Chapter 22

As anticipated, Lily made her way through the halls of the arena for the ECW vs. WWE Head to Head. She was eager to find Randy and demand what he was on about, curious to know if Trish was right about him coming to Raw. She found him unlocking his locker room, a duffle bag slung over his shoulder. Lily smirked and ran up to him.

"Randy!" she beamed, making him jump at her sudden appearance.

"Lil, gave me a fright there, long time no see," he chuckled, opening the door to the locker room and moving aside to let her in.

"Very funny, now will you PLEASE tell me why you were at Raw on Monday!" she begged, getting straight to her point.

Randy laughed at her puppy eyes and shook his head, "No, you just have to watch the broadcast like everybody else."

"I hate you," she pouted comically and made to leave the room.

Randy grabbed her around the waist, pulling her to him. She looked surprised as he hugged her, but relaxed in his embrace.

"I really did miss you, kid. I don't know why I missed you so much. But I felt kinda weird being with out my queen," he muttered, his face inches from hers.

Lily felt her cheeks heat and the butterflies erupt in her stomach. Randy watched her and smiled as she looked away from him, not knowing how to react. Lily met his gaze and felt her knees go weak at the sudden attraction to him. She leaned into him and he hugged her tighter.

"What is this?" she asked quietly. "Why am I like this, Randy? I can't feel anything for you, I love John."

"It's okay, Lil. He doesn't have to know," Randy muttered, his lips hovering over hers.

Lily was extremely nervous now, her eyes glued to Randy's lips. She shrunk away from him, wriggling out of his tight embrace, her cheeks a flaming red.

"No, we're supposed to be friends, Randy. Just friends," she stuttered, her chest heaving as her nerves went haywire.

"Lil, you can't deny what's there," Randy smiled, taking a step closer to her.

She shook her head and backed away from him, even though she couldn't prove him wrong. Something was definitely between them and she had known it since the day they'd met. "I know, but I have to, Rand. I can't do that to John."

"Hey, it's okay. Let him make the mistake, Lil. Let him hurt you," he said, his blue eyes soft.

Lily looked taken aback, the conversation she'd had with her father resounding in her mind. She shook her head trying to make it go away, "No, I love him too much," she whispered, her voice faltering. "I'm sorry."

"Lily!" Randy called but she rushed from the room. Her mind reeling at the little moment she'd just experienced with Randy.

Lily rushed into John's locker room, her face pale and nervous. He looked up when she walked in and his eyes narrowed with curiosity. She rushed to him and hugged him tightly.

"Lil, you're shaking. Are you alright?" he muttered into her hair, wrapping his arms around her protectively.

"John, Randy just made a move on me, and I think I felt something back," she whispered, ashamed at the words coming out of her mouth. She felt John stiffen and she bit hard on her bottom lip, fighting back tears.

"What do you mean 'he made a move' on you?" he said stiffly.

Lily drew away from him looking into his eyes, "He tried to kiss me and I- I almost gave in. I don't know why, but I did," she looked bewildered that she was telling him this but stared determinedly at him.

"Lil, it's just Randy playing tricks on you, and you questioning your sensitivity. Just let time run it's course and you'll know you're meant to be with me. You love me, Lily. Don't you?"

She sniffed and nodded vigorously, "Yes, I do, I love you with all my heart."

John nodded with satisfaction and pulled Lily into a kiss. Her knees gave out and she leaned into him, wrapping her arms tighter around his neck. John pulled her to him, his hands resting on the small of her back. She pulled away, breathing hard and looked up at him.

"Is that good enough for you?" he asked huskily.

Lily laughed and nuzzled the crook of his neck, "Yes, John. That was perfect."

Lily kept her distance from Randy, even though she was determined to fix the situation. After she'd went to John she decided to hang out with Trish to watch the broadcast and tell her what happened.

"He tried to kiss you?" she asked looking dumbfounded as the broadcast began.

Lily nodded, her icy eyes glued to the TV screen as Kurt Angle made his way to the ring.

"And you felt something back. Are you sure?" she asked, still shocked.

"Trish if you were there you'd be able to feel it in the room, it was so strong," Lily looked guilty, hanging her head as Kurt began to run his mouth about being the new face of ECW.

"Lil, I might be crazy in saying this, but, maybe you ought to give Randy a try. I mean, since you two are also perfect together… And to be honest I think he's had something for you since you got here. And you two just bonded even more while you were on SmackDown with him."

"But I can't just bag John! You said yourself we were made for each other, and I love him far to much to just drop him like baggage for a guy that I haven't seen in two months!" Lily exclaimed, her frustration showing in her eyes.

Trish nudged her friend at the familiar guitar of Mercy Drive's song. They both remained silent as Randy strode out onto the ramp, cutting Kurt off. Lily swore the butterflies in her stomach doubled at the sight of him and she swallowed hard.

The two watched in silence as Kurt and Randy argued back and forth before he said something that made Lily's heart stop. Trish looked elated and squealed happily. Randy had just announced that he was returning to Monday Night Raw.

"Oh my God! I was SO right!" Trish laughed, looking at a stunned Lily.

"I knew it!" she smiled, watching Randy turn his back on Kurt and retreat through the curtain. "That bastard! I knew it!"

Trish grinned and Lily got to her feet, "I'll be right back. I have to set things right with My King. Be back in a sec," and she left the locker room to find Randy.

Lily found him making his way to catering and picked up her pace. She slowed when John got to him first.

"Shit," she muttered at the irritated look on John's face and she stealthily hid behind the wall to listen to their conversation.

"Hey, John, what's up?" Randy asked curiously at look on his face.

