Seeing the way Randy was saying what he said, John asked "You really care about Sara, don't you?"
Hearing John say this had Randy stopping to think for a bit. Sure, he cared about Sara, but even he was amazed at how far along it seemed like he and Sara had come in their relationship; and to think, it all started that night he saved her from getting knocked out by Big Show. Not regretting the next words that came out of his mouth, Randy said "More than you even know, John."
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"Well then, sleep on it," Roman said. However, no sooner that Roman said this, he could hear Seth lightly snoring. Letting out a light chuckle, Roman went back to reading his magazine as he thought 'Seth. You may drive me insane a good amount of time, but at least you have the best of intentions for what you do. I just hope our talk sinks into that thick skull of yours.'
Still a little conscious, Seth let his and Roman's talk play back through his thoughts. 'I guess Roman's right. If it wasn't for the fact that I'm so damn prideful and that I've got trust issues with some people, I'd probably be OK with Sara dating that bastard-I mean, Randy. I guess, since he seems to care about her, I guess I can give the whole 'making nice' thing with him a shot. Can't hurt things any more than I've already managed to fuck stuff up,' Seth thought, sleep finally taking over him.
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After so much Seth and Randy focus over the past couple of chapters, how's about some Sara focus in this chapter? Enjoy, my dolls. =)
Sara hadn't seen or heard from either Seth or Randy in the few days, so she felt that the two were taking advantage of their time alone. It still sent unwanted shivers up her back when she thought back to the Monday that Seth and Randy had their solo match against each other that went to a disqualification. Just the memory of her older brother and her boyfriend fighting like they wanted to actually hurt each other still had her scared a bit when she thought about it. So, after suggesting that they spend time away from each other so that they can talk through their issues with their respective sets of friends, Sara was feeling hopeful that maybe the two stubborn men would be able to figure out a way to peacefully talk things through so that they could at least make up and put aside their petty hatred of each other.
'It's the least they could do,' Sara thought, lying on her bed in the hotel Thursday afternoon. 'All I want is for my boyfriend and my older brother to just get along. That way they can both be in my baby's life.' Sara's internal thinking was interrupted as a wave of morning sickness crashed through her. Leaping off of the bed, Sara ran into the bathroom and, kneeling on the floor in front of the toilet, proceeded to empty the contents of her mostly empty stomach into the bowl. After her vomiting transitioned into dry heaving, Sara leaned back against the tub as she breathed deeply, trying to get her breath back. Rubbing a hand over her slight baby bump, Sara said "You are making my life very difficult, my baby. Just hope that your daddy and uncle will be able to make nice so that they can be there for you when you're born." Feeling collected enough after that, Sara rose from the floor and, rinsing her mouth out with water to get rid of the taste of vomit, smoothed her hair down as she felt hunger pains start to take over her. Laughing a low laugh at this, Sara walked out of the bathroom and, grabbing her room key and cell phone, left her room as she headed for the elevator. Pressing the button for the lobby, Sara stepped inside once the doors opened. Her ride down to the lobby was a bit quick, aside from a stop at the third floor where she soon found herself joined by her nemesis in the number one contender for the Divas Championship, AJ Lee, who had a duffel bag slung across her shoulder. 'Oh boy,' Sara thought as she tried to shrink against one of the walls furthest away from the short Latina.
AJ was definitely surprised to see that, when the elevator stopped and opened its doors on the third floor, Sara Rollins was in the elevator. It was surprising because last AJ heard about Sara, the brunette was out of action for some reason. 'So, if Sara's out, what the hell's she doing here?' AJ thought. Not really in the mood to question the taller woman, AJ got in the elevator as the doors closed together.
The elevator ride down to the main lobby floor proved to be quite the tense and unnervingly quiet elevator ride both women ever had. They weren't sure if it was because of their history or what, but AJ and Sara were definitely not feeling the ride down.
