Chapter 2

It's undeniable that we should be together,

It's unbelievable how I used to say that I'd fall never,

The basis is need-to-know, if you don't know just how I feel,

Then let me show you now that I'm for real,

If all things in time, time will reveal,

Yeah

Randy watched Cody and Jenna move in slow circles around the dance floor. It's been over two years since he had had his little fling with her; but he still lusted after her every time he saw her. He tried to push down the jealous feeling that was rising up in him as he watched his friend's hands rest on her lower back and her arms were wrapped around his neck, pulling him closer for a kiss. Randy will admit that the way he did hook up with Jenna was downright deceitful; he had used every smooth line he could think of and had taken advantage of her at her most vulnerable moment—right after her and Cody had a huge fight outside a bar. With the help of Jack Daniels, he was able to convince her to spend the night with him. Every so often he still thought about that wild night they had spent together in her hotel room. Jenna had just found out that Cody was still seeing Layla on the side and the news crushed her. Luckily, Randy was there to pick up the pieces and to lend a comforting shoulder. Unluckily for Randy, however, Jenna and Cody loved each other too much to give up and they eventually got back together.

Cody didn't speak to Randy for almost six months after the whole sleeping with his wife incident happened. He came around eventually, though. Their friendship was still strained at best, but at least he was talking to him again. He had reluctantly invited Randy to the wedding reception, much to the disagreement of Jenna; she was cold towards Randy and didn't want anything to do with him anymore. Just because Cody had forgiven Randy for everything that had happened, didn't mean that Randy could keep his mind off of Jenna whenever he saw her. There was just something about her that kept drawing him to her. He had to get her out of his mind; there was no chance that she was ever going to leave Cody like she had before. They were back together, they had a baby now and they seemed to be more in love than before. Randy had missed his chance, but somehow he didn't think that was going to stop him from trying at least. He just had to find the perfect way to get under Jenna's skin and looking around the backyard and seeing her talk to a good looking blonde, he might have found the means to do just that.

One, you're like a dream come true,

Two, just wanna be with you,

Three, girl, it's plain to see that you're the only one for me and,

Four, repeat steps one through three,

Five, make you fall in love with me,

If ever I believe my work is done, then I'll start back at one

Cody tightened his arms around Jenna's waist; he heard her sigh in content in his ear. Today was perfect. They had renewed their wedding vows in front of their family and friends. Amanda would be staying with Grandpa Virgil tonight so it would just be the two of them for the whole night. Jenna agreed to go on the road with him starting on Sunday afternoon for a week. Amanda would be coming along this time also. He was really looking forward to spending time with his two favorite girls. Life was good.

"Cody?" Jenna whispered in his ear.

"Yeah, baby?" he whispered back as she pulled him closer.

"Tonight is perfect. Thank you."

"I would do anything for you, Jen. All you have to do is ask..." he murmured as he leaned down to kiss her softly on the mouth. She pulled away and he had to hold back a chuckle when he saw her face turning red when people started clapping when he had kissed her. Yes, tonight was definitely perfect.

As the night wore on, Jenna noticed that her friend Michelle was hanging around Cody's friend Randy an awful lot. She couldn't put her finger on why, but it made her nervous to see the 5'6" blonde with blue eyes giggle every time Randy whispered in her ear. Jenna had enough experience with Randy to know that he was probably using every slick line in the book to try and get what he wanted from her. She sighed, knowing that Michelle would make her own decision about him; she had recently divorced from her doctor husband and was on the rebound. Jenna just hoped that she didn't decide to make Randy her rebound lover; nothing good would come of that.

Virgil came over to Jenna with a sleepy Amanda trailing behind him. "Hi sweetie," she said softly to her daughter as she picked her up; Mandy's head immediately went down to Jenna's shoulder and she knew it would only be a matter of minutes before the little girl was asleep. Jenna kissed her on the top of her brunette head and smiled at her father in law. Virgil, like Jim and Alice, absolutely doted on the little girl. Cody came over to where his wife was standing and offered to take Mandy from Jenna so he could carry her out to his father's car. Mandy was spending the night with grandpa; she had been so excited to find out she would be sleeping at "PaPa's" house that she refused to go to sleep last night until finally her tiredness won out and she fell into a soft slumber.

Jenna felt her heart melt as she watched her only daughter sleep on Cody's shoulder. The day they had found out they were pregnant with Mandy was one of the happiest days of her life. She was finally able to let go of those painful feelings of the miscarriage she endured when they first got married, and was able to finally look forward to the future with Cody and their new baby. Cody had been on the road for most of her pregnancy, and it seemed like every time he came home, her stomach had grown. He was convinced that she had never looked more beautiful to him than when her stomach was swollen with their unborn baby. He found himself falling more in love with her every time he came home from the road.

He winked at her as he followed his dad out to the car with a sleeping Mandy on his shoulder. Jenna smiled at the sight and looked around her parents backyard. They had set up a white tent with soft lights strung throughout. It was beautiful. The music was still playing and people were still dancing the night away. She just happened to glance around and see that Randy and Michelle were now dancing cheek to cheek on the dance floor. The sight made her uneasy and she didn't know why. Randy was a player, Michelle was vulnerable. She sighed and tried to tell herself that if Michelle did end up making a mistake with Randy, all she could do was be there to help pick up the pieces.