Randy was sleeping soundly when the sound of a phone ringing woke him up. He groaned and looked at the clock that read 7:30 AM. He tiredly picked up the phone and said, "Hello?"
"Randy, it's me. Wake up," a familiar voice answered.
"Jackie? Why are you calling me so early?" He rubbed his eyes.
"I called to tell you that you're off the hook…well at least for two weeks."
He sat up. "What do you mean?"
"I'm going to visit my family for two weeks so you don't have to be my boyfriend until I come back. Aren't you happy?"
He didn't know if happy was the word he would have chosen. "But won't Stacy and Test get suspicious that I'm not going with you? After all I am your boyfriend."
"Oh, yeah. I didn't even think about that. What do we do?"
There was a minute of silence then Randy spoke up. "I could go with you," he suggested.
"But Vince won't let two of his superstars take off for two weeks at the same time."
She did have a point. "Don't worry about it. When are you leaving?" He asked.
"Tomorrow at 11:00 AM. Are you sure you could make it? You don't have to go."
"Don't worry about it. I'll be there." After she hung up, he wondered how he'll explain this to Vince.
"How did you convince Vince to let you go?" Jackie asked Randy at the airport.
"Lots of begging." He gulped when he thought of Vince's disapproving face, but after an hour of negotiation, Vince had let him go.
"Our flight's next." Jackie stood up from her chair and headed for the gate that flew to Strongsville, Ohio and Randy followed.
After three hours, their plane finally landed. Jackie stood up and stretched. She hated traveling in airplanes. She looked at the seat next to her and saw that Randy was sleeping.
"Miss, can you please inform the passenger next to you that his flight has landed?" The stewardess said.
"Gladly," Jackie replied with a smile. She leaned next to his face and planted a kiss on his cheek.
The gesture woke him up from his deep sleep. Randy opened his eyes and noticed Jackie smiling at him.
"Wake up. We're here," she informed him. He looked around and saw that most of the seats were empty and a few of the passengers were getting ready to leave.
"Wow that was fast." He looked at his watch and realized that three hours had past.
Jackie chuckled. "Of course it was fast. You slept through the whole flight. We have to go now. The stewardess is getting mad." She pointed to the lady who was staring at them.
Randy quickly got up and they went to the carousel to acquire their luggage.
"Let's get something to eat first," Jackie said after she got her bags.
"Don't you want to see your family?"
"We can see them later." She waved her hand dismissively. "I have to show you this restaurant that makes the best ribs and baked potatoes."
Randy felt his stomach growl. "Now that you mention it, I am kind of hungry. When I slept in the plane, I guess I missed lunch."
"Trust me you didn't miss anything," she said with a grin.
"When you meet my family they are going to ask you a few questions like when did we meet and how did we get together and all that. Also you have to know a few facts about me so that our relationship will seem plausible."
Randy frowned. He wasn't sure if he could learn all that or if he even wanted to.
Jackie noticed his frown and said, "Don't worry. When my parents ask, we have been dating for two months and we knew each other through the wrestling business. We became fast friends and later started to date."
Randy nodded his head. That didn't seem too hard.
"I was born on November 3, 1981 and I loved to play sports when I was in high school. I was sort of a tomboy."
Randy laughed at that statement. "You were a tomboy?"
She swatted his hand. "Yes. Anyways I was Academic All Ohio and All Ohio athlete for four years and was the captain of both the cross country and track team. I used to play the flute and in college I studied broadcast and journalism."
"Wow. By looking at you who knew you were an overachiever."
She put her hands on her hips. "What's that supposed to mean?"
Randy grinned. "Nothing."
"Anyways, you better hurry up. I told my parents we'd be there in an hour. And we have like fifteen minutes left."
Randy quickly drank the last of his chocolate milkshake, grabbed his coat, and went to pay the bill.
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