Chapter Eighty-Five: Jessica's P.O.V.

I woke up to the sound of my hotel room door closing. I stretched my arms and legs as I felt a pair of hands cup my face and a soft kiss placed on my lips.

"Don't try and open your eye, it's probably swollen shut," I heard Dave tell me. "Does it still hurt as bad?"

"No, justa little," I answered, my voice somewhat hoarse.

"Well, I just got back from Vince's office and he said that you won't be needed for tonight's RAW, so I just want you stay here."

I sighed and opened my good eye. "But I don't want to, Dave."

"John's agreed to stay with you, along with Stacy."

"John knows?" I asked as he nodded. "He didn't find out last night, did he? I wouldn't want this to ruin his date with Trish."

"No, babe, I saw him this morning with Trish and told him then."

"He was with her this morning?" I questioned, a smile finding its way across my face.

"Yeah, they had a great time last night, all thanks to you. Randy is going to stop by later today and so is Adam."

My jaw dropped in shock. "Adam? When did you talk to him?"

"Both last night and this morning. I was supposed to have you call him but I forgot. He understood, though when I saw him today and told him how bad it was."

"So he still wants to be around me?"

"Of course he would, he'd be crazy if he didn't. But I don't want you worrying about anything else, you hear me?"

"Yes, dad," I joked.

"I'm serious, Jess. All you need to do is to rest."

"Okay. Just one more question. When you were down at Vince's office, did you take care of the locker room problem?"

"Yeah, I'm going to be sharing with Randy for now."

"That'll go over well with Paul."

"It didn't, believe me."

"He was there?"

"I guess Stephanie told him that I had an urgent appointment with Vince, so naturally he wanted to find out what it was all about. It took all I had not to kick his ass right then and there, but don't worry, he'll get what's coming to him. I'm just not going to throw the first punch."

Okay, I know that this chapter is EXTREMELY short compared to my last one but hey, sometimes you gotta have the short ones to get to the bigger events, right? Well, that's the way it is for me anyway. So here it is, I hope you enjoyed it and once again thanks for all of the reviews. I really appreciate them.