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Alexa pushed Randy off of her, "What are you doing?"

"I left her," Randy said. "I wanna be with you."

Alexa sat down, "You're lying, and you're drunk. You've told me before you left her and then it turned out that you were just saying that so I would have sex with you."

"I'm not lying, and I'm not just saying it. I really left her, I called the wedding off. I have my bags outside your door," Randy said as he opened the hotel room door and grabbed his bags from the hallway. He held them up for Alexa to see.

Alexa was overwhelmed, "Why did you leave her?"

Randy walked over to Alexa and kneeled down in front of her, "Because I love you, I love her too but with you it's different. I can't go one day without thinking about what you're doing, I wanna be next to you 24/7. I cheated on Chloe more than once, but I've never felt this way about anyone but you."

Alexa fought back the tears that were close to falling, "So what does all this make us?"

"That's up to you, but I want us to be together."

Alexa sighed, "I think right now we just need to be friends, take things slow. It's always been just sex between us; we never went out and did things together."

"Well let's go out now; we don't have to hide anymore. We can do whatever we want and not have to worry about getting caught."

"It's almost three a.m. we're not going anywhere right now except to bed. Barbie is gone for the night, you can sleep in her bed," Alexa said.

Randy sighed, "Okay." Randy stood up and made his way over to Barbie's bed and laid down.

Alexa laid down in her bed and slowly drifted off to sleep, Randy thought that he would be able to do the same with the amount of alcohol he had consumed but sleep just wouldn't come for him that night. He felt too good to sleep, he felt free. He didn't have to sneak around anymore; he could do whatever he wanted and not get bitched at about it.

The next morning, Alexa woke up and looked over to Barbie's bed. Randy was no longer there. Alexa knew that the events of last night were too good to be true. She slowly got up and made her way into the bathroom where she saw a piece of paper taped to the mirror.

She pulled it off and read it, 'Good morning beautiful. I went down to the gym for a little bit. Be ready when I get back so we can go out for breakfast. Love you forever, Randy.'

Alexa smiled; maybe he was seriously done with Chloe. Alexa started running the water for a shower, she let the water get to the right temperature before taking her clothes off and getting in. She took a quick shower, washing just her body and not her hair. When Alexa got out she dried off with a towel and brushed her teeth. When she walked out of the bathroom she saw Randy sitting on the couch watching something on TV, hearing the bathroom door open he looked over at her and smiled.

"How did you get back in?" Alexa smiled.

Randy stood up and made his way over to her, "I stole your room key." Randy wrapped his arms around Alexa's waist and leaned down and kissed Alexa gently. Alexa kissed him back, it felt so good to kiss him and not have to worry about anyone finding out but Alexa knew that if she didn't stop the kiss the two of them would end up doing more and as much as she wanted to the two of them had to be more than just sex.

Alexa kissed Randy a little bit longer before slowly pulling away, "I have to get dressed so we can get to breakfast," she smiled.

"We could always just stay here and have breakfast in bed together," Randy smiled seductively.

"As tempting as that sounds, we agreed to be friends," she smiled.

Randy sighed, "You're right." Randy walked back over and plopped down on the couch watching TV again.

Alexa sighed to herself before grabbing some clothes out of her bag and walking back into the bathroom. Once Alexa had finished getting dressed she looked herself over in the mirror. She was wearing a pair of khaki shorts and a yellow halter top, Alexa applied some light make up before running a brush through her hair. When she exited the bathroom she saw Randy sitting on the couch, watching TV, with the same disappointed look he had before she went to get dressed.

Alexa say down next to Randy and put her hand over his, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing," Randy answered, not taking his eyes off the TV.

"You're lying, something is wrong. One second you're happy with me and now you won't even look at me."

Randy sighed, "I'm fine, just a bit impatient is all."

"Impatient?"

"Yeah, I want to be with you but you just push me away. You pushed me away last night and made me sleep in a different bed and then you push me away this morning when I was kissing you. I wish you would have told me you don't have the same feelings for me that I do for you."

