Chapter 7
They left for the arena when he got back from the gym. She was nervous about going with him; she had no idea what to expect when she got there. She was amazed at the level of energy she felt around her as she walked into the backstage area. The excitement in the air and everyone rushing around, talking loudly and laughing. She was beginning to see why he was so excited to work for this company. He led her back the Legacy's locker room, where she would stay during his match tonight.
On his way to wait for his turn to head out to the ring, several guys asked him who the girl was with him. He took great pleasure in telling them that Jenna was his wife; he smiled even bigger on the inside when he saw their faces when they saw how pretty she was. He stopped smiling, however, when he ran into Layla—one of the divas he had been seeing on and off for a few months now. Cody had never promised Layla anything serious; just a good time. He had been trying to avoid her for the past couple of days, and apparently she had had enough of him ignoring her.
"Cody, what am I hearing about you bringing another girl here with you tonight?" she asked when she caught him and Ted a few minutes before they were scheduled to go to the ring.
"Oh. Well, Layla, it's a long story, but to keep it short, because I'm going on in a few minutes, Jenna is my wife, and we're back together temporarily. So, yeah...:" he trailed off, not looking at her, instead he was focusing on his upcoming match.
"So, you've had a wife this entire time we were messing around, Cody?" her voice was starting to turn into a screech.
"Layla, keep your voice down."
"Answer me, Cody! How long have you been with this Jenna girl?"
"Eight years, now you'll have to excuse me, I've-" she cut him off.
"You had a girlfriend for eight years and you're just telling me now? You're such an-" his turn to cut her off. He turned and glared at her with his blue eyes flashing with the beginning of anger.
"She's not my girlfriend, Layla, she's my wife. We've been married for almost eight years. What part of this are you not understanding right now?" The Legacy's music hit and he shot her one last glare before him and Ted headed out to the ring.
Jenna was in Cody's locker room by herself, working on a story, when the door slammed open and a very angry looking Randy came rushing threw the door. She watched as he stomped into the room and threw something against the wall. He hadn't noticed that she was actually in the room. He stomped around, grumbling to himself for a few more minutes before he finally stopped and realized that he wasn't alone. He spun around quickly and set his cold eyes on her; taking her in. She was absorbed in whatever she was typing on her laptop, her brown eyes set in concentration. Her light brown hair was pulled back with a clip. His eyes traveled down her body—a plain black t-shirt and jeans never fit anyone as well as they did her. He felt something stirring in him as his eyes traveled back up and he saw her gently biting her lip and she continued to type.
Jenna was full aware that Randy was staring at her; she just didn't know what to do about it. She glanced at the time on her laptop—Cody should be back soon, shouldn't he? She sighed, "Randy, can I help you with something?"
Randy thoroughly enjoyed the fact that she didn't seem to be scared of him. It was almost a turn on; he knew he should stop that thought right now—this was his friend's wife. He couldn't help himself. There was a reason they called him a 'lady killer' in the locker room. Randy was going to do his buddy Cody a favor and test his lady killer theory on Jenna right now; see if she was really interested in getting back together with him or if she was just after his fame and money.
She had stood up to get something out of her purse when he walked over to her; he positioned himself in front of her closely. He could tell it made her uneasy as she backed up slowly and eventually her back ran into the wall. She closed her eyes briefly as he put one arm above her head on the wall. She was biting her lip again. Randy found that extremely attractive every time she did that. "So...Jenna. How are things going with Cody," he asked softly, trying not to growl at her. "Have you two kissed and made up yet?" Randy took his other hand and pushed a strand of hair out of her face, letting his fingers brush against her cheek. Her brown eyes, which were confident just a second ago, turned to fear once he had touched her face. He was too close to her, he knew it was making her uncomfortable. Good.
"You're a little too close, Randy. Can you back up?" she said softly.
"Hmm... no, I can't. I like being this close to you," he growled as he leaned his head down and kissed her on the mouth, enjoying feeling her struggle as she tried to push him away. He intensified the kiss and was about to start moving his hands down to her hips, when the door opened and Ted came in. "What the hell is going on?" he Ted asked, raising his voice as he saw what Randy had Jenna pushed up against the wall. "Randy, I don't know what you think you're doing, but you better quit, Cody is on his way back here." Randy reluctantly pushed himself away from her, winking at Jenna before he walked off and busied himself to get ready to head back to the hotel.
"Jenna, what was that with Randy? I thought you and Cody were trying to work things out. He said things were going pretty good with you today," Ted asked.
"I have no idea what Randy thought he was doing. I'm obviously not interested in him."
"Not interested in who?" Cody said as he walked in seeing Jenna and Ted talking.
"Oh, no one. How was your match thingy?" she asked, hoping to distract him from asking more questions about what her and Ted were just talking about.
Cody laughed, "Match thingy? Wow, Jenna, wow. Weren't you watching on the monitor?"
