On the way back to the hotel, Randy made a few quick pit stops. First was to the flower market to get Megan a bouquet of orange Lilies, then to the liquor store to grab a bottle of whiskey and champagne. He didn't know which she would prefer, so he grabbed both. Back at the hotel, he ran up to his room to clean up a little and to put the alcohol on ice. When everything was ready, he went down the hall to get Megan from Natalya's room. He knocked and Natalya opened the door and invited him inside. He noticed that she had changed out of her dress and into sweatpants, a t-shirt, pulled her hair up and had glasses on.

"She will be right out; she had to fix her hair. Come sit down, I need to talk to you."

Randy followed Natalya over to the far side of the room so that Megan couldn't hear.

"Will you please tell me what Megan told you Edge said to her? I tried to get it out of her on the way here, but she wouldn't crack."

"He told her that he doesn't want to see me get hurt and then went on to tell her about Sarah even though I had already told her. Then he went on to tell her how that crushed me and then how I rushed into my relationship with Maria. He then said that he didn't know what was going on between her and I, and then said that she had better be in it for the long run." Randy repeated.

"You have got to be kidding me! I can't believe he did that to her! Is she okay?" Natalya asked.

"Yeah, from my understanding, she did pretty well standing up for herself."

"Really? Do you know what she said to him?"

"Yeah, she already gave him a piece of her mind. She told him about her and her ex, Jon, and all of the other assholes she had been with. Then how we have already hit a few snags and that she quit her job. Next, she said that she was already getting enough stress from the tabloids invading her life, and that she didn't need the stress that he was adding and then told him to either support our relationship, or to stay the hell away." Randy recounted.

"Wow! She is very strong willed isn't she? Well good for her for standing up for herself and your relationship." Natalya said impressed by what she was hearing. She never would have pegged Megan as the type to stand up for herself, she thought that she was they shy/ timid type.

Then right on cue, Megan walked out of the bathroom. Randy turned and looked at her, and what he saw standing before him took his breath away. Even though she had shrunk because she took her heels off, she was even prettier now than she was during dinner. She padded across the room and sat on Randy's lap.

He got a big whiff of her perfume and it sent him into a daze. The smell of sunshine and sunflowers overpowered him once again. He couldn't take it any longer. He stood up and carried her out of the room and to his room. When they reached his room, he quickly shifted Megan over to one arm and managed to take out his key card and open the door. When he walked in, he set her down on the bed and then disappeared over to the mini fridge.

He came back with the bouquet of flowers and the alcohol.

"These are for you." Randy said as he handed her the flowers.

"They are absolutely stunning. How did you know that I loved orange Lilies?" Megan asked as she inhaled their aroma.

"I was able to ask your mom before we went to the arcade the other day. She said that there was a story behind them. Something that happened the day you graduated? But she didn't tell me what that story was."

"Well as you know, my grandma and I were very close and she died when I was young. Before my mom sold her house, we took some of my grandma's flowers and plants. One that we brought was orange Lilies, my grandma's favorite flower. We planted them in a place where they would get plenty of sunlight, but they never bloomed. Well the day I graduated, my mom took me outside and showed me that they had bloomed and we both knew that it was a sign from my grandma letting me know that she was watching over me. Needless to say, we both broke down and cried." Megan said getting teary eyed. Randy leaned over to the nightstand, grabbed a tissue and watched as she carefully dried her eyes.

"Anyway, that's the story behind them."

"That is very touching. Now I didn't know what you prefer to drink, so I grabbed two things; champagne and whiskey. Choose your poison." Randy said as he held out both bottles. To his surprise, she grabbed the whiskey and took a long drag of it.

"Easy now! I don't want you to get wasted to where you will get a hangover. How much fun would that be in our final hours together?" Randy said as he took the bottle from her.

"I just needed a shot of confidence for what I'm about to let myself do."

"And what are you going to let yourself do?"

"This." Megan said as she moved over to Randy and straddled him. She then began kissing him and then moving down his neck all the while unbuttoning his shirt.

"Are you sure that you want to do this?" Randy asked when she was kissing his neck.

"Yes, I feel totally comfortable and safe with you. I can't think of anybody to share my first time with."

Randy had no objections to what she had just told him. He started to kiss her neck and unzip her dress. After getting it unzipped, he slipped it off and laid her down on the bed.

The next morning, the sunlight was streaming in through the curtains when Megan awoke. She looked over at Randy and couldn't believe what she was seeing. His arm was around her waist and he was sleeping with a smile on his face. She moved over and kissed him, which woke him up.

"Good morning handsome." she said when he opened his eyes.

"Good morning beautiful." He replied.

Before either one got out of bed, they just lay in each other's arms and reminiscing about the night before.

"How do you feel?" Randy asked.

"I feel different, but it's a good kind of different."

Randy smiled back at her, and moved a stray strand of hair from her face in one sweeping motion.

"If I didn't have to leave to go and deal with Maria today, I would just lay in bed with you all day." Randy said.

"I would too, but you have to go talk to her. We need to get this figured out."

"I know, I don't know what I'm going to say her yet."

"Well, while you figure it all out, I'm going to take a shower." Megan said as she kissed Randy and rolled out of bed.

"Okay, I'll just stay here and wait for you." Randy smiled.

Megan walked away from the bed smiling at Randy and walked into bathroom, closing the door with a click. As soon as the door shut, Randy sprung out of the bed and instantly called room service. He ordered waffles and fruit and put a rush on it. He didn't know how long he had until she got out of the shower, but he wanted to surprise her when she got out.

