Disc: I own nothing but the clothes on my back. And Andrea.

Okay, jump in time. Last chapter we left off around the 20th of December 2004. This chapter carries us to January of 2005; I'm thinking that the wrestlers had their holiday break between that time, so this is the first Raw show back. Hope that makes sense, lol. On with the story...

Chapter 20
Raw, January 2005

"Morning, Sexy"

Andrea smiled as she peeked over the covers to see a smiling John setting on the bed fully dressed next to her, "Morning", she replied as she extended her arms above her head.

"Ready to go back to work?" John asked as he watched Andrea set up in the bed. She sighed and thought to herself, 'No, I never want to go back again'. Instead, she said,"Yeah, it'll be nice seeing everyone again". Andrea forced herself on her feet and headed towards the bathroom.

John watched numbly as Andrea closed the door behind her, he sighed and lowered his face onto his hands. He knew that something was up with Andrea. Ever since he got back she had been moving further away from him emotionally. It was like she surrounded herself with walls and won't let him or anyone else in, and it was killing him. Mainly because a part of John didn't want to bring it up because he was scared of what might surface, but the larger part of him couldn't stand to see her unhappy.

"I'm asking her tonight", John said out loud to himself, determined to find out the truth.

"Asking who what?" Andreaquestioned as she came out of the bathroom. John smiled as he stood up and walked over to her, wrapping his arms around her waist. He smiled sadly as he felt her body stiffen slightly; he leaned his head on Andrea's forehead and whispered, "You know I love you, right?"

Andrea smiled and whispered back, "Yes." John closed his eyes as the two stood there in complete silence. For that moment, all the chaos surrounding the couple was at a standstill, it was a moment that neither wanted to end.

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After John left for the smack down house show, Andrea headed over to the arena for Raw. She contemplated several reasons for not showing up, but in the end, she could not avoid the inevitable. Pulling into the parking lot, her heart sped up and she could feel her stomach drop. Andrea turned off the ignition and leaned her head onto the steering wheel. "I can do this", Andrea said to herself after taking a few deep breaths. Pushing herself up, Andrea unbuckled her seat belt and stepped out of the car.

"Hey Andy!" Jackie said as she hurried over to her friend.

Andrea turned and waited for Jackie to catch up and asked, "Hey how was your break?" Jackie smiled as the two women walked toward the building, "It was great", she said. Her smile faded, however, when she took the time to access the woman beside her.

Jackie reached a hand out as she gently grabbed Andrea's shoulder and stopped both of their movements. Jackie almost gasped, the body standing before her looked nothing like the person she knew as her best friend. At first glance, and to those who didn't know her well, Andrea looked the same. But, a simple glance into her eyes showed everything. The sparkle in Andrea's eyes were gone, her once stunning green eyes were replaced with dark and almost black pupils that held no emotion.

Jackie did the only thing she could do; she wrapped her arms around Andrea and said, "Everything will be okay".

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Andrea waved good-bye to Jackie as she went into the women's locker room. Andrea sighed and continued to head down the hall toward catering when a hand grabbed her arm from behind. Andrea jumped and spun around to see Randy, she forced a small smile and said, "Oh, hey Randy".

The smile however, went unreturned. Andrea narrowed her eyes slightly to further observe the man standing in front of her. His blue eyes were cold and distant, his body was stiff and his hold on her upper arm tightened just a hinge when she greeted him. She bit her bottom lip lightly and hesitantly asked, "Is there a problem?"

Randy smirked softly and replied with an apathetic voice, "We need to talk". Andrea stood stunned for a moment before nodding her head and following the young wrestler into an empty room. As soon as she entered the room, Randy slammed the door closed and quickly took two steps that ended right in front of Andrea. She gasped at his quickness and went to open her mouth, but was sharply cut off by Randy. "I saw you", he whispered fiercely.

Those three words were enough to bring Andrea's world crashing down. She took a jagged breath and looked down at her feet, the uncomfortable feeling of being exposed made Andrea want to throw up. Her first instinct was to run; turning to the door she went to move but was harshly pulled back by Randy, "You will not run away from me this time!" Randy said sternly. Andrea held her breath and didn't bother moving once Randy released his grasp on her. Standing next to him,she noticed how tall Randy was compared to her, and for the first time, Andrea was afraid of the Legend Killer.

Randy sighed heavily and paced back and forth in front of the door, as a way to prevent the young woman from leaving if she decided to bolt suddenly. He opened and closed his mouth several times, unable to put his feelings into words. Then, as if it just came to him, he stopped pacing and turned to Andrea, his words were unusually soft and full of emotion. "I was willing to work things out between us so we could start over the right way. I was willing to finally end this continuous battle that has been going on between us for months".

He paused and rubbed the back of his neck, a sign of frustration, noted Andrea. "I knew that youare a hard person to understand and that you do things that puzzle even me, but I had no idea you could be so fucking hypocritical Andrea!" Andrea shriveled back as Randy stepped closer to her, "You had the nerve to question my morals and my decisions, but yet here you go not only messing around with a married man, but cheating on the person you swore up and down you loved!" Randy's words grew louder as he spoke, "And it wasn't just a guy, it was my best friend! Jesus Andrea, what the fuck is your problem? You have everything going for you and you end up fucking it up, I just don't understand you!" He threw his hands up in the air as if to say he surrendered. "And to think that I actually thought I was in love with you! You know what, I'm glad everything that happened between us happened, you know why? It opened my eyes to what kind of person you really are Andrea; a back stabbing, no good, lyingbitch!"

Andrea closed her eyes as the words stung at her heart, she took a deep breath and opened her eyes, looking straight at Randy she said calmly, "You said your peace, can you please leave?"

Randy laughed sarcastically, "You'll never change, will you? People will keep giving you their heart and you'll continue to stomp on it and not think twice!" He stopped for a minute to lookthe short woman up and down, "You make me sick!" He spat.

Randy turned and headed to the door, turning the metal knob he glanced back at Andrea and said, "If you don't tell John the truth, I will". With that, he slammed the door, leaving Andrea struggling to keep herself from completely falling apart.

Sorry it sucks. I'll have the next chapter up as soon as possible. Until then, a nice review will help me along, lol! j/p. Thanks for all your reviews! Love you guys!