Paige carried Kenzie as she walked out of the elevator and headed towards the counter to checkout with Jeff. Her hair was messily pulled up, and her face tear stained. She looked at Jeff, who gave her a reassuring smile. They had already called Lissa and Emily to inform them that the girls would be back in their care. They were happy, obviously, but also upset at the events that had happened.
Paige looked around the lobby and groaned as she saw Randy and Maria at the counter. Maria was arguing with the one girl, and Randy secretly flirting with the other behind Maria's back. Paige rolled her eyes as they walked over to them, and Paige pushed Maria out of her way.
"Excuse me? What is your problem!" Maria snapped at Paige, who turned her head, and smirked at her.
"I suggest you pay attention to what goes on behind your back, if you want to keep your boyfriend." Paige told her as Jeff talked to the girl at the counter.
Maria turned, and glared at Randy who was acting innocently while narrowing his eyes at Paige. Maria then turned to her, and smirked, "Actually, He's my fiance." She bragged, while showing her the ring.
Paige's face went pale as she looked at the ring, the exact same ring, that Randy had given her. She looked up at Randy, her face still pale, and in shock.
Jeff finished checking out, and turned to everyone, looking at Paige confused, then at the ring. His eyes widened as he looked at a confused Randy.
"What's your problem?" Randy asked Paige.
Paige shook her head, then quickly turned to Jeff, "Can we go? Please?"
Jeff nodded, but was interrupted as Kenzie reached over trying to grab the ring. "Mama! That's yours!" Kenzie exclaimed, still trying to grab it.
Paige looked at her daughter, guessing that she recognized the ring from pictures that Paige had shown her over the years. Paige shook her head again, as she looked at the ring, staring at it. "No baby, Not anymore." She muttered, as she started to quickly walk off with Jeff.
Maria narrowed her eyes, "Whats that supposed to mean?" Maria called after her, then turned towards Randy, who was staring at Paige and Jeff as they walked away.
Randy shrugged, "That doesn't make sense.. unless.." His eyes then widened as he took off, running after them as they went into the elevator that took you down the the parking garage.
"Randy! Get your ass back here!" Maria shrieked at him as he ran to the stairs, running down them.
He had to figure out how she knew who the ring once belonged to, and what she meant as not anymore. He knew that there was no possible way it was Paige, she was the complete opposite of her, other then the attitude. He exited the stair case and looked around trying to find them. He smiled as he heard a familiar laugh of a little girl and ran towards it. He sped up as he saw Paige putting the girl into the car seat. "Lexi! Wait!" he called to her.
Paige froze as she heard Randy's voice calling out for her. She finished strapping Mackenzie into the car. She got out, closed the door then turned around to Randy. "Can I help you with something?" She asked him.
Jeff shut the trunk after putting bags in it then walked to the drivers side of the car, and opening the door. "Make it quick Randy. We have a plane to catch." Jeff told him, a little nervous for him to be talking to Paige.
Randy nodded at Jeff, "What did you mean that the rings not yours anymore? And why did it freak you out so much?" Randy asked. He didn't want to be to upfront, and ask if she knew who it once belonged to.. or if she was Paige. He didn't want to scare her off, or make accusations that would get him into trouble.
Paige sighed, "It looks like an old ring of mine. Except it was a bit different looking." Paige lied, then continued. "Look, it's sort of a long story, that I really do not have the time for Randy. Its just me being emotional." She told him, while sighing.
Randy looked at her, trying to figure out if she was lying. He frowned, then nodded. "Alright, Sorry for keeping you." He said, then looked at her confused, "Wait, you have a plane to catch? Where are you going? We have a show tomorrow!" He exclaimed.
Paige glanced at Jeff, "I have some family problems going on, and I really need to be there, and help out." She said, "I'm not sure how long I'll be gone."
Jeff opened the window to the side door, "Come on Lex." He said, proud that he remembered to use the right name.
Randy glanced at Jeff, then moved a bit closer to Paige, "Sorry to hear Lexi. Hope everything works out for you." He said quietly to her.
Paige looked at Randy, she couldn't help but think of old memories with him, good and bad. She went to move away but was caught off guard as Randy leaned in, and kissed her. At first, Paige kissed him back then quickly pushed him away from her.
"Randy.." She looked at the car to see Jeff staring at them shocked.
Randy went to talk, but stopped as Maria's voice calling for Randy was heard through out the parking garage. "Sorry Randy, I have to go.." Paige told him while quickly getting into the car, and avoiding eye contact with Jeff. Jeff glared at Randy, then drove off.
Randy watched as the car drove off, staring at it. He turned around as he heard Maria getting closer to him. "I'm right here babe." He told her while walking towards her.
Maria glared at him, "What the hell was that for?" Maria snapped.
Randy sighed, "Sorry, I just had to ask her something." He said, while wrapping his arm around her waist.
Maria's face softened, "Oh, well come on. We have dinner reservations for tonight, and I have to get ready." She said while walking towards the elevator.
Randy nodded, then followed her. He couldn't help but think about Lexi. He had no idea what had come over him, and made him kiss her. Though, it felt so right to him. He shook his head, he needed to stop thinking about her. He was with Maria, and wasn't planning on messing this relationship up as bad as the last one.
