Chapter 16

A few days after the incident with Mark Callaway, Rachel was released from the hospital...Vince had given her 2 weeks off paid injury leave and told her if she wanted to travel with Dave she could. She took that option because she didn't feel like going home.

It was Monday Night and a few hours before Raw was to go on the air...Rachel had on a pair of red cargo capri's, with ankle socks and red sneakers, and a white fitted t-shirt...she'd been leaving her hair down cause when she pulled it up, it would pull on the stitches in the back of her head.

Randy walked out of the bathroom in a navy blue suit with a white shirt. David had his nice black suit on with a crisp red shirt under it and had the first 3 buttons undone. Rachel watched as he slipped his dress shoes on and turned around and noticed she was looking at him while lying across his hotel bed.

David smirked and said, "What?" Rachel smiled as she moved around on the bed and sat on her knees at the foot as David walked over and stood in front of her. Rachel reached up and straightened his collar and then took David's offered hand and stepped off the bed as she walked around behind him and straightened out his jacket...running her small hands along his massive shoulders and down his expansive back.

Rachel pulled on the bottom hem of the jacket and said, "You guys can wrestle with broken bones and pulled muscles and shit but when it comes to getting dressed you can't even tell when your collars are bent and your jackets mussed." David and Randy chuckled at the redhead...she leaned over and lifted the jacket a little and said, "Oh yea...good butt."

David died laughing at her as he turned around to face her and said, "That was sexist." As he pulled her into his arms she said, "Like you care." David leaned down and kissed her lips softly and said, "True." Randy was looking at himself in the mirror and Rachel said, "C'mon Randall you're next...Cause you're just as mussed as this brute." Randy looked in the mirror and said, "I don't see anything..." Rachel said, "Seeing is in the eye of the beholder."

Rachel laughed as David squeezed her butt and let her walk away to help the kid. Rachel did the same thing with Randy as she did with David...Except when she lifted his jacket she said, "Hmmm...No butt...That's strange." Randy got an arrogant look on his face and said, "Some women would disagree with you." Rachel laughed and said, "No...They just know how to lie really good to you."

Randy got this defeated look on his face and said, "Stacy Keibler doesn't think so." Rachel said, "That's cause Stacy is 3 seconds from having the rest of her brain removed. Randy you could do so much better...you know that right?" Randy was putting cologne on when he looked at Rachel and said, "Yea I know...I'm just not sure who would be willing to date someone as arrogant as me...I mean I've been trying to tone it down when I'm off camera but I can't help it...It just...happens."

Rachel took Randy's wrists as she fixed his cuff links and said, "Don't worry about it too much...The perfect girl is out there for you...and believe me...she probably doesn't even realize it yet...but you have to remember one thing...be yourself...don't be Randy Orton the Legend Killing WWE superstar...Be Randy Orton the nice sweet guy from St. Louis. The one who can damn near charm the pants off of anyone, the guy whose confident in anything he does...but not so confident that your head starts leaking ego."

Randy nodded as he leaned down and kissed Rachel's cheek and said, "Thanks Rach." Rachel kissed his cheek back and said, "Go get 'em tiger." David took Rachel's hand as he led her out of the hotel and to the arena.