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Awkward
"I am so excited for this." Maria whispered as she flopped down on her bed.
"Tell me about it. It's been, I don't know, 5 cities since we were room mates." Mickie agreed.
"Maybe 6. I lost count." Candice laughed.
"You forgot all about us?" Mickie pretended to be hurt.
"I-" Candice started, but Maria interrupted her.
"What did Jeff possibly do that made Candy forget all about us, Micks?" She teased with a naughty smirk. Candice blushed and tried to hide it. Maria and Candice started laughing.
"My point is," She cleared her throat to catch the attention of her still laughing friends "it had been a long time since we last roomed together."
"Oh, we know Candice. We were just playing with you." Mickie expressed.
"Yeah. Besides, I know you forgot all about me, too, judging from the sounds you make at night. Jeff and I couldn't sleep and all, with all them moaning and name calling and--" Candice told her friends with a naughty smirk of her own.
"Candice, stop embarrassing us." Maria whispered, her face redder than Candice's was. Mickie had her face hidden by the pillow she was holding. Candice laughed at them.
"It's just us three, there's no need to be embarrassed." She assured them.
"Just wait and see Candy. You make sounds too!" Mickie's muffled voice came from the pillow. Candice laughed some more. She blushed again, but her friends were all too embarrassed to look at her.
"Not as loud as youguys. I mean it could've been heard from the elevator." She continued.
"Stop. Shh..." Maria warned as she heard someone knock on the door. "Must be the guys!" She perked up. They all went to open the door, eager to see their beaus.
"Hey, girls." John, Randy and Jeff greeted simultaneously.
"What happened to you? You're all red in the face?" Jeff asked, confused.
"Nothing." Maria answered for them.
"Are you sure?" He wasn't convinced.
"Yes, babe, stop worrying." Candice pulled him closer, trying to make him forget about them blushing.
"Is this what happens every time you room with your peeps?" John asked Maria as they went inside the room.
"Peeps?" Randy looked at him weirdly.
"What?" John looked at Randy weirdly. "So?" He went back to Maria.
"No, not really." Maria answered him.
"I guess we were just psyched that we would be together again." Mickie added, while Maria nodded in agreement.
"I see." Randy said.
"Is that really the reason?" John whispered in Maria's ear.
"No. We were talking about our sex lives." Maria whispered back and giggled, and in turn John turned slightly pink.
"Is that what happens every time you room with your peeps?" John asked.
"That's a secret." She slyly smiled, leaving John gaping.
Jeff looked at John.
"What is wrong with this place? Look at John, he's red too!" He exclaimed.
Candice and Mickie's heads (eyes were huge) turned to Maria and Mickie mouthed 'Did you tell him?' to her.
Maria, in turn, nodded and mouthed 'Sorry'.
Candice buried her face in her hands while Mickie secretly threatened Maria with her fist, and Maria controlled her urge to laugh.
"Is there something wrong?" Randy asked, noticing them not making a sound.
"Nothing." They said at the same time.
"Are you sure? Because you're quiet. You guys are never quiet. Well, except now, so are you sure you're all right?" Randy smirked, earning a playful slap from Mickie.
"He does have a point you know," John said, joining in "You guys never stop talking."
Maria stuck her tongue at him, and he stuck his out at her, too.
"Girls! Meeting." Candice called, and they huddled together like a basketball team.
"Anyone up for a prank? Let's show them we can be quiet. Then we'll get the last laugh." Candice quietly laughed.
"I'm in!" Maria whispered.
"Me too." Mickie agreed.
And they resumed to their original places.
"What was that all about?" John asked Maria.
Silence.
"Hello?"
Silence.
"Are you guys hungry?" Jeff called.
"Yeah!" John replied.
"Yes..." Randy replied.
Silence.
"Girls?" Randy asked, thinking they haven't heard.
Silence.
The girls smiled at each other, grinning.
"Oh I see what you're trying to do!" John realized. "You're proving a point. Rands, they're trying to prove they can stop talking."
Jeff looked at them with amusement.