Xxxxx
Paige, Jeff and Kenzie were now on the plane, almost at their destination. Neither of them had said a word about Randy kissing Paige. Paige looked over at Jeff, to see him looking in thought, and frustrated. Paige frowned, "Jeffy, I'm sorry." she told him.
Jeff turned to her, confused. "Sorry? Why are you sorry? You have no reason to be Paige. He's a complete idiot." He exclaimed, shaking his head.
Paige smiled a bit, "I can't believe he gave her my ring. That's my ring! I fantasized about that ring ever since I was younger Jeff." Her smile fell, and she did her best to stop any tears from falling.
Jeff leaned over and hugged her. "I know Paige. He didn't deserve you then, and he defiantly does not deserve you now. The exact same thing will happen if you go back to him Paige. You know that." Jeff reminded her.
Paige frowned, "I never said I wanted to go back to him." she pointed out, but Jeff knew her well. She wanted to run back to Randy. She wanted everything to go back to the way it was before. She wanted to be a family, her, Randy, and Kenzie. But she knew that there was no way that it would happen.
Paige was quickly brought out of thought as the plane started to land. She looked at Kenzie who was holding onto Jeff, scared. She smiled at her daughter, and took her hand. "Don't worry baby girl, you're alright." Paige assured her, while kissing the top of her head.
xxxxx
Paige, Kenzie and Jeff walked out of the terminal, and to the room where people were waiting to pick up their family members, and friends. Paige looked around, and grinned as she saw two women, and a little boy with a sign that had Paige and Kenzies name on it, along with welcome home. Paige quickly made her way over to them."Emily! Lissa! I missed you guys!" Paige cried out, while hugging them.
Emily smiled, "Hey Baby girl, we missed you to." She told her, then glanced Jeff who was walking towards them with the bags.
"Well, Since it was short noticed, the girl who is renting out your house, needs time to find somewhere else to move into. So until then, we figured you could stay with Emily." Lissa explained to Paige.
Paige nodded, "Sounds good. Thanks so much guys. I know its short notice and everything that we were coming back." She had really hoped that she could of stayed, but she knew that eventually things would get worse, and her secret would be out to the world. She was at least glad she didn't have to hide herself anymore.
"Oh don't worry about it Paige. It's no bother at all. In fact, we're happy to have you two home." Emily assured her while putting her arm around her shoulder.
Lissa nodded in agreement, "Emily's right Paige. Now come on, let's go get you two settled in, and home." Lissa picked up her son, Paige picked up Kenzie and they made their way out of the airport, and back to Emily's house.
xxxxx
Stephanie and Hunter got out of Johns car as they got back to the hotel. John was still freaking out about talking to Paige, and going on about how he knew that now she would be coming back to them. Steph sent Hunter a look, then walked off the the doors, and walking inside. "What's wrong with her? Why isn't she happy?" John asked Hunter.
Hunter sighed, trying to quickly make up an excuse. "Steph thinks people are making to much of a big deal about it. She doesn't believe she'll be coming back." He told him, and John narrowed his eyes.
"Well, Do you agree with her?" John asked, a little annoyed.
Hunter shrugged, "A little bit, yeah." He then went into the hotel after his wife, John following behind him. He stopped as he saw Steph waiting by the elevator, with Randy and Maria beside her.
Hunter groaned as he quickly made his way over to them, hoping Steph didn't say anything that could get anyone into trouble. He walked up to Steph, and put his arm around her. Randy looked over, and rolled his eyes as Hunter and John joined them.
John sent a look at Hunter. He couldn't decide if he should tell Randy about them getting a hold of Paige or not. John was about to tell him, but was quickly interrupted by Maria talking first. "I don't understand what was wrong with that Lexi girl. Why did she have such a problem with my ring?" She whined.
Hunter and Steph looked at each other at the mention of Paige, then Steph looked at the ring, her eyes widening. "Is that.." She started, looking at Randy, who avoided her gaze. "You have some nerve." Steph said, scoffing.
Randy narrowed his eyes, "Why does it even matter? She gave it back, making it my decision what to do with it. It's not as if she's planning to return for it anyway. For all you know, she could be dead." Randy ranted on.
John looked at Hunter who sighed, "There's something you should know Randy.." Hunter then started to tell him about the phone call, but John butted in, and finished explaining the rest in better detail, since he was there.
Once he finished, he looked at Randy, waiting for any type of response. Though, he was out of luck when Randy turned around and walked off, and out of the lobby to outside, with Maria running after him.
Stephanie rolled her eyes as she got into the elevator, and pressed the button she needed. She had to get back to call her dad and explain all about 'Lexi'. And that was something she was not excited to do.
xxxxx
Paige groaned as her cell phone went off for the 17th time that night. They were now at Emily's house and all sitting in the kitchen island, with the kids in the living room playing with some toys that Emily had especially for them. Emily grabbed the cell phone, "It's Dave. Again." She said, putting it back on the table.
Paige grabbed it, and pressed ignore. "That's it. I'm done." She said, turning the phone off, then taking out the battery.
