Chapter 17: 'Darn!'
"Trish!" Someone called her from behind before she could tell Amy about her conversation earlier with Stacy.
"Stacy?" Trish said under her breath when she heard Stacy's voice. She quickly turned her head around and saw Stacy running towards them with Randy closely following her from behind.
"Hi Trish! Hi Ames!" Stacy said breathlessly as she took the seat across the two divas.
"Jeez! You don't have to run!" Randy told her and took the seat beside her, clutching his chest while catching on to his breath.
"Hi Stace! Hi Randy!" Trish greeted the two newcomers.
"Hey!" Amy greeted the two.
"What are you doing here?" Stacy asked Trish and Amy while transferring her gaze between the two divas.
"That's what I'm supposed to ask you." Trish told her and gave out a small smile.
"To take a late lunch?" Amy said, trying to sound cheerful. She was disappointed that Stacy arrived before Trish could tell her about the conversation.
"Same here. We came here straight from the amusement park." Randy replied.
"Amusement park? What were you doing in there?" Trish asked in surprise.
"See, even your own best friend is shock to know that you go to amusement parks." Randy whispered to Stacy and she just smiled and slapped his arm playfully.
"Hey! I told you not to do that anymore. It hurts! You already left a mark for hitting it for half the day!" Randy said and slapped her arm playfully in return.
"Randy!" Stacy pouted and Randy just smiled and raised his arms in surrender.
"Hey you two! What were you doing in an amusement park?" Trish repeated her question while looking at the two who were playing with each other.
"Oh! Just to have some fun." Stacy replied. "You order something to eat okay?" she told Randy.
"Stace!" it was Randy's turn to pout this time.
"Remember Mr. Orton you are obliged to take care of me since your best friend, who is my boyfriend, is away." Stacy reminded him. Randy felt like awakening from a beautiful dream. Of course he was just there to take care of her since John is away.
"Oh! Yeah right. So what do you want to eat?" Randy just asked, his voice losing a bit of enthusiasm.
"Hey, are you okay?" Stacy asked him, noticing his sudden change of mood.
"Yeah, I'm okay. I just remembered something. So what do you want to eat?" He answered, and he wasn't lying.
"Just a burger and diet coke." Stacy replied while looking at Trish and Amy's half-finished burgers.
"Okay. I'll be right back." Randy replied and went to the counter. When Randy was out of ear shot,
"So what were you talking about before we arrived. You looked so serious." Stacy asked the girls.
"Um. Amy was asking about our conversation at our room this morning." Trish told her casually. Stacy picked up her mobile phone.
"Just a sec, girls. I just need to check on John." She said and started to type a text message.
"Are you sure, it's okay to tell Amy about it?" she typed and send the message to Trish. She knows her best friend always have vibrating alert for new messages so it doesn't make a sound. Trish felt her thigh vibrated as the message arrived to her mobile phone. When she read it she throw Stacy a questioning look. Stacy just glared at her when Amy wasn't looking.
"I think it's safe, Amy's our friend right?" Trish typed back. Stacy's mobile rang and Amy's head jerked up.
"What was that?" she asked.
"Oh, it's just John." Stacy replied casually as she typed a response to Trish's message.
"I don't know Trish. I just don't think I could trust Amy." Stacy typed remembering Amy's smile back at the hotel.
"I think it's perfectly safe." Trish replied and Stacy just nodded half-heartedly as she read Trish's final reply.
"Well, Trish and I were just talking on what happened at the elevator when we come up at your room." Stacy said, still feeling unsure.
"So, what happened?" Amy asked, motioning for her to go further.
"And then that cow Christy came in and started to flirt with Randy." Trish continued. Amy listened in rapt attention when the Canadian diva mentioned Christy Hemme's name.
"So?" Amy asked, trying to hide her eagerness.
"Well, Stacy felt jealous because she thinks she really likes Randy more than a friend." Trish finished as Stacy motioned for Trish to shut up since Randy is coming back to their seats.
"Oh!" Amy just said trying to hide her smile. "So what happened to the it's just a harmless admiration?" she pretended to look at Trish with concern. 'Triumph is mine!' she yelled in her head.