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Let me tell you about a man I knew

Yeah, I knew him all too well

My attitude has always been

You can have me for tonight

Not for tomorrow

It's gonna cost you plenty

More than you can afford

More than you can borrow

Well I can make them fall in love

Just as easy as I

Pick their pockets hey

And when I've done the deed

I jump on a freight train

And make my getaway

Chorus:

Oh I'm a thief of hearts

A burglar in the night

Before they knew what hit them

I was out of sight

Been a thief of hearts

Now I'm paying for my crimes

Cause now you're gone and stolen mine

I met you on a starry night

Full moon in your eyes

Did something strange to me

I was all prepared to spin my web

Take you for a ride

But there was a fork in the street

Well I didn't mean to fall in love

Didn't practice the rules

That I've been taught

You never get involved

Never drop your defenses

But this time I got caught

Oh I'm a thief of hearts

A burglar in the night

Before they knew what hit them

I was out of sight

Been a thief of hearts

Now I'm paying for my crimes

Cause now you're gone and stolen mine

Feels so good, I want more

It should be against the law

Chapter 14: Thief Of Hearts

"Babe you have to wake up now."

Randy's response was to swat her hand away and pull the covers up over his head even further than before.

"You know you can't go back to sleep, Randy. We have a flight to catch this morning, remember"

Randy groaned"Five more minutes, is all I'm asking for here."

Nicole stood from her spot on the sofa and quietly tiptoed to Randy's side of the bed. Grinning she leaned over and gave him one of the most mind blowing kisses ever in his life. At first Randy didn't respond, but that all ended when he began to kiss her back.

Reaching out he pulled her down on top of him, smirking when he saw the shocked look on her face.

"Well good morning to you too, Nikki."

"You did that on purpose didn't you"

Sheepishly grinning he nodded"Of course I did. I've been awake the entire time."

"So you just sat there and let me continue to call your name like that"

"Well, hey you didn't have any problem doing so last night."

He began to mock her and Nikki slapped his arm.

"Oh come on, I'm sorry. But I just knew you'd kiss me, which is why I let you go on for as long as you did."

"Ah huh, well seeing as we leave in an hour you might want to take this time to shower and get yourself '"taken care of" for the day." She spoke hinting at something.

When Randy still didn't catch on she kindly pointed and began to laugh at him.

"Oh so you think my predicament, is funny do you"

She nodded, which is when Randy broke out into his famous smirk.

"What's the smirk for"

"Oh nothing, I was just thinking though. Seeing as you brought it on, you are going to help me get rid of it."

"Oh really? Well you'll have to catch me first" she seductively whispered, hoisting herself back up onto her feet.

Randy's response was to chase her into the bathroom. Needless to say they didn't leave until the very last minute.

Evolution's Limousine

"Finally, we were starting to wonder about you two" Hunter spoke, watching as Randy and Nikki got into the limo.

"Yeah sorry about that, man. But we had a late start this morning" Randy explained.

Dave snorted at Randy and Nicole. "I'm sure you did."

"No man we really did have a late start this morning."

Ric raised an eyebrow. "We believe you Randy."

"You don't believe me? Ask Nikki, she'll tell you. We didn't get to bed until sometime this morning."

Nikki looked up from her magazine. "It's true. We were up kind of late last night."

"Yeah, doing what exactly" asked Hunter, knowing he had gotten them now.

"Uh, um-um" stammered Randy"we were...um"

"Movies" Nikki cut in, saving Randy. "We were watching movies right Randy"

When Randy didn't say anything she promptly elbowed him.

"Right we were watching 'Are We There Yet?' starring Ice Cube and Nia Long. It was really good. You should watch it sometime."

"Liar, it's not even in theaters yet."

"That doesn't mean anything, Dave. There's a little thing called a bootleg copy ya know."

Then to further cement Randy's point, Nikki pulled out the thing in question handing it to Dave. "See, I told you."

Dave nodded at Nicole and the rest of the trip to the airport was spent in a peaceful silence. Only after they all boarded the plane did they engage themselves in friendly conversations, talking about all types of things, ranging from basketball to next week's agenda.

On The Plane

Randy looked over and saw that Nicole had finally fallen asleep. Lord knows she needed it after these past couple of days. Sighing he turned back to the window, thinking about his and Nicole's relationship. He knew in his heart she was probably his one and only, which was frightfully scary to him. He remember that it used to be him who made all the women fall for him, but now it was the other way around. He had fallen for the girl of his dreams without even realizing how it had happened.

