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Chapter 28 – Stuck

"I actually can't believe that you're getting married, Ted," Randy chuckled as he patted the young man on the shoulder, the pair of them slipping into the huge club. They both turned around to look at the familiar faces that were following them, the entire group laughing and joking excitedly at the night of celebration they were about to have. The minute everyone had found out that Ted and Louise were going to tie the knot, they knew they had to do something special for it.

"I know, it's crazy," Ted nodded his way with a smirk, "But you know, man, I wouldn't have it any other way. I love her."

"I'm just glad you managed to find someone who you care about as much as she does you. You're gonna be great together, man," Randy nodded his way, a smirk on his face as Louise walked over to them, smiling quickly at the older man before she linked arms with her fiancée.

"Hey beautiful," Ted cooed, placing a quick kiss on her lips, "We'll head over to the bar first and get a few drinks. You want anything, Randy?" He asked, turning back towards his friend.

"Actually, I'm good..." Randy replied, but his attention was no longer on the two in front of him. Instead, his eyes were on the door, his patented smile playing on his lips as he spotted the two girls just entering the club. His gaze instantly found the shorter of the two, and his stomach filled with butterflies at the thought of her being his... of finally having the girl he had wanted since the minute he'd laid eyes on her. If only they could tell others about their relationship now, too. "I've got something to do. I'll catch up with you later though, yeah?" He quickly turned back to look at Ted and Louise, who both smirked his way knowingly. If only they really knew what was going on between Randy and Harley.

"Sure, have fun," Ted shook his head, before the two of them slipped off into the crowd, leaving Randy to wait until the two girls reached where he was standing.

"Abi, Har..." His lips pulled up in a smirk as he spoke the last name, and he watched as the two girls stopped in front of him, both of them smiling his way.

"Hey Randy," Abigail nodded politely his way.

"Hi you," Harley cooed, biting down on her lip as she looked over the black shirt and dress trousers he was wearing. He chuckled under his breath, although he knew exactly how she felt. He could barely stop himself from staring at her short, deep purple dress.

"You both okay?" He asked, walking over to Harley and automatically wrapping an arm around her waist. Psychical contact like that was something the pair of them had always done as of late, so it wasn't hard for them to hide the fact that they were now doing it because they were together.

"We're good, thank you," Harley nodded, looking up from his side and smiling lightly.

"That's good," He nodded back, before he turned back towards Abi, a frown appearing on his face as he realised she was alone, "You're by yourself, Ab? I thought John might have been here with you..."

"Oh, urr... I dunno. I don't think he's coming," She shook her head, answering his question far too quickly. Her eyes left the pair and looked around the room awkwardly, and she only began to speak again when she spotted the bar, "I'm gonna go get a drink. See you both later, okay?"

"Okay, sure..." Randy nodded her way, still confused about what was wrong with her.

"Be careful, Abi," Harley shouted after her sister, and the pair watched the brunette until she had been swallowed in the crowd. They both turned back to look at each other, and Harley shrugged at the questioning look on Randy's face. "Before you ask, I have no idea. I think there are still some problems between the two of them."

"Well, that's understandable, I guess," Randy shrugged her way, letting out a sigh. "I hope they manage to sort them out, though."

"Yeah..." Harley nodded, a small smile growing on her lips as she quickly looked around, before she stood on her tiptoes and wrapped her arms around his neck, "I've missed you today, Orton."

"Hmm, I've missed you too, Runnels," He smirked in return, his mind quickly forgetting his worries as he and Harley began to flirt around as much as they possibly could in public.


Half an hour later, Abigail found herself sat at a table with her brother, Dustin, and John Morrison. She'd met up with the pair of them at the bar when she'd tried to escape Randy's awkward question about John, and decided to spend the rest of the night with them. At least neither of them was going to be asking her questions that she didn't even know the answer to.

"So Abi, how are things? We haven't talked in a while," JoMo spoke up, and she quickly left her thoughts as she turned to look at him, a small smile appearing on her lips. She'd never imagined she and him would be close like this after what she'd done to him, but she was grateful that they were. It was nice to talk to him about the usual, carefree stuff.

"I know, I've missed you," She pouted playfully, making him laugh, "And I've been okay. Finally getting used to life on the road. What about you?"

"Yeah, yeah, I'm good," He added with a smirk.

She nodded his way, although her smile began to falter. John had been a good distraction for a little while, but it wasn't long before her mind was drifting back to the other John... the one that was driving her absolutely crazy.

Since she had been home, she'd tried to avoid him as much as she possibly could. She felt bad, in a way, as she had told him before she left for home that all was forgiven... and it was, but he didn't know that. He probably thought the reason she was hiding from him was because she was still unhappy about the way he had treated her.

If only he knew the truth. That the reason she was hiding was because she couldn't just be friends with him. Once upon a time she could accept that fact, but not now, especially seeing as he no longer had a girlfriend.

"So, Abi, things are good with Cena again?"

The young brunette's eyes shot up to her brother, and her gaze turned to slits as he sat looking back her way, completely innocent. Did he really have to bring him up? In front of JoMo of all people too?

"Things are great, Dustin," She emphasised her words, hoping to make him realise this was the last place she wanted to talk about him.

"Huh, really?" He asked, raising an eyebrow as his head turned to look towards the crowd, "That's funny, cause I thought you'd be over there with him."

