Haley got dressed and returned to the front of the room, Randy was still on the couch watching the rest of Smackdown, she could tell he was still irritated about what had happened earlier so she decided to go find Taylor and give him some time to cool off. As she was about to leave the locker room her phone vibrated and she saw that she had a new text message
Hey I'm not at the arena anymore, im at the hotel, zack and I got into a fight…
"Hey um Taylor isn't here anymore, she got into a fight with Zack and left…I really should go check on her, do you mind catching a ride with someone back to the hotel?" Haley asked, after she had read the message.
"Yea that's fine. I think Cody and Ted and I are gonna grab some dinner after the show anyway and catch up." Randy replied.
Haley walked over to him and gave him a kiss, "I love you" she whispered in his ear.
"Love you too baby girl" he answered. "And I'm sorry about not trusting you…"
"It's okay. I would have been kinda upset myself if I were you" she laughed lightly before walking out of the locker room.
Haley pulled her rolling suitcase behind her as she walked out the exit of the building into the cool of the night, as she dug her jacket for her car keys she bumped into someone, a hard body that almost knocked her on her ass if he hadn't caught her. She looked up into the warm eyes of Wade Barrett, a soft gasp slipped past her lips as he helped her stand upright.
"Oh, geez, Wade I'm sorry. I really should watch where I'm going. Second time in one night you've saved me…" she smiled slightly as the England brawler smiled down at her.
"Well someone's got to love" he answered, he noticed that both their hands were on her suitcase and he pulled his hand back and took a step back.
They both stood there for a minute just sort of staring at one another, until Wade spoke up.
"Well don't let me keep ya if your in a hurry to leave…" he said chuckling lightly.
"Oh, well I'm heading back to the hotel to check on Taylor. Um…were you leaving too?" Haley asked curiously.
"I was, but it seems my ride has already left…" Wade noted as he looked around for Justin Gabriel's rental car but didn't see it anywhere.
"I could give you a ride back to the hotel Wade" she replied, she felt butterflies swirl around in her stomach when he smiled down at her.
"That would be lovely. Do you mind waiting a few moments while I go get my bags?" Wade asked.
"No go ahead. I'm the bright blue Focus. I'll wait for ya." she smiled softly, then turned and headed to her rental.
As Haley waited for Wade to return she pulled out her phone and called her friend Taylor, the phone rang and rang and finally she answered.
"Are you here?" came the voice of her best friend..
"Haven't left the arena yet….I'm waiting to give Wade a ride…" Haley answered, she waited for her friend to start yelling but it didn't happen.
"What does Randy think of that?" Taylor asked.
"He doesn't know…" Haley replied hesitantly, although she shouldn't have to feel guilty for giving a fellow co-worker a ride back to the hotel.
The petite brunette looked out her rearview mirror and saw that Wade was approaching the car, she told Taylor she would let her know when she was back at the hotel and ended the call.
They arrived back at the hotel and said their goodbyes at the elevator, Haley got off on the 3rd floor and headed down the hall to where Taylor's room was. She found the room and knocked on the door.
"About time you got here" Taylor stated, flinging the door open.
Haley rolled her eyes at her friend and walked in flopping down on the large queen size bed. "What are you and Zack fighting about now?"
Taylor was about to answer her friend when there was another knock at her door, both girls looked at each other puzzled before Taylor went to the door and checked to see who it was. She gasped and opened the door quickly, Wade limped inside and Taylor caught him before he could crash to the floor, Haley ran over to help Taylor carry him over to the couch.
"What the hell happened to you?!" Taylor asked in shock. Haley went into the bathroom and grabbed a wet washcloth to clean his cuts.
As Haley cleaned up the bareknuckle brawler he explained to Taylor about how he was on his way to his room when Randy, Ted, and Cody jumped him from behind. This absolutely infuriated Haley and she told Taylor to take over, she had to go confront Randy about what had happened.