November 25, 2012- Lafayette, LA.
Rose had just gotten to the hotel in the early evening. She had the one large rolling suitcase with her. She got up to the front desk & waited.
"Good evening Miss may I help you?"
"I hope so…there should be a reservation under the last name Lindsey."
She waited while the clerk was typing something in. "Yes Ma'am may I see some ID." Rose reached n her purse taking her ID along with the debit card, passing both to the clerk.
"OK very good Ms. Lindsey, you are in 378."
"Jadie?" A very familiar voice called to her. She turned her head seeing John walking back in with Randy after a day of media running. "Hey Randy…John…" She turned back as if it was nothing grabbing her key before heading for the elevators. John shook the cobwebs enough to catch up with her.
"Um…"
"Wow the great Cena lost for words."
"Hey now."
"Well two that's a start."
"Come on Jadie, it is a bit of a shock."
"Really?" She stepped on & John followed her, Randy figured he better follow. Rose hit the button for her floor. "I thought Randy would have told you."
"What…well he didn't." John shifted his eyes to Randy.
"Oh well…see ya."
John placed his hand to brace the doors. "Will I?"
"I don't know…maybe."
"Working again?"
"Visiting Krys." She then turned heading down the hall. John hit the button for the floor they were on & waited as they started to move again.
"What the hell Randy?"
"I forgot sorry."
"How the hell could you forget to tell me something like that!?"
"Yo John chill…yes I know you knew her through Krys & still…plus how was I suppose to know you didn't know already."
"Shit man…how though? She went missing."
"Yeah I know…I remember when she went missing it wasn't long before the rumors started that she was dead."
They got to their floor & got off heading down the hall. John got his key out first to their suite.
"Yeah but despite all the rumors, Vince refused to admit she was. Same thing with her parents or Krys." John told him as they stepped inside.
"John why would Vince…not like she was big talent…even smaller talent. She was a manager & not even on camera."
"Oh…um…ye…right." John looked down a moment he couldn't believe that after all this time he nearly slipped about her and the connection to her client. Wonder if she is thinking coming back?"
"Who knows…her guy isn't here anymore so who would she work for? Once again she has almost no ring presence…none of us need a mouth piece on the road."
"Yeah I guess." John walks over falling back on the couch. "I would say Ryback could use a manager…but they finally gave him a microphone."
"Hey not that it would be much of a part...she could ask her boyfriend about coming in with him."
John tried not to shutter. "Dude Taker is hardly around."
"Not Deadman…seems she hooked into one of the younger talent." Randy said he a fell into one of the chairs.
"Who?"
"Drew."
"WHAT? Dude what he hell?"
"What?" Randy looked over at John.
"Remember his ex…remember why she became his ex?"
"Oh…come on John that was years ago, people change."
"Maybe…"
"No maybe…stay out of it."
"But what if…"
"If what? If she could handle Taker I am sure Drew will be a cake walk…stay out of it. Remember you have enough problems of your own."
John sighed as he got up moving to the mini bar. "Beer?"
"Sure." John grabbed to bottled handing one to Randy as he walked by. "You know it is bad when the slightest mention of her want to make you drink." Randy faintly jokes as he cracks his beer open downing a good portion of it.
"It isn't that bad."
"Really?" Randy raised a brow showing he clearly did not believe him.
"Yes really." John takes another swig of beer & give a brief chuckle to himself.
"What?"
"Nothing."
"Come on John I could use a good laugh." Randy downs more of his own drink.
"You honestly want to know?"
"Sure."
"Just thinking you would be a better fit for Jadie then Drew."
Randy coughed hitting his chest as he hard swallowed the next bit of the brew. "WHAT! What could I have in common with her?"
"Trust me man…she would fall under the category of don't judge by the cover."
"Yeah but she is already with Drew…plus I don't know if she is really my type." Randy sighs as he finished his beer. "Plus who knows if I am hers?"
"Well you may be more than he is…but never mind…it was stupid. She is nice, but she can also be trouble. Plus as you said you would be competing with another wrestler."
Randy raised his head back up. "So you saying even if I wanted to…you don't think I could get her?"
"I don't know."
"Sounds like a challenge."
"No…no…absolutely not…You are not pulling her into one of our stupid bets."
Randy laughs as he leaned his head back down. "Almost sounds like you're the one sweet on her."
"No…I just know she has issues…but does whatever she can to help someone when they need it."
"Issues?" Randy dryly laughs. "Who around here doesn't?" Randy lifts his head looking at John. "Remember there is more behind my music than Titan wants to admit."
"Yeah, but you have gotten better."
"Maybe." Randy stand up to go retrieve a second beer. "Ok…purely hypothetical. Lets say she was single…why you think I would be a good pick for her or visa versa?"
"Randy…why bother? I don't know if she would be worth the hassle."
"What's her issue?"
"I can't tell you."