Alexa looked up at Randy, "Randy I have the same feelings you do. I think about you every day, I want to spend every second that I'm awake with you, I want you to hold me every night when I go to sleep, I want you to be there when I'm happy, sad, or bitchy. I have fallen so far in love with you that I'm probably never going to stop loving you, and I don't know if I wanna stop."

"Then why can't we be together? If we share the same feelings then there should be nothing stopping us."

"Because I want to know if this is what we both really want and it's not just an infatuation with each other. You were with Chloe, I couldn't have you and you couldn't have me because of that. I need to know we fell in love with each other and not the chase."

Randy took Alexa's hand in his, "Trust me, I love you. It was never about the chase for me, it was always about being with, around you, or even just hearing your voice."

Alexa sighed, she knew Randy loved her but she was scared that if they jumped right into things that Randy would realize he made a mistake when he left Chloe and Alexa would end up hurt.

Randy looked at the pained look on Alexa's face, he knew there was another reason she didn't want to be with him right now, "Does any of this have anything to do with Evan?"

Alexa sighed and stood up, "No Randy, I've told you before that Evan and I are just friends. That's it."

"Then tell me what else is wrong Alexa, you know I love you, I know you love me, I don't see a problem so tell what else is wrong with you."

Alexa sighed and looked at the ground, "I don't want you to leave me for Chloe."

"Leave you for Chloe?"

"Yeah, I don't want us to get together and somewhere down the line you feel as if you made a mistake and you never should have left Chloe. Then you're just going to end up seeing her or some other girl behind my back like you did with me," Alexa said, she hadn't meant for that last part to come out but she felt kind relived that it did.

Randy sat there, looking at Alexa in shock, "So you're afraid I'm going to end up cheating on you?" Randy stood up from the couch and walked to Alexa, "I'm not going to cheat on you. I made a lot of mistakes since I've been with Chloe but you aren't one of them. I've never felt this way about any women in my life, I've never loved a women this much before. You have a strong hold on me and no girl can or will ever break that. If this taking it slow thing is about building trust between us then fine but the trust won't come if you keep pushing away. I'm not telling you to have sex with me and I'm not telling you to jump into a relationship with me, I'm just asking you to let me in so that I can show that everything I'm telling you is real."

Alexa looked up at Randy, tears filling her eyelids, never in her life had a man said anything like that, or made her feel the way Randy was making her feel right now. As much as Alexa wanted to keep her guard up she felt as if Randy had knocked it all the way down.

Randy pulled Alexa to him and hugged her tight as her tears fell, after she had stopped crying Randy looked down at her, "This conversation can be over for now, let's just go to breakfast."

Alexa looked up at Randy, "Good idea." The two grabbed their belongings and headed out the door; on the way there Randy's phone started ringing.

Randy sighed, "Its Chloe."

The smile Alexa had on her face fell when she heard her name, but she knew Chloe had Randy's daughter so she'd have to deal with her calling occasionally.

"What Chloe?" Randy said as he answered the phone.

"Mikayla and I are leaving," Chloe said. "We're going to move our things out of your house; I found somewhere else to move to. If you want to see her before we go you can come and get her for an hour or two while I get things together."

"Fine, I'll be right there," Randy said before hanging up. "I'll meet you in the lobby; I gotta go get Mikayla because Chloe is leaving to move out of the house."

Alexa nodded her head as she exited the elevator.

Randy rode the elevator to Chloe's floor, when he arrived on the right floor he exited the elevator and made his way to the hotel room and knocked on the door, waiting a few minutes before Chloe opened it.

Randy walked in, "I hope she's dressed and ready because I'm meeting a friend for breakfast."

"She's asleep," Chloe said as she gestured towards the bed where Mikayla was sleeping. "She'll be waking up soon though so we have a few minutes to talk."

"No, I'll wake her up now. I don't want to be late for breakfast."

"Randy, you left me for someone else last night; I at least deserve more of an explanation."

"What more of an explanation do you want? I love her in such a different way then I love you, I can't be with you."

