Beth rolling her eyes in response. She walked back over to the door and this time opened it for the tailor, shaking his hand. This was going to be a long morning.

The fittings took a long 4 hours, and soon after all six men had left, all apart from Randy. He had asked her if they could hang out, using the excuse that everybody else was busy and today being her last day, she had reluctantly agreed. How bad could it be, right? She let out a sigh and glanced over at Randy who was currently sprawled out on her bed

"I don't know about you, but I'm bored." She huffed. "Can we do something? Please?" Randy sat up, a suggestive smile on his face. Beth frowned and smacked his leg, "Nothing like that!"

"Well what is there to do in Indianapolis? It isn't exactly fun central.."

"Hmm.. What about the zoo?" She suggested.

Randy blinked, "The Zoo?" He questioned, looking unimpressed. "I can't be seen at the Zoo."

"But you can be seen coming out of strip clubs taking a girl you barely know back to your hotel, right?" She snapped slightly, crossing her arms over her chest. Randy shot her a puzzled look. She had known him less than a day, how did she know he was like that? "I talked to John about you." She explained. "Anyway, unless you've got any better ideas, ones that don't include me undressing, let's bounce."

"Do we have to?" He whined, sitting forwards on the bed. Beth took a hold of his hands rather innocently and pouted, giving him her puppy dog eyes. Randy felt his stomach do somersaults, something he had never really felt before. It was shocking to think of the affects this girl was having on him, he just couldn't say no to her. "Alright, alright. I'll drive," He sighed, taking his hands from her as he got up and pulled on his jacket.

Beth smiled in victory, putting on her own coat as well as picking up her purse. They left the hotel room together and made their way to the elevator and eventually to the lobby. Randy stopped walking, glancing at Beth who had stopped to look inside one of the hotel's jewellery displays.

"You like it?" He asked, noticing her staring at a 14k white gold tilted heart shaped diamond pendant.

"Yeah," She sighed. "But its $789." She stared at it for a few more seconds before turning back to face Randy, "C'mon. Let's go." She smiled.

The car journey had not taken long and soon they both found themselves at the entrance of the Indianapolis Zoo. Randy kindly paid for the $12.50 entrance fee, along with the $5 parking. Once they got inside, Beth almost at once rushed ahead of him, much more excited than Randy was.

"Ooh! I want to go on the train ride.. Wait, they have dolphins here? I want to see those!" She told him while jogging ahead, not really sure where she was going. Randy ran after her and grabbed her by the shoulders to stop her, looking straight into her eyes.

"Beth, breathe with me. Calm down," He told her. "We have plenty of time to do everything, but for my sanity, please.. Just chill out, alright?"

She nodded as Randy let go of her, the two walking in step towards the dolphin show. They had agreed to go their first, followed by the rollercoaster ride and train journey. Before they could reach the dolphins, Randy stopped her and pointed to a building sign posted as the snake house.

"No way," She said while shaking her head. "I'm not going in there."

"You scared?" He teased.

"Terrified. I'm not going in there Randy." She repeated firmly.

"Awe, c'mon Bethy wethy," He spoke in a baby like voice. "I wont let those nasty snakey wakeys hurt woo." He laughed, taking her hand as he pulled her inside the building, Beth shouting in protest as they entered the dark room.

"There not going to be like.. Slithering around us, are they?" She asked rather worriedly.

Randy couldn't help but laugh at that, "Yeah Beth, they let them loose. Watch where you step!" He said rather sarcastically.

On each sides of them were sheets of glass, Beth could only just imagine what kind of ugly snakes they held behind them. Randy, who had walked slightly ahead stopped by one of the plates on the wall and read it out loud. "Snakes are found in every continent except Antarctica."

"Can we go to Antarctica then?" She said, remaining by the door where she could make a quick exit. When she told Randy she was scared of snakes, she should have let him know just how terrified she was of them, infact even thinking about them made her nauseas.