All those nights of trying to con the ring rats back to his hotel room only to sleep with them, and then creeping out in the middle of the night so he wouldn't have to be there when they woke up, gone. All those nights spent honing in his 'skill' so to speak and in a matter of a month down the drain like that.

Was he mad about it? Sure, but not for the reasons you would think.

No he was mad, that his being with Nikki was causing her a lot of heartache from her friends. He originally believed her friends to be a pretty well rounded group of people but that all changed the morning they turned their backs on her.

He wasn't stupid he knew how much they meant to Nikki and he knew that without them she'd probably cling more to him than usual. Don't get him wrong, he was happy to have Nikki, but there was only so much he could do for her, and as much as it pains him to say it, it's the truth.

So that's why when he gets off the plane he's going to do something that he'd never ever even think about doing for anyone else. He was going to try and reunite Nicole with her best friends. Granted it wouldn't be easy, but then again when has anything ever come easy for them?

If I could just win over Chris and Trish, then hopefully they'd be able to get through to the others. If I was able to do that then, I'm sure things will start to get a bit better for Nikki and myself, but mainly for Nikki because she'd have two closest friends back. And you know how the saying goes, where ever one is, so are the others. Just maybe, he'd be able to do it. Maybe?

Now Randy, being totally engrossed in his thoughts, didn't realize he had spoken that last part out loud, which is why Hunter, Ric, and Dave were looking at him kind of funny.

"Maybe what"

"Huh" he asked absentmindedly, still thinking.

"You just said maybe. So I asked 'maybe what'." Hunter repeated.

Quickly he snapped his head up to focus on Hunter. "Um, I didn't say anything."

"Yes, you did. Where's your head at today, man"

"Nowhere really Dave. I was just thinking is all."

Ric laughed"You thinking? Careful you might hurt yourself there partner."

The guys laughed but quickly stopped when they saw Randy hadn't joined in with them.

"Randy" called Ric

But Randy hadn't heard him. He was too busy looking at his beautiful angel from above.

"Randy" Ric called a bit louder this time, to the same response as before.

Dave, Hunter and Ric all looked at each other, worried at Randy's temporary deafness.

"Randy, man, what's wrong" Dave called, touching his arm to garner Randy's attention.

"Huh"

"What's wrong" he repeated.

"Nothing, I'm just worried about Nicole is all."

"Why is something wrong with her? Are you guys having problems or something"

"I guess you could say that or something" he quietly answered, so that they had to strain to fully hear him.

"Is she sick or something"

Randy shook his head at Hunter's question. "No, not physically at least. It's just that ever since Shawn exposed us, things haven't exactly been the easiest for her. What with her being deserted by her so called closest friends in the entire world, to constantly being ridiculed by her father...I'm just worried that she's starting to break from it all."

Ric sighed"Well has there been any indication about this at all from her"

Randy scoffed"Not unless you call breaking down in tears because she forgot to choose an outfit to wear for last night's promo with John Cena a minor breakdown. Then no there hasn't been any indication what so ever."

They all winced at the hatred in his voice when he said John Cena's name.

"I was just thinking that maybe if I was able to get Chris and Trish back on friendly terms with Nikki then maybe she won't be so depressed most of the time. That's all."

As if on cue at the sound of her name, Nicole turned over in her seat snuggling up closer to Randy, an arm encircling his waist and her head on his abdomen. Randy smiled at leaned down to kiss her, moving a few strands from out of her face.

"Don't worry, Baby. I promise your pain will all be over very soon. Just you wait" he quietly promised her.

Hunter, Ric and Dave stared at the way Randy softly caressed her face. It was clear that he really loved her as did they, which is why it pained them to see Nicole in the state that she was in. They had all done thier best, trying to make her feel at home with them and for the most part they have, but Randy was right. There was only so much he or they could do for her. The rest would have to be hashed out on its own terms.

"Hey seeing as you were quote unquote up late watching movies, why don't you take a page from Nicole there and try to get some shuteye before we land to do this house show in a few hours"

Randy thinking Ric might be right, decided to take him up on the offer. So he fluffed up his pillow, making sure to put it underneath Nicole's head and the small blanket on her and went to sleep, comfortable as ever with Nicole in his arms.

A/N "Thief Of Hearts" by Tina Tuner was the song used in this chapter. I thought that this basically summed up Randy's feelings in a whole.