"Dude I'm like your best friend, what the hell can you be hiding from me?" He opens the bottle taking a swig from it.
"You will either think I'm lying or crazy or that she is."
"Hey watch the c word."
"Just being honest…plus I don't know if she would like me telling."
"OK…" Randy walks over sitting back down. "If it is some big secret how you know it?"
John looked down before finishing his bottle thinking how to word it. "It was by accident…It was back when we were just starting out. I promised her & Krys I wouldn't tell anyone."
"Come on man how bad can it be?"
"Not that it is bad…I just don't know if she would want it getting out."
"Yet you talk about me getting mixed with her?"
"I was joking."
"No you weren't…you said I would be a better choice than Drew. I don't need a on-screen thing though."
"She has nothing tying her down as far as I know…then again this is the first I seen her in over eight years."
"Nothing tying her down besides Drew. So what is her issue?"
"I can't say man."
"Come on John you know I will just keep going…"
John heaved a sigh. "Give me a few minutes ok." He walked into the bedroom of the suite picking up the house phone. "Yes can you please put me through to Mr. Rose Lindsey's room…thank you…Hey Jadie?…Yeah it's John…" He sounded nervous. "Yeah I guess…well I was just talk to Randy & I almost screwed up…well I started talking about how we knew each other & I started to bring up 2002...I know I know….no I didn't go into what happened to me…he would think I had lost my mind if I told him that…well I used the word issues & he wants to know what…well is there anything I can tell him?…well yeah, I guess I could…you sure you ok with that?…what if he asks more?…ok, um can we catch up later?…breakfast?…ah ok…how long you going to be traveling with us for?…ah ok well I actually have a tour bus I use that should be pulling in Tuesday…um I was telling you, I guess asking if you would like to travel with me for a while? It would save the waste of airfare…yeah you can let me know after Raw…ok I better go before Randy comes knocking the door down…well he's my roommate when we don't have our buses...yeah he has one too…it's not like that girl. Knock it off…ok later."
John laughs as he hangs up the phone moving back to the main room.
"So what she say?"
"OK.." John moves to sit back down. "Do you believe in witches?" Randy started to laugh, but then saw John wasn't laughing, he was hardly even smiling. "You being serious?" John nods. "OK by witches…" Randy kicks back a bit in the seat. "You mean like wicked witch of the west type witch, the witches from charmed, or like practical magic witches?"
"Ok dude I don't want to know how you know that chick stuff."
Randy laughs. "I could ask you the same…since you got the references."
"I am sure same way you do…chicks. To answer your question…defiantly NOT the first…I am not sure where she would fall between the other two."
"Uh ha…right…"
"See I told you that you wouldn't believe me."
"I don't know if I don't believe you, or that you were gullible enough to believe her."
"It's the truth trust me."
"And why you so sure?"
"She travels with a bag that has some of her workings in it."
"Workings? What the hell is that?"
"Candles, stones, herbs."
"What no scary leather book?"
"If you mean a book of shadows…no she doesn't travel with it."
Randy shook his head. "You being dead serious with me?"
"Straight up all the way."
"Ok maybe a bit unusual…but then again isn't that whole nature magic suppose to be big or something? A fad of some sort."
"It's more than a fad with her Randy, witches have been in her family going back before the trials."
"Um ok…so she does spells, curses & shit like that?"
"I am sure she could…but I don't know of anyone she cursed. She is more on the helping side of things."
"Right…" He shakes his head. He the closed his eyes rubbing his forehead as it began to pound. "This is a lot to take in."
"Yeah I know…trust me I know." A slight sigh escaped his lips as he remembered back. How he gave up on Krys because he was scared.
"Man I think I am going to call it an early night." He sounded tired as he opened his eyes again trying to focus.
"OK Randy…didn't mean to bring on one of your headaches."
Randy shook his head as he got up. "I did ask…I'll be fine." He heads into the bedroom & over to his toiletries bag to retrieve his medication. He got a cup of water from the bathroom downing the pill before changing into grey sweat pants before climbing into the one bed.
John sat up a little bit longer by himself, he can't believe seeing Rose again stirred up so many old memories. He still wondered why he opened his mouth to Randy. She had someone, he knew at times Randy was still dealing with the accident that took his wife & daughter. He remembered when it made Randy's mental state even worse, it took him quite some time to get himself under control. John was oddly one of the few people who could deal with it. What was John even thinking about subjecting Randy to the life Rose lived, the things she deals with.
John couldn't even handle back then when it took a hold of him, what would happen is something like that was to happen to Randy? The thought scared him…then again it happened to him before he even met Rose. Rose saved him…he wondered if maybe she could be a grounding force for Randy. He shook his head again, who was he to place such a thing on her? John still had no clue what happened in Texas when Rose vanished & Krys was placed in a coma for almost a month.
John knew he was not going to get his thoughts in order out there so he got up heading into the bedroom changing for bed before climbing into the other bed & closing his eyes.