M O V E. A L O N G.
by: Olivia

Summary: Randy and Ashley used to go out back when Randy was in the Marine Corps. After getting kicked out, he decided to focus on a wrestling career. Ashley didn't want a life like that and broke things off, knowing it was for the better. But now she's joined the roster where both their feelings are still there for each other.

Rating: T (possibly M for future)

Disclaimer: I do not own the WWE or any of the wrestlers affiliated with the industry. I only own Ashley and any other characters I have created for this piece.

Author's Note: Thanks for the reviews that I've already gotten! I hope you like the second chapter and don't think I'm revealing the past too fast. I've got plenty of ideas for this story to be long one. Also I've thought of a better fitting title for this story so when I post the third chapter it will be under Keep on Loving You.

And in case you're one of those readers reading my other story: Sorry I haven't updated. I know what I want to happen next but I can't seem to put it into words exactly. I'll update as soon as I can on that one.

C H A P T E R. T W O.
D R E A M I N G. O F. Y O U.

Randy Orton walked into the lobby of the hotel he and the other wrestlers were staying in. He passed the bar, seeing some of the other superstars, but decided against joining them. He wasn't tired but he had other plans. Making his way to the elevator, he pressed the call button, waited until the elevator door opened and then made his way to his room.

He opened the door with his key and, once inside, shut the door. He was rooming with Ted tonight but he was nowhere to be found. Maybe he was in the bar downstairs or at some girl's place. He didn't know and, really, he didn't care.

Putting his bags down, he went over to his computer and accessed the website that he visited frequently over the past years. As soon as the website finished downloading, he saw a few pictures of Ashley Frost in a banner-type fashion. He proceed to move the mouse over to the video section and clicked on the most recent interview of her with Jimmy Kimmel.

He spent the next ten minutes watching the interview. He was stunned when he heard she was joining the wrestling industry. Now he would be seeing her again, in person.

When she was focusing on her acting career, there was no chance of ever running into her again but with her working with the WWE, he was sure that he would be seeing a lot more of her.

He turned off the computer and stripped down to his underwear, climbing into the made bed.

As he turned off the light on the nightstand, he thought about the last time they were ever saw each other.

Ashley was sitting on her front steps while Randy was standing a few steps in front of her.

"So what are you going to do now that you're out of the Marine Corps?" Asked Ashley.

Randy had gotten a dishonorable discharge after going AWOL on two different occasions and sentenced to thirty-eight days in a military prison. Now Ashley was able to see him without having to go to a prison.

Randy sat down next to her. "I'm thinking about following in my father and grandfather's footsteps."

Ashley looked over at him, raising an eyebrow. "Weren't they pro wrestlers?"

He nodded his head. "Yeah. I've wanted to become a wrestler before I graduated but then my father said it was a life I wouldn't want. So I joined the Marine Corps. And now that I'm not longer in the military I can focus on that."

"Is that why you went AWOL those times?" She asked him, now unsure if there were different reasons behind the incidents.

"No."

"If you're a wrestler doesn't it mean you'd rarely be home?" Ashley didn't want a life where she wasn't able to see Randy when she wanted to. She would rather be with him as much as she could and with him being a wrestler, it didn't seem likely.

Randy looked over at her for the first time since sitting down. "I'd rarely be home if I were in the Marine Corps." He had a feeling he knew where this was going. They would have a huge fight and then Ashley would get over it within the next couple of days.

"Yeah but you would only be gone for so long and then back home for a long amount of time. With wrestling, you would be gone every week and only have a couple of days to yourself." Ashley wasn't stupid. She knew the difference between being absent because of fighting for your country and wrestling.

"Is there something wrong with that? I'd still talk to you all the time."

Ashley shook her head, her eyes starting to fill with tears. "I can't do that. I want you here so we can have a life together. We always talked about getting married one day and starting a family of our own. How are we going to do that if you're never here?"

"Ashley, wrestling is my dream. Don't you want me to be happy?" Asked Randy, now unclear as to how the rest of the conversation would go. He wasn't expecting her to cry and say the words she had recited.

She looked down to the floor for a brief moment and then back into Randy's eyes. "I do. Which is why I can't be with you."

"I don't understand."

Ashley went on to further explain herself. "I love you. I can't sit by and let you not follow your dreams. I don't want to hold you back by saying I don't want you to go. If you stay with me, you won't be happy. If you're wrestling, you'll hear me complaining that you're never home and then we won't work out. If you stay here, you'll be miserable you're whole life."

Randy's eyes started to get glassy but he refused to cry. "Are you breaking up with me?"

She nodded. "I am. Randy, it's for the best. It's not because I don't love you anymore; it's because I love you too much to hurt you. It's best for the both of us." She stood up. "I'm sorry."

Randy watched as she turned around and ran into her house, shutting the door behind her.

Randy remembered it like it had happened yesterday. She wanted to stay in Missouri and have a normal career that didn't make her travel. But yet, she became an actress. That was the whole reason she couldn't stay with him. Apparently the both wanted different things. But in the end, they chose the same careers.

to be continued...