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Chapter 18 – Feelings, Feelings, Feelings

Another month had passed. Danielle was still at Ric's house being taken care of by Beth. Danielle had definitely grown to like her. She was such a sweetheart and always made Danielle feel welcome. Beth just had this very natural, caring personality and Danielle could see why Ric was in love with her even after all the years they had been together. Someday Danielle hoped she could be that in love with someone.

Danielle was fine after the first 3 weeks or so but Ric refused to let her go back on the road. He returned to work and went home every week on his downtime but he wouldn't let Danielle back on the road until he felt she was one hundred percent again. It had been over 6 weeks since her accident and she felt like she was back to her old self but Ric still refused.

Randy came to visit too. During the first 2 weeks of her recovery he had been busy so that partly kept him away. What really kept him away though, was that Danielle wouldn't let him come and visit her because she didn't want him to see her the way she was. She knew he had seen her all beat up in the hospital but she still wouldn't let him come. Randy almost came after the first two weeks but he didn't want to make Danielle mad so he didn't. Finally though, after three weeks of recovery, Danielle allowed Randy to come and visit her. He was ecstatic to see her again. This was the first of many visits that Randy made to North Carolina during his down time to visit Danielle throughout the month.

Along with the visits they continued their nightly telephone calls. Randy's love for Danielle grew by leaps and bounds throughout this time. He grew to really understand her through their talks that they had. Never before had Randy actually really taken the time to get to know someone. With his girlfriends in the past he had known them but not really known them. He had talked to them but not really talked to them. This was a very confusing time for Randy though. No matter how much he felt like he knew Danielle and cared for her, she wasn't there with him. This was very hard for Randy because he was a very hands on type of guy. The first couple of weeks he had resisted temptation but then he just couldn't any longer. He started going out at night again. He would get off the phone with Danielle then go out to the bars to find women.

It wasn't that Randy no longer loved Danielle, because he did. At least he really thought that he did. He just wasn't used to a monogamous relationship and he and Danielle weren't even really dating anyways. Randy still had no idea how Danielle felt about him. He was actually even beginning to think that they had such a great friendship that he didn't want to ruin that by telling her how he felt about her.

Danielle had really enjoyed talking to Randy every night and having him come visit her was great too. She really felt like he was someone she could talk to. Danielle was definitely attracted to Randy. He was obviously drop dead gorgeous and Danielle had gotten to know the sweet and caring side of Randy that just made him more irresistible. At the time though, she only saw Randy and herself as friends. She didn't know how Randy felt about her but friendship with Randy was all that she saw in the future.

Ric had a few days off so he flew down to North Carolina, stayed for a couple days and then went back on the road. This was very common but this time he brought Danielle back on the road with him. Danielle had been waiting for this so she was ecstatic. In the short time she had spent on the road, she found that she loved it. She guessed it was in her blood but she really did love it. Ric was excited because he had felt like Danielle and him had become close the few weeks they had traveled together and he wanted to continue building their relationship. When she had finally called him 'dad', he was so excited and he just wanted to get to know and understand her even more.

The first city that Danielle was going to since being hurt was Philadelphia. The entire plane ride there Danielle was very antsy. She was excited to see everyone again and just get back into the swing of things. She actually found that she was most excited to see Randy. She didn't know why though since she had seen him and talked to him a lot. During the plane ride she really started to question herself as to whether friendship really was all she felt towards Randy. If friendship was all she felt then why did she kiss him? Why did she talk on the phone with him every night for the past 6 weeks? She really couldn't answer these questions without considering the fact that she had feelings for Randy that went beyond friendship. The thought scared her but also somewhat relieved her. It was as if her sub-conscience had been feeling this way for a while and now she was relieved to finally admit it to herself.

Danielle and Ric got off of the plane, got their luggage and where heading out to find their rental car when Danielle noticed someone across the airport. She dropped her bags and left a confused Ric standing there all by himself as she ran across the airport. Then Ric noticed who she was running towards and just smiled.

Randy saw Danielle running across the airport to him and immediately got a huge grin on his face. She finally reached him and before either of them could say anything she just jumped into his arms. She wrapped her legs around him and just held him for a few minutes before she could even think about what she was doing. Randy was still holding her like this when he finally decided to say something.

"Well hello to you too." He said with a laugh. "You know, I just saw you a few days ago and I talked to you last night."

"Yeah, I know but I still missed you." She loosened her grip around Randy's neck and stood back on her own two feet.

"Well, I'm flattered."

"You should be."

"Trust me, I am. So are you excited to be back on the road?" Randy wrapped his arm around her shoulders and they started walking back towards Ric where Danielle's bags were.

"Yeah, I've been ready for the past 3 weeks but Ric wouldn't let me."

"It was for your own good." Ric chipped in with a laugh.

"Yes, daddy. I know." She said in a mocking tone causing Ric and Randy to both chuckle.

"So, do you guys have anything planned for the evening?" Randy questioned Ric and Danielle.

"I don't think so. I mean the show isn't until tomorrow night, right?"

"Right. I just decided we would fly in tonight so that we could ease you back into traveling." Ric explained to Danielle.

"Dad, you didn't have to do that. I love traveling. I've been ready for it for a while but you weren't ready."

"Yeah, yeah, I know. You thought you were ready." Ric said in mock sarcasm.

"I am ready. Why did you ask Randy?"

"I was just wondering if the two of you wanted to go out. Kind of like a celebration dinner to welcome you back."

"Oh my gosh, that's such a great idea. Why don't we just go to the hotel so I can change and then we all can go." Danielle was really excited. Randy was so thoughtful sometimes.

"You know, maybe you two should just go out. I'm kind of tired so I'll probably just go to the hotel and go right to sleep."

"Awe, you'll miss all the fun." Danielle was really sad. She had actually been looking forward to going out with the two men in her lives and celebrating her being all better.

"I'm afraid so. I'm sure the two of you will have plenty of fun without me." He gave Randy a wink so that Danielle couldn't see. Randy had already planned the nights little celebration. He had a surprise for Danielle and he just didn't want Danielle to suspect anything so he had enlisted Ric's help to make it seem like this was a spur of the moment idea. Danielle had been fooled and didn't suspect a thing.

Randy had been thinking long and hard the last couple of weeks about whether he should move forward with Danielle and tell her how he feels or just remain good friends. He had finally made a decision and tonight he was going to show Danielle what he had decided.

A/N – I know it was a little short but this is just leading to the events of the next chapter. What has Randy decided to do? You'll find out. This chapter like the title said was all about feelings and trust me its just building up to the next chapter. Thank you so much to all my reviewers:

MrsLegendKiller00 – Don't pout! I'm back with another chapter.
RKOxLegendKiller – Thanks, I hope that this cheers you up. Even just a little.
Demon Spawn – Trust me, it will get even better.
Insane Zula – You definitely have the ability to make me laugh. Nekkid Randy sounds nice. When am I going to get that? LOL
shady-angel821 – I wanted to make Danielle calling Ric 'dad' really special and I think I did.

You are all so awesome. I know I say that all the time. But, it is the truth. You keep me going and I thank you all for that. Kim