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Chapter 46

The following night Randy was sat in the living room by himself. Matt, Jeff and Joanne, who had decided she would work from there, had gone out to grab some food. Bex had opted to stay in her room since Johns emotional departure earlier in the day. John had delayed his leaving for as long as he possibly could and in the end Mark had to drag him out of the door as Randy pushed! Bex had held it together until he had left, once he was out of sight she had tearfully asked Randy to help her to her room and had refused to come out since.

Randy was actually quite grateful for her absence, it gave him time to sort his thoughts out. He was pretty sure John hadn't noticed his reaction last night and that he'd convinced him he had nothing to worry about, so Randy was worrying instead!

'She's my friend that's all! You wanna look out for her coz she's like a sister, yeah that's it she's like a little sister! Isn't she?' Randy shook his head, trying to clear his thoughts before they drove him crazy.

He jumped slightly as his cell phone started to ring beside him.

"hello?"

"Hey man, how's Bex?"

Randy chuckled "Well finally! I was expecting this phone call umm say…two minutes after you left!"

"Yeah shut up jackass! Is she ok?"

"Dude she's fine!"

"Let me speak to her!"

"She's in her room"

At the other end of the phone John frowned "And where are you? Why's she in her room? What's wrong?"

"Chill out man! I'm downstairs, she's in her room because she wants to be and nothing is wrong"

"You sure?"

"Yeah! Geez how has Mark not killed you?"

John had driven Mark loopy with his worrying about Becki and Mark had promptly abandoned him when they reached a hotel, it wasn't Johns fault, he couldn't help worrying about her.

"By disappearing when he got to the hotel! You sure she's ok?"

"John if you ask that again I'm hanging up! She's fine, I think she was a bit upset when you left but that was to be expected!"

Randy's cell started beeping, indicating a call waiting "Dude go away I've got a call waiting!"

"Gee thanks!" John sighed "Ok well…tell Bex I said hi and I'll call her in the morning"

"Yeah I will"

"Thanks! Later"

As John disconnected Randy hit a button to answer his other call.

"hello?"

"Um..hi"

Randy smiled "Mel?"

"Yeah" was the squeaky reply

"You alright?"

"Yeah" Mel coughed "Just wanted to check on Bex"

"What's with everyone checking on Bex? I am capable of taking care of her ya know?" Randy teased

"Um..what?" Mel had no idea what he was talking about

Laughing Randy replied "John went back on the road today so I've just had him on the phone asking me about a thousand times if Bex is ok! Then as soon as I get rid of him, you call!"

"Oh! Sorry"

"Honey I prefer you calling me to John any day!" Randy smirked as he knew Mel would have gone bright red then. When she didn't reply he asked

"Mel? You there?"

"Yeah" she half whispered, half squeaked.

"Come on now, I know you cant speak to me when I'm in the same room coz your dazzled by my good looks but as I'm on the other end of the line you don't have them to distract you, so you can speak to me!"

Mel actually laughed, but winced when it hurt "How do you know it's your good looks that dazzle me? Maybe I just cant believe how ugly you are!"

"Ouch! Now that hurt!" he laughed before adding "So how are you feeling?"

"Like I've been hit by a bus! But it's a step up from a train I guess!"

Randy laughed "Yeah it is, but seriously how are you?"

Mel sighed "Still hurts a lot but I'm feeling better. I just wish I could go home"

"It wont be that long honey!"

"Yes it will! I don't have a TV to watch and I don't do books so the time will drag!"

That gave Randy an idea "I'm sure you'll have something to do!"

"Hmmm, how's Bex? You said Johns gone back on the road right?"

"Yeah he has and she's okay. She hasn't come out of her room since he left though."

"Does she have a new phone yet?"

"Nah, John's bringing her one when he comes back"

"Well give her yours tomorrow so I can talk to her"

"I can take the cell to her now!" Randy said standing up

"Nah it's ok, I only have so many minutes I can use this phone for and it's about to die"

"Oh ok then!" Randy sat back down

"Tell her I said howdy"

"I will"

"ok thanks, I gotta go now"

"Ok honey, I'll speak to you soon"

"Bye" Mel whispered

"Bye"

Randy disconnected the call and leant back smiling.

'Yep you definitely like Melody!' he said to himself.

Then he remembered his idea, grabbing his cell phone wandered into the kitchen while making the call.

Two hours later Randy was back in the living room laying on the sofa. Matt, Jeff and Joanne still hadn't returned and last time he checked on Becki she was sleeping. His thoughts had wandered back to Becki and he was getting confused again. He knew he liked Mel, that he was certain of but something kept niggling him when he thought about Bex and he couldn't work out what it was.

His cell once more distracted him from his thoughts. He checked the id and smirked,

"Hey"

"Hi" Mel replied

"What can I do for you?"

"Thank you"

"What for?" Randy smiled

"You know what for! The TV"

"Your welcome honey"

"Ok I gotta go the phones dying, thanks again! Bye"

"Bye sweetie"

Randy had no time to reflect on the conversation, no sooner had he put his cell back down than something caused him to jump off the sofa.

That something was the sound of Becki screaming!