Randy chuckled and looked past her to see a fairly large emerald tree boa behind one of the glass tanks. He pulled Beth over to him and pointed to it, "Look in there." She glanced over to where he pointed and almost had a heart attack, jumping back a few paces so she was now by the opposite glass tank. She spun around and screamed, spotting a rattlesnake and finally jogged towards the door, Randy trying his best not to laugh at her.

"Randy, can we get out of here.. It's um.. Dark!" She told him rather inconvincibly.

He walked towards her, chuckling to himself. "Yeah, that's the reason. Right Beth?" He grinned, Bethany frowning at him as they left the Snake building and walked back outside. Her breathing returned to a normal pace as they approached the dolphins, Beth squealing in delight as she caught sight of them.

"Oh my god! Their so cute!" She exclaimed, Randy simply rolling his eyes as he followed her over, casually glancing down into the tank.

"Dolphins are stupid. Sharks are so much better."

"Until they eat you," She finished rather smartly, letting out a giggle as the dolphin splashed Randy and soaked his white shirt. "Looks like he doesn't like you." She grinned, petting the dolphin before Randy dragged her towards the shark tank, Beth still in fits of giggles. After looking at the sharks, Beth placed a hand on her stomach, feeling rather hungry. "Can we get some food? I'm hungry." She told him.

Randy walked back over to her with a nod, "Yeah. Then we'll head over to the forest reserve and see the bears." He said. Beth nodded and found herself locking arms with him as they made there way towards the restaurant. Beth had surprised herself by beginning to enjoy Randy's company, He had always enjoyed hers.

Hours had passed and Randy & Beth had finally made their way back to the hotel so she could collect her luggage for her flight to Thailand with Mark and Paul. She rushed around the hotel room, checking she had everything while Randy watched her from the chair he was sitting on. "You excited about going?" He asked her.

She kneeled beside her travel case and packed in a few more things she had found scattered around the room, "Yeah. I've never been to Thailand before, and I get to spend some time with John which is a huge plus."

Randy paused for a moment, should he ask her? He had to. "So, what's the deal with you and John?"

She looked up, stopping what she was doing. "What do you mean?"

"Well.." He started, adjusting in his seat. "Are you dating? Or just friends? Or what?"

She zipped up her case and got to her feet, pulling up the handle with her right hand. She looked over at him and smiled slightly, she had been waiting for him to ask about her and John, most people did. "Were just friends." She informed him. "Everyone thinks were more than that, but were not. He's eight years older than me, for one. Were like brother & sister."

"Eight years? So you're eighteen?" He asked, slightly surprised. Atleast there was only a five year age gap between the two of them.

"Yeah, how old are you?"

"Twenty three," He replied.

"Wow, I expected you to be abit younger.. Twenty or something. You look it."

He smirked at her, both getting interrupted by a knock on the door. "Well, this is it. I'll see you around?" She asked, slightly hopeful.

"Yeah, see you around." He replied.

They stood staring at each other in silence, both wanting to speak but unable to find the right words. Beth dragged the case over to the door and opened it, smiling at Paul and Mark. "You ready princess?" Mark asked, Beth breaking a smile as he used his long term nickname for her. She nodded and looked back over her shoulder at Randy, shooting him a smile before following the two large men out of the hotel room until she was finally out of sight and the door shut behind her.

Randy sighed and took a few steps backwards, flopping back on the bed. He'd never felt this way about a girl, especially one he had known for less than a couple of days. He got up and paced the hotel room; he didn't even know when he would see her again. Then something caught his eye. Looking over to the bedside table, he noticed a piece of paper with his name written on. He picked it up and read it to himself.

Randy,

Just wanted to say I had a great time today, not many people can put up with me for that long (giggle)

We should do it again sometime; you're not so bad after all.

Give me a call or something, my cells written at the bottom.

Speak to you soon,

Beth ox

He smirked and picked up the paper, placing it in his back pocket. Maybe she did like him after all.