Chapter Twelve: Dave's P.O.V.

I pulled my lips away from hers and smiled. She stared at me in shock, clearly surprised by the kiss. "I guess I'll see you tomorrow," I said and walked down the hallway to mine and Randy's room.

"Jeez, man. It's about time you came back," Randy said when I walked in the room. "You've been gone nearly twelve hours."

"I know. So how did it go in the ring today?" I asked him.

"Fine, but why are you avoiding the subject of your so called date?"

"Because I don't think it's any of your business."

"Dave, have you already forgotten why you're with this girl? To keep Evolution on top. Not to find a new girlfriend."

"Am I not allowed to like the people I date?"

"Not this one because if you start to like her then you are going to lose your focus on what you need to do and it will get harder and harder for you to use her for what we need her for."

"Well, if we all got out there and worked our asses off instead of worrying about how fucking big out limo is going to be the next week, we wouldn't have to use innocent people like Jessie, who are just trying to do their jobs."

"Jessie? You're calling her Jessie?"

"Yeah, she told me to call her that. What? Now I can't even call her by a nickname?"

"Don't you see, big man? You can not get attached to this girl. Paul would flip."

"Since when do you care about what Paul would do? It never stopped you from doing anything you wanted to do."

"That has nothing to do with this!" Randy yelled. "You are on a mission, Dave! You are Evolution's lifeline right now. And you can't go and fuck that up by falling for this chick!"

"Tell me, Randy, exactly what would be the problem with me falling for Jessica?"

He stayed silent.

"Exactly. We would still be at the top. Now if you don't mind, I'm going to bed," I said, changing into a pair of sweats before climbing into bed.

I laid there for a few minutes thinking about the argument Randy and I had just had. Why would it be such a big problem if I fell for Jessie? I'd still be doing what they want me to.

I shrugged it all off and a few minutes later, fell asleep.