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A/N – Just to let you all know, at the moment Randy is still on Raw in this fic cause I need him to still be with Ric and Danielle. I say at the moment because who knows what I have in store next.

Chapter 14 – Waking Up in Your Arms

Randy was amazed by that kiss. He had been dreaming of kissing Dani since the first night he had met her. To finally follow through with it was a relief and it definitely lived up to what he thought it would be. As soon as he did it though, he was nervous that it was too soon for Danielle. She had said that she wasn't ready to jump into anything. They had also agreed to take it slow but Randy just couldn't control himself, he had to kiss her.

The kiss that Danielle shared with Randy surprised her but she couldn't say that she didn't like it. That first night they met, she had felt something for Randy but she still didn't know how exactly to deal with those feelings. It wasn't that she wasn't attracted to Randy because he was drop dead gorgeous especially in his black dress pants and blue button down shirt with the top couple of buttons undo that he was wearing tonight. She was definitely attracted to him physically but she really wanted to get to know him before she got into too much of a relationship with him. She had been hurt before because she rushed into things with other guys and she didn't want to make the same mistake with Randy.

"I'm sorry Danielle. We agreed to take it slow but I kissed you anyways. Something just came over me, i'm sorry."

"Randy, its okay. I was feeling something too. It does take two to kiss, you know." She said with a laugh.

"I know, I just… I don't know, I just wasn't sure how you would feel about it."

"Randy I've had an amazing time dancing with you. Maybe we could go back to one of our hotel rooms and just talk. I'd really like to get to know you better."

"I'd like that. We can go back to your place because I'm rooming with Dave and I wouldn't want to wake him up with our talking."

"Okay that sounds good." Randy outstretched his hand to Danielle and she took it. They went to the table were everyone else was and said that they were leaving. Everyone said their goodbyes. Trish gave Danielle a questioning face when she realized that Dani was leaving with Randy but Danielle mouthed the words "I'll call you" so that she could explain everything to Trish later. Randy and Danielle walked out of the club hand in hand. Both of them were excited to get the chance to just talk to each other about their lives and just anything that they wanted to talk about. Yet again someone was watching them and he still wasn't too pleased about what he was seeing between Randy and Danielle.

Danielle and Randy took a cab back to the hotel and headed to Danielle's room. Danielle was lucky because wherever she went with Ric, he always got her a hotel room of her own. She liked not having to share a room but most people would like that so it wasn't surprising. As soon as they entered Randy noticed how clean it was. Most women he knew would have their clothes thrown all over the room from when they were trying to find something to wear or shoes everywhere but not Danielle. All of her clothes were either neatly packed away or hanging in the closest. Danielle noticed the look of surprise on Randy's face and immediately knew what it was about.

"Yeah, I know my room is really clean. What can I say? I'm a major neat freak."

"I noticed. Its okay, but I've never met a girl this neat before."

"Oh, I'm a neat freak when it comes to my clothes but not when it comes to my make-up, hair products, and stuff like that. It looks like a hurricane went through my bathroom." She replied with a laugh.

Randy walked over to the bathroom to see if she was telling the truth. He was shocked by what he saw. Her bathroom didn't look like a hurricane went through it but it definitely was messy compared to the rest of the room. She had curling irons, a hair dryer, tons of make-up, and stuff for her hair all spread out on the bathroom counter around her sink.

"Wow, I guess so." He said with a laugh.

"What did I tell you? So, I guess I'm not a major neat freak, just when it comes to my clothes and shoes. I don't know why, its just the way I've always been." She walked across the room and put her jacket and her purse on a chair. "So, now that you know all about my weird habit. How about you?"

"Oh, me? I don't know. I definitely don't keep my clothes this neat but my room doesn't look like a tornado went through it either. So, I guess I'm kind of in between a neat freak and a major pig."

"Oh, well I'm just going to go change into something a little more comfortable. You can sit on the bed and we can keep talking." She gestured toward the bed.

Randy took Danielle's advice and sat on the bed while Danielle went to her suitcase and pulled out something to put on. She then headed to the bathroom to change but she didn't shut the door all the way so that she could keep talking to Randy.

"So, what is it like being a third generation superstar?" Danielle asked from the bathroom.

"I don't know, its kind of hard to explain. I grew up around wrestling and I always liked it. I went to the arenas a lot when I was younger so that I could watch my dad so I met a lot of wrestlers. When I was a kid I always new I wanted to be a wrestler and I understood the business pretty well because I had grown up around it."

