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Chapter 14 – Dance With Me
I sat in the hotel canteen, a sigh escaping my tired lips as I stirred the coffee in front of me. I'd been home for the past few days, but somehow I felt even more exhausted now than I had been during weeks on the road. Maybe it had something to do with my crazy life right now. There was a hell of a lot going on.
"Hey babe!" A far too enthusiastic voice spoke up beside me, and I winced from the sound as Gail skipped into view, dragging Justin along behind her, "I missed you!" She cooed as she pulled away from her boyfriend to give me a quick hug.
"I missed you, too." I couldn't help but smile her way. Even when I was in a bad mood, Gail's excitement was contagious.
"Mind if we take a seat?" Justin asked, his thick accent standing out above the rest of the chatter in the restaurant. I shook my head with another small smile, pointing to the empty chairs at my table. I watched on silently as he placed down the large bowl of fruit he was holding, before pulling out a chair for Gail.
"So, how was your break?" Gail spoke up once again. She momentarily looked up from the breakfast she was sharing with Justin, a grin placed across her features.
"It was okay... boring, I guess," I shrugged, taking a sip of my drink. Of course, it was always nice to have a few days at home... but no matter where I was, I missed being in the ring. "What about yours? Have fun?" I asked, sending the pair of them an amused smile. Gail hadn't been able to hide her excitement at the fact that she was spending her few days off at Justin's home.
"It was amazing. I never realised it was so beautiful in Florida." Gail smiled as she turned to look at her boyfriend. I rolled my eyes, wondering how she could be so oblivious about one of the most well known places there was in America.
"Even more beautiful with you there," He answered, before her leaned over to kiss her.
I sighed, instantly growing uncomfortable as the pair of them sweet talked and shared more kisses. I hated myself for feeling that way when it came to my best friend. I wanted her to be happy, of course I did... but I couldn't help feeling down when my own love live was currently none existent.
And just as I thought those words, the reason for that walked into my view.
I couldn't take my eyes away from Randy as he walked towards an empty table, John Cena by his side. They were chatting about something, John joking away like his usual care free self... but Randy, he looked utterly miserable.
I bit my lip, watching on as he span to take his seat, his eyes instantly finding mine. For a brief few seconds, all he did was stare, before a glare flashed across his features and he looked away.
My eyes fell to my drink, and I tried desperately not to let what happened get to me. What had I done to make him so angry with me? Perhaps I had ended our relationship... but wasn't I doing him a favour? At least now he didn't have to choose between myself and Jess. At least he didn't have anything to hide anymore.
"Sofia? Babe, is everything okay?"
I slowly lifted my gaze towards Justin and Gail, cringing slightly as I realised they must have noticed my small meltdown. They were both looking at me concerned, and I sighed, wondering if I should tell them the truth... but then again, what good would that do? Justin didn't even know about Randy, and Gail... she'd probably just tell me to go out, get drunk and forget about the guy.
Actually, that didn't sound like such a bad idea right about now.
"Yeah, I'm good," I nodded, smiling as the idea began to form in my head, "Actually, I was just wondering if you two would wanna head out tonight? It's been a while since I've done anything fun so I was thinking of finding a club around here or something."
I watched as the two of them looked at each other, somehow silently communicating with each other before the pair of them shrugged and turned back to me with a smile.
"Why not? We've not been anywhere for so long!" Gail grinned excitedly, and I smiled back her way. At least now I had something to look forward to.
"Did I miss something funny?"
All three of us turned to the side, but it was only me that seemed to be surprised as Wade towered over us, a slight smirk placed on his lips as he balanced his bottle of water in between his fingers.
"Umm, no..." Justin answered, looking between us all confused. Poor guy, he seemed so oblivious.
"I just thought by the way these two were grinning at each other," He paused, pointing at both myself and Gail, "That I was missing out."
"Oh," I finally turned his way, still feeling slightly strange that I was back to speaking with him again and not to mention back to being friends again... but I wasn't going to complain. It felt ten times better than arguing with him had, "No, not really. We were just talking about heading out somewhere tonight."
"And you should totally come!" Gail blurted out, and my eyes grew wide as I turned to look her way.
Wade looked between all of us for a few short moments, and I bit down on my lip nervously, wondering if he could tell how I was feeling... but truthfully, even I wasn't quite sure how I was feeling. On one hand, I wanted Wade to join us. It'd be wrong not to invite him along with us now that he knew. But on the other hand? I was terrified at the prospect of even taking a sip of alcohol around him after what had happened last time.
"Urr... if it's okay with Fia?"
I looked his way, taking in everything about him, from his perfectly slicked back hair to his Nike's. Why was I so damn worried about what had happened in the past? Weren't we supposed to be moving on from that? And besides, we were together back then.
"Of course it's fine," I sent him a look as if he were crazy, followed by a grin. He smiled in return as I patted the seat beside me, the four of us quickly starting a conversation about where the best places to go in our current town were... and for the first time since Wade had come back into my life again, I felt at ease.
After our houseshow and returning to the hotel to get ready, myself, Wade, Justin and Gail jumped into a taxi and bravely told the driver to take us to the best club around. Luckily for us he did as we asked, and it didn't take long till he pulled up at the side of a curb that was buzzing with people.
Gail and Justin jumped out barely seconds after the car stopped, and I rolled my eyes at them, handing the driver a twenty before I slid out after Wade. I smiled his way as he held his hand out towards me, happily taking it as we joined the queue behind our two friends. You could already feel the excitement as the beat of the music ebbed through the concrete under our feet.
