Keeping her distance from the two men, who were fairly close to fighting with each other-in Randy's case, at least-JoJo saw this as her chance to slip into her and Randy's room to get her things. ...But, as soon as she did, she instantly regretted her decision to do so, as, lying across the bed in the room was a woman's outfit-a red blouse and a pair of dark blue skinny jeans-that she knew for a fact wasn't hers. Not liking the sight of this, her task temporarily forgotten, JoJo turned and ran out of the room to the stairwell, tears starting to roll down her cheeks at seeing what she saw.
Seeing how fast JoJo had run off, Sami said "JoJo? JoJo! Come back!" before pushing Randy away from him and taking off after the younger woman, wanting to know just why she turned and left as fast as she did.
Many apologies for being so late with this. I've had to deal with some crazy family stuff, so that's been at the forefront of my focus on things. So, I hope this fairly short chapter will make for a good read for you all. Note out of the way, I hope you all enjoy, my loves. =)
Following down the hallway in the same direction JoJo ran down, Sami was doing his best to keep his eye out for the younger brunette, but so far, ...his search for JoJo was turning up empty. 'Where could she have gone to? There's nowhere else to really go to up here except-' Realization quickly dawning on him, Sami made his way to the stairwell at the end of the hallway. Pushing open the door, the redhead walked inside to hear what sounded like soft sobbing and sniffling echoing through the stairwell. Trying to get a good read on just where it was coming from, Sami could hear it a bit better to his left, meaning that whoever was crying had went upstairs a bit. Climbing the stairs, Sami soon found the source of the crying. "JoJo? JoJo, what's wrong?"
Sniffling a bit as she wiped her eyes, JoJo said "I can't believe it."
"Can't believe what?" Sami asked.
"I can't believe I walked in on what was so obviously Randy cheating on me," JoJo said, new tears starting to build in her eyes. "How could he do that when I would never do anything like that to him?"
"JoJo," Sami sighed before continuing. "Don't beat yourself up over what he's done."
"Wh-What makes you say that, Sami?" JoJo asked, wiping her eyes.
"Well, ...I'm not sure if you've ever really noticed it, but Randy isn't exactly the nicest guy in the world," Sami began.
"Oh, believe me. I'm starting to get that picture myself. Don't forget, he pretty much used me as a human shield in his match against Kofi," JoJo cut in.
"Yeah, there's that," Sami nodded at that unpleasant memory. "But, also. He's got a bit of a reputation for being a "ladies man". Not to mention, people have said in the past that he's cheated on women he's been with in the past."
"So you mean to tell me that I foolishly let myself date someone like him for the past four months now?" JoJo asked, not wanting to believe all of what the older redhead was telling her. Seeing Sami nod, JoJo let out a disbelieving scoff as she shook her head. "Oh my god. I can't believe this."
"Now, JoJo," Sami said in an attempt to calm the younger brunette down.
"Unbelievable! And here I thought he'd actually be there for me!" JoJo all but shouted in anger as she rose up.
"JoJo," Sami began.
"I guess what Emma, Lillian, Naomi, and some of the others told me was true. I should've just broke up with Randy when I had a better chance to do so. Now, I have to walk around here looking like the biggest idiot ever!" JoJo angrily said.
"JoJo!" Sami nearly shouted.
"What, Sami, what?!" JoJo shouted.
Not knowing quite what to say in this situation, Sami did pretty one of the only things he felt would probably help in this situation-and that thing...was to pull JoJo close to him and give the younger brunette a hug as he tried to calm her down. "You're not an idiot, JoJo. You were just going with one of your baser instincts by getting with somebody that you thought would help you find your way around here. You're not an idiot. None of this is really your fault. So, don't think that." His hugging JoJo seemed to work as the next thing Sami knew he could feel the younger brunette shaking as he heard her start to lightly sob again. Holding the younger brunette close to him, Sami thought 'Don't worry, JoJo. I'll figure out a way to get that lousy Viper back for you. I'll teach him what happens when you carelessly step all over someone's heart.'
Bit of a short chapter, yes. But, I feel that this was pretty good at helping with building things up a bit more between Sami and JoJo. So, now that the fair redhead is helping comfort JoJo, just how will Sami get back st Randy? That shall be revealed in the next chapter. So, until then, don't forget to R&R please. =)