Better Days
Chapter 8: Just Can't Wait
Riley slept through the night and didn't move a muscle until noon the next day. She was supposed to be at the arena two hours after waking up, not that she even cared. Riley rolled out of bed and slowly made her way into the bathroom, leaving the door wide open. She had noticed that Wade was no longer in the room. She didn't care though, he was a big guy who could handle himself, Riley wasn't worried about him.
Riley leaned on the sink and stared at herself in the mirror. Her hair was a total mess, knots evident everywhere, and she had chunks of sleepy sand in the corners of both of her eyes. She just smirked at herself, knowing how ridiculous she looked in the mornings, she felt even more ridiculous than she looked.
She stripped off her clothes, leaving them in a pile on the bathroom floor, and hopped into the shower, turning the water on so it was just barely warm. The water hit her skin and she was in a whole different world. She had always loved showers; the water just barely warm was the perfect temperature. She loved the way the water rained down on her and lightly massaged her skin, leaving her skin slightly tingly when she was done. She loved how for just a few minutes her mind could wander and she could pretend she was in the middle of the rain forest, naked, as the rain washed over her skin, cooling her off from the hot jungle air.
"Jesus MacIntyre!"
Riley opened her eyes and jerked her body against the shower wall, looking directly at Wade Barrett through the sleek glass doors. She didn't bother trying to cover her naked body, it wouldn't have mattered as he had shut his eyes and turned away before she would have even had the chance.
"What?" Riley asked, raising her voice slightly to be heard over the shower.
"Close the bloody door next time would ya?"
Riley turned the water off and climbed out of the shower, grabbing the nearest towel. She wrapped it around her body and held it together at her chest. The towel was extremely short, just barely covering her butt. She poked him in the shoulder and he finally turned to face her, his eyes open.
"Did you want to join me Barrett?" She asked with a genuine smile.
"We have to go as soon as you're ready." He stated, completely ignoring her previous question even though she knew he was hot and bothered by her.
"Fine Barrett." She rolled her eyes as he walked out of the bathroom, leaving her in her towel, rinsed but unwashed.
Riley ignored his plea to shut the door as she dropped her towel to the floor and pulled her t-shirt off the bathroom floor and over her head. She ran her hands through her hair a couple times and slowly made her way out of the bathroom in nothing but her t-shirt that was even shorter than her towel.
Wade couldn't keep his eyes off of her as she pranced around the room trying to get ready to go. First he watched her dig a pair of underwear out of her suitcase and pull it on. Then she wandered around her bed, grabbing the jeans she had been wearing the day before. She pulled those on too. Riley locked eyes with Wade as she picked up her bra from the night before too.
She winked at him before turning away from him, pulling her t-shirt off and hesitating before putting her bra on, leaving Wade to stare at her bare back. She knew his eyes were glued on her, she could feel his gaze, she was a good-looking girl. When her bra was securely in place, she turned around and faced him again.
"Nexus shirt?" She asked, tilting her head slightly to the side.
"Uh, um yeah." He stuttered his reply.
She held back a snicker as he clumsily made his way to his suitcase and dug through it, pulling out the black t-shirt with the giant yellow 'N' on the front. Riley stepped towards him and took a hold of the shirt. She watched as his eyes dropped down to her cleavage.
"Barrett, eyes up here." She barked, pointing her finger as her eyes.
"Yeah, uh, sorry."
Riley just let out a quiet giggle as she pulled the t-shirt on over her head, leaving her wet hair tucked in at the neck, Wade's eyes slowly making their way away from her cleavage. She rolled up the hem and tied the shirt at the back, just above the waist of her jeans, revealing the slightest bit of skin. Riley knew she was an attractive girl and she knew that Wade had noticed her, she wanted him to notice her.
"MacIntyre, can we please go?" He asked, finally breaking the sexual tension between them. He suddenly had a burst of courage too, not stumbling on his words as he spoke to her.
"Yeah Barrett, we can fucking go."
Riley made her way towards the door and pulled it open. As soon as she stepped out into the hall, she came face to face with John Cena. She shut the door quickly before Wade had a chance to walk out; she just wanted a minute alone with John.
"Mac, good to see you. Where'd you disappear to yesterday?" He asked with a smirk.
Riley looked at him and plastered her innocent look on her face. At the time she didn't care who took her, she just wanted to lay down and John wasn't around. That was the story, the true story, although she could tell by the look on John's face that he was amused by her recent situation and she certainly wasn't going to just let it go without her own fun.
"I left with Barrett." She answered flatly, letting him believe what he wanted.
"Mac! You did not!"
"Yeah Cena, I fuckin' left the arena with Barrett, then we came back here and he fucked my stupid ass brains out, okay. God!" Riley replied with a roll of her eyes.
"Now Mac, I know that's not true."
"Doctors orders right?" She replied knowingly, just wanting him to confirm.
"Yup. No physical activity." He smirked.
"God Cena I missed you." She grinned back before wrapping her arms around him and hugging him tight.
She felt John's arms wrap back around her, he really did feel bad about leaving her with the Nexus but they had a bed for her. He most definitely missed her as his hotel room partner too, now he was stuck with The Miz, worst room partner ever. Riley pulled her head back and looked up at John.
"Care to join me Mac, I'm on my way to the arena." He half asked with the same smirk he had minutes earlier.
"Fuckin' eh right Johnny Boy. Just let me tell my keeper that I'm going with you."
As if on cue, her hotel room door opened and Wade Barrett stepped out, glancing between the two before his eyes landed on John.
"Oh hey Barrett." John nodded.
"Cena." Wade nodded back.
Riley turned her head and looked at Wade, her lips still in the grin that John had put there. She took a step closer to him, setting her hand on his forearm before pulling gently, Wade leaned his head down a little bit. John watched in amusement as Riley whispered into his ear, a smirk now appearing on Wade's face. Seconds later, Riley pulled away, linked her arm with John's and made her way down the hall with her best friend.
Wade shook his head at her sudden change of plans, abandoning him at the hotel after he had worked so hard to get her to leave. He didn't really mind, it was as if things were heading back to being normal where she hated his guts, well except for what she had told him.
He wandered down the hall, a spring in his step after hearing what she had said to him. He would never tell a single soul what her words were, not even his own group but yet those simple words made him believe that she wasn't a total bitch after all, maybe things would be different.
"Little Riley MacIntyre thinks I'm damn sexy." He mumbled to himself, almost skipping down the stairs to the lobby floor, he couldn't wait until she was cleared by a doctor.