"Candy, you want pizza?" Jeff asked his girl friend. Getting no reply, he glared at John and Randy.
"Great. I wasn't even part of this."
"Oh they will talk." Randy smirked. "They'll die if they don't." He added, earning threatening glares from Maria, Candice, and the most threatening glare from Mickie.
"I'm going to go out and order some food." Jeff said as he stood up and approached the door slowly. Randy and John told Jeff what they want but the girls stayed silent.
Maria looked at Mickie and Candice with puppy dog eyes, as she was very hungry, and wanted food.
No, Maria. Just a little more... they'll break, just don't talk. Candice thought while looking in her eyes. Maria must've read her mind because she nodded and took a deep breath and patiently waited in her seat.
"You don't want food?" Randy taunted. "All right, but when the foods here, we'll have them all to ourselves."
Jeff just stood by the door. He knew Randy and John would give up sooner or later, and fought the urge to laugh.
Still, the girls refused to answer.
John cannot stand it anymore. Ever since he was a kid, people snubbing him always disturbed him.
"Geez, girls come on. You can speak now. You proved your point." He surrendered, throwing his hands up in the air. Maria winked at him, but did nothing else. He looked up in exasperation. Randy looked at him.
"You're giving up, John?" Randy asked him. "You can't. You just can't." He dramatized, trying to get the girls to make any sound. Unfortunately, the girls had too much will power to stop themselves from giggling.
"That's it. Guys! Meeting!" Randy exclaimed, copying Candice's actions earlier, and she rolled her eyes at him. They huddled.
"We're gonna have to do this the hard way. Kiss them senseless." He whispered.
"That is hard... why?" Jeff smirked.
"Just kiss Candice. And you," Randy looked at John "kiss Maria, and I'll kiss Mickie."
"My pleasure..." John gazed.
"John, focus!" Randy intensely whispered, acting like he was hiding from something.
"I'll count up to three, and we'll do this as quickly as possible." Jeff butt in. "One... Two... Three!"
Each of them sprinted to their partners.
John cupped Maria's face and brought it closer to his, and the gap between them closed in less than a second. Shocked, Maria did not respond at first but soon kissed back after his hands moved to her waist.
Randy did not wait as his lips crashed into Mickie's and he let her lean backward as she kissed back with no hesitation. He pulled her up and hugged her tight, refusing to ever let go.
Jeff looked into Candice's eyes before leaning in to kiss her. She wrapped her hands around Jeff's neck and pulled him close as his tongue begged for entrance. His hand roamed her body and they finally rested on her back.
After some time they pulled apart, mainly due to the lack of oxygen. The kiss left Maria, Mickie and Candice in bliss and crooked smiles were on their faces.
"Amazing..." escaped Maria's lips, while "Fantastic..." and "Absolutely Fabulous..." escaped Candice's and Mickie's respectively.
John, Randy and Jeff breathed in relief. They talked.
"You know what... I'm in the mood for pizza." Maria spoke, feeling the hunger again.
"Me, too." Everyone else agreed.
"Alright, I'll be right back." Jeff said as he reached for the door.
"Jeffy..." Candice called "Just let them deliver the pizza. I want you here, to stay with me."
"Okay. I guess I don't want you to suffer seeing them make out, after we heard them one night. I still didn't recover from that, you know."
"Jeff!!" Everyone else shouted, excluding Candice, who was giggling. If anyone entered the room, they would be surprised to find 4 people blushing.
"Come of it Jeff, both of you are noisy too! You must have it wild. I could hear the bed squeaking." John retaliated. It was Jeff's and Candice's turn to redden.
"Oh so that's why you were all red when we came..." Randy realized. Maria, Mickie and Candice hung their heads.
"This is awkward." John spoke up.
"I'm going to call the Pizza place now." Jeff turned around slowly, avoiding looking into the eyes of anyone.
"Uh... yeah." They nodded nervously, recovering from their humiliation.
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AN: Thanks for everybody who had me on Author Alert. Expect something slightly different in this story.