Abigail's eyes shot to where her brother was looking, and her breath caught in her throat as she saw John stood at the bar, talking to both Ted and Louise. Every now and again his gaze left the couple and searched the people around him, and the young woman gulped, knowing exactly who he was looking for.

She shook her head, knowing it wasn't going to be long till he spotted her... and she was right. Barely seconds afterwards, his eyes found their table, and a grin grew across his face as he saw her sitting at it. He quickly turned back to Ted and Louise, his dimples showing as he seemingly began to excuse himself.

"Oh god," Abigail mumbled under her breath, frantically searching for somewhere to escape. She couldn't stay there, waiting for him to come and talk to her. She could never tell him how she was feeling right now. "Umm, guys, excuse me for a minute..." She blurted out to her brother and JoMo, before she shot up from the table and headed towards the exit.

She didn't look back as she slipped through the crowd, not wanting to see the look on John's face as she ran away from him. All she wanted was to get away from everyone so she could think over all of her problems and come to a decision on what she was going to do about it all...

But as she stepped out into the cold air, her eyes nearly popped out at what she saw in front of her. Randy and Harley were stood only a few feet away from the door, practically sucking each other's faces off. The first thing Abigail could think of was that they must have been absolutely crazy. Didn't they remember that Cody was only a minute away from them?

And the second thing was... that it was about damn time.

"Ahem," She coughed, folding her arms over her chest. She couldn't help but smile a little as the two shot apart, both of their eyes wide at being caught.

"Abi, it's... it's not what it looks like," Randy spoke up lamely, he and Harley both taking a step forward. The older of the two girls couldn't help herself, the look on their faces was the last straw, and she burst out into a fit of giggles.

"Not what it looks like? Randy, that was really... terrible," She snorted, walking over to the pair of them and hugging her sister tightly, "Congrats, Har."

"Huh?" The two pulled away, and the younger sister looked at Abigail in confusion, "You're not mad, or anything?"

"Of course not," She shook her head, moving to Randy and hugging him quickly, "I love both of you guys, and... if you feel the same way about each other, why shouldn't you be together?"

"Thanks Abi," Randy's patented smirk returned as he pulled Harley towards him, wrapping his arm around her waist.

"Yeah, sis. You have no idea how much it means that you're okay with this," Harley smiled her way brightly, although when she began to speak again, it quickly disappeared, "But... don't tell anyone, okay? Not yet, at least. We need to find out how the hell we're going to tell Cody."

"Hmm..." The young woman cringed at the thought of having to tell her brother that Harley and Randy were dating. She could only imagine how livid he was going to be. "I don't envy you there."

"Tell me about it," Randy puffed the air from his cheeks with a nod.

An awkward silence fell over the three as they tried to work out what to say, and with a sigh, Abigail realised that it would be best to leave them. She didn't really want to go back inside, but she didn't want to impose on her sister and Randy, either.

"Anyway, I'm gonna head back in. It's freezing out here," She tried, and failed, to send them a genuine smile as she backed towards the door, "Don't be too long out here, okay? Cody will notice if you're gone," She added, staring pointedly at her sister.

"We won't be," Harley smiled her way, sending her a quick wave.

Abigail smiled back lightly before she turned around and stepped into the club once again, hoping more than anything that John had given up his search. She stood in the doorway, her eyes scanning the crowd, and she let out a sigh of relief when she didn't spot him anywhere close by.

"Abi..."

The young woman's eyes closed, and she could feel her stomach twist uncomfortably at the voice that came from beside her. She was so stupid, she'd been so busy searching the crowd that she hadn't even thought of looking at the people that stood near her... and now here she was, stuck. What the hell was she supposed to tell him now?

"John..." She mimicked his words, turning slowly to look at him. He looked utterly confused as he pushed himself away from the wall and walked over to her. She knew right now wasn't the time for this, but she couldn't help admiring how he looked in a pair of dark wash jeans and a white shirt with a few of the top buttons undone. "Something wrong?" She asked, her voice much weaker than she had hoped.

"I don't know, I was hoping you'd tell me," He shrugged, his eyes boring into hers as he tried to figure out what was wrong, "Why have you been avoiding me all week?"

"I, umm, I..." Abigail shook her head, hating that he'd gone right to the heart of things. Couldn't he have sweet talked for at least a while to give her time to prepare? "I don't know what you mean. I haven't been... avoiding you. I've just been really busy, and..."

"And being busy means that you turn around when you see me walking towards you? Or go into a room that you have no right being in?" He asked, stepping even closer and towering over her. The young woman gulped, hating how her heart picked up. There was no way she could be friends with him. Not with how she felt now. "What's wrong, Abi? What did I do?"

"What did you do?" She shook her head, laughing humourlessly to herself. It was what he wasn't doing, that was the problem... but she couldn't admit any of that to him. Instead, she was going to do the only thing she knew would help her in this situation, and that was push him away. "What makes you think this had anything to do with you, John? Believe it or not, my life, and the world for that matter, does not revolve around you."

Abigail breathed in and out roughly, her eyes watching John as he stared at her in shock from her outburst. She was never like this with him. She couldn't have imagined speaking to him that way under any other circumstances... but what else could she do?

"Whatever. I'm not talking about this here." She shook her head, not being able to stare at his confused expression any longer as she brushed past him and made her way back into the thick of the crowd.