"Oh, no, guess I didn't think of turning it on. Did you win?" she asked, biting her lip.
"Yeah, we did. Do I get a kiss for winning?" Cody asked, winking at her.
Jenna felt her face turning red. "I guess so..." she mumbled as she moved closer to Cody and leaned up to kiss him on the cheek. Cody leaned down and whispered, "How about on the mouth, honey?" She shook her head no; he might have been joking around, but he was moving too fast again.
"Do I get one too? I'm the other half of the tag team?' Ted asked hopefully. Jenna giggled at him and leaned up to give him a kiss on the cheek too. "I won't ask for one on the lips," Ted whispered in her ear.
Cody and Ted finished getting their stuff together and were ready to head back to the hotel in a few minutes. Jenna was quiet in the car on the way back, listening to Ted and Cody replay their match. As she looked at Cody, and saw how his face lit up whenever he talked about wrestling, she started to feel bad about dismissing his dream of being a pro as just a silly fantasy. It was obviously something he was good at and really enjoyed. She just wasn't sure if being a wrestler's wife was really the life for her.
They finally made it back to the hotel. Cody jumped in the shower quick while Jenna flipped through the channels on the tv; nothing catching her eye. Ted had mentioned that a bunch of people from the roster were headed out to the bar tonight after the show, and that she should come with Cody.
Cody came out of the shower a few minutes later with just a towel wrapped around his waist. She desperately tried not to stare; it was hard though. He smiled as he caught her looking at his towel clad body. "Hey..." he said softly, as he grabbed his lounge pants and boxers and headed back into the bathroom to change. Jenna let out a deep breathe, glad he was putting more clothes on. It would have been a really long night if she had to fight those old feelings of desire all night.
He came out of the bathroom, wearing clothes this time, and sat down on the bed next to her. "So...what do you want to do tonight?" he asked softly.
"I don't know. I'm kind of tired and think I'd like to go to bed. This has been...a really weird day," she replied. Cody nodded in agreement; it had been a weird day. There were two queen size beds in the room, they were sitting on one and the other one was still empty. More than anything, he wanted to share a bed with her and have her wrapped up in his arms all night. 'Quit being a baby, and ask her,' he told himself. But before he could bring it up, Jenna jumped off the bed and walked over to her suitcase, where she took out her pajamas and headed into the bathroom to change.
'Get a hold of yourself, girl,' she chastised her reflection in the mirror. Jenna stripped down, put her nightgown on and brushed out her hair. She hesitated for a second before she turned the knob on the bathroom door and went back out to the bedroom area. She saw that Cody had already gotten under the covers and had pulled the blankets on the space next to him down. It almost looked like he had planned for her to sleep next to him.
Cody stared at the angel standing in front of him. She had on a calf length night gown with spaghetti straps that clung tightly to her body in all of the right places. His gaze stayed on her legs the longest, before finally moving up her entire body and finally settling on her pretty face. Her brown eyes looked scared and uncertain; like she wasn't sure if she should climb into bed with him or if she should sleep in the empty bed by herself. Cody was propped up on one elbow, he patted the space next to him with the other hand, letting her know that she was welcome to come lay next to him.
Jenna took a deep breathe and let it out. She walked over to the bed, and climbed in next to him. He leaned over her and turned the light on the bedside table off, hovering over her as he switched it off. Their faces were so close in the dark, that he could have leaned down and kissed her. More than anything, that is exactly what he wanted to do.
He had been taking chances with her the last couple of days, trying to see how far he could get with her; he decided to take another chance and did lean down to kiss her. As their lips met, he felt that old spark again, and he knew that she must have felt it to, because instead of pushing him away, she kissed him back, allowing her mouth to open a little so his tongue could meet hers. Her hands moved to the back of his head, playing with the hair on the nape of his neck, while his hands cradled her face. As the kiss broke, Cody let out the deep breath he had been holding in, "I've missed you so much, Jenna...please don't leave me again,'" he said as he looked down at his wife, her face illuminated in the moonlight shining in from the window.
"Cody, we should go to sleep. It's been a long day and we need to get up early tomorrow," she whispered back.
"Jenna, why can't you just admit that you've missed me too? I know you did, otherwise you wouldn't let me keep kissing you..." Jenna gently pushed him off of her, "Good night, Cody," and rolled onto her side, her back facing him. Cody smacked himself in the head for keeping on pushing too far with her. It was going to take time, he knew that. He laid on his back, staring at the ceiling. "Good night, Jenna."
Jenna tried falling asleep, but it was no use. She wasn't going to be able to sleep next to Cody without saying something to him. "Cody?" she whispered, not sure if he had fallen asleep yet or not.
"Yeah?"
"I did miss you," was all she said before she closed her eyes and tried to fall asleep again.
Cody smiled in the darkness, confident that they would be back together before the two week trial period was over.
