Crowned
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Chapter21
Back in the locker room, the television was playing a replay of what had just happened, and that's when Randy saw it, Paige, his Paige was kissing John, he knew she was trying to distract him, but she looked like she was enjoying it a little too much for Randy's liking. Paige walked in and saw Randy staring at the television with clenched fists. She cautiously knocked on the doorframe. He turned to her, she couldn't read the look in his eyes.
"Is something wrong?" She asked.
"I don't know, you tell me." He shot back.
"I won't know what's wrong unless you tell me." Paige said.
"Maybe I'm crazy, but I'm pretty sure us being together means we shouldn't be kissing other people, especially our exes." Randy said sternly.
"There was nothing else I could do, he was holding my hair." She shot back.
"I saw it in your body movement, you were enjoying it!" He yelled.
"That's ridiculous." She stated.
"Do you still love him?" Randy asked her.
"What?"
"Just answer the question, do you still love John?" He asked, his eyes softening.
"A part of me will always love John." She said, she waited for Randy's reaction, he looked a little angry and frustrated.
"As much as you love me, or maybe more than you love me." He said and started off out into the hallway, Paige stood there with her hands on her hips for a few seconds, she sighed heavily before a pair of stiletto heels went clicking rapidly down the hallway after Randy.
"You and I both know that's not true, my emotions aren't something I can just turn on and off, it takes time." She called after him. He stopped in his tracks and turned around walking slowly towards her.
"Is that why you still wear that?" He asked gesturing to the locket Ricky's mother gave to Paige at his funeral. Paige looked at him with hurt. People looked up at them, because they were rather loud.
"That is not fair Randy." She said trying to swallow down the lump in her throat, she felt like she was about to cry.
"You want to talk about fair now? Fair would be me not having to compete with someone who has been dead for months now for you." He shot back.
"Randy, Ricky died less than a year ago, I thought you understood that I needed time." Paige said.
"Maybe I should give you your space." He told her.
"What are you saying?" She asked.
"Maybe we need a break." He told her.
"Are you dumping me?" She asked in disbelief, he just looked down and didn't answer her.
"Oh no, you're not dumping me, because…I'm dumping you, it's over." She said, she started to pull her ring off, it wouldn't budge because she hadn't taken it off in about three months, Randy stood there watching her as it finally popped off. She took the ring and tossed it at him hitting him in the forehead.
"Now, we're over." She told him and the little clicking of stilettos could be heard once again.
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All the girls sat in Paige's hotel room and comforted her as she cried over her break-up with Randy. Paige had formed a bond with Amy, Melina, Ashley, Candice, Torrie and Trish; they even had a little group get together every Friday at Paige's apartment with Holly and Mel, since they got free plane trips from the company. Paige was currently sitting on her hotel room bed and they all crammed onto it as she told them what happened in between sobs.
"And then, he told me he needed space and I dumped him." She said before another round of sobs started, Torrie handed her a second tissue box.
"Let it all out sweetie." Candice told her as she continued to rub comforting circles on Paige's back.
"I love him so much, I just hate when he acts like this." Paige said.
"Well, you kind of did kiss your ex on television." Trish said.
"Whose side are you on Stratus?" Paige asked.
"Trish, that's not helping right now." Melina said.
"Sorry," She mumbled.
"What Trish means is that from his perspective it ma have been hurtful. Put yourself in his shoes, how would you feel if you saw him kiss…Brooke Hogan?" Torrie asked which launched her into another round of sobs.
"Bad example Tor." Amy told her.
"We broke up an hour ago, why hasn't he called yet, he always calls exactly fifteen minutes after a fight to apologize or talk about it." Paige sniffled into a tissue.
"Well, this one was a big one; he probably needs more time to cool off." Candice told her.
"He'll call, they always call." Ashley said. They all sat in the room with Paige until she had basically cried herself to sleep. Torrie and Candice were rooming with Paige and stayed on her bed watching her for a bit.
"She fell asleep and he still hasn't called." Torrie said looking down at the sleeping form in between them.
"I know, this must be breaking her heart." Candice replied as Paige drew in a shaky breath and exhaled with a little shiver. Just then, there was a light tapping on the door. The two got up from the bed and walked over to it, Candice pulled it open, to reveal a very tired and worn out Randy Orton with a dozen red roses in his hand.
"Randy, what are you doing here?" Candice asked.
"Where's Paige, I need to talk to her." He told them.
"She's sleep." Torrie told him softly.
"Oh no, did she cry herself to sleep again?" He asked, Candice just nodded her head a little.
"I started to call her so many times, I didn't know if she meant we were really over this time." He started.
"It's okay, you go back to your room and get some sleep, she's fine, just talk to her in the morning." Torrie said.
"Thanks, just make sure she gets these." He said and handed the flowers to Candice.
"Will do," She said.
"Goodnight ladies."
"Goodnight Randy," They said in unison as Torrie slid the door closed. Paige stirred as the door shut with a thud. She opened her eyes a little.