As Sara watched AJ out of the corner of her eye, she couldn't help but notice that the shorter Diva seemed a bit…off. Where AJ's normally known for walking up to any random person and just striking up chats with them, she was abnormally quiet. 'Wonder what half-pint's deal is. Usually she would've said something to me by now. Something's up,' Sara thought. Taking a breath, Sara was almost set to open her mouth to when the 'Ding!' of the elevator doors signaled their arrival at the main lobby floor. Before Sara could say anything, AJ dashed out of the elevator and hung a hard right, heading in the opposite direction of where Sara was heading. Watching the quickly retreating form of the shorter woman, Sara asked out loud "What the hell was that all about?" Her awkward elevator ride still on her mind, Sara headed to the dining room area in the hopes of finding a midday lunch, just…anything to help fill up the empty feeling that suddenly descended on her.
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Kaitlyn and Layla had been enjoying their lunch when the sight of Sara caught both women by surprise. They weren't expecting Sara to be downstairs, so they made room for their pregnant friend at their table; although, they could tell that something was on the brunette woman's mind.
Watching as Sara took a seat next to her, Layla asked "Sara? Everything okay, love?"
"Huh? Yeah, I guess…" Sara said, resting one arm on the table as she ran a hand through her hair.
"What's with the 'I guess'?" Kaitlyn asked. "Makes you sound crazy unsure about something."
"I am, Kait, actually," Sara said, letting out a short laugh. "I had the weirdest elevator ride down today. I was in the elevator by myself and, next thing I know, elevator stops at the third floor and AJ comes in. I didn't say anything to her, but, the weirdest thing is that she didn't say a word to me. Is that weird or what?"
"Very weird," Kaitlyn said. "Although, I guess because of what's been going on with her lately, she's been acting weird to a lot of people."
"Because of what's been going on with her lately? What do you mean, Kait?" Sara asked, curious as this was the first she was hearing of anything like this.
"The drama with her pretty much being passed around to five different guys on the roster is catching up to her and it would appear as though all is not well in Crazy Land. Apparently, AJ and her 'Ziggy' have been having some…issues lately," Kaitlyn said, using air quotes around 'Ziggy'. "Apparently, AJ just recently caught Dolph with Eve and that's pretty much made her snap, just not in an uber-crazy way, like she usually does. It's been more of a quiet snapping where first it involved her leaving Dolph and then pushing her big bodyguard before she's just decided to strike out on a path of her own."
"And I can honestly say that it's been too long coming for AJ," Layla said, taking a sip from her iced tea. "Girl's been marching around thinking she's untouchable for too damn long now, so, the way I see things, this is just karma bitch slapping her back for all that she's done."
As Sara listened on to the two older women talking, she couldn't help but feel a bit bad for AJ. Sure, she and the shorter Diva hadn't exactly been on the best terms ever Sara really first debuted, but just hearing about AJ getting dumped on her ass by her so-called 'boyfriend'-or ex-boyfriend, which would be more appropriate to call Dolph-had Sara feeling a bit bad for the woman that had been a thorn in her side for months. It almost made her want to go find AJ and offer a tiny bit of solace to the Latina, but Sara knew it probably wouldn't be wise given how volatile AJ could at the slightest provocation. And in between her pregnancy only being three, close to four, months along, the drama with her brother and boyfriend's constant fighting and hopeful mending, and now AJ and her drama, Sara was feeling herself become overwhelmed with everything that just got thrown on her plate. 'My pregnancy, I have no problem dealing with. If only I could figure out some way to deal with the other two things,' Sara thought to herself as she walked over to the buffet and went about fixing herself a plate, hoping that maybe eating her lunch could be the thing to help her sort through her seemingly growing list of problems and issues.
Sara focus! And boy does it look like she has a full plate of stuff. In between being close to four months along in her pregnancy, Randy and Seth having yet to have resolved their issues and talked things over, and now, her rival AJ's (Yes, AJ...you guys don't I just forgot about Geek Goddess, did y'all? =P ) sudden change in attitude over her own drama (knew that whole being bounced around to five guys thing wouldn't end well), Sara's just wanting to find a way to make things right in the various areas where the drama is all sprouting up. What will get solved first? That's coming next chapter...which I hope won't take so long to post. Until then, don't forget to R&R please. =)