To his surprise, there was a knock on the door within ten minutes. He threw on some sweatpants and went to answer the door. When he opened the door, Edge was standing there. Randy moved the lock in between the door and the frame so that he could talk to Edge without Megan hearing them.

"What the hell are you doing here after the way you talked to Megan last night?" Randy demanded.

"I came by to talk to you and to explain." He answered.

"I don't want to talk about it right at this moment. She is in the shower and I don't want you to ruin the good mood that I'm in right now. We will talk on the plane to St. Louis later tonight. Now if you don't mind, I'm going to go back inside and wait for her to get out of the shower so we can make the best out of the time we have left." Randy said as he went back into his room and shut the door in Edge's face before he could say another word.

Randy walked back to the bed, sat down and put his head in his hands and started wondering what he was going to do. He felt as though his whole world was crumbling down around him. The only good thing going for him was his relationship with Megan, and his career was in jeopardy from it. And to add to this feeling, he didn't even want to be around his best friend, who was adding even more stress to the whole situation.

The sound of the bathroom door opening made Randy look up. He saw Megan standing in the door way wearing his bathrobe with her damp hair hanging down. Despite the fact that she just got out of the shower, she was still breathtakingly beautiful in Randy's eyes.

Megan could tell by the way he was sitting on the bed and the way the sparkle in his eyes were gone that something was not right. She started over towards him to ask what was wrong, but someone knocked on the door. She changed her course of direction and answered the door. She was surprised to see that there was a room service cart sitting in front of the door. She wheeled it on it, but left it alone. Instead she went over and sat behind Randy and started giving him a massage.

"What's up?" Megan asked.

"Nothing." He answered sullenly.

"Okay, I have to call bullshit on that right there. I can tell something is wrong. Hell I can even feel it. You are so tense that it feels like I'm trying to smooth out knots in a giant boulder."

Randy turned to face Megan and grabbed both of her hands.

"Fine, you caught me. While you were in the shower, I ordered breakfast to surprise you and put a rush on it. About ten minutes later there was a knock on the door. When I opened the door, it was Edge."

"Edge came by? What did he want?"

"He wanted to explain why he said the things that he did to you. I told him that we would talk later on the way to St. Louis because I didn't want him to ruin the great mood I was in because of you. Before he could say anything else, I shut the door in his face."

"Well too late for him not ruining your mood. Is there anything I can do?"

"Just stay here and spend time with me until I have to leave. That will make everything better." he looked at her and smiled.

"I just love your smile." Megan gushed.

"Well, I love you." Randy said as he began to kiss her.

"I love you too." She replied when they pulled away.

"I'm going to go down to the gym and get a little workout in. I haven't done anything in the past few days so it's going to be tough. I will see you in about an hour or so."

He then stood up, grabbed a shirt and his shoes, kissed Megan quickly and then walked out. She wondered what she was going to do for an hour while he was away. She decided that after she ate breakfast, she would go across the hall and ask Natalya help her look nice for when Randy got back.

Quickly, she scarfed down some waffles, fruit and orange juice and went to put her clothes on, only to remember that she didn't have a change of clothes. Thinking that Randy wouldn't mind her borrowing a shirt and sweats, she went over to his duffle bag and looked through it. She didn't have to search long because they were sitting right on top, and she quickly pulled them on and inhaled the scent and the smell almost made her melt.

She walked out of the room and up the hall and knocked on Natalya's door. Natalya opened the door, and it was obvious that she had been crying recently. Her eyes were red and her mascara was running. Not to mention that her hair was a mess and she was dressed in oversized sweatpants and a sweatshirt.

"Natalya, what's wrong? What happened?" Megan asked worried about her friend.

"Come on in, and I will tell you." Natalya said moving out of the way to let her in.

"Are you okay?"

"Yes, no, I mean, I really don't know. Everything is just falling apart around me."

"I know what you mean about the whole 'everything is falling down around you' feeling. That's what I feel and I'm pretty sure Randy feels something like that. His whole personal life is in the media, and he can't even talk to his best friend about it. It may not be the same thing that you are going through, but whatever it is, you can tell me. You have been such a help to me, I would be more than happy to help you out." Megan said as she put her hand on Natalya's shoulder.

"Okay, it's Edge. I called him after Randy whisked you out of my room to see if he wanted to come by and watch a movie and maybe indulge in a little bit of cheesecake. He agreed and said that he would be here in a few minutes. He never showed up. Then today, I went to do some cardio and weightlifting in the gym. I was there for about half an hour and he walked in. He completely ignored me. I went over to talk to him and asked why he didn't come by. He didn't even look at me when he said that he had lost track of time and forgot. Just the way that he had said it made me feel worthless and used." Natalya explained.

"You didn't have sex with him before last night did you?"

"Yes, before we came to Randy's room to get you out of the hotel. I felt like I was on cloud nine after being with him. I noticed a change in him when we got to the restaurant. When we were talking, all he could talk about was what was going on with you and Randy. I tried not to take it personally and tried to participate in the conversation, but it was difficult."

"He was talking about me and Randy? What did he say?" Megan asked shocked by what she just heard.

"He said that Randy was moving into your relationship even faster than when he got with Maria, and that it was bound for disaster. I told him that I thought he was wrong. After seeing how he kissed you so passionately before we left and then the way his eyes lit up when we walked into the restaurant basically screamed that he loves you and that he wanted to spend his life with you. He then kept trying to persuade me that you were wrong for Randy and that you would just break his heart."

"And why the hell does he think that?"

"I didn't ask, but he did say something about talking to someone named Jon."

"What?! He talked to Jon? Why the hell did he do that for?" Megan asked in utter shock by what she had just heard.