We chatted amongst ourselves about nothing in particular for the five minutes it took for us to reach the front of the queue. After showing our , we squeezed our way through the bodies that already crowded the dance area, making our way to the few empty tables that were left and taking a seat.
"Justin..." Gail pestered him for perhaps the twentieth time in the ten minutes we'd been sitting. After fetching drinks for all four of us, Justin had sat down to an onslaught of pokes and pleads from his girlfriend, "Please can we go and dance now?"
"But I'm an awful dancer..." He whined, his accent even cuter now that he was whining. He turned her way, desperate to get out of it, and I couldn't help but chuckle at the pair of them... especially seeing as he couldn't have been that bad at dancing. He'd obviously never seen Wade try...
"Oh don't be ridiculous. All you have to do is sway," Gail rolled her eyes his way, not taking no for an answer any longer as she grabbed a hold of his hand and dragged him into the swarm of people.
"Well..." Wade spoke up, and a giggle left my lips as I turned to look his way. My eyes lingered on his light blue dress shirt, the top few buttons unfastened and revealing his perfectly toned chest underneath. I shook my head, not allowing myself to have those kind of thoughts about him, before my gaze met his and he smirked my way, "Gail's in a... excited mood tonight."
"Isn't she always?" I rolled my eyes playfully, taking a sip of my drink. I'd opted on cranberry juice. Although I'd told myself I'd be okay to drink alcohol around Wade, I just wasn't quite ready yet.
"I wouldn't know. I'm not glued to her hip like you seem to be... or Justin, for a matter of fact," He teased, his arm slipping across the back of the booth and onto my shoulders. I gasped slightly from his touch, but I didn't pull away. I didn't want to make thinks awkward between us again, and besides, it felt nice to be in his arms again. Even if it was just as a friend.
"I'll have you know that I'm glued to her hip because she's my best friend," I nudged him with my elbow, my eyes on Gail and Justin as they danced. I shook my head, wondering why he had been so worried about dancing. He didn't look so bad to me.
"Hmm..." Wade murmured, and I turned my attention back to him to see him staring my way intently, his eyes ever so slowly trailing down my body before they reached my own again. I hated myself, but I couldn't help the blush that grew on my cheeks from the way he looked at me.
"Would you like a picture?" I coughed, trying to hide the jittery feeling that had suddenly appeared in my stomach. I raised an eyebrow his way, sending him a small smirk.
"Well..." He raised an eyebrow of his own, leaning in even closer so that his mouth was barely inches from my ear, "Maybe you shouldn't dress like that if you don't want me to stare," He spoke, his gruff voice sending shivers down my spine.
So perhaps I was dressed a little provocatively in my black sheer dress that barely reached my thighs... and let's say didn't cover much else, either. I was pretty sure Wade's jaw had hit the ground when Gail and I had met him and Justin in the lobby.
"Hmm..." I paused, trying to regain my confidence before I turned his way, "What if I want someone else to stare?"
My eyes trailed the crowd towards the bar, and I nodded at a pair of young guys that had been mentioned in our conversation more than once already... mainly because they hadn't quit staring at myself and Gail since we'd arrived.
"You're joking, right? Those blokes?" His tone was completely flat as his hand tightened on my shoulder, and I had to refrain from giggling at him.
So he was jealous? Of those men? Surely he knew that I was only joking, right?
Not that it mattered, anyway. If I wanted to go over to them, I would... and it would have absolutely nothing to do with him what so ever. Nope, not at all...
"So gullible," I rolled my eyes his way, watching as he glared at me playfully before I started laughing. I shook my head, turning my attention back to Gail and Justin, and chuckling to myself as I noticed they were going all out. I couldn't miss out on this. My eyes slowly moved back to Wade, an amused smile already growing on my lips.
"What?" He asked, knowing too well what that look meant. He looked terrified about whatever I was going to say.
"Do you wanna dance?" I asked, having to hold in my laughter at the look of horror that crossed his features.
"You're kidding," It took him forever to speak, and when he did he scoffed out a laugh, actually believing that I was joking around with him.
"Umm, no. I want to dance. I'm pretty sure that's what you come to a club to do," I raised an eyebrow, watching as his face turned deadly serious.
"Come on, Fia. You know how bad I am at dancing."
"Who cares, Wade? The only person who'll be taking any notice of you is me, and it isn't like I haven't seen you dance before," I shrugged, standing up from my seat.
"That's what you think. There's probably a whole bunch of people with cameras in here just waiting to take a ridiculous picture of me." He glared up at me, shaking his head back and forth, "So the answer is still no. There's no way you're getting me on that dance floor."
"Hmph..." I huffed, a sigh escaping my lips at his stubbornness. He really hadn't changed in that aspect at all. My eyes longingly ran through the crowd, grazing over Gail once again before they fell back to the two men that were still looking my way... and an instant smile appeared on my face, "Fine. That's okay. If you don't want to dance, I'll just head over there and ask one of those guys..."
I'd barely taken two steps away from the table before I felt Wade's hand circle my wrist, stopping me in my tracks. I smirked to myself as I slowly span back around, noticing the annoyed look on his face as he stood up beside me, making me feel tiny even in my five inch heels.
"I don't think so," He shook his head, lacing his fingers through mine, "Come on," He shook his head in disbelief but he pulled me towards the dance floor, and I grinned to myself victoriously
Not only that, but I couldn't help smiling at the fact that I was actually enjoying myself. I couldn't remember the last time I'd had as much fun as I did watching Wade attempt to dance. And not to mention during the entire night, I didn't think of Randy once...