It was close to two in the morning when they finally wrapped up the days shooting, and both Alexa and Randy were exhausted but that didn't change the fact that the conversation from earlier didn't plague both of their minds. The two of them entered the tour bus, neither speaking a word to each other. Randy made his way back to the bedroom, Alexa followed behind but only to grab a change of clothes and enter the bathroom to change into them. She emerged from the bathroom just as Randy was climbing into bed; she was wearing a pair of blank pants and a red t-shirt, with her hair up in a messy bun. Without looking in Randy's direction Alexa grabbed the extra blanket off the bed and one of the pillows before leaving the room, Randy following close behind her.
"What are you doing?" he asked as he watched her place the pillow on the couch.
"Sleeping on the couch," she replied as she laid down.
"Why, we've slept in the same bed every day since you've been on the road with me," he said.
"Because after tonight I don't think that this arrangement is going to work for me anymore," she said. "I don't think I can travel with you and room with you and be around you all day," she said. "We need some space between us. I sleeping on the couch will prepare you for when we get to Sacramento, where I'll be staying with Ted."
Randy let out a frustrated growl before slapping the wall in front of him, "Damn it, why are you doing this?"
Alexa got up off the couch and made her way to Randy, "Did you not hear what I said to you earlier? You and I cannot have each other," she said, her voice slightly rising at the end of her sentence.
Randy had never seen Alexa this angry with him and he did the only thing he could think of to calm her down. He reached out and placed both hands on the side of her head, roughly pulling her into a kiss. Just when he thought she was giving in she placed both hands on his chest and pushed him away, causing his back to collide with the wall behind him.
"This isn't happening," she said as she began to turn around and walk away from Randy, only to be stopped by his hand wrapping around her forearm.
"If you're really serious about this I expect you to be off my bus by tomorrow morning," he said.
"I'll do you one better," she said as she yanked her arm from Randy's grasp and picking her phone up off the couch and pressed a few buttons before placing the phone to her ear, "Hi, I need a taxi please," she said, looking Randy right in the eye as she gave the taxi service her address. She hung up her phone before pushing past Randy and going into the bedroom, throwing all of her things into her bag.
Randy watched Alexa as she pulled her bag to the door of the bus before slipping on her shoes, she tossed her phone into her purse, and gave Randy one more look before exiting the bus and waiting for the taxi.
The following week went by brutally slow for Randy, he could feel his mood slipping and he knew if it wasn't for the movie role he had he would have already lost it. He was sitting alone on his bus, on his way to Sacramento for RAW; Alexa had left earlier in the day claiming that she had a meeting with Vince. Randy knew deep down that the meeting was about him and she was more than likely asking to be assigned to another wrestler; he just prayed that he was wrong. He had some things he wanted to say to Alexa before she made her final decision.
'I know that we aren't on good terms right now and I know that you're mad at me but can we please meet for lunch? I'm twenty minutes outside of Sacramento,' Alexa sighed as she read the text message over. She hadn't said one word to Randy unless it was work related in the past week and she wasn't so sure she wanted to hear what he had to say now. Alexa looked out the window of the hotel, it was dark and raining – a perfect match to her feelings. Alexa looked down at the phone one more time before replying.
'There's a place called Georgino's. I'll be there in 30,' Randy read the text message and smiled to himself before rolling off of the bed to get a shower and get dressed.
Randy sat in a booth of the restaurant Alexa had chosen, it was a very laid back place and the weather outside made sure that it wasn't too crowded either. Randy looked up as he heard the bell of the front door ring and smiled when he saw Alexa enter the restaurant. He waved his hand so she could see him; she nodded and made her way over to him. She was dressed in a pair of yoga pants and a pink pullover hoodie, her hair was in a ponytail on the top of her head and she had her glasses on; Randy smiled at how amazing she was in the simplest clothes.
"Thank you for coming," he said as she sat down.
Alexa gave Randy a weak smile, "I guess we need to talk."
"Yeah, about what happened..."
"There really isn't any going back from this," Alexa said. "I don't want to go back to what we were."
"Can I take your order guys?" the waitress said as she came up to their table.
"I think we'll just have coffee," Randy said, getting a nod of agreement from Alexa. Both knowing that this conversation would end up ruining their appetites.
"I don't want to go back to what we were either," he said. "I want more."
"We can't have more," Alexa said and she picked up her phone and quickly replied to a text message. "I'm in a relationship and you're married and there's no way either one of those things are going to change anytime soon."
The waitress came back and set the coffee down on the table before leaving the two alone again.
Randy shook his head and leaned back in his seat, "This was fine before that day, and I don't understand how they changed so fast."
"Because you were treating me like your girlfriend, and I'm not. I am your manager Randy and maybe I should have made the lines a little more clear when I took this job."
"We both know you're more than my manager," Randy said.
"No, we both know that I can never be more that your manager unless you were to get a divorce," Alexa said as she stood from the table, she was done with the conversation.
Randy placed a twenty down onto the table and quickly followed Alexa outside, into the pouring rain, "What if I told you I could do it?"
"I wouldn't want you to," she said, thankful that the rain was making her tears invisible.
"It was falling apart before you even came around," he said, saying whatever he could to make her stay.
"You're lying," she said. "Your world was fine before I got thrown into it."
Randy stood there, staring at Alexa; not because he didn't have anything to say in response but because she was right, his marriage was perfect before she came into his life.
"I'm asking Vince if I can be reassigned," she said breaking his thoughts and pulling him under the awning of the restaurant. "I think that would be best for both of his. I don't want him finding out about any of this and you don't want her finding out about any of this; it'll be like it never even happened."
"So we're going to come to work every day and not even acknowledge each other? We're friends; people will know something is up," he said trying to make up excuses for her to stay with him.
"We'll talk but we won't see each other if I get reassigned," she said, responding to another text on her phone.
Randy looked at Alexa and sighed, he could tell she made her decision and she wasn't going to be changing her mind.
"Fine," he sighed. "Can I just have one last kiss?"
Alexa gave him a weak smile before leaning in and placing her lips on Randy's. She was expecting him to pull her up against him and deepen the kiss. The two separated and Alexa looked at Randy, his eyes were still closed as if he was trying to keep the memory of their kiss locked in his brain. Randy's eyes snapped open as he heard a car horn, he looked in the direction of the noise and saw the window roll down before seeing Ted DiBiase's arm gesture for Alexa to come on.
"I'll see you around," she smiled before walking away from him and getting into the car with Ted. Randy watched as they drove off, suddenly feeling alone. He pulled his phone out of his pocket and made a few calls; setting up everything to take a very late flight home tonight. He needed someone in his arms and if he couldn't have Alexa he'd just have to go to his wife instead. Randy shook his head; he couldn't continue to be married to Sam.
A/N: Sorry for the jump in times.! Hope you recognized the end conversation from the first chapter!