Over the last couple of weeks every few days Kyla would get something new. It was always something she loved. Her favorite chocolates, her favorite candies, her favorite stuffed animals, a bouquet of lilies, her favorite champagne. Almost all of them she'd returned to Randy with a note that simply read. "No." She was having a girls night with Amy and Trish. They were in Kyla's room.
"I wanna talk about your boyfriend." Trish said.
"I don't have a boyfriend." Kyla said.
"Yes you do and his name is Randy." Amy said.
"I have a little pest who won't take no for an answer." "I wish he would leave me alone."
"Come on, you don't like the attention just a little bit?" Trish said.
"I'll admit it's sweet." "I'm just not interested."
"Most women would've caved by now."
"I'm not most women."
"Are you at least attracted to him?" Amy asked.
"He's attractive but so are most of the guys we work with." "I wish I had a single friend I could set him up with." "That way he'd finally leave me alone."
"You're really not gonna crack?" Trish said.
"Trish you know me." "Do you think I'll crack?"
"No."
"That's right I won't."
"Most people would call you crazy." Amy said.
"They can call me whatever they want." "I call me focused on my goals."
"I don't think he'll stop."
"Next gift I get I'm gonna have to spell it out for him."
"By telling him no over and over?" Trish asked.
"I'll figure out some way to get my point acrossed."
"Well what you've doing isn't working."
"I've noticed that."
The next day Kyla got on the elevator to go up to her room. Ric was on the elevator.
"Hi Ric." She said.
"Hi Kyla."
"Does your buddy have any surprises planned for me today?"
"I honestly don't know."
"Well if he does, tell him my answer is still no."
"Will do." "Kyla, Randy's a nice guy."
"I know." "It's not about that." "I'm just not interested in dating right now."
"I tried to tell him that." "He didn't listen to me."
"He's not listening to me either." "He's so stubborn."
"That's Randy." The elevator dinged. She got off.
Later that night Kyla was in the Divas Locker Room getting ready to change into her ring gear. There was a knock at the door. She came back holding a basket of five big tubes of lotion.
"Kyla, Randy sent you lotion." Amy said.
Kyla took the basket. "This my watermelon lotion." Kyla said surprised. She wore the lotion daily. She was wearing it right now. "It's two-hundred dollars a tube and there's five of them in here." "This has to stop." She left with the basket in her hand.
Kyla found Evolution's locker room and knocked on the door. Randy answered. He could tell from the look on her face it wasn't good news.
"Let me guess." He said. "No."
"Right." "Come out here I want to talk to you." He shut the door behind him. "Randy, all the gifts you've given me have been very sweet but please, I'm begging you, stop." "I don't want to date right now." "Not just you." "Anyone." "It's not personal, I'm just way to focused on my career right now to think about anything else." "Do you get what I'm telling you?"
"I get it."
"Good." "No more gifts please."
"Ok."
"Thank you." She turned and was walking away.
"Kyla." She turned around. "What happened to the chocolates?"
"What?" She said confused.
"The chocolates." "They're the only thing you didn't give back."
"I ate them." "They were good." "Thanks."
"You're welcome." Randy could've sworn they just shared a moment. She turned and walked away. Randy went back inside.
