Chapter 3:
When we got into the club, we couldn't see any of the guys around so we sat down at the bar. The music was really loud so we had to yell in order to talk to each other. After a couple of minutes, Steph decided we should look around incase they sitting in the back somewhere. The three of us walked past the bar and towards the lounging area. Jay, John nor Randy were sitting there but we did see one of Steph's old boyfriends, Kyle. When he saw her, he got up and came over to us. She didn't feel like seeing him so she just pretended she didn't notice he was there and kept walking. He didn't like that she was ignoring him so he followed us. We only got a couple of steps away from him before he grabbed onto Steph and turned her towards him.
He had pulled her in so close to him, she could smell the alcohol on his breath. She was squirming away from him, trying to get free from his grip. He was with a group of guys and they were standing behind him looking down on Jasmine and me. We really didn't want to argue with a bunch of drunk men so we tried to get him to let go of Steph and just go find Jay. At first Kyle was just talking to Steph, asking her how things were and everything. Then he got louder and louder and eventually was yelling at her. When Steph didn't answer him, he started calling her names. This was it for Jasmine, no one calls her friend a slut and gets away with it. She wasn't that much shorter than Kyle so she got right up close in his face. He let go of Steph and she came over towards me. She had a bruise on her arm from where he had been holding her but she was all right.
Kyle didn't like Jasmine so close to him so he backed away but she didn't move. She stood there with an expression of disgust on her face and told him exactly what she thought of him. As she spoke, Kyle and his friends got angrier and angrier. One of his friends called her a whore and she raised her hand to him. She swung back to slap the taste right out of his mouth, but he was quicker than that. He grabbed her hand and pushed her down. So hard she fell on to the dance floor. But just before she hit the ground, she was caught in the arms of someone. Turning around, she saw it was Randy. He picked her up and went towards Kyle.
Knocking the beer bottle out of Kyle's hand, he told him to get out before things got really out of hand. Kyle didn't look too impressed so he just laughed and told Randy to keep his bitches out of his way. By this time, John and Jay had came to see what was happening. As the three men argued with Kyle and his friends, I saw Dave coming over. The boys kept arguing while Dave walked over to us to see what was happening. After standing next to me for a couple of minutes just observing, he stepped in. Dave wasn't exactly a little guy, standing tall at 6'5, he towered over the rest of the guys. After clearing his throat a couple times and no one really stopping to listen, he finally yelled out and got their attention. At first Kyle and his friends just laughed at him but Dave gave them 'that look' and they shut up and walked away, mumbling that they weren't scared of him. That look was one that made you understand when to shut up, listen and sit down. It was a silent look that was done with his eyes and when he gave it to you, you listened.
After they left, Randy lead all of us over to their table. It was a round booth so there was plenty of room to sit down. There were about 12 of us all around the table and everyone had a date. Steph and Jay, John and myself, Randy and Jasmine, Dave and his wife Jen, Adam Copeland and Amy Dumas and finally, Chris Masters and Trish Stratus. Shane, Steph's older brother, along with his wife, Marissa were both at the club that night too, just at another table. When we all sat down, we talked about what had happened with those four guys. Steph told us why he was being so mean to her now, and what had happened to them when they were going out. It turns out, Steph had dated Kyle and Jay at the same time. After a couple months of dating both men, she found she was alot more attracted to Jay so she left Kyle. Well, Kyle was left heartbroken and bitter towards her. He never really got over it and he was still quite angry that he had been dumped by her.
At around midnight, everyone was getting tired so most people were leaving. We all stayed to catch up and hang out. While we were ordering another round of drinks, I noticed Randy had placed his hand on Jasmine's leg and was now whispering things into her ear. She was giggling and as soon as the drinks came, the two of them quickly got up and went into one of the back rooms. Even though John and I were quite involved in each other, I couldn't help but wonder what Jasmine and Randy were up to. I mean, I knew them both quite well and I knew what Randy was capable of. He wasn't the regular kiss on the cheek on the first date kinda guy, but he was also very respectable to me. I don't know if that was because I was his best friend's wife or because that's how he was towards women. Whatever the reason, I trusted Randy enough to know that he wouldn't ask me to take her out and then go too far with her on the first date.