"Who was that? Was it Randy?" She asked sleepily.
"No, it was the wrong room, go back to sleep." Candice told her and she soon drifted back to sleep.
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Paige woke up the next morning to the sun shining through the open curtains. She rolled out of bed in her white cotton tank-top and underwear set, she walked into the bathroom and saw a note stuck on the mirror.
Went to breakfast-xoxo Tor and Candy. There were also two kisses on the white piece of paper. Normally, Paige would have done her hair and make-up, but she didn't really care this morning. She would usually add some bounce to her flat hair, but she just brushed it about fifteen times, she threw on some mascara and lip gloss, slid into some jeans and flip flops and headed downstairs, freckles exposed and all. She walked into the dining hall of the hotel and immediately saw Torrie and Candice and the rest of the girls.
"Good morning ladies," She said as she walked around the table hugging them all and placing a single kiss on their cheeks before sitting down.
"You look cute this morning." Melina told her.
"Yea, the freckles suit you." Amy told her.
"I hate you for being so effortlessly beautiful." Ashley fake pouted.
"Eh, you'll get over it." Paige told her and the entire table started laughing. Randy looked over at them.
"God, I really screwed up last night." Randy sighed, he was sitting at a table with Johnny, Chris Masters, Adam, Shawn, Mark and Hunter.
"Well, what happened?" Adam asked.
"I got jealous and said a lot of shit to her about her dead boyfriend that I shouldn't have." He told them.
"What were you jealous over?" Mark asked.
"She kissed Cena, I saw it and I just snapped, I wasn't really thinking about the fact that her dead boyfriend Ricky, died back in September and she's a little sensitive about it. I feel like such a jerk, I mean, he basically bled to death in her arms." He said.
"How'd that happen?" Shawn asked.
"Someone shot up her father's restaurant one night, with them in it. Ricky threw her out of the way, but he took six bullets to the chest himself." He looked back over at Paige as she stared blankly at the menu in front of her as the rest talked. "She won't say it, but I know she still feels a little responsible for his death." Randy told them.
"Just go talk to her, how harmful could she possibly be?" Chris asked.
"The girl can shoot." Randy told him.
"Like with a handgun?" Shawn asked.
"Handgun, shotgun, sniper rifle, she never misses." Randy told them. Across the room the girls were all talking.
"Paige, what are you getting?" Trish asked her.
"Nothing, I'm not really hungry." She said.
"Are you feeling okay, you didn't touch your pizza last night either." Amy asked.
"I'm fine, I haven't had an appetite lately, final exams are coming up in a couple weeks, its a little nerve wrecking." She said, Melina noticed Paige looking over at Randy.
"Just go talk to him." Melina told her. Paige simply nodded and stood up. Her legs felt like jello as she walked over. When she reached their table, Randy didn't notice her until she spoke.
"Good morning guys." She said.
"Hey," They all responded, she then turned to Randy.
"Can we talk?" She asked softly.
"Yea, there's a little couch out in the hallway you want to go sit there?" He asked as he got to his feet. She smiled a little.
"Sure," She started for the door and Randy followed. They sat down on the little couch, an awkward silence hung there for a moment before Paige started.
"I…I said some things last night that I didn't mean." She said looking at the floor.
"I think we both said things we didn't mean." Randy stated.
"Does it really bother you?" She asked.
"Does what really bother me?"
"The fact that I still think about Ricky," She stated.
"Last night, I was angry about you kissing Cena, it had nothing to do with Ricky, I said things to you that I shouldn't have. I'm sorry." He told her.
"I shouldn't have kissed John." She said looking up at him.
"If you really want me to, I'll stop wearing the locket." She said.
"No, it looks good on you, it really does." He told her.
"I want you to know that I love you, a part of me loves John, sure. But, that's in my past." She told him.
"I didn't mean to attack you about Ricky, I snapped and I'm really sorry." Randy told her.
"It's okay." She told him. The table had nominated Trish and Chris to go to the door. When the two poked their heads out and looked at the couple on the couch, they saw Randy partway on top of Paige and the two were in the middle of an intense make up and make-out session. Trish let out a giggle before Chris pulled her back in the door. Randy and Paige abruptly stopped kissing.
"We better go back in." Randy told her pulling her up from the couch. The two walked back into the dining hall Paige headed to her table, but was pulled back by Randy, he kissed her lightly on the lips and then looked at her.
"I love your freckles." He told her.
"I know," She said, biting her lip. He pulled the little ring out of his pocket.
"I believe this belongs to you." He told her and slid it back on her finger.
"Thank you," She kissed him lightly before heading back to her table as he did the same. Paige sat down with a big smile on her face, she picked up a menu left on the table and tried to hide behind it.
"What are you smiling about?" Torrie asked.
"I'm not smiling." She said.
"Yes you are." Candice said in a sing song voice. Ashley pulled the menu from Paige's hands, and she was indeed grinning like the Cheshire cat.
"It's love." Melina stated.