"So you're back on Raw, huh? That's great. You gonna try and steal my girl too?" John shot quickly. Lily could see his temper flaring.

Randy looked taken aback and held his hands up, "Hey, man I wasn't trying anything like that. Lily is yours I know how much you love her, John, relax."

"That's bullshit, Randy and you know it. She told me about that little move you tried to pull on her earlier. I won't tolerate you hitting on my girlfriend, and if you try that shit again, I'll hurt you worse than Kurt did on SmackDown," John growled and stomped away.

Randy watched John storm down the hall and felt a warm hand on his arm. He looked down to see Lily and his frown deepened.

"You shouldn't be here, Lil. If John even sees me with you he'll tear my head off," he muttered, stepping away from her.

"I know, Randy. I heard every word," she said flatly. "But we need to talk."

Randy glanced nervously around the hallway before following Lily away from catering and into an empty room. She closed the door behind him and crossed her arms over her chest.

"Congrats for coming back to Raw. I must say I was shocked," she started, her voice still void of emotion.

"Lil, come on, get to your point," he moved toward her as she leaned on the door.

"Listen, I know you have something for me, and I might have just a little something for you, but we both know it's not going to happen. I can't go against John like that, and you know that."

"I know, but you can't deny its there!" Randy persisted, taking her arms and shaking her gently. "Lil, you might not want to admit it, but you led me on all month when you were with SmackDown. That's all you did was flirt with me and that entire coronation before you left was the icing on the cake. You can't deny everyone in that room could sense something was between us for our first dance."

Lily looked guilty and nodded, "It's true, okay? I might not have realized it at the time and I'm sorry. How the hell did this happen?"

"It might have been my suspension. Time does that to people," Randy shrugged.

"But why now? Why is it that right after I get my dad to finally approve of John you come back into the picture and my emotions go haywire? I don't understand!"

"Lil, it's going to alright, okay? GO back to John and tell him we're just friends, stay with him for all I care. We are just friends and will stay just friends until time tells us otherwise, alright?" Randy concluded, letting Lily's arms go.

She nodded, "Alright."

"Go," Randy nudged her and she nodded leaving the room and practically running down the hall to find John.

"So are you Randy and John okay now?" Trish asked curiously. "I saw you sprinting down the hall yesterday and burst into John's locker room. You must have talked to both of them."

Lily and Trish were lounging around Trish's hotel room the next day. John had gone to the gym to work off his stress and Randy was avoiding Lily for unknown reasons. The two had decided that their day would be entirely filled with relaxation and movies, so they were now talking and watching Pirates of the Caribbean for the fifth time.

"I wouldn't say we're okay, but at least John and I are on speaking terms," Lily shrugged. "He wouldn't do more than kiss me last night. He's still pissed off at Randy."

"Oh, well, I guess that's expected, since they both have immense feelings for you. Did your dad find out about your little love triangle yet?"

"Thank God no, he would definitely kill me if he found out. He'd probably remind me that getting involved with two men would definitely merit me getting hurt and that my sensitivity would be pushed to the brink. I really don't think I'd be able to listen to it," she rolled her eyes.

"Well he'd have a point, though. If you are as sensitive as he claims you would definitely have an emotional breakdown if you got involved with both of them. I'm glad you chose John, though. He's more respectable than Randy. I still haven't forgiven him for hiding that nasty goopy crap in my bra the other day," Trish sighed.

Lily snorted, trying to turn it into a cough but Trish had already noticed, "What?"

"Sorry, to break it to you, Trish, but, that was me," Lily giggled and Trish threw a handful of popcorn at her.

"That was so nasty! I hate you!" she laughed, pelting Lily with popcorn kernels.

"I'm sorry!" she squealed, grabbing a pillow as a defense mechanism. "Randy had been planning it for ages and I wanted to pull something before I joined Paul and Mike! I was just gaining their approval!"

"What do they need approval for? You're known as the Queen of Jest, what more could they ask for?" Trish stopped pegging popcorn at Lily and she peeked from around the pillow to see if the coast was clear.

"I dunno, but Paul wanted me to pull something before DX officially got back together. And I think he just wanted to see me get dirty, I'm getting a vibe he thinks I'm cute."

Trish rolled her eyes, "Reminder, he's married!"

"Yeah, I know, I'm just a guy magnet what can I say?" Lily smiled and Trish threw another piece of popcorn at her.

The two were interrupted with a loud knock on the door and Trish froze in mid throw. Lily threw aside her pillow and got to her feet, peeking through the peep whole of the door to see who it was. She sighed when she saw John standing outside the door and swung it open.

"Hey!" she beamed, moving aside to let him in.

"I was wondering where you got to, I've been looking for you for ages," he sighed, walking into the room. "hey Trish."

"Hi John, how are you?" the Canadian blonde waved politely.

"Fine I guess," he shrugged. "Listen, Lily, a group of us are going out to the club tonight before we get back on the road again. Are you and Trish up to coming?"

Lily glanced at Trish, a sly smile spreading across her face, "Okay so, you ignore me all night last night and now you expect me to go out with you? I'm confused."

John shook his head and pulled his girlfriend to him, his hands resting on her hips, "Lily, I apologize for that, I was just pissed off. I didn't mean to act like jerk. It wasn't your fault."

Lily kissed him and turned to Trish, "I guess we could go out with you guys. We some adventure, right Trish?"

"You could put it like that, yeah," she nodded, playing along.

"Alright, you two go get ready, we're meeting the group in the lobby in an hour, I'll see ya then," John nodded and kissed Lily again, this time with more aggression.

She licked her lips when they broke apart and watched him leave, "Oh, he wants ass tonight."