"Yes you can, just stop seeing her and we can move on. Take off work for a while and spend time with me and Mikayla, you'll forget all about her. It's probably just a phase anyway."

"No Chloe, this isn't a phase. You know I've cheated before and they were all one night flings that I had forgotten about the next morning, until I met Alexa. She changed everything, she makes me happy, she makes me laugh, and I love her."

"I don't make you happy? I don't make you laugh? Randy I birthed your child."

"And I am thankful for that, you gave me Mikayla. No other girl could have done that and for that I'll always love you in some way, just not enough to pursue this relationship."

"You know if things don't work out between you and her I won't take you back," Chloe said.

"That's fine, if Alexa and I don't work out then I'm still walking away knowing I made the right decision when I called off the wedding. I need to marry someone I love more than anything in this world, and Alexa is that person."

"Yeah, she's that person for now, until the next ring rat comes along and spreads her legs for you just like she did."

Randy clenched his fists together, Chloe was pissing him off with her smart comments and he desperately needed to get down to Alexa.

Down in the lobby, Alexa had been waiting fifteen minutes already. She kept telling herself that she knew this would happen, Randy went to see Chloe and they probably talked it all out and solved any problems that they had and now they were headed back to St. Louis together. Alexa shook her head and made her way back to her hotel room; once she arrived she took off her shorts, shirt, and bra and slipped on one of Randy's t-shirts before sliding into bed wearing only the t-shirt and a white thong. Once in bed Alexa laid on her side on her pillow and pulled the blanket over her head before letting the tears fall, she had ended up just how she had assumed she would…hurt.

Back in Chloe's room the comments still hadn't stopped, Randy was standing there fighting back his anger when finally he decided to leave.

"Nevermind about this Chloe," Randy walked over to Mikayla and gently placed a kiss on her forehead, "Daddy loves you babygirl," he whispered before walking back over towards the door. "I'llbe home tomorrow, I'll talk to you then about coming to see her," he said before leaving the hotel room. Randy looked down at his phone and saw the time; he had been in Chloe's room for the last twenty five minutes, leaving Alexa waiting downstairs. Randy quickly made his way to the lobby when he saw Alexa wasn't there he reached in his pocket for her room key, when he found it he made his way up to her room. When he walked in he saw Alexa sleeping peacefully, her face wet from crying, 'Shit, she probably thinks Chloe and I worked things out,' Randy thought. He wanted to wake her up and explain everything to her but she looked too beautiful for him to disturb her so he let her sleep. Randy slid on a pair of sweatpants before climbing into bed next to Alexa. He kissed her forehead and she started to move a little.

"Randy," Alexa said as she began waking up. "What are you doing here?"

"We were supposed to go to breakfast," Randy said.

"You never came back so I just figured things between you and her had gotten fixed."

"No," Randy said as he shook his head. "Not even close. She just wanted me to give her more of an explanation and I did. Alexa, I told you earlier I don't want to be with her and I meant it."

Alexa rolled over on her side facing Randy and sighed, "I know, I guess it's just that I've been coming second to you for so…"

"Whoa," Randy said as he cut her off. "You've never came second to her, I always cancelled things with her to be with you. I even went on the road when I was scheduled to be with you. You were far from being second."

The two were silent for a few moments until Alexa spoke up, "I want this to work."

Randy propped himself up on his elbow, looking at Alexa, "I do to; I want it more than anything."

"Here's what we'll do. I'm on the road for the next three or four weeks, we'll do the friends thing for the time being and for a little while after I go back home and you continue traveling. I have to know we can both make it through not seeing each other for long periods of time. After we get through all that then we can officially be a couple."

Randy smiled, "So we're looking at two months of being friends?"

"Yeah," Alexa answered.

"And then you're all mine?"

"Oh, I'm all yours now," Alexa smiled. "But it'll be official after this friend thing."

Randy smiled, "I like that." Randy leaned in and kissed Alexa. The kiss lasted until the two were interrupted by a knock at the door.

Alexa sighed and rolled out of bed, slipping on a pair of her shorts she found along the way, Alexa opened the door and saw Chloe standing there holding Mikayla.