Lissa chuckled, "A little annoyed are you?" She teased. "I'm glad your back Paige. This place was lonely without you." She told her, and Paige smiled back.
"I'm glad to be home, honestly. Though, I wish I was more prepared. I'm jobless and bumming at my friends house." Paige stated, while glancing at Jeff, who kept sending her looks. Paige had yet to mention the interesting run in with Randy, and was avoiding it like crazy. And Jeff, was close to bringing it up himself. He found it something that Paige needed to talk about, especially with them, since he knew she wouldn't say a word about it to him.
"Don't be silly Paige. You know your always welcome here." Emily said while getting up and walking to the fridge. She grabbed four bottles of beer and handed each to one of them, and kept one for herself.
"What's this for Em?" Lissa asked her, opening hers.
'I have a feeling we'll need it. Jeff's been sending Paige looks for the past hour, and Paige has been avoiding them. So someone better start speaking, and fast." Emily ordered them.
Paige and Jeff shared one more look, then Paige finally gave in. "Fine. It all happened after we packed our bags and were heading to the car to go to the airport.." Paige then continued to explain the run in with Maria, the ring, Randy chasing them, then finally, the kiss.
When she was done, Paige looked at Lissa and Emily to see their reactions. Lissa was looking at Paige, shocked, and Emily was staring at the ground, trying to figure out what to make of the story. Emily lifted her head, and looked at Jeff, who finally got the hint and rolled his eyes. He got up, and walked to the other room to play with the kids.
Emily then looked at Paige, "So, how was the kiss?"
Paige chuckled at the question, she had been expecting it. "It was.. I don't know. As great as it was before I guess." She sighed, looking at the girls. "Is it pathetic that I still miss him?" She asked them.
Lissa got up, and walked over to Paige, hugging her. "Oh sweetheart, of course it's not pathetic. You were in love with the guy, you were married to him! Obviously you're going to miss him." Lissa told her.
Emily nodded, agreeing with her. "Yeah Paige. You're to hard on yourself sometimes. You can't expect to be completely over him yet. He was a big part of your life." Emily said, then rolled her eyes as Paige's other phone started ringing.
Paige got up, and walked over to her purse, taking it out. "It's lexi's phone." She told them while checking the caller ID. "JEFF! It's Vince!" Paige yelled for him, and Jeff quickly came running.
"Do you want me to talk to him?" Jeff asked her, but Paige shook her head, then pressed the answer button.
"Hey Vince.." Paige said, expecting him to start screaming at her, but was surprised.
"Well, you thought you could pull one over on me, did you?" He asked, jokingly.
Paige smiled, "I'm so sorry Vince. I really thought I could do it. I didn't mean to disrupt anything, I'm very sorry." She pleaded. The last thing Paige wanted was to have Vince mad at her.
"Paige, relax. The only thing I do wish, is that you would have told me. Now look, Steph and I will come up with something. But I want you to keep in touch with me. One day next week, I say we all have dinner. Linda wants to see you again and question you all about your daughter, though Steph explained most of it, Linda just wants to hear it from you. And don't worry, we won't tell anyone what we know. See you next week." And with that, Vince hung up the phone, leaving Paige in shock even more.
She turned to the rest of the group, "I'm going for dinner next week with the McMahon's." She told them, while sitting back down, and resting her head on the table.
xxxxx
Jeff looked around as he walked into the arena, is duffel bag hanging off of his shoulder. It was two days after he had brought Paige and Kenzie back home and now had to go back to work. He didn't want to leave, but Paige forced him back, knowing that it would be suspicious if he stayed away as well. He walked past security, then down the halls looking for the office to talk to Hunter or Steph.
"Jeffery! Get over here!" A girl called out, making Jeff stop.
He smiled as he turned around, "Trish! What are you doing here?' He asked her, while hugging her.
"I'm making a special appearance tonight. I didn't think you would show. Where's your friend?" Trish asked, while looking around.
Jeff chuckled, "That's awesome!" He paused, "Lexi? Oh, she has some family problems going on at home, I'm not sure when, or even if she will come back." He explained.
Trish frowned, "That's not good! Nobody should have to go through that." She said, while walking off in the opposite direction.
Jeff shook his head as he finally found the office and walked inside, to see Stephanie, Hunter and Melina, all arguing. "Where is she? This is not fair to them!" Melina yelled at Steph.
"Not fair to them? You know nothing about what happened." Stephanie snapped back. Jeff looked at Hunter who mouthed to him to stay out of it.
Melina scoffed, "What is there to not understand? She gives them hope, then runs away. Oh right, I forgot that's the way Paige works." She narrowed her eyes at Steph.
"Hey now, There's no reason for that. She made a mistake, she knows that. Cut the girl some slack." Hunter told her.
"Cut her some slack? New flash, I did! I stupidly let her continue living her live as a lie. But you know what, that's it. Her family and friends have right to know that she was right under her noses, and you all protected her." Melina fired at them, as she turned around, stormed out the door, and slammed it closed.
Jeff quickly turned to the others, "She's going to tell them! They're going to kill us!" Jeff panicked, while sitting on the couch, and hanging his head in his hands.
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