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I was sitting in the locker room watching the show. No one in Evolution had to go out until the very end. Randy was sitting there and looked at me.

"Iris, come with me to get something to drink." he said. I got up and followed him. We walked out and walked down a deserted hallway. I leaned against the wall to face him.

"What did ya need to talk about?" I asked him.

"Did you and John talk about why you broke up?" he asked me.

"Yeah, wait, you are not going to tell John what we are talking about, are you?" I asked him.

"No. He is being an ass right now, but I wouldn't do that." he said. I nodded.

"Yeah, we talked. I found a lot out and I told him I couldn't be in a relationship with him right now unless it was a friendship." I told Randy.

"Ok, I just wanted you to know the reason that he cheated on you." he told me.

"Thanks, but he told me. I just wish I had never started dating him. I should have gotten to know him first." I told Randy. He looked surprised.

"Really?" he asked me.

"Yeah, sometimes you need to know a person before you really start to date them." I told him. He nodded in agreement.

"Are you going to date Dave?" he asked me.

"I want to, but I don't want to date he is so close to Paul. I mean, no offense, he controls you all like puppets." I told Randy.

"He tries. He does Dave and Ric more than me." he told me.

"I am in the group, but he knows better than to try and play me." I told Randy. He kind of laughed.

"Well, I was wondering if you wanted to grab dinner with me after the show." he said.

"Yeah, I think I can." I told him.

"Great. Come on. We have been gone a while." he said. We began to walk back. We didn't know that Dave had overheard the entire conversation. We got back to the locker room and walked in. Paul was on the phone, Ric watching TV, Steph was asleep, and Dave was just sitting there. I was walking by Dave, when he grabbed my wrist. I looked at him.

"Can you help me with my pads?" he asked me. I agreed and helped him.

"Come on. I want some water." he said and pulled me with him. Paul just kind of looked at us funny. I was doing the same thing. We were walking to catering when Dave pulled me down a back hallway.

"Dave?" I asked. He stopped and pushed me against the wall. I looked at him.

"You think I am Paul's puppet?" he asked in a harsh voice.

"You were eavesdropping!" I said extremely annoyed.

"Yeah, Paul was looking for you. I heard you talking and when I was walking to get you I heard what you said." he told me.

"Dave!" I said.

"I am NOT Paul's puppet!" he told me.

"You sure as hell act like it." I told him. I could see the anger beginning to boil in his blood. He slammed his hands on either side of my head. I did even jump. I just stared into his eyes because I knew somewhere inside of me he wouldn't truly hurt me.

"I am not Paul's puppet!" he growled at me.

"Yes, you are!" I said at him through gritted teeth. He took a step closer to me and his face was inches away from mine.

"No!" he said.

"Then do something about it." I told him. He was staring into my eyes. I was looking into his eyes and they were mesmerizing. He leaned closer and our lips were almost touching.

"I will." he said. I could feel his lips almost on mine. We were still so close. I wanted to kiss him so bad.

Dave POV

I was so close to her. I loved being this close, but was she right? I wanted to brush my lips against her and feel how soft they were. I just stared into her eyes. I knew I wanted to date her, but I couldn't now. I didn't want to be Paul's puppet. We were looking at each other when we heard people call our names. I walked out and saw Paul, Randy, and Ric coming towards us.

"Hey, ready for your match?" Paul asked me.

"Yeah, let's do this." I told him.

Jodi POV

We stayed locked until we heard people. Dave walked out and I heard him talking to Paul. I walked out a second later talking on my phone. I had called myself, but they didn't know that. I hung up a second later and looked at them.

"Ready?" I asked them.

"Yeah." they all said. We walked to gorilla position and waited. John and Chris were walking out first. John was standing there. I smiled at him. He smiled back.

John and Chris walked out to a great crowd. They got into the ring and were ready. Dave and Randy walked out and stopped. The crowd was cheer and then went wild when I walked out. We walked down to the ring. Dave and Randy got in the ring. The match started and went well. I was doing my part. Dave and Randy played their parts and left me alone. I was picked up by Chris and carried out. The crowd was crazy. He put me down as soon as we got back.

"Great job." Chris said to me.

"Thanks, you both did pretty good yourselves." I told them. They walked off. A few seconds later Randy and Dave walked up. We all walked back to the locker room.

"Give me just a second and we will go." Randy told me. I nodded and Randy went to take a quick shower.

"Going where?" Steph asked me.

"Grab food." I answered her. She smiled.

"Don't even!" I said. I gathered my things and changed. Randy and I left when Paul and Ric were coming back in the room.

"Where ya going?" he yelled as we walked out. We just kept walking.

"Where is going with him?" Paul asked the people in the locker room.

"Out to eat." Steph said.

"Dave, why isn't she with you?" Paul asked him.

"I don't think I want to date her. She is too… I don't know, but I don't want to date her anymore." he told Paul.

"What! Are you saying she is not good enough?" Paul asked.

"Yeah, I am." he said knowing Paul would go off. Paul tackled Dave out of the room. Ric grabbed Steph and made sure that she wasn't going to get hurt.

Paul and Dave were fighting and I took everyone to separate them.

Paul was put in a limo and sent to the hotel. Dave was let go because he was less volatile. He walked back in the locker room and grabbed his things. He looked at Steph and Ric.

"Thanks." Steph said. He just looked at her.

"I am glad you are not dating her. I want her to make up her mind and not have Paul force anyone on her." she told him.

"That is the fucked up part… I wanted to date her before she even though John was hot." he told her.

"Dave… I am so sorry." she said.

"Don't be. You can't apologize for HIS actions." Dave told her walked out. Steph left with Ric.

Randy and I had so much fun eating. We didn't do anything, but talk. I loved to talk to Randy. We ended up going back to the hotel around 11.

We were walking down the hall to Randy's room.

"Wanna watch TV?" he asked me.

"Sure." I said. He opened the door. John and Chris were talking and watching TV. We walked in. Randy gave me a sympathetic look. I shrugged.

"Hey, you missed it." Chris said as we sat on the other couch.

"What happened?" Randy asked as he took a beer and offered me one. I took it and started to drink it.

"Paul and Dave got into it after the show." he said. I knew I paled at that point.

"Who started it?" I asked.

"Paul started it, but Dave got the upper hand. They busted each other open." John said.

"Great, I have to go." I said getting up. I was walking out when I felt someone pick me up by the waist and carry me back. I turned and looked at Chris.

"Sit." he said.

"Chris… I have to…" I was saying and Randy grabbed my arm. He pulled me down onto the couch. I was sitting. John laughed at me.

"You don't have to run every time something happens. You are grown and he does not control you." Chris said. I shrugged and took another drink of my beer.

We started watching a movie. I fell asleep in Randy's room. I was asleep on the bed with Randy and John. Chris was on the couch.