"So if you wanted to be a wrestler why did you go into the military?"

"At the time it just kind of felt like the right thing to do. I really did like it at first, I mean basic training wasn't really that bad but then I could only think about wrestling so I knew I had to leave and begin my training to be a wrestler."

"Well, its nice that you had a goal and you fulfilled it."

"What about you, have you ever had a goal in your life that you wanted to fulfill?"

"I don't know, I guess I always wanted to help people. When I was trying to figure out what I wanted to do with my life I thought about that and decided to go into social work." Danielle came out of the bathroom wearing a tank top and some shorts with her hair flowing down around her face. The outfit definitely caught Randy's attention but he tried not to think about it because he was trying to listen to what Dani was saying. "I went to college and I got a job in New York right after college being a social worker. I really did love my job but after my mother's death I just couldn't stay in New York. I was planning on moving anyways when I found out about Ric and he asked me to come on the road." Danielle's eyes started to well up with tears. It was still really hard to talk about anything involving her mom.

"Oh, I'm sorry." Randy moved towards Danielle so he could comfort her. "I shouldn't have brought up anything about your mom."

Danielle allowed Randy to hug her but then she pulled away and headed towards the bed. "It's okay Randy, I really do need to talk about her more until it gets easier for me." She got on the bed and sat cross legged. Randy sat back down where he was kind of across from her so they could talk still. "I don't talk about her as much as I should. Ric always asks me if I need to talk about her but I don't want to bring her up with him because I'm afraid it will get him upset because he never got to say goodbye."

"Well, I'm here if you need to talk about her." He placed a reassuring hand on her hand. "What was your life like growing up?"

Danielle gave him a reassuring smile and Randy removed his hand back. "Umm, my mom completely spoiled me. No, wait, I shouldn't say that. I was her little girl so of course I usually got whatever I wanted but she didn't spoil me rotten or anything like that. I mean my mom came from a wealthy family so its not like I ever lacked anything. That gave me the freedom to go into any career I wanted too. It was really hard on me that year she was sick though. I never told anyone this but I really hated seeing her go through so much pain and suffering that I almost wanted her to die sooner." Danielle buried her face in her hands. "Oh my gosh, that sounds horrible."

"No, Danielle, its perfectly normal to not want your mother to suffer." Randy removed Danielle's hands from her face.

"You are just too nice to me sometimes." She laughed. "I bet you weren't always this nice. What was your family like growing up?"

"Well, my mom was a nurse and of course my dad was a wrestler but when he stopped doing that he became a used car salesmen. I have a younger sister named Becky who is in college now and a younger brother named Nathan who is still in high school. I was the oldest and yeah I guess you could say I was a pretty wild child but I was always very protective of my younger siblings. I wasn't at home still when my sister was in high school but I always got updates on her latest boyfriends and I had to make sure they were okay."

"Awe, so you played the protective older brother. How sweet is that?" She laughed.

"Didn't I tell you the first night we met that if you kept calling me sweet you were going to ruin my reputation?" He couldn't help being a smart ass again like he was that night.

"Ha Ha Ha." She sarcastically laughed. "You know I bet a lot of people can see through your cocky side and know that you really are a sweet guy at heart."

"Really?"

"Yeah"

The two continued talking long into the morning. They had returned from the club at around 2:30 in the morning but they talked for a good two hours after that. The next morning Danielle woke up in Randy's arms with a blanket thrown across the two of them. Randy still had his clothes on from the night before and it took a while for Danielle to figure out what was going on. Then she remembered that the two of them had been talking but they must have gotten really tired and fallen asleep. She rolled over and looked at the clock. She realized it was only 9 and she definitely needed to sleep for a while longer. So, she nestled back into Randy's arms and fell asleep dreaming amazing thoughts about Randy. She had no idea the problems she would face in her life the next time she woke up.

A/N – Well I finally got this chapter written. It took me a while to figure out what to do with it but I finally decided that I wanted the two of them to get to know each other better. Sorry if it was a little boring but don't worry more drama will start in the next couple of chapters. I actually know where this story is going so I am excited to write it but any suggestions would definitely be appreciated. Thanks to my loyal reviewers. You are all amazingly wonderful people for reading and reviewing my story!

Kim