When we had finished those round of drinks, Steph and Jay decided to head home. They knew the babysitter had probably fallen asleep so they needed to be getting back home leaving John and I alone in that back booth. What was earlier a big, loud group of 12 people was now taken down to just the two of us. We hugged Jay and Steph goodnight and watched them leave. Now it was just John and I, the first time we had been out together in a long time. I had been sitting with John's arm across my shoulder so I leaned in towards him and yawned. It was getting late and we should probably have been leaving soon.
When I got up and looked at John, I couldn't believe that I had ever been so angry with him. He was smiling back at me and his blue eyes were staring right back into mine. I asked him if we should be leaving soon, but he told me that he wanted to show me something first. Curious me, had to ask what it was, he laughed and reached into his pocket. He told me he knew it was a couple months short of our one year wedding anniversary but with everything we had been going through lately, he thought he should get me something nice to make up for all the fighting. I didn't even see what it was before I wrapped my arms around his body. He laughed and told me to atleast tell him if I liked it before getting all emotional.
I opened the velvet case and inside was a sparkling pair of diamond earrings. They were similar to the ones I had asked him for when we were dating, but at the time he couldn't afford to buy them for me. I didn't mind, I mean they were just earrings and I didn't need him to buy me expensive things to show me that he loved me. I had totally forgotten about them around the wedding time and I couldn't believe he had remembered I had asked for them. I cried thinking back to that time, it seemed like so long ago when we were dating. Even though it was only a year ago that we had announced our engagement after three years of dating each other. Everyone had known it was coming, they all knew we would eventually get married and urged us to hurry up and do it already.
I remembered when we told his parents, they were so thrilled. His mom was like a second mother to me, she always had been and it always felt like home whenever I came over. Whether we cooked together or she let me come over for dinner to eat her delicious homemade lasagna. I loved her from the first time I met her and I loved her to be my mother in law. She loved me the same way, since she was a mother of 5 sons, having a first daughter in law in the house was a big change. Instead of running around the house with footballs, she finally had someone to help her in the kitchen. John's dad was also lots of fun, he would always joke around with me and was pretty open to the idea of John and I being together, despite the age gap between us.
I looked back up and John, he was smiling back at me again. I reached up and wrapped my arms around his neck. He started laughing and asked if I did like them, I kissed him. Obviously I loved them, they were gorgeous! After a couple minutes, I told him we really should get home now. We left the club hand in hand, and then I remembered that Jasmine and Randy were still here. I told John that we should probably let them know we're leaving and he said that he'd go and I should just go sit in the car. I took the keys and went out to the car. I turned on the radio and closed my eyes while waiting for John to come back out.
Inside, John had found his way to the back rooms. The rooms were filled with a mini bar, a big leather couch and candles. John checked the first three rooms and there was no Randy or Jasmine. When he got to the fourth room, he could hear Jasmine laughing. He didn't wanna walk in on them so he just knocked. He heard her stop laughing and walk towards the door. When she opened the door, he saw her hair was a mess. Randy was lying down on the couch and had a big red lipstick mark on his forehead. He was also rebuckling his belt. John stood at the door wide mouthed, he covered his eyes and laughed. Jasmine went bright red when she saw who was at the door. She answered the door wearing Randy's black dress shirt. She covered herself up with it and stood there silently. Randy, noticing that his best friend was at the door, jumped up. John knew exactly what was going on, so he just left. He walked right out of the club with a big smile on his face. Just wait till I see them tomorrow, he thought to himself laughing. I saw him coming outside and wondered why he had the big smile on his face. He opened the door and sat down, still laughing. When I asked him what was so funny, he told me this was gonna be a very lucky night for Randy...